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Now ready, price Bs. THE MODERN ORLANDO. IN SEVEN CANTO . Henry Celburn, Publisher. 13, Great 31aribormigh-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. THE GOVERNMENT POLICY AND POSITION . THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE will discuss this important Question Hilly this SATURDAY NEXT en suing; and will also contain LEADING ARTICLES on all the TOPICS of the DAY, with the fullest details of the PROPOSED NEW SUGAR DUTIES, the Monopolist and Philanthropic Coalition against them, and the probable result. FREE TRADERS should hold themselves prepared for the lases. °Rica, 337, Strand, and all Newsmen. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE of TO-MORROW' (SATURDXY), will contain — I. Tim RUSSELL CABINET, its Polley, Prospects, and Posi tion. No. I. 2. THE NEW SUGAR DUTIES proposed by the Government. 3. THE STANLEY AND BENTINCK CROS3. 4. THE THREE PHILANTIIROPICS, Real, Self-willed, and Cheap. 3. MR. GRANTLEY BERKELEY, the Type of his Class G. HERE WE ARE; or, the Last Trick of the Westminster Clown. 7. ELECTION LAW and ELECTION PURITY—The Bridport and Anti-County Vote Committees. Office, 337, Strand. itAILWAY SIIAILES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOITD, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., tae place every TtrzsnAr and Fafnir, at One o'clock, at the Rail of Commeree, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, arid the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, SATURDAY, JULY 25, Nlll be performed (for the last time this season) Donizetti's cele- brated Opera, entitled LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Madame Castellan; 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 Deeisses." By Mdlle. Taglioni, lfdlle. Louise Taglioni, Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, Mdlle. Demelisse, Mdlle. 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 be performed DonizettPs Opera Buffa, entitled, DON GREGORIO ; on, L'AJO NELL 'IMBARAZZO. Don Gregorio, Signor Lablache ; Count Giulio, Signor Fornasari ; Enrico, Signor Mario ; Pippetto, Signor F. Lablache ; Glide, Mdme. Castellan. After which, the new and original Divertissement, by M. Perrot, the Music by Signor Pugni, entitled, LE JIMEMENT DE PARIS. Introducing a new Grand Pas, entitled " Le Pas des Deesses." The principal parts by Madlle. Taglioni, Madlle. Lucile Grahn, Mdlle. Cerito, MM. Perrot and St. Leon, Mdlle. Louise Taglioni, Mdlles. Cassan and Demelisse, &c. To be followed by Belnas admired Opera, compressed into One Act, PIRATA Imogene. Madame Grisi ; Ernesto, Signor Fornasari ; Gual tiero, Signor Mario, With various Entertainments in the BALLET department. In which will appear Mdlies. Taglioni, L. Grahn, Cerito, L. Taglioni, Petit Stephan, Cesim, 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 emiaent 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 of UNE FEMME A QUARANTE ANS. Le Comte de gllly, M. Felix ; D'Omay, M. Beron ; De Nerval, M. Ulric ; Vieux Bois, M. Cartigny ; Madame de Silly, Mdlle. Martelleur ; Hortense, 314111 e. Iteloise ; Madame de Nerval, Mdlle. Derouet. After which (for the first time in this country) the Tragedy of VI IiCHNIE. Appius Claudius. M. Felix ; Fabius, M. Quelus ; Vir ginlus, M. Marius ; Maxims, M. Maleuvre ; Sylvius, M. Barret ; Horace, M. Dorgebret ; Fausta, Madlle. Martelleur ; Virginie, Adlle. Rachel. Prices of Admission--Reserved Seats in the Dress Boxes, 75. 6d , ; Admission to the Pit, bs. ; Reserved Seats in the Amphitheatre, os• ; 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 speet ; Bailey, 12, Regent-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. THE kTKE ROYAL, DRURY-LASE. THE BRUSSELS OPERA COMPANY. TO-MORROW EVENING _ _ Will be performed Rossini's Grand Opera of aUILLAITME TELL. Guillaume Tell, M. Massol (his first appearance); Arnold, M. La borde ; Walter, M. Zelger ; Gesaler, M. Barielle ; Ruodi, M. Boulo ; Matilde, Madame Laborde ; Jemmy, Madame Guichard. To conclude with the grand Scene from tke Second Act of LES HUGUENOTS. On 3foxnAr will be performed, Halevy's Comic Opera, " Les Mousquetaires de la Reine." Doors open at Seven, performance to commence at half-past Seven. TTIEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKFT 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, ♦ Night's Adventure. Juanita, Madame Anna Thillon ; Paquita, Miss P. Horton ; Gil Podrida, Mr. J. Bland. After which, a New and Original Drama, called BOROUGH PO LITICS. Principal characters by Messrs. Webster, Tilbury, Buck stone ; Mrs. Glover, and Mrs. E. Yarnold. To be followed by an Operatic Extravaganza, entitled THE WONDERFUL WATER CURE. Tartaglia, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Belloni, Mr. Hudson ; ♦rgentine, Madame Anna Thillon. To .:enclude with a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE SHIL LINGS. Mr. Golightly, Mr. Buckstone ; 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, A. Wigan, F. 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, U. Butler, Belling ham, Turner, Kinloch, and Keeley ; Miss E. Daly, Miss Forster, Miss Turner, and Miss Fairbrother. After 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. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, and Yarnold ; Mrs. Woollidge and Miss Howard. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER TIIE 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. Backstone's Comic Drama, called THE MAID WITH TIIE MILKING PAIL. Diccon, Mr. Wright; Milly, Mrs. Fltzwilliam. To conclude with a Romantic Drama, in Six Tableaux, called THE QUEEN OF TIIE 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 Extravaganza, entitled THE SLEEP ING 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, limner, Compton, Oxberry, Miss Emma Stanley, and Mrs. lionner. ASTLEY' ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the especial patronage of her Most 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 Equtstriau Drama at bait-price. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Grand Military Spectacle, called THE sTKIIS' INVASION ; or, England's Victories of MS. Intro ducing the whole of the Stud and Company. After which, Grand and Novel SCENES of the CIRCLE. 'no whole concluding with a Splendid Illppodramatic Melodrama. liolt,Oflice open from eleven till five o'clock.—boors epees at six awl ea:a:pence at seven o'clock. IiAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Positively the Last Week of the Operatic Company, and Third Week of Mr. Osbaldiston, Miss Vincent, and a Double Dramatic Company. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Opera of THE MOUNTAIN SYLPH Donald, Mr. D. W. King; Christie, 3lr. flurncastle ; Hela, Mr, Weiss ; Bailie Macwhapple, Mr. Jones; Morns, Mr. C. White ; Eolia, Madame Albertazzi ; Etheria, Miss Lydia Pearce. After which, THE QUEEN'S RIDDLE. Marquis de Santiago, Mr. Osbaldiston ; Sancho, Mr. Forman ; Olivia, Miss Vincent ; Floreila, Miss Lydia Pearce. The Performances to conclude with THE LADYB OF LAMBETH. Characters by Messrs. Saville, Hughes, J , ,hnson, Neville Forman, Mrs. Vining, Mrs. Daly, Miss L. i earce, Mrs. Hughes, Sc. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EYBRY MONDAY, TUEDAY, WEDNESDAY. AN D THURSDAY. VIES!' of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DES TION of HERCULA-NEITM and POMPEII, in the year 7,4 T It,tr3lT. magnificent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale or grandeur, the picture being more than twice the size of the former, and represents, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great Eruption of Vesuvius In the year 79, when the Destruction of Her cuianeum and Pompeii tcok place; produced under the direction Of Mr. Danson. A richly ornamented t;OTIIEC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CONCERTS are again confided to Mr. God frey. The Band is most complete in all its departments, and includes many emirkmt native and foreign musicians. In addition to the other attractions of the Gardens, will be exhi bited CALYPSO'S FAIRY GIIOTTO, approached by the Illumi nated Gothic Bridge, representing in the Interior Telemachus relating his adventures to Calypso. The PYROTEdIiNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the Matt complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcimic Display, a novel exhibition will be intro duced, representing the Descent of I'hxbus 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 splendidly ornamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivore by gas-light. Feeding of the Carnivore at half-past five ; the Pelicans, &c., at ais ; Concert at half-past six ; cad the Eruption at dusk. Op Moaner, Aug. 10, will take place a GRAND NEAPOLITAN CIBNIVAL and FETE VETE ; combining all the novelties of the •season Admission, On• Shilling. OVIZRSEERS BEWARE t . -treecleebdyilleit°- overseers of l o p r f s F or must not pay bills in they do, the auditors will not allow it in their parochial ac counts, arid, therefore , they will less out of their own private pocket that w hich ou g ht to have been dby their predecessors, and c harged in the parochial accounts. There 13 an instance of this at the present Nottinghamshire assize, wherein the late overs eers of a place called Sutton, Ashflel (who did not pay an atturney's bill for business done for them by him, when they were in office) are sued for the amount, because the present overseers refused to discharge the claim, finding that if they did, they should lose the money out of their own pocket, as the auditors would not pass it in their accounts. It is quite riasonable that overseers should, while in office, pay their own accounts, and not push them over upon their successors. Neither must overseers pay law bills, without their having been taxed by the Clerk of the Peace. ...Frain a Correspondent. DEATH IN A RAILWAY TUNNEL.— On the first day of the Dfaidstone assizes, a gentleman, engaged in a civil action, `vas proceeding by the South-Eastern Railway to Maidstone, when, in passing through the Merstham tunnel, a fellow passevger, sitting opposite to him, was astonished at finding his neighbour suddenly thrown into his lap, and apparently unable to recover his place. What was his horror, on emerg ing from the tunnel , to discover that he was dead! An in quest was ,held on the body oa Wednesday, when a verdict was returned pf " Died by the visitation of God." THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JULY 24. TUERMOMETER, Lowest, 62; Highest. 76 ; Noon, 66. BAROMETER, 29.86.—W1ND W.N.W., rain. • HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. '4.rnint 34 minutes after 2. 1 Evening .. 51 minutes after 2. !de • 1111 C - N • iL 'f 6l# s l ‘ !!°' j • " 4,5*0.1" 4 '44 a on , r•m 0 S . 2,,i-C•if • t .),t3TP" 4. 4 9 t • • fina • LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1846. In consequence of the family affliction which has recently befallen the Premier, in the demise of his brother, Lord WILLIAM RUSSELL, the question of abolishing all differential duties upon sugar has been postponed until Monday evening. Not until that sitting, therefore, can any accurate estimate be formed of the proportionate numbers of its legis lative upholders or antagonists. As we may positively anticipate that the present Govern ment will, upon this important measure, receive the most strenuous assistance from Sir R. PEEL, and also from no insignificant portion of the adherents of that Right Hon. Baronet, the ultimate sentence of the Commons still continues a matter of the utmost uncertainty. By conceding his influential support to the RUSSELL Administration, the late First Lord of the Treasury will be merely, it is true, fulfilling the promises so generously volunteered by himself upon the occasion of his retirement from office, and responding to the liberal behaviour of the Noble Lord the Member for the City of London, who, as leader of the Opposition, contemned all party con siderations, and assured an overwhelming majority in the divisions upon the great commercial measures introduced by his Parliamentary rival. In this respect such a temporary coalition between many of the occupants of the Opposition benches and these of the Ministerial benches would undoubtedly be a consummation the less startling, because so long and so confidently anticipated : nevertheless, it will be welcomed with excessive satisfaction by all who are interested in the destruction of legislative cliques and factions, and are desirous not only of a perfect emancipation in commerce, but of a perfect eman cipation likewise in political circles. Such an inter change of encouragement between statesmen of such peculiar eminence—when the national interests are at hazard—is the most appropriate concomitant of the enlightenment of the population upon the most abstruse and difficult questions of political economy. Considering the very advanced stage at which the present session has arrived, it is earnestly to be hoped that no unnecessary delays may be opposed to the settlement of this extraordinary question of the Sugar Duties. Until some unfortunate evidence of vexatious obstruction develops itself, we shall take it for granted that every superfluous procrastination will be avoided on all hands, as individually pernicious. We shall, unless some decisive token is given to the contrary, look upon Expedition as the principle adopted by every Member of the House of Commons without distinction. We shall cordially hope to see that principle carried out systematically by all our repre sentatives. Nor indeed can we discover any solid grounds for a delay in the decision of the Legislature. They are reasoning, not upon some abstract theory, or metaphysical phantasm, but upon facts as plain (to employ an old blunt phrase) as the nose on their face. It is proposed that foreign slave labour sugar, now excluded from our ports by an ex orbitant duty of 635. per cwt., and foreign free labour sugar, now encumbered by a duty of 235. 4d. per cwt., be imported into this country at gradually decreasing duties, which after five years have elapsed shall be synonymous with those levied upon the produce of our British possessions, viz. 14s. per cwt. And this proposition is made because—our co lonies have shown themselves incapable of supplying the demands of the mother country ; because—these restrictions piss very heavily upon our domestic population ; because—this unnatural monopoly entails no recognisable benefit upon our possessions; because—by the rejection of foreign slave-labour sugar, we deprive ourselves of a sure and extensive market for our manufactures, and by so doing, prevent many thousands of the industrious poor from obtaining employment ; and because, moreover, all these extortionate imposts are being constantly evaded to the advantage of individual merchants and the detriment of the British people. Firstly, it is manifest that our co lonies since the Emancipation Act have shown them selves incapable of satisfying the demands of the home market, as in 1831 the British West India Islands exported to the United Kingdom 4,103,800 cwts. of sugar, while in 1842 only 2,508,910 cwts. were exported from those possessions. Secondly, that these restrictions are a grievous burden on the community, is too indisputable to require any precise exposition. Thirdly, that no proportionate benefit is entailed by such pro tective duties upon our colonial planters, is shown by their own arguments ; for example, the Hon. GRANT LET BERKELEY, in his letter to Lord J. RUSSELL, de clares that his estates in Berbice return no income, but, on the contrary, entail a heavy expense upon him yearly—consequently what possible advantages can he be said to derive from the existing system ? Fourthly, that customers are driven away from our manufactories by the refusal of foreign slave labour sugar, is one of those self-evident propositions, founded on one of the elementary principles of political economy. And, fifthly, that these restrictions are evaded by the circuitous journeys taken by the ob noxious sugar to Hamburgh and elsewhere, previous to their insinuation into the English markets, is a fact now absolutely notorious. Those reasons, together with the grander ones against the protec tive system generally, as unnatural and unjust, are the reasons upon which it is proposed by the pre sent Government to abolish the differential sugar duties henceforth. We have accumulated them together at th e risk of repetition, and in defiance of all tautology, because we were desirous, once for all, of putting the question candidly and explicitly. Such is the measure which on Monday evening will be submitted to the decision of our legislators. We await that decision without the slightest trepidation, confident of the ulterior triumph of free-trade principles in every de partment of commerce and in every quarter of the globe. We have received many communications respecting the late military flogging at Hounslow, and on the system in general, some of them from persons who are manifestly well acquainted with the subject, and whose observations are based on experience. A cor respondent, who states that he was formerly a light cavalry officer for several years, and that he has wit nessed a great deal of corporeal punishment inflicted on soldiers, says that he invariably noticed that it took effect on the chest, that weak or consumptive men suffered a great deal more than others, and that the wounds on the back were invariably small compared to the internal suffering. We can easily give full credence to this statement ; the symptoms exhibited by the ' unfortunate victim will prove its truth: it is further confirmed by those related hy MATTHEWSON, who, in his sworn evidence, stated "that he had great pain in his side the next morning, and dif ficulty of breathing, attended with p a i n ; that three or four days afterwards the pain lift his chest and came to the sides. It would some tinir,s leave for two or three hours, and then come back again ; that he felt it still in the evenings when he lay down and drew breath ; that it felt as if some thing was running into his sides." And we doubt not that a similar injury would be found to have been sustained in almost every instance in which the . lash was inflicted under the auspice' and , inspection of so thorough an amateur as Colonel A RITE, by such experienced and practised operators as farriers " CRITTEN" and "EVANB." It is impossible to give adequate expression to the intense feeling excited in the public mind by the un fortunate transaction. Our brethren of the press have taken up the subject, upon which we, in the first instance, commented; and indig nant remarks are circulated through the country, exposing the atrocity of the vitem, its THE SUN, rious effects on our gallant soldiers, and the deep in justice and cruelty of such an abominable and nefa rious mode of punishment being any longer sanctioned or tolerated. We cannot permit ourselves to doubt the success of the efforts which must take place for its suppression. It is a just and holy cause, deserving of the advocacy and support of Christian men, to banish such a stain and disgrace from their Christian country. There is an ample fund of bene volence in the British dominions ; all that is required to call forth the warmest sympathy, the most active exertions, is to point out the manner in which such exertions may be beneficially applied, by which the condition of our fellow-creatures, our brethren, of any class, may be ameliorated and improved. Magna est yeritas et pravalebit. Truth must prevail, if the sub ject is kept constantly before the public, and the arms of truth, reason and justice, are not suffered to rust and lie idle. We have had a glorious instance this very year of the result of such a peaceful agitation, and a constant and unceasing use of such arms. The small body of men, meeting in their back room in Manchester, determined on a course to be pursued, a line of conduct to be adopted, which in seven years led to a moral revolution, the good effects of which will be hailed and blessed by grateful millions. We have seen them over come a mighty party, a powerful aristo cracy, who found it impossible to check or stay their irresistible progress : the peo ple willed it, and it became the law of the land ; the firm, but temperate, demand for justice in sured its victory, its success. Let not the example be thrown away. What has once been achieved may, through similar exertions and similar influences, again be attained. Can there be a more glorious banner to fight under—a cause which should more loudly demand the assistance of philanthropists of all classes, than the emancipation of our military and naval brethren from the degrading and brutalising cat ? Many valuable benevolent societies exist—there is room for another. Let the Society for the total and en tire Abolition of Corporeal Punishment in the Army and Navy of Great Britain be called into existence—let the friends of the soldier and sailor bestir themselves— let their exertions be directed to the great object of ameliorating the condition of the man who has devoted himself to the service of his country in either branch. Let his social condition be improved, afford him the blessing of education, train and cultivate his mind so that it may be acted on and influenced by other and higher motives than the base one of fear. But, above all, let the vile scourge be banished and set aside ; let him know that he can no longer be treated as a brute in a manner repugnant to every honourable and manly feeling, and you will go far to remove that state of feeling on his part which could alone make the lash useful. Mar tinets and petit-maitres, who enter the army for the purpose of " playing at soldiers," must no longer be suffered to exhibit their tyrannical tricks, to break the spirit and destroy the moral feelings of the gallant soldier, the high-spirited young man who enters into the service of his country with a bounding heart and glowing aspirations, but whose romance is soon banished, and self-respect destroyed, when brought to the triangles for some fancied dis respect, or some trifling petulance, into which he is betrayed by the taunts and irritations of some striped scoundrel. It may be asked, how is all this to be done ? The matter is simple and easy. Let every case of flogging in the army or navy be fully inquired into and laid before the public in all its disgusting details. Let it be cir culated through the length and breadth of the land, through every part of the kingdom, and the public attention thoroughly attracted thereto. Let the fallacies and errors of those who assert that discipline cannot be maintained without its continuance be combated and exposed, if neces sary. Let lecturers and missionaries go through all parts of the kingdom to expose the enormities of the system ; and at each election, which may take place throughout the country, let every Christian philan thropist, every conscientious opponent of the lash, demand a pledge from the candidate before he will give him his vote, that he will exert himself to abate the nuisance, that he will vote for the suppression of this atrocious practice. The moment the first meeting of such a society takes place, nay, when a dozen intelligent, energetic and zealous men, assemble together, forming its nucleus, that instant the death-blow is given to the grievance— its days are numbered; nay, the existence of such a society, the certainty that there are persons who will inquire into and expose every case of tyranny and injustice, will do much to abate the energy of the carpet knights, the heroes of the drawing-room, who think that they exhibit their military prowess by torturing those who have the misfortune to be placed under their command. Look to the mysterious silence that is observed, the pro found secresy kept up in every case. How many of the 2,000 English sailors who, in the year 1839 were flogged without the form of a court-martial, or in vestigation, perhaps without being heard in their own defence, made their wrongs known to the public ? Could it have been supposed, that 1,200 sailors, in the year 1845, were so punished, until we heard it in Parliament. Were the tenth part of the cases laid before the public, without note or comment, but in the simplest language, it would be impossible to re strain the flood of indignation that would be excited. We trust that something will be done, and speedily. Our humble exertions shall not be wanting on their behalf, and sincerely do we hope that ere another year closes we may congratulate the British public on the removal of the stain on the British name, the blot on the escutcheon of British policy. The Commission appointed by the States of the Grand Duchy of Baden, to consider a project pre sented to them by a Deputy, on the subject of the liberty of the Press, have made the following re port:— " The Chamber Is requested to present an address to the Grand Duke, entreating him to give instructions to his En th i.e 3 thad : tel at il German ar t talc h ;, : anotwfvheetf u:rteeintohn: e.r D eoslf i si e .b,r t le , hBcr t ej o yn7E: c eota i ryh t beeele t iweentlitcsiaGlseebt to ei l n a m dnng f lB oeeeyfaen,lettatrhhroaeeefl ssetroelnsirstAree u of Grand Duchy will no longer submit to such a provi sional state of things, and will regard it its duty to adhere to the laws on the press of the 28th December, 1831, abrogated by a decree of the Bth July, 1841. Mean while aff restrictions are to cease as regards the internal affairs of the Grand Duchy and the other German states. The act of censorship is to be reduced to a legal and simple system, according to Art 5 of the Grand-Ducal Ordonnance of the 28th of July, 1832. In consequence, the censors can not prohibit the publication of articles which are not con trary to the peace and tranquillity of Germany." A law has just been published at Berlin, by which foreigners, or foreign companies, cannot acquire landed property, without the special permission of the Prus sian Government. 'Without such permission any such transactions will be regarded as null and void. The law bears the date of the 4th July, 1846, and is signed by the KING and the Ministers. The German Journal of Frankfort, of the 20th, states from Rome that the Austrian squadron, off Ancona, was to leave almost immediately, the EM PEROR having granted a request to this effect made by the Porn. The squadron is, however, to cruise on the coast, to prevent the possibility of any land ing of political refugees from Malta and the lonian Islands. The King and Queen of SwzDari arrived at Co penhagen on the 14th. We announced a short time since that the King of DENMARK had nominated M. GuizoT a Knight of the Order of the Elephant. The Copenhagen journals, in allusion to this nomination, observe that it is the first and only time that this honour has been conferred on a man not of noble birth. The insignia of the Order of the Elephant have always been considered as the highest mark of distinction in Denmark. It was created towards the end of the fifteenth century, and the statutes fix the number of knights at twenty, ex clusive of those who are members of reigning families ; and the Kings of Denmark have always been so spar ing of this decoration, that the legal number has never been attained. The present number of knights amounts to 17, exclusive of Princes of Sovereign Houses. ink Madrid papers to the 17th have arrived. The Espana publishes a letter from Coimbra, of the 7th instant, giving a detailed account of the cir cumstances attending the pronunciarniento in that town against the PALMELLA Ministry. The following i s an extract from this letter : _ " A short time after his arriYal in this town, M. Fonseca MagaHue/paid a 'visit to some of the members of the junta, te .1`;l0 a e known the object of ha minion; but they V-: LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 24, 1846 laid before him every consideration which was opposed to the determination of the Government, whicn might give rise to the most disastrous events. M. Fonseca fully felt the difficulty of his position, and in the evening he heard cries of We are sold. Down with the traitor.' Crowds speedily collected, and demanded that he should renounce his mission and leave the town immediately, and assembled, with strong symptoms of being about to commit excesses, before the house of one of the junta, M. Campos, who, as the only means of satisfying them, assured them that M. Fonseca had left the place. Soon after order was restored." It appears also that the houses of several persons who were known to be friendly to the PALNIELLA Mi nistry had been attacked, and that the Rector of the University had been compelled to give in his resig nation. MADRID BOLSA, JULY 17.-33 15-16 for Three per Cents. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. The Moniteur publishes a royal ordonnance creat ing the following new Peers :—M. Barhet, Mayor of Rouen, ex-Deputy ; Count Cornudet, ex-Deputy ; Lieutenant-General Baron Duponthon ; Count Dumoncel, ex-Deputy ; M. Floureas, Member of the Institute ; M. Gravier, ex-Deputy ; M. Harle, ditto; Lieutenant-General Count Houtpoul ; Lieut.- General Viscount Jainin, ex-Deputy; N. Lafond, ditto ; M. de Lagrenee, Minister Plenipotentiary ; M. Legentil, ex-deputy; M. de Magnoncourt, ditto; Marquis de Maleville, ditto; M. Piscatory, ditto; M' Poinsot, Member of the Institute ; Lieut.-General Baron Rapatel; 11i. Renouard, ex-Deputy ; M. Rey nard, Mayor of Marseilles, ditto; Baron de Schauen burg, ditto; Lieut.-General Trezel ; M. Troplong, Member of the Institute; Count Vigier, ex-Deputy; Wustemberg, ditto. A circular has been issued by the Minister of the Interior to the prefects of departments, dispensing, until the elections shall be over, with many of the formalities required to be observed in the publication of political papers, so as to give full liberty for the discussion of electoral matters. The friends of the Ministry considered themselves certain of obtaining a large majority. On Wednesday the Count DE RAMBUTEAU, Pre fect of the department of the Seine, presided at a meeting of the commercial notabilities of the capital, held at the Hall of the Tribunal of Commerce, for the purpose of electing 15 Judges of the Paris Tribunal of Commerce, to supply the places of those who this year go out by rotation. The Prince D JoniviLLE has arrived at Tripoli. He is expected to visit Malta about the beginning o: August. Four corvettes of war have just been placed on the stocks the Serieuse, at Brest; the Capri,ieuse, at Toulon; the Constantine, at Rochefort ; and the Eurydice, at Cher bourg. According to the return of the Commissioners of the Sink ing Fund for the second quarter of the present year, the amount purchased was 280,598 f. Three per Cent. Rentes, which cost 7,820,695 f. 25c., the average price being 83f. 64c. per cent. Prince JOSEPH PONIATOWSKL who has composed several successful operas for the Italian stage, has arrived in Paris. The Prince is the grand nephew of the last King of POLAND. The Stock Market has remained firm but inactive through out the day, and closed at yesterday's quotations. Threes, 83f. 15c., and Fives, 121 f. 65c. The market closed as fol lows :—Three per Cents., for cash, 83f. 10e.; for account, 83f. 15c. ' • Five per Cents., for cash, 121 f. 60c.; for ac count, 121 f. 65c. ; Bank of France Shares, 3,460 f. ; Neapolitan, 100 f. 50c.; Spanish Threes, 35%; Ditto, Fives and New Loan not quoted. RAILWAYS.—The Share Market has somewhat recovered itself to. day, and prices of most of the lines may be quoted higher than yesterday, although not so high as on Monday. For cash—Paris and Orleans closed at 1,267 f. 50c. ; Paris and Rouen, 967 f. 50c. ; Rouen and Havre, 665 f. ; Avignon, 860 f.; Strasburg and Bale, 215 f.; Boulogne, 457 f. 50c. ; Northern, 696 f. 25c.; Bordeaux, 525 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 500 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 483 f. 75c.; Nantes, 482 f. 50c.; Montereau, Fampoux, and Dieppe not quoted. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 93. Boulogne and Amiens, 11% Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette Wspelete), —East Indian, 6—Luxembourg, I%—Northern of France Constituted, 12%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 714—Paris and Lyons Constituted, s;4—Sambre and Meuse, 4. CHANCERI.-(THIS DAY.) The LORD CHANcaLcon sat in the Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn, this morning shortly after ten o'clock. PAREDES V. LIZARDL-THE DIEXICAW REPUBLIC. Mr. TINEEY applied this morning at the sitting of the Court for the direction of his Lordship as to the course that ought to be pursued in this case under the following circum stances :—The bill was filed at the Rolls by the plaintiff, the present President of the Mexican Republic, against Messrs. Lizardi and Co., the late agents of that State, for an ac count, and also for an injunction. On the day appointed for hearing the application for the injunction, the .faster of the Rolls sat at the Privy Council,and, by permission of the Lord Chancellor, the injunction was moved for before the Vice• Chancellor of England. That Learned Judge granted the injunction, and the cause having been set down at the Rolls, the parties applied to that Court to discharge the order of the Vice-Chancellor of England. His Lordship the Master of the Rolls, considering that he had no jurisdiction to discharge an order of the Vice-Chan cellor of England, declined to entertain the application, and under these circumstances the parties asked for the direction of the Lord Chancellor as to the course they ought to pursue. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought the parties should apply to the Vice-Chancellor of England to discharge the order he had made. Under the Vice-Chancellor's Act any of the Equity judges who had made an order could hear an appli cation to discharge it. Mr. TINNEY said, the parties would much rather that his Lordship should hear the application, if he would have the kindness to do so. . _ --- The Loan CHANCELLOR said, the parties must first apply to the Vice-Chancellor of England to discharge his order for the injunction; and if they were not satisfied with his judg ment they could then apply to him. The Court, after disposing of several short applications, proceeded to hear appeal motions. Nothing of any public interest occurred in the other Equity Courts. BANKRUPTCY.--(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.) ENORMOUS INTEREST.—BULL V. CLARKE. This defendant, who is a law-stationer, attended on a summons, under the Small Debts Act, to show cause why he did not pay the sum of 61. 10s. debt and 4/. 16s. costs. The defendant said that he was willing to pay according to his means, but the plaintiff called on him to pay 2/. Bs. a week for the first fortnight, and 15s. a week afterwards. He had borrowed the money (51.) of plaintiff, and gave him a bill for 61. 103., being 30s. for three weeks, but not being able to pay at the moment, a writ was issued three days after. The plaintiff said it was borrowed by the defendant for the purposes of extravagance, to go to Epsom races, and other places where he was in the habit of attending. The COMMISSIONER—Do you know what rate of interest you have charged ? It is rather more than 5001. per cent.; yet you are so conscientious as to condemn him for going to races. Pray what are you? Plaintiff—l am a solicitor's clerk, and I had no other remedy than to bring the action. The COMMISSIONER—WeII, if you are ruined yourself by a similar unneighlsourly act you will not deserve any pity. The COMMISSIONER (to defendant)—What terms have you to propose; the plaintiff has been so strictly uncon scientious, that I shall not find fault at your following his example, although a very bad one?—The defendant said that in he long vacation his business was very bad, and on the change of the Ministry he earned only 9s. sd. ono week, and 14s. 10d. another, yet he had now to pay 11. aweek, and should have to do so for three months. The COIMISSIONEK—Was that for money lent ?—Yes, sir. The COM-1113810NIRR—I should not have cared about your going to prison for your folly, but the plaintiff has acted so unconscientiously that I wish I had power under the Act to tell him to go about his business, but I see I have not ; will, however, give you as much time as you require, for 1 never heard such a case before. You will, therefore, pay ss. per week, or 1./. a month, commencing from the first Monday in November. RAILWAY CO3I M ITTE ES. (T HIS I)AY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Room A. CORNWALL. The Chairman (Viscount Torrington) and the other members of this Committee re-assembled to-day, at eleve n o 'clock. The evidence against the Bill was resumed. Dr. Mitchell, mayor of Bodinin, was examined , and stated th a t that town, being situated on a high acclivity , t he dee p cutting of the proposed railway would most seriously affect the supply of sp r i ng water to the town. lie did not consider th at the river water w ou ld be a substitute for the spring water, as it came from a very marshy , oil, and was strongly impregnated with peat; besides it would have to be conveyed to the town from a distance by means of tunnels, at considerable expense. The other point from which river water could be obtained was the river Allen, but it would have to be forced up a hill. A project of that kind was entertained some time ago h by sane of the inhabitants of Rodmin, but abandoned in consequence of the enormous cost of such an undertaking. Mr. Rich, member of the corporation of the town of Bodnaln, cor roborated the preceding evidence. Room B. VALE 01' NEATIL The members of this Committee re-assembled to-day at eleven o'clock. The case for the petitioners against the Bill was entered upon to-day. Mr. Tennent, ono of the petitioners against the Bill, wee ex. amined, and stated that the proposed railway would ruin the interests of himself and his family, and expressed his opinion that that wader taking would not confer the advantages on the district that were ex pected. Mr. Charles Tennent, one of the petitioner s against the Bill, and brother to the preceding ' witness, addressed t he Committee at length, contending that the proposed railway was a Wanton invasion of pri vate property, with ou t an y p u bli c a dvantage, an d expressing his hope that their Lordskips would not sanction such an undertaking. Room D. GLASGOW, Dumrsurzs, AND canxxsxm. At eleven o'clock thi s moni i ng the hour name d l'or the assemblin g of the Committee, the parties interested in the Bill were called in, when The CHAIRMAN (the Earl of St. G er mans) said tha t he was sorr y toinfenn them that they had not . b e en able to co nstitute the Com mittee, on account of the absence of Lord Orford, through indispo sition. His Lordship had been unwell for the last few days, but had borne up against it until now. Now there was a standing order of the House which explicitly precluded a Committee from sitting if any member was absent without the permission of the House. Un fortunately the House was not sitting this morning, as It usually did on Friday, and the only course left him appeared to he an adjourn ment till to-morrow. He shoulg, in the meantime, take care, in the likelihood of Lord Orford not being able to attend then, that per mission was obtained to-night to proceed without him. An adjournment, in consequence of this Intnnation, immediately afterwards took place. Room E. EXETER, YEOVIL, AND DORCHESTER. The Committee met at the usual hour, Lord Beaumont, chairman. Lord Westminster, the owner of considerable property between Salisbury and Yeovil, considered that the prow Line would be of gr►at atlysirtage to tin caantry. Mr. Locke's cross-examination was resumed this morning by Mr. TALBOT—The short branch which was proposed to connect the line of the Exeter and Yeovil Railway with the Bristol and Exeter, at Exeter, would be on an incline of 1 in 83, and there would be two short tunnels upon it. This gradient was necessarily steep in conse quence of the station st the Exeter and Yeovil Railway being upon ground so nivel, ti her than that of the station of the Bristol and Exeter Railway . there could be no inconvenience resulting from the working of ;3IS steep gradient, as the trains would not consist of more than three sr ihur carriages. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP LXXIX. This Committee re-assonsbled at the usual hour this morning, Lord Lincoln in the chair. LONDON AND SOUTH—WESTERN (LONDON.. BRIDGE EXTENSION). The preamble to this Bill having been proved, the early part of the day was occupied in settling and arranging the clauses. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. A large business was done in Cotton at Liverpool yester day. Sales about 8,000 bags, including 1,500 on speculation and 1,000 for export. Prices were firm. Shares realised about former rates. It appears that the Dutch, who are ever tolerably alive to the interests of their eastern commerce, are by no means satisfied with the results of last year's trading, either be tween Java and China or the Netherlands and China; but they expect evidently that there will be a decided extension, provided the merchants enter more con fidently into competition with other countries, lind freight an additional number of ships. It may be wise to note this, because of regulating future shipments. Even the Americans complain that their trade with China has not in creased to the extent anticipated, although they took last year no less than 20,751,5621b5. of tea, being an increase of 6,528,9631b5. over the year 1844. It must not be assumed, however, that the consumption increased in an equal ratio, and we may conclude, therefore, that the Americans sent a full supply of their coarse cotton manufactures, and were compelled to take more tea than they wanted in exchange, or rather more tea at a dear price ; for to argue that the consumption of the article is by any means what it ought to be, or will be, is a manifest absurdity. Upon the whole, the last treaty between the Americans and Chinese is not likely very materially to benefit either, as the import duties in China continue much the same. There is no buoyancy in the English Stock Market, but the quotations are in some respects a little firmer. For pre sent transfer Consols have been quoted 951 2 34, and for time 957. Exchequer-bills have improved to lls. and 14s. premium. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been at 97 1 ,4 to 97%; and the Three per Cents. 95% to 96. The only bargains to be noted in the Foreign Market are, in Mexican Five per Cents. at 25% to 26 1 4 ; in Brazilian, at 87 ; in Spanish Passives, at 5%; and in Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents., at 59 1 ,4. Until a favourable alteration occurs in Stocks, Railway Shares are not likely to command much attention; but while the second-rate schemes may sink to a discount, there ap pears to be nothing that should impair confidence in the value of such as must yield a handsome dividend. The only question holders have to consider, as affecting themselves, is whether they have the ability to go on with the " because if not, the first loss is the best. BRITISII FUNDS. CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 96 95% 96 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 95% y 2% 95 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. inns. 97 % 97% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 5-16 10 5-16 ONE O'CLOCK. Ditto, 30 . yeais, Jan. 5, 1860 .. . - IN India Bonds, 1,000/. .. .. .. .. .. Ditto, under 1,0001. .. .. .. .. 25 20 p South Sea Stock .. .. .. .. Ditto, New Annuities 94% Consols for Account .. • • .. 95A, Exchequer Bills. 130. 11y d. 11 14 pm. Ditto. Small 11 15 11 CLOSING PRICES. ONE FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 87 Mexican Bends, 1837, 8 per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account .. 26 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. .. .. Portuguese Four per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account .. .. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Passive Bonds .. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cent .. 59 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 94 k 34 BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. Amber., Notting., Boston, %and Eastern Junction .. 113 Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 5 1 4 55% Bristol and Exeter .. .. 75 .. . Ditto New .. .. • • 9 ...... • • Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares .. .... %% •• . Ditto, Extension .. 2 1 4 .... 154 .......... Chester and Holyhead .. 2734 .... 26% Derby and Crewe 2%.... 6 ••••.. •• . • Direct Northern 233 .... 1 7 ..... •. . Eastern Counties 141. 165..... 24 4, ...... Ditto New .. .. 10/. 165..... 7% 8 Ditto, York Extension .. 105..... 23a 2 East Lincolnshire .. % • • • • • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 Ditto % Shares .. .. 10 .... 18 ..... -- Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 123 Q .. • • .......... 17% Ditto New 114 Shares.. .. 123 Q .... 1734 .......... 173 Exeter, Yeevil, and Dorchester .. 5 • • ..... 3% Goole, Doncast., and ,hotlield, &c. 425..... % di5....... 74 die. Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1% ......... Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 25 .... 28 • • . 28 Great Western .. 85 ....150 151.• ...... 151 Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 50 .... 83 83 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 10 .... 221 A .......... 22 1 ,4 Guildford, Fareham, &Portsmoth ti .... .......... 5 33 Isle of Axholme - • • • • • • 2% •• .. 2 .......... 2 Leicester and Bedford 225. dis • • % die. Leicester, Tamworth, &c. 425. .... In, di5....... 138 di , . Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junet. 213 .... 1% 1 ,4 % 138 London an Birmingham . - • 100 ....231 230 ...... 230 Ditto, Thirds 32 .... 7234 Ditto, Quarters . 2 .... 33 32)4 • • .... 32% Ditto, Fifths 2 2634 ...... 26)4 London and Brighton .. •- 50 • • . 65 64% ...... 64% London and Croydon • • .. 131. 15s 9d... 23)4 23 ••• • • • 231 A London and Greenwich .. 12/. 15s. 4d. 9% 9% London and South-Western • • 411. 6s. 10d. • • .. • • Ditto, New Consol. Eighths .. 40 .... 573; . . .. . Ditto, New .. . • .. • • 17% .... 28% . 28% Ditto, New .. .. 14 .... 2133 ........ 2133 London and York .. .... 133 % ••• • • • Ditto, Half Shares .. 233 % London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. 233 .... 1 .......... 1 Manchester and Leeds .. • • 82 •• .. .......... Ditto, Fifths .. .. 3 .... 11 .... • 11 Ditto Extension 425. .. 2 p........ 2 p Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . 86 ...... •• • • 86 Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) .. 4 .... • - 1514 Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) .. 1 .... 1134 ...... •• • • 11% Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •• . • 34 p• • • • % p Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 13834 • • Midland ..100 :: • • .... Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 108 ....120 Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .... 45 Ditto, New . 1 .... 1114 Ditto, New, Brandling .. 25 .... 441 4 44 . Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 15 .... 26% 27 26% Norfolk .. .. • • .. 20 27% Ditto, Tenths .. .. • . 2 .. .. 2% 3 A .. . . Ditto, Extension . 2 .... 2 North British .. • 25 •. • • 35 3 4 14 Ditto, Half Shares .. .. • • 8 31 •• • • 13%14% Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1 .... 2% 32% .. Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 Ditto, New .. .. • • .. 1 .... 221 i . North Kent and Direct Dover .. 2 34 .... .. •• . North Staffordshire .. • • • . 428. .... 3 % p Oxford,Worcest.,& Wolverhmptu. 1214 .... 7%. •..•• • • Portsmouth Direct • • .. .... 4% ••..•• • • • • Preston and Wyre . 25 •..•• • • • Ditto, Half Shares .. • . 234.... Richmond .. • • • • 10 •• • • 18 % ••••• • • • • • Scottish Central .. . 1214 .... 1951 Ditto New . .. • • •• • • 23.... 8 ••••• • • • • • 8 Shropshire Union 425. .... 1%34 di5..... 134 dis. South Midland 420.• •• • %3'si 1 , • •• • % P South Eastern and Dovor 333 . 44l Do., New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 15 .... 20 .. •• .. 19% Do., New (do. 151.) .. No, 4. 23h 334 •• .. 3% West Riding Union .. • • .. 425. •• .. 2% p 2 p Witbeach and SC. Ives .. .. • • 2 .... 3t4%........ 3 York and Carlisle .. % ....... York and North Midland .. .. 50 .... ..... Do. E. and W. Riding Exten... 1 144 13% .... 13% FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. .. 14 .... 11% ........ 12 1 4 Bordeaux and Mediterranean .. 2 .... Iy s 'fiord., Toul., & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 .... Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 .... 1 . Dutch Rhenish .. 6 .... 6% East In . ss. Northern of France Constituted.. 5 13 12% Orleans and Bordeaux .. 6 .... 7% Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... 5%%' . Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 .... 4 . Rouen and Havre .. 20 .... 26% 269( JOINT-STOCK BANKS. London Joint-Stock • • .. .. 10 .... 14% ...... •• .• MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered 3X • • • ... •• . Cobra Copper • • 40 .... MARKET NEWS. -(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. During the present week the arrivals of English Wheat for our market have been on a very moderate scale, yet the supply on offer to-day was fully equal to meet the wants of the dealers, whose attendance was very small. All descriptions moved off heavily, and Monday's depressed currencies were with difficulty supported. Of Foreign Wheat the imports have ben small. That article was a mere drug, and where sales were pressed rather lower rates were accepted by the holders. Grinding Barley was quite as dear, but other kinds hung on hand. The finest Malt moved off freely, other kinds slowly, at low rates. The Oat trade was in a very depressed state, yet we can notice no alteration in value. Beans, Peas, and Flour as last advised. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats Flour. 1,770 qrs. 260 qrs. 780 qrs. 1,890 aim -- 8,520 -- 1,830 -- 2,100 -- Malt, 1,270 qrs. SMITHFIELD. The supply of Beasts on sale here to-day was moderately extensive, and of full average quality. For most kinds of Beef the demand was tolerably steady, at prices about equal to those obtained on MondaY, and at which a good clearance was effected. We had on offer 140 Oxen and Cows, 700 Sheep and Lambs, and 26 Calves, from abroad. With Sheep we were well supplied ; yet the sale for that description of stock was firm, at fully previous quotations ; the best old Downs producing 4s 4d per 8 lbs. Lambs, the numbers of which were good, moved off slowly, at the late depression in their currencies. The Veal trade was steady, at very full prices, but Pigs were a slow inquiry at late rates. Mitch Cows were dull, at from 161 to 191 each, including their small calf. tngllsh • • • • .. Irish Foreign ...... Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. inferior Beasts ••.. 2 6 2 8 Second quality ditto. 210 3 2 Prime large Oxen •. 3 4 3 8 Prime Scots •• • 310 4 0 Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 0 Prime small ditto •• 4 2 4 6 Suckling Calves —l3 0 29 0 Interior Sheep .. • 3 2 3 6 d. to s.d Second quality ditto 3 6 3 q Coarse-woolleddltto 310 4 0 southdownWethers 4 2 4 4 Ditto out of the wool Large Hogs •••• • • 3 8 4 Small Porkers .... 4 8 410 Quarter old Plgs ..16 0 19 0 Lambs I Flip. 850 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. Sheep. Calves. ii7s I 11,860 402 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. We had a 31orc general inquiry here, On the following trims:— At per stone, by the Carcase. a. d. to s. d. s . d. to s, (1. Beef, Inferior 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior .. 3 4 3 8 middling •••• 2 6 2 B middling— 3 8 310 prime large 210 3 2 prime small .. 3 4 3 6 Pork, large.... • • 3 4 4 0 Veal.• ..... ....• 3 4 4 4 small ..... 4 2 410 Lamb, 4s Bd to 5s dd. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. The accounts from the plantations are not to say very satisfactory; yet, as the growth of Hops this year is expected to be about an average one, the demand here is inactive, at the late depression in the quotations. Tk e d uty is oiled 145,000'. Per cwt. Sussex Pockets - - - - 51. to 6/. Kent ditto - • - - -5/. ss. to 61. 10s. Kid mad Fad bent - - - 41. ee. to Bt. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JULY 24.—Wind this day at noon S.S.W., light breeze, and cloudy. DEAL, JULY 23.—Wind S.S.W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. the Planter, Pettingell, New York ; John Craig, Pugwash. Arrd. from the River, Augustus, Clarence, for Adelaide, South Australia ; Henry Tanner, Sargeant, Bermuda; Trinity Yaeht, Ilounsell, Dania; Caxon, Morgan, Miramichi. Sld. Stag, Parish, China ; Switzerland, Knight, New York ; Venice, Salter, New York ; Acadia, Toss, St. John's ; Reward, Salmon, Port Philip ; Bangalore, Kenney, Calcutta ; Madura, Smith, Aden ; City of London, Langridge, Mauritius ; Edina, Sampson, Quebec ; Young Captain, Veal, Newfoundland ; Lady Bricer, Liddle, Southampton and Adelaide. LIVERPOOL, JULY 23.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Strabane, Guerson, Bombay ; Cecilia, Jolly, Tobasco ; John IPLellan, Honduras ; Bravo, ditto; B. C. Bailey, Fitz, New Orleans ; Burlington, Crawford, Mobile; Queen, Leary, Quebec and Newfoundland, waterlogged; Elizabeth, Davis, ditto. Ski. Bank, Duagan, Ceylon ; Dorisanna, Freeman, Bombay; Benjamin Boyd, Clark, Africa; Jane, Blacklock, ditto ; Lawson, Ewa; t, itlonte Video ; Heart of Oak, Massey, Rio Janeiro ; Britannia, Fisher, Bahia. DEAL, JULY 23.—The Tory, for Madras, got on shore on the main, between Deal and Walmer Castle, but was assisted off on the flood, without apparent damage. PILL, JULY 22.—Arrd. Falcon, Quebec. CARDIFF, JULY 20.—Arrd. Marquis of Bute, Harvey, Quebec. SALcosinE, JULY 22.—Arrd. Isabella, Codnor, PORTSMOUTH, JULY 23.—Wind S. S.W. to W.—Arid. H.M.S. Scourge, Westward, and sailed for Woolwich. Cowan, JULY 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. St. Thomas' Packet, Pe dersen, Porto ltico ; Gem, Hannah, Havannah ; IS Aymar, ditto. SorriteatroN, JULY 23.—S1d. John Thompson, Quebec ; Champion, Alexandria. On. FLY:form, JULY 22.—Thomas, Barclay, Jamaica. OFF FALMOUTH, JULY 22.—Elena, Thorntcn, Mazatlan, and sld. for London, sld. lath March, on freight 100,000 dollars. 23, Ha vannah Packet, Michaelson, Havannab, and old. for Antwerp. BRISTOL, JULY 23.—Wind S.—Arrd. Maria, Balscion, Barbadoes. Sid. Miranda, Margrate, Newfoundland. NEWPORT, JULY 22.—Arrd. Princess Royal, St. John's ; Yorkshire Lass, Price, Quebec; Harvey, Comfort, ditto. IkIARYPORT, JULY 23.—Henderson, Twentyman, Bathurst; Dykes, Cockton, Restigouche. CLYDE, JULY 22.—Kobertlna, Trinidad; British Princess, Mather, Quebec; Flora Kerr, M`Kidder, Montreal; Pioneer, Fox, Newfound land. Sld. 22, Alcesk, Colquhoun, Trinidad; William, Lyon, ditto; James Stuart, Laird, liewfoundland. MILITARY FLOGGING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The account in yesterday's Sun of the fatal military flogging at Hounslow is certainly one of the most horrible cases of cruelty ever reported, and you may indeed ask, in the language of bitter irony, " whether will Colonel Whyte or his victim be thought to have acted in the most brutal manner ?" I have but little doubt that " thousands of cases, more wantonly and unmercifully inflicted, might be found if the annals were searched," inasmuch as I myself have lately read of two cases in which death has resulted from excessive military flogging. The two cases to which I refer have not been brought before the public in the way this has been, but the particulars of them are contained in a printed official re port. I cannot suppose the present Commander-in-Chief to be ignorant of the dreadful nature of the punishment of flogging, or of the consequences that are liable to ensue ; and therefore I think he would do well to act in the humane spirit of his predecessor, the late Lord Hill, who, when a sentence of 150 lashes was submitted for his approval, re duced the number to 100. Had be done so in this instance, the life of the ill-fated soldier might in all probability have been saved. Many thanks are due to you, Sir, and to other gentlemen connected with the press, for the publication of this shocking affair; and that you will not relax your efforts in this great cause of humanity until the total abolition of military flogging shall be obtained, is the earnest hope of, Sir, your most obedient servant, J. W. BOYES. 14, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, City, July 22, 1848. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 20 p 25N 26M 39 .14!. 45e,, 5% Snt,—ln reading Th• Sun newspaper, publfsied . I think last Monday evening, I observed a letter addressed to you by a " Barrister," upon the subject of the recent military flog ging at llounslow Barracks. Now, in that letter it states that at a former period, when a regiment of dragoons was stationed in the aforesaid barracks, one of the officers stabbed another, and for the offence was only reprimanded by the Colonel. To be sure the wound which the said officer in flicted was not a mortal one, but is it not an action of base injustice that for an offence less criminal than the aforesaid one--is it not unjust that for merely striking his sergeant a poor private should in the presence of his comrades be flogged to death? Trusting to your sense of justice to in • sert this in your paper, I remain your obedient servant, July 23d, 1846. J. E. C. SECOND LETTER OF EBENEZER ELLIOTT TO THE COMMIT TEE OF THE WEST LONDON CENTRAL ANTI-INCLO• SURE ASSOCIATION. [Read in Committee, July 16.] " You have misunderstood me.* Free trade will not affect footpaths, nor inclose any land situated higher than 650 feet above the sea, because lands of greater elevation will not be worth inclosing, except in ♦ery densely peopled localities ; and townsmen must take care if they can, as you are trying to do, that wastes near towns shall ba cultivated for their benefit, as public gardens, or otherwise. "In the bitterness of my heart, I have said more than once, when - thinking of the corn-laws, that there ought to be no class of men living on the rent of land, and it is quite certain that wherever ouch a class has been paramount, the masses have beet ignorant and oppressed : witness old Rome, India, modern Italy, Spain, Britain, &c. God made time land, and man the house, but the house must have land to stand on ; and surely he who builds a house has a right to live in it, or let it. Is Turkey, where all the land belongs to the Government, well governed? In the United States the waste lands belong to the Govern ment. Are you willing to buy an estate there, and, after cultivating it, resign it to the public? The question of the appropriation of laud is a very important one. You strong-headed men should consider it, and instruct us poets, who can feel, but not think. Unless land is unlike other things, it may, like other things, be bought and sold—l guess.f Your opinion, that women ought to have the franchise, proves that you ought, for it shows that you understand the subject. But the fran chise ought to be exercised by no one who does not deserve it, and until the women desire it, they don't deserve it. If woman is disfranchised, so are nine-tenths of her brethren; but they demand the franchise, and she does not. I have only known one woman who wished to exercise it, and her object was the indulgence of her ap petite at the cost of other people. Separated from her honest husband, she corrupted the husbands of honest wives, and liked gin, but did not like to pay for it. There is great cant on the condition-of-woman question, and some of the worst men I know are amongst the canters. So far as law couldinterfere, it concerns chiefly the property of married 'persons: Should that property be joint or sole? I doubt whether the con dition of married women would be mended by subjecting them to the operation of the bankrupt laws, and im prisonment for debt, but I think no husband's will ought to be valid without the wife's signature, if she cohabits with him. On this great subject too you men, with heads, should think fur us poets, who have only skulls. " EBENEZER ELLIOTT. " Great Houghton, near Barnsley, July 16." * Respecting inclosures. t Alluding to national property in land, which the coin• mittee are for. OPENING OF SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE.—After short recess Sadler's Wells opens to-morrow under the management of Mr. Phelps. The name of Mr. Phelps is alone sufficient guarantee that the legitimate drama will again find a home at Sadler's Wells, and that the glorious works of our old poets will be represented in a style worthy of them. The company includes Mr. G. Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. H. Marston, Miss Cooper, Mr. Scharf, Mr. A. Young, and several other of our old favourites. Mr. Weilack and Mrs Brougham have also joined the Sadler's Wells company. Mr. Phelps, however, has not contented himself with merely securing the services of artists who already enjoy a metropolitan favour, aspirants for histrionic fame will have an opportunity afforded them of showing " the stuff" they are made of. One of these, Mr. Creswiek, makes his debut, to-morrow evening, in the character of Hotenur, in the first part of Henry /V, on which occasion Mr. Phelps appears as Falstaff. LITERARY NEWS.—The present season is remarkable for the variety and interest of new books which have ap peared. Mr. Bentley has just given ns Horace %Valpole's " Memoirs of King George the Third," now first published from the original - MS., edited, with notes, by Sir Denis Le Merchant, Bart., with extracts from the diary of the Duke of Grafton. This new work has only recently been per mitted to be published. The late Lord Holland considered the anecdotes in the " Memoirs of King George the Third " of too recent a date to appear earlier. This entertaining work abounds in anecdotes of the Court during the early years of that eventful reign. A new work from the pen of that admirable writer, Mrs. Jameson, entitled " Memoirs and Essays on Art, Literature, and Social Morals," which will be read by everybody. " Memoirs of the Jacobites," by Mrs. Thompson. "Picturesque Antiquities of Spain," by Mr. Wells, a beautiful and entertaining book. A second edition of the " Diaries and Letters of Lord Malmesbury," which abound with anecdotes, and reveal the secret history of many important transactions for the last forty years. " The Philosophy of Magic and Apparent Miracles,' by Dr. Thomson, full of entertainment and curious information ; Mr. Jesse's " Memoirs of the Pretenders and their Ad herents"—popular, like all the works of this charming writer; Count St. Marie's " Visit to Algiers in 1845," a gra phic sketch of the proceedings of the French there, together with anecdotes and a portrait of Abd-el-Bader; a new ro mance by the celebrated Fenimore Cooper, called " The Itavensnest," the very title of which suggests one of those intensely interesting romances of the backwoods of America, where he has already earned undying fame. Let us not forget to add an admirable Cookery Book by Franeatelli, for merly head cook to her Majesty, a work now universally allowed to be the best on this vitally interesting subject. Francatelli well deserves to fill the throne left vacant by Ude. We have also Jesse's "Anecdotes of Dogs," with numerous beautiful engravings of the most remarkable breeds ; and the two first parts of a new and highly-promising peri odical publication, which will place the best modern books within the reach of the great body of readers of limited means, it is called " Bentley's Modern Literature," and commences with the inimitable letters of Horace Walpole. We wish this design all the success it so well merits. MORTALITY OF THE METROPOLIS.—The number of deaths registered in the metropolis during the week ending the 18th of July, was 1,053, of which number 1,032 were from disease, being an increase in the number of deaths from disease, as compared with the week preceding, of 146. A great increase appears to have taken place in the deaths from disease of the organs of respiration. In th e wee k ending the 18th July they were 258, and in the preceding week 203. The deaths from diseases of the stomach, liver, and other organs of digestion during the week ending the 18th July were 115. A letter from St. Petersburgh, of the 27th ult., says: —" The produce of the gold m i nes i n Russia is yearly in creasing. In 1841 the quantity extracted from those mines was 961 pouds (9,610 kilogrammes), amounting in value to 3 . 9,000,200 f.; in 1842, 9 , 810 ki logrammes, value 53,200,000 f ; in 1843, 12,950 kilog., value 72,800,000 f. ; in 1844, 13,410 kilog., value 76,600,000 f.; in 1845, 13,711 kilog., value 9,000,000 f. ; making in the five years a total weight . f 59,490 kilog.,:of th e va l ue o f 3 1 9, 0 00,0 00 f. U p to t h e presen t time almost all the produce of the gold mines of Russia has been exported to England, but if the quantity continues to increase progressively, or if it oven no longer exceeds the quantity obtained in 1845, England will cease to receive it, at least the greater part, and then it will be necessary for us to seek other markets for our gold, which it may perhaps be rather difficult to find. But let us hope that the new system of commercial policy which the Government has adopted, and particularly the reduction of the import duties, which has been the first consequence of it, will increase our con sumption of foreign merchandise, in the purchase of which our gold may find an advantageous employment. However this may be, the working of the gold mines of Russia must necessarily cause sooner or la ter a g rea t revolution in the commerce and industry, not only of Russia, but on all points of the globe." FLANDERS MA [L. BRUSSELS, JULY 22.—The average price of wheat in ,the week ending on Saturday, the 18th of July, was 23f. 32c " and that of rye 17f. 38c. This it eras being the ele a b n r n a i t v e e d rs w a i r t 3 h ' of unusualth King's accession r s . s on e to Daum ,mi e throne, i was chanted by the clergy of the Church of Gudeul, d was richly adorned. All the Royal Family were present' a° , t a great number of persons of distinction, including annt all the members of the diplomatic body. The church was crowded. After the Te Deuce, all the troops of the garrise. of Brussels, and those from other towns, were drawn up In order of battle round the park. At 10 o'clock the King , , companied by a brilliant staff, left the palace to inspect the, troops. An immense crowd of spectators was in the Park and on the Boulevards. The .King passed rapidly along. 5 front of the line, and placed himself with the illustVe strangers present before the palace with his staff. Queen and the Princess were on the balcony of the Pa lace Soleman Pacha was by the side of the king, AL Hor ace Vernet among the staff, by the side of General Langermalres The review was one of the finest military solen' nit that we had at Brussels. The appearance of the troops was magnificent, and excited the admiration of the numerou persons of distinction now in the capital. A at A great many f ore i gners o f di st i nct i on h a ve arrive. Brussels, among them are the Princess of Domidoff, of daughte r Jerome Bonaparte, and suite, the Duke d'Caranance, tu,, Duke of Luxemb urg , B arone , s S u l c h , M . S arra tt a , Minister f Plenipotentiary of th e A rgent i ne R epu bli c , th e Princess ° NVurtemburg, &c. &c. Mr. Stephenson, the celebrated engineer, visited Y iees few days ago, and exam i ne d t h e projected line of the rail from Yiees to Cou r t ra i. W e are assure d t h at th e plans ' yi d be very shor:ly sent to Bru ges , a n d i mme di a t e ly transruitte to the department of public works. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BatissELs, July 22. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • ••• • • • Rothschlld's Loan, Five per Cent •••• • • • • Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •• • • Ditto Three per Cent Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto • . Ditto, ditto, 1840 ..... . 1013 Ditto, ditto, 1842 . 102 Si Ditto, 1844., ..................... 99% Ditto, 1838 74 Ditto of the City, 1832 .. Ditto, 1843 . Bank ofß elgium . .. 940 —Brussels Papers. July 22. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Yizz•ma, JULY 18. 5 per Cent. Metalliques • 111 11- 16 4 per Cent. ditto. • ........ -:............. 101 3 per Cent. ditto. • • • • 74 Loan, 1834 155 Ditto, 1839 1224 Bank Shares • 1570 Esterhazy'a Loan •• • • • RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand •• • • • • 187% Gloggnita Vienna—Milan . .• .. •••••• .. • • . • 118 Leghorn... .................... 10934 Pesth •• • • •••••• • • • • • • Sienna .......... ...... ................ Oldenburg Pestoja .................... ...... Apenninen ............................ 96 Pesch Bridge —A.llremeine Zeitung, July 19. SHOOTING AT RED RICE.—On its becoming Know . , , i , Shurmur's wife that her husband had been so merciLtr; sentenced at the assizes, viz., only to one month's irnl ,llv o ment, excessive joy and gratitude deprived the poor v 7o 'l' es of her reason for some time ; at length, when conscions_u o , returned, she was with difficolly made to credit it.---"il e1 r shire Guardian. HEALTHY OLD AGE.—On the 20th inst., died, 135tIc o li f respected, in the 92d year of his age, Mr. Daniel Fenn h tst Trinity-street, Colchester. Deceased was of a very 9 ;t tis constitution, and during his long lif e had endured so i f ,„.. affliction, that all his d oc t or ' s bill s did not amoun t to ha lf crown. Within a few months previous to his death, h e „IMO it a practice to walk se vera l m il es every day, and his ra c were exceedingly well retained t o the last. age MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Yesterday the ra-- 4,er 1 1- of Lord Lindsay, eldest son of th e E ar l an d C ountess Of f carras, with Miss Margaret Lind say , e ld est d aug hter 0 se honourable Colonel James Lindsay, of Balcarris, Iva p a• lemnised at St. George's Chu rc h, h anover - squa re. ' the merous family circle assembled at the church to witner o d nuptial ceremony, among whom we observed the Ear! ti p . cl Countess of Balcarris, the Earl and Countess Somers ieo Lady Harriet Cocks, the Duchess de Coigny and Ma,_de iop il v selle Coigny, Lady Charlotte Lindsay, the Hon. ti''' the Keppel, the Hon. captain and Lady Sarah Linda* 0 1 Honourable Colin and Lady Frances Lindsay-, Sir Ed° s i c. and Lady Antrobus, Viscount and Viscountess P o llington! re , Dr. Lindsay, Archdeacon of Kildare, officiated at the se re' mony. At the conclusion of the solemn rite, the bride _ed ceived the congratulations of the numerous relatives _l ed , friends congregated on the interestino occasion. The v,,, itt • ding party then adjourned to the vestry, where the,Zoi riage was duly registered. The Hon. Colonel L'erior gave an elegant dejeuner, at his residence in Grosse square, to a large circle, in celebration of the ansT' ii i n g-, event. The sumptuous repast was laid out in the u' ons of room and adjoining apartment, and at least 150 Pell_ t be distinction were present. At half-past two o'cloct, the bridegroom and bride left town for Beechwood-Pa rk ' the seat of Sir John Sebright, Bart., in Herts, to Pa s honeymoon. isieo OM. Guizot has just presented to the town of L , his portrait painted by M. Henss, and this year exhib iteu the Louvre. for , It is said that the Pope , having a great veneratione oi, the memory of Pope Pius VII., has comm i ss i one d an he ne nt Italian painter to come to Pari s , an d make a cell . I °f l a portrait of his predecessor, by David, which is in the a .- of the Louvre. withh o t holes, weather, b behind nedx„,„ t he LUXURIOUS TRAVELLING.—The travellers - t he Dutch railroads being much annoyed by the dust during - 0 which being of preventing the annoyances, by attaching a cart Pie ... is filled with P.:: melted t p h e ide d u i r e it i e l t ngd h te a hr s e: been jtuhrne d ce e ya v re is u e e d for the purred We are glad to learn that the traffic, P ss" ,„. ctua ll y lays 0 5° dust. ger! . :! Cutab.iand Parquet. well as goods, is lye , 1 , 0 it The Cheltenham and Oxford Railway COMPi II/ ijae, haven Junction Railway. - - -13" re-organised. It has issued the prospectus of a n e . W tt ,e, A supported by a most influential provisional corntril w - 0 ,.." majority of whom are wealthy residents in this t° Cheltenham Chronicled Ye Ster' s FATAL ACCIDENT TO A TOLL-COLLECTOR ---- ~t the day, an inquest was held before Mr. Joseph P a yne of Bartholomew Coffee-house, West Smithfield, on the L' ° 4 e el' the increase ou the Wlio Samuel Croaks, aged sixty-three. The deceased was w eet' lector of city tolls in Bridge-st ree t, Bl ac kf r i ars, an d he' as two two and three o'clock on Tuesday afternoon last, h e we r passing the White Be ar pu bli c - house i n Upper 1.13 , 11 ,, tbe street, when his foot s li ppe d off the kerb, and he f e ll int o fore carriage road between the horses' hind legs and th e g ar wheels of a Clarence carriage, which was passing at the e o ff ment, and before th e d r i ver could possibly pull up , tbd uP wheels passed ove r th e d eceased ' s chest. He was picke bo y in a dying s t a t e, and conveyed to St. Bartholomew's tal pital, where h e s h ort l y after expired. Verdict, 46 Accedes death." tbe GOOSEBERRY DISEASE.—The gooseberries in t he markets this year h ave b een extens i ve l y i n fl uence d h . ,Y sr il weather, and there are b u t f ew w hi c h h ave not a sing'', of diseased appearance. It is attributable to the moistu r oot o the early part o f th e season, and subsequent shrivelling 0 11 the heat of the sun, by which the quality of the fruit is 111 impaired. A tO THE FISHERMAN AND TH E G ENT.— (D e dicate" oo Sir Robert Peel and Rich ar d C o bd en.)—There Was °6llll, an old fish-er-man call-ed R o b- er t. H e went ou t to ii i i and cast his net in-to the sea. And when he drew t i P tii ,: net, he found it ve-ry hea-vy. " Al-l a h pre serve ~ 1' said Rob-ert, "what can be in my net that it is ha's ) 00 So he pull-ed and pull-ed, and at last got his net upon p shore, and found in it a dead don-key. And the don-gags name was burnt on the don-key's side, and the oan' e of a P ro -t ec •ti on ." Th en R o b- ert turn - e d the d ea d dotI: it , o-ver many times, to see what he could do wit h ill At last, " Out upon it," said he, " and up-on ni es , 2 luck I What good can be done with a dead don" dO l 3 . I will try an-o-ther cast." So he threw the dead jo. key back into the sea, and let down his net l a bs And as he pull-ed it up he found it very hea-vy, al d reg thought he bad got some large fish. And when he ws i the net on land he found in it an old pot, on which o ci punch-ed " Fixed Duty," but the pot was full of holes, •„, would not hold wa-ter. Then he curs-ed his ill-luck oll't onreeist again.l i ) e a large-v more, and said, " I will make one more tri-al, and if 1 g l e a no fish I will not try again to-day." So he threw the ° I ; and n o u d t l i in- t it t said, t u h p e , , , sea, hle fifaot a u- n nt and letimt my-self swueelnfh histhisn when he drew the net on land, he found in it a ves' s T t - t 0_ And,fi than sh , e as- r v Ai e i : o 4 6 : bronze, with a seal on the mouth, on which was write'' .. lie-striction," and on the ve-eel was the word " Lesale'l, And he heard a voice from the in-side of the v es : - rf which said, " Take off the seal." And he took it off a " % qv, lit-tie way, and there came a thick smoke out of the bot _,, e , and it grew and grew, till it rose up to the skies, and it, v it a like a great gi-ant. And its eyes were like flame, 50 %0 limbs like the cranks and pis-tons of steam en-gives' left on its right hand was writ-ten " Peace," and on its ant hand " Know-ledge." And Rob-ert fell on his knees , wet said, " 0 migh-ty gi-ant! who art thou, and what w°%r, thou have?" Then the gi-ant said, "lam a great 1) 0- 40 and I have been for a great ma-ny years con-tined by 'be seal, which thou bast re-moved, and for this thou shalt 01 great and hap-py." So when Rob-ert heard thi s be / 1 0 very glad, but he could not un-der-stand how so hilgloi gi-ant could come out of so lit-tie a ves-sel. S o he saiu,dol the gi-ant, " I can-not be-lieve that so large a bo-dy c° 4 l(l, come out of so small a place." Then the gi-ant 5 ; 5 1 " Will you be-lieve it if Igo back a-gain, for while the Ae s " cl is off, I do not care for go-ing back in- to the ves-sel !" r„ tO then the gi-ant grew le ss an d l ess, and went by de-greea Pi t s the ves-sel un-til he was qu it e out of sight. And 00 a , said to Rob-ert, " Thr ow th e seal in-to the sea take the V- (1 sel, and keep it by th e a l- ways, and thou wilt ' good 'al) be fibs ha - p py , , and all men will love thee." And Rob-ert three / ha° oe i seal in-to the sea, t oo k t h e ves-sel, and did as the -ant g o o d PPY him, and he lived l ong and ha - and g great ' try and much mo - ney to all his ' brought fa-mily and all the coat' round about.—Punch. BIRS. 1 iOn the 19th tilt. at Maroon Town, Jamaica , the . 11d p l itr L ieutenant-Colonel Sir John Campbell, Bart., 38th of a son. On the 20th inst., in Eaton-place, the lady of %Ai. Benson, 17th Lancers, of a son and heir. - 1/ the On the 20th inst., at W es t ern -p ar k, H am ilt on , wife of Douglas Hamilton, Esq., of a son. A Sr On the 21st inst., Mrs. Graham, of Glou ces t e r-roa , -. , gent's-park, of a son. „ 00. On the 21st inst., at Edge Villa, Mrs. S. H o d gs on, 0'- der On the 21st inst., at Tooting-com mon , M rs . R o bert 1 0 oriis9 h son On the 22d , of a daughter. inst., at Clare Lodge, Sydenham, Mrs. -. w - Letts, of a son. MARRIED. r° ° — On the 22d ult., at St. Thomas's Church, St. John''', i iierP foundland, Lieutenant R. W. Brettingham, Royal he lace to Harriot Frances Josephine, youngest daughter 0 , '— W. Sheppard, Esq., of Clifton, Gloucestershire. leh° n ?' On the 21st inst., at Trinity Church, St. MarY „f Sir George Gustavus Monck, to Harriet, second daught er - William Horne, of Upper Harley-street. . Esq" On the 6th of July, at DIED Richmond, William Estei,ower formerly of the Ordnance-office, subsequently of the , e d 63 , Audit ; and, lastly Paymaster in the 18th Infanta',L'bd re- On the 20th inst., Bryanston-place, Lady B eri ' ar lict of the late Sir Thomas Bernard, Bart., aged 79- On the 9th ult., at Je r i c h o , St. Thomas-in-tne Jamaica, Eliza, wife of the Rev. Edward Hewett. On the 18th inst., at Leamington, Georgina Louisa mache, the wife of J. Tollemache, Esq., M.P. tford , On the 20th inst., Miss West, of High-stree ii % London: Printed and Published by 11:1311D0 YOUNO , e precifiC t strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, Strand, in tll gig rl of the Snyoy, in 41i4, County of Middletntz, 24, 1846.