The Sun. — London, England, 1848-07-03 00:00:00

tssian since ndon, v his klt to I did ussia 24th :BOZA i cre- nister con. blic. will, , and oatia. he re- t city 1r the ly to neral states forces snury n the under ?,11uno neral Cone- men, `ZZON, RPEN, ) men ent of .y, 18 It the ult. 1 ult. ,vern. three g the took rk of artillery, and a quantity of ammunition. This cap ture is important, as it enables a free communication to be established between the different divisions of the Austrian army in the north of Italy. It is con sidered that a treaty of peace will, ere long, be con cluded between CARLO ALBERTO and the Austrians. TRIESTE. An extraordinary supplement of the Austrian Ga zette of the 28th June contains the following semi official announcement : "1. Owing to serious representations of the English Government, the Sardinian Ambassador in London has declared that Trieste shall neither be bombarded nor attacked by troops landing. As regards the raising of the blockade, the English Government could not speak with any certainty. "2. On the 20th June, Lord Palmerston addressed an energetic note to the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh, protesting against any interference of Russia in the Danish question. "3. It had been notified to the Prussian Ambassador at London, that the exportation of arms from England for the use of Denmark had been declared diplomatically illicit, but that no instruction had been issued to pro hibit such exportation." NAPLES. Our intelligence from Naples is to the 27th ult. Many families were removing. The KING never ap peared in public. The forts commanding the city maintained a hostile attitude. Troops were being dispatched to Calabria. The opening of the Chamber on the Ist of July was looked forward to with much anxiety. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE.-MONDAY. Very limited supplies of all kinds of Grain of home produce were received up to our market last week. Those of Flour were trifling in the extreme ; and the arrivals from Ireland and Scotland were unimportant. A great falling off was observed in the foreign importa tions, which consisted of only 1,494 quarters of Wheat; 7,375 quarters of Barley ; 17,834 quarters of Oats ; 1,731 quarters of Beans; 47 quarters of Peas ; 9,635 quarters of Linseed ; 56 quarters of Rapeseed ; 55 quarters of Mustard Seed ; 202 'quarters of sundry seeds, including a few parcels of Indian Corn ; and 40 sacks of Flour. Fresh up to-day, a very moderate supply of English Wheat was received, coastwise, as well as by land carriage and sample. As most of the millers were very short of stock, and as the attendance of country buyers was large, the de mand for all descriptions was somewhat active, at an advance in the prices paid on Monday last of 2s per quarter, and at which amount of improvement, a total clearance was readily Effected. The quantity of Foreign Wheat brought forward was comparatively small. Notwithstanding the advance in the duty to lOs per quarter—being the highest point it can rule under the present law—that article was in steady request at a rise in value of quite is per quarter, nearly 4,000 quar ters were disposed of for inland consumption. Par cels in bond were held firmly, at the above im provement. Scarcely any English Barley was on offer, but the show of foreign qualities was tolerably extensive; still, however, the importers were firm;ancl would not submit to any reduction in value. Prices, therefore, remained the same as on this day se'nnight. With Malt we were very scantily supplied. For all kinds, we have to renort a very dull inquiry at barely stationary prices. For forward delivery, next to nothing was doirg. The supply of Oats, though by no means large, was quite equal to the wants of the buyers, Fine day parcels moved off steadily; all other kinds slowly, at last week's prices. For Beans the demand was restricted to retail orders, at the late decline in value. In Peas next to nothing was doieg at late rates. The supply was very small. Indian Corn and Meal were neglected, but not cheaper. There was a better inquiry for all kinds of Flour, but no advance took place in prices. Sweet American was held for 6d per barrel more money. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, I Malt—Chevalier- • • 595 to 60s Red. ........ 468 to:As Oats Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 49s 515 Lincolnsh., Feed. 18s 21s Norfolk and Lin- Potato • 21s 241 coin, Red.. •.. 44s 49s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White ••• • • • 47s 54 s Black. 15s 195 Irish, Red •••• • • .. —s —s Cork, White..... 17s 22s Ditto,Wlaite .•• • .. —s —s Scotch, Feed. .... 21s 23s Rye—Old ..... —s Beans—Tick ......... 325 42s New............. 315 33s Pigeons 385 40s Barley—Grinding ..... 255 30s Peas —Grey .. ••• • •• 36s 38a Malting . ........ 30s 32s Ma le. p Chevalier .... 313 33s white. ••••• • - • .. 36s Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers folk- 558 5Rs Flour—Town-made .• • 395 44s Brown 47s 54s Suffolk ••••• • • • • • 33s 36s Kingston and Ware 56s 58s Stocktn & Norfolk 348 36s SMITEMIELD._ The imports of live stock iuto London last week were as follows: From whence. Beasts. Sheep. Rotterdam ... 377 ... 693 Harlingen ... 52 ... 113 Hamburgh .„ 20 ... 190 Antwerp ...... ... 13 Lambs. Calves. . 17 ... 157 . 15 ... 62 ' Total 449 1,009 Corresponding week in 1847... 693 ... 2,603 •• """ ... 47 ... 176 Difference ... 244 less, 1,594 less. 15 less. 52 more At the various outports only about 900 head of each kind of foreign stock have • come to hand, and those in very• middling condition. With foreign Beasts our market was very scantily supplied, both as to number and quality; but the supply of Sheep and Calves was seasonably extensive, and in fair average condition, yet there was nothing first-rate amongst it. In addition to the imports above noticed, two vessels have arrived this morning, with about 700 head of each kind of stock on board. Notwithstanding the numbers of English-fed Beasts exhibited a falling-off compared with those brought forward for some weeks past, they were mode rately good; but there was a slight decline in their ge neral quality. As the dead markets were scantily sup plied with Meat, and the attendance of both town and country buyers on the increase, the Beef trade was steady, at an advance in the quotations realised on Mon day last of quite 2d per Sibs. A few very superior Scots realised 4s 4d; but the general top figure for Beef did not exceed 4s 2d per Sibs., and at which a good clear ance was effected. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received about 1,250 Scots, short horns, &c.; from the western and midland districts, 750 Herefords, runts, Devons, &c.; from other parts of Eng land, 650 of various breeds; and from Scotland, 120 horned and polled Scots. The remainder of the bullock supply was derived from abroad and the neighbourhood of the metropolis. There was a Calling-off in the sup . ply of Sheep, yet it was fully equal to the wants of the butchers. On the whole, the Mutton trade was firm, at fully, but at nothing quotable beyond, the rates paid on this day se'nnight. The primest old Downs sold readily at 5s per Sibs. For Lambs, the supply of which was moderate, the sale was in a very inactive state, at Fri day's decline in value of 2d per 81bs. The highest figure for Down qualities was 5s 10d Ter 81bs. The number of Calves being extensive, the Veal trade was heavy, at barely late rates. In Pigs next to nothing was doing; prices, however, ruled about stationary. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. a. d. to a. d. a. Inferior Beasts..... 8 0 3 4 Second quality ditto 4 2 4 4 Second quality ... 3 4 3 6 Coarse-swelled ditto 4 6 4 8 Prime large Oxen.. 3 8 310 Southdown Wether 410 5 0 Prime Scots .. .. 4 0 4 2 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large coarse Calves 3 4 310 Large Hogs ...• ••3 10 4 2 Prime small ditto .. 4 0 4 2 Small Porkers •• • 4 4 4 6 Suckling Calves .• 17 0 24 0 Quarter old Pigs ..17 0 22 0 Inferior Sheep . • .3 10 4 2 Lambs ••• • • 4 8 510 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I 1 Sheep. Calves, I Pigs. 1 24980 24.160 385 280 FOREIGN SUPPLY. 8 223 I easts. 1 Sheep. 1,550 I Calve 201x.1 1 Pigs. 4611IFIXTGILTEI AND X.E.LIDENHAL.X.L. The arrivals of slaughtered meat for these markets during the past week have been moderate, viz , 280 car cases of Beef, 600 ditto of Mutton, 400 ditto of Lamb, 300 ditto of Veal, and 320 ditto of Pork. The supplies on offer, killed in the metropolis, have been seasonably extensive, while . the general demand has ruled steady. at mostly full rates of currency. Very few carcases of foreign meat have been brought forward. At per atone by the Carcase. a. d. to s. d. i S. d. to s. d. Beef,inferlor...... 2 6 2 8 Mutton, Inferior .. 3 4 3 6 middling •• •• 210 3 0 middling.. 3 8 4 4 primelarge .. 3 2 3 4 prime •• • . 4 6 4 8 prime small 3 4 3 4 Pork, large.... ••.. 3 8 4 2 Veal•••••• •• •••• 3 4 4 2 Man ••••• • • • 4 4 4 8 Lamb. 4s 8d to Ss 10d. BOROUGH AND SPITILLPIELBS. In old Potatoes scarcely a transaction can be noticed, and the season has closed badly for the growers. In the . past week the supplies of new ones on offer have been good, and a large business has been doing in them, at from 81 to 151 per ton. The imports have consisted of 1,464 baskets from Rotterdam, 603 ditto from Antwerp, and 300 ditto from other quarters. BOROUGH HOP. Our market is excessively dull for all kinds of Hops, to effect sales of which a further decline in the quotations of fully 28 per cwt must be submitted to. The accounts from the plantations are generally favourable, and the duty is called from 190,0001. to 200,0001, Sussex pockets, 2115 s to 31 2s per cwt; Weald of Kent ditto, 2118 s to 31 5s per cwt; Mid and East Kent ditto, 31 4s to 51 Cis per cwt. WOOL. Very heavy imports of Wool have taken place since • our last report, viz., 1,200 bales from Portland Bay, New South Wales, 900 ditto from Launceston, 30 ditto from the Cape, 350 ditto from Freemantle, 3,200 ditto from Sidney, 301 ditto from Hamburgh, 2,150 ditto from Adelaide, 3,017 ditto from Port Philip, and 200 ditto from other quarters. The public sales have progressed slowly, at a decline in prices of quite 2d per Bibs. In the private market so little is doing that prices are almost nominal. TALLOW. Although the market is steady, the price of P.Y.C. on the spot has declined to 44s sa to 44s 9d per cwt. The deliveries continue good. The price for delivery in the last three months is 43s per cwt. Town Tallow 44s to 44s 6d per ewt net cash. Rough fat 2s 6d per Blbs. 7 DEATH OF THE COUNTESS DE GREY.---We regret to announce the decease of the Countess de Grey, who expired yesterday afternoon at a quarter More one o'clock, after a lingering illness, during whic4 the la mented Countess evinced the greatest Christian resig nation. The Countess had the consolation at her disso lution of being surrounded by her daughters—;he Coun tess Cowper and Lady Mary Vyner. The Noble Earl is inconsolable at his painful bereavement. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY... —Fresh samples of wheat are taken off freely at the extreme rata of Tuesday. In oats and beam no alteration. J THE SUN, MONEY and COMMERCIAL :NEWS. CITY, ()I (ARTK re TO '7'!i The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday was very firm, and rather against buyers. American was 3 i g d. to 3%d. der lb. Shares were firm, and but little stock was offer ng. The market was locking up. The continental advices are generally of but minor im port, and there is nothing commercially new. The state of affairs abroad is, however, apparently more tranquillizing. The steamer Hermann has arrived from New York, after a very quick passage. The dates received at the North and South American Coffee-house are to the 22d ult. The new loan had been taken at a good price. Upon this subject the latest account before us states— " Stocks improved a little this morning. Treasury Notes went up V, ; Norwich and Worcester 1 4_, Long Island % ; Harlem 1% ; Morris Canal M . ; Reading 3 / 4 , &c. " There is no material change in foreign exchange. There is very little doing. Specie goes instead. To-day upwards of 250,000 dolls. will be taken out in the steamer Hermann. The payments on the new loan will change all this for a time ; the export of specie will stop, and exchange fall. "The total amount of all the bids for this loan is 30,332,040 dolls., and the price ranged from par to 4.05 prem. Messrs Cor coran and Riggs, for themselves, the Barings, &c., offered a preMium of 3.02 for the whole loan. No bid under 3.02 has been accepted by the Secretary of the Treasury. The above list is quite formidable, and speaks in the strongest terms of confidence in the credit and stability of the United ,States. " The New Orleans Delta gives the following from ,Tus pan :—" The schooner John Bell, Captain M'Laughlin, ar rived last evening from Tuspan, which she left on the Ist June. We are placed under great obligations to Captain M'Laughlin for important information of the state of affairs at Tuspan. At the time of the sailing of the John Bell, there was the greatest panic and alarm among the people, on account of the threatened attack of the In dians, who had surrounded the place in great numbers, esti mated by some as high as eight thousand. They were but twelve leagues from Tuspan, and were steadily ad vancing upon it. At Tamiagua the Indians killed several whites, and were about to execute others. The people of Tuspan are under arms, and a constant patrol is kept up. A command of horse was sent out to rescue the whites who had been captured by the Indians and condemned to be executed. The war steamer Vixen, lying near Tuspan, sent a com pany of marines and some ammunition to aid in the defence of the town. One of our armed schooners was moored at the bridge, ready to open a fire upon the Indians, as soon as they appeared. There were no other American vessels at Tuspan when Capt. M'Laughlin left. The Corn Market is higher to-day for wheat. There has been a very extensive speculative business transacted in the English Funds to-day, and the favourable statements concerning the revenue, together with the con tinuance of tranquillity in Paris, and the prospect of the Danish dispute being settled, have caused a " rush " of Bears to close accounts. Thus Consols have been forced up to 85% N o being at present 85 1 4 %, and with rather less excitement apparent. The New Three -and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 86 to 86k. Bank Stock is worth 1891 to 191. Exchequer-bills of June are 295. to 325.; and India Bonds of 1,0001. 17s. to 20s. premium. In the Foreign ?Market the dealings likewise have been in favour of advanced rates. Spanish Five per Cents. have been at 12, and the Three per Cents at 21a to Portuguese Four per Cents. are 18. Chilian Bonds have realised 81, Mexican 16i to 171 1 , and Peruvian 32. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 43- 1 4 - to 434 ex-dividend. Railway Shares have risen generally, with a steady busi ness doing in all the principal lines. ONE CLOSING RICES OF BMUS El FUND O'CLOCK PRICES. Bank Stock l9l 18914 191 191 3 per Cent. Reduced Antis 85 3 / 4 1 / 2 85% New 3 1 / 4 per Cent. . 86 % 1% 86 86 1 4 Long Arms. to expire Jan. 1860 8 11-16 8 11-16 ,Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... 8 7-16 India,Bonds, 1,0001: ...... 2O 17 p 17 p Consols for Opening 8 5% 1 5 / 8 1/A 85% achequer Bills. 2 %d. 1,000/. June ONE O'CLOCK. 32 p CLOSIN6 PRICES. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, Small — Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent ..... • Bl Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 l7 Ditto, Account I 7 IA 16 3 / 4 16 3 / 4 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 32 32 Portuguese 5 per Cents. —• Ditto, 4 per Cent l7 Ditto. AccoUnt Russian Bonds .. — 93 . Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account l2 Ditto, Passive Ditto 3.ner Cent ' 2 1 3/ s hxd 21%xd Dividends on the above payble in London. Belgian, 2 1 , per Cent •••••• 33 Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 43 % 34 xd 43l xd Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates 67 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES, Aberdeen 5O — Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 3% Ayrshire and Galloway.. 21 % Belfast & County Down 16 Birmingham and Ox ford Junction .... ... 20 Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 .. Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 121. 4s ... ... 3 1 / dis Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 10 Boston, Stamfd & Firm. 5 Bristol and Exeter B 5 Ditto, 'Thirds Buckingbam,thire... 141. 4s. Caledonian Ditto, H6lf Shares .. b 1,,i % Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 Chester and Holyhead... 42 1 / 4 — .. Ditto, Preference l5 ...... Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2,1 Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ...... ... Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports month Dublin and Belfast June. 30 Dundalk & Enniskillen 17% — East Anglia, 251., L: & E. and L. ,and D. - ... 25 Do.; 18i.: E. & H.... 18 Do., 31.105. Eastern Counties 2O ... 14%3 , 14 Do. New Guaranteed ... .4 ~•• 6 per Cent. Ditto,Extension,s per •!* Cent., No. 1......6/. 13s. 4d.... _ • Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4th.. % di s Do. North. & Eastern 50 ...... __, D D 00. Q Do., 5 Quarters cent. ers ... ........ .... 51201/2 -- - ..2 .» Eastern Do. iC New . Union, i . o . n . ~. . . C . . 1 ....... .... ...... ........... .. . 7_ (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto-. 1 ...... Ditto, Class B (I. & and B.) l 7 l/ ...... ...... ......... Ditto, Class C, ditto 17%. •••• I>o. Scrip (6 percent.) 10 ...... . .... - Ditto, ditto - Ditto (C. & E.) guar. 5 per cent.-- ...... 2% . ... .............. East Lancashire Ditto, New .. 17 ....... Ditto, New Quarters 6%...... DO., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 2. 1 ,4 2% 2l East Lincolnshire ...... 20 1 ,4 ,I 4 ---... . ~ Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 44 . Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. .. Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 ,1 — Edinburgh andNortheru 25 — Ditto, New.. 6 14 — Ditto, Newport l 3 Ditto, ditto, New 31i...•.• Exeter,Yeovil, tz . Dorch. 2 5 / Ditto, New r! 2g.... - Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ....... ... —B/. 6s. 8d.... Glasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 Ditto, Nitw Do. Preference Consol. 15 Great Northern. Do., London and York 2%...... (Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of England.loo ...... Ditto, New, 40/ l5 Ditto, New, 30/ 3O Ditto, New,ls/ ' 11 1 4.. .. ... Great Western 9O ... .. 88 89 Ditto, IA Shares , 50 : ... .. 5) Ditto, 1 4- Shares Ditto, Fifths Ditto, New 171........ 9 1 %..... 8 8% E Huddersfield and Manch. 26 Ditto, Thirds Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... Ditto, 1 4 Shares Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 ..... Ditto, ditto Ditto, % Shares ...... 43 ... .. Do. Quarter Shares... 17 1 / 2 — -- .• 1Z Do. Fifths... ......... ... 9 Do. Sixteenths 6 14 Do. Thirds(Reg.)..... 13 ..... Do. New,Gua. 6 per ct. 2%...... 2 3 / 4 % Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 ...... Ditto 1 4 (late Hud dersfield and Shell.) 38 Do.(Wakefield,Ponte fract, and Goole) ... 50 Do. (W. Riding Union) 6 .. Do. (Preston &W 3 re) 25 D 0.% Shares (A)... 91/ 2 Leeds and Bradford 5O Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 471 Do., Half Shares — ..... Do., (blue) Scrip Leeds and Thirsk Ditto, New ... 30 Do., Prefer., 6 per CL Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . 31 ,2 — Liverp., Manchester, and Newcastle Junction... 2%...... ...... London &81ackwa11...134 6s. 8d.... Do. New, No. 2 61. 138.4 d.... Do. Extension . 221 / 2 ..... •••••• London, Brighton, and South Coast Do. Consol. Eighths. 40 Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9 Do. Pref. Con. 5 p er c t. 50 .. Ditto, ditto 1852 50 Ditto, New 51., guar. 6 per cent. 2 London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... Ditto, Preference... 18/ 17s 2d... London and N. Western 100 123 124 123%... Do. Quarters (L.& BO 22 Ditto, New ............ 2 Ditto, Fifths. .. 2 Do. 40i.Sh ares(L. M.) 20 63 / 4 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 7% .) B. 7% Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 Lonl. &S. West ern...... 50 ... 471 z, Do. New 50/...... . Do. New 404 ......... 34 Da. Tenths (Consol.) 50 Ditto ditto ...... ~.....• LOITDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1848. Ditto, Thirds ...... 111. 13s. 4d... 3 dis 3 dis. London, Salislpary, and Yeovil Lc ndonklerry&Oolcraino 27 1 A...... —••••••••••••• Loadonderry and Ennis kill,,n 25 ...... ... ..... ~... Lowestoft (4 per ct.) Ditto (6 per ct.) ..... 3 M an2.lleiter•liuxton,and . Matlock 4 — Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire —.IOO Do. Quarters (No. 1) 18 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 7 1 A — ••.••»••• ... Ditto, New 10/. Pref... 10 Ditto, Gt.Grimsby ... 30 Ditto ditto . ......... 9 . Ditto ditto 10% .......... ___ _ Ditto _Sheffield and Lincolnshire lO . ... Do., Grimsby Dock... 15 Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.25. Manchest. & Southampt. 2 1 4 ...... Midland ... . ... iOO 103% 104 102% 104% 103% Do. Consolidated Pref.100 Do., do., 501. Shares... 2,0 ... .. 14 13% ex int 1 3 3 /4 x.i. Do. Birm., and Derby100 Do. Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per et.... 100 ...... Ditto, Brist. & Glocstr. 38 Ditto, ditto ... .. ...... 14/. 103.... Ditto,Leieest.& Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar, _ 2314 31 1 zYt ..._...._____ _ 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle andCarlisle...loo Do. Quarters 25 Newmarket ........ . .. 20 Do. Extension . ..... ...2/. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, IV arrenpomt, and Rostrevor . . 15 Norfolk .......... ........... 100 Do. New 20/. ... 5 1)o. Extension 5 p et. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 2 pe. 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 - North British ... .... ... 25 Do. Half Shares 12%...... 93 4% Do. Quarters .. 6jA 4 %8 ••• ... '2, 5 Do. Extension Ditto Thirds 4% • North & South-Western 2 North:Staffordshire 12%...... 9% 10% 9% North Wales North Western. 7 l /2 ..... Oxford, Worcester. and Wolverhampton •... 45 ... ....... Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 7% Royston and Hitchin ... Scottish Central Scottish Midland 933 27% - 24% - Ditto, New 1 2l Sheffield, Rotherham, 2ndlioole (Nor. Div.) 7 1 / i — Do. do. (Sou. Div.) 4 Shrewsbury and Birm... 8 Ditto ditto. Class B. 5 Shrewsbury and Bereft'. 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 Dev0n....... Do. Preference - •••• •••• •••• - South Stalfordshire 5% — ...... .......• outh Eastern Do., No. ,1 Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 ..... 25 Do., No. 4 Thirds ... 8 3 4 5 - 18 6ex int... 6x. i. South Wales 23 ...... 7ex int 8 x.i. South Yorkshire, Don caster, and t*oole 4 Swans. & Loughor & Ca- , _ 14% 31A Ceylon - ss. Demerara ... 12 1 /....... ... Dendre Valley 4 Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish ...... ... 7%... .. ...... .....• East 1ndian....... 3 14 — ...... - •••• • Great Indian Peninsular ss. Italian and Austrian.... 4 Louvain ala Sambre ... 7 1[ / Luxembourg 7 ...... .- •••••• Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur and Liege lB ... .. Northern of France lO Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over Yssel 418 s 4d...... Paris and Lyons ll ••• •• • Paris and Orleans ...... 20 Paris and Rouen ... ..... 20 ...... Paris and Strasbourg ... 8 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse 2O 3 Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes 8 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ...... 18 West Flanders 84..... MINES. Australian Anglo-Mexican lOO . Asturian MiningiCom... 12 a t Bolonos Scrip ...... .... ...... /5 Real Del Monte, Unreg. Ditto, New Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Ditto ... United Mexican 28% meron's Strii. Coal. ... 6 ... Taw Vale Extension ... 6 Thames Haven Dock and Railway ..... 171 /2 — Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 15 1 / 2 — Waterford and Limerick 42% Waterfd,Wxlrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. ... W est Cornwall ...... 6 ... Whitehaven & Furness 11 Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 9% lO% l O l /2 Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth 35 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. Do. Original New and Berwick .. Do. Extensiom No. ,1. 15 Do. do. No. 2......... 10 Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 York and :North Midland 50 Ditto, Preference Do. East and W est Hid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ...... 6%. 1 / 2 6l Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 16 4 3 A PULA'S 11 3. —WindIPPIWG. S . :4T il lig i ht B b p ree l z t e, Y af2d i LL cIoudy,LLOYD'S n. a the fortnight t r n e i a g t greater numberpreviously. of the The vessels ice PILTERALEAD, JUNE 30.—The following report is made by the Dublin from Greenland, arrived here, left the ice g t :— ab Saw w as impenetrable, 'with easterly winds the whole of the sea son— Hebe, Jean, Sarah and Elizabeth, one fish ; William on an d t the e l(°' 2 v 3 )li f D d t' o h l i l n r o a s w t i Ward, 6,000 seals ; St. George, one fish ; all of Hull. Fanny, of Dundee, one fish; Commerce, 4,000 seals; Eclipse, 75 to 80 tons ; Enterprise, 4,200 seals ; Resolution, 9,000 seals 110 tons; Superior, clean; North of Scotland, clean; Union and Victor, clean; all for Petersburgh. WEXFORD, JUNE 30.—The vessel which got on shore on the rocks south of Tuskar yesterday proves to be the steamer Finn MacCoull, Gillatly, from Liverpool to Youghal, at high water she was covered, and to-day cannot be seen, and is supposed to have parted ; the crew and passengers all got safe on the rock, but the state of the weather prevents any communication. • BRISTOL, JUNE 30.—The Dolphin schooner, from Swansea to Gloucester, foundered in a heavy squall on Clevedon Flats yesterday : crew saved. RAmsaATE, JULY 2. The Providence, Robson, from Newhaven, and the Spyartis, from Newcastle to Athens, have put in here, the former leaky, with loss of bowsprit, and part of stern carried away, and the latter with bows damaged, having been in contact in the Gull stream this morning. OFF PILL, JUNE 30. Independent, St. John's, New Brunswick. OFF MARGATE, JULY I.—Margaret Lynch, St. John's, Newfoundland. HOUSE OF LORDS.- 7 (THIS DAY The:House sat to-day at ten o'clock to hear writs of error. The Peers present were—the. Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyle, and the Bishop of Hereford. The judges were also in attendance on their Lordships. Among the judges were Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Jus tice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Coltman, Mr. Baron Alder son, Mr. Justice Erie, Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr. Justice Williams, Mr. Justice Maule, and Mr. Justice Creswell. BENSON V. CHAPMAN. This case came before their Lordships upon a writ of error from a judgment of the Exchequer Chamber, pro nounced in Michaelmas term, 1846. The original action was brought by the appellant against the respon dent in the Court of Common Pleas, and upon the trial a verdict was taken by consent for the plaintiff, reserving a case for the opinion of the Court of Common Pleas. The case was argued be fore that Court, and the judgment was in fa vour of Benson. The special case was then turned into a special verdict, and brought by Chapman before the Exchequer Chamber, where judgment was pro nouneed in favour of Chapman, and from that decision the present writ of error was brought. The original action ,was upon a policy of insurance by the plaintiff against defendant, upon freight, to the amount of 2,0001., in a vessel bound from Pernambuco to Liverpool. It appeared that the vessel, in coming out of the harbour at Pernambuco, struck upon a rock and bank, which so greatly injured her that she was obliged to put back and undergo such extensive repairs as to incur an ex pense of upwards of 7,000/. On coming to this country the vessel was sold for about 1,600 t., and the action was brought to recover from the defend-I ant his part of the repairing of the ship. Several pleas were put in by him to avoid payment, and ultimately the case was decided in his favour in the Court of Ex chequer Chamber. Sir F. Thesiger, Mr. Peacock, and Mr. Burstow were counsel for the plaintiff in error, and Sir F. Kelly and Mr. Ogle appeared for the de fendant. The arguments occupied their Lordships the whole morning. PRIVY COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY.) The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat to day, at the Council Chamber, Whitehall, to hear appeals from the Prerogative Court, The Lords present were— Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, the Master of the Rolls, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall. HANDLEY V. EDWARDS. The arguments in this appeal from the Prerogative Court occupied their Lordships the whole day. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) BURLEY V. EVELYN. The further arguments on this part-heard case occu pied his Honour the whole morning. (Before the Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.) STAMPS V. THE BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, &C., RAILWAY COMPANY. His HONOUR gave judgment at some length this morn ing in this case, stating his present impression to be that the injunction which had been granted ought to be dissolved, but in consequence of the absence of Mr. Rolt, who was engaged in the Privy Council, his Honour declined finally to dispose of the case until that Learned Gentleman had an opportu nity of considering the suggestions he had thrown out. The COURT, after disposing of the cases of Hunter v. Nockold and Pinner v. Insole, proceeded to hear the further arguments in the part-heard case of Cole v. Coles, which occupied the Court the remainder of the morning. The Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce did not sit to-day. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. The July session was opened this morning at the usual hour before the Lord Mayor, Aldermen Sir George Carroll and Wilson, and the Sheriffs, Messrs. (Jubitt and Hill. The grand jury having been sworn, The RECORDER proceeded to deliver his charge. He said in consequence of the short interval that had elapsed since the last session, the calendar did not contain alarge number of prisoners. Nevertheless 120 persons were confined in Newgate, awaiting their trials. Amongst them there were two persons charged with very serious offences. The first he had reason to believe would resolve itself into a charge of manslaughter, and the second was a charge of arson. There were three cases of cutting and wounding, with the intention of doing some grievous bodily harm, seventeen cases of lar ceny from the person, eight cases of misdemeanour, some of which presented very aggravating circumstances, two cases of having possession of moulds for the purpose of coining ; and nine cases of robbery. Six persons were indicted for the crime of sedition, but as he had addressed the grand jury during the last session with respect to the offence with which these persons were charged, and as they had returned true bills, it was unnecessary for him to offer any remarks with respect to them. As the facts, in the case of murder to which he referred, were extremely simple, and as the evidence would probably tend to show that the person charged was not guilty of the higher, but of the secondary offence—manslaughter —he should not touch upon it. After some further remarks, with respect to the duties of grand juries, the Learned Gentleman remitted them to their duties. The judges will not come down until Wednesday. The impression that had gone abroad that they would come down to-day and proceed at once with the trial of the Chartist leaders, was therefore without foundation. MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY). There was not a single charge of any public interest at this court this morning. The whole time of the ma gistrate was occupied in disposing of charges of drunkenness and begging. The latter charges have been very numerous during the past week, no less than thirty and forty in a day having been brought before the magistrate, nearly all of them poor and destitute Irish, many of them with families of five and eight children. The average punishment inflicted was from ten to twenty one days. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EXTENSION TO WATERLOO-BRIDGE OF THE SOUTH-WESTERN. (From the Observer.) Wednesday last was fixed as the day for the Govern ment Inspector of Railways to survey the line. Captain Lafan proceeded to inspect the sub -structure of the line up to the Wandsworth-road, where an embankment connects the new branch with the main line. Two of the heaviest engines of the company, the Castor and Alaric, received the Government Inspector and the functionaries of the company, including Mr. Lock e , t h e eng ineer, and soon after twelve o'clock they wer e set i n mo tion. The passage was exceedingly smooth. The iron girder bridges were of course the principal objects of observa tion and experiment. The engine s were fi r st run singly, then coupled, were " shunted" sudd en ly on the crown of the arches; but the deflection was trifling in every case. The arch that traverses the Wandsworth-road only yielded the 32d part of an inch; in those of the Vaux hall and Lambeth-roads there was no visible deflec- tion; and the bridge over the Westminster-road, which is 90 feet in span, only yielded an eighth of an inch. On the following day Captain Lafan again inspected the line, and, on concluding his inspection, refused to give the necessary certificate for tho opening of the line, alleging, as we understand, the general incompleteness of the works. The primary cause of the line not open ing is, we are given to understand, the doubts that Cap tain Lafan entertains of the solidity of the iron girder bridge over the Westminster-road, and the necessity that . exists for its being tested by weights and other experi ments before passenger trains are permitted to cross it. That the arches are of the most substantial construc tion, and that no imperfection has occurred in any one a pproaching 100 amstaynablelaisntfetrrraeinds,frformegtuheenftlayet that since Wed nesday of them, may tons in weight, have continued to pass up the line to the York-road. it is generally understood that the new line will be opened en or about the 10th inst., but this will depend solely on the result of the test to which the Westmin ster-road bridge is to be subjected. The entire extension is on a lofty viaduct from Nine Elms to Waterloo-read, and consists of 300 arches, like those upon the Greenwich line. Proceeding from the Nine Elms station the first object of attraction is the bridge over the Wandsworth-road, which is formed of large iron girders of 70 feet span—a really handsome and solid structure. Nothing of importance intervenes to view until you reach the bridges over Lambeth-road and Kennington-lane, which are of a description similar to the Wandsworth one, excepting that the one at Lam beth is constructed on three arches, o ne over the main road, with two side arches for footh paths. Between these two bridges is situated the Vauxhall station, abut ting close upon the Vauxhall Gardens. The extent of platform room at this station is altogether about 300 feet. Only certain trains will stop at it. Over Church street, in the vicinity of Lambeth Palace, the bridge consists of two iron arches with piers in the centre of the road. The principal bridge is that over Westminster bridge-road, and its singularity consists in the greatness of its skew span, which, at a stretch of 90 feet, compasses the whole road. The extent of room at the Waterloo station is at present five acres, but the company have purchased ground to the extent of twelve acres, so as to provide for their own future accommodation, and that of the South-Eastern, the Brighton and South Coast, or any other line that may ultimately join them. The whole of the land from Nine Elms to Waterloo -bridge has cost 500,0001., and the total sum for the construc tion of the entire extension is estimated at about 2,000,0001. The present hooking-offices and waiting rooms are only temporary, but the sheds, engine -houses, and other appurtenances are permanent. In a short time a substantial terminus, under the s uperintendence of Mr. Tite, the company's architect, will be commenced on a large scale, and from suitable designs. The total length of the present iron-roofed platform is 300 feet, but when completed it will be upwards of 600 feet. Its full width is about 154 feet. There are six lines of rail, and at 250 yards beyond there are four lines of rail, two for the Richmond and Windsor, and two for the main line traffic, the whole way to Nine Elms station, which will be converted into a locomotive depot and into wharfs and workshops. One great advantage to be derived from the present extension will be the voidance of the notoriously ob noxious tolls to Nine Elms station over the bridges, and ' it is calculated that to passengers travelling by the South-Western this alone will be a saving of some thou sands per annum. The property disturbed in carrying out the present extension has, we understand, be en very considerable; between 600 and 700 houses having been purchased, but the effect of it has been to raise the rents in the neigh bourhood between 30 and 40 per cent. As a general principle, the trains will leave the Wa terloo station at the same time as they have been accus tomed to leave the Nine Elms, while the relative dis tances and time occupied will be materially reduced. The distance to the new terminus from the Bank will be som ething less than two miles, instead of four, as for merly, and correspondingly so to other quarters of town. The company, amongst other arrangements. have their cab and omnibus service a n sthat pursued by the North Western Western; and with this view determined o natnh dest same me o e n Gprr c ei o an n te d im rpu principle conducting 100 cabs, in addition to omnibuses and hackneys, will, on its opening, commence running from the station. The Marchioness of Londonderryhad o a n Satur day. n after noong li°tued' Park-lane,a the dansant, and was , the pianist, has just arrived A brilliant but limited fro m party Itthree was to a w t h lla eightt o w l d a e s r o n,,teelss! c k . na years' residence in circle of the memb ers of the nobilit y attended. Rome, where he wa s elected a Member of the Academ y of St. Cecilia an d an Honora r y Member of the Phil rd. C in harl t e eswn,Saelaftmeran two harmonie 11 e Aca d em y of the City of the Ctesars. We understand it is Mr. Charles Salaman's intention to resume forthwith his professional duties. DREADFUL OMNIBUS ACCIDENT.—(THIS DAY.) — About half past nine o'?lock this morning, as one of Adams's Waterloo omnibuses was proceeding down Waterloo-road, and opposite St. John's Church, the driver was observed to fall from his seat on to the foot board. The poor fellow wasin a fit, and thus the reins fell over between t he horses ' legs, when they became restive, and darted off at a feartul rate. Fortunately the horses were stopped near the Hero of Waterloo Tavern, and the driver and an outside male passenger, who had unwisely thrown himself from the roof, were removed to Dr. Brookes 's shop. There it was ascertained that the driver was injured severely by the kicking of 1 the horses, and the passenger so dreadfully injured also, that they were instantly conveyed to Guy's Hospital, with little hope of recovery for either. It appeared that the driver had been subject to fits, which accounted for his being strapped to the seat; otherwise be must have fallen between the horses, and consequently been killed. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CARLISLE RACES.-FRIDAY. The Lottery Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 40 added; the second to save his stake. One mile and a quarter. (8 Subs.) Mr. Green's Sylvan, 3 yrs, Est 101 b ...(Fenn) 1 11r. Dawson's Activity, 3 yrs, sst 101 b ... 2 The following also startsd :—Mr. H. Johnstone's Rough and Ready, 6 yrs, Bst—Mr. J. Merry's Aspasia, 3 yrs, 7st—and Mr. Dawson's Fitz Charles, 3 yrs, 6st. Won easily by two lengths. The Carlisle Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 30 added; for two yrs old colts, Est 71b, and fillies, Est 31b; three yrs old colts, Bst 101 b, and fillies, Bst 61b ; winners once this year 31b, twice Mb, and thrice 71b extra. From the Style Turn in. (3 Subs.) Mr. B. Green's Routh, 2 yrs ...(Fenn) 1 Mr. J. Osborne's b c by Inheritor, 2 yrs Mr. H. Johnstone's Blackball, 3 yrs ... 6t04 on Routh. Won by a head. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Heats, two miles. Mr. Wormald's Quadruped, 6 yrs, 9st 21b 0 3 1 1 Mr. Green's Sylvan, 3 yrs, 7st 51b... ... 0 1 3 2 Mr. J. Osborne's Brandytace, 4 yrs ... 1 4 2 3 Mr. Merry's Pilot, 6 yrs ... 0 2 dr Mr. Gray's Grand Seignior, 5 yrs ... 2 dr Mr. Ryan's Headsman, 5 yrs ... ... 3dr Mr. Dawson's Fitz-Charles, 3 yrs... ... odr The first two heats were won by two lengths; the third was won by half a neck, after a fine race; and the fourth cleverly by a length. The Stewards' Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added. Heats; once round. (6 Subs.) Winner to be sold for 2001., &c. Mr. Thompson's Activity, 3 yrs, Est 41b (Ryder) 1 1 Mr. Robert's Lady Flora, aged, Bst 51b ... 4 2 Mr. Murray's North Star, 3 yrs, Est 71b ... 2 btd Mr. Salkeld's Hanwell, 3 yrs, 6st 41b ... 3 dr SALISBURY RACES.—(FRIDAY CONCLUDED.) The County Members' Plate of 501., added to a Sweep stakes of 5 sovs. each; for three yrs old, 7st 31b; four, Bst 61b; five, Bst 131 b; six and aged, 9st 21b. Winners of more than 2001. this year 31b extra; mares and geldings allowed 31b. One mile and a half. (7 Subs.) Mr. Pryse's Buscot Buck, aged (J. Sharp) 1 Sir J. B. Mill's Cymba, 3 yrs... ... ... 2 Major Pitt's Clarendon, 4 yrs ... ... Mr. Dixon's Lady Bangtail, 3 yrs ... 2tol on Cymba. Won by three lengths. The South-Western Railway Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added; for three yrs old, 9st 71b; four yrs lOst 121 b; five yrs, 1 Ist 61b; six yrs and aged, lOst 101 b; horses entered to be sold for 400/. allowed 31b; for 3001. 71b; for 200 L 121 b; for 100/. 211 b; for 501. 281 b; gentlemen riders ; jockies allowed to ride carrying 6lb extra. (6 Subs.) Mr. Kimber's Tantivy, 4 yrs—(2ool.) ... 0 1 1 Captain Sand's Royalty, 5 yrs 1 2 dr Mr. Overman's Wild Boy, aged—(lool.) ... 2 3 dr Mr. C. J. Sadler's Huntsman, 3 yr5—(501.)... 3 dr First heat won by a neck; second heat by three lengths. ... 4 CURRAGH JUNE MEETING.—FRIDAY. The Queen's Plate was won by King Fisher, beating Bantam and Postilion. The Three Year Old Stakes were won by Janus, beating Blunder and King of Kildare, by a head. SATURDAY. The Four Mile Plate was won by Cawrouch (Wynn), beating Allegretto, and Fircaway, Best of Three, and Rat-trap, in a canter. The Produce Stakes were won by King of Kildare (Doyle), beating Mickey Free, Maraschina, and the Water Witch filly, easily. The Handicap of 10 sous each and 25 . added, a mile and a quarter, was won by TrolllaCer, beating the Darter and Perdita filly. The Corinthian Stakes were won in two heats, by Sharon Buidhe, beating Postilion and Schamyl, in a canter. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.' Sin,—The great northern event, the St. Leger, is fast approaching, and it may be apropos for your readers for me to make a few introductory remarks on that impor tant stake. In the first place, the field, at the utmost, will not ex ceed fourteen, but much more likely to be from four to eight, about six we'll say, to be selected from the fol lowing :—*Surplice, *Justice to Ireland, *Loadstone. •Springy Jack, *Flatcatcher, Beverlac, The Stinger, Voyager, *Canexon, Besborough, Blaze, Fern, Assault, and Simoom colt. The identical six which I should take as starters I have attached an asterisk to. Surplice's superior performance in the Derby race has, to all ap pearance (barring accidents), settled the pretensions of his St. Leger rivals, notwithstanding the bold front put on lately by the son of Birdcatcher, who, some think, will yet do justice to Ireland. Springy Jack, should his legs stand the severe preparation necessary for his en gagement in the north, which I think they will, will be the most dangerous of the crack's opponents, and certain, if the pace is severe, to be a good second, if not first; should the pace be slow nothing can prevent the son of Touchstone and Crucifix from winning. Of the forty-seven acceptances for the Goodwood Stakes I consider Bantam, 7st. 121 b., Diplomatist, 7 st. 111 b., Hydrangea, 7st. 71 b., Chat, sst. 131 b., Remem brance, sst. 21b., Latitat, sst. 21b., and Alpheia, 4st. 101 b. to be the best " in," and should take Bantam and the three years old for choice. For the Goodwood Cup I see nothing among the top weights to beat the game little Hero, or among the light weights anything that stands a chance with Gardenia: The very select annual two-years old meeting on the Heath of Newmarket " comes off " on Tuesday and two following days; the list of sport is but meagre, but quite up to the average. The July Stakes, according to the betting, is " a cer tainty" for the Dutchman, but the old adage of " Many a slip between the cup and the lip" will, I think, be verified in this instance. The Jester, Sister to lodine, and Herbert, will run well, as time will show. The 100 Soya. Stakes will go into the pocket of the Duke of Bedford with St.:Rosalia. For the Chesterfield Stakes besides the Flying Dutch man, Cracow, and Lady Bibina, deserve attention. In a week or two I shall take a peep into the Derby of '49.—1 am, Sir. your's, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. THE REVENUE. The accounts of the receipts of the revenue for the year and for the quarter respectively ending on the sth 01 July will not be made up before Wednesday night next, nor published before Thursday. Whilst it is im possible to calculate how much may continue to be re ceive& during the very last few days of the quarter, it is of course impossible to speak with perfect accuracy of the comparative receipts of the year and of the quarter about to end with the corresponding periods of the last year. This much, however, we are enabled to say, that the deficiency on the quarter, as compared with the quarter ending July 5, 1847, will be slight, and the tailing off on the year will not be so great as has been generally dreaded. This state of things is most encou raging, when it is recollected that the quarter and the year ending July 5, 1847, with which the present is com pared, were both unusually prosperous, having shown a large increase over the year 1846. The whole receipts for the year ending July 5, 1846, amounted to 50,056,0831 . , whilst at the same period of 1847 the receipts were 51,060,1091., although in the first year more than one million of China money was included in the amount. IF, therefore, we had to compare the present with the year ending July, 1846, it would show a most gratifying in crease. And even when compared with the unusual prosperity of last year, the condition of the revenue for the year just ended is such as to excite no fears for the buoyancy and stability of the resources of the country. The returns will certainly show much less unfhvourably than was apprehended some time back. The revenue for the quarter is especially calculated to afford well grounded hopes of returning prosperity. The excise is the only considerable item upon which a positive in crease is to be expected. This is to be attributed to the improved activity in the malt trade, and also to the fact of the carriage duties having been transferred from the Stamps and Taxes to the Excise department. This latter circumstance, as well as the limitation of trade and banking operations, will account for a serious fall ing-off in the department of Stamps and Taxes. The Customs, too, we regret to say, will not exhibit so prosperous a condition as might be wished. The convulsed state of Europe has, no doubt, done much to check the increasing prosperity in that important branch of cur revenue, to which we looked forward with so much confidence. The payments for the last few weeks on account of corn duties have been considerable, but these have been, in some degree, counterbalanced by the , quantity of colonial sugar which has been kept back, ; waiting the new duties expecting to be imposed after the sth of July. These are the most important items of revenue. The property and income tax is neces sarily of a steady character. Tho smaller items will show no increase as compared with the prosperous cor responding ,quarter of last year. These comparisons are made as to the receipts only, and have no refer ence to the relation of the receipts with the expendi ture of the year, of which the Chancellor of the Exche quer was able to give a much less unfavourable estimation on Friday evening in the House of Commons than had been previously looked for. In every point of view, ,herefore, there is ground for hope and congratulation. —Observer. BURFORD'S PANORAMA ROYAL, LEICESTER SQUARE. - The following distinguished visitors have recently honoured the Panoramas with their company:— The Duke de Nemours, Duke d'Aumale, and Monsieur Guizot; Prince Metternich, Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Brunswick, the Duchess of Buccleugh, Marchioness of Thomond, Countess of Norbury, Lady Gaysborough, Lady Coutts Trotter, Lady Martins, Sir Robert and Lady Robins, Mrs. Sheriff Hill, Mrs. Watson Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Colquhoun, Minister and Consul of the Hanse Towns and Kingdom of Saxony; Lord and Lady Castlereagh, Major Beckler, Mr. Andrew Drummond and family, Sir Augustus and Lady roster, Sir H. J. Brickman, Lady Currie, Lady Burne and Hon. Miss Burne, Lady Bell, Lady, General, and Miss Galloway, Miss Holland, Mr. and Mrs. Ureathead, Hon. S. Per cival, Sir R. 11. Inglis, General Hunter Blair and family, Lady Vaughan, Earl and Countess of Stamford, Hon. Mr. Poucher, Madame Bunsen and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Bosanquet, Lord and Lady Sudelev, Lord Shadw ell, Sir Edward and Lady Hayes, the Earl- and family, yet and and family, Sir George and Lady Talbot, Lady Holsle, Lord and Lady Wharncliffe, Lady Cardigan and wady, Lady Webster, Lady Williams, Sir John and Lady Anderson, Hon. Mrs. Goldsmith, Hon. Mrs. .Dent, the Countess of Mansfield and family, the Marquis of The mond, Sir Eustace Ceril, Lady Melrose, Lord . and Lady Morton, Lady Buller, the lion. Mrs. Hardinge, a nd Mrs. Joddrell, Marquis of Northampton, the lady . and daughter of Dr. Jelf, Mr. and Lady Luisa Finch, Viscount Mahon, Lady Brougham, Lady Mallett, Lord Mornington, Lord Adair, Lady and the Misses Hawar den, Mrs. Scott Warning ILO. Miss Coventry, Sir Claudius and Lady h un t e r, Dirs. hicks Beach, &c., &c. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Wednesday, the 28th, there was some very close voting on the Catholic Relief Bill. A tye is a rare occurrence ; but on Wednesday there would have been two tyes, if it had not been for the accident of a leading Member opposed to the Bill being shut out when he had gone to look for a precedent con nected with the first. The chairman (Mr. Bernal) gave his casting vote in favour of the original Bill. On Thursday more debate on going into Commit tee on the Sugar Duties ; ending in carrying the going into Committee by 260 against 245. The Ministers spoke loudly of their hopes that slavery and the slave trade would everywhere be abolished by the better judgment of the concerned. An ounce of action directed towards an end, is better than a pound of hope. It is plain enough what is going to be done. The squadron is to be removed from the coast of Africa, on the plea of preventing the sufferings to the slaves consequent on interfering with them in the passage, but in reality from some indistinct expectation that a transfer of negroes is to be established to the British West Indies, in which the presence of the squadron would make an awkward complication. And the West Indians are at the same time told, that in six years the market is to be opened to slave-grown sugar ; after which, as the Cornish vicar said to his parishioners when they went out of church to plunder a wreck, " Let us all start fair." A great deal of this is owing to the comparative extinction of the Anti- slavery party, arising, as far as I can trace it, out of the circulation of the opinion that it is unchristian for a man-of-war to interfere with a slave-ship, and to a great extent ont of a sort of personal ill-humour conceived by a leading abolitionist upon the failure of his Niger expedition, joined to not seeing the depression of the slave trade on the coast of Africa go on so rapidly as he could wish. So now, to mend the matter, the squadron on the coast of Africa is to be withdrawn, which the evidence before the Slave Trade Committee demonstrates to be equivalent to a general restoration of the slave trade in the parts where it has been given up ; and as a further bounty on its progress, the boon is held out to Cuba and Brazil, of the opening of the British market in six years, for which of course they will set to work. Against which, on the other side, we are to have the hope of Sir Abel Handy in the play, that perhaps the fire will go out of itself. While on this subject, I will mention two points brought out by the evidence before the Slave Trade Committee, which are at all events clues to grave consideration. One is, that in some of our West Indian colonies (and examination should be made how far it is not the case in all) the wages of the free colonial negro are already at that point, that if the British Government were to throw negroes from Africa on the shore gratis, by the expenditure of one half million after another, they could not, by any de vice, be kept in working order for less expense than the amount of wages now given to the free colonial negro. And another is, that any sums given to the African chiefs for assistance (or, as it is to be called, permission) for their subjects to embark for the West Indies, will have precisely the effects which would be produced by buying up cocks and hens upon the coast of France, with the interior open for filling up the gap. All of which I could have told forty years ago. Oddly enough, the United States were named among the countries in which slavery is to be ex tinguished 'by the good sense of the community. And at the same time the Government of the United States is casting off all pretension to pacific or honest principle, in favour of chivalrous efforts to extend slavery over the whole of tropical America, combined with an understanding that the States in which slavery is not allowed, are to preserve the balance by extension in the North. Along with this, the most furious feeling is exhibited towards Great Britain, as the great origin of the opposition to slavery, and consequently, as was once said of negro freedom in St. ;Domingo, the " nuisance to be put down ;" and an American army in St. James's Park, is the form of popular romance avowed on the occasion. If the British Government had possessed the foresight exercised by every man that makes a will for the benefit of his posterity, instead of giving premiums on. slave cultivation it would have endeavoured to encourage and support the republics on the American continent in which slavery was forbidden, as a balance to that power which is already held out in Parliament as what the influence of Britain is likely to quail before. But on the contrary the British Government has held the garments for the conquest of Mexico with a view to the estab lishment of slave cultivation there, and will wake up by and by in a bustle to the discovery that the West Indies and Canada are within the cupidity of the annexing giant. Not so did our forefathers. With the exception of the bad times of the Restoration when all English ob jects were in abeyance, they always looked to the maintenance of independent countries having a natu ral jealousy of the power from which general en croachment was apprehended. The interest or the right of England to support the Hollanders in the time of Elizabeth, was never clearer than the case of Mexico, whose independence altogether was the work 6f British statesmen. But simple men have got it into their heads, that our forefathers were fools and the world will take care of itself. Do ships, do manufactories, do families ? Is there any instance of people putting their heads under their wing, and waking to find things going as they ought? Mr. Hume's motion was put off till 6th July. On Friday the debate on the Sugar Duties was renewed, on Mr. Bright's amendment that "it is not now expedient to make any alteration in the Sugar Duties Act of 1846." Of course " now" means " after seeing the Ministerial alternative." As the Anti-Slavery party has as yet raised no banner, nor in any substantial manner given sign of life except in the wrong direction, there was no use in voting for altering a bad thing to a worse, so I voted for the amendment. Taking into account the half million to be laid out in slave trade on the coast of Africa, and the renewed promise to Brazil and Cuba to in troduce their produce if they will only apply them selves to get it up during an interval assigned, it may be held a worse. The amendment was negatived by 302 against 36. It is not plain what the use of it was, unless to demonstrate weakness, and hold up the Free Trade party to misconstruction. With the political economy of one argument urged in support of the amendment, I cannot consent to agree. It was stated that the stimulus to the Cuban and Brazilian trade from opening the British market must be merely temporary, and that the competition of all the sugar-growing countries in the world must bring down the rate of profits to their natural level, and that there would be in a short time no greater stimulus—if such at any time had existed—to the slave trade than heretofore. Now imagine, when Manchester merchants were agitating for the removal of duties on their goods abroad, or which comes nearly to the same the removal of duties at home on what they wanted to bring back in return, that they had been told the same things in the same words • and see how quickly they would have rep l ied , that What they wanted was to see set up the hundred new factories at Manchester which would be the immediate result, and that if they only had that chance allowed them, they would trust to the same causes for keeping them up afterwards. I should like to hear yes or no to this from the commercial world; and can never admit that any speaker for the amendment " has satisfactorily disposed of that point." And now to resume on the French Constitution. The National Assembly is permanent; that is to say, is always sitting. It does not avow the absurdity of going grouse-shooting, and giving Ministers the op portunity of doing what they like without the possi bility of being asked a question. It may not adjourn for more than threel months. The members can al ways be re-elected. They represent all France, and not the places which send them. They cannot re ceive any imperative commission from their constitu ents, but are responsible for acting on their own judgment. They cannot be in any manner punished nor called to account for what they say in the House, nor arrested on a criminal charge without the previous leave of the Assembly, unless taken in the act. Holders of offices during pleasure, cannot sit; and a Member cannot accept such office by vacating _ fevie seat. Exceptions to this , a re the Ministers, mayaend. e eceire. other named individuals , w ith such as a h to y h a ft e r authorised by law. Membe d e cline. Sit a payment, which t he y cannot r ve tings public, but wi th power to go into secret e mb e e e r com mittee on demand o f a certain, nu p i The presence of half th e n ary for voting a pu blic ü b s e r o n of i l s e n e fiountie[ngTids wouid cause an Bill. out in the English ex traordinary quantity o House of Commons. But it is to be presumed they are only required to be there when question is put Th a t this Bill do pass."] Private Bills to be passed by a number fixed by rule of the House. No public or private Bill to be passed without being read three times, with not less than ten days between ea c h read ing. A motio n represented to be of urgency, must be introduced by a statement of the reasons, and then go before a Committee who are to report to the House. If reported urgent, and the House agrees, the House to fix the time for discussion. The President appears to be the great blot in the Constitution ; and see if it does not so turn out. Men might have learned by this time, that what a free country wants is not a President for four years,; but a responsible Minister who must resign whenever he fails to carry with him a majority of the representatives. The idea of a Presi dent, is a coarse copy from monarchical forms. In countries where limited monarchy is interwoven with the constitution of society, the monarch nomi nally exercises the office of dismissing and appointing Ministers. But this is nominally, and nothing else ; or if it is more, there is no point within human ex perience more satisfactorily established than that it is for evil and not for good. A u active monarch, or an active president may, once in a way, be useful in a time of crisis, as a surgeon may. But men do not live upon having their legs cut off, nor countries upon times of crisis. The crisis is the exception and not the rule, or woe to the country where it is not. The last and crowning example of the evil of a four years' king is in the United States, where a country in which there was undeniably a large mass of peaceable and honestly-disposed citizens, was hurried into the disgrace and misery which ultimately attend the trade of robbers, through the wretched invention of giving a four years' lease of power to the chance off spring of a single popular vote. What the world has found out it wants, is representative, or to make the term more comprehensive, parliamentary govern ment. The appointment of a four years' king is a retrograde movement towards the times when repre sentative government was not invented, and there was no medium between the government of a Sultan or of a mob. The case of a constitutional king wrought into the habits of a community who have been born to view him as a necessary of life, is quite foreign to the question. If he is there, of course he may as well be put to any use as not. But to make a four years king for the purpose of intimating to a minister or ministers that they have not a majority in parliament, and; therefore must make way for somebody that has, is like insisting on dressing up a weather-cock with gills and feathers and all the para phernalia of a real animal, as if nobody ,could tell which way the wind blowa without. Can there be no contrivance for intimating to a Mi nistry that they have no longer majorities in the Assembly, without making a four years' king to do it ? Could it not, for instance, be done by the Council of State ? Or could not the Assembly itself pronounce a vote of want of confidence, which surely is being intelligible ? Take now the present experiment going on in France. Why is an attempt to be made to subject the policy of the next four years to decision by a po pular election, when it is plain that no decision can be trusted to last for four months? If Louis Napoleon is elected, then a start is to be made in the course of Imperial conquest ; if General Cavaignac, in the course of military repression ; and if Lamartine, in the course of moderate republicanism, sorely damaged by suspicions, just or unjust, of leaning towards some thing else. If the government is substantially to re side in the will of the community as expressed by its representatives, was not an India-rubber Ministry capable of going in and out in obedience to the various forms this will may take, the very thing the country wanted to prevent convulsion, and is not the other the certain way to court convulsion and ensure violent change ? The executive powers of the British empire are wielded by half a dozen very quiet gentlemen in plain clothes,who no more think of mountinglon horse back than of breaking windows at Charing Cross ; and they are as well wielded as in any other country known. Admit the necessity for military interference, and what difference does that make ? If England had presented a similar spectacle after the 10th of April, and Lord Hardinge arriving from India had been called to the military command, no man on earth would have seen in that a necessity for appointing Lord Hardinge to four years office independent of parliamentary control. If wanted, make him Prime Minister; what could he want more ? It will be found there is a chapter still to read, before parliamentary government establishes itself in France. The President is to be French by birth, and not less than thirty years of age. He is to be elected by universal suffrage, with ballot, and have more than half the votes. If no candidate has half the votes, the National Assembly is to elect out of the five highest candidates. He is elected for four years, and not re-eligible within four years more. He is to dispose of the armed force, but not to command it in person. He cannot cede any territory, nor dis solve the Assembly, nor suspend in any manner the rule of the constitution and the laws. He is to present a yearly statement to the Assembly. He negotiates treaties, but a treaty is not valid until rati fied by the Assembly. He has the right of pardoning, but can only exercise it on the proposition of the Minister of Justice, and with the advice of the Council of State. He may demur to a public or private Bill passed by the Assembly, and demand re consideration.; but the decision of the Assembly there after is final. He receives ambassadors, and presides at national solemnities. He is to be provided with a'resi dence at the seat of government, and receive 24,0001. sterling a year. He is to name and dismiss the Minis ters at pleasure, as also the diplomatic agents at foreign Courts, commanders by land and sea, governors of the colonies, Algeria, and the Bank of France, com mander of the National Guard of the department of the Seine, Mayor of Paris, Procureurs-General, and other superior functionaries. He can suspend mayors and other elected office-bearers, for three months ; but not dismiss them without the advice of the Council of State. His acts are not effective without being countersigned by a Minister. The President, Ministers, and other functionaries, are responsible, each in his own concern. The Ministers have seats in the Assembly, and are to be heard whenever they demand. There is to be a Vice-President elected for four years by the Assembly on the presentation of the President. If the Presidentship becomes vacant, the Vice-President acts, and an election for new Pre sident must be proceeded with within a month. The Council of State is a kind of Privy Council, but the members are elected for three years by the Assembly, and thereby vacate their seats. The Vice-President is President of the Council of State. Passed Presidents and Vice-Presidents are of right members of the Council. These seem the principal provisions relating to the form of government. In the judicial branch, the jury in criminal cases is continued,; a verdict of guilty to be given by more than two-thirds. Justices of the peace are elected by the district. The higher judges are named for life; those of the Court of Appeal (cassation) by the Assembly, the others by the Presi dent. All Frenchmen to be liable to serve in the army and National Guard ; without allowing sub stitutes. The punishment of death is abolished in political cases. Slavery cannot exist upon any territory belonging to France. No taxes can be levied without law. Direct taxes can only be laid for one year; indirect may be for more. [Some people may think this is just the wrong way.] The essential guarantees of the right to labour, are liberty itself of labour, voluntary association, equality of relations between the employer and workman, gratuitous instruction, professional education, institu tions for providence and credit [savings-banks, and possibly public pawnbrokers], and the establishment by the State of grand works of public utility, destined in case of want of work, to employ the dis engaged hands. [This is not all very clear, and it was thought safest to translate it literally. But there appears a falling-off from the first enunciation of " labour" [le travail] along with " liberty, equality, security," as among the primary objects guaranteed by the Constitution. It seems to dwindle into an undertaking for the abolition of apprentice fees, and for the Government's engaging in works of public utility to the extent it may think useful ; which con tains nothing very new.] The public debt isgua ranteed; ranteed ; the Legion of Honour maintained; Al A b n e d g t o h v e er C n o e l d oni b e y s a p r e articular d c l a r e d laFwresn [whichc h t r f r t se o e r je y m , s b ug to t b to e leaving them much where they wer e be at t igh w t h of t or . a o t r i o m n d i s i fy t i o n hall g it v s e a o t n s a t c h a T n h g e i n N g [whichmonth anno u n ces the desire that the Constitu es we should call the end of a parliament, t ! o h: Ably announces it uttiimo tlhfc after three be turned into a definitive resolutionree suc cessive deliberations , remodelled either entir el y or in part,this can only from another and.by three- q each w u it a h rt a er n s l o n f te th r v e a v l o o te f s a , may be presume d to _ • mean three-quarters of th e whole Assembly , or 67 5 vo tes though it seems ea , ed The to mean a simple m a j or it y o 30 against 10]. A s-1 ca pable to of 1, be in gas constru for instanc e . sem bly for the purp ose of revision is only to b e name d • for two mont hs [it has been stated before, that it is t o cons is t of 9 00 Me mbers in stead of 75 0, though it has not been observed to be stated where the addi tional 150 are to be sent from] ; it is to go into no business but the revision for which it was called to gether; but it may in case of urgency proceed to such legislative measures as may be necessary [which is something like saying it may do anything else or not as it pleases]. The above does not profess to be an entire version, but no important part has been intentionally omitted. There may be some points after all, on which it might, be difficult to arrive at accuracy, without a lengthened comment on the original, and a French ,awyer to assist. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, London, July 3, IS4B. THE NEW DOCK AT MALTA.—The caisson which has been constructed by Messrs. Fairbairn and Sons, of London, for the new dock, and which was tried last year and found defective, having had her alterations com pleted, had another trial made on the afternoon of the 24 ult., in the presence of Sir William Parker, Admiral Ilarvey, the Governor, Captain Collier, and other naval officers, and the officers of the yard, when she was found, to the gratification of Sir William and those other officers who had been witnesses of previous failures to answer her purpose, by fitting well in her groove; but in order to prove whether she fitted nicely on both sides, she was again filled on the succeeding Monday, and after letting in the proper quantity of water necessary fur the trial into dock, in presence of very nearly the same officers, she was tried on the other side with equal success. Mr. Croll, the contracting agent, under whose superintend ence the alterations have been made was also present.— United Service Gazette. The nature of the alterations in the dress and ap pointments of infantry officers is gradually oozing out. It appears now that black Spanish leather waistbelts and stings are to be worn on all occasions, excepting when the officers are ordered to appear in full dress. The present blue cloaks worn by the officers are to be substi tuted by grey cloaks and sleeves—by no means a chop for the better.—United Service Gazette. ive 'el sa, Y a bly, red. em- ;ible ecu- der m of y is 'tire Tied put ould lock te as hese Our , for him ably The and, le he John .may • and F the o the have st of f the st an his )n of reso- e m y and n, be edish s re him coin- ie in , and d on 31% .23% 4 7 IA2