The Sun. — London, England, 1846-08-14 00:00:00

'''''''' A,............5p• • COURT CIRCULAR, The Queen 'and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince Wales and the Princess Royal, went In the rides an d plan ons of Osb orne H ouse , on Wednesday afternoon. Maje:.ty and her Royal Consort took their accustomed early walk yesterday. Their ROyal Highnesses th e P r i nce o f W a l es, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Prin eesaHelena, took airings yesterday morning in the pleasure grounds of Osborne House. Lord Alfred Paget, Equerry in Waiting, has returned to 'Oeborne House from attending their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians to Woolwich. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Poreign office. The Ministers pres en t were L ord J ohn Rus sell, the Lord Chancellor. the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancel lor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Lord Campbell, Sir John Hobhouse, the Earl of Cl aren d on , th e M arquis of Cla nricarde, Viscount Morpeth, the Right . Hon. T. B. Mac aulay, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchere. The Council tat an hour and a half. A deputations on the subject of the improvement of West rainster had, an interview with Viscount Morpeth yesterday, itt t he Off ice of Woods and Forests. The deputation con rl' Dr. Buckland, Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P. ; Mr. C Bey, M.P. ; C o l one l Sh ort, M r. Vigers, Mr. Wilson, Mr. ‘-'• A. Thurlow, and Mr. Donothern. b AArr deputation from the N ew Z ealand Company, headed Charles Buller M.P., and consisting of Mr. George !rederick Young, Mr. , M ,. .ngles, M.P. ; Mr. Gowen, and Mr. ljurrie, Directors of tbs Company, and Mr. Harrington, the 6ecretary, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex ehequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing- Street. The Earl of Beejorough had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterdazr, Yesterday Mr. Enderh;s, had an int erv i ew w ith th e E ar l o fC larendon Ac‘eP, , at the offi ce o f th e B oar d o f T rade. ' , 4tation from Southwark had an interview with Vis kunt Itiorneth yesterday, at the office of the Woods and e r -eats. The deputation consisted of the High Bailiff of 'Authwark, Mr. John Humphery, M.P.; the Rev. John 1. 11 : ) ,,r,t0n, Rector of St. G eorge ' s par i s h ; M e4srs. M athews and al,- - "etter, Churchwardens ; Messrs . W. Griffith, R. Mo ser , • Mafrew, and E. Evans, Commissioners of the new street ; Hiscocks, S urve y or to t h e C ommis sioners; Mr. Hearn, Ad Mr. J o h n D ay , V estry Cl er k o f St. George's. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a Com- Th ittee-meeting yesterday, at the office in Whitehall-place. Thr re were present the karl of Besborough, the Right Hon. 1 . Goulburn, and the Right Hon. J. Nicnoll. The Commis eiorers prt sent at the general meeting on W e d nes d ay were tae Bishops of London, Durham, and Oxford; the Right 'Hon. H. Goulburn, the Right Hon. J. Nichol', and the Dean of Westminster. A deputation, headed by Mr. Hindley, had an interview -with the Right Hon. Sir George Grey yesterday at the llotne-office. Si deputatio n on th e su bj ect of the Ulster Canal, including IT J ames Stronge, Si r A. Chichester, Mr. James Pim, an d • Henry Porter, had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. ti tpatehes were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Governor-General of Canada, and also from the Governors of the North American provinces. -'. — ARGEMENT of BUCKINGHAM PALACE. An • Year estimate of the sum, proposed to be voted in the an.., 18 46, on account of works required for enlarging (/' improving Buckingham Palace, her Majesty having been for from some time past subjected to great inconvenience ka i nsufficient accommodation which it affords to her „Jesty and her family. he cost of the several works required for enlarging ; I ▪ rk ' improving Buckingham Palace (agreeably - to the f,;`ans submitted to the commissioners appointed for that L rur P°se, at a meeting held on the 6th of August, 1846), l icltidin g ▪ew East Front to the Palace, clearing out and t e•nrranging rooms in south wing, altera tions in the north wing, new kitchens and oth er offices, with ball-room over, decora tions and painting, taking down the marble Uu arch, alteration of drains, &c., is estimated at 4150,000 account of which it is proposed to vote in the present year ...... 20,000 Leit ,„ v ing to be p rov id e d in future years.... .... £130,000 h e ller Majesty h as b een graciously pleased to signify 131: consent that the 2/.lt;rine Palace or Pavilion at th r :a h ton, with the grounds and buildings attached to itshould he offered for sale, and the produce ratio towards the expenditure to be incurred for alte dinsl°llB and improvements at Buckingham Palace, in 44Inutiot of the sums to be voted in future years. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. Thepositions of the St. Leger horses were not affected to ~„Y extent by the business transacted yesterday afternoon. 1..(131e betting averaged 11 to 2 against each of the two fa ,aurites, laid to 100/. ; 9 and 10 to 1, to about 1501., against ana' e ?'„„_ . -80 v; 20 to 1, In ponies, against Sting; and 30's to 1 Ir e ` , uu(l - to 30, several times against Mount Callan (the theuture Girl colt ) ) and Poyton. Bourton and Druid were pnlY animals backed for the Ebor Handicap—both were "quest. The betting was extremely flat. EBOR HANDICAP. , 2 to 2 apt Mr. J. Day's Bourton—taken 45 t o 2 agst Capt. Harcourt's The Druid—taken. ST. LEGE.R. 11 to 2 to 2 agst Mr. Gully's Pyrrhus the First—taken agst Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes—taken i n `' to agst Mr. O'Brien's G r i m st on I '6 to 1 agst M r . M e ikl am ' s F ancy B oy —ta k en i o I t ( ' 1 agst Col. A nson ' s l ago 15 ;.! 1 agst Mr. O'B r i en ' s T raverser 20 t's;; agst General Shubrick's Brocardo 25 v; l agst Lord E. Russell's Sting—taken 30 t o ; agst Mr. W. Scott's Eringobragh 33 to agst Mr. Cranston' s C rane b roo k to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Poynton—taken agst Col. Sy nge ' s Mounteallan—t. andaft. off. tO t oagst Duke of Richmond's Red Hart—taken. LEWES RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Members' Plate . • I r. Rob er t s ' L ady A nne , 4 y rs , 7st. (Ealing) 5 1 .1 4 40 rd G. Bentinck's Plenitude, 4 yrs, 7st 91h 1 2 4 .r. S. S m i t h' s Jac k , 6 yrs , Bst 10 1 b alr. Wil son ' s J ess i e H ammon d, 4 yrs, 7st 61b 4 5 dr Werninck's Patchwcsk,.aged, Bst 61b ' ---- Yhe Queen's Plate 01 . 100 Guineas. Sir G. Heathcote's be by Velocipede,3 yrs, Bst 21b ... 1 1 Lord Stradbroke's Lynceus, 3 yes, Bst 2lb ... 3 2 Mr. Ramsbottom's Pine Apple,6 yry, lOst 31b ... ...... 2 3 Lord G. Bentinck's My Mary, 4 yrs, 9st 61b ... 4 dr The Cup Stakes. Mr. Jackson's Syntaxina, aged, Bst 81b (T. Brown,jun.) 1 1 Lord G. Bentinck's Pug, 4 yrs, 7st 71b .. 2 2 kr. Verrall's Clansman, 4 yrs, ist 71b 3 dr Sweestakes of 3 sovs. each Lord G. Bentin p ck's Jollity, 2 yrs, 6st , 71band 30 added...... ...... 2 1 1 Mr. Knowles' bc by Camel, 2 yrs, 6st 31b.. 1 4 4 tr. J. Verrall's Little Mealy, 2 yrs, 6st 31b ...... .. 4 2 2 tr. Smith's Trebonius, 3 yrs, Bst 5 3 3 M. Matthews' Guzman, 3 yrs, BA3lb 3 dr ..1,„ W OLVERHAMPION RACES—THURSDAY. `l, wrottesley Stakes of 10 goys. each, with 20 added. 11.!alto yrs old, 7st 41b ; four, Bst 71b ; fillies and geldings .11,?2,Yet1 3 1 bs ; winners extra. Once round. Z o ' o lttor.'s Aurieula, 3 yrs (G. Whitehouse ) 1 k r. ",, rcittesley ns Princess Royal, 4 yrs 2 Th e 9.rnith's Master Downs, 4 yrs, e w Stakes of 10 sous. each, with 30 added. Two yrs old, 6 , alb s; L 121 b ; three, 9st 21b; fillies and geldings allowed kr. 1 , ‘winners extra. T.Y.C. I .lr, c , , r 7 f lrs fby Jereed, dam by Priam, 2 yrs ...(Sharpe) , 1 , air. L . ple's Atalanta, 2 yrs 3 T he li ol e a, Tweed, 2 yrs 3 eake Stakes of 20 sovs. each, with 50 added. 11 -rc. r . tall'— Twice round and a distance. (Tucker) 1 ..tr. Q a i ., xiddlestring, 3 yrs, sst 81b TI A • 'figley's Roderick, aged, 7st 41b t 0..., e following also started, but were not placed : Vi . Warwick's Gwalior, 4 yrs, Est 131 b 0 Itr. t r .s 2 v i, ll :l Connaught Ranger, 4 yrs, 7st air. J 1" a Maid of Lyme, 3 yrs, 6st 0 tetut. nstone's Fair Helen, 3 yrs, sst 131 b 0 4 to 1 In g-5 to 2 ags t F a i r H e l en , 7 to 2 agst R o d er i c k, Bt o . u gst Connaught Ranger, 5 t o 1 a g st G wa li or , an d I,,l,agst Fidd lestring. droo,4llor made th e runn i ng t o th e l as t t urn , w h ere h e te t h e Po gf st by a ed (, and Fid dlestring took it up, and won a fine race h. ( RECEIVED THIS DAY.) ,_Prod tv , L ., SALISBURY RACES.—THURSDAY. 4r. li e oweepstakes of 50/. each. h ft. One mile and a-half. Th. Wiltshire Wit's-end, Bst 61b Wiltshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and only 5 it N.. d eclared; the second saves his sta k e . T wo miles. Si r T lierbert's Ajax, aged, 7st 11 lh ...(Sly) 1 Tja J. B. Mills' Giantess, 4 yrs, 7st 2 a City Members' Plate of 501, added to a sweepstakes of Sir 5 sovs. each. One mile and a-half. M - ~. B. Mills' Giantess, 4 yrs (Rolph) 1 r.g S. Herbert's Ajax, aged ... 2 .„'"*,r- William Sadler's New Forest Deer, 5 yrs The Stand Plate of 50/., added to a sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, b ft; the second to save his stake, and the winner to be sold for 300/. Half a mile. Mr. Dixon's Fraudulent, 3 y rs J. Day) 1 Yr- S. Herbert's fby Ells or Venison, out of Odessa, 2 yrs 2 I/i r R. Pigot's Birthday, 3 yrs 3 -*dies' Plata of 301., added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya. each. kr w Heats. T.Y.C. si. ~ • Sadler's New Forest Deer, 5 yrs .....(Boy c e) 1 1 kr t L.Pigot's Birthday, 3 yrs ring's Sparshot, 4 yrs 3 dr Sir 3.. The Queen's . Plate of 100 guineas. Three miles. Vir B. Mill's Miss El 4yr . 4 °I.I7 EIIIIAM is's The In nkeepers Plate of 50/., added to a sweepstakes of 5 ttra s _ . soya. each. Heats. Once round. ~pt- Z stZn's Black Strap, 4 yrs (Whitehouse) 0 1 1 , l'. „/,,_" r eyton's Magnet, 4 yrs 1 0 3 'es' Sailor, aged C OWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) This II OYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA. v mg ; Il igatta commenced on Monday last, and th e follow- IThzler:—"is started for the Cup, and came in in the following , ! Frisk This '' ;Aedina.... Sir B. R. Graham Wi gh e ,etted very little interest; the course h ro o und the Isle of can follow in Yacht is only approved of by parties w Wi )11 Thursday the following schooners sailed round the , ght, for t . he Cup, having to contend against a strong '"ith 'west I p ii.4.. erly gale :- 2 . . 6•000000000000000 Pair Boss 132 tons ... Sir B. R. Graham, Bart. wade—osamond 120 ... Marquis of Blandford 4 o beating : —. 119 " ... Thomas Legh, Esq. In ll 0000 00000000000 325 " ... T. W. Fleming, Esq. care 0 000 0 i 4. n .... t . he east end of the Wight the Mande t ha4 d _away her foremast, and proceeded for Portsmouth ino rid u r• The Gem also became disabled. The Fair Ro tw" t c ame in first, beating the Flirt by five minutes and T , Y-five seconds in the day's sail. pafitune,_fireworks took place on Thursday evening, at half T - Prevecr,ne A lthough the day had b een b o i s t erous , th e evening the b„ e „!.oval Yacht Squadron dirner took place yesterday; The satu7rdeaeyf ißs expected to be the grandest day of the season. No)-:achts of the Thames and other s qua d rons w i ll sail '5 the 1, ti ,,, , iloys off Cowes. to s e " "wit is crowded with cornpan3,-, and as the steamers h url ath d ( „Z r oPton leave so late as nine o'clock in the evening, slow Mit us who otherwise would not. I lior ° Y 4l Yacht riquadreu annual ball takes place to- On "kr te:.onda t*,9 y the Q ueen ' s C up o f 100 gu i neas will be con (%.7for 2d class schooners above 140 tons. odeb4;fl,,dnesday Prince Alb er t' s Pl a t e o f 100 guineas will i bY tiaf3 Vattar yoxlitl Qf the s clu circa THE sit - N I LONDON', FitlDAy EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1846. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THE SEASON 1846. On Friday next this immense establishment, for six months the scene of unceasing exertion and toil, will be deserted— the many hundreds of persons, English as well as foreign, mentally or mechanically engaged, will disperse to all quar ters of the globe —more than one of the great artists being destined singly to draw crowded houses in other less privi leged capitals than ours. Lablache goes until the Bth of October to Naples. Grisi, Mario, and Corelli, after their tour in the provinces, to Paris. Castellan goes to Italy. She is "offered engagements in Russia, which she has refused, and another at Milan. She previously goes to enact operas at Dublin and elsewhere, with Fornasari, Marras, &c. Sanchioli is engaged at Palermo. Fornasari intends, after his provincial tour, to visit Verona. Botelli is engaged at Lisbon. Corbari and Brambilla follow Castellan, and then go to Milan. Taglioni returns to her beautiful residence at Como after a tour in the provinces. Grahn is engaged at Rome till next season, and has, be sides, offers innumerable. Cerito and St. Leon go to Pesth and Berlin, but previously they will dance at the principal theatres in our great com mercial towns. L. Taglioni goes back to Naples, where she is engaged, but on her way will dance three times at the Academie de Musique in Paris. Perrot, the poet of the, ballets, goes to Milan, to produce some of his successful works. Mdlles. Honore, Demelisse, and Cassan, to Brighton, and thence to Paris to study. Mdlles. Juliano and L'Amoureux remain in England, to pursue their studies under M. Gosselin, the professor of choregraphy in the school maintained throughout the year by her Majesty's Theatre. Miss James ;s engaged at Madrid. The nightly lists published, which are always incomplete, and which can in no other respect deceive the public, will prove by comparison that up to the present moment the at tendance at the Opera this year has been greater than in any previous season. This is the more remarkable, as the diffi culties to be surmounted have been this year great beyond precedent. The crisis of political affairs, so intense andpro longed, absorbed society, and the over-speculation of all classes in railroads impoverished the affluent, whilst her gracious Majesty's necessary retirement for two months naturally threw a gloom over all pursuits of pleasure, and kept numbers of the most exalted personages in the country. Illness, on the one hand, and on the other breach of faith, produced by thirst of lucre, deprived the establishment of the presence of certain talents expected, and it became suddenly necessary to substitute new attractions, not only as great, but greater. To another adverse circumstance with which the management has had to combat, we attribute little importance—we allude to personal enmity and to that malice which follows, like sharks do men-or.war, all great establishments the more prosperous they are, seek ing what they can devour. As the greatest light produces the most numerous, the most eccentric, and the darkest shadows, so does an institution like the Opera, when it shines with unwonted éclat, awaken the most intense and fantastic malignity. The public, however, soon perceive the cause; for fair criticism deals not in abuse and venom, and mendacious contrast and supposition is a well known form of compliment. The headlong inventions, incalculable in variety and number, such as the soi-disant rival companies, the stupid assertion so oft repeated, that an august personage had condescended to take part in a question of theatrical discipline; that one great artist engaged was dead and buried ; that another still greater, if possible, was about to marry and retire; that other virtuosi had resolved not to come, &c. &c.—all these barefaced inventions for a moment might make one or two of the subscribers hesitate at the beginning of the season; but, ultimately, the more virulent the attacks, the greater was the success. No artists, and no performances generally achieved such sur passing triumphs as those who were the objects of the most unsparing abuse. We have heard a story of the parents of a celebrated performer hiring persons to hiss, when they thought the applause was becoming lukewarm from ex haustion, which immediately awakened unbounded enthu siasm. We would submit to the attention of managers, after the example we have had before us, whether under similar circumstances they should not purchase an enemy to keep attention alive. The Opera, as an assemblage of the most exalted art, and the rendezvous of the highest fashion, has always been a source of great interest to our readers. We have conse quently endeavoured this year to extend the information re garding its progress. In every department of theatrical art our (columns bear witness to our wish to second honest effort. As regards her Majesty's Theatre, we have felt that, whether we looked to the past or to the present, to the im mense difficulties vanquished, or to the splendour achieved, our warmest encouragement was due to a management which has rolled back the adverse tide which for half a cen: tury overwhelmed this magnificent institution, and made it, in a commercial as well as in au artistic point of view, a disgrace to the country. Let us now pass in review the events of the season. The performances during the season 1846, up to Thursday, August 13, have been : Subscription nights 45 Benefits .. . 9 Extra nights — 10 Total The following are the opera performed, and the number of OPE] Times.' _ _ is, ballets, and divertissements times each has been enacted : Anna Bolena Belisario Barbiere Ernan i Don Giovanni Don Gregorio Gazza Ladra Lucia di Lammermoor Times. Matrimonio Segreto 4 Nino Norma ....... Don Pasquale 4 Pirata 1 Puritani Sem ira m ide Sonnambula (3 times only partly) La Prova L'Elisire d'Amore 1 (partly or wholly) 6 Lucrezia Borgia Lombardi ll Linda di Chamouni 4 GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. The directors and proprietors held their usual half-yearly meeting yesterday, in the boardroom of the Bristol ter minus, Mr. Charles Russell, M.P., chairman of the board, in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said—lt has now been my duty for a grea. number of years to lay before you, in the month of February in each year, a statement of the progress we have made in Parliament with the affairs of this company, and in the month of August in each year to report the result of those proceedings; and upon the present occasion I trust that the report we have to lay before you will prove most satisfactory, notwithstanding that our progress through Parliament, in what I may now call the late session, was carried on under o w n i t l h b a e t a t r h i e n r n e o n r d t that h i e t G w a a u s g t e h e c c o e rn% s e e n i o c n e m e r e s n w t aosf firstth i this circumstances of great diffi cu l ty an d di sappo i ntmen t ; an d 1 3s a .eo i s d usi upon the table of the House of Commons ; and if the recom mendation contained in that report had been carried out and adopted by the Legislature, I need scarcely tell you that the result would have proved deeply injurious to the broad gauge generally, and particularly so to the interests of this com pany.— (Hear.) The Government and the Legislature how ever, have not seen fit to adopt that recommendation, for they did not think it would be wise, or just, or fair to interfere so de • trimentally as that recommendation, if adopted, would unques tionably do, with rights and property which had been called into existence and had grown up under the sanction of an Act of Parliament. The adoption of that recommendation would not only have that effect upon - the Great Western Company, but it would in fact operate as a discouragement to all enterprise and improvement in railways.—(Hear.) • But we must admit that the question was one of great diffi culty and embarrassment, for the Government, in dealing with it, had to compare and to reconcile a great many con flicting interests and adverse statements, and I believe their intentions were honest, and that they had no desire but to act fairly by all parties and by the public.—(Hear.) But I think that the resolutions of the Gauge Commissioners were premature, for, in recommending the Legislature and the Government to determine what should be the future gauge for all railways in this country, due regard should have been had to existing railways. Of course the intention was to diminish and do away with the inconvenience attendant upon two gauges, and though that inconvenience has been greatly exaggerated, still it must be admitted that great evils would result from a break of gauge.—(Hear hear.) But notwithstanding that, the Government and the Parlia ment did not deem it of sufficient moment to warrant them in adopting a course which involved a question of such moment to the future regulation of this important branch of science, and one of such deep interest not only to this corn. pany but to the country at large.—(Hear, hear.) At the commencement of our labours in this session we met with some obstacles and difficulties, but I am happy to be able to state that these have been more than counterbalanced by the success which has since crowned our efforts.--(Hear, hear.) And if you will but for a moment consider the position we were in at the commence ment of the session in February last, and compare it with the position in which we now stand, I do think you .will find ample ground for satisfaction and congratulation.—(Hear, hear.) It may, however, be desirable that I should give you a short outline or summary of those proceedings, which I will endeavour to do' and if you will accompany me while I do so down the Great Western line, you will find that the broad gauge has been deemed to be the most safe, easy, and rapid railway that can be constructed, and you will say you have had every reason to be pleased at the results of our labours. — (Hear, hear.) Suppose, then, we start from Paddington, the first opponent we had on our line was the line proposed to be made called the Direct Oxford line. That project under went a most clear and patient investigation by the committee, and the result was that it was found to be a project so full of engineering difficulties, and the gradients were so steep that the route by Didcot, though it was admitted to be somewhat more circuitous, yet it was in fact deemed to be shorter, and was preferred, and therefore the Committee rejected that project, and the district through which the line was to pass is now proposed to be accommodated by a short branch from our line.—(Hear.) Well, then, in the southern district, and proceeding westward, we had no fewer than four opponents, amongst whom were the Richmond and Staines, the London, Staines, and Windsor, and the Atmospheric, which was a line proposed to be run from Lon don to the west, and on to Newbury, and which was therefore a rival or competing line to the Great Western, and every one of those, I have the satisfaction to inform you, were rejected by the ommittees of the House of Commons. —(Hear, hear.) Well, then, further on the line, we found a project brought forward for affording a railway communica tion between Oxford and Cheltenham. That was one of the first projects about which we felt anxious, and we felt a deep regret at its failure; but owing to the vast amount of railway business which came before Parliament this session, it was found impossible to go on with it, or to hope that it could be passed. The gentlemen of Cheltenham felt this, and they placed the utmost reliance on our good faith, and the result is, that another company will be formed for the prosecution of this project, to whom the delay will be advantageous, in asmuch as it will afford time for the consideration of a better plan, and the Cheltenham people will have a line suggested which will be more in accordance with their wishes.- -(Hear, hear.) I shall now, having disposed Of these, take you to the west, where we had not the good fortune to carry the Hungerford Extension and other lines by which to afford a more direct communication with Exeter and the west; but in reference to that I have only to say, if it was thrown out, there were several other projects which shared the same fate —(Hear)—and the question is still left an open question, which may be decided in the next session. —(Hear, hear.) I feel great confidence in our project for that district being deemed the most useful to the public, for the object is to make a shorter line, and I have no doubt it will be passed in the next session, when a Bill will be also introduced to amalgamate the lines. We will come before the Legislature next session with those advantages in our favour—(Hear.) Well, then, with regard to the Cornwall and West Cornwall lines they are certainly of great importance in regard to the relation which they bear to us. The West Cornwall line pro poses to pass through a district of country, the most popu lous and industrious that exists in that direction, and it will open up resources of traffic which have hitherto not only not been developed, but which, in fact, are not yet known.— (Hear, hear.) It will not only be a means of affording ac commodation to West and East Cornwall, bat it will also be of great benefit to the west of Cornwall, as the packet station and will be the means of bringinggreat additional traffic upon our line.—(Hear, hear.) It will be of importance to us, not only in relation to the immense accession of traffic which it will bring to us, but it will also be made upon the broad gauge, which it is now admitted is the gauge which must pre vail throughout the whole of the west of England.—(Hear, hear.) And I cannot quit this part of the subject without expressing my regret that the Company which was formed for making a line for the north of Devon have failed before the Committee of the House of Commons, for that was a scheme which was calculated to afford ample accommodation to the whole of the north of Cornwall, and the Taw Vale was passed, the effect of which will be to throw impediments in the way of the formation of more useful 'and comprehensive schemes. However, it is impossible that the line can be done without, for the north of Devon must have the accommo dation it requires; and I feel confident that the Great Western Company will get that line into their hands if you will only come forward and aid the undertaking with that zeal and determination to carry it out which have always marked your proceedings.—(Hear, hear.) I now turn from the western districts in order to congratulate you upon the success which has attended on our efforts in the late most arduous contest we had with the Oxford Company.—(Hear, hear.) That contest was not sought for by us in any spirit of aggression upon our part; it was forced upon us by cir cumstances over which we had no control; however our Bill has passed the Legislature •, it has received the sanction of the Crown, and it will acc om pli s h a ll th e grea t an d useful pur poses for which it was intended.—(Hear, hear.) Well, now, having disposed of those subjects which occupied our atten tion during the past session, I will next take up those mea sures which we propose to bring on in the next session, and I will divide them into three classes : the first of them will be the short branches, which we propose to make from our own main line; the second will be those various lines of railway by which we propose to connect Exeter and the western dis tricts (and here 1 may mention that this is a subject which has undergone our most serious and deliberate consideration) ; and the third class has reference to the main line from Oxford to Cheltenham, which is a line of great importance, inasmuch as it proposes to afford a through means of communication, by Oxford and the south of Wales, to London ; and I cannot mention the south of Wales , without remarking upon the great importance which that line will be to the Great Western Company, in fact, it would be impossible to overrate the importance of it to our line, not only in regard to the traffic it will bring to us, but also as a means of communication with the whole of the south of Ire land ; and, therefore, it is of great importance that we should advance that project by every means in our power; and we have also the satisfaction of knowing that while we partici pate in the advantages which may follow the formation of that line, the company who propose to undertake the for mation, will also undertake all the risk and liability.— ( Hear,hear.) We therefore propose to enter into a negoti ation with that company, the details of which will be laid before you at a special meeting to be called for that purpose, before the terms shall be carried into effect.—(Hear, bear.) Having directed the attention of the meeting to the table of the income and expenditure of the company for the last half year as compared with that of 1845, and adverted to the fact of the company having reduced their fares, he went on to say that, notwithstanding the reduction of fares, there would still remain a balance of 189,956/. at the disposal of the share holders ; and he would beg of them, at the same time, to bear in mind the fact that those favourable results arose from a line which was yet unfinished and undeveloped, and was as yet receiving no tribute from the south of Wales. This company were now, for the first time, about to get lines of communication with the coast and the west of England, and also from Staffordshire and the north, and when these ad ditions were taken into consideration he felt assured that the proprietors would not say he had been over sanguine in saying that the property would pay eight per cent. and that in a very short time they might look still higher.—(Hear, hear.) Now, in order to meet the expenses to be incurred by the works on the new lines, it would be necessary to raise a sum of money, which proposed to do by means of an issue of new Act of 1844 a lin e w a s proposed to uh t a h r e se . directors By th e Oxford and Cheltenham as an amalgamation line, the ca pital for which would am ount to 8,160,000 /., and the amount of shares issued for th at line 6,975,0001., l eav i ng a b ou t 1,800,0001. to be provided, and which it was proposed should fur him to dwell upon that sub ject at any length; nCompany. H e did no t be provided by the iss ue of the shares.—(Hear, hear.) He now came to the co nsiderati on of the question of the theltihaibniklitiiteswooufld n Great ec but the reason he allud e d t o it a t a ll was, because some st atements had :appeared in black and white in reference t o these liabilities, the se " enormous lia bilities," as they ha d been called. These statements, he understood, first appea red in a railwa y p a per. Now it might be considered a matter, d of bad taste in hi m , or m i ght ben o t deemed a dereliction of _7 . 1 h is part; but b e it w h a t i t might, he should cer tainly plead guilty to th e c h arge o f not that paper.—(Laughter.) Ent h having tead is attention called to the statements a having been _ et forth in that paper be in reference to the liabilities of this Company, he would just say this: that at the commencement of lastsession the Great Western Company were to have made the Cheltenham and Oxford line, for which they were to raise 9,710,000/ and ~ they were to borrow one-third of that sum, namely, about 3,237,0001 a which would make a total of over 12,000,0001., and that was to constitute the whole of the liabilities of the Great Western Company.—(Laughter) —and in that sum was to have been included the branches he had already mentioned namely, the South Devon Branch, which was . to cost 150,0006 • the South W a l es Branch, 560,000 1 . ; the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, 500,000/. ; the Cornwall, 75,0001. ; the Gloucester and Forest of Dean, 25,000/. • a nd the West London, 30,000/. ; making a total of , 1,340,6006 which would make about 14,000,0001. altogether, though be bad good reason for knowing that 12,000,0001. would be s nore than sufficient for all these pur poses ; and now, he w ould ask, what was to become of the statements in Mr. Herapath's paper, in which it was set forth that the liability of the Great Western Company amounted to the enormous sum of 43,000,0001, sterling?— (Laughter.) He had been informed that the secretary had received a letter from a proprietor of the company, in which the writer stated that be had it " upon authority" that the . liabilities of the company . amounted to 70,000,0006 , (Laughter)—and that he was therefore deterred from making any further myestmouto by ouch rePuto,—(Laughter.) Nov, it was impossibl e f or th e di rec t ors t o d ea l w ith suc h s h a d ows 1 as those reports; but the best answer that could be given them was to lay before the proprietors the actual state of the accounts of the company, which accounts were pre pared by the executive officers of the company with a de gree of care and exactness which, when compared at the end of every month, did not vary to the amount of even one farthing; and he trusted that it would not be neces sary for him here to say anything in vindication of the directors of the company.—(Hear, hear.) The directors were not bound to take any step in vindication of themselves in respect to any such reports, beyond answering any questions which might be put to them, but he did think it necessary to say this much in vindication of them from such malignant statements, and to clear themselves from such false and scan dalous aspersions as that the Great Western Company had incurred such monstrous liabilities.—(Hear, hear.) But he believed the best course to adopt would be, to use no harsher term than to say that they would treat such statements in future with silence.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. CHARLES Se UNDERS, the secretary, read the report, the substance of which was to the following effect:— "']'he traffic of the Compa n y h as con ti nue d t o i ncrease very satisfactorily during the last half-year, as compared with the same period of last year; the comparative earnings having been 496,4281. 12s. id., in 1846, against 433,2961. 16s. 2d., in 1845. The former sum embraces the receipt from about twenty- five miles of additional railway, worked for nearly four months and a half longer in 1846 than in 1845. The expenses on traffic have been heavier than usual, arising from the necessity of augmenting the establishments of the company, to carry on the increasing business of merchan dise, and especially for the more efficient inspection and re pair of the carriages, waggons, &c., having due regard to the public requirements and the importance of that service. The result of the half-year, as will appear from the appended statements, leaves, after providing for all interest on loans • and rents, the net sum of 189,956/. Bs. 7d. disposable by the proprietors, from which a dividend on the total sum called, viz., on 4,670,6564 at the rate of four per cent. for the half-year, wiil abstract 186,8261. 4s. 9d., and leave 3,1301. 3s. 10d. to be carried forward in the usual manner. An Act has been now obtained for amalgamating the Oxford and Rugby, Berks and Hants, and Monmouthshire and Hereford Railways, with the Great Western Railway, as authorised by a previous general meeting of this company. The amount required for the con struction of those lines may hereafter be created as Great Western stock, in addition to that which was previously sanctioned as the capital of the company for the Great Western Railway, comprising the Cheltenham and Oxford Railways. As more than one-half of the whole capital has been paid up since the recent call on the quarter shares, a formal resolution will be submitted at this meeting to autho rise the directors to borrow on mortgage upon the security of all the amalgamated lines, the remaining sum to complete the amount of 3,236,6661., which may be raised by such mortgage debentures. The out-standing calls on shares already created still exceed the amount required to pay off those debentures and loan notes which were issued in antici pation of calls; but the directors think it expedient upon this occasion, in order to provide for the construction of the other lines sanctioned by Parliament, to issue new shares to make up the capital from 6,975,0001. to 8,160,0001., which latter sum was the aggregate authorised to be raised in Great Western shares before the recent Amalgamation Act passed. To carry this intention into effect, the proprietors will be entitled to receive a new share of 17/. in proportion for every 100/. of existing shares held by them. The number of such new shares, in order to bring them within the Parliamentary sum, must be 69,700, instead of 69,750, to which may be added five extra shares of 20/. each, to adjust the small fractional difference arising from the subdivision in their nominal value—which can be easily ar ranged in the final appointment of them. It is recommended that these shares shall be offered to proprietors who may be registered on the sth of September, and a deposit of 2/. per share be made payable on the 7th of October. The dividend will be made payable on all calls on the 171. shares, pro rata with the calls made on any other shares of the company, and the future calls will be made as the money may be required for the construction of works. The share capital will then consist of 25,000 shares, 1001. each, 2,500,0001. ; 28,000 shares, 501. each, 1,400,000/. ; 93,000 shares, 251. each, 2,325,000/. ; 37,505 shares, 20/. each, 750,1001.; 69,700 shares, 17/. each, 1,184,9001. Total, 8,160,0001. The broad gauge extension lines from Plymouth to Falmouth and Penzance, have been santioned by the Legislature, after a very protracted opposi tion, and the construction of them to the most westerly ports in the Channel, must bring considerable traffic to this line. The Birmingham and Oxford, and the Birmingham,Wolver hampton, and Dudley Companies have already determined, and given orders to proceed with their works with the ut most dispatch, in order to have this second independent line for a portion of the London traffic opened at the earliest mo ment. These important extensions, in addition to those sanctioned in 1845, cannot fail to insure, in due time, to the shareholders of this company, a valuable increase upon the present rate of dividend. In the next session, it is proposed to apply to Parliament for a short branch line to connect Windsor with Slough, besides renewing applications for such of the rail% ays already approved by the proprietors, as may still seem to be required for public accommodation with benefit to this company. " C. RUSSELL, Chairman." PRESENTATION of NEW COLOURS BY PRINCE ALBERT TO THE 13TH LIGHT INFANTRY. Po r ' THURSDAY. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort having signified his consent to honour his " own " regiment by presenting it with new colours, this day was appointed for the celebration of the ceremony, and Sonthsea-common was the site chosen for the brilliant dis play, the " pomp and circumstance " attendant upon which attracted an immense multitude of all ranks, especially the higher, anxious to witness so interesting and national a spectacle. The 13tb was first embodied on the 20th of June, 1665, under the command of Thomas Earl of Huntingdon. They left England for Flanders in 1742, and returned in 1745. In 1747 they again embarked f or Fl an d ers , an d serv ed i n the wars of the Low Countries under Mar;barough, returning in 1762. They were also engaged in the siege of Limerick. In 1768 they were sent to Ireland, thence to Minorca, in 1769, returning to England in 1776, in which year they were pre sent at Culloden, under the command of his Royal Highness William Duke of Cumberland, K.G., where, as a mark of dis tinction for their gallant conduct, the sashes of the officers and sergeants were ordered to be tied on the right side. In 1781 they were sent to the Leeward Islands, returning in 1782. In 1790 they embarked for the West Indies, and were engaged in the defence of the island of St. Domingo, and returned to England in 1796. In 1798 they served in Ireland during the rebellion. In 1800 they em barked for Egypt, where they served under Abercrombie against the French, and obtained the honour of bearing the sphinx on their colours arid appointments. In 1802 they proceeded from Alexandria to Malta, thence to Gibraltar (1803), and returned home in 1606. In 1808 they embarked for Bermuda, and afterwards joined the expedition against Martinique iu the same year, for which they were permitted by the Prince Regent to bear on their colours and appoint ments the word "Martinique," in consideration of their dis • tinguished gallantry and services at the attack and reduction of that place. In 1813 they left Martinique for Halifax, anti whilst there a detachment was sent to hold a post called La Cole Mill, where it most nobly performed its duty in re pulsing the enemy, 6,000 strong, on which occasion the de• tachment had thirteen men killed, and one captain, one subaltern, two sergeants, and forty-six men wounded, and gained the thanks of General Provost, K.G., commanding the forces, for their gallantry. In July, 1815, they returned to England, and in the following month were sent to Jersey. In June, 1819, the regiment returned home, and in the Sep tember following embarked for Scotland, and thence, in November of the following year, for Ireland. In 18L2 they were ordered from Dublin to Liverpool, and thence to Edinburgh, to do duty during the visit of George IY. to that city. After the departure of his Majesty they embarked at Leith, for Chatham, prior to sailing for the East Indies. The regiment was denominated " Light Infantry," on Christmas-day, 1822, by order of George IV. In May, 1823, they arrived at Calcutta, and in April follow ing embarked for Rangoon, in the Burmese empire, under the immediate command of Sir Robert Sale, the senior Lieu tenant-Colonel being placed on the staff, and continued to be under the leadership of that distinguished officer in nearly all the principal engagements which took place in that country, and repeatedly received the thanks of the Governor- General of India in council and the general officer commanding, and were permitted to bear on their colours and appointments the word "Ave," as a reward for their distinguished services in that empire. They re turned to Calcutta in April, 1836. In November, 1838, the regiment moved from Kurnaul to Ferozepore, and formed part of the army of the Indus, under the late Lieu• tenant-General Lord Keane, G.C.8., and on the breaking up of that army were ordered to remain in Affghanistan, which they did until 1842, when they returned to the Com pany's provinces, where they were received with the most marked honours by the Governor-General of India, in consequence cf their distinguished services ; and ras a further reward for their continual gallant conduct her Ma jest was pleased to order the facings of the regiment to be changed from yellow to blue, and to be styled" Prince Albert's Regiment of Light Infantry," and, further, to bear on their colours and appointments the words " Affghanistan " " Ghuznee," a mural crown superscribed " J e ll a l a b a d an d Cabal, 1842." They returned to England in 1845. The late hero, Sir Robert Sale, was full Colonel of the 13th when he was killed. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, wearing a field officer's uniform, came over from Osborne in the royal yacht, ac companied by Colonel Wylde, and a small retinue, all in uniform, and landed at the King's stairs, in the Dockyard, at about a quarter to four o'clock. The Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., the Lieutenant-Governor, Major-General the Hon. Sir Hercules Pakenham, K.C.8., and a brilliant staff of officers of both services, received his Royal Highness on landing, who immediately entered General Pakenham's carriage, and was driven to the field, escorted by General Pakenham and staff on horseback, receiving the shouts of welcome from the immense concourse of spectators who lined the road as he passed. Soon after three o'clock the regiment toek up its position on Southsea•common, in line, at.open order, with the old colours in the centre. On the arrival of the Prince, he was received with the customary honours. The regiment then formed three sides of a hollow square, the company told off as a guard for the new colours, remaining in the centre of the open face. - The Prince having alighted from the carriage, mounted his charger (which, together with five other beautiful animals, came down from the royal mews to the George Hotel last night), rode along the line, inside and out, in specting the troops as they covered the ground, after which the Prince dismounted and entered the hollow square, accompanied by General Pakenham, Sir Charles Ogle, and staff, and stood uncovered while the Rev. G. R. Gleig, Chaplain-General to the Forces, consecrated the colours, which, after this ceremony, were handed to the Prince by Lieutenant-Colonel C. T. Van Straubenzee and Major Mere dith. The Prince then handed them to the two senior En signs (J. D. Longden and Melville Browne), who received them kneeling, and continued in that position whilst his Royal Highness addressed them in a brief but most spirited and soldierly manner, enjoining them to preserve their colours, never to allow them to be captured, but to emulate the conduct exhibited by the departed hero, Sir Robert Sale, whose absence was the only alloy to the gratification he felt in performing the august ceremony of the day. His Royal Highness, in the course of his address, passed some high and well-deserved encomiums on Colonel Squire and the 13th regiment, to which that gallant veteran replied :—.‘ I beg most respectfully to return my most sincere though humble thanks for the distinguished honour your Royal Highness has just conferred upon this corps in the presentation of new colours, and for the highly flattering manner_in which your Royal Highness has been pleased to mention my name, in connexion with its services in India, and also for the gratifying encomiums which you have passed on our late honoured and respected commanders, Sir Robert Sale and Colonel Dennie. Your Royal Highness may be assured that your gracious condescension will ever be esteemed by all ranks in the regiment as the greatest stimulant to the loyal and faithful discharge of their duty under whatever circumstances of trial they may hereafter be placed, in supporting the honour and interest of our beloved Queen and country. God save the Queen!" His Royal Highness appeared much gratified with the senti ments of the gallant Colonel, and having bowed, retired with General Pakenhain and Sir Charles Ogle, and remounted his charger. _ _ _ The sides of the square, which were wheeled up then wheeled back, and the regimen formed a line. The new colours were now "trooped," followed by the guard in charge, the band playing " The Grenadiers,' slow march. On arriving at the left of the line, the colours'were carried, and the officers marched up in front of the line, one rank of the guard marching between the ranks of the line, and the other rank in rear of the rear rank. On arriving at the place where the old colours were stationed, the new colours took up their place, whilst the old ones were paraded up the remaining portion of the line, the "trooping" still proceeding, and were then delivered over to the escort on the right of the line ; their military existence, as standards of the regiment, then ceasing. _ _ The — ceremony having terminated, the Prince re-entered the carriage of General Pakenham, and, accompanied by Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., and escorted by General Pakenham and staff, returned to the dockyard, whence he embarked for Osborne-house, under salutes from the ships in harbour, the Platform Battery, and the Contest, Columbine, and Sardinian corvette at Spithead. A magnificent entertainment will be given in honour of the event this evening, by the officers of the 13th, at the King's rooms, South.sea-beach. The Ford Abbey estate, which was sold by Mr. George Robins a few weeks since to the Rev. Laurence Gwynne, of Teignmouth for 52,000 guineas, is, we perceive, again in the market. The advertisement explains why, and the auctioneer will try his eloquence with the Catholic body, and tell them it is, beyond all doubt, the finest monastery throughout England, and, with its splendid demesne, was estimated the other day at 70,000 guineas, so that the possi bility is, that, at the approaching sale (which must be a pe remptory one), it will sell higher than to Mr. Gwynne. WINDOW GLASS.—Several arrivals of window glass are now taking place from Belgium, doubtless with the view of partly meeting the required supplies in consequence of the late storm. ANOTHER STorrAGE. - Fleet-street is stopped again. makipg somewhere about the twentieth time this year. Considering the street is oftener stopped than used, we think the thoroughfare had better be blocked up altogether, and then persons in a hurry would know at once they had better run round by Holborn, when they wanted to go from the Strand to Ludgate-hill. We advise the Lord Mayor, there fore, to put up the following notice :—" Considering Fleet street is a constant source of annoyance, and has been found to be terribly in the way of persons having to transact business in the City, it will be closed to all public traffic on and after August the 10th, and will be laid out for the future exclusively as a cab-walk and practising-ground for advertising-vans. Sealed tenders from advertisers and cab proprietors, stating highest terms for the lease of the entire street for-one year. to be sent into Guildhall. By order of the Loan MAYon."—Punch. THE MAYOR OF LIVERPOOL AND THE *HONOUR OF KNIGHTHOOD.—On Wednesday the Mayor of Liverpool re ceived a communication from Lord J. Russell, stating that he had her Majesty's commands to offer to his acceptance the dignity of knighthood, and requesting to know if it would be agreeable to him to have it conferred upon him. The Mayor went up to London, where he had business, the same evening, and having waited upon the Pr em i er , an d expresse d his sense of her Majesty's kindness of making him the offer of such an honour—at the same time his worship intimated to Lord John that if it could be done without impeaching his own loyalty and that of the town, or offending her Ma jesty, it would be more agreeable to himself to remain in his private station. Her Majesty has since signified to the Mayor, through Lord John, her pleasure, under the circum stances, to waive pressing the offer. THE NELSON LETTERS AND DISPATCHES.--The seventh and concluding volume of the above national work, is published this day by Mr. Colburn, and may be had of all booksellers. The following are also now ready:-2. Peters burgh and Moscow, a Visit to the Court of the Czar, by Richard Southwell B our k e, E sq., 2 vols.-3. Vol. IX . ' of Agnes Strickland's Lives of the Queens of England, compris ing Mary of Moden a, __ Consort of James 11-4. H oc h e l aga, or England in the New World, Edited by Eliot Warburton, Esq., author of "The Crescent and the Cross," 2 vols. small Bvo.-5. Horace Walpole's Memoirs of the Reign of George the Second, Edited by the late Lord Holland, now printed for the first time in the Bvo. form, in 3 vols., with portraits, 365. bound. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—THE PREVALENT DISEASES OF TUE SzAsoN CURED air liorzowsx's Prus.—Persons finding them selves the least out of order should take ten of these pills imme diately, no matter the hour, as they directly act on the liver, stomach, and bowels, and in se searching and effectual a manner, that bowel complaints are soon stopped, at the same time correcting any disorder of the liver or stomach. Thus it is that officers or others from or in the West Indies derive such immense benefit from this fine medicine, which invigorates impaired constitutions, in ducing feelings of youthfulness and energy. The me , Cured the Earl of Aldborongh of a liver and stomach zomplaint. These me dicines are sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Esta blishment, 244, Strand, London. THE WARWICKSHIRE 141111IDER.—On the 6th inst. -7e gave the particulars of the death of Hannah Tredw Homton, who was shot by William Cave, of the same place. The coroner's jury have returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against Cave, and he has been committed to Ogord gl49lfvx BALLETS AND D Alma 5 L'Aurore Bacchante Catarina Le D4lire d'un Peintre 4 Eoline Gitana Lalla Rookh .. 15 EVIATISiEMENTS. Ondine Jugement de Paris and Pas des Deesses 8 Vivandiere 2 Sylphide 2 Un Bal sous Louis Quatorze....,. This gives us a sum total of twenty-one operas and thir teen ballets or divertissements—stubborn facts, proving the immense variety of the repertoire. But when we remember that latterly three, four, and often five and six performances of different kinds have formed the night's bill of fare, the diversity appears marvellous. And it must not be forgotten, that all these works must be prepared and in produced within five months—for the presence of the artists London it has been hitherto impossible to obtain earlier than a few days previously to the opening. The season began this year with unprecedented splendour—with a new opera and a new ballet, in a theatre now presenting such an aspect that many distinguished foreigners have visited it even when no per formances were proceeding, merely to behold the copies of the greatest masters of modern times and of antiquity faith fully transferred with the durable and vivid truthfulness of the encaustic—an art which sovereigns and nations are now seeking to revive in all its pristine splendour, and of whose progress in England her Majesty's Theatre has thus singu larly become the first example, and will probably remain the noblest specimen in the country. The Opera last night presented a most exciting scene. Scarcely were the doors opened, ere every seat was tenanted —the rush was tremendous, and hundreds of disappointed enthusiasts might be observed with gloomy faces, receiving back the money they had paid. The fame of Don Giovanni would seem to be perennial—the melodies came upon the ears and heart as fresh, as lovely, and as full of meaning, as when the composer first penned them—the wondrous harmonies instinct with poetry, passion, and knowledge, yield the same fervour, and will continue thus so long as they receive equally worthy interpreters ; for, like Shak spere, Mozart sought his inspirations in nature. Last night was one of the most crowded nights of the season; the concourse was so great that money was refused at the doors. Amongst the company present we noticed — his Royal Highness Prince George, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford and Lady Frances Russell, the Duchess of Leinster and Lady Jane Fitzgerald (who oc cupied her Majesty the Queen Adelaide's box), the Marchio ness of Sligo and the Ladies Browne, the Marquis of Tich field, the Marquis of Donegal, the Baroness Brunnow and Mdlle. Olga de Lechner, his Excellency the General Count Bjornstjerna (Sardinian Minister), the Count and Countess de Jarnac, his Excellency the Turkish Minister, his Excel. lency Sami Pacha, Le Conseiller d'Etat de Kasmer, the Earl Bruce, the Earl Bective, M. de Berg, Lord Monteagle, Lady Dungannon, Lady Lawley, Lady Charles Somerset, the Ladies Ponsonby, Sir Edward and Lady Sugden, M. C. Kou driaffsky, the Count de Courcy, the Hon. F. Cadogan, the Hon. Spencer Cowper, Sir George Napier, Prince Troubet skoy, the Hon. William Wellesley, M. de Rabaud, Mr. T. S. Duncombe, M.P., Hon. James Macdonald, &c. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—The treasurer has announced his benefit for to-}borrow evening, and has certainly put forth a most attractive bill of fare. A host of talent rallies round him. When such artistes as Madame Vestris, Madame Albertazzi, Mrs. Stirling, Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Wal lach, Mr. Leffler, and the entire strength of the company lend their aid, it is an entertainment that every playgoer must be delighted with. We recommend all lovers of the drama to avail themselves of a chance which seldom occurs. So much talent on one evening cannot often be got together. The Committee for assisting those nurserymen and florists who have suffered so fearfully from the late storm have determined to hold a flower show and fete, at the Surrey Zoological Gardens, on the 24th and 25th inst. We rejoice at their decision and wish them every success. We make no doubt that those nurserymen and florists who have been exempt from this calamity will be but too happy to respond to the call, and do their utmost to render the show attractive. Mrs. Lawrence, of Ealing Park, has most kindly promised to assist the undertaking, and we are sure that the amateurs generally will willingly step forward to render aid to a class of men suffering under a visitation they could neither avoid or control ---- THE SANATORY CONDITION OP THE METItOPOL/S.— Yesterday a meeting of clergymen, gentlemen, and citizens generally, was held at the London Tavern, to adopt mea sures in connexion with the National Philanthropic Institu tion, fot more effectually watching over and promoting the sanatory condition of the metropolis. The lietr. J. Williams, M.A., Vicar of St. James, Shadwell, presided. Dr. Lynch expressed himself strongly on the necessity of taking mea sures to secure the Co-operation of the Merchants and bankers of London in the object they had in view. lie rejoiced to say that Lord John Ru=sell had pledged himself to carry out a great sanatory scheme, and the Corporation had expressed willingness to assist in the. work. On the motion of Mr. Leddel, seconded by Mr. Sparke, a resolution was adopted affirming the opinion of the meeting, that the public mind should be instructed on the causes which continued to injure the health of large towns, with a view to their removal by legislative enactment. Other resolutions were adopted, call ing upon the clergy and the medical profession to endeavour to prevail upon the local authorities of their respective dis tricts to have the streets, courts, and alleys daily swept, and also appealing to medical men to report weekly to the general committee on the state of their parishes. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS. —All the persons occupying houses cn the east side of Upper St. Martin's lane have received notice from the Commissioners for Me tropolitan Improvements to vacate their dwellings on or before the 29th of September next, the whole of them being required for the new street, as well as a great many in Long acre. This street will be 105 feet in width when completed, and will form a direct line, in conjunction with the opening to King-street, Covent-garden, and contemplated improve ments in St. Anne's parish, from the Strand to Oxford -street and Tottenham -court-road. GRAVESEND AND ROCHEfiTER RAxuwev.—The fol lowing are the traffic returns for the week ending August 8, 1546 ;—P wagers, 12,214 ; Agucluit rectilyed, 2941 198. id. ENGINEER'S REPORT. " Of the three lines of railway sanctioned by Act of Par liament last year, and undertaken by the Great Western Railway Company, namely the Berks and Hants, the Ox ford and Rugby, and the Monmouth and Hereford—the two first requiring no alteration and amendment, have been im mediately proceeded with ; the works on each of these lines were let in one contract, and have been undertaken by con tractors of experience and responsibility, who have brought a very large and ample supply of plant upon the ground, and have shown both judgment and activity in the distri bution of that plant, and in the mode of setting out the work for execution. Difficulties have in many cases occurred in obtaining possession of land—difficulties which have been much aggravated by the provisions of the new Acts, which have so much complicated the proceedings necessary for obtaining possession when parties are desirous of throwing difficulties in the way, and creating vexatious delays; but whenever possession has been obtained, the works have been immediately and actively proceeded with. Upon the Berks and Hants 'Railway, extending from Reading to Hungerford, and from Reading to Basingstoke, a total length of forty miles, although some of the land was obtained so early as last December, which allowed of a commencement of the works, other portions, and some of the most important, have not been in our possession for two months. During this pe riod, and principally during the last six months, considerable progress has been made, about one-half of the total quantity of earthwork, about 1,250,000 cubic yards, have been exca vated, and from the good arrangement of the work, and the quality and position of the principal cuttings, every facility is now afforded for the rapid execution of the remainder. The brickwork and building generally of the various bridges and works are also well advanced. About seven miles of the line are ballasted and ready to receive the permanent way. The timber for this is in course of preparation and carriage to the spot, and the rails have been already delivered on the ground. Two locomotive engines are employed on the works in carry ing on the earth-work when the lead is considerable, and every exertion is making to expedite the completion. Upon the Oxford and Rugby line, of the length of about fifty two miles, from many unavoidable circumstances, the works could not be commenced so early. The necessary preliminaries were completed, and the contract entered into last autumn ; but it was some time before sufficient land was obtained to allow of any real progress. The contractors have, however, taken possession, and entered upon the works whenever they have been able ; and I have no reason to complain of their want of activity or of their ex ertions. The works are now proceeding over nearly the whole extent for 35 miles, and at upwards of twenty separate cut tings nearly 300,000 yards of earth-work have been exca vated, and a considerable amount of brick-work and masonry executed. Bricks are being made at such parts of the line as afford good materials, and the ballast is being prepared and set aside at all convenient points. The rails for this permanent way are in course of delivery, and the timber and other stores are being prepared at Bristol. Upon the Mon mouth and Hereford Railway the same progress has not been made; at either extremity a considerable portion of the railway depended upon a Bill for amendment, and also for the junction or extension into Gloucester, applied for this session ; this last has now passed, and arrangements have been made which determine the course of the line near Hereford. In the mean time the works have been set out and all the necessary preparations made for proceeding, so that nearly the whole of the line may now be let by contract. The works upon the two other principal railways, in which the Great W es t ern Railway Company are most directly interested as lessees of the line, namely, the Oxford, :Worcester and Wolverhamp ton, and the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railways, are proceeding with satisfaction. " I. K. BRUNEL." NUMBER OF SHARES ENTITLED TO A DIVIDEND TO 30TH JUNE, 1846. Capital Amount. 25,000 shares 100/. each, 851. paid £2,125,000 28,000 half-shares 50/, each, 501. paid 1,400,000 93,000 quartershares 251. each, Si. paid 465,000 Fifth Shares, viz.:— 2,118 41. paid, and both calls deferred 8,472 4,432 12/. paid, and one call deferred 53,184 30,950 20/. paid 619,000 Capital called .£4,670,856 Four per cent. dividend is £186,826 4 9 GENERAL ABSTRACT OF EXPENDITURE - HALF-YEARLY STATIMENTS, Dec. 31, 1845. June 30, 1846. Total. Expenses before the Act .• £89,436 •• X 89,436 Land and Compensation •• .. 759,383 X 5,394 764,777 Contract for Works • • • • • • 3,859,921 43,694 3,893,616 Permanent way, timber, rails, and all other materials • . • • • . 1,119,657 1,094 1,120,751 Locomotive engines,:carriages, &c., deducting 95,0001. received for depreciation .. • . • • 543,668 48,714 592,382 Engine-house, machinery, tools, &c. 29,663 2,831 32,494 Engineering, surveyors, &c. .. 155,203 .. .. 155,203 Advertisements, printing, &c. 3,865 .. 3,865 Travelling expenses .. .. • • 4,427 • • • • 4,427 Land valuers, purchasing land 20,003 178 20,182 Law charges, conveyancing, and costs of title .• 82,473 .. • • 82,473 Stamps for debentures .. • • 14,935 • • • • 14,935 Parliamentary expenses .. • • 27,043 8 27,052 Maps, plans, &c. • • • . • • .. 1,677 .. .. 1,677 Office expenses, salaries, direction, postages, &c. 42,679 42,679 Experiments of Mr. Wood and Mr. aw kshaw .. • • • • • • • • 3,201 • • 3,201 Reconstruction of portion of perma meat way between London and Maidenhead • • • • .. 75,651 12.912 88,563 £6,822,892 £114,127.£6,937,719 The CIIAIRMA.N then, in answer to several questions, stated that the Worcester and Portdynllaen line had become ex tinct in consequence of the present position of the gauge question; that the Great Western Company were to admit the Kennett and Avon Company as shareholders; that the Oxford and Birmingham line would undoubtedly be made upon the broad gauge, but that it had been rejected iu the House this session upon special grounds, and would be intro duced next session. Mr. Goocir, in answer to some questions, said that in the recent experiment as to speed upon the line, one engine drew 110 tons the whole way to Bristol, while the other went only as far as Didcot. The CHAIRMAN expressed a hope that the large engines would eventually be applied to the ordinary trains in order to afford an acceleration of speed to them all.—(Hear.) After some few other observations Messrs. Crossthwaite a nd M'Almont were appointed auditors, the report was adopted, resolutions founded upon it agreed to, and the cus tomary vote of thanks was prssed to the chairman and directors. A GREAT Gux.—The largest piece of ordnance cast, it is said, has just been turned out at Alger's foundry, South Boston. It is heavier by 5,000 lb. than the "Peacemaker." The weight of the gun, when finished, will be 25,000 lb.; length, 10 feet ; diameter, at the base ring, 39 inches ; length of chamber, 13 inches; diameter of chamber, 9 inches; length of bore, 9 feet 1 inch ; diameter of bore, 12 inches. Will carry 230 lb. round shot, and 180 lb. shell. Range of shot or shell si miles, being a quarter of a mile greater than the recorded performance of the largest and latest invented mortar in England, and half a mile beyond the reach of any gun in the Castle of San Juan de Ulloa.—Leavington True 43nericens. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS MANCHESTER, Arcust 13. Szock EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, &c., 1 clis.—Lirect Northern, 3 4 dis.—Eastern Counties, York Exten sion, 1 13-16 p.—East Lancashire, 8 p.--Fleetwood, Preston, and West Biding, dis Glasgow and Dumfries, 3 4 dis.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 2 dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 1 7-16 p.— Ditto, Extension, l A:c. dis.—Kendal and Winder mere, 3 4 dis.— Lancashire and North Yorkshire, % dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, dis.—Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, ex int., 4 p.— Leicester, Birmingham, and Trent Valley Junction, bi dis.—Liver pool, Orniskirk, and Preston, 44 p.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Southport, 7 , 8 dis.—London and York, % dis.—Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 1-16 p.—Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares (A), 1034 c. p.—Ditto, ditto (C), p.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, b% p.—Ditto, Sixteenth, 834—Manchester and Southampton, h dis.—North British, Carlisle Branch, 2% p.—North Staffordshire, 3 13-16 p.—North Western, 11. 9s. p.—Nottingham and Mansfield, P.—Oldham, Birkenhead, &c., 1 dis.—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. I, 4 p.—Ditto, No. 3, 5-16 p.—Shrewsbury and Bir mingham, p. —Shropshire Union, 158.6 d. dis. —South-Eastern and Dover, naives, No. 4, p.—South Midland, 11-16 p.—West Lan cashire Coast, 16s. dis.—West Riding Union, 3 1-16 p. LEEDS, AUGUST 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, 1 y p. -East Lancashire, 8 3 ,4 c. p.-Huddersfield and Man chester, 1% p.-Leeds and Bradford, 42% c. p.-Leeds and Dews bury, 414 p.-Ditto, Extensions, ss. dis.-Leeds and Thirsk, 3 c, dis. -Manchester and Leeds, Extensions, 2/. 16s. Gd. p.-Newcastle and Berwick, 121' c. p.-Newcastle and Darlington Junction Ex tensions, 10/. Bs. Gd. p.- Norfolk, No. 1, 28% -North British, Carlisle Branch, 51s. Gd. s. p..-York and North Midland, East and Wert Riding, 121. is. 6d. p.- Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 17s. Gd. dis.-Buckinghamshire, ss. dis.-Direct Northern, 14s. Gd. dis.- Grand Union, 12s. dis.-Leeds, York, and Midland, 335. Gd. dis.- Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 10s. dis.-Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North-Eastern, 28s. dis:- Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 16s. Gd. dis.-Leicester and Birmingham, 18s. 6d. dis.--Leicester and Bedford, 1 Is. Gti. dis.-London and York, 9s. dis.-Malton and Drif field Junction, 9s. p.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 20s. Gd. p.--North Staffordshire, 31. 12s. p.-North Western, 7s. p. - South Midland, 15s. p.-South and Midland Junction, 17s. 6d. dis. -West Riding Union, 5/. 35. -Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 38s. dis. MILL, AuntasT 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales arc—North British, Half Shares, 144—Ditto, Carlisle, 775. 6d.—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Bos ton, 35s.—Buckinghamshire, 2s. dis.—Guildford, Fareham, &c., —Leicester and Bedford, 10s. 6d.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Pres ton, 3% p.—Malton and Driffield Junction, 12s. p.—North Western, ss. 6d. p.—North Staffordshire, 3A 3 p.—Welsh Midland, 18s.—West Hiding Union, 5 4—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, Its. 6d. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TY NE,AUGUST 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New, 1% dis.— Eastern Counties, New, 7% p.—Leicester and Tamworth, 1 Is. dis. —Lancaster and Carlisle, dis.—Loudon and York, 6s. dis.—Man chester, Buxton, and Matlock, 20s. p.—North Staffordshire, 31.85. 9d. p.—Newcastle and Berwick, 12% p.—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 41s. dis. . . YORK, Arcusr 13. STOCK Excnksoz.—The sales are —Eastern Counties, York Exten sion, 214 —Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn), 15s.—Ipswich and Bury, 9—London and York, 21i—Ditto, Half Shares, 11. 18s.—Man chester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 318—Newc:istle and Ber wick, 28% —Newcastle and Darlington, New, 11%—North British, 39—Ditto, Half Shares, 14%—Ditto, Carlisle Extension, 3% —North Western, it. Bs.—West Riding Uniom, 514—York and Carlisle, 14. GLASGOW, Airdtisx 12 STOCK ExcnatiGE.—The sales are—Airdrie and Batbgate, 803. Caledonian ' New, 275. 6d.—Caledonian Extension, 325. 6d.—Cale donian and Dumbartonshire Extension, 22s.—Clydesdale Junction, 231.—Direct Northern, 335. 6d.—East Indian Railway, 16s.—Edin burgh and Northern, 9%—Glasgow General Terminus, 854—Glas gow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, New, 381.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 36s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 29s.—Great Indian Peninsular, 6s. 9d.—Great North of India, 6a.—Manchester and Southampton, 32s.—North British, Extension to Carlisle, 70s.— Scottish Central, 18%—Ditto, New, B%—Shrewsbury and Hereford shire, 7s. 6d.—South Midland, 56s.—Strathern Junction, 395. Wishaw and Coltness, 47%. THE SUGAR DUTIES. HOUSE OF LORDS, AUG. 13. LIST OF THE MAJORITY ON THE SECOND READING. Lord Chancellor EARLS. BISHOP. DUKES. Clarendon Durham Norfolk Kingston Bedford Wicklow LORDS. MARQUISES. Grey Camoys Lansdowne Morley Beaumont Clanricarde St. Germans Calthorpe Norrnanby Ducio Carrington EARLS. Auckland Lilford Suffolk Dinorben Scarborough VISCOUNT. Strafford Radnor Hawareen Campbell Fortescue ALLEGED ERROR IN THE CORN BILL. The Lord Mayor having observed what had been said by Mr. Villiers, in Parliament, respecting an error in the Corn Bill, which was likely to occassion injury to persons whom it was not at all intended to injure, sent to the Corn-market for information on the subject. One of the principal persons connected with the trade immediately waited upon his Lord ship, and stated, after some conversation on the subject, th a t, as Wednesday was market day, the interested parties would then confer, and decide upon the kind of statement which it might be most advisable to lay before his Lordship. - Yesterday a deputation from the Corn Exchange waited, by appointment, upon his Lordship, and handed to him a paper of which the following is a copy : " To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of the City of London, " We, the undersigned, of the Corn Exchange of this City, tender to your Lordship our best thanks for the trouble your Lordship has taken to ascertain the opinion of the trade upon the manner in which the duties are levied on foreign rye, peas and beans, under the Corn Act (9 and 10 Vic. cap. 22.) "We humbly submit to your Lordship that the measure aforesaid is an error, and will work so inconsistently as to prove a grievance to us and a hindrance to trade. "The 4th section of the new Act enacts that the averages of all British corn shall be taken in the same manner as under the old Act, which manner was, that the rye averages regulated the rye duties, the pea averages regulated the pea duties, and the bean averages regulated the bean duties; but in the schedule to the new Act, it is ordered that the duty on rye, peas, and beans, shall be, for every quarter, a duty equal in amount to the duty payable on a quarter of barley, thus totally neglecting the average prices of rye, peas, and beans, respectively in contradiction to the said 4th section. "Now we humbly submit that the intention of the Act was that the same scale should apply to rye, peas, and beans, as to barley, but not that the duty on these articles should be levied by the average of barley; and to prove the latter we submit that further down in the Schedule it is ordered that the duty on barley-meal shall be regulated by that on barley ; but the duty on rye-meal by that on peas ; and the duty on peas-meal by that on beans, thus clearly showing, we submit, that different rates of duty were contemplated agreeable to their respective averages. This opinion was signed by the following corn-factors of the highest respectability:— Alexander Ball L. Alexander and Co. Coventry and Shepperd Easter and Hutchison Giles, Son, and Co. Thomas Ruston and Son Frederick Kerchwall J. and E. Ward Robt. Wright King, Melvil, and Co. W. and J. Woodley W. W. Landell Rosling and Watson Kingsford and Lay Gillies and Home lonides and Co. Benjamin Bov ill T. C. Ending and Sons Ashlin and Sons John James and Sons Robt. and John Hewitson R and J.Wilson Dan. and Jno. Birkett and Co. Wm. Fothergill Beglin and Young John Hayes Robt. Farrand T. and R. C. Woolner Robinson and Goulding J. K. Brown and Co. S. H. Lucas John Neill and Co. Wm. Bardgett H. Skipper Thos. Osborne and Son T. Nixon and Co. Richard Harris and Sons D. Anderson William Hill D. Smart and Co. Henry Dunkin C. J. Heath C. Douglas and Son C. Francis and Sons H. Chittendon Wm. Maidlaw J. G. Foster T. Bax Smith, Finer and Smith Charles Lester and Co. Goulding and Ledger - B. Rathbone Win. Wells IL and E. Muggridge Philip Browne S. Plimpton B. Smith and Son S. Judkins and Co. Vogar and Son John Edwards Ambridge and Andrews G. D. Mitchell and Cc. Hopkinson and Co. T. Palmer W. Rathbone G. and A. Anderson West, Green and Sedgwick T. Gill Roffey and Bowyer Wm. Muggridge M. and T. Love Wm. Sholt 11. and E. Downs John Gill T. Wright John Cowell James King G. W. Andrews A. B. Callandar James Boyd, jun. Randell and Co. The deputation said that the Act, as construed by the Board of Customs, would work in a manner directly contrary to the intentions of the Legislature in framing the sliding scale, for at the time of the year when the average price of beans and peas were at the lowest, and the country had the least need of foreign supplies, the rate of duty would be at its lowest; and at the time of year when the average prices were at the highest, the rate of duty would also be at its highest, and for this reason :—From the month of May to the month of October, there was no fine barley required for malt ing; consequently the farmers would have threshed out all or nearly all of their fine barley during the malting season, and during the months above alluded to, nothing but inferior descriptions of barley appeared for sale, which reduced the averages, and raised the duty; and during those very months it would be invariably found that the price of beans was much higher than during the winter months; consequently there would be a low duty on beans in the winter months, when the averages of barley were high, and a high rate of duty in the summer months, when the averages of barley were low. There would, therefore, be a low duty on beans when there was the most abundant supply, and a high duty when there was the shortest supply ; for, during the winter months, which were the season for malting, fine barley came freely to market, and, being sold for high prices, raised the averages, and during the same months the farmer sent beans and peas freely to Market ; consequently there would not only be our own grown produce but a foreign supply at the same time, to the injury of the agriculturist. The Deputation exhibited to his Lordship the corn returns of the day, published by Mr. Joyce, from which it appeared that the following were the averages of barley, beans, and peas : Barley. Beans. Peas. s. d. s. d. s• d. Six weeks' average ... 27 4 ...... 38 9 35 10 Duty 4 0 The LORD MAYOR said the inconsistency of the regula tions, with respect to rye, beans, and peas, appeared to him to be undeniable, as these articles, instead of being reduced 33 per cent. on the duty, suffered an additional duty of 100 per cent. Such a thing never could have been contemplated by those who had brought in the Bill. The Deputation said the Customs read the Act in such a manner, as to compel the payment of the increased duty. At Liverpool the duties were paid under protest. They were con vinced that the passers of the Act would, upon an interview with any of the trade, be convinced of their error. The construction put upon the Act by the Customs was in direct opposition to its spirit. The Loan MAYOR said he would undertake to make in quiry, in influential quarters, upon the subject, and enter tained no doubt that some meanswould be adopted, although the session was almost at its close, to remedy the evil. The gentlemen of the deputation thanked his Lordship for the prompt and candid manner in which he had inquired into the nature of their complaint, which they repeated they were convinced originated in a mistake. Yesterday, at the Roman Catholic Chapel, Cadogan terrace, was solemnised the marriage of Henry, eldest son of Henry Petre, Esq., of Dunkenhalgh, Lancashire, to Miss Power, daughter of the late E. Power, Esq., of Gurteen, Ire land, and step-daughter of the Right Hon. R. Lalor Sheil, Master of the Mint. The ceremony was performed by the Right Rev. Dr. Griffiths, Roman Catholic bishop of the London district. We learn from the Madrid journals that incendiariam is very frequent in Spain. Amongst the recent fires were several in the environs of Jerez de los Caballeros, where pro perty to a very large amount has been destroyed. THE PENNY-A-MILE SYSTEM.—Amongst the now projects of the day is one for an omnibus company to compete with the penny boats, &c., on the river. It is proposed to raise 10,000 shares of 21. each; the deposits to be 2d. per share ; 100 omnibuses to be put on the roads. The company has been duly registered, and amongst the startling statistics of the road it is stated that the net profit on one omnibus is, if half fall, 1751. 35. 6d; two-thirds full,: 8571. 3e. 6d.; full, 7214 Orh Kt pa out , pe; awliu THE AMERICAN TARIFF. The American news contained in our columns yesterd. Sy is of considerable importance. The battle of protection has been lost simultaneously in the eastern and the west ern hemispheres. While the last wail over a departed corzt-IgAw was resounding in our House of Peers, the accordant ek? ' over a defeated tariff was chanted in the American Senate:, Whilst here Lord Stanley was making a decorous show of resistance in a hopeless cause, bets were laid with difficulty" in New York as to the division in the Senate. There the cause of protection was more obstinately defended, and more hopefully wagered on. There uo illustrious General brought the influence of a time-honoured name and highly-valued services, to cow the expression of private feeling or thwart the advocacy of particular interests. Therefore the senators spoke and voted according to their consciences or their in terests. And so equally balanced were the chance of free trade and protection, that even after the votes on distinct divisions were known, the final result could not be safely prophesied. A majority of 28 to 27 eventually decided a measure of consummate importance to all engaged in com mercial transactions with America, whi c h means to every nation of Europe. Henceforth the principle' of duties for protection must be considered as abandoned in the United States. The duties which remain, insufficient 1. 0 compass the objects of protection, are quite high enough to , insure a revenue to the State, rang ing as they do from 20 to 40 per cent. on their value. Th alteration in the America-A tariff cannot but be regarded as a great triumph gained by the principles of free trade. A new country presents fewer via terials for civil dissensions than an old one. Classes are lets disti marked; caste has fewer external symbols, what ever niTS , be its esoteric signs, in a republic like the States. But, besides this, every new State inherits the commercial doctrines of the older kingdoms of Europe. They all have inherited some portion or another of the " comme:cial system" which Spain first employed and afterwards parted to England and France. This hereditary prejudice ig confirmed by a spontaneous impulse. A false knowledge is% pressed into the service of a natural ambition. Each never State desires to produce everything independently of all other nations. It wishes to anticipate the fruits of many generations. It in the first place induces many to transfer their industry and their capital from natural and obvious sources of wealth, and then it forces the others to remunerate an unnatural employment by an unnatural sacrifice. It im poses a tax upon every consumer in the State on purpose to repay the cost of an artificial production. With the hope of encouraging industry, it fosters monopoly; and professing to extend commerce, it strikes it with a fatal blow. An error of this kind must, sooner or later, be found out. The benefit of a few will not conceal or palliate the loss and the injury of the many. There has long been in the United States a party anxious to realise the doctrines of free trade. Their efforts have been resisted by the indifference of one class and the selfishness of another. But when the first commercial people in the world flung away the tethe:s of an obsolete prejudice, and courted the competition of riv, ll in dustry, then the friends of free trade in ever y quar t er o f .the globe gabled confidence and hope. Anew movement begat: ; its first fruit is the modification of the American tariff. Thee principle which most peculiarly marks the new Act is a good one. 'Whilst it reduces the duties on articles of necessity, it in some instances raises, and in others leaves untouched, those on luxuries. It thus gives to the poor man the oppor tunity of exchanging his labour on the best terms to him self; while it compels the rich man to purchase on termer most profitable to the State. It destroys a mis-called pro tection; it continues a productive impost.—Times. COMMISSION OF LUNACY.—Yesterday a commission de lunatico inquirendo was opened at the White Hart Inn, Witham, Essex, before F. Barlow, Esq., Commissioner in Lunacy, and twenty-one special jurors, to inquire into the state of mind of Elizabeth Perry, aged 55, a maiden lady daughter of the late celebrated Thomas Perry, Esq., of Stret hall, Essex, and niece of T. Wilford, Esq.. of Elmsden, Essex, from both of which she has derived large landed estates in the county, as well as considerable personal property. The com mission, which was unopposed, was taken out by the next of kin, and in its support appeared Mr. Aspinall, of the Chancery bar; and Mr. Burdett, of Saffron Walden, as solicitor. It appeared that the unfortunate lady first manifested this de fection of her mind in Dec., 1843, by wandering from home and talking very incoherently, and frequently obscene, to persons she met, and to whom she was unknown. She was subsequently removed to Mr. Timpkins's, the proprietor of a Lunatic Asylum at Witham, where she had since remained, and throughout had laboured under the delusions that per sons were continually talking to her and of her, though no one was present. Miss Perry was introduced at the com mencement of the inquiry, and paid considerable attention to the evidence. Her answers to the Learned Commissioner's questions fully bore out the evidence, and the jury returned a verdict, dating the unsoundness of mind from the 20th of January, 1844. THE LATE STORM—At a meeting of the inhabitant householders cf the liberty of Saffron-hill, held last night, to take into consideration the loss of property by the poor of that neighbourhood, in the late storm, it was resolved to raise a subscription to compensate their losses. The good work was immediately set about, and a committee appointed to collect subscriptions. Mr. Buckle, jun., stated at the meeting that his list already amounted to 100/., which will go one• third of the way to replace the 300/. which the poor of that neighbourhood are said to have lost. THE ROYAL ASYLUM OF THE ST. ANN'S SOCIETY• --Yesterday, at eleven o'clock, a half yearly general court was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, to receive the report from the committee, and to elect, by ballot, five girls and seven boys from a list of thirty-one girls and sixty-. seven boys. Mr. Bright in the chair. The secretary read the report, which stated that the society was now incorpo rated, and in it the especial thanks of the committee were expressed to the Duke of Cambridge, who presided at the late festival; and to his Highness the Pacha of Egypt, for his liberal donation of 50/. The report was received and adopted, and the election took place. SIR CHARLES WETHERELL.—The accounts received last night of the condition of Sir Charles Wetherell, by Sir B. Brodie, who returned to town, are favourable. He has recovered his senses, and, though still in a dangerous state, is expected to recover. THE BENEFIT OF AN EXAMPLE.—A few days ago, Justice Erle, at Bodmin, thus addressed an unhappy girl, who, under frightful circumstances, had been indicted for infanti cide, but was acquitted of the charge, and found guilty of the concealment only. The judge said—." Not to add reproach to you, but to hold you up as an example to others, I feel bound to pass upon you a severe sentence." And the sentence was two years' imprisonment. Now, in the name of justice, if the girl, for the crime committed by herself, did not deserve so severe a visitation, why, we ask, should she suffer as an " example" to others ? To suffer for, a crime committed is justice, but to suffer only that others may be deterred from evil, is to be a martyr, and not a culprit.— Punch. THE QUEEN DOWAGER. Yesterday her Majesty the Queen Dowager completed her fifty-fourth year, having been born on the 13th of August, 1792. Her Majesty's tradesmen illuminated as usual. MILITARY FLOGGING. A numerous meeting of the inhabitants of Hammersmith was held last night, at which a petition to the Houses of Parliament against fog ging in the army and navy was unanimously agreed to. The petitioners also called attention to the present mode of en listment, and prayed the House that some means should be taken to secure a fair compact between the soldier and the Government. RICHMOND RAILWAY AND THE INHABITANTS OF MORTLAKE,--At a meeting of the inhabitants of Mortlake, held in the vestry-room yesterday, Lord Fitzroy in the chair, it was resolved to take counsel's opinion as to the obstruction of the carriage-way caused by the Richmond Railway, and to act on that. A COLLEGIAN REGULARLY CLEANED OUT.—Yester day's Government Police Gazette contains the particulas of the robbery from the person of the Rev. Edward Brume'', of St. John's College, Cambridge, of a silver watch with a black ribbon, and a small gold ring attached; a brass key fitting the watch, a mourning ring, with the words, " In memory of" on the outside, and inside, " Richard Brown," with the date of his death ; a solid fine gold filed out key seal, with blood stone, beautifully engraved with a head of Socrates : a green silk purse with steel rings and tassels, containing four half-crowns and two shillings, a steel ring, to which were attached seven or more small keys, two latch keys rivetted together, from which the handle 'ring had been taken off; a card case containing four or five cards with the name and address of the Rev. loser ; a volume, " Laneton Parsonage," and a pair of black kid gloves. It is not known by whom the robbery was committed. THE HOUNSLOW FLOGGING CASE.—MEETING AT THE NATIONAL HALL. --Last night a public meeting for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the recent affair at Hounslow, was held in the National Hall, High Holborn. Mr. J. Watson in the chair. He was averse, he said, to flogging of all kinds, and in fact to soldiers of all kinds, and he hoped to see the day when no soldiers would be needed in any part of the globe. Mr. Moore moved a resolution expressing abhorrence and indignation at the late floggpfr and calling for energetic exertions to put down the punish ment. Mr. Henry Charles Wright, an . 4merican , ... aT d . a zealous member of the American Anti -Slavery _ spoke strongly against the practice of flogging, t a nd said of his own country, American so long as the flag S tates should of the United that he would repudiate he name of an wave over a slave auction, where a human creature is ex posed for sale. Mr. Wright's address was most favourably r eceived. Mr. Parry proposed a resolution, applauding the conduct of the Rev. Mr. Trimmer, T. Wakley, and the jury. The resolution was seconded by Mr. Neesom, and carried with vehement cheers. The third resolution, proposed by Mr. Holyoak, and seconded by Mr. Brook, was to the effect, that the military powers possessed by the aristocracy of this country, for the purpose of maintaining their own unjust privileges and monopolies, are highly injurious to society at large. The resolution was carried with great applatise, and the meeting, which throughout had been very orderly, broke Up. ROBBERIES IN THE METROPOLIS.—The following robberies have been reported to the metropolitan police since Monday last :—From the residence of the Earl of glarandon, Grosvenor crescent, Belgrave-aquare, a gold engine-turned double-nased watch, initials E.G., the property of the Countess of Clarendon, by a man who stated that he was sent to repair the injuries in the skylight, caused by the late storm. From the Ship public-house, Walcot-place, an oil painting of her Majesty, 24 by 14, which was cut out of the frame hanging on the wall. From the shop of Messrs. Man• ster, Snow-hill, pawnbrokers, six engine -turned gold watches, " Binns," maker. From the Ship public-house, Chandoes street, Covent-garden, a quantity of plate. From the house of Mr. Gwilt, architect, Union-street, between 500 and 600 Roman coins, and a silver snuff-box, presented to Mr. Gwilt, in admiration of his able restoration of the beautiful specimen of early English architecture, the Ladye Chapel, St. Saviour's, Southwark. From the house of Mr. Muddeman, Davies street, Berkeley-square, a valuable gold watch. From the residence of Mr. St. Leon, Rathbone-place, several dresses. From the shop of Mr. Wyatt, Ebury-street, several gold watches, the whole of Geneva manufacture. From the pre mises of Mr. Weston, Hyde-park-gate, a quantity of wear ing apparel. From the house of Mr. Mason, Adelaide-place, various articles of silver plate. From the house of Mr. Long, Old Gravel-lane, wearing apparel. From the house of Mrs. Melton, New Peter-street, four 10/. and four 5L Bank of England notes. From the shop of Mr. Larand, watch maker, New Bridge-street, Vauxhall, ten silver watches. From the Park Chapel. Chelsea, the entire fittings of the communion table. From the Antelope, public-house , Ship street, Shoreditch, a cash-box, containing 341. in gold and silver. From the shop of Mr. Rubens, hosier, Oxford-street, several dozens of silk handkerchiefs. Besides numerous other robberies of a minor description. FRIGHTFUL AND FATAL ACCIDENT TO AN AGED FEMALE.—On Tuesday afternoon, between one and two o'clock, an accident of a most frightful character, and which has been attended with fatal consequences, occurred to an elderly female, named Rebecca Foster, living in the neighbourhood of Smithfield, under the following distressing circumstances:—lt appears that the unfortunate creature, who was in her seventieth year, was, at the time in quo... tion, proceeding along Goswell-street, and in the act of crossing over to the opposite pavement, when a carrier's cart came up at a smart pace, and before the old woman had ti me to escape she was knocked down, the wheels passing SoTer her. The driver stopped immediately, picked u p assistance having come forward, the deceased was re moved directly to St. after her , adaussion. expired in dreadfid agony a few bourn expend 6 0001. in the int.. It has been determined to , Bartholomew's irespago, where .she 4 n rprel. MUMS cot po ;aye; Cciay.--44w al