The Sun. — London, England, 1848-07-28 00:00:00

NOW IIEAEY, In 3 vols. post Bvo., with Portraits, T A TN THE NIYETEENTII CENTURY, CONTRASTED ',Mil ITS PAST CONDITION. By JAMES WiIITESIDE, A.M., M.R.1.A., One of Iler .11:,js:y'A Counsel. Richard Bentley, Now Eurlii,gton-street, (Publisher in Ordinar: - to her Majesty). Y; A NEW WORK OF CERVANTES. WITH A PORTRAIT OF CHATEAUBRIAND and SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON, Bart., And with an Illustration by Leech. TIIE AUGUST NTI3IBEIt, price Half-a-Crown, of BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, WILL CONTAIN : EL BUSCAPIE. The long-lost Work of Cervantes, recently discovered in Manuscript, at Cadiz. (Translated from the Spanish, with Notes.) A most Unfeeling and Cowardly The Battle of Chalgrave Field; Assault. By Horace Mayhew. the wound and death of Ilamp- With an Illustration by Leech. den. By W. White Cooper, Fiflne and her Men - age. By The Cellini Cup. By Samuel Louisa Stuart Costello. James Arnold. Tenipor. By Mrs. Ward, author Chair Talk ; or, Studies from of " Five Years in Kaffir!and." Still Lite. 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HO* I GOT AVV, I Alter the late Ri By Alber Richard Bentley, Ne Now ready, price 155., The S UPPLEMENT to BURKE'S HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND, Containing the History and Genealogy of 500 additional Fa milies, with references to upwards of 10,000 Persons connected with them by marriage or descent ; besides New Particulars respect ing the families comprised in the first two volumes. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdlle. JENNY LIND. TO-MORROW EVENING will be performed Bel l itl's Opera of I PURITANI. To conclude with the admired Ballet Divertissement, entitled LE JUGEMENT DE PARIS. The Free List is suspended, the public Press excepted. Pit Tickets may be obtained as usual at the Box-office of the Theatre, price 10*. 6d. each, where applications for Boxes, Pit Stalls, and Tiekets are to be made. Doors open at halt-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management et Mr. ts. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING, Wal be presented the celebrated Drama, entitled THE GREEN ; or, A Hundred Years AO. Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Dennis, Mr. Cullenford ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Grinnidge, Mr. Wright ; Captain Dartois, Mr. Worrell; Madame St. Aubert, Madame Celeste ; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates; Melly O'Neil, Miss Wool- aar Atte , * which the Bnriesque of NORM A. Norma, Mr. P. Bedford. To conclude with DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE To CAMBERWELL. ROYAI LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. 'l' U I S EVENING, Will be performed a new Farce, entitled POOR PILLICODDY. ',To be followed by BLUE BEARD. . infter which an ADDRESS will be spoken by Mr. C. Mathews. :To conclude with a new original grand Classical Extravaganza entitled TIIESEUS and ARIADNE ; or, the Marriage of Bachus. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, H. Hall, S. Smith, F. Cooke ; Miss Fitzwilliam, Miss Jane Coleman, Miss Marshall, and Madame Vestris. U 1436 80xe,5, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No gait. price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the Pao; iv every day, from Ten till Six. • ERENCII PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell, 33, Old Bond-street. Last Three Nights of the Season. THIS EVENING. The Performances will commence at a Quarter to Eight whoa Will be performed lIRNRIETTR ET CHARLOT. To be followed by VESTRIS lER. During the rf,rening M. Levassor will sing a popular Comic Chan sonnette. To conclude with LE LAIT D'ANESSE. t.s.; Pi:, 3s. Gd.; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery. 2s Boxes and :italls may be ootainPd at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bon.l-street. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, ROBERT HOUDIN con.inuei to attract crowded and fast onable athlience3 4 the St. Tames's Theatre, to witness his extraordinary and original SOIREES FANTASTIQUES, which he will repeat TO-MORROW EVENING, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evenings, commencing at Half-past Eight. in consequence of the great demand for places, he will repeat his MATINEES FANTASTIQUES on WEDNESDAY MORNING, August 2. Doors open it;. Two o'clock. Boles and Stalls may ba secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Oid Bond-street. _ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. Re-engagement or Mr. T. P. COOKE. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE LITTLE DEVIL. After which, POOR JACK. To whieh will oe added a scene from JACK SHEPPARD. To conclude with a new and original Drama, in Eight Tableaux, pourtraying by li.ring characters George Cruikshank's celebrated De signs, entitled THE DRUNKARD'S CHILDREN. Edward and Emma Roy (the Drunkard's Children) by Mr. N. T. Hicks and Mrs. R. Honner, imported by this talented company. Manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Fairbrother. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Fitaball's new and completely successful Bpectaele. Unparalle l ed Eques,rian Feats. THIS EVENING, Will be performed, the new brilliant Spectacle, founded on Sir Walter Sco-t's celebrated poetical Romance, and entitled MAR MION ; or, The Battle of Fla - Idea Field. To is; followed by the inimitable EQUESTRIAN and GYMNAS TIC EXERCISES in tl e ARENA. To conclude with Tilt': TRAVELLER'S ROOM. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Attraction unbrecedenied. JULLIEN and his L.SRIVALLED BAND. New Quadrille, composed expressly for the Gardens. Engagement of Miss HUDDART. Continuation o: the Encagement of Mdlle. LOVARNY. The DAYLIGHT VIEW el' TOME, by Danson. Superd and Un'oye MENAGERIE. Grand Display o: FIRENVOKKS, ..y the Messrs. Sonthby. 1.0 Extra Charge. MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and FRIDAY. View of Rome —Promenade Concerts, Vocal and Instrumental, conducted by Mons. JL 'MIEN whose splendid Band of Solo Per limners inclades Messrs. Baker, Barrett, Bauman, George and Viotti Collins, Cloth, Collinet, Ecenig, Lazarus, Richardson , Sonnenberg, &c.—Two Solos each Evening. --Illdlle. Lovarny will sing two fa vourite Songs, Miss Redden will sing a favourite Song, and with Madile. Lovarny w.ll execute sn admired Dyet.—Also to be seen, during the day, the beautify' Menagerie—Shakspere's Hoose—The Magic Bridge—and other novelt'cs will be exhibited. the whole concluding with a most magnificent and not to be rivalled display of Fireworks, by the Messrs. southby, representing the Girandola during the Holy Week r t Rome. Gates open at Te'r A.m., Feeding Time Fivo—Jullien's Concert at a Quarter past six—Fireworks at Half-past Nine. Admission, as usual, One Shilling. TO CORRESPONDENTS. o communication can be attended to unless autheßti cated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JULY 28. TEIERMoMETEr, Lowest, 55; Highest. 70 ; Noon. 74. BA.1101".1ETEil, 30.12.—W1ND, W.S.W.; fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 0 nun. after 0 I Evening .. 21 min. after 0 L 1 \ 3:4 - % "• \,17 ( 1 . . -0 .. ,... ~,, ~,,, •M A , t: ,ii• \* ' 1 A : ,)' -s _..44 , -f , ): ni A I = 4 - -••- 4.- •,, 4-ir' ----, , v .A is.. 2 , )4 , - ,Acr.f . t. •,- -, : -,' .:,,- Jai ~ •-,'-l• - •,. .-- Au , . - Kr.,.. , 4' . • 340 6 .#;;;,,„,;„ it-.. 0 , ,,, „,„ _ ' --, - '_,,,e , .. - • '''', . r ---- "rtitt, -,z. (fr' v 16 , 01.1111 4 4# 1( LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1848. We rejoice to state that the intelligence received yesterday iespectieg the state of Ireland, and the actual commencement of the rebellion in that un happy land, has been wholly uncorroborated, and fleet it may fairly be assumed to have been without any sufficient foundation. In common with the great majority of the metropolitan journals, we gave circulation to these statements which had unfortu nately too great an appearance of truth to permit us to doubt that there was at least some groundwork of fact, on which the circumstantial details of the nar rative were erected. It was certain that the chief agitators had fad for shelter and protection to probably the most disturbed part of the country; Vett they had d( Glared their determination not to be taken alive, but that they would resist to the utter most any attempt to capture them ; that they were surrounded by a large body of persons fully armed, and in the very locality where, within a very short period, a vast multitude assembled at a moment's notice for the purpose of rescuing three persons who had been taken into custody, and that they had only been restrained by the assurance that the charge was bailable, an d th at th ey h a d i ns i s t e d upon see i ng their c otnpanions liberated before they consented to se parate. In addition to these undoubted facts, we found that the tocsin had been sounded by the organs of the movement. It was loudly pro claimed that the time ofaction t had at length arrived, and the people were invited resist ance against the authorities. When, o rise in armed therefore, news was received through the electric telegraph, the only medium by which it could possibly t) have b een t r ansmitted with such extraordinaryis by no means surprising that a(NNl'teha rapidi ty, attach i a t t we gave cer tain degree of credence ther e t o , n to the public the information which we should n d o o t u iia te v ( e i felt justified in withholding. We certainlyan doubted the rumoured disaffection of the t roops, expeession to that doubt, bein g w e ll aware of the exaggerations that generally take place in the first accounts received from a scene of disturbance, but there was nothing that could lead us to suppose that the whole affair was a wicked and malicious fabrica tion, for which serious punishment may be inflicted upon the concoctors. Although we are thus enabled to relieve the public mind froin a certain portion of the uneasiness thus occasioned, we regret to say that there is too muck THE SUN, LONDON, in the actual condition of the country to give rise to the most grave and serious forebodings. If the rebellion has not actually broken out in the county of Tipperary, the entire district of which Slievena mon Mountain is the centre, appears to be on the very verge thereof; and it is almost impossible to hope that many days can elapse before collisions will take place between the troops and the people, and blood be freely shed on both sides in the conflict. The Government are determined that the law shall be strictly enforced, and that the powers with which they are entrusted shall be vigorously and efficiently carried into execution. The clubs are to be sup pressed, the arms to be searched for and captured. The ignorant multitude have been told by their mis chievous instructors, " that the privilege of bearing these arms is the inalienable right of a free peOple, which no Parliament is competent to restrict or in any manner to interfere with ;" and they have been appealed to in the strongest and most exciting lan guage not to surrender the weapons of which they were possessed. They have also stated that' "they will not be the first to commence the attack, but woe to their aggressors ; and that the people will resist to the last extremity the capture of their leaders." When the elements of combustion are so thickly scattered around some explosion must be expected, We believe, however, that it will be speedily put down, and that the powerful force which the Go vernment have concentrated upon the disturbed dis tricts, aided and assisted by the well-affected and loyal inhabitants, will most signally defeat the rebel troops whenever they may venture to appear in armed resistance to the authorities. The contest cannot be prolonged for any considerable period, and the misguided men who have suffered themselves to be so grievously led astray will suffer bitterly for their temporary infatuation by being compelled to become fugitives from their families and friends, even if they should succeed in escaping the more serious punishment which must undoubtedly be in flicted upon the rebels who are taken in arms, fight ing against their SOVEREIGN and their country. Political economists would do well to ponder over certain facts enunciated at a meeting held on Monday last at the Guildhall—a meeting convened by the committee of the "Ragged School Union," in which the Lord Mayor, Lord ASHLEY, Lord KINNAIRD, and other philanthropic gentlemen took part. The object of this meeting was to take steps towards the forma tion of a school of industry in the east end of London, the school established some time since in Westminster having fully realised the benevolent expectations of its founders. The statistics of this school we earnestly commend to the attention of the economical. This " school of industry " (a " ragged school" is no longer its proper denomination) contains one hundred boys and girls, all of whom have been enabled in one year to clothe themselves with the proceeds of their own labour. These children, it appears, are completely supported at the cost of 61. 10s. per annum each, "or about one-third of Me cost incurred at Parkhurst." It has already been demonstrated that it is cheaper to reform than to punish, and now we find by irrefutable evidence that it is even yet cheaper to prevent the crime than to reform the cri minal. Children can be educated and supported in a school of industry at one-third of the cost incurred at Parkhurst ! This is a fact which we willingly re iterate, and which we should never weary of repeat ing. This is a fact which we would thunder in the oars of those in whom humanity is overcome by parsimony. Draw tight your purse-strings— we would say to these economists—deride private benevolence as an amiable extravagance, and speak loudly of the virtues of economy in high places, but remember that when you have had your way, when not a shilling has been wasted in any scheme of quixotic benevolence, and the ragged children of London have been abandoned to their fate, remember that when these Pariahs of society, emerging from a childhood, spent in the foulest abodes of vice, and passing that career of guilt and misery so inimi tably pourtrayed by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK (a career to which they were predestined by your neglect), shall have finally reached the penitentiary, the hulks, or the gallows—remem ber, then, sticklers for economy, that each of these miserable wretches has cost you three times, and perhaps six times as much as if in their early child hood you had snatched them from destitution and de pravity, by the intervention of a ragged school. This is, assuredly, a sufficiently strong case, on the score of econosy ; on humane grounds it would be a work of supererogation to advocate these philanthropic institutions. Ragged schools are, without doubt, among the most truly charitable of all charitable institutions. They constitute one of the most efficient panaceas yet dis covered for the moral misery of the children of our poor. Ragged schools have elicited in their behalf the valuable exertions of Lord ASHLEY, as they long since inspired the earnest eloquence of CHARLES DICKENS. Ragged schools can scarcely need commendation or panegyric new. Their effi ciency has been tested by experience, and not found insignificant, and their efficacy will be yet more fully and more satisfactorily demonstrated, when this system shall be further extended and developed. As a step towards the extension and de velopment of this system, at the meeting held on Monday Lord KINNAIRD moved, Mr. WIRE se conded, and the assembly adopted unanimously a resolution, " That a juvenile refuge and place of industry, on an extensive scale, be established in the east of London for the admission of destitute persons of both sexes, where they shall receive gratuitously the elements of a secular and religious education, and be trained to such industrial pursuits as will fit them for future usefulness either at home or abroad?' The estimated cost of this establishment will be two thousand a year, and it will be two thousand well employed. Her MAJESTY has subscribed 1001. to wards its erection, and many benevolent individuals have already contributed their mite. Heartily do we wish a God-speed to this new ragged school—this " school of industry " would perhaps be the more proper epithet, but for ourselves we shall always pre fer the original' term, "ragged school." To our thinking it has a peculiar and beautiful significance ; it tells at once of the disease and the remedy. It brings vividly before us the abject condition of the miserable children of the metropolis, but it also tells of the succour—the insufficient but yet beneficial succour vouchsafed them. A light, feeble and intermittent though it be, has at length beamed upon the darkness of their desolation, and for this all acquainted with the awful depth of that moral night cannot be sufficiently thankful. Convinced of these things, we feel that we cannot be too grateful to the founders and promoters of these " juvenile refuges," nor too solicitous for the further extension of tneir . benevolent institutions. At the same time we are well aware that " ragged schools will of themselves be able to diminish or counteract very little of the misery and immorality of the metro polis. Other things, and many o th er thi ngs, are im peratively required ;.still it is a great error to cavil at any individual improvement because it cannot effect all that is required. Let it suffice for us to know that ragged schools must, under all circumstances, be beneficial to the commu nity, and that at the present moment in the absence of so many necessary reforms, they are most beneficial, and assuredly we sball see little cause to refuse them our most cordial encouragement and our most unhesitating support. Those persons, however, who may be insensible to such arguments in their favour will, after the statistical facts to which w e have referred, find reason to advocate ragged schools as a source of national economy. CHRISTENING OF LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S INFANT SoN.—Yesterday fort noon the infant son of Lord and Lady John Russell was baptized at Petersham Church, Richmond, by the Rev. Lord Wriothesly Russell, in the presence of Lord and Lady John Russell, the Countess f Minto, the Ladies Elliott, Viscount and Viscountess Melgund, Lady Grey, and a distinguished circle. The infant was named George Gilbert William. the sponsors being Lord Melgund, who represented Sir George Grey, and Lady Grey. At the conclusion of the ceremony the Noble Lord left with much baste for London, in consequence of the report of an alleged rising in Ire. land. Lady John entertained the company at a season able dejeuner. SALE OF B EER B ILL .—M r . H ume h as j us t g i ven notice that, on the third reading of the Sale of Beer Bill, in the House o f C ommons, h e w ill move to str ik e out t h e words, "coffe e and tea-shops " from clause four. Mr. Craven Berkel ey w i ll a l so wove the omission of the words, w ord " bef ore h alf-past twelve o ' clock in the afternoon, or where the," and insert, " before the termi na ti o n of," in line 13 of th e sa i d Bill. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 22d have been received. The Espana, the organ of CHRISTINA and of the Orleans family, publishes a bulletin dated St. Ildefonso, 20th July, which states that her MAJESTY had passed a bad night, but that she was rather better in the morning, and as a proof of her MAJESTY'S convalescence, it states that the KING drove out in the afternoon in a beautiful carriage. The article concludes by the fol lowing announcement :—" The health of her MA JESTY does not inspire any fear." Our private letters from Madrid, however, give a direct contra diction to the statement which appears in the Espana. The QUEEN is in the most precarious state from excessive haemorrhage, and these false bulletins are published ; by order of CHRISTINA and the Ca manilla, who'have made their arrangements for the immediate proclamation of the Duchess of MONT PENSIER as Queen of Spain, in the event of the malady of. Queen IsApELLA proving fatal. The Herald® states positively that General AMETT , LER intends tq enter Spain by the Amperdan about the 26th, at the head of some people of the Paris barricades. ESCOSURA'S appearance at Bayonne is commented upon in connexion with the expected in surrection, which will be headed, they say, by DON ENRIQUE an IRIARTE. AIADRID Bpma, JULY 22.—The Three per Cents. were done at J9l and I cash, and were at the same prices after the close ; Five per Cents. JO buyers, 101 sellers ; Coup!)ns, 7 buyers; Passive Debt, 3i buyers, 4 sellers ; Foreign, ditto, 31 sellers. Bank Shares, 56 buyers, 60 sellers. Discount on notes 4 to per cent. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The report presented to the Assembly on the pre ceding day by M. TRIERS, on the Communist pro positions of M. PROUDIION, is the universal theme of comment, and is spoken of in the most enthusiastic terms by the journals of the Rue de Poictiers Club, while he is attacked most vehemently in the Reforme, the organ of MM. LEDRU ROLLIN and FLocoN, and in the Bien Public, the organ of M. DE LAMARTINE. We cannot but confess that we are both disappointed and vexed' at finding M. DE LAMARTINE among the coquetters with Communism. It is generally :con sidered that Communism will not be likely to re cover from the blow which M. TutEßs has dealt to it. M. PROUDIION demanded until Saturday to pre pare himself to reply to M. TRIERS. The report of this discussion appeared in the Fourth Edition of The Sun of last evening. The preamble of the project of the constitution, which recognises the right to labour, has been re jected by 8, and accepted by 7, of the bureaux. In many of these latter it was carried by only very narrow majorities. The amended project will, it is supposed, be presented to the Chamber about the middle of August. The project of M. POUQEARD, to convert the ex traordinary tax of 45 centimes and those on mort gages and successions into a national loan of 200 millions, has been rejected by the Committee on Finances. The fetes of July have been suppressed, but a funeral service will be performed on the 29th in com memoration of the victims. The Prefect of Police has determined to publish every five days an official account of the acts of his office connected with public order. The following is his first report : " Credit can only flourish by confidence, and confi dence itself cannot be strong without the aid of all honest citizens, alike interested in the maintenance of order, without which there is no liberty. Reports propagated by malevolence hay& long kept up in public opinion an uneasiness, the causes of which there was a disposition to exaggerate. As a sentinel posted for the preservation of public security, I have thought it my duty to tranquil lise the public mind. For this purpose I will publish every five days a faithful account of all the facts which occurred in that period. I hope that the exciters of dis turbance, and the propagators of bad news, convinced of the impotency of their efforts, will at length renounce the hope that they entertain of reigning by terror. It would be too extraordinary for France, the country of courage and honour, to be made the victim of panic. Labour is resuming its activity in every branch of in dustry. On the 22d instant, of 30,992 workmen living in furnished lodgings in the capital, 12,277 were occu pied in the labours of their profession. The operations of the Mont-de-Pigki also show that the state of things is undergoing an amelioration. The number of effects taken out of pledge, from the 20th to the 24th instant inclusively, exceeded that of the articles pledged. The total of the sums lent by the establishment amounted only to 185,140 f., whilst the reimbursements amounted to 200,156 f. The movement of emigration which took place after the days of June has much diminished —it had been, besides, much exaggerated. From the 20th to the 24th of July there were delivered 2,021 passports to French citizens, and 428 to foreigners. Of the 2,021 passports granted to natives, 519 were gratuitous. Many were delivered for the bathing esta blishments. The furnished hotels and lodging-houses have felt the movement. In the last five days 4,046 persons have arrived, whilst the number of departures have been 4,812. The incessant surveillance of which malefactors are the object produces its fruits. Never were there fewer attempts against person and property. From the 20th to the 24th there were denounced five attempts against the person, and seven against the property. As to the infractions of which the correctional tribunals are cognizant, their number is more considerable ; but that of simple thefts and swindling does not exceed 35. The number of ordinary prisoners was on the 20th 2,201, and on the 24th it was 3,282, which is a new proof of the activity displayed by the police de sireti. The total number of citizens in prison on account of the events of June is at this moment 9,179, the highest number yet attained. As regards the treatment which they experience, and the attention paid to them, it will suffice, in reply to the incorrect statements that have been made on this subject, to say that there have been only -two deaths in this number. It is principally on the subject of the alarming reports spread abroad about a new attempt at insurrection that malevolence had been active. All the rumours were without foundation. The subterranean proceedings talked of have never existed. The quarries, in which it was said that there were legions of enemies and de. pots of arms, have constantly been explored with the most minute care. The catacombs, which were to be converted into mines to blow up whole quarters of the capital, are unattackable by gunpowder, so thick is the earth which eovers these excavations. The nocturnal and mysterious noises, and the pretended signals, alarm ing passers by, have been the subject of serious exami nation, of an active surveillance, and in every instance a natural cause has been found for these effects. I repeat, therefore, that good citizens may make their minds easy The more confidence they show, the greater will be the chance of the diminution of disorder. We shsdl then see our young Republic advancing with a firm step in that course of pacific progress in which other nations wil be eager to follow it." BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THK LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JULY 27. Boulogne and Amiens, 614 —Paris and Lyons, 4 1 / 8 Sambre and Meuse, 21/2. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. FRANKFORT. The German Parliament proceeded on the 24th to discuss the affairs of Posen. An hour was expended in deciding whether or not the twelve Posen deputies who had been temporarily allowed to take their seats in the Assembly should have the right of joining in the debate (and the division) on this question. The former was allowed, the latter was negatived (noes 234, ayes 182). The President evidently gave the said deputies every possible chance. The discussion then commenced on the report of the Committee, and as there are 130 Deputies in scribed to speak, the discussion will last for some time. The following are the recommendations of the report : _ _ " 1. The National Assembly recognises the admission into the Germanic Confederation of the parts of the Grand Duchy of Posen, which, upon the proposition of the Prussian Government, were incorporated thereinto by the unanimous resolutions of the Germanic Diet, on the 22d of April and 2d of May; consequently the As sembly admits to sit in its body the twelve Deputies elected in those parts of the Grand Duchy incorporated with Germany, and who have been provisionally ad mitted in virtue of their plenary powers. 2. The As sembly provisionally recognises the line of demarcation fixed on the 4th June by General Pfuel, Prussian Com missary, between part of Germany and part of Poland, at the saute time reserving to itself the right, upon a subse quent report of the Prussian Government, to pass a de finitive resolution as to the line of demarcation. 2. The Assembly will demand from the Prussian Government a positive declaration that while it governs the Polish por tion of the Grand Duchy of Poland, not only will it guarantee their nationality to the Germans established therein, but, further, that it will take such measures as shall ensure it to them at a time when this Polish part of the grand duchy shall have ceased to be under Prussian rule. 4. As regards p e t itions which rela t e to Weste rn 'russia, the Assembly declares to the inhabitants of this pr tin l p y l e t t e o v3i 31st te of who m a a y r e i tn haso G t g e r u m a r a a n n , t t e h e a d t to y b al ts r a r c e e s s o l n u o t i t o Ge n s of r _ t ( e a r n r i d t o c r o y n ) s ? e u c e o n m tl t m h a e n r , ole t h est a b l ishr ou e g d h u o i- ul n t G h e e r G m e a r n m saoni FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 28, 1848. popular development, and the right of using their own language throughout their territory, in matters which re late to ecclesiastical affairs, education, literature, internal administration and justice." AUSTRIA. The EMPEROR has agreed to the proposal of the Ministry recalling Count LEOPOLD THUN from the Government of Bohemia. PRUSSIA. The Bremen Gazette says a Cabinet Council was lately held at Potsdam, in which the important question was discussed of the position of Prussia with regard to the Regent of the Empire. The KING ex pressed himself very warmly in favour of active de votion to the provisional chief of the empire, saying, that obedience is the duty of all good citizens, includ ing the Princes of Germany. But for his own part he would submit voluntarily, and would contribute with all the power of Prussia to the realisation of the unity of Germany. The army, he added, would submit to orders coming from Frankfort, and Prus sia, being the most powerful of the German states, ought to be foremost in setting a good example. The following address has been extensively pla carded in Berlin : " TO THE PEOPLE. " The danger which has floated over our heads during months now menaces to burst upon us, and to bereave us of that which is dearest and mos t holy. We fear neither anarchy, republic, nor reaction in favour of absolutism; these will fall powerless before the sound spirit and sturdy resolution of the people. What we fear is the sunset of our fatherland, Prussia.' All that has been effected and provided for in our country is to be undone; the glory of our forefathers is to be buried in oblivion, and the name of Prussia for ever extin guished! This is the aim of our enemies. This is what they understand by the words, Prussia henceforth is amalgamated with Germany. All the energies of the greatest man that ever lived—the immortal Frederic— were required to found our noble monarchy, and when this monarchy fell into terrible straits, when the whole people rose and exclaimed, It shall not perish, the jewel bequeathed to us by the great man ;' and it did not perish 1 And now, when our country is powerful, great, and prosperous—now, when it might hold its ground single-handed against the world, and raise its head aloft with just pride, now must it go down without a cause, without even a single struggle ? Is that which the great Emperor Napoleon could not effect to be ren dered possible by phrases and phrase-heroes ? and all this for the honour and strengthening of Germany, as political intriguers declare, although it is well known to the whole world that Germany cannot exist without a most strong and powerful Prussia. Not Prussia alone, but all Germany is interested. Should Prussia be first split asunder to give life to a chimera, Germany will soon share in her downfal ; and we are nearer to that downfal than we imagine. Oh ! who is there whose heart does not throb with rage and indignation ? Who is there who does not deeply feel the shame of this ignominy—ignominy greater than that heaped upon us in 1806—greater than men could ever dream of ? But the Prussian people still live—the re cords of her glories are not extinguished in them—all hope is not lost I This brave and honour loving people will rise like one man in the hour of peril, and with a voice of thunder call to judgment those who would fain tarnish their honour and trench upon their independ ence ! (Signed) "Prussian Union for a Constitutional Kingdom." M. E. ARAGO, the Envoy from the French Re public, has presented his credentials to the KING. The new project of Constitution has been printed and distributed. The preamble commences with " We, Frederic William, by the grace of God King of Prussia ;" but the adjuncts of dukes of, &c., are omitted. The Ist section, relative to territory, says—" All portions of territory of the Prussian monarchy in their now existing circumscription firm the Prussian monarchy"—thus omitting the passage relative to the re-organization of Posen, a nd intimat ing thereby that this re-organization will not take place " unless by authority of law." The 2d chapter, distinction apter, of section 2, runs thus nor p t rivilege I :—" There shall in be no the state. All Prussians are equal before the law. The nobility are abolished." Sect. 24. Every Prussian who has attained the age of twenty is entitled to carry arms. The law decides exceptions. Every Prussian entitled to bear arms is bound to serve the state (wehr pfi'icten). Sect. 25. The armed force consists of the standing army, Landweh, and Burgher Guard (Toils meter). Sect. 27. The Burgher Guard shall choose their officers to the rank of major (bataillon' chefs); the Government to select the higher grades from a list of those presented by the Burgher Guard. The Landwehr to select their officers to the rank of captain, inclusive. Sect. SO. No armed force can deliberate (as a body). Chap. 111 , sect. 38. The royal power is hereditary in the male line of the royal house, according to the rights of primogeniture and that of the agnate law. The rest of the articles of this chapter relative to the royal powers are similar to those of which a translation is already be fore you. Chapter Y. s. 55. " The executi ve p ower shall be carried into effect by common accord between the King, Representative Ch am b er , an d S ena t e . Th e full accord of the King and two Chambers is neces sary to validate laws. Should, nevertheless, a project of law be accepted a third time unchanged by both Chambers. It shall, on the third passing have force of law." Thus a suspension, and not absolute veto, is admitted ; and no law can be rejected by the Crown more than three years, or rather three sessions. Sect. 56. " The second Chamber (1 1 ,591k4hainsser) shall consist of 350 members. Sect. t 7. Every Prussian aged twenty-four is entitled, after six months' domicile in any given place, with certain exceptions, to vote as a primarrelector (uhrusalder.) These shall elect one (tvaizirmm) direct elector out of every 250 souls of population. It is not necessary that an elector should be able to write. Sect. 59. The deputies are to be chosen by the Wahlmanner. The legislative period for the second chamber is fixed at three years. All Prussians aged 80 are eligible as candidates. Sect. 64. The first chamber (Senate) shall consist of 175 members. They shall be elected by the representatives Of the districts and circles (bezirks used kreisvertretr). The legislative duration of the senate shall be six years. All Prussians are eligible who have attained their fortieth year and resided one year in Prussia. Sect. 70. The chambers shall be regularly opened by the King yearly during the month of November. If not convoked, the chambers shall meet of their own law ful right on the last day of this month." The above are some of the most essential and in teresting clauses, as they determine the question of the title, the monarchy, the kingly powers, and the First Chamber or Senate. The Prussian Assembly has authorised the prose cution of one of its members, implicated in the attack on the Assembly in June. 'The 'report of the Comtnittee on' M. LISIESKI'S proposition for the abolition of the punishment of death has been drawn up, and a project of law of the following tenure drawn up:— " Sec. 1. The punishment of death is abolished. The punishment of death, when resulting from martial law or state of siege, shall not be affected by this law. The conditions, forms, and circumstances under which a state of siege shall be proclaimed, remain to be determined by special laws. Sec. 2. In lieu of the punishment of death, hard labour for life shall be substituted in the Rhine pro- vinces, and in the remainder of the country imprisonment for life is a house of correction or fortress. " sec. 3. The commutation of sentences of death already pronounced shalt follow upon the passing of this 12w." BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, JULY 25.—During the first six months of 1848 the national revenue amounted to 47,386,309 f.. being a decrease of nearly 380,0001. compared with the corresponding period of 1847. It must be observed, too, that in the foregoing amount of revenue the direct taxes or imposts are included, and that the latter comprise the extraordinary ad vances made to the Government by the tax payers. Taking the indirect revenue alone (the one by which the real resources of a country like Belgium must be judged of) it shows a decrease, compared with the first half of 1847, of not less than 1,408,179 f. 35c., the chief falling off being in the Customs department and the national railway. The receipts of the latter are still diminish ing, being for the month of June last nearly 26,0001. less than during the month of May. With a decreased and still decreasing revenue, and with some hundreds and thousands of inhabitants in a state of all but utter destitution, it certainly behoves this country to look sharply a ft er it s expenditure, and not to waste its treasures as it has done of late, in raising up an armed force by far too great for a small and neutral kingdom like Belgium. BADEN. Intelligence from Carlsruhe, of the 25th, conveys an official announcement dissolving all the democratic associations which had been formed in the Grand Duchy, to introduce a republic in Germany, and pro hibiting the formation of new ones under severe penalties. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. We learn from Rendsburgh, under date of the 22d, that the Assembly of the States had adjourned inde finitely. An address of thanks to the troops of the Germania Confederation was voted. MOLDAVIA AND WALLACHIA Intelligence from Moldavia and Wallachia is con tained in a letter from Jassy of the 14th. The entry of the Russians into the town itself will only take place on the personal request of Prince STouaDza. Till now no proclamation has been issued by the Moldavian Government respecting the object of the entrance cf the Russians, or the time they will re main in that country. The Turkish Commissioner, TALAT EFFENDI, had not left Jassy. Accoun ts received in that town from Fockschany state that the Russian troops which had been marching towards Wallachia had halted at Verlad in Lower Moldavia. Later accounts from Fockschany to the 12th, received in Vienna, are to the, effect that the Russian Consul, Von KOTZEBUE, had received official intimations of the flight into Lesser Wallachia of the late Provi sional Government of Bucharest, and the consequent re-establishment' of the old state of things ; the Boyards have resumed their old posts, and Herr Von KOTZEBUE had started on his return to Bucharest. A remodelling of the constitutions of the principalities, in a Russian sense, is now expected. ITALY. GENOA. A letter from Genoa of the 21st says that the Commander of the English fleet has protested against the capture, which we stated to have been made by a Neapolitan vessel under British colours, of a vessel containing Sicilians and Calabrians. The edvsontese Gmette, of the 22d, publishes a bulletin from the Stelvio (Tyrol), announcing an attack of the Austrians upon that position. The cannon of the Italians forced the former to quit the heights of the Rocca Bianca, which they had occupied, and after twelve hours' hard fighting they were ultimately repulsed, and obliged to retire to Trafoi. Accounts from the Royal camp state that the communications between Mantua, Verona, and Legnago, are completely interrupted. The Duke of GENOA with 25,000 men invests Verona on both sides of the Adige, in the positions near Rivoli. The Duke of SAVOY is on the side of the Due Cas telli, to prevent the egress of the Austrians on that side. CHARLES ALBERT keeps Mantua in awe, which is now strictly blockaded. Skirmishes are of daily occurrence. Piedmontese troops are on their way through Bologna and Mantua to the Venetian territory. The Avvenire d'ltalia, of the 27th, states that the Austrians left 106 men on the field of battle at Go• vernolo. Many more had been carried off, and others thrown into the Mincio. On the 21st the Chambers of Turin voted the law for the annexation of Venice to Piedmont. NAPLES AND SICILY. PROTEST OF THE RING OF NAPLES AGAINST THE ELEC. LLO YD'S SHIPPIN G —t THIS DA V.) LONDON, JULY 28.—Wind W.S.W., I;Elit brecae, and fine clear weather. LANCASTER, JULY 24.—S1d. Chic ftain, Quebec. 26: Burrels, Dalhousie, LIVERPOOL, JULY 27.—Wind? fresh.—Arrd. Ca rona, Stoyle, Demerara; Leiba, Benson, New Orleans ; Tbenies, Leighton, New Orleans ; Lnusiana, Barston, New Orleans ; Elizabeth Bentley, Bennett, St. John's, New Brunswick. 26. Sailed, Anne Cropper, Moston, Hong Kong ; Father Mathew, Le 'Marquand, Halifax. 27. Bidston, Dickson, Batavia. Off port, Token, New Or leans; Ocean, Monarch. Fatiraa, Conqueror, and a barque, supposed to be the Zanoni, Havannah. TENDY, JULY 23.—Acrd. Virgil, Miramichi. CARDIFF, JULY 25.—S1d. Fivo Sisters, Howes, Que bec; Wakulla, Deing, New York. NEWPORT, JULY 24.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Olga, America. TRURO, JULY 25.—Arrd. Wood bine, Quebec. GUERNSEY, JULY 24.—Arrd. D,do, Ugland, Lulea. SOUTHANYTON, JULY 27.—Sld ...Euxine Steamer, Alex andria; Jupiter steamer, Gibraltar. PoRTSMOUTIii, JULY 27.—Wir.3 S.W.—Arrd. Fox, left Trincomalee 20th March, Cape of Good Hope 25th May, St. _Helena 10th ult., and Ascension 14th. DEAL, JULY 27.—Wind W. to , S.W.—And. Cumber land, Davison, Trinidad; Plarr;er, Reid, Santa Cruz; Marlborough, Tovor, Jamaica; ileeste, Gann, St. John's, Newfoundland; Seymour, Odes sa; Friendship, St Kitts. Arrd. from the River, General li:ewett, Gatenby, Sydney, New South Wales; Penyard Park, Wheeler, ditto; Packet, Squire, Cape of Good Pope; Indian Chief, Noble, Algoa Bay; Isabella, Walker, Siurra Leone; Queen Victoria, Ranger, Bahia; Druid, Thomas, Barba does; Henry Tanner, Davies, Bermuda; Velaces, Cur rier, Boston; Montpelier, Collins:, ditto; George Clark, Wetherell, Quebec. LYDLINGTON, JULY 26.---The Cliarles Jeffry, of New port, which went on shore at the entrance of the river last night, was assisted off to-day. HUMREIL—Arrd. Fergus, Mart n, Quebec. Hum., JULY 27.—Wind to W.N.W. strong. —Arrd. Brutus; Riotigouche. LERWICJIL, JULY 24.—Wind S. ---Arrd. 10, Insel Folert, Ohrt, Greenland, with 698 seals. 18th Nortstern, Erich son, Greenland, with 5,400 s3a Is ; Tidselhort, Carl, Greenland, with 5,400 seals. 24th August, Buttie, Greenland, 1 fish, 6,000 seals. STRANRAER, JULY 26.—The Waterwitcb (s), Greig, of and for Belfast, from Troon,:prung a leak this morn ing, and soon after sank near t he Maiden Lights; crew saved. It blew a complete hurricane here on the 19th and 21st instant, when several 'toasters put in with loss of spars, &c. DUNDEE, JULY 26.—The A am, Duman, from New. castle to the Baltic, has put in here with loss of main• mast-head, and must discharge. CORK, JULY 25.—Arrd. U Warns, Smith, Boston, Off port, Helen Thompson, Gray, at. John's, New Bruns wick, and proceeded. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY CORN EXCHANG.E-FRIDAY. The supply of English WheE.t on sale in to-day's market was very limited; nevertheless, the demand for that article, owing to the favourable change in the weather, was in a sluggish state, at fully Wednesday's advance in the quotations. 'The imports of foreign Wheat have been small this week. Selected samples moved off steadily, at full price .s. In the middling and inferior kinds exceedingly little bt.siness was transacted. Bonded parcels were neglected. We were scantily sup plied with Barley. Most descript ions were slow in sale, but we have no decline to - notice in value. Very little Malt was on show. Parcels on tl le spot and for forward delivery were a slow inquiry at late rates. The best parcels of Oats were quite as d,aa r. Otherwise the Oat trade was dull, Beans, Peas, Int'.i•an Corn, and Flour as last advised. ARRIVAL' 3. Bark y. 40 qr. heat. 3,650 qrs. English ...... •• •• Foreign ...... Oats. I Flour 2,380 qrs. 2,250 5,030 _- 1,280 i 3,770 2,400 Malt, 1,230 an; r slaraTHrire.3 D. Our market to-day vas son:.e.what heavily supplied with Beasts as to number, but tf,i eir general quality was by no means first-rate. The pri cnest Scots, Scc., com manded a steady szle at Monday's. quotations, viz., from 4s 2d to 4s 4,1 per Sibs.; otherwi ;e , the Beef trade was in a sluggish state at barely st•sr; onary prices. There were on offer 45 Oxen, from Port ugal; 193 Oxen and Cows; 1,260 Sheep and Lambs; I and 318 Calves, from Holland and Germany; as also 35C Scots from Scotland. The supply of Sheep was seasonal good. All breeds moved off readily, and late rates vs ere well supported in every instance'. At the close of the market a good clearance was effected. The sale for lambs was heavy, at a decline in value of 2d par Sibs. Calves, the supply of which was good, met a dull iu.quiry at barely late rates. In Pigs next to nothing Crai doing. Mulch Cows sold slowly at from 141 to 18/ each., including their small Calf. TION OF THE DUKE OF GENOA TO THE THRONE OF SICILY. Ferdinand IL, by the grace of God King of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, of Jerusalem, &c., Duke of Parma, Piacenza, Castro, So., Hereditary Prince of Tuscany, &c., Considering our act of protest of the 22d March, 1848, by which we declared illegal, null, and void all acts con trary to the fundamental statutes and to the constitution of the Monarchy ; Considering another act of solemn protest of the 18th April, 1848, by which we declared illegal and null the resolutions adopted in Palermo on the 13th April, 1848, as infringing upon the sacred rights of our royal per son and dynasty, and of the unity and integrity of the Monarchy; We have been further informed of another resolution, adopted in Palermo on the 11 th July of the present year, by which, in violation of the principle of unity and integrity of the monarchy, and the sacred rights of our royal person and dynasty, his Royal Highness the Duke of Genoa, second son of his Majesty the King of Sar dinia, is called to the throne of Sicily ; Having taken the advice of our Council of Ministers, we declare to protest, and do hereby solemnly protest against the resolution taken at Palermo on the 11th July, 1848, declaring it illegal, null, and void. This solemn act, signed by us, witnessed by our Minis ter Secretary of State of Grace and Justice, sealed with our great seal, and countersigned by our Minister Secre tary of State, President of the Council of Ministers, will be registered and deposited in the archives of the presidency of the said Council. (Signed) FERDINAND. Naples, July 15, The Minister Secretary of . State, President of the Council of Ministers. (Signed) PRINCIPE DI CARIATI. The Minister Secretary of State of Grace and Justice. (Signed) NICCOLA GIGLI. LATEST FROM IRELAND. DUBLIN, THURSDAY, FIVE P.M. A conspiracy had been detected in Dublin, which had for its object the assassination of policemen and sentries on duty. Eight of the conspirators were apprehended. The following are extracts from the Dublin even ing papers of Thursday, transmitted by the Electric Telegraph Company : "CORK, THURSDAY, 5 MINUTES PAST 12 ♦.Ai. "All is uproar. The entire of the 26th and 70th Regiments, with the 12th Lancers, are drawn up on the Parade, accoutred and ready for action. No one except the authorities know the cause." " CASHEL, WEDNESDAY EVENING. " The whole of the soldiers are under arms. The police, drafted in from all the small stations, and con centrated in Cashel, will remain under arms until six o'clock to-morrow (Thursday) morning. " Messrs. Smith O'Brien, Meagher, and Doheny are reported to be in the neighbourhood of Fethard, Tipperary." " DUBLIN, THURSDAY EVENING. " This day Patrick O'Higgins, Chartist, was arrested, and committed on a charge of treason, and sent to Kilmainham Gaol. On his premises were found 1,500 gun stocks, and a voluminous corre spondence with the English Chartists. " The police-constable Byrne continued to improve, but fever having set in, it was deemed advisable for him to make a declaration, and the magistrate has repaired 'to the hospital for that purpose. " Smith O'Brien arrived at the village of Mul linahone (five miles from Callan), county of Kil kenny, from Fethard, county Tipperary, on Tuesday evening. He was refused accommodation at the small inn, but subsequently obtained it tit Mr. Wright's, a proctor. "The greatest excitement prevails throughout the district. " The iisth Regiment and one of Cavalry are under arms and ready for transmision by railway in the event of any unfavourable accounts from the south arriving by the late trains." BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) /N BE BURROWES AND PARKER. This morning the Subdivision Court in this case as sembled to give judgment on the question whether the bankrupt Burrower should be allowed to pass his last examination. A long inquiry was gone into this day week respect ing a deficiency of 4491., and Parker was ultimately al. lowed to pass, but the Commissioners took time to con sider the case as regarded I3urrowes. Mr. Counnissiouer FONI3LANQUE was of opinion, in which Mr. Commissioner Shepherd coincided, that no better account could be rendered, and that it would only be subjecting the bankrupt to a painful examination, without any profit to the creditors. Mr. ConitOissioner FANE was clearly of opinion that Burrowes was as much entitled to pass as Parker ; he could account for the deficiency by a small diminution on the profit side, or increase of loss, or by a small increase of personal expenditure. In three years, &c. they had done business to the extent of 100,0001., and their expenses had been most moderate, Parker's being only 156/. a year, and Bur rowes' 2361. a year, although there was five in family. This, therefore, was extremely moderate, seeing the position in life in which the bankrupts stood. The accounts, as prepared by Messrs. Creevey and Hughes, showed that the debts were only 2,2031., and the assets 1,4001., and the losses had arisen from the immense de preciation of the value of property by the forced sale of the barges and horses. Beyond this bankrupts had not paid enormous sums for interest to keep off the evil day, but on dishonouring their first bill they placed them selves in the hands of their creditors. He thought Bur rowes ought to pa ss . Th e b oo k s h a d b een k e pt with care, and h e must say t h at i n t h e w h o l e course of his experienc e h e h a d se l dom h ear d a case in which trades men had acted more honourably towards their creditors, ARRIVAL OF THE GOVERNOR OF MADRAS IN ENGLAND.—The Marquis and Marchioness of Tweed dale, Captain Steel, Aid-de-camp to his Excellency; Major Bowan, military secretary; Lieut. Sykes, of the 94th Regiment, &c., arrived at Portsmouth, yesterday morning, in her Majesty's frigate Fox, Sir H. Black wood, Bart., Captain, from Madras. The Marquis and Marchioness landed at about twelve o'clock. They so journed last evening at the Railway Hotel, Gosport, to gether with Admiral Viscount Colville, and will come to town this morning by the half-past eight o'clock (express) train from Gosport. Per Ms. to sink the. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts- 3 2 3 4 Second quality 3 6 3 8 Prime large Oxen.. 3 10 4 0 Prime Scots • • • • • 4 2 4 4 Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 2 Prime small ditto .. 4 4 4 6 ..;tickling Calves • .17 0 24 0 Inferior Sheep . 3 10 4 2 s. d. to s. d. Seco adquality ditto 4 2 4 4 Coat se-woolledditto 4 6 4 8 sout IdownWether 4 10 5 0 llitto 45utorthewool 0 0 0 0 Large Hogs ...• •• 310 4 2 Small Porkers .... 4 4 4 6 Qua Mir old rigs -.16 o 22 0 Laiab s •••• • • • • 4 2 ti 4 TOTAL SUPPLY AT IdARKET. I Sheep. I C Z I 79 ". I I. g; . FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 2118 1,260 1 • 318 I NEUTGA.TE AND LEADENITALL. Beasts. 1,140 These markets were tolerady steady, on the follow. ing terms:— At per stone by th a Carcase. s. d. to e. d. s. d. to s. d. Beef ,inferior— •• 2 8 210 lin tton, inferior .. 3 8 310 middling 3 0 3 2 middling.. 4 0 4 4 primelarge •• 3 2 3 4 -- prime 4 6 4 8 prime small .. Z t. 3 8 Pork, 1arge........ 3 6 4 2 Veal•• •• •• •• •• •• •• 3 4 4 41 small 4 4 4 6 Lamb. 4s 26 to 51 4d. 33072.011GH HOP IVI,II.RIKET. As the holders of Hops generally are anxious sellers, and as the dealers purchase wii;h extreme caution, the trade is excessively dull, at further depressed rates. The duty is called from 205,000/. to 210,000/. Sussex Pockets, 21 2s to 2/ 6s; Weald of Kent ditto, 21 48 to 21 Be; Mid and East Kent ditto, 2/ Vs to 51. COLO=. Eby. SUGAL—The market for West India has been dull at about 6d decline; Barbadoes tor auction realised 41s to .. 425 for fine yellow, and 38s to 395 for mid. ---- REFlNED.—Standard lumps have been 53s per cwt. EAST INDIA.—Not much ham been done. Madras, 4,470 bags, was nearly all taken 'al at about the previous rates; dump yellow 32s 6d to 335, and brown 30s to 31s. Bengal, 1,790 bags, sold 6d low. m, soft yellow 35s 6d to 365, and fine white 42s to 43s 6d per cwt. Mauritius, 60S bags went at barely previb as rates; fine yellow at 39s to 39s 6d, goud at 37s 6cl to 38s, and low at 345. FoaEzoN.—Cuba, 1,422 box es yellow was taken in at 403 to 43s for good and fine yellow, 38s 6d to 39s Gd for mid, and 38s to 40. for washed. Forty boxes yellow Havannah, were taken in at 43s to 44s for fine. COEFEE.—Jamaica has been sold at full prices, fine 101 s, fine fine ord 38. to 40s, and good ord 30s per cwt. Of Ceylon a good deal has been offered. Native good ord has been at about 30s. Plantation good 62s to 655, fine fine ord 40s to 445, mid and good coloury 47s to 575. Low mid to mid coloury has been withdrawn at 60s to 80s. In Foreign very little has been done. COCOA.—The market has been lower by 6d to is per cwt. Trinidad fair to fine red 33s to 435, and Do • 37s per cwt.. minim Rice:.—There was a fair business doing early in the week, but there is less activity since, rather a large quantity having been offered. Of Bengal and Rice from Akyab, about 13,000 bags were put up, and only part sold at 13s to 13s 6d for mid white, and 14s to I4s 6d very good white. Madras realized 8s 6d to 12s 6d, and Manilla 12s 6d to 13s for mid white, and 13s to 14s for good. _ RUM.—There has been a fair demand at about former prices. SPlCElL—Malabar Pepper has realised 51d. for half heavy grey. Pimento has been sold at 3id to 4d per lb. There have been moderate sales in Ginger, Nutmegs, &c. Cassia Lignum has been cheaper. SALTPETRE.—The market has declined, and is dull. TEA.—This article has been steady. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 43s 3d to 43s 9d per cwt. on the spot. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—SAL E Or STOWE.—We are fully authorised to state that there is no foundation whatever for the rumours which have been lately cir culated of the suspension of the arrangements for the sale, and that the view will commence as already an nounced on the 3d of August, and that the sale will positively ,take place on the lath of the same month. The catalogues are now ready, anti may be obtained of the parties referred to in the advertisement. GENERAL POST -OFFICE, JULY, 1848.—The towns of Flint and Rhyl, in Flintshire, having been constituted post towns, the post office there will be opened for the issue and payment of money orders on and after the Ist of August next. Lady Rodney, widow of the late Admiral Rodney, arrived in London yesterday morning , by the General Steam Navigation Company's steam ship Tourist, from Calais. The Marchioness of Worcester has gone on a visit to the Earl and Countess Howe, at Gopsall Hall, Leicestershire. Her Ladyship intends to stay at Gopsall about a fortnight, and then goes to Dublin to meet the Marquis, who is stationed in that city with his regiment. S OU THAMPTON, JULY 27.--The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Euxine, Captain G. Wilson, left the docks at three P.M. this day for Alex andria, with the East India and China mails, under charge of the Admiralty agent. The Euxine takes out a full mixed cargo of about 500 tons and fifteen passen gers. The same company's steam- packet Jupiter, Capt. Meehan, also left the docks this day, en route for Gib raltar, with the mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbtin, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, under care of Lieutenant Inglis, R.N. She has also a full cargo of bale and other goods, and about thirty passengers. The Ripon, Captain Moresby, is hourly expected from Alexandria, with the East India &c. A Scottish paper mentions that the maid servant of a family living at Parkgslistane, while breaking a large piece of coal for the purpose of replenishing the tire, was astonished to find in the centre of the block a full ' ()Town toad, which a pp eare d to be in perfect health. Tur. SILENT MEMBER.—An M.P. never spoke in the House except on one occasion, when, in the midst of a stormy debate, a noisy orator, looking sternly at him, bellowed out " Hear, hear!" To which he calmly replied, " I never do anything else, sir." The House was so convulsed with laughter that some minutes elapsed before the debate could be resumed. _ DREADFUL FIRE.-(THIS DAY.) TWO FIREMEN KILLED. This morning (Friday) the neighbourhood of . Nor Crane, Wapping, was thrown into a state of conside fable excitement by the sudden outbreak of a snot disaS trous tire, which, in a comparatively short time, laid in ruins a great amount of valuable property, and destr(T. d the lives of two fireman belonging to the London Fin t Es• tablishment. The scene of its operations was the t *ten sive biscuit factory belonging to Mesare. Lawfort and Westrupp, situate in New Crane, High-street, Wap ping. About half-past four o'clock the flames i ere first noticed by the policeman on duty. An ins tent alarm was given, but although immediate assistance, was obtained the flames spread, firing floor after floor t Intl' the upper part of the building presented one she tof fire. The engines from the London Brigade. f rots Wellclose-square. with that of the parish, quickly. at tended. The firemen, under the impression that they would be able to prevent the flames prom working downward into the lower floor, asein.ded the stairs, and were busily employed in C:-Jstri buting water over the blazing mass. Fur some time they met with no obstruction, but all of a sudden the rot if fell iu with a fearful crash, carrying by its weight the Doors below, and two firemen named Fearcy and Hancock were buried in the rnins. Mackey, the head engineer, ,who was: standing in a loophole at work near the two un fortunate men, was also severely injured, and was re moved to the hospital. Other engines belonging to the brigade, with tha t of the \Vest of England Company. from Waterlooegoad, arrived in rapid succession, also the powerful float tig engine, notwithstanding which it was several le itirs before the flames could be entirely extinguished,' and not until the three upper floors of the mill were de stroyed, and the contents consumed. The total dam age must amount to a large sum. VAN/MULL GARDENs.—Last night a Bal Maequi was given at these gardens, and numerously .attended; the weather, which had been unfavourable during the last two days, holding up very propitiously throughout towards evening. Amongst the company were to be seen the usual variety of costumes, and the disguised and undisguised alike kept up the exercise of the " light fantastic toe" with great spirit till an advanced hour to the morning. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The Queen's box at her Majesty's Theatre was yesterday (Thnryday) evening occupied by the Marquis and Marchionens of Abercorn, the Countess Jocelyn, Lady Anne Charteris, the Count Kalowrat, and the lion. W. Begot. Among the audience were his Royal Highness the Prince Leo pold of Naples, his Grace the Duke of Wellington; the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, the Duke of Leeds, his Excellency the Swedish Minister and Baroness Rehausen, the Baroness de Brunnow, the Viscountess Dungannon, the Hon. Miss Irving, and Mdlle. Olga de Lechner, the Mar chioness of Douro, the Marquis and Marchioness of Sligo, and the Ladies Browne, the Marquis of Donegal. the Marquis of Granby, the Earl of Lonsdale, Lord Charles Wellesley, Lord Ward, Lady Augusta Paulet, Lady A. M. Dawson, Lady H. Bettinek, Lady Mac donald, Lady Clay, Lord Gardner, Major-General Sir Alexander Woodford, Bart., General the Hon. IL Cavendish, the Hon. F. Byng, Captain the Hon. G. Grey, Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., and Lady Howard, Sir H. Duckworth, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. and Mrc. Palmer, M. C. Koudriaffsky, Mr. Hubert de Burgh, &c. OPERA ARRANGEMENTS. Mdlle. Jenny Lind will appear in two new parts before the close of the season, namely, in I Par itani, to-morrow evening; and next week in Balfe's opera of Falstaff, with which the season will close. This opera, originally produced in 1838 with great success, having run six consecutive nights. has not been performed since; probably on ac count of the difficulty of procuring two soprani capeble of adequately sustaining the two principal female parts. On the present occasion Mdlle. Lind will play Grisi'i part—Mrs. Ford, and Mdlle. Cravolli that of Anne Page, sldlle. Schwartz will sustain the part of Mrs. rage, Gardoni that of Fenton, Belletti that of Ford, whilst the incomparable Lablache will fill his original part of Fal staff, as no other than himself at the present day can, that great creation of our immortal Shakspere. So much having recently been agitated about native talent, it 4 is gratifying to fir,d that our Italian opera before the close of its season will produce a work doing peculiar homage to British genius —the libretto, the music, a nd the scene, being all peculiarly national. But, indeed, there should be no distinctions of nationality in the world of art. We understand that Mr. Balfe has com posed a new cavatina and a new rondo finale expressly for Mdlle. Lind. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—Mr. Oxberry's benefit will take place at this theatre on Wednesday next, and we trust that the public estimation of his talents will be evinced by the house being well filled. DEATH OF FRANCOIS CRANIER.—This eminent and highly esteemed musician died on Tuesday, at his resi dence in Weatborne-grove, aged 76. Mr. Cramer was leader of the Concert of Ancient Music for forty years; he also led the principal musical festivals in the pro vin3es for a; bon period; and: be had been a worthy member of the ituyal Society of Musicians for 4fty-four years. " LIST OF PROCLAIMED JOICES. " —Nobody is hence' forth permitted to say—That an elderly gentleman eon nected with railways is a railway buffer. Nor that a lc' comotive is like a policeman—because it takes people up to the station. Nor that a slow train, followed by quick one, is like the letter W—because the X presses on behind. Nor that a partizan of the Great Western line is like a stout exciseman—because he is a broad' gauger. Nor that the wheels upon railways are lubri cated with train oil. Nor that railroads intended fur the conveyance of luggage are therefore to be called trunk lines.—Bubbles of the Boiler. THE COLD EARTH CURE.—The " cold earth" care seems destined to rival the " cold water cure." One day last week, an old man from Shields arrived from his native place, High Coniscliffe, near Darlingtonl suffering very much from paralysis, which had deprtved. him of the use of one side. He sa id h e was to ld to ge t himself buried two feet deep in his " native soil," and be would be cured. The poor fellow, strong in faith, got anion to dig a hole by the Tees-side, into which he got, and " 9 , covered over for a couple of hours, his head only being visible ! He had not been long in his grave before b e broke out into a profuse perspiration. He complaine d of excruciating pain in the side where before he had n° feeling at all, and after his exhumation he declared hie' self better, could walk nimbler, and had some feeling iB his side. A correspondent of the Durham Advertiser, wb e thinks the " cold earth" cure "not to be laughed at," 80, "on the authority of an informant at Darlington, a Alto" tese physician was, some forty years since on a visit to the father of my informant, who, in the coarse of conversv tion, asked him what treatment he prescribed in an at' tack of the plague, to which the physician replied, in b_ 4 , l ' imperfect English, " W e d o take the people that are seized, and do bury them in the ground till they do swear." " Swear, doctor, swear, did you say? Vas' can swearing have to do with their cure? You probably mean sweat instead of swear." " Ah! yes; sweat, apt is the word ; we d o b ury them in the ground till they 0° sweat."—Newcastle Journal. TEA.—It has been asserted, by writer after writer,. that the black and green teas are the produce of distincU species of th e tea tree, and to this circumstance their difference of quality has been attributed. Mr. Reeves' an Englishman, arid tea-taster to the East India Co pany at C an t on , gave his authority to the opinion; but seems probable that his taste was a better assistant to commerce than his eye to science, for Dr. Slebald, other botanists, have determined that in Japan the same plant prod uces b ot h t h e; b lack and green teas, a nd Fortune has corroborated the fact in China. For greet,' tea the leaves ar e ga th ere d , a n d i mmediately submitte d to the drying process, on large iron pans, and to rolling them between the hands, to twist them as required. Fo r , black tea, the l eaves a f ter gathering, are exposed 01 sieves over boiling water, and infused by the hot steepl' by which th e y are d epr i ved of some of their astringent principles, and th en d r i e d as for green tea. An err° - ~ " connected as it is with an article so perpetually before us, it is worth while to correct—Al aund'a Bolani ° Garden and Fruitist. FATAL AccIDENT.—On Mond a y morning, w hile Charles Clark, pointsman on th e Il aw i c k l:reanch of t he North British Railway, was at his post, an engine cal along the line on a different rail from what he expect' and before he cou l d ge t ou t o f t h e way the buffer of 19 ' locomotive struck him down, and the wheels of the 4,1 2: gine passed over his b o dy, caus i ng i nstantaneous d eis t" , No blame, we believe, can b e a tt ac h e d to any person.' North BY iti,h Daily Mail. A GRATEFUL NEIGHB OUR .—A ma n ou t vie at whose house was recently destroyed by fire, publish es le card, in which lie thanks his fellow-citizens for malting an unsuccessful attempt to save his furniture, and SP presses a hope that he will soon have an opportunity to reciprocate the favour!—American paper. al Ist On the 21st inst., at litiniiFryston-hall. Ferrybrid g et Yorkshire, the wife of B. Hemsworth, Esq., of a son. On the 23d inst., in Winckley• square, Preston, the wilt Lieutenant-Colonel J. F. Crofton, Unattached, of a son. 111 On the 24th inst., at So u th en d , K ent, the wife of W. , shall, Esq., of a sini. • On the 25th inst., a t Ch e l msford, the lady of Capt. Coed Of Royal Marines, of a daughter. At Sydenham, on the 26th inst., the lady of R. C. Pel Esu., of a daughter. srilf On the 27th i nst . , at I nce Blundell-hall, near Liven MP' Mrs. W. Blundell, of a son. On the 26th inst., at Upper Clapton, Middlesex, Mrs. Gill, of a son. MARR. t• On the 20th i ns t. , at Portstewa lED rt, Capt. George J. itic 4 goinery, Hon. East India Company's Service, to Julia Mai - 0 1 third daughter of the Hon. and Rev. Charles Douglas> Earls Gift, county Tyrone. On the 25th inst., Lieutenant Sohn Huskisson, Marines, to Julia, eldest daughter of the late T. Lovatt, of High-green, Wolverhampton. On the 25th inst., a t Ki ngs t on Ch urc h , P artsea. H . tit Dr. Edward G. Irving, surgeon, R.N., late of H. DI. S. f• to Lucy Elizabeth Haynes, second daughter of A. Me ri e l d Esq., Commander, Royal Navy, late Governor of the I P i of -Ascension. DIED. On the 24th inst., aged 71, M r . G eorge L aw f or d , o f S a ville place, Saville-row. let On the 25th inst., at Bro m pt on , age d 78 , Eli za b e th, Ft l of the late S. Harrison, Esq. 0 Vos On the 25th inst., at Hertingfordbury, aged 14, Isabella, third daughter of W. H. Sutton, Esq. IA C On the 25th inst., II aged 65. Ann, the b e l o v e d wife of • Hitchcock, Esq., of Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park. 2- On the 25th inst., Eliza, th e w if e o f M a j or St or ks, ag Al „i• On the 25th inst., at Kensi ng t on , M rs . E mma Hawl ;e: t " Grantchester, near Cambridge. .1. On the 25th inst., in the Vilumball-bridge-road, :WA G. Jones, daughter of J. H. Skelton, Esq. 0 0 On the 26th inst., aged 70, the Rev. W. Chapman, 41 ye pastor of the church at Greenwich-road Chapel. , L - : '' ='_ "'" London: Printed and Published by MURD( No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun 01 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in Illiddlesax, Friday, July 28, 1848. • 0 YOUNG. at t 'ffice, No. ,13 the couniS g rood eir 1 1 , • --"