The Sun. — London, England, 1848-06-19 00:00:00

The Italia d c l P o p o l o of 12th June says :—" We he ar by a cou r i er from Ostiglia that from 20 , 000 to 24,000 Austrians menaced Vicenza. This place will, it is Said, be attacked on three points—Stradua, Ta per and the rising grounds which surround the c LtY. Vicenza immediately sent a deputation to "ARLES ALBERT demanding succour. The Milan Gazette of the 11th states that a loud 41140 1111de was heard at Rovigo on the 9th, in the di rection of Vicenza. TUSCANY. The Provisional Government of Reggio and Mo dena have publicly protested against the occupation of l 'iassa and Carrara by the Tuscans. There h ave b een man if es t a tions at Leghorn in f 4, our of CHARLES ALBERT. NAPLES AND SICILY. b 140 Epoca of Rome of the B th gives the following °ar il a Naples correspondence of the 3d des Sici ly has prepared a body of 9,000 men to make a cent upon Calabria. At Cosenza a Provisional As st:orla„b,lY is convo k e d to form a Provisional 'Govern • All the gendarmes and a battalion of Chas theB have been disarmed in that province. T welve sand men have marched into Calabria. Teratno to " A reYolted. Charles Albert has sent a Cabinet cour ier tr - emand payment for the expenses of the Neapolita n i tl c qe in Lombardy, and another contingent of soldiers; ti k • !l ase of refusal the Sardinian Ambassador will, it is 0 ; 1 , 4, take d own th e arms of Savoy and depart ; and ries Albert, at the termination of the Austria n war, "' demand satisfaction at the gates of Naples." EXCHEQUER CHAMBER. (THIS DAY.) TUE QUEEN v. TEE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON. this case, which involved the right of Mr. Ashurst, k e Well-k nown so li c it o r, to practise before the L ord a3.° r's Court, and which it will be remembered, has 0,, f o - "Pied the attention of the Court of Queen's Bench tae time, Mr. Baron Parke delivered j ud g ment this —orni ng. Lotman'' , said that the case came before the Court to of Queen's on a demurrer to a mandamus issue d b y the Court o r `i'leen's Bench, directing the Lord Mayor of the cit y t er te ndon to allow Mr. Ashurst to practis e as a solici th before his Court. That judgment was founded upon 41.8 Provisions of the 27th section of the 6 and 7 Vic., ee n 73 ' by which solicitors and attorneys in superior te r t 3 ;are entitled to practise in any of the inferior th ee rt L The question raised by the demurrer was, whe e the Lord Mayor's Court was, or was not, an inferior f e c T i rt in the sense of the Act ? And a further question t ti - , c led, whether or not the mandamus could be sus in'eu, as it held that the Lord Mayor's Court was an th.erier court, under the terms of the statute ? Upon th i s latter point the Court were agreed, and decided f 4 n t he judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench, in cOurt, '.Ur of Mr. Ashurst practising before the Lord Mayor's should be reversed. The Court did not feel i i ;9 l Pelivd to give any opinion upon t he other q uestion 4 ecl in this case. CRT -IVIINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) NEW COURT. (n efore the COMMON SERGEANT and Alderman Gum.) THE CHARTISTS IN BONNER' S FIELDS. J with Connolly, an ill - loo kin g fellow, was indicted i li t assaulting Samuel Hoggart, one of the Metro police, while in the performance of his duty in t e " il er'e - fields, on Sunday, the 4th of the present °nth. Bodkin stated the case for the prosecution to the JurSamuel and Mr. }lorry defended the pr isoner. Hoggart was one of the polic e of the A divi con h r" : Was on duty in Bonner's-fields on the 4th of e; was directed to clear Cambridge -street. The pri 804er was there, and was told by witness to go off. ill:6 one said to the prisoner , p itch into him, and the L. °tier instantly kicked witness in the groin, and hurt lt ayry much. He then ran away , but was taken into custody -by another policeman , t yTwo oth er p o licemen corroborated the evidence of "'°ggart. HOARY addressed the jury for the prisoner. The COMMON SERGEANT Summe d u p , and fer'r r,„ e t'S jury found the prisoner Guilty.—Sentence de haae Mullandine was also in dicted with assaulting ; anther policeman, and exciting the mob, on the 4th of D one, to attack the police and the special constables. Mr. B ODKIN s tated the case to the ju r y . The charge a gainst the prisoner was of a m uch more serious nature t an that against the last prisoner, inasmuch as he drew tl , l.°l n his ocket a knife , with which he attempted to stab " 0 police p man, but was prevented doing by having his 41111 struck by another policeman. James Harrington, a policeman, was on duty on Sun `aY, the 4th instant, in Bonner's-fields. The prisoner "as there arging the mob to atta ck the p olice and the special constables, by crying out " Down with the b—y Police and specials." Witness told him to go on, when he drew a knife from hi s p ocket, opened it, and swore that he would stick the first b—y policeman with it that came near him. Upon witness again desiring the pri soner to go on, he attempted to stab him in the groin with the knife, but was prevented by a brother police man who struck the prisoner on the arm with his staff. Cross examined by Mr. PAYNE—When witness told the prisoner to goon,.he cried " Down with the b—y Police." By the COURT—Brickbats and stones were thrown at the police before witness told the prisoner to go on. Several other policemen corroborated the testimony Liven by Herrington. Mr. PAYNE addressed the jury for the prisoner, and tlled a person named Mills, who is a tin plate worker, o f Bethnal-green, who stated that he saw a policeman strike the prisoner, who was doin g nothing. Several °ther policemen and special constables came up and M atted Ri le prisoner. Did not see any knife used by the P r isoner, and he had no one with him. Several witnesses gave the prisoner the character of quiet, well-conducted man. Mr. BODKIN addressed the jury in reply upon the evi - I "ce adduc e d on behalf of the prisoner. COM'MON SERGEANT summed up, and The jury found the prisoner Guilty.—Sentence de ferred. Richard Hall and Robert Margrie were then indicted stone s assaulting the police by throwing brickbats and • ° „ans on Sunday, the 4th of June. mr , l3 everal policemen proved the charge against the pri e;lirs, and stated that in addition to throwing brickbats f or the they took off their hats, and cried three cheers 1 , - ; Charter. On the prisoner Margrie a large stone as discovered on his being searched. n t . l.loany addressed the jury on behalf of the pri koTe. COMMON SERGEANT shortly summed up, and Th e • ken, jury found both prisoners G uilt y , but recom mended them t o mercy. ra e COMMON SERGEANT t hen sentenced them to six ete h 11 the imprisonment, and hard labour, and at the end loo giat time to enter into their own recognizances in each, to keep the peace for one year. , i PRINCESS'S THEATRE . r e e Sprit of Gold is the title of a dramatic r00t,."„ ot , ." „ ee produced at this theatre on Saturday night. The that z of the author is to inculcate a moral — to s how of i t ; at 13 not wealth but purity of heart that is the source th litt 'au happiness. The course of action is similar to at cif the drama of Victorine, or l'll sleep upon it, of la ia rwishich Th e Spirit of Gold is in this respect ap . g temperament Albert, a young German student of an ambitious 7erament, but miserably poor, believes that the pos esn7„un of gold will rescue him from the privations and r e u e - c 7 ra elY which his poverty subjects him to, and has ritn urse to alchemy to effect his purpose. While expe- Sp• r e i lltin g he falls asleep, and dreams that the hi /1 , 1-4 of Gold appears to him, and gives tl ,_ the command of unbounded wealth. By v"atTosseasion of riches he becomes cold-hearted and discards his affianced bride, compels his sister to to re : s amil by her lover, and marry a pretended prince; de ran Zg i e her wrongs he becomes a murderer, is con horrible horribi eat escapes, only to pass through a variety of for e adventures, in the course of which his cravieg is o rd leads him on from crime to crime. This dream toes course sufficient to dispel his illusions as to the vir itn, °, the philosopher's stone, he breaks his crucibles th e retorts, and, as usual, a general marriage act by all cha racters terminates the affa ir. The (piecewas well put upon the stage, and was very creditably Eayed, especially the arts which were filled by Mr. sister (the ,German p student), Mrs. Stirling (the "` e r) Oxberry (an errand boy), and Miss E. Stanley (a market girl). MISS J ULIA B ENNETT ' S B E NEFIT. This faseinat uas artiste m l 3 takes her benefit to - mor row night at the market theatre, on which occasion the perform ances will consist of—Sir John Vanburgh s fede ,,(!oy, the comedy of the Wedding Day, and thr_faarcpe. Spring Gardens. The fair Beneficiare herself the ap pears in all these pieces ; in the first, she sustains Con test of Corinna; in the second, that of Lady. ic) Gl(for the first time), and in the last, that of Mrs.rs. G I re ulL She will be supported by Mrs. Nisbet, w o e ver, Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, Mr. Farren, w ',, o heter Mr. Ranger, Mr. A. Wigan, and the i s ' in strength of the Haymarket Company. It to i mossible for good sterling English comedy to ben better performed than it will be to-mor tkw night at the Haymarket, and an opportunity will 1 1 ' 0 3 be afforded to the public of showing the ground „e,,,ssle,s of the; accusation which has been brought emit them of preferring foreign trash to English art. Let them avail themselves of it, and they will, at the mast time , be benefiting themselves ,; and one of t he I\i i . eu t r .initag of our English artistes. • ALASSINGIIAM'S BENREIT AT TIM PRINCESS'S. k ee ' r • Massingh am, the most civil and attentive of box morrows, takes hi s benefit at the Princess's Theatre to ,%;irr,"v. The p er f orma nces will commence with The P ' t of Gold, which, we hope, will smile on Mr. d -s sitigha.tn t o - morrow n ight. Indeed there can be no ji lt but that the Spirit of Gold " will be p ro p itious, th e ° ; ' e to whom Massingham has so frequently " done civil,, will on t hi s o ccasion for once reciprocat e. p Th e MAILS.--SOUTIIIMPTON , JU LY 17. :: Peninsul ar an d O r i en tal Steam Navigation Com witts sh in Tagus, Captain R. W. Evans, sailed to. day, the usual Spanish and Portuguese ma ils, for Vi g o, r t°, Lisbo n , Cadiz, and Gibraltar; she took out a Steam cargo and about 20 passengers. The Portuguese _ooaer Pelee°, Captain Simla, also sailed this after n,anu Oporto , with a considerable cargo of British - 41 — se ectured goods and 10 passengers. Amongst the e i 3 flera were the United States Consul at Oporto, and 'ToLt rat de Li ula) the Governor of Mozambique. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, 1848. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were 4,000 bales, wit'i a steady market. Prices were un changed. Railway Shares were quiet, a fair quantity of stock being on the market. The settlement of the Sugar and Navigation questions exc ites much interest in the City, and until it is accom plished, business will be exceedingly dull. The dealings of all parties are disturbed by such frequent alterations in our fiscal laws. Whatever injury may have been inflicted, at least as is asserted, upon the Colonial interest—and the West Indians are ever the foremost to complain—it is cer tain that the matter is not likely to be mended by such tinkering and vacillation as will betray other par ties into losses. The most unceasing perseverance, and the most vigilant prudence, will not suffice to pro tect commercial men from heavy sacrifices, if ar rangements deemed to be final one session are dis turbed the next. We cannot better illustrate this position than by one fact within our knowledge, and which might be strengthened no doubt by a score or two of similar cases. A merchant calculating upon the sugar question being set at rest, forwarded to Havannah last year machinery to the amount of about 5,0001., and should even the modified plan of Lord John Russell be carried, and we know that the Protectionists would go much further, the loss upon Havannah sugar received by the party alluded to will be no less than 2/. 10s. per ton. No one is satisfied by the alterations proposed, and yet a change is insisted on. The consumers must pay the extra tax, or the supply will be probaby dimi nished, and whether the reduction of duty will ulti mately benefit the West India Colonies is really a matter of doubt, for the East Indies, favoured by abundant labour and an excellent soil, are likely to prove almost as powerful competitors as foreigners. The West Indians say 30s. per cwt. must be obtained to pay them. Now sugar can be grown in some parts of India for Bs. per cwt., manufactured say for 45., shipped for Gs. 6d., and a few years hence will corns in at 10s. duty, making a total w of 28s. 6d. Can the West Indians do this? If not, e shall be called upon next to protect one colony against another. We are advised in a letter from St. Petersburgh of a further rise in the exchange, viz., to 34,1 d. and 351 d. Tallow, by this advance was 30s. per ton dearer, making an advance of 3/. by the two last mails. The shipments going on were large. The steamer from Hamburgh brings about 6,0001. in gold, and the next was to have 10,000/. on board. From Valparaiso, by the Spy, a bullion freight of 2f millions of dollars may be shortly expected. The English Funds have been rather firmer this morn ing, and there has been a stead y business doing. Con sols for the opening have been 83} to 831. The speeches delivered by the Ministers at the Mansion-house ban quet on Saturday, have afforded much satisfaction. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 84j to 84k. Bank Stock is quiet at 191. Exchequer-bills have been 375. to 41s. premium, being scarcely so good. India Bonds are 18s. to 19s. premium. In the Foreign Market the transactions have been generally at steady, though not higher prices. Spanish Five per Cents. are 12, and the Three per Cents. 23. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 171. Mexican Bonds have realised HZ- 1; Grenada Deferred, 21; and Chilian, 80. Dutch Four per Cents. have been marked 63 1 , and Belgian Fou r-and-a-Half p er Cents. 58. In Railway Shares the business done is very restricted, but prices are firmer. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. FRICES. Bank Stock l9l 191 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns ..... B3:li .% 83% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns.... . I n di a Bonds, 1,0 001 . Ditto under 1,0001. .. ...... . l9 p 19 p Consols for Opening t33 5/s 3 / 4 % 3 / 4 83N E xc h equ er Bills. `l %d. 1,0001. 5001. Small .. .. 41 p 2d. Ditto Advertised 2B 31 p cr2lE • RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.... • BO Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent . — Ditto, Deferred 2% 2% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 1 6%/ 16% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — Ditto, Account — 32 P o rtuguese 5 per Cents. 17% 7 Ditto, 4 per Cent Russian Bonds ~ ..... ......... 90% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. ......... 12 Ditto, Passive ..................... 33% Ditto 3 per Cent Ditto, Account .. 23 Di v idends on the above pay le in London. 60 Belgian 4 1 ,G per Cent 5B Dutch 2% per Cent. , 12 G uild — 43 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 63% 64 Ditto, Account 63% 63% PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSIN RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. AT ON E O' CLOCK. PRICES.G Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction N..... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2%...... Belfast & County Down 14%...... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction .... ... 20 Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ..... Binning., Wolverlf pton, and Stour Valley 121. 4s ... ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June__ 10 Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter B5 Ditto, Thirds Buckinghamshire... 141. 4s. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares .. 6% — 31 p CLOSINU PRICES. 80 Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 — Chester and Holyhead... 42 1 4 — • ••• Ditto, Prefererice l5 ...... Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per CL 10 ...... Do. 2.1 Class, 5 per Ct. 10 - • - Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 27 1 ,1 2 ..... . Dundalk & Enniskillen 17% — .. East A.nglia, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do., 18/., E. & H.... 18 Do., 3/. 10s. ...... ... 3th , _ Eastern Couritieg... ..... 20 Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. Ditto,Extension,s per Cent., No. 1......6/. 13s. 4d.... par % p Ditto ditto, No. 2...6 1 . 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern 50 Do., 5 per cent. ...... 50 ... Do. Quarters ......... 12% ...... Do. New ............... 23 - Eastern,Union, Class A (late E. IJ. Shares) 25 ...... Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1 ...... Ditto, Class 13 (I. & and B. ) ........ ...... 17 1 ,4 ...... _ " Ditto, Class C, ditto... 17 ) -A t . ••.. Po. Scrip ( 6 perc ent.) 10 ...... -- • •-• •. Ditto, ditto .. .......... 20 ...... Ditto (C. & E.) guar. 5 per cent...... ...... 2lh ..... E as t Lancashire Ditto, New ......... ... 17 •••... Ditto, New Quarters 6% ...... E as t Lincolnshire ...... 201/2 ..... 20%3i ........ Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ..... . Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. .. ... ......... Ditto, Quarter Shares 1214.... Edinburgh and Northern 25 ...... Ditto, New.. 6 l /4 ...... ... ...... . Ditto, Newport l3 ...... ... ... Ditto, ditto, New 334. ..- Exeter,Yeovil, & Porch 2: , ' iii...... ............. Ditto, New Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ............Si. 6s. 8d.... Glasgow, Kilmar., & Ayr 50 Ditto, New ... ...... ... 40 Do. Preference Consol. 15 Great Northern Do., London a nd York 2%i ...... (;reat South. and West. (Ireland) .. ............. 40 ...... Great North of England.loo ...... Ditto, New, 40 / ...... ... 15 ...... Ditto, New, 301 ......... 30 ...... Ditto, New, 151 ......... 11%„.... . .. • Great We5tern............ 90 ... .. 88% Ditto, Ih Shares...... 50 ...... 50 5012 Ditto, Shares:.... .. 17%..... 15 14 3 / 4 .... Ditto, Fifths. ........... 20 ...... 20 Ditto, New 171.- -... 9%... .. Huddersfield and Dianch. 26 Ditto, Thirds ......... 9 Hull and — S e lby .. ...... 50 .....„ Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... Ditto, % Shares ..... 1`2%.. ... Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... 1 / 4 Ditto, Thirds ......... 10 L ancas hire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto, IA Shares ...... 43 ... .. Do. Quarter Shares... 17%.....• -- Do. Fifths... ....... ..... Do. Sixteenths 6 14 Do. Thirds(Reg.)..... 13 ..•.. - Do., Now Gua.6 per ct. 2% ...... 2.' Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 ...... Ditto 1 / 2 1d andHud '9 Sheff.) 38 .... i 14% i s P 2 ~/ 88 1 ,4 50►/ s 1,1z4 derstieii. Do.(Waketield,Ponte tract, and Goole) ... 50 ...... Do.(W.Riding Union) 6 •• ••• Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. 1 / 2 Shares (A).— 9 L e eds and Bradfo rd ..•••• 50 Leeds, Dewsbury, 4712. ..... Do., Half Shares ...... 22 y e ..... Do., (blue) Scrip...... 2%.„ ,„ Leeds and Thir sk ...... 45 ...... Ditto, New ......... 26 ...... ............ Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. •••• Liverpool, Crosby and S ou thport . .......... .•.34 • 2 ...... ••••• ........ Liverp., Manchester, and Newcastle Junction... London & 6s. 8d.... Do. New, No. 2 ...... 6 /. 135.4d.... 2Vs dis. Do. Extension ..••• ••••• London, Brighton, and South Coast .......• 50 •...... 31 31 1 4 • ". Do. Consol. Eighths. 40 ...... ••• • ••• Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9 •••••• Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 .. 45 Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 ...... .. Ditto,... ' 6 per cent. Ne w 51 . , guar 2 ...... 21,41A3... •••• London and Greenwich 12/1554d... ••" ..... Ditto, Preference... 181178 2d... london and N. Western 100 ......123 122....•••••• Do. Quarters (L.:& B.) 22 ............. Ditto, New Ditto, Fifths ..... .. 2 ..........••. Po. 401.ShareB(L.M.) 20 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 71 /2 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 714 .... Do. 101. M. & B.) C. 1 Load. & S. W , stem Do. New 50/. ..... 42 1 ,4_ . .............. Do. New 40/ Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto ......... 40 . .......... ••• Ditto, Thirds London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ............... Londonderry &Coleraine 27 1,4 — Londonderry and Ennis- killen 25 ...... •••. 'soft (4 A.) Lowestoft (4 per ci Ditto (6 per ct.) Manzhester•Buxton,and Matlock Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 - ••• •••• Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 7 1 ,4 — ..... Ditto, New 101. Pref... 7 1 / i — Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 30 Ditto ditto . ......... 9 Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire lO . ... Do., Grimsby Dock l5 - Do., Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.25. Manchest. & Southampt. 2 1 / 4 ...... Midland lOO lOl 100 IA lOO Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., do., 501. Shares... 15 ... Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Do.Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per et.... 100 ......11S% 118',,,', Ditto,Brist. & Glocstr. 36 Ditto, ditto ......... 11/. 3s. 6d Ditto,Leicest.& Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. .-- Newcastleandearlisle...1 00 Do. Quarters 25 .... Newmrket & Chesterford 18% Do. Extension . ..... —2/. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk ............ ...... —.lOO Do. New 201. Do. Extension 5 p ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 2 pc. 5 — Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 ' North British ...........25 Do. Half Shark , ' - -------- gs' Do. Quarters 6 LA 4:% 47 li Do. Extension Ditto Thirds North & South-Western 2 ...... ••"•"' •'•"'-- North Staflordshire...... 12 IA ....... ..... ...... North Wales N orth Western 7%2 —•-• Oxford. Worcester. and Wolverhampton Reading, Guntnurd, and Reigate .. Royston and Hitchin ... 1% Scottish Central Scottish Midland 25 Ditto, New ......... ..... 12% — Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole (Nor. Div.) Ph .. -- Do. do. (Sou. Div.) 4 ...... -- ..... Shrewsbury and Birth... 8 Ditto ditto, Class B. 5 Shrewsbury and lieretd. 2 ...... 6hrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) ...... 16 Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 Ditto Oswestry ...... 16 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 8 ..... . •....„ Sh rops hire Union ......... ..... outh Devon 45 . ..... 20 .... ..... ... 21 Do. Preference South Staffordshire 6% — ; ()Ala Eastern - Do., No. 1... 24 D— 0., N 0.2. 0., No. 3 ....•.. ...... 25 1 5% Do., No. 4 South Wales ...... ......... 23 South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 4 Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 6 Taw Vale Extension ... 6 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17%...... Vale of Neath ... .. ...... 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 15% ...... .. Waterfbrd and Limerick 42% Watertd,W xfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .. Do. do. do. Do. do. do. ... 7% 0 34 ... ~,,.... West Cornwall .... 6 ... . --, -- Whitehaven & Furness 11 - Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 9 1 / 2 Wilts, Somerset, ti. Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. Do. ()Nina! New and Berwick .. .. .125 Do. itxtensioh No. 1. 15 Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 10 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 Yt.rk anti North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference Do. East and \V rat Rid ing Extension ..... 25 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ...... ' Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 16 Ceylon Demerara ... .. 10 Dendre Valley... 4 Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish .....« 7 l / 2..... ...... .... .. East Indian 3 14 — .. •••• • .Great Indian Peninsular ss. Italian and Austrian.... 4 Louvain Ila Sambre ... 6 Luxembourg Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur and Liege ...... 18 ... Northern of France.... 10 Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yssel 413 s 4d...... Paris and Lyons ......... 11 ..... • Paris and Orleans 20 ..... Paris and Rouen ... Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 •••••• ....... Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes .. 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ...... 16 West Flanders... B% — JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American 50 London Joint Stock- 10 London & Westminster. 20 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY LONDON, JUNE 19.—Wind N.W., light breeze and dull cloudy weather. LivnaeooL, JUNE 16.—Arrd. St. Petersburgh, ard, Mobile Medora, Hammer, Charleston. 17th, General Berry, Hill, New Orleans. 18, Wm. Sprague, Chase, New Orleans ; Johanna, Dahn, Iceland ; Jessie, Thompson, Londonderry, having sprung a leak on her passage from London to that port, where she was to em bark emigrants gratis. 17, Sld. Robert, Batavia ; Sir Pottinger, Calcutta ; Walton, Shanghae ; Star, Rio Janeiro ; Janet, Bahia ; Swordfish, Pernambuco ; Emi grant, Callao ; Cumberland, Brazils ; Windsor, Para ; Corazon de Maria, Havannah; Denmark, New Orleans; Columbia, New York ; Cambria steamer, Boston ; Ar nard, ditto ; Jane Hammond, St. John, New Brunswick, and Halifax ; Helen, Quebec ; Leander, ditto ; Rob Roy, Staten Island. CLYDE, Jura'. 16,—Arrd. Pilgrim, Williams, Mobile; 17th, Runnymede, Newfoundland. Sld. 15th, Char lotte, Harrison, Now York; Blonde, Quebec and Mon treal; 16th, Aanthe, Boston; 17th, Quebec, Quebec. CORK, JUNE 15.—Arrd. William Grey, Metcalfe, New Orleans. Sld. Aenras, Baltimore, 15th, Mozam bique, Quebec; 16th, Giavar, Jamaica; Lois. St. John's, New Brunswick. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 18.—The Martha, Sharp, from Sunderland to Bedhampton, in entering Langston har bour yesterday got on the Woolst, but was got off after being lightened, and will go into harbour to-morrow. YARMOUTH, I. W., JUNE 17.—The Argo, Stag, from London to Dublin, has put back with considerable damage, having been in contact with a large ship, sup posed to be a foreigner 15th inst., at 11.30 P.M., about five miles north of the Needles, and has this day sailed for Southampton to repair. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) C ORN-EXC HAN GE-MONDAY. The arrivals of English Wheat and Flour for our market last week were somewhat on the increase, though by no means largo for the time of year. Those of all other articles of home produce were on a limited scale. From Scotland we received a few parcels of Barley, but no grain of any description arrived from Ireland. Tho foreign imports were extensive, viz., 11,248 quarters of Wheat, 23,181 ditto of Barley, 26,363 ditto of Oats, 12,588 ditto of Beaus, 1,495;ditt0 of Peas, 159 ditto of Tares, 3,787 ditto of Linseed, 13 ditto of Rapeseed, 36 diito of Bran, 139 ditto of Mustard Seed, 850 .ditto of sundry seeds, including Indian Corn, and 1,840 barrels of Flour. Fresh up this morning, the receipts of English Wheat coastwise, as well as by land carriage and sample, were on a very mo derato scale, and the quantity on offer was comparatively small, owing to which the increased attendance of mil lers (most of whom were short .of stock), and to the firmness with which the foreign importations were held, the demands for all kinds of Wheat of home produce was steady, at an advance in the quotations realized on Monday last of from is to 2s per quarter, and at which a good clearance was effected. The supply . of foreign Wheat on show, notwithstanding the liberal importation of that article last week, was by no means large. Se lected parcels moved off :steadily at 2s per quarter more money, while the value of the middling and inferior kinds advanced/ quite is per quarter. A few floating cargoes were disposed of at a trifle more money. Scarcely any English Barley was brought forward, but the show of foreign samples was very extensive. Fine parcels were in moderate request at late rates, but infe rior grinding sorts sold at, in some instances, a fall of is alt we were fairly supplied. 14 9 st per quarter. Witt} Ma descriptions moved off slowly, but we have no alteration to notice in value. Oats were in good supply. Fine sound Corn produced late currencies, but the damp and otherwise weathered parcels were quite 6d per quarter cheaper, with a very inactive demand. A very large quan tity of foreign Beans was brought forward, and which met a heavy inquiry, at a reduction in value of is per quar ter. All kinds of Peas were in moderate supply, and moderate request at last week's prices. Indian Corn and Meal were neglected, but not cheaper. Flour was in better request, but we have no improvement to notice in its value. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier 59s te GO, Red. .... •• —43 s 523 Oats—Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 47s 57s Lincolnsh., Feed. 19a 22a Norfolk and Lin- Potato .••.•..... 223 25s coin, Red... • • 42s 463 Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White.... • • 44s 51s Black ... • ..• 173 20s Irish, Red •. — 8 — 8 Ditto,White ••• . . . —8 ___,22s 243 Rye—Old ............ Barley—Grinding ....• 28s 31s Peas—Grey a —5 Beans—Tick .•••• • • • • ........ 225 243 32s 42s New....• .. ••• • • • 313 338 Is C , Cork, White. Feed.t.e: .. . . . . 445 SOS Malting .•••• • • • • 31 s 34 8 Maple. .. •••. • • • • Z . " 3 ga Chevalier •••• • • • 32s 34 s , 363 39s ......... White••••• ••• • • • 34 a 3 78 Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers 373 368 folk •••••• • • • • • • 55s 51a Flour—Town-made .• • 398 44, Brown .• ••••• • • • • 488 933 Suffolk ••• • • ... —33 s Kingston and Ware 57s b 93 Stoclan 8; Norfolk 333 36, SMITIVPIELD. The imports of live stock into London last week were as fellows:— From whence. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Harlingen ll5 ... 807 ... ••• 100 Hzmburgh 55 ... 6 49 ... _ ... 41 Bremen ... 22 ... ... _ „. Rotterdam 165 ... 1,379 „, 29 ..• 227 Antwerp Ostend ...• — ... 43 ... - ... 29 371 Total 360 2,878 Corresponding week in 1847...1,099 ... 2,580 ~., 230 ... 220 Difference ... 739 less. 298 more. 201 less. 151 more About 1,300 head of stock have been landed at the northern outports, and 10 Oxen at Southampton, the latter from Spain. The supply of foreign Beasts on offer to-day was comparatively sm a ll ; t h at o f Sh ee p and Calves tolerably good, but of v er y m iddli ng qua lity. With home-fed Beasts our mark e t was h eav il y supplied, the time of year considered, and t h e genera l condition of that description of stock wa s goo d. Al t hough the at tendance of buyers was some w h at ex t ens ive, the Beef trade was excessively dull, at, i n some instances, a fur ther decline in the quotations of 2d per 81bs. However , a few of the very primest Scots sold at 4a per Blbs. At the close of business a large number of Beasts left the market unsold. From Norfolk, S u ff o lk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received about 1,700 Scots, short horns, &c.; from the western and midland districts, 100 Ilerefurd3. runts, Devons, Irish beasts, So.; from other parts of England, 500 of various breeeds ; and from Scotland, 340 horned and polled Scots. Although the supply of Sheep was moderately extensive, the Mutton trade was steady, though not to say brisk, at prices fully equal to those paid on Monday last, the primest Down qualities of Mutton producing 4s 10d to 5s without diffi culty. The number of Lambs was by no means heavy for the time of year. All breeds met a fair demand, at fully last week's prices. Prime small Calves moved off freely, at full prices. Otherwise, the Veal trade was in a very sluggish state. Pigs sold heavily, at last week's currencies. Per 8101.0 sink the Oral. O. d. to I. d. 1. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 210 3 2 Second quality ditto 4 2 4 4 Second quality • . 3 2 3 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 6 4 $ Prime large Oxon 3 6 3 8 Southdown Wether 410 b Prime Scots Large coarse Calves 3 4 4 0 Large Hogs ••••• • 3 10 4 4 Prime small ditto Sucklin. , Calves lB 0 25 0 Quarter old rigs • •16 0 23 0 Inferior Sheep .. TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Roasts. I sheep. Calves. I Pigs. 3,699 I 24,920 I 331 180 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts. I Sheep. Calve s. I Pigs. 405 1,710 NEVITGATM AND LEADENHALL. Very limited supplies of country-killed Meat have been received up to these markets during the past week. Those on offer killed in the metropolis, owing to the continued hot weather, have been moderate, even the time of year considered. Each kind of prime Meat has commanded a very steady sale, at extreme rates of cur rency. Otherwise, the demand has ruled tolerably firm, and prices have been well supported. About 1,600 car cases of foreign Meat, slaughtered in London, have been on offer. At per stone by the Canape, s. d. to s. d. a. d. to s. d. Beef,inferlor.• •• 210 3 0 Mutton, inferior .. 3 4 3 6 - middling 3 0 Z 2 ' middling.. 3 3 4 4 primelarge .. 3 2 3 4 --- prime .... 4 6 4 $ - prime small .. i 4 3 6 Pork, large .. •••• • • 3 S 4 2 Veal•• •• •• •• •• •• 4 4 4 - small . ..... 4 4 4 Lamb. 4s 10d to be liid, BOROUGH AND SPITALPIELDS. Since Monday last the arrii'als of potatoes, coastwise, have been tolerably good. From abroad we hare re ceived the following supplies :-85 tons and 246 baskets from Antwerp; 246 ditto from Bremen; 2,609 ditto from Rotterdam ; 70 tons from Hambargh ; and 108 bags from Leer. All kinds of Potatoes are exceedingly dull in sale, at almost nominal figures. Parcels are offered at a decline of from 261. to 255. per ton on last week's prices. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. The plantation accounts still continue favourable, owing to which, and the anxiety manifested on the part of the holders to effect sales, the demand for all kinds of Hops is heavy, at barely last week's quotations. The duty it called 170,000/. WOOL. Last week's imports of \Vool into London were com posed of 15 bales from Rotterdam, 54 ditto from St. P('tersburgh, 8 ditto from liambargh, 1,561 from Ade laide, and 400 ditto from Algoa Bay. The private con tract market is somewhat heavily supplied with all kinds of Wool, and to effect sales further depressed rates must be submitted to, with a very heavy demand. TALLOW. A slightly increased business was transacted in our market to day, at last week's quotations were well sup ported. P. Y. C. on the spot is firm, at 445 6d to 45s per cwt. For forward delivery, sales have taken place at 445. Town Tallow 46s net cash; rough fat, 2s 61d per Sibs. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the 'otes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. ) FRIDA.Y, JUNE 16. DERBY WRIT. Motion made, and Question put, ~ That Mr. Speaker do issue his IVarrant to the Cl er k o f t h e C row n to make out a New Writ for the electin g o f two Burgesses i to serven this present Parliament for th e B oroug h of D er b y , in the room of the Right Honourable Ed war d S trutt an d to Honourable Edward Frederick Leveson G ower, w h ose El e ction has been determined to be void.." The House divided:— Ansley, T. C. Bankes, G. Bruce, C. L. Buck, L. W. Christopher, R. Christy, Samuel Codrington, Sir W. Collins, W. Colvile, C. R. Disraeli, B. Dodd, G. Fuller, A. E. , Godson,kE. MINORITY -AYES, 3G. Goulburn, Henry Sanders, George Grogan, E. Alderman Ileathcote, Sir W. S l ln d y n ' e th Y , J. G. llenley, J. W. Sotheron, T.ll. S. Herries, J. C. Spooner, Richard Inglis, a, B . Stephenson, Robert Lygon, Ge n , Stuart, J. Mahon, Lord Thotnhill, G. 3lasterman, John Trollops, Sir J. Newdegate, N. Vyvyan, Sir R. O'Brien,Sir Lucius isizzas. Pakington, Sir J. S. Stafford, Augustu.3 Robinson, George Bai"lie, H. J. MAJORITY—NOES, $9. ri TlnirClingh E. • • • Lae, Sir A. D. Sir De Lacy Morgan, IL K. 0 . A , Adair, It. Shaft° Fagan, William Mostyn, E. M . L. •Adare, Viscount Mowatt, Francis liagsha'w; John Fox, W. J. Parker, John -I,,ittring, H. B. .F,rewen, C. A. Pattison, J. 'Bernal, Ralph Glyn, George Carr rendarYCS, ie. W. Bouverie, E. P. Grace, O. L. . iw, f ir a, Admiral Grey, Si r G eorge P ug h. David llope, Colonel Grey, Ralph W. Renton, Joh n C. Bright, John Guest, Sir John Ricardo. Oscan Brotherton, Joseph Gwyn, Ho we l Russell, F. C . 11. Bunbury, E. H. Plastic, Archibald Simeon, J ohn Burke, Sir T. J. 'Lewes, B. Somerville , Sir W. B Henry, Buxton, sir E. Peto, Sam uel Ti!. Alexander It Stans tield, W. R. Callaghan, D. Herbert, Sidney Stuart, L ord D. Cardwell, Edward Heywood, James Sullivan , Michael Carew,W. P. 11111, Lord M arcus Thompson , Clifford, Henry M. , hood, Sir A. Thompson , , George Cobden, R. Jackson, William Thornely, Thomas Cochrane, A. Jervis, Sir John Towneley, CharleS Coctiburn, Alex. Lincoln, Earl of Tynte, Colonel Coke, Edward;K. Lushington, Charles Vane, Lord H. Crawford, W. S. M`Nagliten, Sir E. Vivian, J. H. Davie, Sir Henry Mangles, R. D. Wall, C. B. Divett, E. Martin, C. W. Wilson, Matthew Douglas, Sir C. Matheson, Colonel Wood, Sir Charles Duff, George S. 31 aule, Fox wrightson, W.E. Duncombe, A. Milner, W. M. . Duncan, George Mitchell, A. T. • TELLERS. Ellice, Edward Molesworth, sir W. .111151 e, Joseph ' Estcourt, J. B. B. Monsell, William BOwring, Dr. oL.—The COTO- Henry Collingwood J S o e h l a by l4 , iI E I, 'g at . : is Ed a w p a p r o d in H t i e l d i, Queen's Advooate for Ceylon.—Observer. poiTsounßingPooflsomratrriiGa Hill, AT I_IIIST. ner, in continuing the investigation into the cases of who the arsenic is which has created so painful as interest, has deemed it of a fourth body, that john of il a ill it . the chemist, and sworn a s .w whose 0 1 Michael, case necessary to issue his warrant to cause . the exhumation sus pected to have been a fourth victim, and it was accord ingly exhumed yesterday. The circumstances. causing this exhumation arose during .the inquiry into the cause of death of the boy to have been quite sufficient.in. quantity to have caused was produced by Mr. Ilerapt4, death. In the course of this inquiry also it came out that the surgeon bad given a . certificate of the cause of death upon the i.nformation of the father, without having ascertained it from his own observation. The jury having been sworn, and the coroner having addressed them, they repaired to the . churchyard, where the body Was exhumed. It being the first case in Engl a nd in which a cor p se has been disinterred for medical examination after such a lapse of years, the greatest interest was manifested, aMr. H nd Dr. Kay, Mr. Hetling, Mr. Humpag e, Mr. Smith, awkins, and oth er m embers of the faculty. were present. The c offi n which was of elm, co vered with black cloth, was take ' : out of the vault in a good state of preservation, an d b ore on the breast-plate the inscription, " Martha Michael, died 31st October , 1844, aged 64 years." The necessary parts of the body were then . selected . and delivered to Mr. lierapath, and the inquiry was adjourned. DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOMENS SOCIETY.--Some handsome contributions of works of art have b een pre sented to this char it y , which are to be drawn for by numbers at a public breakfast to be given in Vaux -1 hall-gardens, on Monday,. the 10th of' July. 1 .Several eminent artists have promised to lend a helping hand in this work of charity. TUE EMIGRANT SHIP OMEGA.--This ship, which was supposed to ha ve foundered after the ; emigrants had been taken out of her, has been passed ' perfectly sound, 80 miles w est of the Scilly Lights, by the barque Franklin. Not a soul was on board, and the vessel drifting with the cu . rrent, leaving little doubt that was the emigrants rewsined on board every one would have been SAved. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Thursday, 15th June, the House resumed its sittings after what is called the Whitsuntide re • cess. Among the curiosities of the evening were pe titions from actors that people will not go to hear, praying the Government to restrict the performances of the actors the public will pay, the professed reason being that those actors are foreign. You see the pitch of audacity to which monopoly is coming. You and I are not to spend our half-crown to see somebody that entertains us, because there is a dunce we had rather give half-a-crown not to hear, to whom the half-crown would be acceptable. This is part and parcel of the Drury-lane disorderlies, and the re apparition of a race of Englishmen who had been sup posed wrought out. A remarkable circumstance last night, was the way in which the tenants of the mono polist benches abstained from the smallest recognition of their petitioning brethren. They saw the snare ; and not the slightest tokens of truly British feeling would they give. On the same evening a motion for issuing a new writ for Leicester was rejected by 129 to 5. It is ptb a oay s r t r o ba n lidl i e s dl h et i n g under exi s ti ng c i rcums tances, with what openness 'and perti nac it y t h e C onserva ti v es defend everything con nec t e d w i t h t h e carry i ng o f e l ec ti o ns money. by y he the They re m law h ar a k v e of God discovered fG om da,ny butpr a c treatingt that a l bribery i s not; i theologiansas i oti_ h n f ee ga t m h lgu e ui tset l uo i r ssn o e y r m a o n auf n , s mdt b u ods t nhr uea t y h rn p e kae r et e nn en i ol s een sce n st i o to t on s a among the T ur k s , w h o o b serve that wine is forbidden sbeeioulosnokesesdofttohebaybsuthrdeitPyeoopfl another w oao o nt r d. d up a A b ol preservingtluott hti a hs cquar dente. A s if t reat i ng was not bribery, with the sins on pretending to t;o and d ev t e h n e t e all the circumstan ces b y w hi c h t h e m i suse is favoured.must It is like pretending to put down foxes, and preserving covers. Another point to which I desire to invite the at tention of the People's Leagues now I am before them, is the following. In my ignorance, I had always supposed that with a view to the prevention of un necessary irritation, it was a rule and etiquette of the House of Commons not to permit allusions to the other House of Parliament. Where there are two Houses, there must of necessity be the possibility of coming into collision; but it was understood this pos sibility was not to be talked about, or at all events not without reason equivalent to the in surmountable. But such an ignoramus was I and perhaps are you, that instead of any etiquette or decency of the kind described being pre served, no opportunity is lost on the Conservative benches, of throwing in the teeth of their opponents in the most wounding manner, every probable mode in which the acts of the other House are to control the proceedings of the Commons. This is pouring sand into the machinery instead of oil. But as it is not we that pour the sand, there is nothing left but to act upon the cards the opponent plays, and point out to any assemblages of the citizens which may be formed for considering the prospects of Reform, the necessity there is for extending their cares to that other House, which is thus made a constant ingre dient in our debates. The Lords not only send men to our benches, but they sit there and threaten through their mouths. Therefore on the next op portunity, vouchsafe a look towards the House of Lords. Consider first, the ways the Lords have of influencing elections, and how these may be cut off; and next, look into the steps by which a liberal Go vernment has the means of bringing the Lords into harmony with popular institutions, and so freeing us from the scandal of having them perpetually thrown in our faces as the bulwark against all Reform. If we had been let alone, there would have been no occa sion for this ; but since we cannot be let alone, we must only move. In the proceedings on Report of Public Health Bill, my proposal for substituting the provisions of the Property-tax Act (5 and 6 Victoria,c. 32, sec. 73), for dividing the expense between landlord and tenant in a prescribed proportion notwithstanding the ex • istence of contracts entered into without knowledge of the coming circumstances, met with no support. 1 had hoped that by its long and repeated appearance upon the Parliamentary sheets, some assistance might have gathered round it. If the tenants grumble at having to pay for the landlords' gain, I did what I could to hinder it. On the proposal of a clause on burial-grounds by Mr. G. J. Turner, Mr. Fox (Oldham) objected to the apparent intention of making Dissenters pay to wards new burial- grounds, of which they were to have no use. If I did not make some mistake, an unexpected display of just and liberal feeling touk place in consequence. The Member for Sunderland (Mr. Hudson) in particular, was strong in declaring that in his immediate residence (the archiepiscopal city of York) there was every desire to have the assistance of the Dissenters in bringing the question to a termi nation satisfactory to all. The mode in which he proposed to effect it, seemed to be by giving the Dis• senters a part of the ground for themselves. Ido not know how far this may be considered satisfactory by Dissenters, but the proposal on the whole struck me as an instance of the difficulty there is in. making a man's political bias overcome his feelings as a good and amiable citizen. The Member for Salford (Mr. Brotherton) objected that the Dissenters would be put off with a corner, and there would be perpetual quarrelling; on which I am tempted to observe, that the recognition of the equal rights of Dissenters in an Act of Parliament is so great a good, that the Dissen ters would be to blame if they did not put up with the risk of some crowding for their dead, for the sake of the benefit to arise to the living. On Friday was a debate on the Sugar Duties, pre paratory to Monday. The whole subject and its connexions are in the strangest imbroglio imaginable. Never was there seen running such a cross sea of conflicting interests,, and such an exemplification of the " strange bedfellows" with which necessity, like misfortune, may make men of hostile opinions acquainted. An energetic Government might push its way through all, and carry along with it the pre ponderant adherence which energy generally obtains. But there is no particular appearance at this moment of the Government's being thus energetic. The neglected elements in the case are—First, that the principles of free trade have got such hold on the universal sense of the community, that it is matter of ridicule to attempt to represent a monopoly as anything but the sacrifice of a definable amount by the nation,—this amount being measurable by the totality of the difference of price paid, minus what may be received by the Government in duty. Secondly, that the West Indians are not a popular but an unpopular body ; that they are odious as having long existed upon duties, which is in other words being supported out of the pockets of the community ; as the recipients also of an enormous sum, twenty millions, when the opinion, right or wrong, of great masses of the people was, that they ought rather to have paid for being assisted out of the dangers arising from the volcano of their own making on which they stood. Thirdly, because it is plain at the present moment, that their practical object and living hope is to effect something equivalent to a restoration of the slave trade from the coast of Africa ; the evidence of which is not in surmise or suspicion, but in their own substantial efforts and speeches in Parliament against the main tenance of the African squadron, which on any other hypothesis, would be a squadron acting in support of their interests, as checking the production of sugar by their rivals in Cuba and Brazil. Conceal it as they like, " Fear ye the constable" is written on their acts, and he that runs does not omit to read it. Lastly, the most weighty point of all, so chivalrously insisted on by Sir Robert Inglis in Friday's debate,—that the people of England are, heart and soul, opposed to slavery in all its forms ; that they view this oppo sition as the legacy of the fathers they remember, and the test of manhood they are to turn over to their posterity; that they will do anything, pay anything, if they only see it is going towards their mark. Talk to them of a penny a pound on sugar; they would not stop if it was three-halfpence ! There is not one of these points that has not been overlooked by some party to their detriment. The Government has overlooked the truth, so manfully stated by Sir Robert, that the hatred of the British people to slavery is the element which will heave up all before it, and the light which statesmen ought to take for the direction of their views. The free traders have overlooked the fact, that without shrink ing an inch from the avowal that an artificial price of sugar or anything else is so much taken out of the pockets of the nation, and to be written down in pounds shillings and pence ac cordingly, there i s a m i g h t i er power engaged, a power which would i n d uce t h e man at Brad ford who cannot afford sugar in his tea, to tos s cap and beg to thr ow hi s treacle after it, aup p ow h e i e s which does not reckon by arithmetic but by success, or only values one as it leads down upon th e o th er. The West Indians h ave missed their way by not entering into a hearty a lli ance with the anti-slavery spirit of the country, and looking fortunes by the suppression of their piratical rivals instead of a junction in the spoil. And the guides y and leaders of th e anti-slaver a p n ow ex er p , n en a din e g lost ground er by repudiatin g h uman means, d gies in pursuance ofopinions which are not the opinions of the great majority, arid have never received the stamp of practical sufficiency in any integral political society. The olden peace-man settled his hat upon his head and refused to hold Navy Three per Cents ; but he let the navy take their way in the suppression of piracy and slave-trading, as he consented to live under the protection of the police on shore, though holding opinions of his own as to the autho rity for not holding the sword in vain. What the country will demand is, a strong and statesmanlike course of action directed to the great points in view. If asked if I believe in statesman ship, I reply, Yes, as I believe in seamanship. Neither the one nor the other is certain of success; and cases occur where it might seem to have been the purpose of the mysterious power which directs the universe, to throw scorn on the efforts of human skill. But both one and the other succeed when anything is done. No man ever fell into tha sea, and, by catching at what he found there, was conveyed to the antipodes; and equally unreasonable is it to expect to see slavery put down, without using the best human means to effect the purpose. - What would conciliate the maximum of adherence from thoughtful men, would be a moderate differential duty to the West Indians for a term of years, with notice that after that period, foreign sugars not slave-grown would be admitted to equality. And during that period, all hands should be called on the coast of Africa to destroy the slave trade under the powers of existing treaties, joined to diplomatic exertions to procure the execution of the laws of nations against piracy, and to promote the movements of foreign countries to wards bring their sugars into the desired state of ad missibility. If the Americans talk of equality with the most favoured nation, they must be told that if they will give up slave cultivation when others do, they will have a claim to equal admission. But it they mean to deny the right of England to concede commercial advantages for British objects in return, and force their slave-grown sugar on British mouths, the question had better be settled now, than when they have got the fifty thousand men behind the Horse Guards which they promise. While on this subject, it is impossible to avoid ob serving that the aspect of things is very encouraging for the enemies of slavery. The evidence before the Slave Trade Committee shows an advance in commerce and security on the coast of Africa, strikingly con trasted with what I used to witness there forty years ago. A letter has just been published by the Go vernment from the Naval Commander-in-Chief on the coast of Africa, Sir Charles Hotham, urging the recognition of the Black Republic of Liberia, in terms demonstrating that statesmanship is not con fined to land. Of course the publication of such a letter is tantamount to agreement with its recom mendation. The stupid transatlantic theory of the inferiority of the black races, is scouted in every quarter connected with British policy ; and a man will soon be accounted as great a blockhead who asks whether a thing shall be done by black citizens or white, as the commander of a cavalry regiment who should ask whether his black or his white horses were intended in an order to charge. Lord John Russell stops the mouths► of the West Indian owners with the declaration, that come what will of them, who community, there are are only the ninety-ninth part of the West Indian English who have eightbeened greater than is enjoyed ase raised hundred to ast a thousand te o of comfortdark population in the world. 3 must have had that introduction man whose circulation is by the mass of any other These be tokens ; and the quickened by the view, h of stock-fishes into his genealogy which comedy byasthdelig are evidence published by the Slave Trade Committee, Africar e the to suggest. expense by the might either of the squadron on the coast o be halved or its efficacy doubled, size needed ; the most cess,of not employing vessels of twice thee simple pro • that of and that the outlay for men and vessels romantic scale would be somewhere about three sail of the line, from which you landsmen form your own judgment as to its bearin ni g e vo n ens in set a l j e naval resources of our boasted empire. Steam which are the cavalry of the sea, are almost the only s ' vessels applicable to the service ; which the last letter from the Naval Commander-in-Chief confirms. We have the evidence of naval officers, that a steam-vessel of one gun and fifty men, being something like the smallest of the vessels in which you go from London to Margate, is competent to the object; and consequently vessels of ten guns and a hundred men are waste. The Brazilians are employing steam-vessels in the slave-trade ; and if as the last accounts bear out, they are entirely beating even the steamers of the British navy, the British naval departments must find the way to get the upperhand, though they should send midshipmen and shipwrights into the Brazilian service to learn their business. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, London, June 19, 1848. SPORTING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The racing at Ascot did not lead to the unra velling of any future event; but, on the contrary, in creased the mystery hanging over the Derby and leading stakes in the womb of time, to such an extent, that the strongest mental lorgnette will, I am afraid, be unable to pierce the veil of fate. Springy Jack's double per formance in the Welcome and Windsor Stakes has ad- vanced him in the Leger odds to 3 to 1 takers, while it has improved Surplice's position, which may now be quoted as 6 to 4, and that the outside price. I am of opinion that Springy Jack, in losing the Derby, lost his only chance this year with Surplice, the latter being much better able to stay the Leger course than Elastic John, who will probably find his way home second in the great northern trial. Flatcatcher's race with The Hero proves that he can get a distance, but I cannot think he stands a chance of beating the Mahon and Goodwood cracks. Justice to Ireland, by Birdcatcher, out of Shepherdess, the property of the Duke of Bedford, as a three 3 rs old, is completely dark, and st two yrs he only ran once, for the Anglesey Stakes at the Curragh, when he beat the Perdita filly, King of Kildare, and nine others, in a can ter. This performance, added to his present condition, shape, and size must make him a dangerous rival for the Goodwood pet. Garrick's running for the New Stakes does not justify his present position in the Derby betting, for which race he stands but little chance. Mr. Green has one who is at least 71bs. better than the crack, and another which will not appear in public this year, but when fully pre pared wilt be a dangerous customer for the Epsom event. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Glauca must be regarded favourably for the Oaks of next year, being a rapidly improving mare. The tryst at Newcastle begins with the Produce Stakes, for which Lovelock or Susan Lovell ought to be thereabout. The Hotspur Stakes a walk over for Mr. Green. Tho Tyro Stakes on paper seem destined for Mr. Green with Cigarette or Weston; but I am inclined to place my faith in Lords Eglinton and Zetland, the filly by 1)on John, belonging to the latter, will be sure to be near the mark. On Wednesday the betting race of the week, the Northumberland Plate, will be decided, and for which a small field only will be brought to the post, probably about fourteen, to be selected from the following:— st lbs at lbs Inheritress, aged 8 12, Administrator, 4 yrs ...6 0 Chanticleer, 5 yrs 8 &All's Well, aged 6 0 Giselle, 5 yrs 7 7 Sally Maggs, 4 yrs ...6 0 Vanish, 5 yrs 7 6 Deloraine, 4 yrs 5 12 The Widow, aged 7 6 Swiss Boy, 3 yrs 5ll Ulysses, 4 yrs 6 12iTom Jolly, 4 yrs 5 9 Executor, 4 yrs, 6 B'Glen Saddel, 3 yrs 5 8 Vesta, 4 yrs 6 BBirdlime filly, 3 yrs ...5 2 Colt by Theon, 4 yrs 6 71Sylvan, 3 yrs 4 10 Enchanter, 4 yrs 6 3 Reality, 3 yrs 4 4 Sir Martin, 4 yrs 6 1 Of the above, The Widow, Ulysses, Swiss Boy, Tom Jolly, Birdlime filly, and Reality are on the doubtful list. Should Swiss Boy be sent instead of Sylvan, or both start, in that case to Swiss Boy or Glen Saddel the stakes will go; but in the absence of the Swiss Boy I think the race will come off thus:— Glen Saddel ..................... (Cree) 1 Deloraine ........................ (Ryder) 2 Sylvan ............... .........(Barham) 3 Inheritress ............. (Templeman) 4 The Produce St a k es to Eagle's Plume or the Stinger. The Gateshead or Lottery Stakes to Springy Jack or the Stinger. The Tyne Stak es to Lucullus or Lugar. The Gold Cup t o I nheritress or Chanticleer. lam Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. "r , BOILER P. —Nrost ort AT PRESTON: X 'YE LIVES LOST.-- , On S aturday morning, a few minutes before nine o clock, as the workpeople were about to recurs.- raenee work aft er b reakfast, at the Sovere i gn-m i l l , i n London-r oa d, i n this town, the property. of Mr. Hollins, the boiler b urst, and overthrowing the brick wall on one side of it, scattered the materials, as well as steam and hot water, for a considerable distance, severely injuring several parties w h o h a d b rea kf aste d i n th e eng i ne -house. Five died the same day from their injuries. The plates in the flue that gave way from the undue pressure of steam were at the further end of the boiler, and the im mense volume of steam set at liberty burst through the ceiling, and scattered bricks in the room above. The steam was also forced through the windows of the ware house, at a distance of twenty yards, and the windows of each story were completely shattered. Immediately on the disaster occurring, Mr. Harrison, Mr. Hidden, and Mr. Spencer, surgeons, were on the spot, and ren dered prompt assistance to the sufferers, several of whoa were removed to the House of Recovery as 80011 as their b ru i ses had been dressed. The parties were in the first instance taken to the Rose-bud, and Cheet ham's Arms inns, and to the other houses in the neigh bourhood. The engine, which was a high-pressure one, is of twenty- s ix horse-power. The cause of the accident is not known, but an investigation is being made into the circumstances. The inquest will take place on Monday. ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE.—On Saturday last the en ;jne-house of the Waterford and Limerick Railway, at Tipperary, was maliciously burned, and the rails of the small bridges broken, the handles of the switches broken, and the policeman's box upset and laid across thel rail. Three men lately at work on the line have been fully committed for this outrage. — Waterford Mai(. LARGE BEQUESTS TO LORD BROUGU AM.—A Sunday paper, from the best authority, states" that Mr. Watt, jun., of Birmingham, recently deceased, has be queathed. to L or d B roug h am 50 , 0001. Th e 25,0001. left to his Lordship by Mrs. Flaherty, of Hammersmith ,: he generously gave to hi s b rot h er, M r . W. B ro ugham. It is stated by a New York paper that Sir . John Richardson and hi s p arty arr i ve d at L a k e Superior on the 29th April, and left a few days after, on their jour ney overland to th e A rct i c regions i n searc h of the lost expedition of Sir John Franklin. „U . HOLIDAY AT Ting L AW O FEICES .-011 Saturday notice was issued at the law-offices that to-morrow, Tuesday, the 20th instant, being the anniversary of her Majesty's accession, would be kept as a strick holiday; no business whatever will be transacted. 37 p 41 p 41p 90 1 , 24% 14 3A 89 1/2 2 dis 44 1 4 :, 122 - 1% 11 3 4 5 3 ,4 8 PA 3014 17% 118 4 1,,i ROYAL CALEDONIAN ASYLUM, The directors and friends of tkis excellent institution dined together last Saturday evening, at the Freema sons' Tavern, to celebrate its thirty-first anniversary. His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch presided, supported by many noblemen and gentlemen interested in its progress. After the usual loyal toasts, The PRESIDENT, in an excellent speech, proposed the " Caledonian Asylum, and may the offspring of the brave never want a protector." The boys and girls of the school were marched round the room, preceded by Mr. Mackay, her Majesty's piper, and the Noble Chairman called on the company to witness their appearance, which certainl7 reflects the highest credit on the officers of the institution; perhaps they are the finest and healthiest looking children among the many charitable institutions in London. His GRACE, who evidently felt the force of the scene, appealed to the company to testify their satisfaction by contributing to its support. He said that this was an institution unlike most of the same character—superior in its management, and conducted on the best principles of economy, combined with liberality, and altogether above the common order of these institutions; and al though, generally speaking, other charities bad their proceedings represented by the powerful aid of the press, still the Caledonian Asylum needed but an inspection of its fruits to satisfy its subscribers. The toast was received with applause. His Grace then called forward the boys and girls who were to receive medals for merit and good conduct, and. in a very feeling address presented them with the pledges of reward, and then called on Captain CHARLES FORBES, as a director, to report more minutely the management and proceedings of the institution. The Gallant Gentleman, who takes a sin cere interest in the welfare of the asylum, said that ho would confine himself to the general heads, with a view to place before them the necessity for increased zeal and assistance to this most interesting national institution. In looking at the expenditure of the asylum during the last two years, and the diminution that had taken place in the funded capital of the corporation, which appears to have taken everybody by surprise, it is necessary to take into consideration three most important points :-- First, the average number of children and domestics during the last 28 years; secondly, the addition made to that number daring the last two years; and thirdly, the increase in the cost of all articles of provision during the last two years. Now, for upwards of twenty years the average cost per head for an establishment of 90 individuals has been about 181. to 201., or 1,8001. per annum, and with outlay in building about 2,2001. per annum. The addi tion made in the number of children during the past two years has been 50 female children, and a corresponding increase in the number of officers and servants, making % with the boys already on the establishment, an aggregate of 150 individuals, or an increase of 60! During the last two years it is a matter of history that famine prices have reigned in all amides of provision, and difficulties have been experienced in many institutions to obtain contracts. The average rate per head increased in consequence from 20/ to 301. per which, upon 150 individuals, gives 4,506/., or upon h extra children and household, a c l ear i ncrease upon u r former expenditure of 1,8001. per annum, for head,thet e sixty household, oo u sehold, and of 2,8001. upon the gross expenditure in the year. The income of the institution has been usually derived from the following sources : From donations received at the annual Per annum. dinner, and otherwise, about £4OO to £5OO From annual subscriptions From the Caledonian ball From Stock invested, about .. 67o* X 1,970 It will consequently be seen from this statement, that it is incumbent upon well-wishers and friends to raise additional annual subscriptions. The efforts of private individuals connected with the direction and in the cor poration have, in many cases, been beyond all praise to maintain and uphold the interests of the charity. There are now in the Asylum : Boy s Girls.... 50 Children together Officers and servants 9 The Gallant Captain Individuals . . 140 'a report was received wi manse sheerin g . th int.. The Rev. Dr. CUMMING also appealed in the charity's behalf ; and, Mr. CooKE, the Government Inspector of Schools, testified to the proficiency and excellent system of edu cation observed among the children. The dinner and wines were of the best; and Duncan Macnaughten, of the Grenadier Guards, acted as toast master, dressed in a handsome costume. His appear ance in that character had an imposing effect when proposing the toasts. The band of the Institution attended and played various pieces of music during the evening, and Mr. Wilson (although not there professionally), at the re quest of the Chairman, sang some delightful songs. The amount of subscription received was about 850/. • Now 6211. I Is. 3d.—or from Consols, 525/. 16s. 7d., Reduced, 95(. 14s. Sd. DEPARTURE Or THE CAMBRIA•—The British and Royal Mail steam-ship Cambria, Captain Harrison, sailed from Liverpool on Saturday forenoon, for Boston, via Halifax. She carries out the usual weekly Canadian and United States mails, and about sixty passengers, among whom are the Hon. Colonel Bruce, brother to Lord Elgin, the Governor-General of Canada, and the Hon. E. Stanley, son of Lord Stanley, who go out on a pleasure excursion. - THE ANNIVERSARY OF WATERLOO.—Yesterday was the 33d anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, fought by the allied armies on the 18th of June, 1815, and which victory consolidated the peace of Europe. The colours of the Royal Horse Guards, the Grenadiers. Cohistreams, and F usileers, were yesterday, in honour of the event, decorated with laurel, all the men also mounted laurel leaf in their shakos. The number of men now attached to the household Brigade, and actually present in this engagement , is reduced to forty. Loss OF THE VACKET-SIIIP ASTORIA--On Satur day letters were received at Lloyd's communicating the total loss of this fine, newly-built ship, 500 tons burden, while on her first outward voyage to Quebec. The um fltriunate vessel was only launched at Sunderland in the latter part of last year, a gentleman named Collinson being the owner. She took her departure from Graves end in the early part of the spring with a number of passt.ngers, and a cargo of merchandise insured for 70,0001. her passage across the Atlantic was as favour able as could be desired, and she had gained within 70 miles of her destination when the unfortunate event oc curred. It took place on the night of the 11th of last month, when running along the coast of the Little Fox river in a gale of wind from the westward. A thick mist pre vailing prevented observations of the ship's course being taken, in consequence of which she got too close in, and ran ashore on a mass of sunken rocks. She struck vio -ently several times, producing the utmost consternation among the passengers and crew. Her masts were cut away, in the hopes it would lighten the vessel and she would float off, but she remained fast, and, the weather continuing boisterous, soon beat in her bottom, and she filled with water. The following night an attempt was made by a gang of desperate wreckers to plunder the wreck and the stores, which had been saved and landed on the shore. They came down in large numbers, and the master of the Astoria had to direct his men to fire on them to disperse them : some, it was said, were badly wounded. By the last accounts from the master, it appears there is not the smallest chance of the vessel being saved, and she was immediately expected to ge to pieces. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE LIVERPOOL ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.—This morning a melancholy accident occurred at these gardens. The stupendous elephant, Raja, the finest animal of the kind in Europe, was chastised by his keeper, Richard Howard, slightly, for some disobedience. The animal immediately resented, and struck his keeper to the ground, crushing him to death afterwards with his foot. This is the second keeper within a few years who has been killed by this elephant, who was generally exceed ingly tractable, and walked about the gardens on gala nights with an Eastern car behind him. The Messrs., Atkins immediately resolved upon destroying the animal, and, for this purpose, two ounces of prussic acid and twenty-five grains of aconite were administered to him in a bun ; but beyond slight uneasiness for about five minutes, the elephant did not seem to be at all affected by the poison. After waiting three-quarters of an hour, and finding the poison was not likely to take effect, it was deter mined to shoot the animal. A detachment of the 52d Rifles, who are at present stationed in Liverpool, were sent for, and twelve men having entered the den, they waited and fired. The animal staggered, and leant against the den. Another dozen riflemen entered and fired. This brought theranimal to the ground, and he died instantly. The poor man who has lost his life was literally flattened, every rib in his body being broken. Amongst the gentlemen who were present when the animal was destroyed was Van Ambnrgh, who is at present fulfilling an engagement at the Theatre Royal. There were also several medical gentlemen in attendance to assist in destroying the animal. The animal cost 800 L eleven years ago, but was worth more than 1,0001. FIRE NEAR GUILMIALL.—ShortIy before six o'clock on Saturday evening a fire broke out in the extensive range of buildings recently known as the Bassishaw-chambers, in Basinghall-street, which closely adjoin the eastern end of Guildhall, and for some time placed that ancient structure in danger. The flames, when first discovered, were issuing from the back win dows of the second floor, in the occupation of Messrs. Forestine and Co., German merchants and importers of foreign clocks. Immediately on the outbreak the hose was attached to the fire-mains belonging to the various engine-stations of the brigade, &c.; but although their attendance was speedy, and the supply of water abun dant, the flames continued to burn with great fury, until the whole of the upper part of the premises in which they originated was gutted, and the adjoining buildings on either side damaged by fire and water. Messrs. Forestine and Co.'s stock is stated to have area extensive, and their loss is estimated at 5,0001. The building is insured in the Phoenix Fire office, but it was not known last night in what office the stock is insured. The origin of the fire is believed to have been caused through the flooring of the warerooms being covered with Russia matting, and a number of foreign ',gentle men having been smoking there in the course of the afternoon. MARTLEBONE VESTRT.-013 Saturday the Rev'. Dr. Spry presided, when the debate upon a petition to Government, to send to the colonies paupers and others out of work was again resumed. Mr. Standford, Mr. H. Wilson, Mr. Joseph, Mr. St. John, Mr. W. Williams, Mr. Haikes, and Mr. Glazier having addressed tha Vestry, the debate was again acourned.