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Price 3s. 6d. B ENTLEY'S MODERN • LITERATURE. Part I. Ith Portraits of Sir Robert Walpole and Catherine Shorter, his first wife, and Dorothy, Viscountess Townshend. Is Now /toady, containing HORACE WALPOLE'S LETTERS. To be completed In Six Volumes. Richard Bentley, Now Burlington-street ; Bell and Bradfute, Edin burgh ; Cumming and Ferguson, Dublin; Cirapel, Liverpool, and to be had of all Booksellers throughout the United Kingdom THE RUSSELL ADMINISTR ATI ON The FULLEST and LATEST PARTICULARS of the events consequent on the RESIGNATION of SIR ROBERT PEE', will be given in " THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE" of SATURDAY and SUNDAY, the 4th and sth of July instant. Office, 337, Strand. RAILWAY SHARES EY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued sunport and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of R tilway Shares, &c., take place every TVISDAT 11.11 d FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commeree, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post After the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. HER ,MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed ROSSI! I i'S celebrated Opera, SENIIRAMIDE. . - - Serniramide, Madame Onsi ; Arsace, Mdlie.Sanchioll ; Assur, Signor Fornasarl ; Idreno, Signor Corelli ; Oroe, Signor Lablache. To conclude with the highly successful new Grand Oriental Ballet, by M. Perrot ; the Music composed and partly selected from Felicien David's Ode Symphonique of " The Desert," by Sig. Fugni, entitled, LALLA ROOK!! ; or, THE ROSE OF LAHORE. The principal parts sustained by Mlle. Cerito, Mdlle. L. Taglion!, M. St. Leon, and 3f. Perrot. Principal Dances : Tableau.—Pas Symbolique, by Mdlle. Cerito, supported by 3fdlles. Demellsse, t.'assan, James, and Honore, and the corps de ballet. Tableau.—Le Chlbouck, Pas Seul, by Mdlle. Cerito. Last Tableau.—Feast of Roses, Pas de Corbel's, by Mdlles. L'Amoreux and Julien, and the corps de ballet ; Pas de Neuf, by Mdlles. Cerito, L. Taglioni, and M. St. Leon, supported by Mdlles. Demellsse, Cassan, James, L'Amoreux, Julien, and Honore. HER ➢IAJESTY'S THEATRE. N. PERROT has the honour to inform the Nobility. Sub webers to the Opera, his Friends, and the Public, that his BE NEFIT will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, JULY 9, _ When will be performed (for the first time this season) Donizettra celebrated Opera, ANNA BOLEN A. Henry VIII., Signor Lablache ; Percy, Sig. Mario ; Smeaton. Mdlle. Brambilla ; Jane Seymour, Madlle. Corbari; Anna Bolena, Mdlle. Grist. In the course of the evening a Selection from the highly successful new grand Ballet, entitled LALLA ROOKH. After which, the last Act of Donizetti's Opera, entitled LINDA DI CHAMOUNI. Linda, Madame Castellan ; Pierotto, Mdlle. Brambilla ; Carlo, Sgnor Corelli ; Boisfieury, Signor F. Lablache ; Antonio, Signor Fomasiri. Selection from the grand Ballet, ALMA, comprising the admired Pas de Fascination. A Divertissement, in which will be introduced Pas de Trois, M. Perrot, 3ladl e. L. Taglioni, and Made. Petit Stephan ; and the ad mired Tarantella, Madlle. L. Grahn and 31. Perrot. And an entirely new Ballet Divertissement, in three Tableaux, by M. Perrot, the Music by Sig. Pugni, and the Scenery by Mr. Marshall, LES TRIBULA lONS D'UN MAITRE DE BALLET, Principal characters by Madlle. Lucile Grahit, Mesdlles. Honore, Cassan, Demellsse, James, Jullien, Lamoureux, and Madlle. L. Taglioni ; and M. Gosselin and M. Perrot. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at half-past Seven o'clock. FRENCH PLAYS—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL has the honour to announce, that the eminent Tragedienne, MADLLE. RACHEL, will perform, for the First Time at this Theatre, On MONDAY, JULY THE 6TH, When the Performances will commence with I,ES DEUX ANGLAIS, Comedic, en Trois Actes, par M. Melesville. Lord Damby, M. Cartigny ; Pearce, Negociant, M. Dumery; Williams, M. Berou ; Benjamin, M. Dorgebert ; Madame Pearce, Madame Dumery ; Nancy and Betty, Mdlle. Leyder and 'Mdlle. Heloise. After which will be produced, Corneille's celebrated tragedy of LES HORACES. Le Vieil Horace, Monsieur Quelus; Horace, Monsieur Marius ; Curiace, Monsieur Raphael Felix ; Valere, Monsieur Maleuvre (their first appearance is this country) ; and Camille, Mdlle. Rachel (her first appearance at this Theatre). To conclude with the popular Farce of PASSE MIN1:IT. Monsieur, Monsieur Cartigny ; Chaboulard, Monsieur Tourtois. Mdlle. RACHEL'S second Performance will Mice place on Fatnat next, July 10, when will be produced, with new Scenery, painted ex pressly for this Theatre, Racine's Celebrated Tragedy of PHEDRE. Prices of Admission—Reserved Seats in the Dress Boxes, 7s. 6d. ; Admission to the Pit, ss. ; Reserved Seats in the Amphitheatre, ss. ; Gallery, 3c. Doors will be opened at Half-past Seven o'clock, and the Perfor mances commence at Eight. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams's Library, 1, St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrews's Library, New Bond street; of Messrs.llookham, Ebers, Aileron, and 011ivier, Bond street ; Bailey, 12, Regent-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. FRENCH PLAYS. Mr. MITCHELL respectfully announces to the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that HIS BENEFIT is fixed to take place on WEDNESDAY EVENING, July 6, on which occasion an attractive entertainment will be presented, combining the eminent services of Madlle. DEJAZET and M. LAFONT, who have obligingly delayed their departure from Lon ion, expressly to appear on this occasion, being positively the last night of their performing together. The entertainments will consist of, by desire and for the last time, the admired new comedy of UN CONTE DE FEES, in which 3ladlie. Dejazet and M. Lafont will sustain the characters originally performed by then in Paris. During the evening the admired danseuse of her Majesty's Theatre, Madlle. LUCILE GRAIIN, will, by permission, appear, for the first and only time at this theatre, in a favourite Pas Seul ; in addition to which the celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS will give a short selection from their admired repertoire. The entertainments will conclude with the second act of the new comedie-♦audeville, entitled GENTIL BERNARD. Gentil Bernard, Madlle. Dejazet; Latuhipe, Mona. Lafont; who will, by desire, introduce the Chansonette of "La Reynard et le Corbeau." Subscribers who may be desirous of retaining their Boxes or Stalls for the above occasion, are respectfully solicited to intimate their wishes as early as possible to Mr. Mitchell, Royal Library, Old Enid-street. THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMAHKI.T. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Opera of GUY MANNERING. Henry Bertram, Mr. Caulfield ; Dandle Dinmont, Mr. Webster ; Dominie, Sampson, Air. w. Farreu Meg Merrnies, Miss Cost man. The Band will perform the overtures, " Ii Barbiere di Siviglia," and " L'Ambassadrice," " Shaksperian Airs," "La File du Re giment Quadrille," and " Old English Airs." After which, a New and Original Drama, called BOROUGH TO LITiCS. Principal characters by Me.srs. Webster, Tilbury, Buck stone; Mrs. Glover, and Mrs. E. Yarnold. To conclude with the Comic Drama, called A CABINET QUES TION. In which Messrs. Brindal, Tilbury, Buckstone, and Miss Julia Bennett will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. tIIDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING The performances will commence with the New and Original Comic Drama, la Two Acts, founded on a recent well-known event, called THE DUST-MAN'S BELLE. Ned Windfall, Mr. Keeley ; Sally Bromley, Mrs. Keeley. After which (for the second time), a New and Original Farce, en titled LOAN OF A WIFE. Principal characters by Messrs. Frank Matthews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, and Yarnold ; Mrs. Wool lidge, and Miss Howard. To conclude with the burlesque of ROBIN 1100 D AND LITTLE JOHN Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, A. Wigan, Kinlock, and Keeley ; Miss Fairbrother, Miss Mary Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER TIIE IS DIRECTION OF MEVENING ADAME CELESTE. TII Will be performed an Original Melodrama, caned THE DEVIL OF MARSEILLES ; or, Ihe Spirit of Avarice. In which 3lessrs. Paul Vedfold, 0. Smith, Wright, Lambert, Munyard, 31itchinson ; hladame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar will perlbrm. To be followed by the highly popular Burletta of TAMING A TARTAR. Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Messrs. Paul Ledford, Wright, Selby, &C., will sustain the principal characters. To conclude with the new and successful Farce, entitled TIIE CORPORAL'S WEDDING ; or, .IKiss of the Bride. Major Griskin, Mr. Selby; Nancy Cobb, 311 Woolgar. PRINCRSS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. TIK3 EVENING, Will be performed Kn,wles's Play of THE WIFE. Mss Virginia Monier, Miss Bonner, Mr. Wallaek, Mr. Oxberry, &c., will per sonate the principal characters. After which a DIVERTISSEMENT. By Miss Bailin, Miss Mar shall, Mr. Gilbert, Mr. Marshall, and the corps de Lallet. To conclude with the Comedy of TIIE WONDER; or, A Woman Keeps a Secret. Don Felix, Mr. Wallack; Col. Briton, Mr. Vining; Lissardo, Mr. Compton ; Donna Violante, Mrs. Stirling ; Miss Emma Stanley. A.ST:LEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty tl s Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Primcess Royal. The most attractive and bOst ventilate Theatre in London. Fifth Week of the splendid Spectacle of our Asiatic Conquests. THIS EVENING will be performed the .New Military Spectacle, called THE SIKHS' INVASION ; or, Ou- Victories of 1846. In which the whole resources of the Estabib;.'uneut will be brought forward. Magnificent brass Band, Sec. The SCENES of the CIRCLE will pton more than usually at tractive, introducing the French and British Artists in their va rious acts of quitation. The whole concluding with a favourite Afterpicce. In which Miss Sara Lacy will appear. siz itox-ottice open irom eleven till lave o'clock. —Doors open at and commence at seven o'clock. NEW STRAND THEATRE Open every Evening, with the greatest Novelties of the Day. feels happy to announce, that the extraordinary Perfortm:nces of the MONKEYS and DOGS have been received with the greatest admiration and applause, and will be continued every Eventi:g at the above Theatre. Doors open at a Quarter before Eight ; to commence at a Quarter after Eight o'clock. Stalls, 35.; Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d, ; Privateßoxes, 11. is. and 10s. 6d. pHILL ippE will give his Performances EATERY EVENING At the STANDARD THEATRE, Shoreditch. NOTICE.—M. PHILLIPPE wants a Gentleman who could take the management of his business, as a PARTNER, throughout the large Towns of the United Kingdom. A security of 6001. will be tequired. For Particulars apply at the Strand Theatre, between the hours of Eleven and One o'clJck. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Ttc..,_ , pening of this Theatre with unexampled force. Combined and a i ;precedented operatic engagements of the first vocal talent. THIS EVENING will be performed the Opera of CINDERELLA. Cinderella. madame Albertazzi ; Fairy Queen, Miss Betts ; Clorinda, Miss Lydia Pearce ; Mrs. Daly ; Felix, Mr. D. w. King ; Pompollno, Mr. Motmcai;tle ; Dandini, Mr. Welss Pedro, Mr. G. Forman ; Alidero, Mr. C. "While. Af ter w hich, the favourite Opera of ROSINA. Characters by Messrs. Rivers, C. wh:te, llorncastle, Neville ; Miss Betts, Miss Pearce, Re. • ILLER AND lIIS MEN. Orladoff, To conclude with THEb. Mr. Hughes. Under the Patronage of her 34. 1 5 t Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGisCAL GARDENS. EV IIRY MONDAY, T THURSDAY WEDNESDAY, AND . VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. This magnificent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of grandeur, the picture being more than twice the size of the former, and represents, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great Eruption nandesuvius in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her culaneum Pompeii took place: produced under the direction of Mr. Denson. A richly or namented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMEN'ADE CONCERTS are again confided to Mr. God frey. The Band is most complete In all its departments, and includes many eminent native and foreign musicians. In addition to the other attractlems of the Gardens, will be exhi. bited CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, approached by the Illumi nated Gothic Bridge, representing in the Laterior Telemachus relating his adventures to Calypso. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by 3lr. Southby, are en the most complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display, a novel exhibition will be intro duced, representing the Descent of Ptnebus in the Chariot of tit,: Sun. Wong. larineill will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet ii 2 height, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive ihn, and bear him to his chrystal home. The (Buss Conservatory is splendally 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, Sec., at six ; Concert at half-Past six and the Eruption at dusk. Admission. One Shilling. A very curious meteor was observed about half-past eight in the evening of the 20th ult., at Menet= ' near A u tun (Satme-et-Loire). The air was calm, and the at mosphere still illuminated b y the expiring relection of the inn, when a luminous globe, of a violet tint, and appearing to the eye to be about a yard in circumference, was seen for the space of a minute, and a few seconds more, falling pep pendicularly to the horizon, preserving all the time its sphe rical form. Although five globules, each of nearly one-fourth of the size of the principal ball, were successively detached from it, it did not lose anything of its apparent volume. At last, when only a short distance from the horizon, it bunt into a thousand particles, spreading to a wide distance. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 4, 1846 THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, JUL./ 3. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 64; Highest. 73; Noon, 75. BAROMETER, 30.27.—W1ND W.; fine. 111 311 WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIM DAY. .. 5 minutes after 8. I Evenlng .. 39 minutes after 8. "q. O fi 11 0 it , jrt::.-\ll7 intli r) 1 iin --7----41111' LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1846. THE NEW MINISTRY. (From The Sun of last Night.) The following are the principal appointments in the new Ministry : IN THE CABINET. Lord Chancellor President of the Council Marq.of LANSDOWNE Lord Privy Seal Home Office Sir G. GREY. Colonial Office Earl GREY. Foreign Office . Visct. PALMERSTON. First Lord of the Treasury Lord J. RUSSZLL. Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr. CHARLES WOOD. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lord CAMPBELL. Lancaster Paymaster-General Mr. MACAULAY. Woods and Forests Postmaster-General Marq. CLANRICARDE. Board of Trade Board of Control Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE Chief Secretary for Ireland Mr. LADOUCHERE. Admiralty Earl of AUCKLAND. NOT IN THE CABINET. Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland Earl of BESBOROUGH Commander- in-Chief Master-General of Ordnance Marq. of ANGLESEY. Lord Joni Rusamm. received visits this morning 7rom :several of his political friends. PRIYY COUNCIL.—No summonses for a Council for the reception of the seals of office from the mem bers of the late Administration have yet been issued, but it is expected that her MAJESTY Will hold a Privy, Council on Monday next, when the new Ministers will be formally installed into office by the delivery of their respective seals. Sir ROBERT PEEL is expected to arrive in town on Monday next, from Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. After an extraordinary existence of seven years and nine months, the Anti-Corn-law League has been dissolved ; constituted in the September of 1838, it has ceased to exist in the July of 1846 Although the word " conditionally" is introduced in the an nouncement of its dissolution yesterday, we feel authorised to regard the career of this wonderful association as altogether terminated, because we coincide in the opinion so em phatically expres ed by the illustrious representa tive of Stockport, who declared that " it would be as well to attempt to abolish Magna Charta, or to do away with trial by jury, or to repeal the Act for the Emancipation of the Catholics, or to abrogate the Reform Act itself, as to endeavour to re-enact the system of corn-laws in this country." So impressed are we by this', conviction that we cannot even picture to ourselves the possibility of entertaining sentiments of trepidation as to the ulterior and unrestricted realisation of commercial freedom ; and that not simply in wheat and barley, but in every com modity which human industry can cultivate or human ingenuity devise. As rationally might an emanci pated prisoner dread the renewal of his captivity when his manacles are shivered to atoms, his dungeon de stroyed, and his gaolers paralysed. It is, therefore, with unmixed feelings of exultation that we be hold the disbandment of that mighty organisa tion, through the instrumentality of which the irk someness of monopoly and the grinding influences of unnecessary taxation have for ever been removed from the population of Great Britain. We behold its dis bandment with unmixei exultation, because it is the most fitting guarantee that the greatest social refor mation of perhaps any century has been fully accom plished, and this without compromise, chicanery, intimidation, or any of those vulgar weapons of assault which are sometimes employed against a constitution. In the annals of that memorable body which has just consummated the object of its original creation, one circumstance of its existence, one con comitant of its power, one illustrative phase of its character, will ever assume to itself in the memory of these stirring times an especial prominence and an undecaying lustre. It will be seen and acknow ledged hereafter, that for the subversion of an in famous system, and for the substitution of one more consonant with the dictates of morality and justice, the whole armour of the League, both offensive and defensive, was REASON. From the first unpropitious meetings of the miniature junto of free-traders in that miserable room at Manchester, when a " dingy little red curtain was drawn across the chamber" to pre vent any chilling effects from being experienced, in consequence of the paucity of the numbers present, up to the final meeting of Thursday, the League has ever persisted in that undeviating course of wisdom, and sobriety, and consistency, and legality, and thoughtfulness, and intellectual pertinacity, the combination of which characteristics have left this association without any parallel in the history of nations, or in traditionary records of the people. No eulogium, however grandiloquent, could exceed the abstract merits of this remarkable body ; but we conceive that mere wordy panegyrics would be but little in accordance with the principles by which it has been throughout actuated, and through which it should ever be contemplated. Its noblest enco miums are inscribed in the minutes of its proceed ings, in the dignified and rational eloquence of its orators, in their unflinching earnestness, their inimit able integrity, and their exceeding disinterestedness. Did we abandon ourselves to the utterance of those emotions which animate both ourselves and the population at large in speaking of Vimaxas, Bow /LINO, BRIGHT, WILSON, THOMPSON, but, above all, in mentioning the name of RICHARD COBDEN, we should be tempted to an extension of our remarks al together incompatible with propriety. Nor can we induce ourselves to imagine than any ob servations of such a character are requisite, believing as we do in that picturesque and beautiful truth which was pronounced by the Member for Stockport, that « though the body of the League will perish, its spirit is abroad, and will pervade all the nations of the earth." It has embued 'the whole woof of society with its tinge, it has inoculated the community with a healthy abhorrence of legislative injustice, whether social, commercial, or religious. It has performed its lofty and onerous duties without the bandying of a single vituperation, without eliciting amongst the members of its association one angry sentiment, without an eye to emolument or a thought of extortion. It has revolutionised the coun try without shedding a drop of blood ; it has pursued its solemn and triumphant course peaceful amidst the storms and calm amidst the bickerings of furious and relentless contention. Honour, then, to the manes of the League, and honour to those noble patriots who, by their oratory, their integrity, and their bravery, have contributed so effectually to the realisa tion of free-trade measures. It is gratifying to ob serve the resolution of the Committee of the League to present a testimonial of 10,0001. to Mr. GEORGE WILSON, for the extraordinary exertions and abilities which he has displayed throughout the existence of this association as its chairman, to the detriment of hie pri vate fortunes, and the incalculable advantage of the League. Having thus far performed an act of com. mon honesty in regard to one of our public bene factors, it remains to us to tender to a still loftier patriot and a still more national and world-wide benefactor a tribute of love, and veneration, and gra titude. One hundred thousand pounds are now in course of being collected for oresogutiop IticiLutp COBDEN. Men of England! remember his services— they have been yours and the world's ! I❑ co: sequence of the elevation of Lord FRANCIS EGERTON to the earldom of Ellesmere a vacancy has occurred in the representation of South Lan cashire. Nothing could by possibility have trans pired of a political character just at this remarkable juncture more likely to arouse the interest and arrest the attention of all classes throughout the country than an election for any constituency ; but that interest and that attention are of a threefold intensity now that the election occurs in the very centre of the hot-bed of the free-traders, namely, in the greatest of the manufac turing districts. Every one will turn with a peculiar anxiety to the nomination and the accept ance of the candidate, and this because through this election of a representative may be discerned the sen timents with which the people regard the recent alter ations in the commercial code. It will be seen from the principles advocated by the successful candidate whether those changes are regarded with stolid indif ference—whether they have met with the approbation or the indignation of the populace. If, indeed, this moral experiment, by which the popular emotions will, to a certain extent, be gauged—if, we say, this experi ment cannot be regarded as universally applicable to the entire community, but simply as indicative of the feelings rife in one quarter of the kingdom alone, it will nevertheless continue to be a matter of extreme importance to observe the results of the first experi ment. It will be the text from which we may very rationally deduce the corollary. With regard to our selves, we entertain of course but a single opinion as to the consequences of the approaching county election ; we anticipate, as a sane mind can alone anticipate, that the electors will eagerly avail themselves of the opportunity here afforded them to testify their gratitude for the glorious boon con ferred upon them by the Legislature ; and, as a constitutional act, to return only such a can didate as coincides to the uttermost in the decision of the most renowned statesman in existence, and the most liberal-minded Parliament that has sat for years within the walls of St. Stephen's. Already we re. cognise the existence of the determination in the enfranchised portion of the inhabitants of South Lancashire. We recognise this in the circumstance of the deputation which waited upon a most respected and intelligent free-trader of Liverpool, the deputation conveying to that gentle man requisitions from Liverpool and Manchester, signed by upwards of 9,000 voters, requesting him to become a candidate for the vacant seat. That re quisition was reluctantly acceded to, and that candi date is Mr. WILLIAM BROWN, of Liverpool. A name which has already acquired for itself a considerable share of attention, and no inconsiderable portion of respect, throughout Great Britain, from its frequent recurrence in the reports of the monster meetings at Manchester, in opposition to the departed corn-laws, requires no prefix in the shape of a complimentary adjective. Besides which, the insignificant majority by which Mr. BROWN was defeated upon a former occasion has rendered him a familiar candidate amongst the Lancashire con stituency. From the letter which this gentleman has addressed to the electors of the southern portion of the county, we ire, however, peculiarly gratified to observe that a liberal policy towards Ire land is particularised as one of his most cherished principles. It is undoubtedly but an additional proof that, now so many restrictions are removed from commerce, our Legislators will have both lei sure and inclination to advance the interests of that heretofore afflicted island. But, beyond this, it betokens an inclination, on the part of Mr. BROWN, to extend the liberality of his poli tical views beyond the frontiers of trade and beyond the influences of the monetary department. In doing so he has displayed his competency to represent such a constituency as that of South Lancashire ; his competency is, that he keeps pace with the onward spirit of this generous and remarkable age, and that he displays boldness as well as honesty in the expres- sion of his political opinions. A noble tribute may now be paid to the late Premier, Sir R. PEEL, to Mr. COBDEN, and to the memory of the League. This tribute will be a worthy expression of their gratitude and of their satisfaction—it is none other than the return of Mr. WILLIAM BROWN as their representative. We yesterday alluded to the report of the Select Com mittee on Railways of the House of Lords, so far as the same related to the change contemplated in the standing orders of both Houses, and entirely approved of the suggestions offered for the diminution of expense, and at the same time for affording a more direct and better protection to the proprietors of properties about to be interfered with, than that which they have hitherto enjoyed. In this respect the improvement will be entirely for the benefit of the promoters of the various schemes, and of the owners of the lands interfered with thereby. The next suggestion is, however, of immeasurably greater consequence to the public at large, as being calculated to put a stop to the gam bling in scrip, which has been carried on during the past year to such a fearful extent, and to check the unlimited projection of new lines of railway, which were frequently got up, not merely for the purpose of selling them to other companies with which they might compete, as stated by the Com mittee in their report, but also for the more purpose of bringing out the scrip at a premium, so as to allow a considerable profit to the managing com mittee, and to enable the solicitor to secure the pay. ment of a large and exorbitant bill of costs, and to provide a comfortable situation for some unemployed gentleman as secretary. The history of the rise and progress of the Great Glenmutchkin Railway, se graphically delineated in the pages of Blackwood, does not present an overdone picture of what has ac tually taken place in too many instances. Like the ra zors which were made not to shave but to sell, railways were projected which were never for a moment in tended to be brought before Parliament, and the only object of which was to secure a considerable sum for the projectors from the pockets of the public. In such cases it was easy to assure the public that the gradients were easy, and the line presented no engineering difficulties whatever ; viaducts exceeding considerably the height of the monument, tunnels of three or four miles in length were looked on as matters of the most trivial consequence. The prospectus was prepared with an exuberance of fancy and a depth of colouring that cast into the shade the most glowing description from the pen of GEORGE ROBINS, for while the latter should be, as novelists term it, founded on facts, the railway pro jector scorned to be bound by any such vulgar tram mels, being well assured that a very small proportion of the applicants for shares would seek any informa tion beyond that afforded by the prospectus, but, blinded by the prospect of the large gains held forth, would hasten to sign the forms of applica tion for shares. The men with capital, who really sought an investment, were seldom able to obtain an allotment, and could only become interested by purchasing the letters of allotment at a considerable premium in the market. When the bubbles burst a general distrust and panic set in, and the well-considered and prudent undertakings, by which much public benefit would have been secured, were involved in the ruin and the crash that ensued; the very plans which had been intended to act as a check to such speculation and a security to the p p a u y b t viz., the were found to have a deposit,provisional registration and the men had a contrary effect, the first g ivin g , as stated by the Committee, apparently the same im p ortance and foundation to a fraudulent scheme as to a sound one, and the other affording to the projectors the means of securing themselves against many of the liabilities which they might incur in attempting to carry out, for their own ends, the most worthless schemes—we may add, and also giving them a fund, by the un principled anti reckless use of which, in what was termed rigging the market, they were enabled to force the shares up to a premium, and thus to attain the only object which induced them to take a part in the proceeding. The Committee have suggested two courses for the purpose of correcting this evil,—the one to render the sale of scrip before the regular formation of the company invalid, and to require that the original allottee should, either by himself, or, in the event of his death or bankruptcy, by his representative, be alone admissible as the shareholder until after the Ent call shall hare been paid— the other to legalise the transfer of scrip, and to require, in every instance, a registration of the purchaser, and his substitution in place of the vendor. The Committee prefer the first of these plans, and we think with justice. No one would then venture to apply for shares unless he could afford to lie out of the deposit for a considerable time, and no project would obtain subscribers unless its chances of success, and of yielding a fair return for the capital to be expended in its construction, had been fully investigated and inquired into. The Committee have come to the conclusion, that it is absolutely necessary that some department of the Executive Government so constituted as to command general respect and confidence should be charged with the supervision of railways and canals, with full power to enforce such regulations as may from time to time appear indispensable for the accommodation and general interests of the public. The vast im portance of the railways already made, or about to be carried into execution, the large amount of capital in vested therein, and the great extent to whicll, the public are interested in the management thereof, loudly demands the creation of such an authority, which should be armed with sufficient power, and responsible for its due and proper discharge. To this board it is proposed that all propositions for any railway scheme should, in the first instance, be sub mitted, with a general statement of its objects and advantages, together with such evidence of the capa bility and bonii fide intentions of the promoters as might be deemed a sufficient guarantee for them to sanction further proceedings. They might then, if they pleased, give an autho rity for the survey of the intended line, requiring security by the deposit of a sum of money, as an in demnity for any injury that might be inflicted during the progress of the survey. On rthe completion of the plan and section, the Board might enter into all the preliminary inquires rendered necessary as to standing orders, important in a public point of view, practicability, interference with private property, and the means which might be adopted to obviate the objections of the proprietors of land to be interfered with, &c. &c. The result of these investigations might then be laid before Par lament, so as to save much time to the Legislature and expense to the parties applying for Bills, without any undue interference with the paramount powers of Parliament and its sole adjudica tion as to the rights of property. Should these suggestions be carried into execution, many valuable improvements will doubtless be effected in the entire system of railways throughout the country, and if the proposed Board should be con stituted, the Earl of DALHOUSIE, who has exhibited such knowledge and judgment in all matters relating to the railway business of the country, will, we doubt not, be unanimously pointed out by public opinion as its most fitting head. Letters have been received from Rome which state that the report of the death of Cardinal MicARA is unfounded. He is still alive, although suffering severely from illness. It appears that he was taken so ill before entering the Conclave that he could not proceed to the chapel where the ballot took place, but gave his vote in his cell. The States-General of Lower Austria met for the first time on the 23d of June, at Vienna. The following measures are to be submitted to their consideration : —lst. The proper means to be adopted to put an end to the obligatory service of the peasants. 2d. The establishment of a rural police; and, 3d. The crea tion of provincial banks. Madrid papers of the 26th have arrived. They contain intelligence from Lisbon of the 22d. The Miguelite rebels had been defeated and completely dispersed by the troops sent against them. It was re ported at Madrid that the QUEEN would, in a short time, visit either Barcelona or the Basque Provinces. The Prince DE JOINVILLE, with the squadron under his command, sailed, on the 23d, from Palma, the capital of Majorca, for Tunis. MADRID BOLSA, JUNE 26.—The Three per Cents. closed at 33. 1 for cash, and 33i for paper ; the l'sre per Cents, at 201 for paper ; and the Debt withoit Interest at 61 for cash. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. English questions continue exclusively to occupy the attention of the French political writers. The Mi nisterial crisis is the general subject of comment, and it is admitted on all hands that the task undertaken by Lord JOHN RUSSELL is most difficult. The Presse, without waiting for the publication of the articles of the Oregon treaty, concludes that by consenting to it, England has consented " to make a sacrifice of interest and national vanity the most humiliating that had ever been imposed on her inor dinate ambition !" The wr i t e r endeavours to throw discredit upon England, and to minister to the prejudice of the war party in France by the following observations : _ _ -------- - "Did not time fail us, we should have only to search the annals of the diplomacy on the Oregon question to find terms sufficiently explicit, delivered from the mouths of English negotiators. to mark the condemnation of the treaty of which Lord Aberdeen has now taken the initiative. We should discover that in 1827 Mr. Gallatin made an offer of the 49th degree, granting to England the navigation of the Columbia river. Both Mr. Huskisson and Mr. Addington rejected this partition, which nevertheless would have given to Great Britain all the territory she will now gain, and have had insured to her for ever that community of navigation which is now conceded her for a limited number of years only. Thus, the English Ministry of 1846 has not only accepted, but even demanded, less than that which was refused by the English Ministry of 1827. But what need have we to go back into times past to seek for comparisons? Cannot we rind some equally extraordinary and significative in the course of the negotiations that have been carried on during the presidency of Mr. Polk, and in which the two Governments have had for their champions the sable diplomatists as have been in trusted with drawing up this treaty of partition? Are not the terms. in fact, identically similar to those which were proposed by Mr. Buchanan in October or November last, and rejected by Mr. Pakentiam, to whom they appeared to be so contrary to pond faith and equity (these are his own words) that he would not even submit them to his Government? The American Secretary of State had, by order of Mr. Polk, offered the line of the 49th degree, with common right of entrance into the Straits of Fuca. Now these are the two fundamental conditions of the treaty, the conclusion of which we have hereafter to announce. To these condi tions, it is certainly true, there are, added, for the benefit of the Hudson's Bay Company, the temporary navigation of the Columbia. But is it not evident that this, like the question of expropriation and indemnity, is only a secondary accessory interest which Mr. Polk could not offer, but which he would have as readily granted six months ago as he has to-day, had it been asked for. The English Govern ment will, no doubt, endeavour to shelter its diplomacy under the small fragment of land through the concession of which it has become the sole and legitimate sovereign of Vancouver's Island. This however, will be a puerile justifi cation, because the acquisition cf that part of the island, which lies between the 49th degree and the Straits of Fuca, can have no other result than the giving it as a right of boundary the navigation of the straits which Mr. Polk had offered in perpetuity, as a concession, over a territory which would have remained American. In short, the solution at tributed to the Oregon question is nothing more than a com plete retrogradation of Great Britain upon a ground in which there was danger of war in case she should refuse to suffbr kerself to be forced back within the limits imperiously marked out by the Federal Union. This solution is a first, though pacific triumph for America in her rivalry with Great Britain, a triumph much more precious for the one, and compromis ing for the other, than if it had been the fruit of a sanguinary and disastrous war, because it teaches not only America, but France, and indeed the whole world, that it requires only to show a bold countenance and use big words to compel Great Britain to concede through prudence what would be de manded in vain from her justice:" The Presse is generally considered to speak the sentiments of Count MoLE, and it would appear that, undismayed by his signal defeat last year, the Count is again intriguing against M. GUIZOT, and that by these attacks upon England he hopes to pro cure the assistance of the republicans and Buona partists in driving M. GUIZOT from office, and in bringing about his favourite project of an alliance between France and Russia, in opposition to British interests. On Tuesday the French Chamber of Peers p assed the credits for Al g i ers. I n th e course of the dis cussion the Count DE MONTALEMBERT, in energetic language, denounced the conduct of Marshal BUGEAUD and General rELISSIEE, and said that the late outbreak in Algiers and the massacre of the prisoners by ADD-EL-KADER might all be traced to the atrocities of Dahra. A feeble apology rather than a defence was attempted by Generals LAPLACE, D Ew/ 11E , and FADVIER, bu t the elo q uent speech of the Count DE MONTALE AIDEA T produced a marked effect in the Chamber. It is reported that negotiations are pending between France and Sardinia for the establishment of a re gular line of steamers, twice a week , between Al g iers and Cagliari, and from thence to C orsica. There is already established a regular steam communication, twice a week, between Corsica and France. According to the Presse, the electors of the Ist arrondissement of Paris, who at one time intended to have elected Marshal BUGEAUD as their Deputy, have determined in conse quence of the light which has been recently thrown on the African question, to elect not Marshal BUGEAUD, but General Lamo- RICIERE. The Moniteur publishes the returns of the pi ices of wheat in the different markets of France during the month of June, from which it appears that it sold, on an average, at Toulouse, Gray, Lyons, and Marseilles for 23f. 65c. per hectolitre; at Marans aad Bordeaux, for 22f. 4c.; at St. Laurent and Le Grand Lemps, 23f. 73c. ; at Mulhausen and Stras burg, 26f. 15c.; at Bergues, Arras, Roye, Soissons, Paris and Rouen, 21f. 77c. ; at Saumur and Nantes, 20f. 340. ; at Metz, Verdun, and Charleville, 22f. 3c.; and at St. Lo, Paimpol, Quimper, and Hennebon, 20f. 33c. For some reason, not explained, it appears that the rise in the price of shares of the Northern Railroad of France. in London, on Monday, had not a corre sponding effect on the Paris Bourse on Wednesday. The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 20c. ; the Five per Cents., 121 f. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2561 25c. ; 1 Rouen, 1,007 50c. ; Havre, 720£ ; Great Northern, 718 f. 75c. ; Avignon, 8721. ; Bordeaux, 572 f. 50c.; Boulogne, 462 f. 5,1 c. ; Dieppe, 4071. 50c. ; Paris and Strasbourg, 48Lf. ; Tours and Nantes, 502 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 526 f. 25c. ; Domestic Debt, 31 ex. div. The following are the quotations for other lines : Lyons and Avignon, definitives, 497 t. 50c.; Bordeaux and Cette, definitives, 480 f. , LYONS, Jums '29.—Marseilles and Avignon, 867 f. 50c.; Paris and Orleans, 1,247 f. 50c. ; Rouen, I,ooBf. 75c.; Lyons, 527 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 715 f. 25c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 2. _ . Boulogne and Amiens, 12%—Central of Spain, 1 % —Louvain and Jernappe, % —Luxembourg, 2—Namur and Liege, 3% —Northern of France Constituted, 13%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 9y—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 6—Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, 4% Sambre and Meuse, 4%—West Flanders, 3%. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was steady Sales, 7,000 bales. Shares were rather quiet—North Staf fordshire were in brisk demand. It is with pleasure we are enabled to state that the em ployes of several of the wholesale houses of the City of London have commenced a subscription towards the testi monial to Sir Robert Peel, the limit being strictly confined to one penny per head. It has been just suggested to us that it would be well if the principal parties employed in the wholesale trades should meet and form a Committee irre spective of the partners of the firms, and set the affair afloat. It must, however be observed, that day by day and hour by hour, the current of public opinion is setting stronger in favour of the proposition. We have seen some lists this morning commenced in the way we have stated, numbering from 50 to 60 names. In order to facilitate the collection of funds, a plan has been sug gested which we think admirable. It is that cards should be printed, having on the one side the words " Testimonial to Sir Robert Peel," and on the other lines suf ficient to carry sixty names. A treasurer having then been appointed, the remittances could be easily forwarded, and if numbered from one to ten thousand (or more, if necessary) the various localities throughout the United Kingdom, in which lists were opened, would most readily be informed when the lists of subscribers are finally completed. It ought to be mentioned that there is an opinion in the City that should the funds raised be more than sufficient for paying the expenses of a suitable statue to Sir Robert, that the surplus ought, in fairness, to be applied to the creation of a scholarship in the City of London school rather than at Oxford or Cambridge. Thanks are certainly due to the correspondent of the Morning Ad vertiser for having first suggested the modus operandi by which it will be proved that the middling and the lower classes do appreciate the exertions of Sir Robert Peel in so successfully carrying out his bold and grand measures. And may we give a hint to the ladies? Why should not they be "up and stirring" in so good a cause, by making purses among their relatives and connexions? thus showing that they admire the measures of a man whose desire has been to increase the happiness of the family circle by an increased amount of food being given at a less cost than at present. The monthly report of Messrs. Wilkinson and Jewesbury states that the demand for Colonial products during the past month for home consumption has again been exten sive, especially as regards sugar, coffee, and tea, in which the Board of Trade returns exhibit for the first four months of the present year an increase of 10 per cent., with a fair prospect of a continued increase. The English Stocks are steady, with a moderate business doing ; Consols, 95% ; New Three• and-a-Quarter per Cents., 96 3 / 4 to 97; and the Three per Cent., 95% %. Bank Stock has been firm at 206 to 206 q. Exchequer-bills have been quoted 11s. to 15s. premium. The Foreign Investments have been neglected, but they have remained at nearly the previous rates. Spanish Three per Cents. are now marked ex-dividend, and realise 35% to 3 / 4 . The Five per Cents. have been 24%. Brazil Bonds were quoted 84% to 85. Portuguese Three per Cents. have been at 47 3 %, ex dividend. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are at 60. Railway Shares have been dull. An improvement of a de cided character is expected should Government resolve to prohibit all railway calls where the works are not commenced within twelve months. The shareholders of the Dublin and Galway Railway Company appear to be confident, even now, of obtaining a reversal of the decision against them—justly considering it, as they do, to be of a very extraordinary character, for if the profitable Part of a line be given to one company, no other will subse quently come forward to execute the less promising portion, thus destroying the entirety of a scheme which would have paid. The Foreign Railways are quiet. Blivrisu FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 206% 206% Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 95% %% 95% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 96% 97 97 ong Annuities, Expire Jan. 5,1860 .. 10 3-16 A 10 India Bondi, 1,000/. .. 20 Ditto, under 1,000/. 25 South Sea Stock .. „ Ditto Old Annuities 93% 93% Consols for Opening .. •. 95y, % 95X, Exchequer Bills. INd. 1 lid. 1,0001... .. 11 15 pm. 13 Ditto. Small .... 15 pm. 15 CLOSING PRICES. ONE FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 84% 85 Chilton Bonds, G per Cent .. . 96 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, Deferred .. • • •• •• Portuguese Three per Cent • • .. Ditto, for the Account .. 47% ex div 48 Ditto, Sinai! • • • • • • Ditto, 4 per Cent .. • • .. • • 46% ex div Russian Bonds .. . .. .. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account .. 24% 24% Ditto, Three per Cent .. 35%% ex div 35% Ditto, for the Account .. 35% ex div 35 3 % Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. GO GO Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certirlcates .. 93% 94 943( BUSINESS PAID. DONE AT CLOSING ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. 2%.... Binningiuun and Oxford Junction 2 .... 3%% Bristol and Exeter .. .. 75 .... 82 ........ Ditto New .. 5 9 ..... - Buckinghamshire 425. .... % dis % dis. Caledonian .. .. 10 .. • . 9 14 %•••• • • • • 9 % Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 2% .... 1 •• 1 Ditto, Extension 2%.... 1% ••••• • • • • • 1% Direct Northern .. 2%.... 1% ...... •• • • 11% Easteni Counties .. 141. 165..... •• • • Ditto New .. .. 101. 165..... 7% p••• • • • 7 P Do. Perpet., 5 par Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. • ..• ••• • • • S P Ditto, York Extension .. 105....• 1%% •••• • • • • 1% 'intent Union .. 25 .... - Do. Ipswich & Bury St.Edmunds 9 .. .. 7 % .. 7 Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 .... • ••• • • Ditto % Shares .. . .. 10 ••• • ••"•• • • • • 17 14 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% .... 18 Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. .. 1 .......... 1 Great North of England . ..100 —..........— Ditto, New .. .. 5 .... —•• ........ 58 1 % Ditto, New .. . 1%.... 18 Great Western .. • . .. 85 ....148 147% • • .... 147% Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 50 .... 83 .......... 83 Ditto, Fifths .. 20 .... 32 % .. 32% Guildford, Farebam, &Portsmoth 5 Leeds and Bradford .. 26 .... 62 ••••• • • • • • 62 London an Birmingham . ..100 ....222 •• • • ...... 222 London and Croydon .. .. 131. 15s 9d... 221% London and Greenwich .. 121. 155. 4d. 9 ...... •• • • 9 London, Hounslow, & Western .. 2 .... %••••• • • • • • London and South• Western —4ll. Os. 10d... .••• • • • • 781 London and York .. .. 2 1% 1 .• . . 1 1 4 Manchester and Leeds 82 •• .. •• • • ...... Ditto, Fifths .. 3 • ll% Ditto Extension .. 425. •• 2% p.• ••• • • • 2% p Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •• .• %%, P 6 p Ditto, New . 24 .. • • 38 .. 3B Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 —.1226 ...... •• • Newcastle and Darlington Janet. 25 .. • • Ditto, New . 1 9% % Newcastle and Berwick .. 15 .... 25% ........ • • 25 North British.. .. • • 22% • • ...... • • Ditto, Carlisle Extension Ditto, Dalkeith Ditto, ditto . North Kent and Direct Dover .. —1% North Staffordshire .. • . • • 425..... 4 p 4 p Scottish Midland .. .. 10 .... Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2 .... 2 1 / 4 % 2% Shropshire Union 425..... .• .... • • l% dui. South Eastern and Dovor .. • . 33 1 / 4 .. 40% 40% Ditto. New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 16 ... 20 ...... • 2O South Wales .. .... 1% 1 4 West Riding Union • • • • .. 425. .... 2 t 4 p 2 1 A p Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 5 .... 5 dis 5 die York and Carlisle .. ...• 1 % •••• • • • 1 1 / 4 York aud North Midland .. 50 .... .. • • ••• •• Ditto, half Shares .. .. 25 .... 48 ...... •• • • Ditto. Scarborough Branch .. 25 .... 47% 48 Ditto. Extension . 15 34 • • .....• • • Do. E. and W. Biding Exten... I .• 12 11% FOREIGN RAILWAYS. N.... 1.74_ .. .. Central of Spain .. .. .. .. Lyons and Avignon .. .. .. Narnui and Liege Northern of France Constituted.. Orleans and Bordeaux Paris and Lyons Constituted .. Paris and Strasbourg Constituted Sambre and Meuse West Flanders 6 .... 3%. 5 .... 13i%••••••- 6 .... 9 4- ****** - 5 .... 53 5 .... 44 . ...... JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia .. • • • . •. 40 .. • . 20% ........ • . 20% MINES. Real del Monte, Unrecistered —3% •• • 3% COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam .. C.F. 12 8% Gibraltar Ditto, at sight • ....• 12 5% Leghorn . ......... 30 45 Rotterdam .... ••2 U. 1 - 2 9 Genoa ......... •..• • .. 26 to Antwerp ...... ........ 26 10 Milan ........... ..... Ilamburgh .... • • M.B. 13 15 Venice • ...... Altotia ... •.• Naples ...... • • .... • • 39% Paris, 3 days' sight ...• 25 75 Palermo, perm... . 119% Ditto, 3 months... 26 5 Lisbon.... ............ 52% Marseilles •......•.. • . 26 10 Oporto ••.. • • 52% Bourdeaux..... ..... 26 10 Rio Janeiro • • 24 Frankfort on Maine.... 122% Bahia .. - Petersburgli, 3 Us.. Buenos Ayres Berlin ..... •• •• New York, 21 days' sight Vienna, Wee. flo • • 10 9% Philadelphia . Trieste, ditto 10 10 PILICTS OF BULLION, PER OZ, Madrid • 35 Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Cadiz ........ 36% Portugal Geld Coin • • 3 17 5 Bilbao.. — New Doubloons 0 0 0 Barcelona .- — New Dollars • • ... •• • 0 4 9% 5evi11e......., •••• • • • • Silver in bars ...... • • 0 4 11 LEONTINE. AN HISTORICAL NOVEL. BY MRS. MABERLY.—This is the very book wherewith to wile away a broiling midsummer's morning —smart, refreshing, and in teresting. The scene is laid for the most part in the gay palace and gardens of Versailles—Versailles in its most brilliant days; and the characters are the gilded butterflies which fluttered about in the dissolute Court of Louis le Men aline„ in the prime of his career. Court intrigues, indeed, is the staple material of the book, and the incidents and dia logue are precisely of that sparkling description which such a subject would require. Some of the touches of character, moreover, in which the work abounds, are marvellously► powerful and truthful... Morning Chronick. FLANDERS MAIL, BRUSSELS, JUNE 20.—The Eve-age price of wheat in the week ending on Saturday, June 27, was 2Sf. €Bc., and that of rye 17f. 52c. pe- hectolitre. The Chamber of lepresentativer, after halving heard the analysis of several petitions, resolved itself into a general committee to hear the communications of the Minister for Foreign Affairs relative to the convention with France. In the secret committee the Minister for Foreign Affairs gave a detailed history of the negotiations carried on at several times with the French Cabinet to improve the commercial relations between the two countries. After stating the various incidents of the negotiations, in particular relative to the Customs Union, the Minister communicated a volu minous correspondence between himself and the Belgian ne• gotiators at Paris, relating exclusively to the preliminaries of the convention of ! the 13th of December. As for the question of the Customs, it appears from the explanation given by the Minister that the last attempt was as far back as 1842, when one of the French Ministers (M. Llumann) drew up the outline of a treaty which the Belgian negotiators at that time did not think acceptable, because it contained conditions which seemed incompatible with our nationality . , and our constitution. Thus in everthing relative to the legislation on the customs and on treaties to be concluded Belgium was to give up its right in favour of the French Chamber and Go vernment. It is observable that the Moniteur has been silent with respect to the late troubles at Nieupont. Meantime the most conflicting versions and accusations are in circulation. Ac cording to some the mayor and the municipal authorities were to blame for their want of energy, an imputation which seems to be fully refuted by a letter published by the Bur gomaster, who adduces facts, which disprove the accusation of remissness. At all events a judicial investigation is highly desirable. The garrison of Nieupont has however been very judici ously changed, and the town is now entirely restored to order and tranquillity. It was feared that fresh outbreaks would take place, but it has now passed over quietly. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, JUNE 29. Money. Bills Actual Debt, 214 per Cent........... 60% 603( Ditto, 3 per Cent 72% 7314 Ditto, 4 per Cent.• • • . • 94% 95 Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent....... 89 891 Ditto, 31l per Cent................ Commercial Company, 4% per Cent .• 174 175% East India Loan, 4 per Cent • • .... 92% 931 Exchange on London. at sight .. 12 25 Two months.• ••••••• • • • • • . 12 12 On Hamburgh, at sight .• 35 62 Two months.• • • • • • • • •• .• 35 25 On Paris •••••• • • • • • ..... 56 75 Twomonths..• • 56 75 —Dutch Papers. June 30. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BmiLnr, JrNE 27. Sills. Money. Bt. Schuld Sch., 31l per Cent • • 94% 93% Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent ••• • • • Foreign Exchanges .•.. Exchange on London, .£1 Sterling, 3 Months. 6 24% 6 24% Hamburgh, 300 Marks, 2 Months.l49% 1491 Paris, 300 fr., 2 Months ........, 79%., —Universal Prussian Gazette, June 28. lIAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, JUNE 27. Bills. Money. 4ustrian 5 per Cents •• ••.••••• .. • • •• 112 Bank Shares • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • 1586 Anglo-Russian Loan .• ••••••• • .. • . •• 107 Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 101 Ditto Ist series Inscription. . - Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. Ditto, in Certificate..... . New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. •• • • 891 98% Ditto Stieglitz •• • • ••••.• >. • ... •• • • 87% 87% Spanish New 5 per Cent.. Ditto 3 per Cent •• • •• • • • . 29% 29% Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent • . Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 59 Ditto 3 per Cent. ...• •• Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844 BO Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ...• National Bank Shares •••.•••• • • •• •• •• 'Tr BELGIAN FUNDS.—BausszLs, July 1. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent •.. • • • Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent — Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •• . • Ditto Three per Cent — Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto Ditto, ditto,lB4o • • •• • • • • • • .... • • • 100% Ditto, ditto,lB42 • • .. . • • • •... 102 Ditto, 1844..........• ............ 99% Ditto, 1836.. ...... •• • . • — Ditto, 1838 73% Ditto of the City, 1832 lOO% Bank ofßelgium...... ....... , 909 —Brussels Papers, July 2. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Jura 25. 5 per Cent. Metalliques • ... ••••.•.. • . • • 11l 13.16 4 per Cent. ditto 1003( 3 per Cent. ditto.. ' 7 4 Loan, 1834 ...................... .. Ditto, 1839 • • • . • • • • .• • • ...... • 122 Bank Shares • • • • • • • • • • .• • • 1575 Esterhazy's Loan ........ . • RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand ............ 18534 Gloggnita ................ ............. 136 Vienna—Milan • • •.. •. • . • Leghorn .• •• •••••• •• •• •• •• ••••••• • •• •• 107% Pesth ................................ 95% Sienna •• •• •• •• ........................ 86 Grosetto ...... . .........• •• •• 93M Oldenburg Apeiminen ....... ...... . Pesth Bridge —Allgemeine Zeitung. June 28. WEST FLANDERS RAILWAY. The second half-yearly general meeting of this Compan y took place yesterday at the London Tavern, in order to hay e the directors' report submitted to them ; G. W. Hayter, MP. in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said that he was obliged to officiate in consequence of a severe domestic affliction having occurred to their president, Mr. Richards. The SECRETARY then read the report, which set forth in most advantageous terms the prospects of the Company. The balance-sheet shows a receipt of 222,7401. 16s. 7d., an expenditure of 109,5461. 14s. I Id., leaving a balance in hand of 113,194/. Is. Bd.; of which 47,382/. is invested at interest. The balance at the bankers of the Company in London, Brussels, and Bruges, is 66,812/. 18.8 d. A report was also read from Mr. Robert Stephenson, which states that he has no doubt that the first section of the line, which extends from Bruges to Courtrai, about 31 miles in length, will be com pleted in a few months. Mr. Stephenson also stated that the works will be of the lightest and most profitable nature for the investment of capital. The CHAIRMAN, after adverting to the report, stated, that from the observations which they had been able to make, by a comparison with their own expenditure and that of the Belgian State lines, which returned 4% per cent. upon the capital, they could safely promise a return of 9 per cent. A res•olution adopting the report having been moved and seconded, was carried unanimously. A vote of thanks was then moved to the directors, which was also carried, and the meeting separated. 46% 11l REPEAL OF THE CORN-LAWS , TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Southwark, July 2, 1846. BRITISH and FOREIGN INSTITUTE 48 4B 34 121 A The soiree of this Society on Thursday was honoured with the presence of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge, attended by Baron Knesebeck. Among the other dis tinguished personages present, were the E ar l o f F ortescue, Viscount Sandon, Lord Dudley Stuart, Lord James Stuart, Count Zermoyski, Sir John Yarde Buller, M.P., Chief Jus tice Pollock, of Bombay, Mr. B. B. Cabbell, &c. The evening was enlivened by some excellent music, both vocal and in strumental, by an address from the resident director, and a recitation of Italian poetry by Signor Jannetti, a gentleman who has recently arrived in England from Rome, with the intention of delivering public lectures on the poetry and music of his native country. A mo d e l o f M r. Brett's electric printing telegraph was also produced, and attracted consider able interest, as well by the marvellous mode of its working, as by the vast extent to which it is likely hereafter to be applied. This new and important application of elec tricity appears to be a considerable improvement on the system upon which the existing electric tele graphs are constructed, inasmuch as it requires but a single line of wile, and also prints the intelli gence which it conveys, without rendering the pre • sence of an attendant necessary to decipher the marks made by it. The manager sits at a board furnished with keys similar to those on a pianoforte. and marked with the letters of the alphabet. Each key on 1 ding touched suffers a certain number of sparks to pass through the wire, and these, aeting on a simple but ingenious mechanical contrivance at the other extremity of the line, cause the printing wheel to stamp a similar letter on a card. The plan appears perfectly prac ticable, and from being peculiarly practicable for oceanic telegraphs, is likely to be soon tried on an extensive scale. We have not space to notice the concert at any length, and can only mention that among the vocal performers were Madame Thillon, Miss Dolby, Mrs. Newton, Mrs. Weiss, and Miss Messent, pupil of Signor Crevelli ; and amongst the instrumentalists were Madame Dulcken, Miss Collins, the celebrated Irish violinist, Mr. Wallace, Mr. Lavine, M. Vieuxtemps, Blagrove, Fred e rick Chattertou the harpist, Parish Alvars, Grattan Cooke, Kiallmark, Jarrat, Reinagle, Jewson, Wells, and others. The proceedings were kept up with great spirit till pact midnight, and terminated one of the most crowded and brilliant soirees of the season. Mr. Alfred Montgomery is appointed Commissioner of Stamps in the plane ot Danson, who is advanced. The sitlgry of the place given to Mr. A. Montgomery is nue thousand per annum, and that of Mr. DAMlAgagllhtindred. Stn,----A correspondent of the Morning Advertiser signed "Alfred," calls on the people to erect by penny subscriptions, a statue of Sir Robert Peel, in the Royal Exchange, to com memorate the above glorious event, and complains that no other Liberal paper have advocated the same course. Now I like his penny subscription plan, on the principle that ss. from 60 persons would look better than from one; yet I do not agree with him that it should be to Sir Robert Peel, for I beg to state, that while I highly appreciate and feel grateful for the unexampled boldness of that great man, in bringing forward and carrying this grand measure, I cannot see that he is entitled to the preference in the hearts of our countrymen. Then who is ? Why, not one man alone, but a body of men, and I think I am right in saying, aye, and the great mass of the people will also say, that it belongs to that wonderful society, the Anti-Corn-law League, who broke down the barriers of prejudice, and opened the people's eyes to the ad vantages of such a repeal ; but if there are honours to be given to one man more than another, I think the people of England have too much good sense to do other than bestow them to the man to whom the honours are due, and I quote from the Westminster Rev;ew of some months since (and Sir Robert himself has confirmed it), which points out that man. "And one at least of that body has won a larger measure of confidence and respect than perhaps was ever before awarded, both by friends and enemies, to the leader of a great enterprise. Calm, indefatigable, inflexible, with sin gleness of purpose, never diverted to the right hand or the left, shrinking from no fatigue, shunning no opponent, and never yielding to an antagonist an advantage in temper or argument, reasoning not for effect, but to produce conviction, and carrying conviction by communicating to the minds of others, with the evidence of plain facts in plain words, a belief in his own sincerity, the right champion appeared at the right time, the hour came and the man, the man without whom public opinion would even yet have been so unformed upon the fallacies of protection, that no Whig or Tory Ministry could have dared to propose more than a slight or temporary modification of the existing system. The man who has given to this generation, by the blessing which, without him, would not have been realised till the next—and the honest thanks of all good men be given now, and hereafter the world's gratitude to Richard Cobden." When I call upon my countrymen, I call upon the people of the United Kingdom to come forward with their penny, and commemorate the event by erecting in the centre of the Royal Exchange a suitable monument, with a suitable tablet, to be deeply engraved with the names of those actors who have figured most in that great crusade, putting Cobden first, but allotting a conspicuous place on the same, for Sir Robert Peel, the then Prime Minister, who nobly sacrificed so much to bring their labours to a successful issue, thus showing the whole civilised world, from generation to generation, the men who were their great benefactors. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, MATTHEW. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday in the pletsure-grounds of Buckingham Palace. Lord John Russell had an audience of her Majesty yesterday. The Royal Fa - nily were taken their accustomed walks and rides yesterday in the royal gardens. The royal dinner party yesterday at Buckingham Palace included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, the Earl of Liverpool, Lady Augusta Bruce, and the Ba roness de Speth. The Marchioness of Douro has succeeded the Countess of Desert as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen. Vis count Hawarden has succeeded Lord Glenlyou as the Lord in Waiting to her Majesty; Mr. It. 0. Gore has succeeded Captain Meynell, as the Groom in Waiting to the Queen. and Colonel Arbuthnot, has relieved Major-Ge neral Wemyss in the duties of Equerry in Waiting to her Majesty. Lieut.. Colonel Seymour has relieved Colonel Bouverie in the duties of Equerry in Waiting to his Royal High ness Prince Albert. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, at five o'clock yesterday afternoon, ;Atended by Lady Augusta Bruce and Sir George Couper, Bart., from Frogmore House, Windsor. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge dined with the Noblemen and Gentlemen's Catch Club at Willis's rooms, yesterday evening. His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningt n fsitt d their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-. bridge yesterday at Cambridge House. His Highness Ibrahim Pacha, attended by the Gen• tlemen of his suite, dined last evening with the members of the Reform Club,' at their club-house, in Pall-mall. His Highness on alighting from his carriage was met by Sir Charles Napier, and was received in the Grand Hall by Viscount Palmerston and the members of the Committee. The banquet was strved in the dining-room, under the direction of Mr. Stevenson, the steward. One hundred and fifty members of the club sat down to dinner. A military baud was in attendance. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey attended yesterday at the Home-office, and had an interview with Sir James Graham. A deputation connected with the Island of Newfound land had an interview with Mr. Secretary Gladstone on Thursday, at the :Colonial-office. The deputation con sisted of Mr. G. R. Robinson, Mr. Walter Baine, Mr. T. N. Hurd, Mr. T. H. Brooking, Mr. James Crowdy, and Mr. Ewen Stubb. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt had a meeting yesterday at the Treasury. There were present the Chancellor of the ExcheqUer, the Governor of the Bank of England and the Deputy Governor, Mr. P. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller General, attended. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a Committee meeting yesterday. There were present the Bishops of London, Chichester, Lichfield, Oxford, Sa lisbury, and Worcester, the Earl of Chichester, the Right Hon. H Hobhouse, and the Right Hon. J. Nicholl. Mr. Baillie Cochrane had an interview with Mr. Se cretary Gladstone yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Dispatches for the Governor of Canada were sent off yesterday evening, from the Colonial-office. The dudicial COmmittee of the Privy Council sat yes terday, and resumed and concluded the Vasareelely case from Madras. Mr. Kindersley (Queen Counsel) finished his reply, and the Court rose. The Lords present were the Lord President, the Master of the Rolls, the Chan cellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. BRADFORD (YORKSHIRE) AD DRESS TO SIR R. PEEL, BART. The following address, with 1,100 signatures attached to it, was on Thursday forwarded to Sir R. Peel:— " Sir,—We, the undersigned merchants, bankers, and professional gentlemen, worsted-spinners, manufacturers, wool-staplers, and other tradesmen of the town of Brad ford, in the west riding of the county of York, beg to express to you our deep regret that in passing through Parliament your great measures of commercial reform, you should have been assailed in the most virulent man ner, even to the disregard of the decencies of life, and beg especially to mark our strong disapprobation of the wanton, malicious, and slanderous attack made upon your character with respect to the late Mr. Canning, but which you so ably repelled, to the satisfaction of every thinking man in the country. " We be 4 to assure you that the measures you have brought forward for the relief of trade and the comfort of the industrial classes, are considered by men of all parties here as among the greatest and most beneficial ever proposed by any Minister of the Crown, and tend ing to increase the stability of the empire and the hap piness of the people. " We present you with our heartfelt thanks for the manifold sacrifices, both private and public, which you have made in carrying through Parliament, with un wearied zeal, and in spite of the most formidable opposi tion, the great schemes of commercial policy which you conscientiously believed would be for the general benefit of our country and the welfare of the many. " It is our fervent hope that your valuable life long, in health and happiness, be spared, to carry out other great objects for the amelioration of the condition of your grateful countrymen, and advancing the pros perity and well-being of the great empire over w hose, destinies you h ave so a bl y pres id ed as first Minister of the Crown. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LUDLOW RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Ludlow Handicap Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 0 only if declared, with 30 added. Once round and a dis. Mr. T. Parr's Dulcet, 4 yrs, Bst ... .....(Whitehouse) Mr. E. Peel's General Nott, 4 yrs, 7st 91b Mr. Halifax's Jolly Beggar, 5 yrs, 7st Gib 3 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr* Copeland's Arthur, 4 yrs. Bst 21b ; Mr. Bristow's Carissims , 4 yrs, Bst 21b ; Mr. P. L. Charlton's nd Sweetbriar, 3 yrs► 6st 7lb ; and Mr. T. A. Ball's fby Elis out of Tesane, 3 yrs' 6st 31b. The Maiden Plate of 501. Heats, Ludlow Stakes course- Mr. Shelmerdine's Rolla, 4 yrs, Bst 51b... ( Whitehouse) 1 1 Mr. Mason's Lucy, 5 yrs, Bst 61b 0 2 Mr. E. Edwards's The Nun, 5 yrs, Bst 61b 0 Mr. Ball's fby Elis out of Tesane, 3 yrs, Est 3lb ...... 2 The following also started but were not placed :—Mr. Parr! Lady Harriett, 4 yrs, Bst "Ilb, Sir C. Cockerell's Amazon► vrs, 'lst 21b, and Captain Knight's Raymond Lully, 4 yr,' Bst 31b, The Oakley Park Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 25 :. ( ideci• Heats as above. Mr. E. Herbert's Shipmate, 6 yrs, ll s t 91b Earl Yowls nd Sweetbriar, 3 yrs, 9 s t 71b . 1 4 ' Mr. Phillips's Tallyho, 5 yrs, 1 Ist 41b 5 2 Mr. Davis's Kitty Wee, 4 yrs, lOst 91b ... 2 d r Mr. Ackers nd St. David, 3 yrs, 9st 41b...... ...... ... 3 3 dr ------ - - CARLISLE RACES.—WEDNESDAT. The Maiden Plate of 501. ; for three yrs, ist 21b ; four Y" s ' 7st 51b; five yrs, 9st; six yrs and aged, 9st 61b. Mare s ' &c., allowed 31b. Heats, twice round. Mr. T. Dawson's Jane, 4 yrs (Lye) i 1 Mr. Arrowsmith's b c by Gi ra ffe, 4 yrs Mr. W. R. Ramsay's Prec urser , aged The Claret Stakes of 10 soya. each, p.p., with 50 added; f °r 3 yr-old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 31b ; the second t o save his stake. To start at th e Styl e Turn and run and round. (10 Subs.) Captain Harcourt's The Druid (L y e) 1 2 Mr. Ramsay's Inglewood Mr. Stewart's Cranebrook Mr. Fox's Waxholme 4 The Shakespere Stakes of 5 so vs each, p.P-., wiTh2 - 5 ..... a 1 d : d ed• Heats, once round. (5 Si:,l )s ) . Mr. 11. Johnstone's Marian Ram sa y , 4 yrs, Bst 41b 0 1 1 Mr. Robertson's Saladin, 6 yr s ,. 7 s t 1 21 b 1 3 ''a Mr. Wilkin's Barbara Y oung , 4 yrs, 7st 31b 0 2 - Mr. O'firien's False Position, 4 yrs, 7st 2 dr Mr. Stephenson's Eulogy, 3 yrs, 7st 41b THURSDAY. The Corby Castle Stakes of 10 sovs. each, p.p., with 50 added; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst3lb ; the second to save his stake • winners once 31b tviic e ' 51b extra. T.Y.C. (9 Subs.) , ; Mr. J. Merry's Maid of Motherwell Susannah ................................ H ... 0 . 1 . m .. e .. 5 . ) . 391 Isir. Mr . . A S i . e L i k . lam, s Fox's The Cumberland Plate Won easy. of 2001., added to a HandicaP of d 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if d ec l are d ; t h e seas& saves hit stake. T w i ce roun d an d a d i stance. (38 Sub s ' 24 i;;; whom declared.) 1 Mr. Stephenso n ' s Sh era t on , 3 yrs , s st 81b (lrvine) 2 Mr. Baker's Portobello, 6 yrs, 6st 10Ib . ..... ..... ............ 3 Mr. Jaques's Headsman, 3 yrs, 4st 6lb 4 Mr. R. Stewart's Cranebrook, 3 yrs, sst 71b The Innkeeper's Plate of 50/. ; for three yrs old, 7st 21b four, Bst ; five, Bst 71b ; six and aged, Bst 121 b ; those that never won 50/. allowed 3lbs. Heats, twice round. 'rb winner to be sold for 150 gs. Mr. Wormald's Millepede, aged (B um b y ) 0 1 1 0 Mr. Lamb's Lady Flora, a ge d 1 3 Mr. H. Johnstone's Marian Ram say, 4 yrs Mr. Dawson's Jane, 4 yr s 0 0 - Mr. Browne's F erona, 5 yrs 0 0 v Mr. Arrowsmith' s b e by Giraffe, out of Thrapston's dam, 4 yrs 0 dr SCIENCE.—The discovery of a stream of electricil rA a jet of steam has attracted many in the endeavour to detec t its presence and influence elsewhere. In several experimal recently gone into upon a variety of wooll ens , the fisbn" made from the Alpaca exhibited the presence of electrical in a remarkable degree. The healthful nature of the Llama cloth, beiug partly hair and partly wool, may thus be a,c: counted for, and the strong recomme n d a ti ons issue d by , introducers and manufacturers. the Messrs. Nicoll, of Begat' . street, may be the more relied upon. BATH.—CAUTION TO BATHERS. —A man, Darn ed John Abbott, who lod ges i n Ki ngsmea d- square, was bathing' a few days ago, in the river Avon, when he received twl" wounds, one in the sole of the foot, the other over the lance' joint, from some fragments of glass, which happened to at the bottom if the water. So much inflammation ensue . " that he is now an in-patient of the United Hospital, whe re ' however, he is doing well.—Bath Herald. A PROBLEM FOR THE AMERICAN CHURCHES. During 50 years of missionary labour, 400,000 pagans ho / been gathered into the fold orChristianity und er the preset; ing of American missionaries. The avera ge i ncrease o f slag in this country is about 70,000 a year, whom to teach to ret the Bible is a penal offence. Now. if 40,000 p a gans o r ; annually evangelised abroad, and 70,000 na ti ve A m erico! heathemsed at home, required the time when , 4 the 10 10 „: ledge of God shall cover the ear th as t h e waters t h e s ea." Clipiatian Citizen. . _ PROSPECTS OF THE GROUSE SEASON.—The men will be interested in hearing that the prospects of"On ensuing grouse season are of the most flattering kind• eh e , Drummaelidair-hill on the confines of Athol, and highest and latest muir in the Highlands, the young gr_.. °P . were last week stro ng enoug h t o fi n d th e i r way to the ba" — r i under the guidance of the parent birds, and covien ° e started, with f ro m e i g ht t o t we l ve i n each, every We a. l 0 forty yards, On more sheltered grounds the birds are Il t i s forward, and are likely to be strong on the w ing by the of August. As the we a th er d ur i ng th e p er i o d o f incubat s° , was extremely favourable the covies are everywhere nu l f e rous, and the showers which have fallen within the W t . s g • days on the hills have f a ll en as seasons bl y f or th e grous"tbe the corn crops. On the whole, present prospects are md moat favourable of any season, at the same p er iod, for years, although the last four or S To have beta uslif :o4 • good.—Perthshire aUrittir, Roy, 11 °YA