The Sun. — London, England, 1848-08-21 00:00:00

M ARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY.) The whole time of the Magistrate this morning was oc cupied in disposing of forty-live charges of drunkenness and begging. The latter offence, notwithstanding the vigilance of the police, is considerably on the increase at the west end of the metropolis. 'ERIAL PARLIAIVIENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock, bul a House was not constituted until twenty minutes pass that hour. THE BISHOP OF OXFORD. Mr. DISRAELI presented a petition from the parish olFurniore, in Oxford, complaining of certain grievances to which they were subjected, by some proceedings under the warrant of the Bishop of Oxford. _ _ _ ODD FELLOWS BILL. Colonel THOM VSON presented a petition from Brad fore against this Bill. REPORTS. The report on the Wolverhampton Curacy (No. 2) Bill was brought up and received.l LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were agreed to:— Clerkenwell Improvement. Xxeter and Exmouth Railway Acts Amendment. THIRD READING. _ _ _ The Marquis of Bute's Estate Bill was read a third thee. POOR-LAW UNIONS (IRELAND.) Mr. S. CRAWFORD inquired whether it was the in tention of the Government to make any statement with respect to the financial condition of the poor -law unions of Ireland, and also whether they intended to adopt any means to relieve the distress likely to arise from the now ascertained failure of the potato crop? Lord J. RUSSELL said his Learned Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer would advert to the sub ject in the Committee of Ways and Means. VANCOUVER'S ISLAND. ,Mr. HUME iliquired if the Government intended to persevere with the grant to this company, after the vote to which the House came on Friday. Lord J. RUSSELL had not had an opportunity of consulting the Secretary of State for the Colonies on the matter. It would not, he thought, be well to postpone any arrangement with respect to the affairs of the island for two years. SUPPLY The House then went into a Committee of Supply. The following votes were agreed to. 300/. for the Royal Irish Charity. 300/. for the Royal Hibernian Charity. 3,4141. for the Belfast Academical Institution. 3,000/. for the Royal Dublin Society. 42,0001. for the New Building attached to the British Museum. On 8,7661. being proposed for the purchase of anti quities for the same institution. Mr. HUME objected to any further grant for the purchase of antiquities whilst those at present in the Museum had not been classified. Lord J. RUSSELL said the sum was necessary for the purchaset of antiquities which could not, perhaps, to obtained at a future time. The vote was agreed to, as also were the following:- 1,5001. for the National Gallery for the year. 4 ,7981. for completing the Geological Survey. 5 ,2671 for maintaining magnetic observations through out the world. 2,0001. for Nelson's Monument. 3 ,4104 fer civil establishments in Bahama Islands. 4 ,0491. for Bermuda. With respect to the last two votes, Mr. HUME said the money of this country would not be ,drained to the extent it now was if the colonists were allowed to manage their own affairs. The present system was kept up for the sake of patronage ; all these officers were sent out from this country instead of being 'left to the choice of the colonists, who would, In many cases, rather pension them off than have their services at all.—(llear.) Lord J. RUSSELL said many of the colonies could not produce persons qualified to take some of the offices Which persons were sent out from this country to fill. Mr. FORSTER agreed with Mr. Hume, and com plained that one defective system had been pursued with respect to the colonies for half a century. Mr. HAWES said that the applications made since Earl Grey held o ffi ce were confirmed by the colonies. Re deni e d that patronage on a large scale existed in connexion with the colonies. The Colonial-office were *holly undeserving of the unnecessary charge made against them. He deprecated Hon. Members making indefinite instead of definite charges. Mr. MACGREGOR said, since 1832, great care had been exercised in the appointment of officers to the North American and West Indian colonies, with all of Which h e was we ll acquainted. He cou l d not say t hi s was the case before the year he had named. The following votes were also agreed to :- 4004 for the Sable Islands. 13,680/. for the Civil Establishments on the Western Coast of Africa. 1 1,5001. for the Civil Establishments St. Helena. 7,5381. for Western Australia. 2,7251., for the establishments at Port Essington. 5 ,0401., for the establishments in the Faulkland Islands. . On a vote of 20,000/. for New Zealand being proposed, GLADSTONE drew attention to the treaty of _Waitangi, w hi ch he contended was not an act of the Executive o of th e co l ony, and inquired if the terms o f t h e contract-namely, that the chiefs should hold all the not b e of which th ey were in possession, and that it should be take n f rom them except by legitimate purchase — had been observed. Mr. HAWE S stated in reply that the interpretation Width the Hon. Gentleman had put upon the the treaty 14 . 2 correct. No land was taken from the aborigines e xcept by purchase. The treaty had not, therefore, been violated. In saying this, of course he exempted Crown lands, and a certain portion of the middle island, W hich was intended to be made over to the company for the purpose of colonization and enterprise in that quarter. !le admitted that some difficulty existed in defining the limits of the different lands. A gentleman had appointed to negotiate with t he natives wherever t hgY set up a claim. Mr. HUME h o p e d this would be the last vote for the °131 "3', as it had been granted a constitution, under w hich it could levy taxes and defray its expen ses out of them. • Mr. HAWES hoped that the consummation advo cated by the Hon. Gentleman was not far distant. Mr. GLADSTONE trusted the colonies would, wherever practicable, have Representative Assemblies a llowed the m , an d t h at represen t a ti o n and self-support would go hand in hand together. Sir P. BUXTON inquired the expense of the naval and military establishments of the colony for the year. F. HAWES cou ld no t reply to the question without 'maKing some inquiry. - The !ote was then agreed to. (LEFT SITTING.) Arp REBENSION AND EXAMINATION OF ANOTHER `ltAttfilf3T DELEGATE. —About nine o'clock last night Ser • Moth Thompson, No. 6 F division, succeeded in arresting er of these men, wh o w a s :c o nv e y e d to the Bow-street ata tion-house ; he, however refused t o g ive any name, saying th ey must find it ou t ; b u t u p on searc hi ng him a quantity of let ters and paper s were fo un d o n hi s p erson , w hi c h proved him to be William Dowling, one of the most active of the dele sates, and who was to have taken part in the contemplated outbreak on the night of Wednesday last. The charge against the prisoner is in the precise words of the one on which C uffey stands remanded. In consequence of Mr. Clarkson and e fir' LL, aYwood, of the Treasury, being engaged at the Central I houl Court, the examination was put off until late in the 4 day, evidence to be adduced the same as in the previous eases. E iCURSION TO THE CHANNEL ISLANDS.—The Progress of railway enterprise has at length opened the Chan nel Islands td,the sojourners in the metropolis. The South Western Company have advertised an excursion, which is to leave the Waterloo-bridge station at four o'clock on Friday next for the Channel Islands, the pr.ssengers by which may return at any time during the following week. They will re ',main at Southampton a sufficient time to enable them to see that beitutiful towo, and they will proceed at their option to either Jersey or Guernsey. These islands are interesting not on acceunt of their picturesque beauty alone—although in that respect there are few spots that surpass them—but also as the only portion of the original dominions of the Norman princes which England still retains. In cheapness of living no place in Great Britain approaches them. This is certainly one of the most'deliglitful, and far and'away the most inex pensive, excursions ever advertised. THE WINDSOR AND SoUTiI-WESTERN RAILWAY. —This branch line of railway from the Waterloo-bridge sta tion to Datchet be opened for passenger -traffic to ;morrow. We understand that return tickets to and from the Waterloo-bridge station to Datchet will be only 3s. 4d., ;and as omnibuses from all parts of the town and steam-boats from the City to the Waterloo bridge pier afford cheap faci- Llitisa to the Waterloo-bridge station, Windsor will no doubt receive a large addition of visitors and holiday seekers. umbSUDDEN• DEATH OF A LIFE GUARDSMAN.—On batardiv an inquest was held by Mr. Bedford, at the Trevor Bran,e, Knightsbridge, on the body of John Life aged thirty-five, a corporal in the Ist Regiment of Guards. The deceased, who was a hale, hearty man, had been upwards of fifteen years in the regiment, and lately he had been promoted to the situation of barrack corporal. About half-past seven o'clock on Thursday morning, the de '"ased was discovered lying on the landing leading from his r oom in th e b arr a c ks, lifeless.' The assistant-surgeon of the regiment, who was called to him, stated that death was caused by the rupture of the principal blood vessel leadin 'from the heart Verdict—" Natural death." g t , TUE NEW ACT FOR THE SALE 01P 'BEER AND ' ''trittrx—The new Act of Parliament for " Regulating the pale of B eer ao d ot h er Li quors on t h e L ord ' s Day " came _4 O force on, the 14th instant, when it received th e R oya l L ' a 'ent• Tester*, however, was the first Sunday when it ' l ' l ," enforced . in the ;United Kingdom, requirin g a ll pu b lic rases and 'Vee r - s h o p s 'to be closed during divi ne serv i ce , 41 he mornings of Sundays, Christmas Day, Good F r id ay, -yr an . 7 public fast or thanksgiving day, in the same ma nner -as they are now closed within the Metropolitan district, except to supply refreshment to travellers. There are seven .clauses in the statute, founded in the preamble, to the effect ;that the provisions in force within the Metropolitan Police -district, and in some other places in England, against the sale of fermented an d distilled liquors in the morning of the Lord's b ay, have be en f oun d to be attended with great benefits. PAINFUL OCCURRENCE. —We hear, with deep r egret, that, a lady of high rank, both by birth and mar riage, has within the last few days mysteriously absented herself from the residence of her noble husband, in conse quence, sa it is supposed, of distressing domestic disagree ments. A variety of details have reached us, but, in de ference to the feelings of all concerned, we refrain from mentioning them in the present state of the unfortunate cir cumstances.—po s t • C0m..4-An account has just been given in a Par 'Sa, Inentary paper of all gold, silver, and copper moneys of elle realm, coined at the Royal Mint from the Ist January, 18 16, to the 31 s t D ecember last. Of gold coinage the value was, 9 0,029,763! 15s. 3d., whilst of silver coinage the 'value was 1 3,573,906/. 19s. 10d., and of copper coinage ' 243,0511. 45. THE SUN, LONDON, VANCOUVER'S ISLAND. (From the Times.) Two questions of no ordinary importance were started in the debate which occupied so large . a portion of our co lumns on Saturday morning. The first referred to the ca pabilities of an island in the definite and undivided possession of which this country has only recently, after a most reso lute advocacy of its rights , been confirmed ; and the second involved the constitutional character of a great company, itc competency and fitness for the functions with which it has been long entrusted, its claims to further indulgence on the part of the state, and, incidentally, its merits or demerits in the government of those possessions already delegated to it, care. In a speech characterised by his usual knowledge and ability, and by far more than his usual direct ness and precision, Mr. Gladstone, established, not indeed a case against the Company, but a case for investigation, deliberation, and caution, while in the official statements which elicited and followed his remarks the resolutions of the Colonial Secretary were only defended by two arguments, either of which destroyed the other. It is not the least remarkable feature of this striking debate, .that, although the i n t eres t s i nvo l ve d i n th e subject con sidered were scarcely second in magnitude to any that could be nnamed, and alth oug h t h e governmen t, civilization, and destinies of a territory as large as Europe, and the constitu tion of a company nearly two centuries old, formed the to pics of discussion, yet most persons would actually require information concerning even the leading facts of the case ; and, what is more, thi s s imple information is hardly ac cessible even to those whose duties and information alike prompt them to seek it. The style and title of the Hudson's Bay Company is familiar enough, no doubt, to all our readers, but perhaps few of them distinctly comprehend that this corporation enjoys the delegated sovereignty of British North America, almost from the Arctic Circle to the United States' frontier, and from the Rocky Mountains to the North Atlantic Ocean. In the territories devised to their keeping are enumerated the lands then known as " New South Wales, New North Wales, Prince William's Land, with the Arctic land down to the London coast in Greenland, and New Britain or Labrador"—a cata logue which, in fact, represents the whole of British Ame rica, excepting the subsequent acquisitions of the Canadas and the :lands about the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Incor porated in 1670, during the extraordinary advance made by British commerce between the two epochs of ' 1 the Restoration and the Revolution, the company has sub sisted, with some successes and some rebuffs in its struggles for the confirmation or extension of its privileges, up to the present day; though so indefinite in its tenure of rights, so unobtrusive has been its action, so invisible its services, and so noiseless its existence, that the debaters on Friday evening were all driven to tradition or rumour for the scanty information they produced. It is known that the company has, for upwards of 150 years, possessed a charter, and that it has a monopoly of trade with the Indians; but of the manner in which its powers are exercised, of its in• stitutions, of its officers, its ordinances, or its pursuits, as little seems to be ascertained as of the political economy of Japan. It was asserted, however—though of course with due and proper admissions of uncertainty—that their go vernment was an absolute despotism ; that they recruited their service with young men from the Orkneys, hired at a rate so low as practically to leave them slaves of the com pany for life; that they exercised capital jurisdiction over the Indians ; that they systematically dis couraged colonization and civilization, and that their policy had, for purposes of their own, been successfully directed to keeping this enormous tract of ter ritory and its population in the same state of solitude, barbarism, and ignorance, as they originally found it. To these dark rumours was added the specific allegation that they divided 70 per cent. on a capital nine times augmented, without ever advancing those ends of discovery or trade for which they had been incorporated. Since the settlement of the Oregon question the British territory west of the Rocky Mountains has occupied the attention of Government, and it was deemed advisable not to forego the confirmation added by actual possession even to the best of titles. On this hint the Company has spoken, and through its Governor has requested the grant of this district also, and specially of Vancouver's Island, lying along its southern coast; so that their do minions would thus be extended from one ocean to the other. The Colonial Secretary, it seems, lent a favourable ear to their application. Vancouver's Island was libe. rally thrown into their bargain, and it was only through the accidental vigilance of an Hon. Member that the matter received that public attention which it now commands. The defence set up for Lord Grey's proposal was, that the island in question had not advantages enough to ensure its voluntary colonization, and that if we did not make provision for occupying it in some other manner we should probably be anticipated in such proceedings by parties ready to avail themselves of our neglect. Now, it is certainly no small testimony to the expansive grandeur of the British Empire that the abstract importance of an island 250 miles long by 50 broad, with great presumed resources, and a cli mate almost exactly assimilated to that of the mother coun try, should be actually debated for several hours together. But let our readers just look to some of the facts of the case. We will not insist upon any of those vague rumours of extraordinary richness and fertility which are reported of all unexplored lands, but will confine ourselves to points about which no doubt is en tertained. If there is any locality in the whole world which would appear in the eyes of a philosophical speculator destined for mighty purposes in future years, it is the west coast of the North American continent. Hitherto it has been unknown and unoccupied, but it is now secured by one of the most enterprising nations upon earth, at a price and by exertions which clearly show their appreciation of its value. California is now the territory of the United States, and the President's message indicates that it will not lie long useless in the hands of its new possessors. All the conclu sions of probability suggest that the commerce of the Paci fic and of the opposite Asiatic continent will find its way to this coast, with which, too, in all likelihood will be com menced ,the first intercourse of Japan. Now, along the whole length of this coast there are but two or three prac ticable ports for shipping, and the struggle which even the passive Mexicans made for San Francisco, proves how preciously such resorts are valued by those best acquainted with their use. Vancouver's Island, from its situation and its harbours, is unquestionably the site which will command the commerce of the coast ; and if ever the North Pacific is indeed to become a Medi • terranean, here will be its Tyne. As if to qualify it for its part, its chief ascertained production is precisely that which will be most needed; and this island, eighteen days' steam ing only from the ports of China, is full of admirable coal. Under such circumstances, it is not enough to say that Vancouver's Island is beyond the Antipodes, that it is more di.tant than even New Zealand, that if it has coal, there is no demand for it, and that if it has harbours, there is no trade for them. With such destinies as it requires little imagination to foresee for Western America, we may surely take the trouble of keeping for a little while what is our own. Moreover, if no other scheme is immediately obvious, there are reasons in abundance against the pis aller of the Colonial Secretary. We are now at length betaking our selves —and surely not too soon—to a good system of colo nization, and it is confessed that the proposed grant to the Company is made in furtherance of this very object. Now, without wishing to disparage the Company's services—for no person acquainted with the histo r y of suc h b o di es will deny that they are e ven more li a bl e to misrepre sentation than they are prone t o a b uses —i t i s i mposs ibl e not neverto s e e have that been the ete p promoters Their objects and interests are essentially at variance with any such projects. They are fur traders and monopolists, and in neither capacity . can they give hea r ty encouragement to the pursuits of civilized or colonial life. Th e y want b eavers and sables to multiply , hunting grounds to be preserved, and hunters and trappers to thrive. Their function is to perpe tuate what it should be the aim of a colony to destroy. i n ev ery point of view, whether prospectively, or as regards the object immediately pro fessed, must this provisional bargain be denounced, by which, for the sake of temporary convenience, the national responsibility is shuffled on to the shoulders of an interested corporation, and the country com mitted to the dilemma of eithe r surrendering its birthright or redeeming it hereafter by a ru i n ous p urchase. If no visions of the future can induce us to admit Vancouver's Island to that class in which the Falkland Isles are retained, at least let it be seen what stimulus this un ex p ected publicity will give to private enterprise before we cons ummate an inconsi derate scheme which so narrowly escaped condemnation even in a House imperfectly informed , and up on such an in cidental motion as that of Friday evening. OVER LAND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA. Advices have beEn received from India in anticipati, n of the overland mail of the Ist of July from Calcutta. The advices from Bombay were by dank to Madras. rhe dates thus received are from Calcutta and Bom bay to the Ist of July, and Madras to the 9th of July.: Our military position in the Punjaub seems well se cured. There is no news from the north-west of India of any prominent importance. The intelligence from Moultan, as regards the opera tions of the district officers in the field, continues to be of the most satisfactory character. The force under Lieutenant Edwardes amounts, by these advices, to nearly 6,000 men, Mabomedans. The body is se cure along the line of the Indus, and has managed to gain possession of all the means of passage in that part of the stream. It is said that the Bunnco Sikhs continue to join the standard of the Dewan, but that the Patans and Belooches stand aloof ; while, on the other hand, Colonel Cortlandt's district force had been much strengthened by Belooch enlist ments, and Lieutenant Edwardes counted a strong body Patans. The forces of the Raja of Bhawalpoor had already crossed the Gharree river into the insurgent territory, but, not taking proper precautions, in their eagerness for plunder, one of their parties had met a ,tronger body of the enemy and was cut off. This disaster spread alarm at first, from conflicting rumours which got into circulation, but happily did not entail any mischief, and subsequent accounts announce the capture of four small towns on the western bank of the river. From further steps which had been taken by our able resident at Lahore, in the dispatch of an energetic officer, Lieutenant Lake, to assist with his counsel the Bhawalpoor troops, there was every reason to hope that the force would safely hold its ground, and even at au early day do good service in an advance. There seemed every probability such an advance would be made, should further circum stances secure the probabilities of success for a move ment by the British district officers on tho centre of in surrection. The captive governor of Deers, Ghazee Khan, and another man of note on the side of the insur gents, had been executed. The Dewan, on hearing this news, is said to have sent 100 rupees to each of their widows; and, apparently taking a hint of the fate that might await himself - , ordered a funeral pile to be pre pared for his family, to be used in the event of his fall; evidently not more inclined, by these circumstances, to sell his life cheap. No less than 600 followers of the insurgent Gooroo, Maharaj Singh, who took arms in the Punjaub, had sur rendered, and, by late accounts, were prisoners at Shung. The property and arms of the fanatic Gooroo had been secured ; and he himself is reported to have been drowned. Sir Lawrence Peel, Chief Justice in Bengal, has sus pended Mr. Grant from his office of Master in Equity in the Supreme Court at Calcutta, in consequence of that functionary having been implicated in the transactions of the Unio❑ Bank as one of its directors. His Lordship read the judgment at length in court. The following re marks of the Friend of Indict, in dissent, may serve for a summary of its legal purport:— "The Chief Justice does not charge Mr. Grant or any of the directors with fraud. I have no right,' says his Lord ship, to say that any of the directors meant to defraud the bank.' That the bank was defrauded, however," continues the Friend of India, " will admit of no question. The di rectors helped themselves to a million sterling of its funds, but then they always intended to return it. Like another place, the bank was paved with the best intentions, and these good intentions continued to multiply with every fresh mis appropriation of the bank's resources, until the Insolvent Court put an end to their further developement." Some disturbances which had broken out among the Mit els in the Mye Counts district of Guzorat—a still unsettled portion of Western India—had been promptly buppressed by the energy of the Political Agent, Cap tain Wallace, who gave orders for the instant march to the scene of riot of a sufficient body of troops. Our correspondent at Hong-Kong writes as follows, under date of June 24 : " We have had a month of inactivity, and nothing to disturb the general quiet at Canton and the other ports. The Braganza arrived on the 16th inst. ; the next mail is more anxiously looked for, as likely to develope the probable events in Europe. "Her Majesty's ship Cambrian, Commodore Plumridge, arrived on the 9th instant in our harbour. Her Majesty's ship Melarnpus is reported as likely to proceed shortly to Whampoa. Her Majesty's steamer Medea proceeds to-day with his Excellency Governor Bonham on a visit to the north ern ports. " A successful rencontre has taken place between her Ma jesty's ship Scout and a most audacious set of pirates near Amoy; Commander Johnston was slightly wounded. The coast is, in fact, swarming with pirates; yet our Govern ment appears officially to discourage merchant vessels act ing as convoys to native craft. We observe an increase of foreign vessels carrying up native produce to the north, par ticluarly sugar from this port to Shanghae. Owing to the late equalization of duties in India on foreign and British bottoms, the American flag is already in active and success ful competition with the country shipping, which must suffer severely. " Our latest dates are—from London, April 24th; from Calcutta, May 6th; from Madras, May 13th; from Bombay, May 18th ; from Singapore the 7th inst. ; and from Manilla the 11th inst. COMMERCIAL. (From the Calcutta Englishman, July 1.) The express, with London news of the Bth of May, arrived on the 14th, followed by the bulk of thernail on the lfith ult. We regret that we have no improvement to report in the state of commercial affairs here. Distrust and want of con fidence have, if anything, increased; and it is evident that a long time must elapse before any material improvement can take place in this respect. Since the date of our last report, our markets have been characterised by great dullness and langour, both in its import and export branches, but lately an improved feeling, with greater animation, has been apparent in the latter. In our export market we have no transaction to report in indigo. The superior qualities of white sugar have com manded an active demand, at an advance of 12 annas to 1-14. This article, as noticed in our report of the 2d of May, is much later than usual in coming to market, partly for the reason stated in that report, and partly from the little encouragement which prices here have held out to the native refiners and contractors. Saltpetre is without inquiry at a further redaction of 6 annas per mound. Table rice has been in very little demand. Safflower is more freely offered at reduced rates. Raw silk has obtained latterly a little more attention at a shade lower rates. Silk piece goods have ex perienced comparative neglect. Our import market has been unsatisfactory. The prices of many of our staple articles of import have sustained a con siderable decline. Shirtings have been placed to a consider able extent at reduced rates. Mule twist has also been freely parted with at worse prices than have ruled for a con siderable period. Coloured yarns have been inactive, and prices have still further given way. Copper had the advan tagepipnrugircuctroayfars, a lively demand soon after the dispatch of our last report, w eear h sna i td c ti h olhl had now, however, somewhat subsided, but toialdeeer extent lmaintained.anvteo been e e I r j.a o l n, free has moundsa sellers . ls o experienced sapte9, t.e4rto aa9sb. found a t: better mound. money market h as un d ergone no improvement, se far as regards t r a . eg i e n a irzdes wiwith commercial undiminished jealousy per f p o a r r l c o a an at s . are sc s d terest, with 2 per cent. commission, are the easiest terms on which money can be borrowed for commercial purposes. The rate of interest on loans covered by Government Secu rities is 7 per cent. These securities have improved in value during the past week. Our quotations now are— Remitable Loan, 9to 9-4 premium; New Five per Cent., 1-12 dis.; Second and Third , ditto, 4-8 to 5 discount; Company's Fours, 16-8 ; Sicca Rupee ditto, 17-8. B ank of Bengal Shares, 2,025 to 2 , 050 premium; Agra and N. W. Banks, par. The transactions in exchange have been very limited, most of the shipments which have gone forward being for purposes of remittance. O ur q uotations a r e 1-9 % to 1-10 months' bills, but the bulk of the transactions have for six been effected at 1-93 ted a good deal during the month. mayouisn4t3ald,6v4a3n.ced by the export warehouse since th e Is trli:obfe am London. to .41 10s. for saltpetre, to in this dye since Lions have taken place Indigo—No transactions Freights have fluctuated andremain now at 41. 10 s. to 41. lbs. for su g ar, and V. ss. since our last issue, the extreme rates required inclination for business by pr The latest reports received with reference to the prospects of whole,considered vat b e y ce holders contract. The any i less favourable than those previously received . Letters 25th ult. from K g ishnaghur mention that the of the had not been completed till the 20th of May, which faint hopes that they w o uld s u cceed; and that the very heavy rains prevailin g s i nce t h e 15 t h o f June had done con siderable injury to the p rev i ous prom i s i ng ly standing plant, eneat sowing left but thereby introducing the chances that the out-turn will be tinder last year's. Dates from Burdwan, of the 23d ult., complain of the late prevalence of heavy rains, which had, however, up to that time, not b een ser i o u s ly detrimental to the growing crop, leaving hopes of a fair amount of produce. Jessore letters, of the 27th ultimo, report that, in some parts of the district, the sowings were put into the ground in March and April, whilst, in a large portion of others, they were not begun with until after the 10th of May, and that from the late continued rain the plant had suffered severely, leaving no prospect that the out-turn could reach thatof last season. Pumeah, dates to the 28th ult., rejoices in good prospects. From Tirhoot letters to the 25th represent that the want of rain in some districts spoils the growth of the plant, whilst the heavy showers in others have done some injury to the crops ; yet with any early change to more favourable weather hopes for a large out-turn would arrive. Bbagulpore letters to the 21st ult. complain that the want of rain has caused serious loss of plant. Letters from Lower Bengal to the 28th ult. state that favourable moderateshowers had allowed the completion of the sowings towards the middle of May, and that the show of healthy plant was promising. Malda, Moorshedbaad, and other parts of the Bhagaruttee, dates to the 26th nit., remain in the former state of uncertainty; the lateness of the sowings making the result precariously de pendent on the rise of the river, which had set in on the 25th, and in one day reached six feet. Sugar—This article has experienced a general daily in creasing inquiry for all the better sorts of whites, and spi rited competition acting upon a but moderate stock, prices have assumed a gradual rise, the extent of which, since our last issue, must be quoted for whites 1 rupee, European va c. manufacture 1 rupee 4 annas, yellows and browns 6 to 8 annas. To the decline of freights, which took place aome weeks ago, and the want of home bills the extensive transactions entered upon as a means of re mittance are generally ascribed, and they amount to 6,300 bags European vac. white from 8 to 9-12; 11,000 bags lienares white superiorbags l s ß t a B g t g o a B l . o B w , fair i t e first s.9 7 ; - 4 1 . 2 41 t 0 0 b B a - g 4 s , Iyellows 4-6 to 4-14 ; 650 b ags D u ll ow 4-2 G2 to du a r7 . l; 6 e4t ; ttao l, g o 7r 3 ; 4 lyo b is; a b gs Khar fair brown 2-2-6 ;low date 1-8. Saltpetre—With further reduction article tic flue was n fully annas,o not in favour for home shipme nts, and has met for those with particularly tr almost total neglect. The do wnward te ndency has been in ltpe iorne measure checked by a fair demand for American ac count, and the reported transact ions are 375 bags Mirzapore e— i n IV i t t h i l e lower a fll lit bags Allygunge, 6.12 to 6-14 ; 5,500 rbag s efin refined Rice—The table sort has met with but a very limited in quiry at unaltered rates, and the sales do not exceed 6 ,500 nags, at 2 rupees, whilst the qualities suitable for the Mauri tius and Bourbon have been in active request, at I. to 2 14111143 ~.: ~. •, . • WOOLWICH-SUNDAY. The Gleaner steam-vessel, 130. horse power, recently serv ing on the North American and West India station as a ten der, was brought round to Woolwich from Portsmouth by Mr. Bellamy, assistant master-attendant at that port. The Spiteful steam-sloop having now been made ready, will be navigated to Sheerness to-morrow, by a part of the supernumeraries from the Fisgard, and the stokers, on her ar rival at Sheerness, are to be transferred to the Termagant steam-frigate for the purpose of trying the latter vessel under steam and canvass, and if she is found to answer, to take her round to Portsmouth. The Advice steam-packet, 80-horse power, Lieutenant- Commander Petch, has been ordered round from Pembroke to Woolwich, but has not yet arrived at this port. • The other vessels formerly employed on the mail-packet service on the Pembroke station are also expected here, the forwarding of mails by that route by the coast of Ireland t' bein , discontinued. Mr. ihomas Elson, master-attendant at this dockyard, died suddenly yesterday morning at three o'clock, after an apo pletic attack about half an hour previously. Mr. Laen, for merly master-commander of the Rh adamant hus steam-vessel, acted as master-attendant here during a recent illness of the late Mr. Elson, and it is expected be will be appointed to succeed him as master-attendant. Mr. Chatfield, assistant to the master-shipwright, is or dered to submit to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty a plan of a 50-gun frigate. Mr. Sergeant Channell, Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Carpmael, civil engi neer , Mr. Peachey and Mr. Sherwin, solicitors, visited Woolwich Dockyard at half-past six o'clock yester day evening to witness Mr. Cochran's machine erected at the saw-mills in operation, having been engaged to conduct a process issued against Mr. Cochran charging him with hav ing infringed on a previous patent. The case was postponed some time ago, but it is expected to be tried during the pre sent week. A large piece of timber was cut by the machine in the presence of the visitors to show the principles of Mr. Cochran's invention, and every information given by the workmen. THE WEATHER.—Since our last the weather has, on the whble, been finer, t4ough with occasional showers night and morning. The temperature, tot), in the evenings, has been low. On Wednesday and Thursday the highest point was 64 degs. Fahrenheit. Yesterday was quite fine and clear ; but the evening was wet. The returns by tele graph from various parts of the country exhibit a wonder rul prevalence of fine weather, at seven yesterday morning, over a tract extending from Glasgow and Edinburgh to London, Southampton, and Gosport :—Glasgow, S.W , fine; Edinburgh, W.S. w ~ fine ; Newcastle, W., very fine ; York, N.E., very fine; Hull, N.N.W., moderately fine; North ampton, N.W., fine; Leeds, W.S.W., very fine; Rotherham, S., very fine; Liverpool, S., fine; Lincoln, S., very fine; Norwich, W.N.W., very fine; Brandon, W., c l o udy; Yar mouth, S.W., fine; Nottingham, S. • by W., very tine; Derby, S.E., moderately fine; Leicester, S.E., moderately fine ; Rugby, S., very tine ; London, N.E., very fine ; Chelms ford, S. E., fine ; Colchester, S.E., fine ; Gosport, W., fine ; Southampton, S.E., fine; Hertford, W., fine.—ltlanchester Guardian. STATE OF MANCHESTER.—We are happy to say that peace reigns undisturbed amongst us. There was to have been a demonstration on Monday night, such as that at Ashton, but it is " postponed for the present." There was also a rumour that there was to be an assemblage be tween eleven and twelve o'clock on Thursday night, to pay off such of the police as fell in the way, and also with the intention of doing some injury to property. In consequence of the rumour the authorities were on the alert, but it it. needless to add that none of the body ever made their ap pearance, nor are there at present any apprehensions that they will attempt anything fur some time to come. Should it unfortunately happen that they overstep the bounds of prudence, and a conflict take place, there will be hard blows dealt, for the latter have been harassed almost beyond their strength, and are quite willing to try a battle if victory wili only give security against the nightly annoyance.—Man chester Courier. MON DA Y EVENING. AUGUST enhanced priers, 15,700 bags Balam being sold from 1.2 to 1.6 according to quality. Safflower—The holders of this dye have, particularly within the last week, shown more willingness to meet reduced rates without being able thereby to quit quantity. The , ransactions since our last are 1,590 maunds. Paneer 23.4; Rohitpore 21.4; Bhoosah 14.8 to 20. The more general sal - Tiles are still withheld up country, but must sooner or .ater be brought to market, and then a moderate further de cline may be looked forward to. Raw Silk—Some attention has been directed to this article during the past fortnight, and particularly since the com mencement of this week, but generally at a shade lower than previous quotations. The reported purchases are 401 maunds Radnagore at 6 14 to 7 8 per fy. seer; 153 maunds Cossitn , bazar at 7 to 9 ditto ; 274 maunds Hurripaul at 7 2 to 7 8; 53 maunds Gonatea at 7 ; 39 maunds Bauleah at 5 10 to 5 13. We have heard of a transaction in European filature , silk at 10 8, but the particulars have not transpired. 1 Silk Piece Goods—Corahs have been in a great degree ne glected since the date of our last report, but, during the last few days, they have attracted more notice. The reported sales are 6,100 pieces of CossinThazar at 95 to 109 per corge ; 130 nieces of Choppas at 92 ditto. Our quotations for Corahs are 92 to 110. Shell Lac and Lac Dye—The demand for these goods has been very languid. The only reported sales are-16 boxes shell lac at 9-4; 275 mds. ditto at 7-8 to 11-12, and 38 chests lac dye at 20 to 20-8. A small parcel of the B Mirzapore mark lac dye has realised 50 rs. per md. Hides—During the early part of the month this market was quiet; since then an increased demand has sprung up for inferior hides, both for the British and continental markets. Lately considerable quantities of ordinary quali ties have been taken for the British market, and are now in progress of shipment. The French have lately been operat ing in ordinary and inferior qualities. The Americans aie now less active, but are still in the market for goatskins, cow, and buffalo hides. Prices rule as in last month. The reported transactions are 1,200 pieces slaughtered cow, at 26-8 per corge ; 2,400 dry and green, at 15-6 to 16 ; 11,000 green ditto, at 21 to 29 ; 1,200 buffalo ditto, at 20 per ditto. Jute—This article has been in fair requisition, but the de mand has been checked by the absence of desirable qualities; the reported sales are 1,850 bales, at 1-12 to 9-4, and 1,000 maunds at 1-13. Oil Seeds—The demand which arose for Linseed at the date of our last report for the English market has fallen off; but the inquiry for American account still continues. Re ported sales :-300 bags at 2.4-9 ; 550 ditto, at 2-5-3 ; 500 ditto, at 2-5-6 ; 500 maunds, at 2-5 ; 1,000 maunds, at 2-4-9 ; 500 maunds at 2-4-6; 500 bags at 2-2-6. Mustardseed at 1-12 per maund. Cutch—The shipments of this product have continued on a fair scale, and prices range from 2-12 to 3-3 per maund ; stocks are small, but a considerable quantity is expected to arrive soon. The probability is, that next year our imports will be on a very limited scale; it is estimated that 3-0 per maund will only cover cost and charges, and as prices this season have generally ranged under that figure, the manufac turers of Cutch have no encouragement to operate on the usual scale for next season's supply. Opium—The eigth sale of the season - was held on the 12th inst., with the following results:— • Chests. Highest. Lowest. Average. Proceeds. Patna Benares 775 830 825 827.03-7 6,41,000 Since the sale prices have had an advancing tendency, and on the arrival of news from China by the Arratoon Apcar of an advance in that quarter, a sudden impulse was given to this sensitive article. Prices rose to 925 for Patna, and 885 for Benares, and a considerable number of chests have been placed at those quotations. IMPORTS FROM EUROPE. British Cotton Piece Goods—The time which has elapsed since the date of our report of the Bth ultimo has been, with the exception of one or two slight intervals, a very dull, and certainly a most unsatisfactory period. Prices of nearly all the staple imports have declined considerably, both mule twist and grey shirtings having been sold largely at lower rates than we have witnessed for a long time past. Imports of both of these articles have been simultaneously large, while at the same time, accounts from all the up-country markets have continued quite discouraging to bazaar dealers. Gray Shirtings have sold to the extent of about 37,000 pieces during last month, and prices show a great decline on rates recently current; indeed sales have been made on lower terms than for many months past. Reported sale of 40-inch are quoted at 4-6 to 4-8 rupees per piece. In 45-inch cloths there is neither improvement in value nor de mand, and they are certainly worth but little, if more, than 40-inch goods. Sales of 54-inch goods have been effected at 7-10 to 7-11 Company's rupees fbr 64 reed, but not to any great extent, and at this moment there are no ready pur chasers at that figure. White Shirtings of all qualities have also suffered a great decline in value, but more especially the finer sorts. Lately imports have been more extensive , but stocks are not heavy. Reported sales in June amount to about 10,000 pieces. White Twills have attracted little or no attention, and, as usual at this season, sales have been trifling. Madapollarns—Stocks of both grays and white continue on a moderate scale, while there is a fair demand, which tends to support prices. Jaconets—Gray goods continue to sell freely at pretty fair rates, and the market appears likely to keep healthy. White goods are perhaps a trifle lower, and demand is less brisk. White cambrics continued in a very unsatisfactory posi tion, it being almost impossible to effect sales for the moment at any reduction. White Figured Cambries and Shirtings—Sales of this class of goods have been trifling, but their value is pretty well supported. Lappets—For these no revival of demand has shown itself. Stocks have accumulated to a large extent, and for some time past it has been quite impossible to make sales at decent prices or to any extent. Book Muslin—A few sales of fine and wide goods have come to our notice at tolerable prices, but there is no im provement whatever in the ordinary sorts suitable to the Rangoon market; excepting for very favourite marks, these are not worth more than lr. for No. 1, with a consecutive rise of 3a. for the higher numbers. Mull-mulls--All the lower numbers in these goods are to tally neglected, and sales of better descriptions have been confined to very small parcels. Turkey Red Mulls—For these a fair inquiry has lately been evinced, but, as prices continue wretchedly low, of course sales have only been to a small extent. Turkey Red Twills and Cambrics—Both of these descrip tions have partaken of the general dullness attaching to red cloths, and consequently sales, since our last, have been to a very limited extent. The present value of 25-inch cam bric, good colour and cloth, is only about 4 annas 3 to 4 pice per yard. Turkey Red Printed Mulls—A few sales of these, at ex ceedingly low rates, have been made, but the demand is very languid, and, with present overdone stocks of this class of goods, there does not appear much prospect of any ad vance. Prints and Chintzes—Sales of these to a small extent are now almost daily being made, but prices continue low, the chief demand having been made for good Turkey red chintzes, which however have not realised above five annas six pice to six annas per yard. Many parcels of inferior dye are offering at three to four annas per yard, and moved off with difficulty. Dhooties and Scarfs—Attract but very little attention, and really good and fine 5-yd. white dhooties scarcely command more than rs. 2-4 to 2-6 per pair. Woollens—Sales to a very small extent in low kinds have been made of late; but there is no general inquiry, and, so far, prices have been unsatisfactory. Mule Twist —Contrary to our anticipations, has given way in price to a considerable extent, and sales of 40's we hear have been made as low an 3 annas 9 pice per morab, being greatly under the value which has obtained for a long time past. Imports during June were heavy, which has had its full effect on sellers as well as buyers. Sales in June amounted to nearly 3,000 bales. Coloured Yarns—Ever since our last report Turkey red yarns have continued in a most inactive state; prices have again fallen, but sales have been most insignificant, and while we write there appears no immediate prospect of improve ment. In orange and green yarns there has been little or nothing doing. Copper—Shortly after the dispatch of our report of the Bth ult. a lively demand for this metal sprang up. In the Bazaar a large quantity changed hands, and several of the European holders availed themselves of the opportunity to realise a portion of their stocks, which they are enabled to do, in some cases, at a slight advance on former prices. Now, however, the demand is less brisk, and, though prices are supported, there is ranch less business doing. Spelter—Reported sales of this metal, since our last, amounted to 11,760 maunds, at Ct. Rs. 9-4 to 9-8 per fy. md., and the market wears a steady aspect. Lead—Much has not been done in this article; instead, the only reported sale has been 150 mids. pig. at sa. rs. 8 0 per fy. md. Salt.—Since our last several further arrivals have taken place, and re ported sales as under ;- 25,000 mds. L►verpool Pungah, at Rs. 92 to 95 per 100 mds. 11,000 Inds. Madras ... 5/ Beer—Considerable sales of both Bass's and Allsopps are reported at Co. Its. 65-0 per hhd., which at present may be quoted as above the current value. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Wednesday the 16th, the Conservatives in terposed on the subject of the French and English co oreration in North Italy, with what are subsequently published as " stunning " speeches, borrowing from the energetic advertisements of the minor theatres. Nothing can be more diminutive than the effect this kind of oratory produces in the present day. The thing is gone out ; and the production of it falls as flatly upon the con cerned, as would Sir Charles Grandison's wedding-dress of white and silver at a modern bridal. On the same evening an assault was made from the same side of the House, on the iniquity of using the in fluence of England to repress Slavery and the Slave Trade in Mohammedan countries. It 'plainly is sus pected that some gocd is doing in that way; and great is the flutter in consequence. We did not know we were to hear " the Institution" defended in a British Parliament. The argument urged appeared to be, that in Mohammedan countries slaves are prime ministers. Nothing could show less acquaintance with facts, than the whole of the line taken on the subject of Moham medan feelings and prejudices on the question of Slavery. There is nothing in the Mohammedan reli gion which favours slavery either political or personal. A significant point of comparison would be to take the difference between American-Christian law and the Koran, on the subject of refugee slaves. The American law would be to sell for the State if no other claimant could be found. The law of Mohammed is, "If slaves come to you, redeem them, and it is forbidden to you to send them forth." (Koran ii. 85.) After this, a British Minister need not be nervous. The truth is, that in Mohammedan countries two things, whether in accord ance with their la* or not, give an impression of the superiority of Europeans; and those are the rejection of polygamy, and of slavery. It would be interesting to know, what is at the bot tom of this zeal in various directions in behalf of sla very., I never insinuate, and therefore say straight out, that it is portion of a desire to see the tropical regions of the world cultivated by importations from Africa, in which what call themselves the West Indian and the Free Trade interests, have been weak enough to allow themselves to be tempted with the prospect of a share. On Thursday the Diplomatic Relations with the Court of Rome Bill, as sent from the Lords, was read a second time, with a majority of 125 against 46. Intentions were expressed by some of the Catholic Members on the Li beral side, of resisting the clause in Committee, which forbids the reception of an ecclesiastic as representative. I should have thought, considering where the Bill came from, it would have been better to let well alone. On Friday was a warm debate on Education, resumed in the later part of the day on the question of a grant to certain professorships in the universities. On com plaint of the unfairness of excluding Dissenters from degrees, the minister intimated his intention of pro posing at some future period, that the Dissenters should be allowed to keep their terms at Cambridge and take their degrees in the University of London. This was protested against for the Dissenters; for why should a Dissenter be sent away as unworthy, and when the fact of his having gone to one university in preference to the other, is proof that the value of the two degrees was not in his eyes the same? The only reason of any substance, given for exclu ding Dissenters, is that there would be difficulty in their joining in the religious ordinances established in the colleges, in other words, in going to chapel. The way to obviate which would be, for the Dissenters to estab lish a college with a chapel of their own. If there were still difficulties upon their voting in the Academic Senate, on the ground that subjects affecting the religion of the majority might come before it, it might be for the Dissenters to consider whether they would stand upon the question. On the same evening the Government was near being beaten on the question of making over Vancouver's Island to the hopeless despotism of the Hudson's Bay Company; the votes being 76 to 68. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET TUOMPSON. Blackheath, London, Aug. 2l, 1848. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, AUGUST 20. The annual dinner at the Royal Yacht Squadron House on Saturday was attended by about thirty members, amongst whom we noticed the Vice-Commodore, Sir B. Graham, Bart., Lord Wilton, Lord Exmouth, Lord Godolphin, Lord A. Fitz clarenee, and G. H. Ackers, Esq. The following yachts are entered to sail for Prince Albert's Cup on Monday : —Wyvern, 205 tons, the Duke of Marl borough ; Capricorn, 313 tons, C. R. M. Talbot, Esq.; En chantress, 213 tons, the Earl of Cardigan; Flirt, 155 tons, Vice-Commodore Sir B. Graham, Bart.; Brilliant, 392 tons, G. Holland Ackers, Esq. In consequence of the showery weather on Saturday, the boat racing was put off till Monday, when, weather permit ting, a splendid day's sport may be expected. Eleven foreign boats are entered to contest for the two prizes. An Ameri can ship has manned one of her boats with five men of colour, and a prize of 51. is offered for them and any others that may enter to contend for. A number of yachts boats are to be rowed in two molders, as well as the boats belonging to the port. There is to be a match for sail boats under 20 tons, several duck and squirel hunts. Three military bands are to attend. Her Majesty has signified her intention of being present to witness the sport. In the evening one of the grandest displays of fireworks is to take place that has ever been seen here ; the yachts will also make a display. Her Majesty and Prince Albert attended Divine service at Whifllngham Church this morning, and this evening the l'rince drove the pony-chaise through West Cowes to take the Queen to the Duke of Cambridge's, at Gothic Hall, and returned through the High-street about seven o'clock. There were only two servants with her Majesty and the Prince, much to the astonishment of the foreign captains and seamen, of whom there are a great many in the town. They say that the Sovereigns of Russia, Prussia, &c., do things very differently. Thu Duchess of Kent attended service at East Cowes church. THE WEATHER.—THE CROPS.—CARRYING CORN ON A SUNDAY. —There is a good deal of wheat out in this neigh bourhood that has been cat a fortnight, the wet weather seriously injuring it and preventing its being carried. If much longer exposed to similar weather it will be all spoiled. This morning, a finer one was never seen, but the barometer was still low, and the question, was, Would the farmers carry their corn on a Sunday?" Some were inclined to do so, but thought the men would not assist; another shower settled the question—they could not. How differently people look at different things. If a vessel is driven on shore, and the weather prevents any assistance being given her till Sunday, and that proves a fine day, all work their hardest to save her cargo, of corn or what not; no one thinks of there being any sin in, that quite the contrary. And is the case different in the fields? The waves may destroy the c argo if it is left, and the rain may destroy the bread of man . in the fields if is left. Then save it when you can; it is a work of necessity, and no sin. CRICKET. ELEVEN OF ENGLAND V. TWENTY-TWO OF COVENTRY. This match was brought to a conclusion on Saturday at Coventry, after three days' play, All England beating Coventry by 26 runs. The following is the score:— . ALL ENGLAND. Dorrington, b John Cribdon ... 4 Ibw, b Pollitt 1 Sewall, b John Cribdon ••• ... 4 b Pollitt ... 4 Clarke, b Pollitt ••• 2 b Pollitt .. 1 F. Pilch, c Beard, b Pollitt ... 15 b Pollitt .. 3 Box, run out ... 11 c Garratt ... 3 c Rose, b Pollitt .. 10 c Kittermaster 5 Dean, b Rose ... ••• ... 2 b Rose ... 3 llillyer, b Rose ... ... 12 b Rose 11 Ilinkly, b Rese ..• ••• 4 b Pollitt ••• 2 Liliywhite, not out ... ••• 0 not out ... 0 13elsorn, b Rose b Bose .- ... 0 B 10, Ns 4, nb 1 15 87,w2... 9 Total—First Innings ... 79 Second Innings 42 COVE.NTRY. Ccpson, b Clarke 2 b Hinkle .., 0 John Cribdon, a Box, b Clarke" 13 1 bw,b Hinkly 0 R. S. Edwards, Esq., c Dean . . ... 3 b Hinkly ... 6 Osborn, bllyer 4 b Hinkly ... 14 Mr. Rose, b llillyer ... • . • 3 b Clarke ... 1 Ledford, b Hillyer ▪ . . 0 b Hinkly 0 Mr. Garratt, b 'Myer ... 2 c Lillywhite... 0 Palethorpe, run out .. 0 b Hinkly ... 1 S. Mall a b y , E sq., c Martingell ... 0 b Clarke ... 1 "I% B. Redgate, Esq., c Martingell... 5 b Hillyer 3 J. W. Hallward, Esq., b Hillyer ... 0 b Hinkly ...0 Beard, c Hillyer, b Clarke ••• 3 e Beism ° J. Masters, c Hillyer, b Clarke ... 3 run out ... 0 Pollitt, b Clarke... ... 0 c Lillywhite I Cooke, b Clarke ... c Hillyer ... 3 Joseph Cribdon, b llillyer ... 3 b Baker Hinkly ... 1 , Esq., b Clarke... ... 0 c Lillywhite ... 2 Rev. F. Kittermaster, b Clarke .. 5 b Lillywhite... 4 W. Willmott, Esq., b Ilillyer... ... 4 s Box ... 0 Rev. J. J. Wedge, c Box, b Clarke... 0 b Clarke ... E. H. Jackson, Esq., b Hillyer ... 3 not out .. 0 Caporn, Esq not out... ... 0 c Hinkly ... 3 Total—First Innings ... ... 55 Secondlnnings 40 THE GENTLMEN OF KENT V. THE GENTLEMEN GF ENGLAND. The result of this match has ended in the triumph of the Gentlemen of England, who were the victors in one innings by 23 runs, the state of the score was as follows : THE GENTLEIHLN GE ENGLAND. Hon. R. Grimston, b Fredericks... C. Morse, Esq., b Fredericks W. Nicholson, Esq., run out ... C. H. Hoare, Eiq., b Fredericks ... R. T. King, Esq., run out H. Vernon, Esq., b Fredericks Captain Latour, b Harenc... 11. W. Fellowes, Esq., b Fredericks ... 34 J. Nash, Esq,, c W. Mynn, b Fredericks 0 R. W. Keate, Esq., c Fredericks, b blynn .. 9 E. 11. Hartopp, Esq., not out ... 0 Byes 5, wide I .. 6 ... ... 9 Total—First Innings.. . • ... THE GENTLEMEN OF KENT. ... 24 .. 0 ... 24 W. Mynn, Esq., b, Fellowes 11 cMorse,b Nash 4 W. Banks, Esq., b Fellowes ... 3 b Fellowes ... 0 S. Deacon, Esq., c Vernon, b Nash... 4 b King ... ... 27 N. Felix, Esq., s Nicholson, b Nash 1 c Vernon ... F. Fredericks, Esq., b Fellowes 0 b Fellowes ... 1 A. Mynn, Esq., b Fellowes ... 4 c Fellowes 0 Hon. E. Bligh, b Fellowes ... 9 not out ... 33 C. Harenc, Esq., c ! King, b Fellowes 2 s Nicholson ... 2 Earl Darnley, b Nash ... 0 b Fellowes ... 2 C. Randolph, Esq., not out ... ... 4 b Fellowes ... 5 E. Hartnell, Esq., run out 1 bw, bFellowes 0 Byes 2, wide (Fellowes) 1... 3 Byes 3, w 2 5 Total—First Innings .. ... 41 Second!lnnings 79 The Gentlemen of England thus won in one innings by 23 runs. HOUSEHOLD BRIGADE OF GUARDS.—EXCHANGE OF QUARTERS. —The half-yearly exchange of quarters of the infantry of the household brigade will take place on the Ist of September, as follows :—Grenadier Guards, Ist battalion, from Wellington Barracks to St. John's Wood; 2d battalion, from Chichester to the Tower; 3d battalion, from St. John's Wood to Portman-street. Coldstream Guards, Ist battalion, from the Tower to Windsor; 2d battalion, from Windsor to St. George's Barracks. Scots Fusilier Guards, lst battalion, from St. George's to Chichester • 2d battalion, from Port man-street to Wellington Barracks. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Governors of the West -IndiaColonies, k Guiana, and West Australia. MONEY MARKET, CURRENT VALUE OF GOVERNMENT SEA7URITIES, DANK STOCK, &C. &c, Transfer Five per Cents ... 9 00to 9 4 0 premium Second do. ••• ••• ••• 4 80— 5 0 0 discount. Third do. ..• ••• ••• 4 80— 5 0 0 do. New do. ••• ••• ••• / 12 0— 0 0 0 do. Company's rupees Four perCent.l6 0 0 —l6 8 0 do. Sicca rupees ... ditto. ... 17 0 0 —l7 8 0 Bank of Bengal Shares, Com pany's Rupees .„ 2,025 to 2,050 premium. Agra Bank do. ... par North-West Bank, do. ... par Cawnpore, do. 25 discount to par. FREIGILTS. London. Liverpool. s. d. X 8 * d•Jr 8 . Sugar 4 10 0 to 4 15 0 4 0 to 4 10 Saltpetre ... 45 0 t0 4 10 0 ... 4 0to 4 15 Rice ... 4 10 0 to 4 15 0 4 0 to 4 10 Hides ... 4 10 oto 4 15 0 4 5 to 4 10 Jute ... ... 400 to 4 2 6 ••• 310 to 3 15 Raw Silk 5 0 0 Indigo 5 0 0 Rates fluctuated a good deal during June, but now appear steady at the above quotations. TO 3 tAtiarms. Rice ... 1.:1-0 to 1-0-0 Co.'s r• per ba g. TO CHIN I 7:O to 8. 0 d o ll s, per chest. Cotton ••• ••• ••• Nominal. Opium ••• ..• CANTON MARKET. The business of the past month has been limited. Cotton has experienced a farther decline, and the stock is still heavy; viz., 57,837 bales , ag ains t 32 ,537 bal es i n 1847. Cotton yarn without transact ions, p rices w ithout change, and holders firm. Longcloths have receded a little. Gray, 2 d olls. 60c. to 3 dolls. sc. ; white, 2 dolls. 70c. to 3 dolls. 20c. Woollens—Sp. stripes, 1 doll. to 1 doll. 25c.; long ells, assorted, 8 dolls. 75c. to 9 dolls.; scarlet, 11 dolls. 50c. Camlets, English, 20 dolls. to 22 dolls.; Dutch, 22 dolls. to 24% dolls. Metals--Iron has declined a little. Bar, 2 dolls. 90c. to 3 dolls. 20c. ; hoop and nail rod, 4 dollS. 60c. to 4 dolls. 80 c . Steel, 5 dolls. to 6 dolls. Leed, 6 dolls. 70e. to 6 dolls. 80c. Tin plates, 8 dolls. Cochineal, 260 dolls. to 280 dolls. The transactions in tea have been very limited. The export of silk amounts to 22,081 bales, against 18,914 bales in 1846-47. Exchange on England, 4s. to 35. 11d. The Oriental Bank is not drawing, and there has been a great scarcity of bills. Company's accepted paper, 209 per cent. Freight, 41 . Our advices from Shanghae are to the 7th inst. Long cloths are quoted rather lower, but an improvement was con fidently looked for, as stocks were small and the supplies ex pected to be moderate for some time. In woollens nothing doing. No transactions in tea. The new crop of silk w as expected shortly to a rr i ve; the impression was it wou ld be short in consequen ce o f t h e worm having suffered. Freights, 5 1 . 5 s to 5 1. 15s. V esse l s in port, the Elleralie, Larpent,Dumfrie s, and Chieftain. 21, 1848. THE sURRECTION OF JUNE. We published on Saturday the evidence of M. Arng(, respecting tho outbreaks in Paris in the months of May and June. The first volume issued by the Commission d'Enquate, consists of no less than 370 closely printed pugei, containing the evidence given by the very men who took so prominent a part in the transactions which gave rise to the investigation. The testimony thus made public throws a broad light on the insurrection of June, its causes, and the objects to which it was directed. TESTIMONY OF M. - CARLIER, DIRECTOR OF POLICE TO MINSTRY OF THE INTERIOR. In my quality of Chief of the Police of the Ministry of the Interior, 1 know many facts relative to the events concern ing which you arc instituting an inquiry. It is not always as an ocular witness that I depose to these facts, but as having learnt them in the course of my functions. It will be, then, easy to control what I say.'' After these observa tions, the witness deposed thus :—When he was called to the Ministry of the Interior, he immediately saw he was placed between three or four fires. On the 14th and 15th, he warned M. Carteret of the movement of the 16th of April, organized by Barbes, Blanqui, and Ledru Rollin. This latter was to be named dictator. Blanqui, for his part, had even the secret design of assassinating part of the Provi sional Government. M. Ledru Rollin did not dare to pro ceed to extremities. At midnight he caused M. Lamartine to be found, and revealed to him what he knew. On the ' night of the 15th to the 16th, 51. Carteret did not sleep at the ministry. At ten o'clock on Sunday morning, the wit ness saw M. ledru Rollin go out by the Rue-Hillerin-Bertin. He was very agitated, and said to him, " this must be drowned in a movement of the National Guard, and they are going to beat the rappel." Cartridges had been distributed on the eve at the Prefecture. On the 17th it was proposed to arrest Blanqui. The witness urgently demanded it. M. Carteret said yes, and that M. Caussidiere did not dare to do it. .The witness asked that power should be granted to him for two hours, and he promised to arrest him. No effects followed from this; either they did not wish, or did not dare to prosecute. , Montagnards have told the witness that they did wrong to sift this business to the bottom. April 23, day of the elections.—The members of the Pro visional Government had agreed to vote for each other. The witness was astonished at the measures taken at the minis try. yearly 500,000 lists, like those shown, were drawn up. They went forth from the cabinet of M. Ledru•Rollin, and were paid for by the Ministry. During the night of the 26th to the 27th, some of the Montagnards on service about M. Ledru-Rollin, at the ministry of the interior, posted up on yellow paper an incendiary proclamation, which came from the cabinet of the Minister. Three were arrested by Na tional Guards, and conducted to the Prefecture of Police, but were immediately released. It was wished to make the wounded vote. On Sunday, the day of the election, Villain, not finding M. Ledru- Rollin at the Ministry, showed to wit ness copies which he had of the definitive constitution of the Society of the " Droits de I'Homme," and said to him that, in an hour's time, there would be a perfect understanding between them and the Prefecture ; he announced that they had 15,000 men, that M. Ledru-Rollin was their protector and their protege, and that if their affair had failed on the 16th, it was because they were not completely organized. The witness informed M. Carteret of this next day, and he said that villain was a madman, and that M. Ledru-Rollin entirely rejected his projects. May 4.—M. Ledru-Rollin, on leaving the Ministry of the Interior, after the 4th of May, had so arranged as to remain master of the Ministry, by making M. Carteret under-secre tary of state, and M. Panisse chief of the division of general surety. Nothing was communicated to M. Escort. From the day of M. Recurt's entry to the Ministry of the Interior, till the 16th of May, the day when M. Caussidiere resigned, M. Recurt did not see him once and did not hear any one speak about him. From the 4th May to the 14th notice was given to the minister of the fury of the clubs against the Na tional Assembly. The witness thought that at former epochs Barbes, Villain, and others, had relations with M. Ledru- Rollin. At each conference the violence of the clubs in creased. The witness demanded why they did not take measures against the clubs. M. Louis Blanc likewise came to M. Ledru-Rollin's near midnight. After the sittings of the clubs there were meetings at the Prefecture of Police. THE INVASION. The Ministry was warned on the 14th, and was much alarmed. During the night the informations were completed by the witness. It was proposed to force an entry into the National Assembly, in order to read an address in favour of Poland. I n th e c l u b s t h ey had indicated those charged to distribute arms, particularly Sobrier. The witness spoke of measures to take—the Minister hesitated. He offered to seize Blanqui, immediately to destituate M. Caussidiere, to make a regiment occupy the prefecture of police, and to cause the generale to be beat. The witness went to M. Carteret, who was in bed, to repeat the same advice. They said that measures would be taken. The questor, M. Bu reaux de Puzy, was warned. He pointed out to him two agents given by M. Caussidere, against whom he should be on his guard. They were replaced by M. Yon and another. M. Caussidiere forbad M. Yon to go there, saying that he would furnish other agents. M. Yon came; but witness was told that other agents, Bertoglio and Dussart, in concert with M. Courtais, would prevent the troops doing their duty, and would facilitate the entry of the palace of the Assembly to the i:meutiers. These were agents of M. Caus sidiere. Night of the 14th to 15th ,May. Letter of M. Causal diere to the Under-Secretary of State, though there was a Minister. This letter is deposited. It was not communi cated to the Minister. It was proposed to organise for the morrow. On the evening of the 15th M. Carteret was out; witness remained alone at the Ministry, without Minister or Under. Secretary of State. The evil came on the one hand, from the organization of the ateliers nationaux, and on the other from the consequences of that organization. The agi tations in the street, that produced by the planting of the trees of liberty, that of the lampions, and in fact all the others, were derivedfrom a system premeditated by M. Caussidiere. These agitations were paid for by the funds of the prefecture of police. Towards the 3d of April the forty-eight commis saries of police, M. Caussidiere made them an eulogium on the Red Republic, and told them that their enemies were the bourgeois; that if they did not go on properly it would be necessary to bring the lucifer matches into requisition to teach them reason, and to burn Paris, so as not to leave a stone on a stone. The forty-eight commissaries were frightened—it made their hair stand on end. OttGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL WORKSHOPS. It was a thing hostile to the regular authority. At first it was not known how they were recruited. It was soon found out that they were called from the provinces. The delegates of the national workshops formed a formidable mass, on which Louis Blanc rested. The emeute • e the Porte St. Martin must be attributed to them. Each corps had its comite. The superior comite consisted of M. Viagard, pre sident, of two others (Lefort and Julien), besides Lagarde (secretary of a committee of the Luxembourg), presided over by M. Louis Blanc. The emit& made the ouvriers leave their workshops, and sent them to the ateliers nationaux, in order to obtain the pay, to ruin the Treasury, to paralyse commerce, and to bring a catastrophe on the state. There were four kinds of government. The first was that of M. Louis Blanc and M. Albert, who wanted Communism ; the second, that of M. Ledru-Rollin, who wanted the Red Republic and Terror; the third, that of M. de Lamartine, who wished to keep well with all parties and conciliate them, and wko imagined that he would obtain that result by his eloquence; and, fourthly, that of MM. Arago, Marie, Garnier Pages, and Marrast, who represented the moderate party. For five weeks the witness had demanded that the foreign labourers, of whom there were 25,000 or 30,000, should be sent away in parties of 2,000 at a time. He thought that of the 25,000 liberated convicts in France, at least 12,500 were then in Paris, and no means had been found to get them away. The condition of Paris is very bad. The merchants have received very important orders, but they cannot find work men to execute them. The witness was told this by many of them, and mentioned their names. M. Pages, of No. 5, Rue Marcel, one of the most dis tinguished merchants of Paris, will give many particulars. There was mention made of him in the first evidence of the witness. At Lyons the thing was made more abominable. The Government, in the place of one franc, had given three francs in the ateliers for the making of scarfs. When orders came somewhat later for three to four millions, the work men exacted three francs, and they succeeded ; however, the market was not able to execute the orders, and so it was given to Zurich. This information respecting Lyons is The Commerce complained to the Ministry, and said that they should not grant three francs. They granted them. That fur which the Government paid three francs formerly brought one franc and twenty-five centimes. The manufactured article sold for three francs in the trade. ATELIERS. Louis Blanc preserved them in order to make them a So cialist element—Ledru Rollin, in order to make them an element dictatorial—Emile Thomas desired to preserve them in their proper station—the Luxembourg paralysed his good intentions. Favourable information respecting Emile Thomas and the twelve superior chiefs of the Ateliers. From the very first the disputes in the Luxembourg were manifest. It was not possible to perceive the good influence of Emile Thomas until towards the 15th of April. All had influences acted silently and dividedly upon ordi nary occasions. Whenever there was an emeute they united. The witness appeared certain that the old political parties had nothing to say in the whole affair. The Bonapartist sec tion were nothing; they only desired to have a name, in order to make an opposition. The witness said so daily to the Minister of the Interior. The commission were warned of the fact. They appeared to doubt the exactitude of his opinions. They have since ac knowledged that he was right. Caussidiere played a very cautious game, but one cannot doubt that he acted entirely on his own behalf. ORGANIZATION OF THE POLICE OF PARIS. This police had a dozen or fifteen hundred agents. It was badly organized—so much so that it could not act usefully. Added to that, there were four different bodies of police in Paris, from whence it followed that their reports were often contradictory. The Minister of the Interior, wearied by this confusion, at last finished by saying that it was useless to address reports from the police to the Luxembourg, and that he would communicate to an executive commission, or those officers in whom he placed confidence. The four bodies of police were, Ist, that of the Prefecture; 2d, that of the Exe cutive Commission ; 3d, that of the Mayor of Paris ; 4th that of the Minister of the Interior. The witness gave an extract from a report of the 12th of Juno, upon the banquet for 25c. The witness pointed out the means by which the Minister could assure himself whether the Legitimists were really compromised in the banquet for 25c., by making searches at the houses of each of them. That was not ap proved of. The question was concerning a subscription of bank-notes for 251. each. The movement of June took place before the hurt appointed. The blow was intended to be struck upon tl ie 14th of July. It was hastened by reason of the disorganization of the ateliers nationaux. In terrmntatthg c his deposition, the witness added that he bad been questioned before respecting the privilege of a theatre, for. the of which they had suspended proceedings for damages ana obtaining ames g Sanson com menced against M. Ledru Rollin. (of Blois) would be able to give inform M a is t l. ionnupu on this matter which was not in the possession of tilt? witness._ M. DE LAMARTINE, ENT (JULY 5). VISIONAL GOVERNM MEMBER OF TIIE PRO- Facts are connected together ' political order in the same lu m, 25th of February a fact c manner as in moral order. fact, an excess. It seemed produced itself, and, beside O tb n at t to some men that the proclamation of the Republic should carry away more than a.throne—that is to say, This was en t ire society. imag in ed as the sign o f this i dea. was repelled, b ut not The red flag was extinguished ; not completely absorbed in the mass of the people. On the 17th of March, the Na tional Guard, • which till then existed only in a latent state, manifested its ,elf. The next day, or the day after that, a more violent c ounter-manifestation for a Parisian Republic, in p l a ce of a National Republic; 20(1,00 men wi s h e d • to impose the law upon the Provisional Government ; the latter repelled these measures with energy. On the 16th of April a Communist movement was threatened. I was Warned at five o'clock in the morning of what passed in t he clubs—of the substituting a Committee of Public Safety in place of the Provisional Government. I sent notice separately to the friends 1 had in the National Guard. It. was then in the state of a problem. M. Ledru ca me to me in the morning. He was very animated. " We are going to be attacked by 120,000 men," he said to • me, " At 140 head of wh om are 20,000 armedn >, eg belonging to the clubs." He informed me of the offers that had been made to him—of the design entertained of excluding me as well as several of my colleagues. 1 said to him, " Minister of the Interior, you have the right of beating the rappel. If there exist by chance a National Guard in Paris we are saved." M. Ledru Rollin unhesitatingly accepted this proposition, and went out to order the rappel to be beat. I hastened to Duvivier's. 111 y project was to assemble a few battalions of the Garde Mobile around the Hotel de Ville, and, with Ge neral Changarnier, to resist there till death, hoping that the National Guard would make use of their arms to save Paris. lluvivier seized my design. He had admirably understood that force the Garde Mobile, which I had created on a piece of grey paper, at the Hotel de Ville. " Where are there any cartridges?" said he to me. I thought that there were some at the Etat Major of the National Guard. M. Courtais showed himself very loyal. lat last went to the Hotel de Ville. At this moment General Changarnier came to join me. He made his military arrangements, and we awaited the manifestation. Two young men bad been dispatched to the banlieue to give notice. At last, after some painful moments of waiting, the 12th Legion appeared on the bridge, and crying out " Vive la R6pub lique," the armed force rose to life again, the Moderate Re public was saved. The berineue showed itself in its turn. All was drowned in immense movement of the National Guards, to the repeated cries of " Vive la Republique!" On the 15th of May, it must be confessed, we were deceived by the unskilfulness of the chiefs of the public force. It was al ways the same spirit, the same tendency. The point here, too, was to confiscate the Republic to the profit ef a violent party, who wished to push things to extremities. For others this was an essay at intimidation. The armed sections, the great categories of the seditious of Paris did not play here the leading par*. More importance than he deserves will have been given before you to Blanqui—a monomanical conspira tor, an artist in plotting. Barbes came to my house ; he called me his saviour. He did not attach an extreme value to Blanqui. Blanqui did not influence more than sixty men in Paris. He is a signal. He took the head on the 15th of May ; but, to speak truly, the chiefs were not there. Barbes was caught in a trap about the popularity of Blanqui. The proof of the little popularity of Blanqui is that the other clubs had resolved to assassinate him. To sum up, having observed, as I have done for four months, the tendencies of all sorts for the suppression of the National Assembly, I think I may say that nothing serious has been perceived in the armed sections—in the statesmen of the Republique exaggeree. The movement of the 23d of June was quite spontaneous. The agitation of the ateliers nationaux had two causes—the Government money, economized in the sav ings bank for civil war; and then communism, which laid hold of them, and made nse of them for the insurrection. As to the part played by the Executive Commission, as for my part of the reeponsibility, I have not wished to speak about it. Ido not wish to bring personalities forward in so fright ful a catastrophe. Recriminations would have been repug nant to my nature. It is not a month since orders were given to General Cavaignac to surround the National Assembly with troops, and not to count on the National Guards, except as a reserve, as a moral support, as a magnificent supplement of forces. There were at that time only 6,500 troops in Paris. It was agreed that 26,000 troops of the line should be quartered in Paris. We had 16,000 Garde Mobiles, 2,500 Gerdes Repub. licaines, and 2,000 Gardiens de Paris. I required, moreover, 15,000 men in the immediate neighbourhood of Paris. This made them 60,000 men, independent of the National Guard, and I judged this force more than sufficient to repress any insurrectionary movement. I have beset General Cavaignac with my observations in this respect. For the moral state I demanded a series of repressive laws—laws against the press, laws against attroupements. We were unanimous in the Executive Commission to demand these measures from the National Assembly. It seemed to me that the National Assembly was menaced by two dangers, the ateliers no tionaux and a Bonapartist movement. I then considered how to protect the National Assembly if it had been forced to quit Paris, and I wished that 20,000 men of the army of the Alps should be held disposable. I insisted more than my colleagues on the execution of these measures. I was very much astonished at the few troops which were in Paris. I do not accuse General Cavaignac, whose high military reputation and loyalty are above all attack ; but 1 must indeed say that there was something in the ad ministration of the Ministry of War which did not answer to our confidence. I had proposed to carry the bar ricades before night, and to make a desperate effort ;but the absence of troops prolonged the contest. From all that 1 have said, it follows that in the diverse manifestations and insurrections, the same intentions have shown themselves; but you, gentlemen, political men, making an inquiry for the present and for the future, you must remark and cause to be remarked, that everything produced itself in an isolated man ner. Each fraction of the anarchical party Las always acted separately, and it is that which has given us the victory. The dissolution of the ateliers natinaux seems to me to secure it infallibly for the future. STATE OF CENTRAL EUROPE. The German Sovereigns submit with the best grace they can to their changed circumstances. On his way to the Rhine, the King of Prussia stopped at Magdeburg, and it was proposed to read an address to him. The Minister Von Auerswald, who accompanied hire, re quired a copy of the document, and seeing that it em braced disputed political points, declined to allow it to be read, stating that as a constitutional monarch the King could now express no opinion upon such matters pub licly, except with the advice of his Ministers. A good impression has been made on the money market by the journey to Cologne, and the apparent good understand ing which subsists between the King and the Archduke John. In Bavaria there is less heartiness, and he Minister of War has tendered his resignation, being of fended at what he calls degrading the line by recognising the privileges of the recently augmented national guard. The Prussian Ministry have completely met the wishes of the people on this point, and have even engaged that the new armed police intended to keep order at Berlin shall be carefully watched and controlled in the exercise of their duty. The King of Hanover is the only one of the larger sovereigns who did not celebrate the 6th August with apparent cheerfulness. He is reported to have said that the unity of Germany was not to be founded upon forms and demonstrations, but upon a mutual good un derstanding between its component parts. In the Slavonic nations there is great dissatisfaction, although no outbreak is feared. Complaints are made from Posen that the Advocate Krauthofer-Krotowski is kept in strict arrest, although his comrade was allowed to go to Paris. As has too often been the case with poli tical prisoners, the severity of his treatment and the un healthiness of his place of confinement are said to have ruined M. Krauthofer's health and to have affected his brain. It is singular that such things should be to lerated. From Bohemia we learn that the parties im prisoned after the bombardment of Prague have mostly been released, no charge of a conspiracy being sus tained by any proof. A few are retained to be tried by the ordinary tribunals for rioting, and the arms taken from the National Guard have been restored. The Vienna authorities seem anxious to throw the fearful exploits of Prince Windischgratz as much as possible into the shade. A far bolder step has been taken by the Bohemian Germans than the Slavonians attempted; the Germans having called a congress at Toplita to debate upon the measures to be adopted by them in case their wishes are not carried through in the Diet now assembled at Vienna. Amongst other points, the way to effect a junction in commercial union with the Zollverein is to be discussed, by which the Germans undertake to anticipate the measures of the Central Government on a master of foreign policy, a piece of arrogance which the Slavonians avoided. From Galicia and Hungary the accounts of the harvest are fa vourable, but it is stated that :the peasants refuse to get in the crops, even when offered high wages. The spirit of hostility between the 'endow ners and the agricultural peasantry, roused by the PlieiXernich Cabinet, and per petuated since by the Austrian. Cabinet, bas totally de moralised a great portion of the empire, and threatens to lead to melancholy results. A similar line et policy is now adopted by the Russian invaders of Moldavia, who have brought back with them the son of the Ilospo- Oar, banished sometime since fc*r revolutionary excesses. His first feat has been to excite the peasantry to set fire to the standing crops of the Pell ice his father. Thisun justifiable aggression by R uss i a on a peaceable neigh bour is now confirmed in its full extent, and has excited a great sensation both at Vienna and at Frankfort. STATE OF TB E BALTIC. A fleet of eight men-of-war Inas been cruising off the island of Bornholm, which, by some, were supposed to btu Rrssian, by others to be Sm -edish vessels, supporting the Danish blockade of the Me eklenburgh and i'russiau ports. A communication from the I /apish captain blockading Stralsund to the captain of a: a English merchantman, signified that neutral vessels wou:d be allowed to dis charge into lighters which wert not adapted for use as gun boats, and provided the u.n loading was effected by the neutral crews. Since tit en it appears that the Dune sent her boats into the ci twine' before Stralsund at night, and cut out two rs which were lying at anchor. An attempt has sin D a been made to get the lighters which bring g oo d s u p t o Stralsund manned b y subjects of neutral powers. A new Russian ship of the line, and a ichoober, have arrived at Reisinger, f rom .1 archangel. The number ot v e ssel s w l d e n have passed the Sound between Ist January and Ist July, 1845, is 6,174, being less by 2,757 than in 1 ; 847. The material stipulation proposed in he new ar mistice between Denmark t Ind the s s h a ll, p German nfedera ending the ne tion is, that 4,000 Germanbt .reeieo P w hile the Danes occupy the island of Aisen. gutiations, occupy the Du la % I o b no xious stipulation that the Provisory Government; S is to abdicate its ot functions within within fourteen days from t remains as originally propos ed A Goon E.NAMPLE.—J Che directors of the Citizen -boats gave their annu, al entertainment on Satu r d ay masters and crews of twelve vessels. The boats i s a t s e t an to i the ar rived at Battersea at half-p: wt six o'clock moored i n - very cred i ta ble order, and fired asa lute. On reachin g th e s h ore a ver y pretty procession we: f formed, and, with b an d , and innumerable flags flying, pi •oceeded to Cremorne-gardens, where a substantial supper w as provided for them. Those directors present tendered to them, on behalf of the whole iceormtpbaeniryi,uttehreeisrtt,hanandkisufrotrbtet zceoaulrtwei;y hichantdhaeyttehnatdiodnistpoltaiic\eidr passengers. o , el E o s e T k rtt a spßecatiailLlAiYa. OPENING OF TUE VINDSOII, STAINES, AND —On left t S e atur Waterloo-station,da, e S i o e n v T en ia athalf peeasnt wining Captain Wynune, one the Government Inspectors of Railways; Lucke, 111,1) ° .., the engineer of the South- W estern Company ; Mr. Lace y, the Chairman of the Wind sor and Staines Railway ; Mr , Stovin, the general manager of traffic ; Mr. Brassev, th .e contractor of the Windsor and Staines line ; and a number of the directors of the new line. The object wf is two-fold—the inspection of the continuation line from Ri. ihinond to Datchet, and the ad uiunal line of railway that we s some time since constructed from the junction at Falcon-b ridge to the coke ovens at Nine Lines, solely for the Richmo ad traffic, but which line has hitherto not been made ave liable. The examination and thorough testing both of this and the extension to Datchet occupied seine hours, and rest it ed in the requisite certificate being granted by Captain W ys nine. The line will accord ingly be opened on Tuesday , and fifteen trains will leave Datchet for London daily. t_ tn Sundays there will be an increase of four trains down, bof a decrease of one up. The tares are not yet officially anno , ced. Last week an affray oci.,u rred at Nelson Court house, Virginia, between Clay tot fC. Harris, a lawyer, and Ntryatt Hare, a wealthy citizen, of that place. It resulted in Hare's shooting Harris dead. and immediately surrendering a himself to thel4w.--AttO fork G s ()stria and Enquirer. i 1 :~~;{