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Tromp, Vampire (Halo not starting), Galata filly, and either Slander or Glentilt, four out of the five goodly animas, as their late racing has proved ; conseq uentl y , th . will be the most interesting two-year-oil race at Goodwood this year. It is not the easiest task imagin able to pick out the winner, but I presume that either Lord G. Bentinck or the Earl of Eglinton will pocket the stakes, their nominations being decidedly the best. The 50 Sovs. Stakes for three-year-olds to Blackbird. The Sussex Stakes to the Goodwood lot. The Anzlesea Stakes to Muscatel or St. George. The Duke of Richmond's Plate, to name the day be fore running. On Friday, the Nassau Stakes to the Princess Alice. The Chesterfield Stakes to Idas, Tour de l'oree, or Auricula. The Maidstone, Bentinck, and March Stakes, close this truly plethoric meeting. I am, Sir, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Saturday. LATEST BETTING AT TATTERSALL' S. GOODWOOD STAKES. 11 to 2 agst Lord G. Bentinek's Camera Obscure 9 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Jonathan Wild—taken 9 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's The Hero—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger—taken 12 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Red Robin— taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. Lech's Maid ofLyme (Lapwing filly)— t 25 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Alamode 25 to 1 agst Mr. S. Herbert's Petitioner—taken 30 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Sister to Pergularia—taken •30 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnston's Brother to Sir Henry. ST. LEGER. 1,000 to 30 agst Lord Chesterfield's Free Lance—taken. 5,000 to 1,000 was taken on Friday evening about Grim itou for the Orange Prize. RAILWAY SHARES liY PUBLIC SALE. I riVIESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patrokage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., ta.:e place every TUESDAY and 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, the day previous to their being offered ; and advlces of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sate, aul the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. THE SUGAR DUTIES. - - - It is expected, we believe, that the division upon the Sugar Duties will take place to-morrow night, and the ma jority in favour of the measure will, it is anticipated, be even larger than that upon the second reading of the Corn Bill. Sir Robert Peel and Sir James Graham will support the Mi nisterial measure. The opinion gains ground too that it is not likely to encounter any serious opposition in the House of Lords. The more this question is looked at, the more the facts which bear upon it and the interests of the community are considered, the more must our amazement be excited that eo monatrous an abuse should so long have been suffered to existslhat so great an economical error should have remained so long unredressed. The facts connected with the Sugar Duties, and their effect upon the consumer, constitute no finely balanced question, on which, when once they are known, any disrute can be maintained ; they are so palpable as at once to bring home conviction to the mind of the absurdity of the system we have hitherto pursued. And this is the more striking when we consider that in other articles intimately connected, both in their sources of production and in their actual uses, with sugar, a policy the reverse of that now under consideration has been pursued for the last quarter of a century, and with such success that statesman after statesman has referred to it as conclusive evidence of the wisdom of relaxing commercial restrictions, and of the fact that exorbitant duties are alike inconsistent with the true interests of the consumer and the fiscal policy of the State. Our surprise at the pertinacity with which statesmen have adhered to this absurd system is greatly increased when we consider the character of the article which has been so long the object of this most unwise policy. With the exceptions only of bread and salt, there is proba bly no other article capable of such an extended and ben ficial consumption as sugar, or by the aid of which the useful pro perties of so many other articles of every-day consumption are developed. It is worth while to look back for twenty or thirty years, and to see the anxiety displayed by commercial re formers to bring the articles of coffee, and tea, and fruits more within the reach of the poorer classes of our consumers, while, until last year, little or nothing has been attempted to secure a corresponding increase of sugar. Since 1821 the reductions which have taken place in the duties 'on coffee May be thus stated : Duty on Duty on Dnty on Colonial East India Foreign Coffee Coffee. Coffee. per lb. per lb. per lb. s. d. s. d. s. d. 1821 1825 1835 1842 ........ 0 4 1844 Under these reductions the consumption of coffee has in creased so rapidly as to yield a revenue at the present time much more than double the amount that it did in 1821. The progress of consumption may be thus stated : In 1821 1831 .... 22,740,000 1841 1845 Again, the opening of our trade to China, by the abolition of the monopoly of the East India Company, has had great effect upon the price, and consequently upon the consump tioo of tea. 'fhe consumption of tea was in 1821 1831 1841 1845 From 1821 to 1846 the consumption of coffee, nnder the reductions of duty to which we have referred, increased nearly fivefold; and during the same period the consump tion of tea increased twofold. But while these extraordinary changes have been taking place, what has been the progress of all those supplies of sugar from which the consumption of the country could be drawn? The entire importations at the periods quoted have been as follow :—ln 1821 ... 1831 5,366,262 1841 1844 But of the quantity imported in 1844 no 1 ss than 777,000 cwts. were of that class of sugar practically prohibited from consumption by a duty of 635. per cwt., while in 1821 of that class the supply included only 197,000 cwts. So that in reality the actual available supply of sugar in 1844 was only 4,110,000 cwts., while in 1821 it was 4,176,000 cwts. seeing how uniformly the supply and consumption of coffee in creased with every reduction of duty, we shall be less sur prised at the stationary character of the supplies of sugar when we consider the scale of duties to which during the same period that article has been subjected. They were as follows: ' • SUGAII DUTIES._ Colonial. Foreign. 1821 275. per cwt. ... ..635. 1831 245. „ ,6355. 1841 245. and 5 per cent. 635. and 5 per cent. 1844 .245. 63s. Nothing can, therefore, be more conclusive than the evi dence of these facts as to the influence of duties upon the amount of consumption ; showing. on the one hand, the rapid increase which immediately follows a reduction of duty and a removal of restrictions ; and, on the other, the sta tionary character of our supplies as long as restrictions and high duties are maintained. But, with the rapid in• crease which has taken place in the population of the coun try, what appears in figures as a stationary supply is, in effect, an actual diminution. In 1801 the consumption of sugar in this country was 3011bs. to each individual ; in 1821 it was 19ilbs. to each individual; and in 1844 the average consumption of the whole population was only !Gibs. and a small fraction to each individual. While of coffee, in .801 the consumption per head, in Great Britain, was little above loz.; in 1821 it was Soz.; in 1844, it was more than lilb. to each person. So that while the established allowance of sugar for each person in the navy is more than 341b5., and while our workhouse regulations provide. more than 22lbs. to each pauper in the year, the average consumption of each person in the whole country, at the latest date to which our figures extend, very little exceeds 161 b. Surely these are facts which must silence all the objections which can be put forward against increasing the supply of this necessary ar ticle of human food. What avails it that our coffees duties have been reduced, it the supply of sugar remains stationary ? What avails it that we increase our trade with the Chinese, and bring to the consumer double the present quantity of tea, if no more sugar is to be admitted? How can the poor get the benefit of those relaxations of the tariff which have opened to their use the fresh fruits f r om the gardens of Flanders and Holland, if we are still to be stinted to exactly the same quantity of sugar, the share of each person decreasing annually as the population grows ? We are told that the supply of fruit during the last week has been so great in the metropolis, that the 13atayier from Rotterdam, the Antwerpen from Antwerp, and the steam-packet from Havre, have landed on our quays such an abundance of fruit, that currants, which recently sold for 10d. the quart, have been sold during the past week at 10d. the gallon. . But what of all this, if the poor man, the decent mechanic, and the great bulk of the population, are deprived of a cheap and abundant supply of that commodity which can alone enable them to turn these advantages to account? What could more conduce Bathe health and com fort of a large community ?—what gr domestic luxury to the poor, than such a supply of sugar as would enable them to preserve for future use such an abundant and cheap supply of fruit? A good Sugar Bill is a necessary comple ment to all the reductions and reforms which we have made in our tariff. Weigh against the great public interests in volved in the measure all the arguments which are put fcr ward by the monopolists against it—in all of them we re cognise only one idea and one fact, which has been thecon spicuous mark of our sugar legislation from time immemorial —the interests of the many sacrificed to those of the few.— Chronicle. • DEATH OF COLONEL MACIRONE.—T his distinguished but unfortunate officer expired suddenly on Saturday morn ing last. He was born at Manchester in 1787, and was sent by his father to Italy, in 1801, for commercial objects, and was detained at Naples on the breaking ottt of the war. King Having attracted the attention of Murat , then of Naples, from a certain likeness he bore to Buonaparte, as well as by his success in experimental science and athletic exercises, be entered the Neapolitan service, and in a short time was ap pointed one of the Aides-de-camp of Murat, with the rank of Colonel: he was also decorated with the crosses of the Two Sicilies, and of the Legion of Honour. His " Interesting Facts," published in London, concerning that ill-starred monarch, were so eagerly sought in Italy, where the book was prohibited, that manuscript copies of it sold at a very high price. In 1820 and 1821 Colonel Macirone sent several hundred men to the Spanish settlements in South America, and received the fruitless rank of Brigadier-General from the Republic of Colombia. He aftetwards served the Liberal party in Spain, until the retreat of the Cortes to Cadiz. During the agita tion of the Reform Bill lie printed his " Defensive Instruc tions for the People," of which many thousand copies were sold ; he subsequently published two volumes of autobio graphy, intending to follow them by two others, had not the death of his bookseller prevented his design. They attracted great attention and elicited much applause in the periodicals of the time. Of late years he dedicated himself to mecha nical pursuits, principally to the establishment of steam loco motives on common roads, but failing in this undertaking he became much e mbarrassed in his circumstances, and never recovered any part of the money he embarked. lie was the contributor of many useful suggestions in the Mechanics' Magazine, and other scit ntitie periodicals; and amongst those suggestions may be mentioned the Archimedes screw, for the impulsion of steam-ships, many years before it was adopted by Government. He died suddenly, but calmly, without a murmur, we are afraid in utter destitution, leaving a widow and two daughters, of course quite penniless. LLANGOLLEN.—Mr. Cobden has been in the neigh bourhood of Llangollen and Machynlleth during the last fortnight; his lady is a native of the latter place. His health is improving. Cobden's print dresses are very fashionable amongst the ladies here; nothing else will do. Mr. C. was surprised to see so large a congregation at Llan gollen church, but the secret of his being there had got out, and everybody rushed to see the agitator. —Cuenareon Herald. PARlS.—Workmen have commenced the demolition of the elephant in the Place de la Bastille. The figure is com posed chiefly of wood and plaster, very little iron being used about it. At the first blow of the hammer a number of rats ran out, no fewer than 200 having been destroyed. t6TLEY'i , ROYAL AMPiIITHEAIRK. Proprietor. Mi. W. Batty. Ender the especial pstronagts of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and , Ite Princess Royal. Tremendous overflows. The present productions nightiy hailed with the most rapturous applause. Second Week of the l'hanlorn Horseman: . Fiftieth Night of the Indian Wars. Tins EVENING wilt be performed the Grand - Military Spectacle, called THE 411{IIS' INVASION; or, England's Victories of 1846. Intro ducing the whole resources of the Theatre, military Brass Bands, &c. After which, Novel and Picturesque SCENES of the HIPPO DROME and Sports of the Curriculum, by the British and Foreign FrOIeSSOTS. Clowns in the Arena, Messrs. Wallet and Rochez. 'tie whole concluding with the successful Equestrian Drama of the PHANTOM HORSEMAN. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six. and commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE Last Week of Mr. Osbaldiston, Miss Vincent, and the Double Dra matic Company of the Surrey and Victoria Theatres, and First Appearance of Mr. Shepherd. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Melodrama. entitled WILDFIRE, THE GYE'SEY HORSE STEALYR ; or, The Fortunes and Chances of War. Joe Mizen, Mr. Neville ; Ben Mizen, Mr. Shepherd; Harry Marsden, Mr. Hughes; Wildfire, Mr. Saville; Captain Lindsay, Mr. Johnson ; Peter Pertains, Mr. G. Forman ; Mary Marsden, Miss Vincent ; Peggy. Miss L. Pearce. After which, THE HONEYMOON. Duke Aranza, Mr. Osbal dlston ; Rolando, Mr. ; Juliana, Miss Vincent. To conclude with THE RED ROVER. The lied Rover, Mr. Hughes. Under the patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. This magnificent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of grandeur, the picture being more than twice the size of the former, and represents, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great Eruption of Vesuvius in the year 79, when the under Destructhtion direction f Her culaneum and Pompeii tco k place: produced e of Mr. Danson. A richly ornamented cIOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CONCERTS, conducted by Mr. Godirey. The Band consists of Fifty first •rate Performers, selected principally from the Coldstream and her Majesty's private band. In addition to the other attractions of the Gardens, will be exhi bited CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, approac hed by the Illumi nated Gothic Bridge, representing in the Interior Telemachus relating his adventures to Calypso. The pYROTECIINIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are On the most complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display, a novel exhibition will be intro luced, representing the Descent of nimbus in the Chariot of the Sun. Mons. larinelli will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in !might, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive Lim, and bear him to his chrystal home. The Glass Conservatory is splendally ornamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivora by gas-light. Feeding of the Carnivora at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at six ; Concert at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk. On moND....r, Aug. 10, will take place a GRAND NEAPOLITAN CARNIVAL and FETE D'ETE ; combining all the novelties of the season. Admission. One Shilling. UOC and the Cross," 2 vo l s ., sma ll B vo .—The above work i s Edited Fi by EL E A l a iot ; W a r o b r u r t E o n n , gl E a t. n q d , a i u n t ho t h r e o f ' N l e ' b w e C W res o c r eli d published this day by 111 r. Colburn, of Great Marlborough street, and may now be bad of all booksellers. The follow .ing-are alscr now ready , t-2. Horace Walpole's Memoirs of the Reign of George the Second, edited by the late Lord Holland, now printed for the first time in the Bvo form, in 3 vols. with portraits, 365. bound. 3. The Modern Orlando, in seven cantos, 6s. 4. Echoes from the Back Woods, by Capt. Levinge, 2 vols., 21s. 5. Second Series of the Stanhope Memoirs, comprising the Seven Years' Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope, 3 vols., 31s. 6d. 6. Lord Brougham's Lives of Men of Letters and Science, volume the second. 7. The Poetical Works of Horace Smith, one' of the authors of " Rejected Addresses," 2 vols., 12s. 8. Viscount Fielding • and Captain Kennedy's Travels in Algeria in 1845, 2 V 01, 41 Nl' THE SUN, THE WEATHER.—Smt OFFICE, JULY 27. TIIERMONETER, Lowest, 50; Highest. 75 ; NOOO, 75. BAROMETER, 30 :7‘5.. WIND S. W. ; morning, rain: af term), cloudy and sultry 111 WAI'Elt AT LON ‘I; V!-; is tiAY .. II minutes after 4, Evelainz .. 27 n - lin , ies eller 4 THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, MRS. MABERLY'S " LEONTINE. " In 3 vols., post Bvo. " A story of the deepest interest, wrought out with an ability and skill which we have rarely seen surpassed.—Observer. - "14y far the most delightful romance of its class that we have for a long time eneountered."--Naval and ➢tilitary Gazette. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marilxirough76treet. Now ready, in a neatly bound Pocket Volume, embellished With an Engraving, price 65., BELFORD REGIS. By MISS MITFORD. Forming the New Volume of THE STANDARD NOVELS AND ROMANCES. This unrivalled series, including the best Modern WORKS of FICTION, contains the most popnlar Works of the following, amongst many other distinguished Authors : J. Fenimore Cooper I Sir E. Buiwer Lytton G. P. it. James Theodore Hook Captain Marryat Miss Austen Mrs. Gore Mrs. Trollope The Misses Porter Godwin Morier Maxwell Hope The Author of " Marriage" Mrs. Kant' Albert Smith, Stc.'Sce. Any Volume may he had separately. " An unrivalled series of modern works of fiction."—Athenmum. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. se To be had also of all Booksellers. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, TUESDAY, JULY 28, Will be performed (for the first time in this country) Donizetti's Opera Buffs, entitled, DON GREGORIO ; or, L'AJO NELL IMBARAZZO. Don Gregorio, Signor Lablache ; Cotnt Giulio, Signor Fornasari ; Enrico, Stotor Mario ; Ilippetto, Signor F. Lablache ; Gilda, Madame Castellan. In the course of the Evening, 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. Ceritc, Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, Mdlle. Demelisse, Mdlle. Cassan, and MM. St. Leon and Perrot. Also, a DIVERTISSEMENT, in which Mdlle. Taglionl will appear. HER MAJESTY'S . EATRE. Signor 3fARIO most respectfully informs the Nobility, Patrons to the Opera, his Friends, and the Public, that his BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 30, When will he performed Donizetti's Opera Raft, entitled, DON GREGORIO; or, L'AJO NELL q3IBAIZAZZO. Don Gregorio, Signor Lablache ; Count Giulio, Signor Fornwiari ; Enrico, Signor Mario; Pippetto, Signor F. Lablache ; Gilds, Mdme. Castellan. After which, the new and original Divertissement, by M. Perrot, the Music by Signor rugnl, entitled, LE JUGE3IENT --DE PARIS. Introducing a new Grand Pas, entitled Le Pas des DCesses." The principal parts by 3ladlie. Taglionl, 3fadlle. Lucile Grahn, Mdlle. Cerito, M3I. Perrot and St. Leon, Mdlle. Louise Taglioni, Mdlh 3. Cassan and Derr elisse, &c. To be followed by Bellinrs admired Opera, compressed into One Act, PI It A T A. Imogene. Madame Grist ; Ernesto, Signor Fornasari ; Gual tiero, Signor Mario. With various Entertainments in the BALLET department. In which will appear .Mlles. Taglioni, L. Grahn, Cerito, L. Taglioni, Petit Stephan, Cassan, Dealelisse ; MM. St. Leon and Perrot, Bcc. Appl:cations for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box 'Mee, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at half-past Seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. On account of the unprecedented success of M. MASSOL, the most celebrated Baritone in Europe, in the part of GUILLAUME IF.LL on Saturday last, he will REPEAT the Character nus EVENING, being the Last Night it can possibly be performed. Early applications for Places is positively necessary. JOHN PARSONS, Box Book-keeper. THE %.Trtle. ROYAL, DRURY- GA N . F. THE BRUSSELS OPERA COMPANY. THIS EVENING. Will he performed Rossini's Grand Opera of GUILLAUME TELL. Guillaume Tell, M. Massol (his first appearance); Arnold, M. La borde ; Walter. M. Zelger ; Gessler, 31. Darlene ; Ruodi, M. Boulo ; Matilde, Madame Laborde; Jemmy', Madame Guichard. To conclude with the grand Scene from the Second Act of LES HUGUENOTS. Marguerite, Madame Laborde. To-Itomtow there will be no Performance. On WEDNESDAY, " La Juive." On FRIDAY will be performed, Halevy's Comic Opera, " Les Monsquetaires de la Reine." Doors op: n at Seven, per.ormance to commence at half-past Seven. FRENCH PLAYS—ST.. JAMES'S TIIEATRE. Mr. MITCHELL has the honour to announce, that the eminent Tragedienne, 31dlie. RACHEL, whose appearances have been hailed with the highest enthusiasm, will appear THIS EVENING, MONDAY, JULY 27. The Performances will commence with Duval's Petite Comedy, entitled LES lIERITIERS on, Le Naufrage. Jaques Kerlebon, 31. Cartigny. After which (for the first time at this Theatre), Racine's cele brated Tragedy of BAJAZET. Bajazet, Mons, Felix ; RoXane, Marine. Rachel. To eonclu le with the first Act of Moliere's popular Comedic of LE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME. 31. Jourdain, 3i. Cartigny ; Eleve de Maitre de Musique, Madlle. Ernesta Grisi. Prices of Admission—Reserved Seats in the Dress Boxes, 7s. 6d. ; 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. Hookham, 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. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Second and Third Acts of Auber's cele brated Opera, entitled THE BLACK DOMINO; or, A Night's Adventure. Juanita, Madame Anna Thition ; Paquita, Miss P. Horton ; Gil Podrida, Mr. J. Island. Atter which, a New and Original Drama, called BOROUGH I*o - T iCS. Principal characters by Messrs. Webster, Tilbury, Buck stone; Mrs. Glover, and Mrs. E. Tarnold. To be followed by an Operatic Extravaganza, entitled THE WONDERFUL W ITER CURE. Tartaglit, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Belloni, Mr. Hudson; Argentine, Madame Anna Thillon. To conclude with the Farce of HIS LAST LEGS. Characters by MeKrs. Iludsoa, Holt, Tilbury, Mrs. Clifford, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM NDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MIIS. KEELEY Triumphant success of another New Drama. " Above and Below" will be performed every Evening until further notice. THIS 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 he followed by a New Comic Drama, entitled ABOVE AND BELOW. ABOVE :—M. Dorville, Mr. Diddear ; Armand, Mr. A. Wigan; Sans Souci, Mr. Meadows; Cecile, Miss Falrbrother. BELOW : —Landre, Mr. F. Matthews ; Poisson, Mr. Keeley ; Leo nard, Mr. It. Butler ; Lolot, Miss Ellen Daly. After which the Comic ama Dr, called THE DUSTMAN'S BELLE. Characters by Messrs. Diddear, F. Vining, Meadows, Keeley, Miss Vdlars, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the new 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, ADELPHL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. Tills 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. Buckstone's Comic Drama, called TILE MM!) WITH THE MILKING PAIL. Diccon, Mr. Wright ; Milly, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with the new awl successful Farce, entitled THE CORPORAL'S WEDDING ; or, A Kiss of the Bride. Major Griskin, Mr. Selby; Nancy Cobb, Mizs E. Chaplin. PRINCESS'S TITEATRE. OXFORD-STREET THIS EVENING • Will be performed the Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. In whic , Mr. Charles Mathews will perform. T> be fAlowed by the admired Comedietta, entitkd WHY DON'T SHE MARRY ? or, The Swiss Cottage. Natz Tieck, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Corporal Max, Mr. Walton ; Lisette., Madame Vestris ; Louise, Miss Somers; Ninette, Miss Taylor. After which a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE SLEEP ING BEAUTY IN TIIE WOOD. Lord Factotum, Mr. Charles Mathews ; .Princess Isabelle, Madame Vestris. (.o'"4 :.i `mss ;! ; Z t‘,tk.. ~ c , 1• 1 : !",f,1 • ,-'70 1 r 4,„._ 6 , fse-;:`a CAr:Cyr -....e. 4, ;_,‘ 1- ,-"--, --- - , s' 1 k ._ ~..4d- r , ~.41,1 . t.i°"'"s'l, .``%.,k l. g:;/ • 4 - . l‘' 43 -`4'(4 t !••:' ,. :1_ ,....._ " ',s;i ts. l . N 2 i,: -. 3k , 's'2 • A 1 _ -t• iE !- l' ' . 1 , 4,4,,,,radu%, ''' ' 1: / • ...,....." CATentag Atit LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 27, 1846. No reasonable doubt now exists that the great mea sure of the RUSSELL Administration will obtain the sanction of Parliament as decisively, if not more triumphantly, than did the great measure of the PEEL Administration. That the abolition of all differential duties upon sugar should follow the aboli tion of all restrictions against the importation of corn, is but natural. It is the rational sequence in commercial reform. It is the next segment in the circle. Bearing in mind, however, the long con tinuance of those systems which are now considered so obnoxious ; remembering that so many thousands have been pampered by an unnatural protection from competition, and that these thousands have imbibed, during a series of generations, a prejudice in favour of those protective imposts, it cannot be surprising that any step made towards the removal of their revered talisman should arouse their indignation, excite their fears, or elicit the ' most general and earnest opposition. hitherto the Legislature has been fostering that very enthusiasm for protection which it now endeavours to allay, in the bosoms of our insular agriculturists and our colo nial planters. The latter are, in point of fact, nothing less than the spoilt children of a villanous mercantile code ; and, in accordance with what we may term the prescriptive rights of spoilt children, our agricul turists and planters become petulant and restive under the tardy correction of the Legislature—they are vociferous for the perpetuation of their old system of leniency. The time has, however, arrived when they must emerge from their leading strings and maintain their position them selves, unscared by the multitude of their competitors, winning their way, as all honest merchants and husbandmen should, by their own good industry, probity, and enterprise. They must never again look for that mistaken kindness which has hitherto been awarded them by the Government —a kindness alike prejudicial to their own prosperity and pernicious to the interests of thsir common country. Still, in abandoning the old pathway blocked up with so many obstructions, dug into so many pit falls, and deteriorated by so many intolerable sinuosi ties, and in entering the level and capacious highway of free trade, it is both just and generous to explain the reasons for such an alteration to every one who , questions its policy or denies its necessity. As regards the Corn question such has been the beha viour pursued throughout. ADAM Satiric and other political economists broached the advisability of such a change. The pamphlets of Colonel HONIPSON, together with the rhymes of ELLIOTT, enforced the same notion. The annual motion of Mr. VILLIERS drew the attention of cur 'legislators to the matter, and compelled them to acknowledge that at least there was a necessity for some examination into the matter. The League, by its orations, its discussions, its tracts, and its newspapers, laid all the bearings of that gigantic question before the British population. And not only was the rationality of the proposed re form demonstrated to all refractory minds by logical arguments, but likewise by experiments, the success of which there was no means of denying—we mean the tariff experiments of Sir ROBERT PEEL. Not until the matter had been thus thoroughly sifted by the national intellect ; not until the most ample and elaborate explanations had been reiterated to the pro tectionists, was the grand measure of abolishing the corn-laws brought to a termination. The same conduct has been pursued with reference to the Sugar question; but with a considerable abbre viation in the mode of explanation and remonstrance, from the fact, that in most of the arguments to be employed it is nothing better than travelling over the same ground. The relaxations in regard to sugar and corn are only different tracks to the realisation of universal freedom in commerce; and we admire the pithy observation of the Courrier Francais, that " the natural consequences of the revision of the corn-laws ought to be the revision of the sugar duties." There is, so to speak, a consanguinity in the two measures. We have ourselves already reiterated, again and again, the whys and the wherefores of this proposed enactment in favour of placing foreign and colonial sugar upon an equal footing, or of avoiding any mincing distinctions between the produce of free labour and slave-labour in this instance. But, as we had formerly experienced, in the free-trade measures passed during the previous Administration, the same arguments might be gone over and over again with out producing the slightest effect upon the minds of thoEe to whom they were so peculiarly unwelcome— after statements had been demclished to the satisfac- tion of the smallest understandings, they were stilt brought forward, time after time, as though they were the most indisputable of moral truths, and as though their accuracy has never been impeached even by a whisper. Precisely of the same character is the opposition pursued in behalf of the preservation of the differential duties upon sugar. Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY, anxious to explain his sentiments be yond all possibility of misapprehension, has issued a second letter to the Premier, in which he persists in the same fallacious style of reasoning. Ile de mands a trial for the planters, and maintains that the capabilities of the colonies should be tested; as if that trial (and one, moreover, of a terribly expensive character) had not been given by this country during a long series of years ; and as if those capabilities had not been thoroughly tested and found insufficient to supply that necessary article of nourishment to the mother country ! But he even proceeds beyond this very comprehensive flight of imagination. He actu ally makes an ingenious display of calculations by which—this being done, and that being done, and the other beilig done—the 472 estates of Berbice alone would return " 130,000 hogsheads of sugar for home consumption ! " Such are, undoubtedly, very ad mirable schemes and air-built temples, but they are altogether dispelled by a few blunt, dogged facts. Such facts, for instance, as that out of these 472 sugar estates of Berbice, " all, except thirty-five, have been abandoned"—(we are quoting Mr. BERKELEY himself)—and that " these thirty -five estates in the last year made 8,800 hogsheads." Eight thousand eight hundred hogsheads—not one hundred and thirty thousands! But, says Mr. BERKELEY, the opportunities must be given us by the Legislature. To this we cannot but opine that plenty of oppor tunities have presented themselves since the passing of the Emancipation Act. And, notwithstanding these opportunities, we find that in the five principal ports of England the sales from the East In dies have fallen to 776,510 quintals for the present year, from 958,125 quintals in a corre sponding portion of 1845—and a decrease from Java, Manilla, &c., of 14,272, in 1846, from 30,176, in 1845. Mr. STURGE, again, declares himself opposed to the projected measure solely on the plea of its tending to propagate the spirit of the slave-trade, and without alluding to its being prejudicial to the pecuniary in terests of our colonial possessions, while Mr. BERKELEY solely enters his protest against the measure upon the latter consideration, acknowledging that "the cry of immorality cannot be fairly raised to prevent the admission of slave sugar." This looks uncommonly like inconsistency in our colonial protec tionists, and we doubt not that the present will con stitute another illustrious example, that a house divided against itself cannot by possibility stand. The naval estimates for the year were brought forward on Friday night, by Mr. H. G. WARD, the new Secretary of the Admiralty, in a speech which de servedly obtained the approbation of persons of all classes of politic s. The knowled g e of the subject he displayed, having been so short a time in office, was most creditable to him. Sir CHARLES NA.PIER, who, it is well known, criticises in ONION, MO-NDAY _EVENING, JULY Q 7, 1848. the closest manner anything connected with the service to which he has devoted him sAf, and of which he is so great an ornam-nt, professegllim , ;elf ast,nistied at the 111,1,S lit intorwa tion brought fOrwarJ, and stated thiit he had heard a clearer elucidation of th. state of the na‘y. The total amount of the votes taken was 7,667,4141., from which, deducting the reserved credit for 190,4611., the gross sum required for that branch of the public service would be 7,476,953/., a large expenditure indeed, and one deserving of the closest scrutiny of the House ; but large as it is; we are convinced that there is no Englishman who would desire that the efficiency of the navy should be im paired in any the slightest degree by any undue economy, or petty saving ; we have too long suffered under the effects ofthe penny-wise and pound-foolish system to desire that it should be tried on a service which has justly been looked upon as the bulwark and defence of England—the source of her power and i;reatness. Mr. WARD, most properly, refrained from holding out any false hope of a diminution of the expenditure. He stated " that he did not believe that any great reduction in these estimates was pos sible or probable, so long as the naval establishments of other nations continued on the footing on which they were at present placed. He thought it would be both unfit and unsafe, he believed it would be dishonourable for England again to run the risk she had twice done during the last five years, from an unwillingness to increase their naval establishment — that there were periods, when any sudden rupture here, or on the other side of the Atlantic, would have found us unprepared." This is, indeed, a serious consideration : it is well known that the best way to avoid a war which, under the most favourable circumstances, must prove injurious to our commerce, and disastrous to the best interests of the nation, is to be found ever prepared for any alternative that may be forced upon us, to be enabled to protect the rights and interests of our country. Such a state of preparation, too, enables us to speak temperately and firmly, that while on the one hand we make no un worthy, unwise, or dishonourable concession, any step which we may take to avoid so frightful an event cannot be imputed to timidity or cowardice. The na tion, conscious of its strength and power, can afford to take steps for the preservation of peace, the policy or prudence of which might be doubtful in another, whose resources were less available. It was by these means that we avoided the horrors that would have been occasioned by hostilities with our trans-Atlantic brethren, with whom we may now look forward to a long interchange of friendly relations, mutually beneficial to both countries. There was one part of the Right Honourable Gentleman's speech which we hailed with peculiar pleasure—that which hell out a hope that the close attention of the Admiralty would be directed during the recess to a system which alone could afford a substitute for the atrocious one of naval impressment, a practice repugnant alike to every feeling of justice and equity, and injurious to the parties robbed of their liberty, and subjected to the vile and brutalising lash. This painful necessity (if it can be called a necessity) has hitherto been occasioned by the want of a proper sys tem of organisati m by which a connexion between the royal and the mercantile navy might be formed and kept up, and the services of men who had once served their country, who had been practised and trained in naval tactics, whose prAssional education had been completed, and each of whom would he more valuable than four of the untried men, who could be procured even by impressment on any occasion of emergency, might be readily and imme• diately obtained. The Act for the general register of seamen, although it is susceptible of and requires much improvement, has proved a great check upon desertion from the merchant service, but it is not in that respect alone that it would be valu able. It would be the source and origin from which they might, at a trifling expense, draw in time of need, and, with a proper organisation, would form a most powerful naval reserve. They would always have at home trained sailors, ready for the advance ships ; but, as the Hon. Gentleman well remarked, there was in it too much of mulct and penalty, too little inducement to merit, and too little of permanent interest. It has been 'he common mistake to attempt matters by coercion which could be much more efficiently and usefully lone by kindness. We may hope that an alteration will take place, and that a better made of treatment will henceforth be adopted to• wards our hardy seamen—that steps will he taken, to use the Hon. Secretary's own words, to recal and collect together those ele ments of strength now scattered over the whole globe. By our own fault they are so scattered, and it is in our power to recal them by devising a better mode of treatment for the gallant men upon whom the country must rely for its safety. What can be more foolish, or ridiculous, or more injurious in its effects, than the practice of discharging a whole ship's company the moment she is paid off? The consequences are most demoralising and in jurious to the men themselves—they are plundered of their hard-earned wages by a set of harpies who are in waiting, watching for the opportunity, and in a few days are left in destitution, and obliged to seek from other powers that employment which is not afforded to them by their own country. Thus their skill, training, and discipline is lost to us, and transferred to other nations, by whom it is more fully and correctly appreciated. Would it not be far cheaper to retain those valuable men in our own service, to give them a permanent interest in their own country ? A certain number could be kept always ready to supply any demand. We sincerely trust that the present Board of Admi ralty will reorganise and systematise the great defen sive arrangements now in existence. NVe leave it in their hands, and augur %yea of the result from the fair promises held out. lhe German Gazette of Frankfort announces that the Russian and Prussian troops left Cracow on the 13th instant. she Austrian garrison was, according to some accounts, to remain for three years, and ac cording to others, for a longer period. The three political residents will also leave, the arms having been removed from their hotels. A Russian agent is to remain. The English agent has received orders from his Government to confine himself to commcer• cial affairs so long as the present state of things continues. The Hamburgh Correspondent publishes a letter from Hanover of the 17th instant, which says— " The King has been ill for the last week. Yesterday it WIS reported that his disorder had assumed a serious charac ter, but we are disposed to believe that the report is un founded." A correspondent of the Cologne Gazette states that on the 18th the Second Chamber of the States of Hanover deliberated on the proposition of M. LANG, respecting the duchies of Sleswick and Holstein. M. DE KLENZE, one of the Ministers, maintained that the Chamber could not interfere in the matter. Two Members, MM. HOPPENSTEDT and t I TACHSMULII, opposed this opinion, and the Chamber at last passed a vote declaring that " the States were fully con vinced that the Government would employ all its efforts to prevent any attempt on the part of a foreign power to meddle with the independence of the duchies of Sleswick and Holstein." On the 16th the following decree of amnesty was published by his Holiness Pope Pius IX. It is signed by the POPE alone, without ail coulter-signature of a Minister. "Pius IX. to his faithful subjects; salutation and apostolic benediction. "In these days, when our heart is moved to see p ublic j o y manifested at our being raised to the Pontificate, we cannot retrain fro m a feeling of grief in thinking that a certain num ber of families are unable to participate in the common jov, because they bear the pain of some offences committed 6y one of their members against society, against the sacred rights of the legitimate Prince. " We now d e sire to cast a look o f com p assion on the inex perienced y ou th w hi c h has been led awa y b y deceitful ho p es, in the midst of political discord , w here it has been rather the seduced than the seducer. It is for that reason that we hand, p w e i i s i l t i an to ce s . tret .No ch m, o , u t t b t a hteourgood p eo p le have shown toward s and offer the peace of the heart to those misguided children who will evince sincere re us their affection, and their constant veneration for the Holy See, and for our person, we are persuaded that we may par don without danger. We, therefore, ordain that the com mencement of our Pontificate shall be solemnised by the fol lowing act of sovereign grace : " 1. There is granted to all our subjects who are undergo ing punishment fbr political offences a remission of their sen tences, provided that they make in writing a sokin:n declara tion, on their honour, that they will not in any manner or at any time abuse this grace, and will for the future fulfil the duties of good and faithfill subjects. " 2, Those of our subjects who have fled to foreign coun. tries in consequence of political crimes, may profit by the preaent resolutions in making known within the delay of one year to our Apestolic Nuncios or other representatives of the iloly See, their desire to profit by this act (.f our clemency. 3. We equally pardon those who, for having .taken part in any conspiracies against the State, are under political sur veillance, or may have been declared incapable of holding municipal offices. "4. It is ourelei,ire that all criminal prosecutions for poli- • tical offences which. have not yet received definitivejuaginent hould be instantly put a stop to, and that the prisoners be set at liberty, unless any of them may demand the con tinuation of their trials, in order that their innocence may be proved. "5. There shall not be included in the provisions of the preceding articles the small number of ecclesiastics, of military officers and unployds of the Government who have been already condemned, or have fled, or are now under trial for political offences. With regard to those we reserve our de cision until He shall have obtained information as to their particular position. 6. There are also excluded from the present amnesty crimes and ordinary offences, which are subject to the juris diction of the tribunal. " We are anxious to feel a confidence that those who will avail themselves of our clemency will know bow at all times to respect their duties and their honour. We hope, more over, that their minds, softened by our pardon, will lay aside their civil hatreds, which are always the occasion and the effect of political passions, iu mider, to draw closer those bonds of peace by which God desires that all the sons of the same father shall be united; but if our hope be deceived. it would be with bitter pain that we should call to mind that if clemency is the sweetest attribute of sovereignty, justice is its first duty. "Given at Rome this 16th day of July, 1816, in the first year of our Pontificate. (Signed) " PIUS P P. IX." A letter from Rome, of the 18th, gives an interest , ing account of the effect produced by the publication of the amnesty. It says : • " Nothstanding the exceptions, more than 1,200 per sons are liberated by the happy determination of the truly generous heart of Pius IX. The proclamation of the Holy Father, and the list of the persons amnestied, was posted up yesterday eveninc , at seven o'clock. Half an hour afterwards the people crowded b to the Quirinal, shouting Vira it Papa! Viva rio nono! Viva it nostro bade Papa? From half past seven to half-past nine, the crowd continued to increase at the Quirinal and on the square of Monte Cavallo, and the Holy Father appeared, in conformity wish the wish of the people, three times at the Grand Balcony, from which he gave each time his benediction, amidst the loudest and most en thusiastic acclamations. At about ten o'clock an orchestra was celebrating the Igte of St. Camilla ' in the church of the Madeleine. The crowd went there, and requested the musi- cians to leave the church and go to the Quirinal to perform in testimony of the joy of the people. At eleven o'clock the square of Monte Cava lo and the environs of the Quirinal were still filled with a compact crowd, whose acclamations' were incessant. The repeated cries of Viva Pap aono induced the Pope to appear a fourth time in the balcony, notwith standing the lateness of the hour. The night was very dark, but torches were burning in the balcony, and the populacehad also lighted an immense number, so that every facewas visible, and the effect was pleasing in a high degree. The musicians and a portion of the crowd remained' under the windows of the Quirinal until after midnight: There were no guards out, and yet not the slightest breach of order occured. The city will be illuminated for several evenings in honour of this great event. It is reported that the Pope will in a very few days announce his decision as to the choice of a Secretary o: State. The prevailing opinion is that Cardinal Gizzi will be appointed to this important post, but many persons imagine that the Pope, notwithstanding his wish to appoint Cardinal Gizzi, will be compelled to yield to the influence of high per sonages, who are opposed to such a course. As to Cardinal Lambruschini, it is said that he has lost all chance of being made Secretary of State." - The ratification of the commercial treaty between Russia and the Porte has been received at Constanti nople. REDSCHID PACHA on this occassion received the decoration of the order of the White Eagle in brilliants. Intelligence has been received from Lisbon of the 20th instant. The Miguelite movement in the north has been completely suppressed. The Septembrist movement has, however, acquired increased force, and Signor LOUREIRO, the Minister at War, whose neglect of the claims of the officers who took part in the movement at Almeida, in 843, has been forced to resign his portfolio to Viscount SA DA BANDEIRA. The following is the composition of the new Ministry :—Duke DF PALMELLA, President and Minister of the kingdom ; Viscount SA DA Bari- DEIRA, War; Count DE LEVRADIO remains in the Foreign Affairs ; Senor AGUIAR, Justice; JULIO GOMES, Finance; Mousinno, Marine. Madrid Papers of the 20th have arrived. The Herald() continues to advocate the claims of Don FRANCISCO D'Assis to the hand of his cousin, the QUEEN. General Pam has been appointed Captain-General of Galicia, in the room of General VILLA LONGA re signed. MADRID BOURSE, JULY 20.—The Three per Cents, are reported to be 341, buyers ; Five per Cents., 21i ditto ; and Passive Debt, 6i. We have received the Paris papers of Friday and Saturday. General LAMORICIERE has announced himself as a candidate for the first arrondissement of Paris, in oppo sition to M. CASIMIR PERIER, and although M. OpfLoN BARROT comes forward as the General's political god father, yet the Liberals seem by no means satisfied with his professions of faith ; and, accordingly, the L'ourrier Francais attacks him for not being suffi ciently explicit, while, on the other hand, the Journal des Debats, the organ of the Ministry, attacks him fur not at once, if he is an Opposition candidate, avowing himself to be such, instead of contenting himself with declaring that he shall enter the Chamber as a " perfectly independent man." The Moniteur Parisieu announces the arrival of Marshal BUGEAUD at Cette, from Algiers, and adds that he will return to Africa after the elections. The society of libre ichangistes of Bordeaux held its second meeting on the 21st. The Mayor of Bor deaux, who is the president of the society, gave an account to the meeting of the impressions that he had received in his recent visit to England, and called upon such of the members of the society as are electors to give their votes only to the advocates of free trade. M. FOUCHER has . been appointed Director -General of Civil Affairs in Algeria. M. MASSIEN, the friend and successor of the Abbe SICARD, the inventor of the system of instructing the deaf and dumb, died at Lille on the 21st. He was 75 years of age. PARIS Bouasz, JULY 25..,--The market continues ex ceedingly firm, and both Railway Shares and the French Funds have advanced. The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 30c., and were done in the Coulisse, at 4 o'clock, at 83f. 321 c,. demanded. Havre Shares were again in great request, par ticularly towards the close. Spanish Threes were also sought after during the day. Definitive Shares are better —those of Lyons to Avignon being done at 251. below par, and those of Bordeaux to Cette at 405. below par. Notice was posted up to-day at the Bourse that no business would be transacted on Wednesday, the 29th, in consequence of its , being the grand holiday of the three days of Jnly. or the Account, the French Three per Cents. and Five per Cents. have risen sc. Loan not quoted. For Money, the Three per Cents. have risen 5f.; Five per Cents. have fallen 10c.; Loan not quoted. Bank of France Shares have fallen 5f.; Uouin Bank I,ooof. Shares have risen 5f.; Ganneron Bank Shares are unchanged ; Belgian Bank Shares not quoted. Spanish Three per Cents, have risen ; Roman is unaltered ; • Rutschild'e Receipts are quoted at 1001. 50c. ; Neapolitan Bonds and Portuguese Five per Centa. not quoted. Exchange on Lon don (thirty days) 25f. 67ic. ; ditto (ninety days) 251. 50c. Railway Shares for the Account, settlirg ofAugust 2 : Rouen to Havre have risen 12f. 50c.; Fampoux, lot:; Orleans to Bordeaux, 7f. 50c. ; Lyons, Nantes, Northern, Orleans to Vierzon, Paris to Orleans, Rouen, and Avignon to Marseilles, sf. each ; Paris to Strasburg, 2f. 50c. For zioney, Fampoux have risen 101. ; Rouen and Avignon to Marseilles, 7f. 50c. each; Lyons, Orleans to Bordeaux, and Versailles (Right Bank), sf. each; Northern, 3f. 7.5 c.; Paris and Orleans, Paris and Strasburg, and Nantes, 2f. 50e. each; Dieppe, Orleans to Vierzon, and Strasburg to Bale, are unchanged. BUSINESS LONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 25. Boulogne and Amiens, 12—Dendre Valley, lA—hutch Rhenish, 6N—Eastern Belgian Junction, 1.4 ---Namur and Liege, 3—Northern or France Constituted, 13 1 4—Orleans and Bordeaux, B—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 5% —Paris 'and Orleans, 48N —Rouen and ilavre, 27 —Strasbourg and Bale, 753• THE RICHMOND , RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) The:Richmond Railway was opened to the public this day. The station-houses are still unfinished, but the directors have most properly determined to lose no time in affording the public the benefits derivable from the improved means of transit. The journey to Richmond may now be performed by the ordinary trains in half, and by the express in a quarter of an hour. There are four intermediate stations, namely, Mortlake, Barnes, - Putney, and Wandsworth, at each of which the ordinary trains take up passengers. The di rectors have already entered into arrangements with one of the steam-packet companies for a boat to take passen gers to and from the terminus at Nine Elms at a reduced price. We trust that this will be extended, and that boats calling at all the important stations on the river may meet every train. In no way can they confer so great a be nefit on the company whose affairs they manage. Trains are to run every hour in the day from eight o'clock in the morning until half-past nine at night. The facilities thus afforded will, we doubt not, induce many professional gentlemen, who have hitherto been unable to spare the time consumed by slow modes of conveyance, to take up their re- sidences at places contiguous to the stations, or at least occa• sionally enjoy a purer air than that of the City. We under stand that proposals have been made by the South-Western Company for the purchase of the line, but that the Richmond Company have postponed the negotiation until they have had some experience of the returns likely to be yielded. Two folio columns of particulars of the Royal Christening were given in yesterday's Observer. The marriage of Lord Henley with Miss Augusta Peel, daughter of the Dean of Worcester, wil take place on Thursday nest. .144, .1 , 111.1.C:...111111..M.V0MPAM MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The. sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were about 3,500 bales, at former rates. ;hares were steady. Most parties in the City connected with banking and com mercial pursuits appear deeply anxious as to the result of the debate on the Sugar Duties, which will be commenced in the House of Commons this evening, and, it is sincerely hoped brought to a conclusion very speedily. The passage cf the Ministerial measure through the House of Commons is deemed all but a certainty, and should Lord Brougham bring forward the matter, though indirectly, as is believed will be the case this evening, something like an index will be formed of the extent of hostility .that may be expected to bear upon the proposition of the Premier. The accounts received from the United States of the passing of the tariff, in which many concessions are made in favour of this country, have gives very con siderable satisfaction in mercantile circles, as there were doubts entertained that the scale would have been " burked" in the upper branch of the Legislature. It is now fairly presumed that business will very considerably be augmented between the two countries, especially after the adjustment of the Oregon question, which has so long unsettled mercantile pursuits. Some samples . of the new crop of Wheat were placed on the stands in Mark-lane this morning, and realised 555. per quarter, or about Gs. to Bs. less than might have been realised the week before last, quality considered. A very considerable amount of business has been done in the grain trade to-day. The new Nl' heats are rather short as to weight, but of good average quality. The accounts from most parts of the country within a circle of 70 to 80 miles state that harvest operations, where not already actually be gun, will become general in the course of the present week. Heavy showers Lave fallen in all directions to the great bene fit of the spring sown corn especially. There is a very firm market for the Funds this morning, and the appearance of things has most decidedly improved. The price for the Account is now 96 1 / s , and for the first transfer day, to-morrow, 95% ; Exchequer-bills remain flat at from 15s. to 10s. premium. There has been a slight fall in India Bonds. Bank Stock has advanced 1 per cent. A very limited amount of business has been transacted in the Foreign Stocks this morning, but still prices are compa ratively firm. The New Brazilian Bonds for the Account are at 36 1 /„ the Mexican Five per Cents. at 26, the Portu guese Four per Cents. are at 46, Spanish Consols at 24% to 25, the Three per Cents. at 3614 %, the Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. at 59%; %, and the Four per Cents. 94%. The Railway Share Market has been rather more firm this morning. Still business cannot be said to be bask. ISEITISII FUNDS. ONE CLOSINC, O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. 208 209 209 three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9656 ►% 96 1 4 'three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 95% % 95% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Antis. 9 7%74 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1660 .. 10 5-16 10 5.16 India Stock .. . 261 India Bonds, 1,0001. .. 25 Ditto, under 1,000/. .. . Comb for Account Exchequer Bills. 1,0001... .. 500/. ~ Ditto, Small .. • - .. .. 20 25 I?id. 1 tid. 10 Pm. 15 10 pm. ONE 4'LOS IN ( . FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 .. .8714 Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 86K, 86 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 26 26 Portuguese Four per Cent .. .. 46 46 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 24% 25 25 Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 25 Ditto, Passive Bonds .. .. .. —5% Ditto, Deferred .. .. .. .. .. 16 Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. .. 3614 16 36 1 4 Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 3614 36% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59 4'ji 59% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 9414 % 94!4 PRICES OF BUSINESS RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT CLOSING ONE O'CLOCK. "ICES' Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2% % 1 Birmingham and Gloucester . 100 ....129)4 129% Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 6 1 % 7 7% Buckinghamshire .. 425. .... )4% dis % Caledonian .. 20 .... 1334 13 13% • . 13% Ditto, Half Shares .. .... a 4 Ditto, Extension .. .. 2%.,,. 1%,.••..•••• 1% Cambridge and Oxford .. I% .... .......... Chester and Holyhead .. 27% .... 27 .......... 27 Direct Northern .. 2% .... 1 1 4 % ..... 1% Eastern Counties .. 141. 165..... 24% 24 24 Ditto New .. .. 101. 165..... p• • 7 3 p Ditto, York Extension .. 10x..... 1% 2........ 2 Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 514 .. 3% •. •. 3% Goole, Doncast., and Aeftield, &c. 425. dis... die. Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 25 .... ..... 28 Great North of England . ..100 ....233 .......... 232 Great Western .. 85 ....151 . ........ 151 Ditto. Half Shares .. .. 50 .... 84 84 Lancaster and Carlisle '45 .... 62 .......... 62 Leeds and Bradford .. 26 .... 68 .......... 68 Leicester and Bediord 225..... di5....... dis. London an Birmingham . • .100 .•..231 232........ 232 Ditto, Thirds .. 32 .... 721 721 Ditto, Quarters -• . .. 2 .... 323 4 .......... 32% London and Black wall .. 161. 13s. 4d. .......... 9 London and Croydon .• • . 131. 15s 9d... 23 1 4 .... • • .... 23% London and South•Westem .411. 6s. 10d. • • • . 77 3 4 London and York .. 23s .... 1% .... • ..... - Manchester and Leeds.. .. 82 .• ~117 • . Ditto, Quarters .. .. 2 .... 8% Ditto, Fifths .. 3 .... .... ••• • • • Ditto, Sixteenths .. 6 9%.......... Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . .. ••.. • • Manchester, Buxton, & Dtatiock 425. .... 1 / 4 3p •• % p Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... .... • ..... 1 1 A Midla•id ..100 —.1483 4 .......... 148% Ditto, New .. .. 24 .. • . 39 38% . • 38% Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .... .......... Ditto, New . 1 .... 11 3 4 ........ 11% Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 15 .... 27 26% •• .• 26% Newark, Sheffield, and Boston . • 1% Norfolk .. .. 20 27 3 4 .. • •.. 27% Ditto, Extension . .. 2 .. . . 2 . . ...... North British .. .. • . 25 .• 35% 36 • ;i? Ditto, Halt shares .. 8% •• • • 13 % ••. Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 11A.... 3% 2% ••.. • • 3 Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 .... North Kent and Direct Dover 2% .... 1%34 .... • • 2 North Staffordshire 425. .. • • 3 P••• • • • 3 '4 Oxford,Worcest., & Wolverhmptn. 1 2 % .... 7% 14 • 7% Portsmouth litrect • • • • • .. • . 4% .•.. • • • Freston and Wyre .• •. 25 ........ 35% Ditto, Half Shares .. • . .. 2% .... 7% 7 • ..... .7 Richmond .. 10 .... is .......... 1814 Arewsbary and Birmingham .. 2%.... 2%34 2% Shropshire Union 425..... 13,5 di5....... 134 dis. SUutii Midland • 425..... 74 1 0% P•• • • % P =oink Eastern and Dover 3334 .... 4534 34 45% Ditto. New (isa. at 321.) No. 1. 16 .. 2314 23% Do., New (d 0.331. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 10 .... 16 .......... 16 lA Do., New (dv. 301.) .. No. 3. 15 .... 20 21 ....... 21 Do., New (do. 150 .. No. 4. 2% ... 3)1% ........ 3 3 / South W ales .. .; .. •.. 6 .... • • • • 11. Vale of Neath .. 2 .... II A Welsh, Midland 234.... 1 .... • • .... West Ruling Union - • • • • .. 425. •• .. p.• .. • ... Wialieach and S" Ives .. .. • • 2 .... 3 3 % . . .• . .• • York and Carlisle .. ....... York and North Midland . 50 ....102 . .... ••• •• Ditto. Scarborough Branch .. 25 .... 50 • • ...... Do. E. and W. Riding Exten.• • I .... 14 13% ...• • • FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. 14 12% .. • • .• •• • • Bord., Tout., & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 •• • • *— "•••• • • ' • Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 .• •••• • • • Dutch Rhenish .. .• 6 •• • • 6 % % ...... East India:, .. • • • • • • Luxembourg • • • Northern of France Constituted.. 5 •• • • 1314 13 • .• Or r i l e eals a a n n d d V B i n e rd rz e o a n na :: 1 6 0 1 8 41 %, Parism and MeuseidLyonseonstnute: , 1 5 .... 5% 34 •• .. Sombre JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Union of London .. • • .. .. 10 .• .. 11 .. • • • .... MINES. Heal del Monte, Unregistered .......... I: S A 117 8 10% s% 2% p 3% 102 50 13% LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY LONDON, JULY 27.—Wind S., light breezes, and hazy. DEAL, JULY 26.—Wind W.S.W. to W.N.W.—Arrd. 25, 'Nelson, Jamaica ; Agnes, Gilmore, Quebec ; Columbine, Montreal. Arrd. from the River; Fairy Queen, Owen, Cape of Good Hope ; Hebe, An derson, Falkland Island ; Cato, Scott, St. Vincent ; Camilla, Corney, Jamaica. Arrd. from the River and sld., Esseveir, Farwell, Boston ; Urania, Abraham, Tuscany ; Itapson, Singapore ; Ertprins van Orange, Batavia ; Hebe, Anderson, Falkland Islands ; Camilla, Corney, Jamaica ' Louisa Puntes der Nederlander, Hardyk, Dordrecht, and put back with damage, having been in contact with the Admiral van Ilermkirk, off Dungene,s. The Arab, Sumner, for Ceylon, has put back, having been in contact with the Sophia Su sanna, for Nassau, near Beach)* Head, and both received consider able damage—the latter proceeded for Ramsgate. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 2:;.—Arrd. Oriental steamer, Soy, Alex andria ; Madrid steamer, Bingham, Gibraltar. FALMOUTH, JULY 26.—Wind W.S.W., fresh breezes.—Arrd. Atlas, Davies, Quebec. Off port, Esther Sophia, South America, for Ham burgh. LIVERPOOL, JULY 26.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Minerva, Marden, Porto Cabello ; Ida, Porto ]lieu ; John lisooks, Lockhart, ditto ; John Scott. Nicholson, Jamaica; Lliza Killick, Norman, St. Do icing° ; Mary and Jane, Fletcher, New Orleans. MARVPORY, JULY 23.—The Eliza Ann, Carruthers, from Quebec to Port Ow:lisle, grounded on a bank about eight miles north of this place, and was abandoned, making much water, and it is feared will go to pieces. KILLYREGS, JULY 22,--Arrd. Colonist, Miramichi, Ballyshannon. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 25. Sld. Malabar, Parr, Bombay. Off port, Mercur, Raschen, West Coast of Africa, for Bremen ; Ealing Grove, Falconer, Dominica. Dovza, JULY 26.—The Enyo, from Newcastle to Rouen, was brought into harbour this morning leaky, and with rudder damaged, having been on shore._ MOiITROSE, JULY .25.—The Veracity, Mason, arrived here for Arch.ingel, is very leaky, and must discharge to repair. MARKET NEWS. -(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY. During the past week the arrivals of English Wheat were moderately extensive, and of fair average quality; but those of all.other articles of hoMe produce were small. The receipts of Grain from Scotland were limited, yet we received a fair average quantity of Oats from Ireland. The imports of fo reign Corn were small, but tho,e of Flour exceeded 25,000 barrels. Fre-h up, the receipts of English Wheat were very small; yet the show of samples exceeded the wants of the dealers. The trade, therefore, must be considered excessively dull. at almost nominal quotations. Although we can make no actual alteration in values to sell, lower rates—say from Is. to 2s. per quarter—have been submitted to by the factors. There were about sixty quarters of NEW Talavera Wheat on offer, in fair average condition, and which found buyers at 55s per quarter. The show of foreign Wheat was large. All descriptions were a mere drug, at barely, but at nothing quotable beneath, last Blonday's prices. No parcels on offer in bond. From all parts most flattering accounts continue to be received respecting the appearance of the Wheats, and the progress making in harvest operations. Notwith standing the show of Barley was small, that article met a very inactive sale. However, the quotations obtained last week were mostly supported. We had a full supply o f Malt, the time of year considered. Superfine white parcels Were quite as dear, but, in all other kinds, next to nothing was doing. From all pa rts onl y m oderate supplies o f O ats have come to hand ; ne verth eless, the demand., s barely late rat e s. for that sc e e x ly t . r a em n3 e t l i i , ing in v a ,a c s ti t Ni o e, ing a , at yet the slow holder would a h r i ti u cl e e was arcansnot submit to lower terms. Peas were a inquiry, but not cheaper. The sale for Flour was 4 unusually dull, at the late decline in value. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier 638 to 658 Red, New.... 38s t o 48 8 Oats —1 - •orkslure an •••. • • d Dltto,White, Old.. 49 3 56s Norfolk and Liu- Llncolnsh., Iced. 25s 27s Potatoe • • 308 335 coin, Red..... 568 57 6 Toughed and Cork, Ditto, White •• .. • • 58s 60s Black . ... . 238 24s Irish, Red .... .. —8 —8 Cork, White ... .. 221 27s Ditto, White.. .. •• —5 8 Scotch, Feed... —26 s dye — Old •• •••••• •• .• 328 33s Beans—Tick .—••— • • 30 s 36 s New. .•—. • .. 31s 33s Pigeons ... 428 484 Barley—Grinding ... .. 258 27s Pease—Grey. •••• • • • • 31s 3i Malting .....• • • • 29s 32s Maple .••••• • • • • • 338 36 Chevalier .. .. •• • • 338 34s White .• . . ..... .. 378 38s Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ••••• • • • • 395 418 folk.. .. .. .• .. .. 55s 59s Flour—Town-made... 445 468 Brown . • •• . Kingston and Ware 62s 638 Stockta & Norfolk 405 41s FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. Wheat—Dantzlc .... 538 to 568 Beans • • ..... •••• • • • • 30s to 31s liamburgh .. 485 503 Pease •. .. .. 30s as Barley Oats- —New ....... Feed .. ...... .. 19s 20s SMITH Since Monday the imports have comprised 16 Oxen, 1 Liamburgh ; 212 Oxen and :riELD. of foreign stock into London L Sheep, and 6 Calves, from Coma, 810 Sheep, 180 Lambs, and 27 Calves, from Rotterdam, in, for, t'he most parts, ex' cellent condition. At Hnll, about 190 head of stock have been landed from Holland ; while at Plymouth the imp orts have been 40 Oxen from Spain, and which were sold in that locality at Si. each. We had on offer about 250 foreign Oxen and Cows, 700 Sheep, 80 Lambs, and 6 Calves, which met a very dull inquiry, at barely stationary prices. For the time of year, the supply of Beasts here from our own grazing districts was good, and of unusually priV, quality. The attendance of buyers being small, the B eef trade was in a very sluggish state, at barely, but at nothing quotable beneath, the currencies obtained on this day sen night. The primest Scots with difficulty realising 4s per Blbs. From the northern counties we received 700 short horns; from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridge shire, 800 Scots, homebreds, and shorthorns ; from the western and midland counties, 500 Herefords, runts, Pe' vons, &c. ; from alter parts of England, 400 et . rious kinds ; and from Scotland, eighty Scots. The numbers of Sheep were again very extensive, and of fine quality. On the whole, the Mutton trade was dull, at, ill most transactions, a decline on last week's prices of 2d per Blbs, the highest general figure for the best Old Downs not T 4 - exceeding 4s 2d per 81bs. In Lambs, the supply of Wh i was larger, comparati ve ly little was doi n g, at the late dine in value. The Ve a l trad e was s t ea dy, a t late currenci e s . For Pigs, the inquiry was very inactive, at about previous quotations. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d• 0 . ( 1. to g• Inferior Beasts .. •• 2 6 2 8 Second qualityilltto 3 ,t 4 3 S 0 Second quality ditto. 210 3 2 qoarse-woolledditte 310 Prime large Oxen 3 4 3 8 S ou thd own "ethers 4 0 4 Prime Scots Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 0 Large Hogs •••• • • 3 410 Prime small ditto Suckling Calves lB 0 29 0 Q uar t er o ld Pig s ..16 0 A. 0 Inferior Sheep Beasts. 3,608 SUPPLY AT MARKET. I Sheep. I Ca lves. 35,090 191 I MS* 230 NEVETGATM AND MELADEINNALL. The past week's arrivals of country-killed Meat for II markets have been ON a very moderate scale, though of 0 average q ua lity. Th e supp li es on offer slaughtered tb metropolis have been good, though not to say extens ir ' Prime Beef, Mutton, and Veal have commanded a stool! sale, at v ery full pri c es. I n a ll o th er ki n d s o f Meat a 1 0 °". e l l rate business has been transacted, yet the quotations are vr,d supported. Several carcases of foreign Beef, Mutton , Lamb have been on offer. At per stone, by the Carcase. , 6. s. d. to s. d. c d. to 9 ' 4 3eef, inferior. •••.. 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior •.2 10 3 $ - middling .. •• 2 6 2 8 middling.. 3 6 3 4 0 -- prime large .. 210 3 2 - prime small .. 3 4 3 6 Pork., large.... •.• • 3 4 410 Vea 1.... Lamb. 4s 8d to Os bd. ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK.. Beep Sheep Calves Fes' Scotland • Yorkshire Lincolnshire • • • • • • •• • • Norfolk .................. Cambridgeshire •• • • zu 30 0 Surrey ••• • • • ••••••• • • • • • • 14 30 ko i 0 Devonshire •••.• • • • • ..... Wiltshire • Other parts ...................20 70 60 ° • Total ..•...... • ... •• 98' 260 16 1 0 340 , 90 Previous week's arrival-- 173 530 190 Difference since oar last • ... 75 264 30 , • 50 EOROUGR AND SPITALPIELDS. the Although the supplies of Potatoes are on the i n crease' s to demand is steady at from 71 to 91 per ton. We reg re to state that the samples, generally speaking, do not collie band in what may be considered good condition. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. fool Since our last a few parcels of Hops have arrived , 0 New York, in good condition. As yet we have heard o r ; l a transactions in them. There being very little variati° the plantation accounts, the demand here continues t°„ o o , , heavy, at late rates. Th e d u ty i s f ree l y b ac k e d a t 145,' WOOL. hi ve Since Monday last the impo r t s o f W oo l i nto London rod consisted of 15 bales from Colombo, 1,427 ditto from oe Phillip, 29 ditto from Smyrna, and 347 from Hamburg b ,',V, public sales, which were brought t o a c l ose on 5a.t11.5,08 have been well attended during the p as t wee k, a nd. In yet instances, rather higher prices obtai ne d f or fi ne q ualities' s , be the decline, during the progress of the auctions, In u ct ed° considered 2d per lb. In the private contract market e .. lido iragly little is doing in any kind of Wool, at bare'Y rates. 8 100 TALLOW. This market may be considered fair, at full prices. Tallow 40s Gd nett cash. RAILWAY CO.MIIIII (THIS DAY.) HOUSE 01? LORDS. - Room D. ..... Ø . .eSid GLASGOW, DUMPILIES, - AND CA R=+ Sjbl P ri The Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock, th e fo r il' s Germans in the chair, when the examination of witnesse d , a 0 opposition to the Bill was resumed. d..... 06 1 6, Mr. Errington, civil engineer, was called and examille„ c ni been the engineer of the competi ng C ano bi e b ran ch of t . ": h6 je. ; - . 8 nian line. He was now the engineer of the Lancaster and Ca , i li gee t ` no was therefore well acquainted with the country. Be h' i m it!' d, surveyed the valley of the Nith. He was well acquainte d t ' en , o.; i a works on the Ca:Walden line, and had, within the last „ n , e, i , been inquiring into tenders for the bridges on the Caledon'o• o r, p w o a s s si s b a le tisfl p e r d ic t e bat a hl t r.we which : c l ay ' hspet appearance errtsah;Ne'aanshcCeNveoorrrwekoCasfts. scw. H 7 e eladt h had g o ng:: : 01 : 0. iii 9; estimates or 31r. Myth, and had carefully examined tiro` tot`ee,d, cenister, and lie reit quite satisfied the latter was tbe truc t a the pricLe'ile co . l7;s 7-e ,, r f . j be udgi f l o 'g r t f h ro e m nex e t ve f r e y w the scheme estimate th f a o t r the had Dumfries beei I the Caledonian costne had made submitted to the. Con.. ~,, The DurntrieB and Gretna line he set down at 338,15 11 . , °- „. e at ti stations. (The witness here went into the partreufars that whit and Ca n, °le b x r e a l -in i ,°° ; o i. make up this sum total). There cubic yards of was 41 GOO cu „ 1 i he n. rock cutting, whi c h he estimated s „ d. a y a rd. Ii s o c of little enough, as it was at 3 . . it .'s and expensivehrol ton a very dirge He recollected a cutt i n g k line on whie 32 ~.., on the GrenoC there was Ig`" gunpowder was expended. Toe reason of this was . 1 _ _ lt o considerable labour bestowed onabl t, without producing .1 1 Y wi l f 5i result or displacement of rock. rte esastimated the permanentno 4 5,0001. a mile. With regard to the weight of rails, he al " .od. I p any line that was laying down rails at less than 751bs. a i t ose . ,,,t knew that the Ayrshire, Edinburgh, and Glasgow lines I r,,: p wo.'; ii . light rails, and were now laying down rails of 751bs. Titf.-ee roil so much difference In the quantity of the works ''',. risper strutted as in the price of the works, and thef; o l!oe This estimate had been deposited in November last. It 7.0 0 , 0 05 1 under 14,0001. a mile. This was much the easiest port?,, ii Poi, Nithsdale scheme. The portion from Dumfries to Cranny' s , Wog, cost a good deal more, there were so many gullies and raylli` ci , co` w itil Cross-examined—The average difference in pricy of r° „ ii reel ~ 0 0 would depend on the proportio n o f sands one a s - comps 6d, i l ia whinstone. The lowest price he had known of whinston e '. i lia the Greenock line was 2s. lid, a yard, the highest was 3 '" e d t° s e§ average, as far as he could recollect, was 3s. This re fe,r,...0, t0'.5,9 Bishoptown Hill cutting . He was quite sure there were 13. ,f,,ree',61 of whinstone cutting on the Dumfries line. It might not Dv la see;, of the same character as the Bishoptown work, 12°1 Ol to him quite as difficult as the former. , r w ere f ile he believed, slaty grawacke. Mr. Locke and hinose" io rtit' s 10 much connected together, especially on railways In , 11 ; e n j ecils i° sse i ' gave evidence on the Dundee and Perth, and on that I , 00 estimate was considerably raore than Mr. Miller's. T ile , cSti W rie; and he believed the works had been let for less than to e th e f OO 5 , but he was sure they never 'would be completed for Diclo`,l,llAr There would be extras before the line was completed , ,, o . in F."; i tet. add materially to the total cost. He knew ' t t 10 0 r el6 ll ' cases on other lines, that works could not be made at such ve t ,est , He was not aware that there was an embankment 17 ' i '04 3 ; with a culvert, on the Edinburgh and Hawick Hue ° te es "05 , He was not aware that the estimate Of the Dumfries line o, or t o sited some time before the Caledonian (Dumfries brans,, overglt' the petition for it was presented sooner. He had ge'n-i,gt t i s 5O items that morning, having only arrived in toWn late i yal .45 though he had generally gone over Mr. Blyth's estlinateltliier.Tio weeks ago. He could not undertake to say that 31 r,' ,0 01 '3 0 ; constructing turnpike and occupation bridges on the guilt•„e• x ilv at less than the prices named in the Dumfries e;`,,,, , ,t tiv Miller had had great engineering experience, but he d 1" " 50 to 4 , had had more than himself (the witness). in 4e- Or ~ Re-examined.—He was at present constructing fr?derableiley to miles of railway in Scotland, so that he had had cons.„ eg po 4 tit! rience even of works in Scotland. It was much the wi:, rt ioe uOO give liberal terms to a contractor for the proper cOliSt r !,7 nett , ' works than screw downthe prices, and have a number of . - - tractors. 00 1 ' EXETEN, YEOVIL, AND DORC.- on cP This Committee re-assembled this morning, Lord Deshhi man, ofei e fO Mr. TALSOT opened the case on behalf of the opPOs alonest (r• r ) against this Bill by the promoters of th e E x eter - Gre ,n tif oo r Company. The Learned Counsel dw e lt at great length 1 ,, 1 1 ', that ithe city of Exeter was alr ea d y supplied with railW"„ol.4o , unniation of the very best nature ; th at the totahlistance '; 01 1P o r be performed within 42 hours ; that the proposed raiIWAY afford accommodation to those parts of the country which l did r 4 O ward of Exeter, and to the port s o f Pl ymout h , Falmout h, meuth, because there would be no means, except by Div , delay and danger, of effecting a junction with those lines 6. ..04 (1)", municatlon to those districts. These was also a point n e '' l , 4 y. ). ,, great; force upon this case, which was, that on the last oA t ri sitting of the Committee, the line from Plymouth to "di": Truro had been sanctioned by a Committee of O nce, 0 ,0; he had no doubt, receive :he sanction ships; the line:further westward, frotrrEcilmouth to l ' l : lz4 l . ,erki' within a space of forty-eight hours, thus afforclia. to F'' lll C4 l ,i scheme of broad gauge communication from PellZanCe,.o from Falmouth to Plymouth, and from Plymouth c oos ti tyc; o f their co o, means of the South Devon Railway, which was already oridolhso; between Exeter and Teignmouth; and from Exeter to twi t. j ok,,, would be the well known communication of which thenof,ol,; bar for Exeter, Mr. Divett, had spoken Ia such tavouratniie P o i• There would thus be a through line direct from London tu,,, e pt End on the broad gauge, and he would take the stateen,jei Learned Friend, that the country would not afford a! „ e for l ot railway, and upon these grounds he would contellot . :lo 4 11 1 .1 Lordships that there was no case whatever shown by !P i one!' o psl o of this Bill, and he should confidently rely on the .1"`„'", 0411 justice of the Committee in refusing their sanction to t,'; line. The Learned Counsel then alluded at consider:o,7f the the report of the Board of Trade last year in favour Western schemes. 4/.) HOUSE OF LORDS.--(THIS„„ !- r" Tae The House sat to-day a t ten o ' clock to hear ,?P Peers present were th e L ord Chancellor, Lolit!` ,a rin i i . Earl of Scarborough, an d the Bishop of Norsil.ctumo cc cuP . EVANS. The further arguments in v this part-heard Clloe their Lordships the whole day. ;I:Tit:ger, Majesty visited her Royal Highness t " 5 - sli er? he tur„, Sophia at Kensington, on Friday, in a privat e rt2tleielle'f the we hear, to the urgent desire of th e . ,, eo lo Princess was induced to be present at the co's , '" baptism of the infant Princess Helena. , f ee Lady Peel and family h ave d e f erre d the i r f tlied for Drayton Manor, Staffordshire, until the ea u °Nia` „- fe e as Sit Robert Peel and a large circle of the M I X be present at the nuptials of Lord Henley an •0l; c o daughter of the Rev. John Peel. ceot"ce The King and Queen of 9, the Belgians, raP, 04, the telegraphic message recei ve d a t B u ckingb a ie.da ) ileo c ; Saturdvilast, may be expected to land at Dog e i f Ostend, 11'4thence repair direct to town. M. Van de Weyer goes to Do ver , i n or der to re .5 14; Ste vereign on his disembarkatio n . 0 113 r ; il d f SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 26.—Th e One. ; -ti l the 0C t Captain Soy, from Alexandria, arrived is A chie' 9 A.M. this day, and landed the East India an " o , e loci` o ibl o which were forwarded to London by the fea r ' , sod Her dates are Alexandria 11th Jul - , Malta 1 6 t'l ig eO , gar," o tar 20th. The Oriental brings home 1 13 ed s i e sn e r 4 l tY, t oi full cargo of miscellaneous goods, such as '",,, ocr - p, ir - t o and silks. The Oriental was followed into t" D i v gba! b eta. l4 , same Company's steam -ship Madrid, Captai n te lied so°l l , Gibraltar, which landed her mails and dived 000 3 _ 9,0t. 4 London by ' the same train as the East India s i p! , Lis bl l ,ol ,o Her dates are Gibraltar July 15th, Cadiz Ir d n . The V0),4 Oporto 21st, Vigo 22d, and Corunna 2 1:10 3 . 11 ,fag',1 brings a full fruit cargo and fifty passeng e o r i the ,I, e , 0:11 Tar, Captain Hamilton (late chief officer r —ith -elle !!! Liverpool), will leave the Docks for Gibraltar odt ip mails, to-morrow, a full cargo of bale ge_ e % r sot e m e , fl oc? average of passengers. The Lady Bruce A sail for Adelaide on or about the 28th jot' crr ---' CLEANSING OF THE STHIEETS IN I . I I E rs of or riot has been issued by order of the Commi s s L" dust , c li" Coo rt 'oe' Sewers, stating that any person throwir!q. stre et,,,, t 4 bish on the public pavement of any .1 3 atal OP alley is liable to heavy penalties, which forced after this notice.