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Now Ready, in 1 vol., with Illustrations, 10s. 6d. bound. FOUR'fLi EDITION OF Pow, HISTORY OF MARGARET CATCHPOLE. By the Rev. R. COBBO,LD, of Northam, Suffolk. Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE RUSSELL ADIVLINISTRATION. The FULLEST and LATEST PARTICULARS of the event& consequent on the RESIGNATION of SIR ROBERT PEEL, will lee given in " THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE " of SATURDAY and Swum!, the 4111 and 3th of..fuly instant. r Office, 337, . RAILWAY SHARES EY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAM.OND, SHAL E, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Pudic for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Hallway Shares, Fnc., tale place eicry TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at one o'clock, at the Hall of Conimeree . Threadneedle -street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfidly requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must ;banded dsited, at least one day preTiously to their being offered will be forwarded by the first post After the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Oflces. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. FIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed Rossini's celebrated Opera, SE MIRAMIDE. Serairamide, Madame Grist ; Arsace, Mdte. Sanchloll Assnr, Signor Fornasari ; Idreno, Signor Corelli ; Oroc, Signor Lablache. To conclude with the highly successful new Grand Oriental Ballet, by M. Perrot ; the Music composed and partly selected from Fellelen David's Ode Symphonique of " The Desert," by Sig. Pupil, entitled, LAL LA ROORII ; or, THE ROSE OF LAIIORE. The principal parts sustained by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. L. Tagliont, M. St. Leon, and M. Perrot. Principal Dances : Tableau.—Pas Symbolique, by nine. Cerito, supported by Mdlles. Demelisse, Cassan, Jamei, and Honore, and the corps de ballet. Tableau.—Le Chibouck, Pas Seul, by Mdlle. Cerito. Last Tableau.—Feast of Roses, Pas de Corbeils, by :Mlles. L'Amoreux and Julien, and the eorps de ballet ; Pas de Neuf, by Mdllea. Cerito, L. Taglioni, and M. St. Leon, supported by Mdlles. Demelisse, Cassan, James, L'Amoreux, Julien, and Honore. Adplications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box orlice, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to corn ounce at hatf-past Seven o'clock. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. M. PERROT has the honour to inform the Nobility, Sub icrlbers to the Opera, his Friends, and the Public, that his BE NEFIT will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, JULY 9, When will be performed (for the first time this season) Donizetti's celebrated Opera, ANNA BOLENA. Henry VIII., M. Lablache ; Percy, Sig. Mario ; Smeaton. Madlle. Brambilla ; Jane aeymour, Madile. Corbari; Anna Bolena, Made. Grist. With other Entertainments, in which Made. Castellan and Made. Sanehioll will appear. In the course of the evening a Selection from the highly successful new grand Ballet, entitled LALLA ROOKH. Selection from the grand Ballet, ALMrit, comprising the admired Pas de Fascination. A Divertissement, in which will be Satrodneed Pas de Trois, M. Perrot, MadPe. L. Taglioni, and Made. Petit Stephan ; and the ad m'red Tarantella, Madile. L. Grahn and M. Perrot. And an entirely new Ballet Divertissement, in three Tableaux, by M. Perrot, the Music by Sig. Puzzi, and the Scenery by Mr. Marshall, LE MAITRE DE BALLET DANS L'ENIBAREAS. Principal characters by Madile. Lucile Grahn, Mesdlles. Honore . Casson, Demelisse, James, Jul Hem Lamoureux, and Madlle. L. Taglioni; and M. Gosselin and M. Perrot. THEATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARR.ET. THIS EVENING • Will be performed Anher's celebrated Opera, entitled THE BLACK DOMIN 0 ; sr, A Night's Adventure. Juanita, Madame Anna Thillon ; Padulta, Dins P. Horton ; Gil Podrida, Mr. J. Bland. Atter 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 conclude with the original Farce of THE IRISH ATTORNEY. Pierce O'Hara, Mr. Hudson; Jacob Wylie, Mr. Gough ; Miss Chart colt, Miss Lee ; Sally, Mrs. Caulfield. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT EVENINGOF MRS. KEELEY. THIS " The performances will commence with the New and Original Comic Drama, 1R Two Acts, founded on a recent well-known event, called THE DUST-MAN'S BELLE. Ned Windfall, Mr. Keeley; Sally Bromley, Mrs. Keeley. After which (for the second time), a New and Original Farce, en titled LOAN OF A WIFE. Principal characters by Messrs. Ira , k Matttfews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, and Yarnold ; Mrs. Wool lidge, and Miss Howard. To conclude with the burlesque of ROBIN HOOD AND LITTLE JOHN Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, A. Wigan, Kinlock, and Keeley ; Miss Fairbrother, Miss Mary Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. L'N. DER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. I:4 EVENING Will be performed an Original Melodrama, called THE DEVIL OF MARSEILLES ; or, 'I he Spirit of Avarice. In which Messrs. Paul Redford, 0. Smith, Wright, Lambert, Munyard, Mitchinson ; 3fadame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar will perform. To be followed by the highly popular Burletta of T&MING A TARTAR. Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Messrs. Paul Ledford, Wright. Selby, &c., will sustain the principal characters. To conclude with the new and successful Farce, entitled THE CORPORAL'S WEDDING ; or, A Kiss of the Bride. Major Grlskin, Mr. Selby; Nancy Cobb, Miys Woolgar. PRINCESS'S T“EATRE, OXFORD-STItEZT. 7H13 EVENING, Will be pertbrmed Shakspe are's Comedy (with Music) of THE MERRY WIVES OF witipsoln. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Granby; Mr. Ford; Mr. Wallack ; Mr. Page, Mr. Ryder ; Sir Hugh Evans, Mr. Charhe Mathews; Master Slender, Mr. Compton; Fenton, Mr. Barker ; Acs. Ford, Mrs. Stirling ; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris. Previous to the Comedy the Band will perform the Overture to " Oberon." ' Te conclude with Sheridan's Drama of THE CRITIC ; or, A Tragedy Rehearsed. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Honner, Compton, Oxberry, Miss Emma Stanley, and Mrs. Honner. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. IV. Batty. Patronised by her Moat Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. The most attractive and beSt ventilated Theatre in London. Fifth Week of 1 1 the splendid Spectacle of our Asiatic Conquests. TULA EVENING Will be performed the New Military Spectacle, called TILE PIERS' INVASION ; or, Our Victories of 1546. In which the whole resources of the Establishment will be brought forward. Magnificent brass Band, &c. The SCENES of the CIRCLE will prove more than usually at tractive, latropcing the French and British Artists in their va rious acts of Equitation. The whole concluding with a favourite Afterpiece. In which Miss Sara Lacy will appear. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. NEW STRAND THEATRE Open every Evening, with the greatest Novelties of the Day. If. PIIILLIPPE feels happy to announce, that the extraordinary Performances of the MONKEYS and DOGS have been received with the greatest admiration and applause, and will be continued every Evening at the above Theatre. Doors open at a quarter before Eight; to commence at a Quarter after Eight o'clock. Stalls, 3s. ; Homes, 2s, ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. ; Privateßoxes, It. Is. and 10s. 6d. M. PHILLIPPE will give his Performances EVERY EVENING at the STANDARD THEATRE, Shoreditch. NOTICE.—M. PHILLIPPE wants a Gentleman who could take the management of his business, as a PARTNER, throughout the large Towns of the United Kingdom. A security of 6001, will be inquired. For Particulars upply at the Strand Theatre, between the hours of Eleven and One o'clock. DAV EDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Re-Opening of this Theatre with unexampled force. Combined and unprecedented operatic engagements of the first vocal talent. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Opera of LA BONITA:11111MA. Elvino, Mr. D. W. King ; Cdtint Rodolphe, Mr. Weiss ; Alessi°, Mr. Horn castle ; Amine, Madame Clara AuSell ; Lisa, Miss Betts ; Agnes, Miss Lydia Pearce. ♦tter which, the favourite Opera of ROSINA. Characters by Messrs. Rivers, C. White, Horncastle, Neville ; Miss Betts, Miss Pearce, &c. To conclude with THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. Grindolf, Mr. Hughes. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. ETIIRY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. This magnificent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of grandeur, the picture being more than twice the size of the former, and represents, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great Eruption of Vesuvius in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her culaneum and Pompeii took place: produced under the direction of Mr. Damon. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been eonstrueted, 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 eminent native and Mreign musicians. In addition to the other attractions of the Gardens, will be exhi bited CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, approached by the Illumi nated Gothic Bridge, representing in the Interior Tclemacta.s relating his adventures to Calypso. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the most complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display, a novel exhibition will be intro duced, representing the Descent of nimbus in the Chariot of the Sun. Mons. Farineill will descend :font 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 namented 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 viz ; Concert at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk. Admission. One Shilling. CoLossEum.—On Saturday afternoon his Highness Ibrahim Pacha and suite, visited the above splendid establishment, and was conducted by Mr. W. Bradwell . to the Panorama of London, Conservatories, Glyptotheeas Sw i ss Cottage, Classic Ruins, and Camera, &c., with every portion of which hi s Highness expressed his admiration and delight, and announced his intenti on o f com i ng aga i n i n the evening toview the Panorama of London by night. This extraor dinary work of art, with it s various atmospheric . effects, fleecy clouds, and twinkling stars, so aston i shed his High ness, that he could not imagine it was a painting, or in what mapner it was placed to produce such an effect of reality. He afterwards visited every part of the establishrnenta. second time, and after partaking of refreshments and hi s cigar, he departed mach pleased by his second visit, stating, if his engagements permitted, he should again visit the night view of London before he left London. The C olosseum was exceedingly crowded on the evening of his visit by groups of elegantly d resse d l a di es , Saturday being the most fashionable evening of this establishment. COSXORAnA Roosts, REGENT STREET.—INDIAN WAR. —Aviongt the numerous attractions of London, now in the height of its season, no in-door amusement or exhibition is more interesting or better calculated to please than the repre sentation of our late victories in India,by a series of beautiful diuramic views. We are made familiar with the terrific events at tioodkee, Ferozeshah, Aliwal, and S o b raon. Eac h painting is on a scale of unusual magnitude, and most effec tively represents the separate engagements. The battles of Moodkee and Sobraon appear to be the favourite pictures. In the former a splendid scene of Eastern grandeur —a setting sun—throws a peculiar glow of colour over a scene of the most dreadful carnage. The distant country, and the con testing armies, especially the principal figures, are exceed ingly well painted, and give a life-like reality to the whole, which for a time completely absorbs the attention of specta tors. The battle of Sobraon is a bright morning scene, and delineates the events which occurred on the morning of the 10th of February, 1846, in the attack on the Seikh entrench ments. "Not a shot was tired until the entrenchments were gained, and then the volleys of musketry told with deadly effect. As the bayonets of these troops were seen in levelled rank advancing from point to paint, they were watched with the most anxious suspense. The Seikhs, guarded by their defences, disputed the advance of our men, who, involved in the intricacies of the woks, and met everywhere by a de structive fire, were able to advance but slowly, even when re-inforced by the 7th brigade. It was in this desperate struggle that Sir R. Dick fell, gallantly cheering forwar.l his troops." This is a most excellent picture, and one which will add to the fame of the artist, Mr. J. Meadows. Altoge ther the exhibition is one of a truly national and first-class character; and we hope to see it take its stand amongst the legitimate works of art in the metropolis. TIER Brut OF AN ADDER.—Yesterday afternoon, as Miss Bannister, a young lady residing in Quebec-street, Alontague-square, was crossing the fields between West-end, Hampstead, and the Swiss Cottage, Regent's-park, she was stung by an adder above the right ancle. On reaching home, the limb began to swell in an alarming manner; surgical as sistance was obniined, the part cut out, and the wound cauterised, &c., hut she is considered in great danger. LORD WILLI %.31 101.4:U.—The accounts of his Lord - ship's illness received on Saturday last by the Duke and Duchess of Bedford were most discouraging; but subsequent letters have pronounced a change for the better. As soon as the Noble Lord can be rem oved w ith safe t y , he will b;. , , brought from Genoa to this country. THE WEATHER.—SDN OFFICE, JULY 3. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 64; Highest. 73 ; Noon, 75 BAROMETER, 30.27.—W1ND W.; fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. %lern,ng 5 minutes after S. I Evening .. 39 minutes after I. . it . " l''" c Is 4 , -Z • c o., u 1 • to, • !, ' • • I' --•-•---•-.. '''s• cit it io ..., ' k's, • a 1 .., =, --- ,01 T 4 4 Il k. - 1 4 0 1 .41, -,--- 're';.. tronin LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1846. THE NEW MINISTRY. The following are the principal appointments in the new Ministry : IN THE CABINET. Lord Chancellor ...... Lord COTTINHAM. President of the Council Marq. of LANSDOWNE Lord Privy Seal Home Office Sir G. GREY. Colonial Office Earl GREY. Foreign Office . Visct. PALMERSTON. First Lord of the Treasury Lord J. RUSSELL. Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr. CHABLIS WOOD. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Lord CAMPBELL. Paymaster-General Mr. MACAULAY. Woods and Forests Postmaster-General Marq. CLANRICARDE. Board of Trade Earl of CLARENDON. Board of Control Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE Chief Secretary for Ireland Mr. LADOUCHERE. Admiralty Earl of AUCKLAND. NOT IN THE CABINET. Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland... Earl of BESBOROUGII Commander-in-Chief Master-General of Ordnance Marq. of ANGLESEY. Lord JOHN RUSSELL received visits this morning from several of his political friends. PRIVY COUNCIL.—No summonses for a Council for the reception of the seals of office from the mem bers of the late Administration have yet been issued, but it is expected that her MAJESTY will hold a Privy Council on Monday next, when the new Ministers will be formally installed into office by the delivery of their respective seals. Sir ROBERT PEEL is expected to arrive in town on Monday next, from Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. After an extraordinary existence of seven years and nine months, the Anti-Corn-law League has been dissolved ; constituted in the September of 1838, it has ceased to exist in the July of 1846. Although the word " conditionally" is introduced in the an nouncement of its dissolution yesterday, we feel authorised to regard the career of this wonderful association as altogether terminated, because we coincide in the opinion so em phatically expres..ed by the illustrious representa tive of Stockport, who declared that " it would be as well to attempt to abolish Magna Charta, or to do away with trial by jury, or to repeal the Act for the Emancipation of the Catholics, or to abrogate the Reform Act itself, as to endeavour to re-enact the system of corn-laws in this country." So impressed are we by this: conviction that we cannot even picture to ourselves the possibility of entertaining sentiments of trepidation as to the ulterior and unrestricted realisation of commercial freedom ; and that not simply in wheat and barley, but in every com modity which human industry can cultivate or human ingenuity devise. As rationally might an emanci pated prisoner dread the renewal of his captivity when his manacles are shivered to atoms, his dungeon de stroyed, and his gaolers paralysed. It is, therefore, with unmixed feelings of exultation that we be hold the disbandment of that mighty organisa tion, through the instrumentality of which the irk someness of monopoly and the grinding influences of unnecessary taxation have for ever been removed from the population of Great Britain. We behold its dis bandment with unmixe..l exultation, because it is the most fitting guarantee that the greatest social refor mation of perhaps any century has been fully accom plished, and this without compromise, chicanery, intimidation, or any 1„ of those vulgar weapons of assault which are sometimes employed against a constitution. In the annals of that memorable body which has just consummated the object of its original creation, one circumstance of its existence, one con comitant of its power, one illustrative phase of its character, will ever assume to itself in the memory of these stirring times an especial prominence and an undecaying lustre. It will be seen and acknow ledged hereafter, that for the subversion of an in famous system, and for the substitution of one more consonant with the dictates of morality and justice, the whole armour of the League, both offensive and defensive, was REASON. From the first unpropitious meetings of the miniature junto of free-traders in that miserable room at Manchester, when a " dingy little red curtain was drawn across the chamber" to pre vent any chilling effects from being experienced, in consequence of the paucity of the numbers present, up to the final meeting of yesterday, the League has ever persisted in that undeviating coarse of wisdom, and sobriety, and consistency, and legality, and thoughtfulness, and intellectual pertinacity, the combination of which characteristics have left this association without any parallel in the history of nations, or in traditionary records of the people. No eulogium, however grandiloquent, could exceed the abstract merits of this remarkable body; but we conceive that mere wordy panegyrics would be but little in accordance with the principles by which it has been throughout actuated, and through which it should ever be contemplated. Its noblest enco miums are inscribed in the minutes of its proceed- ings, in the dignified and rational eloquence of its orators, in their unflinching earnestness, their inimit able integrity, and their exceeding disinterestedness. Did we abandon ourselves to the utterance of those emotions which animate both ourselves and the population at large in speaking of VILLIERS, Bow- RING, BRIGHT, WILSON, THOMPSON, but, above all, in mentioning the name of RICHARD COBDEN, we should be tempted to an extension of our remarks al together incompatible with propriety. Nor can we induce ourselves to imagine than any ob servations of such a character are requisite, believing as we do in that picturesque and beautiful truth which was pronounced by the Member for Stockport, that "though the body of the League will perish, its spirit is abroad, and will pervade all the nations of the earth." It has embued the whole woof of, society with its tinge, it has inoculated the community with a healthy abhorrence of legislative injustice, whether social, commercial, or religious. It has performed its lofty and onerous duties without the bandying of a single vituperation, without eliciting amongst the members of its association one angry sentiment, without an eye to emolument or a thought of extortion. It has revolutionised the coun- try without shedding a drop of blood ; it has pursued its solemn and triumphant course peaceful amidst the storms and calm amidst the bickering s of furious and relentless contention. Honour, then, to the manes of the League, and honour to those noble patriots who, by their oratory, their integrity, and their bravery, have contributed so effectually to the realisa tion of free-trade measures. It is gratifying to ob serve the resolution of the Committee of the League to present a testimonial of 10,0001. to Mr. GEORGE IVInsoN, for the extraordinary exertions and abilities which he has displayed throughout the existence of this association as its chairman, to the detriment of his pri vate fortunes, and the incalculable advantage of the League. Having thus far performed an act of com mon honesty in regard to one of our public bene factors, it remains to us to tender to a still loftier patriot and a still more national and world-wide benefactor a tribute of love, and veneration, and gra titude. One hundred thousand pounds are now in course of being collected for presentation to Riatax, COBDEN. Men of England ! remember his services-- they have been yours and the world's ! In consequence of the elevation of Lord FRANCIS EGERTON to the earldom of Ellesmere a vacancy has occurred in the representation of South Lan cashire. Nothing could by possibility have trans pired of a political character just at this remarkable juncture more likely to arouse the interest and arrest the attention of all classes throughout the country than an election for any constituency; but that interest and that attention are of a threefold intensity now that the election occurs fn the very centre of the hot-bed of the free-traders, namely, in the greatest of the manufac turing districts. Every one will turn with a peculiar anxiety to the nomination and the accept ance of the candidate, and this because through this election of a representative may be discerned the sen timents with which the people regard the recent alter ations in the commercial code. It will be seen from the principles advocated by the successful candidate whether those changes are regarded with stolid indif ference—whether they have met with the approbatiol or the indignation of the populace. If, indeed, this moral experiment, by which the popular emotions will, to a certain extent, be gauged—if, we say, this experi ment cannot be regarded as universally applicable to the entire community, but simply as indicative of the feelings rife in one quarter of the kingdom alone, it will nevertheless continue to be a matter of extreme importance to observe the results of the first experi ment. It will be the text from which we may very rationally deduce the corollary. With regard to our selves, we entertain of course but a single opinion as to the consequences of the approaching county election ; we anticipate, as a sane mind can alone anticipate, that the electors will eagerly avail themselves of the opportunity here afforded them to testify their gratitude for the glorious boon con ferred upon them by the Legislature ; and, as a constitutional act, to return only such a can didate as coincides to the uttermost in the decision of the most renowned statesman in existence, and the most liberal-minded Parliament that has sat for years within the walls of St. Stephen's. Already we re cognise the existence of the determination in the enfranchised portion of the inhabitants of South Lancashire. We recognise this in the circumstance of the deputation which waited upon a most respected and intelligent free-trader of Liverpool, the deputation conveying to that gentle man requisitions from Liverpool and Manchester, signed by upwards of 9,000 voters, requesting him to become a candidate for the vacant seat. That re quisition was reluctantly acceddd to, and that candi date is Mr. WILLIAM BRowN, of Liverpool. A name which has already acquired for itself a considerable share of attention, and no inconsiderable portion of respect, throughout Great Britain, from its frequent recurrence in the reports of the monster meetings at Manchester, in opposition to the departed corn-laws, requires no prefix in the shape of a complimentary adjective. Besides which, the insignificant majority by which Mr. BROWN was defeated upon a former occasion has rendered him a familiar candidate amongst the Lancashire con stituency. From the letter which this gentleman has addressed to the electors of the southern portion of the county, we are, however, peculiarly gratified to observe that a liberal policy towards Ire land is particularised as otie of his most cherished principles. It is undoubtedly but an additional proof that, now so many restrictions are removed from commerce, our Legislators will have both lei sure and inclination to advance the interests of that heretofore afflicted island. But, beyond this, it betokens an inclination, on the part of Mr. BROWN, to extend the liberality of his poli tical views beyond the frontiers of trade and beyond the influences of the monetary department. In doing so he has displayed his competency to represent such a constituency as that of South Lancashire ; his competency is, that he keeps pace with the onward spirit of this generous and remarkable age, and that he displays boldness as well as honesty in the expres sion of his political opinions. A noble tribute may now be paid to the late Premier, Sir R. PEEL, to Mr. CODDEN, and to the memory of the League. This tribute will be a worthy expression of their gratitude and of their satisfaction—it is none other than the return of Mr. WILLIAM BROWN as their representative. We yesterday alluded to the report of the Select Com mittee on Railways of the House of Lords, so far as the same related to the change contemplated in the standing orders of both Houses, and entirely approved of the suggestions offered for the diminution of expense, and at the same time for affording a more direct and better protection to the proprietors of properties about to be interfered with, than that which they have hitherto enjoyed. In this respect the improvement will be entirely for the benefit of the promoters of the various schemes, and of the owners of the lands interfered with thereby. The next suggestion is, however, of immeasurably greater consequence to the public at large, as being calculated to put a stop to the gam bling in scrip, which has been carried on during the past year to such a fearful extent, and to check the unlimited projection of new lines of railway, which were frequently got up, not merely for the purpose of selling them to other companies with which they might compete, as stated by the Corn tnittee in their report, but also for the mere purpose of bringing out the scrip at a premium, so as to allow a considerable profit to the managing com mittee, and to enable the solicitor to secure the pay ment of a large and exorbitant bill of costs, and to provide a comfortable situation for some unemployed gentleman as secretary. The history of the rise and progress of the Great Glenmutchkin Railway, se graphically delineated in the pages of Blachwood, does not present an overdone picture of what has ac tually taken place in too many instances. Like the ra zors which were made not to shave but to sell, railways were projected which were never for a moment in tended to be brought before Parliament, and the only object of which was to secure a considerable sum for the projectors from the pockets of the public. In such cases it was easy to assure the public that the gradients were easy, and the line presented no engineering difficulties whatever ; viaducts exceeding considerably the height of the monument, tunnels of three or four miles in length were looked on as matters of the most trivial consequence. The prospectus was prepared with an exuberance of fancy and a depth of colouring that east into the shade the most glowing description from the pen of GEORGE ROBINS, for while the latter should be, as novelists term it, founded on facts, the railway pro jector scorned to be bound by any such vulgar tram mels, being well assured that a very small proportion of the applicants for shares would seek any informa tion beyond that afforded by the prospectus, but, blinded by the prospect of the large gains held forth, would hasten to sign the forms of applica tion for shares. The men with capital, who really sought an investment, were seldom able to obtain an allotment, and could only become interested by purchasing the letters of allotment at a considerable premium in the market. When the bubbles burst a general distrust and panic set in, and the well-considered and prudent undertakings, by which much public benefit would have been secured, were involved in the ruin and the crash that ensued; the very plans which had been intended to act as a check to such speculation and a security to the public, viz., the provisional registration and the payment of a deposit, were found to have had a contrary effect, the first giving, as atated by the Committee, apparently the same importance and foundation to a fraudulent scheme as to a sound one, and the other affording to the projectors the means of securing themselves against many of the liabilities which they might incur in attempting to carry out, for their own ends, the most worthless schemes—we may add, and also giving them a fund, by the un principled and reckless use of which, in what was termed rigging the market, they were enabled to force the shares up to a premium, and thus to attain the only object which induced them to take a part in the proceeding. The Committee have suggested two courses for the purpose of correcting this evil,—the one to render the sale of scrip before the regular formation of the company invalid, and to require that the original allottee should, either by himself, or, in the event of his death or bankruptcy, by his representative, be a l o ne admissible as the shareholder until after the first call shall have been paid—. the other to legalise the transfer of scrip, and to require, in every instance, a registration of the purchaser, and his substitution in place of the vendor. The Committee prefer the first of these plans, and we think with justice. No one would then venture to apply for shares unless he could afford to lie out of the deposit for a considerable time, and no project would obtain subscribers unless its chances of success, and of yielding a fair return for the capital to be expended in its construction, had been fully investigated and inquired into. The Committee have come to the conclusion, that it is absolutely necessary that some department of the Executive Government so constituted as to command general respect and confidence should be charged with the supervision of railways and canals, with full power to enforce such regulations as may from time to time appear indispensable for the accommodation and general interests of the public. The vast im portance of the railways already made, or about to be carried into execution, the large amount of capital in vested therein, and the great extent to which the public are interested in the management thereof, loudly demands the creation of such an authority, which should be armed with sufficient power, and responsible for its due and proper discharge. To this board it is proposed that all propositions for any railway scheme should, in the first instance, be sub mitted, with a genial statement of its objects and advantages, together with such evidence of the capa bility and bona fide intentions of the promoters as might be deemed a sufficient guarantee for them to sanction further proceedings. They might then, if they pleased, give an autho rity for the survey of the intended line, requiring security by the deposit of a sum of money, as an in demnity for any injury that might be inflicted during the progress of the survey. On the completion of the plan and section, the Board might enter into all the preliminary inquires rendered necessary as to standing orders, important in a public point of view, prazticability, interference with private property, and the means which might be adopted to obviate the objections of the proprietors of land to be interfered with, &c. &c. The result of these investigations might then be laid before Par lament, so as to save much time to the Legislature and expense to the parties appl3 ing for Bills, without any undue interference with the paramount powers of Parliament and its sole adjudica tion as to the rights of property. bhould these suggestions be carried into execution, many valuable improvements will doubtless be effected in the entire system of railways throughout the country, and if the proposed Board should be con stituted, the Earl of DALHOUSIE, who has exhibited such knowledge and judgment in all matters relating to the railway business of the country, will, we doubt not, be unanimously pointed out by public opinion as its most fitting head. Letters have been received from Rome which state that the report of the death of Cardinal MicARA is unfounded. He is still alive, although suffering severely from illness. It appears that he was taken so ill before entering the Conclave that he could not proceed to the chapel where the ballot took place, but gave his vote in his cell. The States-General of Lower Austria met for the first time on the 23d of June, at Vienna. The following measures are to be submitted to their consideration : —lst. The proper means to be adopted to put an end to the obligatory service of the peasants. 2d. The establishment of a rural police; and, 3d. The crea tion of provincial banks. Madrid papers of the 26th have arrived. They contain intelligence from Lisbon of the 22d. The Miguelite rebels had been defeated and completely dispersed by the troops sent against them. It was re ported at Madrid that the QUEEN would, in a short time, visit either Barcelona or the Basque Provinces. The Prince DE JOINVILLE, with the squadron under his command, sailed, on the 23d, from Palma, the capital of Majorca, for Tunis. MADRID BoLsa, JUNE 26.—The Three per Cents. closed at 334 for cash, and 33 1 , for paper; the Five per Cents. at 20 for paper; and the Debt without Interest at 6i for cash. We have received the Pins papers of Wednesday. English questions continue exclusively to occupy the attention of the French political writers. The Mi nisterial crisis is the general subject of comment, and it is admitted on all hands that the task undertaken by Lord JOHN RUSSELL 15 most difficult. The Presse, without waiting for the publication of the articles of the Oregon treaty, concludes that by consenting to it, England has consented " to make a sacrifice of interest and national vanity the most humiliating that had ever been imposed on her inor dinate ambition !" The writer endeavours to throw discredit upon England, and to minister to the prejudice of the war party in France by the following observations : "Did not time fail us, we should have only to search the annals of the diplomacy on the Oregon question to find terms sufficiently explicit, delivered from the mouths of English negotiators, to mark the condemnation of the treaty of which Lord Aberdeen has now taken the initiative. We should discover that in 1827 Mr. Gallatin made an offer of the 49th degree, granting to England the navigation of the Columbia river. Both Mr. Huskisson and Mr. Addington rejected this partition, which nevertheless would have given to Great community gofain'and have had navigation wil which ited number of years only. l iisn Britainsnu now we d conceded nl her ec theof for r territory beve errfronr a s ta h 1 Thus, the English Ministry of 1846 has not only accepted, but even demanded, less than that which was refused by the English Ministry of 1827 . But what need have we to go back into times past to seek for comparisons? Cannot we find some equally extraordinary and significative in the course of the negotiations that have been carried on during the presidency of Mr. Polk, and in which the two Governments have had for their champions the same diplomatists as have been in trusted with drawing up this treaty of partition? Are not the terms, in fact, identically similar to those which were proposed by Mr. Buchanan in October or November last, and rejected by Mr. Pakenham, to whom they appeared to be so contrary to good j4ith and equity (these are his own words) that he would not even submit them to his Government ? The American Secretary of State had, by order of Mr. Polk, offered the line of the 49th degree, with common right of entrance into the Straits of Fuca. Now these are the two fundamental conditions of the treaty, the conclusion of which we have hereafter to announce. To these condi tions, it is certainly true, there are added, for the benefit of the Hudson's Bay Company, the temporary navigation of the Columbia. But is it not evident that this, like the question of expropriation and indemnity, is only a secondary accessory interest which Mr. Polk could not offer, but which he would have u readily granted six months ago as he has to-day, had it been asked for. The English Govern ment will, no doubt, endeavour to shelter its diplomacy under the small fragment of land through the concession of which it has become the sole and legitimate sovereign of Vancouver's Island. This hoivever, will be a puerile justifi cation, because the acquisition of that part of the island, which lies between the 49th degree and the Straits of Fuca, can have no other result than the giving it as a right of boundary the navigation of the straits which Mr. Polk had offered in perpetuity, as a concession, over a territory which would have remained American. In short, the solution at tributed to the Oregon question is nothing more than a com plete retrogradation of Great Britain upon a ground in which there was danger of war in case she should refuse to suffia herself to be forced back within the limits imperiously marked out by the Federal Union. This solution is a first, though pacific triumph for America in her rivalry with Great Britain, a triumph much more precious for the one, and compromis ing for the other, than if it had been the fruit of a sanguinary and disastrous war, because it teaches not only America, but France, and indeed the whole world, that it requires only to show a bold countenance and use big words to compel Great Britain to concede through prudence what would be de manded in vain from her justice !" _ _ The Presse is generally considered to speak the sentiments, of Count MOLE, and it would appear that, undismayed by his signal defeat last year, the Count i s aga i n i n t r i gu i ng against M. Guzzo T , an d that by the se a tt ac k s upon E n gland he hopes to pro cure the assistance of the republicans and Buona partists in driving M. GuizoT from office, and i n bringing about his favourite project of an alliance between France and Russia, in opposition to British interests. On Tuesday the French Chamber of Peers pas se d the credits for Algiers. In the course of the dis cussion the Count DE MONTALEMBERT, in energetic language, denounced the conduct of Marshal BUGEATID and General PELISSIER) and said that the late outbreak i n Al g i ers and the massacre of the prisoners by A BD .. EL -F ADER might all be traced to the atrocities of Dahra. A feeble apology rather than a defence was attempted by Generals LAPLACE, DELARPE, and FADVIER, but the eloque n t speech of the Count DE MONTALEMDERT produced a marked effect in the Chamber. It is reported that negotiations are pending between France and Sardinia for the establishment of a re gular line of steamers, twice a week, between Algiers and Cagliari, and from thence to Corsica. There is already established a regular steam communication, twice a week, between orsica and France. According to the Presse, the electors of the Ist arrondissement of Paris, who at one time intended to have elected Marshal BUGEAIID as their Deputy, have determined in conse quence of the light which has been recently thrown on the African question, to elect not Marshal BUGEAUD, but General LAMo- RICIERE. The Moniteur publish6s the returns of the prices of wheat in the different markets of France during the month of June, from which it appears that it sold, on an average, at Toulouse, Gray, Lyons, and Marseilles for 23f. 66c. per hectolitre ; at Marans and Bordeaux, for 22f. 4c. ; at St. Laurent and Le Grand Lemps, 23f. 73c. ; at Mulhausen and Stras burg, 26f. 15c ; at Bergues, Arras, Roye, Soissons, Paris and Rouen, 21f. 77c. ; at Saumur and Nantes, 20f. 34e. ; at Metz, Verdun, and Charlevi:le, 22f. 3c.; and at St. Lo, Paimpol, Quimper, and liennebon, 20f. 33c. For some reason, not explained, it appears that the rise in the price of shares of the Northern Railroad of France in London, on Monday, had not a corre sponding effect on the Paris Bourse on Wednesday. The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 20c. ; the Five per Cents., 121 f. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,256 f. 25c. ; Rouen, 1,007 f. 50c. ; Havre, 720 f ; Great Northern, 718 f. 75c. • Avignow, 872 f. 50c. •, Bordeaux, 572 f. 50c. ; Boulogne, 462 f. 53c. ; Dieppe, 407 E 50c. ; Paris and Strasbourg, 48Lf. ; Tours and Nantes, 5021. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 526 f. 25c. ; Domestic Debt, 31 ex. div. The following are the quotations for other lines:— Lyons and Avignon, detinitives, 497 t. 50c.; Bordeaux and Cute, detinitives, 480 f. LYONS, JUNE 29.—Marseilles and Avignon, 8671. 60c.; Paris and Orleans, 1,247 f. 50c. ; Rouen, I,ooBf. 75c.; Lyons, 527 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 715 f. 25c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 2. Boulogne and Annens, 124—Central of Spain, 1 —Louvain and Jemappe, % Luxembourg, 2 —Namur and Liege, 3%—.Northern of France Constituted, 135 8 Orleans and Bordeaux, 9% Paris and Lyons Constituted, 6—Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, 4% Sambre and Meuse, 4%—West Flanders, 334 . RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Room A. SCOTTISH CENTRAL (PERTH TERMINI). A Select Committee on this Bill met at eleven this morn. ing, in Room A (New Houses of Parliament); Lord Lons. dale in the chair. The Bill was unopposed, and after the examination of a few witnesses pro forma, the preamble was declared proved. The Committee, after reading and adjusting the clauses, rose before twelve o'clock. GROUP C. TRXNG AND BANBURY. This Bill having been recommitted on the motion of the Duke of Buckingham, several members of the Committee as sembled this morning, but two of the Peers being absent, a quorum could not be formed, and an adjournment took place until Wednesday next. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP LIII. This Committee resumed at twelve o'clock this morning, in Room 26, New Houses of Parliament; present, the Hen. E. Lascelies (in the chair), the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Captain Dalrymple, and Mr. R. Clayton. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM. The clauses of this Bill (as amended) were gone through and passed, and the report agreed to. BIR , WINGHArd, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND DUDLEY. The Committee then went through the clauses of this Bill (as amended), all of which were agreed to, as well as the report. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) ( Before Mr. Commissioner Farm.) The clerk of the Sheriffs' Court for the City of London handed in a document issued from that Court on a judgment, and applied under the Small Debts Act for an order of the Commissioner to enforce that judgment. The Learned COMMISSIONER said that the document did not set forth the jurisdiction of the Court. The Clerk - said that there could be no doubt of the juris diction of the Judge of the Sheriffs' Court to extend all over the City of London. The Learned COMISSIONER—No doubt he knows his own jurisdiction, but lam not bound or expected to know it. It I stirred in the matter, and the Court below had no jurisdic tion, I should be laying myself open to an action. The Clerk said that it was shown in the record that the de fendant resided within the jurisdiction of the Sheriffs' Court. The COMMISSIONER—That is a mere suggestion on the re cord, which may, or may not, be true—suggestions on re cords are generally false. In the Exchequer, it was formerly set out that the debtor was indebted to our Sovereign Lord the King, which was not a fact; suggestions, therefore, went for nothing. The Clerk said that if his Honour would suggest what would be satisfactory evidence of the jurisdiction it should be adduced. The Learned COMMISSIONER would not trouble himselt to suggest what was required. When papers were put before him he would say whether he would act on them or not. He woull not in this case. SECONDARIES'.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary JAMES.) EI:WOOD V. YOUNG. This was an action to recover the sum of 71. 10s., for a quarter's rent of apartments in Brownlow-street, Hlolbo►rn. The defendant pleaded that he was not indebted. On the part of the plaintiff evidence was adduced that the defendant had occupied the apartments for eighteen months up to Lady-day last, and the rent was claimed for the last quarter. Fur the defendant, however, six receipts 'Were' ptit'in, cover ing the whole of the period, but the "lattet had been altered, and it was contended was not in the writing of the plaintiff, but the evidence slightly went in the affirmative. Another paper was put in, being an uustamped receipt for 51., which was rejected as evidence. The Learned SECONDARY said it appeared to him that the question was a very simple one, and that was—whether the receipt was in the hand-writing of the plaintiff ? As all the receipts had been produced, it could only allude to the quar ter in dispute ; the paper for the 5L might probably have been for a sum paid on account, and that on the payment of the balance, the receipt, which was a stamped duplicate of the other, might have been altered. The jury almost immediately gave a verdict for defendant. The SECONDARY said that there could be very little doubt in the matter. This was the only case. REPEAL OF THE CORN-LAWS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sirs,--A correspondent of the Mornipg Advertiser signed "Alfred," calls on the people to erect by penny subscriptions, a statue of Sir Robert Peel, in the Royal Exchange, to com memorate the above glorious event, and complains that no other Liberal paper have advocated the same course. Now I like his penny subscription plan, on the principle that ss. from 60 persons would look better than from one; yet I do not agree with him that it should be to Sir Robert Peel, for I beg to state, that while I highly appreciate and feel grateful for the unexampled boldness of that great man, in bringing fbrward and carrying this grand measure, I cannot see that he is entitled to the preference in the hearts of our countrymen. Then who is ? Why, not one Iran alone, but a body of men, and I think lam right in saying, aye, and the great ma-s of the people will also say, that it belongs to that wonderful society. the Anti-Corn-law League, who broke down the barriers of prejudice, and opened the people's eyes to the ad vantages of such a repeal ; but if there are honoursto be given to one man more than another, I think the people of England have too much good sense to do other than bestow them to the man to whom the honours are due, and I quote from the IVestminster licv'ew of some months since (and Sir Robert himself has confirmed it), which points out that man. "And one at least of that body has won a larger measure of confidence and respect than perhaps was ever before awarded, both by friends and enemies, to the leader of a great enterprise. Calm, indefatigable, inflexible, with sin gleness of purpose, never diverted to the right hand or the left; shrinking from no fatigue, shunning no opponent, and never yielding to an antagonist an advantage in temper or argument, reasoning not for effect, but to produce conviction, and carrying conviction by communicating to the minds of others, with the evidence of plain facts in plain words, a belief in his own sincerity, th e r i g ht c h amp i on appeared at the right ' time, the hour came and the man, the man without whom public opinion would even yet have been so unformed upon the fallacies of protection, that no Whig or Tory Ministry could have dared to propose more than a slight or temporary modification of the existing system. The man who has given to this generation, by the blessing which, without him, would not have been realised till the next—and the honest thanks of all good men be given now, and hereafter the world's gratitude to Richard Cobden." When I call upon my countrymen, I call upon the people of the United Kingdom to come forward with their penny, and commemorate the event by erecting in the centre of the Royal Exchange a suitable monument, with a suitable tablet, to be deeply engraved with the names of those actors who have figured most in that great crusade, putting Cobden first, but allotting a conspicuous place on the same, for Sir Robert Peel, the then Prime Minister, who nobly sacrificed so much to bring their labours to a successful issue, thus showing the whole civilised world, from generation to generation, the men who were their great benefactors. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, Southwark, July 2, 1846. MATTHEW. MORTALITY OF THE METROPOLIS.—The total num ber of deaths registered in the metropolis during the week ending Saturday, June 27, was 890. Of this number, 834 were from disease, showing an increase in the number of deaths from disease, as compared with the preceding week, of 55. ROYAL THANES YACHT CLUB.—Last evening the monthly meeting of the above club was held at the Piazza Hotel, Covent-garden, Lord A. Paget (the commodore) pre siding. The treasurer read the financial report from April to 30th June, which showed a balance in the hands of the treasurer of 574/. 13s. 4d. A motion was unanimousl7 car ried that 3001. of the balance should be invested in the Three per Cent. Consols. A letter was read from the British Con sul at Cadiz, intimating that from a communication received from the director of customs at Madrid, that the Spanish Government had consented to grant the same privileges in respect to all Spanish ports to the Royal Thames Yacht Club as were already enjoyed by the Royal Yacht Squadron. The several gentlemen proposed at the last meeting were balloted for and elected, and the Marquis of Stafford, as well as many gentlemen, were proposed for the ensuing meeting. The Sea Nymph was withdrawn from the list for the match of to-morrow. THE DES TILIICTION OF ST. JOHN'EL—LITERPOOL. WEDNESDAY.—This melancholy disaster has excited much commiseration amongst the mercantile community of Liver pool. A meeting of the principal merchants engaged in the Newfoundland trade was held to-day, and it was resolved immediately to open a subscription for the relief of the suf ferers, many of whom were represented to be on the verge of starvation. We trust this appeal will meet a fit response. A very curious meteor was observed about half-past eight in the evening of the 20th ult., at Marieux, near Autun (Saone-et-Loire). The air was calm, and the at mosphere still illuminated by th e exp i r i ng reflection of the sun, when a luminous globe, of a violet tint, and appearing to the eye to be about a yard in circumference, was seen for the space of a minute, and a few seconds more, falling per pendicularly to the horizon, preserving all the time its sphe rical form. Although five globules, each of nearly one-fourth of the size of the principal ball, were successively detached from it, it did not lose anything of its apparent volume. At last, when only a short distance from the horizon, it burst into a thousand particles, spreading to 4 Wide (lama". MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO TPIREE The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was steady. Sales, 7,000 bales. Shares were rather quiet—North Stat. fordthire were in brisk demand. It is with pleasure we are enabled to state that the em nloot's of several of the wholesale houses of the City of London have commenced a subscription towards the testi monial to Sir Robert Peel, the limit being strictly confined to one penny per head. It has been just suggested to us that it would be well if the principal parties employed in the wholesale trades should meet and form a Committee irre spective of the partners of the firms, and set the affair afloat. It must, however be observed, that day by day and hour by hour, the current of public opinion is setting stronger in favour of the proposition. We have seen some lists this morning commenced in the way we have stated, numbering from 50 to 60 names. In order to facilitate the collection of funds, a plan has been sug gested which we think admirable. It is that cards should be printed, having on the one side the words "Testimonial to .Sir Robert Peel," and on the other lines suf ficient to carry sixty names. A treasurer having then been appointed, the remittances could be easily forwarded, and if numbered from one to ten thousand (or more, if necessary) the various localities throughout the United Kingdom, in which lists were opened, would most readily be informed when the lists of subscribers are finally completed. It ought to be mentioned that there is an opinion in the City that should the funds raised be more than sufficient for paying the expenses of a suitable statue to Sir Robert, that the surplus ought, in fairness, to be applied to the creation of a scholarship in the City of London school rather than at Oxford or Cambridge. Thanks are certainly due to the correspondent of the Morning Ad vertiser for having first suggested the modus operandi by which it will be proved that the middling and the lower classes do appreciate the exertions of Sir Robert Peel in so successfully carrying out his bold and grand measures. And may we give a hint to the ladies? Why should not they be "up and stirring" in so good a cause, by making purses among their relatives and connexions? thus showing that they admire the measures of a man whose desire has been to increase the happiness of the family circle by an increased amount of food being given at a less cost than at present. The monthly report of Messrs. Wilkinson and Jewesbury states that the demand for Colonial products during the past month for hone consumption has again been exten sive, especially as regards sugar, coffee, and tea, in which the Board of Trade returns exhibit for the first four months of the present year an increase of 10 per cent., with a fair prospect of a continued increase. The English Stocks are steady, with a moderate business doing; Consols, 95% 1 / 2 ; New Threesand-a-Quarter per Cents., 96 3 / 4 to 97; and the Three per Cent., 95% Bank Stock has been firm at 206 to 206,4. Exchequer-bills have been quoted I ls. to los. premium. The Foreign Investments have been neglected, but they have remained at nearly the previous rates. Spanish Three per Cents. are now marked ex-dividend, and realise 35% to ; 3 / 4 . The Five per Cents. have been 24%. Brazil Bonds were quoted 84% to 85. Portuguese Three per Cents. have been at 47 3 / 4 , ex dividend. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Certs. are at 60 . Railway Shares have been dull. An improvement of a de cided character is expected should Government resolve to pro:iibit all railway calls where the works are not commenced within twelve months. The shareholders of the Dublin and Galway Railway Company appear to be confident, even now, of obtaining a reversal of the decision against them—justly considering it, as they do, to be of a very extraordinary character, fur if the profitable part of a line be given to one company, no other will subse quently come forward to execute the less promising portion, thus destroying the entirety of a scheme which would have paid. The Foreign Railways are quiet. BRITISH FUNDs. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. .. .. • • • • • • • • 206 206% Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 95k, 3A% 95% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 96% 14 97 97 1 ong Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, Ib6o .. 10 3-16 4 10 India Bonds, 1,0001. .. .. .. .. .. 20 Ditto, under 1,000/. .. .. .. .. 25 South Sea Stock .. .. .. .. .. .. Ditto Old Annuities .. .. .. 93 ;74 - 93% Consols for Opening , .. • • .. .. .. 95%. 95% Exchequer Bills. 13id. 1 kid. I,oool .. %,... • 11 15 pm. 15 Ditto, Small ,—, .... 15 —— pm: , 'l5 ONE LOSING FOREIGN 'UNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bones, 5 per Cent .. 81% . 85 85 Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. . 96 Mexican Bonds, 1837, to per Cent .. Ditto, Deferred Portuguese Three per Cent 1G j Ditto, for the Account 47.1 i ex city 43 Ditto, Small .. .. . Ditto, 4 Der Cent .. .. .. •• 45% ex dlv 4r,}4 Russian Bonds .. .. .. .. .. 111 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, for the Account 24% 24 ,1 Ditto, Three per Cent .. 35% ex div 30% Ditto, for the Account 35% ex div 35% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Ilalf per Cent .. GO GO Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 03% 94 94% PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING DONE AT RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. .......... 1 Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 3 1 A %........ 3% Bristol and Exeter .. 75 .. 82 .• 82 Ditto New .. .. 5 .. • • 9 9 Buckinghamshire .. 425. .... 34 dis.— dis. Caledonian .. .. • • •• • • 10 •• • • 91 4 %•••• • • • • 934 Ditto, Half Shares .. 1 ..... 1 Ditto, Extension . • .. 2% .... 1% 1 % Direct Northern .. .. 2%,•.. 1% 11 6 Eastern Counties .. .. 141. 165..... ••• • • • .... 24 1 ,4 Ditto New .. 10/. 165.... • 7% P••• • • • 7% p Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 61. 13s. 4d. . ...... a p Ditto, York Extension 105..... 1%4 Eastern Union .. 25 . . • • -- Do. Ipswich & Bury StEdminids 9 .... 7M .. 7M Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 Ditto 34 Shares .. .• .. 10 .... _ 1714 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% 18 Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester.. .. 1 - 1 Great North of England . ..100 Ditto, New .. .. 5 .... ...... „, 58% Ditto, New .. . 1% •• • • 18 • • 17% Great Western 85 148 1471% • Ditto, Half Shares .. 50 , 83 .. ~ • 83 galite,,Ftfths •.., 20 .... 32% . 32% ' Guildford, Fareha,n, sD.rortsmethk. -• • 4% •. - • Leeds and 'Brad tbii • • - .... 62 .. •.. . .... 02, London e.n t 131rniingham . • • iOO .. 222 •• • . ..... .. 222 London and Croydon .. • . 13/. 15s 9d... 22 1 ,E 221 A London and Greenwich .. 121. Iss. 4d. 9 London, Hounslow, & Western .. 2 % .......... London and South•Westerii..4l/. 6s. 10d... ...... • . 78% London and York .. 2% • ..• 1% 1 1, 4 Manchester and Leeds .. • • 82 .... ...... Fifths .. 3 .... 113 i • • ... 1134 Ditto Extension 425. •• 2% p.. ••• • .. 2% p Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •• .• saint p p Ditto, New .. 24 •• 38 Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 ....1223 e .......... 122% Newcastle and Darlington J Inlet. 25 .... _ Ditto, New . .. • • .. 1 .... % ........ 93/ Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 15 .. • • 25 1 A .......• • • 25 North British .. • • 22%.... .. ••.•• • .. 29% Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 11A . ..... Ditto, Dalkeith 25 Ditto, ditto .. .. 5 .... 6 .. 6 Nunn Kent and Direct Dover • • 2% .......... 1% North Staffordshire .. • • . • 425. 4p•• • • •• • . 4 p Scottish Midland .. 10 .• .. . 6% Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2%.... 2% 3 y ...... Shropshire Union 428. .... • • ..... • .. clls. south Eastern and Dovor • • • 33% .. • • 40% .... ...... 40% Ditto. New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 16 ... 20 .......• .• 20 S ?nth Wales .. West Riding Union .. • • .. 425. p••.. • • 2% h Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 5 .... 5 dis ...... • • 5 ills York and Carlisle .. 2% 1% ....... 1 34 York amd North Midland 50 Ditto, Half Shares .. 25 .... 48 •• • • 43 Ditto. Scarborough Branch .. 25 .... 47% 45 .. 48 Ditto. Extension . .. 15 .... 34 • • ........ 34 Do. E. and W. Biding Eaten.— t• • • 12 11% • . 1214 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Central of Spain .. 2 .... 1% 1% Lyons and Avignon .. .. 2 .... and Liege .. • • .. 6 .... 3%.. •••• • • • 334 Northern of France Constituted.. 5 131, % ••• • • 13 1 ,4 Orleans and Bordeaux .. 6 .... 9LA Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .. .......• • • 5% Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 .... 4 1 A Sambre and Meuse .. .. 8 .... West Flanders „ 6 • JOINT-STOCK BANKS. • • • • .. 40 •• • • 20% .. 20% MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered •• • • 3 ••• • • • •• • 3% Australasia .. .. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JULY 3.—W ind S.W., moderate breeze, and fine. DEAL, JULY 2.—Wind W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Hernielin, Cronholm ' Bahia, and sailed for the Baltic; Comet, Paraiba; Hercules, Madigan, New York, and both sailed for Antwerp; Glasgow, St. John's, New Brunswick; Heart of Oak, Stoker, Miramichi ; Junius, Quebec ; Symmetry, Newfoundland. Arrd. from the river and sailed, Dauntless, Putt, Ceylon; Eclipse, Davis, Madeira; Northumberland, Griswold, New York. Put back, Helen, for Demeraa ; Apollo, for Quebec. OFF BIUGHTON, JULY 2.—London, Trinidad. SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 30.—Arrd. John Thompson, Bad cock, Quebec. Sld. July 1, Tweed steamer, West Indies; Forth steamer, West Indies. OFF FALMOUTH, JULY I.—Hermann, Baltimore. BRISTOL, JULY I.—Arrd. China, Turnbull, Quebec. MARKET NEWS. -(THIS DAY.) ____ CORN EXCHANGE_FRIDAY, The present we€k's arrivals of English Wheat having been very moderate, the show of samples of that article here was small. Still, however, owing to the immense quantities of Fersign pressing on the market free of duty, the demand was exceedingly dull, at a decline in the quotations of quite is per quarter. Foreign Wheat commanded very little atten tion ; yet, as the holders were tolerably firm, we can notice no alteration in value. In Barley very little was doing, at late rates. Superfine Malt was quite as dear. In other kinds very few sales were reported. Oats, Beans, and Peas, the supplies of which were large, met a very dull inquiry, at barely stationary prices. ARRIVALS. BarlAy. 540 qrs. Wheat. English •• •• •• 3,020 qrs. Irish •• ...... - Foreign ...... 15,190 _ Oats 1 Flour. 130 qrs. 1,310 sks . 9,390 2,450 —. 520 Malt, 2,460 qrs. SMITHFIELD. The supply of beasts was again moderat e ly ex t ens i ve. The attendance of buyers being somewhat on the increase, the Beef trade was firm, and previous rates were well supported. We had on offer 80 Oxen and Cows from Holland, while the number of foreign Sheep and Lambs embraced 340, and of Calves 9 head. From Scotland 40 Scots came fresh to hand. The number of Sheep was tolerably extensive, yet the Mutton trade was very steady at extreme currencies. The same ob servation may be applied to Lambs, the general quality of which was good. In Calves a large business was done at an advance of 2d per 81bs. Pigs were dull at late rates. Mitch Cowes were selling slowly at from 161 to 191 each. Suckling Calves, 18s to 28s ; and quarter old Store Pigs, 16s to lOs each. Beasts, 723 ; Cows, 141; Sheep and Lambs, 11,250; Calves, 482 ; and Pigs, 280. NEVITGATIJ .a.ND zruunirnuizz. We had, a steady general demand, and prices were well supported. BOROUGH NOP MARZET. From some parts of Kent our accounts respecting the bine are not quite so favourable as last week; but from Sussex and Farnham they are very cheering. Hence the demand here is inactive, and prices are with difficulty supported. The duty is backed as high as 140,0001. S ussex P oc kets, 51 5s to 616 s ; Weald of Kent, Si 12s to 6/ 10 3; Mid and East Kent, Cl lOs to 8/ lOs per cwt. COLONIAL. SUGAlt.—The markets for British Plantation has been very quiet, and ther e i s an a l most ent i re suspens i o n of busi ness, owing to the uncertainty about the duties. Prices have been full 6d per cwt lower. Refined Standard Lumps have been 69s 6d to 70s per cwt. East India-1,500 bags 13 , :ngal sold at Gd to is decline, low to good bright grainy yellow 47s 6d to 555, and brown low 38s per cwt. 14,700 bags Madras have been put up, but on ly p ar tly so ld at 6d to Is decline; good mid damp bright yellow, 46s 6d; low mid and mid, 42s to 45s 6d. The rest was taken in at 45s to 50s 6d for low to good yellow, and A 514 6d to 538 tox finc. Blauxititui liatj been dull. Foreign—•A good deal has been done in slave grown at 2s to 3s advance in some cases : yellow Havannah, 23s to 245; and Bahia, brown and white, 21s Gd to 255; for cargoes afloat and at auction, 1,546 bags chiefly went at 6d to is advance; low to good yellow, 21s to 24 5; mid and good mid white, 293 to 305. Rio went at 18s to 21s for brown and yellow, and at 21s 6d to 25s 6d for low to good white. COFFEE.—There has been very, little done in West India samples, but Jamaica have realised rather fuller prices, love mid, and mid, 75s to 101 s, and good and fine ord, 458 6d to 60s per cwt. Ceylon has been sold at 41s 6d to 42s for good ord, at 42s to 59s 6d for good and fine ord to tine, at 54s to 58s for pea-berry. Mocha, mid greenish, has realised 51s 6d to 52s 6d per cwt, and Bahia has been taken in at 36s to 38s per cwt. Rio, fine and pale colory, brought 355. Costa Rica has been taken in at 38s to 488 for good to f fine ord, and at 52s to 57s for low mid. 2,258 bags Java were taken in at 32s to 42s for ord to fine ord. RlCE.—There has been a good deal doing in Bengal, and prices have ranged from lls to 14s for mid white to good bold Patna grain. Madras went at lis to 13s 6d and 14s per cwt for white, and at lOs 6d to lls for common yellowish. SAT TVETRE. —Bengal has been sold at very full prices. SricEs.—Pimento has been sold at 3%d per lb; Cassia Lignea and Pepper have been quiet. Rum.—Proof Leeward., has been sold at 2s 2% to 2s 3d. per gallon. TICA.—The market is dull. Common Congou is 10d, and low to fair Twankay Is ld to is 3d per lb. HEMP.—Clean is 31s per cwt. The delivery last month was 814 tons. TOBACCO.—The market has been rather more active lately, and prices have continued steady. TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 42s per cwt. on the spot. INDlGO.—Privately 2d to 4d per lb. advance has been obtained, the accounts being unfavourable. The quantity declared for the next sales is 15,199 chests, but holders are expected to withdraw a good deal. I I ARMY PRIZE-MONEY. The Account of Unclaimed Army Prize-Money (formerly made by the Deputy-Treasurer of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea), from January 18, 1809, to December 31, 1845, directed to be annually laid lefore the Houses of Parlia ment by the Act 2 1, ill. IV., c. 53. Dr. To Cash arising frdln Forfeited and ti - n‘. claimed Shares of Prize-Money, Grants, &c. To ditto arising from the Dividends, or In terest of Moneys invested in the Pub lic Funds or other Government Securities £1,305,319 1 10 By Cash refunded to Claimants £671,326 2 5i By Expense in executing Acts from Jau 18, 1809, to December 31, 1845 57,689 1 OA By Sums paid for the Royal Hospital, in diminution of the Annual Vote 572,331 14 51 Balance (vide Memorandum below) 3,972 3 10i £1,305.319 1 10 MEMORANDUM.—AIthough the balance upon this Account appears to be as above stated, yet there is in the Three per Cent. Consols, 100,0001. Stock, invested on account of Army Prize• Money, the interest whereof is included annually iti the Parliamentary estimates, and is applicable to the par ment of prize claims; and when the amount thereof, in ad. dition to other sums received on the same account during the year, exceeds the claims paid, the balance is taken by the Paymaster-General as an appropriation in his accounts. The difference between the above balance, viz., 3,972/. 3s. 100' and the 100,000/. Stock in the Three per Cent. Console, arises from the investments in that stock having been made when the funds were very low, and from the sales thereout , as occasion required, having been from time to time effected when the prices were considerably higher. RICHARD NEAVE, Secretary. Royal Hospital, Chelsea, June 25, 1846. PRICE OF BREAD. — Wednesday the 41b. loaf was re' duced from Bcl. to 7d, by the best bakers, and from 61Ad. 5 1 / 2 d. by the cheap bakers, in various districts of the al e' tropolis.L The Earl of Eglinton has purchased the spacious mansion of the Earl of Lovelace, in St. James's-square. Th e sum stated to have been given for the property is 14,000 E LAMENTABLE DEATH OF A MEDICAL STUDENT,„ Yesterday Mr. T. W a kl e y, M.P., an d a highly-respectab l e , jury, assembled at the-Cock Tavern, Ph oen i x - s t ree t, Claree;, • ' don-square, Somers-town, to p rosecu t e an i nvest i gat i on ill , the lamentable circumstances attending the death of 0, George Francis Webb, lately r es idi ng i n th e a b ove s treet The deceased gentleman, who was in his 26th year, was medical student. Mr. G. Olive, of Soho-square, said that . t 1 was distantly related to th e d ecease d, an d l as t saw hi m alit b e Monday, 29th ult. Witness knew th a t h e h a d / I, "T on very ushappy terms with his wife, and had formerly eC, hibited a very unsound s t a t e o f m i n d. O n th at d ay b e es' pressed to witness a wish to go abroad, in a somewhat dl sponding manner, and intimated that he cared very lit"; what became of him. Witness was aware that he had bee in the habit of taking opi um w h enever d epressed i n sp irit"' and also considered that he was labouring under some sP °l cies of insanity. Mr. John Wrentmore, surgeon, stated th on being called to attend deceased he found him lying j the bed; there was a bottle by his side whi c h h a d con taio he morphia. The usual antidotes were ad m i n i s t ere d, but P ot never rallied, and, sinking gradually, he expired at ab ° , half-past one on the following morning. The jury, aft bit short consultation, returned the su bj o i ne d ver di c t :—" .11:0 the deceased died from the effect of morphia, but in 1 " e ; state of mind he was at the time he took it there was n sufficient evidence before the jury to enable them to decide. , Lord Alvanley is improving in health at Bath. t o ) ANECDOTE OF LOUI S P IIILLIPPE.—On Friday, "V",g the King was stopping t o c h ange h orses at Essonne, o n way back from Fontainebleau, an elderly woman, rush l s through the escort at th e r i s k o f being trodden to death ist'l the horses, reached the door of th e royal carriage, and, h e ., seen by his Majesty, presented to him a small piece of pan, which he received. The carriage immediately afterstt r if drove on, but a very short time had elapsed b e f or e an ort l 7. 0 1 officer returned, and delivered to M. Culli o n, s u b-prefec t Corbeil, who had been in waiting for the King, the brie woman's petition, in which were several piece s o f gold, w gt eil were immediately delivered over to her- Th e p e tition PI 0 , • that she was a travelling peular, ? who had fallen sick skid public. house, and incurred a debt of Bf., which she r „„. not pay, and as a guarantee for which the publican Pftetsd' ,tained her dog, wh o was h er on l y companion and Tole. The fact was, she owed th e pu bli can 1 8 f ., but she heui(iii% in her purse, and she could not, she said, deceive the ber by asking for more than she actually want e d t o ee' r beil debt. It is gratifying to add that the su b-p re f ec t of Co „, ascertained that the woman bo re an exce ll en t character' Galignuni. 00r THE OBSTIYATE BARBER.—We mentioned to f ° , O readers, some weeks ago, that the wh o l e o f the pile „ e st buildings at the upper end of Joh n - s t ree t an d P r i n ce's- 51 401 was to be immediately pull e d d own , an d that a heat e d edifice, to be devoted to business purposes, was to be m ere on the site. The tenants of the re ,p ec ti ve h ous es w elt settled with, and they quitted the premises forthWit h s 'bef ' save one, an unflinchi ng b ar b er , w h o occupies a little e at the corner of John- s t ree t . Th e demolition of the fP . miles has gone on fro m d ay to d ay, but the barber ren ew fixed as his poles, f or h e h as t wo o f t h em e l evate d as bleins of that rigidity of determination on which Cesar pi t Of himself when he spoke of the north star as emblemat ic of his resolution. The houses have been tumbled to heor i O rubbish, and four stories have been taken from above 01 head, but the barber has stood unmoved amidst the s ot of rafters, the wreck of gables, a n d th e cras h of bll' io t Though his cabin has smoked like an Esquimau from the stoppage of his chimney, though clouds of o r o r, verised mortar have swept p as t hi s d oorway , an d his to now reduced to a hut, is scarcely, save in fronw be distinguished from the masses of ruin to which it 1 11 0 tains, still the barber has not been induced to stric's, t ee poles. Thus, like the banners o f Macbeth, which flout ed sky to the last, they proj ec t f or th, as if in defiance of the w s most havoc that bricklayers' labourers can effect. Al! e V valiant resistance is w or thy o f a b et t er cause . The u JO a die l when he heard that the ten e ments were so ld, and tha t site would be wanted, set the purchas er a t d e fi an ce, he," shop as a fief to which he was entitled without doinght 4 ao o ' and now is determined not to quit without compeotp An offer, we are informed, has b een ma d e t o him, Wl'L r ati' refuses to accept, and, in return, he has named his ' co w which are deemed so exorbitant that they cannot 12 % re' plied with. The barber has held o u t till not one bri` tco llo , mains upon anothe save those which c o m p ose his ova' s eer; What will be the next move we known not, but we u' - rt elo stand that early this week he w ill b e cons t ra ined to J and change his quarters.—Liverpool Albion. e ASYLUM FOR FEMALE O RPHANS, W EST MINS T S ROAD.—Yesterday at noon a quar t er l y Court the G o ll ;' dians of the above excellent c h ar ity was h e ld i n the ~0 0 / room of the institution, to recei v e th e re p or t for the I V quarter; Mr. Williams in the c h a i r . Th e re p or t havinf be ga, presented, which showed that a b eques t o f 100/. had eet o given to the asylum by a lady of the name of Wanes , to e 500/. had been invested in the Three per Cents., a 13 ' ° 0 4 was submitted that a guardian g i v i ng a d onation Of tp guineas should be entitled to the presentation of a end time institution during th e lif e o f t h e donor, exclusive of bed other benefit. The Rev. Mr. Curling observed that be W i llies to know whether he would be entitled to any vote? _ n oel Chairman said that h e wou l d not. Mr. Forrester Pr°so an amendment th a t th at t h e donor be allowed 1( 14 vial The Chairman p u t th e ques ti on, w h en t h e amenchot'd sO" lost by a la rge ma j or i ty , an d t h e report was receive d the adopted. Thanks were then voted to the Chairmset. Court broke up. O re° BARBADOES.—A WHOLE FAMILY POISONED:" ... h Of children and their mother were poisoned on the SOL,',Ip April by eating of cassava (jatrepa manihos), not roll; 4 ;1 prepared. The cassava had been sliced s i nce th e 6' 0 0 March, and dried, but the whole of the watery poison 0 ,01 not appear to have evapo ra t e d . O n the 30th a t e s, some was prepared in a f ar i naceous state, made into oe, „ ti e and eaten by the fa m il y at b reakfast. At three o'clock the of the children di e d, an d the other two in the course Of evening. Hopes were entertained of the mother ' s reoe'ted, The roots of the cassava, if eaten raw or improperly tree re' are poisonous to man and animals ; but when proper l lPia pared by heat they yield a valuable article of food, for P ',,, e sO a principal article of subsistence to the I n di an an d Europ e inhabitants of South America. But, though th e juice sse a w quick and mortal poison, the antidote is alway s a t b a nd, nothing more than clay, or common earth and water. r t he THE DOG-DAYS.—We now underst an d th e us e o' ee st basins in Trafalgar-square. They were evidently n meant to be ornamental, but they promise to becolne rf ett tremely useful. During the late warm weather w e °bee t t he several dogs standing on thei r bi n d l egs d r i n ki ng out oft basin. The dogs like to h ave t h e i r water l i ke ginger' ere " fresh from the fountai n ." Th ere i s no d ou b t the b a sins te st kept as large preventives against hydrophobia, and We, t a ;eo 3 say, ugly as they are. we on l y w i s h t h ere were more of tiog in the metropolis. N o ti ces s h ou ld b e wr i tten up, direc_ to the canine species t o T ra f a l gar - square, w i t h di rec tiotr:ji avoid confusion, th a t "th e y are t o s it d own w i t h t h e ir hp i l e e towards Pall mall, and to take up with their tails on s rt/ with the lion's at the top of Northumberland Llcale e • Punch, al DESPERATE CIIASE.—On Monday even i n g, P d °- officer George Foden, being on duty at the north e, 11 7, / to Birkenhead, was sent for to oppose th e t errors o f the Ism' the half-drunken violence of a brut e , w h o was cruel,' s pot , ing his mother and sister. On the officer reaching the, her the ruffian turned round, st ruc k t h e representat ive ol ie elo , Majesty a violent blow, and i mme di a t e l y too k t o his the The officer, having formerly been a sort of c h a mpion.l . , n ee ce pedestrian world, immedi a t e l y f o ll owe d , and a splendluptiVe ensued. Neither the culprit nor the officer seemed to mes e, the best of it, when the former, after several artful ° er ste turned short into Corp ora ti on - roa d, an d ma d e a deep eat attempt to escape by l ea pi ng t h e i mmense excav ation 00 making in that street for the construction of a sewer't: b led jumped short, but f e ll on hi s f ee t , an d spee dily scrade the out; his pursuer was no t so f or t una t e , f or h av i n g re s _ yea' longest leap and c l eare d th e d ra i n , h e was una ble t? Eig r e t his footing, and fell b ac k war d s . O n th e chase dingtlrsd Burned, the ruffian had a few yards start; but fin se_ his pursuer was yet o n hi s t ra il, h e t oo k t o the waif vise ; contrived to escape by going through Wallasey Poo" o genuine moss-trooper. This was too much for the.citid...tvrao,, of the .. policeman, who, being_ a raw recruit, 00 15 :;ati - spoil las new suit, and the f e llo w m ad e good his rw 4 — Liverpool azurkr, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1846. I I 'With tier, had( Itgre( color Aorta may ea 'ay woc Post Boat - Roar thie Min part -Mgt arcla "lace Pala care Ea► Ea► Lou no' Der T] J thi ; atv Pal ho, exi fo r tal