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Now ready, price 6s. rHE MODERN ORLANDO• DT SEVEN CANTOS. llsnxy Cslbtlrri, Publisher. 13, Great Marlborough•street. Orders received by all Booksellers. THE GOVERNMENT POLICY ANA) POSITION. T HE WEEKLY CHRONICLE will discus 3 this important Question fully this SATURDAY NEXT the - luing ; and will also conta in LEADING AUTICLF.S on all h TOPICS ef the DAY, with the Silliest details of the PROPOSED NEW SUGAR DUTIES, the Monopolist and Philanthropic Coalition against them, and the probable result. FREE TRADERS should hold themse Nialves prepared for the Issue . Office, 337, Strand and all eWrlell. RA ILWAY SIIAZF. , S BY PUBLIC SALE. NIE SSRS. LAMOIN-T, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share AuCtioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continuc.:l support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Z3ilway Shares, Ste., take place every Tunsnaf and FRIDAY, at One' O'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle -street, London, to Whic sp h place, f avu urs, containing instructions (with a refere nce), are reectfully requested to be addressed. AU Scrip and Share Certifi ca tes must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advicea of results Will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, aul the proceeds Linruc diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, SATURDAY, JULY 35, will be performed (for the last time this season) Donizetti'i cele brated Opera, entitled LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. . Lucia, Madame Castellon ; Enrico, Signor Fornasari ; Bidebent, Signor F. Lablache ; Edgardo, Signor Mario. Between the Acts, a DIVERTISSEMENT. To conclude with the highly successful new and original Ballet Divertissement, by M. Perrot, entitled LE JUGEMENT DE PARIS. Comprising a new Pas—" Le Pas de Deesses." By :Mlle. Taglioni, Xdlle. Louise Taglloni, 3ldlle. Ceritc, 31,111 e. Ladle Grahn, Mdlle. Demelisse, 3ldlle. Cassan, and MM. St. Leon and Perrot. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Signor MARIO most respectfully informs the Nobility, Patrons to the Opera, his Friends, and the Public, that his BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 30, When will he performed Donizetti's Opera Buffa, entitled, DON OREGORIO ; out, L'AJO NELL 'IMBARAZZO. Don Gregorio, Signor Lablache; Count Giulio, Signor Fornasari ; Enrico, Signor Mario ; Pippetto, Signor F. Lablache ; Gilds, Mdme. Castellssi. After which, the new and original Divertissement, by M. Perrot, the Music by Signor Fugni, entitled, LE JUGEMENT DE PARIS. Introducing a new Grind Pas, entitled "Le Pis des Blesses." The principal parts by Madlle. Taglioni, Madlle. Lucile Gratin, Mdile. Cerito, MM. Perrot and St. Leon, Mille. Louise Taglioni, Mdlles. Casaan and Demelisse, &c. To be followed by Bellini's admired Opera, compressed into One Act, IL PIRATA. Imogene, Madame Grist ; Ernesto, Signor Foruasari ; Gual tiero, Signor Mario, With various Entertainments in the BALLET department. In which will appear _Mlles. Taglioni, L. Grahn, Cerito, L. Taglioni, Petit Stephan, Cassan, Demelisse ; MM. St. Leon and Perrot, &c. 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. FRENCH PLAYS—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL has the honour to announce, that the eminent Tragedienne, Mdlle. RACHEL, whose appearances have been hailed with the highest enthusiasm, will give a Sixth Representation THIS EVENING. The Performances will commence with the favourite Comedy •f UNE FEMME A QUARANTE ANS. Le Comte de Silly, 31. Felix ; D'Ornay, M. Berou; De Nerval, M. Ulric ; 'Vieux Bois, Cartigny ; Madame de Silly, Mdlle. Martelleur ; Hortense, Mille. Heloise ; Madame de Nerval, Mdlle. Derouet. After which (for the first time in this country) the Tragedy of VI RGINIE. Appius Claudius, M. Felix; Fabius, M. Quelus ; Vir ginius, M. Marius ; Maxime, M. 3laleuvre ; Sylvius, M. Barret ; Horace, M. Dorgebret ; Fausta, 3ladlle. Martelleur ; Virginie. Madlle. Rachel. Prices of Admission—Reserved Seats in the Dress Boxes, 7s. 6d. ; Admission to the Pit, 3s. ; Reserved Seats in the Amphitheatre, ss. ; Gallery, 3s. Doors will be opened at Half-past Seven o'clock, and the Perfor mances commence at Eight. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams's Library, 1, St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrews's Library, New Bond street; of Messrs. Hookliam, Ebers, Allcroft, and 011ivier, Bond street; Batley, 12, Regent-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THE BRUSSELS OPERA COMPANY. TO-SIORROW EVENING Will be performed Rossini's Grand Opera of GUILLAUME TELL. Guillaume Tell, M. Masao' (his first appearance); Arnold, M. La borde ; Walter, M. Zelger ; Gessler, M. Barielle ; Ruodi, M. Bonlo ; Matilde, Madame Laborde; Jemmy; Madame Guichard. To conclude with the grand Scene from the Second Act of LES HUGUENOTS. On Mora)Av will be performed, Halevy's Comic Opera, " Les Mousquetaires de la Reine." Doors open at Seven, performance to commence at half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, H.:IYMARRET. The Last Appearance of Madame Anna Thillon. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Second and Third Acts of Auber's cele brated Opera, entitled THE BLACK DOMINO; or, A Night's Adventure. Juanita, Madame Anna Thillon ; Paquita, Miss P. Horton ; Gil Podrida, Mr. J. Bland. Alter which, a New and original Drama, called BOROUGH PO LITICS. Principal characters by Messrs. Webster, Tilbury, Buck- Stone; Mrs. Glover, and Mrs. E. Tarnold. To be followed by an Operatic Extravaganza, entitled THE WONDERFUL WATER CURE. Tartaglia, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Belloni, Mr. Hudson ; Argentine, Madame Anna Thillon. To :.enclude with a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE SHIL LINGS. Mr. Golightly, Mr. Buck.itone ; Capt. Phobbs, Mr. Tilbury ; Capt. Spruce, Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Major Phobbs, Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Second Night of a New and Original Prologue. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original Prologue, entitled HOT WEATHER. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Willmott, ♦. Wigan, W. Mathews ; Miss Villars, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by a New Comic Drama, of a singularly novel cha racter, entitled ABOVE AND BELOW. Characters by Messrs. Diddear, Meadows, F. Matthews, A. Wigan, 11. Butler, Belling ham, Turner, Kinloch, and Keeley ; Miss E. Daly, Miss Forster, Miss Turner, and Miss Fairbrother. ♦fter which the Comic Drama, called THE DUSTMAN'S BELLE. Characters by Messrs. Diddear, F.: Vining, Meadows, Keeley, Miss Villars, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the new Farce, entitled LOAN OF A WIFE. Principal characters by Messrs. T. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, and Yarnold ; Mrs. Woollidge and Miss Howard. TFIEATEE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, from the French, entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. In which Madame Celeste, Messrs. Wright, 0. Smith, Selby, Worrell, &c., will perform. After which an entirely new and original Comic Sketch, called ABRAHAM PARKER. Abraham Parker, Mr. Wright. To be followed by Mr. Buekstone's Comic Drama, called THE MAID WITH THE MILKING PAIL. Diccon, Mr. Wright ; Milly, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with a Romantic Drama, in Six Tableaux, called THE QUEEN OF THE ABRUZZI. The principal characters sus tained by Madame Celeste, Miss Chaplin ; Messrs. 0. Smith, Ryan. Selby, Cullenford, Boyce, &c. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. In Which Mr. Charles Mathews will perform. After which a new Fairy Extraw - aganza, entitled THE SLEEP LNG BEAUTY IN THE WOOD. Lord Factotum, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Princess Isabelle, Madame Vestris. To conclude with Sheridan's Drama of THE CRITIC ; or, A Tragedy Rehearsed. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Ryder, Honner, Compton, Oxberry, Miss Emma Stanley, and Mrs. Honner. ASTLEY' ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. rroprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the especial p ttr,,nage of her Moat Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. Overflowing houses. Enthusiastic approbation still at tends the Representation of our Conquests in India. The First Week of an Equestrian Drama at half-price. THIS EVENING Will be performed the tlrand Military Spectacle, called THE SIKHS' INVASION ; or, England's Victories of 1846. Intro• daring the whole of the Stud and Company. After which, Grand and Novel SCENES of the CIRCLE. The whole concluding with a Splendid Ilippodramatic Melodrama. Boa-office open trom eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at siz and commence at seven o'clock. DAV MOE'S ROYAL SURREY TIIL ATRE. Positively the Last Week of the Operatic Coispany, and Third Week of Mr. Osbaldiston, Miss Vincent, and a Double Dramatic Company. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Opera. oe THEMOUNTAIN' SYLPH. Donald, Mr. 1) . W. King ; C hris t ie, Mr. norricastle • - H SY Weiss ; Bailie Macwhapple , Mr. J ones ; Morna , 3lr. White ; Eolia, Madame Albertazzi ; Miss Lydia Pearce. After which, TIIE QUEEN'S RIDDLE. Marquis de Santiago, Mr. Osbaldiston ; Sancho, Mr. Forman ; Olivia, Miss Vincent ; Ylorella, Miss Lydia Pearce. The Performances to conclude with THE LADYE OF LAMBETn. ,Ii Ch ara cters by Messrs. Savil l e , Hughes, Jnson, Neville, Forman. Mrs. Vining, Mrs. Daly, Miss L.. earce, Mrs. Hughes, &c. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVBRY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. .VIOW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC- TiOx ,•)f HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. This magniikoit spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of grandeur, the picture being more than twice the size of the former, and. represents, es accurately as can possibly be done, the Great Eruption of Vesuvins in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her culaneum and Pompeii tcok place: produced under the direction It Mr. Denson. A richly ornamented txyrincTirGGE of STATUES has Leen ccinstructed, which win he brilliantly Illuminated at Night. Th e PROMENADE CONCI,'ItTS are again contld e d i. t i OMr. 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, win be exhi bited CALYPSO'S FAIRY GLOTTO, approached by the titurat- Dated Gothic Bridge, representing in the Isterlor Telemachus relating his adventures to Calypso. 'Fite PYROTECHNIC DISP LAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the m49t complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display, a novel exhibition will be Intro duced, representing the Descent of Pheebus in the Chariot of the Sun. Mons. Farinelli will descend front a Chinese pagoda, seventy feet in height, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to reeelvo him, and bear him fo his chrystal home. • The Glass Conservatory 15 splendk.lly ornamented with festoons 01 lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnlvom by gas-light. Needing ot the Carnivore at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at Concert at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk. On MONDLX, Aug. 10, will take place a GRAND NEAPOLITAN CARNIVAL 6'114 FETE D'ETE ; combining all the novelties of the season. Admission. One Shilling. THE WEATHER.--SUN OFFICE, JULY 23. TiIERMOMETER, Lowest, 60; Highest. 85 ; Noon, 72. BAROMETER, 29.92.—W1ND SW., fin*. 111 IR WATER AT I.ONDON-BRLIIGE THIS DAY. Meriting .. minutes after 2. Evening .. 51 minutes after 2. 41.1 Ainn LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1846. Lord Jour( Russ LL having at length very ex plicitly pronounced sentence of death upon the dif ferential Sugar Duties, the redoubtable Protectionists have bethought themselves of their old tactics for obtaining some commutation of the sentence, or, at the least, some reprieve in its execution. The ban quet of home monopoly having been duly discussed and demolished, our free-trade legislators, like Sir HUGH Eyszie, are now concentrating their energies upon t%os "pippins and cheese" of colonial monopoly. Such a consummation, however, of the recent Par liamentary proceedings, though "devoutly to be wished" by the multitude, is directly opposed to the political and commercial palate of the upholders of the protective system. They perceive the last fragment of their beloved Idol doomed to destruction by the Genius of Free-Trade ; and resolved, if possible, to avert that doom by every logical artifice or sophistical machination, they have assembled toge ther for the purpose of arranging their mode of operation. That morlentous council has been held ; those chieftains have ciesliberated ; their cham pion has already thrown down his i zauntlet upon the floor of Parliament. Viewing the " Amendment" of Lord GEORGE TI E N ' TINCK, however, seriously and soberly, it is pre cisely the description of document which might have been anticipated. It betokens in the very feebleness of its verbs and adjectives the smallness of the faction from which it has proceeded. According to the language of their resolution, they opine—" That in the present state of the sugar cultivation in the Bri tish East and West Indian possessions, the proposed reduction of duty upon foreign slave-grown sugar is alike unjust and impolitic." In the present state, &c. ! Why what a shallow apology is this for the introduction of such an amendment ! If after the period which has already elapsed since the Emancipation Act those colonial possessions have not recovered their indus trial vigour sufficiently to compete with other terri tories engaged in the cultivation of sugar—if, in addition to this, they afford no definite prospect of ar riving at that condition of prosperity, while their owners are, on the contrary, availing themselves of every opportunity to asptsrse the Govern ment for affording them but an inefficient compensation,—why not, in Heaven's same, erase that preposterous and superfluous "in the present state ?" But let us inquire into the origin of the opinion thus expressed by Lord G. BENTINCK, in be half of himself and his coadjutors. They conceive that the proposed reduction would prove "alike unjust and impolitic," because forsooth of its " tending to check the advance of production by British labour, and to give a great addition al stimulus to the slave trade !" giving thereby a most agricultural precedence to British labour, and introducing the humanity argument as a kind of tag. Of the validity of either of these very pompous and high-sounding reasons we at once proclaim our denial. If ever premises were fallacious, these are so ; if ever a question of political economy were dis torted by sophisms, it is that of the differential sugar duties, and those sophisms are in the amendment of Lord GEORGE BENTINCK. Con sidering, for example, the notion of these proposed reductions tending to afford encouragement to the atrocious and diabolical system of slave traffic—we have already protested against the accuracy of this supposition. We have commented upon the circum stance of these sticklers for the emancipation of their fellow-creatures crying out against the patronage of slave-owners only when that patronage interfered with their own pockets—of their beholding with silent indifference the commerce in cotton, and cop per, and tobacco, and so forth, maintained between this country and colonies cultivated by slaves—of their standing forth as the champions of humanity solely upon the proposed importation of slave-labour sugar, their own article of merchandize I Besides this, we have declared this dread of patronising slavery to be altogether an illusion, because the planters of Cuba and Brazil are already patronised by us in defiance of all our re strictions against their admission into British ports ; and have shown likewise that this patronage is most expensive to ourselves without preserv ing any exclusive benefit to our colonial planters. So much for the vaunted humanity argu ment of the colonial protectionists. Although the pretended patriotism of the other reason against the proposed reduction of the differen tial duties is somewhat more speciously worded in the Amendment, it is, nevertheless, quite as chime rical as the one already answered. We allude to the supposed tendency of such a reduction "to check the advance of production by British labour." This position, we repeat it, is specious, it is adroitly conceived; but we solemnly protest against it as a most illusory, and a most flagitious argument. To strip it of all its flimsy preten sions to patriotism, it amounts literally to this :—" Never mind the thousands of artisans who are turned away incessantly from your factory doors through want of employment; never mind the thousands of labourers who are rendered vagrants, or are thrown upon your parishes periodically from an incapacity to obtain work ; never mind these people in England, let them shift for them selves. All we want is that you will cherish some units of planters, and some tens of Hill Coolies : let the thousands of industrious poor in the mother country go to the devil. Shut your ports against foreign slave-labour sugar, that our planters and Hill Coolies may obtain employment and flourish. Shut your ports against foreign slave-labour sugar, although by so doing you prevent those foreign countries from becoming customers for your manufactures, and by this means prevent your own starving population from gaining the employ ment which would be necessary on such an accession of customers. Enable us to monopolise the traffic in sugar, and you will thereby enable yourself to throw a large portion of your insular community out of employment !" That in literal and honest truth is the substance of the requisition of these colonial protectionists ; that is the simple tendency of Lord GEORGE BENTINCK'S amendment ; and that, moreover, is the tendency—unconscious, we believe—of the clever and gentlemanly remon strance of the Hon. GRANTLEY F. BERKELEY. In protesting against the proposed reductions in the differential duties as "unjust and impo litic," the colonialists altogether overlook the broad groundwork of injustice and impolicy upon which those differential duties were originally modelled. They forget that by thus en deavouring to pamper a few cargoes of Hill Coolies, they are doing everything that can well be done to promote the starvation and destitution of whole generations of their fellow-countrymen in the three kingdoms. Charity is hinted at by these lovers• of protection and these worshippers of civil liberty. Charity, so be it. But rather let it be charity to the existent people of England, of Ire land, and of Scotland, than to these possible Hill Coolies An interesting discussion took place on Wednesday in the Rouse of Commons, previous to the reading of the order of the day for going into Committee on the "Death by Accidents Compensation Bill." The great necessity of an alteration in the law was ad mitted on all sides, and .the only question ap peared to be in wha t manner that altera tion might be moat advantageously effected. From the ability and legal knowledge of the several parties who took part in the debate, and the anxiety they seemed to display for the re moval of the inconsistency of the law as it now stands, we entertain a sanguine hope that the prin ciple of the measure, considerably enlarged and ex tended, will soon receive the sanction of the Legis lature. We have already called the public attention to the provisions of the present Bill, and the state of the law which it is intended to remedy ; but where such an important change in the law of the land is contemplated, creating an extraordinary and new responsibility, it cannot be uninteresting again to explain things as they have been, and as it is pro posed they shall be. At present, if any person should receive an injury consequent upon the carelessness, negligence, or wilful act of another, he may maintain an action and recover damage for the injury so sustained against the party by or through whose default it was inflicted, but if he died in consequence, the civil remedy became merged, and no compensation could be recovered. Originally a personal action died with the person, but now, and for some time past, the per sonal representatives of a party deceased might main tain actions for damages to his personal property, or, in some instances, to his real estate. It is difficult to assign any satisfactory reason for such a distinction, and the object of ne present Bill is to extend the principle, and to enable the represents.. tives of a person who had sustained an injury which ended in his death to recover damages in the same way as he himself would have been entitled, had he survived. We cannot understand, however, why it was proposed to exclude from the THE SUN, LONDON, ----...----- operation of the Act cases of murder. Is it because the criminality of the delinquent is greater that the remedy should be taken away ? It would ap pear as if it was intended to save duellists from the operation of the law, a class of persons to whom its provisions would be more applicable, end might more advantageously be extended, than to any other what soever, against whom a similar law has been most beneficially acted on in France, and which, if in force in this country, might go far to 4111.1' nish the pernicious practice. We are happy to perceive that the late Attorney-Qeneral (Sir F. MESMER) exposed this inconsistency in the Bill, and suggested its amendment in that particular. The Lord Advocate of Scotland explained the law in that country, and mentioned a case wherein he had, :s counsel for a railway company, advised a compromise of an action brought against them, by toeach which 1,000/. was given cf the children of the deceased p e ;son, besides a large sum paid to the widow. We do ne 0 s uite approve of the law as it is in Scotland, although wts ?Area it to be far preferable to that which has hitherto existed '.:', England: there the jury, by their verdict 'aPportion the damages, as they think proper, amongst the sur viving relatives. Suits of this kind, however, could not be brought by or for the benefit of the creditors of the deceased, nor could they receive any advantage from the amount of the verdicts. Now we cannot see the jas tice of this limitation. Surely the parties who have advanced their money to any man, with a moral cer tainty of being paid the amount from the exertions of the debtor, have sustained a seriousl loss by his death, fur which they should be entitled to obtain al recompense from the per son by whom that death was occasioned, by whose default they have been deprived of the means of obtaining payment of their demands. W e think that in all cases the action should be brought by the executors or administrators of the deceased party, and by them only ; thus the evils consequent upon a multiplicity of actions would be avoided, and the amount recovered should be treated as assets of the deceased, and distributed in a due course of administration, precisely as if the party had re ceived the amount during his lifetime, and died immediately afterwards : this would be just to all par ties, the creditors would receive the amount of their demands, and the surplus would be applied according to the terms of his will, or if he died intestate, ac cording to the provisions of the statute of distribution. The further consideration of the Bill, as well as that of the Deodands Abolition Bill, with which it is intimately connected, was postponed until Monday next. It is probable that both Bills will then be referred to a Select Committee, on which there will be placed some of the gentlemen acquainted with the practical working of the Scotch law, by whom the details of the measure will be fully considered and revised. The Hon. Member for Kilmarnock, by whom the Bills were brought forward, has every reason to be satisfied with the manner in which they were received by the House. And, although some defects may exist in their present frame, it could scarcely be expected that matters of such consequence, effecting so great changes in the English law, could be brought forward in the first instance in a perfect state, under the auspices of a private Member. He has called the public attention to the evil, and it will be to his exertions that the improvements which may be effected 'a ill be in a great degree owing. Mr. WAKLEI mentioned a curious case respecting deodands, in the course of his speech : it was that of an accident on the London and . Birmingham Railway, where a deodand of 2,0001 was given against the Company. He took the precaution of laying the inqui • sition before an eminent barrister, whose very name would satisfy the public that every precaution which legal skill and ingenuity could suggest would be adopted to insure success. It was, however, immediately quashed, and set aside in the Court of Queen's Bench. No stronger case could possibly be adduced to prove the impossibility of carrying out the existing law relating to deodands. For some years past various plans have been pro posed fer turning the products of the metropolitan sewage to profitable account, and by so doing to save the Thames from the pollution of the filth of Londoi, which (at least all of it that is soluble) is distributed by the various water companies to the inhabit ants of the metropolis, as pure water fitted for domestic purposes. Under the present system the inhabitants of London are poisoned, and manure of infinitely more value than all the guano that has ever been imported is wasted. Thanks, however, to the persevering efforts of the Metropolitan Sewage Company, both these evils will be remedied. The re port of the Select Committee of the House of Com mons, to which the Bill of the Metropolitan Sewage Manure Company was referred, is a most valuable document. The Committee report that they have considered the scheme proposed by the Metropolitan Sewage Manure Company, for carrying away the re fuse of the Ranelagh and King's Scholars' Pond Sewers, and rendering it available for agricultural purposes, and that they recommend the House to con sent to the second reading of the proposed Bill. In all the plans for collecting sewage manure which have hitherto been propounded, it has been proposed to erect tanks or reservoirs for the reception of the sewage. The erection of these reservoirs has always been strenuously opposed by the owners and occupiers of neighbouring lands and houses. The Metropolitan Sewage Company, however, although at first de sirous of having the power of erecting such reservoirs, have now relinquished it altogether. ‘.‘ No reservoir, tank, or catch-pond can be constructed by the company under the proposed Act. The sewage will be conveyed in a covered shaft from the main sewer into the well, from which an engine will pump it into iron pipes. This process will be carried on in a closed building, and any foetid exhalations from the liquid during the short period it remains exposed to the atmosphere, will be conveyed into the furnace of the steam-engine. Any silt deposited in the well by the running water will likewise be removed from the well within this covered building. The station-house will not, therefore, be a cause of nuisance, and the liquid will be removed in a far less offensive state than that in which it is now found, when backed in the open sewer by the high tide, and stagnating for hours together in the immediate vicinity of an inhabited e,istrict, to be afterwards poured forth at low tide into the open bed of the river." Thus, therefore, will a great public benefit be secured without the infliction of any private evil. But, although the inhabitants of the metropolis will greatly benefit by the removal of this pollution, the advantage which will accrue to them is small indeed in comparison with that which the agricultural in terest will derive. • • • "It is true (as is observed by the Committee) that this measure has lost something of its efficiency, in consequence of the abandonment of the reservoirs. The result of this concession is, that no more sewage can be drawn at any time from the drains than can be disposed of at the moment to the agriculturist; but even this comparatively imperfect measure will try a great experiment, and if the confident expectations of your committee are accomplished, it will not fail ultimately to realise all the advantages which were originally contem plated. Mr./Dickenson has proved the efficiency of liquid manures. The meadows of Edinburgh and of Mansfield have shown the power of sewage water. Mr. Thompson, of Clitheroe, and Mr. Harvey, of Glasgow, have established the fact that liquid manure may be applied at a cheap rate, by means of the mechanical contrivance of service-pip2s and hoses, to crops in every stage of their growth." - - It is in the application of the - liquid manures of great cities, supplied at a cheap rate, that the agri cultural interest will find a compensation, and more than a compensation, for any loss they may sustain by a repeal of the corn-laws ; indeed, there is every reason to hope that by the judicious application of the sewage manure, which has hitherto been suffered to run to waste, the fertility of the soil will be so in creased, that England will not only produce a suf ficiency of corn for the consumption of her population, but that she may become, as she was a century since, a corn exporting country. The sewage of great cities is a mine of unexplored wealth, the value of which no man can calculate. Wisely, therefore, have the Committee acted in introducing into the Bill the following provision : " 2. That the state should reserve to itself the power of resuming its entire property in the sewage, after a certain period, upon conditions to be specified in the Bill." The King of PRUSSIA has issued an ordonnance confirming, definitively, M. DE BODELSCHWINGD, in the office of the Minister of the Interior, the duties of which he has performed for the last two years. This ordonnance proves that the rumours that were in circulation, that M. D'Aamix was about to resume the portfolio of the Interior are without foundation. The new Minister is much more liberal in his ideas than M. D'Aamizi. The Augsburg Gazette has the following from Vienna, 12th inst. :—" Mr. AVAGLIoax Ls addressed to the Ambassadors of Prussia, Bavaria, and Wurtem burg, a circular, stating that Germany should lose no time in establishing, as soon as possible, a railroad between the Adriatic and the North Seas, if she wishes to prevent the superiority of France, which proposes to form a line from Marseilles to Boulogne. Mr. WA•ao&N requests the Ambassadors to transmit his circular to their respective Governments." The St. Petersburgh Gazette publishes the following account o f an engagement which took place in the Caucasus on the 24th May:— "Lieut.-Colonel Sousloll; commanding theregiment of Cos sacks of Grebensk, having received intelligence that a large of Circassian cavalry bad made their appearance at Ikbonrat Yourt, a yiiiage, situate on tile right bank of the rfeneck, immediately marched on the threatened point, and, reckoning on the co-operation of the moveable column o Colonel Zaknmelsky, crossed th e river. Ima patient to fall in with the erieniy, 'Lieut. Colonel Sinisloff ad vanced with seven officers and B'2 Cossacks, without waiting for the remainder of his regiment. After proceeding about or an ho eight verso this iaandfql heroes discoyered the veuetles of the rebels, and were immediately surrounded on all sides. rn * or i e 9l t s h e a 's n n l a ,s„,,y , i ,ln tountaineers The only choice for them was a disgraceful flight nowabie aestii 7 The COS 4Plze d;d npt hesiLte 4 raoultni, a rampart repeated charges on them : , b ot u d t t , hwe di ro s y n b l o o tdl n 4i n ee s l; a n n g 4l , n s iz t v a r b i lz ,. d izii, t c,i. h ui the cossacks remained nun, and rehnlsea every attack - Dv murderous tire. This unequal combat lasted more than two hours. The Cossacks had five men killed and forty-nine wounded, as well as all their officers except Lleutknant- Colonel 4ouslorf aim.: 'Major iiambotf, the latth of Whom re ceived tome severe contusion's. BY this time the Cossacks ex pp ti4 led, all their ammunition, and were, by the orders of their valiant chief, preparing their poiparcis* to resist a last attack which the enemy were p re p arin g to make, when some of Russian infantry advanced from different points rescue, and the rebels, tearing to be in their to bodies their turn surrounded, fled for refuge to the mountains." The Grand Ihn - iher.s 01.94 of Rvssia was marrie4 on the 7th instant at the Palace of Peterhoff to the Prince Royal of Wirtemburg, Intelligence has been received from Rome to the 11th instant. The Government Commissioners have negatived the proposition for disbanding the Swiss troops by a ma• jority of two. There is to be a railway communica tion established between the Adriatic and the Medi terranean, by means of a Rome and Ancona and a Rome and Civita Vecchia Railway. The POPE has given his consent to the construction of these railways, and it is said that his HOLINESS will likewise sanction a line to the Legations. There is some delay in the appointment of Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Austria protests against the ap pointment of Cardinal Gizzi, and recommends Prince ALTIERL formerly Nuncio at Vienna, for that post• This recommendation is protested against by Count Rossi, the French Ambassador, who supports the pre- tensions of Cardinal Gizzt. Don MiouEL, who is living at Rome, in a state of great distress, had a pri vate audience of his liousrEss a short time since, for the purpose of soliciting a continuance of the pension of 3,000 scudi, which had been allowed to him by the late POPE. A concordat has been agreed on between Spain and Rome, dependent, however, on the adoption by the Spanish Cortes of a measure for the dotation of the clergy. Madrid papers to the 16th have arrived. The star of Don ENRIQUE seems at present in the ascendant, and the friends of Don FRANCISCO de PAULA are about to establish a journal, conducted on moderate Progressista principles, for the purpose of advocating his claims. There were rumours in Madrid of dis turbances having broke out in the Basque provinces, but they were not generally credited. The following from Lisbon, of the date of July 11, is given in the Herald° : " The Portuguese emigrants this day made their entry into the capital, on which occasion the Septembrist party made a great display of their forces. Some seditious cries were even heard. The Patrieta, a journal opposed to the present 2,linistry, says that the country is in a deplorable state, and that a fresh revolution is inevitable, unless the Government changes its course of proceeding. M. Fonseca sLigalhaes, who has succeeded in escaping from Coimbra, arrived at Lisbon on the 9th. The movement at Coimbra has, it is said, been succeeded by another at Santarem, the junta of which would not dissolve itself. At Coimbra the inhabitants of the country round had armed themselves for the defence of the town, in case the .Government should act against them. While the Radical party triumphs at Coimbra the Miguelist party every day acquires fresh strength in Oporto and in the Algarves, and a serious colli sion between the people and the troops is anticipated. At Elvas the corps in garrison do not seek to conceal their dis content, and the Government, fearing a fresh pronueciamiento, had ordered General Celestino to that place." MADRID BOLBA, JULY 16.—The Three per Cents. were done at 33i for cash ; the Five per Cents. at 201; the Debt without Interest at 6i ; the shares of the Bank of San Fernando at 390 ; and those of Isa bel at 204. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday, the leading articles of the whole of which are devoted exclusively to the approaching elections. The Prince DI JOINVILLE and his squadron were, on the 12th, at Lampedosa, steering towards Tripoli. It is expected that his Royal Highness will visit Alexandria before he returns to Toulon. A fatality seems at present to attend the French railways. We find the following in the Journal de la Somme : "About four o'clock on Saturday evening, at the moment of a heavy shower, a portion of the tunnel cf the Amiens and Boulogne Railway, situate in front of the convent of the Sisters of Mercy, suddenly fell in. The accident was attri buted to various causes, which, however, we shall not men tion, as they will most certainly be strictly inquired into by the chief engineer charged with the direction of the works. The storm had most fortunately caused the workmen to quit the tunnel, otherwise a great loss of life would have most pro bably ensued." These repeated accidents have caused quite a panic among the railway speculators on the Bourse. The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 10c. ; the Five per Cents., 121 f. 65c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,262 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 960 f. ; Havre, 660 f. ; Great Northern, 688 f. 75c. ; Avignon, 855 f. ; Vieraon, 595 f. ; Bordeaux, 522 f. 50c. ; Boulogne, 4501. ; Troyes and Montereau, 367 f. 50c. ; Basle, 215 f. ; Fampoux, 407 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 480 f. ; Tours and Nantes, 482 f. 50f. ; Paris and Lyons, 493 f. 75c.; Spanish Domestic Debt, 32. The following are the quotations for the new lines : Lyons and Avignon Detinitives, 4701. ; Bordeaux and Cette ditto, 460 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOItE RAILWAYS AT THE I:OliDON STOCK EXCHANGE, f u -- Boulogne and Am?ens, 12—Lyons and iviinou, —:Namur net Liege, 3—Northern of France Constituted, 12% es d.—Orleans and Bordeaux, 7—Paris and Lyons Constituted, s—Rouen and [lane, 264—Sambre and Meuse, 4—West Flanders, 3!.i. General Galloway and family, Archdeacon Magee. Mr. Harrington and family, and Mr. Newnham and family, left Loudon, yesterday morning, by the General Steam Navi gation Company's steam-ship Soho, for Antwerp. The election for St. Ives took place on Monday. There was no opposition to Lord Powlett, brother of the Duke of Cleveland. We understand that Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam K.C.8., will not leave Blair Adam, his seat in Scotland, for seven or eight days, to take his seat at the Admiralty Board. The plan of the retirement is occupying the close attention their Lordships, but it will necessarily be four or five weeks afterth• arrival of Sir C. Adam before it will be com pleted. COBDEN TESTIMONIAL—METROPOLITAN Suuscutr- Tripss.—Although the address of the Committee appeared only on the 14th inst., upwards of 9,0001. have been already subscribed, being at the rate of 1,000/. per diem. The public feeling in favour of this truly national object is rising and increasing so rapidly in the city, that the subscription is ex • pec:ed to exceed 20,000/. The inhabitants of Westminster and Marylebone are already moving, and it is expected that those of Lambeth, Southwark, Finsbury, the Tower Hamlets, and Greenwich, will also endeavour to emulate the zeal of Manchester and London. _ _ J th U e LY wi 2 ,lo l. ws - 7 - 7 - THE LATE FLOODING OF THE TRURO MINES.—RE c\ t , t ha Y v o i e r w T t i o n r n e x l v ß e o t i i e li d s i t LT' e u x ° i t T i II U g E among and children of the sufferers by this occurrence, a meeting of the proprietors of the East Wheal Rose Mine was held on Monday, at the company's offices, in this town, where it was resolved that the sum of 5004 should be appropriated to their immediate relief, its distribution being placed in the hands of the purse-manager, Captain Champion, the Rev. E. Nix, and It. G. Morris. This act of benevolence is highly honourable to the company. The Bishop of Exeter has also sen t a mu nificent sum, as well as numbers of the clergy and gentry i n various parts of Cornwall. Up to Monday evening th e pumps at the varieus shafts were still in full operation, pumping the water out of the various levels; it will be some time, however, before the mine is cleared. It is 100 fathoms in depth; we understand 40 fath om s of it are under water. Of the thirty. seven who fell a s acrifice, the bodies of twenty-six have been brought up. These poor fellows, it was evident, had died from drowning. lour others were, recovered yesterday, who seemed to have been killed by part of the mine falling in upon them. There appears to have, been ten shafts or entrances to the mines, which are the most capacious in Cornwall. The water burst in at the one called Davey's, and afterwards at Gower, near which flowed a small stream, called Gahne River. The flood, on its rising hroke down the weir head south of the shaft in question and th en , b y i ts we i g h t an d v i o l en ce, broke in the foot shaft in another part, and rushed down the levels. Here the water lsosened and broke the timbers beneath; the consequence of which was the falling in of some oth er p arts of the mine northward, a n d particularly of one piece of ground several fathoms in circumference. This was considered a most lot tunate circumstance; for had it got into the upper part, or southern portion o f th e m i ne s, the loss of lite would have bean far greater. THE DANIEL LAMBERTS OF ANIMAL LIFE.—We certainly did not envy the huge beasts last week at the New castle Agricultural Show. Imagine an unfortunate cow, twice the size of Daniel Lambert, with three chins, buried in acres of fat, scarcely able to breathe, bending under the accumulated weight of grease and glory, locked up with fifty other apoplectic animals, on a day when the heat was so in tense that the legs of mutton were roasting in the butchers' shops. The farmers walked about the show in their shirt sleeves, too glad to take off their coats, and we have no doubt the poor animals willkd they could do the same. Our wonder is there wag not a liVer of liquid tallow, as broad as the Tyne, running through the pavilion. The Southdowns alone seemed to escape the heat, but this was probably owing to their superior breeding, which enables them to rise above the ordinary we(a)ther. We noticed, with gushing drops of perspiration, a poor wheezing bull, munching a bit of cake, which we thought was only adding insult to injury. We thought of the insatiable hatred and withering scorn we should feel for the monster in human form who, if we were dying of thirst.on the burning sands of Arabia, offered us a pound of gingerbread, or a pot of anchovy paste.—Punch. i FRIDAY _IVIORNING, .•,• ? , •,'"Z&E.F, • 4 . • • „ • aiT JULY 24, 1846. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. ' (From The Sun of last Night.) The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was firm. Sales 5,000 to 6,000 bales. Shares were steady. The following report on the stale of the weather, kc., is from Ceylon :—" While on the eontinent of India our neigh bours are complaining that the few partial showers which had occurred are insufficient to allay the apprehensions of dearth raised by a previous drought of six months' duration, the S.W. monsoon has burst with more than ordinary force on the southern portion of Ceylon. At Colombo more rain has fallen within the last fortnight than fell in the same period for very many years; and the results have been several land slips, and the tumbling down of sundry houses and walls. The wind has blown down a few trees in the neighbourhood of Colombo, and a great many valuable bread-fruit, coeoanut, and other fruit trees have beep 08.. strayed at Galle, and on the southern coast generally. We hope the eastern and northern provinces hare not been passed over in the late downtpooringa. "We regret to learn that some coffee estates in the interior are infested by a species of insects well known in the West India Islands as being not a little injurious to the plants, JThey hAvY ylready extended th e i r ravages f rom K andy up to aselava. We hope soon to learn that the creatures are not destructive enough to be of any consequence, or that meana have been discovered of arresting their progress." Thcrt is no particular alteration in the Money Market, and the rate of interest continues eteady, without the probability of itj being acted upon in any other way Thu by, the mere force of demand,...., that is to Say, the Bank of England will no doubt act as A free competitor with the other moneyed establishments in the City. The Stock Market is very flat again, and there is a de-. aline of % per cent. in the quotations, money bargains having been effected at 85 1 ,4 and time transactions at 95% %. have realised Ils. to 15a. pre mium The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Ceuta. have b een 974 to lA, and the Thre e p er C en t s , 0% y g . Bank Stock has been less firm at 207 1 / A to 308 1 $. The Foreign Investments are heavy. Spanish Five per Cents. -realise 24 3 4, Portuguse Four per Cents. 46, and Mexican, 26. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, have real ised 09%. Shares are in most instances again flat, both the old lines and scrips being affected. Foreign scrip Is in some respects not quite so fiat as yesterday. BRITISH FUNDS, ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 207% 208 34 2 08 34 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 95 34 %T. 957 i Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 9554% % 9534 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 9734 %34 9734 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5,1860 .. 10% 5-16 10 5-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 10 3-16 1034 India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto, under 1,000/. .. 25 p 25 p South Sea Stock .. 10534 10534 Ditto, New Annuities .. 94 34 94% Consols for Account .. •95% % 95% Exchequer Bills. ~ll4d. 1,0001. 11 15 11 pm. 11 5001... 11 15 11 pm. 11 Ditto. Small 11 15 11 pm. 11 ONE CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 8634 Ditto, Small .. 87)4 Ditto, New Bonds. 1829 and 1839 .. 35 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. -- Ditto, :or the Account .. 26 26 34 Portuguese Four per Cent .. 46 46 Ditto, for the Account .. 45 45 Russian Bonds .. .. 112 112 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 24% 24% Ditto, for the Account .. 24% Ditto, Three per Cent .. 3 6 34 Ditto, for the Account 35% Dividends on the above payable In London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59% 593( Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 94% % 94% PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. ` Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. 2% .... 54% ...... • • 1 Birmingham and Gloucester ..100 .. ..... . 12934 Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 4% 5 ...... 5 Bristol and Exeter .. 75 .... ........ — Ditto New .. .. • • • • 5 • • 9 Bristol and Gloucester .. 30 .... 5234. ...... 5234 Buckinghamshire 425. .... % dis . % dis. Caledonian .. 20 .... 1234 13 12% 12% Ditto, Half Shares .• • • 2% •• • • %••••• • • • • • 34 Ditto, Extension .. 2)4 .... 1% 1% Derby and Crewe .. 2% .. . 6% Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% % .......... Direct Northern .. 234 .... 1 % ........ 71 Eastern Counties .. 141. 165... 24% 24 ...... 2434 Ditto New .. .. 10/. 165..... 7% p• • •..... 734 p Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 61. 13s. 4d. %p• • • • .... 34 p Ditto, York Extension .. 10s. .... 21% •... 17/ Eastern Union .. 30 Do. Cambridge and Ely .. 234.... %.......... Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 5 34 .. 3% •• • • ...... 334 Great North of England . ..100 ....232 ........ 132 Ditto, New „ .. 10 .. 45)4 •• • • .. 4534 Great Western .. •• 85 •• .. 150 ••• • • • .... 15034 Ditto, Half Shares .. 50 .... 84 84 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 10 .... 22% 21% .... 21% Guildford, Fareham, &Portsmoth 534 .. Hull and Selby .. .. 50 .... 106% .......... 10634 Leeds and Bradford .. 26 .... 67 69 • • 69 Leicester and Bedford .. 221. % di5..... • • 74 dis. Leicester, Tamworth, &c. 425..... 134 1 di5..... I di.. Liverp., blanch., & Newc. Junct. 234 .... 1% % ...... London an Birmingham . ..100 ....229 .. . • ...... 229 Ditto, Quarters . 2 .... 32 32 London and Blackwall .. 161. 13s. 4d. 83, % ...... 8% London and Brighton 50 .. .65 64% ...... 64% London and Croydon • • • . 131. 15s 9d... 23 23 London and South-Western 41/. 68-1.0d. t ., 7834 79 • • 79 London and York .. ' .. 234 .• 1 34 • • ••-•• yi London, Salisbury, and Yeovil.. 234 .... 1 ..... 1 Londonderry and Coleraine .. 10 .... .. •• • • .... 234 Lynn and Dereham .. • . •• 15 .... 11 .......... 11 Manchester and Leeds 82 ........ _ Ditto, Fifths • • • • 3 .... 11%........„ 113( Ditto Extension .. • • • • 4 28. ••• • ••••• • • • • • 24 p Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . .. 48 85 85 Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) 1 .• • • 11 10% ...... 10% Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. ...• %34p .• • • 34 p Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 1% % Midland „. ..100 —.14734 148 148 Ditto, New 24 .... 3834 38 ...... 38 Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 109 ....121 .......... 121 Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .... 46 45 ... . Ditto, New . .• 1 1234 11% 12% 11% 11 34 Ditto, New, Brandling .. 25 .... 4434 .. • • Newcastle and Berwick .. •• 15 •• • • 2634 • • Norfolk • • .. .. 20 .... Ditto, Tenths .. .• .. 2 ...• 234. ••• • • • Ditto, Extension . .. 2 .... 2 • • Nortn British .. 25 353 9 % Ditto, Half Shares .. .. • • 834 .... 1334 % 13% Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 134 .... 244 %h..-- 2% North Kent and Direct Dover .. 234 .... 1% 1% North Staffordshire • • • • 425. .... 3 3 p 3 p Nonlhmptonillanburr;& Chelthm. 2-- .. 1% •• (.. T 4 136 Oxford,Worcest.,& Wolverhmptn. 1234.... 7%% .... • • 7% Portsmouth 'Area • • • • • • 3%.... 434% • • 4% Preston and Wyre .. • • . • 25 .... 34 34 Ditto, Half Shares 1.. • • .. 234 7 .. .• • 7= Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 425. .. 1% dis.• • • • , Richmond .. 10 .... la • —lB Scottish Midland .. .. 10 .... Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 234 .... 2 Shropshire Uhion 425. .... % di5..... dis. South Midland .. 425..... l k tis tH p. ..... p -oath Eastern and Dovor 33% .. • . 44 34 • • • • Ditto. New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 16 ... 22 ...... •• • • 22 34 Do., New (do. 331. 64.8 d.) No. 2. 10 .. .. 15 .. .. 15 % New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 234 3%...... •• .. 3 34 South Wales .. 5 ~ .. 1% .......... 1% Waterford and Kilkenny .. 8 West Rifting Union .. • • .. 425. .... p...... p Wibbeach and St. Ives .. • • 2 .... 2%%., .....• 2 34 York axd North Midland .. .. 50 .... Ditto. Extension . • .. 20 .. .. 41 ' 41 34 Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten.— 1 ... 1434 14 . FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. 14 .... 1136 Bord., Toul., & Cette [Mackenzie) 2 .... — Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 East Dunaj . se• •• • • -••••• • • • • - 6 11 Luxembourg .. .. 4.. 1% • . . 1 7 /, Northern of France Constituted.. 5 .... 12%34 %•.. • • . 12 .4 Orleans and Bordeaux .. 6 .... 7% ••.. • . Paris and Lyons Constituted .. S .... 4% % 5% • • 5 34 Sambre and Meuse .. 8 MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered —3% ...... DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, JULY 21.—The hopes that were enter tained at the commencement of the year 1845, that the commerce at Canton, under the flag of the Netherlands, would be more considerable than on the preceding year, has not been realised. Only rive Netherland ships with cargoes of tea have sailed direct from China to the ports of the Netherlands, and two others have returned by way of Java. For want of the Netherlands, it was necessary to have recourse to an Ain.rican ship to send to the Ne therlands a cargo of 10,000 chests of teas. In July, 1845, the freight for the Netherlands was 130 florins, with 15 per cent. for vessels going to Java. In De cember, 155 florins, with 15 per cent., were paid for freight to Rotterdam ; and at the time of the Chinese New Year, 180 florins, with 15 per cent. were offered, and this freight was undoubtedly paid, for the cargo sent by that American vessel of 200 tons burden, sent from Macao to Batavia; from 6,000 to 7,000 florins were paid. These high freights are generally offered in the season from October to April. These statements we hope will induce the merchants to send a greater number of ships, since freights may be had for Manilla and Bale, as well as to the Netherlands and Java. The exportation of tea in Dutch ships were less in 1845 than in the preceding year. Bills of the Netherlands could not be negotiated at Canton. None were taken but such as were payable in London. AMSTERDAM, JULY 21.—The first herring buss ar rived at Vlaardingen with forty-one barrels, and to-day another with eighty-one barrels. The accounts of the fishery are extraordinary unfavourable. The Rer. Mr. Grooff, Vicar Apostolic in our East Indian possessions, had an audience of his Majesty on the 18th of July. FLANDERS NAIL AND DUTCH PAPERS. BRUSSELS, JULY 18.—It appears from a letter written to the Echo de Sambre of Meuse, by our countryman, Mr. J. Guinotte, engineer, who directs in Mexico the construction of an iron railway from Vera Cruz to Mexico, that notwithstanding the varions impediments arising from the climate, the indolence of the inhabi tants, the political state f the country, and the blockade of the port of Vera Cruz by the American squadron, the works are proceeding as rapidly as could be ex pected. The levelling the works at the station, and the laying down the rails are completely finished, for nearly 25 kilometres ; about the half of the first section. But it is to be feared that the continual troubles which afflict this unhappy country will not allow the com pletion of the plan to continue the railway to the plateau of the Cordilleras. Mr. Guinotte states that his comrade, M. Van Arbrouke, and several of the Belgian workmen who accompanied him to Mexico, have fallc , n victims to the insalubrity of the climate. e had himself two very severe attacks of fever. Thu Moniteur Beige promulgates several laws of the 18th of July, granting supplementary votes of credit to different departments for 1845. Soleman Pacha (Colonel Selves), and Mr. Horace Vern( t will be present to•morrow, at the military operations in the field of manoeuvre. A letter from West Flanders says, " The rye harvest is begun ; unhappily it does not promise more than half the usual crop. Oats, beans, and linseed will likewi,e produce but a moderate crop, but the wheat is magnifi cent ; so good and abundant a crop is not in ttie me mory of man. Th e p r i nc ipal article of food for our poor looks extremely well; I mean the potatoes, which, however, want rain. Forage in general is much better than was expected, after so long a continuance of dry weather. Taz HAGUE, JULY 20.—The official journal pub lishes the reports on the state of the charitable institu tion 3 during the year 1844, presented by the Government to the Second Chamber of the States General on the sitting of the 27th of April last, conformably to Art. 226 of the fundamental law. The accompanying tables fill twelve pages of the journal. ' The official journal publishes likewise the eighteenth supplementary article to the convention of 2hlayence of 30th March, 1831, for the navigation of the Rhine, in the Dutch and French languages. THE HAGUE, JULY 19.—The receipt of the ways and means in the year 1845, first six months of the year 1845 was f 2 5,705,065,301 ; 1846, f 2 5,653,432,74i. De crease in 1846, 41,632,561 f. It appears that, in 1846, there has been a decrease in some branches of revenue of f379,043,86i, and an in-, crease of f32f,411, 301; on other differences f 41,632, 56. The King returned to the Hague on Wednesday morning at ten o'clock. We understand that he will go on Sunday, by way of Leeuwarden to Groningen, on the 25th to lampin, then to Zwolle and to the Loo, when he will return to the Hague. It is thought that his Ma jesty will then go on to Luxemburg. A General of the German Confederation is expected to inspect the Luxemburg and Limburg contingent of the army of the Confederation now in garrison in some towns of the Netherlands. (Major-General Mulder, here alluded to, has arrived at the Hague.) ST. PETERSBURG, JULY 7.—The ceremony of betroth ing the Crown Prince of Wurtemberg and the Grand Duchess Olga Nicolagewna, will take place to-day (the 51st anniversary of the Emperor's birthday) at the Palace of Peterhof.--Allgemeine Zeitung. July 18, 1846. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked early, yester day, in the pleasure grounds of Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back, yesterday, attended by the Equerry in Waiting, Lieutenant-Colonel Seymour. The Prince visited their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, at Cambridge House. The Royal dinner party yesterday, at Buckingham Palace, included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Fortescue, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Auck land, the Earl of Desert. and Sir George Cooper, Bart. The band of the Greaadier Guards, under the direc tion of Mr. Schott, was in attendance during dinner at the Palace, and performed the following pieces:— Selection from "Lucia di Lammermoor"—Donizetti. Terzetto and chores " William Tell"---Rossini. Variations on a Bavarian air—B. V. Poisel. Tournament Chorus and Aria—Mayerbeer. Waltz, " Allmak's Tauze"—Laaner. Sir William C. Ross, R.A., had the honour of another sitting yesterday for the portrait of the infant Princess, by command of the Queen. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, attended by Baroness Ahlefeldt and Mr. Edmond Mildmay honoured the Italian Opera with their presence yesterday evening. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Moffatt, M.P., Mr. Johnson, of the firm of Johnson, Cole, and Co., Lon don ; Mr. Cargill, of the firm of Cargill, Headlam, and Co. ; Mr. Hardman, of the firm of Haworth, Hardman, and Co., of Calcutta ; Mr liemphead of the Dhobah Company, London; Mr. Phillips, of L. Phillips and Sons, London; Mr. Reeves, of Palmer, MaAillop, and Co., London, and Mr. Gordon, of Sargant, Gordon, and CO, London, had an int erv i ew w i th the Chancel lor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing creet. The Hon. F. Scott, M.P., Mr. Archibald Cunning hame, and Mr. Boyd, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Colonel Yturregui, Minister Plenipotentiary from Peru, transacted business yesterday, at the Foreign office. Lord Redesdale had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Sir John Rae Reid and Mr. Barkley had an inter view yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Dispatches from the Governor of Hong-Kong were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. SPORTIN G INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSAL L'S.—YESTERDAY. A number of small bets on the Goodwood Stakes enable us to present a price current of more than ordinary length, but which, except in the first class favourites, does not show any changes of importance. With regard to the "selects," we may state briefly that Camera Obscure, beyond a qnes tion, was first favourite, and that a rather heavy investment on Connaught Ranger did not check a very strong desire to lay against him in several quarters; nor were The Hero or Jonathan Wild in anything like demand. The Lapwing filly, on the strength of her victory at Newton, and Red Robin, were backed for some money at improving prices, but at the break up were not in any great request. The last quotations were as under; GOODWOOD STAKES. 8 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Camera Obscura— 9 to 1 taken freely 9to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Jonathan Wild—t. and af. of. 9to 1 agst..slr. J. Day's The Herb-;4. and aft. offered 10 to 1 agat Mr. Irwin' s Connaught Ranger —t. and af. of. 25 to 1 agst Mr. Griffiths's Newcourt 25 to 1 agat Mr. J. B. Mills's Giantess 25 to 1 agst Capt. Harcourt's The Druid 28 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Morella filly 29 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Red Robin—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. S. Herbert's Orion—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Clarke's Lapwing filly 33 to 1 agst Sir C. Monck's Glossy 33 to 1 agst Mr. R. Boyce's Bold Archer 40 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Humdrum 40 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Alamode 40 to 1 agst Lord Orford's Footstool 40 to 1 agst Mr. Parr's Teetotaller 40 to 1 agst Mr. Shelley's Maynooth 50 to 1 agst Mr. Drinkald's Mongrel 50 to 1 agst Lord Exeter s Sister to Pergularia. GOODWOOD CUP. 3 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Grimston—taken 7 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Lothario. THE ORANGE PRIZE. 5 to 2 agst Mr. Greville's Alum . 7 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Lothario. ST. LEGER. 5 to 1 agst Mr Gully's Pyrrhus the First 12 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo--taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Fancy Boy 30 to 1 agst Mr. Nunn's Joanna colt--taken. A strong disposition to lay against Sir Tatton Sykes, but backers wanted. DERBY. 1,000 to 60 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp—t. and aft. off. 40 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Epirote—taken freely 40 to 1 aget Lord G. Bentinck's Planet—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Crozier—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Allertonian—taken 50 to 1 agst Cul. Anson's Bingham —taken. STAMFORD RACES—WEDNESDAY. Match 251., T. Y. C., Bst each—Mr. Sare'e Mapel (Swan), beat Mr. Standwell's Mendicant. The Gold Cup of 1001. with 20 added, for 3-yrs-old, 6st 7lb ; 4 vrs, Bst ; 5 yrs, Bst 13Ib ; 6 yrs, 9st 51b ; and aged, 9st 71b. Mares, &c., allowed 3lbs. Thrice round. Sir G. Heat hcotes's Akbar, 5 yrs (Chapple) 1 Lord Exetei's Sister to Pergularia, 3 yrs 2 Britannia, 4 yrs, and Wee Pet, 6 yrs, also ran. The Selling Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, fur 3-yrs-old, 7st 101 b ; 4 yrs, 9st 121 b ; 5 yrs, lOst 61b ; 6 yrs and aged, lOst &c. Once round. (6 Subs.) General Grosve•nor's Scarlet Runner, 4 yra...(E. Edwards) 1 Lord Exeter's Lebanon, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Brown's St. Alban's, 6 yrs Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, and 15 added. New _ _ mile. General Grotvenor's Scarlet Runner, Bst 51bX E. Edwards) 1 Lord Exeter's Lebanon, 7st Olb Mogador, Bst 71b; Caroline, Bst 71b; Sir Fretful, Bst; and Elitnea 7st 61b, also started. The Stamford Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added, for three-yrs-old, 7st 101 b; four vrs, 9st 1211); five yrs, lOst Sib; six yrs and aged, 10si101b, isc. Heats, once round. Mr. Parr's Eclat, 3 yrs Mr. Sprigg's Mogador, 4 yrs 2 2 Mr. Sare's Mapel, 5 yrg The Selling St p ak tj e D so L f E : Y 3 s i o l v A S C . E ea S c .— h, l a u n Es ti .D 2o Ax. added. Heats, one mile and three quarters. Mr. 011iver's Teresa, 5 yrs (Owner) 1 0 2 1 Mr. Barton's Reliance, 4 yrs 0 0 1 2 Mr. Whitehouse's bin by Heron, 3 yrs I Mr. Collins's Brunel, 5 yrs 3 0 0 dr Mr. Tempest's fby St. Martin, 3 yrs Mr. Dolman's Chevy Chase, 4 yrs The Free Handicap of 3 sovs. each, and 15 added. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. Tempest's T'Auld Squire, 5 yrs .(Stagg) 21 1 Mr. Cowper's Roebuck, 4 yrs 1 2 dr Mr. Brice's Lord Berners The Ashwood Hurdle Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 25 added, one mile and a half, were won in two heats by Thurgarton, 5 yrs (W. Archer), beating True Blue, Maid of Athens, and two others. NEWTON RACES.-WEDNESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 10 soya. each, and 20 added. One mile and a quarter. No race—only Lightning and Pantasa entered. Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, h. ft., with 50 added. Two over miles. Mr. Meiklam's Lightning, 5 yrs , 9 st 31 b , Gerard's N 200, Year's h. ft., Day, y Bst 71b 2 rs each,(N at), Golbornebeat Mr. L. Course—Sir Brookes'l New c by Tory Boy, out of sister to Maria, 2 yrs. The Lyme Park Produce Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h, ft. One mile and a quarter. (2 Subs.) Mr. Gulley's Mendicant, Bst 31b walked over The Gold Cup of 100 soya., with 100 sovs. added by the Lord of the Manor to a Handicap of 20 soya. each, 10 ft., and 5 only if declared. Two miles and a distance. Mr. Clarke's f. by Tomboy, out of Lapwing, 3 yrs (Irvine) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair, 4 yrs Aristotle, Coeur di Lion, Little flampton, Comical Boy, and Master Stepney, also started, but were not placed. Betting-2 to 1 agst Lady Wildair, 7 to 2 agst Cur de Lion, 7 to 2 agst Lapwing filly, and 4 to 1 agst Aristotle. The Lapwing filly took the lead soon after starting, and won cleverly by two lengths ; Aristotle (broke down) third, and Coeur de Lion fourth. The Drawing Room Stakes of 20 soya. each, with 15 added ; for two yrs old fillies, Bst 51b each_ ... . .. Course. ( 2 4 1 Subs.) Mr. Meiklam's Susannah Mr. Waite's Infringe Mr. Legh nd f by Sir John, out of Lapwlo g 5 to 4 on Infringe, who was defeated after a close race by a 3 neck. There were two starts for this stakes, Infringe coming in first by a length, but, it having been discovered by Mr. Meiklam's jockey that the judge had not reached the chair when the horses passed, he objected, and the steward declared it " no race." The Scurry Stakes of 5 sovs. each, Goodwood Cup weights, Gentlemen riders. Winner to be sold for 501. Golborne Course. (7 Subs.) Mr. Billington's Fair Rosamond, 5 yrs...(Sir J. Gerard) 1 Mr. Phillips's f by Physician, out of Theano, 4 vrs 2 Mr. Parker's Talleyrand, 5 yrs 5 to 4 on Physician filly. Won by half a neck. Plate of 701. for 3 yrs old, 7st ; 4 yrs, Bst 41b ; 5 yrs and upwards, Bst 101 b. Mares, &c., allowed 31bs. Heats, one mile and a half. Lord Chesterfield's Spanish Jack, 3 yrs.. (Dufflo) 0 1 1 Mr. Lancaster's Monsieur Perrot, 3 yrs 1 3 0 Mr. Davies's Talleyrand, 5 yrs 0 0 2 Count Batbvany's Tragical, 3 yrs Mr. Mostvti's f by Revolution, 3 yrs 0 2 0 Mr. Schoiefield's Tommy Moore, 4 yrs... 0 0 dr Mr. W. Scott's Driffield, 3 yrs 0 dis Mr. Owen's Lady Shrewsbury, 3 yrs The first heat was won by a length, the second was well contested, and the third won easily. Match: 200, h ft. Bst 71b each, Golborne Course; Sir Jno. Gerard's New Years' Day received forfeit from Mr. Brooke's b c, by Tory Boy, out of a Nis to Maria (wrong nomination.) • HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Can anything surpass the Pas de Quatre of las t season ? Had this question been put to us yesterday pawning we should have unhesitatingly answered Nothing. Were it put to us now, we should as unhesi tatingly answer—Yes lit has been surpassed, The Pas des Deesges, produced for the firs) time last night. in the new divertissement o f th e J u d gment of Par i s, as nine" surpasses the Pas de Qua Ire, the marvel of last season, as the Pas de Quatre surpassed every choPrograe phic effect that had been attempted previous to its production. And who are the Deesses ? who can. they be but L uc il e G rahn, and Cerito, and Tag li on i r We mention them in the order of their appearanc e. It is needless to develope the plot of the divertissemen t, The Judgment of Paris is known to all our readers. The scene represents the assembly of gods upon Olympus' overlooking the Trojan plains, where Paris, the Judg e of Beauty, has fixed his tent. We are introduced to Mercury (Perrot), who, winged god as he is, Merlin,' flies across the stage in his pas d'entree. Perrot (whose_ benefit it w as l ast even i ng), in this pas is the Perrot of , former years—there was the same elegance, the same acti vity, the same marvellous tours de force, we should 80 , did not the grace with which they were executed car pletely do away with all idea of force. Then cam e Louise Taglioni, as chief of the Graces, su pported by Demele sse an d Cassan, in a most e xqu i s it e pas, which would have ma d e the fortune of any ordinary ballet, but which in the p resent case was but a foretaste of t h at • which was to co me . Th e Pas des Graces finished, then came the Pas d es De esses. First came Lucile Grahn, t he must et,ssieal o f modern artistes, in a pas which was ,s triumph of hi g h art. Di gnified and graceful in We highest degre e , s h e seemed a goddess who stepped oat from a pictur e o f one of the old masters, and who h a d been marvellously en d owe d w i th life. Intellectua liii , was the charact er i st i c of the pas d ' entrte Lucile Grahn. Then came bounoing on, rejoicing in the happiness of mere existence—dancing out of the very exhuberance of high spirits—dancimO s- cause walking would be to her joyless and dull —dancing' because to her dancing is a thing of nature, not a thing of art—th e lit t l e realist, Cerito ; and th e n carne dignified, th e graceful, the perfect, the unrivalled Taglioni. Never has the contrast between the real an d the ideal in the choerographic art been more delightfully displayed than it was last night. There was the young and intellect ua l p oetess, Lucile Grahn ; there was ias poetess perchance of a higher order of intellectuality , the accomplished artist who had carried art to it s • highest pitch of perfection, Taglioni ; and in contrast is these was Nature's own dancer, who, had she been a - singer, would have " Warbled her native wood notes wild." Cerito. It was the contest of the nightingale and the musician revived nature and art con ending to gether ; and so equally was the interest sustained that to neither can we yield the palm of victory; and, like the Paris (St. Leon) of the ballet, we will not venture to award the apple. Then came some of the most taste fully classical groupings that Statuary in his most ir spired moments ever imagined; and then the marvellous Pas de Quatre by the three goddesses and Paris. Thenj again, we oad a pas seul for each of the goddesses, en then a pas d'ensanble. Durin g the progress of the ballet , the stage t esembled a parterre of the choicest exotic s ' from the bouquets innumerable which were throw° from every part of the house • and the apple eee was such as h as never b een heard before within t h e walls of her Majesty's Theatre. It was enthusiastic'' rapturous—at times absolutely vociferous, drowning t he music, so that the action of the ballet more than onc e the e was suspend e d f or some minutes until the applause had subsided. At th e conc l us i on, the goddesses and ti; graces form a group aroun d P ar i s, who holds the aPP" suspended over them without awarding it, and the curtai n falls. Bu t th a t w h ic h F ar i s refused to award was awardeu: and very properly awar d e d b y the goddesses themse les ; At the conclusi o n o f t h e di vert i ssement all the a rtists were called for, and made their appearance . before th e curtain. Perrot had made his take-leave bow, and We; raking his exit at t h e w i ng , w h en Lucile Greta dragged him to th e f ron t o f t h e stage, T ag li on i forced him on his knees, and Cerito, snatching the golden Pei ° . from the bands of St. Leon, forced it upon Per amidst the laughter and applause of the audience. Af te es having seen how infinitely th e P as d es Decries surpas ks s . s the Pas de Quatre, we w ill venture to asser t 14 the Pus des DCesses i• se lf ma y not b e surpasse d ; P er if ever surpassed, Perrot i s t h e on l y art i ste w h o can evair, compose any divertissement to surpass it ; and Lumley is the only manager who can Pre cu t() artistes (musical, choerographic, and pictorial) io place such a divertissement on the stage may safely challenge the world to produce thing to comp a r e w i t h L e P as des Dees' h , It has hithert o b een una pp roac h e d, an d i s unapPrceebis abte except by M r . L um l ey an d t h e artistes under management. The oper a was I Puritani, with 1 -1 1 1 0; Mario, Lablache, and Fornamtri ; and the div er tissear r . was followed by the ballet of La Gitana. The per c o f mantles were for the benefit of Perrot, and ever y part the house was crowded to excess. DRURY LANE THEATRE• T is h s e eas ßr o r Aelsucboemespavulivasgianvge, o s n pa W rk ed li n n e g df opera, the first ti° ). S aor .„... mass de la Couronne. Madame Laborde as the Catrina, r this interior to Madame Thiilon, was inferior only to :that *her cinating prima dolma. It was, h in the acting raw however , voCV" than the singing that the difference was felt, for th e most lizat ion of Madame Laborde was marvellous. 5 ..,, he ~:v h a so sang efficiently supported by Mademoiselle . Guicbard• - s i tenry and acted with great spirit and taste, The hero Don , fdund a most efficient representative in M . Beulo, a. tenor, 0 .. . great taste and of faultless execution, and M. Barrielle, as ....0 1 : Captain of the gang of coiners, was excellent. The s o nD r : s ei dinate characters were all admirably filled. Th e ch .. b . were given with great spirit, and the orchestra renderee,;bo dazzling music of Auber with great taste and spirit.o 0 4 a i' l t z l a i o t i le operetta of Le Chalet followed, which Barrielle, lioul 04 . Mademoiselle Guichard convulsed the house with 1141101' FRENCH PLANS.—ST, JAMES 'S THEATRE. hecli s Mademoiselle Rachel repeated the character of 1 3 - - „ on Wednesday, on which occasion the theatre was honouryu the presence of her Majesty and Prince Albert. This P t s be of Phedre, confessedly the most difficult to render In by whole of the French repertoire, was magnificently gi ves „der Rachel last eve n i ng . B eautifully pathetic in the Len „ o f scenes — heart-rending where she had t o d e pi c t th e agon , t, i despair—she never for one moment forgot that she ere Queen. The re was something m.jestic even in her taw to ness ; but when, inspired by rage and hate, she gives NAY of her thirst for vengeance, she was sublime. The presencevr royalty seemed to inspire her with fresh energies, and Pi &ire of Wed nes d ay even i ng i s undoubtedly the triumph s':e has yet achieved. plop, Her Majesty and Prince Albert was accompanied by 0 0, Leiningen, and attended by the Countess Desart, the ", I Miss Derwent, Lord Byron, Colonel Arbuthnot, and Cale - n e t Seymour. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of i' - ' 3.- c p; attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the Baroness Spaeth, Sir George Cowper, and the Hon. Captain Murr7 3 . An t also honoured the performance w ith h er presence. W ° : served also the Duchess of Suth er l an d , t h e Duke t Duchess of Montrose, the Countess of C ar li s l e , Viscv-int's Morpeth, Viscount and Lady Marian Alf or d, L a dy Georg_di eoilrington, the Marquis of Titchfield, Lady Grenville, Ernest Bruce, Lady Dillon, Lady Glentwerth, Viscount D „ k . cannon, Lady Goldsmid, Lady Campbell, the Earl of A2 c oo land, Lady Lilford, Lady Jodrell, Mons. Carafari, Don le" t ". Murphy, the Hon. R. Gore, Lady Harriet Baring, He ll 'gr. Byng, the Bareness de Calshella Sir C. Vaughan, Hon. S. Mackenzie, Sir G. Barker, Hon. R. Dundas, &c., &c. TO THE OF THE SU Stn,—The account in yeste EDITOR rday's Sun of the fatal m flogging at Hounslow is certainly one of the most horrible cases of cruelty ever reported, and you. may indeed 6 114 to the language of bitter irony, whether will C o l one l W . IIY I or his victim be thought to have acted in th e most VIP,' manner?" I have but little doubt that " thouLinds of case' more wantonly and unmercifully infli c t e d, m i g h t b e foun d the annals were searched," i nasmuc h as I myself have late./,1 read of two cases in which death has resulted from excessil military flogging. The two cases to which I refer have O t been brought before the public in the way this has been,, bu p : the particulars of them are contained in a printed offlcia',. r i o port. I cannot suppose the present Commander-in-Chie f o f be ignorant of the dreadful nature of he punishmen t flogging, or of the consequences that are liable to ensue; '.„ i s therefore I think he would do well to act in the hurrw - g , spirit of his predecessor, the late Lord Hill, who, whePre sentence of 150 lashes was submitted for his apt r vt:„ c e, duced the number to 100. Had he d one so i n this i t ' s h a ys the life of the ill-fated soldier might in all probabilitY th e been saved. Many thanks are due to you, Sir, and to of gentlemen connected with the press, for the publicati(2 s .i . _ ..o this shocking affair ; and that you will not relax your any' o t in this great cause of humanity until the total abolition military flogging shall be obtained, is the earnest hope o 1 Sir, your most obedient servant, J. W. BOY ES. 14, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, City, July 22. 1846. , an w e h x e c li ell a en i -- TFIE LEICESTER FREE TRADE DINNER,----This v„.., e % appropriate and festive gat: eying took place at the 0 .;.,, fi li ti o e t n e t l i ar company 'fhurs da s y a t a d ft o e w r afternoon, excellent dinner. of et_ i iie., company, thougli influential, was liy no means ot ev en 0 elusive character ; all parties and classes who have t":„rir share in this important national movement were fairly r`,„.' .... sented, and all were blended together most harmonious l y Leicestershire Mercury. .„ o el Wool. FAIR.--L ENvEs, T u lILY 20.—Our annu a l ~: u 0 fair was held this afternoon, at the White Hart; the v !, l -4 of Richmond in the chair. Among the company P,, re n ;i 3 o: were Lord Abinger, Sir Henry Shiffner, Bart., H. Bl 3Cis- e AI Esq., J. W. Shelley, Esq John Ellman, Esq., &c., s ev ib' wool buyers, and most of the ' principal farmers in the n e t be bourhood. The Earl of Chichester, who usually takeil,,xo chair ar thi s meet i ng , was unavo id a bl y a b sent. The ' - ‘ l , t he of Richmond, on the removal of the cloth, proposed lic k health of the Queen," and the usual loyal toasts; after T o o his Grace called upon Mr. Ellman to give the me eting information upon the state of the wool markets. Mr. ra' t io• said the times were out of joint, and he had no informtoce In fact, lie did not know what to advise, but he would i t i i i iiv g an offer to Mr. Legge (f his wool, in order to show sorn o e ,, per like business. Mr. Ellman then offered his wool at-ac w 'bich tod all round. It consisted of about 1,600 fleeces, of o ffer. number 350 were hoggett. Mr. Legge declined the, s tate He (Mr. Legge) did not know in the present deprees7j o inti of the market what to offer. Everything was out 0 !, d ut hai , as Mr. Ellman had truly stated, and nobody could te" le teli, was before them. At present the market was coin_ a nd paralysed, but he was ready to meet the grav e _ n rice give them the best price, if they knew what the h'i v ioe really was. In the present state of things he was o f as gull that wool would be still lower. Of one thing he W 001.% lin 3 sure, there had been a great reduction in foreign 'w oo hale vast purchases had been made. As many as A be i onic had found their way into the market, and where t _ ll o il o facturers were to find money to meet such sales lif' i l: t 0 fe' tell. One thing was quite certain. if they expentr. Set reign, they would have little for home produce. , ~,. n et J said that Lord Torrington had sold his wool at nil 4" bad aricet f in answer to which Mr. Legge said, that the „,,, e Dake of fallen considerably since that sale took place. Ju b tit . vir, 4, Richmond made an offer of his wool to Mr. Legge , . _ o bliae" ' d for benit,.;__ _.,-_,„.. not accepted. His Grace having apologised Henry shttirr. to leave early, took his departure. and Sir 11 ! s 'yhat o e f_ . ' e.: , , . occupied the chair. The best sale announced wa o - f 820 Stenning Beard, who sold his wool, consisting tod. Severala. 30 fat sheep, and 300 tog fleeces, at 33,i 6d. per ce• Si the • advan ,-,1 3 sales were effected after this at a trifling a fter iv''' . Shiner vacated the chair at seven o'clock, meeting immediately broke up. isitrai, - . . 'nu - to 0-Pll°J )IL i E a el l;