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1.11 NEW NOVEL. New rldy at all the Libraries. 11 1 1°6 1,1 t. MRS. M BERLY'S " NTINE." HISTORICAL - NOVEL OF THE FRENCH COLIIT. Hinny Celburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. -, Nraw ready, La two vols. small Bvo.. with illustrations, Pee; 21e. nom& ECAOES from the BACK WOODS; Or, StrIVISES of Ca TRANSATIA_VTIC LIFE. By ptain LEVEiCkE. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW WORK ON ALGIERS. Now ready, in 2 vols., with Illustrations, 21s. bound. VISCOUNT FEILDING and CAPTAIN KENNEDrS TRAYELS in ALGERIA, in 184.5. 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 in the country they inhabit."—Hood's Magazine. Remy Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. RAILWAY SHARES EY PUBLIC SALE. ESSRS. LAJUOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Mends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every Tussrar and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the Hall of COmmerce, Threadneedlo-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post After the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Mall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Signer FORNA.SARI has the honour to acquaint the Nobility Patrons to the Opera, his Friends, and the Public, that his BE BEFIT will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, JUNE 25, When will be performed Verdi's celebrated Opera, entitled. NINO, Signor Nina, Signor Fonaasari • Idaspe, Signor Corelll; Rotelli ; Fenena. Mdlle. ' Corbari ; Abigail, Mdlie-entitled LA BAC- San tas chi P o h il e : To be followed by a New Divertie.serrect,.. M. Perrot win CHAIgTE. In which 31adlie. Lucile Grahn d • _ appear. Oecco's Opera ffuffa, After which (for this occasion only ): ° p RA SERIA. LA PROVA D'UN 0 Campanone, signor Lablache ; redeco, Gorilla, Madame (Iris' ; r F. Lablache. Signor Corelli ; (Janette". _ the h i g hly successful new Grand Oriental Ballet, To conclude with and by M compose d . Perrot ; the Mufhe partly selected from Felicien David's Ode BYIn phonique of The Desert," by Sig. Pupil, entitled. LALLA ROORIi ; or, THE ROSE OF LAHORE . The Principal parts sustained by 31dile. Cerito, Mdlle. L. Tagliont, M. St. Leon, and M. Perrot. Principal Dances : Tableau.—Pas sym b o lique, by Mdlle. Cerito, supported by Mdlles. DemelLsse, Hassan, James, and Honore, and the corps de ballet. Tableau.—Le Chibouck, Pas Seul, by Mdlle. Cerito. Last Tableau.—Feast of Roses, Pas de Corbeils, by Mdlles. L'Amoreux and Julien, and the corps de ballet ; Pas de Neuf, by Mdlles. Cerito, L. Taglioni, and M. St. Leon, supported by lldlles.Demelisse, Cassan, James, VAnaoreux, 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, ty? perforrne4 Donizettra favo , irlte Opera, entitled, LUCREZIA. BORGIA. Lucrezia, Mdlie. Grief Ars Mdlle. Brambilla.; Gettuaro, Signor Mario; Alphonso, Signor Lablache. To conclude with the new Grand Oriental Ballet, entitled LALLA ROOKII; or, THE ROSE OF LAIIORE. HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Last Night of the Company's Performing this Season. being for the BENEFIT of Madllo. CARLOTTA. GRIST. THIS EVENING Will be performed the GraiutOpera, entitled THE CRLISITIERS. The principal characters will -be sustained by Me'sers,W. Har rison, Rorrani, Horncastle, S. :Tones, Weiss, Stretton, D. W. Ring, Miss Romer, and Mils Rainferth. In the second Act of the Opera Mdile. Carlotta Grist. will introduce the celebrated "La Truandaise," and the popular " Pas de Man teau ;" and after the Opera, Mdlle. Grist and M. Silvain - witt - dance " The Drawing-Room Polka." In 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, A.dele, Louise, Les Scours St. Lenin, Madame Ginbllei ; Messrs. idrieu, Silvain, W. H. Payne, Wieland, &c. THEATRE ROYAL. HATALSIUKET. THIS EVENLNG will be performed (first and only time), the Tragedy of lON Clernanthe, Miss Susan Cushman ; lon, Miss Cushman. The Band . _ The will perform the Overtures, " II Barbiere di Siviglia," and " L'Ambassadrice," " Shaksperian Airs," "La Fille du Re giment Quadrille," and " Old English Airs." After which (by desire), the Comedy of MY WIFE'S MOTHER. rncle Foozie, Mr. W. Farren ; Mr. Budd, Mr. Holl Mrs. Quick fidget, Mrs. Glover ; Mrs. Budd, Miss Julia Bennett. To conclude with the Comic Drama, entitled THE IRISH POST. In which Messrs. Bland, Tilbury, Hudson, and Mrs. Caulfield, lee., will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. U . I4.iDER 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. Woollldge. Atter which, a New and. Original Comic Drama, in Two Acts, founded on a recent well-known event, called TILE DUST MAN'S BELLE. Ned Windfall, Mr. Keeley; Sally Bromley, Mrs. Be ley. 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, Kinloch, and Bellingham ; Miss E. Daly, Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, and Miss Forster. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELI'III. THIS EVENINt , Will be performed the Comedy of PAUL PRY Woolgar ; Paul Pry, Mr. Wright. After which a New Romantic Drama, in Six Tableaux, called THE QUEEN OF THE ABRUZZI. 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 Iloneybun, Mr . Wright; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews, Mrs. lloneybun, Miss Emma 'larding. Plicebe, Miss PR tiC Egfa'S T 11EA TRY,. ()XV ORD-RTZ:F, w,T end Night of Madame VESTRIS and Mr. C. MATHEWS. THIS EVENING, Will be performed TIIF: BELLE'S STRATAGEM. In which Manna Vestris and Mr. Charles Mathews will appear. With TWO IN THE MORNING. To con Jude with a Grand Fairy Ballet, entitled VIE SPIRIT OF AIR. Principal characters by Miss Hodson, Mr. Flexmore, Miss Fancit, Miss Bailin, Mr. Gilbert, %fr. and Miss Marshall, &c. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Qttem. , Prince Albert. the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. Glorious success of the new Military Spectacle of the " Indian War ; or, The Battle of Sobraon." The best ventilated Theatre is London ; nightly honoured by rank said fashion. THIS EVENING Will be pertbrmed the N'evr A static Spectacle, called THE SIKHS' INVASION ; or, Our Victories of 1g46. In which the whole resources of the Establishment will be brought forward. Double Stud. &c. Grand and Novel SCENES of the CIRCLE, aided try the inimi table Wallet, the Shakesperian Jester. The whole concluding with a favourite Afterpiece. Mr. BATTY respectMlly. assures his patrons and heads of (e -nmities that the Last 'Midday EQUESTRIAN PERFORMANCE will take place on FRIDAY Next, June 26, commencing at Two o'clock. Box-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 ct the Day. M. PHILLIPPE feels happy to announce, that the extrgordinary 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, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s, ; Pit, Is. ; ; Privet eßoxes, 11. I's. and 10s. 6d. M. PHILLIPPE will give his Performances EVERY EVENING at the STANDARD THEATRE, Shoreditch. NOTICE.—M. PHILLIPPE wants a Gentleman who could take the managemeat of his business, as a PARTNER, throughout the large Towns of the United Kingdom. A security of 6001. will be required. For Particulars apply at the Strand Theatre, between the hours of Eleven and One o'clock. ruder the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. " ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY, TUES RSDAY DAY, WEDNESDAY, AND TIIU. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC- nos of HERCULANEUM and POmPEri,-in the year 79. Thi s magnifi c ent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of grandeur, the picture being more than twice the size of the former, and re presents, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great Eruption of Vesuvius in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her cuianeum and Pompeii took place : produced under the direction of Mr. Danson. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CONCERTS are again confided to Mr. God frey. The Band is most complete in all its departments, and includes 117 any eminent native and foreign musicians. In addition to the other attractions of the Gardens, will be exhi bited CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, approached by the Illumi nated Gothic Bridge, representing in the Interior Telemachus relating his adventures to 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 Phoebus 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 and bear him to his chrystal home. The Glass Conservatory is splendhliy ornamented with festoons tamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Car4l9olll by gas-light. s i x it toM ; c."rt ne of the CarnlVora at half-past five ; the Pelicans, &c., at at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk. Admission. One Shilling. TO-MORROW , me_24, the South London Floricul oral Society will hold their ward . o f Fifty `4 l- O tr,..F A LTi , V_EIt SHOW. On which occasion up specimens of Plants, Ay:4n, Medals will be given for the best litax7 rand will as in sere, Fruit, and Vegetables. Au extra Mi- Doors Open at One o'clock. Acinibifion, One Shining- THE VirEAT LI ER. Jurts 23 TSERMOMETER, Lowest , 516 v Highest. 93; Noo • W., mi0w5 ..... 1 2 ! 70. BAROMETER, /IWO WATER AT LONDIN-BRIDGE •• ininuteg after I. Evening 4S minutes atteT apyil, 8 A I a •s • • 44.,51, 11A5ur0, cv -(0. • -;" :Os " - • ' l° ' 0 • SECOND EDITION. )1 1, int • LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1846. The last of the attacks on the Corn Importation Bill has been made. 't,, .last faint assault has taken place. Lord ASHBURTON yesterday evening brought forward the resolution of which he had given notice, but not as an amendment to the Bill, or in a shape by which its progress would be impeded or delayed, oven if the resolution should be carried. His Lordship denied that it was intended as a round ibout and indirect way of defeating the Bill - , and stated that he had no wish to throw out the Bill, and should indeed hesitate to take any steps for that pur vse, seeing the state of their Lordships' minds on the matter. The discussion on the second reading, and she decisive majority by which that second reading vas triumphantly carried, and the principle of the measure affirmed by their Lordships, and also the clear majorities on the two Nmnendasents on which divisions were Warded— 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 !nay be expedient permanently to make in the law s regulating the introduction of foreign corn, it is the opinion of this House th a t the sudden importation of the large quantity of wheat now in bond at a very low rate of duty , wh ile the pnces are mode r a te and the prospect of the approaching harves t is promising, may be productive of great injury and injust ice to the culti vators• of the soil of the United K ing dom, and that some better provision against such a calamity sho uld 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 ASHBURTON 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 ls. higher, and' steady demand. Oats 1 s., 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 convincin g speech fully disproved his Lordship's facts ; he showed that at present ,he 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 had 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 ~peech was so great, as to induce one of the most zealous protectionists (Lord WicKLow) to vote against the resolution. In the evening a cheering .tatement 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 BENTINCK. 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 invithousness was concentrating itself upon the noble representative for Lynn. " 0, wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels 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 jeopardy 1 What a calamitous want of forethought 86ratIn* Did $ aid it not imply in the Ministers; what an egregious ce of anything systematic or prudential in their unto the w hole no t the very procrastination of *Thar, did no t th is feature of the circum gnlatea? stance alone e S uc h of that the present Ana i mwmt. t he t total incapacity of merci:ll profligacy by vvh; c b and the corn- Administration were re h were the inferences d of in sinuations levelled at, and the the behaviour Govern ment in reference to the sugar GEORGE BENTINCIE e i ther e sugar duties. could not, r of the Exchequer • or would not, see that, however much th e pro position of the Chancello naght ordinary character of the originated in the extra bear the appearance of tardiness, that that tardiness ile reform which se3sion, that it was ren dered almost necessary by the mercantile thousand considerations o f ed had occupied the unceasing attention of the legi renewal slators, and that the procrastination of the propos was extended in a threefold degre e 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. BENTINCK'S) 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 one satire 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 anciumly.....to discover 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 obierve that thd 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 petalled ! These ideal isms of futuy,e 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 BENTINCK. 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 snore 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 BENTIIICK 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 OTHO. 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 Alcaldes of the Province of Badajoz had received a notice from the Political Chief to the effect that it was her MAJESTY'S desire that every attention should be paid and every assistance rendered to COSTA. CABRAL and his brother Suva, the ex-Ministers of Portugal. The Three per Cents. were done at 333' fur cash, and 33% for paper the Five per Cents. at 2036 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. We have 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 JOUN 1 BIA Ditss.rxi FEI RETTI, of the family of the Counts of that name. lie was born at Sinigaglia, in the Roman Stut, s, on the 13th of May, 1792. Ile was Archbishop of Imola, had been reserve.! Cardinal in pelto on the 23d December, 1839, and proclaimed on the 14th December, 1840. lle was a Cardinal of the order of the priests. Th , 3 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 concession!, 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 Debuts 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 Mastci Ferretti, in mounting the throne of St. Peter, takes the title of Pius IX. lie is one of the youngest Popes (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 annos 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 . recripts, 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 17.,h 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 the Isser and Ameuraouas. A convoy from General RANDON'S division, proceeding 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, Surgeon-Major ; and an Arab named llominaom, Sub-Lieutenant of the Spahis. General RANDOM, 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 amboaunt onboard,t o b e s i s sued I ssesniagsers arrivi ng from Constantinople in Government ships with clean bills of health, and having a medical a s i h i all hav be at once put in " libre p of ratique," e a u p a s r s e a a d n ti f nr oemwitliil ecodmaymeneseaifling, if nine in other day terms, g. th e e T e i c :t i l manmheav io r nn u , l r ule a a ra p e p d li i e c s al t m o aneomrn tmann the day of Bailin o c h p a b n o t a m r ednahmayeirnegh merchantman board. Passengers medicalot board, shall be subjected to five days' quarantine. Goods will fbllow the rule of the shi ps in which they are carried; W ith re g ard to E gypt , all Alexandria a re at p resent considere d underarrivals from the category of " foul " or " suspected." For the future these arri vals may have " clean bills," like those from Constanti nople. In that c ase, the passengers of rest.oisce packet boats, with a med ical matt on board, shall be tu admitted to Libre pratique twe lve clear days after their from Alexandria. Passengers by the merchant ships not having a medical m an on board, shall be subject to quarantine of seven days. Goods on board such vessels shall be subjected to a very reduced quarantine, but the extent of which has not yet been determined. The Three per cent& were rather more buoyant 04 SUN, LONDON, TT:TRIM - AY ETIN'ING, JUNE 18, 1846.: Sunday et the Passage do rOpira ; they were demanded at 83f. 10e. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 22. Boulogne and Amiens, I2N —East Indian, 3G —Louvain and Jemappe, —Luxembourg, 1% Lyons and Avignon, l 'if, —North em of France Constituted, 133 —Paris and Rouen, 383¢ —Sambre and Meuse, 43ii —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 1 4 d. to 6 1 / s cl. for export. There was no alteration in prices, but buyers had an 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 hark 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 tram England give us the oft-repeated assurance that the British 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 establish ment of the now much-talked-ef 49th parallel 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 sallad, 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 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 9674, and the Three per Cents. Reduced 95 to I h. Bank ::tock is marked 205 1 ; to 206 1 ,4. The Foreign Investments have been dull. Spanish Five per Cents. are 24k, and the Passives .51 44 /. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 49 1 h to 5014. Mexican B aads have been at 27 1 4 to 1 ,6, 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 for Railway Shares has been limited, and the quotations, as the list will show, have not varied much. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock .. • . .. • • • • • • 2055 p 206% Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • 95 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 961 i % Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 1054 3-14 India Bonds, 1,0001. • . .. • • • • • • 16 Ditto, under 1,0001. . • • .. 20 16 Consols for Opening .. .. • • .. • . 9554 ExcLequer Bills. 13i d. I%d. 1,0001. .. ...• 11 12 813 pm. 500/. .. .. •• • • 913 Pm. Ditto, Small .... 13 9 pm• PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • .. 84 Cuba, 6 per Cent • • • • • • .. 96% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent • • Ditto, for the Account • • • • 27U 34 Ditto, Deferred ........164 Portuguese Four per Cent • • .. 50,1, Ditto, for the Account • • • • 49 yi Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cont. • • • • Ditto, for the Account • • .. 24 Ditto, Passive Bonds • • • . .. 5 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 92 1 ,4 % BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. Paz SHARE. Aberdeen .. . • • .. .. •• 10 •• • • 3%, ••.. to Birmingham and Gloucester • • .. 100 •• .. 128 .... to Bristol and Exeter .. • • .. .. 75 •• • • 83 .... to Buckinghamshire •• .. .• 425. .... % dis. to Caledonian .. •• li ., • .. 10j{ z %.. to Ditto Half Shares .. • • • • • • 2)4 •• • • • to Derby mid Crewe •• .. • • • • 2% •• • • 6% • • to Direct Northern •• • . • . .. • • 24 •• • • IK, %• • to Dublin and Galway • • .. • • • 4 •• • • 2 .. to Eastern Counties • • .. 141. 16s. 0d... • . 24 1 4 %.. to Exeter, Yeovil and Dorchester .. 2% .... I Ys ... to 2 Great North of England • • .. .• 100 • • 222% 222 to 225 Ditto New .. • • - 5 .... 55 .. • • to Ditto, New • • • • .. 1%.... It; ...• to Great Western .. • • .. 85 .. —140% •• • • to Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. 5 .... 15% .. to Guildford, F.eham, and Portsmouth S .... 4 .... to liull and Selby - • . • .. - . 50 • ... to Ditto, Quarter. Shares .. .. 12} .. 21 .... to Leicester and liedf.rd 225..... 1 , j dis. to London and Birmingham . ..100 .• • • •• . • to I /itto. Quarter Shares 2 .... 28 1 4 .• • . to Ditto, Fifths •• 2 25% to 25 London and Birmingham Extension.. IN .... to London and Blackwall 13s. 4d. S to Loudon and Brighton • . .. .. 50 65% •• to London and Croydon • • •• 13/. 15s. 9d. ... 22!i to London and York • •• .. 2% .... to Manchester and Leeds • • .. 8i .... to Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • • • 38. 57 •• .. to Ditto, Fifths - • • .. • • • • .. 3 • ... 12 .... to Ditto, Extension .. • • .. • • 425..... 2 p.... to Manchester and Birmingham .. • • 40 821 , 4 •• .. to Ditto, Quar.er Shares (II) • • 4 .. • • 13% •• • • to Midland ,„ •• • . ..100 ....150 .. to Ditto, New • . • • • • • • • • 42 .... 37 4.. • • to 37 Newcastle and Darlington Junction .. 25 to Ditto, New • • - • • • • • • • • • I •• • • 9% to Ditto, New, Brandling • • • • •• 25 .. 44 .. ••to Newcastle and Berwick • • • • •• 15 .... 24 Y .... to Norfolk • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 20 . • . 25% to Ditto, half Shares • • • • • • • • 5 •• • • 7% •• • to Ditto, Extension . • • • • • • • 2 .• 2 .... to 1% North Kent and Direct Dover .. 1M( .. to Northampton, Banbury, & Cheltnam. 2 .• • 1 to Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 12% g to Portsmouth I)lrect • • • • •• • • 3% . • 4 143 .. to Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 4 28. di.. to Shropshire Union • • • • • • • • • 420..... 1% dis. to South Devon • • • • • • • • " •• 35 .... 35 .... to South Eastern and Dover • • • 33%.... 40 .... to Ditto, New, No. 2 • • •• • • • • 10 .. • 13%... to Ditto, New, No. 3 • • • • • • • • 15 • • IS •• • • to Ditto, New, No. 4 • • ' • • • .. 234.... •l%sy.. to West Riding Union • • • • • • • • 425. p• . to Wisheach and St. Ives •• • • •• 2 .... 2 • • to York and North Midland . • .. 50 to Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • •25 .. •.48yy•• • • to Ditto, Scarborough Branch 25 .... 48 .... to Ditto, Selby •• •. " •• • • 30 •••• 74 ..•• t o Ditto East and West Riding Extension 1 .... n 1.... to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens • • •• .. 12 .... 12% to Louvain and JemepPo .• •• •• 4 .. • . zi .... to Luxembourg • • • • • • • • • • • • 4 • . 2 .. to IX, Northern of France Constituted •• 5 •• .. 135 i .... to Paris and Lyons Constituted •• 5 6 ... to Sambre and Meuse •• •• •• •8 •• •• 4}.; .... to JOINT-STOCK BANKS. L on d o n Joint-Stock •• •• • 10 145 MINES Real del Monte, Unregistered •• _ • to LLOYD'S SHIPPING. -(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JUNE 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. Ski. Conte Zichy, Copartich, New York. Arrived from the River and sailed, Lady M'Naughton, llibbert, Madras ; Woodlark, Clarkson, Bahia ; William Metcalf, Wells, Quebec; Thomas and William, Plater, ditto; Father Mathew, Gal limn, Halifax. CowEs, JUNK 22.—Wind S. to S.E.—Arid, lleinrich, Porto Rico. OFF PLystorrit, JUNE 20.—Lord Mulgrave, Lickiss, Miramichi. FALMOUTU, JUNE 22.—Wind E.--Acrd. Sarah, Brewer, Cardiff, for Malaga, with foremast sprung. GLOUCESTER, JUNE 20.--Arrd. Henry Ball, Hood, Alexandria; Baracon,Owens, Catania. Sid. 21st, Independent, Atkins, St. John's, New Brunswick 3 Rosa, Trieste. LivEnrooL, JUNE 21.—Wind S., moderate,—Acrd. 22d, Great Britain steamer, Ilesken, New York, left Bth in s t . Sld . 2 2 d , 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 blockade by an American squadron on the 18th May. Baixllast, JUNE 21. —Arrd Hazard, Owen, Trinity, Newfoundland. NEWPORT, JUNE 22.—Florida, Lewis, Quebec. CORK, JUNE 20.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Mechanic, Newton, St. John ; Margaretha, l'atagonia ; Energy, Crawford, Rio Grande; Cynthia, Goldsworth, Newfoundland, out 14 days. PENZANCE, JUNE 20.—The smack Welcome Home, reported on chore in the Rae of Sennen, after discharging part of her cargo, had her leaks partially stopped, got off, and proceeded to Plymouth. MARKET NEWS. 7 (THIS DAY.) . Y MA - 4111.411 T. SMITHFIELD —Meadow Hay, 31 to 41; Clover ditto, 41 58 to 51 15s ; Oat :straw ; 1110 s to 11 12s ; Wheat Straw, 11 12s to 11 14a per load. A full average supply, and a heavy demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow flay, 31 to 4135; Clover ditto, 414 s to 51 16s; Oat Straw, 11 lOs to 11 12s ; Wheat Straw, 11 12s to 11 14s per load. Supply good, and trade null. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 41; Clover ditto, 41 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 Ilay was selling at from 21 5s to 3158 per load. COZONIAL. St:GAL—Owing to the postponement in Parl:ament of the Sugar qt , eqlon, there has been more demand for British Plantation descrip ticl, and 900 hhds have been dispo.ied of at 6d to Is advance. The qt amity 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 consumpt,on 1,279 hhds 112 tierces 307 barrels. The stock in the same places is 7,644 hinds 1,014 tierces 1,958 barrels. RUM —The quantity lauded last week at the East and West India Docks was 421 puns 40 hhds ; there were taken for borne coasump tion 117 puns 7 hhds and exported 132 puns. 30 hurls. The stock in the same places'is 10,165 puns 1,985 hhds. RICE.-6,78 3 bags Bengal at auction were all sold at 13s to 13s Gd for middling to flue white, and 10s 6d to 1 la 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 OF CANONBURY HOUSE.—This 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 bri c k an d mor t ar will speedily occupy the whole site. Thus, as th e metropolis spreads out in every direction, were it not f or 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. Within the last century it was but an in. considerable alehouse, and was subsequently from time to time, improved and enlarged. An excellent bowling-green and pleasant tea-gardens were added, and at length it be came one of the must respectable places of public resort near town, celebrated for the festivities of corporate and parochial bodies. Now its glory has departed, and in a little while it will be known no more. BIRMINGHAM, MONDAY EVENlNG.—Between six and seven o'clock this evening the town was visited with a heilvy thunder -storm. The rain descended in such torrents that many cellars in the lower part of the town were flooded; the lightning, too, was of that peculiarly forked and dangerous kind from which so many casualties proceed, but at present we have heard of no accidents resulting therefrom. The storm, after raging fur about an hour, pawed over into Staf fordshire and the mineral districts. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) THE DUSTER OF TRINITY COLLEGE V. THE TRUSTEES OP THE SAITIsH VIUSEUX. 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 oases of no public interest. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Room A. CAMBRTDG36 AND OXFORD. Their 'lordships met this morning at eleven, Lord Mornington in the chair, and Lords Middleton, Henley, Maltord, and Crotton. 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. Ile was examined by the attorney to the promoters, the counsel being all absent at the time. Room B GLASGOW, BARREEAD, AND NEXLSTON (PAI.ILEY BR NCH). This Committee met originally as a Select Committee on the Glas gow, Kilmarnock atil 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 Ireilston is now the only Bill on the list. _ _ Their Lordships met this morning at eleven, Earl Roden in the *hair. All 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 1). YORESNIRE AND IaINCOIANSHEELD COMMUX ICATION. The Committee re-assembled this morning. Lord Somers in the chair, when, on the admission of parties, his Lordship declared that neither of the preambles of the Swinton and Doncaster, nor that of the Doncaster, Wakefield, and Leeds line had been proved. Both these lines are consequently lost for the present session. SHEFFIELD AND .LINCOINSHIRE JUNCTION, The Committee next took this line. Mr. nAINES appeared for the promoters. He stated the course which the , ine is intended to take, and described it as being a means of uniting the district round Sheffield by w ay 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 neighbourhood 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 being 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 ono line 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 33 d. ; for second class, I%d. against VA d. ; and, for third class, Id. against 2d. per - mile For horses, 3d. against 4d.; for manure, id against 2d.; and for manufactured goods, 3d. against d. per ton per mile. The first witness called was 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 anialgamate the Great Grimsby Docks Company with the 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, because 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 sloners, 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 an 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 amalgamation 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 nes opposition. Should these Bills -be passed, the whole of the manage ment of the transit across the country at this point will be under 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 other route, as if the op posing line were to be granted they would have to pass through the hands 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 Morpeth in the chair. SOUTH DEVON (No. XI.) Mr. Sergeant KINGLABE 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 Tavistock, 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 Hamoaze. 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 markets 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 Rail ay. The engineering features of the two latter branches were extremely favourable, but on the Tavistock branch, from the nature of the country through which it passed, the gradients were necessarily of a difficult character. The severest of them, he believed, was 1 in 30, but although the inclinations were generally severe, he did not think the country could afford better. Ihe Tavistock branch was 13 miles in length, and he estimated the cost at 22 ,0001. The Dartmouth branch was 15 miles long, and the estimated cost 250,0001. The new passage, or Davenport branch, was about a mile and a halflong, and this estimate was 50,0001. GROUP XI 11. The Committee met to-day at the usual hour ; Sir William Clay in the chair. CELLED ONI N EXTENSION. The evidence on behalf of this line was resumed. 31r. Scott was recalled, and shortly examined in continuation cd 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 AN D 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 len,gtk as to the engineering merits of the line. Mr. R Stephenson was alse examined, and corroborated generally the testimony of the previous witness as to the facilities with which the line might he 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 lIIIZZENHEAD ZUNCTION. Evidence was continued by the promoters of the line. Mr. Livescy, agent for the Chamber estates, gave evidence con cerning the coal-fields between Rochdale and Oldham, opened by the proposed line. Pe calculated the Mountain coal-field to contain 2,760 acres, and 16,560,000 tons ; the Ito 3 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, front the whole fields, 127,700,000 tons,' which, at the present con,umption of 4,000 tons a-day, would last about 10J years. GROUP ILII. The case for the promoters of the Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway Bill having been printed, the Committee, on their reassem bling this morning, proceeded to hear evidence on behalf' of the pro moters of the MANCHESTER AND 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• tagee which it would be to the surrounding district. GROUP XLV. Th!s Committee re-assembled at one o'clock ; Mr. Bickham EBcott in the chair. CALEDONIAN AND CARL'S E. El DEVIA•• TXON. The Committee were occupied the whole of the day in settling and arranging the dailies, the preamble having been passed yes terday. The Committee adjourned at the usual hour. GROUP ILVILI. THE X.X.YNVI VALLEY. The Committee met again this day, Mr. Aldhrm, 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 lines, which are most impo tant to the 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 ♦aluable lines for a first hearing —at present, the cases are taken in the order of the second reading, which in many instances, es in the above, delay those Bills which are moat 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. Luta:6/11es (In the chair), the Earl of Arundel and surrey, Mr. Hildyard, Captain Dalryniple, and Mr. R. Clayton. ItIRIVIXNGHAM,. WOLVERHAMPTON, AND DUDLEY. The evidence in this case was resume.' 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. Ile 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 accommodate passengers alone. He believed that this railway would be of the greatest benefit to the people of Birmingham, and the erection of the station would 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, Sec. Cross-examined by Mr. RICKAADS —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 not think that the New-street station will accommodate the public sufficiently. Perhaps the land to be occupied by the Snow hill station is an acre less than that to be occupied by the New-street station. lam an advocate of the latter station, because I think the public ought to have both. The goods coming irons Wolverhampton to Birmingham are distributed all over the town. The greater por tion of the carriers' warehouses are in the neighbourhood of the crescent. I believe that a junction with the London and Birming ham would be desirable. I am aware that the House of Common: o w n: have declared that they will not sanction the e xtension broad gus.ge northwards. GROUP LIP. This Committee re-assembled to-day at twelve o'clock. Present. Mr. E. Buller (chairman), and the other members. 33L8C/C.I3I7RZT AND PIWCS3Tart, AND EAST LANCELSIEXIELE A.M.II.2BCIAIVIALTXOIIT. Some question) were put to Mr. Hawkshatn, engineer of the Man. cheater and Leeds line , r es p ecting the carriage of coal, for which he stated that the line was not favourable. This evidence was adduced merely to settle the point With refer' ence to the rate of ch arges for coals which was not agreed to yestenia7k GROUP LXVI. NEWCASTLE AND manaarmTor 3-cr:re AND TYATZ ocn. The. committee on this group met to-day at twelve o'clock, in R c ' °fil e l ' ( T o . 13. 1 tee were occupied during the whole day in hearing wr'll'helics ,'pan the oppolitl9llQlftreci by Mr, WWl= Stepturna 4 member e the Jarrow Chemical Company, whose works would be injured if the powers sought for in this Act were carried into effect. THE INDIAN MAIL. ALEXANZETA, JUNE 9.—The Peninsular and Oriental Com pany's steamer Achilles, with the Calcutta mail of the 3d and Bombay 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 Mahmoudieh Canal delayed the progress of the passengers coming down from Cairo, who had to ride the greater part of the way from Ade 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 Con stantinople, with Soobhy Bey, Private Secretary to the Viceroy, and son of Sami Pacha, who goes to announce to the Sultan 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 back to Alexandria an envoy from the Sultan, bearing the foi mal 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 board forty-two Dongola horses, two giraffes, two large ostriches, and various other things, which Mehemet Ali sends as presents to the Sultan. Colonel C. J. Bartlett, 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 et 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, eI. Thiers, or M. Berryer, 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 blame 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 times) — 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 w. No pen could do justice to this discussion--so original, varied, piquant, and at all times jests uctive. Cutting words, willing fancies, witty sallies, Nircastic hits. extravagant eulogies, and outrageous invectives, pass from mouth to mouth, and mingle every tone. Often the friends or prote„ti3 of* the editors smuggle them selves into this box, with a passionate fondness for the debate. 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), bands in a note to those distributers of praise and blame, defending his representative zeal, giving explanations, or complaining of a mis-report. 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 l'as 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 hundred adventures and anecdotes—like the malicious chroniclers of the tEil de Bceuf—hnd, 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, elected 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 editers' 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 preftr 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, Nulieaton Bi rming h am , and Leicester Railway Bill, instead of Le 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 fonber 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 difficult, and frequentlyimpossible, even when present, accurately to ascertain what Bill is under consideration. FORD ABISEY.—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 possess 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. DISAPPEARANCE OF THREE 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 immediately 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 CAOLERA AT HULL.—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 parties here, the public as well as the profession. The town, like most other }laces just now, is much hotter than usual, but, measles and hoofing 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 he 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 alcup 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." Mi C. Bellamy returned thanks. The prosperity of the Men 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 Naw CHURCIL—On Monday a numerous meeting of the in habitants took place, at which the Right Rev. the Bishop of London presided. There 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. Resolutions 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 2,000/. had been raised towards the erection of the building. including 201. from the Queen Dowager, 50/. from the Bishop or Lon don, 200/. from the vicar, the Rev. W. A. Soames, 200/. from Angerstein, Esq., 1001. from R. Twining, Esq., 1001. 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 evei 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 far twenty years in erecting the great py ramid of Egypt. From a computation by M. Dupin, it ap pears that the steam-engines of England would equal the whole product of this immense application of human labour, in lifting stones, within the short apace of eighteen hours. man FATAL EFFECTS OF THE HOT WEATHE%-- g eaeld on of the name of John Lewis, who was the farm of Pantyrathro, near Llamnsotweipnli-anl, hyeats.erdHaye• (Thursday) died from the effects of the: the u elve b ida a i d antt o eebl n dy e .; had been mowing, in company withsou greater part of the day, and his scythe others, lfto keep up A very his coln• he was obliged to exert h portions. till at length the t4masteovercame him, alidh a little water wit , giveinigharnii:anandd hdie.edseeamlmedos'ttoimrue shortly after he f a inted —Carmarthen Journ al. GRATIFYING TESTIMONIAL. - On Wed nes d ay last, t h e Rev. H. Dale , M.A. (of Wor cester College, O x f or d ) : P r i nc ipal to the Bishop's College, Bristol, was presented (previous to his quitting this neighbourhood for the Black heath Proprietary School) with a most gratifyini an d v incing proof of the esteem an d regard of his coadjutors and pupils. The testimonial, which was raised by su b scr i pt i on , is in the form of a v ery valuable and truly elegant silver ink ' stand, bearing the arms of the institution and a Latin inscrip tion. It was accompanied by an address (on ornamental vellum) expressive of sorrow and regret at the loss of such an efficient arid beloved Principal. Bristol Journal. We find it stated, in a Fren c h sc i en t i fic p a p er , th a t Si aria contai ns gold' in such abundance, that I s discovery is likely to prod uce a financial revolution in Europe similar to that which took 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 parsons are daily empl,yeu in washing the mineral; and three times tne number count be so occupied it the hani , s could be found. Nothing but this want of labourers, adds our authority, prevents the markets of Etu - opq from being ailed with the gold of this rich deposit. LITERATURE. BURNS' FIRESIDE LIBRARY. 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, varying from " grave to gay, from lively to severe," and forming an admirable little library of instruction and amusement for children of all ages and all capacities, and even for those "of larger growth." In the very interesting pre face to Schiller's „ Maid of Orleans" (in this series), the trar.slator 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 g uiding 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, mere or less, of each component part. History and Fiction are here familiarly entwined, Remance, as it were, joining the hands of each ; and while on the ne hand we find Truth to be str a nger 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. Feremest 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 Plutarch's men." Hardly iaferior in interest to the Greek and Roman heroes 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 Satin . ; day Night ;" " Scots wha hae ;" "For a' that, and is that," and many others of the chief and choicest " beauties of Burns"—that it is adorned by many inter esting illustrations, especially by a frontispiece repro senting "John Anderson and his Wile" explanations will be needless—none will dou bt the justice of our asseveration. It is hardly ne cessary to enumerate the varied volumes devoted to romantic fiction; conspicuous among these are " Marco Visconti,. nO!, first translated from the Italian of Tomasso G rassi, and w--further the tales of the Baron Fonque ; among others the " Magic Ring," and the far-famed " Undine." Nor is Fonque the only German whose productions are here offered to the lovers of romance ; one little volume con : tains "The Swedes in Prague; or the Signal Rocket, and " Quentin Matsys," translations from the works of C. Pichler ; and a second and third, the "Popular Tales" of Mussens and Wilhelm Hauff, among T he latter of which is a very i n t eres ti ng one, entitled " Portrait of the Emperor." " The Old Story Tellers contains many marvellous legends from the Geste Romanorum ; and " Prasca Loupodoff," "Select Fables," and " Household Traditions," will furni sh amusement of a less exciting, but perhaps as agreeabl e kind, as the " wild and witching" romances we h ave e numerated, and among which we have forgotten to class the " Twelve Nights' Entertainments." It will thus be seen that this library must please all kinds, and all classes, for the ingredients of which it is composed are all various. Any volume or volumes may be had seperately . at from half.a,•crown to five shillings, in their elegant binding, or at a far lower rate in their printed paper covers; in either case, singly or collectively, they ar e admirably suited for " presents and re wards," which 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 something more ; as if conscious of the omission, it is de cribed in the pro spectus as " suited for the fireside, the lending library. the steam-boat, or the railway carriage ;" it is all this, and it might have added also—" and an admirable com panion for a solitary walk, or an amusing passe -temps for some idle hours spent under the s hadow of the wide spreading trees, which, certainly in such weather as this, would be st 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 is, 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 and 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 wife 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 Hamoaze. 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 bar' bour fire-float was immediately unmoored and placed along side the quay, and a length of hose sufficient to reac . h the building on fire was attached, and the engine, which is worked by a hundred hands, was set to play , an d a ton of water per minute was thrown upon the store in which the fire broke out. This soon so checked the flames as to ex p ose 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 ar rived, they were supplied with the waste water of the dr.a float, and plied it over the adjoining buildings , while tii! hose of the float was directed with great judgment to op part of the premises in which the fire first broke out. L' save the latter, however, appeared next to impossible, gnu the attention of all parties was therefore directed t c " disconnecting the adjoining buildings. The officers and sea" men, regardless of all danger, set to work with the zeal of a storming party, and soon effected the object, but not without a narrow escape to Lieut. Bran:ireth and Mr. Hornabrookr gunner, of the Constance, who, by the falling of a portion of the building, were knocked into the burning ruins, in which the former was buried breast high, and the latter entirely so- They were, however, speedily rescued, and fortunately were but slightly injured. After three hours' hard work, the par ties of seamen and marines ceased their labours, and by their exertions alone any portion of Messrs. Down's stock or pre' miser were rescued from the destruction which, from the fury of the flames and the inflammable nature of the former , appeared at first their certain fate. The property was insured in the Norwich Union Fire-office in 1,700/. The extent of the loss it is impossible yet to ascertain. There is one other gentleman, of whom we must not in justice fail to mar honourable mention, the Rev. R. Dunning, under whose ju 1" cious directions and example the inhabitants exerted their selves to the utmost before the arrival of more efficient a of and who subsequently greatly aided in the saving of the pit:be; perty, which was removed and deposited in the chapel. cause of the fire is as yet but conjecture. r_. We are quite glad to see Si r J. A. O m manney abro ad . again to-day in the streets of Portsmouth. The Gallant Admiral has been sorely bruised and shaken by a fall from his horse, and sub sequen tl y b e i ng run over by a fly, which was fortunately a light one ; but as he had no bones broken, quietude and rest is fast putting him in mg , ega in ' -- Hampshire Telegraph. ATROCIOUS MURDER.—GALWAY, JUNI; 20.--We re gret to state, that on the night of Thursday last a barbar o l g murder was committed at a village near W o odford, in ti ll ! county. The unfortunate object of the assassin's vengean c. 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 fractute of the skull. His wife hearing his screams went to his assistanc e, 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 completed their purpose, the miscreants, who are unknown, walked off, and their vic tim almost immediately expired. An inquest was held. yesterday, at Portumna, before Thomas W'al , h, WilfulEsq., cer"ner, " and Thomas Brereton, Esq., R.M., whe n a verdict of in s:an s c u e N s,.a s n T d ßo b x or:_a m y o e s s t t er . murder" was returned against persons unknown. Deceased was in rather comfortable circu mstances, ex cellent character. r omo f in o t r h ,ofon day, Mr. G. Mills, doenPutt3bi:c:mr:enrrnse •SUPPOSED DEATH Middlesex, held (in in quest at the Old Ship, I! I h ill () was found t h e body of John Lassie, aged 41 years, w ,dead in a wherry, on. by h imself , Satu r da y last. Tb.o deceased, w hile Was struck, according b a to the medical testimony, y stroke of apoplexy, and ver the river Thanes, A boat eXy, a diet accordingly was returned. -- BIRTHS. On the 2lst inst., at the Old Palace, Richmond, the lady of gel tit William Stewart Mackenzie, Esq., of Settforth, of a daughter. On the 19th inst., at th e Parsonage, Lamborne Woodlands, Ber ,„„ the lady of the Rev. John Bacon, of a son. On the 19th inst., the lady of T. D. /eland, Esq., of a daughter. On the 19th inst., in B urton -crescent, the wife of the Rev. ri • Drew, incumbent of old St. Pancras, of a daughter. On the 20th inst., the wife of William Bell, Esq., surgeon, 74 110 place, %Valworth, of a eon. On the 20th lust., at the Paragon, Blackheath, Mrs. LawO rd Richardson, of a son. On the 20th i nst., in Queen square, Westminster, Lady Daft t.lordon, of a boy. On the 20th i nst., i n Hamilton-place, Brixton, the lady of Joffe Eyre, Esq., of a daughter. On the 20th inst., at Westbourne-park-villas, Bayswater, Mil' J. W. Black ett, of a daughter. On the 20th inst., a i t n Ca o p r h w ar k! cold, of a daughter. s "ire e e ' t , 1 14; i r k e - w l a l e n tr e, of m rs a d . r au e g oz h c te e ri On the 21st Inst., cry,-... MARRIED. _ .... On the 10th inst., Captain J. lialdvrin, to Jane, widow of 314 0 r. General Consedine, K.H., late commanding lOtli Regiment. On the 20th inst., at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Captain Heal Connop, late of the 93d Highlanders, to Mary Luc a s, younte°', daughter of the late John Mosley. Esq. DIED. On the 18th inst., at Torquay, Mr. Thomas Hughes, surgeon. On the 19th inst., in Upper Gower-street, Bedford-square, the Re Y ' Dr. Moore, Vicar of St. Pancras. On the 19th inst., at Ilampstead, Ellen, fourth daughter of theist* George Ralkes, Esq., aged 18. On the 19th inst., Nary, the wife of J. C. Farebrother, Erq•,., - Canterbury-place, Lambeth. On the 20th Inst., in Old 'Ullman-street, Redford-row,3fis;,Lawl: On the 20th inst., at Blackheath, Robert Duff, the Infant. so n of Farquhar, Esq. 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