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Just ptilslished, for the first time in the Svc,. form, in ° 3 vols., with Portraits, price 365. bound, printed unifOrmlY with t he " Me moirs of George III." M EMOIRS or THE REIGN OF KING GEORGE THE SECOND, BY HORACE WALPOLE, 7earl of Orford. Ry Edltect, with a Preface and Notes, TH:r; LATE LORD HOLLAND. BelrY ColbarD Publisher, 13, Great 31arlborough.street. Now, ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. , A D V E .l - ‘ ..4 TURES of C APT. 0' SUL LIVAN ; icrviL, MILITARY, AND MATRIMONIAL, By W. H. MAXWELL, Esq., Author of " Stories of Waterloo , " Ste. " r vre do not know of any living author whose works command metre general approval than those of Mr. Maxwell ; and, in thinvery Uvely romance of real life, the fountain of his genuine Hibernian humour flows on as uninterruptedly 113 ever. Captain O'Sullivan's career abounds with adventure, in which peril and broad fun, mirth and mischief, run hand in hand. Never was the light, mercurial, rollicking, cle-M-may-care temperament, that it has become the fashion to attribute to the sons of the Irish soil, better pourtrayed than in thfri work."—Dublin Evening Packet. lies ry Colburu, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. RAILWAY SHARES TI Y PUBLIC SALE. ESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND ,T .s.fx LAMONI), Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their 'Friends and the Public for their continued support anti. patro - ..lage, 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 Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requosted to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must he deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advises of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds Immc dis.tely disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. CREMORNE GARDENS, CHELSEA.—In consequence of the immense success of the PUBLIC BREAK FAST and MORNING CONCERT, entitled " Ranelagh Revived, or One Hundred Years Ago," that Oriziral Entertainment will be REPEATED TO-MORROW, July 22, with an increased band, more vocal performers, more madrigals, more catches, more glees, mere solos. The grand breakfast costume will be laid from Four till Seven o'clock. Breakfast, 3s. Ladies and Gentlemen desirous of appearing in character must adhere to the costume of the period, viz., " 100 years ago," or they will not be admitted ; nor will any person dressed as Clown, Harle quin. Columbine, or any other pantomimic representation, be ad mitted—the costume being rigidly confined to that of ladies and gentlemen. - Doors open at Three o'clock. Admission, 2s. 6d., Children, Is. ; bouble Ticket, 4s. ; Ticket to admit three, is. td. ; Ticket to admit six, 10s. ; Breakfast Ticket, 3s. These tickets may be obtained of any respectable librarian, music -seller, or confectioner in the metro polis. To prevent any misunderstanding, ladies, gentlemen, and families desirous of reaping the advantage of the reduction of plural admissions, should provide themselves with tickets in the metro polis ; such admissions are not sold at the entrance to the gardens, nor, indeed, even in the locality, on the day of the celebration; but Mr. Ellis will he very glad to attend the commands of the public, addressed by letter, or otherwise, to bins, at the Gardens, for such admissions, prior to the day of performance. Tickets may also be obtained at the shop, 340, In the Strand, outside of which is exhibited the magnificent picture, by Henning, of Cremorne Gardens; and at the warehouses of ail Court costumiers. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, THIS EVENING Will be performed (by d• sire, and for the last time this season), the popular Opera, of LUCREZIA BORGIA. Lucrezla, Mdlle. Grisi ; Arsinl, Jldlle. Brambilla ; Gennaro, Signor Mario ; Alphonse, Signor Lablache. Between the Acts, Mdlle. Lucile Grain; will perform the admired Pas de Charactere, "La Cracovienne." Also, the Pas de Quatre, from " Le Lac des Fees," by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon, assisted by Mdlles. Demelisse and Cassan. After which the admired Ballet, entitled LA GITANA. La Gitana, Mdllo. Taglioai ; Ivan, M. St. Leon ; Duke de Medina, M. Gosselln ; Srnourost, M. Delaval. The highly successful Ballet of " Lalla Rookh" will be repeated as soon as other arrangements will allow. Donizetti's Opera, " L'Ago 'lmbarazzo," is in active re hearsal, and will shortly be produced, for the first time in this country. The principal characters will be sustained by Madame Castellan, Signor Maria, Signor Fornasari, Signor F. Lablachc, and Signor Lablache. HER MAJESTY'S TIIEATRE. M. PERROT most respectfully informs the IsTobility, Patrons to the Orient, his Friend s , an d th e P ubl i c, that his BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 23, When will be performed (for the last time this season) Deltas celebrated Opera, entitled I PURITAN!. F.lvira, Madame Grist ; Giorgio, Signor Lablache ; Artnro, Signor Mario ; Riccardo, Signor Fornasari. To conclude with an entirely new Ballet Divertissement, in three Tableaux, by M. Perrot, the Music by Sig. Pugni, and the Scenery by Mr. Marshall, entitled, LEFI TRIBULATIONS D'UN MAITRE DE BALLET, The principal parts by Madlle. Taglioni, Madlle. Lucile Grahn, MM. Perrot and St. Leon, Mdlle. Louise Taglioni, Madame Petit Mellen, and Mdlle. Cerito, &c. In the course of the Ballet (tbr the first time), an Original Grand Pas, by M. Perrot, entitled LE PAS DES DEESES. By Mdlle. Taglioni, Mdlle. Louise Taglioni, Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle.Lucile Gratin, and MM. St. Leon and Perrot. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box effice, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at half-past Seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. The Public is respectfully informed that there will be only Fifteen more Representations by the BRUSSELS OPERA COMPANY. In preparation " Les Mousquetaires de la Reine." THIS EVENING, Will be presented Meyerbcer's Grand Opera of ROBERT LE DIABLE. Principal characters by Messrs. Laborde, Eelger, Boulo ; Mdmcs. V. Laborde„Juiien, and Giubilei. In the Third Act will be introduced the " Scene des Nonnes," by 3ladame Doors open at Seven, perrormance to commence at half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will he perform e d THE WAY TO KEEP HIM. Sir Bashful Constant, Mr. W. Farren ; Slr Brilliant Fashion, Mr. Hudson ; Lady Constant, Miss Telbin ; the Widow Belmour, by a Lady (her first appearance in London) ; Mrs. Lovemore, Mrs. Seymour ; Mus lin, Mrs. Hamby. The Band will perform the Overtures, " B liarbiere di Siviglia," and L'Amhassadrice," shaksperian Airs," "La Fille du Re giment Quadrille," and " Old English Airs." Alter which, a New and Original Drama, called BOROUGH PO LITICS. Principal characters by Mess.. Webster, Tilbury, Buck stone , • Mrs. Glover, and Mrs. E. Yarnold. To conclude with the Farce of HIS LAST LEGS. Characters by Messrs. Hudson, 11011, Tilbury, 3lrs. Clifford, &c. TIIEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. TINDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Triumphant success of another New Drama, "Above and Below,' which will be performed every Evening until further notice. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Comic Drama, of a singularly novel cha racter, entitled ABOVE AND BELOW. Characters by Messrs. Iliddear, Meadows, F. Matthews, A. Wigan, H. Butler, Belling. ham, Turner, Kinloch, and Keeley ; Miss E. Daly, Miss Forster, Miss Turner, and Mies Fairbrother. After which the new and original Farce, entitled LOAN or A WIFE. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, and Yarnold ; Mrs. Woollidge and Miss Howard. To conclude with the Comic Drama, called TIIE DUSTMAN'S BELLE. Ned Windfall, Mr. Keeley ; Sally Bromley, Miss E. Daly. THEATnE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, from the French, entitlad TILE 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 he followed by Mr. Buekstone's Comic Drama, called THE MAID WITH TIIE MILKING PAIL. Diccon, Mr. Wright ; Milly, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with an Original Melodrama, called THE DEVIL OF MARSEILLES ; or, The Spirit of Avarice. In which Messrs. Paul Redford, 0. Smith, Wright, Lambert, Munyard, Mitchinson ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar will perform. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Ist Which Mr. Charles Mathews will perform. After which (for the second time), a Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IS - THE WOOD. Lord Factotum, hfr. C. Mathews ; Princess Isabelle, Madame Vestris. To conclude with Sheridan's Drama of THE CRITIC ; or, A Tragedy Rehearsed. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Ryder, Bonner, Compton, Oxberry, Miss Emma Stanley, and Mrs. Bonner. ASTLEY'A ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. 'Crider the especial patronage of her Meat Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. Overflowing houses. Enthusiastic apprt , hation still at tends the Representation of our Conquests in India. The First Week of an Equestrian Drama at half-price. 'IBIS EVENING Will he performed the Grand Military Spectacle, called THE ItTKIIS INVASION ; or, England's Victories of 1346. Intro ducing the whole of the Stud and Company, After which, Grand and Novel SCENES of the CIRCLE. The whole concluding wl!h a Splendid Hippodramatic Melodrama. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—lloors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. I)A.VIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Positively the Last Week of the Operatic Company, and Third Week of Mr. Osbalcliston, Miss Vincent, and a Double Dramatic Company. ..... TEAS EVENING Will be performed the Opera of LA SONNAMBULA. Elvino, Mr. D. W. King; Count Rodolpho, Mr. Weiss; Alessio, Mr. Horn castle ; Amina, Madame Clara Ansell ; Lisa, Miss Betts ; Terese, Mrs. W. Daly. After which, THE BLACK DOMINO. Don Sylvio. Mr. Osbal diston , Juliano, Mr. Johnson ; Le Comte Sal Voisey, Mr. Neville ; Gil Perez, Mr. Forman ; the Black Domino, Miss Vincent. The Performances to conclude with THE LAD YE OF LAMBETH. Characters by Messrs. Saville, Hughes, Johnson, Neville, Forman, I lire. Vining, Mrs. Daly, Miss L. Pearce, Mrs. Hughes, &C. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY, TUEADAY, WEDNESDAY, AND VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of. VESUVIUS, DEsTR TION of HERCULANEUM and POMP EII, in the year 75. Tuc. his Magnificent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of grandeur, the picture being more than twice thes aizeoonfett forformer, and represents, as accurately a 3 can possibly 79, when the on of be Destructi " l r l e er t - Eruption of Vesuvius in the year cuittneum and Pompeii leek place: produced under the direction et Mr. Damson. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has 'been constructed, which will ho brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CONCERTS are again confided and to3ilnre.lGudoesd trey. The Band Is most complete in all its departments, Many eminent native and foreign musicians. In addition to the other attractions of the Gardens, will be exhi bited CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, approached by the Illumi nated Gothic Bridge, representing in the Interior Telemachus relating his adventures to Calyppo. 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 Phmbus in the Chariot of the Sun. Mons. Farinelli will deacend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in height, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive him, and hear hin to his chrystal home. The Glass Conservatory is splendidly ornamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivore by gas-light. Feeding of the Carnivore at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at ; Concert at half-past six. ; and the Eruption at dusk. TO-MORROW, July 22, the Royal South London Flori cultural Society will hold their Second Grand Summer FLOWER sHow in these Gardens, on which occasion upwards of sixty Gold and Silver Medals and a valuable Silver Cup will be awarded for the heat productions of Miscellaneous Plants, Cut Flowers, Fruit, and Honey. On MONDAY, Aug. 10, will take place a GRAND NEAPOLITA_N CARNIVAL and FETE L'ETE; "mbihing all the novelties of the Selsoll. _ Adznis/sion. One Shilling. We perceive that Mr. C. H. Fountain, of the free list office, and sub-treasttrer, takes his a nnua l benefit at the Princess's Theatre, on Friday next, when the eminent artist es , Madame Vestrs, and Mr. Charles Math ews , lend their ' valuable aid to the unrivalled company of that theatre. The attractions put forth, and ,the well-known attention to the viaitors by that gentleman, we trust will secure him, what he deserves, the liberal patronage of the public. EARLY OATS.--Black Tartary oats of a very superior quality, cut on the sth of July, were exhibited for sale in the Kilkenny market on Wednesday. LONGFORD A sstz Es, THIIRSDAY.—MURDER.---Philip Farrell and Francis Costello, were indicted for the wilful murder of Henry Bergen, at Gowlan, on the Ist of No vember last.—Francis Costello pleaded guilty. 2arrell was acquitted. Sentence of death was recorded against Costello. ANNIHILATION OF MATTER BY A RAILWAY COLLI- Siox.—A morning paper, in describing the effects of the col lision on the Eastern Counties Railway on Saturday, says— ' Of a second-class carriage which had been attached to the train at Romford, and placed in the rear of the two horde bpi% there was literally nothing left," THE NEW WORK BY HORACE WALPOLE. Just published, in 4 rots., Svo. (the first two or last two of which may be had separately), with P or t ra it s , HORACE W-ALPOLE'S MEMOIRS of the REIGN of GEORGE 111. With Extracts from the unpublished Memoirs of the late Duke of Grafton. Now first printed from the original MSS. Edited, with Notes, by Sir DENIS LE MARCIIANT, Bart., M.P. " All the information given in these Memoirs is sought in vain elsewhere. They conta:n debates on some of the most interesting questions of the day ; and these, reported by one who listened to them, and he a gifted man, well versed in all that passed before the public eye, and much that might not meet the light, have a value which it is not easy to estimate too highly. Nor should praise end here. It is something to obtain the picture of an age fresh from a pencil often unerring in its touch, always engaging by its subjects, and brilliant in its colours ; the portraits of the men who held the destinies of England in their grasp, are here striking from their truthfulness and vigour."—Times. broken in upon and nearly destroyed, and he thought that Members could hardly be enabled to reconcile their constituents to the maintenance of protection in this in stance, and to forcing the farmer, now exposed to com petition, to pay a dearer rate for his sugar than he ought to pay. According to the statement of the late Chan cellor of the Exchequer, there was every probability of a financial deficiency in the year 1847-48, and it was, therefore, extremely desirable to increase the income of the country, more especially if it be done without increasing the burdens of the people. With regard to the supply, not more than from 8,000 to 10,000 tons of the foreign sugar now in bond would be admissible on account of the navigatipn laws. Taking the whole revenue to be derived from sugar, according to his plan, during the next year at 4,2oo,oool.—being 725,5091. more than the revenue which would arise under the present system—this would at once turn the apprehended deficiency into a surplus, If the proposed duties should pass in Committee, he should propose to make the settlement a permanent one by introducing a Bill making the duties permanent; anti would propose some other source of revenue to he made the subject of an annual vote instead of the sugar duties, so as not to depart from the great constitutional principle of making a great part of the revenue dependant upon an annual vote of the House. He believed that the time was come when it was neces sary to alter our colonial system, to relax restrictions, and to open the colonies to the spirit of commercial enterprise. If this were done, the connexion between the colonies and the mother country would be one of mutual benefit, inasmuch as both would flourish the more from the re moval of useless restrictions. The Noble Lord concluded by proposing a resolution for the temporary continuance of the present duties for one month, at the same time laying on the table the resolution which he should propose for the permanent settlement of the question, to which, if the House should agree, her Majesty's Ministers, however short might be their term of office, would not have administered the affairs of the nation in vain. " These long-promised Memoirs have at length made their appear ance. They are now first printed from the M.S. copy contained in the box of papers which came into the possession of the late Earl of Waldegrave, and were by him transferred to the late Lord Holland, in the hope that they might have his editorial skill and judgment. Official duties, however, prevented his Lordship from executing this task, and at his death he had not even commenced it. Under these circumstances the Duke of Grafton, on whom, as Lord Waldegrave's executor, the property of these Memoirs had devolved, consulted Sir Denis Le Marchant on the subject, who readily undertook the duty of editor. This he has accomplished in a most satisfactory manner. These Memoirs are penned in that gossiping anecdotical vein of which Horace Walpole is so consummate a master, and blend history with biography in a very attractive manner."—Sun. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street (publisher in ordinary to her Majesty). THE GOVERNMENT POLICY AND POsITIoN. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE will discuss this important Question fully this SATURDAY NEXT en- Cuing ; and will also contain LEADING ARTICLES on all the TOPICS of the DAY, with the fullest details of the PROPOSED NEW SUGAR DUTIES, the Monopolist and Philanthropic Coalition against them, and the prohahle result. FREE TRADERS should hold themselves prepared for the issue. Offlee, 337, Strand, and all Newsmen. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JULY 21. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 57; Highest. 75 ; Noon, 68, BAROMETER, 29.96.—W1ND S.W., fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGETIIIS DAY. Iferning .. 21 minutes after 12. I Evening .. 49 minutes after 12. Mr. GOULBURN would not go into the discussion until he had considered the plan proposed. The Right Hon. Gentleman having put some questions as to the details of the plan, Lord JOHN RET2ISELL said that he did not propose to alter the navigation laws at all. Lord G. BENTINCK would support the motion for a temporary renewal of the duties; but the protectionist party would not support any measure for taking from the East and West Indian interests the protection which they at present enjoyed. After a desultory debate, The CHAIRMAN put the resolution, which was carried, and ordered to be reported on Wednesday next. The House afterwards went into a Committee of Supply ; several sums were voted, and the House ad journed at Two o'clock. In the proposition made overnight by Lord JOHN RUSSELL for the gradual reduction of duties upon slave-grown sugar, and the ulterior equalisation of ill duties upon that article, whether slave-grown or free-grown, foreign or colonial, we recognise the commencement of a wholesome competition in com mercial reform between himself and his predecessor. That `proposition may be simply given as follows : —That whi'e the existing duties of 14i. on colonial sugar be continued as it is without any alteration, the present duties of 233. 4.1. on foreign free-labour sugar shall be immediately re duced to 21s. ; that that reduction shall apply without distinction to foreign sugars generally, whether the produce of slavery or not; and that, in addition to this arrangement, the duty of 21s. shall be reduced periodically until the equalisation at the termination of five years of all duties both foreign and colonial. This gradual reduction, according to Lord JOHN ,Russism.'s plan, is to proceed in the sub joined gradation : From sth July, 1846, to sth July, 1817 1847 1848 1848 ... 1849 1849 1850 1850 lßsl After 1851 l4s. Two circumstances are especially observable in the Premier's explanatory address, namely, the brevity of its details, and the simplicity of its lan guage. As the vehicles for the introduction of this comprehensive relaxation in restrictive imposts, we consider those two features of his harangue as by no means unimportant, and likewise as most ap propriate to the occasion. With reference to the reasons for the proposal of this measure, they unquestionably required no very elaborate exposition ; the supply of the com modity in question was proved to be inferior to the demand—the importation charges were shown topress very heavily upon the population of this country — while the revenue derivable from this iniquitous and gratuitous species of taxation tumbled not into the na tional exchequer, but into the pockets of individuals. Nor were those the solitary reasons to be adduced for the substitution of a more enlightened and more honourable system in lieu of the one now in operation—there were others capable of being enu merated as plentiful as blackberries, and some of these we have already ourselves particularised. With reference again to tie arguments ad vanced against the necessity of any alteration whatever in the mode at present adopted for levying duties upon various descriptions of sugar, the Premier was somewhat more explicit, but at the same time treated them with that cursory condensation of logic which is generally opposed to a shallow antagonist. Those, indeed, who pronounce themselves in favour of the continuance of the differential duties cannot even assume to themselves the credit of ad vancing any even sophistical pleas for the perpetuation of their favourite system. Their arguments have not even the negative merit of being sophisms ; and con sequently the answers given to those arguments by Lord JOHN RUSSELL were conclusive, without calling for any peculiar effort of reason or any remarkable display of intellectual ingenuity. As to the equalisation of all duties upon foreign and colo nial sugar being considered pernicious, as an infringe ment upon the so-called protective system hitherto adopted towards'our colonies, that is a chimera which has been pronounced such by the genius of British legislation. The age, and the greatest statesmen of the age, have declared the freedom of all commercial intercourse, without exception, to be the only real and profitable protection which can or ought to be conferred upon the human family : and a writer in the Edinburgh Review has happily specified the working of the pseudo-protection on our colonial possessions as a balance of profit and loss, which when reduced to its elements stands thus :—" I make a gain by doing you an injury, and, in compensation, I permit you to make a similar gain by doing me a similar injury ' Well may the reviewer continue that such an arrange ment seems like "an attempt to embody the lex talionis in mercantile transactions !" So generally are these truths now recognised, that the Premier scarcely devoted even a casual allusion to them, and we presume that the "deniers of these truths" will content themselves with that simple expression of dissent uttered overnight by Lord GEORGE BEN TINCH, conscious that any oratorical enforcement of their very antiquated opinions would be only liable to I r t en w d as er o th al e y m w su it p h rer ha supremely philanthropicand ean t which has ridiculous. unfortunately been employed as an offensive and de fensive weapon against any alteration in the existing plan Lord J. RUSSELL had in reality any necessity to deal, and upon the flimsy and shameful character of which philanthropic cant we yesterday took occasion to dilate. The Premier very felicitously pointed out that most significant fact in connexion with this outcry against the patronage of slavery, that the outcry was only raised when it suited the pecuniary ends of these would-be charity-mongers ; that there was a violent storm against the importation of slave-grown sugar, while' tobacco, and copper, and cotton, and various other articles, the produce of slave industry, were permitted to enter our markets without a dissentien monstrous and yet so powerless a chimera ? So ma nifest have these grievances become, that their hour of doom has arrived, their continuance is altogether impossible even with the powerful support which will in all likelihood be given for their perpetuation. Granting, even for the sake of argument, that the Ad ministration were frustrated by the present Parliament, that Parliament would forthwith be dissolved, and an appeal to the country would then assure the noble and patriotic endeavours of the Government. A very interesting discussion took place last night in the House of Lords upon a motion of the Earl of Powls, that the St. Asaph and Bangor and Man chester Dioceses Bill be read a second time. The object of the Bill is to prevent the see of St. Asaph merging into that of Bangor, upon the decease of the bishop of the former. The motion was opposed by the Government—the Marquis of LANSDOWNE taking the lead—and, after a very animated debate, was carried by a majority of 10; the numbers being, in its favour, 38; against it, 28. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE subsequently stated that the Govern ment would offer no further opposition to the measure, but would leave the expediency of proceeding with it entirely with the Earl of Powis. So far, then, as the Upper House is con cerned, it may be taken that, should Lord Powis persevere, his measure will pass. The lateness of the session, and the great measure which Lord JOHN RUSSELL last night launched for discussion, and which will be keenly and elaborately discussed, ut terly preclude any chance of the Earl of Powts's Bill being this year passed into a law. There is, indeed, scarcely a prospect of its being even noticed in the House of Commons before the rising of Par liament. Should it turn out otherwise, we venture to predict, as well from a general view of the question as from the fact, that, though the voice of the Govern ment did not prevail last night, their opinions remain unaltered, the Commons would certainly reject the measure. It will be in the recollection of our readers, that in 1835 a Commission was appointed, comprising many of the bishops, to consider the state of the Esta blished Church. They reported, inter alia, that it was not advisable to increase the number of bishops, but that it was desirable, by a union of certain sees, to constitute bishoprics in parts of the country where the want of spiritual superintendence was severely felt. They especially recommended that a bishop should be appointed for Manchester, and that this object should be accomplished by uniting the dioceses of St. Asaph and Bangor. This arrangement subsequently met with the approval of Parliament, as well as many others of an admirable description, the general ten dency of which was to equalise the labours and to produce, as far as was practicable, a due proportion of emolument among the bishops. We hope, therefore, that a comprehensive scheme of ecclesiastical reform, which has been so cautiously entered upon, and hitherto been found to answer so well, will not be disturbed by the piece-meal legisla tion of the Earl of Powis. The bishopric of Ripon has been established by virtue of the Commission already alluded to, and is answering all the wholesome expectations that led to its for mation. Earl GREY admitted there was an improved feeling in the country towards the Church, and greatly attributed it to the reforms effected by the Church Commission. Would it not then be the height of impolicy to make a retrograde movement, when the work of ecclesiastical reform is progressing so favourably ? By the present ar rangement Manchester will continue to be without a bishop till the intended union be tween the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor shall have been effected by the death of one of their bishops. Ten years have already elapsed since it has been determined that Manchester ought to have her epis copal want supplied; and, comparing the importance of that city and its teeming population with the dis trict proposed to be annexed to the see of Bangor, it is greatly to be lamented that financial considerations have alone necessitated a procrastination. It is observable, as the Marquis of LANSDOWNE well reminded the Earl of Powis and their Lord ships, that Wales has already largely participated in the reformatory fruits of the Commission, and has realised a balance in its favour of two thousand pounds a year. Whilst this benefit was accruing a very obsequious silence was maintained. "It was an odd coincidence," said Lord LANSDOWNE, "that the Principality of 'Wales brought forward this question just at the time that it had received the maximum of all it could receive— (Laughter)—and when the whole of those proceed ings were finally carried into effect, as recommended by the Commissioners." Wales has made no scruple of partaking in a reform affecting the whole of the Church of the United Empire, but when the time may soon arrive that, for the general benefit, a merely titular sacrifice must be made, they put forth a cry of "reckless spoliation," and dream that the bare fact of a particular bishopric being very ancient, ought to prevail against the solemn deliberations of Parliament, sanctioned years ago, and that a measure, matured under the advice of nu merous spiritual heads, should be at once flung to the winds. The duties attendant upon a union of St. Asaph and Bangor, and their extent of area, would, as alleged by Lord STANLEY, in some instances, when compared with other sees, be ten fold less. Again, since the Commission was issued, the population of the proposed diocese of Manchester has added to itself a number greater than that of the entire population of the united diocese of St. Asaph and Bangor. That St. Asaph is a very ancient bishopric is undeniable ; but the respectable age to which Old Gatton and Sarum had reached, weighed as a feather in the scale of reason when the Reform Bill was proposed to Parliament. Some people are rather venture some in their appeals to antiquity, and oftentimes un • wittingly supplying materials for astonishment that things have been suffered so long to go on without reform. A good deal was elicited, in the course of the dal bate, with respect to the opinions of some of their Lordships, touching the important questions of whe ther there should be an augmentation in the number of bishops, and also whether new bishops should have seats in the House of Lords. Upon the first point, we think their Lordships will do well to bear in mind the advice which the Duke of WELLINGTON tendered to them some time ago. His Grace recommended the Church to complete;the work ofits own internal reform, before they invited the country to incur any addi tional burdens for the support of the Establishment. The Church will, therefore, act wisely i n li m iti ng her efforts, for the present to the prosperi ng o f h er Uponow n the second handiwork, point, alrea wedyauspiciously in progres s . imagine that the general tone of Lord LANSDOWNE'S observations, and especi a ll y the distinct avowal of Earl GREY, will be read with great and may do somethi ng to gr the ati E fic sta at b io l n ish b e y d C t h h u os r e ch w ; ho are warmly attached t o pre dicted that her MAJESTY'S silence the calumnies of those who confidently would present advisers strive to weaken the Protestant hierarchy. " With respect to giving new bishops a seat in the House of Lords, his own opini on was, that if a new bishopric were created, the prelate should take his seat on that bench. He attached a great value to the presence of bishops in that House." Such was the language of Earl GREY, a member of the Government, who, more than any other, it has been flippantly promulgated, is inimical to the r eligious Establishment of this country. Th ie Coroner's inquest on the body of FREDERICK JOHN 'WHITE, the unfortunate soldier of the 7th hussars, who came by his death, as it is alleged, ih consequence of the severity of the punishment in flicted on him on the lath June last, resumed IN sittings yesterday, and heard evidence on part of the case, viz., on the fact and nature of the punishment, and the health of the ill-fated young man before and after the flogging. A question was also asked by Dr. BOWEING, in the House of Commons, on the same subject, which called forth an explanation from Mr. Fox This must be considered as the defence of the mili tary gentl emen responsible for t h e pun i s h men t , and arraigned a t t h e b ar o f pu bli c o pi n i on , f or their parti c i pat i on in the shocking transaction ; it must, therefore, be looked on with some degree of suspicion, b u t we feArle,ply Assert voice being heard. Then again, with equal felicity, the Noble Lord exposed tho inefficient and hypocritical character of this compact, to refuse the purchase of slave-grown sugar, under the pre tence of discouraging slavery, by explaining the mode in which the restrictions of that compact are obviated—the slave-grown sugar being disposed of in Hamburgh, or Petersburgb, or elsewhere, and thence introduced without obstruction into our English markets May not that slave-grown sugar be ren dered accessible to our insular purchasers with infi nitely more facility, by being colonialised, instead of being passed through the continental markets—by being carried first to the Cape of Good Hope, instead of to Hatnburgh ? There are a thousand means of evading these unnatural restrictions, and that they are evAded notorious, Why, therefore, Laaint4iu so THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 21, 1846. that even supposing it to be correct to the utmost extent, there existed no such necessity as could pos sibly justify the degrading and brutalising exhibition. As to the offence, it was doubtless a grave one, and the preservation of military discipline loudly de manded that it should be checked in a strong manner ; but would not a sufficient example have been made by a long continuance of incessant drill, and close confinement, together with the stoppage of the ordinary liberty and comforts iof the delinquent ? We doubt not that such a course would have been found fully as efficacious for the pre vention of a similar offence. The regiment was not in such a situation as to make its safety dependent on a prompt and vigorous example. Neither could the soldiers be said to be in such a state of insubordination as to render such a punishment necessary. At all events, if such was the case, it speaks trumpet-tongued against the efficacy of such a system, for it was sworn in evidence before the Coroner "that the punish ment in that regiment was more severe than in any other in the army;" and the witness stated "that he had seen an extraordinary degree of punish ment in the regiment while on service in America." The heart sickens at the description given of the revolting exhibition. The whips, or cats, with handles eighteen inches long, with a number of thongs about the same length knotted, and three of the five produced in court stained with the blood of our fellow. creatures—of those who had devoted them selves to the service of their country—who had left home and friends, and given up their own liberty for the public service. The cats, too, that were used on the occasion, it appeared, were those with dark handles, in which the thongs and handles were heavier, the cords and knots thicker and larger than the other. The farrier, by whom the lashes were laid on, was changed at every 25 blows, in order that the stroke might be administered with sufficient strength and vigour, and a new cat brought into operation after the first 100 lashes. In other regiments trumpeters, who are boys, are selected as the floggers ; but in the happy ith Hussars, this duty devolves upon the farriers, men whose arms are, from the nature of their avocations, hardened and strengthened, and who are therefore enabled to strike much harder. There is no mercy for the wretched sufferers. The instrument of torture was flourished twice in the air between each blow, which was delivered with all the power and force of the striker, as it was sworn that if he did not do so, he would be liable to be punished hitnself. It is not astonishing that there was a great discharge of blood before the whole was completed, which ran down over the victim's over alls, or that several of the men dropped down fainting. The men who would fearlessly have braved the hostile ranks were unable to sustain the horrifying spectacle of pain and anguish inflicted on a fellow- creature. When all was terminated, the mild and merciful Colonel Wnere steps forward and speaks actually of the brutality of the conduct of the poor young man, and at that moment utters fur ther threats as to what he will do on a future occasion, even at that moment speaking of a re petition of the punishment, in the event of another offence. In what light does he think his own con duct, in standing by with folded arms, not interfering, although he had it in his power to lessen the punishment, will be regarded by any man of common feeling or common humanity ? Whether will his victim or himself be thought to have acted in the most brutal manner ? Alas ! how often shall we speak of the mote in the eye of our brother, and little regard the beam in our own ? One witness says, in speaking of the appearance of the unfortu nate man's back after the lashing, "I can't compare it to anything but to a person who had been cut to pieces." It is needless to descant upon the harrow ing details given in evidence of the discharge of matter from the wounds, the complaint of the burning pain in his chest on the second day after the flogging, the boils breaking out on the injured place, the description of these pains in the chest and back to the surgeon of the regiment, who attempted to cheer him by saying that he had been punished for no disgraceful crime, and his admission to the deceased that it was to the punishment he owed his illness. Is it— can it be possible that our countrymen, who have so willingly contributed, who have made such sacrifices, for the abolition of slavery and its attendant lash, will consent to a greater degree of barbarity being sanctioned at home at our very thresholds, because a regiment has the misfortune of having a martinet for its commander ? We feel that such is not the case, and we cannot doubt but that the irresistible voice of public opinion will loudly demand the abolition of corporeal punishments, and the re moval from command of men who so grossly abuse the power entrusted to their hands, should such a result follow, WHITE will not have died in vain. His sufferings and death will ransom many of his brother soldiers from similar inflictions. Had not death ensued, the public would have heard nothing of the abominable cruelty perpetrated ; the veil of mystery which hung over the proceedings could not be re moved by anything less weighty than the death of a •ictim. Thousands of cases more wantonly and un mercifully inflicted, might be found if the annals were searched, and the causes of the various punish ments fully investigated. Take that of the other victim, MATTHEWSON, who had been but seven weeks in the regiment when be attracted the attention of the humane Colonel WHYTE. We give his own sworn evidence verbatim, it requires neither note or comment on our part; but we do say that if he has truly stated the cause, the strongest advocate for the necessity of military flogging must admit that its infliction in such a case was never contemplated, and that the man who would demand and sanction such a punish ment for such an offence is a disgrace and stain to the service. We trust that an inquiry will take place into the management of the regiment that will afford an opportunity to Colonel WIIYTE of satisfying the public as to the manner in which he has dis charged his duty as commanding officer. The fol lowing is the evidence of the man MA.TTIIEWSON, via.:— "By the Coroner—l was punished for insolence to a ser geant, in calling out Halloa 'in a stable. He did not come in and call me. When he came in he said, What do you mean by answering that way ?' It was Sergeant Temple. I said, I did not know who called me;' but he continued reprimanding ine, and I said, Do you want me to go down on my knees to you ?' He then ordered me o n fatigue duty. I was then taken up before Colonel Whyte, and he ordered me into a week's solitary confinement. I asked him what way I was to answer, and he ordered a court martial for insolence to my commanding officer, and I had 100 lashes. When I went into the hospital the doctor never came to see me until the next morning. I went into the hospital at half-past twelve o'clock. White, the deceased, dressed my back. Saw the surgeon the next day at half past ten o'clock. He ordered me nothing more than luke warm water to my back for six days. Came out of the hos pital this day. My back is not well now, properly speaking. Had boils on my back and pains in my side, back, and chest, the same as White complained of. Had great pain in my chest the next morning, an d diffi cu lty o f breathing, attended T w h it r h ee p o a rO in fur D d l3 a ' y came to the sides. It would sometimes leave for two or sbancfkterNwvaesrddsretshseed, painleft the chest and but White's was not. draw breath; it feels as if something was running into my f t o h r r e t t e . h Fe r e s, l a it n d s t i t l h l e i n n c t o h m e e e b v a e c i t n a g g s a , i whenli a l d e o d i o n w e ,n d ci an n d e sides. Did not mention it to the surgeon." The Gazette of Zurich publishes a letter from Berne, dated July 13, which states that the Council of the Constitution had that day terminated their de liberations, and that the project for the new constitu tion had been adopted by a majority of 88 Members to 9 who voted against it. It was reported at Berne that in Lucerne all the inhabitants liable to military service, and even the landstrum, had been called out. The Executive Council of Berne had dispatched an officer to Ilatwyl to ascertain the real state of affairs. At Geneva, on the 16th, an act of fraud on the part of the Jesuit conductors of the institute of Onex was discovered: They bad assumed the title of members of the Aumteh ti:title to which they had no right whatever, and the head of the academy has, by a public protest, given a formal denial to -Jr assumption of it, favourably than was expected. Printed cottons and woollen stuffs found numerous purchasers. Manu factures of cotton and wool mixed, which at the commencement of the fair were very heavy, sold ex ceedingly well towards the conclusion, and such was the demand for calicoes, that every piece was sold. The supply was not sufficient to meet the demand. Madrid Papers to the 14th have arrived. They contain no intelligence whatever. The Three per Cents. were done at 33 for cash ; the Five per Cents., at 20i-; the Debt without In terest, at G 4 ; the Shares of the Bank of San Fer nando, at 390; and those of Isabel, at 200. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. They are filled with electioneering polemics, but these polemics are merely personal ; neither party avows any great principle, and the contest is almost avowedly a mere squabble for place between the ins and the outs. On the 17th the miners cut on strike at Anzin and St. Vaast, requested permission to resume their work, and at four o'clock in the morning 1,500 of them re turned to the mines. The miners of Denain, who were also out on strike, on hearing what had. taken place at Anzin, also immediately resumed their labours. These men have all returned to their work without asking any conditions of their mas ters. This happy result is attributed mainly to the very judicious measures adopted by the authorities, more particularly to the spirit of mingled conciliation and firmness displayed by M. MAunrcE DUVAL, the Prefect of the department, and M. PETIT DE LA. FOSSE, the Sub-Prefect of the district. The Journal des.Debats announces the death of M. VINCENT CHELMICKI, formerly Nuncio of the Diet of the kingdom of Poland. This illustrious Pole died at Chantilly on the 3d of this month. The Algiers journals of the 11th and 12th give long accounts of the arrival and entry in state into the city of M. PAY; the newly-appointed Bishop of Algiers. M. DE SALVANDY continues his excursions in the neighbourhood of Algiers, and was to leave on the 16th for Oran and Constantina. The advices from Oran are to the 12th. Some troops had been dispatched on the 3d towards the Morocco frontier, in consequence cf the appearance in that neighbourhood of some hos tile Arab cavalry. " M. LAVAUD," says the National, " who is to re place M. BEUAT in the government of Oceania, will sail in the month of September, in the frigate Danae." There has been a terrific storm of hail, rain, and wind, which has, done immense damage in the neigh bourhood of Lyons. The hailstones were some of them as large as eggs. The vintage has been en tirely destroyed, and the grain crops have been most severely injured. Several houses were blown down by the wind. The Moniteur publishes the returns of the manu facture and consumption of beet-root sugar in France to the Ist of July inst., from which it appears that there are 306 factories in activity, being twelve more than at the corresponding period of 1845. The quan tity of sugar manufactured during the year amounted to 29,403,754 kilogrammes (nearly 40,000 tons); the amount sold for consumption, 35,690,608 ; and the duties levied thereon, 9,187,615 f. (360,000/.) As compared with the results of 1845, there was an in crease in the production of 3,8631 1 504 kilogrammes (3,863 tons) ; in the consumption, of 4,212,627; and in the duties, of 3,142,457 f. MArsEILLEs, JULY 15.—Marseilles and Avignon, 865 f. ; Northern, 710 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 522 f. 50c. LYONS, JULY 17.—Marseilles and Avignon, 876 f. 25c.; Paris and Orleans, 1,268 f. 75c. ; Rouen, 095 f.; Lyons, 521 f. 25c. ; Vierzon, 635 f.; Great Northern, 713 f. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 20. Boulogne and Amiens, 12%—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie), 11 , , —Central of Spain, % —Dutch Rhenish, 7—Louvain and Jemappe, I% Luxembourg, 1 % —Lyons and Avignon, 1% Northern of France Constituted, 12% ex d.—Orleans and Bordeaux, B—Over Tasel, dis.—Paris and Lyons Constituted, s'y--Rouen and Havre, 27—West Flanders, 34. THE WEST INDIA MAIL. (From the Herald.) SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING.—The Trent, Royal mail steam-ship, Captain Rivett, arrived this morning, at seven o'clock, from the West Indies, after a very fair passage. She brings the usual mails. The Trent brings advices down to the following dates, viz. :—.Tamaica, June 23d ; Demerara, 10th ; Trinidad, 20th ; St. Jago de Cuba, 18th; Barbadoes, 24th; Grenada, 26th; Porto Rico, 28th; St. Thomas, 30th; and Fayal, July 14th. She has on freight 2,270 dollars, on merchants' account; 1,922/. in British coin ; 244 ecrons of sarsaparilla ; 86 tierces of coffee; a valuable box of pearls; 52 packages of succades, arrow root, &c., &c. There are 91 passengers. Her Majesty's schooner Pickle was'at Jamaica when the Trent left. The Company's steamer Avon, sailed from Jamaica for the Spanish Main on the 15th of June; the Dee, from Grenada, on the 25th of June, for Jamaica ; the Severn, on the 26th, for Trinidad; the Eagle, from Barbadoes, on the 24th, for Demerara. The Reindeer was in the harbour: of St. Thomas on the 30th of June; the City of Glasgow was on the patent slip at St. Thomas, preparatory to her departure for Eng land (via Madeira) on the 4th of July. I learn by a private source that her Majesty's ship Endy mon, 44 guns; the Alarm, 26 ; Vesuvius steam sloop, 6 ; Daring, 12 ; and Rose, 16 ; were in the Gulf of Mexico. The Trent spoke H.M. steamer Avenger, with the Pacha on board, on the 19th. In lat. 20.36, long. 62.14, signalised the brig Appleton, on the 2nd of July. On the 9th, spoke the brig Yesta, standing N.E., lat. 30.51, long. 44.19. All well. _ _ The Trent brings no news of importance from the West India Islands. It is, however, cheering to report that a favourable change had taken place in the weather, and that the long drought had been succeeded by copious and seasonable rains in almost every island; it had, as a matter of course, put the inhabitants in good spirits, and the pros pects of the crops are more encouraging. At Trinidad, 19,000 hogsheads of sugar had been shipped for England; the crop will be about 22,000 hogsheads. At Barbadoes, the crop of sugar shipped for England amounted to 15,000 hogsheads, and 10 or 12 vessels were still loading. In Demerara the crops will be about a quarter short of last year, on account of the long dry weather. (From the Jamaica Dispatch of June 23.) EXPORTS. Sugar--Hogsheads and tierces were sold at from 235. 6d. to 30s. per 100 lbs. Rum commands 3s. 9d. per gallon. Exchanges on London.—:Jamaica and Colonial Banks-30 days, PA per cent. pm. ; 60 days, 1 cent. pm. Planters' Bank-30 days, I% per cent pm. ; 60 days, 1 per cent. pm. ; 90 days, IA per cent. pm. Commissary's Bills-30 daye, per cent. pm. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE 01? LORDS. Room C. LONDON AND ELACIEWILLI. (WIDENING). The Committee re-assembled this morning, Lord Hatherton in the chair. Mr, HILL, Q.C., Who appeared for the promoters, after describing the character and constraction of the Blackwall line, stated that the proposed improvement WOtfid bring Upon this railway a great part of the traffic now existing on the Eastern Counties and Northern and Eastern Counties lines. It was proposed to widen the Blackwall Railway limn the City terminus to Stepney, the expense of which would he about 240,000/. ; the works would only take about 50,0001. or 60,000/. ; the property to be purchased was valued at 178,5601., and the land to be taken vvotild afford sufficient space for a double line of rails, although it was intehded to Jay down only a single line until the increase of the traffic should Justify the expense. The only opponents who appeared in the other House were the East and West India Dock Company, and they were satisfied. Mr. MEREWETIIER here stated that the City authorities, however, were very much dissatisfied. Mr. Ilim. continued by saying, that although the City authorities were not satisfied, they were riot in a condition to appear against the Bill. The Cominissioners of Sewers, theE e ast all an m d s A c V n es ti t eu lt t i s d , ta .. D t o h c a k t Companies, and the Woods and Forcsil,t wereßill. in fact there was no legal opposition to h , Mr. 'Ne-. Tite, architect of the Royal Exchange, and surveyor London t twoa li ll s ack o w i all ra ß ils ailw fr a o y m , s t t i a ie ted F , en tl e t h at ti rc t h h -street lio st fa a d t th io a n et to Stepney, and that there VIM an Act sought for last session for making a communication with the Eastern Counties line between Stratford and Stepney, which had been then dropped, but which was obtained this session. The quantity of land sought for, Which was 22 feet in width, was one mile, five furlongs, and eight chains in length, the value of which was as stated by Mr. Bill, including 13,0001. for contingencies. it would be a great convenience to the East and West India Dock Company, who already accommodated the ptiblic largely by the transmission of samples from the docks. (Here a plan was put in which the witness explained to the committee, by which it appeared that 7,000 feet of warehottse room was taken from the West India Docks, which, In lasi, Was at present lost to that company, and the Blacitivall Com pany proposed to build warehouses here at their owie,invtinemexedpe,tnthisaie(t), so that this was an entire gain to the Dock Company, and wt, a ki besides offer greater convenience.) There was certainly a gr ea t want ,as do it w a i r a e t t t im he es s ll wowhenf taioturariono,mvaastctolintei,C,gitl n terminus, e a rm n and n g i elmg platform, which was in the middle of the station, had as many as 700 people on it at one time. To Mr. MEBEWETHER'S cross-examination, Mr. Tite stated that thi s line had the greatest carrying trade for the steam-boats in London, and that the line which had its terminus in a street belong ing to the company had access to Fenehureh•street, which is now narrow, but which is about to be widened by the Corporation of London. The Richmond Railway, which is to be opened next week, is the only line lately opened in the neighbourhood of London, so that there was at present but little experience on that point. He is architect for the Eastern Counties and the South-Western Company, and the valuations which he had made in the intended prolongation cf the South-Western line to Waterloo-bridge had all been confirmed in the result. The prososed arrangement of the station would coat about 45,0001. There was a regular arrangement with the Eastern CeititieSs by which that company undertook to give the passengers a choice of goitig either to Shoreditch or to Fenchurch-street, the she two plates in distance from the Bank being "k. It was not proposed to bring "glories, but a great ad ^ shopkeeper, about it fitiattir Of an hears ... differ/nee bevwc.. avnadntagtieloUld he obtained ----- goods beyond the ofightal edition at the The Frankfort Post Gazette has the following in bringing the farmer, % under the date of Neisse (Prussian Silesia), , s y mi ay th l fi v eld . The original squire ito the centre of the markets for tea ... Jul 9._ " As the three protecting Powers have decided Y that corn. The butcher Would of course g o by S horeditcl ai t l o . be occup i ed. of taking, estimate for the Bia " wali was as 410,000 /, but the n , :tual purchase of the property the free state of Cracow shall henceforth put down at 379,000/. ; and when they came to P arliament, instead by Austrian troops only ; the Prussian troons as they hart intended, four lines of rails, they had only leave on the 12th of this month, and the R 1 — will bill had been 22 0001 and the various expenses 43,000 . The line . taken two lines, and the actual cost was 260,000/. The solicitor's , to the communication with the E astern Counties Railway was about troops will retire into the interior of p o i, nd . ussi" thr ee itlieg, affil th i s wa s only a mile and a half; , but the former ran That portion of the Great Ci- , nt ra l li i lliratt g l open fielj,. a 1,.; the latti,r w ert. th , :on „ gi t„, n . a . ,, , 3 .1 1 , ,, , p ; rty. , i • ,•x.,,,riiiia,tioil i t,ts teta t , to ~,to ~ ~ ..t.,,,_, t. .t t . por- Way which goes from l'esth to Waiter w yr a ";,..... , ~ 7 (Here o: C,./I.lni,` 1 " ,, -Lai!• i tile. Collll,l,ny pro i .usett to Lon of the W es l. ludh ' — e u h e ns w io l i r t e e i f'w'lih plan was put in from recently opcinqd. company proposed to take about one or rather mere.) The . Izer ha . s 110—,.en tw i w te ch , fo i r ti t n i L e ne c ,tr o c r er , s6, laiT r uitheey ego:l _, ,e as much. Pao *nog fair of Frokfort has turned . • -- - - --- - - -- ." 4" " ou t more it4e4 et we 10 Kvoria avers Qf the Truelioum taken ITN:. abOut .._ ....._ .. _.._ at r • 1 t P:iX mo-s- ANO jf n • • SECOND EDITION. 1 44 fr trtntili ACM LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1846. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Wool. sack at Five o'clock. On the motion of Lord COLCHESTER, the third reading of the Glasgow Termini Bill was adjourned till Thurs day next. Earl Pow's, after presenting several petitions against the consolidation of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor, moved the second reading of the St. Asaph and Bangor Bill. The Marquis of LANsnowNE opposed the motion. After a discussion in which the Bishops of LONDON and BANGOR, Earl YIN - lAN, Lord STANLEY, Earl GREY, Lord ELDON, and the Bishop of OXFORD took part, Earl Yowls replied. Their Lordships then divided, when there appeared— For the Bill, 38 ; against, 28 ; majority for the second reading, 10. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE then said it was not his intention to give any further opposition to the measure, Their Lordships then adjourned. The House met at Four o'clock. After the transaction of private business, Mr. F. MAULS, in answer to Dr. BOWRING, explained the circumstances attending the flogging and subsequent death of Frederick White, late of the 7th hussars. The House having resolved itself into a Committee of Ways and Means, Lord Josue RUSSELL rose to state the course which the Government proposed to pursue as regards the Sugar Duties. Had the Government been disposed to consult their own ease, they would not have wanted plausible reasons for postponing the consideration of the question of the Sugar Duties. But the public, which spent 12,000,000/. a-year in sugar, suffered much from the increased price of that article; the revenue also suffered, and it was most desirable for the interests of trade and commerce to endeavour to come to some permanent settlement of the question. The high price of sugar in this country had long been the subject of complaint, in asmuch as it rendered the consumption of sugar impos sible to the poorer classes, and at the same time, in con sequence of the diminution of supply, diminished the revenue. The price had risen, during some parts of last year, to 7s. above the price calcu lated on by the late Chancellor of the Exche quer, while the revenue from the sugar duties had been actually less, by 341,529/. than the amount estimated by the Right Hon. Gentleman; and this en tirely owing to the deficient supply consequent upon the supply not having been drawn from a sufficiently exten sive area. The Noble Lord then proceeded to state the prospect of the supply of sugar for the coming year, which he estimated at 230,000 tons. An increased sup ply was necessary, and whence were they to look for this increased supply? The reduction of duties on free labour sugar alone would produce very little effect, as the quantity of foreign free-labour sugar to be obtained was of very little importance. Now, upon the present consumption, an increase of price of 6s. only would be a tax upon the public of 1,600,0001., which would not go to the State. He would propose, therefore, the admission of other foreign sugars, to supply the deficiency ; but here they were met by the objection that the admission of foreign sugar would encourage slavery, and that such consideration should overbalance all financial and commercial views, and all considerations of the welfare of the people. But that ar gument failed of completeness while they admitted tobacco, cotton, and other productions of slave labour ; and therefore they did not even pretend to carry into effect the humane views which those opposed to the consumption of slave labour produce entertained. The members of the Anti-Slavery Committee, however, were consistent, for they denounced the consumption o slave• labour cotton as most immoral ; and yet if it were proposed before we would admit American cotton wool to call upon the United States to solve the tre mendous problem of slavery it would be considered as absolute insanity. The same argument ap plied to copper ore, and various other articles, The 'policy of excluding slave-labour sugar would be therefore incomplete; but, more than that, they were obliged to admit slave states, with which they had trea ties of reciprocity, to compete with free labour states in the market. They had besides been obliged to refuse to Spain the benefits of the commercial treaties concluded with her, and that on principles not very honourable to a great nation. He could not help thinking that the principle contended for by Spain was contained in the treaty of Utrecht. It was certainly unfortunate that in their pursuit of humanity they should be forced to evade the obligations of treaties. But there was a further defect in these attempts to exclude slave-labour sugar. The merchants sent this sugar to other markets, and thence obtained supplies which they might dispose of in the English market ; and thus obtain English manufactures for the supply of the slave employer ; and thus they foiled to prevent the slave owner from getting a market for his produce. For these reasons he held that the ground which had been hitherto taken was not tenable, and ' that pro ceeding upon the principle which they had adopted with regard to other commodities, they must admit the sugar of the world to the markets of the United King. dom. He must admit, however, that there were reasons forbidding that immediate equalisation The West India body most justly urged the great change produced by the emancipation of their slaves, and the losses they had sustained in consequence, and the inter ference of this country to prevent their obtaining a supply of free labour, as reasons against this immediate equalization ; and these reasons ►ere entitled to great consideration. There were likewise finan cial reasons against any sudden and ab rupt change. Ile should, therefore, propose a complete withdrawal of the present prohibitory duty on slave-labour sugar, and then a very slight alteration from year to year, until the duties should be equalised. He would propose, at once, to reduce the duty on all foreign Muscovado sugar to 21s. per cwt., to be diminished from sth July 1847, to sth July 1848, to 20s. ; from sth July, 1849, to 18s. 6d.; from 1160, to 17s. ; from 1851, to 155. 6d.; and that from the sth July, 1852, the duty on all sugars, foreign and colonial, should be 14s. The reduction of a cloyed and refined sugar would be in similar proportion, and would be diminished likewise from year to year. The West Indians complained of the interference of the Government in preventing the immigration of Hill Coolies. Now he proposed that the Coolies should have permission to emi grate on certain conditions. He also proposed to diminish the differential duties on rum from ls. 6d. to ls. The West Indians also asked that molasses should be permitted to be used in breweries and distilleries, but there were such practical difficulties in the way of acceding to that request that he could not comply with it. He also proposed to enable the colonists to procure the provisions and timber in the cheapest market and to do away with differential duties in favour of Bri tish produce imported into the colonies. The whole optic OPrgtectigli wig p3GiOWf 3 tbal sYsttra 1414 boo; 3,000 feet each, while they proposed to give 3,200 feet,. 'with the saving a gateway at present in existence, but never used. To Mr. HILL'S cross-examination, Mr. Tite replied thvt the warehouse lie was about to give was a better one than the one . , he had taken. He had been much engager! in building shot a na . and warehouses, and had laid out and superintended the erecti on of all the warehouses on the legal quays, from London-bridge to • th e Tower, and was ready to have the decision of any respectable Or" ehitect, and the company would pay the difference, if against theOt The taking of those warehouses was a part of the arrangement Win' the Eastern Counties. Mr. Tito also affirmed his prevlsous asser tion respecting the assenting parties. To the CUAIRMAN, Mr. HILL replied that it was proposed to bring locomotives up to Fenchurch-street, and that neither authorities nor individuals objected to it. Room D. GLASGOW, DUIVEFIZZES, AND CARLISLD• This Committee met to-day, at el:wen o'clock—Earl St. Germans in the chair. Ail the other Membera of the Committee present. The evidence on behalf of the Bill was nosumed. Mr. Charles Wright, manager of the goods traffic of the Glasgow , Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway, examins7d — He had been en gaged in that department for the last five yea: S. He knew the nature of the traffic between Ayrshire and EngOud well. The traffic of the Glasgow and Ayr Railway had increased three-fold the last five years. The line was opened in 1840 In 1841 tlte of the line were 34,3151., while last year it was 104,5351. In 1841 . the minerals carried along the line were 8,310 tons, yielding - revenue of 585/. ; and in 1845 the tonnage was 180,430, yielding 12,700/. There was a considerable traffic between Ayrshi.'e a n Campbeltown, in Argylcshire. It was proposed to place a stiltnl e ' ,. between Troon and Campbeltown, in which case a considerable yor tion of the traffic of the latter town would go south by the railer ,, P; Campbeltown had 26 distilleries, which consumed 11,000 tons in grain, and produced 4,500 tons of whiskey. Ile calculated that there would pass along the present line, to and from Campbeltown, 1,000 tons yearly of grain, whiskey, and cured fish, of which a large trade was carried on at that place. A great deal of fish were also cured en tile coast of Ayrshire ; and he thought 800 or 1,000 tons of. these would pass along the line yearly. He was acquainted with the Ardrossan and Fleetwood traffic, and he had found considerable delay by this route, on account of the nature of the harbours which presented difficulties from the denclent supPir of water. On this account tile Ayrshire traffic had never been faifiY developed. He had looked over the tables prepared by Mr. .Ander' son, and with regard to the Ayrshire and English traffic he thoug ht it rather under than over-stated. Cross-examined by Hr. Sergeant MITIINIV--He had not made the statement respecting Campbeltown in the House of Commons whit' he had now given. The arrangement about placing the steamer en!. the Troon station had been male since then. It was very likely 01° this arrangement was made since the rejection of the Caledonia n Extension. He believed that an arrangement was made for amal gamating the present line with the Ayrshire Company. The difficult , ' of landing and loading goods at Fleetwood and Ardrossan be believed arose from low water, occasioned by the eb b ' ing of the tide. He was not aware that a 've i l large traffic between Ireland and the south of Enolse_ was carried on by similar harbours. Ile did not know that 7 1 : steamers employed were not well adapted for the goods traffic. in had heard of the amalgamation of the London and Birmingin• ft Grand Junction and the North Union Railways, but he thought would be the interest of this united company to talc e the traffic 11 Liverpool rather than by Fleetwood. At present the most of the svhia' key made at Campbeltown went to Glasgow, and all the cured Ml , ' He thought, however, with this line, the fish both from Carnpbet town and Ayrshire would be sent direct. He believed that with kinds of fish, cured and fresh, the railway would be preferred to sail ing vessels. Mr. William Anderson, accountant, of Glasgow, examined—Pr. posed that he had prepared the traffic tables of the present line. Table No. 1 was the passengers by the existing coach from Kilmarn°' , " which he had taken from the way-bills. The sum agreed wit h n, Burn's evidence. Table No. 2 was the Ayr and Dumfries col c di the number of which was also obtained from the way-bill. ne ",, „, not included the Dumfries passengers. Table 3 contained the i n ':A seegers of the Edinburgh and Dumfries coaches. This he estim.' ll: l to go up the main line to the Crawick branch. Table 4 contains' the Dumfries and Carlisle coach passengers. Table 5 contained 0 0 local passenger traffic, obtained by stationing men along the line fat a fortnight, in the months of September and November last. lie had also, since the Bill passed the Commons, stationed men along h e line. This was in June last. As he understood the Caledonian h ed stationed the men on the route, he stationed his men nearly In °I same places as the other Company. He found the resg ie to be more than he had realised previously. T would arise from a great number of coach passenge;: at this time than the previous period. The revenue of the tableS , had named in addition to table 7, was in the first period 41,0001. 1 , f,„ annum, and in June last 43,000/. Table 6 was the passsengere the Fleetwood steamers, excluding the Glasgow traffic. He 1 6 added to the passenger traffic 150 per cent. for increase. He in this addition on the data of the increase on the Ayrshire 1 111 , 6 4 Table 7 was gen era l merc h and i se b y land, to w hi c h h e h a d add 50 per cent. Table 8 was general merchandise by water. Table d was the cattle and horse estimate, founded on Messrs. Kennedy e V lirown's evidence. Table 10 was th e mineral•estimate, feunded e,, ; evidence given before the Committee. Ile h a d ca l cu l a t e d th e traT ,, , through from Kilmarnock and Carlisle, and divided the recell , _,'"' allowing one-third for working expenses, one-thi r d for w ay to the Caledonian and Ayrshire Companies, and one-third for Pr,, e r ; on the line. The summary of his tabl e wa s for passengers 38,3 1 .' t general merchandise by land 10,0851. ; general merchandise by vial ; 12,500/. ; carriage of drain tiles, 3,6081. ; cattle, &c. 17, 79 ' minerals, 10,663/. ; mails, small parcels, &c., 6,5001. Cross-examined by Mr. COCKBURN—Last year his estimate of ft' s crease was 100 per cent. He added nothing on goods last year, DI he bad added 50 per cent. this year. Experience of the Ayrshire D t ' l ' s 2 „ the Edinburgh and Glasgow Companies had induced him to add 50 per cent. He had got returns from these coMPe nt o ;knee last year, and these justified him in making the additional 5e per cent. Ile believed that Mr Pare had this year, on the Shreff..% bury and Hereford line, estimated 200 per cent. increase. The . 1 . ;1 1 crease, no doubt, would depend a good deal on population. ee_:; 9 not give the population per square mile on the Nithsdale line. nel',„ o not aware that the Ayrshire line had never yet reached ,re, estimate made on that line before the Bill was passed, though '. 1 :4 only 100 per cent, was added for increase. He would be surPVT,O were it so. (Mr. Cockburn here read an extract from the 16 :_ ° . g asc, of Evidence in 1837, given by Mr. Pare, in which the full T';4r with an addition of 100 per cent., was set down at 117,0001. annum, being 13,9001. leas than that given last YO r n ar Mr. Wright's evidence.) He had, in taking the _4,0 senger traffic, swept the road of all vehicles. The N'" Dad was then examined in detail with the object of showing that he of over estimated the road-side traffic, and taken a wider ran% country than he ought to have done. ro* .. The witness, in answer to a question from Mr. Sergeant .V- a „ n ail here gave a list of the places at which he had stationed lip in June last, in order to check those stationed b 1 Caledonian Company. He had taken all the cabin sengers by the steamers as to go by the line, et!"_ had added 100 per cent. Ile had not made any special redUctioaot, the 6,900 tons of goods estimated to go from Ayrshire to England' 1.• recount of the goods supposed still to go b y steamers , but his von mate was 1,200 tons less than the absolute quantity rale' him. He had added two thousand pounds for e"' ‘ ,.," t o carriage more than given in the Commons. That we' uot coal ai Ile thought rdistric trefe that rence to where a p peat e t a o t n , a ays n a d ts information derived from the witnesses after more careful considetorr se h a p e l eh populationna tl fortable.HeWbae „ me i P , Re-examined—ln i f f o oi fcoal per head was n.o.tould ned—ln his estimate he had carefully eXe h " through traffic. Ile had not taken any foot passengers. sliegetrhaietyl HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP Lxvu A 1 The Committee met this morning at tweiv.,, , dock, Lor d -- in the chair. SOUTH-WESTERN EXTENSION. it te Mr. Stovin, traffie•master on the South-Western, was the fir st o JIM called, and gave evidence to show the necessity of extelle et the line to London-bridge, in order to carry the increasing tr ay the line to the City, and to intermediate places. • Mr. Gurney was about to call another witness when Vie' The CHAIRMAN intimated that the Committee thought it cogs cessary to accumulate similar evidence to the above, as they se sidered that the advantages of the extension were self-evident sides, it was reported in favour of by the Royal Commission , o ' 6 loo decision was entitled to its consideration. The Committee Wer t hoo o of opinion that it would not do undue Nary to the property of who opposed or through whose property it would run. a suet Mr. GURNEY said, after this i n ti mat i on they would simply c-- engineer and surveyor. DERBY, UTTOXETER, AND STO FORD RAILWAY COMPANY.—(THIS DAV e icl A meeting of the s h are h o ld ers o f t hi s company et, to-day at the George and Vulture Tavern, Lombard- 5 " - „, , for the purposes of determining the dissolution of the eMir e , pany, and in the case of the dissolution being d agreecl t , whether such should b e cons id ere d an act o f bankructicl with the view of h av i ng t h e a ff a i rs o f t h e compan y wO - under the Joint Stock Companies Act. Mr. Nash, Ch a i rman o f the Company, was cal l e d to a l. chair. The Secretary having read the advertisement conven ing the meeting, A The CHAIRMAN said that th e t i me was arrived . 0 ; - . tl3 shareholders to elect scrutinee rs t o ta k e t h e vo t e s or shareholders. a SO Mr. Wm. Roworth, of Nottingham, Mr . R. Sheppar-, Mr. Philips were then elected. 0 , of The Secretary then read the Report of the Corny:ail t he Management, which stated that after the resolution 0 t he meeting in last March to dissolve the company, owing to e 0 existence of the law relating to joint-stock companies , '' be r being only 12,890 shares assentient, which nu ni o at was insufficient, they were unable to carry that resolution of the shareholders. However, the 1 -, 10 0 under which they laboured in common with a great 0u'7 30 ,4 of other companies, had been remedied, and it was placed in their own hands, under the recent Joint D 1 ', 1 , 0 Company's Acts, 7 and 8 Vict., c. ill, to dissolve n Company. The Conimittee of Management beg to remind the shareholders that the u ndertakin.g„ t h, which they had been engaged had not been proceede d w 1 e)t c o w u i i n dgn s o o t le b ly . to the e ta rr b o l rs e. i T n h t e h y e h is a u d r , ve h y o s w , e f v o e r r, w r h e i f c a h s i hto of discharge the demands of the engineers, and had got 11 de' one exorbitant demand by the payment of 125/. The 0. mand of Mr. Higgins for 5,000/. was to be tried before legal tribunal, but the action had not come on. The SECRETARY then read the share account and 0 0 9 00 account, from the former of which it appeared that 1 % 0 1 shares had been allotted to the public, to the Provier oc sl Committee 3,450, and reserved for amalgamation 11 11 d interests 1,600 ; 13,538 shares had been taken up iog the public, 3,390 by the Provisional and Dian"b t he Committee, while there remained in hand 3,072. Fro lea cash account it appeared that the deposit on the s . 4e rs? amounted to 44,4364 and the interest allowed by icl., &c., to 7081. 17s. 7d., making a total of 45,1441. while the expenses incurred left a balance of 38,71 51 in the hands of the treasurer. r_ ta r k e p en ort , a° h lll ll The CHAIRMAN said that the directors pains in going through these accounts, and li ge i been much longer than the committee desired. i n g theif ever, would have the effect of preventing his occupy theY time. The committee had thought it right to 'tell them t had got 7001. interest on their money, and he thought tb 4 ii v 300/. more would cover their expenses. He would now beg happy to hear any gentleman who might desire to addr" th x wished to know why the 1,300 shares Nv-. oh 0 g taken up had not been sold instead of bB5 e pdinr.o tc meeting. boe,En i n o n r e p e n ly s u, alongethd thet s en e he shares a at r sh e e s i n h rta a eir d l rwu b ap e yt e .e n d kep t by . the retained in the hands of the Committee. f a r lhat, now the A It l landed was og s discussion a i proprietors s t c e u d ss i eb Secretary, who read the Act of Parliament under w„' no t they had been convened to show that the meeting coulu legally entertain the topics now brought before them. The CHAIRMAN promised that on application to the ~ , s o f mittee, permission would be given to inspect the boo k the Company, with which Mr. Cowen expressed hims elf wed After some further desultory conversation. it was res °/ . * ,:f, that the Company should be dissolved without bankrulno and the Chairman stated that the Committee would rear' the shareholders 11. 12s. 6d. per share, on Thursday rO t g incl The thanks of the meeting were then voted to lin g ackriuwledged by the Chairman, after which the W ee separated. BIRTHS. stre et, On the 14th inst., Mrs. Ja m es Painter, of Bern ers-- of a son. rde On the 15th inst. , at Avening , the lady of Ale Rooke, Esq., of a daughter. tbe On the 16th inst., at Winterbourne Dauntsey, Wilts, wife of G. Burtt, Esq., of a son. lady of On the 16th inst., at Colmere Rectory, limits, the the Rev. J. B. Bonnie, of a daughter. di o f On the 17th inst., at St. John's-hill, Battersea, the lady the Rev. J. M. Soule, of a son. e r s ' On the 18th inst., at Clapham, Surrey, the wife of the T. Mac Gill, of a daught er . ___--- 18th inst., at S. a MN., assistant-0.. A Pa ß n ß c l r E af * Church, John Rei 010 On 2 to Mary Ann Elizabeth, yottliv daughter of the late Uaj,'tain a C. Stovin, R.N. WED. At Cheriton, Kent, Mary, eldest daughter of the • late CCC Macdonald, barrack-master. ~A LOW' On the 10th inst., Jane, wife ofJo hn Sinclair, of vw Ma re sii eld, Susses „00 London: Printed and Published by Id URDO YOUNG , re p r ` Alt S t f trand he , Prtnter SayeT , , a in Ulf COUllty t The Sun Office, No of .D 11441 112, Stool 4 rand, Ile t'do, '— o ' — . 3, ISA