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Allge• lAt the )ersong r large issued ow the illy on 2 per* , The rn and ,—The of the ossibly suit of ,RABI ending cess to wbose Ki this ng talk ed, and ON or th the red by ere of ►lera is d of the the 1A desired OsWire a I shall protract grief at resence. ned, and this our civilized ...aiti°Et open ing : e rn stion tternpt ea r iissioa , and the coating 6 gu ards '.eala An d e recent throug h ilso 5 10 ' from . me of tb' comp lete ed ed tir l3° hamb er. chilling aere if ° t )rofotlo declAt ea Id tie vas fr 6113 lictorP 3 e riero p in l e° sav ll4 7, gnu e • oe lie 1 1 • lips foal to th e : stac",i elle° le iti3C inoo l° (Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) Hie Honour was occupied the whole morning with hearing bankrupt petitions. (Before the Vice-Ch=Aicellor WronAm.) Hie Honour, after disposing of the case of '. Salisbury v. Salisbury," which related to the constructio:l of a will. proceeded to hear causes, but nothing of interest came before his Honour during the morning. THE CHARTIST TRIALS. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. _ THE TRIAL OF ERNEST JONES. The Chief Justice of the Common Pleas took his seat on the bench at ten o'clock. Immediately after Ernest Jones was placed at the bar and indicted for sedition, attending an illegal assembly, and with riot. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. As the jury were about to be sworn, Mr. Sergeant WILKINS objected, and ten of the jury who had been sitting in the New Court, and two other gentlemen were sworn. The ATTORNEY- GENERAL then stated the case against the prisoner. He said he had no objection to the oppo, sition of the Learned Sergeant. It was perhaps as well that the jury who tried the former case should not try this. His acceding to the request was a favour, since he might have objected to it; but all the Government whom he represented required was that the prisoner and his companions should be tried with the strictest impartiality. This case, though the last of the Chartist indietments, was by no means the least; pro bably, when the prisoner's position in life was considered, it was the most important of them all. He did not Mean because the language uttered by the prisoner was more violent than that of others who had been found guilty of a similar offence, but because he was not suf fering from the same distress, and, because being a mem ber of the legal profession, it was his duty to obey the law of which a person in the position of the prisoner could not plead ignorance. What was the tendency of the course he adopted? A general rising throughout the country of the democracy, which would not only have menaced the safety of the state, but ended in a military despotism. This was his avowed object. He called upon the people to arm to obtain the possession of the principles which he promulgated. The prisoner, let them bear in mind, went about the country advocating acts of violence at a time when the whole of Europe was in a state of com motion. He should not proceed with the charge of riot. Mr. Jones might be an honest Chartist, or he might not, but it was not to be tolerated that those who advocated its principles, which might be right or might not, should address violent language to excited assemblies, where calm deliberate discussion was altogether out of the question. He was the last man to wish to take one iota from the right of public discussion, which had descended from the time of the Normans —nay, more, he consi dered it one of the greatest rights which the people enjoyed, that of meeting together for the pur pose of discussing their grievances ; but, as he had said, it could never be tolerated that the pub lic peace should be allowed to be disturbed by such assemblies. The meeting, at which Mr. Jones uttered the speech complained of; was held at Bishop Bonner's fields, on the 4th of June. (The Attoruey-General then read the speeches delivered at the meeting.) Sharpe at the meeting advised the people to attack the police and destroy their petty power it' they interfered with them. The tendency of Mr. Jones's speech was that the people should arm and resist the constituted authorities. He said the meeting had been called with his entire consent. Let them hold their meetings, for the Government would not be mad enough to put them down ; if so he would hurl defiance in their teeth. He was going to Lancashire by the mail train that night, where the people were more excited than in London. If the police came he advised them not to run—there was danger in running —let them stand their ground, shoulder to shoulder, and the police would fear to attack them, and if they assaulted them the law was strong enough to punish them He advised them to form wardinotes, class leaders, and classes, but first to elect class leader s , who w ou ld among their friends f orm t h e i r classes, and they would soon have thousands under the banner of each class. It was no use eoming among them unless they were organized ; let them do so, and they would have a glorious opportunity on the 12th, Whit-Monday, when it was believed there would be a general and an armed rising throughout the country--a general exhibition of physical force in sup port of the charter. Prepare in the meantime, and de pend upon it, you will make no false step ; you will not bbe advised to adopt one false step •, don't in the meantime reak your force by partial riot. There had been an out break at Bradford, and they (the Executive) had directed DV. McDougal to go there, who at th at t i me was address ing aglori ous meting at Paddington. What, asked theA ttor ney-General, did he mean , by "pa rtial riot? " Not tolet the Governme nt h ave the oportunit of dispersing partial riots—let them rise sh-nultant;mps:l;, and the Government could not do so. From such rson suela an argument was fatal. Mr. Jones then asked tor funds. For what? Not the prosecution of free discussion —oh no but for the purpose of sending a deputation to Dublin ' to see if it was in riot, in order, if it were so,. t . ht the Govern ment might be embarrassed by a rising in both coun tries — expressive, too, of sympathy ire a deservedly convicted felon, who had preached rebellion. Mr. Jones advocated not a union between the two countries of peace, but one of blood. He went on to tell the Meeting that he should not advocate in the provinces the namby pamby doctrine of non-resistance and passive Obedience, but manly firmness. He would endeavour to bring Leeds and Manchester to the excited state which Ilaltfax and Bradford were in at that time. There should be no peace, if he could prevent it, till the pc or man attained his rights. Doubt less he meant by this the division of pro perty, so that those who had been the architects of their own fortunes might be brought to ruin. If so, the pro perty of these persons would all be placed at the dis posal of an unthinking and ur , judging, reckless, perhaps, bloody mob. " The men in:the provinces looked to the men of London. Liberty might be obtained without striking a blow in this country, but in Ireland it must be struck. If they acted as be advised them the green flag would soon float over Downing-street, John Mitchel and John Frost would be on their way to England, and Lord John Russell and Earl Grey would be on their way to change places." What did he mean by this, than that by secret organization, and communication by a trusty mes senger, with Ireland, in order that the time might be fixed for striking the blow? Mitchel, the felon and the traitor, and John Frost, who led on the people to their destruction, and sneaked away like a coward when he had so led them on, were to change places with those who held the highest offices in the State. The meeting separated after it had been announced that there would be no procession. After hearing this excited language, the people gathered about the church in the neighbour hood, in which police had been stationed. The police inspector who came out was attacked, and was not yet recovered. The windows of the church were broken with stones. A police-constabl e was struck with a crow-bar, and the crowd, thus excited, was not dispersed except by mounted police. He asked them to say if the languag e uttered by t h e pr i soner was tattered in the fai r course o public discussion, or for the purpose of bringing about a rebellion. To him it ap peared that language of this kind in the humblest and most illiterate man, would be guilt of the highest nature; but in one of the prisoner's station and education—one who had sworn allegiance to the Crown —and whose oath by such proceedings as these he was violating, such conduct imputed guilt of the deepest and blackest kind. Mr. James White, the short-hand writer, deposed to being present at the meeting, and read the speech of the prisoner from his short-hand notes. The speech was received with applause. Jones left the meeting as soon as he had ceased to speak. He went to the City of Paris public-house, and soon after heard the disturbance that had taken place. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WILKINS—Sharpe sent for a table for me to take the notes. I was not an inch from Jones when he spoke ; he and the other speakers sat upon the chair in which he sat. There were a number of pleasure parties in the park. A minister was preaching to a crowd in a another part of the ground. He thought at first that the crowd round him Was the Chartist meeting. He preached during the Chartist meeting, but ho lost a good many of his bearers. The people behaved themselves peace ably and orderly. Jones endeavoured to keep the people off me in order that he might not be Interrupted. Jones must have been quite aware that he attended on behalf of the Government. He and other short-hand writers had attended the Convention, and therefore they were all well known to the delegates. . Inspector Waller was called to speak to the riot that ensued, but as the charge of riot had been abandoned, his Lordship did not think it necessary to examine him. Inspector Shackell said he attended the meeting. In consequence of what was stated at it the police had in structions to keep themselves in readiness for the an flounced meeting on the 12th. The military were also in readiness. (A placard was submitted to the witness by the Attorney-General ; it was the one issued by the Government stating that all such assemblies were illegal.) He said it was issued in consequence of the announcement. (The placard was read at length by the Attorney-General.) r,; Cross -examined—Th ere was no meeting on the 12th, Mr. S. WILKINS—No meeting except a pie-nic for the police.—(Laughter.) Inspector Harries of the Detective Police, said he was r Bradford on the 29th of May. A disturbance ensued of such a nature that the military had to be called out. No lives were lost, but several were wounded a 17 to 18 were taken into custody. forTa his was tithme.e case for th e C rown, and the jury retired short IkOn the jury taking their seats, Mr. Sergeant WILKINS proceeded to address the jury for the defendant. He said it was far easier to sting than to eradicate the venom. Th e Attorney-General had thought proper to use a great deal more vehemence in opening the case against the defendant than he had with respect to any other of the defendants. Perhaps the weakness of the case against hi m l e d h i m to act thus, and to be guilty in using so much of fallacy and of sophism. The jury could not fail to ask if this was the speech which had called forth the strong remarks of the Attorney-General ? lie called upon them to dis miss from their minds all that they had heard out of doors, or through the medium of that great power the public press, some part of which he thought would have acted More fairly if it had deferred its accounts until the whole Of these cases had been brought to a termination. He .asked them whether they had been special constables, or Whether they had their fears excited or not in their glens undertakings, to confine themselves entirely to he evid ence alone. If he did not overrate his powers, 14 1 s believed b e f ore h e concluded that he should be able . Zslaore that the defendant was not guilty of the charge • Puted to hi m . H e d en i e d that this was the most im- TUN SU% • portant eta*, of 'the whole. It is true Mr. Jones was a man of learning. Re had not the honour of being acquainted with Mr. Jones until these proceedings. Sine that time he had placed in his hands several prose am: poetical works, which he had published, and which shower: Mr. Jones as a man of the highest degree of intellect, he was a member ‘.f that profession of which he (Mr. Wilkins) was an humble member, and by the exercise of which. if he was industrious and honourable, he would rise to n high rank, for the bar was a republic in which the poorest subjects of the Crown, if they were industriout and honourable, might rise to the highest rank a subject of the realm could enjoy. Being an educated man showed that he would not have gone amongst the people unless he believed in his conscience that they were seriously aggrieved. Therefore the premise of the Attorney-General tended in the contrary directiot to that imputed. Mr. Jones was an educated, but yet a poor man, without patronage. It had been insinuated that Mr. Jones had received pay to advocate his grin ciples. He (Mr. Wilkins) was instructed to deny that gross assertion with all the fervour of which he was ea table. He hurled back the disgraceful insult ; he had never received a shilling, or the ghost of a shilling, it he might so speak, for advocating those principles from the moment he began. The present Cabinet would not have been in existence, nor the Attorney-General, the 19,w officer of the Crown, but for the movements of the people. But for the meetings at Newhall Hill, the speeches of Daniel O'Connell, the exhibition of sovereignty in ridicule, in the streets of London, the Go vernment would not have filled the places they held and would they now permit these men—these poor men —to be persecuted, and thus illustrate practically the doctrine that there was one law for the poor and another for the rich? Did Earl Grey, did Lord John Russell, did the Government of recent years, punish the thou sands who marched from Newhall Hill to London in support of the doctrines which they themselves advo cated, and the carrying of which had placed them in power? Let them not believe that men could not be actuated by patriotic motives unless they were accom panied by sordid and selfish objects. The Attorney General said Mr. Jones called upon the people to or• ganize. Why Catholic Emancipation, the Reform Bill, the abolition of the slave-trade, the repeal of the corn-laws, and other great measures, were car ried by organization. Why, organization obtained the Magna Charta; all the liberties they enjoyed were obtained by organization. He therefore contended that Mr. Jones could look back to numberless precedents in favour of the course he adopted. Let them not measure patriotism like the commodities in which they dealt. He denied that there was any ground for the charge of sedition. The fact of a minister of religion preaching on the ground, and of men with their wives and children parading about, proved that the meeting did not inspire the fear which had been claimed in respect of it. (The trial had not concluded when our report left. AYMARKET THIATRE. Saturday evening was the last night but one of the sea-on. The performances were for the benefit of Mr. Webster, and consisted of the unnatural and disagree able play of The Stranger and of The Wonder. Mrs. Charles Kean was the Mrs. Haller, and was, as she al ways is, modest, pathetic, beautifully true to nature, and most touching. Mr. Charles Kean was the Stranger, and, he did for the character what no other actor in our remembrance has been able to do for it, he rescued it from contempt, by throwing more energy, more passion, more of the sense of hate against, and desire of revenge on the man who had wronged him, tha❑ his predecessors had thrown into the part—thus making of the Stranger a man smarting under a keen sense of injury, and, therefore, to be re spected and soothed, rather than a maudlin spiritless, contented wittol, who is to be despised or kicked. The piece was very strongly cast. We had Farren as Solomon, Keeley as Peter, Webster as Francis, Mrs. Keeley as Charlotte, and—though last not least—Miss P. Horton as the singing girl. Mr. and Mrs. Kean, and Mr. Webster, were called for at the con clusion of the play, and received with enthusiastic applause. After the play John Parry sung one of his comic songs, and the comedy of the Wonder followed. To-night is the last night of the season. There will, how ever, be an extra night to-morrow evening, for the benefit of Mr F. Webster, the stage director. As this gentleman is a member of the ancient and honour able fraternity of Freemasons, we have no doubt but that the brethren will muster in great force to support him. We can promise them a rich treat. I❑ addition to the Haymarket and Adelphi companies, Mr.. F. Webster has secured the services of Mr. Sims Reeves, and of a host of extraneous talent. THEATRICAL MOVEMENTS. TUE OLYMPIC THEATRE.—This neat little house will be opened for the performance of light pieces of the vau deville class on Wednesday. The company is an efficient one, including Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Compton, Mr. Leigh Murray, Mr. A. Younge, Mr. F. Vining, Mrs. Wigan, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Mrs. Brougham, Miss St. George, and Mrs. Gilbert (of the Am.rican theatres). On the first night there will be two new pieces produced —namely, 77ie Provisional Government, by the author of Polkamania, and a bagatelle entitled The Bal Masfue. Mr. Wigan will appear in the course of the evening in Monsieur Jacques, a part rendered famous some years ago by Mr. Morris Barnett. Drury-lane Theatre is announced to open on Monday, the 17th inst., with a strong company of native talent, for the performance of the legitimate drama; on which occasion, it is said, a new tragedy and a new farce are to be produced. Neither the name of the manager nor the list of the company engaged have been as yet an nounced. The Haymarket closes for the season to-night. There will be an extra night to-morrow for the benefit of Mr. F. Webster, the efficient stage director, who has put out a programme of astounding dimensions and attractive ness. Five pieces, comprising the combined exertions of the Haymarket and Adelphi companies ; two scenes from operas, by Mr. Sims Reeves, and a ballet diver tissement. It cannot all be over " till daylight doth appear." 'The Adelphi Theatre will close a season of 1,147 nights on Thursday. The company will afterwards re move to the Haymarket during the alteration and deco ration of the former house. The Haymarket Theatre will then in turn be brushed and polished up, and will open for a new campaign, with a newly-modelled com pany, early in September. CRICKET. THE GENTLEMEN OF SURREY v. THE GEN. TLEMEN OF KENT. The Surrey ground at the Oval, whereon this grand match was played on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, would appear to be destined to be the scene of the ex traordinary contests" of each season. The present match, it will be seen, proved to be one of this class. Surrey hating won the toss, took the bat in the first instance, and, as the score will tell, ran up an immense hand, numbering no fewer than 219, of which Mr. Whitehead obtained 46, Mr. Felix 18, Mr. Pell, 42, Mr. Hammersley, 28, and Mr. Denison 20. Kent then went in, but they were beaten in this hand by the excellence of the bowling of Mr. Reeves and Mr. Denison's slow, so that their powerful side were all re moved for the small score of 75 runs. The final score on Saturday stood as follows : SURRIY. E. Reeves, Esq., b Fredericks 2 c Fredericks, b Mynn 0 J. Davis, Esq., b Mynn S. Whitehead, Esq., b Dyer 46 c and b Mynn N. Felix, run out lB c Kirkpatrick b Mynn 9 0. C. Pell, Esq., c Fredericks b Mynn 42 c Banks, b Fredericks 1 C. H. Hoare, Esq., b Frede ricks C. Colston, Esq., c Bligh, b Fredericks 5 hit wkt, b Fredericks 6 F. Noyes, c Mynn, b Frede ricks R. Roberts, Esq., b Mynn W.Hannnersley,Esq., b Dyer 28 b Mynn ....... ....... 6 W. Denison, Esq., not out ... 20 not out Byes, 13, wide 4, no ball 118 Byes 219 41 KENT. A. Alynn, Esq., c Felix, b Reeves 5 b Hoare W. 111ynn, Esq., b Denison ... 1 c Felix, b Reeves F. Dyer, Esq., b Reeves F. Fredericks, Esq., b Denison 0 b Hammersley.— W. 13anke s , Esq., b Re eves ... 26 c Davis, b Hoare 36 E. Bankes, Esq., b Reeves ... 14 c Colston, b Hata mersley.. Hon. E. Bligh, c Whitehead, S. Whitehead, b Deni bDenison J. Kitzpatrick, Esq., b Reeves 0 c Davis, b Reeves ... 41 C. Harenc, Esq., c Colston, b Reeves 0 b Hammersley 7 J. 11. Brenchle3,Esq.,b Denison 2 b Hammersley.... 11. Parker, Esq., not out ...... 0 run out Byes 9, wide 3, no balls 3... 16 Byes 3, wide 21, no balls 7 ....... 31 75 Surrey thus won by one wicket. 204 SUICIDE OP THE ADJUTANT OP THE 91ST RE GIBIENT.—We announced on Saturday the dreadful suicide of the above officer. An inquest was held the same evening at the quarters of the deceased, Hasler Barracks, near Gosport, before G. C. B. Longcroft, Esq., the coroner of the Southern Division of Hants, when it appeared in evidence that the deceased had been for some days depressed in spirits, arising, as he stated to Major Yarborough, from matters of a private and deli cate nature, and on that account had expressed a wish to leave the regiment. His servant (John Brown) had also for the last few days observed that the deceased ap peared in very low spirits. On Friday morning, about eight o'clock, Brown hearing the report of a pistol from his master's room, went into it directly, and there found his master weltering in his blood on the floor, with one pistol just discharged lying by his side, and another pistol, loaded, lying on the bed ; the deceased had dis charged the pistol in kis mouth. Dr. Forrest, the sur geon of the regiment, was immediately in attendance, but nothing could be done, and the deceased died in about an hour. Verdict, " Temporary derangement of mind." POST-OFFICE ARRANGEMENTS WITH SICILY AND SARDINIA.-A circular has just been issued from the General Post-office, stating that the Director-General of the French Post-office has announced that, from the Ist instant, the French mail packets which leave Mar seilles on the 9th, 19th, and 29th of each month for the coast of Italy, will touch at Genoa and Messina, both on their outwurd and homeward voyage. All letters for forwarded from th e U n it e d Ki ng d om by the way of Fr ance, will be transmitted from Marseilles by these packets, unless otherwise directed : but letters for Sardinia will be forwarded, as at present, by land, unless specially addr esse d " by French packet via Marseilles." 1 he, postage upon l etters forwarded by French packet to Sicily and Sardinia via Marseilles, must be paid in advance, as far as the port of disembarkation, at the rate of sd. per half-ounce English postage, and 10d. per quarter-ounce foreign postage. CLOSING PRICES. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — Ditto, Account l 7 l /8 17 Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent l7 Russian Bonds ... ...... - Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto 3 per Cent — Ditto. Account 22 xd -• Cent.,Dividends enth l2 B a u l u o i s ld a . p . a .: a , 4 : 5 0 in 4sv2 London. Dutch 2 1 /per PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. . A.. 8 .T. U . 5 0. f i r o ldr oc lN K E . Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 3 3 4.-- C P ra c s l i i c sl3 Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2 1 ,E Belfast & County Down 16 Birmingham and Ox ford Junction ... ... 20 Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ..... Binning., Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 12/. 4s ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc.... 10 ..... , .., . ... ..... . Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter B5 Ditto, Thirds ... ...... 25 Buckinghamshire... 14/. 48. Caledonian ... 5O ... 28% 1 / s % 28 28% 28 1 4 Ditto, Halt Shares .. e i ...... Di t to,ClydesdaleJunc 50 ..... • ••• Chester and Holyhead-. 42% 2O 20% Ditto, Preference Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2J Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and B e lf ast J unc. 30 Dundalk & Enniskillen 17% — East Anglia, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do., 18/., E. & 11 .... 18 .... ...... 48 ~. Do., 31. 108. ......... 3% .... .. .... Eastern Counties... ..... 20 ...... 14%...... _ Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. Ditto,Extension,s per Cent., No. 1......61. 13s. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern 50 Do., 5 per cent. •• .. •.... ... . . ... Do. Quarters ... Do. New Eastern Union, Class A ..... D D iiait and B.) e C BC E I . a l )3.8 Class A . .13i Shares) .. 8, . 9 20 5 1 IDDD) Ditto 5 1. tt t p S O O O e :c r( r C dc i ci p l .tea ditto co s : E C p . . e . . ) r d . . c i g. ditto... t u n . o . a t ... r : ).: 2 1 1 2 ft ' i 1 5 7 : .. ... .. ... . : : ........... I: ... East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 614.•.••• Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ;erence Quarters ... 21j...... East Linc o l ns hi re ...... 201/ ..... Ldinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... •• •• ' • - Ditto, Half Sh ares ... 15 .. •. Ditto, Quarter Sh ares 12%...... - Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, New.. 6 1,4 — Ditto, Newport l3 - ••• Ditto, ditto, New Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch 2 , /8 % Ditto, New Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Glasgovr,Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 ...... •••• Ditto, New .- ... ...... ... 40 — Do. Preference Co nso l. 15 Great Northern Do., Loud on an d York 2%...... treat South. and West. (Ireland) ... 42%...... 25% 25% Great North of England.loo ......233 234...... Ditto, New, 40/......... 15 Ditto, New, 30/ 3O ...... Ditto, New, 15/..., 11%,„ .. .. — Great Western ......... ... 90 68% 88 ... BB ••• •• Ditto, % Shares ...... 50 Ditto, Fifth s 2O "'••••••• •..• Ditto, New 171... .• Huddersfield and Manch. 26 ..... Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 . -- Ditto, 1 4 Shares ..... 12% ..... .• ••• ...... •• -- Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 -- Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditt0:............ 86 ••••• —. ............... Ditto, 1 / 2 Shares ...... 43 Do. Quarter Shares... 17% ... .. ..... -- Do. Fifths... ......... ••• 9 .. .. ..... Do. Sixteenths ... 614" — .................. .. __, Do. Thirds(Reg.)....• 13 „,„„ —. ............ ... - Do. New,Gua.6 per ct. 2% 23/4% ............ Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 — """"'•'•••• Ditto 14 (late Hud7 . __ _ 12 5 i 'A 2' 7 derstield'and Shelf.) 38 - •• •• Do.(Wakefield,Ponte- ..... tract, and Goole) ... 50 Do. (W. Riding Union) 6 .. Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 - _ . Do. Shares (A) ............ Leeds and Beadford 5O ............ Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 47 1 / 2 Do., Half Shares 2 2 1 / 2..... ...... Do., (blue) Scrip-- ............ ...... Leeds and Thirsk Ditto, New ...... ....... 30 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. ..... Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . Liverp., Manchester, and .9 New - castle Jitactaon... 00000 ••• aowrsoN l , xpNnAy _OVEINTIIVp, JULY 10, IR4B. _ MONEY and COMMERCIA L NEWS. CITY, QUARTER 7'o "' HREE In the Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday. the sales were 6,000 bales. The quotations were firm. American realised 31d. to 51d. per lb. In Railway Shares there was less doing, but the market was steady. In the continental papers there is no news of !parti cular interest. The weather abroad appears to have been as unsettled as it is here. The Money Market is very easy, and there is in creased difficulty in finding employment for surplus cash. Thu arrival of the Colliagwood from South America with such a large amount of silver coin and bulls n, will add to the stock here, but can scarcely render discounts easier than they are upon first-class paper. The complaint still is that bills of good charac ter, though not of the very highest denomination, pay a much larger rate relatively, such is the want of con fidence. The Cunard steamer, America, brings accounts front New York of June 27, and late news from the British colonies. The exports of specie from New York from January 1 to June 24, were 7,323,606 dollars, but the steamer brings only 15,000 dollars. It is stated that " The importation of specie into the United States, which immediately follows a large exportation of bread stuffs, is considered a very favourable feature. and another evidence of the importance of a foreign demand for food of every variety; bat the steady re duction in the value of cotton is lost sight of for the moment, and is only realised when the shipment of bread stuffs ceases, and the counter-current of specie commences. The depreciation in the market price of cotton already exported this year is about 50 per cent., tusking in the aggregate, a decrease in the value of the same quantity, compared with last year, of at least twenty millions of dollars. This is a real loss, and it is possible that it may be doubled before a change takes place. The only hope for any immediate improvement in prices for this important exporting staple, is an abundant harvest throughout Europe, and low prices for every article of food. The prospect was, at the latest dates, favourable, and we trust that advices by the steam-ship now due will confirm the anticipations formed by previous ac cuunts. The importations have become reduced to a very low point, and there is some hope of our exports ultimately liquidating our foreign indebtedness, without any furtl'er shipments of specie. This would be placed beyond a doubt in the event of any improvement in quotations for cotton. " Since the distribution of the several loans recently negotiated, there has been an improvement in the market value of Government and good dividend paying state stocks. The increase in the quantity of Government and state stocks has no unfavourable influence upon prices, but, on the contrary, since the many millions have been disposed of, quotations both for the old and the new have advanced. Nearly seventeen millions have been created within the past ten days. There has not been an issue to this extent, but the capital necessary to take it as it comes out has been provided, and has been drawn from other employments.' The produce markets were dull in America. In Lower Canada Government was making arrangements to locate immigrants upon fifty-acre allotments. The Bank of France weekly statement shows a very small amount to the credit of the Treasury. The Funds are very steady this morning, and there is some business doing for transfer to-morrow. The dealers having provided themselves with stock are inclined to uphold the market, so that the public should pay the full advance lately established. Consols have been 86k to 87 for money, and 861 to 87k for account. The " making up" of the jobbers books commences to-morrow, and upon the result depends the payment of differences by bulls or bears. It might be concluded that the recent speculation has been to establish a ba lance against the dealers for a rise, but an attempt will be made, no doubt, to " carry over." The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 871 to and the Three per Cents. 86j to 87k. Bank Stock is 193 to 1931. Exchequer. bills are 335. to 365., and India Bonds 21s. to 235. premium. The Foreign Securities have been very quiet. Spanish Three per Cents. are 22. Portuguese Four per Cents. 17, and Mexican 17 to 17i. Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. are 45 to 45i. Railway Shares have been much the same as on Saturday, but Caledonian are lower, owing to the issue of new shares. ONE CLOSING R Il;Et , or BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 193 19314 193 1 / 2 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns .. 87% 1 4 86% 87% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 87 874 86% 87 1 % 87 87 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns.... . ilAnigAnns. to expire Jan.l860 India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,0001... ..... 23 21 p 25 p Consols for Opening 'xchequer Bills. 2 1 ,4 d. 1,0001. June 1,0001. March 500/. June Small, June Small, March .. 41 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ONE O'CLOCK. 33 p 43 p 36 p 33 ' A . 41 p 17 1 / 4 17 97% 22 xd 4 3 / 4 14% 8% London &Blackwall...l3/. 65.8 d.... Do. I;.xtension „.. 2 2 1/i... •• '•. London, Brighton, and South Coast Do. Consol. Eighths. 40 4i 4 ' I 31% Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9 — Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 .. Ditto, ditto— 1852 50 Ditto, New 51., guar. 6 per cent. London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... ••• ... - Ditto, Preference... 18/ 17 5 2d... London and N. Western 100 124 125 Do. Quarters (L.& 13.) 22 Ditto, New ..... 84 Bl Ditto, Fifths ..... .. .. 2 ... ..• - Do. 40/.Shares(L. M.) 20 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 9 Do. 10/. (bl. & B.) B. 9 •••••• 1)o. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 .... 48% .. .... ie Loud. & s. W. .stern...... 50 Jo. New 50/. ... ..... 42 1 ,4. Do. New 401 34 Do. Tenths ( Consol.) 50 • - - *-- Ditto ditto .... .... 40 Ditto. Thirds Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Call s ... 1/ . 1 3s. 4 d ... par London, Salisbury, and Yuovil Londonderry &C•deraine 27% ... • — Londonderry and Ennis killen . .......... 25 —...— ••• ..... '''" "-. Lowestoft (4 per ct,.) ... 20 - Ditto (6 per ct.) ..... 3 Manzhester,Buxt on , an.d Niatlock... ........... 4 -••••— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 Do. Quarter s (N o. 1) 18 . ... ••• Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 7 1 ,4 — ..... --. ... Ditto, New 10/. P ref... 10 ... Ditto, Gt. Grimsby .... 30 Ditto ditto . .... ..... 9 - Ditto ditto ..- ........ 5% — Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire ...... .. 10 . ••• ...- Do., Grimsby Dock... 15 Do. Manc hester and Lincoln Union. .... 41.25. Manchest. & Southampt. 2 1 / 4 Midland .............. ..100 103% 104 103... 104% Do. Consolidat e d P ref.loo Do., do., 50/. Shares_ 20 ... •• Do. Birm., and Derby100 Do.Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 Ditto, Brist. & Gloc.r. 38 ..... Ditto, ditto ... ....141. 185..... Ditto,Leieest. & S wan - nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle...loo - .... Do. Quarters 25 ....... . ... .. Newmarket ..... ... . ..... ........ Do. Extension ..... ...... ...2/. 125.... Newport, Abergavenn- •••• ~erga iy, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry. Warrenpoin' .1, • , t, and Rostrevor l5 ••• Norfolk lOO Do. New 20/. ... 5 Do. Extension 5 p ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed s%pc. 5 Do. du. Waveney Val. 2 ...... Northern Counties Union 4 ...... North British ........ ... 25 .. ... 22 3 / 4 Ditto, Halves Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Extension. O% — -. ........ ... Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 4% .. North & South-Western 2 North Staffordshire 1 2 14..... V% 9) North Wales ... 3% North-Western .... ..... 7 1 ,E Oneord, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ..... 45 - .. Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin ... 1% 1 . .... 1 Scottish Central Scottish Midland. 25 _.. Ditto, New ... 12%.... .. Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (Nor. Div.) ... 7% Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 4 ...... Shrewsbury and Rim... 8 Ditto ditto, Class B. 5 ...... .. . Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 ...... -- Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) l6 Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 Ditto Oswestry ... .. 16 -- Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref 8 •• • Shropshire Union • •••••• south Devon... Do. Preference •••• •••• •••• South Staffordshire 5% — ...... •••••••• outh Eastern Do., No. 1... Do~ N 0.2. Do., No. 3 ... -... ...... 25 Do., No. 4 Thirds ... 83 / 4 6 SJuth Wales. ...... ........ 23 - ••••• tiduth Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole ...... 4 Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 6 Taw Vale Extension ... 6 Thames haven Dock and Railway .... ...... 17% Vale of Neath ... .. ...... 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 15%...... .. — Waterford and Limerick 42% Waterfd,Wxtrd,Wicklw, and Dublin ..... - ..... 3 .... Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed .. 4 2 3 / 4.- Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. ... 7 3 / 4 .. ... W est Cornwall w hitehaven & Furness 13 - Windsor, Staines, and South Western...., ... 9% — W ilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth ........ ....... 35 •......... •••... York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... ........... 25 .. ~, 32 3 4-* •"' ..... ' 32 3 A Do. Original New and Berwick .. .... ........ 25 -. ......... ..... 30ji Do. Extensi oa N o. 1. 15 Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 10 ... ... . Do. G.N.E.P re f erence 8 . 1 . York and North Mi dland 50 68% 69,. ...... ... 69 _ Ditto, Preferen ce ...... 10 Do. East and Westßid ing Extension ...... 25 11►,' 27% FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 16 Ceylon .................... ss. Demerara .. ............ 12 , /t — ............ .•• Dendre Va11ey.........,. 4 Direct Bombay and Madras .................. bs. . Dutch Rhenish ..... 7 1 / 4 ... .• " ....... East Indian ..- ........... Great Indian Peninsular ss. '- Italian and Austrian.... 4 Louvain Ala Sambre ... 7% — Luxembourg-- ........ 7 Madrid and Valencia... 2 ...... . Namur and Li ege lB ... .. 3 ••••••••••.... a Northern of Fran ce ..... Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yssel 41854 d...... Paris and Lyons ......... 11 ..... 33 4 • Paris and Orleans . ...... 20 Paris and Rouen 20 20 1 / 4 20 ••• Paris and Strasb ourg ... 8 Rouen and Havre ...... 20 9 1 4 : ra Sambre and Meuse ...... 20 ..... Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 ...... ...... Tours and Nantes 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den' and Hasselt 18 . West Flanders ..... ..... ..... - 3:li LLOYD'S UHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JULY 10.—Wind N., light pleasant breese, with fine clear sultry weather. DINGLE, JULY 7.—The Iddustry, O'Sullivan, of Blentierville, atter discharging a cargo of bricks at this port, stru c k on C ar b ue P o i n t at the mouth of the har bour thi s morn i ng an d san k ; her top m asts being barely visible; crew saved. The wreck of a vessel, from 100 to 150 tons, appa rently lately wrecked, with several loo se sp ars an d planking about her, was passer, two miles east o f Tus kar by the R-?ward, arrived at Liverpoo l ~ 7 th LIVERPOOL, JULY 8.--WindW• -- -9 th, S.E.—A rrd Princess H e l ena , Carruthers, Madr as ; Swallow, For syth, La Guayra; General Parkhill, WE:own, New Orleans; lialamagoo, Foulks, Philadelphia; Bth, Xarissa, Reynolds, Barbadoes; Creole, Foster New Orleans ; , Z., Moses, New Nicholas Biddle, Knight, Mobile ; A. Quebec; 9th, Teaser, York; Baron of Renfrew, Crossely, ywine, Merryma n . N ew Crockett, Bahia ; Brand Orleans; Emma Watts, Watts, New Orleans; America (steamer), Judkins, Boston, left 28th ult. Std. Bth, Lucknow, Demerara; Carnatie, New Orleans; Cham -11. H. Boody, Bath, A.; plain, Philadelphia R o me, New York; Queen bernia (steamer), New York; Hi of the West, New York; Bonades, Quebec; Beta Nevis, Quebec; Herald, Quebec; Mononcabela, Philadelphia; M. Howes, New York; St. Petersburgb, Boston. FALMOUTH, JULY 8. Wind W. ; 9th, w.s.w._ Arrd. Bth, Johannes Hu ss, Matanzas, 9th, TriumfanteNew , Michael, Havannah, for Bristol; Orion, S York, for Bremen. chwan, DEAL, JULY 9.—Wind W.S.W. to S.W., hard squalls. —Arrd. Bth, Sultan, Gardner , Sing apore; John Edward, Kell, Madras ; Jordeson, Clark, Gambia; Fortescue, Leighton, Barbadoes ; John Bull, Duffel, M ontreal; 9th, Woodstock, Nicholson, New Zealand; Widmer Castle, Thorn, Sydney, New South Wales; Earl of Balcarras, Hogg, Calcutta; Heart of Oak, Rogers, Bahia,_ and sailed for Harnburgh; Alcyon, —oum t,, on, ditto; Haw thorn, Barnicle, Quebec, and sailed for Whitby; Ara bian, ditto. Arrd. from the River, Bernicia, Arnold, New Zealand; Andromache, Passmore, Port Philip; Lochnagar, Dalgarne, Port Philip ; G u i nenman, Cook, Cape Coast Castle; Surpass, Sherris, Rio Janeiro; Ga latea, Broben, Mahar Sultana, Edington, Clyde. Sid. Mary Smith, Stettin. ROTHSAY, ISLE OF BUTF., JULY 6.—Arrd. Isabella, Pictou. CLYDE. JULY S i —Wind S.—Arrd. the 6th, Ivanhoe, Rattray, Matanza! ; 7th, Columbi ne, C risp, Mauritius; Senator, Nagle, II lanilla; Belmont, Brown, Demerara; Copia, Hunter, Trinidad; Rovtallan, Bolton, ditto; Louise, M'Alpinn, Port Wallace; Elizabeth, St. John's, New Br u n s wi c k ; ,ksperian, Well s , ditto; Bth, Primrose, Rayson, ditto; MI iry, Munro, Montreal. MUMBLES, JUL, r 7.—Arrd. Rambler, Quebec, Llanelly. CARDIFF, JULY 7.--Sid. Thomas King, Valparaiso. BRISTOL, Jirtav 9.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. the Bt, _ - 'enton, Barbadoes; Helen, M'Gregor, Ha v. nnah; John King, ditto; Jo,epha, Quebec. OFF MEVAGISSEY, JULY. s.—William and Mary, Pugwa,h, for Colchester; Alberta, Lewes, Quo bee, for London. OFF LOOE, JULY 6.—Dorothea, Grenada,for London. PLYMOUTH, JULY B.—Wind S.W., strong.—Arrd. Melody, Hooper Monte Video. Sld. (7th) Reform, Pinkham, Figueira and Labrador. OFF DOVER, JULY 9. William Rive, Halifax. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 9.—Wind W.S.W. to \V., hard.— Arrd. Bth, her Majesty's ship Collingwood, Valparaiso, left Rio Janeiro 23d May, 1,040,000 dollars on freight ; Mate (yacht), Bermuda. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 9.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Bth, Sir, Kay, Quebec. GOOLE, JULY B.—The sloop Edward and Mary, from Colchester to :Leeds, or Wakefield, sunk in the River (Jaw on the 6th inst., cargo saved, in a damaged state, and it is expected the vessel will be got off. ‘VEYMOUTII, JULY 9.—Wind S., strong.—Arrd. Astrea, Lewis, Quebec. COWES, JULY B.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Louise, Landmark, Matanzas. INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES. On Saturday last a large and important meeting of gentlemen holding the influential and responsible offices of actuaries and secretaries, and managers to life offices, was held in the board-room of the Guardian Assurance Company, which bad be en most handsomely acceded by the board of that respectable company, not only on the present but previous occasions, for the purpose of forming au institute for the mutual advantage not only of those gentlemen immediately engaged in the important duties of conducting the affairs of life assurance generally, but, in our opinion, of promoting our national prosperity, which we avow life assurance to be a principal ingredient. Some time ago a meeting was held, at which a cone mittee was appointed to consider the practicability of such a desirable union ; that committee prepared a re port, which was submitted to a general meeting on the 10th of June last, and underwent full discussion, the re sult of which was the appointment of another committee of fifteen gentlemen to prepare a plan for carrying out the same, and the meeting on Saturday was convened to receive the report of these gentlemen ; and we need hardly remark that from the talent and experience brought into operation on the oc ,easioia, that the plan was marked by the most consum mate skill and deep reasoning. It was, indeed, a perfect masterpiece of judgment, completely proving that no thing but first-rate talent (not mere mechanism) can satisfy the requirements of life-assurance conductors. Tue meeting was attended by sixty-one gentlemen, among whom was the veteran, J. Finlayson, Esq., the Government Actuary, and the following gentlemen from Scotland:—James 'Watson, Esq., Scottish Provident; Henry Thomson, Esq., North British; H. 1). Dickie, Esq., Caledonia; John Fraser, Life Assurance of Scot land; Peter Ewart, Standard; Robert Christie, Scottish Equitable; G. IV. L. Finlay, Edinburgh; F. G. Smith, Scottish Union; W. 0. Harris, Scottish Provident. P. Hardy, Esq., F.R.S., Actuary of the Mutual Life Office, was unanimously called to the chair, and letters of apology read from G. Davies, Esq., F.R.S., absent in Wales; F. P. G. Neison, Esq., unexpectedly called into the country; J. M. Rainbow, Esq., through a domestic calamity, and others. After the report of the committee had been read by J. J. CLEcuortN, Esq., the honorary secretary, the various clauses to constitute the Institute were separately put to the meeting, and with the exception of one or two alight amendments, were unanimously carried. We subjoin the principal resolutions as proposed to the meeting. We were highly amused with the humorous and good natured remarks of Mr. Finlayson, who gave his most strenuous support to the institute, remarking that he had endeavoured many years ago to promote the for mation of a similar Institute when it was difficult to say who was on actuary. The venerable and talented gen tleman's remarks were received with the greatest en thusiasm. The principal speakers, beside the chairman, were, Mr. Riley, Mr. Jenkin Jones, Mr. Finlay, Mr. Reddish, Mr. Scratchley, Mr. Sylvester, Mr. Farren, Dr. Mullinder, and Mr. Daniel. After the whole of the resolutions affecting the for mation of the Institute had been submitted to the meet ing, and approved, the following resolutions were una nimously carried : Moved by Dr. Mullinder, seconded by Mr. Brown— " That the fifteen gentlemen who have hitherto acted as a general committee be appointed the committee of en rolment." Moved by Mr. Farren, seconded by Mr. Reddish— " That the thanks of this meeting be presented to the committee." The Chairman returned thanks. Moved by Mr. Jenkin Jones, seconded by Mr. Syl vester—" That the cordial thanks of this meeting be presented to the deputation from Scotland for their kindness in attending, and for the valuable information sallorded by them." Mr. Finlay returned thanks ; and, in so doing, ex pressed, on behalf of himself and the representatives of the Scotch offices, their most cordial approval and co operation. Moved by Mr. Brown, seconded by Mr. Hampton— " That the best thanks of the meeting be presented to P. Hardy, Esq., the chairman, for the able and urb ane manner in whi c h h e h a d filled the chair." Moved by Mr. Daniel, seconded by Mr. Farren, " That the best thanks of this meeting be respectfully tendered to the directors of the Guardian Assurance Company for their so handsomely granting permission of the use of their board-room for the purposes of the meeting." The unanimous thanks of the meeting were then most cordially voted to J. J. Cleghorn, Esq., the honorary secretary, fur his valuable services. The following is a principal outline of the plan and objects of the institute. 1. The Institute of Actuaries of Great Britain. 2. The development and improvement of the mathe matical theories upon which the practice of life assur ance is based, and the collection and arrangement of data connected with the subjects of duration of life, health, and finance. 3. The improvement and diffusion of knowledge, and the establishment of correct principles relating to sub jects involving monetary considerations and the doctrine of probability. 4. A nearer approximation to uniformity of practice, official and professional. 5. The settlement of points of professional and official usage, and protection generally to the members of the profession and the public. G. Elevation of the attainments and status of the mem bers of the profession. 7. The formation of a library, and the establishment of rooms for reading and conversation. 8. The free interchange of opinion and counsel in matters of difficulty, whether theoretical, official, or professional. 9. The Institute to consist of two classes of members. First class, Fellows; second class, Associates. 10. Every actuary, assistant-actuary, or person per forming the office of actuary or assistant-actuary to any Lite • Assurance, Government office, or Annuity, or Re versionary Interest Society in Great Britain or Ireland, in existence and completely registered on or before the Bth day of July, 1848, if he shall have acted in such capacity previous to that date, shall have a claim to be elected a Fellow of the Institute without ballot or pre vious examination, provided that ho shall make such claim and offer himself for enrolment on or before the Ist day of September, 1848, and provided that he shall not be objected to by four-fifths of the committee of en rolment to be hereafter appointed. 11. Every manager, managing or resident director, or other chief officer of any Life Assurance Society, in ex istence and completely registered on or before the Bth day of July, 1848, shall have a claim to be admitted an Associate without ballot, provided he shall make such claim and offer himself for enrolment on or before the Ist day of September, 1848, and provided that he shall not be objected to by four-fifths of the committee of en rolment to be hereafter appointed. 12. Any person desirous of becoming an Associate of the Institute, and not included in the above description or limitation, shall be proposed as such by two members, and subsequently elected by ballot under regulations to be hereafter determined on. 13. Any Associate of the Institute who shall here• after obtain an appointment of actuary to any Life Assurance ,Society, and who shall have obtained a certi ficate of competency from the Institute, to be hereafter determined upon, shall have a claim to be at once elected a Fellow of the Institute without ballot, subject to such regulations as may be hereafter appointed. 14. It shall be lawful for the Fellows of the Institute to proceed at once to ballot for the admission of any candidate into their body who shall, previously to the aforesaid Bth of July, have been the actuary of any Life Assurance Society, or who shall at the time of ballot be an Associate of the Institute without holding the office of actuary, but who shall have obtained the certificate of competency, provided in either case such candidate shall be specially recommended by the council for that purpose. 15. The Institute shall possess the power of expelling any member guilty of improper conduct, and each member shall sign a declaration, on admission to either class, to conform to the rules and by-laws. The opening of the Waterloo-bridge terminus of the South-Western Railway is to take place to morrow. Early on Friday morning the bridge over the Westmin ster-road was tested by the Government officer. To ascertain with a positive degree of certainty the effect of a quick passage of heavy bodies across the imetense span, a number of strong rods, secured on a firm foun dation, were placed upright in the centre of the arch, and midway between the centre and sides, and touching the iron girders. In each of these rods was a groove with a sliding staff, which, on the passing of the trains, indicated to a hair's breadth the deflexion of each gir der ; and in no one instance was it more than the 3-16ths of an inch. Three of the heaviest engines of the company were selected to make the experiment, and these were closely coupled and otherwise worked in such a manner as under no ordinary circumstances would occur. The four distinct line of rail were after wards run over repeatedly with the different engines, and in every instance the points or switches, which are mostly self-acting, proved to be in admirable work ing order. Captain Simmonds, the Government inspec tor, expressed his satisfaction at the result of the experi ments, and gave the necessary certificate for opening the new line. POSTPONEMENT OF THE RETE IN Am or THE DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOMEN'S SOCIETY. --- The g rand fete and public breakfast announced for to-day V hall-gardens, is postponed until Frida y in conse quence of several of the artistes who had next, volunteered their services having to assiit at Drury lane to-night, on the occasion of her Majesty's visit. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.- In addition to her Majesty, Prince Albert, and noble and distinguished perso nages suite, the following ge s have recently visit e d these delightful garden s :—The Prince D of Saxe Weimar, Duke and Duchess of Montrose, ue an uchess Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire, Sutherland, Marquis and Alarchionness of Douro, Marchionness of Ely, Bishops of Norwich and Winchester, Dean of Can terbury', Baron Alderson, Earl of Kildare, Earl of Glen gall, Lords Shelburne, A. Fitzclarence, E. Bruce, Camoys, Talbot, Castlereagh, Pembroke, Cowley, Maidstone, and E ldon ; C o unt D'Orsay, L a di es M elville ' , G o ugh, Stanley, Dunraven, Lincoln, Talbot, Wellesley, Mil ton , and Seymour; the Conde d e Montemolin, Sir G. Talbot, Alderman Johnson, &c. , THE ATTORNEY- IiENERAL.-- We understand that this eminent legal functionary has just been served with a writ in an action for penalties incurred by al leged bribery at the Horsham election, to the amount of 10,0001. Three eminent counsel are retained, and the cause, we are told, will be tried at the next Summer Assizes for Sussex. —John Bull. The East and West Yorkshire Junction Rail way is shortly to be opened from the city of York to Hay Park, about one mile east of Knaresboreugh, where a temporary station is to be immediately erected. —Yorkshire Gement. lIARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY. CORN EXCHAN GE-MONDAY. During last week, the arrivals of English Wheat for our market, coastwise, were on the increase ; those of ALA were seasonably extensive ; but those of all other articles of home produce were comparatively small. The receipts from Ireland and Scotland were confined to a few parcels of Oats. Liberal supplies came to band from abroad, viz., 6,819 quarters of Wheat ; 18,872 quarters of Barley ; 35,051 quarters of • - )ats; 165 quarters of Rye; 1,282 quarters of Beans ; 1,799 quarters of Peas ; 46 quarters of Tares ; 2,267 quarters of Linseed ; 87 quarters of Mustard Seed ; 117 quarters of sundry Seeds ; and 313 barrels, together with 125 sacks of Flour. Fresh up to-day, only a mo derate quantity of Wheat of home produce was received up to our market coastwise, as well as by land-carriage and sample. Notwithstanding the attendance of both town and country buyers was good,and the showof samples very moderate, the demand for all kinds of English Wheat was in a very sluggish state. Selected qualities of red and white were, however, mostly disposed of, at prices about equal to those obtained on Monday last. In the mid dling and interior kinds exceedingly little business was transacted, at, in same instances, a decline in the quota • tions of Is per quarter, and which a clearance was with difficulty effected. The general quality of the Wheats brought forward to-day was good. The show of Foreign Wheat was by no means large, owing to several cargoes of the late arrivals being sold last week on board for consumption in the north. The importers were not to say anxious sellers ; yet in the few sales con cluded prices suffered an abatement of Is. per quarter. Bonded Wheats were heavy, and almost nominal in value. Scarcely any English Barley was brought forward, but the supply of Foreign was very extensive. All kinds met a very dull inquiry, at, in some instances, a decline in the currencies obtained on this day se'nnight of Is per quarter. This fall, however, applies mor e particu larly to Foreign qualities. Thu supply of Malt being more than equal to the wants of the buyers, the Malt trade was in a very dull state, at almo s t nom i na l quo tations. With Foreign Oats we were very heavily sup plied. Even the best parcels met a very dull inquiry, and the prices were 6d per quarter lower than last week. In Beaus very few transactions took place; nevertheless, we have no decline to notice in prices. The sale for Peas was in a very sluggish state, at barely late rates. Indian Corn and Meal commanded very little attention. In Flour comparatively little business was passing, at our quotations. The supply was very moderate. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Kheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier • • • • • • 595 to 606 Red. ........ 46s to 543 Oats—Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 49s 51s Lincolnsh., Feed. 18s 21s Norfolk and Lin- Potato coin, Red..... 44s 49s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White...... 475 54s Black. •• . . 155 19s Irish, Red........ —a —s Cork, White .•• .. 17s 220 Ditto, White .... .. —5 —s Scotch, Feed. •• .. 21$ 2es Rye—Old ............ —6 —a Beans—Tick .•• • • .... 32s 423 Now. •• •• • • ...... 315 33s Pigeons Barley—Grinding ... .. 25s 30s Peas—Grey •.•• .. . . 36s 3es Malting . ........ 305 32s Maple. Chevalier .... ... 31a 33s White ..... .... 365 375 M alt —Suffolk and Nor- Boilers folk ............ 55s 58s Flour—Town-made 395 445 Brown ..... ...... 47s 64s Suffolk .. •••• . . . Kinzston and Ware 56s 58s Stockta & Norfolk 34s 363 SIKITIIPIELD. The imports of live stock into London last week were as under:— From whence. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calvet. Amsterdam ... 58 ... 658 ... - Harlingen ... 120 ... Hamburgh ... 111 ••• 746 ... 23 ... 127 415 ... - ... 5 Rotterdam ... 112 ... 447 ... 58 ... 238 Antwerp .._ ... ••• ..... Bremen . ... .. 11 Total 412 2,266 81 474 Corresponding week in 1847 B9O ... 2,121 ... 58 ... 313 Difference 478 less. 145 more. 23 more. 161 more The arrivals at the various northern outports have been moderate, the time of year considered, viz., 960 head, chiefly from Liansburgh and Rotterdam. The following statement shows the total importations of the first five months of the present and two previous years, ending on the sth of June:- 1846. 1847. 1848. Oxen Cows Calves Sheep Lambs Pigs Total 19,666 38,179 34,654 The principal features in the above returns are the great falling off in the imports of Cows this year, and the large increase in those of Calves. The number of foreign Beasts was very moderate, the time of year con sidered; but that of Sheep and Calves was again exten sive, and of somewhat improved quality. E ac h kind of stock met a very inactive demand, at barely last week's quotations. With home-fed Beasts we were tolerably well, but not to say heavily supplied, but there was a slight falling-off in their weighing qualities. As the dead markets were well cleared of their last week's sup plies, and the attendance of buyers here to-day on the increase, the Beet trade was steady, at an advance in the quotations paid on Friday last of 2d per Sibs; the prices paid being on a par with those realised on this day se'unight, the primeat Scots selling at 4s 2d per 81bs. rom Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received about 1,394 Spots and short-horns; from the western and midland districts, 750 Herefords, runts, Devons, &c. ; from other parts of England, 400 of various breeds; and from Scotland, 9.90 horned and polled Scots; the remainder of the bullock supply being derived from abroad, and the neighbourhood of the metropolis. There was a slight falling-off in the num bers of Sheep, most of which were in good condition. On the whole, th e M utton trade was firm, but we have no . improvement t o not i ce in the quotations. The prunest old Downs sold at from 4s 10d to 5s per Sibs, and at which a good clearance was effected. The sup ply of Lambs was by no means extensive, yet the de mand for that description of stock was in a sluggish state, at a decline in the quotations of 2d per Blbs. Although the numbers of Calves were good, the Veal trade was steady, a t f u ll y last week ' s prices. Pigs were very dull, but we have no alteration to notice in value. Per Blbs.te sink the offal. Inferior I. d. to s. d. 0 3 4 *second quality •• 3 4 3 6 Prime large Oxen.. 3 8 210 Prime Scots 4 0 4 2 Large Coarse Calves 3 4 310 ['riffle small ditto .. 4 0 4 2 Suckling Calves ..17 0 25 0 Inferior Sheep .. .3 10 4 2 s. d. to s. d. Second quality ditto 4 2 4 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 6 4 8 Southdown Nether 4 10 5 0 Ditto eut of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large Hogs .... —3 10 4 2 Small Porkers .... 4 4 4 6 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 22 0 Lambs .....• ••.. 4 6 5 8 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Seaga. Sheep. 1 Calves. I Pigs. I 3,318 24,540 1 293 310 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. 1 Pigs. 304 1,330 139 NEWOATS AND MEADENHALA. Very moderate supplies of country-killed meat have been received up to these markets during the last week, arising from the continued warm weather. With meat slaughtered in the metropolis we have been sea sonably well supplied. Prime Mutton has sold steadily at full rates of currency. In all other kinds of meat only a limited business has been doing, and in some instances the quotations have had a downward tendency. Only about 800 carcases of foreign meat have been on offer, and which have sold at comparatively low figures. At per atone by the Carcase. a. d. to a. d. ' a. d. to a. d. Beef ,Inferior.. •—• 2 6 2 8 Mutton, inferior .. 3 4 3 6 middling •. •2 10 3 0 middling.. 3 8 4 4 primelarge .. 3 2 3 4 I prime •••• 4 6 4 8 prime small • 3 4 3 Pork, 1arge........ 3 8 4 2 Veal•.... . Lamb. 4s 6d to 5s Bd. BOROUGH AND SPITALTIELDS. The supplies of new Potatoes are extensive, yet the demand for them is steady, at from 51 to 81 per ton. During the past week the imports have amounted to about 1,700 baskets, chiefly from Rotterdam. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. This market still continues in a very dull state, but we have no further decline to notice in the quotations. The plantation accounts are considered favourable, and the daty is called 195,0001. to 200,000/. The supply of Hops on offer is good. Sussex Pockets, 2/ 15s to 31 2s; Weald of Kent ditto, 2l 18s to 3155; Mid and East Kent ditto, 314 s to Si 5s per cwt. WOOL. Although the attendance of buyers at the public sales has been large, the whole of the wool offered has not found buyers. The fall in prices may be called from ld to 2d per lb. In the private contract markets next to nothing is doing, and the quotations have a downward tendency. The imports since Monday last have consisted of 250 bales from Hamburgh; 583 ditto from the Cape; 1,300 ditto from Sydney; and 5,000 ditto from Port Phillip. TALLOW. Although the deliveries in the past week have been good, the demand to-day is somewhat inactive, at a further decline of 3d per cwt. P.Y.C. on the spot is 44s 6d to 44s 3d. For forward delivery very little is doing. Town Tallow is 44s to 44s 6d net cash; rough frit 2s 6d per 8 lbs. The shipments of Tallow from bt. Petersburgh this year, up to the 28th ult., were 21,750 casks, against 7,450 ditto at the same time in 1847. ST. MARTINS-IN-THE-FIELDS.—The Rev. Henry Mackenzie having been appointed to the vicarage of this parish, on the resignation of the Rev. Sir. B. R. Dulon field, Bart., was formally inducted to the living by the Rev. J. Jackson, Rector of St. James's in presence of the churchwardens, sidesmen, and other respectable in habitants, on Saturday last. The ancient custom of tolling the bell by the new vicar and other canonical forms were duly observed. S /'~`~ NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. rORTS3IOUTH.—A court-martial, over which Sir C. Napier, K.C.8., presided, was held on board the / ilk' tory on Friday and Saturday last to try John Mac= donald, a private in the Marines, belonging to the Belle rophon, 78, on the Charge of striking Captain R. L. Baynes, C. 8., captain of the Bellerophon, in the execu• tion of his duty, on the 2d of July instant. Mr. C. Bin steed, solicitor, of Portsmouth, acted as advocate for the prisoner. The prisoner had been guilty of insubordina tion, and was undergoing knapsack drill when he com mitted a fresh act of insubordination in refusing to lash up his hammock. When brought before Captain Baynes, who told him that his conduct deserved severe punish ment, Macdonald struck him a severe blow in the face, and exclaimed, " Now you may hang me if you like." He was immediately secured and ordered into confine• rnent. He was sober at the time, but very much excited. On being secured he said, "I have done it ; you may have satisfaction of me ; you may hang me at once -; you have driven me to it; lam ready to die." The pri soner put in a long written address, in which he stated that he was maddened with the knapsack drill and the threat of two floggings, and in a momentary fit of horrid desperation committed the act which he thought "mild hang him. He called a number of witnesses to his character, whose evidence went to show that he was a man who mixed little with his messmates when off duty; that he was of a hasty temper, and eccentric in his habits. The Court having deliberated on the csse, the Judge- Advocate-General announced that the charge had been fully proved, and that the sentence upon the prisoner was that he be transported for the term °ibis natural life. The Collingwood, 80, Captain Smart, flag of Rear- Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour, C. 13., G.C.H., the late Commander•in-Chief of the Pacific, arrived this morning at :Spithead with a freight' on merchants' account of 1,000,000 dollars, which has been consigned to the cull tody of Mr. Chambers, freight agent of Portsea an.l Portsmouth, for conveyance to the Bank of England. She sailed from Valparaiso on the 11th of April, arrived at R►io on the 12th of May, sailed on the 23d, and passed the Western Islands on the Ist inst. She passed the out ward-bound West India and Mexico mail steamer on Wednesday last, and communicated with her. The Comus, 16, Commander D'Eyncourt, was at Rio, under orders for England. Sir Thomas Herbert, with the rest of his squadron, was at Monte Video. Affairs in Rio were in a very disturbed state, owing to the stagnaat state of commerce consequent on the French Revolution. The Champion, 18, Commander Hayes, had arrived at Rio, and sailed on the 17th of May for the Pacific, calling at Monte Video to communicate with Commodore Sir Tho mas Herbert. Mr. Loney, master of the Juno, 26, in the Pacific, has come home invalided in the Collingwood. Mr. Arthur Dawson, paymaster and purser of the Col lingwood, died on the passage between Rio and England, and Mr. Foord, clerk of the ship, was promoted to the vacancy by Sir George Seymour. The Gorgon had not arrived at Rio, nor did the Cellingwood see or hear any thing of the Plover discovery vessel sent out to search for Sir John Franklin in company (if she arrived out in time) with the Herald and Pandora. A very handsomely ex pressed address was presented to Sir George Seymour, signed by nearly all the residents in Valparaiso, on his giving up the command to Rear-Admiral Phipps Hornby. The Collingwood has been four years and two months in commission. Her officers give her a very excellent cha racter as a good sea boat, a steady fast sailer, Sic. The Admiral will strike his flag to-morrow evening; the ship will be inspected on Monday; after which she will come into harbour and discharge her freight, which will be forwarded to London by the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway. The Collingwood will be dia. mantled and paid off at this port. Sir George Seymour and family are all well. The Colossus, newly launched 10 gun ship, arrived at Spithead last night from Pembroke, and came into har bour this afternoon to be fitted as an advanced ship. The Dragon steam-frigate, Captain W. H. Hall, was docked last night to complete the repair of her machi nery, &c. WooLwica, JULY B.—The Conflict steam•sloop, 400 horse power, was found to answer very well during her trial down the river on Thursday, under the charge of Lieutenant Robertson, assistant to Captain Austin, C. 8., having made a speed of rather more than 81 knots per hour. The result being satisfactory, she was taken to Sheerness the same day to be completed for service. Lieutenant Robertson, Mr. Atherton, the chief engineer at Woolwich Dockyard, the petty officers and crew who navigated the vessel, returned to Wool wich in the Charon steam-vessel at three o'clock on Friday morning. Commander Cracroft has commissioned and hoisted his pendant on the Reynard steam-vessel, 60 horse power, with screw propeller, and she will proceed down the river on an experimental trial early next week. The guns and carriages to be conveyed by the Myr midon steam-vessel to North Shields are intended to be placed at the base of a monument erected to the memory of the late Lord Collingwood. Mr. Edward Casey, chief engineer of the first class Fisgard, is appointed engineer of Sheerness Deckyaid, at a salary of 2501. a year. Messrs. F. Pearce. B. Hoare, S. Harris, and E. Mere dith, are appointed chief engineers, third class, of her Majesty's fleet. The baggage of Captain Fraser's and Captain Stace's companies of the Royal Artillery was put on board the Atholl troop ship at Woolwich Dockyard yesterday even ing, and the companies are under orders to embark at four o'clock on Monday morning, and leave the same day for Quebec to relieve two companies of the Royal Artillery stationed in Canada. The Atholl will call at Pk) mouth and Cork to embark detachments of line regi ments under orders to join the head-quarters of their regiments in Canada, and, including the two companies of artillery, will take out 380 men, besides women and children. PLYMOUTH, JULY 7.—Her Majesty's ship Tweed, from Hamoaze, and her Majesty's brig Violet, from Barnpool, went into the Sound yesterday; the brig will be paid wages on Saturday and sail for Portsmouth on Sunday. The Express packet was undocked and masted on the sth. The Swift packet was taken into dock for repairs on Wednesday. The merchant brig Jordeson, Captain May, from the Gambia, May 22, landed a mail on the sth, and proceeded with her cargo for London; no passengers. Yesterday there was a strong wind from E.S.E., with dry clear weather; in the evening it chopped round sud denly to W.S.W.. with thick fog. To-day it blows a stiff breeze from the southward, with occasional showers. SUICIDE AT BLACKFRIAR'S-BRlDGE.—Yesterday Sunday) morning, about a quarter past midnight, an alarm was raised that a female had been seen to mount one of the seats on Blackfriar's-bridge and plunge head fi)rensost into the river. Neerey, the night pierman, in stantly put off in a skiff with drags, for the purpose of rescuing, if possible, the party in question. The spot having been pointed out to hies where the female was supposed to have plunged in, Neerey dragged the water for some time, but without being able to find any one; and imagining that the female had been carried away with the tide and drowned, he gave up the search. At daybreak, however, a most appalling scene presented it self. Upon the third pier -head, on the lower side of the bridge, was discovered a middle-aged female lying upon her left side, with her jaw broken, her head battered in, and covered with blood. At this time the water was nearly ten feet below the spot where the unfortunate creature was lying. A ladder having been procured from the pier, Neerey, with the assistance of the Thames police, succeeded in carrying the female down, and, having placed her in his boat, she was taken ashore, when she was found to be quite dead, and horribly dis figured. Who the unfortunote woman is at present re mains unknown. The person who raised the alarm in the first instance stated that she had a child with her on the bridge, that she suddenly pulled off her bonnet and shawl and jumped into the river. He also stated that be heard the child cry out, "01 my mother." Neither t he child nor the shawl has been found. It is supposed t h at the child, in looking for her mother, must have fallen into the water, and also perished. 1 supp lyof prime oysters may OTBTERII.—A plentifu l be expected for the future, a bed, c out smacks in length. Parties at Shoreham are fitting inex haustible, having been found in the h_a s t n t P i n P a e a g l r , e m nt a i n Y y miles in the oyster trade ; for the express purpose eng ag i ng of . hundred, they will not rea li w se ore so many persona en employedand, instead of oysters being so m l d eruet than t hree h eihalf shillings that stun very shortly. The re never before ; and the spirit of competi tion in dredg i ng Dredging at this period of the year tion runs strong. prohibited law, ancfall.boats having apparatus for rt ivin in port ; bu t , having Owing to an informality in the is by that purpose on board are seized by oy t a h te e r e s Coast Guard on Act of Parliament, boa ts b oar d are and . the dredgers sink . the apparatus at in cargoes of oysters in spite of the in nursip;lte of " statute in that case made and sea,Bot asnedizabbrilne,g AIeG.OW RAILWAY (CAMPSIN t p e r n oE t v l dl n esd :d uGli i : . BRANCIO. —This branch was w opened W ednesdayehaodn t ri o; G G a i z Ipassenger tra ffi c,and wh y i e e s h terday going over the line , we foun d t he p l easure substantiallym a f d o o e r f . and she rails firm and smooth. After passing the new Kir ki n tilloch junction st a ti on, the ;line h docent , an d, as it h ere ta k es a pretty wide sli ght descent, a e sweep, a good o pportunity is afforded of seeing the line and the country ltihnreo,uish which efoircmh eirtlypamsseensiioned, ru ns aui C ampsie p ort ion town n th o e f The C • lii rkin being ag r eeably il lo ch, and is ve d ry iv p er le si a fi s e a d nt one itb to be tr v a i v e e w l oonf ti , h the l sceneryand dale, a n d woo d and water. At w Milto t n, half-way be tween Kirkintilloch and Campsie, there is also a station, and the terminus is at Lennoxtown, just beside Campsie. The Campsie hills rise close b e hi n d the village, and the far-famed Campaie Glen is not more than a mile and a quarter from it—a delightful and healthy resort for the denizens of Glasgow, "in populous city pent," on a bright summer's day. We believe that it is the company's intention to grant day tickets, at a proportionably reduced rate, to persona de sirous of going during the day to Campsie and returning in the evening ; and as the glen is the very place for a pic-nic party, we have no doubt that many will avail themselves in fine weather of the privilege. During the fair week, too, cheap excursion trains might be put lon with great advantage to all parties. The crops, we are glad to say, look remarkably well in the neighbour hood of Campsie, and the hay harvest is pretty far ad vanced.—North British Daily Mail. Yesterday (Sunday) morning his Grace the Arch bishop of Canterbury delivered a sermon at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, on behalf of the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest at Brampton. Notwithstanding the very adverse state of the weather, the sacred edifice was completely croadea, and after a most eloquent discourse the handsome collection of 1371. 13s. 7d. was made. THE SUNDAY SALE OF NEWSPAPERS.--SiF Benj. Hall has just given notice, that when the House of Com mons is in Committee on the Sunday Trading (Metro polis) Bill (at present fixed for Wedne s day), he will move the insertion of a " clause allowing tile sale of • newspapers on Sundays." - r w_s V.) Clo 0 , tei e 0 c 1? )0111 Lit.) .) 10° 1 I 1 s ~