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THE SPANISH QUARREL. The following is a translation of the principal portion of a dispatch of the Duke of Sotomayor to M. Isturitz, in justification of the dismissal of Mr. Bulwer from Madrid, which only arrived after M. Isturitz had left England on his return to Madrid. Diplomatic relations with our Government having ceased, the dispatch could not, of course, be presented to Lord Palmerston:— " THE DUKE OF SOTOMAYOR TO THE MINISTER PLENIPO TENTIARY OF HER CATHOLIC MAJESTY AT LONDON. " Your Excellency,—The Government of her Majesty having been informed that the Count de Mirasol has not been received by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and being aware of the papers submitted to Parliament by the same Minister, believes it opportune to remind your Excellency of the communications of the 15th of April (No. 1), of the 12th (A), and of the 17th (No. 2) of May of the present year. The first two of these dispatches contained the reasons which rendered the continued re sidence of the Britannic Minister, Sir H. L. Bulwer, at _this Court, impossible, and the last explained the motives for presenting to him his passports. The will of her Majesty is that your Excellency, in obedience to her royal cuinurinds, shall read and present copies of those document.; hen convenient, if it has not already been done, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of her Britannic Majesty. " It is also necessary to the Government in the present state of this important question, to present to your Ex cellency some observations on this subject as precise as possible, together with some justificative documents, in order that your Excellency, making requisite use of :them, may better explain the reasons upon which the Government rests, and correct, by completing it, the col lection which has already been published in Londen, and of which your Excellency has remitted copies. " In taking this step the Government of her Majesty does not feel itself called upon to remind that of her Britannic Majesty that it would not judge it necessary if it was solely a question of proving the sentiments of adhesion, and the desires of good harmony which Animate them both. This point de depart established, the Government ought to inform your Excellency that one of its principal complaints against the last represen , tative of her Britannic Majesty is that he changed the nature of, or concealed those good desires, and, moreover, that be gave to his Cabinet inexact news, to the detri ment of the consideration which the Government of her Majesty endeavoured to inspire him with. The proofs of this, which the Spanish Government reserves to itself for the present, ought also to exist, and even in greater numbers, with the English Minister of Foreign . . Affairs. - Upon this point the Government invokes the good faith of Lord Palmerston. He will permit me solely to re mind him of the accusation of imprisonment of the Queen, the projects relative to the journey to Madrid of the Duchess of Montpensier, the supposition of infidelity in the army, and of the discontent of the people—an in fidelity and discontent belied by so many recent facts, and which then were not in accordance with the signal proofs of consideration and of deference of which he was con stantly the object. The second complaint, not less important, is that Mr. Bulwer entertained intimate relations with the seditious, and engaged to disobedience the public functionaries, as shown, amongst other proofs, by the letter of General Serrano (No. 3), of which I send you a copy, and of which I reserve to myself the original, and which proves that Mr. Bulwer availed himself of even the holiest rela tions to weaken the subordination and turn the loyalty of the soldiers. Your Excellency will make use of in this case the intimate nature of this writing, and the open and frank character of its author. " The third complaint is that Mr. Bulwer took in the unfortunate events of the 26th of March a greater part than agreed with his elevated position, as proved, first by the report of the Political Chief of Madrid, dated the 21st of May (No. 4). In this report that authority affirms, amongst other things, that the English Legation is the centre from whe - ace spread all the intrigues and all the revolutionary de signs ; that the plot is organised even in the house of Mr. Bulwer in accord with M. Salamanca) that Mr. Bulwer is present at the meetings which take place at the house of one Caballer, Rue de la corridora de San Pablo ; that English agents are seen mixed with the re volted, and other things to which, though the Govern ment has not given them entire credit, public opinion at tributes some importance. " That which completes the proof of this complaint is the disclosure of Mr. Bulwer, contained in his dispatch (No. 13 of the English collection), in which he says, that in the last moments of the combat of the 26th there was a difference of opinion between the chiefs of the conspiraey. This demonstrates superabundantly that he was acquainted with the most intimate secrets of the conspiracy. 1-Ie afterwards adds, that no general order was sent by those persons whom the populace obeyed. Your Excellency will make it understood that this single revelation proves evidently that Mr. Bulwer knew that the revolted had an organization in which certain persons designated commanded the populace, and that he ought to know them since he was sure that they had expedited no order, and that, in fact, he had an exact knowledge of these orders when ho affirmed that none possessed a character of generality. " The fourth complaint consists in the welcome (accueil) given to the insurgents by Mr. Bulwer, a wel come which he himself avows in his dispatches (So. 31 and 37 of the English collection). "Your Excellency will manifest that the right of asylum, supposing, it was admitted and incontestable, which is ab solutely inexact, could not be rationally defended in the manner, to the extent, and in the object which Mr. Bulwer pretended to arrogate to himself. It might be tolerated:to accord asylum to such or such person as succour and defence in case of pursuit; but to give it, net to a per son, but to a great number of individuals, as Mr. Bulwer has himself avowed in his before-mentioned dis patches—not to persona pursued, but to conspirators— not to offer them a refuge against the Government. but to render to them more easy the means of hos tility against it (as it is a thing universally known, and of which the Government has the most com plete certitude, that those who took refuge at the English Legation after the rising of the 26th of March took part in that of the 7th of May)—is what cannot be permitted in any manner, and what no person can sus tain; for it could not be permitted nor sustained that a Legation should convert itself into a species of citadel where conspirators put themselves under cover, whence they issued at will to combat the established Govern ment, and where they sought an asylum anew, and then again prepared to put in execution those projects of over turning order and destroying institutions. " The fifth complaint is that the Envoy of Her Bri tannic Majesty, little satisfied with this conduct, and un intimidated by the charges which public opinion brought against him as to the events of the 26th of March, gave occasion for similar charges relative to the events of the 7th of May following, furnishing against him the gravest imputations. " If it were not one to have retained and concealed at his house so long a time those who combined and occa sioned these events, and even some other persons, as • M. Orense and others who took part, according to the public voice, and after what remains evidently proved in the preceding complaint, it will, doubtless, be sufficient to prove this by the judiciary declaration of Sergeant Marcos Diez (No. 7), in which, referring to one Julian Gonzalez, he manifests the belief that his comrades who had escaped counted on an assured asylum at the Eng lish embassy. " The sixth complaint against Mr. Bulwer is of having excited insurrection in the provinces. This event which Mr. Bulwer announced as probable in different provinces, especially in Catalonia and Aragon, according to his dispatch No. 2, was realized only in the provinces which were visited shortly after by the agents of the same Bulwer. However, the opinion of almost all was that the influence of the Britannic Envoy inflamed the dis contented. Amongst other documents, without number which the Government might send, and will send, if ne cessary, to your Excellency, whether provincial journals, dispatches of the authorities, or private correspondence, it merely transmits you now a very small number, but the most interesting by the character of their contents, and by the excellent character of their authors. (Here follow the several documents.) " The general opinion at Seville that the conspirators counted upon the protection of the English Minister re siding at Madrid, is supported by the testimony of the authorities and the fact that a military insurrection broke out in that city. The circumstances of this insurrection render it impossible to believe that it took place without the co-operation of Mr. Bulwer. " The following is what the Captain-General of An dalusia, Don Ricardo Shelly, wrote to the Government in his dispatch of the 24th of April (No. 25):—` I know in a positive manner that the Second Commandant of the Regiment of Guadalajara, Don Jose Portal, receives letters from Mr. Bulwer, and the other day he showed one of them, though insignificant, to the First Com mandant of the same corps, Don Vicente Vorgas, and this correspondence could not fail to call my attention, on ,oc side Portal is not a brilliant chief, his lanely is not of the most distinguished, and, on the other it is c.lrtain that Mr. Bulwer is the director of our revo lution.' " This rebellion, which the Captain-General of Seville feared, broke out, and we already know all the circum stances by the official dispatches. The mover of this rising was the Commandant Portal—Portal, who sepa rated from the Spanish army, was again admitted into the ranks upon the recommendation of Mr. Bulwer, during the ministry of Pacheco, and who since has obtained ad vancement in virtue of the same protection—Portal, whose father-in-law, General Ocana, was raised to the grade of marozhal de camp, on the occasion of the double Royal marriage, surmounting obstacles which the favour and perseverance of Mr. Bulwer only could surmount — Portal, brother of a lady with whom Mr. Bulwer has had constantly, and has yet relations, of which I do not describe the character, but which have been intimate and very close, to such an extent that this lady resided in a house adjoining that of Mr. Bulwer, with which there existed secret communication. " The Government would have wished to close its eyes to so many facts, and its ears to so many accusa tions, it would have wished to believe nothing of all this; but it could not oppose itself without peril to the feeling of public opinion, not only in Madrid, but in all Spain against him who was regarded as the principal mover of these last events. Yet, before quitting the subject, the Government must protest upon three very important points :—lst, it is disposed. if necessary, to prosecute (poursuiure) him who would render the English people or Government responsible for, or participator in, the • accusations pressing upon Mr. Bulwer ;2, in considera ' Lion of the peace and the dignity of the two Cabinets, it sends merely that which it thinks the most necessary, reserving to itself a great quantity of documents, which only at the last extremity it will communicate * with the greatest secr es y ;3, lastly, neither now nor • ever has it intended to give any offence to Great Britain, ' nor to loosen the ties of good friendship, which it pro : pore to strengthen every day. Animated with this sprit, the Government must remind itself that when it learnt that Mr. Bulwer gave incorrect information to . his Court, it bad it rectified by its representative at London ; and more recently, when the events of France THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1848 , arose, its tendencies and its desires were to strengthen its relations with England while preserving those it had already with France ; that when Mr. Bulwer, after the eineute of March required, in a moderate and honourable manner, that a system of clemency should be followed towards the accused, the existence of which he admitted, belonged to . the action of justice, the Government was pleased to agree with the Envoy, and to express itself so to him. When he accomplished again such acts of hostility, which compromised not only the dignity of Government, but the public safety menaced by those he sheltered in his house, the Government contented itself with demanding his recall on the 15th of April. When Lord Palmerston showed himself displeased with this request, the Minister at London retired to leave him to act more freely, hoping that he would proceed in the interest of the peace and the good friendship which animated him. When Mr. Bulwer, the day after the rising of the 7th, again addressed a note (annexed to No. 43), in which he expressed sentiments which little accorded with him who was accused of sending emissaries into the pro vices, the Government contented itself with advising him to retire from the Court as if propria motu. When the hope of succeeding in this disappeared—when we knew the negative reply which Lord Palmerston gave to the first dispatch, that Mr. Bulwer persisted in the same conduct, and that public opinion accused him in an incontestible manner, the Government again demanded, and with more eagerness, his recall, which was refused as before. When 'tbe &cute of Seville proved in an evident manner the opinions and the accusa tions of all, and seemed to compromise the dig nity of the country and the safety of Mr. Bulwer, who thought of perils of another nature, the Government had no other course than to give him his passports, protesting even in this act its affection and consideration for Great Britain, for which a special Envoy departed with the sole object of being the inter preter of these sentiments. "I leave it to the foresight of your Excellency to con sider and to show that when the Government, in such circumstances, took a step, the importance of which cannot be concealed, it did so with profound grief, and solely in defence of the high interests confided to it. In effect, by a providential coincidence, which took place at the interval of a few hours, the Minister has disappeared from Madrid, Portal from Spain, and Sanara from the midst of his faction; and since then opinion has greatly pronounced in favour of the Government, and public peace and tranquillity are assured as much as ever. " The Government is pained to have had to recur, to obtain this result, to a measure which on its part it would never have provoked had it been in the position of that of Her Britannic Majesty. If the English Ca binet had manifested against a representative of Spain a single one of the complaints which have been brought against Mr. Bulwer through your Excellency, the Go vernment of Her Majesty would have thought it its duty to recal immediately one of its delegates who had lost the confidence of the Monarch and the Government to whom he was accredited. " In giving the explanations contained in this dispatch (of which your Excellency will submit a copy, as well as the documents which accompany it, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Her Britannic Majesty) the Go vernment of Her Majesty hopes that the English Cabi net will there see the most complete justification of its conduct, and the sincerity of the protestations it has constantly made, and that it reproduces anew the desire it has to maintain the relations of good harmony and close friendship which are so important to both countries." COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Dachess of Kent, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service yesterday morning in the private chapel in Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. The Royal Children took their usual airings yes terday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back on Saturday, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Sey mour, Equerry in waiting. His Royal Highness visited the studio of Mr. John Ternouth, and inspected his cast for one of the entablatures of the Nelson Column. The Queen took an airing on Saturday in an open carriage and four, accompanied by Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice. Colonel Buckley, Equerry in waiting, attended on horseback. Prince Alfred, the Princess Helena, and the Princess Louisa, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, took an airing on Saturday in an open carriage and four. Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured her Ma jesty's Theatre with their presence on Saturday even ing. The Royal suite consisted of the Viscountess Jocelyn, Hon. Miss Cavendish, the Earl of Listowel, General Wemyss, and Lieut.-Colonel Seymour. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, also honoured her Majesty's Theatre with her presence on Saturday evening. Major-General Wemyss has relieved Colonel Buck ley i❑ the duties of Equerry in waiting to her Majesty, and Lieut.-Colonel Seymour has relieved Colonel Bouverie in the duties of Equerry in waiting to Prince Albert. _ Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Baroness de Speth, went on Saturday morning to Bushy House, Bushy Park, to pay a visit to her Ma jesty the Queen Dowager. The Royal Duchess par took of a dejeziner with her Majesty, and in the afternoon returned to town. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary attended Divine service yester day, in St. Michael's Church. Baroness Bose and Baron Knesebeck were in waiting on their Royal High • nesses. _ _ Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Haymarket Theatre with her presence on Saturday evening. Mr. Turner, M.P. for Truro, had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday, at the Home-office. The Bishop of Sodor and Man, and General Viscount Lor ton, had also interviews on Saturday with the Right Hon. Baronet. Mr. John Forsyth had an interview with Earl Grey on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. The Bishop of Fredericton had also an interview on Saturday with the Noble Earl. _ _ _ A deputation from the Light Dues Association, con sistiog of Mr. Hume, M.P., Mr. Matthew Forster, M.P., Mr. A. Anderson, M.P., Mr. Ogilby, Mr. W. J. Hall, Mr. R. Pearson, and Mr. Morgan (secretary), had an interview with the Right Hon. H. Labouchere and Earl Granville, on Saturday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Sir Thomas Freemantle, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Earl of Auckland, First Lord of the Admiralty, accompanied by the Junior Lords, Mr. Ward, Secretary to the Board, and Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, went on Saturday to witness the launch of the Mars line-Of-battle ship, at Chatham. Dispatches for the Governors of the West India Colo nies were sent off on Saturday evening, from the Colonial office. Lord John Russell had a dinner party on Saturday at his residence in Richmond Park. The Duke of Wellington attended the early service yesterday, iu the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev. H. Thomas officiated. At the daily service the prayers were read by the Rev. T. Helmore ; the lessons by the Rev. J. Haden ; and the communion service by the Bishop of London. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of London. The chant was the Earl of Wilton's, and the anthem, " Call to remembrance" (Nares). Mr. Cooper presided at the organ. LAUNCH OF THE MARS LINE-OF BATTLE SHIP. CHATHAM, SATURDAY AFTERNOON.—SinCe the launch of the Trafalgar at Woolwich no similar ceremony has excited so much attention amongst the members of the naval service as the launching of the Mars line-of-battle ship, 82 guns, at the Royal Dockyard of this town to-day. Being the last ship of the line designed by Sir. W. Symonds, the late surveyor of the navy, and the fact of the Lords of the Admiralty having intimated their intention of being present, gave to the event more than ordinary importance. We may here state that the keel of the Mars was laid down in 1840, and her dimensions are of the following extent :—Length of gun-deck 190 feet; extreme breadth 56 feet 94 inches ; depth of hold 22 feet 4 inches ; burthen in tons 2,256 ; pierced for 82 guns. At sunrise all her Majesty's ships of war moored off the dockyard—the Poictiers, 70, flag-ship, hoisted the signal to dress ships—were gaily decorated with the several national and signal flags. At half-past ten o'clock the gates of the yard were thrown open for the admission of such of the public as possessed tickets. Shortly after twelve o'clock the Lords of the Admiralty arrived. On landing they were received by Sir Thomas Bouchier, captain-superintendent of the yard, Vice-Admiral Elliott, of the royal yard at Sheerness, and Sir George Gordon Bremer, the captain-superintendent of the Woolwich Royal Dock yard. At twenty minutes to one o'clock high water was announced. Sir Thomas Bourchier was then seen lead ing Miss Hood, the granddaughter of the late Captain Alexander Hood—who commanded the ship Mars in 1798, and who gloriously fell in action while engaged with the French ship Hercules, of 80 guns, off the Pen marks—to the bow of the vessel; she dashed the bottle against the ship, and proclaimed her name Mars. The next moment the huge vessel was moving, and the united bands playing "Rule Britannia," she glided into the Medway in majestic style. She bore the royal en sign at the main, the Admiralty at the stern, and the union jack at the fore, After the ceremony, the Lords of the Admiralty, with the elite of the company, re paired to the captain-superintendent's residence, and partook of a sumptuous dije4ner. Amonst the person ages present were his Royal Highness the Prince de Joinville, M. Guizot, Mr. Bancroft (the American Minister), Count de Jarnac, Captain and Miss Eden, Captain and Miss Charlotte Berkeley, Sir Thomas and Lady Thompson, and upwards of 100 officers and ladies connected with the garrison. At the close of the entertainment the Earl of Auckland, with the junior Lords of the Admiralty, and Mr. Ward, made an official inspection of the depot, and at a quarter to two o'clock, the Black Eagle having in the meantime steamed round from Gravesend, they embarked on board of her and re turned to London. EMIGRATION TO NEW ZEALAND.—Yesterday the ship Berenice was hauled out of the London Docks, having 200 emigrants on board, chiefly agricultural, bound for the New Zealand Company's recently acquired settlements, Otago, Nelson, New Plymouth, and Wel lington. The Berenice is to be followed by vessels to be dispatched monthly containing a like number of emi grants. Government are holding out very advantageous offers to such of the Out-pensioners of Chelsea Hospital as are fit for emigration, to induce them to proceed with their wives and families in the capacity of military emi grants to this colony. Cbtril SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. LATEST FROM PARIS. M. Burtmum DE Puzr is appointed Prefect of Police. At the Morgue, where the bodies of all persons found killed after the insurrection, and not imme diately claimed, are brought, there is daily a queue several hundred yards in length, composed of persons of both sexes, whose friends and relatives are missing, and who seek their remains in that melancholy depo sitory. It is said that the Minister of War intends to form three military camps, one upon the Plateau of Satory, at Versailles, another upon the Champ de Mars, and a third at St. Maur. These three camps would be composed of four brigades, to be commanded by Generals DULAC, HEQUET, RAY, and General of Cavalry REYBEL. There will be also a Commander in-Chief. MALTA. To secure the safety of this island Vice-Admiral Sir W. PARKER, Naval Commander-in-Chief, has issued the following orders, accompanied by secret instructions : " Hibernia, at Malta, June 16. " (General Memorandum.) " As it is essentially necessary, in the present dis turbed state of Europe, that the character of all vessels entering the harbour of Valletta or Marsamuscetto by night should be distinctly ascertained, to guard against any hostile surprise, or the machination of evil-disposed persons, " It is my direction that the guard is rowed with such vigilance during, the night, as will, in combination with the boats of the marine police establishment, effectually ensure the strict examination of every vessel, however small, which may approach either harbour between sun set and daylight. " The Wee Pet steamer, or some other vessel, is to be stationed, during the summer, off Fort Ricasoli, where moorings are to be laid down of sufficient strength for the security of a sloop of war or steamer of the third class, should it be required. " The ship having the guard is in future to prepare two guard boats for the duties of the night, one of which is to repair to the Wee Pet, or other vessel (not actually in commission) which may be anchored off Ricasoli at gunfire, and to place in her a guard of six men with muskets and blank cartridges, under the di rection of a mate or senior midshipman, who is to be provided with sky rockets, blue lights, and flash pans, with powder, for signals. Ball cartridges are also to be provided, but they are not to be issued to the men unless there is reason to apprehend an attack from any quarter. " This party is to be under the direction of the guard, and is not to be finally withdrawn before sunrise, but may be relieved during the night as the captain f the ship having the guard may direct. " The guard vessel, off Ricasoli, is to be visited once at least every night watch by the officer of the guard, but always at uncertain hours, to ascertain that the men are on the alert, and that a good look-out is kept. The night guard boats are to be constantly in the liar. hour's mouth, and in fine weather to row once or twice in each watch, so far as the warping buoy at the entrance; being at liberty, in rough weather, to make fast to the guard vessel from time to time. " On the approach of any vessel to the harbour, notice is to be given from whatever point she may be first dis covered, by a flash of gunpowder, which must be re peated by the guard vessels and guard-boats of her Majesty's ships. Arrangements are also made that this flash shall be, in like manner, acknowledged by the guards in forts Ricasoli, St. Elmo, Tign6, and Maned ; by those of the Health Department, stationed on shore in quarantine harbour, and by the marine police watch boats. Thus it is hoped nothing stirring will escape observation, and that every speronara or other vessel will henceforth be examined without fail. But the officers of the guard-boat are to be very cautious not to subject themselves to quarantine unnecessarily.* "If any vessels are found to contain passengers in addition to their proper crews, they should be imme• diately accompanied to the police boat, and no person allowed to land till the object of the vessel is satisfac torily ascertained. " Any occurrence of a suspicious nature is to be re ' ported to the flag or senior officer's ship without delay. " Should the naval guard vessel or boat discover the approach of two or more armed steamers or any other vessels of doubtful character, whose movements are suspicious, they are immediately to burn a blue light, closely followed by a rocket, and to fire muskets in quick succession, till answered in a similar manner by the nearest ship of war, and the guard-boat is to repair to the flag or senior's officer's ship as expeditiously as pos sible to report thereon, when measures are immediately to be taken to assemble the crews at quarters, or man the boats, as circumstances may require. If no doubt is entertained that the strange vessels are approaching with hostile intention, two rockets are to be fired, one immediately after the other. "But should either of these signals be made by the guard-boats, and the strangers are afterwards di►covered to be friends, two blue lights, abDut three yards asunder, are to be burnt simultaneously, to announce the same. " The ship having the guard is always to have a suf ficient watch on deck, with boats at the guess'warp ready to act, in the event of fire or other accidents. The captain of her is always to sleep on board, and, without especial permission from the senior officer in port, is not to proceed to any distance by day from which he cannot be called on board at the shortest notice. a " A confidential communication, sealed up, bf the ar rangements which will be observed by the garrison in the event of any hostile act, is herewith delivered to the Rear-Admiral Superintendent and the respective cap tains and commanders, a copy of which is to be delivered to the officer of the guard, and to be only opened by him in case of two rockets being fired, in quick succession, from Forts Tigne, Ricasoli, or St. Elmo. It is to be re turned to the captain or commander of the ship when ever she may be relieved in the guard. (Signed) " WM. PARKER, Vice-Admiral. "To the Rear-Admiral, and respective Captains and Commanders of her Majesty's ships and vessels under my orders." On shore strict military duty is enforced, and mea sures quite necessary for an island situated as Malta is, with so many strangers there from all European coun tries, political refugees, &c., are being taken; and several posts at which till now a corporal or sergeant's guard were on duty, are to be supplied by a subaltern's guard, and others are to be doubled. A chain is to be laid across the harbour. No boat, however small, enters at night without being brought to and examined. The fleet still remains, but is quite ready for anything. The quarantine lately imposed by the Sicilian Govern ment on arrivals from Malta has been taken off at the request of the Government. His Royal Highness the Prince d'Aquilla has sent his horses (part only) and carriages to the island, from Naples, and is expected to arrived here himsell on a future day. A man named Byrne is in charge of them. To judge of the quantity of specie which ac companied the stud. it is presumed that other Members of the Neapolitan Royal Family may make their ap pearance. His Royal Highness the Prince of Capua is strictly prohibited from having the use of any portion of his brother's stud. It is said that the French steamer Menette has been taking soundings at the back of the island, and that on the 24th the fourteen ships of war were descried from the heights of St. Gozo. AMERICAN NEWS. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY MORNING. The Ocean Steam Navigation Company's ship Her mann, Captain E. Crabtree, arrived of Cowes, Isle of Wight, at midnight, after a passage of 11 days and 22 hours from New York. The Hermann brings 66 passengers and 300,000 dolls. on freight, and a considerable cargo for Bremen. By this arrival we are in possesion of our usual cor respondence and files of American papers, and advices from New York to the 20th of June. The Acadia and Washington steamers had arrived out, but their news had produced no perceptible effect on monetary or commercial affairs. Trade was dull, and business men were generally contracting their operations, to be prepared for a dull summer. r, The probable average weekly import of specie at different ports of the United States was about 3,000,000 dolls. Congress was once more in session, but had not yet decided on the points of the Oregon Bill. The Naval Appropriation Bill had passed the House of Representatives. It assigned 375,000 dolls. for various internal improvements. The bids for the Government loan were opened on the 17th of June. They amounted to 33,333,195 dolls. at an average premium of 3.30 per cent. There were near 500 bidders. The largest bid is on 14,000,000 dolls. by Messrs. Corcoran and Riggs at 3.02. This is said to be principally on account of Englibh capitalists. The amount required by Government was only 17,000,000 dolls. , The Court of Enquiry had not closed its labours. General Scott had gone to Shenandoah Springs for his kealtb. Quite a serious difficulty has occurred between the citizens of Alexandria, Mo., and the inhabitants of lowa near the line. It appears that eight slaves were stolen, followed by their masters, recaptured, brought before a justice of the peace, and ordered to be taken back by the masters, when a mob rescued them and put the owners completely at fault. Hon. Isaac Teucey, of Connecticut, has been appointed Attorney-General of the United States, in place of Mr. Clifford, resigned. The Hon. Arthur P. Bagby, now Senator from Ala bama, has also been appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia, in place of R. J. Ingersoll, recalled at his own request. Great fires have occurred in Norfolk, Va, and in Al lentown, Pa. In the former no less than 62 houses were destroyed. A very important treaty just been concluded be tween the United States and the Government of New Grenoda. The most striking featvre of the treaty is the fact that it secures us the right of way from the Atlantic to the Pacific, across the isthmus of Panama. MEXICO. The treaty having been ratified, the American troops are withdrawing from the country. The siege train and the heavy artillery have already left the city of Mexico, also General Patterson's division of volunteers, which are to be followed by General Marshall's, General Kearney's, and General Worth's division bringing up the rear. The American Commissioners had not left Quaretaro at the last advices. Exchange on London. 1101 to 111; on Paris, sf. 20o.; Amsterdam, 41 to 42; Hamburgh, 361 to 36k; Bremen, 81 to 82. Cotton unchanged. Flour remained quiet. Grain dull. Wheat had declined. Provisions in fair demand. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. LORD SHAFTEBURY'S COMMITTEE.—NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE. (Deviation at Willington).—Preamble proved and clauses agreed to. LONDON AND ENNISKILLEN (Abandonment of Line from Omagh to Enniskillen).—Preamble proved and clases agreed to. ABERDEEN. (Additional Capital).—Preamble proved and clauses agreed to. YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK (Great North of England, Clarence, and Hartlepool Junction).—Pre amble proved and clauses agreed to. GLASGOW, PAISLEY, ♦ND GREENOCK (Amendments and Branches).—Preamble proved and clauses agreed to. SCOTTISH MIDLAND JUNCTION (Amendments and Branchl to Brannon).—Preamble proved and clauses agreed to. STRATI/TAY AND BREADALBANE EXTENSION.—Pre ambIe proved, aad clauses agreed to. GROUP No. 2.— SALISBURY AND YEOVIL. The object of this line is to extend the South-Western Railway from Salisbury to Yeovil. After the case had been opened, Mr. Hill, on behalf of the promoters, took an objection to the appearance of the Great Western Railway Company, who were opponents of the measure, and were anxious to advance their Berks and Hants extension as a competing line. The objection was argued at some length, and ultimately the Committee decided that the Great Western Company had no locus standi. The evidence for the promoters was then pro ceeded with. GROUP No. 3.—GREAT WESTERN, BERRS, AND HARTi EITENSION.—The object of this Bill is to enable the Great Western Company to extend their Berks and Hants line from Hungerford to Westbury, to join the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth line, with a branch to Devizes. The promoters contended that this line would form a competitor to the Salisbury and Yeovil line, and applied to the Committee before the case,was gone into to refer this Bill to the previous group. The Committee, after giving the application their best consideration, came to the conclusion that the line could not be considered in the light of a competitor to the Salisbury and Yeovil, and they consequently re fused to accede to the request of the promoters. The evidence in favour of the Bill was then proceeded with ELECTION COMMITTEE. (THIS DAY.) DUBLIN. The scrutiny into the validity of Mr. Reynolds's majority was proceeded with, and in the course of the day the petitioners succeeded in striking off three addi tional votes. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Guildhall, before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Common Jury.) TATTERSALL V. GRANT. This was an action brought to recover from the de fendant, the proprietor of the Era newspaper, the amount of a year's salary, at twelve guineas dweek, for editing and conducting the sporting department of that paper. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Ho race Mayhew, that in the month of May, 1846, Mr. Grant engaged the plaintiff as his sporting editor upon the following terms :—The plaintiff was to receive twelve guineas per week for his services, but during the seasons he was to pay out of that sum 11. ls. per week to the gentleman who supplied" cricket copy ;" 1/. Is. to the gentleman who "did" the " yatching;" 11. 10s. per week for the" timing of the races;" and to provide a sub editor should the pressure of business require one. In return for this remuneration the plaintiff undertook to supply a couple of columns of sporting intel ligence, and generally to superintend the sporting department of the Era. The plaintiff performed these duties up to the time of the Goodwood Races in the same year, when his account of that meeting was rejected by the proprietor, and that of Mr. Harrison ("Yates ")was used in its stead. This breach of professional etiquette induced Mr. Tattersall to throw up his situation as sporting editor, and to commence the present action to recover compensation for a breach of his engagement with Mr. Grant. For the defence, Mr. Strutt, the attorney, was called to prove that just before Mr. Tattersall abandoned the paper, he became the proprietor of the Era, and finding that the salaries paid to the various contributors were extravagantly high, while the circu lation of the paper was rapidly going down, he deter mined to have " the house put in order." Accordingly he engaged " Vates " (Mr. Harrison), as the sporting editor, end agreed with the plaintiff to pay him 5/. a week to act conjointly with Mr. Harrison in managing the sporting department. The plaintiff agreed to these terms, but subsequently he expressed himself dissatisfied with the arrangement, and left the establishment of his own accord. 1 'The jury found for the plaintiff—damages 10L 10s. BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) The adjourned special general meeting of the proprie tors of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway was held this afternoon at the King's Arms Tavern, Old Palace-yard, Westminster. There were not more than five or six shareholders in attendance, and the meeting was further adjourned till half-past ten o'clock on Tues day week, to be held at the same place. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. COPYHOLD ENFRANCHISEMENT BILL. The Copyhold Enfranchisement Bill passed through Committee. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT (IRELAND) BILL. The Imprisonment for Debt (Ireland) Bill passed through Committee. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES BILL. On the motion of the Earl of GRANVILLE the Joint-stock Companies Bill passed through Committee. COMMONS ENCLOSURE BILL. On the motion of Lord CAMPBELL, the Commons Enclosure Bill was read a third time and passed. GOOD-CONDUCT 'WARRANTS FOR THE NAVY AND MARINES. The Duke of RICHMOND asked whether it was intended to introduce the system of issuing good-con duct warrants to the navy and the marines, as well as to the army? The Earl of AUCKLAND said it was his intention to extend the system of good-conduct warrants to the navy and the marines, if Parliament would sanction the proposal. STANDING ORDERS. Lord REDESDALE rose to move a standing order to the effect that the name of the Noble Peer who took charge of a Bill should appear upon the Bill, and also upon the journals of the House, and that the Noble Lord having charge of a Bill brought up from the House of Commons should more the second reading of it. The LORD CHANCELLOR opposed the motion as inconvenient. After a desultory conversation, Lord REDESDALE consented to amend his motion, by confining their attention to the making of it incum bent that the name of the Lord moving the second reading should appear on the back of the Bill. COMMITTEES. Lord REDESDALE then moved an amendment of the Standing orders relating to the Chairman of Com mittees to the effect that when the House is in Com mittee of the whole House, if the Chairman of the Committee, or any . Lord appointed by the House in his place, shall be absent (unless by leave of the Committee), the House be resumed. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Speaker took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY was introduced by the Lord Advocate and Mr. Tufnell, and took the oaths and his seat for Cheltenham. Mr. FITZGERALD took the oaths and his seat for Horsham. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed : .Dunbar Customs, Water, and harbour Dues Amendment. London and Blackwall Railway (Connecting Branch, &c.) Newport and Pontypool Railway Act Amendment. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. ____ ______ ...... The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were further considered and agreed to :—Manchester, Shef field, and Lincolnshire Railway (Junction with the Mid land Railway via Barnsley, and Branches therefrom) Bill; South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Railway Amendment (Extension to Penistone and Alteration of Dodworth Branch) Bill. YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD presented two petitions from Reading, one from the governor of the gaol, and the other from the inhabitants of that town, praying for the erection of industrinl schools for the reformaiion of juven ile offenders, and that the funds now spent on gaols might be devoted to so laudable a purpose. Similar petitions were presented by Mr. W. MILES, from Montgomery, and hlr. R. PALMER, from Reading. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Petitions in favour of Mr. Hume's motion for Parlia mentary reform were presented by Mr. Brown, from Ormskirk, Mr. Williams, from Chester, Colonel Thomp son, from Manchester, and Dr. Bowling, from St. Mary, Islington. Mr. Hume presented ten similar petitions. SALE OF SPIRITS. Sir G. CLERK presented a petition from Dover with respect to the sale of spirits. HIGHWAY BILL. Sir J. PAKINGTON presented a petition from Wor cester against the highway Bill. THE CHARTER. Captain PECHELL presented a petition from Brighton in favour of the document called the People's Chatter. DUBLIN ELECTION. Lord R. GROSVENOR gave notice of his intention to-morrow to move that the Dublin Election Committee should have leave to adjourn from Wednesday to Friday on account of the urgent private business of one of its Members. SLIGO ELECTION. Mr. ORMSBY GORE moved that the petition _of John Delany, which was presented on the 18th of May last, complaining of certain proceedings for effecting a compromise in the case of the Sligo election petition, be referred to the Committee of Privileges. Mr. HUME wished to ask what the views of Govern ment were upon this matter. Sir GEORGE GREY said Government were clearly of opinion that it ought to be inquired into. Mr. BRIGHT wanted to know what the con stitution of the Committee of Privileges was. It ap peared to him to be a tribunal more disposed to conceal than disclose any matter of abuse. The Committee of Privileges ought to be open like the Election Committees. The imotion was then agreed to. Mr. V. SMITH moved that the order for printing the evidence taken before the Sligo Committee be discharged, and the evidence referred to the Committee of Privileges. Agreed to. POOR-LAW. Lord MORPETH presented a petition against the present Poor-law ; end also one from several officers of poor-law unions, praying that they might be entitled to superannuated allowance. GUERNSEY. Mr. OSBORNE moved for a return of all notes fur. nished by the Governor of Guernsey, Major-General Sir W. Napier, to the Commissioners appointed to in quire into the institutions of the Channel Islands, con taining Sir W. Napier's observations and suggestions on the powers of the Royal Court of Guernsey, and its ad ministration of the criminal law, dated September 19, 1846.—Agreed to. MEDALS TO SURVIVORS ENGAGED AT THE SIEGE OF ST. SEBASTIAN. In answer to a question from. Colonel DUNNE, Mr. FOX MA ULE said that a principle was laid down by the Government with regard to the distribution of medals, that such should only be given to individuals positively engaged, or to the survivors of such persons where medals had not been granted in the first instance. In the case of St. Sebastian no medals had been granted, but it was proposed to give such to the parties actually engaged in the trenches, or who had been of the storm ing party. _ _ SUGAR DUTIES. The House then went into Committee on the Sugar Duties. A preliminary discussion arose as to whether a motion of Mr. Bagshaw or that of Sir John Pakington should have precedence, and it was ultimately decided that Sir John Pakington should move his amendment first. Sir J. PAKINGTON then rose to move the amend ment of which he had given notice, which was to the effect that from the present time there should be a dif ferential duty of 10s. in favour of the produce of the British colonies ; and he proposed to effect this, not by raising the duty on foreign sugar, but by lowering it on British. In making this motion, he thought he had a right to complain of the statements that had been made by the Noble Lord at the head of the Govern ment, who had stated that the course he (Sir J. Peking ton) was pursuing had caused embarrassment and delay. —(Hear, hear.) He admitted that there had been some embarrassment, but he thought the delay rested with the Noble Lord himself.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord ought to have seen and known that it would be impossible to discuss a subject like the pre sent without some considerable delay ; and as to the em barrassments, he believed them to have arisen from the vacillation of the Government.—(Hear, hear.) His plan would not increase the price to the consumer, nor would it endanger the revenue, and he thought, as it was essential to the welfare and prosperity of the colonies, it ought to be readily adopted. But considera tions of revenue ought not to influence their minds upon this subject, when it was borne in mind, that by in creasing the consumption of colonial sugar in this country they were practically checking the horrors of the slave trade, and he hoped the exaggerated accounts of the Chancellor of the Exchequer as to the loss: the adoption of this plan would inflict upon the revenue, would not deter Hon. Members from giving it their support. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the adoption of the plan would involve a loss of 960,000/. Sir J. PAKINGTON contended that the loss would fall very tar short of that sum, but when they were legislating fur purposes of humanity, they ought not to be influenced by revenue considerations. He maintained however, that the loss to the revenue which would result from the adoption of the plan would be 182,000/., as com pared with the year 1847, instead of 960,000/., as esti mated by the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite. With regard to what he proposed to do when his plan expired, he must refuse to give any answer whatever. He can didly confessed that he was not prepared to do so. No man could pretend to predict as to what the duties on sugar ought to be in the year 1854. He could assure the Government that if they persevered in their line of policy, they would ultimately drive the estates in the colonies out of cultivation, and so give the producer of slave-grown sugar an almost exclusive monopoly of the British market. It was on those grounds that he proposed the motion; and, if it were the pleasure of the House to reject it, would be some satis faction to him to have put on record the just and reasonable demands of the colonies, and all responsibility, therefore, would devolve upon the Govern ment who had introduced the measure. The Hon. Baronet concluded by proposing the motion substituting 10s. for 13s. as the duty on Muscovado sugar. Mr. DRUMMOND said some Member had treated this subject as a free-trade question, others as a slave-trade question, and others had treated it solely with reference to the West Indian planters; but no one yet had given the slightest clue by which they could unravel that great complexity. The West Indian interest had in the present debate, a great advantage, because they bad received the aid of the consummate abilities, great exertions of the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn.—(Hear, hear.) The House was in this perplexity upon this question that the Members on each side of it were afraid to carry out their own principles.—(Hear, hear.) The people of this country had broken three distinct bargains with the West Indian proprietors. The West Indians had a right to bring their whole produce to this country duty free, and they ought to be satisfied with nothing less. Mr. Y. SMITH denied that the people of this country had broken their contracts Nyith the West Indians. (LEFT SPEAKING.) TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING. Six o'CLocx. JULY STAKES. 7 to 4 on Flying Dutchman 4 to 1 on Aquetos 4 to 1 agst any other GOODWOOD STAKES. 12 to 1 agst Remembrance 12 to 1 agst Alpheia 13 to 1 agst Chanticleer 16 to 1 agst Reflection LIVERPOOL CUP. 7 to 1 agst Cawroush S to 1 agst Executor 15 to 1 agst Jovial GOODWOOD CUP. 15 to 1 agat Miss Lydia ST. LEGER. Betting the same as last week. DERBY. 18 to 1 agst Flying Dutchman 27 to 1 apt Honeycomb 30 to 1 agst Uriel 33 to 1 agst c out of Ailce Hawthorn's dam 40 to 1 agst Saucy Dick 50 to 1 agst Aquetos UNIVERSIT Y INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, JUNE 30.—A convocation was holden this morning, when the proposed grant of an additional sum of 1001. out of the University chest, in aid of a fund for the extension of parochial burial-grounds in the city of Oxford, upon the condition that the sum be paid so soon as the third additional burial-ground shall have been consecrated, met the ap proval of the House. The proposed grant also of 3001. towards the endowment of the new church at Headington, when consecrated, met also with the ap proval of the house. In a congregation holden immediately afterwards, the following degrees were conferred, viz.:— Doctor of Civil Law—Rev. George Croke Rowden, New College. Doctor of Medicine, with License to Practise—Henry Wentworth Acland, All Souls College, and Lee's Lec turer is anatomy. Bachelor of Civil Law—Granville Robert Henry Somerset, Fellow of All Souls College. Bachelor of Music—John Sewell, Magdalen Hall. Masters of Arts—Rev. H. Nicholson Ellacombe,,Oriel College; Rev. William Buckle, Oriel College; Rev. Thos. Edward Powell, Oriel College; Rev. James Yal den Nevill, Oriel College; Rev. Arthur Henry Hosmar, Oriel College; Rev. Thomas A. Vowles, St. Alban Hall; Rev. Robert Emans Crawley, Magdalen Hall; Rev. Robert Wilson, Magdalen Hall ; Rev. George Rose, Magdalen Hall; Rev, William Francis Gray, Wadham College; Rev. Henry Walford, Wadham College; Rev. George Eveleigh Saunders, Fellow of Wadham College; Rev. Edward Francis Gepp, Wadham College; John Harrison Miller, Scholar of Wadham College; Rev. George R. Mackarness, Merton College ; Montague Francis Finch Osborne, Merton College ; Rev. James Hughes, Fellow of Jesus College; Rev William John stone, Trinity College; Henry Rayer, Trinity College; Rev. William Brown, Trinity College; Augustus Free man Boyse, Christ Church; Theophilus Jones, Brase nose College; Rev. Assheton, Pownall, Brasenose Col lege; Rev. J. Rush, Worcester College; Rev. John Lo vick Johnson, St. Edmund Hall ; Rev. Henry Edwin Devey, Pembroke College; Rev. Edward Greatorex, Pembroke College; Rev. Gilbert Francis White, Lincoln College. Bachelors of Arts—John Singleton Winder, scholar of Oriel College; Samuel Hall Fearon, Taberdar of Queen's College; Edward Fox, Fellow of New College; Earl of Darnley, Christ Church, Grand Compounder; William Whitton Allen, Trinity College ; Hon. C. Spencer B Hanbury, Brasenose College, Grand Com pounder; Thomas Henry Whittaker, Exeter College; Ederard St. John Mildmay, Merton College; Rev. Charles Spooner, Magdalen Hall ; Henry Eastfield Bayly Exhibitioner of Corpus Christi College; Brown low Poulter, Fellow of New College ; John Deacon, Oriel College; Thomas Barker, Queen's College. This morning the Rev. Henry Bond Bowlby, 8.A., and Charles Douglas Ross, Scl-olars of Wadham Col lege, were elected Probationary Fellows of that Society; and Messrs. William Bayard Dolby, Commoner of ,Bal iol College, James Andrews, Commoner of Worcester College, and Frederic Harrison, were elected Scholars of Wadhum College. CAMBRIDGE, JUNE 30.—The Vice-Chancellor has ap pointed Saturday, July 1, for Richard Elwyn and Arthur William Headlam, of Trinity College, and Monday next, July 3, for Dominus Norris and Dominus Vaughan, of Trinity College, to recite their prize essays. The Vice-Chancellor has also appointed Tuesday next, July 4, for George John Cayley, of Trinity College, to recite his English Poem for the Chancellor's medal; for Augustus Frederic Birch, of King's College, to recite his Exercise for the Camden medal; for Charles Schreiber, of Trinity College to recite his Greek Ode; for Wood thorpe Scholefield Collet, of Clare Hall, to recite his Latin Ode; for Henry Carr Archdale Tayler, of Trinity College, to recite his'Epigrams for Sir William Browne's medals; and for Edward Henry Perowne, of Corpus Christi College, to recite his exercise for the Porson prize. The prize for this last-mentioned exercise has been lately adjudged. KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. The annual distribution of prizes to the students of this College took place on Friday afternoon, in the spa cious hall of the institution, which was crowded with a distinguished and highly respectable anditory of both sexes, who evinced the greatest interest in the proceed. ings. Among the company present were his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Bishop of Lich field, the Bishop of LlandatF, R. W. Jelf, D.D., Princi pal of the College, and a large number of the professors in the several departments of science and art which are prosecuted within its walls. In thti unavoidable absence of his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, who, it was announced, would preside on the occasion, the Lord Bishop of Lichfield occupied the chair. In introducing the business of the day, The CHAIRMAN observed, that while he deeply re gretted that his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury could not attend to preside over the ceremony that day, still he trusted that he would be permitted to say, with out offence, that in some respects he (the Chairman) felt himself peculiarly fitted to occupy the chair, inasmuch as he had been a member of the council of that college from its commencement, and filled the post of its prin cipal for five years. He rejoiced to know that the col lege was making rapid progress, both as regarded the number of its students and the high character of the stud►es they pursued, as well as with reference to their proficiency in those various branches of knowledge. It was at all times most gratifying to award to met it its just meed, and it was particularly so to him, on the present occasion. when he felt assured that the greatest care and impartiality had been exercised in testing the deserts of the respective competitors.—(Applause.) The PRINCIPAL then addressed the Chairman upon the general state of the institution, and announced the names of the students to whom divinity prizes had been awarded ; after which the prizemen in each class were called forward in rotation by the professors of the given class, and the chairman distributed the prizes, accompa nying their presentation with such appropriate hortatory and encouraging remarks as the nature of each case suggested. The list of successful candidates is as follows : DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE Divinity—O. Marden, H. M. Maugham, J. H. Orde, H. T. S. Dicey, F. W. Farrar, E. Thompson. Latin Verse---C. H. Pearson. Latin Essay—W. J. Brodribb. Classes—W. J. Brodribb, E. Thompson, F. W. Farrar, Thomas Kimber. English Verse, Original Poem—George Murray. English Verse, Translation—George Murray. English Essay—E. J. S. Dicey. English Literature—H. 'T. S. Dicey, J. H. Orde, F.W. Farrar. Mathematics—F. `'Nilson, W. D. Gardiner, R. S. Lane, C. W. Devenish, 11. A. Morgan, C. F. Norman, H. T. S. Dicey. Hebrew—C. F. Norman, J. Griebel, J. H. Knox. French—R. S. Lane. German—E. J. S. Dicey. DEPARTMENT OF THE APPLIED SCIENCES. Divinity—J. Hicks, R. W. Buckley, G. Murray. Mathematics—T. Bolton, P. W. De Quetteville, W. Grain. Arts of Construction—J. H. Park. Manufacturing Art and Machinery—S. B. Dansell, H. C. Heath. Surveying—J. H. Park, H. C. Heath, J. T. Lepard, T. Bolton. Geometrical Drawing—H. C Heath, T. Bolton, W. Bulstrade. Chemistry—J. J. W. Watson, W. Bulstrade. Chemical Manipulation, 1848—H. Hooper. Chemical Manipulation, 1847—H. Whitcombe. Geology—J. J. W. Watson, J. Hicks. Mineralogy—H. C. Heath,,F. B. Miller. Workshop—R : J. Arthur, W. S. Boulton. Certificates of honour were next granted to a number of students, and the following persoas were then admitted to the associateship of the college : Department of General Literature and Science—G. Gainford, J. Griebel, C. E. Radon, S. F. Jones, H. M. Maugham, G. Russell. Department of the Applied Sciences—J. J. Barrow, W. Bulstrade, F. A. Burgett, R. Druce, J. Hicks, H. Hooper, H. Keeling, E.Kingston, J.H. Park, A. Simons, P. Soames, E. H. Thomas. SCHOLARS. Department cf General Literature and Science.—Se nior classical scholar, W. J. Brodribb ; junior ditto, C. H. Pearson. Senior mathematical scholar, E. Wilson ; junior ditto, W. D. Gardiner. Department of the Applied Sciences.— Senior scholars, John Hicks and C. J. Spencer (equal) ; junior ditto, Thomas Bolton. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE then moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman, and remarked upon the gratification which the proceedings of that day had afforded him. He respected knowledge very highly, but still more did he respect morality and piety ; and he was therefore de lighted to know that the students of King's College had their high learning sanctioned by the hallowed influ ences of religion.—(Applause.) The Bishop of LLANDAFF seconded the proposition, which was carried by acclamation, and afterwards tersely acknowledged by the Right Rev. Chairman. The proceedings, which had elicited the marked and oft-repeated plaudits of the assembly, then terminated. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JULY 1. STOCK EXCHANOYL—There is but little stock ciering in to-day's market. The business done shows a better feeling. The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc tion, 31/. Shares, VA dis.—Ditto (late C. and B.), 221. Shares, 73, dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 1% dis.—Ditto, IW. Preference, 6 per cent.. IA p.—London and North-Western, I`2o%—Ditto, New Quarters, p.—Mid land Stock, 101 1 ,£—Ditto, New Halves, 6% dis.—North Staffordshire, 2% dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 24 Ditto, No. 2, 10 dis.—Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, 2% dis. MANCHESTER, JULY 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Chester and Birken head, 221. Shares, 8 1 / 8 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Pre ference, p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 10 dis.—North Staffordshire, 2% dis.— South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, 23j c. int. %Vi , fir, A QMT " NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JULY 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Leeds and Thirsk, New, 21 4 dis.—North British, Thirds, 1/. 19s. 6d. dis. FATAL ACCIDENT FROM FlRE. — Yesterday (Sun day) Miss Selina Turner, daughter of C. Turner, Esq., of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, was burnt so severely that she expired three hours after the injury. It appears that the bedding took fire from the flame of a candle by which she had been reading in bed, having fallen asleep without extinguishing it. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. A. A. Lackersteen and W. H. Crake, Moorgete•street, merchant, July 21, at half-past eleven—W. Sims, Great Queen•street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, coach and harness maker, July 22, at eleven—M. L. Bensusan, Magdalen row, Great Prescott-street, Goodman'a-fields, merchant, July 21, at twelve. In the Country. E. Hughes, Liverpool, grocer, July 91, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Bannister and D. Simpson, Liverpool, shipwrights, July 81, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—E. Owen and G. Owen, Holyhead, drapers and grocers, July 21, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool —G. Blake and J. Blake, Liverpool and Dublin, soap manufacturers, July 21, at eleven, at the Court, Liver pool—J. Shepherd and B. Shepherd, Exeter, wine and spirit merchants, Aug. 3, at one, at the Court, Exeter— R. Burns, Exeter, general draper, Aug. 3, at one, at the Court, Exeter—J. Came, sen., Truro, provision mer chant, Aug. 3, at one, at the Court, Exeter—R. W. Bligh, Plymouth, hosier, Aug. 3, at one, at the Court, Exeter—J. Dawson, Leeds, plaid manufacturer, :July 31, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—R. Fearnside, Heck mondwike, Yorkshire, draper, July 31, at twelve, at the Court, Leeds—J. Fitzhugh, Nottingham, tailor, July 21, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham —E. Field, Stratford upon-Avon, mercer, July 29, at half-past ten, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Rubery, Darlaston, Stafford shire, lock manufacturer, Aug. 2, at half-past ten, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Fielding, Middleton, Lancashire, corn dealer, July 27, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. G. Puckle, Southwark, and Corn Ex c h ange , hop and corn factor, 14s. 6d., on Saturday, July 1, and two sub sequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Birchin-lane. J. Wooller, Stockton-on: Tees, draper, 4s. 3d., on Saturday, July 1, or any subsequent Saturday, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle upon-Tyne. _ L. and C. H. Wood, Willow-walk, Bermondsey, 3s. 2d., on any Wednesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman -street, City. R. Stephenson, Southwick -street, Hyde Park, 25., on Thursday, July 6, or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street. P. N. Page, King's-road, Gray's Inn, builder, 2s. 4d., on Thursday, July 6, or any subsequent Thursday, be tween twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld King's Arms-yard, M oorga t e - s t ree t. , W. Walker and J. Gray, Leeds, woolstaplers, a third and final dividend, on any Tuesday, between ten and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Leeds. H. Melville, Kidbrook, Kent, portrait painter, 2s. 4d., on Monday, July 3, and two subsequent Mondays, be tween eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Birchin-lane, City. J. Wright, Oxford• street, chemist, 6d., on Monday, July 3, and two subsequent Mondays, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Birchin-lane, City. J. Notting, Poole, Dorsetshire, currier, 35., on Satur day, July 1, and two subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of j, Edwards, Frederick's place, Old Jewry. G. J. Sharp, Duke-street, Tooley-street, tailor, Is. 9d., on Saturday, July 1, and two subsequent Saturdays, be tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. R. Abbey and J. Smith, Acre-lane, Clapham, Is. 6d., on Saturday, July 1, and two subsequent Saturdays, be tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. W. Sherwood, Belvedere road, ..Lambeth, builder, 3s. 4d., on Saturday, July 1, and two subsequent Satur days, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. J. G. Moore and H. Bayliss, Norivich, warehousemen, 4s. 6d., on Saturday, July 1, and two subsequent Satur days, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. J. C. Staines, Oundle, tailor, 2id., on Saturday, July 1, and two subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. J. Taylor, Blackfriars-road, victuall er , 3 s . 9 d ., on Saturday. July 1, and two subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch lane. H. S. Brazier, Broad-street, Oxford-street, tailor, 45., July 1, and two subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. J. M. Lee, Cornhill, underwriter, 11s., on Saturday, July 1, and two subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-etreet. _ W. J. Joiner, Aveley, Essex, agricultural machine maker, July 24, at two—W. J. Comae, New-cross, Deptford, seedsman, July 22, at one—E. H. Brown, Peckham-rye, brick maker, July 22, at twelve—E. Ca. han, Strand, tailor, July 25, at twelve. In the Country. W. Ask, Wakefield, jeweller, July 24, at twelve, at the Court, Leeds—J. Carter, Liverpool, merchant, July 21, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—Mary Ann Legett, Liverpool, hotel-keeper, July 21, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—B. Winnall, Mathon, Worcester. shire, farmer, July 22, at half-past ten, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Steltox, Manchester, agent, July 21, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. At the Court of Review, July 21. R. Dutton, Sambrook -court, Basinghall-street, wool broker—W. Lombardini Huddersfield, carver and gilder—J. F. Bridges, Sheraton Magna, innkeeper —L. Farrands, Nottingham, innkeeper—H. W. Hemsworth, Primrose-street, City, wine merchant—D. Gostic, Keighley, Yorkshire, grocer—S. Emerson, Newton, Warwickshire, general shopkeeper—R. Smith, Baxen den, Lancashire, and M. Smith, Manchester, calico printers—J. Aldersea, Tunstall, Staffordshire, druggist —J. Goodcheape, Aldersgate-street, undertaker —W. H. Osborn, Sheffield, wine merchant—J. Coiling, Yarmouth, grocer—W. J. D. Millman, Plymouth, tailor—R. Mar tin, Plymouth, ale and porter merchant—T. W. Green, High Holborn, straw bonnet manufacturer—M. Day, Weston-super-Mare, Somersetshire, miller —J. Randell, Bristol, painter—S. Crowder, Sun- street, Bishopsgate, dealer in cane—A. G. Evans and R. Webb, New Bond street, engravers. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Richardson and J. Sandilands, Birkenhead, tailors —E. Cheetham and S. H. Cheetham, Stockport, Cheshire, mill-owners—W. H. Hewett and H. E. Wil liams, Tavistock-place, Tavistock-square, surgeon den tists—J. Flanks and B. D. Hanks, Pontefract, Yorkshire, nurserymen—W. E. Fidler, W. Hull, and W. Newton, King's Arms-buildings, Wood-street, City, warehouse men—R. Tanner and J. Young, Leeds, accountants—J. R. Carroll, G. Fisher, and J. Wharham, Torquay, De vonshire grocers—F. Ragueneau and T. P orter, Bart lett's-buildings, Holborn, agents—R. Mountjoy and R. S. Mountjoy, Ealing, nurserymen—J. A. Gilbert and G. A. Cooper, Dorrington-street, Clerkenwell, japanners— H. Snowden and J. B. Preston, Leeds, attorneys—G. J. Bompass, J. G. Smith, E. G. Smith, and Mary Steele Bompass, Fishponds, Gloucestershire, lunatic asylum proprietors—T. E. Birch and W. Birch, Mold, Flint shire, druggists J. Williamson and E. T. Lord, Howarth-cross-mill, cotton spinners —J. Whitley and C. Child, Bardford, Yorkshire, machine.- makers —W. Taylor and W. Elphinstone, North Shields, printers —H. Bidwell and 11. Bidwell, jun., Norwich, linendrapers—J. Brooks and A. Barlow, Edenfield, Lancashire, linendrapers—J. A. Lachmann, L. Lachmann, and M. Preuss, George-street, Minories, jewellers (so far as regards the sa id M. P reuss)—T. Hines and Margaret Bennett, Ashton -under-Line, drapers—M. Husband and W. H. Cole, Exeter, whole sale chemists—H. Wilson and W. Milsum, Swindon, Wiltshire, grocers—J. Bentley and S. Holt, Pilkington, Lancashire, cotton-manufacturers—Louisa Stroud and T. Stroud, South Audley-s treet,lLlnover- square, ready -made linen warehousemen—J. T. Price, R. T. Fox, A. Fox, T. W. Fox, W. Fox, N. Tregalles, and C. H. Waring, Neuth Abbey, iron-masters (as far as regards the said T. W. Fox and W. Fox—W. Webb and T. B. Smith, Cannock, Staffordshire, steel-manufacturers—J. Ward and T. Ward, Jewin-street, Redcross-street, and White cross -street, builders—G. Barnes and R. S. Cock, Lin coln's Inn-fields, twine-merchants—W. Ring and G. Conquest, Btrnner-street, St. Luke's, and Old Change, tin-plate-workers—R. Barker and F. Barker, Church street, Hackney, linendrapers—J. Padley and R. Smith, Manchester, wood-turners —T. Arnold and J. C. Hodges, Rood-lane, and Lower East Smithfield, sail cloth-factors. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. John Taylor, Ingbirchworth, Yorkshire, innkeeper. George Read, Magiston, Dorsetshire, blacksmith. William Hoyland, Ousletbwaite, Yorkshire. John King, Isle of Ely, innkeeper. Abraham Bell, Farm borough, Somersetshire, bootmaker. Joseph Marples, Ashton-•under-Lyne, saddler. William Still, Bath, attorney's clerk. Samuel Davies, Pontithel, Breconshire, surgeon. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. G. Eddington, Carlindean, farmer, to meet, July 7 and 21, at one, within the Eagle Hotel, Glasgow. A. Grieve, Portobello, merchant, to meet, July 5 and 26, at two, wilful' the New Ship Tavern, Leith. E. Forrest, Trail( nt, coal -master, to meet, July 8 and 29, at twelve, within the George Inn, Haddington. D. Henderson, Leith, wine•merchant, to meet, July 5, and August 2, at eleven, within the New Ship Hotel, Leith. A. Izett, Glasgow, vintner, to meet, J u ly 4 an d 25, at twelve, within th e Black Bull Hotel, Glasgow. H. Sim, Newton of Arbirlot, dairyman, to meet, July 8 snd 29, at twelve, within Bruce's White Hart Hotel, Arbroath. J. Gilmour. Glasgow, ironmonger, to meet, July 6 and 27, at one, within Garrick's Royal Hotel, Glasgow. G. Alston, Glasgow, dairyman, to meet, July 6 and 27, at one, within the Eagle Temperance Hotel, Glasgow. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY. Lieutenant-General— Salmon, Royal Artillery,London. Major-General—Sir J. F. Dundas, Bart., East India Company's Service, Richmond. Captains—Losack, Ist West India Regiment, Cape Coast Castle; Pointon, retired full pay 26th Foot; Fitz- Gerald, retired full pay 7th Veteran Battalion; Morgan, half-pay Coldstream Guards; Law, half-pay Waggon Train; Rose, half-pay 66th Foot, Castlemartyr, Cork; H. L. Herbert, Unattached; Earl of Moray, half-pay Independents ; Schultz, half-pay Portuguese Off. ; Schweitzer, half-pay English King's German Legion, Hanover. Lieutenants—Srainforth, 24th Foot, Landour, Bengal; De Montmorency, 50th Foot, London; W. J. Polking horne. Royal Marines; Sutherland, retired full-pay 2d Veteran Battalion; Bradford, half-pay Bth Foot; Wil liams, half-pay 87th Foot ; Richardson, half-pay Cana dian Fencibles. Ensigns—Gray, 3d Foot, Belfast; Maddock, 98th Foot, on his passage home; Douglas, retired full-pay 4th Veteran Battalion; Biliam, half-pay, 62d Foot. Paymasters—Greene, Ist Dragoon Guards, Birming ham; Walker, 15th Foot; Mackie, half-pay 27th Foot; Forster (District), Glasgow. Quartermaster--Patterson, half-pay 81st Foot. Surgeons—Barlow, 50th Foot; Wheeler, Staff, Bar. badoes; Walker, half-pay 92 Foot. Assistant-Surgeon—Matthew, Staff, Canada. Deputy Assistant Commissary-General—Low, St. Kitts. QUARTERLY NAVAL OBITUARY. FLAG OFFICERS. Admiral—Sir William Hotham, G.C.B. Rear-Admiral—Samel Flood Inglefield, C. 13. Captains—Charles Conrad Grey, Frederick William Burgoyne, Thomas Simpson. Commanders—Robert Scallon, James Stopford Hore, John Powell Tweed, James Richard Dacres, Frederick Blair, Hector Loring, Reginald Thomas John Levinge, John Ellis, Thomas Townsend. Lieutenants—Richard Pettman, Herbert Mackworth, Henry Snellgrove, Charles Rumbold Gordon, Thomas Lepard Knevitt, Robert Snow, William Hicks (b), Jo seph Bates, Henry Richmond, Andrew Barclay Barclay, Henry Alexander Breedon, Charles Augustus Yollond, John Fitzßrand, George William White, George John Loch. Masters—William Jackson (a), Kenneth M'Kenzie, Edward Gilling, Samuel George Jago Northcote. ROYAL MARINES. Lieutenant-Colonels—Robert Ford. Captain—Francis Wemyss. First Lieutenant—Francis James Polkinghorne. MEDICAL OFFICERS. Surgeons—John Dickson (a), Thomas Henry Nation, M.D., Alexander Browning, James Litle, Howell Jones Williams, Andrew Dods, M.D. Paymasters and Pursers—Stuterille Isaacson, Samuel Wilcox, George Kent, William Cuming, John Milner, Thi.mas Cole (a). 8.1 titlib. On the sth ult., at Tangier, Mrs. John Drummond Hay, of a son. At Trieste, on the 21st ult., the lady of J. D. Martin, Esq., of a son. On the 28th ult., at Holland-place, Clapham-road, the wife of W. E. Jenkins, Esq., of a son. On the 29th ult., at Fulham, Mrs. W. Proctor Collier, of A daughter. MARRIED. On the 29th ult., at Haddenham Church, Bucks, Henry Bode, Esq., to Jane Elizabeth, eldest daughter of J. Franck lin, Esq., of Westlington House, Denton, Bucks. DIES. On the 25th ult., at Paris, the Rev. G. Caldwell, late of Jesus College, Cambridge. On the 25th ult., at Dolonchothi, Elizabeth, the wife of of J. Johnes, Esq. On the 28th ult., at Cranbrook, Kent, Miss Eli'abeth A. C. Senior, aged 73. On the . 29 — th ult., aged 23, Ann West, sister of Mr. West, of Ludgate-street. _ On the 29th ult., at Camberwell, aged 80, J. Hingeston, Esq., late of Finsbury-place South. On the 29th ult., Mary Lea, the wife of G. S. Allnutt, Esq. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the conoty of Ifiddlosex, Diohday, July 3,1848. 1 will sth itt lett( (pal Com nun Tres 25t1 SOW pan: of t hat Safe half nap Stlra 59, - i Kii from 'nier gialo s' _,~' 1 ,~s' Thr pac) Bru IF, chuff spec hon: OR 9