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NOTICE. ART IV. OF BUAKE'S HISTORY of the LANDED GENTRY, • CO3IPLEIING •i it E WoRK, IS NOW READY FOR DELIVERY at the Booksellers in Town and Country ; and the Purchasers of the first three Parts are re quested to complete their sets without delay, as the Parts will only be sold separately for a short period. N.B. The work may also ir:ftw be had complete, bound in 2 volumes, price 2/. 103. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13. Great lfarlborotyrb-arrcpt, TDB NEW N ic,LS. Sow ready at all the libraries, in 3 vols. post Svo., R VE N S NEST; Or, THE RED SKINS. By J. FENIMORE COOPER, Esq. Second Edition of THE DEBUTANTE ; or, THE LONDON SEASO'. By Mrs. GORE. 3 vols. MEMOIRS OF A FEMME DE CHAMBRE. BY the Countess of BLESSINUTON. 3 vols. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. RAILWAY SHALtEs iiY rUisLt(2 SALE. MESSRS. 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Principal characters •, , y Mr. Diddear, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Turner, Mr. Keeley, and Miss Howard. To be followed by the highly popular Drama of THE MISER'S WELL. Dolph Heyliger, Mrs. Keeley; Dr. Knipperhausen, Mr. Turner; Peter de Groodt, Mr. Yarnold ; Spiegel, Mr. hinlocb ; Claus Hepper, Mr. Meadows; Vander Heyden, Mr. Emery; Leo nidas, Miss Turner; Marie, Miss Keeley; Frau Ilsy, Mrs. Woollidge. To conclude with the naw Farce, entitled LOAN OF A WIFE. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews. A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, and Yarnold ; Mrs. Woollidge and Miss Howard. CHEATAE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of PAUL PRY. Celonel Hardy, Mr. Lambert ; Paul Pry, Mr. Wright ; Grasp, Mr. O. Smith ; Somers, Mr. Worrell ; Mr. Stanley, Mr. Thomas; Harry Stanley, Mr. Boyce, Frank Hardy, Mr. Braid ; Witherton, Mr. Selby ; Mrs. Subtle, Mrs Laws ; Marian, Miss E. Harding ; Phoebe, Miss Ellen Chaplin. After which, a Grand Mythological Burlesque Extravaganza, de nominated THE JUDGM, NT OF PAIaS ; or, The Pas de Pip pins. 'the characters personated by Messrs. Selby, 0. Smith, Glen nitre, Lindon, Waye, Butler, Williamson, Aldridge, Mitchenson, Alderson, Ryan, Weight, Paul Bedford ; Miss Ellen Chaplin, Miss Taylor, Miss Harrison, 'N! iss Simpson, Mis. F. Matthews, &c. To he followed by an anginal Comic Sketch, called ABRAHAM PARKER. Abraham Parker, Mr. Wright. To conclude with the Farce of A NABOB FOR AN HOUR Characters by Messrs Worrell, Lambert, Munyard, Miss Harding, and Mrs. Frank Matthews. PRINCESS'S TTIEA TR E. 0 XFORD-STItEET. THIS EVENING Will be perforned an entirely new ser o-Comic Drama, entitled A CURIOUS CASE. Mr. Au , vey, Mr. Vining; Twiggl,ton, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Charles StAtium. Mr. Fisher ; Edward, Mr Bonner ; Mrs. Aubrey, Mrs. Stirling. After which a new Fairy Extrava4anza, entitled THE SLEEP ING, BEAUTY 1. , : THE WiflD. Baron Factotum, Mr.Oxberry ; Princess Isabelle, Madame Vestris. To be followed by an entirely New Comi • Drama, entitled THE BARBER BRAVO ; or, The Inventor of Powder. In which Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Granby, Mr. Wynn, Miss E. Stanley, and bliss M , rshall will perform. To conclude wilh the Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Col stream, Bart., Mr. C. Mathews ; Sir Adonis Leech, Mr. Granby ; Lady Clutterbuck, Miss E. Bonner. • Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. i'aironised by her 3lost Gracious Majesty the Queer,, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and r.e Prikcess itoyal. The Public are respectfully apprised, that the present Week will ter rain .te the succes-lul career 01 the Grand Military .tpectacie of our Indian V.ctories. THIS EVENING Wilt be performed the popular Drama, called THE SIKHS' IN VASION ; or, England's Victories of Iti46. After which, splendid SCENES of the HIPPODROME, by the British and Foreign erofessors, Male and Female. The whole concluding with an Equestrian Drama, entitled THE NAMELESS. On MONDAY N EXT, an extraordinary Change of Performance, embracing a New Spectac'e, called THE MERCHAN I' STEED ; or, The Flight of Damon. In which Mr. T. Harrood and Mrs. Morton Brooks will, in addition to the reinlar Comp .ny, have the honour of appearing. With other attractive Entertainments; to gether with the Romantic Drama of THE NAMELESS. Box-oflice open from eleven till live o'clock.—hours open at six and commence at seven o'clock. • DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances DAvidge. Immense attraction 1 A New Op,:ra, and powerful combination of attraction and talent. An increased Sand and Double Chorus. Conductor, Mr. E. J. Loder. THIS EVENING will be performed the Opera of THE SYREY. In which Miss Georgiana Smithson will appear, supported by Messrs. D. . King, We i ss, S. Jones, Hornanstle, A. Harris; Miss Betts, and Miss Parry. With the Musical Piece of THE QUAKER. To conclude with WEALTH AND WANT. `ln which Messrs. E. F. Saville, Fredericks, J. T. Johnson, Neville, Heslop, W. Smith, Lewis ; Min Richardson, Miss Martin, Miss E. Terry, Mrs. W. Daly, and Mrs. Homer will perform. Box Office open from eleven till four o'clock. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. A richly ornainen:ed GOV , . EC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CONLERTS, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, representing in the Interior Telemachus relating his adventures to Calypso. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the most complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display, Mons. FARINELLI will descend from a Chinese Psforla,seventxleet In leigtr, to the ..., sus bearllLtrt to his chrystal home. The Glass Conservatory is splendidly ornamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivora by gas-light. Feeding of the Carnivore at half-past five ; the Pelicans, &c., at six ; Concert at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk. Admission. One Shilling. Under the Patronage of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambr dge. On MONDAY, Aug. 24th, and TUESDAY, Aug. 21th. A GRAND FLORICULTURAL EXHIBI LION and BAZAAR DES PLEUR s. In aid of the Funds for assisti,g those Nurserymen and Florists who suffered by the late Hail-storm. Extra Bands will &Vend, in addition to t• , e combined attractions e f the Gardens. Admittance, TWO SHILLINGS. Doors open at One. TUE WEATHE.R.—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 21. THERMOMETER. Lowest, 44; Highest. 66 ; Noon, 67 BAROMETER, 29.87.—W1ND N.E., hazy, with showers. HI 111 WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning •• 11 minutes after 2. I EveninK .. 29 minutes after 2. - r • lif r, ): tartan 2int. LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1846, The attention of the House of Commons was, on Wednesday, called by Sir DE LACY EVANS to the claims of old officers in the army to rewards, and the neglect to which they have hitherto been subjected. A more fitting time for bringing forward the subject could not have been selected than that at which a boon justly due to the gallant veterans of the sister service is about to be granted. It is farfrom our intention to say one word in dis paragement of our naval officers; indeed, anything uttered against that distinguished body would inevitably recoil on the speaker, but we may say, that the services of the old war officers of the army may claim a comparison with those of any men in the world. Those veterans of the Peninsula, whose gallantry, whose invincible bravery through a series of years, under the most arduous and trying circumstances, led to the final success of our arms, to the happy termination of hostilities, burn under a deep sense of injustice, of unmerited neglect. Their more fortunate brethren who were present at Waterloo, many of whom had not seen the tenth part of the service of those who had for years stood the brunt of the war fare on the blood-red fields of Spain, received the marks of a nation's gratitude—the cheap distinction -which, while it cost but little to the donors, con ferred the highest gratification, the noblest, the proudest - feelings on the receivers. • It may be said that persons who have only discharged the duty they owed to their country have no right to ex pect any extraordinary mark of gratitude on the part of the nation, that modals would no longer be valued if they were conferred on every occasion ; in fact, that they should be confined to the com memoration of great events. This may be partly tru?, but when medals have been so often distributed of late years, when those who fought in China and in India are permitted to wear the much coveted decorations, fur services certainly, not more arduous or more distinguished, surely .the Peninsular heroes have a right to demand that they shall be placed on a footing of equality, and that the badge of honour, which may fairly be looked upon as the expression of satisfaction, on the part of the nation, for the manner in which they conducted themselves while, actively employed, shall no longer be withheld. This moderate demand has, of late years, been repeatedly put forward, and most ably urged. In the course of last year Mr. GRATTAN ' formerly an officer of the 88th, or CanaUght. Rangers,.. put forward a. most ad mieable- and unanswerable pamphlet on be half Of those who, like himself, had participated in that gloriouS campaign; be urged the brilliant triumphs they had . achieved, the unceasing good conduct, the skill and bravery they exhibited on a ll occasions, which made them t .. ne wonder and ad- Dilution of the world, and he indignantly temon- AtAted g4.00.-coutuitelY `al Inlect with W 149.-4, THE_ SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22, 1816 they were treated. We venture to say that a perusal of that gentleman's work will bring con % iction to any unprejudiced mind, and satisfactorily establish the necessity of according to the survivors the welbearned, the richly-deserved distinction. It is not because a long period has elapsed—that many years have passed away since those services were rendered—that the nation should still withhold the honour. The statute of limita tions is the last plea that should be put for ward by a Government ; the only reason that such a defence is ever permitted is, that other wise the person called on to answer a demand might suffer serious injury from his means of justifi cation being lost by the lapse of time, but it has ever been considered as reflecting a certain degree of dis credit on the person making use thereof. Why, then, should the British nation meet the well-founded de mands of those calling for justice by such an argu ment? We sincerely hope that the subject will not be suffered to drop, but that it will be constantly brought forward, and kept before the House and the country until tardy justice is at length done to the gallant veterans. The other part of the subject touched upon that which we have ever considered a most vicious system, essentially unjust, and productive of much mischief to the service. We allude to the system of promotion by purchase. No matter how well, how efficiently an officer may perform his duties, how zealously he may devote himself to the acquisition of the knowledge of,hii profession, if he is not possessed of wealth to enable him to pay for that promotion, which should only be granted to merit, he will be subjected to the annoyar.ce, the bitter mortification of seeing mere boys promoted over his head, whose only claims consist of the in fluence they can bring to bear, and the length of their purses—persons who enter the army for the purpose of playing at soldiers, who play their parts during the peace campaigns, and who, in the event of the regiment being ordered for foreign ser vice, will frequently vote it a bore, and exchange or sell out, thus evading the perfsztnance of their duties. It is well known that large sums of money, far ex ceeding the regulation price, are generally paid by young officers desirous of getting on, and the prac tice is connived at by the authorities. If rank was obtainable only by desert, a better class of officers would be procured—men who would make it the object of their lives, and who would with all their energies seek to qualify themselves for profes sional advancement. The officer who has purchased each step, and at length retires, after thirty or forty years' service, will find that the money he has sunk, together with the interest thereon, would give him a larger income than that afforded by his country as compensation for his exertions, for all the best years of his life devoted to their service ; and if he should happen to die in the interim, the money so paid s ill be totally lost to his family. Many heroes who perished in the field of battle, fighting bravely for their country, paid sums far exceeding that which they received as pay, and their friends and relatives had to mourn, not merely the loss of their valuable lives, but also the sums of money, procured, perhaps with difficulty, in order to give them advancement in their profession. Such things should not be per mitted to continue. We trust that a full inquiry will be instituted, and that some better system may be devised and carried into execution. It is only in the English army that such things can be found, and the reproach should as speedily as possible be re moved from the British nation. With peculiar feelings of gratification—we may indeed say, of exultation—we observe that our illus trious countryman, RICHARD COBDEN, is receiving the congratulations of our continental neighbours. Un Tuesday evening a grand banquet was given in Paris to the leader of the Anti-Corn-law League— a banquet of the more particular importance, first, as a symbol that the lustre of intellect and the gene rosity of heart by the development of which Mr. COI3DEN has acquired the admiration and affection of his fellow-countrymen, are appreciated by foreign nations ; and, secondly, as an augury that the triumphs of free trade are not destined to be restricted to a single empire, but that that moral revolution will ultimately pervade all the civili.ked territories of tk' T• :4 1,, •t consonant with that exalted position which France has assumed among the nations of Europe, that her children should be foremost in welcoming the eminent man whose tongue first pronounced the doom of monopoly and emancipated the commerce of Great Britain. Much that is instructive, and much likewise that is encourag ing may be gleaned from this demonstration in the metropolis of the French empire. The facts that the notion of such a tribute orLinated with the Societe des Economistes—that the banquet was presided over by the Due D'HARCOURT, a Peer of France, and President of the Societe des Libres Echangistes— that many distinguished political economists were present on the occasion=-that among the most remarkable pers•mages were M. VERNEZ (De puty Governor of the Bank of France) ; Baron BILLING ( Minister of France at the Court of Denmark), M. MICHAEL CHEVALLIEB ( Professor of Political Economy in the College de France), and M. JosEru GARNIER ( Professor of Po kical Economy at the Athenee), besides various Peers and Deput.es, and literary and commercial men —form a sufficient testimony that the demonstration was not one of those pieces of domestic adulation which are occasionally presumed to be the embodi ment of public opinion and the spontaneous indica tion of a principle. And what makes the knowledge of this demonstration so peculiarly gratifying to our selves, is the earnestness and enthusiasm which it tended to elicit. The speeches delivered during the evening were no mere bandying of com pliment; the punctilios and formalities, too fre quently the characteristics of an after-dinner oration, were altogether subordinate to those hearts' emotions which animated the utterance of the differ ent speakers with such graceful and potent eloquence. On rising to propose the toast of the evening, M, 110BACE SAY exclaimed, "To RICHARD COBDEN! Is it necessary, gentlemen, I should say more ? This name is on every lip; it kindles in each of us the same feelings, the same sympathy, and the same ideas. COBDEN ! It is to us the tableau of the downfal of feudality in England, consummated under the reite rated blows of good sense. COBDEN ! It is the eman• cipation of those who work, and find in the freedom of exchanges the complement of their right of pro perty in the produce of their labour. COBDEN ! It is the peace of the world in consequence of the ties which free trade will establish between all nations." Those were the beautiful and stirring epithets which were coupled with the name of our great re former. The: downfal of feudality !—the emancipa tion of the poor !—the peace of the whole world ! We welcome those few, but significant, sen tences, because in them we recognise an as- surance that a foreign population comprehends - • - - the motives which have actuated the bene ficent consequences which will reward, an d the ultimate consummation which will immortalise, the members, and especially the great leader, of the Anti-Corn-law League. Those sentiments are an avowal that Frenchmen do not perceive in our recent struggle for the abolition of the protective imposts any of the ignominious palterings of private interest, but rather the striving of a whole people for their own improvement and the benefaction of the entire human family : that while we were endeavouring to prevent the enrichment of the indolent and affluent by the taxation of the bread of the industrious and the poor, we were riving asunder the last fetters of hu . manity, and making one friendly race out of many hostile nations. As Mr. COBDEN himself most nobly expressed it, we wanted "the liberty of industry" as well as " the rights of conscience, the liberty of speech, and the inviolability of the press" —we wanted to destroy, beyond all repqration, that villanous system "by which the balance of peace and war between two great nations trembles upon the finger of diplomacy ! " It was because he championed this gigantic and beneficent revolution, and because he spoke with the eloquence of a large heart, filled with great thoughts and splendid aspirations, that RICHARD Counzx has, in a few years, gained such a permanent, and catholic, and enviable celebrity. It is'for these reasons that his name is in such estima tion in England and excites such enthusiasm in France. Who Ppeech bir. Cops; reflontted to -~, The Swiss Diet has been engaged for several days in discussions on the question of the convents, but in taking the votes there was no majority on any point. The affair may be regarded, therefore, as at an end for the present. The committee of the inhabitants of Cologne ap• pointed to investigate the circumstances attending the recent riots in that city, have announced that they will shortly publish their report, which will be a complete refutation of the statements made in the Prussian State Gazette, which asserted that the mili tary had not been guilty of any provocation. We find the following in the German Gazette of Frank fort : "Some time ago a deputy for the provincial diet wa,, text of some informality, but really because he is a member of the German Catholic Church, to sanction the return. He has since been re-elected. The president of the district hay in announced that he would not be received, as by a Cabinet order of May 28th, no member of the German Catholic Church can be a provincial deputy, or even an elector, the elector,. hal e declared that they will not proceed to another election. It has been resolver! to send an address on the subject to the King of Prussla, and several districts have applied for a copy the Cabinet orCer, with a view to examine its contents and decide upon the course to be taken." According to the Cologne Gazette the Austrian Government is about to raise a new loan to defray the great expenses to which it has been put by the outbreak in Galicia, and also to provide funds for the construc tion of new railroads. The same journal states that there is little probability of the Congress of the Cus toms' Union coming to a satisfactory understanding as to the proposed modifications on the tariffs, most of the delegates having received positive instructions to insist upon particular points to which their col leagues will not agree. The Chamber of Deputies of Baden have recommended that the representative of Baden in the Germanic Diet should vote for the in , tegrity of the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. It is said that the spontaneous dissolution of the Holstein Diet had caused a great sensation in Denmark, and that the KING had, in consequence, dispatched a special envoy to Berlin. On this subject; the Swabian Mercury announces, " that before the vacation the Germanic Diet will publish an official notice, calculated to satisfy the public mind relative to the letter-patent of the King of DENMARK." The Duke of NASSAU is about to be marred to the. Grand Duchess CATHERINE of Russia. The Grand Duchess, who is nineteen years of age, is the daughter of the Emperor NICHOLAS, and the sister of the first wife of the Duke of NASSAU. The fol lowing is an extract of a letter, dated Leipsic, August 11 We understand that a new investigation, of a severe character, is about to be instituted against the students. Proofs have been discovered at Dresden of a Burchenschoir (association of students) being in existence at Leipsic. On the morning of the Bth the police paid domiciliary vista to three students, opened their desks and seized on papers, which were forwarded to Dresden. It is said that they discovered amongst them the rules and regulations of the association. No person has been imprisoned, but the Minister of Worship and Justice is expected to arrive here to day." Madrid papers of the 14th instant have arrived. With the exception of a report that the Englist squadron of evolution was expected at Algesiras, these papers do not contain a single article of intelli- gence. Nothing was doing at the Dolga. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. The Chamber of Peers, on Tuesday, elected Count DARE, Count DE SEGER, M. DE CAMEACERES, and General DESPANS DE CABIERRS as the four secre taries of the Chamber for the ensuing session. The Due DE BROGUE is a member of the Committee ap pointed to draw up an answer to the Speech from the Throne. The President has fixed Tuesday ntzt for the, trial of HFICRY. The Chamber of Deputies has been engaged in the verification of the returns - . Thirty-three returns are opposed, viz., twenty-five Ministerial and eight Opposition. On the subject of the actual amount of the - Ministerial majority in the new Chamber. The Dibats says :—" The number of Deputies in the bureaux yesterday was 340. Of these, in the nomination of presidents, 214 were Conservatives and 115 Oppo.l sitionists; 11 votes being lost. According to this calculation, the Conservatives have a majority of 99. This number would some near that which we gave in classing the various fractions of the Chamber after the elections. Marshal SOULT still remains in the country, and has of late taken no part in the Government. The Abbe DE GENOUDE, who has ever since the Revolntion of 1830 denounced all Lcgitimatists who took the .oath of allegiance to LOUIS PIiILIPPE as apostates, perjurers, renegades, and traitors, took his seat as Deputy for Toulouse on Wednesday. There was a shout of laughter throughout the Chamber as the pious and consistent Abbe swore audibly to be. faithful to the Charter andto•the KING of the FREmcn. The authorities Algiers tave `Wen iiiterferi ng 4vio the liberty of the press. Several articles which 4 4 4 * ll -- MAI* Vl* W top CouMe , i. ar.- 11 .frire I . the congratulations of the Parisians at this banquet, though delivered through the stunting medium of an unfamiliar language, is not one jot less remarkable for shrewdness of logic, keenness of argument, condensa tion of facts, or felicity of expression, than any one of those memorable orations uttered by him either in Covent-garden Theatre or in the Commons House of Parliament. We gladly refer our readers to a trans lation of that very interesting and remarkable address, printed at length in other columns of The Sun. In perusing it, they cannot fail to recognise the acute and generous mind from which the ideas flowed, and the benignity of that bosom from which those ideas received their persuasion. Mr. COBDEN was evidently conscious throughout of the importance of the character of his language ; and though he disclaimed the appellation of a propagandist, he was aware that he was then addressing the whole of continental Europe. He never forgot for a single instant that, according as his words were selected, the commercial emancipation of France might be expedited or retarded. In that harangue he presented to the French reformers a model for their guidance, by explaining the machinery and intentions of the League, while in so doing he in cidentally vindicated that great association from the charges of its traducers. And as an encouragement to the Societe des Libre: Echangistes, he pronounced the following emphatic sentences : "If you ask me whether the question is settled for ever, I answer yes ; for in England we never recede ore inch in the path of reform, when every step has been gained by the force of reason and argument. Besides, we have i.o nisin deserving the name of a statesman who would undertake a Government founded upon the protective principle. Ido not speak merely of Sir R. Peel, who has immortalised his name by the part he took in the emancipation of our com merce; or of Lord John Russell, who so nobly supported him ; but I mean that there is not one member of the late or pre sent Ministry who now advocates the principle of protection. One and all have modestly repudiated, on the part of Go vernment, the right of interfering with the freedom of indi vidual industry and enterprise." Any endeavour to epitomise the address of Mr. COBDEN would only militate against its energy and persuasiveness —every segment of his oration is in itself an epitome. We rejoice, for his sake, that RICHARD COBDEN hag been so honoured by France; and, for her sake, that France has so honoured RICHARD COBDEN. On the Gth the Porn convoked a congreption of Cardinals to consider the propriety of remodelling the criminal code. It is reported that th"re will be a commission of jurisconsults appointed to consider of the matter. As a proof of the dislike with which the Absolutists regard the liberal measures of the POPE, snore particularly the amnesty, we may mention that the King of NAPLES has prohibited the circulation of the Diario di Roma in his dominions. This is a curious sign of the times. The temporal Prince puts the works of his spiritual superior a 1 Index. The vassal refuses to receive the rescripts of his Suzerain and Lord Paramount, as not suffieienqy despotic and tyrannical, and the professed son of the Church re jects the ordonnances of its infallible head as erroneous. The Pore, however, still continues the ' beneficent course by which his reign has hitherto been so favourably distinguished. In addition to the numerous reforms already effected, or in progress, his Holiness is endeavouring to introduce great ameliorations in the hospitals, charitable establish ments, and convents. He visits these places fre quently, and when he is entirely unexpected, and insists upon receiving full details of the way in which they are conducted. He has already made some of the richest establishments of monks con tribute funds towards the re-establishment of an institution for the reception of repentant prostitutes. having been cancelled by order of the authori ties, the editor of the France Algerienre has announced that he shall sus pend the. ,publica tion of that journal until the Government shall have granted the liberty of the press in Algeria, or laid down some fixed regulations for its conduct. He announces his intention of visiting Paris for the purpose of urging zealously, and by all legal means, the prompt execution of one of those measures. A meeting of about fifty of the principal colonists of Algiers has been held, at which it was resolved to send an address to the KING, and a petition to the Chambers, praying that the colony may be placed under the protection of the laws as they exist in France. A grand dinner was given on Tuesday to Mr. CoBDEN by the Socie!e. des Economistes of Paris. We have given a full report of the proceedings on this truly important occasion in another column. This is a great step towards bringing about a truly national, and therefore lasting, entente cordiale. The entente cordiale between Governments depending for its existence solely upon men's inclinations, must be necessarily preCarious, but an entente cordiale be tween nations depending upon a permanent union of their material interests, must be ne cessarily lasting, and such a permanent entente cordiale will be brought about when free trade shall be universally adopted. Then, and not till•then, will nations cease to be the playthings of diplomatists. - PARIS Borasr, Auo. 19.—The Stock Market has been rather weak thromliout the day. At the close the Thre,s rallied a little and left off a shade better than yesterday, 83f. 70e.; but the Fives closed lower, 1221. 10c. The market closed its 101 ows :—"I liree per Cents , for cash, 831. 70c. ; for account, 53f. 70e.; Five per Cents., for cash, 122 f. 10c. ; for account, 1221. 10e. Bank of France Shares, 3,1621.50 c.; Neapolitan 101 t. 60c ; Spanish Three per Cents., 36%; Ditto, Fives. 33% ; New Loan not quoted. ItAiLwATs.—The Share :Market has been firmer to-day, although the variation in pr (Ts has been but trifling. For cash—Paris and Or leans closed at 1,2701 ; Ronal and Havre, 7001.; Avignon, 905 f. ; ITTrzon, 630 f. ; strashurg and Basle, 218 f. 75c.; Boulogne, 4731. 75c. ; Northern, 7081. 75e.; Bordeaux, , Paris and Lyons, 5221. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 495 f.; Nantes, 507 f. 50a.; Paris and Rouen, Montereau, Fampoux, and Dieppe, not quoted. BUSINESS DONE IN FotteAGlc RAD. WAYs AT TILE LON!) , )N STOCK E .:;;" C ANt; E. AUGUST 20. Boulogne and Amiens, 12 —Demerara, 2 1 4 —Direct Bombay and Madras, —Dutch Rhenish, 6 —East Indian, 3;—Gr. at Indian Penin sular, Wi—Luxembourg, 1 % —Namur and Liege, 3—Northern of France Constituted, 1254—Orleans and Bordeaux, B—Over Yssel, 2% dis.—Paris and Lyon,' iThmstituted, 5% -- S:tinbre and Meus2., —Tournay, Jurbise. Lando], and Hasselt, s'--West Flanders, 4!i. CABINET COUNClL.—Sururnones have been issued to the Ministers to awnd n Cabinet Council this after t:oon, at the Foreign.-(iffi:!e, Downinz-street. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Ava. 21.—Wind this day at noon, X.W., light breeze, and hazy, with rain. DOVER, Arc. 20.—Wind W.—Sid. Intrepid, Duncan, Quebec. DEAL, Arc. 20, A.4.—Wind N.W. to W.N. W., P.M., W.N.W.— Arrl. Glen Huntley Barr, Calcutta ; Lavinia, Rio Janeiro ; Reserve, Cousins, Ja naica; ScOila, Robertson, Jamaica; Frederick, Giver, St. J. tin's, N.B. ; Marmiun, Ha' risen, Quo:ice ; Carnation, Rimou sky. Arrd. from the ltiver tor, Victor, Kirkus, Sydney; Nimrod, Atkins, Bombay ; Owen Glendowr, Robertson, Bombay, and Cape of Good Hope. Arrd. from the River and sailed 20th; Royal Archer, Scott,• Adelaide, South trails; Luz n, Goodrich, New York. •Id. Triton, Fitzpatrick, Cuba ; John Graham, Rumford, Cape of Good Hope; True Briton, Cousitt, Cape of Good Hope; Fanny A. Garreqie, Lee, Cap,' Coast Castle; Catherine Stewart Forbes, Wright, Bermuda; Stakesby, Richards, Ber ..uda ; Asia, Mills, Bermuda; Seppings, Mackinton, Bermuda. . I LYMOUTII, LTG. The Naulilini, (qy. Nautilus,) Farthing, fr m Quebec, got o i the German Rock r.sterday, but came off on the flood wit' , ten feet water in the hold. Stumm, Arc. 19.—The Galatea, Young, has put back with :oss of foreniast and other damage, hay ug been run Into by the Lumsden, of South shields, off Flamborough Head. HARWICH, AUG. 20.—A loaded bri Is reported to be a , lior on the Maplin Sand ; a steamer and four brigs are in attendance LIVERPOOL, Arc. 20. - Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Esk, Penambu .o; Dalmatia, Smith, New Orleans; Paulina, Ga'atz. Sid. Laura, Dumbril, Bahia; Hero, Ledgley, Rio Janeiro; Meteor, Turner, La Guayra; Clinton, Condor, New , Tleans ; Solo Buckman, Sa vannah : Hargrave, B Bey, Baltimore; Orphan. Burrrows, New York ; Farwell, , :erry, 13.:sion ; brine, Rau, Queb..c ; England, Everard, ditto ; Zanoni, Simm, ditto ; Lightn ng, Le Socur, Malaga. JIAWSLEPOOL, Arc. l7.—sld. lona, Robb, Cape of Good Hope. PLymourn, Ara. 20.—Wind S.W.—Put b ick, 11.31.5. Contest, with damage. CHURCH PREFERMENTS.—The following appoint writs have taken pl.'ce :—Rev. William I'onsford, to the rectory of Drewsteignton, Devon; Rev. W. H. Drake, to the incumbency of Halsetown, Cornwall ; Rev. W. B. Kin pack, to the incumbency of St. James'e, Devoeport ; Rev G. R. -Prynn, to the incumbency of Par, Cornwall ; Rey. Dr. Parkinson, to the incumbency of St. Bees, and to be Principal of the Theological Institution; Rev. It. W. Ford, to a canonry in Gloucester Cathedral; Rev. J. Thackeray, to the rectory of Coltishall, and the rectory of Horstead, Nor folk; Rev. C. H. Burton, to be minister of St. Philip's church, Liverpool; Rev. W. Acworth, to the vicarage of Ashby Folville, Leicestershire; Rev. J. Gillies, to the incumbency Portwood, Cheshire ; Rev. J. Stewart, to the incumbency of West Derby, Lancashire; Rev. W. Warde, to the incum bency of Campeall, Yorkshire; Rev. J. S. Priestman, to the incumbency of St. John's church, Bridgewater. A lIARD CASE UNDER THE GAME LAWS.—A case illustrative of the oppressive nature of the game laws was brought before the magietrates on Monday lay!, at the Ware riagtoe petty sessions. An Irishman, named Felix Slz.vin. was charged by the gamekeeper of Mr. J. W. Patten, with having offered fr s :le a young cock pheasant. It appeared that the prisoner was standing with the bird 'in his hand at the stall of a dealer io game, and the gamekeeper. eneeleg De' and seeing this, gave hitii into custedee The . poor fellow gave a rather confused account o f t h e ma n ner hi which he obtained the bird, which was alive, and produced in Court ; t0,..s ..- g in kiew sey, and as he went along he saw this bird lying on the road hurt, and unable to get away. Naturally enough, he picked it up, seine into the town, and seeing a bird hang ing in the poulterer's shop, went and asked the price of it ; on being told, he produced his bird, and asked what it was worth. Some convereetion then took place be tween the prisoner and the man in the shop—the prin cipal being absent—which plainly showed that the pri soner did not know what sort of a bird he had got, when at this period the gamekeeper came up. and he was secured. The poulterer's man appeared as a witness, and admitted be thought, when he first saw the bird, that it was a corncrake. l'he tact of offering it for sale was not satisfactorily made out. The gamekeeper said that he had recently turned about fifty-six young pheeeatits loose into the preserves, near to the place where the prisoner alleged he had found this one. He had bred the birds at home, and he had no doubt this one had strayed out. The prisoner, in defence, stated that he found the bird as already releted, and that he did not know what it was. He hoped th• it honours would be merciful, as he was a poor man, and wanted to get home. Mr. Beaumont urged that the charge was not proved, but the magistrates thought differently, and itacted a penalty of Ids., with 10s. 6d. costs, or, in default of payment, six weeks' imprisonment. Ulti mately the money was paid, and the prisoner liberated. THE CROPS.—The wneat harvest may now be said to be concluded in this neighbourhood, although here and there portions of the crop are remaining out in consequence of the fickle weather wlti.l has prevailed during the week. It is feared that some damage has been done to the un finished ricks by the heavy storms which have occasionally descended. .Notwithstanding these drawbacks, however, it is believed there will be an average crop of wheat, and the quality is excellent. Hops have improved amazingly fast, fast., and the duty is rising. With regard to potatoes, the news papers from all parts of the country, including Scotland and Ireland, agree in the universality of the disease. Growers have accordingly been so anxious to sell, that a great de cline in price has taken place. We observe it stated that at Reddttch twenty acres of garden ground were last spring allotted by Colonel Clive; nineteen -twentieths have been planted with potatoes.; the blight has attacked the whole, and the resnit will be the loss of the poor men's labour, the rent, and cost of seed. Similar accounts have reached us from other parts of the county ; and it now becomes a serious question what substitute shall he provided to supply the wants of the poor in the ford:a:ming season. Mr. Wil liams, of Pitmaston, has proposed that the cotta 'gets' gardens and allotment grounds should be planted with Swede turnips during the yet. remaining period of the growing season, and suggests that the farmers should direct their labourers, who are now engaged in hoeing, to remove the superfluous plants of this root carefully, so that they may be available for the cottager's garden. It may be very wed to plant the gardens with turnips, if the poor people have any pigs or cattle that will eat them, but as a substitute for the potato they will be wholly insufficient. It is bad enough for the poor to subsist upon potatoes, and it is a considerable descent to be condemned to Swede turnips for their daily dinner. There is but one lower step, and that would be to the fate of Nebuchadmzzar.— Worcestershire Chronicle. THE POTATO DISEASE.—As any fact connected with this fearful disease is of importance, the following ex periment, tried by a gentleman in the neighbourhood, may lead-to useful results. He planted some seedling potatoes, and covered them wiAi glasses ; they seemed to thrive remarkably well, and, to all appearances, were totally devoid of the disease. He then took the glasses off some of the plants, and exposed them to the influence of the atmosphere. In a short time, the plants which had been left so uncovered, showed undoubted symptoms of the presence of the disease, while the others were perfectly good. A few leaves of the plants covered by the glasses were left ex posed, these leaves also withered away, the parts covered remaining sound and healthy. This would lead to the supposition that atmospheric influence is solely the cause of this disease L so destructive, and we fear so universally prevalent. Another gentleman informed us of a field .of potatoes that looked in all respects healthy when he visited it one night, but the next morning were withered, and seemed as if a blast had taken them all. Another instance we have heard of is that a gentleman, who has a field; of potatoes, in which the leaves of the plants in a line had all become withered, and were dying away just as if a ball o f fire had passed through the field in a direct line. These real cause of the disease. We may add that hardly a crop its ravages.—lramp facts may be of service in coming to a conclusion as to the in this neighbourho o d i s exem pt f rom Air a Advertiser. START EARLY.—The Lord Mayor announces several grand dinners this week. We hope his Lordship has given intimation to every one of his guests that the principal thoroughfares to the City are blocked up, or else he will be sure to be disturbed in the middle of the night by some un happy foreigner who has just c.one to dinner. His Lordship should put at the bottom of his invitations, "Dinner at 12 for 6, precisely."—Punch. The Turkish police lAtely proceeded to the house of a French hairdresser residing at I'era, in search of a Turkish woman with whom he was suspected to carry on an intrigue. The French man barred his door and refused them admittance, so that they were co obliged utrive ta d : wait in fo t r h t e h e a a rr n i arrival oef an an officer of the French embassy to force their entrance to the house. As long a delay as possible was was the house, and th e woman passed through it m m a a n d ' e s clothes. in thewall of The hole was masked by a picture, and when the police entered they found nothing. THE CHINESE MEDAL.—Our readers have already perceived by the Gazette announcement that the medals to the land and sea forces which took part In the Chinese war, are being dis tributed : the last notice bore reference to particular Vessels of war. The same pattern medallion was struck for the army as for the navy. It 111 about the size of a crown piece, perhaps a littlo heavier, and is composed of solid silver. On one side is a representation of her Majesty, similarly wrought as upon the current coin of the empire, and the reverse displays various national and naval and military emblems, &e., including a cannon, anchor, &c. &c. These are ap propriately represented beneath the spreading branches of the palm. The whole Is surmounted by the words Armis exeo aeire patent (I quit arms for the enjoyment of peace), and finished by the words, China, 1812 . The clasp connecting the ribband is of German silver. The ril.band, it is understod, will he crimson, fringed wit h ye l low and blue. The medal i s from the design of Mr. Wylde, of her Majesty's Mira; where it was executed, and somewhat resembles those Jutted O n the occasion of the victories at Ghtrznee and other places ie . our Oriental territories. A tiliterent design tor tho reverse was at first o.Tecuted, bawdy, the. British lion trampling on the Chinese studio, 1710.4 WV Oesetizedk approkrigo olag aktic:4F6P.clat MONEY and COMATER_CIAL NEWS. (From The Suit of List Night.) The sales of Coqon at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 to 6,000 bales, iucluding; 4,500 American at 4d. to 6d. per lb. ; 150 Maranham at. 4 1 / 2 cl. to 4%d.; and 800 Surat at 3d. to 33gd. per lb., with 500 American on speculation. The market was steady, and prices were well supported. Shares were quiet. In liiocingr.lane a sensation was produced yesterday after noon by the first sale of foreign sugars (imported i❑ a foreign ship), the p•oduce of the IlaVannah, which, under the Sugar Bill, was taken for home consumption. The sugar, 1,204 boxes of white Havannah, fetched 575. 6d. to 58s. 6d. As the probable future state of the Sugar Market is a topic of con siderable discussion at the present moment, we may usefully quote the follorring from an accredited authority : " Without doubting that the tendency of production is to increase, or wishing to undervalue the authorities that have made these estimates, we must thus consider them as coming under the head of prospective statistics,' and, like prophe cie;, they can neither be affirmed nor contradicted until the period has passed; and when we recollect that the supply of sugar is dependent upon seasons, that a drought or a hurri. cane will disarrange all calculations, and that nothing has occurred to give a general or sudden stimulant to production (as the admission of Foreign is clogged with a heavy differ ential duty for the next three years), the importers of foreign. have now the option of two markets, or rather the additional one of England is open to them, and as a trial of that market will only involve the risk of port charges to obtain two classes of buyers, the English consumer and exporter, it must be expected that a large increased importation of foreign into the United Kingdom will take place (but a corresponding dee! ease will be felt in the Continental ports), and then comes the question of price, as to which class will become the buyer, and that again will be materially governed by the current prices of British Plantation, which must furnish the principal portion of our consumption; hence the importers of British Plantation have the means of forming a tolerably correct idea as to the point below which foreign cannot be a competitor; but this must, of course, be re ceived as a general argument, for it is not p , ssible to foretel hew prices will settle down, as the various under -currents that so frequently exist in a market influence prices, above or below their natural level, arising from the opinions tlirmed by sellers and buyers as the aspect of the market of the day presents itself. We do not expect any sudden or large increase, as the consumer will not feel it as he did last year, when the duties were reduced, and the consumption increased from 207,000 tons to 245,000 tons." The private letters received from China are of a much more satisfactory character than those made public by the ordi nary mode of imparting information, i. e., the press of India and the Hung- King journals. There have not been any late colonial arrivals announced to-day. Consols for the Account have been called heavy to-day at 95%, and 95 11 4 % for Money. A considerable improve ment has taken place in Exchequer-bills, which are now at 14s. premium. Bank Stock has fluctuated from 208 to 209, and the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are at 98. The quotation of Mexican Bonds has improved to 23 for the Account; for Money the price is 2214. Buenos Ayres Stock is at 39. Spanish at 25A ; and the Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. at 59 3 /. The Railway Shares are very flat to-day. There is an increasing demand for the East Indian Scrip. BRITISII FUNDS. ONE CLOSIN(• O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. .. • • .. .. • • 208 209 209 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 95% 96 96 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 95!. v 95% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 97% 98 98 Long Annuities, Expire Jau. 5,1860 .. 10 7-16 % 10 7-16 South Sea Stock .. Ditto, Old Annuities Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1,0001... .„ 5001. .• Ditto, Small • 9534 • 95% Ilicl. 11 14 10 14 pm. 10 11 14 10 - pm. 10 14 15 11 - pm. 11 ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Buenos Ayrea Bonds, 6 per Cent .. 39 Evador Bonds .. Mexican Bonds, Old, 5 per Cent • .. Ditto, 1846, 5 per Cent .. • • .. 22%% Ditto, for the Account 22% 23 Portuguese Four per Cent Ditto, for the Account Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Three per Cent .. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates •• •• -- .. .. 25X PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. BUSINESS PAID. DONE AT CLOSING ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. •• .. 1 ........ 1% Birmingham and Gloucester. .. 100 .. ••••• • • • .. 127% Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 5 . 5 Bristol and Exeter 75 86% 86 87 . 87 Buckinghamshire 425. .... % dia. • • • • 34 • die. Caledonian .. 20... 15 t A • .... 1514 Ditto, Half Shares ..... 1% ..... IA, Cambridge and Oxford 1% .......... Churnet and Blythe .. 2 .... Direct Northern % ...... Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine .. Eastern Counties 141 224 % ex div.. 2230 x d Ditto New .. .. 10/. Ri5..... p• • • 74 p Do. I'erpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1:61 13s. 4d. • • ........ p Ditto, York Extension 10s. .... 2% 2% East Lancashire .. .. • • .. 14 ••• • ••••• • • • • • 223; East Lincolnshire .. • • • • I •• • • 34 34 •••• • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... 70 ... • ..... 69 Edinburgh and Northern .. .. 10 .... 10 ........... 10 Edinburgh and Perth 3 .... 3 ..... 3 G•ole, Doncast., an.lSltuttleld,&c. 425. dis... • ... % ths. Great Eastern and Western .. 1 .......... 1 Great Southern A. West. (Ireland) 25 .... 28% ...... 28% Leeds and Bradford • • • • .. 26 .... 1 / 4 .......... 6,% Leicester an,: 225..... 3 dis... • • 14 iris. Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. 234.... .... • • Luildou and Blackwell .. 16/. 13s. 4d. .. • • Ditto, New ••• .. 3 .... 1.0 , iaon at:d Brighton 50 . 62 1 A x d.. 6234 ird Ditto ditto Fifths •• • • .. 30 .... .......... 41% London and Croydon .. • • 13/. 158. 95 .. 22% .... ••. • • • 22% Emit.' a North-Western . -100 .... 205 206 x ail. - . 2Uti call D tto ditto New Shares • . 1634 15% p 15 3 4 p Ditto, r .. 2 .... 21 x all ...... 21 xail 1.0170.0 n and South-Western -41/. tie. 100... 75),, 7544 Ditto, New .. •• 17%.... 27 .... • 27 Ditto, New .. .. 14 .... 20 .......... 20 Lon:ion .1.,0 York .. .. .......... 2 Manchester an.i Leeds .. .. • • 82 Ditto, hitt!! shares 38 .... 52 ...... Ditto, Flails 3 .... le% •• •• . • • 10% Ditto Extension 425. .. • • 2% p Manchester an , i Birmingham .. 40 .. 78 cx all.. .. • • 78 xall Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) • • 5 .. •• 14 x all Ditto, Quarter Shares (..;) .. 1 ••• • ••••.. • - • • 9xall Manchester, Buxton, St Matlock 425. •• • • % p........ % p Manchester and Soutba•tipton .. 2 .... 1% % ........ I .Y 4 .• ..100 .. • 137 .... • • .... 137 Ditto Fifths.. .. .. 2 .... 2% . 2% Newcastle and Darlington Juliet. 25 .. • • 42% •• • .... •.. 42% Ditto, New • •• I .... 10%% •••• •••• • 10% Newcastle and Berwick .. •. 15 .. • • 27% .... •• • • 274 Norfolk .. • • .. .. • • .. 20 ••• • ••.••• • • .• 26% Ditto, Extension .. • • • • 2 ... • 2% .... 2% North British - .. •• 25 • • 7334 38 1 4 .... 38 3 4 Ditto, Halt Shares .. . • 8% •• • • 14 ... 144 Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 14 . ... • 43%• • .. 334 4 North Staffordshire .. • • • • 425. •• • • 3 Oxford,Wurcest.,& Wolverlimptu. 12 7y,% 8„„.. Preston and Wyre .. • • •• 25 .. • . 34>s .• •• 343 Q Ditto, Half Shares • • .. 2% .. • • 7 7 Richmond .. 10 .... 18% Scottish Central . 123 .... 19% .• • • 19 3 % a Ditto New . .. • • • • 2 3Q ...• 9% .... Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 234.... 23 4 3. •• • • ... 3 Shropshire Union .. 425..... 34 die. South .111dland 425. p•• • . • ... se p South Staffordshire Junction .. 2 .... 3 .......... South Eastern mut Dovor 33%-•• 42 1 A 41% .... Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 234 . 3% • ..... South Wales .. 5 .... 434 4 .. Welsh Midland .. 2% % .. • • West Riding Union •• 425...,, 2 34% p...... York and Carlisle .. 2% . York and North Midland .. 80 Ditto, Half Shares 25 .... 47 ........ Ditto, slcarborough Branch .. 25 .... 46 •••• . . . ... Ditto, Selby .. 30 .... 72 71% 72% Ditto. Extension • • .. 20 .... 39 3844 ...... Do. E. and W. Riding Exten. • • 1 •• • - 11% 12% FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Atniens .. 14 ..... lord., Toul., & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 .... Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 ..., 1% Ceylon .. 58. ... Direct Bombay rand Madras .. ss. .. •• .......... Dutch Rhenish .. 6 .... 6%. East In iia.i.. • ss. .... Great Western Bengal .. ss. .......... Luxembourg Namur arid Liege .. .. 6 .... Northern of France Constituted.. 5 .... Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 .... 4% % Tournay, Jurb:se, Landen, and Hessen 42 4 3 4 2% p JOINT-STOCK BANKS. London Joint-Stock • • • • • • 10 .... 15 ...... Union of Australia .. .. .. 25 .... 25 ...... MLWES. Real del Monte, Unregistered —•• • • 334 ••••• • • • • 334 EttaaTum.---In yesterday's List, read Luxembourg I% Instead of 1%. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam —— C.F. 12 9% Gibraltar........ .... , Ditto, at sight ...... 12 6 34 Leghorn . . • 3O 70 Rotterdam .... ••2 U. 12 10 Genoa .......... •• . • Antwerp • ......... .. .. 28 20 Milan .. ... . — litmburgh ......M.B. 13 15% Venice.. Altona • ..... .... • • .... Naples •••• .. • 39% Paris, 3 days' sight .. .. 25 85 Palermo, per 0z....—•. /194 Ditto, 3 months...... 26 15 Li5h0n....... ..... .... 52 % Marseilles ••.. .. • ....• 26 20 Oporto .... ..... .... • • 623 s Bourdeaux. .. .. 26 20 Rio Janeiro ..... • ... • 24 Frankfort on Maine.... 1223¢ Bahia ....... ...... ... Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... • • Buenos Ayres ........ Berlin •.. Vienna, effec. do Trieste, ditto.... • • Madrid ••.. • Cadiz • • • : Bilbao Barcelona •• ........ New Dollars .... ••• • 0 4 934 Seville.. ..... ......... Silver in bars .. .•.. • • 0 4 11% DANK OF ENGLAND. (From last Night's Gazette.) In Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, fez the Week ending on Saturday, the 15th day of August, 1846. • ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes i55ued........ 29,4-56,535 Government debt . • 11,01,100 Other securities • • . • 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 12,958,912 Silver bullion .. • • 2,497,622 £29,456,535 I Dated the 20th day of August, 1846. 29,456,535 J. B. ELSEY, Deputy Cashier. BAN KING DEPARTMENT Propr:etors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest ... Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners or National Debt, Say ings-banks, and Di vidend accounts) .. 6,135,036 Other deposits • • . • • • 10,791.523 Seven day and other bills . • • • . • • Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 12,961,735 Other securities .... 13,848,421 Notes ••••••• • • • • • • . 8,601,335 Gold and silver coin.. 588,960 905,394 X 36,000,451 X 36,000,451 R. ELSET, Deputy Collier. 54G. Dated the 20th day of Adgurt, DIFFERENT KINDS OF COALS.—An inquiry of con siderable interest and great practical value is now in progress, we may mention. in connexion with the Museum of Economic -Geology, in behalf of the Admiralty, in reference to the value of coals for the use of the steam navy. It is designed, not merely to ascertain, by chemical analysis, the constituents of the coals, but, by an extensive series of comparative experiments to determine their heating powers and the most economical mode of effecting their combustion. With this object in view, we find steam-boilers are now being erected at the en gineering cellege at Putney ; and vie have no :doubt, from the well-known skill of Sir Henry de la Beche and Dr. Lyon Playfair, under whose direction the examination is to be made, that much information of great importance to manu facturers and engineers will be afforded, in addition to the object for which the Px-Perieleilyi have beep. Laaituteclo— ., 95% 95 COURT CIRCULAR. The Millbank-Prison Commission had a meeting yesterday, at Gwydyr House, Whitehall. The Com missioners pre..:ent were the Earl of Chichester, Lord Seymour, and Mr. Rickman Escott. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a special general meeting yesterday. There were present tiim Bishop of Chichester, the Bishop of Rochester, the Chaneellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Chichester, and Sir George Grey. Mr. Charles Warner had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Committee on Education of her Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, had a meeting yesterday afternoon, at the Privy Council-office, Whitehall. The Lords present were the Lord President, Lord John Russell, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Auckland, and the Earl of Clarendon. LANDING OF EIER MAJESTY AT WEYMOUTH. (FROM A COMIESPONDENT.) WEYMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The wind still continuing to blow hard from the S.W., producing a very heavy sea in the Channel, her Majesty was unable to proceed this day on her voyage to the westward. Early in the day a large number of the inhabitants went over to the Nothe, in order to obtain a view of the royal yacht. Some guns (under the direction of S. Scriven, Esq.) were planted on the hill, un d er a l arge dis play of colours, which were to give a royal salute as soon as her Majesty should leave the roadstead. At 12 A.M. the Black Eagle came over in Weymouth roads, when it became rumoured that her Majesty would land here. Immediately after a large barge was towed alongside, and One of the ear riages taken out, which confirmed the report now universally believed. The mayor immediately convened the Corporation and principal inhabitants, in order to make the best arrange ment that the shortness of the time would allow to do honour to our beloved Sovereign. There was but little time for deliberation, for Lord Paget announced that in about an hour her Majesty would land. The only things, therefore, that could be done were, to make an effort to preserve due order and decorum on this auspicious occasion. Soon after the royal yacht, with the royal standard flying, steamed s'owly and majestically across the bay. The Fairy, which had been detained at the eastward by the weather, now came into the roads. These splenuid vessels with numbers of others, which dressed in their best flags, were cruising about the bay, prevented a magnificent spectacle. The authorities now arrived on the quay, and a carpet was laid from the King's steps (the place where his late Majesty George 111. used to land) to the Bank House,, where the royal carriages were waiting. The harbour was well filled with boats, crowded with anxious spectators, who were desirous to see and do homage to the Monarch. The Coast Guard were in attendance, under the direction of Captain Kerr, Lieutenants Allen, Carey, and Woodruffe, and were of great service in keeping the line open for her Majesty to pass. Nothing, however, could exceed the order and decorum preserved, and we feel assured that her Majesty must have been gratified with her reception. At length the royal standard was lowered from the yacht and heisted on the barge, which, manned by twelve stout Britons, now rowed the precious freight, con sis it rg of the Queen, Prince Albert, Lord Adolphus Fitz clarence, with several other members of the royal suite, to wards the harbour. The guns from the Nothe, now pealed forth at intervals. In a few minutes a lifting of hats and a buzz of admiration front the crowd (who now saw before them England's Queen and Prince) told tit( it arrival. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked up the steps and along the quay to the carriage, which was in readiness, looking the picture of health, and smiling with joyous satisfaction at the welcome she and her loved Consort received. As soon as they were seated, a general shout from the assembled multitude spoke the feelings of their hearts, gentlemen huzzaing and waiving their hats, the ladies their handkerchiefs. Her Majesty with her attendants were driven to Abbotsbury Castle, the seat of the Right Hon. the Earl of Ilchester, who was unfortunately from home, being at sea in his yacht, the Peetrel. The royal party, however, visited the gardens, through which they were conducted by Mr. Nicholson, his Lordship's gardener. Her Majesty was pleased with the taste displayed in the ar• rangernents of the gardens, which reflect much credit on the designer. After visiting the swannery. and viewing the other objects of attraction, the illustrious visitors returned again to Weymouth, and embarked in the same order and under similar circumstances to their landing. Her Majesty got on board about a quarter past seven, and was saluted with twenty-one guns from the Bertha, Colonel Freestone, having been on shore five hours. We were pleased to see the Queen looking so well, and her cheerful smile assured us that she was pleased with her reception. Prince Albert looked pale, but seemed to feel the hearty welcome he received. The inhabitants deeply regretted they were not aware of this honour in time to have made suitable preparations, and were sorry the time forbade their illuminating; this was felt the more as the royal yacht lay off in the Bay all the night. Mr. Adey, at the Royal Library, however, tastefully illumi nated his. premises with the royal crown and V. R. A., and in the evening went on board and presented the London papers of that day for the use of her Majesty, which were gra: iously received. In the evening there was a display of fireworks on the esplanade, and from the Nothe rockets. blue lights, and cannons were pouring forth their sounds and colours, which was concluded by a large array of blazing tar-barrels, which illuminated the hrils for a considerable period. Thursday morning, at six o'clock, the wind having mo derated, the ,quadron put to sea again, and we 6oubt not that by this time they are safely at Plymouth. mod save the Queen and the Prince! Two of the royal children were on board, but they were not brtugla on shore. INTELLIGENCE. YORK RACES.—THURSDAY. The County Cup, of 150 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each. for 3 yrs old, &c. Two 3 . 1 1.• fell) re 'P'. Si am ( pay) esseD me s Brother to Millepede, 3 yrs, 6st nib."... 2 r Yarbu,gb's Red Robin. 4 yrs, 8-t The following also ran :—Mr. L. Fox's Wrestler, 5 yrs, 6:t 6lb —Lord Zetland's Cuhei. i ss, 5 yrs, Bst r. Jaques', Philip. 6 yrs, Bst 31b—Mr. Cuthbert's Queen of Tyne, aged, Bst 51b— Mr. S. L. Fox's Waxliohne, 3 vrs, Est 1 O'Brien's Mentor, 4 yrs, 9st lib—and Mr. tVorley' s Ex a mpl e . 5 yrs, Bst 91b. Won by a neci: ; the thitd beaten by a length The Chesterfield Handicap of 10 sovs. each, with 60 added. One mile. (17 Subs.) Mr. A. W. Hib's Burlesque 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (Tacker) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair, 4 yrs, 7st 71b Lord G. Bentinck's Co , I Black Rose. 5 yrs, 6st 81b. The following also nil :—Mr. Meiklam's Godfrey, 5 yrs, Bst 101b—Lord Glamis's Satyr, 5 yrs, Est 71b—Mr. lam's Alliance, 3 yrs, 6st—and Mr. Harland's The Cossack Maid, 3:yrs, sst 12:b. Won by half a length, Coal Black Rose losing second place by a head. The Filly Stakes of 23 soya. each. 10 ft, and 20 added. One mile and three-quarters. (4 Subs.) Lord Westminster's Caprice walked over. The Free Handicap of 10 sovs: each, and 50 added. One mile and a half. (10 Subs.) Mr. Copeland's Arthur, 4 yrs, 6st 31b Major Yarbur g h' s R e d R o bi n , 4 y rs , 7 s t 101 b ..... 2 The following also ran : —Mr. Ramsay's Mid Lothian, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Mr. L. Fox's Little John. 5 yrs, 7st—Mr. L. Fox's Psahnsinger, 4 yrs, 6st 71b—Mr. W. Scott's London, 4 yrs, 6st. The Amateur Handicap of 10 sovs, each. Two miles. (15 Subs.) Mr. Baker's Porto Bello, 6 yrs, list 101b....(Osbaldeston) 1 Mr. Johnson's Obscurity, 5 yrs, list 41b Mr. C. Boynton's Pons:an, 6 yrs, 12st slb Her Majesty's Plate of 100 Guineas, for mares. Three miles. Lord G. Bentinck's Camera Obscura, 3 vrs ...... ...walked over BELTING AT YORK. THE YORKSHIRE STAKES.—Even on lago (6 to 5 taken freely)-4 to 1 agst Poynton (taken)-1,000 to 10 agst Mendicant (taken). Sr. LEGER.-4 to 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes-8 to 1 agst Brocardo (taken)-8 to 1 agst Traverser-10 to 1 agst lago —l5 to 1 agst Sting-15 to 1 agst Fancy Boy-25 to 1 agst Poynton-33 to 1 agst Mount Callan. High odds offered against Pyrrhus the First. YORK RACES—FRIDAY. The great Yorkshire Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added for three years old colts, Bst 71b ; and Ii! ies, filst 21b ; the winner of the Derby 7lbs, and the Oaks 41bs extra. The second to receive 50/. out of the stakes. One mile and three-quarters. (116 Subs:) Mr. Meiklam's Poynton Col - 6nel Anson's lago Won by a head. Thtrteen ran. , It is announced in the " Sheet Calendar," that "the stud, late the property of Lord G. Bentlnck, will be sold in lots during the Doncaster and Newmarket meetings, and at Hyde-park Corner." It is clear, from the above, that the stud is sold, but to whom has not yet transpired. DEVON AND EXETER RACES.—THURSDAY. The Second Class of Home Stakes of 2:5 soya , added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, 3 ft. Two miles and a dis. (3 Subs.) Captain Crofton's 11( , sa, 4 yrs, 9st 131 b (Mr. Scoble) 1 Mr. Waring's Fortune Teller, aged, Bst 2 Mr. Goldsworthy's Woodbury, 3 yrs, Est 131 b Won easy. The Ladies' Purse of 251., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, 3E. Gentlemen riders. One mile. (4 Subs.) Mr. King's Flash of Lightning, 3 yrs, 9st 11lb 1 1 Mr. Shipley's Brunette, aged, I2st .... 2 2 Mr. Knott's The Baron, aged, 9st 91b 3 dr Captain Crofton's Strathspey, 5 yrs, lOst 81b 4 dr A good race. The City Members' Plate of 501. Heats, one mile. Captain Crofton's Zuleika, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (Moon) 1 1 Mr. Hex's Flirt, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b 2 dr Mr. Goldsworthy's Woodbury, 3 yrs, 7st Won easy. The Forced Handicap-of 2 soya. each, and 25 added, was won in three heats by Flirt, Bat 71b, beating Woodbury, Strathspey, and The Baron, by a length. THE UNITED STATES. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. By a letter from our correspondent at Liverpo o l we learn that the Warehousing Bill has passed the Senate, the divi sion being— fes No 20 Majority —lo HAMPTON-COURT PALACE.—Iri 1543, 176,334 persons visited this 11 ice ; 159,760 In 1844 ; and 160,791 in 1845. These numbers arc returned by the Officers of Woods and Forests in a Par amentary paper ju,t printed. DEPARTURE OF EAST INDIA MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, AvousT 20.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Oriental, Captain Soy, sett this port at three P.M. today with the East India and China Mails, a full cargo of bale goods, and above ninety passengers. The Erin, new iron steam-ship belonging to the above company, arrived here from London this morning. She is destined to take out the mails and passengers for India as far as Malta, from whence the Erin will proceed to Constantl- Rule, &c. WINDSOR, THURSDAY EVENING.—Much anxiety has been suffered in the royal establishment at Frogmore to-day, In consequence of the reports in the morning papers of the rough weather experienced by her Majesty and her Royal Consort since they left the Isle of Wight, on Tuesday last, and that anxiety has been much lnereased by the non-arrival at Frogrnore House, by this day's post, of any letters from that part of the coast to which the royal yacht was said to have been driven for shelter. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent is in good health, but has been prevented taking out-door exercise by the almost continual bad weather since her Royal Highness's return from Osborne House to Frogmore. PRESENT TO THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF WiNnsoa.—At a meeting of the town council of Windsor, which took place yesterday morning, a very scarce portrait of William Child, Mus. Doc., of Oxford University, from an original painting in the Music-hall of that city, was presented to the corporation by Mr. Richard Clarke, gentleman, of her Majesty's Chapel Royal. From documents which accompanied the present it appears that Dr. Child, immediately after the Restoration—at which time he was organist of St. George's Chapel, Windsor—commenced an action against the deans and canons to recover his arrears of salary ; and, baying suc ceeded in his suit, he paved the choir of St. George's with the blue and white marble, which remains to this day. Me also subscribed liberally towards the building of the Town-ball, which was erected from the designs of Si: Christopher Wrtr.. He died in 1666, and wl s buried in St. George's Chapel. at the ale.Of Oe. The rr r t r g t b as Iptu oulktre4l to 14 god t 49. P17114.4.4._ - _ _ IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, August 21. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsabk at Five o'clock. WRECK AND SALVAG BILL. d This Bill was read a second time an E d ordere to be OW mitted. DEATH BY ACCIDENTS COMPENSATION 0'1; Lord CAMPBELL said, acceding to notice, he hiL t , draw their Lordships' attention to a most important salln o The Bill which awarded compensation in the case of a ce had come up fro m the Commons with some ainendtas_, n ee d Last session a Bill o f t h e same ki n d wa s irit7 uu ee ly into their Lord s hi ps ' H ouse, an d t h oug h ansTna-sThii passed by them the C ommons h a d th row n it 0 " session it was again introduced, and on this occasion ttbe had passed it b u t w i t h amendments. As they hi° „Woe Bill the compens a ti on was to go to the next o f kin, a Pr ° •" - hitl which was common in law. The Commons, however, to provided especially that it should be divided ase"g $ 4- members of the f am il y , extending to grandfather and gr_„,s mother, stepson, stepf a th er and stepmother. He bad Wilco objection to th a t amendment, and he would 0 1 0 " thee their Lordships to agree to it.—(Hear.) A Their amendment was, perhaps, more ques tionable. . n os Lordships had p rov id e d that the compensation should be Oi"0. portion to the su ff er i ng person's property, but the effect' mons had introdu ce d an amen d ment t o tue the/ that the jury should divide the mo ne y tilif might award among the family according to tbst wants and necessities. He would have preferrol in merely general r u l e h a d b een l a id down. This te d bs existed in Scotla n d, an d b een f ound to work we";1110eats; would advise the ir L or d s h ips to accept t h e amen d soot He said after w h a t h a d b een stated i n cer t a in ist s sose the Bill, he felt it necessary to a dd t h at i t b a d been intyitehlt only after the most painful consideration by the prowl COY and Learned Lord now on the Woolsack, t h e late fAr ks abeis cellor, Lord Denman, and by himself. The greatest Wes' taken in the preparation of the Bill. The amendments were then agreed to. we BO' NAVAL AND MILITARY DEPARTMEICI" - This Bill was read a second time. EJECTMENTS (IRELAND) BILL. .00 The Earl of CLARENDON moved t h a t this BP be read a second time. deg°. Lord CAMPBELL sa id t h at t hi s Bill carr i e d ante itl recommendation of the Earl of Devon's Commission' w hich most important enactment of the Bill was was recommended by the Earl of Devon, 111 / ',- prevented the di s t ra i n t o f grow i ng c rops. eis4 common law of Engl an d an d I re land, n° 13 , „ tr ena, crops could be di s t ra ' ne d i b u t i n 1816 t h e l a w was $ into Ireland, an d s i nce t h at t i me h a d b een f ou nd to be serious sod 011 s' mi , ehief. this 1 Lord ELLENBOURGH sa id , t h at h e un d e r s tue- oe' was not yet printed, and to move the second reading was printed was out of the usual practice of the House• tibs oe The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, that as _, s it l e, tb s intention of the House only to adjourn until tosrael — Bill Might be printed by that time. t tog The Earl of WICKLOW said that, as he could no t o to-morrow, their Lordships would perhaps permit h tn , inte r s ', few words upo n t h e Bill at once. H a t h oug ht that a n y feren 'e with th e p resent l aws i n I re l an d wou ld oast be or, inconvenience. If it made any alteration in the law '.'"reteP plied to on e country more than another he should enter 107004 against it, for he thought that any law applied to one ought to be applied to the other. THE INCOME-TAX DEDUCTION 1 3 -- - This Bill was read A a seet:nd time. ) 131 0 1 ; PUBLIC WORKS AND FISHERIES N 93i1111- On the motion of the Earl of CLARENDON, the through Committee. DRAINAGE OF LANDS (IRELAND) - ato lled On the motion of the s a me N OBLE EARL, this Bill through Cmmittee. r au o explanad baled on by Earl GREY, that there re rs few amend men t s i n t h e c l auses , w hi c h he It ! thole for the improvement o f th e Bill. I n this opial° Te d, of Ellenborough and Lord Monteagle solo latter stating, however, that h e f eare d that the 131 peal, framed, was inappl,cable to the s t a t e of Ireland • os sutsinfeudati on w h ic h too k p l ace t h ere , t h a t countr. s J os I 'o very different position from England, and that w hich for for th .s feet!), applicable to this country was quite usele ss ps esP o c.'untr!, and he would say, therefore, let the g l . s of s e matter of couase, and then improve it in the COw . '" b° session. • g°l ld ob° The Marquis of LANSDOWNE sa id that nothi e ,o more true than that which had been asserted 131 . .;01 0 . ,,, Friend, that the g rea t num b er o f consen t s which W°l2., I Of r o f r wl be obtained w o uld th row grea t i mpe di m ents in the er t i sio' oe working of this Bill, in the few days hich, „ w ise t oe the present session it was impossible to phrase it eta _ OO l .O as it was. but he might rest assured that his suggestiemisng taken into careful consideration before the begie_ n , se of next year, so as to render it effective for the prevea"- e self i ss tress in Iseland. n ot u S gge e .e til e i Earl GREY, in reply, stated that he did what was the purport of his Noble Friend's. the sybe t to unless it was that the Government should take t r ' iss atiel the drainage of lands into its own hands where the ,••• dissented. The Bill then went through Committee. PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND). soria COUNTY WORKS PRESENTMENTS ( 11 1 HOUSE OF COMMONS OFFI'..Es• These Bills also went through Committe. it MARRIAGES (IRELAND) BILL. ee i (0 The Commons' amendme n ts on this Bill were sgr Committte. SPIRIT LICENSES 13ILI. als o This Bill went through Committee ; as did The Turnpike Trusts Bill, The Lunatic Asylum- Bill, The Public Fi.heres (Ireland) Bill, ' a nd The P , iblie Works Commissioner s Bill. The Baths arid Wa.hhouses (Irelan d) ' lELAND BILL Olt FISHERES ( ; „ The Commo ns' amenldmentsß o n tie 1S ) uer es were also agreed to. EXCLUSIVE - EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGE OF TRADING TION (IRELAND) BILL. o f This Bill was read a third time art 4 pAs.ed. _ cor r -yr .ra La r It I I - 1E Arl nEHEr 40. OFFENDERS. f tba The Marquis of LAN NDOWNE S aid upon the ta h ' so ls e° f-fouse a return of the amount of moneys paid as re the apprehension of i,ffen,lers. nal , . 0 St - Ie•.EDY REMOVAL OF NUISANCES '" The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved that th e le er shcu!tl resolve itself into a Committee for the pure e ; s tet ; -iderng the provisions of this Bill, and took occatiouthe the nature of its operations. He stated tha t t o had been called for in consequence of th e diser,: healthy season, and the prevalence of epidemic ro la , " Am,:ng other and there were several goettiOic, for the due and proper whitewashing of e : odh )ru. houses, and making it corapulsory upon . th e 0 10 1 1; to remove all offensive, matter, and etner, A ber ,` The expense thus created was to be detiayeu w 0 P'lt d it the owners or the occupiers of the houses ; 50 •to e posed that this enactment should be carried t e no list - a by town council?, commissioners, and boards of g,„ bri,"„, That the Bill was necessary it was supergu eue noh irr, forward any details to prove, as he was sure theirbv;toolt" vr.nild concur in its propriety. He would concluae that the House should go into Committee on the Llil L i t i mfa rl i i ; The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in reply to Lord_nad to said that another Bill of a similar character was P ro to to brought forward, having reference to Ireland. o rde r" The Bill then went through Committee, and was O b. e - be reported to-mo rrow . Ic eo or The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that th se - . read a third time on Monday, and he would then t . port unity of r e f err i ng t o th e L an d V a l ua tion (Irel ell°l Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, August The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. POOR LAW. mrei sll° A return was brought u p from the Poor -law ~e-ers, ers, in answer DUKE toOF an order in Counc'SilEST. ATE BILL ' This Bill was read a third time and pa.,ed. s. 10 ( MARRIAGES OF DISSENT S 8 the poo. r • e ,,,, Dr. O WRING presented a petiti'in frl at t h e v s ' guardians of Ilfracombe. They complain ,d , he workholir i clerk of Barnstaple hal made his office k in Marriages 01 I/ that union, and that was the place where toe -- n the , !enters were r, gistered. They conceived th r t t whe senter , it in suc h a plac for a [ J'j allowed the celebration of marriage. , between Is ~,e n o , not intended that any disgrace should be cast upon the was 61.0 petitioners believed that the registry to a contumely on their marri.ges, and they pray' bes alteration at Barnstaple. He (Dr. Bowring) therefor e to call the attention ot the Government to the subject. GLASGOW COLLEGE BILL. 111° Mr. WARBURTON disapproved of the p a ssing ° O / e Bill until some clause was in ser t e d g i v i ng t h e Lord s 0 tll Treasury the p ower o f con t ro lli ng t h e funds arising ft.° exchange or sale of land. o °l'll Mr. GIBSON CRAIG said that it was at /eas t of 1 that such an impediment should be thrown in the Oro o Bill of this kind at its present stage. But as it wa g _ e a rt osg ° an unusual kind he would explain that all the Go " a 0 The t hey 6 nuthorities had been consulted respecting its terms , a . P it were perfectly satisfied with the proposed eha n ,.g u e ns O li c f object of the Bill was to remove the College ort 1 , 3 had become a very bad and unwholesom e ea r of the town to a better locality. The Commi t : b ee P r ~"e Lords who had sat on the Railway Bill which be ' Colgo secuted by the Company who sought to remove t ie io. ea to make way for their line, approved of the P: a b a d l' e ge buildings of the College, and the grounds attachee.eschav7i, valued at 87,000/., and the property to be given in r was valued at 146,0001 ,so that not only was abe „vire J e obtained, but the trustees were put in possession of 0011th new college. The Government auth.rit les, law officers, ai d ' a ll sr t p i r o o n v proved oa whatever, e t v h r so he th tr a u t, st i e n d r t e h a e lit i parties personally concerned had been 'consulted , a n ii d obi e .d e ' to r without ny further delay. fop , s Mr. P. M. STEWART said that offer what lit° cre'g his Hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh (31r. „of - he could not help saying that this Bill was quite, unn ece o fO r pass in the present session. He might cite the C o llege of Gds' s burgh as an instance. This Bill was t o remove the Coli e g e ., o o l gow from the centre of the town to a rural locality be.reetoixaa ill western extremity of the town. And how was Ihisohe he -e o r ti e l dwliaesallowed° va. sought ? Why all those connected with the college dacha[ prayed for the removal were the professors, w, 1 1, 7 , 1 / 1 ",:j their remuneration from the class students. r l° l . u rsis:o were the advantages ? They !got for the college e „ n tsfe' l i more fashionable locality. But what were the disad"hoptto. They went a distance of two and a half miles from tbe ducat i° where the medical students obtained the best of their .e _ a coo e d _ None but gentlemen acquainted with Glasgow Collitatio,,P! possibly understand the case. The students at that . l! s p i h were generally of a poorer order than those in tn . t erl ,lo:, universities, holding situations in warehouses and orl a h i to 5 , in the town, the neighbourhood of which enabled Me at ja pe: , tend the classes. he Bill might have undergone g g re r the 1. 1, tigation, but no sufficient reason had been shown ' ° o / 0 1 , , moval. The only cause shown was the constructio.n_.. braeo way—not a great national undertaking, but a painy. 1e,. 6 which would not be of any particular service to anYT - 0 1 ,t En' system of instruction there all allowed to have been P' pegcessful. nimittee e e l the Colonel REID thought that, as one of the Co e 3 5 „ sat upon this Bill, it was ncessary for him to stat t r n e !: o ,, e as twenty . years ago an attempt was made to %. ri_re college, in consequence of the badness of the can e structure was quite incompetent for its present Pu r g he „ had n it acco mmodation for the professors was so bad th at t p 0! the slightest advantages for retirement, which , from :7to the clas tion were absolutely necessary. Then with reg "-`,.s re wer s* Glasses, such was the deficiency that three with beds' absolutely meeting daily in one room. Then 240 b spect to the hospital, there were now oV w the rad.s! which were quite insufficient for the purpose• i‘°_ os , company offered to provide a new college a nd ol a n lie thoug giving a difference of 1.16,0001. against 87, 0 . 0 o-ught to be e s r e_ this so good a bargain for the college that it , _.,,b th r: ! cured as soon as possible, for he believed that . is t"W il l s o the was a competition between the promo era of quite readY -° be lie ° g Caledonian Company, they would 1 e qui ha d fee „ e was a 0114" their engagement. The fact was, the - , c faculty of between the regius professors and the to this Bill, ell' and that was the sole reason of the o pp ositto Mr HU= thought the Gallant °Mei - Was rg"''' ,'' - z _