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Now ready, price 6s. T HE MODERN ORLANDO. IN SEVEN CANTOS. Henry C.lburn, Publisher. 13, Great Marlborough•strcet. Orders received by all Booksellers. RE GOVERNMENT POLICY AND POSI TION. WEEKLY CHRONICLE will discuss T important Question fully this SATURDAY NEXT en suing; and will also contain LEADING ARTICLES on all the TOPICS of the DAL with the fullest details of the PROPOSED NEW SUGAR DUTIES, the Monopolist and Philanthropic Coalition against them, and tho . probable result. FREE TRADERS should holdthemselves prepared for the issue. Office, 337, Strand t , and all Newsmen. T HE WEEKLY CHRONICLE, of TO-MORROW (SATURDAY), will contain 1. THE RUSSELL CABINET, its Polley, Prospects, and Posi tion. No. I. 2. THE NEW SUGAR DUTIES proposed by the Government. 3. THE STANLEY AND BENTINCK CROSS. 4. THE THREE PHILANTHROPICS, Real, Self-willed, and Cheap. 5. MIL GRANTLEY BERKELEY, the Type of his Class 6. HERE WE ARE; or, the Last Trick of the Westminster Clown. 7. ELECTION LAW and ELECTION PURITY—The Bridport and Anti-County Vote Committees. Office, 337, Strand. RAILWAY SIiAUKS 131( PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their ?rlenda and the Publit for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Common., Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are reepectfally requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, SATURDAY, JULY 25, Will be performed (for the last time this season) Donizetti's cele . brated Opera, entitled LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Madame Castellan ; Enrico, Signor Fonaasari ; Bidebent, Signor F. Labiache ; Edgardo, Signor Mario. Between the Acts, a DIVERTISSEMENT. To conclude with the highly successful new and original Ballet Divertissement, by M. Perrot, entitled LE JUGEMENT DE PARIS. Comprising a new Pas—" Le Pas de Deesses." By Mdlle. Taglioni, Mdlle. Louise Taglioni, Mdlle. Certto, Mdlle. Lucile Gratin, Mdlle. Demelisse, Mdlle. Cassan, and MM. St. Leon and Perrot. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Signor MARIO most respectfully inferms the Nobility, Patrons "'to the Opera, his Friends, and the Public, that his BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 30, When will be performed Donizetti's Opera Buffa, entitled, DON GREGORIO ; on, L'AJO NELL 'IMBARAZZO. Don Gregorio, Signor Lablache ; Count Giulio, Signor Fornasari ; Enrico, Signor Mario; Pippetto, Signor F. Lablache ; Gilds. Mdme. Ca.stellan. After which, the new and original Divertissement, by M. Perrot, the Music by Signor Fagni, entitled, • LE JUGEMENT DE PARIS. Introducing a new Grind Pas, entitled "Le Pas des Diesses." The principal parts by Madlle. Taglioni, Madlle. Lucile Grahn, Mdlle. Cerito. MM. Perrot and St. Leon. Mdlle. Louise Taglioni, Mdlles. Cassan and Derrelisse, &c. To be followed by Bellini's admired Opera, compressed into One Act, IL PIRATA. IMo_glue. Madame Grist ; Ernesto, Signor Fornasari ; Gual rithignor Mario, various Entertainments in the BALLET department. In hich will appear Mdlies. Taglioni, L. Grahn, Cerito, L. Taglioni, Petit Stephan, Cassan, De.nelisse ; MM. St. Leon and Perrot, &c. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at half-past Seven o'clock. FRENCH PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL has the honour to announce, that the eminent Tragedienne, Mdile. RACHEL, whose appearances have been hailed with the highest enthusiasm, will give a Sixth Representation 'rm..; EVENING. The Performances will commence with the favoutite Comedy of UNE FEMME A QUARANTE ANS. Le Comte de Silly, M. Felix; D'Ornay, M. Berou ; De Nerve', M. Ulric ; Vieux Bois, M. Cartigny ; Madame de Silly, Mdlle. Martelleur ; Hortense, Mdlle. Heloise ; Madame de Nerval, Mdlle. Derouet. After which (for the first time in this country) the Tragedy of VI ItGINIE. Applus Claudius, M. Felix ; Fabius, M. Quelus ; Onus, M. Marius; Maxime, M. 31aleuvre ; Sylvius, M. Barret ; Horace, M. Dorgebret ; Fausta, Madlle. Martelleur ; Virginia Mlle. Rachel. Prices of Admission—Reserved Seats in the Dress Boxes, 7s. fid. ; Admission to the Pit, ss. ; Reserved Seats in the Amphitheatre, ss. ; Gallery, 3s. Doors will be opened at Half-past Seven o'clock, and the Perfor mances commence at Eight. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams's Library, 1, St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrews's Library, New Bond street; of Messrs. Hookliam, Ebers, Allcroft, and 011ivier, Bond- Arect ; Bailey, 12, Regent-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which Is open daily from Eleven till Five. THE A.TRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. THE BRUSSELS OPERA COMPANY. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed Rossini's Grand Opera of GUILLAUME TELL. Guillaume Tell, 31. 3lassol (his first appearance); Arnold, 31. La borde ; Walter, 3f. Zelger ; Gessler, 3S. Barisile ; Ruodi, ll.Boulo ; 3fatllde, Madame Laborde ; Jemmy. Madame Guichard. To conclude with the grand Scene from the Second Act of LES HUGUENOTS. On MONDAY will be performed, Halevy's Comic Opera, " Les 31ousquetaires de la Reine." Doors open at Seven, performance to commence at half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKFT The Last Appearance of Madame Anna Thillon. THIS EVENING WIII be performed the Second and Third Acts of Anber's cele brated Opera, entitled THE BLACK DOMINO; er, A Night's Adventure. Juanita, Madame Anua Thilion ; Paquita, Miss P. Horton ; Gil Podrida, Mr. J. Bland. Alter which, a New and Original Drama, called BOROUGH PO LITICS. Principal characters by Messrs. Webster, Tilbury, Buck stone ;Mrs.Glover. and Mrs. E. Yarnold. To be followed by an Operatic Extravaganza, entitled THE WONDERFUL MI"ATER CURE. Tartaglia, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Belloni, Mr. Hudson; Argentine, Madame Anna Tbillon. To zenclude with a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE SHIL LINGS. Mr. Gollghtly, Mr. Buckztone ; Capt. Phobbs, Mr. Tilbury ; Capt. Spruce, Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Major Phobbs, Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER TIIE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Second Night of a New and Original Prologue. TINS EVENING Will be performed an original Prologue, entitled HOT WEATHER. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Willmott, A. Wigan, F. Mathews ; Miss Villars, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. To be follows i by a New Comic Drama, of a singularly novel cha racter, entitled ABOVE AND BELOW. Characters by Messrs. Diddear, Meadows, F. Matthews, A. Wigan, H. Butler, Belling ham, Turner, Kinioch, and Keeley ; Miss E. Daly, Miss Forster, Miss Turner, and Miss Fairbrother. After which the Comic Drama, called THE DUSTMAN'S BELLE. Characters by Messrs. Diddear, F. Vining, Meadows, Keeley, Miss Vdlaxs, and Mrs. Keeley. 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. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, from the French, entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. In which Madame Celeste, Messrs. Wright, 0. Smith, Selby, Worrell, &c., will perform. After which an entirely new and original Comic Sketch, called ABRAHAM PARKER. Abraham Parker, Mr. Wright. To be followed by Mr. Bucketone's Comic Drama, called THE MAID WITH THE MILIEIIie, PAIL. Diccon, Mr. Wright ; 21,1111 y, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with a Romantic Drama, in Six Tableaux, called THE QUEEN' OF THE ABRUZZI. The principal characters sus tained by Madame Celeste, Miss Chaplin; Messrs. 0. Smith, Ryan, Selby, Cullenford, Boyce, &c. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. In which Mr. Charles Mathews will perform. After which a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE SLEEP ING BEAUTY INT THE WOOD. Lord Factotum, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Princess Isabelle, Madame Vestri3. To conclude with Sheridan's Drama of THE CRITIC ; or, A Tragedy Rehearsed. Principal characters by Meesrs. C. Mathews, Ryder, Bonner, Compton, Oxberry, Miss Emma Stanley, and Mrs. Bonner. ASTLETA ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. under the especial patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. Plane* Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. Overflowing houses. Enthusiastic approbation still at tends the Representation of our Conquests in India. The First Week of an Equestrian Drama at half-price. THIS EVENING Wilt be performed the Grand Military Spectacle, called THE BlKilS' INVASION ; or, England's Victories of 1546. Intro aucing the whole of the Stud and Company. After which, Grand and Novel SCENES of the CIRCLE. The whole concluding with a Splendid Hippodramatic Melodrama. Box-ofilce open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Positively the Last Week of the Operatic Company, and Third Week of Mr. Osbaldiston, Miss Vincent, and a Double Dramatic Company. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Opera of THE MOUNTAIN SYLPH. Donald, Mr. D. W. King ; Christie, Mr. Horricastie ; Hela, Mr. Weiss ; Bailie Macwhapple, Mr. Jones ; Morris, Mr. C. White ; Rolla, Madame Albertazzi ; Etheria, Miss Lydia Pearce. After which, THE QUEEN'S RIDDLE. Marquis de Santiago, Mr. Osbaldiston ; Sancho, Mr. Forman ; Olivia, Miss Vincent ; Morella, Miss Lydia Pearce. The Performances to conclude with THE LADYE OF LAMBETH. Characters by Messrs. Saville, Hughes, J , ,hnson, .Neville, Forman, Mrs. Vining, Mrs. Daly, Miss L. 1' earce, Mrs. Hughes. &c. under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. MIRY MONDAY. TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. VIEW Of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the ye ar 79. MIR magnificent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of grandeur, the picture being more than twice the size of the former, and represents, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great Eruption of Vesuvius in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her euianeum and Pompeii tcok place : produced wider the direction of Mr. Damson. A richly ornamented COTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CONCERTS are again confided to Mr. God frey. The Band is most complete in all its departments, and includes many eminent native and foreign musicians. In addition to the other attractions of the Gardens, will he exhi bited CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, approached by the Illumi nated Gothic Bridge, representing in the Interior TeleinachuS relating his adventures to Calypso. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the most complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display, a novel exhibition will be intro duced, representing the Descent of Ph.lis in the Chariot of the Sun. Lions. Eminent will descend f r o m a Chi nese Pagoda, seventy feet in height, to the surface of the lake, w h ere a Naiad's Car will rise to receive Dim, and bear him to his chrystal home. The Glass Conservatory is sWendt,liy ornamented with festoons GI lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivore by gas-light. Feeding of the Carnivora at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at clx ; Concert at half-past six; and the Eruption at dusk. On MONDAY, Aug. 10, will take place a GRAND NEAPOLITAN CARNIVAL and FETE D'ETE ; combining all the novelties of the season. Admission, One Shilling. OVERSEERS BEWARE I—Succeeding overseers of the poormust not pay bills incur re d b y their predecessors ; it' they do, the auditors will not allow it in their parochial ac counts, and, therefore, they will lose out of their own private pocket that which ought to have been paid by their predecessors , an d c har g ed in the p arochi al accounts. 'There Is an instance of this at the present Nottinghamshire assize., wherein the late overseers ot , a place call e d S utton, Ashfie l d (who did not pay au attorney's bill for business done fur them by him, when they were in office) are sued for the amount, because the present overseers refused to discharge the claim, eliding that if they did, they should lose the money out of their own pocket, as the auditors would not pass it in their tecounts. It is quite reasonable that overseers should, while in office, pay their own accounts, and not push them over upon their successors. Neither must overseers pay law bills, without their having been taxed by the Clerk of the Peace. ...From a correspondent. DEATH IN A RAILWAY TUNNEL.— On the first day of the Maidstone assizes, a gentleman, engaged in a civil action, was proceeding by the South-Eastern Railway to Maidstone, when, in passing through the Merstham tunnel, a fellow bassenger, sitting opposite to him, was astonished at finding i 3 neighbour suddenly thrown into his lap, and apparently unable to recover his place. What was his horror, on emerg fir' from the tunnel, to discover that he was dead! An in quest was held on the body on Wednesday, when a verdict was returned of " Died by the visitation of God." THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JULY 24. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 62; Highest. 76 ; Noon, 66. BAROMETER, 29.86.—W1ND W.N.W., rain. 111411 WATER AT LONI)014-PMRIDGE THIS DAY. Aerninkt -. 31 minutes after 2.1 Evening .. 51 minutes after 2. (c 37, ...4 14. 94 ) ~, el ) f b 43 1_ Ahin rt. • ... . " . 41041 ,ij %lialt49, " ' • 0 430:` ' )4 " . ° IT "" C 7 .1. , t At _ • - Lutlll3l C LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1846. rious effects on our gallant soldiers, and the deep in justice and cruelty of such an abominable and nefa rious mode of punishment being any longer sanctioned or tolerated. 'We cannot permit ourselves to doubt the success of the efforts which must take place for its suppression. It is a just and holy cause, deserving of the advocacy and support of Christian men, to banish such a stain and disgrace from their Christian country. There is an ample fund of bene volence in the British dominions ; all that is required to call forth the warmest sympathy, the most active exertions, is to point out the manner in which such exertions may be beneficially applied, by which the condition of our fellow-creatures, our brethren, of any class, may be ameliorated and improved. Magna est reritas et pravalebit. Truth must prevail, if the sub ject is kept constantly before the public, and the arms of truth, reason and justice, are not suffered to rust and lie idle. 'We have had a glorious instance In consequence of the family affliction which has recently befallen the Premier, in the demise of his brother, Lord WILLIAM RUSSELL, the question of abolishing all differential duties upon sugar has been postponed until Monday evening. Not until that sitting, therefore, can any accurate estimate be formed of the proportionate numbers of its legis lative upholders or antagonists. As we may positively anticipate that the present Govern ment will, upon this important measure, receive the most strenuous assistance from Sir R. PEEL, and also from no insignificant portion of the adherents of that Right Hon. Baronet, the ultimate sentence of the Commons still continues a matter of the utmost uncertainty. By conceding his influential support to the RUSSELL Administration, the late First Lord of the Treasury will be merely, it is true, fulfilling the promises so generously volunteered by himself upon the occasion of his retirement from office, , and responding to the liberal behaviour of the Noble Lord the Member for the City of London, who, as leader of the Opposition, contemned all party con siderations, and assured an overwhelming majority in the divisions upon the great commercial measures introduced by his Parliamentary rival. In this respect such a temporary coalition between many of the, occupants of the Opposition benches and those of the Ministerial benches would undoubtedly be a consummation the less startling, because so long and so confidently anticipated : nevertheless, it will be welcomed with excessive satisfaction by all who are interested in the destruction of legislative cliques and factions, and are desirous not only of a perfect emancipation in commerce, but of a perfect eman cipation likewise in political circles. Such an inter change of encouragement between statesmen of such peculiar eminence—when the national interests are at hazard—is the most appropriate concomitant of the enlightenment of the population upon the most abstruse and difficult questions of political economy. Considering the very advanced stage at which the present session has arrived, it is earnestly to be hoped that no unnecessary delays may be opposed to the settlement of this extraordinary question of the Sugar Duties. Until some unfortunate evidence of vexatious obstruction develops itself, we shall take it for granted that every superfluous procrastination will be avoided on all hands, as individually pernicious. We shall, unless some decisive token is given to the contrary, look upon Expedition as the principle adopted by every Member of the House of Commons without distinction. We shall cordially hope to see that principle carried out systematically by all our repre sentatives. this very year of the result of such a peaceful agitation, and a constant and unceasing use of such arms. The small body of men, meeting in their back room in Manchester, determined on a course to be pursued, a line of conduct to be adopted, which in seven years led to a moral revolution, the good effects of which will be hailed and blessed by grateful millions. We have seen them over come a mighty party, a powerful aristo cracy, who found it impossible to check or stay their irresistible progress : the peo ple willed it, and it became the law of the land ; the firm, but temperate, demand for justice in • sured its victory, its success. Let not the example be thrown away. What has once been achieved may, through similar exertions and similar influences, again be attained. Can there be a more glorious banner to fight under—a cause which should more loudly demand the assistance of philanthropists of all classes, than the emancipation of our military and naval brethren from the degrading and brutalising cat ? Many valuable benevolent societies exist—there is room for another. Let the Society for the total and en tire Abolition of Corporeal Punishment in the Army and Navy of Great Britain be called into existence—let Nor indeed can we discover any solid grounds for a delay in the decision of the Legislature. They are reasoning, not upon some abstract theory, or metaphysical phantasm, but upon facts as plain (to employ an old blunt phrase) as the nose on their face. It is proposed that foreign slave labour sugar, now excluded from our ports by an ex orbitant duty of 635. per cwt., and foreign free labour sugar, now encumbered by a duty of 235. 4d. per cwt., be imported into this country at gradually decreasing duties, which after five years have elapsed shall be synonymous with those levied upon the produce of our British possessions, viz. 14s. per cwt. And this proposition is made because—our co lonies have shown themselves incapable of supplying the demands of the mother country; because—these restrictions press very heavily upon our domestic population ; because—this unnatural monopoly entails no recognisable benefit upon our possessions; because—by the rejection of foreign slave-labour sugar, we deprive ourselves of a sure and extensive market for our manufactures, and by so doing, prevent many thousands of the industrious poor from obtaining employment ; and because, moreover, all these extortionate imposts are being constantly evaded to the advantage of individual merchants and the detriment of the British people. Firstly, it is manifest that our co lonies since the Emancipation Act have shown them selves incapable of satisfying the demands of the home market, as in 1831 the British West India Islands exported to the United Kingdom 4,103,800 cwts. of sugar, while in 1842 only 2,508,910 cwts. were exported from those possessions. Secondly, that these restrictions are a grievous burden on the community, is too indisputable to require any precise exposition. Thirdly, that no proportionate benefit is entailed by such pro tective duties upon our colonial planters, is shown by their own arguments ; for example, the Hon. GRANT.. LEY BERKELEY, iA his letter to Lord J. RUSSELL, de clares that his estates in Berbice return no income, but, on the contrary, entail a heavy expense upon him yearly—consequently what possible advantages can be be said to derive from the existing system ? Fourthly, that customers are driven away from our' manufactories by the refusal of foreign slave labour sugar, is one of those self-evident propositions, founded on one of the elementary principles of political economy. And, fifthly, that these restrictions are evaded by the circuitous journeys taken by the ob noxious sugar to Hamburgh and elsewhere, previous to their insinuation into the English markets, is a fact now absolutely notorious. Those reasons, together with the grander ones against the protec tive system generally, as unnatural and unjust, are the reasons upon which it is proposed by the pre sent Government to abolish the differential sugar duties henceforth. We have accumulated them together at th e risk of repetition, and in defiance of all tautology, because we were desirous, once for all, of putting the question candidly and explicitly. Such is the measure which on Monday evening will be submitted to the decision of our legislators. We await that decision without the slightest trepidation, confident of the ulterior triumph of free-trade principles in every de pextment of commerce and in every quarter of the globe. ". We have received many communications respecting the late military flogging at Hounslow, and on the system in general, some of them from persons who are manifestly well acquainted with the subject, and whose observations are based on experience. A cor respondent, who states that he was formerly a light cavalry officer for several years, and that he has wit nessed a great deal of corporeal punishment inflicted on soldiers, says that he invariably noticed that it took effect on the chest, that weak or consumptive men suffered a great deal more than others, and that the wounds on the back were invariably small compared to the internal suffering. We can ea-ily give full credence to this statement ; the symptoms exhibited by the unfortunate victim will prove its truth: it is further confirmed by those related bylllArruEwsox, who, in ' his sworn evidence, stated "that he had great pain in his side the next morning, and dif ficulty of breathing, attended with pain ; that three or four days afterwards the pain left his chest and came to the sides. It would some times leave for two or three hours, and then come back again ; that he felt it still in the evenings when he lay down and drew breath; that it felt as if some thing was running into his sides." And we doubt not that a similar injury would be found to have been sustained in almost every instance in which the lash was inflicted under the auspices and inspection o f so th oroug h an ama t e ur as Colonel w urry, by such experienced and practised operators as farriers " CRITTEN" and "EVANS." laid before him every consideration which was opposed to the determination of the Government, whicn might give rise to the most disastrous events. M. Fonseca fully felt the difficulty of his position, and in the evening he heard cries of We are sold. Down with the traitor.' Crowds speedily collected. and demanded that he should renounce his mission and leave the town immediately, and assembled, with strong symptoms of beirg about to commit excesses, before the house of one of the junta, M. Campos, who, as the only mean; of satisfying them, assured them that M. Fonseca had left the place. Soon after order was restored." It appears also that the houses of several persons who were known to be friendly to the PALMELLA Mi nistry had been attacked, and that the Rector of the University had been compelled to give in his resig , nation. MADRID BOLSA, JULY 17.-33 15-16 for Three per Cents. We have received the Paris pacers of Wednesday. The Moniteur publishes a royal ordonnance creat ing the following new Peers:—M. Barhet, Mayor of Rouen, ex-Deputy ; Count Cornudet, ex-Deputy ; Lieutenant-General Baron Duponthon ; Count Dumoncel, ex• Deputy ; M. Floureas, Member of the Institute ; M. Gravier, ex-Deputy ; M. Harle, ditto; Lieutenant-General Count Houtpoul ; Lieut.- General Viscount Jamin, ex-Deputy; M. Lafond, ditto ; M. de Lagrenee, Minister Plenipotentiary ; Legentil, ex-deputy ; M. de Magnoncourt, ditto Marquis de Maleville, ditto; M. Piscatory, ditto; Al' Poinsot, Member of the Institute ; Lieut.-General Baron Rapatel ; hi. Renouard, ex-Deputy ; M. Rey nard, Mayor of Marseilles, ditto; Baron de Schauen burg, ditto; Lieut.-General Trezel ; N. Troplong, Member of the Institute ; Count Vigier, ex-Deputy ; M. Wustemberg, ditto. A circular has been issued by the Minister of the Interior to the prefects of departments, dispensing, until the elections shall be over, with many of the formalities required to be observed in the publication of political papers, so as to give full liberty for the discussion of electoral matters. The friends of the Ministry considered themselves certain of obtaining a large majority. On Wednesday the Count DE RAMBUTEAU, Pre fect of the department of the Seine, presided at a meeting of the commercial notabilities of the capital, held at the Hall of the Tribunal of Commerce, for the purpose of electing 15 Judges of the Paris Tribunal of Commerce, to supply the places of those who this year go out by rotation. The Prince DE JOINVILLE has arrived at Tripoli. He is expected to visit Malta about the beginning of August. Four corvettes of war have just been placed on the stocks the Serieuse. at Blest; the Capricieuse, at Toulon; the Constantine, at Rochefort ; and the Eurydice, at Cher bourg. According to the return of the Commissioners of the Sink ing Fund for the second quarter of the present year, the amount purchased was 280,598 f. Three per Cent. R-ntes, which cost 7,820,695 f. 25c., the average price being 83E 64c. per cent. Prince JOSEPH PONIATOWSKI, who has composed several successful operas for the Italian stage, has arrived in Paris. The Prince is the grand nephew of the last King of POLAND. The Stock Market has remained firm but inactive throw. 11- ' out the day, and closed at yesterday's quotations. Threes, S3f. 15c., and Fives, 121 f. 65c. The market closed as fol lows :—Three per Cents., for cash, 83f. 10c. ; for account, 83f. 15c. ' • Five per Cents., for cash, 121 f. 60c.; for ac count, 121 f. 65c.; Bank of France Shares, 3,460 f. ; Neapolitan, IOOK 50c.: So.nish Threes, 35 3 / 4 ; Ditto, Fives and New Loan not quoted. ItAiLwAYs.—The Share Market has somewhat recovered itself to- day, and prices of most of the lines may be quoted higher than yesterday, although not so high as on Mo.iday. For cash—Paris and Orleans clwed at 1,267 f. 50c. ; Paris and Rouen, 967 f. 50c. ; Rouen and Havre, 665 E; Avignon, 860 f.; Strasburg and Bale, 215 f. ; Boulogne, 457 E 50c.; Northern, 696 f. 25c.; Bordeaux, 525 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 500 E; Paris and Strasburg, 483 f. 75c.; Nantes, 482 f. 50c.; Aontereau, Fampoux, and Dieppe not quoted. BUSINESS DONB IN FOREIGN . RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCIIANGE, JULY 23. Bouloime and Amiens, 11% Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette lEspelete), —East Indian, 6% —Luxembourg, I%—Northern of France Constituted, 12%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 7L4 —Paris and Lyons Constituted, 5% —Sambre and Meuse, 4. CHANCERN.-(THIS DAY.) The LORD CITANCELLOR. sat in the Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn, this morning shortly after ten o'clock. . PAREDES V. IZARDI.--.THE MEXICAN REPUBLIC. Mr. TIN);Ev applied this morning at the sitting of the Court for the direction of his Lordship as to the course that ought to be pursued in this case under the following circum stances :—The bill was filed at the Rolls by the plaintiff, the present President of the Mexican Republic, against Messrs. Lizardi and Co., the late agents of that State, for an ac count, and also for an injuncti.n. On the day appointed for hearing the application for the injunction, the aster of the Rolls sat at the Privy Counciland, by permission of the Lord Chancellor, the injunction was moved for before the Vice Chancellor of England. That Learned Judge granted the injunction, and the cause having been set down at the Rolls, the parties applied to that Court to discharge the order of ! the Vice-Chancellor of England. His Lordship the Master of the Rolls, considering that be had no jurisdiction to discharge an order of the Vice-Chan c,llor of England, declined to entertain the application, and under these circumstances the parties asked for the direction of- the Lord Chancellor as to tl e course they ought topursue. The Lone. Citniicsi.t.ou thought the parties should apply to the Vice-Chancellor of England to discharge the order he had made. Under the Vice-Chancellor's Act any of the Equity judges who had made an order could hear an appli cation to discharge it. Mr. TISNEY said, the parties would much rather that his Lordship should bear the application, if he would have the kindness to do so. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, the parties must first apply to the Vice-Chancellor of England to discharge his order ti.r the injunction; and if they were not satisfied with his judg ment they could then apply to him. The Court, after disposing of several short applications, proceeded to hear appeal motions. Nothing of any public interest occurred in the other Equity Courts. BAN TCY , ---(THIS DAY.) (Before l, R v) . Commissio ner F AZE .) EN K O 3 D TEREST.—ULL V. CLARKE. U s This defendant, who is a law-stationer. attended on a summons, under the Small Debts Act, to show cause why he did not pay the sum of 61 . 108 . debt and 4/. 16s. costs. was Willing to pay according to plaintiff called on him to pay 2/. Bc. and 15s. a week afterwards. a T h i h ,sv e eni d l e e f a e fn ns r, l a bt n iui t et s a fit i l d ri set t ol a ar t itn ight, money (51.) weeks, but nut being able plaintiff, and gave him afle bill had for b c o i r . ro i N o v s e . d , the bei n io :3 l og n able to pay at the moment, a writ was issued three days after. The plaintiff said it was borrowed by the defendant for the purposes of extravagance, to go to Epsom races, and other places where he was in the habit of attending. The CO3IMISSIONER—Do you know what rate of interest you have charged ? It is rather more than 500/. per cent.; yet you are so conscientious as to condemn him for going to races. Pray what are you? Plaintiff—l am a solicitor's clerk, and I had no other remedy than to bring the action. The CommissioNaß—Well, if you are ruined yourself by a similar unneighbourly act you will not deserve any pity. The CO3I3IISSIONER (to defendant)—What terms have you to propose; the plaintiff has been so strictly uncon scientious, that I shall not find fault at your following his example, although a very bad one ?—The defendant said that in the long vacation his business was very bad, and on the change of the Ministry he earned only 9s. sd. one week, and 145.10 d. another, yet he had now to pay it. aweek, and should have to do so for three months. The CO3I3tISSIONER—Was that for money lent?—Yes, sir. The CO3I3IISSIONF.R—I should not have cared about your going to prison for your folly, but the plaintiff has acted so unconscientiously that I wish I had power under the Act to tell blm to go al-out his business, but I see I have not ; I will, however, give you as much time as you require, for I never heard such a case before. You will, therefore, pay ss. per week, or 1/. a month, commencing from the first Monday in November. RA IL WA 1' COMM ITTE ES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Room A. C °Rig-WALL. The Chairman (Viscount Torrington) and the other mem b ers of this Committee re-assembled to - d ., y , at eleven o'clock . The evidence against the Bill wa s resumed. Dr. Mitchell. mayor of liodmin , wa s examined, and stated that that town, being situated on a hig h acclivit y , the deep cutting of he proposed railway would most seriously affect the supply of spring water to the town. He did not consider that the river water would be a substitute for the spring water , as it came from a very marshy soil, and was strongly impregnated with peat; besides it would stave to be conveyed to the town from a distance by means of tunnels, at considerable expense. The other point from which river water could be obtained was the river Allen, but it N vould have to be forced its a hill. A project of that kind was entertained some time ago by son of the Inhabitants of Itodutin, but abandoned in consequence of the enormous cost of such an undertaking. Mr. ltich, member of the corporation of time town of Bodmin, cor roborated the preceding evidence. ----...... Room B. VALE OF NZA TIL The members of this Committee re-assembled to-day at e l even o'clock. The case for the petitioners against the Bill was entered upon to-day. Mr. Tennent, one of the petitioners aga would loin the inter ests inst the 11111, wa s ex .. nmined, and stated that the propose d railway a wanton invasion of pri oihimselt and his family, and expressed his opinion that that under taking wo uld not comer the e.dvantages Oa the district that were ex pected. coT A i l te r. u( C u i t i i a:l t e h s:l; etillienepnrto,lo,onseedofratilii,e,,p;t:iaosners against the Bill, and brother to the preceding witness, addressed the i iJrninittee at length, vate property, without any public advantage, and expressing his hope that their Lordships would not sanction such all undertaking. 1 Room 1 ) . GLASGOW, Dunn-pars, 11 7 ND CARLISLE. At eieven o'clock this morning, the h oar named for the ztisemblirr• of the Committe e , the parties interested IB ill wer e called in: when The CHAIRMAN (the Earl of St. Germans) said that he was sorry to inform them that t! ey had not been able to constitute the Coin. mince, on account of the absence of Lord Orford, through indinpo oil Friday, an!, the only SIIIOII. Ills Lordship had been unwell for the lust few days, but had borne up against it until now. Now there was a standing order of the House which explicitly precluded it Committee Iron sitting if any member wan absent without the permission of the House. Un fortunately the House was not sitting this morning, as it usually did meta till to-morrow. He 0110014, in t4ooeatitime, take care, in the likelihood of Lord Orford not hein4 ate ) ' 404 1 01 then, that per course left him appeared to he an adjourn mission was obtained to-night to proceed 11,1*4... An adjournment, in consequence of this •it t , immediately afterwards touk place. . „ Room E. TreZZTLIZ, YEOVIL , AND DOI;LC7SXSTER. The Committee met at the usual hour, Lord Beaumont, chairman. Lent Westminster, the owner of considerable I)rciperty between Salisbury and Yeovil, considered that the propotied line would 1,0 01 groat advantage to the country. • ..f& It is impossible to give adequate expression to the intense feeling excited in the public mind by the un fortunate transaction. Our brethren of the press have taken up the subject, upon which we, in the first instance, commented; and indig nant remarks are circulated through the country, exposing the atrocity of the system, its inju- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 24, 1846. Mr. Locke's cross-examination was resumed this morning by Mr. TALBOT—The short branch which was proposed to connect the lne of the Exeter and Yeovil Railway with the Bristtil and Exeter, at Exeter, would he on an incline of 1 hi 53, and there would be two short tunnels upon it. nis gradient was necessarily steep in conse quence of the st.lion ;1 the Exeter and Yeovil Railway being upon ground so nivel• her than that of the station of the Bristol and Exeter Railway . [here could he no inconvenience resulting from the working of .115 steep gradient, as the trains would not consist of more than three tr fuur carriages. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP LXXIX. This Committee re-assembled at the usual hour this morning, Lord Lincoln in the chair. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN (LONDON-, BRIDGE EXTENSION). The preamble to this Bill having been proved, the early part of the day was occupied in settling and arranging the clauses. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. A large business was done in Cotton at Liverpool yester day. Sales about 8,000 bags, including 1,500 on speculation and 1,000 for export. Prices were firm. Shares realised about former rates. It appears that the Dutch, who are ever tolerably alive to the interests of their eastern commerce, are by no means satisfied with the results of last year's treding, either be tween Java and China or the Netherlands and China; but they expect evidently that there will be a decided extension, provided the merchants enter more con fidently into competition with other countrie, and freight an additional number of ships. It may be wise to note this, because of regulating future shipments. Even the Americans complain that their trade with China has not in creased to the extent anticipated, although they took last year no less than 20,751,5621b5. of tea, being an increase of 6,528,9631b5. over the year 1844. It must not be assumed, however, that the consumption increased in an equal ratio, and we may conclude, therefore, that the Americans sent a full supply of their coarse cotton manufactures, and were compelled to take more tea than they wanted in exchange, or rather more tea at a dear price; for to argue that the consumption of the article is by any means what it ought to be, or will be, is a manifest absurdity. Upon the whole, the last treaty between the Americans and Chinese is not likely very materially to benefit either, as the import duties in China continue much the same. There is no buoyancy in the English Stock Market, but the quotations are in some respects a little firmer. For pre sent transfer Consols have been quoted 95% 3 / 4 , and for time 957f i . Exchequer-bills have improved to lls. and 14s. premium. The New Three-and-a• Quarter per Cents. have been at 97% to 97%; and the Three per Cents. 95% to 96. The only bargains to be noted in the Foreign Market are, in Mexican Five per Cents. at 25 3 4 to 26%; in Brazilian, at 87 ; in Spanish Passives, at 5%; and in Dutch Two-and a- Half per Cents., at 59%. Until a favourable alteration occurs in Stocks, Railway Shares are not likely to command much attention ; but while the second-rate schemes may sink to a discount, there ap pears to be nothing that should impair confidence in the value of such as must yield a handsome dividend. The only question holders have to consider, as affecting themselves, i whether they have the ability to go on with the "calls,' because if not, the first loss is the best. MOT IS il FUNDS. ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock .. .. • • -- three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 96 95% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 95% 5 %% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 97% 5 A , Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 5-16 _ .„.._ CLOSING PRICES. 208 Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 1 ,i India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto, under 1,0001. .. 25 20 p South Sea Stock .. „. Ditto, New Annuities, 94% IA Consols for Account • • • . 95 , /, Exchequer Bills, 1 3 4 d, • 1 lid. 11 14 pm. Ditto. Small 11 15 11 pm. ONE FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 87 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 25% Ditto, for the Account 26% Psruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. .. Portuguese Four per Cent .. .. Ditto, for the Account .. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. -- Ditto, rassive Bonds .. Dividends on the above pay - able in London. Dutch Two-and-a-halt per Cent .. 59% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 94% 14 PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. 95% 57% 10 5.16 10% 20 p CLOSING PRICES. 2514 26 1 ,4 39% 44 BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern .1 twciion 2 .... 7i 1;6 .... • . Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 5% 5 sy, .... Bristol and Exeter .. .. 75 .. .. • • .... . Ditto New .. .. 5 ..•• 9 CAledonian Ditto, Half Shares .. %Te •• ••• • • • Dino, Extension 2 1 .4 Chester and Holyhead .. 27% .... 26 3 A • Derby and Crewe .. .. 2 .... 64 .......... Direct Northern .. .... 1 .. Eastern Counties 141. 16)— 24 4 ...... •• Ditto New .. 10/. 1t5..... 7% Sp••• • • • Ditto, York Extension 10r..... 2% 2 • • East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... :: ••• • • Ditto 16 Shares .. .. 10 .... 18 .. Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% .. • • 17% Ditto New % Shares.. .. 12%.... 17% • • ...... 17% Exeter, Yeovil, and Dui chester .. SLA - •• • . Goole, Do icast., and hotheld, &c. 425..... % dis. Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1%.... 3...•..... Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 25 .... 28 28 Great Western .. 85 ••..150 151........ 151 Ditto, Half Shares .. 50 83 ... 83 Ditto, Quarter Shares 10 .... 22% ..... 22% Guildford, Farehatn, &Portsmoth 5 .... 5% ........ 5% Isle of Axholme • • .. . 2%.... 2 Leicester and Bedford 225..... % di5....... sy dis. Leicester, Tamworth, &c. 425. .• I h; I hi Liverp., Manch., & Newt. Junct. 2%.... 1% % % I London an Birmingham . ••100 ....231 230........ 230 Ditto, Thirds .. 32 .... 72% .......... 72% Ditto, Quarters . .. 2 .... 33 32% • 32% Ditto, Filth* . .. 2 .... 2634 London and Brighton .. • 50 .• . 65 64% 64% London and Croydon .. .. 13/. las 9d..• 23% 23 ••• • •• 23% London and Greenwich .. 12/. 15s. 4d. 9%.......... Loi,tiou and South• Western • 411. 6s. 10d.• • .. • • .... • • 78% Ditto, New Consol. Eighths .. 40 .... 57 . . 57% Ditto, New .. 17% 28% ..... 28% Ditto, New .. .. 14 .... 21% • • •••••• • • 21 33 London and York .. .. . • • • 2 •• •• % ••• • • • Ditto, Half Shares • • .. 2 •• • • 34 ••••• • • • • London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. 234 ...• 1 .• •••• • • • • Manchester and Leeds .. .. • • 82 •• .. Ditto, Fifths .. 3 ...• 11 Ditto Extension 425..... 2►% p...... • • Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 .. 86 .. ••..• • • • '8 1% 2631, 1,4 24 8 A ) 2 1 ,4 - % • • • • • • • • 3 % 7 11 214 p 86 Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) .. 4 .... ..... • • lb% Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) 1 •• •. 11% ...... •• •• 11% Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. • • p• . Manchester and Southampton ~ 2 .... 1%% y• • . midkr,d ..100 ....147 .• .. • • .... 147 Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 103 ....120 120 Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .... 45 .• • • .• 45 Ditto, New . 1 .... 11 1434 •.• • .• 11% Ditto, New, Brundling .. 25 44! , 2 44 • • .... 44 Newcastle and Berwick .. 15 .. • • 26% 27 26%.. 24% Norfolk .. • • .. .. 20 • • ••••• 27 . ..... 28 Ditto, Tenths .. • • •• • • 2 •• • • '2 %N •••• • • • • 2% Ditto, Extension . • • • • 2 •• • • 2 .. .. ••• • .. 2 1 ,4 North British .. 25 • • 35% 14 % •••• 35% Ditto, Bali Shares .. .. • • 814 •• •• 13% 4 %..• • .. 13% Ditto. Carlisle Extension .. 1 .... 2% 3 2%.... Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 .... .......... 75% Ditto, New .. 1 .... 22% 22% North Kent and Direct Dover .. .... 1; 2 •• 134, North Staffordshire .. • • 425. •. . 34 38 p•• 374 P Oxford,Worcest.,& Wolverlimptu. 1214.... 7% • • .... • • 7% Portsmouth I qruct 3%.... .... • • • ... Preston and Wyre .. 25 .... •••• • • • •.. Ditto, half Shares .. • . 274.... 7% . Ricnmond .. 10 .... 184 .......... 18 1 4 Scottish Central .. • • . 12 1 ,4 10% ••.. • • • 19% Ditto New . •• •• •• 274 •• •• 8 •'•••• •• •• 8 Shropshire Union .. 425. .... 1 %3¢ di5..... 134 dis. South Midland .• .. • • 425• •• • • %P•• •• % P South Eastern and Dover 3334.. • - • • 44% Do., New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 15 .... 20 .. •• .. 19 74 Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 24 ... 3% .. •••• • • .. 3% West Riding Union .• 4257.• • .. 2 p...... 2 74 p WlLbeach and S. Ives.. • • 2 .... 3 1 4 %•••• • • .. 3% York and Carlisle .. % ....... York arid North Midland 50 •. • • • ..., E and W. Biding Exten.. • 1 ... 14 1 4 13% .... 13% FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. .. 14 .... 11% . . Bordeaux and Mediterranean .. 2 .... 1 % . . lord., 'foul., k Cette Alackenzie) 2 .... - • • ..... Ditto, thtto (Espelete) .. 2 .... 1 0%........ Dutch Rhenish • G 6 3 4 • • East In da •• • • • •• • . ss. .. ••.. • Northern of France Constituted.. 5 •• .. 13 .. •••• • • • . Orleans and Bordeaux .. 6 .... 7% •• • • .... Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... %t d ...... Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 .... 4 . ........ Roney, and Iluvre - .. 20 .... 26% • • ...... • • JOINT-STOCK BANKS. London Joint-Stock • • .. .. 10 .... 14% ••••• • • • •• MII`EL. Real del Monte. Unregistered .. 40 •• .. 33i •• •• •• ... Cobre Copper .. MARKET NEWS. -(THIS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDA Y. During the present week the arrivals of English Wheat for our market have been on a very moderate scale, yet the supply on offer to-day was fully equal to meet the wants of the dealers, whose attendance was very small. All descriptions moved off heavily, and Monday's depressed currencies were with difficulty supported. Of Foreign Wheat the Imports have been small. That article was a mere drug, and where sales were pressed rather lower rates were accepted by the holders. Grinding Barley was quite as dear, but other kinds hung on band. The fine-t Malt moved off treely, other kinds slowly, at low rates. The Oat trade was in a very depressed state, yet we can notice no alteration in value. Beans, Peas, and Flour as last advised. ARRIVALS. 1 Wheat. ' Barley. 1,770 qrs. 260 qrs. - - 1,830 -- Malt, 1,270 qrs. SMITHFIELD. The supply of Beasts on sale here to-day was moderately extensive, and of full average quality. For most kinds of Beef the demand was tolerably steady, at prices about equal to those obtained on Monday, and at which a good clearance was effected. We had on offer 140 . 0xen and Cows, 700 Sheep and Lambs, and 26 Calves, from abroad. With Sheep we were well supplied; yet the sale for that description of stock was firm, at ful y previous quotations; the best old Downs producing 4s 4d per 8 lbs. Lambs, the numbers (,f which were good, moved off slowly, at the late depression in their currencies. The Veal trade was steady, at very full prices, but Pigs were a slow inquiry at late rates. Mulch Cows were dull, at from 161 to 191 each, including their small calf. English .• • • • • Irish .• ••• • • • Foreign ...... Oats I Flour. 780 qrs. I 1,890 sks. 8,520 i - 2,100 1 -- Per Blbs. to sink the offal. a. d. d• a, d to s. d Inferior Beasts •• •. 2 6 2 8 Second quality ditto 3 6 3 g iecon..l quality ditto. 210 3 2 Coarse-woolledditte 310 4 0 Prime large Oxen. • 3 4 3 8 Southdown Wethurs 4 2 4 - 4 Prime Scots ......3 10 4 0 Ditto out of the wool Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 0 Large Hogs 3 8 4 6 Prime small di' to 4 2 4 6 Small Porkers ••• • 4 8 410 Suckling Calves —lB 0 29 0 Quarter old Pigs —1 0 19 0 Inferior Sheep •• .3 2 3 6 Lambs •••.••• • • • 4 8 8 5 SUPPLY AT MARKET. i Sheep , I Calves. I pi g s. 11,860 402 250 Beasts. 875 NE /GATE AND LEADENNALL. We had a slow general inquiry here, on the following terms : At per atone, by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. S. d. to s. d. aeef, Inferior...—. 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior •• 3 4 3 8 middling ••• • 2 6 2 8 middling.. 3 8 310 prime large .. 210 3 2 prime •••• 3 10 4 0 prime small .. 3 4 3 6 Pork, large• ••••• • • 3 4 4 0 Veal.• •• . ...... ... 3 4 4 4 email ....... , 4 2 410 Lamb. 4s 8d to 5s Bd. BOROUGH HOP MARILET. The accounts from the plantations are not to say very satisfactory ; yet, as the growth of Mpg this year is expected to be about an average one. the demand here is inactive, at the late depression in the quotatio,!s. The duty is called 145,000 EA. ct% t. Sussex Pockets - - - - 51. to 61. Kent ditto - • - - - • 5/. ss. to 6/. 10s. Mid And East Kent • - - 61. 6s. to 81. 1&s. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) ' LONDON, JULY 24.—Wind tWs day at noon S.S.W., light breeze, and cloudy. DEAL, 'JULY 23.—Wind S.S.W. to W.S.W.—Arid. the Planter, Pettingell, New York ; John Craig, Pugwash. Arrd. from the River, Augustus, Clarence, for Adelaide, South Australia ; henry Tanner, Sargeant, Bermuda; Trinity Yacht, Ilounsell, Denis; Caxon, Morgan, Miramichi. Sld. Stag. Parish, China ; Switzerland, Knight, New l nork ; Venice, Salter, New York ; Acadia, Toss, St. John's ; Reward, Salmon, Port Philip ; Bangalore, Kenney, Calcutta ; Madura, Smith, Aden ; Ci,ty of London, Langridge, Mauritius ; Edina, Sampson, Quebec ; Young Captain, Veal, Newfoundland ; Lady Bricer, Liddle, Southampton and Adelaide. LIVERPOOL, JULY 23.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Strabane, Guerson, Bombay ; Cecilia, Jolly, Tobasco ; John M'Lellan, Honduras ; Bravo, ditto; B. C. Bailey, Fitz, New Orleans; Burlington, Crawford, Mobile ; Queen, Leary, Quebec and Newfoundland, waterlogged ; Elizabeth, Davis, ditto. Sld. Bank, Duagan, Ceylon ; Porisanna, Freeman, Bombay; Benjamin Boyd, Clark, Africa; Jane, Blacklock, ditto; Lawsons, Ewa' t, Monte Video; Heart of Oak, Massey, Rio Janeiro ; Britannia, Fisher, Bahia. DEAL, JULY 23.—The Tory, for Madras, got on shore on the main, between Deal and Walmer Castle, but wag assisted off on the flood, without apparent damage. PILL, JULY 22.—Arrd. Falcon, Quebec. CARDIFF, JULY 20.—Arrd. Marquis of Bute, Harvey, Quebec. SALCOMBE, JULY 22.—Arrd. Isabella, Codnor, Miramichi. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 23.—Wind S. S.W. to W.—Arid. H.M.S. Scourge, Westward, and sailed for Woolwich. COWES, JULY 23.—Wind S.W.—Artd. St. Thomas' Packet, Pe dersen, Porto Rico; Gem, Hannah, 'Savannah ; Aymar, ditto. SOUTHAMPON, JULY 23.—Sld. John Thompson, Quebec ; Champion, Alexandria. OFF I'Ltstorrit, JULY 22.—Thomas, Barclay, Jamaica. OFF FALMOUTH, JULY 22.—Elena, Tborntcn, Mazatlan, and sld. for London, old. 18111 March, on freight 100,000 dollars. 23, 'Sa vannah Packet, 'Michaelson, Havannah, and sid. for Antwerp. BRISTOL, JULY 23.—Wind S.—Arrtl. Maria, Balsdon, Barbadoes. Sld. Miranda, 31argrate, Newfoundland. NEWPORT, JULY 22.—A rid. Princess Royal, St. John's ; Yorkshire Lass, Price, Quebec; Harvey, Comfort, ditto. 31aRIPORT, JULY 23.—Henderson, Twentyman, Bathurst; Dykes, Cockton, Restigottche. CLYDE, JULY 22.—Kobertina, Trinidad; British Princess, Mather, Quebec; Flora Kerr, M`Kidder, Montreal; Pioneer, Fox, Newfound land. Sld. 22, Alcesk, Colquhoun, Trinidad ; William, Lyon, ditto ; James Stuart, Laird, Newfoundland. . MILITARY FLOGGING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sm,—The account in yesterday's Sun of the fatal military flogging at Hounslow is certainly one of the most horrible cases of cruelty ever reported, and you may indeed ask, in the language of bitter irony, " whether will Colonel ►Vhyte or his victim be thought to have acted in the most brutal manner?" I have but little doubt that " thousands of cases, more wantonly and unmercifully inflicted, might be found if the annals were searched," inasmuch as I myself have lately read of two cases in which death has resulted from excessive military flogging. The two cases to which I refer have not been brought before the public in the way this has been, but the particulars of them are contained in a printed official re port. I cannot suppose the present Commander-in-Chief to be ignorant of the dreadful nature of the punishment of flogging, or of the consequences that are liable to ensue; and therefore I think he would do well to act in the humane spirit of his predecessor, the late Lord Hill, who, when a sentence of 150 lashes was submitted for his approval, re duced the number to 100. Had he done so in this instance, the life of the ill-fated soldier might in all probability have been saved. Many thanks are due to you, Sir, and to other gentlemen connected with the press, for the publication of this shocking affair; and that you will not relax your efforts in this great cause of humanity until the total abolition of military flogging shall be obtained, is the earnest hope of, Sir, your most obedient servant, J. W. BOYES. 14, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, City, July 22, 1846. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. FLANDERS MA EL. EnussEts, JULY 22.—The average price of wheat in the week ending on Saturday, the 18th of July, was 23f. and that of rye 17f. 38c. This being the anniversary of the King's accession to th v e , throne, it was celebrated with unusual solemnity. TeVfn, _ was chanted by the clergy of the Church of Gude ul, which was richly adorned. All the Royal Family were present, II a great number of persons of - di st i nct i on , including ehli n t all the members of the diplomatic body. The church .ivra crowded. After the Te Deum, all the troops of the gen.'s% of Brussels, and those from other towns, were drawn up order of battle round the park. At 10 o'clock the King, the companied by a brilliant staff, left the palace to inspect Tg troops. An immense crowd of spectators was in t he the and on the Boulevards. The King passed rapidly along', front of the line, and placed himself with the illustr tie strangers present before the palace with his staff. Queen and the Princess were on the balcony of the P a a c e Soleman Pecha was by the side of the King, Al• Hor Vernet among the staff, by the side of General Langerni;flines The review was one of the finest military sole mn ' s that we had at Brussels. The appearance of the tro q , was magnificent, and excited the admiration of the nu mereull persons of distinction now in the capital. A great many foreigners of distinction have arrived of the Brussels, among them are the Princess of Dornidoff, daught Jerome Bonaparte, and suite, the Duke d'Caranance, tr Duke of Luxemburg, Barone: s Sulch, M. Sari att , , M in „ b : e f Plenipotentiary of the Argentine Republic, the Princ e. '" Wurtemburg,.&c. &c. Mr. Stephenson, the celebrated engineer, visited Yie cs few days ago, and ex a mi ne d the projected line of the ra i l from Yiees to Courtrai. We are assured that the pla ns „ '" ,J be very shortly sent to Bruges, and immeJately transol"`- to the department of public works. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussns, July 22. 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, 1840 •• .. . 101% Ditto, ditto, 1842 .. Ditto, ... 99% Ditto, 1838 .... • • .. • • .• • • 74 Ditto of the City, 1832 .• • • .. • • 101 Ditto, 1843 Bank ofßelgium.. ....... 940 .--Brussels Papers,July 22. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JULY 16. 5 per Cent. Metalliques.... • • • • • lll 11 46 4 per Cent. ditto.... •••• • • • rri per Cent. ditto • • • • Loan, 1834 ........ • • .• • . • • • . • • • • Ditto, 1839 ...... .......... Bank Shares • • • • ..... ........ Esterhazy's Loan . • RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand .. .. Gloggnitz . .. Vienna—Milan . . ......... 1 18 Leghorn • 109 v Sienna ... Grosetto ............... .............. 98% Apenninen ......... ........ .........•• Pesth Bridge ................ —Allgemeine Zeitung. July 19. Sin,—ln reading The Sun newspaper, published I think last Monday evening, I observed a letter addressed to you by a " Barrister," upon the subject of the recent military flog ging at Hounslow Barracks. Now, in that letter it states that at a former period, when a regiment of dragoons was stationed in the aforesaid barracks, one of the officers stabbed another, and for the offence was only reprimanded by the Colonel. To be sure the wound which the said officer in flicted was not a mortal one, but is it not an action of base injustice that for an offence less criminal than the aforesaid one—is it not urjust that for merely striking his sergeant a poor private should in the presence of his comrades be flogged to death? Trusting to your sense of justice to in _ sert this in your paper, I remain your obedient servant, I July 23d, 1846. J. E. C. 5% SECOND LETTER OF EBENEZER ELLIOTT TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WEST LONDON CENTRAL ANTI-INCLO. SURE ASSOCIATION. [Read in Committee, July 16.] " You have misunderstood me.* Free trade will not affect footpaths, nor inclose any land situated higher than 650 feet above the sea, because lands of greater elevation will not be worth inclosing, except in very densely peopled localities ; and townsmen must take care if they can, as you are trying to do, that wastes near towns shall ba cultivated for their benefit, as public gardens, or otherwise. "In the bitterness of my heart, I have said more than once, when thinking of the corn-laws, that there ought to be no class of men living on the rent of land, and it is quite certain that wherever such a class has been paramount, the masses have been ignorant and oppressed : witness old Rome, India, modern Italy, Spain, Britain, &c. God made the land, and man the house, but the house must have land to stand on ; and surely he who builds a house has a right to live in it, or let it. Is Turkey, where all the land b- longs to the Government, well governed? In the United States the waste lands belong to the Govern ment. Are you willing to buy an estate there, and. after cultivating it, resign it to the public? The question of the appropriation of land is a very important one. You strong-headed men should consider it, and instruct us poets, who can feel, but not think. Unless land is unlike other things, it may, like other things, be bought and sold—l guess. - 1 - Your opinion, that women ought to have the franchise, proves that you ought, for it shows that you understand the subject. But the fran chise ought to be exercised by no one who does not deserve it, and until the women desire it, they don't deserve it. If woman is disfranchised, so are nine-tenths of her brethren; but they demand the franchise, and she dues not. I have only known one woman who wished to exercise it, and her object was the indulgence of her ap petite at the cost of other people. Separated from her honest husband, she corrupted the husbands of honest wives, and liked gin, but did not like to pay for it. There is great cant on the condition-of-woman question, and some of , the worst men I know are amongst the eanters. So far as law could interfere, it concerns chiefly the property of married persons. Should that property be joint or sole? I doubt whether the con diticn of married women would be mended by subjecting them to the operation of the bankrupt laws, and im prisonment for debt, but I think no husband's will ought to be valid without the wife's signature, if she cohabits with him. On this great subject tco you men, with heads, should think fur us who have only skulls. EBENEZER ELLIOTT. " Great Houghton, near Barnsley, July 16." * Respecting inclosures. Alluding to national property in land, which the corn mittee are for. OPENING OF SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE.—After short recess Sadler's Wells opens to-morrow under the management of Mr. Phelps. The name of Mr. Phelps is alone sufficient guarantee that the legitimate drama will again find a home at Sadler's Wells, and that the glorious works of our old poets will be represented in a style worthy of them. The company includes Mr. G. Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. H. Marston, Miss Cooper, Mr. Scharf, Mr. A. Young, and several other of our old favourites. Mr. Wallack and Mrs Brougham have also joined the Sadler's Wells company. Mr. Phelps, however, has not contented himeelf with merely securing the services of artists who already enjoy a metropolitan favour, aspirants for histrionic fame will have an opportunity afforded them of showing " the stuff" they are made of. One of these, Mr. Creswick, makes his debut, to-morrow evening, in the character of Hotspur, in the first part of Hear y IV, on which occasion Mr. Phelps appears as Falstaff. LITERARY NEWS.—The present season is remarkable for the variety and interest of new books which have ap ' peared. Mr. Bentley has just ,iven us Horace Walpole's " Memoirs of King George the Third," now first published from the original MS., edited, with notes, by Sir Denis Le Merchant, Bart., with extracts from the diary of the Duke of Grafton. This new work has only recently been per mitted to be published. The late Lord Holland considered the anecdotes in the " Memoirs of King George the Third " of too recent a date to appear earlier. This entertaining work abounds in anecdotes of the Court during the early years of that eventful reign. A new work from the pen of ' that admirable writer, Mrs. Jameson, entitled " Memoirs and Essays on Art, Literature, and Social Morals," which will be read by everybody. " Memoirs of the Jacobites," by Mrs. Thompson. "Picturesque Antiquities of Spain," by Mr. Wells, a beautiful and entertaining book. A second edition of the " Diaries and Letters of Lord Malmesbury," which abound with anecdotes, and reveal the secret history of many important transactions for the last forty years. " The Philosophy of Magic and Apparent Miracles," by Dr. Thomson, full of entertainment and curious information ; Mr. Jesse's " Memoirs of the Pretenders and their Ad herents"—popular, like all the works of this charming writer; Count St. Marie's " Visit to Algiers in 1845," a gra phic sketch of the proceedings of the French there, together with anecdotes and a portrait of Abd-el-Kader ; a new ro mance by the celebrated Fenimore Cooper, called " The Ravensnest," the very title of which suggests one of those intensely interesting romances of the backwoods of America, where he has already earned undying fame. Let us not forget to add an admirable Cookery Book by Franeatelli, for merly bead cook to her Majesty, a work now universally allowed to be the best OR this vitally interesting subject. Francatelli well deserves to fill the throne left vacant by Ude. We have also Jesse's "Anecdotes of Dogs," with numerous beautiful engravings of the most remarkable. breeds i. ; and the two first parts of a new and highly a-tprmornocretrongbpoeorks odical publication, which will place the be readers of limited within the reach of the great body of n s with the inimitable letters of Horace Walpole. means, it is called " Bentley's Modern Literature," and commences m ash ee this design all the success it so well merits. MORTALITY OF THE METROPOLIS.—The number of deaths registered in the metropolis during the week ending the week w in e th g ek e deaths from en the 18th of July, was 1,053, o f which nu mber 1 ,032 w ere from disease, being an increase in the number of deaths f rom disease, increase as com a p p a p r e e a d r s iN t 'i o t with have the taken week Ipn p l a r te e he c of 146. nthe 18th A great disease lB tl, ju o l3 f , ttliilee3,o,rgan weres respiration.o2fsB,and iin t h e preceding wee k 203 . The deaths from diseases of the stomach, liver, and o th er . organs of digestion during the week ending the 18th July were 115. ~.. 155 ~.. 12234 .... 1570 97 . i SHOOTING AT RED RICE.—OH its becoming kno7 tO 0 Shurmur's wife that her husband had been so nier c l e a. sentenced at the assizes, viz., only to one month's ilorlos ment, excessive joy and gratitude deprived the poo r . w° oo of her reason for some time; at length, when cons e lfor returned, she was with diffictily made to credit shire Guardian. pCh HEALTHY OLD AGE.—On the 20th inst., d ied, H of respected, in the 92d year of his age, Mr. Daniel Fenn. i latit Trinity-street, Colchester. Deceased was of a very lite° constitution, and during his long life had endured s? .. ,fe affliction, that all his doctor's bills did not amount to Dosifif crown. Within a few months previous to his death, 10 1 0 it a e p Ae r a ßx c ße t l ic eAd e Gi t nE o g l l v yN al w k leu s l e ila v r e ue ra L l i e .t s —o e t v yh e ee ry sitae d srt a d. y a , y an d fg e 33 of Lord Lindsay, eldest son of the E ar l an d Cou t- n e tess - 1101. fiT . b; carras, with Miss Margaret Lindsay, e ld es t daug hter ° Honourable Colonel James Lindsay, of Balcarris, or lemnised at St. George's Church, Hanover-square. the merous family circle assembled at the church to with 7001 nuptial ceremony, among whom we observed the E ar s aO Countess of Balcarris, the Earl and Countess Sora°?, p or Lady Harriet Cocks, the Duchess de Coigny and Ms!S o pel selle Coigny, Lady Charlotte Lindsay, the Hon. the Keppel, the Hon. Captain and Lady Sarah Lindsataid Honourable Colin and Lady Frances Lindsay, Sir E°7, sco and Lady Antrobus, Viscount and Viscountess Pollingt°" c ' e rr Dr. Lindsay, Archdeacon of Kildare, officiated at ti l l re mony. At the conclusion of the solemn rite, the bri o il , ceived the congratulations of the numerous relativesoj• friends congregated on the interestins occasion. T he por , ding party then adjourned to the vestry, where to f e .,dosi riage was duly registered. The Hon. Colonel I'l e por gave an elegant dejeuner, at his residence in Gros'icisat square, to a large circle, in celebration of the .01 0 0, event. The sumptuous repast was laid out in 043406 room and adjoining apartment, and at least 150 the distinction were present. At half-past two o'cluviollil bridegroom and bride left town for Beechwoodl ar s o the seat of Sir John Sebright, Bart., in Herts, to P honeymoon. tsie p M. Guizot has just presented to the town of biteds his portrait painted by M. Henss, and this year exh i the Louvre. for It is said that the Pope , having a great vener stioll o l ' the memory of Pope Pius VII., has commissioned W i dth° nent Italian painter to come to Paris, and make a copy oil portrait of his predecessor, by David, which is in the °- of the Louvre. - the LUXURIOUS TRAVELLING. —The travellers °ll ;be Dutch railroads being much annoyed by the dust duriag..aos hot weather, an exped i ent has been dt v ised for the Pn e 'keti of preventing the annoyances, by attaching a ear, with holes, behind the tender The car is filled v*? .. t, g the which being melted during the . journey effectual du N s V t. e are glad to learn that the traffic , Passeng W er bi t.:" well as goods, is weekly upon the haven Junction Railwa Y•—euniberland racquet. t 0 The Cheltenham and Oxford Railway °D3 ,, P O7t IPe ; re-organised. It has issued the prospectus of a , -- :tte e, supported by a most influential provisional conit yi a! majority of whom are wealthy residents in this t'" Cheltenham Chronicle FATAL ACCIDENT TO A TOLL-COLLECTOR t , day, an inquest was held before Mr. Joseph PaY L I T bodf increase on the Bartholomew Coffee-house, West Smithfield, on tiA c ° was een Samuel Crooks, aged sixty-three. The deceased betoi3O lector of city tolls in Bridge-street, Blackfriars, and be two and three o'clock on Tuesday afternoon la s " 0 0 0, 1 -8 passing the White Bear public-house in Upper h i ter., o street, when his foot slipped off the kerb, and he lei" in them carriage road between the horses' hind legs sun, t he•- n if wheels of a Clarence carriage, which was passing a" t he ment, and before the driver could possibly pull UP! iced "' wheels passed over the deceased's chest. He was in a dying state, and conveyed to St. B ar tholoruc i dee pital, where he s h ort l y a f ter exp i re d . Verdict, " itec death." tb e GOOSEBERRY DISEASE.—The gooseberries l b s tio 9 markets this year have been extensively influence d weather, and there are but few which have not a s iti lte ei ° diseased appearance. It is a tt r ib u t a bl e t o the 10 ,r e gfr°,,h the early part of the s eason , an d su b sequen t shriveifls the heat of the s un , b y w hi c h the quality of the fru it - to impaired. a THE 0 FISHERMAN A ND THE G ENl .—,e—ct te o•-n t° Sir Robert Peel and Richard Cobden.)—There w~to ii an old fish-er-man call-ed Rob-ert. He went out., 1 , 1 1) 13 0 and cast his net in-to the s ea . A n d w h en h e dt o e 0;0 net, he found it ve-ry hea. vy. Al-lah pretrlitjs said Rob-ere, " what can be in my ne t th a t it is '" .00 '9 So he pull-ed and pull-ed, and at last got his net v2 rv icei,, shore, and found in it a dead don-key. And the n" T o a' s 'y name was burnt on the don-key's side, and the r Pro-tec- tion." Then Rob-ert turn-ed the dead _jth o-ver many times, to see what he could do -",/ tl At last, Out upon it," said he, " and up-01 1 4)01, luck! What good can be done with a dead n". A I will try an-o-ther cast." So he threw the de..as'agsr, key back into the sea, and let down his ne o d P o And as he pulled it up he found it very hea-vY , he dt t o thought he had got some large fish. And wilen u i e h 1 ;0 the net on land he found in it an old pot, on Nym es , ‘,„ punch-ed " Fixed Duty," but the pot was full of iv" O A would not hold wa-ter. The n h e c urs- e d hi s ill-I°F, mo re, and said, •• I will mak e one mor e t r i- a l, and l' b e ol d no fish I will not try aga i n to -d ay ." S o he t h re w to he pot in-to the sea, and let down his net again. And , R , - f pull•ed it up, he found it m uc h more h ea - vy that!, - y"/ and he said, " I fiat-ter my-self this is a l arge fist). e el; when he drew the net on land, he found in it a v el :ritt'o n wa bronze, with a seal on th e mout h , o which S ro c ., 0 1, " Re-striction," and on the ve-sel was the word " a re A And he heard a voice from the in-side of the, g 'yel t i, which said, " Take off the seal." And he took it on jr ) ot•PO lit-tie way, and there came a thick smoke out of til e d it 11 .0 and it grew and grew, till it rose up to the skies, an 01 . . 1 ,1 like a great giant. And its eyes were like ffai ne l n es, 170 limbs like the cranks and pis -tons of steam en-gin its o ' d on its right hand was writ-ten " Peace," and I , n - ees, i '4;4l hand " Know-ledge." And Rob-ert fell on wen'eff said, " 0 migh-ty gi-ant ! who art thou, and wha t n ol o t thou have?" Then the gi-ant said, "lam a great t and I have been for a great ma-ny years eon-line' sh alt seal, which thou hast re-moved, and for this thou, h e great and hap-py." So when Rob-ert heard this ti d e . : that so large a bo-d5; 000 very glad, but he could not un-der-stand b o w so P . 01; gi-ant could come out of so lit-tie a ves-sel. So be Co P -3, Then the gi - a n t e comethe g -ant, of" I s c , a , " Will you be-lieve it if I go back a-gain, for while t A V' • 0 is off, I do not care for go-ing back into the ves-sel 0 0, 0 then the gi -ant grew less and less, and went by def e t bell can -not be -i p ie la v c c e.'' the ves-sel un-til he was quite out of sight. An fr " R Che tr ag - d . said to Rob-ert, " Throw the seal in-to the sea, t57 4 00( 1 ..,,The keep h it ea l:y to t o h k e o all his fa-wily and all men will love thee." And Rob' .an n ." 0 - d t a h l e - w: e Y s.. s, se a j n , d thou wilt bltbreh-hatde him, and he lived long and h and did as t"iligrest airy s s e e a L l a in n - d tt: and much mo-ney t round about. —Punch P .. Y in , lly an a d nd bra a u n g the cell A T l i e le tt p e r r o d fr u o c m e e S f f P the . ete rs bu gold mi r n g e b s , i or!' Russiathe in creasing. In 1841 the quantity extracted from those mines was 901 pawls (9,610 kilogrammes), amounting in value to 39,000,200 f.; in 1842, in 1843, 12,950 9,81 kilogrammes, value 53,200,000 f ; 75 k: 6 10 4, value f 72,800.000 f. ; in 1844, 13,410 making ooll n . t ; he in fiv l e B4 y s e , 79,000,000 f. ; kilog., value , a 7l t l ot l a t l ilo w g. e , ig v h a t l o ue f years 59,490 kilog. 'Of the value of 319,000,000 f. Up to the present time . almost all the produce of the gold mini-1 of Russia has been exported to England, but if the quantity continues to increase progressively, or if it even no longer exceeds the quantity obtained in 1845, England will cease to receive it, at least the greater part, and then it will be necessary for us to saek other markets for our gold, which it may perhaps be rather difficult to find. But lot us hope that the new system of commercial policy which the Government has adopted, and particularly the redaction of the import duties, whi c h has been the tirst consequence of it, will increase our con stimptiun if nireign merchandise, in the purchase i,f w hi c h our gold may find an advmdiige"us einplo)rni'nt However this way be, the working of the gold wines of Russia IlluA necessarily cause sooner or later a great revolution in the c( mmerce and industry, not only of itamia, but on all ' t porn 3 of the globe." he friends of the soldier and sailor bestir themselves— let their exertions be directed to the great object of ameliorating the condition of the man who has devoted himself to the service of his country in either branch. Let his social condition be improved, afford him the blessing of education, train and cultivate his mind so that it may be acted on and influenced by other and higher motives than the base one of fear. But, above all, let the vile scourge be banished and set aside; let him know that he can no longer be treated as a brute in a manner repugnant to every honourable and manly feeling, and you will go far to remove that state of feeling on his part which could alone make the lash useful. M.‘r tinets and petit-maitres, who enter the army for the purpose of " playing at soldiers," must no longer be suffered to exhibit their tyrannical tricks, to break the spirit and destroy the moral feelings of the gallant soldier, the high•spirited young man who enters into the service of his country with a bounding heart and glowing aspirations, but whose romance is soon banished, and self-respect destroyed, when brought to the triangles for some fancied dis respect, or some trifling petulance, into which he is betrayed by the taunts and irritations of some striped scoundrel. It may be asked, how is all this to be done ? The matter is simple and easy. Let every case of flogging in the army or navy be fully inquired into and laid before the public in all its disgusting details. Let it be cir culated through the length and breadth of the land, through every part of the kingdom, and the public attention thoroughly attracted thereto. Let the fallacies and errors of those who assert that discipline cannot be maintained -without its continuance be combated and exposed, if neces sary. Let lecturers and missionaries go through all parts of the kingdom to expose the enormities of the system ; and at each election, which may take place throughout the country, let every Christian philan thropist, every conscientious opponent of the lash, demand a pledge from the candidate before he will give him his vote, that he will exert himself to abate the nuisance, that he will vote for the suppression of this atrocious practice. The moment the first meeting of such a society fakes place, nay, when a dozen intelligent, energetic and zealous men, assemble together, forming its nucleuf, that instant the death-blow is given to the grievance— its days are numbered ; nay, the existence of such a society, the certainty that there are persons who will inquire into and expose every case of tyranny and injustice, will do much to abate the energy of the carpet knights, the heroes of the drawing-room, who think that they exhibit their military prowess by torturing those who have the misfortune to be placed under their command. Look to the mysterious silence that is observed, the pro. found secresy kept up in every case. How many of the 2,000 English sailors who, in the year 1839 were flogged without the form of a court-martial, or in vestigation, perhaps without being heard in their own defence, made their wrongs known to the public ? Could it have been supposed, that 1,200 sailors, in the year 1845, were so punished, until we heard it in Parliament. Were the tenth part of the cases laid before the public, without note or comment, but in the simplest language, it would be impossible to re strain the flood of indignation that would be excited. We trust that something will be done, and speedily . Our humble exertions shall not be wanting on their behalf, and sincerely do we hope that ere another year closes we may congratulate the British public on the removal of the stain on the British name, the blot on the escutcheon of British policy. The Commission appointed by the States of the Grand Duchy of Baden, to consider a project pre sented to them by a Deputy, on the subject of the liberty of the Press, have made the following re port:— " The Chamber Is requested to present an address to the Grand Duke, entreating him to give instructions to his En vo) é at the German Diet, to solicit the re-establishment of the liberty of the press, conformable to Article 18 of the Federal Convention. The Envoyd is likewise to declare that if at the end of 1847, there is no existing federal universal law for the liberty of the press in Germany, the Grand Duchy will no longer submit to such a provi sional state of things, and will regard it its duty to adhere to the laws on the press of the 28th December, 1831, abrogated by a decree of the Bth July, 1841. Mean while all restrictions are to cease as regards the internal affairs of the Grand Duchy and the other German states. The act of censorship is to be reduced to a legal and simple system, according to Art 5 of the Grand-Ducal Ordonnance of the 28th of July, 1832. In consequence, the censors can not prohibit the publication of articles which are not con trary to the peace and tranquillity of Germany." A law has just been publi'hed at Berlin, by which foreigners, or foreign companies, cannot acquire landed property, without the special permission of the Prus sian Government. Without such permission any such transactions will be regarded as null and void. The law bears the date of the 4th July, 184 G, and is signed by the KING and the Ministers. The German Journal of Frankfort, of the 20th, states from Rome that the Austrian squadron, off Ancona, was to leave almost immediately, the EM PEROR having granted a request to this effect made by the PorE. The squadron is, however, to cruise on the coast, to prevent the possibility of any land ing of political refugees from Malta and the lonian Islands. The King and Queen of SWEDEN arrived at Co penhagen on the 14th. IVe announced a short time since that the King o f DENMARK had nominated M. GUIZOT a Knight of the Order of the Elephant. The Copenhagen journals, i n allusion to this nomination, observe that it is the first and only time that this honour has been conferred on a man not of noble birth. The insignia of the Order of the Elephant have always been considered as the highest mark of distinction in Denmark. It eras created towards the end of the fifteenth century, and the statutes fix the number of knights at twenty, ex clusive of those who are members of reigning families ; and the Kings of Denmark have always been so spar ing of this decoration, that the legal number has never been attained. The present number of knights amounts to 17, exclusive of Princes of Sovereign Houses. Madrid papers t i o the 17th have arrived. The Espanol t 403,.. Ashes a letter from Coimbra, of the 7th instant, giying a detailed account of the cir• cunistancesattending the pronunciamiento in that town against the PALmELL.A. Ministry. The following is an extract from this letter : " A short time after his arrival in this t)wn, M. Fonseca Ms , alliaes paid a visit to some of the members of the junta, to i b vhom he made known the object of his mission; but they 13 0 the 'eS f ' On the 19 t h ult., at Ma lt r i e l o7 :9 l' . own Jamaica. re el Lie utenant-Colonel Sir John Campbell;Bart-, 38th 1 of a son. o f On the 20th inst., i n E a t on .pl ace , th e ladY th a B On the 17th Lancers, of a son and heir. 20th inst., at Western park, wife of Douglas Hamilton, Esq., of a son. d r os On the 21st inst., Mrs. G hof ucester ra am, o O S ' gent's-park, of a son. ~ of s,ler Hamilton, go On the 21st inst., at Edge Villa, Mrs. S. Hodg son ' On the 21st inst., at Tooting-common, Mrs. 11 °' 8 " son, of a daughter. D irt TV '. On the 22d inst., at Clare Lodge, S,ydenhara , Letts, of a son. f MARRIED. ct " W er i t On the 22d ult., at St. Thomas's Church, -- 11° 1 Art' lat e m foundland, Lieutenant R. W. B re tti ng la, 1 1 0"",,f the - to Harriot Frances Josephine, yo unges t daught er aer W. Sheppard, Esq., of Clifton, Gloucestershir e. On the 21st inst., at Trinity Church, St' titer t). George Gustavus Monek, to Harriet, second daug William Horne, of Upper Harley-street. lED. On the 6th of J u ly, a t D Richmond, Will iam rhe stel° ,l il 6 3ef ' formerly of the Ordnance-office, subsequently' ag e , re' Audit ; and. lastly P a y mas t er i n th e 18th Infalirsoarut, On the 20th inst., in Bryanston-place, LOY:, 7 9, A r g let lict of the late Sir Thomas Bernard, Bart., ag e "; the" " On the 9th ult., at Jericho, St. Thomas- 0- Jamaica, Eliza, wife of the Rev. Edward lien ett' ou i s a On the 18th inst., at Leamington, Georgiu3 r mache, the wife of J. Tollemaehe, Esq., 111.1". ,„,ifor d ' On O the 20th Miss- We,r, titgh,street, r ii * o Loudon; t rtmeu u) 1,111)(1 YU 14.144 thu Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, O. 112 %,„.. 5tra L l .' of the Savoy, in the County ofti. laiay." — 24, 1840, 0 It( 144 auti itOr Dc i tt t a o ) 4: Itst hi •,1` LC tt z k ite' a Ittl /44N .i.; 1 4.14 A 1 N I t Z ..,.........4,