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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Signor MARIO most respectfully informs the Nobility, Patrons to the Opera, his Friends, and the Public, that his BENEFIT will take place TO-MORROW EVENING, THURSDAY, JULY 30, When will be performed (for the second time in this country) Doni zetti's Opera Buffa, entitled, DON GREGORIO; or, L'AJO NELL 'IMBARAZZO. Don Gregorio, Signor Lablache ; Count Giulio, Signor Fornasari ; Enrico, Signor Mario ; Pippetto, Signor F. Lahlache ; Gilda, Mdme. Castellon. The highly successful new and original Ballet Divertissement., by M. Perrot, the Music by Signor Pugni, entitled, LE JUGEMENT DE PARIS. Introducing a new Grand Pea, entitled " Le Pea des Deesses." The principal parts by Madlle. Taghoni, Madlle. Lucile Grahn, Mdlle. Cerito, MM. Perrot and at. Leon, Mane. Louise Taglioni, Mdlles. Casson and Demelisse, &c. And Bellial's admired Opera P co l ,compressed into One Act, entitled IL RAT A. Imogene, Madame Grizi ; Ernesto, Signor Fornasari ; Gual tiero, Signor Mario. To conclude with the C Last Tableau of the admired Ballet of AT ARINA. In which will be introduced the admired Pas du Masque, by Mulles. L. Grahn, Demelisse, Cassan, and James; Pas Styrienne, by Mdlle. Cerito and 31. St. Leon ; and the admired Mazourka, by Mille. Taglionf. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at half-past Seven o'clock. -------- THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. First Night in this Country of the celebrated Opera of LA JUIVE, with the whole of the Music by Halevy. In consequence of the very limited stay of the BRUSSELS COMPANY, and owing to the great demand for places, the Free List, except the public Press, JOHN PA must on RSONS, this occasionßox Book-keeper. be suspended. ---------- THE kTRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. THE BRUSSELS OPERA COMPANY. THIS EVENING. Will be performed Halevy's Grand Opera, entitled LA JUI VE Le Julf Elizar, M. Laborde ; Le Cardinal de Broguy, M. Zelger ; Leopold, M. Boulo ; Ruggiero, M. Barialle ; Rachel, Madame Julien ; La Princess Eudoysie, Mdlle. Charten. On FRIDAY will be performed, Halevy's Comic Opera, " Les 3lousquetaires de la Reine." Doors open at Seven, percormance to commence at half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Acts of ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Miss Cushman; Juliet, Miss Susan Cush man (their last appearance). To be followed by an Operatic Extravaganza, entitled THE WONDERFUL WATER CURE. Tartaglia, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Belloni, Mr. Hudson ; Ar g entine, Madame Anna Thillon (her last appearance in this country). In the course of the Evening, the ETHIOPIA ieN SERENADERS will sing a variety o f their most popular Melods. Alter which, the popular Military Vaudeville We , called Mar T got HE PRETTY GIRLS OF STIL BERG. Stilberg, Mr. bster , Madame Celeste. To conclude with the Comedy of MY WIFE'S MOTHER. Uncle Foozle, Mr ; W. Farren ; Mr. Rudd, Mr. Holl ; Mrs. Quiciaidget, Mrs. Glove Mrs. Budd, Miss Julia Bennett. ------- THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. rig:ll)ER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. 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 be 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 Fairbrother. BELOW :—Landre, Mr. F. Matthews ; Poisson, Mr. Keeley ; Leo nard, Mr. H. Butler; Lolot, Miss Ellen Daly. After which the Comic Drama, called THE DUSTMAN'S BELLE. Characters by Messrs. Diddear, F. Vining, Meadows, Keeley, Miss Villars, 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, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS G Will be performed a New Drartia, from the French, entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. In which Madame Celeste, Messrs. Wright, 0. Smith, Selby, Worrell, Scc., 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 THE MAID WITH THE MILKING PAIL. Diccon, Mr. Wright ; Milly, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with the new and successful Farce, entitled THE CORPORAL'S W EDDIN M G ; ss E. or, A Elsa of the Bride. Major Griskin, Mr. Selby; ancy Cobb, i PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. In which Mr. Charles Mathews will perform. T) he followed by the admired.Comedietta, entitled WHY DON'T SHE MARRY ?or The Swiss Cottage. Natz ck, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Corporal , Max, Mr. Walton ; Lisette, Tie Madame Vestris ; Louise, Miss Somers ; Ninette, Miss. Taylor. After which a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE SLEEP ING BEAUTY Dr THE WOOD. Lord Factotum, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Princess Isabelle, Madame Vestris. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. gilder the especial patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. Tremendous overflows. The present productions nightly hailed with the most rapturous applause. Second Week of the " Phantom Horseman." THIS EVENING Wjll be performed the Grand Military Spectacle, called THE SIKHS' 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 and HIPPO DROME and Sports of the Curriculum, by the British Foreign Professors. Clowns in the Arena, Messrs. Wallet and Drama of Rochez. The whole concluding with the successful Equestrian 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. Osbaldis n, Miss to Vincent, an d The the Doublees.o Drii inatic Company of the Surrey and Victori FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. SEVILLE.. THIING Will be performed the Melodrama, entitled WILDFIRE, THE GYPSEY HORSE STEALER ; or, The Fortunes and Ckances of War. Joe 3fizen, Mr. Neville ; Ben Slizen, Mr. Shepherd ; Harry 'Marsden, Sir. Hughes ; Wildfire, Mr. Saville ; Captain Lindsay, Mr. Johnson ; Peter Priggins, Mr. G. Forman ;Mary Marsden, Miss Vincent ; Peggy, Miss L. Pearce. After which, CATHERINE AND PBTRUCHIO. Catherine, Miss Vincent ; Petruebio, Mr. Osbaldiston. To conclude with ALICE GRAY. Under the Patrcinage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC TION o`ff HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. This magnificell!, spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale o f grandeur, thd picture being more than twice the size of the former, an d represents, t ts accurately as can possibly be done, the Great Eruption of Vesu "ins in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her ciiiallemn an d I'omprii took place; produced under the direction of Mr. DanSOn. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will he br:lliantly Illumiducted nated at Ni Mr. t Godley. T h e PROMENADE CONCERTS, con by 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 G iTOTTO, approached by the Illumi nated Gothic Bridge, representing in the luterlor Telemachus relating his adventures to Calypso. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the most complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display, a novel exhibition will be intro duced, representing the Descent of Pluebus in the Chariot of the Sun. Mons. Farinelli will descend 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 bear him to his ehrystal home. The Glass Conservatory is splendidly ornamented with festoons of tamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivore by gas-tight. Feeding of the Carnivore at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at six ; Concert at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk. On MONDAT, Aug. 10, will take place a GRAND NEAPOLITAN CARNIVAL and FETE VETE ; combining all the novelties of the season. Admission. One Shilling. THE WEATHER.--S II N OFFICE, JULY 29. T HERMOM ETER, Lowest, 61 ; Hi g hest. 81; Noon, 76. fine. B AROM ETER, 30.15.—W1ND S.E. ; HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 16 minutes after 5 . Evening .. 33 m i n utes after 5. 05 :1 Ltls „ - 4 C7 - ' V- -4 - z -~,. 371 SECOND EDITION. • Now ready, in 2 vols., with Illustrations, 21 s. bo und. F IFTH EDITION of THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS. By .ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq. " As we read we are proud to claim the author as a countryman. and are content that his book shall go all over the world, that other countries, from it, may derive a just impression of our national haracter. His 'volumes are full of just perception and spirited letall. They greatly increase our acquaintance with Eastern scenes, and to the traveller afford a variety of information which he could hardly elsewhere find in so interesting a shape."—Britannia. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Alarlborough-street. NEW WORK ON ALGIERS. Now ready, in 2 vols., with Illustrations, 215. bound, VISCOUNT FEILDIN Cr and CAPTAIN KENNEDY'S TRAVELS in ALGERIA, in 1845. "We feel special pleasure in recommending this interesting and entertaining work, as one which throws much light on the customs and condition of a brave but unfortunate people, and affords much valuable information as to all that is remarkable iu the country they inhabit."—Hood's Magazine. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. WITH TWO ILLU N STRATIO NS BY LEECH. The New Number o BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY will contain Contributions by the Archbishop of Dublin, the Author of " Stories of Waterloo," Albert Smith, Miss CostAuthorello, Mrs. Mathews, E. V. Rippingille (on the late Mr. Ilay don), the of " Second Love," Everard Clive, Paul Prendergast, T. Woodfall, &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Orders received by all Booksellers throughout the United Kingdom. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. ESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND WIOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patrowage, 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 requested to be addressed. Al! Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be lbrwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds Imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Otces. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. trienilM LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1846. A magnificent majority of one hundred and thirty has negatived the amendment of Lord G. BENTINCK. From that most decisive result of the division may b e drawn many consolator y and en couraging conclusio ns. That sweeping majority i s tantamount to a direct vote of thanks to her MA.• JRBTY'S Ministers. That majority is an assurance that the obnoxious. differential duties are doomed. That majority is a token —a most brilliant and em phatic ,token—that the great crusade in behalf of free trade will be carried triumphantly to its consum mation. For all these very comprehensive reasons we rejoice sincerely in the enlightened spirit which is displayed in the National House of Representatives. It speaks to the people of England words which should quell their anxieties, alleviate their sufferings, stimu late their endeavours, and ensure their contentment. THEr SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING , JULY 29, 1 It does infinitely more than indicate the abolition of restrictions upon slave-labour sugar, and the re moval of all invidious distinctions between foreign and colonial products. It tells the people as plainly as though the very words were uttered—" Relax none of your efforts to promote the spread of en lightment upon all legislative topics ! Persist in that discriminating agitation for reform—whether civil, municipal, religious, or commercial—which you have evinced so conspicuously of late years I Continue manfully and peacefully to plead to your rulers for the erasure of every irksome and injudicious enact ment from the statute-book ! Proceed courageously and hopefully upon your new and glorious mission —avoiding any of those detestable appeals to violence which have so often proved destructive to your ancestors, and which, if resorted to by yourselves, would prove equally pernicious and inefficacious—proceed upon that wonderful mission of reform, which has already commenced so wonder fully, reason your guide and moral force your weapon, and your success is certain. Your voice will be obeyed ; your rational demands will meet with a rational compliance ; and every unsightly and poisonous weed will one by one be rooted from the Constitution !" That is the language virtually addressed to the popu lation of Great Britain by the present Houses of Parliament. That i 3 the language of wisdom, of jus tice, and of benevolence, which no man of liberal edu cation, or even of merely common sense, will for a moment doubt. It is language, moreover, eminently worthy of this extraordinary age, and such language as will be listened to with the most benign sentiment of satisfaction by RICHARD COBDEN, in his seclusion amongst the mountains of Wales. The majority of 130 verifies the remark of that patriotic man that although the body corpo rate of the League were dissolved, its spirit would survive and diffuse itself over the surface of the whole earth. The spirit of the League has survived its dissolution : it lives in the Hall of the Legislature, though the great head of the association has retired from that august assemblage. Now that we possess proof positive of the accept ance which awaits the Ministerial measure, it becomes interesting to observe the line of conduct pursued by the different leaders of the House of Commons. It becomes even more than interesting—it becomes of the utmost importance. From their behaviour upon the occasion of the first development of the principles of the RUSSELL Administration we may rationally deduce the prospects which exist in regard to the acceptation of those principles, and the stability of that Administration. Of the stability of the one in office, or of the popularity of the other among the principal portion of our statesmen, no single doubt can now exist: the representatives collectively have sanctioned both by a majority of very nearly two to one in a House of exactly four hundred. The ex-Prime Minister has pronounced himself in terms the most magnanimous, declaring himself re solved to renounce all considerations of rivalry, to waive all previous distinctions of party, to for get all personal influence, to quell all indivi dual ambition, for the purpose of ensuring the prosperity and happiness of this great nation. By giving such a splendid evidence of disinterested ness and patriotism, Sir ROBERT PEEL will render the gratitude of his contemporary countrymen per manent, while he will assure to his name that noble and beautiful immortality for which it is well known his heart yearns with so much ardour. He is the passive Minister-maker of the House of Commons, the Parliamentary Earl of WAawicK ; and by continuing to use that eminent and enviable authority, with this admirable forbear ance and discrimination, Sir ROBERT will acquire both the respect of the present generation, and fame from posterity. Lord JoHN RUSSELL, on the other hand, has declared himself ready to continue in office only so long as he can do so with the utmost independence, and by expressing himself in that dignified manner has ensured for his Adminis tration the esteem even of its antagonists. Of the healthy and hopeful character of the principles of the RUSSELL Cabinet, we can not give a more explicit exposition than by transcribing a few sentences delivered by the Prime Minister himself—sentences which contain great ora torical beauty, and which display very eminent and statesmanlike abilities : " Sir," said Lord JOHN RUSSELL, "the Honour able Gentleman also made some very curious re marks as to the general policy of this coun try, and the experience he has derived from what he has observed with reference to our practical history ; and his observations, he said, led him to the conclusion that this country had always retraced its steps. I must say a more extraordinary discovery, and one more unexpected, at least by myself, could not have been made.—(Hear, hear.) No doubt there may have been particular cases in which Parliament has repealed its own Acts, and cases in which reasons may have been found to modify some parts of a system ; but that this country has ever gone back, after it has adopted an improved system, and thrown aside the fetters of a prejudiced age, to errors which had be come exploded, I entirely deny, and I say it is not the characteristic of the history of this country.—(Cheers.) I do not refer now to what occurred in those times of violence when the Throne and the Parliament were scattered by the decisions of a House of Commons, which, with usurped authority, governed solely by the sword ; but, speaking of those days when we had anything like regular government, after the restora tion of the house of STUART, I think there can be nothing more apparent, nothing more clear, nothing more beautiful to the reader of history, than the progress which this country made, and the deter mination with which she kept, the conquests. of reason.— (Hear.) In those days personal liberty was not safe, and the freedom of the subject was exposed to the will of the Sovereign, but the Habeas Corpus Act was passed in order to remedy that state of things, and I ask, has the country ever retraced its steps in that respect ?—(Cheers.) Have we ever since that period said that the personal liberty of the subject should exist at the will of the monarch? —(Cheers.) The Revolution next took place—the Bill of Rights was passed—have we ever repealed the Bill of Rights ? Has any one ever proposed the restoration of the dark and slavish political system which prevailed in the days of CHARLES 11. ?—(Hear, hear.) The press was then under a censorship ; it was set free; and I ask has any one pro posed a restoration of the system from which the press was then relieved ?—(Loud cheers.) At that time the Dissenters were im prisoned for preaching religious doctrines which they believed to be true. The Act of Toleration was passed, and they were relieved from the injustice under which they laboured. Has the country gone back to persecution ?—(Hear, hear.) Has it re traced its steps in this respect ? In these days is it punishable for men to do and preach what they be lieve to be the will of GOD ?—(Hear, hear.) Sir, the country has not retraced its steps in these respects, but with regard to the proceetlings of later days—with regard to that great Act in which Mr. WILBERFORCE took so great a part, the abolition of the slave-trade, has there ever been a proposition made in this House, or in the other House of Parliament, have the slave trade restored ?—(Hear, hear.) Im to ight allude to many other measures, if it were not likely to cause a difference of opinion amongst the Members of this House, but, with respect to the progress of religious liberty, I would remark that we have now in this House Protestants, Dissenters, and Roman Catholics, persons of different shades of religious belief, and I do not suppose that there is any Member of this House who would wish to change that system by re restoring the religious disabilities and disqualifications which formerly existed. This is my opinion, and I say, Sir, that my conclusions are exactly the opposite of those of the Hon. Gentleman.—(Hear and cheers.)" Those sentiments should teach the people to confide in the wisdom of the new Government, and it should convince them that they are realising, not merely the importation of cheap corn and cheap sugar, hut that they are incorporating the principles of free trade for ever and for ever with the Constitution of Great Britain. The Break of Gauges Bill was last night read a second time in the House of Lords. From the obserr vations made by several Noble Lords, it would appear that the present measure is intended to be only tem porary, and that some great and comprehensive measure for establishing an entire uniformity of gain throughout the kingdom is in contemplation. We sincerely trust that such may be the case, and that what has been most justly termed, not only an inconvenience, but a; great nati anal misfortune, may be got rid of by every prac tical Me and just means. No time should be lost in the closest attention to the subject, for direr ever3 sting ing da.7 thrown away must materially increase the difficulty and expense in effecting the required alterations. Our consideration must not be devoted vnerely to the present time, or to the means of d iminiahing the existing inconvenience. The persons en, 'rusted with this subject must look considerably in a dvance, and with a prescient eye regard things as they will be in some few years, when all the require ment s of the people will be fully met and provided for by an abundant and ample railway accommodation. If the evil of a break of gauge at the present moment, when it occurs but in a few places, is felt to be a serious public grievance, how greatly must it be increased when the points of contact are m nitiplißd considerably. Something will then be no :essary, and our children will have a fear ful exp ense and great labour entailed on them by our apathy and carelessness. We confess that when the minute of the Lords of the Privy Council of Trade was brought forward, in the early part of June, we approved of the recommendations contained therein, greatly. preferring them, as we still do, to those con tained in the report of the Gauge Commissioners. We thought the course they suggested more advisable, and for' the public good, than the entire reduction of the broad gauge' to the same scale as the narrow, by which a stop would be put to the improvements we may reasonably hope for in the progress of a system which is universally admitted to be as yet in its infancy. Such a proceecling would be the pro nouncing of a ne plus ultra, a laying down of the principle, " Thus far shalt thou go and no farther ;" and we, therefore, gladly hailed any proposition likely to prevent or stay so- injurious a de termination. It appears, however, now to be con sidered by practical men, competent to form a sound opinion on the subject, that all the advantages of the broad gauge could be obtained by the establishing of an intermediate gauge, say of six feet, which would not be open to the objections urged against either of the extremes, and would present all their favourable features. If it were possible to carry such a project into execution, with any reasonable amount of expenditure, we think it would be an ill judged and unwise economy on the part of the Go vernment to hesitate about the undertaking. It would be manifestly inequitable and unjust to compel companies, who had obtained the sanction of the Legislature, and had acted in strict conformity with the powers thereby conferred on them, to under take a great expense for the public benefit. If it be considered so important to the public to apply a remedy to the evil, that remedy should be at the ex pense of the public, who are to be the parties prin cipally benefited thereby. We doubt not that the companies themselves would contribute to a part of the expense proportioned to the value of the alterations to themselves. The matter could easily be arranged on a fair principle between all parties. The speech of Earl GREY leads us to hope that the Government, of which he is so prominent a member, will turn its earliest attention to the subject. lie says, " that it is absolutely necessary that something should be done without one day's delay ;" and afterwards, " that he could not help thinking the present arrangement, as to the gauge of railways, very imperfect. The Commission had recommended measures which would go to perpetuate the break of gauge, but he should not be satisfied with any permanent arrange ment which did not do away with that evil ; and he thought there were many reasons in favour of an intermediate gauge. A Commission appointed in 1838 had recommended its adoption in Ireland, and many engineers, not taking a strong interest in any existing railway on either the broad or narrow gauge, had stated, upon reasons which appeared to him exceedingly good, that an intermediate gauge would be attended with very great advantage. Mr. CUBITT had stated that at no very great expense it would be practicable to alter the present gauges to an inter mediate gauge. The Commission of last year had dismissed that suggestion in far too summary a manner." There is much justice in these observations, and we hope that his Lordship will devote a part of his attention to the subject. Mr. CUBIT; it will be recollected, strongly advocated the supe riority of a six-foot gauge; he thought that would be the best, but that anything from five-and-a-half to six-and-a-half feet would form an excellent gauge, as six or eight inches over the narrow one would give a gauge wide enough for all practical purposes of machinery of locomotive engines and carriages, and, if extended beyond six feet, you would get into difficulties of another kind, namely, cost, and weight, and weakness of the machinery. He also thought that the increase to six feet could be effected on the narrow gauge lines, without any alteration of the existing tunnels, he says, "I have taken the size of loads and vehicles which now pass on the narrow gauge, and which are sufficiently large for any gauge what ever practically, and these things all now pass with safety. I take the large Post-office carriages on the London and Birmingham Railway, which appear to be big enough for any carriages whatever upon any gauge ; and taking certain loads which they carry to be sufficiently large, so long as you keep the centre of the two roads the same distance apart, and the size of the loads restricted to what it has been at present, the altera tion of the gauge would make no difference with regard to the tunnels and bridges, or anything." The entire evidence given by Mr. CUBITT before the Commis sioners will be found well worthy of perusal, and will carry with it much weight and authority. One word more :—Should the public interfere in any manner with the existing railways, we trust that an electric telegraph may be placed on every line throughout the kingdom. It has been fully tested on the great lines on which it has been adopted ; by its means intelligence may, in a few moments, be conveyed throughout the length and breadth of the land. Its universal adoption would be hailed by all as a great national benefit. An imperial ordonnanee has been issued by the Emperor of AUSTRIA, permitting the Jews in Hungary to redeem, by the payment of a sum once paid down, their yearly taxes for leave to reside and carry on business. In five years all special duties on the Jews are to cease. The Provisional Government of Cracow has applied to houses in Cracow and Hamburgh to raise a loan of 2,000,00 D florins. The Railroad Commission of Hanover has adopted the proposal of the Government to grant a credit of 11,000,000 thalers for the construction of a railroad from Hanover to the frontier of the electorate of Hesse, and no doubt is entertained that this will be confirmed by the States, and carried into execution. Madrid papers of the 22d have arrived. The Ministerial journals represent the conspiracy at Pampeluna as having had extensive ramifications, that the conspirators had attempted to seduce the troops in Catalonia, and that their plan was to sieze Pampeluna and St. Sebastian, to facilitate the entry into Castilla and Galicia of the Spanish refugees in Portugal, and to get up an insurrection in Anda lusia. It was rumoured that the King of the 13ELasANs had urged upon Don ENRIQUE the necessity of re signing all pretensions to the hand of his cousin, and of withdrawing himself from the Progressista party. Don ENRIQUE peremptorily refused to adopt his advice, and immediately afterwards left Brussels for Holland. The Hera/do states that the Government has ac cepted the proposals of Messrs. EASTHOPE and Co. for the construction of a railroad from Cordova to Seville, and has authorised them to proceed with the necessary works. MADRID BOMA, JULY 22.—The Three per Cents. were done at 34 for cash; the Five per Cents. at 211; the Debt without Interest at 61; the Shares of the Bank of San Fernando at 390; and those of Isabel at 210. We have received the Paris papers of Monday. The Opposition papers still harp upon the Pritchard indemnity, but, as the Debats justly observes, they only do so because it can never again become a source of difficulty. " Oh I be certain," says the Journal des Debats, " that if the Pritchard affair could still con stitute a question of war or peace, they would not then be so noisy." On Monday the electors of Lisieux gave their an nual banquet to their member, M. GUIZOT. The speech of M. GUIZOT on the occasion, which will be found in extenso in another column, is one worthy alike of the author of the " History of Civilisation," and of the Minister of the Napoleon of Peace. Eloquent, philosophical, statesman-like, it is a pro duction which will be treasured up as a manual to be studied by constitutional statesmen, and as an au thority to be referred to in all matters relating to ti polity of constitutional governments. According to the Courrier Francais France has just acquired an important establishment in Africa. The King of DAHOMEY has ceded to France the town of Nehida, one of the most commercial towns on the west coast of Africa, and Vice• Admiral MONTAGNE DE LA ROQUE has placed a garrison in the fort. The Paris Hippodrome was burned down on Mon day morning. The Lioret, of Orleans, of the 25th, says— " Another fall has taken place in the works of the Vierzon line. The tunnel, which fell last winter, has again given way! The fall extends for a distance of thirty yards, and a considerable number of workmen have been buried under the ruins ; how many is not known, but three dead bodies have been taken out, and it is feared that others have perished. About twenty have been ex tricated without further damage than being severely bruised." Algiers' papers of the 21st have arrived. They give a long account of the proceedings at a dinner given to M. SALVANDY on the 16th, by the in habitants of Algiers. The Akhbar states that ABD•EL-KADER had left Raz-el-Ain, and joined his Deira, on the upper M oulouia. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Monday at 83f. 35c, ; the Five per Cents., 121f.75c. ; the Orleans Rail road Shares, 1,276 f. 25c. ; Rouen, 987 f. 50c ; Havre, 701 f. 25c. ; Great Northern, 708 f. 75c. ; Avignon, 887 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 618 f. 75c. ; Bordeaux, 548 f. 75c. ; Boulogne, 462 f. 50c. • Troyes and Montereau, 370 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 486f. 1 25c. ; Tours and Nantes, 500 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 510 f. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 36. The following are the quotations for the new lines : Lyons and Avignon, Definitives, 485 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, ditto, 480 f. MARSEILLES, JULY 23.—Marseilles and Avignon, 855 f.; Northern, 697 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 500 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 28. Direct Bombay and Madras, —Dutch Rhenish, 6%—Luxem bourg, IN—Northern of France Constituted, 13% —Orleans and Bordeaux, B—Over Yssel, 27.4 dis.—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 5% --Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, 4%—West Flanders, 3%. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING.—The New York packet ship Waterloo, Captain Allen, arrivel at Liver pool last night, with dates to the 11 th inst. inclusive, but they do not contain any news of importance. COBDEN TESTIMONIAL. (BY EXPRESS,) BRISTOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING. Yesterday evening, pursuant to advertisement, a meeting of the members of the Bristol Auxiliary to the League was held at the public rooms, Broadmead, to carry out the reso lution of the general body with reference to lhQ aidsolutir— or rather suspension of the operatienki of thr r - promote the subseriptiQu monial." ..eague, and to ~vards the " Cobden testi- (hOIGE THOMAS, Esq., chairman of the Bristol Com mittee 7 and expressed his regret at the absence of Dr. Bowring, M.P., occasioned by his necessary attendance at his post in the House of Commons upon the contemplated division upon the Sugar 'Duties question. The Chairman, during his address, took a general view of the operations of the League, and in appropriate terms alluded to the part which Bristol had taken in the matter. Tie particularly impressed upon the members of the League present that their labours were not yet fully accomplished, and that, therefore, the League was not finally dissolved. Occasions might arise, circumstances might transpire, which would require that the energies of the League should be put forth in all their power. Their work, hitherto so gloriously tarried out, would not be con summated till 1849, by which time, if not properly watched and checked, the Protectionist party might introduce some measure which would completely subvert the object which the League had in view; therefore. the League was not yet completely defunct; it slept awhile, awaiting the period, if such should arise, when its energies may be legitimately called forth. TVOMAS DAVIS, Esq., merchant, of Bristol, read a very elaborate report, drawn up with extreme care, and, we may add, consummate judgment. Topics of general interest were adverted to, were commented upon, were disposed of with a masterly hand. Those of a more local character were dilated upon just as mat ters required that they should be, and no more ; no elaborate display—no over-weening compliments, but honour to whom honour was due was liberally yet eloquently paid. The Committee's allusion to the efforts of Richard Cobden was that which might be expected. His unwearied efforts— his great personal sacrifices—his untiring energy—his zeal, his ability, his devotion, called forth almost universal commendation, whilst, at the same time, the forcible yet simple way in which he propounded his arguments fascinated his bitterest opponents. [From want of space, it is impos sible to follow the report through all the topics embraced therein.] RICHARD COOTES, Esq., moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded by ELIJAH BARXNG, Esq., merchant, of Bristol. HARMAN VISGEZ, a merchant of Bristol, in seconding the motion, recommended the meeting to attend to the registration courts. Sir Robert Peel once said that the battle of the Con stitution was to be fought in the registration courts. He hoped that the free-traders would take a lesson from that, and not neglect their battle were alone it could be fought. Mr. JOSIAH HUNT, a farmer of Gloucestershire to a very great extent, next addressed the meeting. He had advo cated the repeal of the corn-laws, from a belief that they were inimical to his own interests, but more particularly because he considered they were essentially unjust. It had been supposed that the landed interest would be materially affected by the repeal of those obnoxious laws—the impost upon labour—the tax upon commercial industry : that interest might be affected, but it would not be injured ; and, in his, opinion, no better proof than that existed in the cir cumstance that the landowners, so far at any rate as had come to his knowledge, had abated one jot of their rents ; on the contrary, he believed that rents were rising.—(Hear.) He believed that the repeal of the corn-laws w a s the b es t s t e p that could be taken to advance and promote even the interests of agriculture. In his opinion hitherto the agriculturists had been trusting to a broken reed. The farmer had been trust ing to the corn-laws, but to show the fallacy of reliances upon principles so utterly untenable as those by which the corn-laws were attempted to be upheld, he would inform the meeting that no landowner would take a tenant for his farms unless he could hare his full amount of rent, nor would he let a mill unless he could do it upon what he considered equitable terms. The question as to the remuneration of farm-labourers had occupied a considerable portion of public, and he might saypractical, attention. The Hon. Member for East Somerset, who stood high in esteem for his judgment and business-like habits, was mistaken in his ideas upon this subject. He had maintained that if the price of wheat were reduced, a pro portionate reduction in wages must follow. He (Mr. Hunt) as a member of the agricultural world, would say, in reply, "No such thing." In the face of the repeal of the corn-laws wages had risen con siderably—(Cheers)—and they were at that time higher in the agricultural districts than they had been for the last thirty years.—( Loud cheering.) The great demand for labour in the agricultural districts had caused the scarcity. That demand, great as it was at present, would go on increas ing, and the result he hoped, would be that the industrialclasses would reap a great advantage. As to the League, he must say that from some of its leading members, and more particularly from Richard Cobden, he had received more instruction than from any other quarter in the world; and he was sure that the instruction emanating therefrom, whether from the general body, or from Richard Cobden in particular, had been productive of much good to the labourer, the tenant-farmer, and the landlord—witness James Adam Gordon.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") It would always be found that the supply and demand would regulate the scale of wages as they did everything else. The independent tenant-farmers would survive the shock— those who were not under the thumb of their landlords would be able to succeed, and those who were shackled must endeavour to free themselves.—(Cheers.) Under such landlords as Earl Ducie, Mr. Bengough, and others, — innumerable he could mention—tenants were happy and con tented. Why should not such a state of things be extended over the whole of the agricultural territory of Britain ? (Cheers.) Reverting once more to the corn question, he must say that, so far as his experience went, there was to be found amongst the farmers the utmost indifference as to whether the present or the amended system of corn-laws existed. On the Exchange in Bristol he had heard but one sentiment, which was, that they (the corn growers) were now prepared to manufacture food for the people, and not drive the natives to have re course to either Russia or the Polanders for subsistence. EDWARD SMITH, Esq., of Sheffield, next addressed the meeting. In general, though very pleasing and attractive terms, he advocated the claims of the Anti-Corn-law League, and defended its policy. He particularly referred to the registration, adverting to the calamity which befel the West Riding of Yorkshire in particular, and the country generally, when Lord Morpeth was re jected at the election in 1841, and contrasting it with the present aspect of affairs, liberal and enlightened prin ciples being in the ascendant, triumphing over those of in tolerance, bigotry, and consummate self-interest. The speech, which was one of considerable length and marked ability, was listened to with general attention, and received with hearty applause. The Rev. G. ARMSTRONG attracted the attention of the meeting with one of Isis characteristic addresses--forcible in argument, eloquent in language, powerful in declama tion, yet merciful towards a fallen foe ; exposing the errors of the past, pourtraying, in glowing colours, the advantages which will result from effective well-timed measures for the future, the Reverend Gentleman car ried with him the feelings, the sympathies, the affections of his audience. But when, in his own peculiar way, he brought his extraordinary mind to bear upon the efforts, the ser vices, the labours, the anxieties, the responsibilities of Richard Cobden, the effect was electrical, the company rose en masse, and did honour to the heart and eloquence of the speaker, whilst they manifested their adoration of the distinguished individual who was the subject of so much eloquence. We cannot follow the Rev. Gentleman through his most inte resting address ; all we can add is, that it was listened to with breathless attention, excepting when some brilliant allusion to past victory compelled the company to respond to it with loud cheering. _ _ After one or two more speeches a subscription was set on foot, and, I believe, is very liberal; but, at the time of closing my parcel, I cannot give you the exact amount. The usual vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. I am credibly informed that, in a few weeks, there will be a grand banquet in Bristol to celebrate the triumph of the League. Earl Fitzhardinge, Earl Ducie, the Hon. Grantley Berkeley, Mr. C. Berkeley (the Member for thecity),and Mr. F. H. Berkeley, with a brilliant company, are expected to attend. ------- A subscription was opened, headed by George Thomas, Esq., for 1001., Wm. Tothill, 1001., Ed. Thomas, 501. Se veral other sums were mentioned ; and it is expected the contribution from Bristol will exceed 1,0001. RAILWAY COMMITTEES (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Room D. This Committee met to-day, at eleven o'clock, the Earl of S: Germans in the chair, when the consideration of the clauses of the GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE Bill was entered upon. Mr. Burke, the agent of the promoters, brought up several clauses that had been drawn up by the Caledonian Company, and which the two companies had mutually agreed to. Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM then proceeded, on behalf of the Caledo nian Company, to propose the insertion of a clause, which, if adopted, would still leave the Bill as it now stood up to the point at Gretna. This clause had a twofold object—that of giving efficient accommo dation to the district which it required, and at the same time to give a partial protection to the Caledonian Company, which it could not he denied would be seriously prejudiced by the construction of the Nithsdale line. The clause, it would be observed, gave the Caledo nian Company power, under certain conditions, to purchase the por tion of the Nithsdale scheme between Annan and the Caledonian main line. If this were agreed to, the break between the two companies would take place at Annan, instead of at Dumfries. There could be no doubt that Annan would be a much more convenient position for a general terminus, while it would be a means of protecting the through traffic of the Caledonian Company against competition. Arrangements of the kind he proposed were not uncommon ; he believed that similar conditions of purchase had been introduced into about 80 or 90 miles. He believed it was done in the case of the Glasgow and Garnkirk Railway, who, in altering a portion of their line that affected the Monkland and Kirkintilloch, gave the latter the power to purchase the altered portion of the former. He sub mitted the clause as the only mode of doing justice to a large com pany, whose capital was jeopardised by the passing of the present Bill. Sir THOMAS PHILLIPS said he had carefully followed the Learned Gentleman, and he could not hear a single reason why the proposi tion should be entertained. It was substantially raising the question which had been decided yesterday after a most patient and deliberate consideration on the part of their Lordships. They had decided that the Nithsdale line should go up to Gretna, while they at the same time decided that the Canobie branch more properly belonged to the Caledonian Company. He would not go on to argue the question, but, after the investigatioM, leave it with confidence in the hands of the Committee. It was the last attempt of the Caledonian Company to prevent the construction of the lice. Mr. Sergeant Waesionest denied it was raising the question of yesterday, but rather to give effect to that decision. The only difference proposed was, that the Caledonian line should be worked by the Caledonian Company, instead of by the Ayrshire Company, and on the same terms if required, while at the same time the public interest would be fully provided for. The whole object sought was to protect the vested interests of the Caledonian Company from jeopardy, while the shareholders of the Nitlisdale line would be placed in no worse position than they were at present. The room was then cleared for the deliberation of the Committee. Li about halt an hour the parties were called in. The CHAIRMAN intimated that the Committee had come to the fol lowing resolution :—" That the Committee is prepared to sanction the insertion of a clause requiring the Glasgow , Dumfries, itnd Carlisl e Company to grant a perpetual lease to the Caledonian Company, on their obtaining statutory powers to acquire the same, of that portion of the line which lies between Annan and the Caledonian Railway, subject to the same conditions as those which the Glasgow and Ayr' Company are empowered by this Bill to purchase in other part s of the line, in the event of their non:aniaigamation W.tll the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Company.!' A VETERAN,-..,C010nel La Bertoii, formerly aide-de camp of Marshal Massena, died at the Hotel Royal des In valides, on Thursday last, aged 92. Viscountess Newport was sufficiently recovered, yes terday, to take a carriage airing. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. TUESDAY, JULY 28. SUGAR DUTIES. Ways and Means,—Order read, for resuming adjourned Debate on Amendment proposed to be made to the Question (27th July), "That the Order of the Day for the Committee of Ways and Means be now read ;" and which Amendment was to leave slit from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words, " in the present state of the Sugar cultivation in the British East and Westllndian Possessions, the proposed reduction of Duty upon Foreign Slave-grown Sugar is alike unjust and impolitic, as tending to check the advance of production by British free labour, and to give a great additional stimulus to the Slave Trade," instead thereof: —Question again proposed, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question :" Debate resumed. The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 265. Flower, Sir J. Oswald, James Forstez, Matthew Owen, Sir John Fox, C. R. Praed, W. T. French, F. Paget, Lord A. Gibson, T. M. Palmerston, Vis. Gill, Thomas Parker, John Gisborne, Thomas Pattison, James Gore, Robert Pechell, Captaia Goulburn, Henry Peel, Sir Robert Graham, Sir James Peel, Jonathan Greene, Thomas Pendarves, Edward Grey, Sir G. Philips, G. R. Grosvenor, Lord R. Philipps, Sir R. Guest, Sir John Philips, Mark Hall, Sir B. Philpotts, John Hamilton, W. J. Pigot, David Harcourt, G. G. Plumridge, Captain Hastie, A. Polhill, Frederick Hatton, Captain Ponsonby, C. F. Hawes, B. Power, James Hay, Sir A. Price, Sir Robert Hayterl W. G. Protheroe, E. Heathcoat, John - Pryse, Pryse Heneage, G. H. W. Pusey, P. Ileneage, Edward Ricardo, J. L. Herbert, Sydney Rich, Henry Hervey, Lord A. Rornilly, John Ilindley, Charles Ross, David R. Hobhouse, Sir John Itumbold, C. E. Hogg, J. W. Russell, Lord John: Holland, Robert Russell,:Lord E. Holmes, W. A'C. Russell, J. D. Hernby, John Rutherford, A. Horsman, E. Sandon, Viscount Hoskins, K. Scrope, G. P. Howard, C. W. Seymour, Lord Howard, E. G. Seymour, Sir H. Howard, P. IL Shell, R. L. Howard, Sir R. Shelburne, Earl of Hume, Joseph Sheridan, R. B. Humphery, Ald. Smith, Benjamin Hutt, William Smith, J. A. James, William Smith, Vernon James, Sir W. C. Smythe, George Jermyn, Earl Somers, J. P. Jervis, John Somerville, Sir W. Jocelyn, Viscoun Spooner, Richard Johnson, General Stanley, W: O. Johnstone, Sir J. Stansfield, W. R. C Labouchere, Henry Stanton, W. H. Langston, J. H. Staunton, Sir G. Lascelles, E. Stewart, P. M. LaYald, Captain Stuart, Lord J. Leader, J. T. Stuart, Henry LelMarchant, Sir D. Strutt, Edward Lemon, Sir C. Sutton, Henry Lincoln, Earl of Talbot, C. R. Listowel, Earl of Tancred, 11. W. Macaulay, T. B. Thesiger, Sir F. Mackinnon, W. Thornely, Thomas Al`CarthY, Alex. Tomline, George M`Donnell, J. M. Tower, C. Maitland, T. Towneley, John Mangles, R. D. Traill, George Marjoribanks, S. Trench, Sir F. Marshall, William Troubridge,Sir E. 31arsiand, Henry Tuite, H. M. Martin, J. Turner, Edmund Mauls, Fox Vane, Lord H. Milnes, R. 31onekton Villiers, Charles Mitcalfe, H. Wakley, T. Mitchell, T. A. Wall, C. B. Moffatt, George Warburton, Henry Morpeth, Viscount Ward,•ll. G. Morris, David Wawn, J T. Morrison, James White, Samuel 3lostyn, E. M. L. Williams, W. Muntz, G F. Wilshere, IV. Napier, Sir Charles Wood, Charles Neville, R. Wood, Colonel T. Nichol!, John Wersley, Lord Norreys,lSir D. Wortley, J. S. O'Brien, C. Wyse, Thomas O'Brien, Timothy Yorke, 11. It O'Connell, M. J. Young, John O'Conor, Don O'Ferrall, R. M Ogle, S. C. Osborne, Ralph Oswald, A. A'Ceurt, Captain Aglionby, H. A. Ainsworth, P. Aldam, William Anson, Colonel Antrobus, Edmund Archbold, Robert Arundel, Earl of Attwood, John Bailie, Walter Bannerman, A. Barclay, David Barkiy, Henry Baring, W. B. Barnard, E. G. Barron, Sir H. Bell, John Bellew, R. Benbow, John Berkeley, Craven Berkeley, Captain Berkeley, H. F. Berkeley, Grantley Bernal, Ralph Blackburne, J. I. Blake, M. d. Borthwick, Peter Bottleld, Beriak Bouverie, Edward P. Bowes, John Bowring, Dr. Bridgeman, Hewitt Bright, John Brotherton, Joseph Browne, R. D. Brown, W. Browne, W. Boller, Charles Buller, Edward Byng, G. S. Carew, R. S. Carnegie, Captain Cavendish, C. C. Cavendish, G. H. Chapman, B. Christie, W. D. Clay, Sir:W. Clements, Viscount Clerk, SKG. Clifton, J. T. Colebr ooke, Sir T. Collett, John Collins, William Courtenay, Lord Cowper, W. F. Craig, W. G. Crawford, W. S. Curteis, H. B. Dalmeney, Lord Dalrymple, Captain Dashwood, G. H. Denison, W. J. Denison, J. E. Denison; E. B. l)ennistoun, J. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Dickinson, F. F. Divett, E. Douglas, Sir C. Duckworth, Sir J. Duke, Sir James Duncan, Lord Duncan, George Duncombe, Thomas Dundas, Admiral Easthope, Sir John Eastnor, Viscount Ebrington, Viscount Ellice, Rt. Hon. E. Ellis, Wynn Elphinstone, Sir H. Escott, Bickham Esmonde, Sir T. Etwall, Ralph Evans, William Evans, Sir De Lacy Ewart, William Ferguson, Col. Ferguson, Sir R. Fleetwood, Sir P. TELLERS. Tufnell, Hoary Hill, Lerd Marcus MINORITY-NOES. 135. Ackers, James Forester, G. Manners, Lord C. Arland, Sir T. Forman, T. S. Masterman, John Acton, Colonel Fox, S. L. Maunsell, T. B. Allix, J. P. Frewen, C. H. Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Astell, William Fuller, A. E. Mildmay, H. St. J. Austen, Colonel Gardner. J. D. Miles, P. W. S. Bagot, Hon. W. Gaskell, J. M. Miles, W. Baillie, Colonel Gooch, E. S. Morgan, 0. Beanie, H. J. - Gore, 'Montague_ Mundy, E.:M. Baldwin, Barry Gore, W. 0. . Neeld, Joseph Bankes, George Gore. W. It. 0. Neeld, John Benett, John Granby, Marquis of Newport, Visct. Bennet, P. Grogan, Edward Newry, Viscount Bentinek, Lord G. Male. R. B. O'Brien, A. Stafford Blackstone, W. S. Hall, Colonel Ossulston, Lord Blakemore, R. Halsey, T. P. Packe, C. W. Bodkin, William 11. Hamilton, J. H. Pakington, Sir J. Boloiero, H. G. Hamilton, G. A. Powlett, Lord W. Brisco, M. Hamilton, Lord C. Reid, Colonel Broadley, li. Hampden, Remi Repton, G. W. J. Broadwood, H. Harris, Hon. Capt. Richards, Richard Brooke, Lord Henley, J. W. Bolles ton, Colonel Buller, Sir J. Y. Hildyard, T. B. Ryder, (..I. D. Carew, W. 11. Polo Hill, Lord E. Sanderson, R. Chapman, Aaron Hodgson, R. Scott, F. Chelsea, Visc. Hope, G. W. Seymer, 11. K. Chichester, Lord J. Hudson, G. Sheppard, T. Christopher, R. A. Hussey, Thomas Sibthorp, Colonel Chute, W. L. W. Ingestre, Viscount Smith, A. Clayton, R. R. Inglis, Sir R. H. Stanley, E. Codrington, Sir W. Jolliffe, Sir WG. H. Stuart,lJ. Collett, W. R. Jones, Captain Thompson, Alderman Compton, 11. C. Ker, D. S. Thornhill, G. Deedes, W. Knight, F. W. Trevor, J. R. Dick, Q. Knightley, Sir C. Trollope, Sir J. Disraeli, B. Law, C. E. Trotter, John sT. . Douglas, Sir IL Lawson, Andrew T y rrell, Sir J. T. Douglas, J. D. S. Mfroy, A. Vesey, T. Buncombe, 0. Lindsay, IL H. V y se, R. Du Pre, C G. Long, W. Waddin g ton, H. S. East, J. B. Lowther, Sir J. 1 1. Walpole, S. H. Fellowes, E. Lowther, , Finch, G IT a si e , General Fitzmaurice, W. TELLERS. Floyer, John Mackenzie, W. F . Beresford, Major Forbes, William 3vointock, W. B. Newdegatc, C. N. Mackenzie, eo k,n i e, Hon. T. Col. wo d I eahmou , se, E. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCI -WEDNESDAY. Notwithstanding the show of English Wheat at this morning's market was very small, the demand for that arti cle, owing to the continued tine weather for harvest work, and the thin attendance of buyers, was heavy, at barely Monday's quotations In Foreign Wheat so little was doing that previous rates were almost nominal. The imports this week have been small. Grinding Barley may be considered steady, at full prices ; but other kinds were a mere drug. In Malt very few sales were concluded; nevertheless, previous rates were supported. The Oat trade was in a very inactive state, at barely the late depression in value. Beans, Peas, and Flour commanded very little attention. - - 1,740 Malt, 3,910 qrs. WHITECEMPEZ. We had only a moderate supply of each kind of Meat on sale to-day, yet the demand ruled heavy on the following terms:—Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 33 10d ;Lamb, 43 8d to 5s 8d; Veal,3s 6d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 3s 64 to 4s 10d per 81bs. by the carcase. --...••••••••••••••• • englith ...... [rich ...... .. Foreign ...... Wheat. 2,640 qrs. ARRIVALS. Bar ley. !. I 630 qrs. Oats I Flour. 80 qrs. 1,970 ski. 250 4,120 2,110 TWO VOTHINO MAKE SontEvigiqg _ ..... ._---.1------7-• --- - —Prawns' ` vote," for Monday, announces that there had been brought in and read the first time, a Bill to apply . 400,000,000/. ( four hundred millions!) out of the Consolidated Fund SOMETiING•—'The /I and surplus Ways and Means to the Service of the Year. The resolution for the Bill modestly limited itself to 4,090,000/. ' - • • - ,46. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT I moNzy and COMMERCIAL NE WS ' (T HIS DAY.) CITY, QUARTER TO THREE , i The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 7,0 1 0 i 4 bales, including 1,200 for export, and 800 on spec ulat i 2 . The rest was American and sold at 4d. to 5%d. per lb. "113! market was very firm.--Shares were firmer. There will no; be any open business for the next three days, in consequen of the v isit of Prince Albert to this important port. , The division of last night upon the Sugar Duties Bat ' 1 "; been the subject of conversation, and, we may add, deliga_+ . in almost all commercial and banking c i r cles this morn ing ' The great question at s t a k e is held to be settled, as it is ...re' expected that in the face of a majority ofl3o in favour oPtI. Premier's proposition, any alterations will be made of it portance, either in Committee or in' the higher branch of the Legislature. Th e b ene fit s w hi c h m u s t accrue to pursuits by the settlement of the corn and the sugar duller are scarcely to be calculated upon. The current of t st, l t will now flow with an evenness w hi c h the oldest m ares . in London scarcely presumed to dream of at the close of t tli e year 1845. It is true that a few of the leading firms t to City still hold that the principle of protection ought Doc be broken through, and give way to what is called I v e fangled commercial policy. But what better test can ~ have of the feelings of the manufacturing classes of r e opinion upon the settlement of the sugar duties, than '": 44 acknowledged fact that their orders for goods have fallen o> owing, no doubt, to some latent apprehension that t he leo jority in the House of Commons would have been mu ch of than it is, and have l e d t o a b o ld e ff or t o n the P'"" cor the L rds to strangle the Bill? This is 00 W „blio sidered entirely out of the question. The 1 1 _ 00 sales advertised for this day of foreign and colonial Pruu•di are light, but the forthcoming sales of foreign sugars , ! bl i p .. we learn will be somewhat extensive, will best show til e ws fluence upon the market by the decision of last night: d sl are also advised that at Hamburgh, at Rotterdam' nibe Amsterdam, very considerable quantities of sugar _Y e ats' shortly announced f or sa l e , an d b y t h e resu l ts a fair 'roof tion may be made of the difference which, under to ° Co r proposed system, will exist between the markets of the tinent and in Mincing-lane. from tte Late accounts have come to hand this morning Cape of Good Hope. The dates received at the Je n ';:ste Coffee-house are t o th e 29th o f M ay. Th e Kamr e : to gradually retreating i n t o th e i r own country, not desiring meet the force of Colon e l So merse t, w hi c h was ' in rapid against them. We have been favoured with the circular of Mesars' u tive kinson and Jewesbury, containing much information re cis' to the results of the indigo sales just concluded. T he , P peri cipal purchasers were foreigners ; but there was 110 ;0 good attendance of buyers from our ewn manufaeb f i t t, districts. The average of prices realised is higher fr° lll o., to 9d. per lb. on Bengals, Madras and Kurpahs ad. P e l . „ to and 2d. per lb. on other samples. For Bengal fine blue/ 6s. 7d. per lb. was readily paid. morning;Consols butfor a t t he tb A e cperoeuunetuthave moment im the pr priceovedto i 9 5 6_ ,.. / 8 & 1 01 / % 10 111i ; so high. The money v a l ue i s b ut 9 5% . Exe heq , 7ol are at 9s. to 12s. premium, Bank Stock at 209, and Stock at 262. Ro d Not much business was transact e d i n th e F ere igna Market to-day. The Grenada D e f erre d were so ld at , the Portuguese Three per Cents. Converted at 46)0 , 010 Four per Cents. were heavy at 44 1 / 2 ; Spanish Actives i e of the Three per Cents. at 36%% ; Dutch T wo - an d-a'l3 Cents. at 59 3 A ; and the Four per Cents. at 94%. The Railway Share Market is rather more BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOC °- (From the Official List.) HOUSE OF s The House met at Twelve o'el- ALL SOULS' COLL I,I " On the luotir— No. 134 —xi , : (OXFORD) ESTATE BILL. of Mr. ESTCOURT, the standing orc!er _ ,ras suspended, and this Bill was read a second time. MONMOUTHSHIRE RAILWAYS (No. 2) BILL. On the motion of Captain FITZMAURICE, this Bill was read a second time. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments on the following Bills were read and agreed to :-.-The London and Birmingham Railway (Coventry to Nuneaton), and the North Wales Railway. SALTHOUSE EMBANKMENT. This Bill was read a third time and passed. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL gave notice that he would bring in a Bill to-morrow for the purpose of opening the Court of Common Pleas to all members of the legal pro fession. POOR REMOVAL BILL. Mr. POULETT SCROPE gave notice that, in going into Committee on this Bill, he would propose several amend ments. Bank Stock .. .• • • • • • • 209 , Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • 96%4 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 96% 9 ,;: New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Aims. 98% 9 ,. 17 ' Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 7-1° Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 10 3-1 6 Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 3 -16 1 ' India Stock • . • • • • .. 262 India Bonds, 1,000/. .. Ditto, under 1,0001. South Sea Stock .. .. - Ditto, New Annuities .. 94% Consols for Account • • .. . • .. .. 96 % Yo , Exchequer Bills, I%d, I%d. pi* 1,000/. .. - ~.. 912 -• •••• pi* 500/. •• - • 912 pd' Ditto, Small .. - 9 12 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO" .• Granada, 1 per Cent. .. .. - Ditto, Deferred .. .. • • 4% Portuguese Three per Cents. .. 46% ~z Ditto, 4 per Cent .. .. • .. 45% 4 ' 7 ' Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 112% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. .. .. 26 Ditto, Passive Bonds .. % Ditto, Three per Cent 36% Ditto, for the Account .. • • 36% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 59% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 94% cO• BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE RAILWAYS. PAID. F to Amber., Notting., Boston, & Eastrn J n . 2% 1 •••• to 7 Birmingham and Oxford Junction . • 2 • • 8% •• to ••••• Bristol and Exeter .. 75 .... 85 •• •• Ditto, New .. • • 5 _ 936 ••• to •-• Buckinghamshire .. • • .. • • 425. .. • • 1 4% d ie ' to Caledonian ............20 .... 13% „ • • Cornwall and Central Devo n .. 2% ••I%'• to to -- Derby and Crewe .. .. • • .• 2% ... •6% '0 to Direct Manchester (Remington's) .• 2% •• • • % to Direct Northern .. .• .. • . 2%.„• 1 %% " to •'" Eastern Counties .. . • • • 14/. 165. 0d..... 24% •• • to --- Ditto, New .• .. • • • • 10/. 16s. 0d....• 7%% P „ to Do., Perpetual,s per Ct. No. 1, 61 13 5 . 4d..... % `to Ditto, ditto .. •N 0.2, 6/. 13s. 4d..... %I• t o -- Ditto, York Extension 108. fs • to -" East Lincolnshire •• • • 1% •• • • I # •'• ; to Exeter, Yeovil and Dorcnester .. 5% • • 3% - a i -' to Goole, Doncaster, and Sheffi e ld, & c ... 42 5. .. •• to , 3 Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn) 1% •• • • Y 2 '• • to 1 Great Western .. 85 ....151 •" ••• to Ditto HQalfrt Shares/•• • 50 •• • • 23 85 „' '`,7m to 917. . 4' 6 • • • ▪ to •! to "'•• 5 . 2! Gu D il i d t f t o o r , d, u } a •are e h r har a S in, a e n s d Portsmouth .• 1° Leeds and Bradford .. • • • • •• 26 .. '7O 4• • : to •••-• Leicester and„Bedford • • • • • • 225. ..• dig. to 233 London and Birmingham .. • • ..100 -232% 231% -- Ditto. Thirds .. .• •• 32 • • 73% •• to to 32 intto. Quarter Shares .. • . .. 2 .... 32 % " ••• to Ditto, Fifths 2 _26 ••• • to London and Blackwell ••• 161. 13s. 4d. •• • • • • • to Loudon and Ilrighton 5O •• • • Li a l • to -- London and Croydon .• • • 13/. 15s. 9d. •• •• •.. to 10% ••• • Ditto, Guaranteed Five per Cent. •• 9 • • to 11 London and South- We't 411. 63. 10d• •• ' • 77% •• to - . ern •• 2% 1% %• • t London and York -ondon, •Salisbury, and Yeovil . • • • 2 % "•• •••• to -• Londonderry and Coleraine • • •• • 10 •• • 11%•••• to - Lynn and Dereham _ 15 • • • , 1 •7 to Manchester and Leeds • • • • •• _B2 • • ".', to 54 Ditto, Half Shares • 38 •.. • • 5 . 3 •• •• to - Ditto, Fifths .. •• 3 „ „ 10% • • ••• * to 68 Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 •• • • 8 , 7 „ ,• • to -••• Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) .. • • 4 .. •• L° - to Ditto, Quaner Shares (B) .. 4 154 "•• to -" . 4 p Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) .. 1 .. • • 11% • to - Dianehester, Buxton, and Matlock - • 425. • • 1 P," t 0..... Manchester and Southampton .. .. 2 .... 1% 4t▪ o Midland • • • • • • • • • • ..100 ....149 •••• tO Ditto, New .. .. • • • • ••24.. • • 39 % "•• to 11 Newcastle and Darlington Junction .. 25 44% •• 50 : 4 14 Ditto. New .. .. • • .. 1 10% •":to 7 4 Ditto, New, Brandling • • • • .. 25 _ 43 • • to Newcastle and Berwick ••15 _ 28% • • to• - 3 - 6 4 Newark, Sheffield, and Bost on .. • • 2% .... % " to North British •• 25 .. 37 • • to - Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. ••1% • 334, 4 . 0 to * - 1. North Staffordshire .. •• .. 425. ... •3% Yo • • to Oxford, Worcester, & W olverhampton 12% .... 8 • • to - Preston and Wyre .• • .. 25 .... 35% • • to r 2 Ditto, Half Shares .. ••• • 2% .... 7% • •.• to Richmond .. 10 .... 18% •to - Scottish Central . • • • • • 12% .. • • 19% Ye • to Shrewsbury and Birmingham ,• 2% ...• •;;•,,• to Shropshire Union • .. 425..... ' 4 " • to - South Midland • • • • • • • 425. .... %P" to South Eastern and Dover .. .. • . 33% .... 45% ,5 2 ., • • to' Ditto, New, No. 2 .. .. 10 ... 16%11 •: to Ditto, New, No. 3 .. .. • • •• 15 •• 21 ," •to "•• Ditto, New, No. 4.. ••• • .. •••• 3%%" •to Vale of Neath • • • • • • 2 •• • • 1 •• • to West Riding Union ~_ • • .. 425..... 2% P . ; to -- Wlsbeach and St. Pres .. • • • . 2 3% •••• to - • • York and Carlisl e .. .. • • 2% •• • • %• • to 5. York and North Midland .. •••• 50 • • "• to Ditto, Extension 20 4036 ••to - Ditto East and West Riding Extension 1 .... 1336 •• • 6 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. to Dutch Rhenish .. • • .. •• 6 • ••• 6 % t o East Indian .. • • • • .. ss. .. • • %••' • to - Namur and Liege .. • • 6 .... 2% • • •-•-_ Orleans and B'ordeaux 6 .... 8% • •,•.• to - Over Yssel . • • • • • 41, 4d... 2 01 " . to '"•• Paris and Lyons Constituted • • 5 .. %% • to Tours and Nantes Constituted .. 5 • • 5 '• ▪ to West Flanders .. • • 6 .. • • 34 • • • • .• 24 19 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. to Commercial of London .. 20 23N •• • ' Real del Monte, Unregistered MINES • • 33i • • s DAV THI- 0 - LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—( clear sultry weather. nattl i nsil ej LONDON, JULY 29.—Wind .this day at noon E.N.E, l i t 0 3 DEAL, JULY 28.—Wind S. to S.W.—Arrd. Jeannette, .„4 „,s. sailed for Rotterdam ; Schoon Verbond, Drager, Batavia, ; 11 (95? for Amsterdam ; Eliza, Ichaboe, and sailed for Hull ; a) Lundgren, Boston, and sailed for Harnburgh ; Empress, , e 4CI; Boston ; Plicades, Quebe c . Arrd. from the River a n d sab n' Britain, Swinburn, M on t rea l . Sld . Camillus, Spragge, neetfo - .0 Herald, Pullen, Balti more. Mutin ß r POTSMOUTHof Good Hope, Wi s , JULY 28.—nd S.S.E.—d 0 e, Cape ailed 30th May, and St. if' 0 ,0 ult. Sid. Benjami n G reene, Lane, Mauritius. Pour, JULY 28.---hld. Mercury, H ay t or, Q ue b ec ; ~ -,-. el PLYMOUTH, JULY 28.--A rr d . D a hli a, Tozer, Quebec. The Regent, 1 124 [0f Regent, on shore in Whitsand Bay, is discharging. oebee" FALMOUTH, JULY 28.—Wind S.—Off port Brothers,"i , r of• Toignmouth, —vial ...0 144 LivEarooL, JULY 28.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. v , , hi , ret , Friend, Macao, sailed 11th ult. ; Bona Dea, Miramlc .„„neci„of, Sander, New York ; Hero of Acre, Quebec ; Bells, rsallul f sb sailed 6th inst. ; Emma, Harkley, Montreal. Sailed 27 . ", Oorro Dixon, Riehibucto ; Duchess of Argyll, Phillips, Calcut o „ e o l ,,,; Wise, Lima; Black Prince, Martin, Lima • Octavia,..,.:,. ,:rd, Janeiro ; Douglas, Page, La Guayra ; Corsair, Atkins, i'"': / " .. ,7*, William Rushton, Foster, Havannah ; Duke of Wellingt °9 ' If. n r icP Honduras ; South Carolina, Hamilton, New York ) 1 11 1 1 3 , ' h oe; Boston ; Princess Royal, Dugniel, Dalhowe t st. Jo at it t i, Quebec; Oregon, Reed, Quebec ; Covenants* Paterson' off pal Argyle, Brackband, Quebec; Mar IN, " —"lie 'Montreal -AG°, Illighton 25th inst. hi" ra ,. z. , : i ' i t i t,; iagr ' Quebec ; _lr t ; ii II: Bosphorus, Paraiba; JNvezyisc4 Parsee 740 — lke Mary Ann, Bell, for 1T. , " 84 1- • SO' EXETER, JULY 27,.._ . A p N u ol t ‘lv'i back,YuTosr York d i A; B s Ben m " a s : te d , 04 and. Ruth, Corrigan, Miramiellf• Elliott, Gaseuigllo, Quebec; Amethyst, Carter, Quebec. GUERNSEY, JULY 26.—Wave, Rouquez Havannah. ii ,bei d . ellf PADSTOW, JULY 27 .—Arrd. Clio, Quebec ; Volans, 42 ,„a • nyillw' BinzFonca, JULY 28. Skl. Friendship, And erson , Qtle"".' D. Ba l3 ll, is 3 T i o ir L a , m J ic u h L i y . toil, Day, Queb ec; J ane A. Milvain, Weakner, Quebe ° ' atle . 28.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Ottawa, - `,.'„,"" e pee' mi nsa , sl 6 ' asuc,EsLrazwits,onj,USLty. 2JBo.lu2A's,rrNl bee }Lord Canterbury, Bruce, Quebec ; Victory, Kent, 1 4" TILT () , Tf• /3 ;be e s ,' New Brunswick. Jobri .r . le, Qipili a PORT TALuoY, JULY 2 6.—Wind W.—Sld. Emma Se'" Ca r CLYDE, JULY 26 .—Arrd. Waterwitch Stewart, Cb u 'lic.E__; Turner, Quebec; Chusan, Clark, St. John's, New Braaf,„o,', Pr lew, APLellan, Montreal. Put back, Carron, Flood, 39 7: 2 7 ' . 'WATERFORD, JULY 26.—Arrd. Balwar, White, Que be.- dina, 3PGrath, Quebec. Snina, JULY 27.—Lady Peel, Williams, Calcutta. _________...--- ~.........., BIRTHS. • te-5g ugh On the 25th inst., th e l a d y o f D r. Cross, Lei co ightP of a son. Isle Of W On the 25th inst., at Gat e h ouse , near Ryde, hte r. Afto. the wife of James Nort on S m ith, E sq . , of a datT,hust, On the 25th inst., at L a dh am H ouse , Go' _________./ Oakden, of a son. Pr ( ' MARRIED. by tbe fo rd' On the 25th inst., at Woodmansterne, SurreP "„f 0 25 ,;04 C. I. S. Crawford, Rector, Mr. Patterson BoY., l °' T - o bn street, London, to Lavinia, eldest daughter of Mr• " late doorkeeper of the House of Commons. ....------ 66)4 0 I. On the 13th of May, in t h e E as t Indies, -. O. AO Ai° Hart Dyke of the Bengal Artiller ' e sstbe r ; On the 15th inst., at Lucerne, 3 ibe Hon. Car°,. 1 , 1 , 11 Ariec e° wife of Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. John P'" Saumarea. On the 20th inst., at Derby R. W. Haden, Esq.' Eosin', On the 22d inst., at Castle ' Fraser, C. M. Fraser,e -awn On the 24th inst., in Upper Harl-street, the son 3 , Sq. , „_. o f the of Ott the 25th inst., Anne, second daughter i f e . Wellbeloved, of York. ....,llrsuls , W On the 26th inst.„ at Stratton-park, M... 1 - Sir Thomas Baring, Bart., aged 72. Georg ,-.. C j J 4. London: Printed and Published by ALURD 120 YOUNG. r jot of;;cii , 5.„ Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No.l, Stran...,°•,— ems' of the Savoy, In th • County of Iffi4ooel. 29, 1846, REPORTS. The reports on the following Bills were brought up and agreed to : L'Ord Kinnaird's (Sir John Webb's) Estate Bill. Spalding's Estate Bill. Yeovil Borough Estate Bill. EJECTED TENANTRY (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD postponed the second reading of this Bill till Wednesday week. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL _ _ On the order of the day for going into Committee on this Bill being read, Mr. HUME proceeded to move the amendments on this Bill, of which he had given notice. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL hoped the Hon. Member would not proceed, as the Right Hon. Secretary for the Home Department was unavoidably absent from the House. Mr. HUME had no objection, then, to postpone his amendment till the Right Hon. Gentleman was in his place. Sir R. INGLIS thought that he would not have a more favourable opportunity for making the few observations which lie wished to make on this measure. The Hon. Member then expatiated at considerable length on the pro visions of the Bill, which he considered altogether unneces sary and unjust, and concluded by moving that the House resolve itself into Committee this day three months. Sir GEORGE GREY, having entered the House during the discussion, said that the Lord Chancellor had assured him that the whole question was under his consideration, and that he would bring in a Bill on the subject in the early part of next session. Mr. B. ESCOTT wished the Right Hon. Gentleman to assure the House that, in the measure to be brought forward by Government, care would be taken to inquire in the whole question of the admistration of public charities. Sir GEORGE GREY said that he fully concurred in the principle of the Bill, namely, that of accountability; and he was sure the measure proposed to be introduced would be, based on that principle. After a few words from Lord Harry Vane, Mr. R. Yorke, Mr. Henley, and Sir G. Grey, Mr. HUME denied the allegation of the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Inglis), that the Bill interfered with voluntary sub scriptions. It merely related to endowed charities, and as the subject was to be taken up early next session by her Majesty's Government, he had no objection to withdraw the Bill at present. Sir R. PEEL stated that he was of opinion that persons entrusted with the administration of the charities should render an account of their stewardship to the House.— (Hear, hear.) He also was anxious that the return should be ample, and at the same time comprehensive. He fully approved of the principle of the measure, but as the Government had intimated their intention of introducing a more extensive measure in the ensuing session, he thought the Hon. Member had exercised a wise discretion in with• drawing it. Sir R. H. INGLIS explained that he never advocated the principle of non-accountability. After a few words from Mr. BERNAL, the Bill was with drawn. ART-UNIONS BILL. The further discussion of the report on this Bill was re sumed, on the motion of Mr. WYSE. Mr. GOULBURN opposed the Bill, on the ground that it would sanction gambling amongst one class of society, whilst there were laws in existence which pre vented a precisely similar mode of gambling in a lower and consequently a less opulent class, and that if this system of gambling was legalised by the passing of the there would be nothing to prevent it extending to other branches of art and manufacture, and renew ing the spirit of gambling in other matters, which the House had felt it its duty to put down by law. Mr. MILES supported the Bill, and considered that if they rejected it, that numbers of artists, who by the praise worthy system of art- unions were now supporting themselves and their families, would suffer all the evils of penury. He could not, therefore, anticipate any evil from the passing of the measure, but the reverse, as it would foster and increase the taste of the people for the fine arts. Sir R. PEEL generally concurred with the views of his Right Hon. Friend the Member for the University of Ox ford, and, although the Government, he believed, intended to support the Bill, he was willing to remain silent on this measure. He believed that it would be an exception from a right principle, and, like all exceptions, they would reap practical inconvenience from it. But would it be of benefit to art? Even if it were, he doubted if it would be right to encourage gambling by giving such a power, and so create a precedent from which, as he had said, they would experience practical inconvenience. But he considered that these art-unions encouraged and fostered a spirit of gambling, instead, as had been stated, of a desire to promote the fine arts, because persons in various towns throughout the country, who were not actuated by a love of art, but for gambling, for the 300/. or 400/. prizes established those art-unions, and considered themselves patrons of the fine arts. He questioned much, there fore, whether the fine arts were encouraged by the es tablishment of art-unions—in fact, they rather increased the taste for cheap and inferior productions in the place of others, which deserved the denomination of fine art. Mr. - WYSE denied that art-unions encouraged gambling, as they were established for the individual benefit of the members and for the encouragement of the higher branches of the fine arts, and the distribution of pictures among the great body of the people, who, unlike the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel), were unable to possess valuable and consequently high-priced pictures. Besides, such exhibi tions performed their part in refining and educating the people, and could not, he contended, come under the definition of gambling. He was at a loss to understand why so much objection should be made to art-unions, when building and other societies were allowed to exist, against which the term might be applied with greater truth. Sir R. INGLIS explained that he considered that pictures merely delighted the people, and bore but little part in their moral culture. He repeated that art-unions encouraged gambling, because money was raised and prizes distributed by lottery, which was an immoral mode of raising money. Did the Hon. Gentleman remember the case of the Spital fields' loom-weavers, and the result of their lottery? He was glad to find himself agreeing with his Right. Hon. Friend the Member for Tamworth, as to whose attachment to the fine arts there was but one concurrent opinion on that side of the House, even before his recent endeavour to alleviate the sufferings of one gifted pro fessor of the fine arts became known. He agreed with his Right Honourable Friend, that that Bill would not encourage the fine arts. He objected to the prin ciple, for even if it would have the effect of procuring the productions of Raphael and Michael Angelo, he, for one, would not sanction such by the means proposed by the present Bill. But he did not think that it would even have that effect, but, on the contrary, encourage a bad style of the fine arts. On these grounds he should oppose the Bill. Sir WALTER JAMES said that he considered that it would be unwise to press the Bill in its present form, and therefore he should give it his opposition. Mr. MART said he thought it would encourage the fine arts if a law, similar to the law of Belgium on this subject, were introduced into this country. In Belgium lotteries were discouraged, but were permitted with respect to the fine arts.—(Hear, hear.) The case stated by the gentlemen on the opposite side was not made out. They had not even given an instance of the evils they appre hended from the passing of this Bill. For these considera tions, he trusted the House would adopt the Bill, Sir GEORGE GREY said he thought there was a double necessity for this Bill. In the first place, it would show whether these art-unions came within the provisions of the lottery laws, and to subject them to such wholesome re strictions as would prevent, effectually, gambling as it was called.--(Hear, hear.) The Committee formed to inquire into these art-unions found that some of the evils com plained of did exist, but at the same time that they were not inherent to these institutions. They then offered such suggestions as they considered would have the effect of repressing these evils. He was of opinion that the Bill would be of advantage, and he would give it his support.— (Hear, hear.) Mr. HENLEY opposed the Bill. Lord HARRY VANE said he would give the Bill his support. Mr. B. ESCOTT said he must call the attention of the House to one fact before dividing on this subject. It would be highly unjust to several pe rsons w h o h a d got the i r bread under these institutions if they were suddenly to be deprived of them.—(Cries of "Divide.") Upon that ground alone, if upon no other, he would give the Bill his support. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the motion ... 50 Against it Majority Tne House then went into Committee on the Bill, and the clauses were agreed to. PRISONS (IRELAND) BILL. . . On the motion for the third reading of this Bill, Mr. F. FRENCH made a few observations. Mr. PIGOTT explained that the object of the Bill was not to effect any alteration of the nature apprehended by the Hon. Gentleman, or lead to the increase of expense which he seemed to suppose. The Bill was then read a third time. THE GRAND JURY CESS BOARDS (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a third time. MANDAMUS (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was also read a third time. (LErr strrlNG;) THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT 011' VAUXHALL -BRIDGE. —An inquest was held yesterday at the Feathers, Dean street, Westminster, before Mr. Bedford, on the body of Catherine Rathbone, aged three years, daughter of George Rathbone, shopman to Mr. Wyld, of Charing-cross. The deceased was drowned by the upsetting of a boat, in which were nine other persons, oft Vauxhall-bridge, on Saturday evening last. George Maynard, employed at the Vauxhall bridge-pier, said that on Saturday evening last he saw a skiff, in which were ten persons, drift through the bridge, and strike one of the piles which protected the pier. The skiff then rebounded by the force of the shock, and came in contact with the paddle-box of the Lightning steam-boat. Witness called to the persons in the skiff to keep their seats. but they all stood upright, and the consequence was that the boat upset, and they were all immersed in the water. The deceased and a young woman, her aunt, were drowned. The captain of the steamer was not in any way to blame. Several other witnesses gave a similar account of the accident, after which a verdict of "Accidental death" was returned, EVENING CONCERT. A few evenings ago Mrs. Stephen Chambers gave another delightful concert at her house in Soho-square. She certainly deserves to a large extent the admiration with which her genius filled her select and fastidious hearers. Selberberg was even better than on the preceding occasion : hi 4 violin seemed an animated being. Miss Ellen hyop swag very sweetly; but the chief attraction of the avenitig consisted in the admirable compositions, ad mirably performed, of Mrs. Stephen Chambers herself. eREPRESENTATION OF Trrtotilf.,There are already symp. toms of oppositior, to, Lord Claude Hamilton, by the Ora-nge party. it is said that they will start as a candidate !Mr. Verner, son of Sir William Verner, one 9g the present Meru_ bens for' Armagh coring•