The Sun. — London, England, 1848-07-26 00:00:00

'ERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. THE DUBLIN ELECTION COMMITTEE. Mr. HUME wished to call the attention of the House to the petition of Patrick Purcell, complaining that he had been unable to obtain his expenses for attending before the Dublin Committee. It appeared that persons summoned by the Speaker to give evidence before Com mittees could not demand their expenses, like persons summoned to attend courts of justice. A similar case had never occurred before, during the whole time be had occupied a seat in that House, and he trusted that his Honourable Friend (Mr. Bernal), who had paid Much attention to the private business of the House, Would amend the rules of the House in this respect. On the same occasion other alterations for the better Might be made. SIGNING PETITIONS. Mr. THORNELY stated, in reply to Mr. Hume, that it Was against the rules of the House for parties to sign petitions for others. Hon. Members should make this fact known to their constituents, and that where parties could not write, they must append their marks. THE WALSALL IMPROVEMENT BILL. This Bill was read a second time. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' Amendments to the following Bills were considered and agreed to: — Great Northern Railway (Isle of' Axholme Extension). Monkland and ICirkintilloch, Ballochney and Slatnannan Railways (Amalgamation, or Sale or Lease, and Amendment or Repeal of Acts). Newry and Enniskillen Railway (Amendment of Acts, and to authorise Arrangements with other Companies). INSOLVENT DEBTORS. Mr. PARKER obtained leave to bring in a Bill to au thorise the application of part of the unclaimed money in the Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in en larging the Court-house of the said court. THE COURT OF CHANCERY. Mr. G. THOMPSON presented a petition from a per -son named John Smith, at Bristol, stating that he had -had a suit in the Court of Chancery for nine ) ears, and . that he had been nearly brought to ruin by the delay and expensive procedure of that court. SECRET SERVICE MONEY. Colonel SIBTHORP gave notice that, in Commttee of Ways and Means, he should move that it is expedient that some clear and distinct statement be furnished of the expenditure of the 36,0001. yearly voted as Secret Service Money, and if there is any surplus, how it was appropriated. HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL. Mr. SPOONER inquired if there would be any objet. tion to print the new amendments to this Bill, and to fix a day for their consideration? Lord MORPETH replied that there would be no ob jection. THE " COUNT OUT" LAST NIGHT. Mr. URQUHART said the Right Hon. Gentleman in the Chair had stated on a former occasion that when an Hon. Member moved that the House be counted, that the division bell: should be rung. Now last night no such notice was given, and at the time the motion was Made the library and other places were filled with Members. The SPEAKER said undoubtedly the bell ought to be rung when an Hon. Member observed that there were not forty Members present. Mr. URQUHART intimated that when the late Member for Liverpool —he did not know what place he now represented—brought forward his motion, he should move that the name of the Member who moved that the House be counted, and the Member present, should be recorded. Mr. WAWN said he counted out the House last night, and he should do so whenever ,the Hon. Gentleman rose at twelve o'clock at night to move that the debate be ad journed, in order that he might inflict a speech upon the m. —(Laughter.) DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ROME BILL. Mr. ANSTEY asked whether the Government in tended to proceed with this Bill, as he had aamend meat on the paper, and it was very inconvenient for him -to attend to bring it on every night. Sir G. GREY replied that it stood for Monday. PARLIAMENT OF IRELAND—ADJOURNED DEBATE. On the order foeresuming this debate being read, Melt2i. FOX said, looking at the fact that the ma. .jority of the Repeal Members of the House were absent and .the state of Ireland, he wished to withdraw his mo li°ll.--(Hear, hear.) He deprecated tho connexion Which had recently been formed in Ireland between re- Peal and republicanism.—(Hear, hear.) For his part he disavowed any sympathy with them. He begged to move that the order be discharged. Mr. ANSTEY would not oppose the motion, and Wished to take that opportunity of stating that he did not at all participate in the design of the wicked men who were stirring up rebellion in Ireland; yet, at the same time, he was prepared to say that the peace of Ireland would never be restored unless the demands of the repealers Were acceded to. Sir R. HALL said, although circulars had been sent out to those favourable to repeal, that the motion would positively be brought on to-day, yet the proposer came down to the House, when its Members were prepared to discuss the matter, and withdrew it. Then the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Limerick (Mr. Smith .O'Brien) had been absent nearly the whole of the ses sioa—(Hear, hear)—and, altogether, those who acted .with him in the matter of repeal bad not availed them selves of the many opportunities that had presented themselves of discussing the motion:—(llear, hear.) He felt, therefore, he was justified in styling s u ch con d uc t as contemptible and ludicrous. The SPEAKER here intimated that he had made in quiries of the_ proper officer, and he had been infornAd „ttiat the division bell was rung last night when the Itiouse was counted. Mr. REYNOLDS did not wish to take upon himself the responsibility of the sins of omission and commission of every man, particularly those of his Hon. Friend the 'Member for-Limerick.—(Laughter.) Recently all the Repeal Members that could be numbered, amounting to ni ae -, -(Laughter)—met in a Committee-room, and re solved unanimously to bring on the motion—although there was some difference of opinion among them on the nta tter—(Laughter)--in the early part of the discussion -that ensued, he being amongst those who considered that .the motion should not be proceeded with this session. He would say for himself and the other Repealers of Ireland that they were not actuated by the base motives that had been attributed to them by the Hon. Baronet. The Repealers of Ireland, the moral-force Repealers, :were no parties to insurrection, but were totally averse to it. HO thought some apology was due from the Hon. 4saro.nqt for the imputation he had cast upon a. body of tarn . whom h e b e li eve d f orme d n i ne - ten th s 44. the population of Ireland. He thought it wis e On -- the part of his Honourable Friend tila Member for Longford to withdraw the measure; but hmaking that statement he begged to a ssure t h e H ouse , at if no other Member did it, he would hims e lf b r i ng forward the measure , in another session, in order if pos sible to obtain those rights for his countrymen of which they had been deprived. Mr. 1 1. GRATTAN considered that the Honourable Earonet the Member for Marylebone was most unkind as well as unjust in the attack he had Wade OR the Repealers of Ireland. Much had been said about traitors. Men had been called traitors be hind thei r b ac k s; w h y not ca l l t h em so b efore their face. ~ contended that the people of Ireland had a right to nierturn Ministry after Ministry until they had ob tained,justice; but, in-making that statement, he did not mean fora moment (God forbid - he should) to overturn .1 1 5' Throne. All he want e d was t o overturn t h e 'unitary. He believed that the repeal of the union would be carried out of . the House if it was not. within it.—(Hear, hear.) Talk of ! e volution—why had not that House effected a revo nation in Ireland? for that country, which was once 'happy, had been rendered miserable by the legislation that had taken place in that House. The people of Ire land considered that the House of Commons in England Was incapable of legislating for Ireland, and they asked -for a domestic Legislature.—(Hear, hear.) He believed haVeverything had beast done in Ireland for the pur pOse of convicting innocent persons in Ireland. The presentldate of Ireland was this: they would neither give to the dead a shroud or a coffin, nor to the living the liberty of the constitution or food.—(Hear, hears) He was no advocate for the separation of Ireland from England. All he asked for was justice Ada that country. The people of England ought by their acts to inspire the Irish with love for them, but they did the contrary. In private the Irish respected the people of Xugland, but publicly they were compelled by the acts of their Legislature to bate them. The whole policy of the Legislature of this country was to make Irishmen poor, to take from them their gold and their crops, while their 'endeavours ought to be to make them rich and b aPPY ;. instead, however, of doing this, the ' Government of England took away the scales from ...Natio° and left her nothing but her sword. He wished to live on friendship with this noble country, but he w ould rather not live at all than be the slave of any man, or any set of men.—(Hear, bear.) • After a few words from Mr. C. ANSTEY in expla nation , Mr. URQUHART sa id h e was as t on i s h e d to h ear an ~( 3111. Gentlem an en j o yi ng the historic and great name o f urattan defending repeal by justifying rebellion. MP. R. GRATTAN—No, no. litr• URQUHART was glad to hear that Hon. and 13-e e arned Gentlema n di sc l a im the imputati on . H e f e l t ti t 'and to c on d emn t h ose men w h o had agitated Ireland qUestions they had not legitimately brought for ard that House. Being sensible that if repeal was ', t arried it would have tbe effect of placing the Orange h h e i r ] of Ireland in a higher position than they at present the he' could see a very good reason for abandOni ng Measure at the present moment. (LEFT SPEAKING.) di d ' ST INDIA COLLEGE.—The examination of can- I ttea foradmission into the East-India College, Hai. Y 4 , Thursday, will take plane at the East India House on It e ; l tdaY. the . 27th instant. The examiners are the % e V- Dale, M.A.; the Rev. Robert Eden, M.A . .; and z 4 -.e , . Wm. Stone, M.A. The next term will com glut* on the 10th September; students must return d.a on n it tai r one of the three following days.—Allen's In 13 i n ur .wroN AND C ONTINENTAL S TEAM -PACKET kan 4 ".—The dire c t ors an d pro p r i e t o rs of this com kir? held a meeting on M on d a y l as t, at the London -344 station. The r e p or t an d accoun t s were unani -441_ Y adopted. Mr. P ag li ano t h en move d—" That the e,tt° l l4 be and are hereby authorised to dispose of the of the c ompany , e i t h er by public auction or pr i vate tli e ,l9t, and wi n d u p t h e a ff a i rs in such a manner as a it 'l li Zota advisable.' The motion Was seconded and %sly oclopted. THIP, gTTN, LONDON, THE RIVER PLATE. The following' are extracts of letters from the River Plate received Ly the Roland, arrived at An twerp : BUENOS AIRES, APRIL 27, 1848. Considerable alarm and distrust respecting the result of the negotia tions now pending; nothing known thereof. It is ge nerally believed that General Rosas will not accept any thing less than Mr. Hood's arrangement, and as it seerns pretty plain that this will not be granted, the natural inference is that no settlement will be made, although hopes are entertained that the blockade will be raised. APRIL 29.—H.M.5. Harpy, which arrived on the 25th, is still detained here, and we have nothing to re port regarding the negotiations, or the reply to be given by this Government to the dispatches of General Oribe, brought by the above-named vessel. The same unfa vourable impression exists, and there appears to be no hope now but the withdrawal of the French blockade, as it is reported that General Rosas disapproves of the pro posals sent to him. APRIL 28.—Dates from Monte Video to the 25th inst. News of the suspension there of individual security and the investment of the Government with extraordinary powers; also of a contract with the Government for five months' provisions. There is a general mistrust and conviction here that unless the intervention is withdrawn no settlement can take place. General Rosas will not admit the Ministers of England and France as mediators, as he considers them belligerents; and he will not treat with the authorities at Monte Video, whom he has never considered as a Government. ----..,. MAY 1, 1848.—A report was current yesterday that the commander of the French blockading vessels had stated to an officer of the American brig of war Perry, now lying here, that the French had orders not to impede the entry or departure of vessels to or from this port. In consequence of this, the American com mander has written to the French to know the truth; but we have not heard if a reply has been received. The steamer Harpy is still detained here. All sorts-of rumours are in circulation. It seems that an arritttro„em(lit has been concluded with General Oribe at ltlente Video, subject to the approval of this Government, which, it is said, this Government will not sanction; and in the event of General Oribe car rying out the same alone, people talk of a rupture of the alliance between him and this Government; and in the event of the blockade being raised without any settlement, an interdiction to the English and French trade is to be the consequence. We give you these as reports, without attaching any present importance to them. Doubloons have declined to 355. Exchange is 625. 6d. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION Another novelty has just been added to the many which were already collected together in this distinguished establishment. List evening we attended the first deli very'of a new and striking lecture by Mr. Isham Baggs, elucidative of the physiology and characteristics of that extraordinary creature the electric eel. The lecturer, it will be remembered, was already favourably known to the frequenters of the institution by the ingenious hypo thesis as to the phenomena of thunder storms and the cause of lightning, which he has now for the last few weeks been explaining in a series of discourses, aided by a number of beautiful and scientific experiments. His popularity as an instructor in some of the more ab struse marvels of natural philosophy—those marvels which are not patent to the public intelligence—will certainly not be diminished by his novel lecture on the wonderful fish which yesterday formed the subjeot of the expo sition. Mr. Baggs commenced by observing, that although other living things were capable of eliminating a certain amount of electric force—such, for instance, as the torpedo—there was a peculiar interest attached to the possession of this eccentric power on the part of the electric eel, inasmuch as that animal is only dis covered in one locality, as well as from the circumstance of the two specimens which may be seen any day float ing about in a reservoir in the great room of the Poly technic Institution being the only specimens in England, perhaps even in Europe. Before the researches of John Hunter, said the lecturer, nothing, comparatively speaking, was known respecting the structure of the electric eel— since the investigation of that immortal anatomist, how ever, the extraordinary contrivance of what may, be called its internal mechanism has been thoroughly re vealed. Insomuch so that the electric force evolved by, the fish when in a state of agitation is actually traced to a particlar lobe of the brain. One of the most sin gular features in the anatomy of the electric eel, as explained by Mr. Baggs, is the compactness with which all the organs of deghitition, digestion, and respiration, are packed together in the vicinity of the head— leaving the rest of the elongated form of the fish as a receptacle for an infinite number of cells analogous to the divisions of an artificial battery. He recounted moreover the mode by which' these formidable creatures are captured by the Indians, illustrating the practice by an anecdote related by the celebrated Humboldt. At present we have only leisure and space to observe that the interest of the lecture was enhanced by a num• ber of clever and remarkable experiments, not the leas wonderful of which was the last, namely, the display o the electric light. The theatre was crowded by an in• telligent and attentive audience. AERIAL WARFARE IN PRUSSIA. Mr. Coxwell, the English aeronaut, whose exploits on the Continent we have already noticed, is at present de monstrating his novel system of aerial warfare at Elber feld, in Prussia. On the I7th instant he ascended, in company with a German gentleman, and when the bal loon had attained a considerable altitude Mr. Coxwell descended from the car to the aerostatic battery, and commenced a sham bombardment of the town beneath him. This performance in mid air at once amazed and amused the spectators; whilst a party of scientific gentlemen decided that the ingenious plans of Mr. Cox., well might prove available for immensely useful pur, poses in actual warfare. The day atter his ascent Mr. Coxwell was invited to the Literary and Scientific In stitution of Elberfeld, where a lecture from the pen of the scientific aeronaut was read to the gentlemen pre sent. Mr. Coxwell was then appointed a member of the society, and solicited to make another ascent, which will take place this week. FASHIONABLE DISPLAY.—The chief source for employment of labour i❑ the metropolis has this season been crippled more from the effects of cold damp weather than from political excitement or any other cause commonly assigned. But happily, during the last few days, the July sun has shone forth with its usual intensity, acceptable to agriculturists, as tend ing to ripen the crops, as also to London manufac turers and tradesmen, who are encouraged to pro duce such novelties as may be considered suitable to the season and the tastes of their patrons. One corro borative instance can be cited whereby employment must have been given to many hundreds, in the production of an entirely new fabric made into a new form of Paletot. " A garment now become almost general in the several substances adapted for each season; but a patent has been secured for this new specimen of manufacture by a firm whose transactions are of very considerable extent, having large warehouses in the West End as well as in the City, and whether it be considered as being only ap plicable to India and other such climates, the consump tion of the article must be immense, besides recommend ing itself by an elegant appearance and agreeable lightness to the visitor of the sea-side, the tourist, or the man of fashion in this country."—The Globe. This high encomium evidently referring to Messrs. Nicoll, of 114, 116, and 120, Regent-street, and 22, Cornhill, they re spectfully beg permission to give further publicity to the same, and to state that the Paletot particularly alluded to is by them charged One Guinea. The New Regis tered Paletot, retaining predecessor's moderate price, viz., two guineas, or lined with silk two-and-a-half. His Royal Highness Prince. Albert, Prince George of Cam bridge, and the elite of rank and fashion have already liberally patronised , the above. HER kiJEST THEATRE.—Among the audience we observed his Royal Highness the Prince Leopold of Naples, Msgitlick.tlh c e:Duke of Wellington, the Duchess of Leeds and Miss Lane Fox, the Duke of Cleveland, the Duke of Leeds, the Princess Metternich, Prince Richard Metternich, the Princess Melanie of Metternich, tihe Count Kalowrath and party (who occupied tb4 Queen Dowager's box), the• Baroness Brunow, the Viseountess Dungannon, Miss .Irving and Mademoiselle Olga de Lechner, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, Baron Charles Hugel, Baron Nico lay, Count de Barke, Count Arthur de Courcy, the Marquis of Hertford, the Marquis and Marchioness of. Sligo and the Ladies Browne, the Marquis of Granby, the Marquis of Donegal, the Earl of L ons d ale, Viscount Ranelagh, Viscount Anson, Lord Redesdale, Lord Ed disbury, Lady Augusta Paulett, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lady Foulis, Lady Willoughby d'Eresby, the Hon. p. Byng, General the Hon. H. Cavendish, Sir T. Retford, Sir T. Barrett Leonard and Lady Leonard, Sir George Wombwell, Bart.. Sir `Thomas Leonard, Sir H. Wil loughby, Bart., Sir Benjamin T. Hall, Bart., M.P., Sir J. Flower, Bart., and Lady Flower, Colonel Fludyer, M. C. Kondratisky; Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Woodford, Bart., Mr. Towneley, Mr. C.W. Packe, and Mt% Packe 'Reading, Major Buckley, Mr. Rose, Mr. Welby Pugin, Mr. G. Cornwall, Captain R. Burton, Mrs. Dennistouii, Mr. and Mrs. Hobson, &c. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.—Her Majesty's box was occupied last evening by her Royal Highness. Her essthe DnuocyhaelssHoifgllibelensts was attendedandthePrincessbylaLryadoyf Baden Augusta Bruce, General Upton, and Sir G. Cooper. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary also honoured the performance with their presence. Their Royal Highm sses were attended by Baroness Bose, Lady Augusta Cadogan, Lady Honora Cadogan, Baron Koller, and Mr. Edmond Mild may. The general audience included a distinguished circle of the nobility. NOVEL WAGER.—A correspondent says that two gentlemen in high life have arranged a wager for one thousand guineas, that one of them shall sell one million boxes of lucifer matches in the space of two years, and not sell more than four boxes for one penny, and not exceed more than sixpenny -worth to any one individual; to commence on the 24th day of July, 1848, at York, and finish in Hull, 24th of July, 1850.— York Herald. SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Yesterday the Rail way Commissioners granted to this company, under their Act of 1846, an extension of two years to complete the line from the Waterloo bridge station to London bridge. DEATH OF SIR JOHN BATSMAN.—This venerable Knight, who was for many years connected with the Corps of Artillery Drivers, now disbanded, died on the 23d instant, at Thetbury, near Hungerford, Berks, in the 87th year of his age. IMPORTATION OF I3RANDY.—A vessel arrived from the Mauritius has brought, in addition to a large cargo of sugar and 75 casks of rum, the produce of the Isle of ENALICO, 10 cases of brnudy, consigned to order. RAID IVA Y IN TELLIGENC E. THE DUTCH-RHENISH RAILWAY. A meeting of the English shareholders of this railway was held on Monday at the London Tavern. The chair was taken at two o'clock by Mr. W. Reed. The CHAIRMAN made a long speech in reference to the differences of the shareholders, which had led t o th e convening of this meeting, and the history and general position of the company. Adverting to the origin of his own connexion with the line, he said that he became a member of the London board of direction, in April, last year; and, soon after accepting office, he endea voured to bring about an alteration of the statutes, which he considered defective, and with this view he proceeded, in the month of June, to visit Holland. The dissatisfaction of the English shareholders at this period arose chiefly from the circumstance that the writ of expropriation for the purchase of land between Rotterdam and Utrecht had not been obtained. This difficulty was at length surmounted, and the site obtained for the station at Rotterdam was the best that could be granted. A committee was appointed to investigate the subject of the statutes. One great difficulty arose from the number of boards by which the company were managed, the . head direction being in Holland; and the object which he himself contemplated when he visited that country was to ensure the exercise of greater power on the part of the shareholders, and to bring the statutes into more accordance with those of the French companies. When he arrived in Holland all his proposals for that purpose met with opposition from the head direction. On inquiry, he discovered that the cause of this was, that a report had reached Holland that the Dutch directors were all to be turned out, and that he (Mr. Reed) was going to Holland to assume the management of the concern. Under this impression, the head di rection determined to adhere to the existing statutes. Negotiations, however, subsequently took place, which resulted in the holding of an interview in London, be tween the Dutch direction and the English direction, and each party having made concessions, an amicable arrange ment was entered into. It was agreed that an 'English gentleman should be added to the direction in Holland, and that the absent English directors should have a voice in what was done abroad. This arrangement was not however, as subsequently appeared, satisfactory to the Liverpool shareholders, who, headed by Messrs. Har rison and Holland, sought yet further alterations in the statutes. A Liverpool deputation proceeded to Hol land, in spite of his (Mr. Reed's) remonstrances ; and the Dutch directors, feeling that there had been something like a breach of faith, the arrangement previously entered into was at an end. He did not wish to impute any improper motive to any one, but he regretted that such had been the result. The Dutch direction had previously purchased nearly all the land required between Utrecht and Rotter dam, and having urged upon the English directors the necessity for that step, a call of Ms. was made to meet the demand. When the French revo lution broke out, the English direction urged the Dutch not to enter into new engagements which could be avoided ; but in consequence of the alleged breach of faith a second call of ten shillings per share had been made, and a great pressure was being made to obtain payment. He had felt it his duty thus to lay the past proceedings before the shareholders, who must determine j what course should be taken. Mr. HOLLAND, the Liverpool shareholder referred to by the chairman, addressed the meeting at some length, and defended the course to which he had been a party. After considerable discussion, a committee, compris ing Liverpool shareholders and members of the London direction, was appointed for the purpose of endeavour. ing to bring about an amicable settlement of differences. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1848. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... 390 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 54 Turbercular Diseases... ... ... 202 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 112 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 34 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... ••• 65 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. • ••• Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations... Premature Birth ... Atrophy ... Old Age ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Sudden ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperan ce Causes not specified ... 65 ... 26 ... 27 •.. 34 ... 36 1,096 4 to 4 to 8 to 0 to SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GOOD WOOD RACES._TUESDAY. In respect of weather, a more unfortunate commence. ment of a meeting, which so intimately combines plea. sure with business, cannot be conceived. The rain set in before day-break, and fell without ceasing until about nine'o'clock; after a short interregnum, it re-commenced, and continued, with a strong wind and a mist so thick as to render it impossible to distinguish colours at a dis tance of 100 yards, until after the second race, when it cleared up, and remained comparatively fine to the close of the races. The ground had previously been heavy, particularly on the now ground; it now became very deep in all parts; and, there can be no doubt that in some instances it produced results which future running will prove to have been anything but consonant with the real merits of the horses. The company, it will be readily imagined, was limited; it was confined to the visitors at Goodwood, and the sporting circles. The select few who were present, were rewarded by some racing of extraordinary interest. The competitors for the great prizes, comprising the winners of the Derby and St. Leger in 1847, the winner of the last Derby, one of the leading favourites for the next, and many others of high renown. The results of three of the principal events were adverse too the favourites, and, in the instances of Surplice and Honeycomb, will have immense influence on the betting on future events. We repeat, however, that the state of the ground must have had some effect. Subsequent running may lead to results very different to those recorded underneath. The Craven Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added; two yrs old, 4st 71b; three, 7st; four, Bst 41b; five, Bst 10Ib; six and aged, Bst 121 b. One mile and a quarter. (6 Subs.) Mr. J. B. Day's The Hero „. , walked over The Levant Stakes of 50 sovs. each, 30 ft; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b; the winner of the July or Chesterfield Stakes at Newmarket, or any two yrs old stake at Ascot, to carry 51b extra; the second to save his stake. Half a mile. Mr. Payne's Glauca Mr. Wreford's Wet Nurse Mr. Mostyn's Czarina Lord Eglinton's Solon ... ••• 0 Duke of Richmond's Buffalo Gal :*: Lord Strathmore's The Seraph •.• ••• Betting—Even on Glauca, and 3to I agst Czarina. Glauca took the lead, was never headed, and won cle verly by a length; a fine race ending in favour of Wet Nurse for second place, by a head. The Drawing Room Stakes of 25 soya. each, with a bonus by an independent subscription of 10 sovs. each; for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b . ; the second to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 25 sovs. to the Judge. D.R.S.C. (19 Subs. to the stakes, and 15 to the bonus.) Lord Exeter's Swordplayer (Bartholomew) 0 1 Mr. Payne's Glendower ,„ 0 2 Betting-6 to lon Glendower, who waited until oppo site the stand, got up in the last stride, and made it a dead heat. Run in 5 min. 22 secs. Deciding heat-6 to son Glendower. Swordplayer made all the running, and won by three lengths. Run in 5 min. 20 secs. The Ham Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft; for two yrs old colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b; those out of mares or got by stallions that never produced a winner of 100 sovs. allowed 31b, both 61b; the second to receive 200 sovs. out of the stakes, and the third to save his stake. One mile and a half. (54 Subs.) Colonel Peel's cby lon, out of Palmyra, Bst 71b (Nat) 1 Lord Clifden's Honeycomb, Bst 71b ..• Lord Egli n t on ' s B elus, Bst 41b 2 Lord Glasgow's Canada filly, Bst 41b 3 .. 4 Mr. Gratwi c k e ' s R ochester, Bst 71b . ..• Sir C. Monck' s V anguard, Bst 10lb 5 '" 6 Duke of Rich mon d' s J ellyfish, Bst 7lb ••. 7 Betting-3 to lon Honeycomb, sto 1 agst Vanguard, and 6to 1 agst the lon colt, laid, to a small sum. The lon colt made all the running, defeated the crack half way up the distance, and ran home a gallant winner by two lengths. Belus a bad third. Run in 1 min. 25 secs. The winner has been named Tadmor. The Gratwicke Stakes of 100 soya, each, h ft; for three yrs old colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 51b; mares that never bred, and stallions that never got a winner of 1002, allowed 31b, both 61b; the second to receive 200 sovs. out of the stakes, and the third to save his stake. One mile and a half. (50 Subs.) Lord Chesterfield's Distaffina Lord Clifden's Surplice ••• •.• Duke of Richmond's Hornpipe ..• Mr. Bowes's Wiasma ••• ••• . 4 Betting-5 to 2 on S urp li ce , and 3to 1 agst Wiasma. Hornpipe took the lead at starting, followed by Wiasma, Surplice and Distaffina lying off; there was no change in this order until they came to the turn, where Wiasma took up the running, which she carried on to the bend of the rails; here the favourite went in front, and was leading until half-way up the distance; Distaffina then showed ahead, cleared the crack opposite the stand, and won easily by a length, a neck between second and third, Ran in 3 min. Sweepstakes of 300 sovs. each, h ft; for four yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 21b; the second to save his stake. About three miles five furlongs. (26 Subs.) Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp ... (Marlow) 1 Mr. Pedley's Cossack ... , 2 Betting-6 and 7t04 on Van Tromp, who took the lead, was never approached, and won by at least 150 yards, Cossack giving up some distance from home. Run in 7 min. 48 secs. The Innkeepers' Plate of 50 sovs., added to a Sweep stakes of 5 sovs. each; two yrs. old, sst 71b; three, 7st 91b; four, Bst 41b; five, Bst 111 b; six and aged, 9st, The winner to be sold for 100 sovs., if demanded, &c T.Y.C. Lord Clifden's Carbuncle, 2 yrs . Mr. E. R. Clark's Coronet, 2 yrs „, ... 2 Mr. Payne's bf by -Muley Moloch, 3 yrs (21b over)... 3 Mr. J. King's cby John o'Gaunt, 2 yrs ... ••• Duke of Richmond's Nectar, 3 yrs „, „, ... 0 Mr. Thompson's Latchl e y, 2 yrs .„„ ... 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Carbuncle-3 to 1 a and Nectar, and 4 t o 1 agst C oronet. Won by three p ar t s o f a length; a neck betweenen o second and third, th e others beatff. Run in 1 min. 47 sec. agst Latchley The Goodwood Club Stakes of 10 sovs. each, for three year olds and upwards. Craven Stakes Course. (5 Subs.) Lord Clifden's Sagacity, 4 yrs, lOst. LATEST BE £TING ON THE COURSE. GOODWOOD STASES. agst Reflection 10 to 1 agst Remembrance agst Pillage (taken freely) agst Plaudit 10 to 1 agst Chanticleer agst Gaiety—t 40 to 1 agst Sheraton THE Cup. Even on Van Tromp —not p.p. 8 to 1 agst Emilius. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 1848. FRIDAY. Lord Exeter's Carissima, 6 yrs, Bst 71b, agst Sir J. Hawley's Touchy, 2 y rs , 6 s t 71b. T.Y.C. 200, h ft. Lord Exeter's Swordplayer agst Colonel Peel's Sesos tris, Bst 71b each. D.M. 200, h ft. Sir J. Hawley's Liston, Bst 71b, agst Duke of Bedford's Minto, 7st 131 b. Criterion Course. 200, h ft. SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1848.— FRIDAY. Duke of Bedford's Minto agst Mr. Payne's Cervus, Bst 41b each. A.F. 200, h ft. HOUGHTON MEETING, 1848.---WEDNEsDAY. Duke of Bedford's Justice to Ireland, Bst 71b, agst Mr. Payne's Glendower, Bst 2ilb. A.F. 900. The Match in this meeting between ;St. Rosolia and Alzire, is for 200, h ft. NEWMARKET, 1849. The following sporting races have been made for the Second October Meeting, 1849;_ Sweeps of 1,000 sovs. each. 440 ft. A.F. Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp, Bst 121b..---Lord Clifden's Sur plice, Bst 5114—Duke of Bedford's Justice to Ireland, 7st 131 b. Match, 1,000, h ft. D.M. Lord Eglinton's Flying Dutchman, Sat 71b. Lord Clifden's Honeycomb, Bst 41b. ... (Nat ... (Nat) 1 (Collins) COURT CIRCULAR. The unfavourable state of the weather this morning prevented her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Albert from taking their usual early walk, and the Royal children from taking their accustomed walks and rides in the pleasure grounds of Osborne. The Countess of Charlemont l e f t O s b orne yesterday forenoon for town. Her Lady s hip h as b een succeeded as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen by t h e Vi scountess Canning, who arrived at Osborne in the aft ernoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of K ent and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were pres ent at the evening party given by her Royal Highness th e D uchess of Gloucester on Monday evening at Gloucest er House, Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Duchess of Gloucester visited her Royal Hi g h ness the Duchess of Cambridge yesterday, at Cambridge House. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday at Clarence House, St. James's. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent (attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Sir George Couper, and Ge neral the Hon. Arthur Upt on ), a nd her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, honoured the performance at the Royal Italian Opera House yesterday evening w i th their presence. The annual inspection of the corps of the Yeomen of the Guard, in full uniform, under arms, took place yes terday in St. James's Palace by the Marquis o f 0 011 e. gall, Captain of the corps. The other officers were also c v e i . ew with Sir George Grey in attendance. r. Win. Beckford had an i nterview i Mr. G Isoamneiontffier terday, -at the Colonial Office. y e AM 4s witht err deputation, FaNa i. Meadows. Rochfort Cl arke, Mr. Steward, Mr. Lee, Mr, and M r . Steven son, had an interview with the Commissioners o f Rail waysd r r yl ex nabGo ar G r ey hy a hne yesterday, Mad onsistng of yesterday, at their office in the Board of Trade, respecting an application for an extension of time made by the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire R a il way Company. Sir Robt. Ferguson had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi. dence in Downing -street. PENSION TO LIEUTENANT WAGHORN, R.N. --The Court of Directors of the East India Company hav e granted a pension of 1001. per annum, for life, to Lieut. Waghorn, R.N., as an acknowledgment for the services he has rendered the cause of steam communication between this country and India. We understand Mr. Waghorn, after a long and laborious public career, has retired into private life. We trust he may be long spared to enj oy t h e f ru i ts o f hi s perseverance and zeal. His agency business will in futuro be carried on by his late partner, Mr. Wheatley.—Allen's Indian Mail. ELIZI PENNING.—An "Original Corresponde n t" reminds us that this day is the anniversary of the death of Eliza Fenning, whose case excited so much public in terest many years since, from a belief of her innocence. She was executed at the Old Bailey, July 26, 1815. THE TITHE COMMISSION. The following is a copy of the report of the Tithe Commissioners to Sir G. Grey, M.P.:— " Tithe Commission-office, July 8, 1848. " Sir,—lt is our duty to report to you the pr.)gress of the commutation of the tithes in. England and Wales to the close of the year 1847. " We have received notices that voluntary proceedings have commenced in 9,631 tithe districts ; of these no tices four were recived during the year 1847. "We have received 7,053 agreements, and confirmed 6,753; of these nine have been received, and four con firmed during the year 1847. " 6,424 notices for making awards have been issued, of which 352 were issued during the year 1847. "We have received 4,847 draughts of compulsory awards, and confirmed 4,332 ; of these 377 have been received, and 454 have been confirmed during the year 1847. " We hare received 10,173 apportionments, and con firmed 9,860; and of these 608 have been received, and 598 confirmed, during the year 1847. " In 11,085 tithe districts, as will be seen from the above statement, the rent-charges to be hereafter paid have been finally established by confirmed agreements or confirmed awards. " We have in our possession agreements and draughts of awards as yet unconfirmed 'which will include 815 additional tithe districts, and make a total, when com pleted, of 11,900 districts in which the tithes have been commuted. " 299 altered apportionments were made by the Tithe Commissioners up to the 31st December, 1847, of which 212 were confirmed. • " At that date exchange of glebe lands were effected in 169 places, and 51 such exchanges were in progress. " At the close of 1847 we had confirmed 8,260 distinct mergers of tithe. A considerable body of tithe had also been merged by parochial agreements. " We have to report the assurance which we have happily been able to give in all our former reports, that the processes of commutation are going on, on the whole, tranquilly and satisfactorily. " We have adverted in four former reports to the state of the law, under what is called Lord Tenterden's Act. " Although the law is not yet formally declared, an approach to a decision has taken place; that is, the Barons of the Exchequer have given a certificate of the opinion of their Court on a case submitted to it by the Lord Chancellor; on that certificate we have thought it best to proceed at once, without waiting for its ultimate confirmation. " Some inconvenience may, perhaps, result from this, but we think it obvious that much more intolerable in convenience would be caused from our delaying still further our own decisions. • "We have, &0., • "T. WENTWORTH BULLER. " WILLIAM BLAMIRE. " RICHARD JONES. "To the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, M.P., &e." MARRIAGES OF AFFINITY. In a letter, full of point and pith, upon the subject of Marriages of Aflinity, which is published in the Ap pendix to the Commissioners' Report, the Archbishop of Dublin says:—" I think you will find four in five mis take the real question—i. e., they will consider the real question to be, whether it be an advisable sort of marriage. But ask the same persons whether they think it advisable for a man to marry his servant-girl, or a woman young enough to be his daughter, or old enough to be his mo ther, &c. ; and when they answer No, ask them whether they would have a law to prohibit such marriages, and I think they would then perceive that it is absurd to keep men in leading-strings, and to take away all right of pri vate judgment whenever it is possible for men to judge wrong." The desire to enact one's own sentiments into a law for other people is, indeed, the essence of all bigotry and the germ of persecution. In the present instance we have no doubt that the feeling of the great majority of the English public, entirely ir respective of the law, is, and will continue to be, averse to marriage with a sister-in-law ; a similar feeling exists in many minds against a marriage between first cousins. But th e o pi n i on or feeling of the majority upon subjects of this nature cannot justify a prohibitory statute against the smaller class, who aro in fluenced by no such sentiment, or in whom it has been over-ruled by the force of circumstances, or by such a peculiar domestic position as we find illustrated in many painful instances by the evidence before us. A recent controversy supplies us with a close analogy. No doubt a large majority of the people of this kingdom will always prefer, if you give them the choice, a Chris tian representative to a Jewish one. We do not blame them for this, but we do blame those who seek to perpe tuate a law which forbids all the rest of the community to do otherwise. The Commissioners, after referring to the continued prevalence of the prohibited marriages, notwithstanding the legal penalties, observe—" The common foundation of such marriages is the familiar intercourse which necessarily prevails between a man and his sister-in-law, when, upon the death of a wife, she assumes her sister's place in the care of the children, and in the superintendence of the domestic establishment. We believe that among persons who have not passed the middle age, attachments will be very frequent whenever the sister of the deceased wife comes to live under the roof of the husband." " The end of such a state of things," they add, " among the poorer classes, in a great majority of cases, is either marriage or con cubinage." These conclusions of the Commissioners are powerfully borne out by the evidence, especially by that of members of the clerical profession, both in the Church of England and other communions, whose ministerial duties, performed in populous districts, have brought them into close contact with the poor. We extract the following passages from Dr. Wiseman's evidence—not that it differs from the statements of other witnesses to the same effect, but because it forcibly depicts a case of ordinary occurrence, and because the organization of his Church, and his position in the central districts of Eng land, give a value to his experience of the habits of the poorer classes. Dr. Wiseman says—"ln the middle classes it generally results from the sister having lived, perhaps for some years, in the family with the wife, the health of the wife perhaps being delicate. The wife dies and leaves a young family : the husband has his business to attend to, and has no one to take care of his children ; and the sister in-law has no other shelter; probably has lost her pa rents, or has been living for many years in her sister's house. I had an instance where she had been living 17 years in the family, and had been a second mother to the children. The case is very trying for both parties. There is an attachment naturally between them from their having lived so long together. To bring a stranger into the house wold probably be disturbing the peace and happi ness of the little family. The children are attached to their aunt, and it appears altogether the most natural arrangement for their happiness, as well as to prevent the sin, probably, of cohabitation without marriage, that a dispensation should be granted. That, I should say, is the history of nine out of ten cases which I have had to deal with." These Dr. Wiseman describes as the ordinary cases, but there are others, as the personal statements of some deeply interested par ties testify in the higher and more conspicuous walks of life, where the pressure of motives urging to these connexions derives an intense force and sanction from the most touching of all inducements, the death bed request of the wife anxious for the children she is leaving behind her. We may refer to the evidence of a witness, reported at page 24, whose name is not disclosed. The particulars are shortly these :—The wife of this gentleman, who is a stockbroker, died in 1840. " She had said before her decease,' that she should die happy if I could marry her sister, who had lived with us during our married life, and who, she said, would be as kind to her chil dren as herself." The wife died in 1840, and the mar riage of one daughter and the death of another, at the age of twenty-four, left the witness with three young girls in the school-room. After this event it became a question with the sister-in-law's family whether she should remain in the widower's house or not. The wish that the difficulty should be removed by their union was first suggested by her brother, repre senting the feelings of the family. The widower at fir fik hesitated how to ask. Ho consulted the rector of his parish, now a bishop. The rector consulted the Bishop of Loadon, who answered, " that no individual case could alter his general views of the subject." He, however, went so far as to consider the matter with another prelate (who, we may infer, took the opposite view), and the rector reports that the two bishops both agreed in not resting the case upon Scriptural grounds, which the Bishop ofLondon said he thought "by no means sufficiently certain to rest upon." The fact that two bishops thought the marriage not unlawful on Scriptural grounds, decided the witness as to his course, and he married his sister-in-law in Denmark, where such unions are autho rised by law, with the entire approbation of her family, in 1844. The opinion of society seems to have sanctioned the step, for all the friends and acquaintance continued their intercourse as before. Many similar cases, but some attended with more painful circumstances, are re corded in this volume. The argument, as far as it turns upon expediency, urged by Dr. Pusey and other advo cates of the present law, is, that by maintaining the restriction you "extend the domestic relation." By making a marriage with a wife's sister legally impos sible, you place her, say they, in the position of a real sister, you prevent the occurrence of any feelings towards her but those of pure natural affection, and you enable her to remain nnblamed in the house of her widowed brother-in-law, which otherwise she could never do. We deny the soundness of these positions in toto. They proceed upon a thorough misconception of the power and functions of human laws. Statutes cannot control human sentiment, nor Acts of Parliament operate either against, or in the place of, the laws of nature. The desires and affections of mankind are founded in the laws of their physical and moral being, not in those of society, and the latter will never possess a binding force unless they are in unison with the former. In the present instance ex perience has proved this to be so. For centuries these marriages have been under the ban of the law in England, yet, from the highest to the lowest class of society, they have been more or less prevalent. Twelve years ago it was found necessary to enact a new and more stringent law: still, in the face of its tremendous social and civil penalties, these marriages have continued to take place, as the statements of this report and the very existence of this Commission abundantly testify. And when it is suggested, as a matter of fact, that the law at present actually controls social opinion, and is an operative remedy against scandal, let us appeal to the opinion of any man who knows this censorious world, whether it is really possible, safely and blamelessly, for a young and attractive female to live along in a house with her widowed brother-in-Jaw, under the present state of things, and whether any prudent family would sanc tion such an arrangement? No. The Commissioners have stated the conclusion of truth and of common -snse in the con c l u di ng paragrap h s of t h e i r repor t : —" These marriages will tak e pl ace w h en a concurre nce of circum stances gives rise to mutual attachment. They are not DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... Population Enumerated, 1841 - West Districts... 300,711 North D.Aricts.. 375,971 Central I)istr . ..3ts 373,653 East Districts ... 392,444 South Districts.. 501,190 ...,,1;948,369 Males Females Average weekly Deaths Deaths, 1843-7. in tha live Simmers. Week. , 142 152 182 ... 232 178 ... 227 , 219 ... 242 251 243 ... 1,096 ... 567 ... 529 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females Total ... 695 ... 614 ... 1,309 PORTSMOUTH REGATTA.—This delightful amuse ment is fixed for the Bth and 9th of next month, under the patronage of Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, Sir Chas. Ogle, Bart., and Admiral Prescott. We understand that there is every reason to expect famous sport and spirited competition for the various prizes. Under the able superintendence of L. A Vandenberg, Esq., as chair man, and the untiring exertions of Mr. H. Hollingsworth as secretary, the success of this undertaking is secured. It is the intention of the committee to open the espla nade at Southsea on th e fi rs t d ay o f t h e regatta with a procession, which will tend to increase the attractions of the time and place ; and the advantages resulting from this important work will permanently increase the enjoyments of the visitors and inhabitants of Southsea and the borough generally.—Hampshire Guardian. THE DEMAND FOR ADDITIONAL POLICE FORCE.— Last evening, pursuant to announcement, a densely crowded public meeting of the ratepayers of St. Pancras, convened by the " new parochial committee," took place in the large-assembly room of the Rose and Crown Tavern, Colville-place, Tottenham Court-road, for the purpose of considering the recent enormously increased demand for an additional police force made upon the parishes in the county of Middlesex. Resolutions in accordance with the objects of the meeting having been proposed and agreed to, the meeting separated. EXCESS OF SAILORS IN THE NAVY.—There are 2,000 more seamen in the navy than provided for on the estimates; that number will accordingly be paid off as convenience or policy may dictate, in accordance with ' the recommendation of the late Cobden Committee. The Collingwood and Kingfisher, paid off this week at Ports mouth, have decreased this 2,000 by 800, and the Fox frigate and Hecate steam-sloop, hourly expected, will decrease it about 500 more. The next line-of-battle ship, therefore, home from the Mediterranean, will com plete the 2,000 to be paid off. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examina tions for the diploma, were admitted members of the College at the meeting of the Court of Examiners, on the 24th inst.:—Messrs. George William Peake, Borrow on-the-Hill, Leicestershire; Daniel Day Murphy, Fer moy, county Cork; GeorgeEFdlwoawredr John Trini Lazarus, nell,Hon East India Company's Service; Cal cutta; Henry Eales, Royal Navy; George Vernon Dri ver, ; Charles Christopher Piper, Guildford, Currell Smyth, Florence, Italy; and Thomas Bridoake Knott, Lees, near Manc hest e r. REVIEW OF owftbiu THEtbu last BRITISH few— d Surrey; Robert but the rain w hi c h h as hi t h e rto fallen has not done any weather days become Tore D injury t o th e gra i n crops ; i n som e localities the corn unsettled, E.The has been more or less beaten down and lodged, but if fine dry weather should succeed, this would probably be productive of no mischief. Wheat has now advanced so far towards maturity as to allow of something like an estimate being formed as to the probable yield per acre, and after careful in quiry among our agricultural friends, we are sorry to say that the promise does not appear to be par ticularly good. In the home counties the produce will, we feel satisfied, be considerably less than last year, though perhaps not much below that of average seasons ; and this seems to be the case pretty generally over the southern and western parts of England; in the northern districts the crops are hardly as yet sufficiently forward to allow of much being said on the subject, but on the whole we are not sanguine as to the, result. The most serious cause of uneasiness is, da h la o ay w rsm ev ini e na r gd ,. e th e spread of the potato disease; on this subject the accounts have, within the last week, become rather p T ro h g a r t e lte is d , i w so e rd ie er ar h , a to s d o u t r r i o n e g . t m he an l y ast of eig oo h r t correspondents admt th at whoa change ge week for ago tho worsedoubted ha ' hAttsv in y. g et bee n n ul a y ttac t k h e e d the late sorts will tot . wholl 1 , early t kinds.tis to be show apprehended r s e s i b t y tsa e m k n e p e d xa t u o i d :s m pt le t s an b cc o u ee t i uneasiness is certainlyescape , ana a good deal of beginning to be felt, That the mischief hitherto done . has been exaggerated we feel satisfied; but the fact of the disease having shown itself is sufficient to cause a p pre h ension, as fromth it e character d of the disorder no o ne can f oresee how far We are, therefore, not surpr i sed at the exeitetne Y nt ex w t h et i l ch the unfavourable reports in question have already given rise to. Owing to the greatly increased breadth of ground planted with potatoes, a failure would this year be far more serious in its consequences than it proved last season, when much of the land now de voted to the growth of that root was planted with beans, peas, and other substitutes. Accurate informa tion as to the real progress of the disorder is there fore of the first importance, and we shall spare no pains to collect facts from quarters least likely to be in fluenced by interested motives. Our own impression at present is, that if the late or main crop should fortu nately escape, the mit•hief would be comparatively trifling; but we must acknowledge that we entertain great doubts on the subject.—Mark•lane Express. WOOLWICH, JULY 25.—A court-martial assembled in the mess-room at the Royal Marine barracks yester day, Lieutenant and Adjutant W. S. Foote officiating judge-advocate, for the trial of William Francis, private of the 13th company, for mutinously insubordinate conduct. The trial is concluded, but the sentence will not be promulgated until it is sanctioned by the highest authorities. WEDNESDAY _EVENING, JULY 26, 1848. dependent on legiilation." They add:—" We are not inclined to think that such attachments and marriages would be extensively increased in number were the law to permit them; because, as we have said, it is not the state of the law, prohibitory or permissive, which has governed, or, as we think, ever will effectually govern, them."—Chronicle. PRICE S OF SHARES. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From the Official fist, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY E LONDON. TUESDAY, JULY 25. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. same of Company. Australasia •• •• •• •• •• Britsh .North American Ceylon commercial of Loadon ......... Gloucestershire •••••• lonian ............... Londn and Westminstr Ditto .............. London Joint-Stock ... Provincial of Ireland . • Ditto, New... • ...• • • isTational of Ireland .. Nat. Provincial of Eng. 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Amount of Paid. Share. 37. 10s. 6 per cent. 6/. per cent, . 8.6 d. pr oh. 7s. per share spr ct.& bs. 5/. per cent. 5 per cent. 4/. & bs. Si. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 12 per cent. 12s. 11. slt. & bs. 1/. 163. I N/. per ct. 51. per cent. 8/. per cent. 51. per cent. 1 3/. p. sr. & 10,3. 51. pvrcent. 11. ss. --. 48. 5/. per cent. 61. 10s. 1/. 6s. lON Pr crit. DOCIEST. ---------- Name of Company. Dividend Amountper of Paid. Annum. Sh are. Price. ---- ommercial .... ••.• • 41. p er cent. X Stock. d a. d. — East and West India... 61. pr cent. Stock. 1183,; East Country • • ..• •• . 255. per sh. 100 0 0 21 London „ ..... •.• • • • 5/. pr cent. Stock. 1023.4 Ditto Bonds •••• • • • • 41. per cent. — St• Katharine •••• .• • • 4 per cent. Stock. Ditto 80nd5........ 434 /. pr cent. Southampton •• •• •• •• V. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 WATERWORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, i per of Paid. Price. 1 Annum. Share. • —____ ______ _ Birmingham. .... •• 18 s. £•. d. £ 5. d.25 0 0 25 0 0 East London. • 81. 100 0 0 lB Grand Junction ••.. • • 2/ . 1 08. 41 13 4 81 31. 100 0 0 _ 75 I New ltivr Lndn Brdge 21. 10 s. 55 Vauxhall ...... .•• • • • 51. per cat. 100 0 0 '-- West Middlesex .. . 61.0 8. pr ent. 117 GAS-LIGHT AND COICE COIYIPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---. British .• ...... ••• • • • X. s. d. X. s . d . 1/. 40 0 0 18 0 0 16 Ditto Provincial—. 1/. Bs. 120 0 0 19 0 0 22 Bristol ........ ••. • • • 101. per cent.l 20 0 0 Brighton .......• .• .. 5/. p er cent. ;20 0 0 16 City of London ...... 101. 1100 0 0 100 0 0 250 Continental Consolidat. 925. pr share 50 0 0 39 5 0 Ditto, New ••••• • • • 655, pr share, 50 0 0 37 10 0 Equitable........ •• • . 45e. pr share 50 0 0 50 0 0 36 Imperial ...... •.• • • • 6/. per cent. '5O 0 0 50 0 0 71 Independent ..... —• • 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 64 London.... .... .... .. 50 0 0 30 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Phoenix . .... .. ••• • .. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 46 0 0 293 Itateliff .. —•..•• • • • • 51. and lons. 100 0 0 90 0 0 7 5 United General .. .• •• 4 36 1 . pr cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 15 Westminster Chartered 3/, 50 0 0 5536 Ditto, New .... -... 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 11 edit-W.IILS. Names of i..) Dividend' Names of th ' Dividend Companies. ~.0 per I Price. Companies. per Price. Z Annum.( . 1 4 Annum. lo ---- - -- - --- -_ -. X Ashtn& Oldh 97 71. p c 80 Macclesfield . 100 \ Barnsley ... • 160 121. 1 8 0 Neath •• •• • • 100 - 1 18/. - 3 rkiik&Abrg 150 SI. 85 O x f or d.... • • 100 Birmingham 35 4!. 80 P ea k Forest. 78 201. 190 Coventry ..•• 100 25/. --Regent's .... - - 331 11. ss. 18% Derby ••• • • 100 61. 63 Rochdale.... 85 0 . 1 5 30 Ellsmre&Chs 133 41. 4 8 Somrset Coal 150 71. 4 1 1 s. Ere,,, ash ... 100 321. - Do.Lk Fd St 121 61. n. c. UrandJunctn 100 5/. Grand Surrey 100 - 77 Stffrd &Wore 1 40 28'1. 290 35 Shrewsbury.. Grand Union 100 11. 10 s . 25 Stoarbridge.. 145 201. 285 arantham • • 1501 121. - Severn andi Kennt & Avu 391 7s. 6d. 4N Wye Rail. j 26' 11. 85. 26 Le.2, , ls&Livrp'loo 341. 410 Warwick&i Leicester ..•• 140' 101. 75 I.3irming. 3 1 00 51. 65 Leicstr &Nth 83 4/. 36 Warwick& :,oughborogh 142 701. - N ap t on.. l 100 _ 46 Monmouthshllool 81. - Worcstr & } fp Intgemrysh ; 100 51. - Binning. 78 21. IVeltnMwbrylloo 101. - Wilts & Brks - 11. 11 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 1(25 Caledonian Bank ... •• 7% per sent. 10 0 0 210 4!. Os City of Glasgow 15ank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 111 0 11},; Clydesdale Bank.... •• 6% per cent. 20 0010 0 12% Commercial Bank ... • 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 150 Eastern Bank...-. • • 6/. per cent. 25 u 0 10 0 91.195. Edlnbiz Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 5 0 :. 5 3i Exehange Bnk of Scot.. 61. per cent. 100 00-50 0 41% Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 National Bank 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 13 North of Scotland Bank 71. per cent. 20 0 0 5 0 3/.155. North British Bank - 50 0010 0 334 Royal Bank of Scotland 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 118% Union Bank of Scotland 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 'BO Western Bank- -•• • • 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 10 Aberdeen Fire and Life 121. per cent. 12 10 0 2 0 23.; B. Accord. Life and Fire - 20 0 0 011 - British Guarantee Ins. - 10 0 0 1 0 10s Od Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 21 Church of England Ins. - 50 0 0 2 0 - City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 2/. 4s ' Edinburgh Life Insur GI. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 17 East of Scotland Life - 10 0 0 015 118.0 d. Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 - Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 11 Insur. Co. of Scetlnd SI. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 7 Life Assoc. of Scotland 51. per cant. 10 0 0 1 0 lIL 7s Mercantile Life .... - - 10 0 0 011 ss. Od. National Fire and Life Si. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 20s. North British Incur 5% /.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 22 North & West of Scot Ol. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 17i.0d. Scottish Life and Guar - 20 0 0 011 ss. Scot. Mas. and Gen. Life - 10 0 015 108.01 Scottish Union Insrnce. 634!. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 ii. Is Standard Life •....... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 9 1( United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 128.0 d MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amoqnt Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Mare. ----- - s. Australian Agriculturl - 10 X. 00d.X. s. d. Anglo-Mexican Mint., 11. 4s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - Ditto, Ralf Shares.. - - 210 0 - Canada ........ • • ... 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 - Uppr Canada, Bonds 51. per cent. - - - City 80nd5....., • ... 3341. pr cent. - - 82 Comp.Cppr Mars Eng. 51. percent. 100 0 0 70 0 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.& bs, 21 100 0 0 i 100 0 0 - Equitable Iteversionry 51. pr cent. 100 0 0 'lOO 0 0 ? . !3i Gen.SteamN av i ga ti on 11.81. 15 0 0 14 0 0 r 4 London Institution ... - - - Peninslr& Orient.Stm. 8/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 _52 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 ~,, Royal Mall Steam.... 3341. pr cent. 100 0 0 60 0 0 NA , South Australian ..... 1/. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Van Dieman's Land.. - 100 0 0 23 0 0 - Universal Salvage• •.. - 25 0 0 b 0 0 - 1 RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. LORD SHAFTESBURY'S COMMITTEE.—Ftin- NEss.—This Bill was recommitted for the purpose of in troducing clauses relating to the capital. GROUP No. B.—NORTH AND SOUTH-WESTERN (Harrow to Brentford).--The case for the promoters and the opposition of the Great Western Company having closed, the room was cleared, and the Committee, after a short consultation, decided that it was not desirable to proceed further with the Bill. Adtbonmnt of GROUP No. 9 .—GLASOOW, BARRHEAD, AND H uit . to -morrow. LEL—Case and opposition further considere GROUP No. 10.— LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AN D N E WCASTLE-UPON - TYNE JUNC o T s I t O p N one ( opposition i and on I Dissoluti on sed,bu t decisiono f th postponed Company) , — Case and • -- I ELECTION COMMTTEES. (YESTERDAY.) DUBLIN. At the sitting of the Committee this morning, Mr. Rowe applied to the Committee on behalf of the sitting Member to report to the House that the petitioners had neglected to:pay the expenses of their witnesses, who had been brought f rom t h e i r homes in Dublin at great incon venience to themselves. The NOBLE CHAIRDIAN said he would consult the lING. Speaker as to the course usually pursued under such circumstances, and report the result to-morrow morning. The :crutsuy into the validity of Mr. Reynolds's ma jority was then proceeded with, and in the course of the day the petitioners succeeded in striking oe' another vote. NORTH CHESHIRE. The evidence as to treating at Stockport was resumed. Ono witness stated that he was promised by one of Mr. Leigh's agent, that in the event of his losing his situa tion through voting for that gentleman another should be procured for him. Upon the faith of this promise he polled for Mr. Leigh, and was imme diately afterwards dismissed from the employment he was then engaged in. Subsequently, how ever, another situation was procured for him by the gentleman who had canvassed him for Mr. Leigh, and he was also paid 12s. for the loss he sustained in being out of employment for a few days. On the polling day be and a number of other voters were supplied with refresh ment tickets, but he understood that the publican who honoured the tickets had been informed that he would not be paid his bill till after the petition had been dis posed of. Another witness, while giving evidence of treating, accidentally let cut that before polling he met one of Mr. Leigh's canvassers, to whom he stated that be had a gre.it disinclination to vote for that gen tleman, whereupon the canvasser gave him 15s. to sat his mind at rest on that point, and carried him off there and then to poll for Mr. Leigh. A lengthened argument arose as to whether this part of the evidence ought to remain on the notes, or whether these two instances of bribery could be pursued further. It was contended by Mr. Merewether, the counsel for the sitting Member, that, as the petitioners had abandoned their allegations of bribery, the Committee ought not to allow the evi dence of bribery to proceed further. The Committee decided against the objection. VAUXHALL -BRIDGE COMPANY. A meeting of the proprietors was held yesterday at )• the George and V u lt ure T avern Cornhill (Mr. Parnell 3% in the chair), for the purpose of considering the pro s priety of rescinding a resolution passed at a general t meeting of the proprietors, on the 4th of May, by which 7 the committee were recommended not to incur any law expenses in resisting the claims made on the company for land-tax and sewers' rate, and to authorise the com mittee to resist payment of such claims, or either of them. The advertisement convening the meeting having ice been read, the minutes of the last general meeting were recited, by which it appears that the amount of land-tax demanded was 141. 11s. Bd. An amendment had been ;Y moved that the C omm i ttee should pay the amount or 7 4% not, according to their discretion. The amendment was 3 negatived by a large majority. The CHAIRMAN stated, that at the last meeting on this subject, it had been very properly stated, that it was not worth the while of the company, for such a sum as • a little more than 14/., which was the amount demanded • of the proprietors. But it had been also properly stated that the wedge, when once inserted, would soon be : driven home. And so it had proved, for instead of .5644 which was the amount to which the property was formerly assessed, the rate bad now been charged on no less a sum than 5,9681., and the land-tax, instead of amounting to about 161., was now 1511. The samerule held with regard to the sewers rate, for though the only charge now levied 08. was upon 6001. on the Surrey side, yet there was every reason to believe that the same excess as had been ob servable in the land-tax would also be noticeable in the sewers' rate. A resolution was then submitted, giving to the direc tors legal powers to resist these charges, or not, as they might think best, the Chairman stating that Sir Fitzroy Kelly had positively given his opinion that the shares being personal property, the bridge was not liable to land -tax. A conversation ensued, from which it appeared, that although the probability was great that the imposition of the land-tax might be avoided, a resistance to the sewers' rate was hopeless, at least so far as the costs were concerned. The resolution was ultimately divided into two, one for rescinding the resolution previously passed, so far as the land-tax was concerned, and the other with respect to the sewers' rate, and both were passed. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman and com mittee, and the meeting was dissolved. .ARKE T INTELLIGENCE (From the London New Price Current of July 25.) SUGAR.—To-day there was not the least improvement in the home demand for raw Sugar, although holders were disposed to make a further concession in the value of duty-peid sorts. Indeed it is still difficult to give accurate quotations. For Foreign, in bond, there is a firm market. West India was dealt in with caution fur all purposes, whilst prices compared with those of Friday show a decline of 6d. A public sale of 141 hhds and 92 tierces of Barbadoes went off flatly at a similar reduction—fine yellow sold at 41s to 425, good 40s to 41s, good middling 39s 6d, middling 33s to 39s per cwt. The total quantity sold amounts to only 360 hhds and trcs. REFINED.—To-day there was no improvement in the position of the market for Refined Sugar ; there was also a desire on the part of home-trade refiners to sell. The rates accepted are 52s ed for brown, 53s for brown, and 53s for standard lumps. For tonded Crushed • Sugar the market is firm, and there is a good demand at 26s .to 27s per cwt. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon the sales made by pri vate treaty in Mauritius were star!', and 505 bags at auction went at barely the former value, fine yellow 39s to 39s Gd, good 37s 6d to 38s, middling 36s to 375, low 345, washed and syrupy 33s to 38s per cwt. EAST INDIA.-This afternoon there was no improve ment in the demand for Madras Sugar; at public sale 4,470 bags were nearly nil taken in about the former value. Of Bengal 1,790 were, offered and sold at Gd per cwt decline. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar, and by private treaty little desire was shown to do business in duty paid or bonded sorts, whilst prices are on the decline. COFFEE.— This afternoon there was not a better demand by private treaty for Native Ceylon, and 433 bags at auction were taken in at 30s for good ordinary, whilst ,64 casks and 1,367 bags Plantation were only in part sold at about the former value. Cocoa.—British plantation is not much wanted, and sellers are willing to make a concession on last week's rates of 6d to is per cwt. At auction 555 bags 125 brls of Trinidad were only in part sold. The market for foreign is dull. TEA. —On the part of the trade a desire is manifested generally to get well stocked with Congou, and former advanced rates are supported. There is firmness on the part of holders, and they insist upon the fol following terms; ord unclean 7d to 7:l i d, coarse and new kinds 8d to 81d, mixed leaf ditto 9d to ltd, blackish leaf rather strong to strong Is to is '2d, strong, and Pekoe flavour is 3d to is 6d, and fine is Is 8d to 2s 2d. There is a fair demand for Pouchong at 4d to Bd. Of Sou chong several parcels have been taken; ord at 9d to Is, and good to fine is 3d to 2s. 4d. Green cannot be called higher, but there is firmness on the part of holders, and a fair amount o f b us i ness has been concluded. A' fair demand exists for other sorts of Tea. Rice. —To-day there was much activity in the market for East India Rice, and prices have further advanced Is per cwt. At public sale 2,26 U bags and 802 packages Bengal were sold. nearly all tak en in at;ove the value ; middling small SAGO. —To-d ay a t auct i on 337 boxes were offered, and greyish pearl 20s, a few lots sold at 19s ed per cwt: 642 tins Jamaica Arrowroot at 71d; 100 tins, 35 brls of St. Vinceuts taken in at 54c1 to Bd. SPICES. —To-day Cassia Lignea met with little atten tion, and 842 boxes at public auction went is per oil_ cheaper. 597 b ags M a l a b ar P epper sold at 21d for half heavy grey; 35 bags of White i ditto taken in at qd for middling; 198 b arre l s J ama i ca G i nger sold at 21111 to 81 Is. Saltpetre privately, and none offered at 6 p to D ll 26s =74v SALTPETRE.—To-day there was little passin u g . Prices keep on the decline, and rule at 22a d low to fine. not improved in value, SPIRITS.— Jamaica maim Rum has ter demand for although there has been i , o u ro_fe . and obtain operators. holders show rm day week. Since all sorts, but the home trade have beenfirmness, rates equal to those of this b een sold. The that time 500 puns have with low and market is w e ll supplied, especially dealt in with greater the chief middling sorts. Demerara has beten highsr, and rule at 2s freedom, but quotations are demand exists for Leeward Island. business concluded in On.s.—There bas been less holders there is firmness. At Palm, still on the part o f on ly in part sold, at 26s to 4d to 3s for 25 to 38 per cent o n r o eproof. A much better public sale 202 casks wer e _ much required, and prices tend down.. Rapeseed Oil 30s ed for lowistno Cocoa Nut is yet little wanted. wards. The sales made and few export orders are not t m ne le in Linseed Oil have been of lit tle moment for tra de , purposes , firmness on con tinue small, whilst has been steady. the decline. There is the part of holders of Olive, as arrivals the demand is improving. Lard Oil Of Fish Oils further parcels have to hand, and prices generally have a downward come , in the market. 1 flees are on ten d e ncy. In Cod few sales have been made. Seal is offered at further reduced ter ms, yet buyers have operated with caution. Southern is wanted, an vately realise fully former rates, whilst 146 tuns at auc tion were all sold. TALLOW.—Prices continue to decline for Russian on the spot, and the town as well as country trade continue to sufficientobtained atfo4r3sth3edirto immediate make purchases with caution. Fine P. Y. Candle can be d per cwwatn' ts, Bu a y s er p s ri o c n e l s y take sre likely to farther recede. For delivery in the last three months of the year few contracts have been concluded, and there are sellers at 42s Gd to 42s 9d per cwt. Home made have been operated in with caution, and can be ob tained at 43s 6d to 44s net cash ; there is also a further increase in the supply. For other kinds of Tallow fur ther reduced rates have been taken, as the supply con tinues to exceed the wants of the trade. FURTHER SEIZURE OF ARM;AT LIVERPOOL.- Yesterday morning, at an early hour, as police-constable 590 was on duty in Hurst•street, he observed a young man removing pikes and other weapons from a cellar beneath a public-house at the coiner of Garden-lane. They were oeing removed to the garret of a neighbour ing house. The officer obtained assistance, and the arms, which consisted of three rusty pikes, a gun with some bayonets, a cutlass, and a sword in its scabbard, were seized and carried to the police-office. The occupant of the garret and the young man found removing the wea pons, were both taken into custody, and brought yester day before Mr. E. Rushton, the stipendiary magistrate. The above facts were deposed to; and the prisoners re manded. The Duke of Norfolk and the Earl of Wilton had in terviews yesterday with Sir George Grey.