The Sun. — London, England, 1848-07-19 00:00:00

'ff nti to doe; . m ¥ Ltiou, I e A" e ; eY °C %ei at aMor Bbted, ktli -TO IP ry gen o f chAoel It. ace 0 10 og i ra ises, 3a 140 a. for b . ; Pent t° d wb°„ t l the ev 4 owl' tit d gage d 3e the allegeou By she; ler chl nfiro 7 acqui t : J l resr ad aothi4 iV atoi r r Iwo° io ler oil ' ment• A tpone° [r. lifi'l cuing Y to cert° and clot known dered Lis ere t° of eyed • t D e jus t , iness le to try' g sittioir Ye lialt s of Of for AN real U}. ators or this the in . )eetillg! 11 spel l ': are 13 °t 3. a t n hour' rention. a quo: landed ye, And s being id .1 1 sea and .......• for the isiao 01- urner°l h u rts, the id" middle )ave s up• erks, in of )urpen'l sa les fl I°, 7iest, 0 nd p 1 made ° uing Alf Dt sctij Engir MONEY and COMMERCIAL ‘. ‘l . S. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE The Cotton Market at Liverpool yest9rday was rather quieter. Sales 4,000 bales at forger rates. American realised aid. to 51d. per lb. In Railway Shares there was a greatly increased business, and the market was better supported at advanced prices. The accounts from Ireland have been s)mewhat differently interpreted. The course pursued by the Government, in so far as it indicates a vigorous policy, should be calculated to inspire confidence, and will, we hope, be instrumental in convincing the disaffected that their sting is likely to be drawn at once, without awaiting harvest time. Whatever may be the un pleasantness of the feeling excited, and the temporary check which it may occasion to business, the power of England, aided by the loyalists in the sister country, to crush the insurrection, is by no one doubted. The cholera seems to be journeying steadily though slowly towards Germany. At Riga, on the 23th July, the cholera had appeared, but had not yet proved very fatal. The great Colonial Wool sales have been trought to a conclusion, and it is stated in the report of Mr. William Hall, that at the commencement and for some time after, the prices submitted to were ruinously low, so much so as to induce some holders to withdraw their Wools, and the very cheap purchases havi e g brou g ht an accession of buyers, considerable improvement took place towards the close, leaving the prices nearly equal to those of May last. The Funds are down per cent. upon the Irish news, Consols haying dropped from 88k to 874 for Transfer, and from 884 to 874 4 for Account. Ex chequer-bills have been 498. to 525. premium. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 117 i to 88k, and the Three per Cents. 87k to 88k. Bank Stock is worth 198. India Bonds have been 325. to 335. premium. In the Foreign Market there has been very little d o ing. Spanish * 'Five per Cents. are 12, and Portu guise Four per Cents. 18i ; Mexican Bonds are 17* to I ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 44i to 45. sailway Shares have been rather flatter. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. rracEs. Bank Stock 8 per Cent. Reduced Anns ..... BBl 88 88 8 per Cent. Consols Annuities B B5 p 87 3 / 4 88 88 New 34 per Cent. Anns.... .• BB% 88 88 Loni Anne. to expire Jan.lB6o -16 9 9 nii to, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 11-16 8 3 / 4 India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,0001. . ....... .« 35 p 35 p Console for Account BB 3 /4 88 88 1 A 87% 88 Exchequer Bills. 2%d. 1,000/. June 46 p 1,0001. March ...... 5001. Match. 5O p Small, March .. 52 49 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ONE O'CLOCK. 49 P CLOSIE ti PRICES. Brazilian Bonds — Ditto, Small — 70 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — Ditto, Account. l7 I A% 17% Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto,4 per Cent I B I,E 1 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, 3 per Cent ..... ........ .. .. Ditto, Account — Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 45 44% 45 45 Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates 72 1 / a 72 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 3% Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2% Belfast & County Down 16 ...... -- Birmingham and Ox ford Junction .... ... 20 Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ..... Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 12/. 4s ... ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 10 Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter B5 Ditto, Thirds BUckinghamshire... 141 5 4 Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50 Chester and Holyhead... 42% Ditto, Preference l5 ...... Clarence ..•• ••••• 78 1 4 Do. Ist Class , 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 pa Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth ...... ........... . 514...... ...... ....... Dublin and Belfast June. 30 ..«.. Dundalk & Enniskillen 17%...... • — East Anglia, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... ... _ Do., 18/., E. & H.... 18 Do., 31.105. Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... 1431 i 15 14% 14% Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. Ditto, Extension, 5 per Cent., No. 1......6/. 13s. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern 50 Do., 5 per cent. Do. Quarters • Do. New ... 23 Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1 Ditto, Class B (I. & .._ and B.) 2O . ... . Ditto, Cliss C, ditto.. ; 17%..... Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 10 ...... ..... Ditto, ditto Ditto (C. & E.) guar. 5 per ...... 2 1 ,4 East Lancashire Ditto, New ...... 17 ...... Ditto, New Quarters 61/....•• Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... VA..... East Lincolnshire ...... 20% ..... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 •...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. ......... Ditto, Quarter Shares Edinburgh and Northern 25 ...... Ditto, .New.. ........ GU — Ditto, Newport ......... 13 Ditto, ditto, New 3 4..... -- Eareter,Yeovil, k Dorch - ..... ......... ••• . . 2 Ditto, New Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ....... ... -8/. 6s. 8d.... -- Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 Ditto, New 4O — Do. Preference Consol. 16 Great Northern Do., London and York 2 1 / $ ...... Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of England.loo ...... -- Ditto, New, 40/ l6 - ......... Ditto, New, 301......... 30 - ......... .... • • Ditto, New,ls/ l l l- . ......... ...... Great Western 9O ... .. 90 Ditto, 44 Shares 5O ...... 50 Ditto, 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths 2() Ditto, New 171......•. 13 ... .. 11% Huddersfield and Manch. 28 Ditto, Thirds - Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ..... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... Ditto, 4 Shares - ... ... Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... ~ ..... Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto, % Shares Do. Quarter Shares.. 17% 10 ,4 Do. Fifths.- ........ ... 9 Do. Sixteenths 64 Do. Thirds (1eg.)..... 13 ..... Do. New,Gua.6 per et. 2%...... 8% 3 Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 ...... Ditto % (late Hud dersfield and Sher.) 38 Do.(Waltefield,Ponte tract, and Goole) ... 50 ...... Do.( W. Riding Union) 6 ..... 2 1 4% 2% Do.(Preston& Wyre) 25 D 0.% Shares ( A)... 9% Leeds.and Bradford 5O ...... 91 Leads, Dewsbury, &c.... 50 . ..... Do., Halt' Shares 2 2 IA ..... .... .... Do.. (blue) Scrip...... Leeds and Thirsk ..... .43 Ditto, New ..... ........ 30 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3 1 A --. ......•'••••••. Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . 3 ll •-• Liverp., Manchester, and Newcastle Junction... VA..... ....... ... . ..- London & Black wa11:.. 13 /. 6 s. 8d.... 5 Do. - Eit tension ..... ... 22;4 ... .. ...... — London, Brighton, and South C0a5t......... 50 Do. Congo!. Eighths. 40 Do.Guarant. s per ct.. , 9 ...... 8% ex div B% x.d. Do. Pret. Con. 5 per ct. 50 .. ... Ditto. ditt0...... 1852 50 ...... Ditto, New Si., guar. 6 per cent. London andlireenwich 12/15s 4d... NIA x.d B% x.d. Ditto, Preference... 181173 2d... London and N. Western 100...128 127 127% 126% 126% Do. Quarters (L. & B.) 22 ...... ...•„Ditto, New Ditto, Fifths ..... .. .. 2 Do. 40/.Bhares(L.M.) 20 — Do. 10/. (M. B) A. 9 ...... —. Do. 10/. (M. & B.)13. 9 — Do. 101. (M. & 13.) C. 1 ••• •,.• 3 713 3% Load. &S. Western Do. New 50/. ... ..... 42%.• Do. New 401 . 34 Do. Tenths (Consul.) 50 Ditto ditto ~... ..... 40 Ditto. Thirds ...... 111. 13s. 4d — Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls ... 11. 135. 4d... ..... ... London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... .... •• •••• •••• 1 %•••••• """ Londondorry&Coleraine 27%...••• -- ....... — Londonderry and Ennis- 25 . killen ..... .--. Lowestoft (4 per et.) ... 20 ...... —' Ditto (6 per ct.) ..... 3 ..... •-• Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock Manchester, Sheffield, 4 ...... -- and Lincohashire 100 ...... ... .».......• Do. Quarters (No. 1) 18 ...... ..- ..... • ••• Ditto ditto (No. 2) 25 ...... -- ...... .. ..... .. Ditto ditto (No. 3) " Ditto, New 101. Pref lO ...... ............... Ditto, Gt. Grimsby - •••••••• ...... .... Ditto ditto . ......„. 9 Ditto ditto .... 6% — ...... ~...• Ditte 13hoitilld and 43p 52p 50 i. 11 3 / 4 213/4 6 1 4 67 1 4 70%2 90 50 19% 19 1 4 11% 36% 104 - 84 SUS, LONDON, VVIIDNESDAY EVENIN4, JULY 19, 1848. Lincolnshire lO . ... Do., Grimsby Dock... 15 Do. M anc h e ster and Lincoln Union..... 41.25. Manchest. & Southampt. 2 1 ,4 Midland ... Do. Consolidated Pref.loo - ••• Do., do., 50/. Shares.- 20 ... .. - - Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Do. Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 119% 119 ... ..... 119 Ditto, Brist. & Glocstr. 38 - Ditto, ditto .....141. 185.... Ditto,Leieest. & Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.100 Midland Great Western 14 1 ,4 ........_ Irish lifiddlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. NeweastleandCarlisle...100 Do. Quarters Newmarket ... ..... . .. 20 — Do. Extension .........21. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 ...... Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor 17% — .. ...... ...... Norfolk ......... ........... 100 Do. New 20/. .. Do. Extension 5 p ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 1 ,4pc. 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ...... Northern Counties Union 4 ..... Northißritith:........ ... 25 ... ... 22% 22% Ditto, Halves Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Extension O% —.. •• ••• ••• Ditto, Thirds 4 1 / 2 .. — North & South-Western 2 North Staffordshire 12%..... 10% 9%........ 9% Sorth Wales . ... 3 1 /s North-W'estern . 8%4 Oxferd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 45 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 7 l/5..... -- Royston and Hitchin - Scottish Central ... .. ... . ... 23 Scottish Midland 25 - ••• ••••••••••• . m. ' . Ditto, New - •• -• Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (Nor. Div.) ... 7% --•—•" Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 4 • -- Shrewsbury and Birm... 8 •••••• •• 2% Ditto ditto, Class B. 5 — Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 •••••• Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 ...... .• — Ditto Oswestry ...... 16 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 - Shropshire Union South Devon 45 ...... Do. Preference South Staffordshire 5 1% — South Eastern Do., No. 1 24 ...... Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 25 ...... 1634 16% Do., No. 4 Thirds ... 8 3 / 4 6% ... ... 6% South Wa1e5............... 23 Smith Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Still. Coal. ... 6 Taw Vale Extension ... 6 Thames Haven Dock and Railway ..... ...... 171/2 ...... Vale of Neath ... ... ..... 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 15 1 %. — .. — Waterford and Limerick 42% Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .. ...... 42 3 4...... Do. do. do. ... 25 ... 27% --- Do. do. do. ... 7%..... - ••• West Cornwall =OM Whitehaven & Furness 13 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 914 Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... .. ....... ... 25 .....3234 3234 Do. Original New and Berwick Do. Extension No. 1. 15 - Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 10 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 ...... York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 16 ...... Ceylon - Demerara ... 12 1 / 1 — - Dendre Valley 4 Direct Bombay and Madras 5B. • ••• Dutch Rhenish ..... .... 7%... •• East Indian ... 34 — ...... - ••• • Great Indian Peninsular ss. Italian and Austrian.... 4 Louvain Ila Sambre ... 7% Luxembourg 7 Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...... Namur and Liege lB ... .. Northern of France lO Orleans and;;Bordeaux 6 ...... ..... ..- 2 Over Yssel 4/354d...... I'aris and Lyons ll .•• .. -- Paris and Orleans ...... 20 Paris and Rouen ........ 20 ...... ......... Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 Tours and Nantes 8 Touruay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ...... 18 West Flanders bli .• ••• JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia . British North American 50 Colonial 25 Commercial of London 20 London Joint Stock— 10 London & Westminster. 20 National Prov. England. 35 Ditto, New ...... .. ..... 10 National of. Ireland 2 2 14 •• •••• • • de ........ • • • ... Provincial of Ireland Ditto New... ........... 10 Union of Australia Ditto,New.... ..... Union of L0nd0n......... 10 ...... Union of Madrid ..........MINES. Anglo-Mexican lOO Asturian Mining Com... 12 Australian • 24 Bolonos Scrip ...... .... -- B r itish Iron B ra zilian Cotaes& Cuiba 30 . Do. St. John Del R e y 15 ...... 8% ex Cobre Copper Galvanized Iron ...... .. 10 ...... Ditto, New Real Del Monte, Unreg — Do. Black Debentures Do. Red 28 3 / 4 ...... — 3 1 A Ditto ... United Mexican LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) L ONDON , JULY 119. —Wind N.E., fresh breeze and fine. HARWICH, JULY IL—The Merchant, Williams, ar rived here from Fredericksham this day, was on shore in the Cattegat; and the St. John's, Scott, from London to Hartlepool , put in here last night, with less of bow sprit, having been in contact. DEAL, JULY 18.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Celeiro, Nlonro, Christiana; Dodero, Hamburgh, and sld. for Monte Video; Marcas, Kargunay, ditto, and ski. for Havannab. Arrd. from the River and sld., Queen, Gordon, Hong-Kong; Bucephalus, Bell, Cape of Good Hope and Bengal. LIVERPOOL, JULY 18.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Taaot, Iceland. Sld. Anna, Henderson, Calcutta; Ma jesty, Tranquebar; Tryphena, Bercut; Callender, New York; Versailles, Boston; Sholing, Winassett; Crescent, Halifax. Off port, Columbus, Pernambuco. GLOUCESTER, JULY 18.—Sld. Oronoco, Kenny, St. John's, New Brunswick. SCILLY, JULY 15.—Sid. Emerald. New Orleans. SWANSEA, JULY 18.—Wind S.S.W.Arrd. 7th, Vio toria, ‘Villiamson, Adelaide, South Australia. Sid. Pas coe Grenfell, Proud, Cuba. CLYDE, JULY 17.—Acrd. Norval, Kirk, Pernambuco; Adelaide, Ford, Cuba ; Eromanga, Ramsay, Montr e al. Std. 15th, Clydesdale, Morris, Porto Rico ; London, M4Donald, Pictou, United States ; 17th, Glasgow, 'Mar shall, St. John's, New Brunswick. DUBLIN, JULY 17.—Wind N.W.—Sld. 15th, Eliza beth, Cairn, St. John's, New Brunswick. THURSO, JULY 14.—Arrd. Spring, Wood, St. John's, New Brunswick; 15th, Pomona, Quebec, for Leitb. SHIELDS, JULY 18.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Spring, Wood, St. John's, New Brunswick. tations. The duty is called from 200,000/ to 205,(100/. Sussex pockets, 21 4s to 2/ 12s; Wcald of K. , .nt ditto, 2/ Ss to 3/ 16s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 2/ lOs to 5/ 53 per cwt. would be very inconvenient to reply to the questions now. Lord G. BENTINCIC inquired when the treaty with Holland was signer'. On the 30th of May, the Noble Lord stated that he had no intention to alter the Act of 1846. This seemed strange since the prescription with respect to the rdined sugar of Holland existed in July. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said tho refined sugar of Holland was admissible by the treaty of 1847, on the principle extended to the most favoured nations. Lord G. BENTINCK read the clause in that Act, and said he differed with the Right Hon. Gentleman as to his conqruction of the treaty. Mr. WILSON entered into an explanation of the treaty, and said the Noble Lord's interpretation of the Act was perfectly correct. TUE SALE OF BREAD. Mr. BANKES explained, with respect to this Bill, that in consequence of what had been said, he should more for a Select Committee on the Ist of August. He wished to get the House to affirm the principle of the Bill. He did not anticipate that the Committee could proceed to any extent with its labours this session. He should not proceed with the Bill in the present session. ELECTION COMMITTEE. (THIS DAY.) DUBLIN. The interminable scrutiny into the validity of Mr. Reynolds's majority was resumed, but the petitioners failed to strike of any additional votes to-day. Several votes were attacked on the ground that the electors were defaulters on the grand jury cess. but the Committee did not think the evidence in any of the cases sufficiently proved that the proper requisites for requiring payment had been gone through. APPROACHING MARRIAGES IN lIIGH LIFE. Wo have it in our power to announce several matri monial alliances in the hkher circles of society, of which our readers are not already apprised. Lord Burghley, eldest son of the Marquis and Mar• chioness of Exeter, has contracted a matrimonial en gagement with Lady Georgiana Pakenham, second daughter of the Countess of Longford, and sister of the present Peer. The ceremony will be solemnized early in the ensuing month. We understand that Lady Caroline Grosvenor, fourth daughter of the Marquis and Marchioness of West minster, is about to be conducted to the hymeneal altar by the lion. Mr. Leigh, eldest son of Lord and Lady Leigh, of Stoneleigh Abbey. The preliminaries were only arranged on Friday last, and the ceremony is to take place early in the next month. The long-spoken•of marriage of Viscount Dupplin, eldest son of the Earl and Countess of Kiunoul, and Lady Blanche Somerset, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, is to take place to-morrow, when a select party will be entertained to luncheon at Beaufort House, to celebrate the wedding. The marriage of Lord Charles Pelham Clinton with the . ,lovely and accomplished Miss Grant, of Gongutta, N. 8., which we have already announced, is decided to take place at the close of the month, it net having pre• viously taken ;place from circumstances over which the parties had no control. The solemnity is to be performed in town. MARKET NEWS--(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE—WEDNESDAY The arrivals of English Wheat, aince Monday ' have b e en very moderate , y et the stands to-da y were he avily tilled with; Monday's new and old samples. Th e we ather being fi ne for the growing crops, and the atten. dance of buyers limited, the demand for all kinds of Wheat of home produce was in a very depressed state, and the late depression in the quotation s was with diffi culty supported. Th ere was a slight increase in the supply of Foreign Wheat. Selected par cels may be con sidered about stationary; but the middling and inferior kinds were to be purchased on easier terms.—No Eng lish Barley at market; but the show of foreign samples was good. All kinds were heavy, and almost nominal in value. For Malt there was scarcely any demand. In prices, however, we have no change to notice.—A very large import of foreign Oats has again taken place, and which had a depressing influence upon the trade. Cho weathered parcels were easier to purchase.—Beans, ['ens, and all other articles commanded scarcely any attention. ARRIVALS. Barley. -- qrs. Wheat. 3,410 qrs. Oats. I Flour. 450 qrs. 1,170 ski, 24,060 I - English ...... 1ri5h......... Foreign ...... 5,390 I 7,950 Malt, 440 qrs. 111711ITECEMPEL. The supply of Meat on offer in to•day's market was but moderate, while the demand, generally speaking, was steady, at full prices. Beef, from 2s 10d to 35 8d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d; Veal, 3s 4d to 48 2d; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 6d per 81bs, by the carcase. ZOILOUGU NOP MARKET. For all kinds of ;Hops the demand, owing to the fa vourable accounts received from the plantations, is in a very dull state, at barely the late depression in the quo. Cbtriti VlOttton HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM IRELAND. The following letters of our Dublin correspondent furnish some important details, although, as will be perceived, not of a date so recent as the telegraphic dispatch in our Third Edition : DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING, NINE O'CLOCK. A Privy Council was summoned last night, to be held this afternoon. I have ascertained that Dublin, Cork, and Waterford, are to be proclaimed, under the Act for the Suppression of Crime in Ireland. The Lord-Lieutenant will preside at the Council, and the necessary proclamations will be issued. They will appear in the Dublin Gazette this night, and copies will be sent off by the mails to Cork and Wa terford. You might have anticipated some such de cided proceeding as this from my letter of yesterday. The Government, I understand, has information of a conspiracy not only to defeat the ends of :justice in the approaching trials, but, by actual force, to subvert all law and order, and to engage this country in a deadly struggle, by means similar to those employed in Paris. DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING, HALF-PAST TEN. A large force of constabulary, from the depot in the Pcenix-park, are at this moment embarking on board the Rhadamanthus, at Kingstown, for Water ford, where the revolutionary party have assumed a threatening aspect. It is stated that the Lord-Lieutenant is to sail for London this evening, and that the object of his visit is connected with the alarming condition of some parts of this country. A number of the horses of his Excellency are now on board the Albert steamer, which is to sail from the North Wall in a few minutes.—Chronicle. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve o'clock. Mr. BERNAL reported progress on the Highways Bill, and obtained leave to sit again on Friday next. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. _ The Lords' amendments to the London and Blackwall Railway (Improvement and Branches to St. Katharine's and London Docks) Bill were considered and agreed to. THIRD READINGS. The Edinbnrgh Police (Amendment and Consoli dation of Acts, and Police and Sanitory Improvement) Bill was read a third time and passed. SECOND READING. _ Fullerton's Estate Bill was read a second timo. JUVENILE OFFENDERS. Sir H. HALFOIiII presented a petition from the mayor and burgesses ot•r the borough of Leicester, in fa►our of the establishment of asylums for ju►enile of fenders. LONDON BAKERS. Mr. G. THOMPSON presented a petition signed by master and journeymen bakers in the Tower Hamlets district, praying the House not to put them under the restriction of an Act, limiting the huurs of labour, with which it was impossible for them to comply. Captain PEC ti ELL presented a similar petition from Brighton, signed by 102 persons. REPRESENTATIVE REFORM. Mr. G. THOMPSON presented two petitions from Scotland, one, from working men, praying fur the enact ment of the six points of the People's Charter, and the other in favour of Representative Reform. POOR-LAW. Mr. PACKE, and several other Hon. Members, pre sented petitions from officers of Poor-law Unions, pray ing for superannuation allowance. SALE OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from the Deacons and Canons of the Cathedral, and other clergy. men, of the parish of Manchester, in favour of the Bill relat ing to the sale of beer and other liquors on the Lord's Day. SALE OF BREAI) BILL. Sir B. HALL presented a petition from Marylebone, signed by 180 master bakers, against this Bill. Mr. HAWES presented a similar petition from Lam beth, signed by 102 master-balers. Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition to the same effect, and also one praying that some limit might be put to night-work in bakehouses____ SALE OF POISON. Mr. WAKLEY presented a Petition from Gains borough, signed by surgeons, clergymen, and others, complaining of the increase of deaths by poison in this country, and of the difficulty of discovering, by chemi cal analysis, whether or not death has been so Produced, and praying that some Legislative enactment might be passed to restrict the sale of poisons by chemists, drug gists, and other persons. PENSION LIST. The How. MEMBER. also presented a petition from Manchester praying for a revision of the pension list, at.cl that no relief be given by the Government to able bodied persons, unless they discharge some equivalent duty to the state. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. The HON. MEMBER also presented petitions from Manchester and other places in favour of Parliamentary Reform. EMIGRATION. Sir B. HALL presented a petition from the Maryle• bone Vestry in favour of some measure for facilitating the emigration of poor persons to the colonies. SALE OF BREAD BILL. Mr. PATTISON presented a petition from the mas ter, the wardens, and commonalty of the mystery of baking in London, under their common seal, against the Bread Bill; also a petition to the same effect from 120 master- bakers carrying on trade in the city of London. VOTE BY BALLOT. Mr. H. BERKELEY gave notice that, on the Bth of August next, he should bring forward his motion in fa vour of vote by ballot. SUGAR DUTIES. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK withdrew his amend ment respecting the sugar duties, and gave notice that he should substitute an amendment that the schedule of duties should stand as at present under the existing law. SALE OF BREAD BILL. Mr. WAKLEY said he understood that all Bills affecting any portion of the trading community should be introduced by a resolution of a Committee of the whole House. The Bill for regulating the sale of bread had not been so introduced, and as it was calculated to affect in a great degree the baking trade, he wished to k now whether it could now be proceeded with consis tently with the rules of the House? The SPEAKER said as the Bill affected the interests of a certain portion of the trading community in this country, and as it had not been introduced by a resolu tion of a Committee of the whole House, it could not be proceeded with. Mr. SPOONER said, in the absence of the Hon. Member for Dorchester (Mr.G. Bankes) who had charge of it, that he would withdraw the Bill for the present. SUGAR DUTIES. Lord G. BENTINCK said he apprehended that if the Government intended to raise the duties which they bad proposed, they must ask leave of the House to withdraw the Bill which was now before it, cancel the resolutions which had been passed, and in fact begin again anew. Ile apprehended there was no course open to tie Govern ment but to abandon the Sugar Duties Bill ; to ask the House to rescind the resolution, and to begin afresh.— (Laughter.) The duty previously levied upon Dutch refined sugar was 31. 35., but the Right Hon. Baronet had not included this in his schedule. It would now be IL 4s. Bd. The statements of the Right Hon. Baronet had sent up the price of foreign sugar 3s. per cwt., and Dutch refined 2s. per cwt. It was said in the City that if the Bill passed during the present session it would set Messrs. De Brede, who had recently become bank• rupts, upon their legs again—of course at the ex mthi es but,t nature ak h te i u s rh t e h ao e d ex pense of the British refiner, who said it was a e t d i gh t t t o stab in the dark. This they had no right to say; they h oc h i a s c d u a r the Exchequer said nothing about this point in stating resolutions.a t they e m ust say, that the Chancellor of brin • ' bringing forward a measure more ag reeable to the par ties who now complainedof • . apprehended e nd begine t i d n e c e n this mistake the principle of the present measure. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the attention of the Government was directed to the matter, and when the Bill was in Committee he should state the intentions of the Government to that House. It was right that he should state that he intended to alter the words in the first clause, in order to render its meaning more clear. believed sto t h b e y e s o x m ac e t t i b n a t e t n ttiboen dutyof t o h n e f G .O r o e v i e g r n n m s u e g n a t r ; Mr. CARDWELL said that much doubt p reva il e d i n t it he w C as it would be 15s. 9d., whereas it was tho intention of the Government to charge but 135., giving the foreign re finer a great advantage over his British competi tor. He did not gather from the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the differences of opinion up on t h e sub ject was on that foundation. It was most important that the City should be placed in possession of tho in tentions of the Government on i the subject. It was un reasonable to ask the great interests involved to wait until the C om mittee.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HUDSON said the City had a right to ask the intentions of the Governmen t. . T he CHANCELLOR o f the EXCHEQUER sa id th e re was not the slightes t doubt that there was a mis take in the beginning o f . the first clause. S ugar not Satur irbetfirneeddoeiendthiiostocotube colon i es . ntry,o He rtsdependencies, c ould not be stated, on day, the state of the la w upon that subj ec t, an d as he was in communication with competent parties on the matter, and bad been so for the last two clays, it TREASURY PAPERS. In reply to Sir H. WILLOUGHBY, Mr. LABOUCHERE stated that arrangeirents had recently been made by which all parties could simulta neously obtain information usually obtainable from Trea sury papers . A li st was f ormer ly k e pt of the parties who might obtain papers, but now the papers would be issued on the principle of the Parliamentary papers, and would,be equally accessible. CORN DUTIES. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated, in reply to L or d G . Bent i nc k , t h at h e s h ou ld h ave no objection to p ro d uce the papers on w hi c h h e b ase d hi s c a Iclations, if the Noble Lord thought proper to move for them. THE ESTIMATES. Mr. HUDSON inquired when the estimates for the year would be laid on the table. Lord J. RUSSELL proposed to proceed on Friday with the army and navy estimates. Mr. HUDSON . Not ' on account — ac t ua l liabilities ? Lord J. RUSSELL replied' that votes would. be taken for d e f ray i ng actual liabilities. Lord G. BENT INCK enquired w h en th e rea l b u d ge t s would be laid on the table ?—( L aug h ter .)' ' Lord J. RUSS ELL said with as l i tt l e d e l ay as poss ibl e. When the ar my and navy, or d nance an d m i sce ll aneous estimates were agreed to, and the Government were en abled to compare the actual expenditure with the re venue, his Right Hon: .Friend would state to the House the information required. Mr. HUDSON trusted that the Right Hon. Baronet in doing so, would recapitulate the former budget. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—I will do all I can to please the Hon. Gentleman. —(Laughter.) THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHARITABLE TRUSTS ILL. Mr. ANSTEY withdrew this ß Bill till the next session, which was agreed to. THE CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL. Sir R. H. INGLIS said he was the last man in the House who could ask any favour of the Hon. Gentleman who had charge of this Bill (Mr. Anstey); but looking at the period of the session, at the impossibility of its passing this session, and at the great time that had been devoted to it, he thought the lion. Gentleman would do well in also withdrawing this Bill. Mr. SPOONER joined in the appeal. Sir G. GREY explained that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman was not responsible for the time that had been takeu up by this Bill, as he had had to contend with much opposition upon matters of detail, as there was not much difference of opinion in its ge neral principles. At this late period of the session, he could not expect to proceed much further with it ; and therefore, on that ground, he joined with them in thinking that he would do well to withdraw the Bill. Mr. GOULBURN complained that much valuable time had been wasted on this Bill, and considered that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman should bow to the ex pressed wish of the House. Mr. STAFFORD urged the MIL and Learned Gen tleman to do so, as he had had a fair share of the time and attention of the House. Mr. ANSTEY did not wish to oppose the will of the House, but be felt bound to proceed with the Bill. He complained that tha Government in and out of office had faltered with the Roman Catholics, with the Noncon formists, and with other religious bodies, playing at one one time upon one body, and at others on another, as it suited their electioneering and other purposes. He had little faith in their promises, and should proceed with his Bill. He therefore begged to move that the order of the day be read. Lord J. RUSSELL said he had always voted for the removal of religious disabilities. After a few words from the Earl of Arundel and Sur rey, Mr. Newdegate, and Mr. Anstey, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, although he was in favour o 4 the Bill, and had at great personal inconve nience attended Wednesday atter Wednesday to give it his support, thought at the present period of the session it would be better to postpone the measure. Mr. LAW then proposed, as an amendment, that the House should go into Committee on the Bill that day three mouths. Mr. C. ANSTEY felt bound to make a few observa tions to the House, in consequence of the insinuations of the Attorney-General. lie had stated that he (Mr. Anstey) had been influenced in bringing forward the Bill by a desire to bring himself into notice. That in sinuation he denied, and in proof of it begged to state that before he had a seat in that House he was instru mental in introducing Lord Beaumont's Act and Lard Lyndhurst's Act, and the present was the last instalment of what he wished to secure to the Homan Catholics. After a few words from the Attorney-General in ex planation, and some observations from Mr. Urquhart, Mr. C. Anstey, and Mr. Sharman Crawford, Mr. P. 110 WARD trusted that the Hon. Member for Youghal would withdraw the Bill rather than encounter an adverse division.- Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared — For going into Committee 40 Against it Majority against going into Committee —47 The Bill was consequenLly lost. APPEALS IN CRIMINAL CASES. The second reading of this Bill was postponed. PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS BILL. On the motion for the reading of the order of the day fur receiving th e re p ort on the P a rliamentary Elections Lord GALWAY moved as an amendment that the report be received that day six months. After some observations from Sir B. Hall, Mr. Frewen, Mr. New d eg"e, and Sir De Lacy Evans, The House divided, when there appeared — For receiving the report ••• ••• 66 Against it ... 62 Majority ... ••• —4 The report was accordingly agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be engrossed. The other orders of the day were postponed with the exception of the CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL, The report of which was brought up and agreed to. The Highland Roads and Bridge Bill went through Committee.—Report to-mo r row. RUM DUTES. Mr. BERNAL brought up the resolutions of the Com mittee on the rum duties, which were agreed to, and leave given .. to bring in a Bill. SALE OF BEER BILL. On the order of the day for the second reading of this Bill being moved, Captain PECHELL said he should oppose the motion. This was a dropped order, and many Hon. Gentlem en who were opposed t o th e measu re did not anticipate that it would come on to-day. Mr. TATTON EGERTON said this was a most im portant Bill, and one which was generally approved of out of doors. The object was to compel the closing of beer-shops at a certain hour on Saturday night, and he thought, as it was calculated to promote morality amongst the poorer classes of society, the House ought not to object to the second reading at this late period of the session. The lion. and Gallant Member opposite said this measure was opposed by the Licensed Victu allers, but he could assure the House that instead of be ing opposed, it was supported by the Licensed Victu allers as a body. Mr. JACKSON said ho should be wanting in his duty if he did not support the second reading of the Bill, for in the immediate district from which he came scenes of dissipation and immorality were constantly occurring from the want of a law of this nature. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he was prepared to support the second reading of the Bill, but ho must reserve to himself the right of opposing some of its pro visions in Committee. Mr. J. B. SMITH supported the Bill. Mr. THORNELY did not think it advisable that the provisions of this Bill should be extended to every vil- Ingo or road side public house, but it might be desirable to apply it to large towns, and he was therefore not averse to the second reading of the Bill . Mr. TATTON EGERTON could assure the Hon. Member opposite that the necessity for a law of this sort prevailed just as much in rural districts as in largo towns. Sir BENJAMIN HALL said, if the provisions of the Bill were modified in Committee be should have no objection to its passing. After a few words from Lord Galway, Mr. Wyld, and Mr. Beresford, the Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed on Friday. The remaining orders ofd the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourn. RAILWAY ES. (Tills DAy.) HOUSE OF LORDS, GROUP No. G.—GREAT . WEsTEnN (Arrangements w ith Birmingham and Oxford J unct i on Company, and _tor the promoters and oppo power to lay down the, mixed gaug;e fro m F enn r Com' - ton to Birtningbare).—Case sition of dissentient shareholders further considered. GROUP No. 7.—FLEETWOOD, PRESTON, AND WEST HIDING JUNCTION (Burnley and Collieries Branches.) — ease fur the promoters, and opposition of the East Lan cashire Company further considered. GROUP No. B.—GREAT WESTERN. —Branch from Slough to Windsor. —Case for the promoters, and oppo• sition of South-western Company furth er cons il ere d . One ground of opposition is, that the proposed line will interfere with the playground of the Eton boys. EXPENSES OP THE SPECIAL CONSTABLES.—Prom official roturns furnished to the authorities of the county of Middlesex, it appears that the expense of providing the special constables in sixteen parishes with staves and badges, was 1,4341. 158. 10d. CEYLON RAILWAY COMPANY, (THIS DAY.) The second general meeting of this company was held to-day, at their offices in Broad. street Buildings, when the report of the directors was submitted which contained a correspondence between Mr. B. Hawes. the Under-Secretary . for the Colonies, and Mr. Noad, the secretary for the company, in which the former, on behalf of Lord Grey refuses a guarantee from the Imperial Treasury of five per cent. on the paid-up capi tal of the Company, although there was no objection to the local Government giving such guarantee on its own funds. A call of ten shillings a share was proposed; but after some cussion a call of five shillings was recom mended instead, and the meeting was ultimately ad journed till the 3d of August, to decide upon the amount. NAPLES. We extract the following from the official return of the Neapolitan General : On the 27th June, at thy-break, the column com manded by General Nunziante was near Angitola. A little beyond were the outposts of the insurgents, who were driven back with the loss of their arms and ammunition, and two small pieces of artillery, the steamer Antelope keeping up a brisk fire from the sea. The column then advanced, chasing the insurgents that lay concealed in the bushes. At the passage near the establishment of the Apostolito the ambuscades had dis appeared, and up to this point the troops had sustained no loss either in killed or wounded. At the passage of 13evi1acqua, the attack was recommenced with greater vigour, the insurgents taking advantage of the ground, thickly studded with bushes and small trees. A regi ment advanced to the attack, and drove back the insur gents from Caringua to the Bosco della Madonna, each company as it advanced taking precautions to protect the passage of the following company. " Two other columns were meantime carrying on their operations on the road between Monteleone, Francavilla, and Filadelfia. On arriving at the last-mentioned place, the inhabitants advanced with feigned friendship, en deavouring to allure the troops into the town, the bet ter to overcome them; thence it occurred, that although the commander of the trosps had determined to remain outside, some soldiers of the 6th Regiment of the line having entered the town to buy provisions, they were attacked; the consequence of which was that a regular fight ensued between the soldiers and and the people, in which forty of the latter were killed. This place was the head -quarters of the insurgents. Order having been re-established, Major Grossi commanded all arms to be given up, and five pieces of artillery, a large number of guns, swords, and ammunition were seized; some pri soners were taken, amongs others a certain Stillitano. The column returned to Pizzo on the 20th, where a ser vant of the captive Stillitano having shot a sentinel, a scuffle ensued, in which the two Mosalini of Pizzo lost their lives, and some others. "General Nunziante had meantime driven the insur gents beyond Maids, in which town he remained for two days; and not hearing from Major Grossi, he returned with all his troops to Monteleone and Dizzo, having dis armed the inhabitants of Monteleone, who had risen as soon as the troops had left. "The losses sustained by the troops in these operations were two men killed, and one officer and twenty-two men wounded. The loss of the insurgents was severe, but can not be accurately ascertained, owing to the skirmishing having taken place on wooded and mountainous ground. Amongst their slain are the leaders Mazzei, Onghera, and Morelli. So much for the false account of 400 slain, and the defeat of General Nunziante, inserted in some of the Italian journals. EXAMINATION of DR. M,DOUALL, THE CHARTIST. ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, JULY 16.—As we stated i n our last, Peter Murray M'Douall, the Chartist lecturer, was apprehended on Sunday, on a charge of attending an unlawful meeting, speaking sedition, &c. During the whole day considerable excitement prevailed in the town, and owing to a report that it was intended by the Ashton "National Guard " Chartists to rescue the prisoner, the magistrates thought it devirable to call out the military. Accordingly, a company of the 86th Regiment were speedily in attendance, and were stationed at the Town. hall. On Monday morning, at two o'clock, the prisoner was brought up before J. Lord and A. Buckley, Esqrs., when four of the Ashton police-officers swore to having attended a meeting at Charleston on the 10th instant, when they were refused admission. They also swore to having heard M'Douall address the people from a window at the Odd Fellows' Arms, advising them to arm and attend to drilling, &c. ; they stated that the procession was riotous and disorderly. Mr. Roberts, solicitor, attended for the prisoner, and cross-examined the witnesses at some length, but nothing material was elicited. The prisoner was allowed to address the bench in his own defence, and did so, arguing that the people had a right to arm, and that what he had dune was nothing of an illegal character. ilo dwelt at some length on the peaceable conduct pursued by the Chartists, and con tended that wherever he had been no breach of the peace had taken place. Four witnesses were examined for the , defence, who contradicted the testimony of the officers. The magistrates adjourned fur a short time to consult, and returned into Court, when the Chairman said they were unanimously of opinion that the case must be sent to the assize 3 for trial. On application of Mr. Roberts the prisoner was cd mitted to bail, himself in 3001., and four sureties in 75/. each. On M‘Douall getting outside the hall, he addressed the crowd, advising them to go peaceably home. The mili tary then withdrew to the barracks, and the town re sumed its wonted quietness. THE LATE SUPPOSED MURDER OF A FATHER BY HIS Two DAUGHTERS.—The inquest was held at Mr. James Davvson's, the Commercial Inn, Harrogate, on Moedny evening, before the Coroner, John Wood, Esq., of York. The first witness called upon was Ann Stubbs, Widow of the deceased, who deposed that her late hus band was about 63 years of age; was formerly a farmer, but recently a labourer and keeper of donkey carriages; that she, her husband, her two unmarried daughters, Sarah, aged 26, and Abigail, 23, and a little grand• (laughter, resided together in a cottage in Tower -street; that about half -past eleven o'clock A.m., on Saturday, the 15th of July, she and her daughters had some dis agreeableness, w hen her husband, who sat shaving him self, rose up and said he would let them know who was master, and that he struck Sarah he then left them and Wept up stairs, saying he would fetch down their boxes. Witness then went out and called for a policeman, and then proceeded down the street, when her grandchild, in less than five minutes, called her back and said, "Grandfather has fallen dots n stairs." Witness then went back and found her daughter Abigail holding her father's head; he was on the tirst landing; Abigail desired some one to go up, saying her father had fallen down stairs; she went up stairs, and seeing her husband was dying, called Mrs. Watson and Bella Saville—he died immediately, not having been able to speak after witness returned. That is all I know about it. Does nut know that she and her daughters talked of the matter after her hus band's death. Abigail, who was crying, said she wished she had died instead of her father ; her daughters had not remained in her house, the police having taken them away to the lock-up about twelve o'clock. Witness here stated that her husband had been a very steady man, but a lady having given him a shilling, he had taken two or three glues of ale during the forenoon, but had had nothing to eat in his own house for two or three days. On being interrogated as to the reason, she stated that her husband's mind bad been much disturbed at the conduct of his daughters, who had recently been cohabiting with some navvies. In answer to a question by Mr. Walker, she stated that her husband struck her daughter Sarah she did not strike him they (the navvies) wero not in the house—in some degree she encouraged her husband to turn the girls out. The navvies were not admitted into the house—the cause of the quarrel was about some money herself and the two daughters had jointly earned, amounting to three shillings arid twopence of which she gave each one shilling. In answer to Mr. Askew—Did not say she would fetch the policeman, as they were killing their father. I❑ answer to Mr. Carter—Thinks she did not see Tyson the butcher, but is not sure. In answer to Mr. Harrison—Did not say that he was in the kitchen. Was so agitated that she did not know what she did. The grandchild, Eliza Stubbs, aged six years, was called, but after many appropriate questions put to her by the Coroner she was dismissed, as her evidence from her tender years, was thought to be inadmissible, After the examination of several witnesses, the Coroner summed up, when the jury returned the following verdict:—" We find that the deceased died of exhaustion and fainting, occasioned by his falling down stairs; but whether the deceased accidently fell down stairs, or was thrown down, no satistactory evidence thereof doth appear."— Abridged from the Harrogate Advertiser. FATHER MATIIEW.-111 a letter addressed by this popular mats to Colonel Sherburne, of the United States, now in London, we are sorry to have seen it stated that he has been a severe sufferer from indisposition, so much so, in fact, that he has been forbidden by his medical ad visers from pursuing (for the moment) his accustomed career of philanthropy and usefulness in the promotion of universal temperance. For some months past he has not, while staying in Dublin, been so much as allowed to open and answer letters, on account of the excitement occasioned him thereby. The Reverend Gentleman was, at the time of writing, namely, the Bth instant, e at Cork ; but it appears that in the course o shipth ensuing month, he will take his departure . in the ' fNoerwthWe o o t r h ld er , b s o it u ie nd of fr t o h m e A L t i l v a e n rr ic o , ol in to w t h he ich Un ve it s e s d el b aan ta ipi t ac e rs s : , sage has been provided for him by her co Theobald Mathew will be the honoured "guest medium ' Captain Knight. During his sojourn in Am ene m a, I n 'a f t t h h e a r of an authorised communication, an express s it may United States," from which he has, through be thecon invitation jta to take up his abode in them, venient or agreeable for him to remain in the western hemisphere. s t to railwaydustte of for so long as pillars for a suspension bridge com menced building freestone h weartnouth, as a sub- The trustees of the Earl of Durham , haves ,:tcrosN the Rector's Gill, at Bis d op which has been applied will be a great mom r t r h u e r ancient pos es. public he bridgeroa , ham Advertiser. nao to the p ublic . —Durh am * STEAM ON TURNPIKE ROADS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,,—l am glad to learn there is every probability that Sir James Anderson's steam-carriage will be tried in the course of a tow weeks o❑ the Hammursinith road, as I understand more than one-fourth of the pro • posed 500 101. loan shares are agreed to be taken. Sir James states in his prospectus that be has suc ceeded in obviating the several reasonable objections which has, more or less, attended every attempt that has hitherto been made, viz., noise, and the appearance of steam and fire ; and that he has so arranged the machi nery as to increase or diminish traction, and thereby en able him to ascend or descend any hills on the ordinary turnpike roads Kith perfect safety—and that he has no doubt of being able to convey passengers and goods at the reasonable speed of from 10 to 12 miles per hour, at one-half the charges made by railway companies, and still realise a large profit. Now, if this be accomplished (and I see no reason to doubt it), I think the public will be greatly indebted to Sir James for his praise worthy exertions to accomplish what must (if he so succeeds) be deemed a groat national convenience and advantage, and that, without materially injuring the ex isting railways, but generally quite the reverse, prevent. ing the necessity of making branch railways at a cost of 8,000/. or 10,000/. a mile, scarcely any of which but are worked at a considerable loss to the parent line. I have long held, and still maintain, that steam on the common roads may be made available with success on good firmly macadamised roads, but with indisputable success, if two timber tracks, say half a yard wide, on the plan and principle of wood paving, or about eight or nine feet of the middle of the road be laid with broken granite, or other hard stone, combined with an anti absorbent concrete, which may be done for 3001. or 4001. per mile, so as to be very durable, especially as the tire of the wheels are from five to six inches wide. Such an arrangement would, in my opinion, render success positively and absolutely certain. I am respectfully yours, THOMAS MOTLEY. London, July 17, 1848. --- NE W ZEALAND. (From Last Night's Gazette.) DOWNING -STREET, JULY 14.—The Queen has been pleased to issue the following additional instructions, under the Royal sign manual and signet, to the Governor in -Chief of New Zealand, for repealing the 6th section of the 14th chapter of the Royal Instructions to that officer respecting the aborigines of that colony : Whereas, in pursuance of an Act of Parliament, made and enacted in the 9th and 10th years of our reign, in tituled "An Act to make further provision for the Go vernment of the New Zealand Islands," we did, by cer tain letters patent under the great seal of our United Kingdom, bearing date at Westminster the 23d day of December, 1846, in the tenth year of our reign, execute certain of the powers in us by the said Act vested ; and whereas in further pursuance of the said Act, and in ex ercise of the powers thereby in us vested, and in exer cise of all and every other the powers in us in that behalf vested, we did further issue certain instructions under our sign manual and signet, approved in our Privy Council, being the instructions accompanying or referred to in such letters patent, as relation being bad unto the said letters patent and instructions will inure fully and at large ap pear. And whereas it is directed by the 6th section of the 14th chapter of the said instructions, being the chap ter entitled " respecting the aborigines of New Zealand," that "in cases arising between the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand alone, beyond the limits of the said aboriginal districts, and in whatever relates to the rela tions to and the dealings of such aboriginal inhabitants with each other beyond the same limits, the courts and magistrates of the entire province, or of the district in hich such cases may arise, shall enforce such native laws, customs, and usages as aforesaid." And whereas by the said recited Act it is enacted, that it shall be lawful for us, from time to time, to amend, and for that purpose to add to, or, if necessary, to repeal any such instructions. And whereas it bath appeared to u, expedient to repeal the 6th section of the 14th chaplet of the instructions aforesaid; now, therefore, by virtue of the power in us by the said Act vested, we du hereby repeal the 6th sectio❑ of the 14th chapter of car said in structions, and the same is hereby repealed accordingly. MARKET IN TELLIGENCE. (From the London Neu, Price Current of July 18.) bUGAR.—To-day there was a falling off in the demand for raw sugar for all purposes accompanied by a reduc tion in the value. West Indian Muscovado was deal in with caution for both the scale and pan, although holders were ready sellers at a decline on Friday's rates of 6d. The to:al purchases are 300 hhds &c.. including a public sale of 145 hhds 5 tres of Bar badoes which went flatly at the decline noticed ; fine yellow sold at 41s 6d to 425, good 40s to 41s, mid dling 38s Gd to 39s 6d; 10 hhds of Jamaica sold rather cheaper, went at 39s to 39s 6(1 per cwt for good yellow. The market closed with much dulness for both free and slave labour Sugar. Of Dutch crushed Sugar several parcels have been cleared for home consumption at the 24s 8d per cwt duty. REFINED.—To-day home-trade buyers operated with caution in Refined Goods, and there was a desire to sell brown lumps at 54s to 54s 6d, and Standard Lumps at sss. Bonded Crushed is wanted at 26s to 27s per cwt. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there was not much in clination manifested to do business in Mauritius Sugar. The public sales of 1,737 bags, and 160 casks went ell flatly, and a small part only sold at Gd to is per cwt de cline on Friday's rates—fine yellow went at 395, good 38s, middling 36s Gd to 375, low 35s to 365, fine brown 34s Gd, middling 325, washed 30s to 365, and syrupy 31, to 36s 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the market for Madras was in a quiet state, and supplies are upon an enlarged scale. At public sale 3,944 bags were all sold, but at a decline of 6d per cwt—low brown went at 28s, fine 30s, low yellow 30s 6d to 31s, middling 31s 6d to 335, good 34s to 35s Gd, grocery 36s to 395, good and tine whit• 41s to 435. Bengal met with little attention, and 1,909 bags 4 chsts were only in part sold at Gd per cwt reduc tion—fine soft white went at 435, low and middling 39s to 40s Gd, good and fine yellow 37s Gd to 38s 6d per cwt. FORElGN.—lmpurters have been ready sellers, and material increase is apparent in the quantity brought to market. A good business has been concluded, chief]) for home consumption, but at prices showing a reduc tion on those previously current of Gd to is per cwt. At public sale 2,G75 boxes of Havannah were all sold; low and middling yellow went at 37s 6d to 39s 6d, good and fine 40s to 41s 6d, low uEd middling grey 37: Gd to 38s 6d, good 39s to 39s 6d, good and fine brown 37s to 37s 6d, washed 36s 6d to 39s ; 1,077 boxes of white, in bond, were taken in at 29s Gd to 32s for good and fine, but sold afterwards rather under these rates. Of Brazil 100 cases and 4,368 bags were disposed of. Coco/I.—For West India there is yet only a limited demand, and prices must be quoted is to 2s per cwt lower. At auction 300 bags of Trinidad were sold— good red at 41s, middling 39s to 40s, low 38s 6d, ordi nary grey 35s to 375, middling and good 38s to 395; 40 bags of Grenada, middling and good bright red Sys to 40s per cwt. The stock is 5,108 pkgs, and last year at this time 5,597 pkgs. Foreign is yet little wanted, and sellers are willing to accept 32s to 345. The quan tity here is 8,394 bags, and last year at the same time 3,193 pkgs. INDmo.—To-day 596 chests only passed the sale, it having been adjourned at 12 o'clock. 20 chests were bought in, leaving 476 sold. There is no alteration in prices; the biddings were animated for consuming qua lities, which realise May rates. Up to this period, 8,248 chests have passed, 2,683 withdrawn, and 2,059 bought in, which leaves 4,106 chests actually sold. The sale will terminate to-morrow. THE NEW DRESS FOR OrnoM.—The change in the dress of officers, the particulars of which were 9ub lished a few days since, will not extend to the brigade of Guards. Patterns of the now attire are now exhibited at the military board. The shell jacket, hich will be substituted for the blue frock, as an article of undress, is entirely divested of ornament, saw) about the neck, where there is some lace cording. The grey coat or cloak, the substitute for the blue mantle, is somewhat like that worn by the men, though of finer texture. It is understood that the next alteration in the military introilitary dr e ss will be the withdra wal of the military cap duced by his Royal Highness Prince Albert. THE Tow ER FORTIFIC A TIoNs.--Yesterdav, b y com mand of his Grace the Duke of Wellington, the Head Constable o f the Tower, stock a d es and rairedplat forms for the use o f t heir defen ders were being s formed at the west entrance to the drawbridge loading fau n the Tower wharf. The Tower moat is now dried up, and is used as a parade and (. completely for the troops in garrison, a portion bcit ' i N g ( ls i ( 6 , " iise d f or covered ' with storing, and is at the present moment The new building'. on the site of the com missariat tents. is compl e t e d old Armoury, destroyed by fi re , ready for occupation. , and nearly FIRE IN GREAT QUEEN-STREET, LINCOLN' S INN FIELDS.—Last night, about • out upon the premises to i n " O 'clock, a tire hr k and Company, chi na and glass warehousemen e'. No. o e , ie Great Queen-street, Lincol n 'sssliill-fields ssrs. Gilchri s t e . xte T n h sive , damag 6 e done to the stock and premises origin of the ti re is at present en 's ve v lo er p y ed in mystery: h i e t appears that a few minutes before the outbreak some one was seen to leave the building , an d upon making inspection of the place, several parts of the shop were found to have been ignited, leading to the supposi tion that Come party, haying broken into the shop, had fired it. MAGA ZINES.—(CONTINUED). MISCELLANEOUS. Motley was not more peculiarly the garb of Signor Touchstone, when he "fooled it to the top of his bent" in the Forest of Ardennes, than is the cha racter of the different magazines and periodicals which the want of space in our columns compels us to enumerate hurriedly together. In the Eclectic there are sedate chapters —nuts of logic and medita tion, such as the studefit might crack with advantage in the privacy of his study. In the Metropolitan, on the other hand, there are light gossamer tales, such as would delect the readers of James and Dumas. The Belle Assemblee has its usual assortment of grave and sentimental papers, some of them prose, some of them poetical, and most of them entertaining, headed by a sketch of Flora Mac Ivor as a frontispiece. "Bristol" is pourtrayed both by a pictorial ard literary outline in the current part of The Land we Live In; due mention being made, of course, of the Guildhall, the Railway Terminus, the Cathedral, College-green, Steep-street, the Quay, Cumberland Basin, the floating dock, the Victoria Rooms, Clifton-hill, Saint Mary's, Redcliffe, and the illustrious poet the boy Chatterton. In Sharpe's London Magazine there are uudiminished evidences of care and intelligence, and in Lowe's Edinburgh Magazine one article at least is worth perusal, we mean the opening paper on the subject of " Modern Philosophy and its Tendencies." The brethren of the occult association will find contribu tions fitted for their attention in the Freemasons' Quarterly; the lovers of the schemes for the line'. lectuai improvement of the people in the Educational Quarterly ; the promoters of the sanitary movement in the Health of Towns Magazine; those curious in science in Newtoiis Repertory; those involved in the whirl of gaiety and thsaion in Le Follet ; and those disposed to take a more philosophic view of their fellow-creatures in the Ethnological Journal, which, besides other contributions of merit, has a striking chapter on " The Destruction of Atlantis." For the agriculturist there is the Farmer's Magazine, or, if he is more inclined for a longer retrospect, there are the able, and sometimes masterly, pages of the Quarterly Journal of Agriculture. For the religiously disposed reader there are, on the opposite hand, the Church of England Magazine, or the sober columns of the Edinburgh Ecclesiastical Journal. The medi cal student will turn naturally to the Journal of Psychological Medicine, edited by the distinguished " anatomist of suicide," Forbes Winslow ; the geo grapher and the politician to Sharpe's Series of Moe dern Maps (Part 25, depicting Mexico and Jamaica); and the devourers of fiction to the Tale of the Little Monkey, by the Mayhews ; the chapters of Old Lon don Bridge, by Rodwell, and those of Social Distinc tion, by Mrs. Ellis. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. STAMFORD RACES.—T UESDA v. Sweepstakes of 20 sous. each, for two-years old, with 25 added; colts, Bst 61b; fillies, Bst 41b. New T.Y.C. Field-Marshal Grosvener's cby Cotherstono ... 1 Lord Exeter's f by Voltaire, out of Macremma 2 Sweepstakes of 25 soya. each, 10 ft, with 50 added for three-years old; colts, Est 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. Ono mile and a quarter. Mr. Barne's Sotterley Colonel Peel's lodine... ... (F. Butler) I Lord Exeter's f by Giovanni ..• •.• Sir G. Heathcote's fby Velocipede ... 4 The Burghley Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared, &c., with 50 added, to start at the New Mile post, and go once round. Mr. Lowther's Glutton, 3 yrs... Lord Exeter's Cosachia, 4 yrs... Lord Spencer's Dacia, 3 yrs Mr. Shelley's Watchdog, 4 yrs ... Count Batthyany's Master Stepney, 6 yrs ... Mr. Brookes's Luminous, 4 yrs ... Mr. Wilder' s Sp em G reg i s, 4 yrs ... Lord Exeter's Hecuba Fifty Pounds, for three-yrs old, Gst ?ib; four, Bst; five, Sst slh; six and aged, 9st ; mares and geldings u lowed 31b. Heats, two miles two furlongs and 200 yards. Mr. Lowther's Black Doe, 3 yrs (Dockeray) 11. Mr. Wincup's Jenny Lind, 3 yrs Mr. H. Noel's Queen Mary, 3 yrs Mr. Stephenson's Rothersthorpe, 4 yrs .. 3 dr Mr. Sprigg's b g by Birdcatcher, 4 yrs ... dis The Hunters' Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added, were won by New Forest Deer, beating The Morsel, Lucy Neal, Madame Vestris, Kimblesworth, Cordelia, Rothersthorpe, b m by The Magnet, Creusa, and The Worst of Three. ... (Dockeray) 1. .• • 4 ... 0 BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAT. GOODWOOD STARES.-5 to 1 agst Reflection (taken to 2001.), 3 to 1 agst Pillage, 11 to 2 agst Chanticleer (t), 10 to 1 against Gaiety (t), 12 to 1 agst Crozier, 13 to gst Hydrangea (t). GOODWOOD Cur.-6 to 4 agst the Hero, 4to 1 apt Van Tromp (t), 5 to 1 agst Cossack. 300 SovS. STAKES.—EITII on Van Tromp &gat Cossack. ST. LEGER.— 6 to 4 agst Surplice, 3 to 1 agst Springy Jack, 6 to 1 each agst Justice to Ireland and Flu. catcher. CUSTOM-HOUSE REGATTA. The Custom-house (Upper Stairs regatta came o(f yes tvr(lAy. The prizes were a new skits and pecuniary re ward'. The distance was from off the Custom-house, twice round the Eel Chain, round the buoy or St. Katherine's 1);:eks, back to the Custom-house, and twice round for each heat. Six watermen contended for this wager, which was decided as follows : G. Maxwell R. Field ... E. Barton J. White... J. Crew ... C. Maxwell ;Maxwell First Heat. Won easily. Second Hest. ... (Light Blue) 1 ... (Purple) 0 ... (Green) 0 (Red) I (Yellow) 0 (Purple) 0 Bar: on Field ... Crew ... Third Heat. •.• 1 ... 0 ... 0 ..• 0 Grand Heat. J. White G. Maxwell C. Maxwell ... 1 ••• 3 THAMES GRAND REGATTA. Since the meeting of this Committee on Friday, some slight alterations have been made in the programme, and the gentlemen amateurs skullers will row three heats instead of one, thus adding to the sumptuous bill of fare already announced. It is not expected that at this late period the Oxford crew will enter for the Grand Chal ienge Cup eight-oared race, and the contest will, there. fore, be between the Thames Club and the Leander. Should the former prove victorious, they will be entitled to retain possession of this elegant prize, but we under stand that such is not their intention, as they very hand somely intend to restore it. The Thames are the favou rites tor this race, and divide with the St. George's the favouritism for the four-oared contest. Messrs. Parker and Gibson have the call in the pair-oared race, and llarpour and Perry are spoken of very confidently in some quarters for the sculls. The Champion Prize (100 gs.) race is expected to be one of the moat gallant at the meeting, and the general impression of those who have closely watched and timed their training is in favour of the Coombes's (the champion's) crew. Newell's and next Manchester, before either the Clasper's, of Newcastle-upon•Tyno, or the equally celebrat ed Bell's, or North Shields crew. HAIVIBURGH MAIL. HAMBURG BOUBSE, JULY 14.—Busine►s was slack to day in exchanges. London in quiet demand. Am sterdam, money. Frankfort, bills. Vienna sight to he had. Berlin, Breslau. and Leipzig in demand. Plenty of money in the market. Jots 14. 111114. Afoney. 5 per Cent. . .. .. _ .. .. 100 Hanover i an Loan, kustr ian s per Cents •• .• ••—... . •• .. _ Anglo-Russ i a n Loan •••• •• • • ....., .. 94 Russian 5 per Cant., llamb. Certificate, 89 93% .._ Ditto Ist series Inseriptiou• • • • • • • ... _ D itt o ,7lope and Co ., 5 p er Cent... „ .. 86 Ditto, in Certificato•• • • • ~., ' • • Wert 4 per Cent., Hope and Co .• • . Ditto Stieglitz .. • . ...... „...... :: . 1 . 77 Spanish .New 5 per Cent . ....... 7 0 5 , , 74% Ditto 3 per Cent • • • • • • • • • • • . .. .. 0 :11 Swedish Loan, 4 per Cent.... ' • 1 ”4 Ditto, for 1846 .. •• . •••••• • .. -- 94% 69 Clevstric Tnsanii.—Messrs. Leigh Murray and comptoe have this week re-inforced the little working P v with which the theatre o p ene d l ast week. Mr. c ( 7` ) o rn m pt n oii is exussively amusing in the laughable farce of His First Champagne. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR TIIE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.—The eighteenth country meeting of mem bers of the association will open at Swansea on Wednes day, the 9th of August. The most active preparations are making in that town under the auspices of the Mayor, and a liberal subscription has been entered into for defraying the expenses of receiving the association in a fitting manner. Among those who have signified their intention of attending the meeting are the Marquis of Northampt on , P res i dent of the association; the Earl of Bosse, Bishop of St. David's, Sir H. H. Inglis, Sir Chas. Lemon, Sir H. 1)e la Beebe, Sir Thomas Arland, Sir John Lubbock, Sir W. Trevelyan, Sir J. Stephenson, Professor Miller, Professor Forbes. Professor Graham, Professor Phillips, Professor Christie, Professor Grox es, Dr. Buckland, Dr. Lindley, Dr. Pye Smith, 1)r. Carpen ter, Dr.iSmethurst, Mr. Airy (Astronomer Royal), Mr. Carne, F.R.S.; Dr. Wallich, Dr. Sheepshanks, Colocel Yorke, Dr. Daubeney, &c. Besides these distinguished persons others are expecter', including the Chevalier Bunsen and M. Guizot. APPREHENDED RIOT IN BIRMINGIIAM.—It much to be regrotted that a good deaf or been exhibited in consk quenee of the dismissalte ve o num ber of the h a nd s hith erto employed at an ' ma nufacturing concern ie this town, and theemp . c le r )y e ' a employment entof . body' of French operatives in lieu oith em will take place appre hensions are entertained that a collision morni h n o g od a between the men who have beenl displaced and ranodlicthe were enew corners. Yesterday of the the works, in Broad street,on duty in the neighbour r a r repressing stihnigat,y' French men.at-tempt which might be Islington, readya t d o e :o s l i n s t t e There was, however, no disturbance ; but it is to be feared that there will be some unpleasantness between the parties. The same opposition would be manifested against men of any other country or town England e : .l from whioh a fresh supply of hands migh t a bt brought. 71R. AY.) ON.