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THE NEW NOVEL. :Ow ready at all the L ibraries. in 3 vols., MRS. MABERLYS " LEONTINE." A ELTBTORICAL NOVEL OF THE FRENCH COURT. Henry Celburti, Publisher. 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in two vols. small Bvo., with Illustrations, Klee all. bound. ECHOES ftomthe BACK WOODS; Or, SIETCRESy Ca TR n AN'SATLANVIC LIFE. Bptai LEVINGE. Henry Colburn. publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW WORK ON ALGIERS. Now ready. in 2 vols., with Illustrations, 21s. bound. VISCOUNT FEILDING and CAPTAIN KRNNEDr3 TRAVELS in ALGERIA, in 1643. " We ftel special pleasure in recommending this interesting and entertaining work, as one which throws much light on the cu.stoms, and condition of a brave but unfortunate people, and affords much valuable information as to all that is remarkable in the country they inhabit."—Hood's Magazine. Henry Colburn. Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAICOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TrTzsDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commeree, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfhlly requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post {after the sale, an I the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Mall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street, London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Signer FORNASARI hes the honour to acquaint the Nobility Patrons to the Opera, his Friends, and the Public , th at his BE; NEFIT will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, JUNE 25, When will be performed Verdi's celebrated Opera. entitl ed . NINO, Mutts, Signor Foniasari ; Idaspe, Signor Corelli; Orotasphe, Signor Botelli ; Fenena, Mdlle. Corbari ; Abigail, Mdlle. Sanchioll. To be followed by a New Divertissement, entitled LA BAC. CHANTE. In which Madlle. Lucile Grahn and Si. Perrot will appear. After which (for this occasion only), Gnecco's Opera Baffa, LA PROVA D'UN OPERA SERIA. Cecilia, Madams Grist ; Campanone, *iignor Lablache ; Pedeco, - Signor Corelli ; Orden°. ignor F. Lablache. To conclude with the highly successful new Grand Oriental Ballet, by M. Perrot ; the Music composed and partly selected from Felicien David's Ode Symphonique of " The Desert," by Sig. Fugal, entitled. LALLA ROOKH ; or, THE ROSE OF LAHORE. _ The principal parts sustained by 31 Ilia. Cerito, - 31..1lle71..iiiglioni, M. St. Leon, and M. Perrot. Principal Dances : Tableau.—Pas Symbolique, by Mdile. Cerito, supported by Mdlles. Demelisse, '2,assan, James, and Honore, and the corps de ballet. Tableau.—Le Chiboack, Pas Seul, by Mdlle. Cerito. Last Tableau.—Feast of Roses, Pas de Corbett% by Mdlles. L'Amoreux and Julien, and the corps de ballet ; Pas de Nenf, by Mdlles. Cerito, L. Taglioni, and M. St. been, supported by Mdlles. Demellsse, Cassell, James, L'Amoreux, Julien, and Honore. 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. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Will be performel Donizettre favourite Opera, entitled, LUCREZIA BORGIA. Lnerezia, Mdlle. Grist ; Amin!, Mdlle. Brambilla ; Gennaro, Signor Mario; Alphonso, Signor Lablache. To conclude with the new Grand Oriental Ballet, entitled LALLA ROOKH; or, THE ROSE OF LAHORE. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Last Night of the Company's Performing this Season. being for the BENEFIT of Madlie. CARLOTTA GRISI. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Grand Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS. The principal chardeters will be sustained by Meairs. W.-Har rison, Ronan!, Horne-Listle, S..Jeues, Weiss, Stretton, D. W. Ring, Miss Romer, and Miss Rainforth. In the second Act of the Opera Mdlle. CarlottaCarotta grist " rAs will introdMan uce the celebrated " La Truandalee," and lar de tarn ;" and after the Opera, Mdlle. Grist and M. Sllvain will dance " The Drawing-Room Polka." It; the course of the Evening, Mr. Harley will deliver an Address en the Close of the Season. To conclude with the celebrated Ballet, called THE DEVIL TO PAY. In which will appear Madlles. Carlotta Grist, Adele, Louise, Les Seenrs St. Louln, Madame Glubllei ; Messrs. Adrien, W. H. Payne, Wieland, &c. I THEATRE ROYAL, HAYKARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed (first and only time), the Tragedy of lON. Clernanthe, Miss Susan Cushman ; lon, Miss Cushman. The Band will perform the Overtures, " Il Barbiere di Siviglia," and " L'Ambassadrice," " Shaksperian Airs," "La Fills du Re giment Quadrille," and " Old English Airs." After which (by desire), the Comedy of MY WIFE'S MOTHER. Uncle Foozie, Mr. W. Farren ; Mr. Budd, Mr. Holl ; Mrs. Quick fdget, Mrs. Glover ; Mrs. Budd, Miss Julia Bennett. To conclude with the Comic Drama, entitled THIS IRISH POST. In which Messrs. Bland. Tllbury, Hudson, and Mrs. Caulfield, kn.. will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be followed A MODEL OF A WIFE. Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Meadows, Turner ; Miss Farebrother and Mrs. Woollidge. After which, a New and Original Comic Drama, in Two Acts, founded on a recent well-known event, called THE DUST MAN'S BELLE. Ned Windfall, Mr. Keeley; Sally Bromley, Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by HONOURS AND TRICKS. In which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear. To conclude with a new Farce, called SISTER AND I. Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, A. Wigan, Emery, Turner, Kinlocb, and Bellingham ; Miss E. Daly, Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, and Miss Forster. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of PAUL PRY. Woolgar ; Paul Pry, Mr. Wright. After which a Yew Romantic Drama, In Six Tableaux, called THE QUEEN oF TILE ABRUZZL. The principal characters sus tained by Madame Celeste, Miss Chaplin ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Ryan, Boyce, &c. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Roneybun, Mr. Wright; Isaac Crank. Mr. 0. Smith; Mrs. Crank, Mrs.F. Matthews, Mrs. Honeybun, Miss Emma Harding. Phcebe, Miss TIIEATRV.. OXFORD-sTrY ,-- Second Night of 31iikliime VESTRIS and Mr. C. MATHEWS. VHS EVENING, Will be performed THE BELLE'S STRATA G Elf. In which Xadanie V'estris and Mr. Charles Mathews will appear. With TWO IN THE MORNING. To con hide with a Grand Fairy Beet, entitled THE SPIRIT OF AIR. Principal characters by Miss Hodson, Mr. Fleamore, Miss Fancit, Miss Bailin, Mr. Gilbert, Mr. and Miss Marshall, &c. ASTLEY'3 , ROYAL AMPHIT/IEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. . . Patronised by her Most Gretclons Majesty the Que . eii, Ptlnce Albert, the Prince of Walea, and the Princess Royal. Glorious euccess of the new Military Spectacle of the " Indian War ; or, The Rattle of Sohraou." The best ventilated Theatre in London ; nightly honoured by rank and fashion. THIS EVENING Will he performed the New Asiatic Spectacle, called THE SIKHS' INVASION ; or, Our Victories of Ifitt3. In which the whole resources of the Establishment will be brought forward. Double Stud, &c. Grand and Novel SCENES of the max, aided by the intuit table Wallet, the Shakesperian .Tester. The whole concluding with a favourite Afterple,ce. Mr. BATTY respectfully assures his potions and - heads of fa- Dallies that the Last .1114 olay EQUESTRIAN PERFORMANCE WI take place on ' , twat Next, June 26, commencing at Two o'clock. Ron-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. NEW STRAND THEATRE Open every Evening, with the greatest Novelties of the Day. M. PHILLIPPE feels happy to announce, that the extraordinary Performances of the MONKEYS and DOGS have been received with the greatest admiration and applause, and will be continued every Evening at the above Theatre. Doors open at a Quarter before Eight; to commence at a Quarter after Eight o'clock. Stalls, 38.; Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. ; Prlvateßoxes, 11. la. and 10s. 6d. M. PHILLIPPE will give his Pertbrmances EVERY EVENING at the STANDARD THEATRE, Shoreditch. NOTICE.—M. PHILLIPPE wants a Gentleman who could take the managemeat of his business, as a PAR'fNER, throughout the Urge Towns of the United Kingdom. A security of 6001. will he veguirsd. Fer Particulars apply at the Strand Theatre, between the hours of Eleven and One o'clock. Under the Patronage of her Most Graciona Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY moNDAY, TH TUSDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND URSDAY. rriew- of N'ArLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRIX of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, In the year 79. This magnificent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of grandeur, the picture being more than twice the size of the former, and represents, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great ErupUon of Vesuvius in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her caiatieum and Pompeii took place: produce d under the direction or Mr. Denson. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CONERTS are again confided to Mr. God frey. The Band is most complete in all its departments, and includes many eminent native and foreign musicians. In addition to the other attractions of the Gardens, will he exhi bited CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, approached by_the_lllurni mated Gothic Bridge, representing in the Interior Telemachus relating his adventures to Calypso. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the must complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display, a novel exhibition will be intro duced, representing the Descent of Phiebus in the Chariot of the Sun. Mons. larinelli will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in height, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to ree,T:MM, and bear him folds chrystal home. Maas Conservatory is splendidly ornamented with festoons Z.Auk tv ta , ..e!iabling . the visitors to view the matchless collection of r ec ai i ; j t itas-l!ght. six ; Concert mCaiivora at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at 4 , ,t, A e dTierslon. One Shilling. half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk. TO-MORROW, p. • , I t, , l v i? . South London Floricul ural Society s ell hold their Grand wards of Fifty Gold and wiser On which occasion up- Vegetables. An extra Mi ejmens of Plants, Flowers, F rut Z l, a. will be given for the best f 44 Wary Band will D e In attenabuice." Dor. id scion, One shilling. oPea at One o'clock. THE WEA.TLIER.—SuN OFFicx, Jtr e t THERMoMETER, Lowest, 58; Highest. 83; IsT oc ,T a . BAROMETER, 29.65. --WIND W., showery. 111.411 WATER AT LONDON-BRLDGF, THIS DAY. Morning 23 minutes after 1. I Evening 45 minutes after 1. .12 - ~.., ~ t•*',,,-, A i,,,, ~ •., . ~!.. • - •,.• - 4 44iri lw, ~ . $ ~ -..- _:,.- .., , fFi " •••: -'7 l bilik„; .„, , st •If 01' 4:. ..• 2) ao rf ; ' co '44. ..- '' : Lt -- , .0. , r. l',„ - , d vic e 1 4 1 - LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1846. The last a the attacks on the Corn Importation Bill has been made. The last faint assault has taken place. Lord AM/BURTON yesterday evening brought forward the resolution of which he had given notice, but not a 3 an amendment to the Bill, or in a shape by 'which its progress would be impeded or delayed, even if the resolution should be carried. His Lordship denied that it was intended as a round about and indirect way of defeating the Bill, and :stated that be had no wish to throw out the Bill, and should indeed hesitate to take any steps for that pur pose, seeing the state of their Lordships' minds on the matter. The discussion on the second reading, and Ile decisive majority by which that second reading ivsus triumphantly carried, and the principle vat the measure affirmed by their Lordships, sand also the clear majorities on the two lituend,ments on which divisions were hazarded— the one for the perpetuation of the three years' shadow of protection, and the other for a ss. fixed duty, for the purpose of revenue—bore ample testimony to a man so shrewd and intelligent as Lord ASHBURTON of the utter inutility and folly of making any further effort for the rejection or muti lation of the great measure. His Lordship is too good a tactician to prolong a useless defence ; he, therefore, sought an opinion from the House, a declaration of the danger which might result from the sudden admission of the large quantity of wheat now in bond, with a view, probably, of founding some restrictive measure thereon. His proposed re solution was— " That whatever may be the alterations which it may be expedient permanently to make in the . laws regulating the introduction of foreign corn, it is the opinion of this House that the sudden importation of the large quantity of wheat now in bond at a very low rate of duty, while the prices are moderate and the prospect of the appr?aching harvest is promising, may be productive of great injury and injustice to the culti vators of the soil of the United Kingdom, and that some better provision against such a calamity should be provided than is contained in the Bill now before the House." His Lordship argued that at present there was a large quantity of foreign corn in bond, and that when the Bill passed the House, and received the royal assent, the whole of this vast quantity would at once come into market, to the total paralysation of that market, and to the complete stoppage of the whole operation of sales; that the whole quantity in bond could not be less than 2,500,000 quarters, and that there was little chance that this immense supply would be at all wanted, and that the average importation for the last three years was but 550,000 quarters. Is Lord ASH BURTON so ignorant of the characters of the holders of the stock now in bond as to suppose that they would- be guilty of such unmitigated folly, of such suicidal policy, as to ruin themselves for the pur pose of inflicting an injury on the farmer ? Does he suppose that at the very moment of success they would fling from themselves the fruits of that success —the profits for which they had speculated—and take in place thereof a considerable loss ? Even sup posing for a moment that his Lordship was correct in all his data, and that the facts were really as he supposed them to be, could they by a possibility warrant such a conclusion as that his Lordship deduced therefrom? What would be the benefit of his resolution to the country, if carried ? The price of corn was stated by Lord KINNAIRD to have increased in price no less than 4s. a quarter, and the quotation in Mark-lane yesterday affords an answer to the ques tion. It is—" Wheat has gone fully is. higher, and steady demand. Oats is., and Peas and Beans 2s. higher ; supplies short. Barley very scarce. No panic, and no fear:' This affOrds the strongest and most conclusive proof of how little the dealers in grain are influenced by the fears that disturb his Lordship. But, supposing the resolution carried, and that (as stated by his Lordship) the Bill should still pass as originally intended, what would be its effect ? what its utility ? Would it not, as stated by Lord GREY, be a notice to the importers that it was intended to bring in a Bill to amend the present one—that now before the House ? And would not the consequence be that not an hour would be lost in entering the whole quantity for consumption ? and thus, instead of getting it gradually introduced, it would be thrown on the market at once, and thus would arise the very evil it was intended to avoid. Would it not be like in some degree to the old tale of an astrologer foretelling certain dangers to a new born infant at a particular period of his existence, and the very steps taken by its short-sighted parent to avoid the prediction being the cause of its fulfil ment ? Lord DALHOUSIE, however, in a most clear and convincing speech fully disproved his Lordship's facts ; he showed that at present the corn in bond did not reach 1,900,000 quarters ; that from every side accounts of a short coming har vest reached us ; that nature seemed to be setting the elements against us in that respect. It was true that very little corn was imported in 1844 or 1845, but that in 1842, 2,183,000 quarters had been admitted under the present law in four weeks. He showed that if there was mischief, it was owing to the course adopted by the protectionists themselves, who bad intimated a strong objection to the proposition for admitting the corn for consump tion, on the importers giving a bond to pay the difference of duty payable at the time of sale and at the time of passing of the Bill ; and he ably proved that the resolution would be an er post facto law of the most unjust kind. The effect of his Lordship's speech was so great, as to induce one of the most zealous protectionists (Lord WicHLow) to vote against the resolution. In the evening a cheering statement was made, that the agriculturists would not divide on the third reading, but content them selves with a protest against the measure, which was, on that understanding, postponed until Thursday evening, on which night it will receive the final sanction of their Lordships. Another of those cantankerous exhibitions of hos tility towards the Ministry, which have imparted to this session such a squabbling character, was intro duced yesterday evening by—of course—Lord GEORGE BENTINCE.. Blind to the failure of his pre vious splenetic attacks, and unconscious, so it would seem, of the unenviable notoriety which he has already acquired for himself through those vituperative ebullitions, his Lordship endeavours, by some additional interference with public business, to place the present Cabinet in an invidious light. Little supposing that the sheen of invidiousness was concentrating itself upon the noble representative for Lynn. " 0, wad some power the giftie gie us, To see ousels as ithers see us :" Aware that the CANNING retrospect had proved altogether abortive in rendering the Premier, and, by inference, his Administration unpopular, and aware, likewise, that the consequences of a similar nature which were expected to be derived from the division upon the Coercion Bill were essentially very dubious, if not entirely inac cessible, Lord GEORGE seized upon the much talked-of Sugar Duties as the readiest in strument for the execution of his most che rished project. Nothing could be more suitable for his purpose, he imagined, than the Ministerial proposition for the extension of those duties for another month ; it afforded him the opportunity of inveighing against the unseemly dilatoriness of Government in " allowing 3,500,0001. of revenue to run within fourteen days of expiring before a Bill was introduced for its renewal," — the annual expiration of the duties dating itself on the .sth July, and their renewal for merely another month (viz., to the sth August), being brought forward for the first time yesterday evening by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Here, indeed, to the sanguine imagination of the protec tionist leader, appeared to be a delicious medium of invective. What legislative incompetency did not these circumstances display—circumstances by which upwards of three millions of revenue might be placed in I ci e .`r t laY ! What a calamitous want of forethought absenc n e ot ot im isu pl y arrangements'. the whole affair, did stance alone evince the y th i l n hz the Ministers; what an egregious systematic or prudential in their Did not this th th i e i very procrastination of present Administration,tb com mercial profligacy by the total of the circum stance ? and the c e t a i l- I : is e a coift_y thatof which th e , a_ were the in sinuations were regulated Government in reference to the the behaviour of Go levelled at, and the inference s drawn from sugarduties.w would u l d not,L ord se Ge EtohßaGt,EhßonTelNrCinKuecihthethreco uld not, or would not, see that, hoWevel much the p ro.. lo position of appearance n h of p th e e ar C an h caen coefllotarrdoifn etshs: thEaxtchtehcalutetrardninigehsst c haracter originated in the extraordinary of the the session, that it was rendered a lmost necessary by thousand considerations of mercantile reform which had occupied the unceasing attention of the legislators, and that the procrastination of the proposed renewal was extended in a threefold degree by the perti nacious manner in which the Parliamentary discussions had been prolonged by the non-abolition agriculturists, and especially by no less a personage than Lord GEORGE BENTINCK himself! Notwith standing the undeniable nature of these facts, the Noble Member for Lynn finds it impossible to afford silence upon a matter so delightfully apropos, since it not merely enables him to stigmatise in a covert way the integrity and capacity of Sir ROBERT'S Ad ministration, but to assert his (Lord G. BENTINCICS) undiminished love for protection by demanding a re newal of taxation upon sugar, not for a paltry month, but for the customary period--namely, for ono eatire year. Now, first, as to the incapacity of the Ministry. Surely it is rather an anomalous coincidence to , find a charge of this nature cast upon a Ministry under whose auspices the revenue has flourished almost beyond all precedent, certainly beyond all anticipation ! And it is an anomaly—a most wonderful anomaly—to (Emotes in the utterer of this accusation a legislator but barely fledged into statesmanship, though undoubtedly one of a most " speculative" mind ! It is impossible, moreover, not to observe that the accuser rests this charge of in capacity upon nothing but conjectures, that the malign consequences which he anticipates are alto gether supposititious. The delay might prove pre judicial—the present Government might be ousted and another might be unformed when the sth of August transpired ; and by this possible occur rence three million five hundred thousand pounds of revenue money might actually be penned ! These ideal isms of future events may be ingenious enough, but the mere ingenuity of idealisms are insufficient to shake the public confidence in a Cabinet which has achieved —not merely idealised, but literally achieved so much in aid of the national prosperity. Secondly, as to the removal of the sugar duties for another year, from the approaching sth of August. Such a proposition is worthy of the intellect of Lord GEORGE BENTINCI. It IS a proposition so utterly incom patible with this anti-taxation age. Besides is it reasonable to suppose that a Parliament which has so sweepingly annulled all imports upon foreign grain would allow themselves to be cajoled into a whole year of antiquated imposts of foreign sugar? The mere conjecture is preposterous. And even if the colleagues of Lord GEORGE co-operated with him in demanding the usual annual renewal, and persisted in the de mand, the discussion would, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer asserts, extend beyond the sth day of July, leaving the revenue without any sugar duties whatever. With the renewal for a single month, we can reconcile all the involved cir cumstances of this particular species of protection. That additional month will enable the Ministry and the Parliament to consider the question of its continuance without precipitation: it will afford the Government an opportunity for propounding some permanent scheme for the importation of foreign and colonial sugar—a scheme more accordant with their present commercial policy, and more acceptable to a nation which has obtained free trade. Besides which, the interval will give time to Lord J. RUSSELL to bring forward his project upon this phase of our commerce. For these reasons, therefore, we conceive that Lord GEORGE BE:in:NCR would have displayed more wis dom in conceding to the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and more courtesy in candidly avouching his antipathy to the Government, and in boldly moving an address of " want of confidence." Intelligence from Constantinople to the 7th, and from Smyrna to the sth, has been received. Owing to the intervention of the English and Russian Am bassadors, it is supposed that the difficulties which stood in'the way of the immediate conclusion of the treaty between Persia and the Porte had been got over. In Smyrna several bankruptcies had taken place. Exchange on London at Constantinople, 110; at Smyrna, 111. Athens papers of the 10th June have been received. They contain no news of importance. The Ist June was the anniversary of the accession of King OT/10. His Ministers proposed to make various promotions in honour of the occasion, to all of which he refused his sanction, as he was anxious not to entail additional bur dens on the treasury. Madrid papers of the 16th have arrived. The Alcaides of the Province of Badajoz had received a notice from the Political Chief to the effect that it was her MAJBSTY'S desire that every attention should be paid and every assistance rendered to COSTA CABRAL and his brother SILVA, the ex-Ministers of Portugal. Tho Three per Cents. were done at 333' for casb, and 33 1 ,4 fur paper ; the Fire per Cent& at 20% for cash ; the Debt without Interest, 6% for cash; and the Shares of the Bank of San Fernando at 285 ; and those of Isabel at 96. Wehave received the Paris papers of Sunday. They all refer to the unexpectedly sudden election of the new POPE, who has assumed the name of Pius IX. The new Pontiff is Cardinal Jorm MARIA MASTEI FER RETTI, of the family of the Counts of that name. Ile was born at Sinigaglia, in the Roman Stites, on the 13th of May, 1792. He was Archbishop of Imula, had been reserve,l Cardinal in petto on the 23d December, 1839, and proclaimed on the 14th December, 1840. He was a Cardinal of the order of the priest, Thi: Conclave of the Sacred College has lasted but two days. It commenced on the 14th of June and ended on the 16th. Seldom has a Conclave been so short. This election appears to have given great satisfaction to France. The new POPE is a man of liberal principles, and it is probable that he will grant those concessions, and intro duce those reforms which are so absolutely required, and the refusal of which has occasioned so many insurrec tions in the Papal States. The Debats gives the following account of the elec tion:— " The Conclave of the Sacred College only lasted two days. It commenced, on the 14th, and terminated on the 16th of June. Rarely has a conclave been so short. It is said that the political position of the states of the Church, and the ne cessity of putting an end to the agitation which might have ended in disorder, hastened the determination of the cardi• nals. The new Pope has the reputation of being moderate and conciliatory, and his nomination has been generally favourably received. Cardinal Mastei Ferretti, in mounting the throne of St. Peter, takes the title of Pius IX. He is one of the youngest Popesl (being, as we stated yesterday, only 54 years of age) that has ever been nominated. This circumstance ought to be considered a good augury. The cardinals have often been reproached with fixing their choice on men whose age pre vents them from displaying much activity. On the present occasion this taunt is fortunately not borne out by the fact. There is in Italy a proverb which says of the Popes, Non videbis ennos Petri'—(You shall not reign so long as Peter). St. Peter reigned twenty-five years, and as the saying is not an article of faith, it is no heresy to express a hope that it will now not be realised. Trusting that Pope Pius IX. will consecrate the influence which his high position gives him to the maintenance of the spiritual peace of the Catholic world, and to the furtherance of that amelioration of which the states placed under his temporal guardianship have so much need, we sincerely hope that he may see the years of Peter, and that his reign may be prolonged for the good of the church of which he is the head, and that of the people of whom he is the sovereign." The Presse says:— "Cardinal Mastei Ferretti has been elected by acclamation. There are three modes of electing Popes. The most usual modes are by ballot and by accession. As to the election by in spiration or acclamation, the words which serve to designate it shows how it is practised. It is this mode of election that takes place when, by a sudden inspiration, which is con sidered as coming from Heaven, the cardinals name a Pope unanimously and by acclamation. The use of this mode of election is less rare than might be supposed. History men tions thirteen or fourteen instances of it. The most memo rable is the election of Gregory VII." The Chamber of Deputies voted on Saturday the budget of receipts, and the session may be considered as virtually over. The Presse states that the Electoral Col leges will meet on the Ist August, and the new Chamber will meet on the 17th August., for the purpose of verifying its powers and forming its Bureaux, after which it will be prorogued. Marshal BUGEAUD and the Due D'AUMALE ar rived at Oran on the 10th, and set out imme diately for Djemma Ghazaouat. General GENTIL re turned to Algiers on the 15th for the valleys of he Isser and Ameuraouas. A convoy frum General RANDoN's division, proceeciing from the country of the S ukaras to Bona, with twenty-five sick and wounded, was attacked at Ras-el-Gasseur by 600 Arabs, the escor put to flight, and the sick and wounded massacred. Among the latter were three officers—M. NOEL, Captain of Hussars ; M. CASTELLI, Surgeoa•Major ; and an Arab named Hosurtsocr, Sub-Lieutenant of the Spahis. General RANDON, on hearing of the occurrence, marched to Ras-el-Gasseur, killed 200 individuals of the tribe guilty of the massacre, burned all their villages, and cap tured 12,000 head of cattle. The following are the new quarantine regulations about to b e i ssue d by the F s s e h n ip g : r w a it a h rr e i l v e i a n n g bi f l r i o s m: f C o nst r a e n 7 n h ople Government i n Government:— Pas- health, and having a me di ca l man on board, shall b e at once put if nine days shall have elapsed from in the " day libre Pratique" sailin g , or, in other terms, the quarantine will commence the day of sailing. The same rule applies(ne: to mer chantmen having a medical man on board. Passengers on board a merchantman not h a v ing a medical man on board, shall be subjected to five days' quarantine. t Goods will follow the rule of the ships in which h carried. W ith regard to Egypt, all arrivals they y from are Alexandria are at p resent considered under the category of suspected." For the futu re these arri vals the passengers of Post•office packet clean bills , " like those from Constanti nople.l-voafls"mfoauyl ' h ' a o v r e ecasdicae'l min on board, sall be admitted to packet boats, wlinththaamt Libre pratique twelve clear days after their departure from Alexandria. Passe n g ers by the merchant ships not having a medical man o n board, shall be subject to quarantine of seven days. Goods on board such vessels be subjected to a very reduced quarantine, but the extent of which has not yet been determined. Who Three per Ceuta, were ratter urge buoyant un THE SUN, LONDON, TUESIYA_Y EVENING, JUNE ie, 18411; Sunday at the Passage de l'Ogra ; they were demanded at 83f. 10c. BUSINESS noNE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 22. Boulogne and — Amiens, 121 i —East Indian, % —Louvain and Jemappe, 1% —Luxembourg, 1 Lyons and Avignon, 1% —North ern of France Constituted, 133 —Paris and Rouen, 383 —Sambre end Meuse, 4% —West Flanders, 3%. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was dull. Sales, 5,000 bales, including 700 American, at 5%d. to 6 1 / s d. for export. There was no alteration in prices, but buyers had art advantage. Shares were quiet. There are ship letters but by one arrival to-day, viz., the Great Britain. These are considered to be favourable in re ference to mercantile and monetary matters, and are certainly satisfactory to the Americans in respect to their warlike operations against Mexico. Referring to the Oregon matter, which is likely to be of revived interest, a New York con temporary states that there must be great concessions made by each—perhaps greater than either will be disposed to make—and all for a territory which, at a meeting in New York, Mr. Buchanan, if our memory serve right, thus graphically, and, no doubt, honestly, describes:— " Mr. President,—The thought which is deepest as well as uppermost in my mind, which pervades it entirely at all mo ments, which I am sure occupies your minds as well as mine, must have vent. The nark clouds we have so long seen rising from the west—do I now meet you for the last time before they are to burst in thunder and lightning, and to scatter us? Are the hands of brother to be raised against brother, like those of Cain? Are the land and the sea to be stained with blood shed by kindred? God forbid ! Our last accounts from England give us the oft-repeated assurance that therßritish Government entertain a most earnest desire to preserve peace. The meeting here this evening of so many respectable persons of both countries evinces the na tural sympathy which exists amongst us. All of Oregon is not worth half the loss which the apprehension of war re specting it has already produced. Were I not afraid of be coming tedions, I might, from personal experience, give you some idea of the value, or the value lessness (if I may use the word), of the country beyond Lake Huron.—(Go on.) Then you must pardon the appearance of egotism. Gentlemen—it was my honourable task, after five years of exposed service, about the upper great lakes and beyond them, to superintend the establhh , ment of the now much-talked-of 49th penilel of north lati tude, at the lake of the woods in the year 1825, and there to erect a monument. I tell you, as a fact, that for a distance of 1,000 miles, before 1 reached that point, though I visited numerous posts and forts, as they are called, of the fur traders, between the months of May and October, which are the most favourable to vegetation, I never could ob tain one single vegetable—a potato, carrot, turnip, or even a sailed, to check the stringent thirst which our salted meat produced, or to allay the apprehension of scurvy. I leave it for you to imagine what luxuries are to be expected by going further. May the Almighty dispose the hearts of the rulers in both countries to the consideration of their con sanguinity and identical interest, and to the preservation of family peace. And the Consul closed by giving this toast— ' Anglo-Saxon blood too good to be spilt. ' The British Plantation Sugar market, owing to the post ponement of the duty question, has been rising lately, and is expected to keep firm with such unfavourable accounts from the West Indies. The Public Securities rule steadily for the most part, but they exhibit no buoyancy, and the only improvement is in Exchequer-bills, •now quoted at Bs. to 13s. premium. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 96 3 4 to 96%, and the Three per Cents. Reduced 95 to %. Bank tock is marked 205% to 206%. The Foreign Investments have been dull. Spanish Five per Cents. are 241,x, and the Passives W t . Portuguese Four per Cents, are 49% to 50%. Mexican B ,nds have been at 271/ to %, being a little flatter, but otherwise exhibiting scarcely any alteration compared with yesterday, even in the face of the interesting advices received to-day. Chilian Bonds are at 96% ' • Brazilian have been at 84. The demand forßailway Shares has been limited, and the quotations, as the list will show, have not varied much. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSINo O'CLOCK. PRICE , . Bank Stock .. .. • • 205% 206% 206% Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 95% 95% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 96% % 96% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10% 3-16 10 3-16 India Bonds, 1,0001. .. .. 16 16 Ditto, under 1,000/. .. .. 20 16 16 Consols for Opening .. 95% 95% Exchequer Bills. I%d. 114 d. 1,0001. 11 12 8 13 pm. 13 5001. , • 913 pm. 13 Ditto. Small .... 13 9 pin. 9 ONE ( LOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 84 84 Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. . 96% 96% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account • • • • • • 2 7% 34 27% Ditto, Deferred .. .. • • • 16 % 16% Portuguese Three per Cent • • • • Ditto, for the Account . • • • • • 50% Portuguese Four per Cent 50% 50 Ditto, for the Account .. • . 49% 49% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent • • • • Ditto, for the Account • • • . 244 24% Ditto, Passive Bonds • . • • • • 534 534 Dividends on the above payable iu London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 9214% 92% S PRICES OF BUSLNEB CLOSING DONE AT RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen .. .. 10 .... 3% .. •.• . • ... 3 3 4 Birmingham and Gloucester ..100 .. .. 128 Bristol and Exeter .. .. 75 .. 83 . 83 Buckinghamshire .. 425. % dis. ••• • .. % die. Caledonian .. 10 .. 10% % .• .. 10% Ditto, Half Shares .. 2% .... •• • • ...... 144 Derby and Crewe .. 6% • • .. • • • . • • 6% Direct Northern .. Iss ss Dublin and Galway .. 4 2 . Eastern Counties .. 141. 165..... 24% % • • .... 24% Ditto, York Extension .. 105..... .• • ._134 Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. •50 .... • • ........ 4 Ye Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. .... 1% 2 ..... ... 2 Great North 01 England . ..100 —.222% 222 2'25.. 225 Ditto, New .. 5 .... 53 . • ... 55 Ditto, New . .. 10 .... .......... 39 Ditto, New . .... 16 ..... 16 Great Western .. 85 .. 140% .. •• .. 140% Ditto, Quarter 15%•••• ••.• Guildford, Farehain, &Portimoth 5 4% 4% Hull and ,elby .. 50 .• .. ....... ... Ditto % Shares .. .. 12% .. 21 .. •• • • .... 21 Leicester and Bed'ord 2 - 25. .... 34 dis 1,4 di, London an Birmingham . • •100 .. •• • • ..... •• • Ditto Quarters .. 2 .... 28% Ditto Fifths .• .• .. 2 .... 25% 25 • 25 London and Birmingham Extens. % London and Blackwull .. 16/. 13s. 4d. 8 71 4 London and Brighton • 50 • . . 65% London and Croydon .• • . 131. 15s 9d... 22% „ 22 London and York .. • • • • • '2% •• •• 1% ••• • • • Manchester and Leeds .. • . 82 Ditto, I lalf Shares . - • • •• 3 8 •.. 57% •• • . Ditto, Fifths . • • • .. 3 is 12 •. .. 425. • • • • 425• •• • • 2 2 2 p Ditto Extension Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . 82% 82% Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) • • 4 Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) Slidla id .. . • ••• • • • ..100 Ditto, New • • • • • •• 24 •• .. 37% 37 37 Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 25 •„ Ditto, New • • • '. .. 1 9%%...... Ditto, New, Branding • • .. 25 44 .......... 44 Newcastle and Berwick • • •• 15 • . 24% 24% •• 20 25% .... 25 Norfolk .. Ditto, Half Shares • • • • .. 5 7% Ditto, Tenths • • • • •• • • 2 .... Ditto, Extension • • • •• 2 • • 21% Norm British . • • • • • • • • • 22% . 29% Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 .... : — Ditto, New • • • • • • • • 1 . 28 North Kent and Direct Dover • 1% % Northmpton,Banbury ,& Chelthm. 2 • 1 1 Oxiii.,Worcester, & Wolverhmpin. 12% „ 8 Portsmouth !greet • • • • • • 3% .... 414 % 414 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 425... • . 11, dis. II4 Gis Shropshire Union .. • • • • • • 4 25. .... dis... • South Devon .. • • .. • • • • 35 35 South Eastern and Dovor • • • 3314 40 • 40 % Do., New (do. 33/. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 10 1 3 14 13" t, Do., New (do. 301 .) .. N o. 3 . 15 18 — 18 . New (do. 151.) No. 4. 2%, ... 2% % We St Riding Onion • • • • • . 425. 1% p 2 p Whiseach and St. Ives .. • . • • 2 • 2 2 burs and North Midland • • • • 50 Ditto, Half Shares • • • • •. 25 .... 48% 48% Ditto. -i.carborough Branch .. 23 .... 48 ..... 48 Ditto, Selby • • • • • • •• 30 ~~ 74 Do. E. and W. Riding Exten... 1 ... 11% ........ FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. • • .. 12 12% 12% Louvain and Jemeppe •• • • 4 % .......... Luxembourg Northern of France Constituted.. 5 .. 1 3 ...... „ _ Paris and Lyons Constit uted 5 3, .......... Sambre and Meuse • • • • .. 8• • JOINT-STOCK BANKS. London Joint-Stock • • • • •• 10 .... 14% .......... 14 1 % London and Westminster • • .. 20 MINES. Real del Monte, Unreelstereei• ••••••334 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JCNE 23.—Wind at noon variable, S. to W., fresh breeze and cloudy. It blew very heavy last night in squalls, accompanied with rain, thunder, and lightning. DEAL, JUNE 22.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Negotiator, Young, Allipeo; Elisa, Jorgenson, Brazils. Sld. Conte Zichy, Copartich, New York. Arrived fro:n the River and sailed, Lady M•Naughton, Elibbert, Madras ; Woodlark, Clarkson, Bahia ; William Metcalf, Well:, Quebec; Thomas and William, Plater, ditto; Father Mathew, Gal ilean, Halifax. COWES, JUNS 22.—Wind S. to S.E.---Arrd. Heinrich, Porto Rico. _ . . . OFF PLYMOUTH, JUNE 20.—Lord 3lulgrave, Lickiss, Miramichl. FALMOUTH, JUNE 22.—Wind E.—Arrd. Sarah, Brewer, Cardiff, for Malaga, with foremast sprung. GLOUCESTEA, JUNE 20.—Arrd. Henry Ball, Hood, Alexandria; Baracon,Owens, Catania. Sld. 21st, Independent, Atkins, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Rosa, Trieste. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 21.—Wind S., moderate.—Arrd. 22d, Great Britain steamer, Hosken, New York, lett Bth inst. Sld. 22d, Robert Syers, Atkins, Bombay; Patrick Henry, Delano, New York; Brothers, Hill, St. Stephen ; Acadia, M'Kenzie, Quebec Lotus, Watson. Quebec. Off, 22d, Queen of the West, New York ; Annie, Falcon, Wyoming (not sure). The port of Vera Cruz was under bl•ckade by an American squadron on th• 18th May. BRIXHAM, JUNE 21. —Arrd Hazard, Owen, Trinity, Newfoundland. NEWPORT, JUNE 22.—Florida, Lewis, Quebec. Coax, JUNE 20.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Mechanic, Newton, St. John ; Margaretha, Patagonia ; Energy, Crawford, Rio Grande ; Cynthia, Goldsworth, Newfoundland, out 14 days. rEsrzaNcx, JUNE 20.—The smack Welcome Home, reported on shore in the 'Lay of Senneu, after discharging part of her cargo, had her leaks partially stopped, got off, and proceeded to Plymouth. MARKET NEWS = (THIS DAY.) zuty MA IiCILIkTit: SmiTnraTo.—Meadow 11ay, 31 to 41; Clover ditto, 4/ 5s to 51 15s ; Oat Straw, 1110 s to 1/ 12s ; Wheat Straw, 11 12s to 11 14s per load. A full average supply, and a heavy demand. CummuLaND. —Meadow Hay, 31 to 413 e; Clover ditto, 4/ 4s to 51 IGs; Oat Straw, 1/ 10s to 1/ 12s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 12s to 11 14- per load. Supply good, and trade WIIITECIIAPEL.—IIeadow Hay, 3/ to 41; Clover ditto, 4/ 4s to 51 17s ; Oat Straw, 11 lOs to 1/ 12s ; Wheat Straw, 11 12s to 11 14s per load. Trade dull at the above quotations. New Meadow Bay was selling at from 21 58 to 315 s per load. COLONIAL. Sroaa.—Owing to the postponement in Parliament of the Sugar question, there has been more demand for British Plantation desert). ticns, and 900 hhds have been dispo.ed of at 6d to is advance. The at antity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 2,384 hhds 462 tierces 717 barrels, and there were taken for home consmnpt on 1,279 hhds 112 tierces 307 barrels. The stock in the same places is 7,6441111d* 1,014 tierces 1,958 barre Ls. Rost.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 421 puns .40 hhds„ there were taken for home consump tion 117 puns 7 hhds and exported 132 puns 30 hads. The stock. in the same places is 10,165 puns 1,985 hhds. RIM-6,783 bags Bengal at auction were all sold at 13s to 13s 6d for middling to line white, and lOs 66 to I is for common to fine cargo. TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is 42s per cwt. en the spot, and town the same. TEA.— The market is dull. DEMOLITION OP CANONBURY HOUSE.—Thie once celebrated tavern, with its tea-gardens, is to be pulled down. In another week or two not a vestige of either will be re maining. The grounds have been cut up, streets are laid out, and boxes of brick and mortar will speedily occupy the whole site. Thus, as" the metropolis spreads out in every direction, were it not for steamers and railroads, the toil worn citizens would be deprived of every chance of inhaling fresh and health-giving air. The tavern cannot boast of any great antiquity. Wi t hi n t h e l as t century it was but a n in. considerable alehouse, and was subsequently from time to time, improved and enlarged. An excellent bowling- gr n and pleasant tea-gardens were added, and at length it be came one of the most respectable places of publics r rt near P town, celebrated for the festivities of corporate and arochiai bodies. Now its gl o r y has departed, - and in a li ttl e while it mill be limn Ito Inn% QUEEN'S BENCH -(THIS DA 1(,) THY XASTEU 07 TRINITY COLLEGE V. nit TIMITSIS 97 fRE BEITI.II MUSETJDa, This special jury case, which has excited so much interest in the literary world, was to have come on this morning, but, on the application of the Attorney-General, it was post poned till Thursday next. The Court subsequently was occupied with common jury cases of no public interest. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OP LORDS. Room A. CAMBRIDGE AND oxronn. Their i ordships met this morning at eleven, Lord Mornington in the chair, and Lords Middleton, Henley, Maliord, and Crofton. The case for the promoters of the Bill was continued. . . Mr. Fordham, a banker at Royston, and a Provisional Committee man in this Company, gave general evidence as to the necessity for the line, and the advantages derivable from its construction, and gave statements as to the probable amount of traffic on the line. Mr. Beale, a tradesman, at Cambridge, and a member of the Town Council there, was then examined, and gave traffic evidence chiefly relating to the coal traffic. He was examined by the attorney to the promoters, the counsel being all absent at the time. Room B. GLASGOW, BAERNEAD, AND NEILSTON (PAI6LEY BRANCH). This Committee met originally as a Select Committee on the Glas gow, Kilmarnock and Ardrossan, the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neil ston having been added to the list yesterday. The Kilmarnock and Ardrossan was then disposed of, and the Barrhead and Neiiston is now the only Bill on the list. Their Lordships met this morning at eleven, Earl Roden in the *hair. Al] the members were present. The traffic evidence on the part of the promoters was proceeded with. It occupied the Committee up to the time we went to press. Room D. YORICSIETRE AND LINCOLNSHIRE C 0 SIMLA. ICATION. The Committee re-assembled this morning. Lord Somers in the chair, when, on the admisdon of parties, his Lordship declared that neh her of tile preambles of the Swinton and Doncaster, ner that of the Doncaster, Wakefield, and Leeds line had been proved. Both these lines are consequently lost for the present session. SHEFFIELD AND £INCO.I.NSHIED 3UNCTXON. The Committee next took this line. fir. VAINES appeared for the promoters. lie stated the course which the 'Me is intended to take, and described it as being a means of uniting the district round Sheffield by way of Retford with the Great Grimsby Railway at Gainsborough, with branches to the port in the centre of that town and to the city of Lincoln, and thus open up the whole of the agricultural produce of that county and its neighbour hood for the manufacturing districts of the West Riding of Yorkshire and Lancashire. The competing scheme is that of the Manchester, Mid lands, and Great Grimsby Union Railway, which is intended to go by Bawtry. This line, the Learned Counsel contended, was in every way preferable, the works bedig easier, the gradients better, the population greater, and the expense to the public less. By the Shef• field and Lincolnshire Junction there would be an average of 24 yards of tunnelling per mile, while the ther would have 250 yards. The earthworks on one lino would be 78,000 yards, while, on the other, there would be 214,000; while the maximum of tolls stands, for first class passengers, 2d. against 3% d. ; tor second class, I%d. against 24d. ; and, for third class, hl. against 2d. per mile- For horses, 3d. against 4d.; for manure, Id against 2d.; and for manufactured goods, 3d. against d. per tonper mile. The first witness called wall Lord Worsley, who stated the way in which the proposed line was connected with, and was likely to be affected by, the lines which have already passed the Legislature. His Lordship stated, that it was agreed to amalgamate the Great Grimsby Docks Company with toe Great Grimsby Railway Company, he being at the present time chairman of both Companies. From his possession of property in North Lincolnshire, and his being the representative of that district, as well as from the reports of parties with whom he was intimate, he could say that the feeling in his neighbourhood was decidedly in favour of this line, and a greater number of country gentlemen were placed on the pro visional management of this line than appeared on any other pro posed line in the country. He felt that it was eminently important, became the first eight miles of its course traversed a coal district. In obtaining the Bill for the formation of the , docks, the Admiralty, having ascertained, on the report of the Tidal Harbours'Commmis stoners, that Grimsby was the only harbour of refuge that could be formed between the Firth of Forth and Harwich, thought it neces sary to put clauses into that Bill which obliged the Company to con struct a dock capable of receiving the largest war-steamers, and they are accordingly forming one three hundred feet long and sixty-eight feet wide, which will put the company to au extra ex pense of 50,0001. The whole estimates for the docks are 394,6221. One of the chief advantages arising from the granting of this line is derived from the fact that this particular dock is to be supplied with fresh water, so that the steamers would only have to supply their re servoirs from the dock itself, while the coal necessary for their use could be brought at little expense along the proposed rail way. There is now a Bill in progress through Parliament for the amalga.ration of the lines of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway Company, which is now completed, and that of the Great Grimsby - and Gainsborough Company, which is in course of construction, with the Grimsby Dock Company and this company. to which there is no opposition. Should these Bills be passed, the whole of the manage ment of the transit across the country at this point will be wider one management, and the coals, which are particularly fitted for steam purposes, would come one way and the agricultural produce would go the other way with greater facility, and with less delay and ex pense, than they could possibly be by any ether route, as if the op posing line were to be granted they would have to pass through the bands of four different and unconnected companies. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP 11. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills comprised in this group, re-assembled at the usual hour this morning. Lord Alorpeth in the chair. SOUTH DEVON (No. IX.) Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE opened the case for the promoters of this Bill, the object of which is to make three branches from the South Devon line, which was recently opened to Teignmouth ; one to Taristock, another to Dartmouth, and the third to Devonport. The Bill also embraced some trifling alterations in the main line, which had become necessary from the Admiralty's objection to the former mode of crossing the liamoaze. Mr. Brunel, the eminent engineer, proved that the Tavistock scheme was a slight modification of the Tavistock branch of last year. It would have the effect of giving a convenient communica tion between Tavistock and the nsarkets of Plymouth. The Devon port branch was to connect the South Devon and Cornwall lines with that town, while the Dartmouth branch was also to place that town on the main line of the South Devon Rails , ay. The engineering features of the two latter branches were extremely favourable, but on the Tavistock branch], front the nature of the country through which it passed, the gradients were uecessari'y of a difficult character. The severest of :„bent, he believed, was 111130, bat although the inclinations were generally severe, he did nut think the country could afford better. '!'he Tavistock branch was 13 miles in length, and he milesestnt ma e n d g, t a h i e i d c t o h s e t e a s t ti 1 2 n 2 a t , e o d ool. cost 1 2 ' 5 11 0 e ,0 1 0 ) 0 a 1 r . tmo T u i t ie h ibier,.vmcphasslavgaes, orls Davenport branch, was about a rude and a halflong, cud this estimate was 50,0001. GROUP XIII, The Committee met to-day at the usual hour; Sir William Clay in the chair. CAMEDONI rtN EXTENSION. The evidence on behalf of this line was resumed. Mr. Scott was recalled, and shortly examined in continuation of his evidence of yesterday, in favour of the line. The witness was examined at some length, but no point of material importance was elicited. GROUP XXXI. BRISTOL AND BIRMINGHAM (BATH DIRECT). The Committee re-assembled at the usual hour this morning, and were occupied with hearing the evidence for the promoters of the Bill. Mr. Barclay, assistant to Mr. Stephenson, the engineer, was ex amined at considerable length as to the engineering merits of the line. Mr. It Stephenson was also. examined, and corroboraled generally the testimony of the previous witntss as to the facilities with which the line might be constructed, and the adequacy of the estimate to meet the expenses of construction. GROUP XXXIX, The Committee met at twelve, Mr. Divett, chairman. OLDHAM, M NCIIESTER, LIVERPOOL, AND BIRKENDZI.A.D 3-ONCTION. Evidence was continued by the promoters of the line. Mr. Livesey, agent for the Chamber estates, gave evidence con cerning the coal-fields between Rochdale and Oldham, opened by the proposed line. Le calculated the Mountain coal-field to contain 2,760 acres, and 16,560,000 tone ; the Ro)ley field 2,400 acres, and 15,800,000 tons ; the Black field 7,000 acres, and 81,700,000 tons ; and the remaining fields in the district 560 acres, and 5,600,000 tons. In all, from the whole fields, 127,700,000 tons, which, at the present con-umption of 4,010 tons a-day, would last about 104 years. GROUP XLII. The case for the promoters of the Liverpool, Ormsklrk, and Preston Railway Bill hexing been printed, the Committee, on their re-assem bling this morning, proceeded to hear evidence on bekaif of the pro moters of the MANCHESTER AWD SOUTHPORT. Several 'witnesses were examined, who deposed as to the traffic that might be expected along the proposed line, and also as to the advan tages which it would be to the surrounding district. GROUP XLV. This Committee re-assembled at one o'clock ; bir. Bickhasn Escott in the chair. CALEDONIAN AND CARLISLE DEVIA-. TION. The Committee were occupied the whole of the day in settling and arranging the clauses, the preamble having been passed yes terday. The Committee adjourned at the usual hour. GROUP XLVIII. THE LLYNVI VALLEY. The Committee met again this day, Mr. Aldh-m, chairman. The opposition of the landowners was proceeded with, together with that of the proprietors of a tram line already executed. There are some valuable schemes in this group remaining to be heard, and which, through the delay occasioned by the length of the inquiry in the above line, must be put to a very great expense, as well as en dangering the possibility of the group going before the House of Lords at this advanced stage of the session. There is the Mon mouthshire and the Abergavenny and Hereford rates, which are moat impo taut to tke public, and from the great amount of mineral and general traffic, cannot but be most profitable to the undertakers. Something should be done by the House towards enabling the Com mittees generally to select the most valuable lines for a first hearing —at present, the cases are taken in the order of the second reading, which in many instances, ss in the above, delay those Bills which are most advantageous to the public to the last moment, if not altogether hazarding their safety. GROUP LIII. This Committee met again to-day, in Room 26 (Grand Corridor ) Present, the lion. E. Lascellos (in the chair), the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Mr. illidyard, Captain Dalrymply, and Mr. R. Clayton. BIRMINGHAM WOLVERHAMPTON, AND DT7DZET. The evidence in this case was resumes by Mr. F. ROBINSON calling Mr. John Askew, manufacturer, Birmingham, who stated that he was some time ago High-bailiff of that town. Is at present Com missioner of the streets there, and governor of King Edward's school. He was well acquainted with the proposed stations at Snow-hill and New-street. The former station was decidedly preferable to the latter, inasmuch as the principal part of the traffic arriving at Birmingham entered on the Snow-hill side, and the station there would afford accommodation to passengers as well as goods, whereas the New-street station would ,iccommodate passengers alone. He believed that this railway would be of the greatest benefit to the people of Birmingham, and the erection of the station woad not cause much destruction of property. This line would give the public the benefits of competition. The public would thereby not only have the advantages of cow tolls but an increase in the number of trains, better carriages, &e. Cross-examined by Mr. Mecums —I am a director of this line. I was at the meeting of Street Commissioners on the subject of the proposed station at Birmingham, and I voted in the minority, inasmuch as their decision would affect the Interests of this line. I do nut think that the New-street station will accommodate the public sufficiently. Perhaps the land to be occupied by the Snow hill station is au acre less than that to be occupied by the New-street station. lam au advocate of the latter station, because I think the public ought to have both. The goods coming from Weiverhampto to Birmingham are distributed all over the town. The greater tiie por tion of the carriers' warehouses are in the neighbourhood of ere e t would be d l 't eQ e ie s v ir e ab t l l e m . that a l junction am ar a with s nt.l be have declared that they will n ot sanction the ex aware h at the the London H ou use t and .o fi . cc :l . T ., f tif ► o n n g the broad gunge northwards. GROUP LIZ. This Committee re-assembled to -day at twelve o'clock. Present, Mr. E. Bugler (chairman), and the other members. BLACICIWEAT AND PIeZea TON. AND EAST MILATC.A.OIII7/LE .A.MAZGAIVIATTON. Some questions were put to Mr. Itawksham, engineer of the M an• c heater and Leeds line, resp ect i n g the carriage of coal, for which , he s tated that the line a s not favou rable. was This evidence was adduced merely to settle the POillt ith ence to the rate of charges for coals which was not agreed t o _ _ _ wYeeterday. GROUP LXVI. WC`'_irryx AND DARLINGTON 3WrIC• 2411 3 TION AND TYNE DOCK. The Commi ttee on this group met to-day at twelve o'clock, in !town No. 13. The Committee were occupied during the whole day in hearing evidetlCe upon the OppOlaft COM b Mr, WIWI= IftepileinleOr member d the Jarrow Chemical Company, whose works would be injured if the powers sought for in this Act were carried into effect. THE INDIAN MAILS. ALEXAXDRIA, Juice 9,-The Peninsular and Oriental Com- Bany's steamer Achilles, with the Calcutta mail of the 3d and ombay mail of the 12th of May, left port this day at noon, with upwards of 80 passengers, for Malta and Southampton. The mails reached Alexandria early yesterday morning, but the great scarcity of water in the Nile and Mahmoudich Canal delayed the progress of the passengers coming down from Cairo, who had to ride the greater part of the way from Atf‘ on donkeys, and they arrived here only at 10 o'clock this morning. The Egyptian steamer of war Nile is under orders to sail on the 11th for COA stantinople, with Soobhy Bey, Private Secretary to the Viceroy, and son of Sami Pacha, who goes to announce to the Sußac that his highness will accept an invitation to visit him at the capital. The Nile will perform her quaran tine at the Dardanelles, and will bring hack to Alexandria an envoy from the Sultan, bearing the formal invitation to the Viceroy, who will then proceed to the Bosphorus. The same steamer conveys to Constantinople the Viceroy's daugh ter.in-law, widow of his late son, Ismael Pacha, who was killed in Nubia by the natives in 1825, and she has also on I board forty-two Dongola horses, two giraffes, two large ostriches, and various other things, which Mehemet Alisends as presents to the Sultan. Colonel C. J. Barnett, her Majesty's Consul-General in Egypt, has been recalled, and the Hon. C. A. Murray, at present Secretary of Legation at Naples, has been appointed, it is said, in his stead. THE EDITOR'S BOX IN THE FRENCH CHAMBERS. The box at the extreme right of the gallery, is that occupied by the editors-in-chief of the Paris journals ; and that box is the true political barometer of the Chamber, though visible only to an initiated few. If the discussion in progress be important—if M. Guizot, M. Thiers, or M. Berrycr, be at the tribune, all is earnest attention ; the silence is broken only by some ex clamation of enthusiasm, or some muttered expression of anger or indignation, mingling with the sign of bl.me or assent of the legislators below, during the in terruptions so frequent in the French Chamber. But if, on the contrary, some honourable member attacks the tribune manuscript in hand, or begins a deliberate para phrase of articles of the journals (as happens at tine( s) — or if there be a suspension of the sittting, enabling the speech-weary deputies„ to rush to the tavern—then do the occupants of this box, seated on the front benches, wheel round, and, turning their backs to the Chamber, get up among themselves a counterpart of the debate be low. No pen could do justice to this discussion--so original, varied, piquant, and at all times inst: uctive. Cutting words, g.bing fancies, witty sallies, sarcastic hits, extravagant eulogies, and outrageous invectives, pass from mouth to mouth, and mingle every tone. Often the friends or prote,;63 of the editors smuggle them selves into this box, with a passionate fondness for the debates of this Chamber on a small scale. It is a sight to see, too, with what a polite or in sinuating air some belated deputy, or unfortunate re porter to the Chamber, or orator incompris (there is no translating the word), hands in a note to those distributers of praise and blame, defending his representative zeal, giving explanations, or complaining of a misreport. And then this box has its intimate and private con versations. It is before the opening of the discussion, or during the division, that a small part of its fre quenters, disdaining the Salle des Pas Perdus, remain here ; and half reclined on the bencnes, gaily amuse themselves with small whims, petty crosses, and private intrigues, of the legislators then crowding around the tribune. They know a htn.dred adventures and anecdotes—like the malicious chroniclers of the Wilde Bcruf—tflad, for my own part, I have re• tained more than one of these ; but their repetition here would be a bad return for my welcome into that box. I leave them to the ingenious indiscretion of the authors of all sorts of " Mysteries." The box in question is a democratic republic ; it has a president, eh cted at the commencement of each session, to keep its peace and maintain order, with the title of Syndic. . . . . But it is about as impossible to introduce order into this box as to make the thirty journals of Paris harmonise. The editors' box is and ever will be a Babel—but an alluring Babel, and a very instructive one—where I have spent many a happy hour, and whose diversity of opinions and sentiments I greatly pre r to the uniformity of praise uttered by my compatriots in the mines of Sibe ria, in honour of his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias.—From a Journey round the Chamber of Deputies ERRATA.—In our Third Edition of last evening the first division in the House of Commons should have been given as on the Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester Railway Bill, instead of the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway Extension Bill. The Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway and Grimsby Docks Consolidation Bill was read a third time and passed before the gallery was opened, after the first division ; and the debate on the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway Bill was commenced. The division which we have given as on the forwer Bill took place on the latter. This mistake is one of the ill consequences of the absurd practice of clearing the gallery during a division. as it is utterly im possible for a reporter to know what passes during the time the gallery is vacant ; and, from the noise and confusion always prevailing during the transaction of private business in the House, it is always dif fi cult, and frequentlyimpossible, even when present, accurately to ascertain what Bill is under c onsideration. FORD ABBEY.—The sale of this celebrated mo nastery is fast approaching, and the trustees, it should seem, have determined that the auction on the 9th of July shall be a peremptory one. There are strong hints and inuendos that the Roman Catholics have it in contemplation to rossess it , one thing is certain, this splendid pile has no contem porary for their purpose throughout England. The rental of 2,0001. a year without the monastery would find lots of com petitors in case the Roman Catholics do not need the whole. DistiPaEanaNcE OF IRREE HOUSES.—An alarming and very extraordinary circumstance took place yesterday se'nnight at Hateley-heath, West Bromwich—the total and immediate disappearance of three houses, in consequence of the thick coal having been got from under them some time since. ' The houses were inhabited, but fortunately no lives were lost. About halt-past eight o'clock the middle of one of the houses suddenly fell in, an alarm was given, and as soon as the people could get out, the whole of the buildings immediatelf sank down with a great crash, the tops of the houses being five or six yards below the level of the surface, covered with the earth which had fallen in around them. The unfortunate occupants of the houses have lost the whole of their property. —Birmingham Gazette. THE REPORTED CHOLERA AT BULL.—We have it in our power to give the most unqualified contradiction to a report inserted in the Manchester Guardian of the day before yesterday, to the effect that the Asiatic cholera had broken out in Hull. The statement fell with surprise upon all parti ,, s here, the public as well as the profession. The town, like most other i.laces just now, is much hotter than usual, but, measles and hoo, ing coughs excepted, to which juvenile " flesh is heir," is capable of affording the most satisfactory bills of health.— Hull Packet. STRANGE SUICIDE.—On Monday an inquest was held before Mr. Bedford, at the White Hart, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, on the body of Rowland Turner, aged thirty three, who destroyed himself under the following circum stances :—The deceased lived at No. 1, Bedford-court, and was a brassfounder. He was greatly addicted to drinking. On Friday when he went home lie said to his wife, " You little know the trouble that is coming to you," and then sent her out for a pint of beer. When she came back he was sick before the fire, and he told her, " We shall meet again in the next world." He had asup in his hand, and there was something white in it. It was ascertained to be corrosive sublimate, which had been taken in a very large quantity. The deceased, when dying, said he had taken it by mis take. Verdict, " Temporary insanity, brought on by exces sive drinking." MERCHANT TAILORs' ScHooL.—The annual dinner took place yesterday evening; Mr. Hessey, late head master of the Merchant Tailors' School, presided, supported by Sir H. Ellis, Mr. Bellamy, Mr. Parnell, Professor Brown, &c., &c. After the usual loyal toasts, the Chairman proposed the health of the " Old School," which was drunk with great enthusiasm. The health of Mr. Bellamy (late master) and of the Chairman was then given. The Chairman next pro posed " The prosperity of St. John's College, Oxford." Mr. C. Bellamy returned thanks. " The prosperity of the Mer chant Tailors' Company," the " King's College and Pro fessor Brown," and various other toasts, were then proposed, after which the company, amounting to nearly seventy per sons, separated. GREENWICH.—MEETING FOR THE ERECTION OF A New CHURCH.—On Monday a numerous meeting of the in habitants took place, at which the Right Rev. the Bi s h op of London presided. here were also present Sir R. Stopford, Governor of Greenwich Hospital, J. Angerstein, Esq., for merly M.P. for the borough, C. Millington, A. Brestow, R. Twining, G Williams, Esqs., and Professor Airey, the as tronomer royal, Rev. W. A. Soames, the vicar, Revds. D. Jones, Hughes, W. Greenlaw, Greenlaw, jun., Mortimer, Goldney, Christie, North, Sketchley, Lock, Sims, &c., the churchwardens, and other parochial officers. Resolutios to carry into effect the object for which the meeting was con vened, were unanimously agreed to. At the conclusion of the proceedings it was announced that nearly 2,0001. had been raised towards the erection of the building, including 201. from the Queen Dowager, 501. from the Bishop of Lon don, 200/. from the vicar, the Rev W. A. Soames, 2001, from Angerstein, Esq., 1001. from R. Twining, Esq., 100/. from Coles Child, Esq ,1001. from C. Millington, Esq., 501. from Burney, Esq., &c., &c. SUICIDE BY DROWNlNG.—Yesterday Mr. W. Baker, Deputy Coroner, held an inquest at the Five Bells, Old Ford, Bow, on James Malian, aged forty years. The deceased said to a fellow-workman, who gave him a pint of beer, on. Saturday last, " God knows whether I shall ever live to re pay you." He was never seen again alive. His body was found as above described. The jury returned a verdict of "Temporary insanity." STEAM POWER.—Above one hundred thousand men were employed fur twenty years in erectinf py ramid of Egypt. From a computation by 3M. Du Pin qii l the the great .t 1p - pears that the steam-engines of England "b% 1 1 1 1:n tabour, whole product of this immense application in lilting stones. within the short apace o f —A man FATAL EFFECTS OF THE Roy fel4 „• o rlhte i e . n hours. EA ing in a field on of the name of John Lewis, who was ni i n tense heat. H e had been mowing , in c o . the farm o f Pantyrathro, near_Ltlhaenstephan, yesterday (Thursday) died from the effeet wi s c of so.ve others, durin g the gr e a ter part of the scythe h being a very b a d One, tn .. d x k e v, and corn . h h i mse lf to keep up with his co. ipleenwioanss.otbillligaetdletnogth the heat overcame him, and he tient tl! a little water w given him, and lie seemed [u revive, b ut ie . short ly after be fainted again, and died almost immediately. —Carmarthen Journal. GRATIFYIG •I'EsTIMoNIAL-011 W the Rev. H. N Dale, M.A. Collorcest c " li nesdar las '' 's ge Bristol,° Principal to the Bishop preserited W •e a ig i, e; Oxford), (previous to his quitting this neigtlourbood for the Black heatha most gratityini Proprietary School) with wincing proof of the esteem and regard of his coadjautnodrscsonnd pupils. The testimonial, is in the form of which was raised by sub' • t' a very valuablescrip ion, and truly elegant silver ink stand, bearing the arms el the • tion. It was accompanied by institution and a Latin an address (on ornamental Vellum) expressive of sorrow and reb r r i7s t to a i t the loss of such an efficient and beloved Principal.— at. We find it stated, iii a French .Tic, " !‘o p e r, t h at Si . '.eria contains gold in such abundance, that irs discove is likely to produce a financial revolution in Europe simila rY r to that which tookf place on the discovery of Peru. In the period of the last fourteen years, the produce of the gold mines in that country is said to have doubled. Eleven thou sand persoms are daily employed in washing the mineral; and three times tile number could be so occupied it the han could be found. Nothing but this want of labourers, adds our authority, prevents the markets of Europe from being Ailed with the geld cf Oil§ rich dem% LITERATURE. BURNS' FI,:ESIDE GIB. ARY. We have from time to time noticed these volumes as they have individually appeared, and now we have the entire series before us, comprising twenty elegant little volumes, bound in crimson and gold, varywg from " grave to gay, from lively to severe," and forming en admirable little library of instruction and amusement for children of all ages and all capacities, and even those "of larger growth." In the very interesting pre face to Schiller's " Maid of Orleans' (in this series), the translator observes, " I hold it no unblest work to provide for the pure entertainment of my kind, and to be instrumental in making amusement conducive to intellectual and spiritual elevation." This very beau tiful and benevolent belief is evidently not that alone of the translator of one volume ; it has been the miding principle which has regulated the whole work. To amuse while it instructs, to improve while it entertains, is the object of the series, as a series ; and is also the object, more or less, of each component part. History and Fiction are here familiarly entwined, Romance, as it were, joining the hands of each ; and while oil the one hand we find Truth to be stranger even than Fic tion, on the other Fiction borrows new charms from its analogy to Truth. These potent monarchs of the world of literature hold divided sway over this little library. Foremost among the historical works is " The Lives of celebrated Greeks and Romans," taken from Plutarch, but in which (in order to render it more fitting for every reader), we are informed " everything objectionable has been omitted, and much useful matter added from other authorities." Such a work requires no comment ; it will be far more welcome to many a youthful reader than the most attractive wonders of Arabian romance. The pages of Plutarch are woven with many a student's dreams ; as the pioneer of the past, he portrays to us the glorious deeds of old, and prompts young ambition to emulate what he admires : over those pages hung en raptured the hero of modern times, he whose high genius was to eclipse what his youthful fancy first revered, and amid his many high-sounding titles is hardly one more honourable than that bestowed on him in his early youth, " one of Plutach's men." Hardly inferior in interest to the Greek and r Roman h e roes are two small volumes devoted to "The Lives of Englishmen in Past Days," comprising many of the good and great among our countrymen; first and foremost of whom occur the names, deservedly dear to all, of Alfred the Great and Sir T. More. In a Firseside Library, poetry, of course, is indispensable, more especially ballads and old songs , which, emanating from, and appealing to, the warmest feelings of the heart, are peculiarly appropriate to the domestic hearth. Accordingly, in this series we find one volume of " Ballads and Metrical Tales," another of " Lays from English History," one of " Northern Minstrelsy and Scottish Song,' and one of " German Ballads." The book of "Scottish Song" is a treasure in itself, and when we say, that besides many beautiful pieces by minor poets, it contains, " The Cotter's Satur day Night;" "Scots wha hae ;" "For a' that, and a' that," and many others of the chief and choicest beauties of Burns"—that it is adorned by m any inter esting illustrations, especially by a frontispiece repre senting "John Anderson and his Wile '—further explanations will be needless—none will doubt the justice of our asseveration. It is hardly necessary to enumerate the varied volumes devoted to romantic fiction; conspicuous among these are " Marco Visconti," now first translated from the Italian of Tomasso Grassi, and the tales of the Baron Fouque ; among ot hers the " Magic Ring," and the far-famed " Undine." Nor is Fouque the only German whose productions are here °tiered to the lovers of romance ; one little volume eon', tains " The Swedes in Prague ; or the Signa l Rocket,' and Quentin Matsy s ," translations from the works of C. Pichler ; and a second and third, the Tales" of Mussens and Wilhelm Haar, among T he latter of which is a very interesting one, entitled " The , Portrait of the Emperor." " The Old Story Tellers' contains many mar. ellous legends from Rumanorum ; and " Prasca Loupodoff," " the Geste " Popular Fables," and " Household Traditions," will furnish amusement of a less exciting, but perhaps kind, as the " wild and witching" romances we have enumerated, and among which we have forgotten !12 class the Twelve Nights' Entertainments." It wil! as agreeable thus be seen that this library must please all kinds, and all classes, for the ingredients of which it is eompesed are all various. Any volume or volumes may be had seperately at from half. a . cro wn to five shilling s, in their elegant binding, or at a far lower rate in their printed paper covers; in either case, singly or c co ll e ctively, they are admirably suited for " pre sents and rewards," whiht it appears is one object of their being. The only fault we can find with this collection is its title. It is cer tainly a fireside library, but is also somethiug. m ore ; as if conscious of the omission, it is de cribed in the pro spectus as " suited for the fireside, the lending librarYs the steam-boat, or the railway carriage •" it is all t his, and it might have added also — " a nd an admirable com panion for a solitary walk, or an amusing passe -temps for some idle hours spent under the shadow of the wide- spreading trees, which, certainly in such weather as this, would be a far pleasanter place than a fireside. ALARMING FIRE AT TORPOINT. (From the Devonport Telegraph.) About day-break on Thursday morning last the inhabi tants of this usually quiet little place were thrown into great consternation by the cry of fire, which was raging with great force on the premises of Messrs. Down and Son, grocers and general dealers. It appears that about half-past three in the morning, two little girls about eleven or twelve years of age, who, as our informant stated, had been working till that hour at the abominable " stay-stitching," were induced by the attractions of a lovely summer morning to cease their toils anti venture into the open air, when they discovered smoke issuing from the premises above stated. They imme diately gave the alarm, and the inmates, among whom was the wile of Mr. Richard Down, who had been but recently confined, were hastily got out. The ferry bell was rung loudly, which communicated the alarm to the Caledonia , Captain M. H. Dixon, in Hanioaze. As on all occasions , both officers and crew of this ship and others in commission, instantly made for the spot where assistance was required. At this time the fire had broke out more fiercely, and the flames were raging from twenty to thirty feet above the roof of the building, and the destruction of the whole range of stores appeared inevitable. The har bour fire-float was immediately unmoored and placed along side the quay, and a length of hose sufficient to reach the building on fire was attached, and the engine, which le_ worked by a hundred hands, was set to play, and a ton of water per minute was thrown upon the store in w hich the fire broke out. This soon so checked the flames as to expose the extent of the damage, and the probable result. An en gine, with a party of police from the Dockyard, with the West of England, and County Fire. office engines having fir e ' rived, they were supplied with the waste water of the fir float, and plied it over the adjoining buildings, while the hose of the float was directed with great judgment to that part of the premises in which the fire first broke out. TO save the latter, however, appeared next to impossible, and the attention of all parties was therefore directed to disconnecting the adjoining buildings. The officers and sea men, regardless of all danger, set to work with the zeal of S stormirg party, and soon effected the object, but not without a narrow escape to Lieut. Branireth and Mr. Hornabrook, gunner, of the Constance, who, by the falling of a portion of the building, were knocked into the burning rums, in which the former was buried breast high, and the latter entirely se- They were, however, speedily rescued, and fortunately were but slightly injured. Atter three hours' hard work, the par ties of seamen and marines ceased their labours, and by thei r exertions alone any portion of Messrs. Down's stock or pre mises were rescued from the destruction which, from the fury of the flames anti the inflammable nature of the former; appeared.at first their certain fate. The property was incur e, in the Norwich Union Fire-office in 1,700/. The extent e_r_ the loss it is impossible yet to ascertain. There is one other gentleman, of whom we must not in justice fail to inane,. honourable mention, the Rev. R. Dunning, under whose ,itle i " cious directions and example the inhabitants exerted them selves to the utmost before th e arr i va l o f more efficient aid, and who subsequently greatly aided in the saving of thee 'the cause which was rem ove d an d d epos i te d i n th e chapel. Au' cause of the fire is as yet but conjecture. We are quite glad to see Sir J. A. Ommanney abr oad again to-day in the streets of Portsmouth. The Gallan t Admiral has been sorely bruised and shaken by a fall from his horse, and subsequently being run over by a fly, which was fortunately a light one ; but as he had no tones broken, quietude and rest is fast putting him in ease again."'" Hampshire Telegraph. ATROCIOUS MURDER.—GALWAY, JUNE 20.—We r e ' gret to state, that on the night of Thursday last a barbarous murder was committed at a village near Woodford, in this county. The unfortunate object of the assassin's vengeance was a man named Pat. Hill. Two persons came into his house, and brought him out of his bed to a place about fortY yards distant, and there inflicted no less than forty-two bayonet wounds on his person, besides a fracture of the skull. His wife hearing his screams went to his assistance, and having begged for mercy, she was told by the heartless ruffians that if she did not go away she would herself be treated in like manner. Having comple ted their Purpose, the miscreants, who are unknown , walked off, and thei r vic tim almost immediately expired- A s ti ..a in , 9llT . q. was hod wnen a verdict df "Wilful yesterday, at Portumna, before l'hon:ia w I 11, .Esq., car mi ., and Thomas Brereton, Esq., 8.M. , murder" was returned a g ainst persons unknow,n. Deceased was in rather comfo rta bl e c ircumstances, and bore a most ex cellent c haracter. !moat A SUN 9Urnd dead in a wherry, SUPPOSED DEATH n f sTitota,—yester day, Middlesex, held an in quest at the Old years, Hammersmith, mith, on the body of Jobs g G e . d M 4 i l lls 3 , e d a e i p s, uty a - c m o m r w o ear e s, r fo the river Thames, on the afternoon f s deceased, while in a boat by himself, 0 aturd.l.37 last. `li e Lassie, D I r a " was struck, according to the medical testimony, by a k stro eof di e t accordingly was return e d . - apoplexy, and aver" 1R77151. Keith On the 21st Inst., at the Old Palace, Richmond, the lady of William Stewart Mackenzie, Esq., ot Seaforth, of Woodlands, lot On the 19th hist., at the l'arsonage, Lamborne p er the lady of the Rev. John Bacon, of a son. On the 19th inst., the l ady&eland, Esq., o On the 19tH inn., in Burton -crescent, the wife of the Rev. . Drew, Incumbent of old S. Pancras, 01 a daughter. mculer- On the 20th inst thw ife of William Bell, Esq.. surgeon. ,--- ~ e place, Walworth, of a son. ford On the 20th lust., at the Paragon, Blackheath, Mrs. Law Richardson, of a son. flair On the 20th inst., in Queen square, Weirminstcr, Lady f a daughter.. Gordon, of a boy. On the 20th i ns t ., i n Ham i lton-place, Brixton, the lady of .11 " d Eyre, Esq., of a daughter. Ott the 20th inst., at Wi•stbourne-park-villas, Bayswater, Mr s ' 1. W. Blaciett. of a daughter. 0 0 , 1 111,10 e 2 2 0 1 . h t it ii i i s i t i. , , a i t u C :i. l i a ,„ p r l t i .. ar k- re e . t, H i . ,a l r i k elle n t e t , ol ir a s. da r u e g a h rc te e c .., ,,. .. 1.0. cold, of a daughter. MARKIED. On the 10th inßt., Captain J. Baldwin, to Jane, widow of hiaP t. General Cons. dine, KAI., late commanding 10.11 Regiment. On the 20th inst., at St. Martin's-in-the Fields, Captain Bel Connop, late of the 93d Highlanders, to Mary Lucas, yullUg e " (laughter of the late John NI osley. Esq. 016 b. On the 18th inst., at Torquay, Mr. Thomas Hughes, surgeon. On the 19th inst., in Upper Gower-street, Betiford-spiare, the Bev Dr. 3loore, Vicar of St Pancras. On the 19th inst., at Hampstead, Ellen, fourth daught.r of theists George Raikes, Esq., aged 18. of On the Nth inst., Mary, the w if e o f J . C . Fare b rot h er , Canterbury -place, Lambeth. On the 20th Inst., in Old Millman-street, Bedford-row,MissLaw o ;: On the 20th i ns t., a t Bl ac kh eath, Robert Duff, the infant son of Farquhar, Esq. • • London: Printed and Published by A:Li YUUNta, of No. 132 Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, Strand, in Um Prec_..ew of the Saiwy, ia Cewity 0' Hidden; Tucvggfr 11" 1946, t' ..