The Sun. — London, England, 1849-08-02 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GOODWOOD RACES.—WEDNEsDAY. sweepstakes of 300 sovs. each, h ft, for three yrs old fillies, Bst 71b. each. (6 Subs.) Lord Exeter's Midia (Flatman) 1 Mr. R. H. Nevill's Letitia (Bartholomew) 2 , Betting-5 to 2on Letitia, who was beaten cleverly by a length. Run in 2 min. 23 sec. The Goodwood Stakes of 25 soya. each, 15 ft, and only 5 if declared, &c.; the winner ef the Northumberland Plate, the Gloucestershire Stakes, or Liverpool Cup, to carry 51b; of any two of these stakes, 71b extra; the second to receive 100 soya. oat of the stakes, and the winner to pay 15 sovs. to the Judge. Two miles and a half. (115 Subs., 74 of whom declared). Mr. J. Clarke's Maid of Lyrae, 6 yrs, Est 131 b (Evans) 1 Sir J. Hawley's Van Diemen, sst 61b ...(J. Osborne) 2 Mr. E. R. Clark's Giselle, 6 yrs, 6st 121 b (Dockeray) 3 Mr. Merry:s Chanticleer, 6 yrs, 9st 131 b (S. Rogers) 4 Mr. Rolt's Collingwood, 6 yrs, 9st 81b ... (F. Butler) 0 Lord Clitden's Wanota, 5 yrs, Bst 51b ... (Robinson) 0 Captain Weather's Maid of Masham, 4 yrs, 7st 91b... 0 Colonel Peel's The Admiral, 5 yrs, 7st 91b (Flatman) 0 Sir J. Hawley's The Tartar, 5 yrs, 7st 71b (S. Mann) 0 Lord Eglinton's Plaudit, aged, 7st 71b (Petit) 0 Mr. Death's Antagonist, 5 yrs, 7st 61b...(W. Abdale) 0 'Mr. Gregory's Clermont, 5 yrs, 7st 61b ... (J. Sharp) 0 Duke of Richmond's Hornpipe, 6st 13Ib (Kitchener) 0 Mr. Griffiths's Hagley, 4 yrs, 6st 111 b (Matun) 0 Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip, 5 yrs, 6st 91b (Charlton) 0 Lord Exeter's Tophana, 4 yrs, Est 81b ...(E. Sharp) 0 Mr. W. S. Stanley's Fire-eater, 3 yrs, Est 31b (Dean) 0 Mr. Dawson's Priestess, 3 yrs, sst 31b ...(Harwood) 0 Mr. Cuthbert'; Emma Donna, 4st 131 b (E. Harrison) 0 Lord Clifden's Wallflower, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b, carried sst 0 Mr. Drinkald's Over-fork-over, 3 yrs, 4st 31b carries 4st 1 llb ••• ••• •••(Enett) 0 Betting-6 to 1 agst Plaudit, 7to 1 agst Giselle, 10 to 1 agst Collingwood, 12 to 1 agat Van Diemen, 12 to 1 agst Maid of Lyme, 14 to 1 agst Wanota, 15 to 1 agst Tophana, 16 to 1 agst Over-fork-over, 16 to 1 agst Clermont, and 25 to 1 agat any other. The front rank .at starting was composed of Maid of Lyme, Over-fork over, Wanota, Plaudit, Chanticleer, Van Diemen, and Giselle; Over-fork-over and Maid oLyme being in ad vance nearly abreast; the ruck was laid close. Colling wood, Fire-eater, and the Tartar bringing up the rear. They ran in this way for about a distance. The lead was then taken by Wanota, who with Maid of Lyme, Plaudit, and Over-fork- over in attendance, made strong running for rather more than half a mile; he was then passed by Maid of Lyme, who went on with a clear lead to the end, and won very easily by two lengths; Gisello took the second place at the last turn, but was caught by Van Diemen at the distance, and beaten for the second money by a length. Chanticleer laid for ward all the way, and was not beaten more than half a length from Giselle; Collingwood and Hornpipe were next. The race was run in 4 min. 52 sees. Tho Bunney Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft, for two yrs olds. Colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. Half a mile (8 Subs.) Duke of Richmond's Officious Williams)atman) 1 Lord Strathmore's Hood Betting-15 to lon Officious. Won with the greatest ease imaginable by a length. The Drawing Room Stakes of 25 sou. each, with a ' bonus by independent subscription of 10 soya each , for three yrs olds. Colts. Bat 71b; fillies, Bst 2 1 h ; winners extra. The second to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 25 sovs. to the Judge. (24 Subs. to the Stakes and 22 to the Bonus.) Mr. Gordon's Borneo (F. Butler) 1 Lord Exeter's Testator (Robinson) 2 Colonel Peel's Indus (Flatman) 3 Betting 7 to 2 on Borneo, who made nearly all the 'running, and won in a canter by two lengths, Testator beating Indus for the second money by half a length. Run in four minutes. The Stewards' Cup of 300 soya., added to a Handicap of sovs. each. T.Y.C. (41 Subs.) Lord Clifden's Cotton Lord, 3 yrs, fist 121 b (car ried 6st) (G. Brown) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Ferule, 3 yrs, sst 121b...(FIiett) 2 Mr. Payne's Farthingale, 3 yrs, 7st (Dockeray) 3 Mr. Drinkald's Thornhill, 3 yrs, Est 71b...(Rodney) 4 Duke of Rutland's the Fiddler, 4 yrs, Bst 91b (Robinson) 0 • Mr. Herbert's Radulphus, 6 yrs, Bst 31b (Sly) 0 Mr. Ford's Teleeraph, 4 yrs, Bst (W. Howlet) 0 Mr. Beauclerc's Whitstone, 4 yrs, ist 131 b (J. Sharp) 0 Mr. Rolt's Besborough, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b (Petitt) 0 Mr. Gully's Osterley, 3 yrs, 7st 131 b (A. Day) 0 Sir G. Heathcote's Valentinia, 4yrs, 7st 91b (S. Mann) 0 Mr. William's Laundry Maid, 6 yrs, 7st 81b( Abrahams) 0 Mr. Burgess's f by Sir Hercules, out of Gift, 3 yrs. Tat 71b (Burn) 0 Mr. W. Sadler's Master hurray, aged, 7st 41b (Maton) 0 Mr. Frankum's Dolly Varden, 3 yrs, 7st...(Charlton) 0 Mr. Holston's Passion Flower, 4 yrs, Est 121b(Crouch) 0 • Lord Glasgow's f by Lanercost, out of Canada, 3 yrs, fist 121 b Mr. Gordon's First Chance, 3 yrs, Est 11 lb (Kitchener) 0 Mr. B. Hunt's Chicaneur, 4 yrs, Est 71b ...(E. Sharp) 0 Lord Exeter's Midia, 3 yrs, bat 121 b (carried 6st) 0 Mr. Corrien's Nautch Girl, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Collins) 0 Colonel Peel's Taffrail, 4 yrs 7st 61b (Flatman) 0 Betting-3 to 1 agst Cotton Lord-7 to 2 agst Far• thingale-7 to 2 agst Nautch Girl-10 to 1 agat The Fiddler-12 to 1 each agst Taffrail and Midia—and 16 to 1 agst Radulphus. Farthingale and Ferule got off together, and made the running to the distance, where Ferule took it up. The latter was caught opposite the stand, and after a good race defeated by half a length; Farthingale a good third, and Thornhill close np. Run in Im. 20 sec. Sweepstakes of 20 soya. each, with 50 added; for three yrs old Est 101 b, four Bst 31b, five Bst 121 b, six and aged 9st 21b; the winner to be sold for 300 soya., if demanded, &c., and allowances if to be sold for less ; winners once in the present week to carry 41b, twice 71b extra. Craven Course. (5 Subs.) Mr. Drinkald's Grief, 3 yrs, sst 6lb ....(Rodney) 1 Duke of Richmond's Reflection, 4 yrs, 64t 131 b Lord Clifden's Fallow Deer, 4 yrs, 6st 131b...(Pearl) 3 Betting-6 to 4 agst Grief, and 2to agst Reflection. Won in a canter, by six lengths. Run in 2m. 17 sec. The winner claimed for 100 sovs. Match, 100, h ft; last half mile—Duke of Richmond's Poughbey, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b (Flatman), beat Duke of Bed feed's Scamps Via, 2 yrs, sst 121 b (E. Sharp), by a length. 6t040n P 1 )ugliboy. Run in 53 sec. The Members' Plate of 501, with 501. added; with 101. from the fund for the second horse ; three yrs old 7st • 71b, four yrs Bst 81b, five yrs 9st, six 3frs and aged, 9st 41b; the winner to be sold for 2501, &c. Once round. Lord Exeter's Testator, 3 yrs (Flatman) 1 Captain Lowther's Watchdog, 5 yr5.........(5. Rogers) 2 Mr. Dawson's Priestess, 3 yrs (J. Prince) 3 Mr. Salt's Jonathan Wild, 6 yrs 5 to 4 agst Testator, 5 to 2 agat Priestess, and 3 to 1 agst Watchdog.—Won by half a length, Priestess a bad third. Run in 4 min. 7 secs. The racing this afternoon, if it lacked the rich Pro duce Stakes, which gave so much interest to the first day, offered counterbalancing attractions in the Good wood Stakes and Stewards' Cup, the fields for which were large, and the betting uncommonly spirited; the . other events were of inferior importance. The sport, however, on the whole, was good, and its enjoyment by a large and fashionable company was enhanced by the extreme fineness of the weather. Time was ad mirably kept, and the racing . finished at a few minutes before five. LATEST CUP BETTING. Even on Canezqu, 5 to 1 agst the Hero, 6 to 1 sgst Tadmor. Tadmor'a starting has been declared to be doubtful. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TIIESDA.Y . I GOODWOOD STAKES.-7 to 1 agst Clermont (t)—lo tol agst the Maid of Lyme (t)-10 to 1 agst Collingwood (t )-10 to 1 agst Van Dieman (t)-12 to 1 agst Maid of Alasham (t)-15 to 1 agst Tophana (t)-16 to 1 agst Hornpipe (t)-300 to 8 agst Fire-eater (t). Goon WOOD CIJP.-6 to 4 agst Canezou (taken freely). ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN.—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal High nesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, honoured the performance at the Royal Italian Opera on Tuesday even- Mg with their presence, and occupied her Majesty's box. There were in attendance upon her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir G. Cowper, Bart. ; in attendance upon the Duchess of Cambridge were Lady Augusta Cadogan, and Mr. Edmund St. John Mildmay. Among the visitors were, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Wei roar, Prince Richard Metternich, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister, the Russian Consul General, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis of Douro, the Countess of Glengall, the Countess of Westmoreland and the Ladies Butl. r, Earl Compton. the Earl of Belfast, the Earl of Cardigan, Earl Manvers, and the Honourable Sidney Pierrepoint, the Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers, the Earl and Countess of Kenmare and Mr. Valentine Browne, the Countess de Flahault and Mdlle. de Flahault, the Countess of 3lalmesbury, Countess Cadogan and the Hon. Captain Cadogan, Lady Georgina Grey, Lady Mary Bentinck, Earl Bruce, the Earl of Wilton, le Comte and Ccmtesse de Nouailles, le Comte and Comtesse de Rossi, Viscount Duplin, Viscount Clifden, Lord Cranstoun, Lord Brown low Cecil, Baron Koller, Lord Alfred Paget, Lord Fo rester, Lord Elphinstone, Baron de Steinberg, Lady Bateman, Lady Duff Gordon, the Hon. Miss Gordon, Hun. Julian Face, Hon. Theobald Dillon, Hon. W. L. Powys Hon. Ralph Neville, Hon. F. L. Gower, M.P., Chevalier and Mdme. de Hurts, Hon. Mrs. Charles Cust and Miss Macdonald, Sir H. Webb, Bart., Sir Peregrine /Wand, Bert., Sir Isaac Lyon, Lady and the Misses Goldsmidt, Sir William and Lady Clay, Sir Henry Paulet, Bart., Sir J o h n Gibbons, Bart., Sir Thomas Bare, Bait, Sir William Abdy, Bart Lady de Bathe and Miss d e B athe, Sir Henry Meux, Bart., Lady Antrobus, Lady Shelle y, L ady Lawley, Lady Talbot and the lionli.e.M: 24r. Mr. Talbot,., Lushington, M.P., Mr. T. Baring, D.anistoun,onel MI)" Mr. Denistoun, North, Captain Egerton, Captain W. Tomlins, Captain Durham , Captain Hamil ton. Colonel Wingfield , Captai n F . S eymour, Captain C. Ellison, Miss Burdett Coutts, Miss Temple Mowdoin, Miss Byrne, Miss Richards, &c. [AnYEnTisnmENT.]—A. certified Cure of Scrofula by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—The following certificaterula from Mr. Alc orn, of Jerr y 's Plains, New South Wales, was forwarded to Professor Holloway by Mr. Pinkev, chemist, of the same place. " This is to certify that my daughter, aged seven years, was afflicted with scrofula for three years, and that, after she bad been attended by several respectable practitioners, without success, I was induced to try Holloway's Ointment and Pills, which remedies in about three months completely cured her, and she is now in the best of health. This can be verified by various persons in this vicinity, where I have resided for twenty-two years. (Signed) R. Alcorn. Jan. 1, 1849." ,Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establish ment, 244, Strand, London. Thomas Fricker, Esq., was on Frid a y elected to the coronership of North Lincolnshire, in the room of Mr. Mastin, resigned. THE ARCHEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. SALISBURY, TUESDAY.—The annual meeting of the institute concluded this day by an excursion to Sil bury-hill, to investigate the operations in progress there, under the auspices of the society, and to exa mine its contents, as well as those of other celebrated barrows in that neighbourhood. Dr. Merewether, Dean of Hereford, has taken great interest in the operations going on in this locality. He visited the spot last week to superintend the proceedings of the workmen engaged. He found the tunnel, which has been made by subscription, advanced about 32 yards into the hill, parallel with the surface of the soil. He had recommended the workmen to stop at about two yards from the centre of the hill, where he expected to find some remains, a cist with bones and coins or other contents. Under the guidance of the Dean the party inspected the spot to-day, end were pleased with the proceedings. The day was remarkably favour able, and the fine bracing air of the Wiltshire Downs was thoroughly enjoyed by all present. The meetings in this city have gone off well, not withstanding the meagreness of the attendance, a fact which may be accounted for by unfavourable weather at the commencement, and the state of dis ease in which the town has been during the meeting. The papers read at the meetings have been of more than ordinary excellence, and, if we may credit the assertions of some of these gentlemen, the members were highly pleased with their reception, and gratified by the results of their meeting. Great credit is due to the local authorities and local committee for the excellence of their arrangements and the zeal shown in providing the necessary accommodation. Nor should the hospitable manner in which the savans have been received by our local gentry be forgotten. On the whole, this visit has clearly shown that Salisbury possesses ample antiquarian resources for many such meetings as that which has just closed. CONGRESS OF :THE BRITISH ARCH/E. °LOGICAL ASSOCIATION. CHESTER, TuEsnar MORNlNG.—Yesterday even ing the congress open NI with a promise of very great success. The trains .during the day had brought numerous visitors from London and from various parts of the country, and at eight o'clock not less than 300, a considerable portion of whom were ladies, were assembled iLn the room of meeting—the Royal Assembly Room. The Noble President, Lord Albert Conyngham, took the chair, and was sup ported by the Bishop, the Dean, the Mayo!, and a Lord Albert Conyneiam was intro duced .s number of the leading members of theassociat t t o on t . he but very judicious, speech . mixed audience of citizbenvs the an d Bishop of i e n dd s the PRESIDENT brief, hester. In a short opening 96 re . s , . . . spoke of the importance and interest of the study of ad verted to his own recent antiquarian visit to Greece, archwology, and of the pleasure which he had himself derived from it, and described the objects of the meeting. His observations were received with very strongly marked feelings of satisfaction. He then introduced to the meeting Mr. DILLON CHOKER, who read some remarks on the study of archaeology. He was followed by Mr. PLANCHE, who read a long paper on the seals of the Earls of Chester, in which he attempted toclear up some obscurities in their armorial bearings, but the paper was of a character which would not admit of our giving an analysis in the space to which our report must naturally be restricted. He made some incidental remarks on the absurd conventional forms which had gradually been given to particular animals on the shields, and instanced especially that of the lion. At the conclusion of the paper, Sir W. BETHAM rose and made some observations on the latter point. He mentioned the instance of a heraldic painter, who had been for many years in the habit of painting such lions, and who had never seen real lions until one day he was taken to the mena gerie in the Tower. When shown the lions he laughed at his conductor, imagining it was a joke, they were so totally dissimilar to the animals he had been so long accustomed to call by that name. Mr. WRIGHT next gave his paper on the ivory casket, which he stated, from the workmanship and costume, to be of the beginning of the fourteenth century. It was an attempt to give an accurate and rational explanation of pictorial representations, which had been hitherto spoken of in a very vague manner. Mr. Wright pointed out the value to the archaeologist and historian of such pictorial represen tations, and the use which had been made of the similar works of the Romans, Greeks, and Egyptians. He then gave a brief sketch of the origin and progress of the medimval romance, and described and explained the scenes represented on the coffer, in doing which he showed the influence of those romances on the manners and sentiments of the female sex in the middle ages, for whose use such articles were in tended. Thus the consideration of antiquities of this class illustrated the manners and history of the past, as well as the progress of the arts. A local antiquary, Mr. W. BEAMONT, then read a long paper on the origin, history, and existing re mains at Eddisbury, of which, nor of the paper, which concluded the evening, by Mr. Halliwell, on the cottage literature of the palatine counties, we will not attempt an abstract. Mr. Halliwell gave some curious notices of old printed tracts, relating chiefly to Chester, or printed in the palatine. The meeting broke up late, and evidently well satisfied with this first stage of the proceedings. This morning the archxologists have been em ployed in wandering about the town, and they are now assembling in the Shire Hall to listen to Mr. Black's lecture ou the records o f th e palatinate of Chester. Domestic affairs have suddenly called away Lord Albert Conyngham, who left Chester about ten o'clock this morning, very unexpectedly. The Bishop of Chester has taken the chair at the meeting in the Shire Hall. REPRESENTATION OF BOSTON. THE N OMINATION. BOSTON, WEDNESDAY.—More than usual interest was excited in the town this morning by the announce ment that Mr. Freshfield, the Conservative candidate, had withdrawn, from a sense of the i m p oss ibilit y o f obtaining a sufficient: number of votes to give any hope of his being returned at this election. Mr. Freshfield, previous to his departure from the town, announced the difficulties under which he had entered the field at a late period. The nomination was fixed for ten o'clock. On reaching the hustings, Mr. W. Garfitt, banker, of Boston, nominated Captain Pelham. Alderman Rawsox seconded the nomination. Mr. SNAITU proposed Mr. D. W. Wire, and Mr. SLATER seconded the nomination. The candidates having addressed the electors, a show of hands was taken. It was, by an immense majority, in favour of Mr. Wire. Captain Pelham's friends demanded a poll, and the candidates then retired from the hustings. The town is in a state of great excitement, and business is entirely suspended. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.--There were present on Tuesday evening at her Majesty's Theatre, his Grace the Duke of Wellington and the Marchioness of Douro, the Duke and Duchess of Clevelend, and Lady Augusta Paulett, the Duke of Leeds, the Dowager Marchioness of Sligo, and the Ladies Browne, the Marquis of Clan ricarde, the Marquis of Headfort, Lady Young, and the Ladies Taylor, the Marquis Donegal, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, his Excellency the Neapolitan Ambas sador, his Excellency the Belgian Minister, and Madame Van der Weyer, his Excellency the Brazilian Minister, and Madame In Marquess de Lisboa, the Charg e d'Affaires of France and Madame de Montherot, his Excellency the Minister from the Argentine Republic, the Earl and Countess of Bective, the Earl of Essex, the Earl of Falmouth, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Bruce, the Earl and Countess of Malmesbury, the Earl Alta mont, the Count de Berke, the Baron Koller, the Count and Countess do Miremont, the Vficount Somer ton, the Viscount Cantilupe ' Lord George Gordon Lennox, Lord Sandys, Lord Saltoun, Lord William Gordon Lennox, Lord and Lady Hallyburton, Lady Powlett and Miss Webb Cunningham, General the Hon. Arthur Upton, General the Hon. H.iCavendish, Lady Seymour and Miss Seymour, the Hon. Mrs. Nor- ton, the Baroness North, Lieutenant-General Sir Alex ander Woodford, Bart., Lady and the Misses Woodford, Sir Cornwallis Rickets, Bart., the Baron de Gurlache, Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., M.P., Lady and Miss Howard, Lady Susan Reeves, Sir Thomas Barrett Lennard, Bart., and Lady Barrett Lennard, Sir Philip Acland, Bart., General Sir Frederick Trench, Bart., M.P., Mrs. Hen niker Wilson, General Reeves, Major Buckley, Mr. Henry and Miss Singleton, Lieutenant-Colonel Ellis, Colonel L. Harvey and Miss Harvey, Mr. and Mre. Tudor, Mr. Moore, Colonel Lc:layer Freestun, M.P., and Mrs. Lockyer Freestun, Mr. Charles Barry Balwin, M.P., Mr. Richard Viner, Captain Smith, &c. OFFICERS OF TEE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Yester day an Act of Parliament, which received the Royal Assent on Saturday, came into force with respect to the payment of salaries of the officers of the House of Com mons. By the Act in question (12 and 13 Victoria, chap. 72) all moneys arising from the fees o f the House of Commons are to be carri ed to t h e Consolidated Fund, and the salaries of the clerk, clerk's assistant, &c., are to cbelaupsaei:i t o h u a t t s o o f na t u h e a f ht of the A l e t is d t 9 an ee d la l r o ed vi b e y tor t i h a e , ch fi a ft p h . 77, as directs the Commissioners for regulating the offices of the House of Commons to appoint a pay master, and as regulates the said offices, shall, from and after the let of August, 1849, be repealed; and the salaries, allowances, superannuations, charges, and ex penses of the House of Commons shall thenceforth be paid by the P aymaster-General in such manner and at such times as the Speaker of the H s su e is6ur 6th h y i pa s An h dL a 1 7 1 th direct. return ouse of Commons or the Commissioners of the Treasury ACCOUNTS OF THE WALES. —A BOROUGHSWiIIiam ENGLAND AND WA presented to Par. 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New Rivr Lndn Brdge Vauxhall .... •....... West Middlesex . . . THR SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, ATY G T 9, 1849. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JO-URNALS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES,—Among the shocking and incredible dramas which appalled and amused the theatrical public of At hens, there was not a sadder or a stranger than CEdi pus at Colonos. A man of noble stature, more vener able for grief tbaa for years, and ;And by violence, not decay, appeared on the stage under the guidance of a child at a rural altar, whither he had come to claim the protection of the infernal deities. By virtue of curses uttered before be was born be had become the pollution of mankind. Most unwittingly he had murdered his father. and married his mother, and by the wrath of heaven on these crimes had brought a pestilence on his kingdom. When he knew what he bad done there was no amount of expiation he was not ready to undergo, and at once he hid for ever from his sight the earth and the sky he felt himself no longer worthy to behold. A wanderer once a from slander. The ompoprreesshioen,sousing f and an oo rom acqu st it r t a l ngers a ref uge f rom House of Lords presented on Tuesday a spectacle not unlike, though nothing , could be like, that monstrous conception. A venerable man suffering from recent illness, and still more from mental affliction, came before the senate to complain of an untoward fate and a calumnious age. In the simplicity of his heart he lid deliberately invited and welcomed to his residence thou sands of men in military procession, carryin g b anners , and a large portion of them arms. He had then and there refreshed their bodies, end animated their souls. He had done this on the anniversary of a bloody triumph, a day loved by one faction and hated by another, and memorable in consequence for a thousand fatal collisions. The procession came under a class expressly forbidden by an Act just allowed to expire, and still contrary to the common law of the land. It is unnecessary to say that the victorious faction were the objects of his Lord ship's well-meant hospitality. The triumphant caval cade provoked the same jealousy it had always done, and as usual there ensued a collision. At a pass where the factions bad braved one another a hundred times before, they braved one another again. A fight ensued, as usual at that place and that day. His Lord ship's guests were well armed, well horsed, well fed, well refreshed, well escorted and guarded, and accord ingly they carried the day with considerable slaughter. It only remains to be told that his Lordship did his part of the affair in the utmost simplicity. He is an in nocent and calumniated man. It appears that Lord Roden had no more to do with the tragical result than Mr. Bright or Mr. Smith O'Brien. Individually he did all he could to prevent the collision, as everybody with a spark of generosity in his bosom will confess when he hears his Lordship's own account of the affair. Listen. It was only in 1845 or 1846, says his Lordship, that the Act against these processions was suffered to expire. The great mass of the humbler classes in Ireland were so bent upon them that it was difficult to suppress them, even when they were expressly forbidden by the law. Last'year, such was the excited state of the country, there was a great rebellion, which the Lord-Lieutenant put down, if not with difficulty, at least with consider able exertions. When the 12th of July 1848, " came round," and when the loyal men of all classes wished to take that opportunity of expressing their joy at the result, and the Orangemen of the north came to meet at that period, " he honestly confessed that he did not discourage or prevent their meeting. Last year, then, they met quietly enough, and passed some resolutions against repeal. But when the 12th of July was "coming round" this year, the Orangemen bethought themselves of an im provement on last year, and a return, in fact, to the pious usages of antiquity. They proposed a march across the country to Lord Roden's, and their leader conferred with his Lordship on the subject a fortnight before. His Lordship hesitated; he was old; he could not stand noise; one of his family was in delicate health; so he would not promise to take them all in; but at the same time did not like to say no. The Orange ambassadors were dis appointed and unwilling to return with their errand fruitless, so they suggested an out of doors reception. His Lordship took two days to consider this, and at last confessed that he could not close his gates against loyal men—that if they must come, they must. So on the 12th of July " several thousand" of them, as Lord Roden said at the time, came with their wives and children, and three hundred stand of arms. They marched in capital order, and in such silence that the invalid indoors did not hear a word. His Lordship stood at the door, and they defiled before him. He was sorry to see so many in arms. " Ho confessed he sin cerely regretted to see it; he thought, however, that it could not be illegal, because on the 12th of July, 1848, there were many armed in those processions, and on the 17th of March last, when the procession of the Riband men took place on their great day, he saw many hun dreds who were armed, and, in tact, they fired a volley over his gate, but he thought little of it." He measured the act by the standard of his own equanimity, and thought there could not possibly be danger or offence in firing a-volley over the gate of a political antagonist. Nay, so struck was he with the harmlessness of the transaction, that, as he says, he was encouraged by what he saw to forgive his own friends marching across the country in arms. With all the innocence of childhood, Lord Roden said to himself, " Two can play at that game," and if Riba,ndmen may amuse themselves with siege operations " on their great day," why may not Orange. men do the same when their great day comes round? In all this we can only admire the unsuspecting naiveté of a nobleman who has lived through half a dozen re hellions and insurrections great and small, and yet can think no evil of these rival demonstrations. But to pro ceed with Lord Roden's own simple relation of the real facts of the case. The procession passed by, and went into a field at the end of his park. By the merest luck they found in the field bread 14nd:cheese and beer suffi cient for 2,000 men, their wives and their children, and as they had marched a good distance, they could not re sist the opportunity of lunching at his Lordship's ex pense. The lunch was there by the merest accident, — such things are common in that land of plenty—but Lord Roden accounts for it thus:—His school children had had their annual treat in that field two days before, and so much had been provided that the remains were sufficient to satisfy the ten thousand men, women, and children who stumbled inadvertently on the very same field two days after. By the merest accident, too, his Lordship was there also. He ex plains how this happened. "He felt it was the duty of the gentry, whatever difficulty or danger there might be, to go with them to prevent them from committing any indiscretion. He ac cordingly followed them." But marvels increase in this fabulous region. Besides the stupendous vestiges of the school feast, the mountain of bread, cheese, and beer, "he found a platform erected "—dropped from the skies, doubtless, like the chapel of Loretto. Nothing daunted by the prodigy, " he and several gentlemen ascended " the miraculous platform, and made a speech which very naturally thrived a preternatural tone from the wonder ful incidents of the day. With " the thousands of loyal men he saw around him—the waving of banners of 50 lodges—the dense multitude, too great for any voice to reach," it was impossible he should forget " the occasion of our glorious anniversary," or the principles for which Orangemen contend, or " the heavy blows and great dis couragements" they had received from the various par ties who had ruled this country for the last 20 years. But be said not a word about Dolly's Brae, or about keeping their powder dry, or anything of that sort. Such are the plain facts of the case as far as Lord Roden is concerned. When the 2,000 men, including 300 under arms, with an escort of mounted police, left the park, what with the beauty of the day, the strength of his Lordship's " small " beer, the magnificence of the scenery, "the mountains of Morne echoing to their "shouts," and Slieve Donard, the mistress of them all, looking down on their proceedings, they took the turn to Dolly's Brae, and there found a strong muster of the enemy, whom they " used up " in no time—to Lord Roden's inexpressible concern. The difficulty of the case, it is obvious, arises from Lord Roden's entire innocence of the affair. Our fear is that he may be equally innocent of future equally unpleasant results. His simplicity bar, hitherto, been proof against circumstances that could not fail to sophisticate ordinary men. Here is a nobleman near 80 years of age, pos sessed of numerous estates, and said to manage his affairs with discretion, a custos rotulorum, and a large sinecuriat, who does not know that an armed procession of 2,000 partisans through a country of hostile partisans is illegal or injudicious, or even offensive to the adverse faction. He feels no affront, and therefore sees none, in a volley fired over the gate of a hostile leader. He thought a twelvemonth after a rebellion, and a month after the ignominious banishment of its chiefs, the most harmless and appropriate moment for a tri umphant demonstration. He conceived that he was doing his very utmost to prevent it when he was ar ranging with its leaders that it should only enter his park and march past his hall door. It was only by accident that it got to a field in his park, and found provision for ten thousand hungry men, women, and children. He was unconscious of any connivance with the 300 muskets when he attended them through his park. He was guiltless of the platform which he found there erected. All the rest—the allusions to "our glorious day," the principles it was founded to support, and the discouragements received from the successive rulers of this empire, the cheers and the waving of banners with which his Lordship's address was hailed, were all harmless and customary things. As for the particular route taken by the host on leaving the park of there its d w an e g re er oos Lord Roden cannot b e h e ld resist nsible for that, even if he had for eseen i t. H i s L or d s hi p th en i s per f ect l y clear. Not a c hild i n arms—o f w h om we h ave no d ou b t manytenindenthcies ep t r h o a c n es h si e on d — id. procession--could d i k h n o o w w ev le e s r s , is the very thing which gives us the uneasiness we are forced to confess. It appears that the most perfect in nocence is compatible with the most mischievous conduct, and that a venerable peer and magistrate, in the face of a thousand warnings, tray continue to sanction illegal proceedings, almost certain to terminate in bloodshed. Lord Roden, of course, must be acquitted of blame. He no more knew what he was about than the Theban hero did when be slew a contumacious traveller, and married the Queen of the country he had preserved. It only just occurs to the mind that there are questions of decency and of convenience as well as of justice. Lord Roden is at least a most unlucky man. We are afraid of his fortunes, not of his faults. The undiscerning public, also, will infallibly associate his name with Dolly's Brae. So all things considered, we really think that Lord Roden would meet the proprieties and the conveniences of the subject by either resigning his com mission or pledging himself never again to give the least countenance to an Orange procession. lIERALD.—If an abettor of despotism on the Con tinent of Europe —or that beau ideal of despotism—the Emperor of Russia—were desirous of exhibiting to his people the futility of representative institutions, he would perhaps exultingly point to the deliberations of the fifteenth session of the United Parliament, or the session of the 12th and 13th Via., which closed its sittings at three o'clock yesterday afternoon. For a period of lull six months the Houses both of Lords and Commons have been constantly sitting, and though there has been an endless amount of speaking—very little good —a Tory great deal bitter bad—and a vast portion most indiffer ent—yet in the way of useful legislation almost nothing has been done, and even the little effected is of question able utility, when not positively and unmistakeably mis chievous. But of " words, words, words," as Hamlet says, we have had bushels and tuns—a very wide waste of at best of times a most worthless and inexpensive com modity. _ _ " Words are like leaves, and where they most abound Small store of fruit beneath is rarely found." Some portion of this evil of wordiness is no doubt inci dent to and inseparable from a Reformed Parliament, in which every halt-informed coxcomb or every dull ob scure opsimatbist and blockhead is desirous of being heard and reported. But a good deal of the evil also is owing to the state and position of parties, and to the attempt made by the Peelits—an attempt in which they signally failed—to erect themselves into the neutral ar bitrators and critics of a Government which they had the desire to supplant, but not the courage or the ho nesty to attack openly. On the part of the second and third-rate Peelites, there has been for the six months last past, both in the House and in the press, a great deal of wearisome snarling—witness the cflorts of Mr. Gladstone and Lord Lincoln—which considerably im peded the flow of public business; and on the part of the Member for Tamworth there was that elaborate and pompous patronage which cer tainly did not tend to lubricate public affairs. For three or four nights the Right Hon. Baronet occupied the Lower House with details relative to his tariff—with his views and opinions relative to the condition of Ireland— with his sham scheme of Connaught plantation—and with artful and grossly-discoloured views of the opera tion of his measure, or rather, Colidee's measure, adopted by him at the twelfth hour, 01 free trade. But, apart from these egotistical questions and considerations in which the personal pronoun was used many thousand times, we do not find that the "distinguished states man," as the Morning Chronicle fondly loves to call him, contributed one new idea to legislation—that the " dis tinguished statesman" produced one new Bill—that the "distinguished statesman" said one brilliant, original, or witty thing (when did he ever do so from 1809 to the present day ?), or did any one feat, or performed any one Parliamentary part or passage that could relieve him from the toilsome repute of being one of the most hard-working —one of the most painstaking—men of good faculties, to whom God has denied literary and political genius, poli tical courage, political honesty, and its general conco mitant, political wisdom. Independently of this position of the Peelites, the efforts of the Government have also been in some sort impeded by the Humeites and Cob denites, who, though occasionally speaking strongly against the Ministry, have, in general, when matters came to a pinch, voted with them. But a more formid able enemy to Ministers than the Peelites, Humeites, and Cobdenites—a greater impediment to public busi ness than any opposition, open or covert, was their own rashness, ignorance, and incompetency. This is riot the place—nor is to-day, perhaps, the occasion—to completely and systematically review their measures. But when they put into their Royal Mistress's mouth the as sertion that the state of the public business enables her to dispense with their attendance, they know ingly and wilfully utter the thing that is not. What question have they settled in domestic affairs? Do they fondly imagine that the Irish poor-law is set tled ?—that the rate in aid is settled ?—that the ques tion of Irish emigration is settled ?—or even the working of their Encumbered- Estates Bill, in which they have not yet filled up the names of the Commissioners ? Far, indeed, from it. All these measures are sure to come on us again and again in the next session, revealing sins of commission and omission innumerable; showing that Ministers have done what they ought to have omitted, and have omitted what they ought to have long since done. Even with respect to Irish landlords and tenants —even with respect to the power of Irish leasing— or to Irish public wet ks— or to provisions for another Irish famine (which God in his mercy avert !) Ministers have done little or nothing, and if the potato crop fail in the present year, we firmly be lieve we shall find these incapable men as unpro vided with a remedy—as unprovided with any " large and comprehensive measures"—to use their own words—as they were in 1846, 1847, and 1848. How, then, can the men have face to :ay that the state of public business enables her Majesty to dispense with the attendance of her Parliament? Where is the country in Europe that is tranquil or at rest? Is France.? Is Germany? Is Italy? Is Switzerland? Is Hungary? Is Poland? Is Turkey? Is Wallachia? Is Greece? 'ls even Russia itself ? Alas! no. Though the preli minaries of peace, as is ststed in the Speech, have been signed, under the mediation of her Majesty, between Prussia and Denmark, yet this convention may not prove the forerunner of a permanent or definitive treaty, and even though such treaty be signed within a week from this day, the position of the French in Italy, and of the Russians in Hungary, is such as to awaken the solici tude of the least apprehensive and the most hopeful among the sons of men. One hasty, one rash word—one imprudent act—on the part of any one of the powers, may light up a war in Europe, of which the youngest amongst grown men may not see the consequences or the termination. On the Russian interference in Hungary, on the French occupation of Rome, the Speech is alto gether silent. Is this silence wise or politic? Is it dealing fairly with the people to pass over, or, as certain newspapea writers say, to " ignore," these facts, inter fering with and greatly deranging the European balance? True, her Majesty states that her Majesty's efforts will continue to be directed to promote the restoration of peace in those parts of Europe in which it has been in terrupted. But for now near a twelvemonth a struggle has been going on in Hungary, and in Italy for more than a twelvemonth, and peace seems as far distant as ever. Venice still holds out—Garibaldi's band is not extinguished, but lives, moves, and has a being; and even Mazzini boldly proclaims that the Roman Republic is not dead, is not extinguished, but will yet arise again from its short sleep. How, then, we ask, can Ministers talk so confidently as to the future ? We are not told, as we usually are, that her Majesty continues to receive from all her allies assu rances of amity and friendship. All we are told in general, ambiguous, and most suspicious terms, is " that the friendly character of her relations with foreign powers affords her Majesty a just confidence in the con tinuance of peace." This, in the present state of Europe, is, indeed, but a frail and feeble guarantee. Such are some only of the neutral and negative points (if we may so speak) of the Speech. If we look to the positive points—to the actual performances—all we find stated is that the Navigation Laws have been amended (query ?),in the full confidence that the. enterprise, skill, and hardi hood, of the British people will assure to the traders of this country a full share in the commerce of the world. We trust it may be so, and that all our prognostications and previsions may be frus trated. But if so, such a result assuredly will be accomplished, not because, but in spite of the legislation of her Majesty's Ministers. In the congratulations ex pressed on the termination of the war in the Punjaub, we can cordially concur. We extend also a full measure of praise to the exertions made by the Government of India, and to the valour displayed by the British and native army. But apart from these topics we see nothing in the Speech that commands approval, and little that commands assent. It will be some compensa tion for what the Times in barbarous language would call the " short-comings" of a most barren session, if her Majesty is, by this early prorogation, thus enabled to see Ireland in person—to judge of the land and of the people—and, while making a just, laudable, and neces sary excursion, is all the while laying in a stock of health and information, calculated to enable the best of Sove reigns the more fully hereafter to perform her duties to a people who, though misled for a moment, have ever been loyal and well-disposed at heart. POST.—Upon the very interesting subject of mar riage the quarterly return of marriages, births, and deaths, published by the authority of the Registrar- General, gives the following information:— " Looking at the circumstances of the country, the general result of the return is favourable. The mar riages continue steadily at the average, neither swelled by speculative expectations, nor depressed by idle doubts of the adequacy of the industry, science, and nature of the country to supply its wants." This is a gem in its way. It must be highly consola tory to the people of Great Britain that they have the privilege of paying not only for this kind of authorship, but also for its publication in blue books. The Registrar-General is, it seems, no vulgar recorder of facts—no mere arithmetical compiler, but a supplier of philosophy to her Majesty's public. He not only tells us what it is deemed necessary we should know, but the conclusions which we should draw from this knowledge. The general result of the return we are in• structed to regard as favourable. But the most curious part of this Registrar's proclamation is the new view which he affords us of the phy losophy of motives leading to marriage. It used to be thought that people married because they liked each other, and because they expected or hoped to be able to keep house in their united state. But these enlightened times have got far beyond that. Marriages, it seems, are now "swelled by speculative expectations," or, on the other hand, they are " depressed by idle doubts of the adequacy of the industry, science, and nature of the country to supply its wants." We, in our simplicity, did not know before that when young couples thought the times were too bad to make it prudent for them to marry they had previously entered into a calcu lation, or at least a consideration, of the adequacy of the science of the country, together with industry and nature, to supply the wants of the country. There is an old-fashioned book called the Book of Common Prayer, which also enters briefly into the philosophy of marriage, but it is not half so scientific in its views as the publica tion of the Registrar-General. Itis laid down in that old fashioned book that marriage is the symbol or significa• tion of a religious mystery, no less than the union of the Christian Church with its Divine head. It is described as an honourable estate, which is not to be taken in hand unadvisedly, lightly, or wantonly; but we do not find that any consideration of the scientific capabilities of the country is even mentioned as a desirable preli minary. It is, indeed, admitted that population is one of the purposes of marriage, but it specially refers to the training of such population in the fear and nurture of the Lord—a point which is not touched upon in the Registrar-General's report. Moreover, the old-fashioned book represents marriage to have been ordained for a remedy against sin, and for the mutual society, help, and comfort that one ought to have of the other, both in prosperity and adversity; se that even speculative ex pec•a • dons of increased fortune, or idle doubts of the adequacy of science to supply the wants of the country, would not exactly apply to the augmentation or diminution of matrimony when thus contemplated. It is worth while to mark the growth, in this our day, not only of statistical information, but of that re fit cave philosophy which so naturally accompanies sta tistical tables. As matters are proceeding, the world will, no doubt, be, in a few years, wondrous wise. Per haps we ought to mention that, according to the Regis trar-General, while marriages continue steadily at the average, influenced by the philosophical considerations already adverted to, the births are increasing, and the PRICES OF SHARES N BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 31. JOINT.STOCIL B.A.IITHS. Dividend per Ainum. 31. per cent. 51. per cent. 71. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 151 per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 81. per cent. 81. per cent. 51. per cent., 6/. per cent.' 5/. per cent. 5/. per cent.l 61. per cent. 6/. per cent. 61. per cent. INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend per Annum. 31. 10s. 151. & bs 61. per cent. 130.6 d. pr sh. 7s. per share spr ct.& bs. 31. st. per cent. 4% per cent. .i/: & be. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 121, per ccnt. 12s. 11. sh. bs. 11. 16s. 10s. 10s. 12s.per share 4%1. per ct. 51. per cent. Si.per cent. 51. per cent. 31. p. sh. Isbe 51. per cent. 11. 58. Pc be. ss. 61. per cent. 61. 108. 11. 6s. lON pr cnt. 51. per cnt. 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 so o 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 Amount Share. .€ s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 Stock. 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 - 0 0 50 0 0 2000 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 100 0 0 Amount of Share. Z a. d. Stock. 100 0 0 Stock. Stock. 50 0 0 Amount of Share. X. s. d. 632 12 6 50 0 0 100 0 0 70 10 3 X a. d. 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 deaths also increase. It seems the exact sciences have not )et totached the questions of births and deaths, and these matters go on in unregulated independence of the enlightenment of the age. The mortality of towns is stated to be less than it was, but we are authoritatively informed that in July, August, and September (the re turn is to the end of May) the general mortality will be increased. Since the Registrar-General so settled it at the end of May, there is of course no doubt but that so it must be. CHRONICLE.—Two measures of projected legisla tion in reference to railways have been this year brought forward only to be abandoned—the hurried close of the session affording the real or ostensible cause of their withdrawal. We refer to the Railway Audit Bill and the Railway Abandonment Bill. With regard to the first of these measures our opinion has been already expressed. We have a strong objection in principle to admitting Government interference and control over undertakings of a private and commercial nature. We can quite understand, indeed, the feeling under which people, who are smarting from the consequences of their own rashness and credulity are induced to ascribe their calamities to a defect in the law, and to believe that an Act of Parliament would be a sovereign specific for their grievances. Suffering a bitter retribution for the excesses of 1845, they are ready to believe that if a Government Audit had only existed before that time, there would have been no wild mania, no crushing re action, no George Hudson, no delusive premiuns, no cooking of accounts, no distress, exile, and beggary of deluded shareholders. But those persons can have read commercial history to little purpose who have not learned that in periods of high speculative ex citement, to which this country has at various times been subject, every barrier which can restrain the money getting frenzy is thrown down, and the most stringent laws have been found ineffectual to protect the sanguine and the credulous from being the dupes and victims of their own cupidity. It is not by Act of Parliament that you can make men temperate in their desire for wealth, discreet in the choice of their investments, or vigilant over those with whom they have entrusted their money. It is idle to suppose that any legal enactment can protect the grown-up public against the self- delusions of inordi nate avarice or the consequences of rash speculation. The mistakes which men commit, when left free to act under their own guidance and responsibility, are often disastrous to themselves and to their families ; but the spectacle of such retributions is not altogether unwhole some to the public ; and the remedy for the mischief is assuredly not to be found in destroying that free agency and immunity from State interference which is the essential condition of sound commercial enter prise. Where would have been the wealth and prosperity of this country, if all the magnificent undertakings which private capital has achieved had required to be dry-nursed in Downing. street, and if every project of public improvement had been condemned to stand still until it was warranted " free from risk" by an actuary of the Government? The practical objections which apply to such a Bill as Lord Monteagle's, in addition to that which lies in limine against the principle of State supervision have been evaded, but not answered, by its supporters. Nothing is easier than to declaim against the rascality of direc tors, or to appeal to the devastation produced by over speculation, and then quietly to assume that directors would be made honest, and ruined speculators be set upon their legs again, by the operation of a Railway Audit Act. But it is much less easy to disprove the assertion to which an overwhelming majority of the London and North-Western shareholders have pledged their assent, that without such a degree of meddling and vexatious interference as would embarrass the manage ment, neutralise the authority, and almost wholly destroy the responsibility of directors, the official audit would be a dead letter. Nor is it easy to show how the public would gain, if the measure which is designed to control the dishonest should so disgust the honourable and high-minded as to render a seat at a railway board no longer tenable by men of eminent position or inde pendent spirit. It has been stated on official authority, that the revival in the next session of the Bill lately withdrawn will be contingent on the spontaneous efforts of the companies to meet the public demand, by origi nating in the meanwhile a more satisfactory method of account keeping and a real and bona fide audit. We know of no difficulty which should prevent these bodies from fulfilling the required condition. The London and North-Western Company has, indeed, already set an example, by exhibiting in its half-yearly statement a conspectus of its financial position which leaves little to be desired in regard to perspicuity and fulness of detail. IF other boards of directors withhold a like plenitude of information, the fault will be in their own share holders alone ; nor is it very likely that any directors will be found so rash and short-sighted as wilfully to exhibit a false picture to their constituents, after the terrible exposures which have lately taken place, and the exemplary punishment that has overtaken official dishonesty. The additional security of an impartial audit, conducted by men wholly independent of boards or chairmen, possessing the confidence of the share holders but not imposed upon them, would be a tribute to public opinion which no directors should be unwill ing to pay, and which the Government ought to be well contented to accept. We hope that by a cordial co operation for the promotion of this object, the di rectors of the principal companies will, before Par liament meets again, evince the sincerity of the objec tions which they have urged against Lord Monteagle's Bill, and that they will thus deprive the Legislature of any plea for that intrusive espionage which the jealous spirit of commercial independence has in other cases re fused to tolerate. The other measure to which we have adverted—the Railways Abandonment Bill—is one which appeared to us to deserve a better fate than Ministerial dilatoriness condemned it to undergo. It passed the House of Commons, but was withdrawn on the show of opposition in the House of Lords, in that agony of preci pitate haste when the smallest discussion of a Bill was delay, and delay was defeat. It was impossible not to admit the full force of the objections urged by Lord Stan ley and other Peers against being compelled to swallow undigested so sweeping and comprehensive a measure, involving the virtual repeal of numerous Acts of Parlia ment, annulling many solemn contracts, and unsettling divers complicated relations. The objection was good, but the Bill to which it was fatal might have proved, had time sufficed to discuss and consider it, a material alle viation to the embarrassments of the railway interest. It would have enabled a competent majority of share holders, without the expense and delay of an application to Parliament, to obtain power, by a reference to the Railway Commissioners, for abandoning either the whole or any portion of a line which financial or other reasons might make it inexpedient to complete. The power of sanctioning the suspension of railway works already exists, and has been largely exercised by the Railway Board. This measure would have carried their jurisdiction a step further, by authorising them to license a postponement sine die. The Bill contained provisions —which, if not adequate to their object, might easily have been made so—for compensating parties to whom the abandonment of inchoate works might have been in jurious, and for indemnifying landowners in case of loss or inconvenience arising from the annulment of their bargains with the companies. We regret that, owing to that lack of skill in the marshalling of business which has marred several useful Bills during the past session, a measure has been frustrated which would have afforded a locus penitentice highly acceptable to shareholders at the present time, and have given a seasonable relief, by the liberation of capital, to other undertakings which it may be too late or otherwise inexpedient to recede from. NAVAL IN I.E.LLIGEN CE. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The Blenheim steam guard-ship, Captain Horatio Austen, C. 8., was towed from her moorings up the harbour this morning to the side of the Yictorieuse hulk, into which her officers and crew were discharged on account of the preva lence of malignant sickness on board. The Phoenix steam-sloop, Commander Wodehouse, went out of harbour yesterday afternoon, and sailed from Spitbead at half-past four this morning for Devonport, where she will be paid advance prior to sailing on the 3d with the mail fqr the coast of Africa. Extract of a letter from Bombay, dated June 25 : " Her Majesty's ship Inflexible sailed from Hong- Kong at 2 P.M. on the 25th of May, and arrived at Singapore at half. past 9 A.M. on the Ist of June, and at Bombay on the 19th of June. Sir Francis Collier embarks in the Fury for Trincomalee, to look after the alterations intended for the dockyard there, and will afterwards visit Bombay. 'I he Cambrian, 40, Commodore Plumridge, by the last Madras papers, was there ; she also will go afterwards to Trincoma lee. The Inflexible brought about 300,000 dollars on account of the merchants of Bombay, and will sail for England on the 2d of July." WOOLWICH, AUG. I.—The Atholl troop-ship, Master-Commander Pearn, embarked the Royal Artillery and Royal Sappers and Miners for the Cape of Good Hope and the Mauritius this morning, and, at eleven o'clock A.m., left for her destination. The detachment to fill up the company of artillery at the Cape of Good Hope embarked at four o'cl oc k A.M., and Major Browne, s company for the Mauritius, and part of Major Lethebndge's company, under Captain Romer, were played by the band, at eight A.M. from the garrison to the dockyard. The 15th company of Royal Sappers and Miners, under the command of Captain Robertson, marched from these barracks at eight o'clock A.M. About five waggon loads of bag gage were taken back to the garrison after the departure of the Atholl, her commander having ob jected to that extra quantity in proportion to the number of officers and men being taken on board. Major-General Pasley, R.E., visited Woolwich dock yard to-day to witness the embarkation of his son, Lieutenant Pasley, of the Royal Engineers, for the Cape of Good Hope. ESCAPE or A CoNvICT.—A convict named John Wood, alias Forbes, 31 years of age, escaped yesterday from Woolwich Dockyard, and is supposed to have gone out at the south-west gate while the men were at break fast. The whole of his clothing, with the exception of his stockings, were found concealed on the top of some timber in one of the sheds, which renders it evident that he must have had accomplices to aid him in his escape. He is a native of Derby, and a bootmaker by trade, and was under sentence of transportation for ten years for burglary, and previous conviction, his trial having taken place at the Central Criminal Court. COLOSSEUM AND CYCLORAMA. —This exhibition has been crowded during the week. Among the numer ous visitors were the following distinguished parties:— Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl of Shelburne, Earl of Pembroke and party, Earl of Fortescue, Bishop of Gloucester and family, Lady Fitz-Wygram and party, Lady Louisa Parker, Lord de Ros and party, Lord Sudeley and party, Lady M'Donnell, Lady Guern sey, Sir H. and Lady Pakenham and party, Colonel Sir H. F. Davie and party, Lady Beresford, Mr. Cobden, M.P., &c. 1-~!~"~"1~,t0K'~~ THE COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JULY 31.—At our market this morning the trade ruled exceedingly dull for all articles, there being scarcely any transactions to note. The little business done in wheat may be quoted at about the rates of Saturday. Barley, oats, and other descriptions of grain at previous WHO. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, JULY 31.—There were in the market to-day 87 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801ba imperial, whereof 64 sold thus:-32 at 1110 s, 12 at 1/ 9s6d, 7 at 11 9s Od, 12 at 11 8s 6d, and 1 at 1/ 7s 6d. Average price of the whole, 119 s 5d 8-12ths. 4 sacks flour, whereof 2 sold at 335, and 2at 31s. 1 sack peaserneal , which sold at 20s. 31 sacks pot-barley, whereof 26 sold thus: --- 1 a 1 1 10s Od, 3 at 1/ 9s Od, 1 at 1/ Ss 6d, lat 116 s Od, 4at 1/ 5s 6d, lat 115 s Od, 4 at 1/ 4s 6d, 1 at ll 3s Od, 2at 2s 6d, and 6 at 11 2 s Od. 3 sac k s b rosemea l, whereof 1 sold at 275. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, JULY 31.-- Supplies of all kinds small. Oat straw, from 6s 6d to 8s Od per kemple of 16 stones tron ; wheat ditto, 6s 6J to 7s 6d ; barley ditto, 6s 6d to 7s Od. Old hay from 7d to 9d; new ditto, 6d. to 8d per stone. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, JULY 31.—From Edin burgh and the north of Scotland we have received about 100 bead of fat cattle. Generally speaking, the show is very in different both in respect of quantity and quality. The supply of sheep and lambs is again seasonably large, the former is in good, but the latter is in a very middling condition. The supply of beef is 386 head. Theeef t ade is olerably active ; former rates are fully supported, and i nearly t all are disposed of. The number of sheep and lambs is about 6,500. The mutton trade has undergone an improvement, and few rerasin unsold ; while lamb is exceedingly active, and very little ill', mains unsold. Prices—Beasts, 5s 6d to 6s 6d per stone 01 141bs ; sheep, 44d to is per head above ; lambs, 5d to 51d per lb, sinking offal. CoRK, JULY 30.—Flour—Firsts 14s to 15s Od; extra 15s 6d; seconds, 13s Od to 13s 6d; households lOs to 12s; thirds, 8s to 10 4 per cwt. Oatmeal 13s to Os; Indian meal 7s 3d to 7s 6d ; wheat meal, lOs Od to per cwt. Indian corn 71 Os to 7/ 5s Od per ton. Bran 4/ to 415 s per ton. Hay—Farmers 15s to 275; averse 18s; dealers 27s to 28s; average 00s Od per ton. Straw—Farmer 20s Od to 36s Od ; average 32s ; dealers 40s Od to 45s Od; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 60; household loaf 5d to sid per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 9d per lb. Eggs-4s 2d to 4s 4d per hundred. Coals- - Newport 14s; Lydney 16s ; Landore 14s ; Best Neath Culm 13s per ton. Tallow 40s Od to 00s per ewe: Whisky, 25 o. p., 6s Od per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 7d; mutton 5d to 6}d; veal bid to 7d ; nork 4d to sid ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 6d per lb. - Hops 61 10s per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 3155 per ton. Bark—Barbary 81 to 81 lOs; Valonia 141 to 01; French 7110 s; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 12s per stone. Hemp 34/ to 35/ per tor. Fish— Scotch herrings 17s to 18s ; red ditto 26s to 28s per barrel ; Newfoundland 10/ 10. to 12/ per ton. Timber—Memel, 85/ per ton ; deals, first quality, 1 89 second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 10s to 16s; salted 12s to 18s per cwt ; calf skins 14d to 21d per lb. Potatoes, white 10d to 13d ; Minions 00d to 00d • Guano—'" Peruvian, 111 105 ; Ichaboe 9/ pe r ton ; Tar— _ A rc h a ngel. 19s per barrel. COAL MARKET.—YESTERDAY. Bate's West Hartley... 15s Od Stewart's Buddle's W. Hartley.. 15s Od Whitwell East Adairs Main..... 12s 6d Kelloe . 16s 6d, !'an field Moor Fanfield Moor Butes l2s 6d Thornley Walker's Primrose ... 12s 6d Whitworth l3s 6d West Wylam Wylam Wall's End, &c 'Denison . 15s Od Gosforth . Hedley Lambton Primrose ... 16s 3d West Pease Belmont l6s 9d DerwentwaterHartley 15s Od Braddyll 17s 3d Sidney's Hartley Hetton Haswell l7s 6d WhitworthCoke ...... 19s o' 4 Lambton RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, AuGnwr 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were confined to Great Western, Fifths, which were done at 15%, LIVERPOOL, AUGUUST 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was but a moderate demand to-daY , The sales are—Caledonian (Clydesdale Junction), 6634—Lancashir a and Yorkshire, Fifths, 3% p.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 4% dia• —London and North-Western, New Quarters, 3% p.—Mancheste r, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 35—Midland, 6434—Ditto, Halves, 13% dis.—York and North Midland, 33%. MANCHESTER, AUGUST 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow Manchester and Leeds, Old, 17% dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 4% (Bs, Ditto, Preference (R.), 12%—Dover (No. 4), Scrip, 6 11-16—•Itell and Bury, 15 dis.—Manchester and Sheffi e ld (N o . 1), 9% cli ll s—Mau" chester and Leeds, Fifths, 3% dis..- Ditto, 321. Shar s ' dis.—Man" chester and Birmingham (U), Quarters, 3% p.—Sheffield and Liu' coin, 16 dis.—Sheflield (No. 2), 8% --West Riding Union, 4 5-16 dill' BIRMINGHAM, AUGUST 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.— The transactions to-day were as follow Shrewsbury and ,Birmingham (A), 61. Is. 9d. die. —North Stafford' shire, 5 dis.—London and North-Western, 133. YORK, JULY 31. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Tbe transactions to-day have been as f 0 1" low : —Great Northern, 9% ex in and ex new—Ditto Preference, *** 14s.—North British, Quarters, 3%—Ditto, Preference, 21. lie. 6d.- - York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 20%. GLASGOW, JULY 31. STOCK EXCHANGE —The transactions to-day were as follow Aberdeen, Preference, 6% Glasgow and Greenock, Preference , 7% —Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 2s. 6d. THE ARMY. LODGINGS FOR SOLDIERS. The following instructions have been received by th e army, which we are glad to observe is another of the mall efforts of the present Secretary-at-War to ameliorate an d improve the condition of the soldier:— " War-office, July 25- " Sir,—With reference to the allowance granted i 0 the Queen's warrant of Ist of July, 1848, of Id. a del each to soldiers permitted as an indulgence to find their own lodging when their corps is in quarters, which alloW ante is issuable only to married soldiers, and to 1 1 0 . greater number than ?Aix for each troop or company, stated in Article 353 of the War-office Explanatory Dt rections, I have the honour to acquaint you that be 4 Majesty, in gracious consideration for the further cool" fort of the married soldier, and with a view to facilitate the separation of the married from the single men in barrack-rooms, has been pleased to command that a like allowance of Id. a day shall also be granted in the cavalry and infantry of the line stationed in barracks+ both at home and abroad, to such married soldiers, not exceeding three for every hundred men, including non. commissioned officers and rank and file, as shall receive from the commanding officer similar permission. " All claims for this allowance at home, whether the corps be in quarters or in barracks, are to be prepared and forwarded in the course prescri bed 9 in Article 355 0 f the War. office Explanatory Directions. " In stating the claims, the names of the men, and the period and amount of the claim for each, are to be speci tied, with a certificate from the commanding officer, that the men, being married, and having their wives or chil dren present with the regiment, were permitted by hit°, to find their own lodgings, for the p e ri o d s s t ate d , an d, in the case of a corps in barracks, a certificate from the barrackmaster, that the said men did not receive s& commodation in barracks for the said periods, is also to be annexed to the claim." ALARMING FlRE.—Last night, between 11 and 1 2 o'clock, a fire, nearly attended with a fearful loss of life, broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr. G. Canir. bell, a grocer and t ea -d ea l er , carry i ng on b us i nes s a' No. 8, Duke•street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. The flames when first discovered were raging with great fury in th° centre room, used as a sleeping apartment, on the ground floor. Au immediate alarm was sounded by pollee' constable 104 F, and on the residents of the upper part of the premises becoming aware of their disaster they made for the staircase, but the smoke and heat were so intense that some of the parties were nearly suffocated. Phillips, the streetkeeper of St. Clement Dares, ° II seeing the imminent danger the occupants were i O O rushed through the midst of the fire, and succeeded iII rescuing several persons ; one was nearly suffocated, se" had he remained there a few minutes longer he roust have perished. A woman with her child at her breast was also rescued just in time to save her life. A roo ° who lived in the upper floor, was so far overcome by th! heat and smoke that he was obliged to make for the root', over which he fortunately succeeded in making a fief! retreat. The London Brigade and parish engines, sou the Royal Society fire escape, from St. Clement's Church: yard, - promptly attended, and there being an abundan t supply of -water obtained, the Holborn Brigade set their engines to work, and succeeded eventually in getting the fire extinguished, but not until considerable damage wa s done. Mr. Campbell and his wife being at the theatre when the disaster commenced, it was impossible to aster' tain whether the loss was covered by insurance or not. Inspectors Black and Marsh, with a strong body of the F division of police, rendered essential service to the habitants by keeping the immense crowd back. FIGHTFUL DlSCOVERY.—Considerable excitement was caused yesterday morning throughout the neigh' bourhood of the New Cut, Lambeth, and the Waterloo road, in consequence of the following discovery:—. l s appears that during the last twelve months a married couple, of the name of Hoppey, had resided in the second floor back of the premises belonging to Mr. Maidmen, 1 tea-dealer and grocer, No. 35, Lower Marsh. The two persons were last seen alive on Monday evening, but 11 0 tidings could be gleaned respecting them during Tuesday , and some of the other lodgers having made known their suspicions that something wrong had happened to Mr. Maidman, that party, between eight and nine yesterday morning, went to Hoppey's room, with a policeman, the door of which they forced, when, to their astonishment , they found both husband and wife in bed quite dead. It is not known what was the cause of their deaths. What is Communism ?--Geese, donkeys, and wolves feeding off the same common .—Punch. BIRTHS. On the 30th ult., at Lowndes-square, the Countess of March, of a son. On the 27th ult., at Norwood, the wife of Henry Meyer* Esq., of a daughter. On the 28th ult., at Old Cliff, Scarborough, the wife of O. Rev. G. E. Welby, of a daughter. On the 28th ult., at Melton Woodbridge, the lady of Jobs R. Wood, of a daughter. On the 30th ult., at Northampton, the wife of John Becket Esq., of a daughter. On the 30thult., at Devonshire-place, the lady of Philip A. Browne, Esq., of a daughter. 1 MARRIED. On the 26th ult., at Vans ea Church, Frederick Crossle/ Young, Esq , to Clari Mary, youngest daughter of the late It. P. Sayer, Esq., of the Temple. On the 31st ult , at Homerton, Mr. Matthias Gardner, of Coggeshall, Esq., t o S ara h, eldest daughter of Mr. S. to Underhill, of Chatham-place, Hackney. DIED. On the 27th ult., at Kingsland-green, Mr. Frederick Palmer, late a Purser in the Hon. East India Company Service, aged 60. On the 27th ult., Mrs. Anastasia B. Hunt, of St. John Wood-terrace. On the 30th ult., at Rose-hill, Dorking, Rowland, the eldest and surviving son of R. Yallop, Esq., of Furniven i Inn, aged On ' the 29th ult., agel 77, at Holt-house, Wilts, Sarah' relict of the late J. Phillpotts, Esq, formerly M.P. ui for °- ce- ter. On the 31st ult., at Park-road, Stockwell, Martin Brook" house, Esq. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUN 4 7O. No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, 01 Strand, in the Precinct of th e S avoy , i n t h e countY Middlecez, Thuroday, August 2,1849, Paid. A s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 90 0 0 13 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 Paid. X s. 4. 50 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 6 8 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 12 6 All paid. 4 0 0 3 0 0 36 10 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 5 13 1 2 10 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 DOMICIL Dividend per Annum. 6/. pr cent. 205. per ele. 51. pr cent. 41. per cent. 4 per cent. 4341. pr cent. 21. per cent. BRIDG: Dividend per Annum. 355. per cent. 11. 48. Od. 11. Is. Od. Amount of Share. A s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 'ILICESL-WOES Dividend per Amount of Share. Annum. 41. per cnt. 31. 10s. W. per cnt. 21. 10s. 51. per cnt. 61.0 a. pr cnt. X s. d. OAS-MOIST AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X. a. d. A. a. d. British ••••••• • • • • • • • 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 14 Ditto Provincial.... 11. Bs. 20 0 0 19 0 0 18 Bristol ••••••• • • • • • • • 101. per cent. 20 0 0 Brighton ••••..• • • • .. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 16 City of London .. •• •• 101. 100 0 0 100 0 0 249 Continental Consolidat. 925. pr share 50 0 0 39 5 0 30 Equitable •• •• 50s. pr share 50 0 0 50 0 0 26 Imperial ...... ••• • • • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 6634 Independent ....... • • 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 62% L0nd0n....., 50 0 0 SO 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 Phoanix 51. per cent. 50 0 0 46 0 0 29 Etatcliff 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 'l5 United General •. •• • . 4341. pr cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 13 Weatmiaster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 44 Ditto, New •• ••- • •• 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 8% CIo.Z.Z.A.X.S .. ~, ' 2 Dividend Names of e., Dividend Price. Names of Companies. IA per Companies. d per Price. i Annum . 4:l Annum. 1 ft. , ! Go 1 -'------- --. 1 I 1 Z A.shtn& Oldh , 97 1 71. 113 Macclesfield. 100 21. 10s. - Barnsley.. • • 1 160, 121. 180 Neath ••• • • • 100 1 181. - Srknk&Abrg 11501 Si. 185 Oxford.... • • 1001 20/. - Birmingham' 35 41. 83 Peak Forest. 78 31.185. - Coventry.. • • 100 257. 210 Regent's ...• 33 11. 21. 18 Derby ••• • • 100 61. 63 Rochdale.... 85 41. 60 34 Ellsmre&Chs 133' 565. 41 Somrset Coal 150 71.105. 130 Erewash •• • 100 321. - Do•LkFd St 12 61. p. c. - GrandJunctn 100 51. 81 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 310 Grand Surrey 100, 21. 125 151. - 30 Shrewsbury.. Grand Union 100 11. 10s. 24 Stonrbrldgc. 145 201. 300 Grantham .. 150, - - Severn and? 21. Os. - Kennt & Avu 39 7s. 6d. 534 • Wye hail. 26 Leeds& Livrp 100 301. 325 Warwick& 41. 5714 Leicester.... 140 51. 6334 Birming. j 1 0 0 Lemstr &Nth 831 41. 45 Warwick&l Loughborogh 142 701. 650 Napton..j Monmouthsh 100 81. - Worcstr Sci 78 21. 41 Mntgemrysh 100 - - Birming. 100 31. 41 Ueltn3if wbryiloo - - Wilts & Brks - 11. 10 LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. 4 a. d. 4 s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 204 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 1174 Clydesdale Bank -•• • • 6 35 per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 13 Commercial Bank Eastern Bank -••• • • • 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 C 9/, 7s Edinb.&Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 a% Exehangeßnk of Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 26A isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 - National Bank 634 per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 144 'orth of Scotland Bank 41. per cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 3/.os North British Bank . - - - - - Royal Bank of Scotland 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 127 Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 82 Western Bank •••• • • • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 71 Aberdeen Fire and Life 7341. pr cent. 12 10 0 2 0 e 24 B . Accord. Lif e and Fire - 20 0 0 0 10 0 - British Guarantee Ins. 4/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 9s 6d Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 Church of England Ins. - 50 0 0 2 0 0 2 City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 7s Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 1834 East of Scotland Life.. - 10 0 0 015 0 92.0 d. Eng.& Scot. Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 - Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - [mar. Co. of Scetlnd• • bl. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Life Assoc. of Scotland al. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. 6s Mercantile Life .• • . 41. per cent. 10 0 0 010 0 3s. 6d. National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 203.6 d North British Incur... 5341. pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 23 North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 I 0 0 185.3.1 Scottish Life and Gear. - 20 0 0 011 0 - Scot. M as. and Gen. Life - 0 0 015 0 - Scottish Union Insrnce. 641. pr cent. 20 0 0 10 0 11. 2s Standard Life ••.•.. • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 94 United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 ,145.6 MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X. a. d. X. S. d. Australian Agriculturl 11. 100 0 0 30 0 0 164 Anglo-Mexican Mint IL 4e. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - Ditto, Half Shares - - 210 0 -••• Canada ......... •• .. Gl. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 - Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per.cent. - - 70 City Navigation . .. - - - 90 Comp. Cppr Musing. 51. percent. 100 0 0 70 0 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.&bs,2l 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Equitable Reversionry 5/. pr cent. 100 0 0 1100 0 0 100 xd Gen.SteamNavigation 11 .8$ . 15 0 0' 14 0 0 - London Institution - - 78 15 0 - Russell Institution - - 26 5 0 3 Peninsir& Orient.Stm Bl. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70 Reversionary Int. Soc 4341. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 89 Royal Mail Steam 6l 18..4. p. c. 100 0 0 60 0 0 - South Australian Van Dieman's Land - • 100 0 0 23 0 0 134 TILE SHIPPING TRADE IN HULL.—The influx of ships into Hull, noticed in our last, has been succeeded by a great number of Baltic and American traders this week, and the docks and quays now appear as if trade were in a most flourishing condition. Labourers, who until the past few days were seen loitering about the docks in vain asking for work, are now nearly all in active employment ; and the staff of tide-waiters and other Customs' officers, whose frequent journeying to the Custom-house and water-side indicated a lack of business, aro now stationed on board vessels and filling other posts; and to meet the exigency, several extra tide-waiters have, we under stand, been called into requisition. On Monday about 50 sail, most of them British ships, were reported at the Custom-house from foreign ports, and on the following days a proportionate number. Their cargoes were of a general description. Many fr om t h e B a l t i c are loaded with wood, grain, iron, seed, &c.; and those from the near North Sea ports are chiefly grain laden; and those from Canada—from which country some heavy ships have come to hand—with timber and deals. The ports of Goole and Gainsborough have also ft lt the benefit of rather large arrivals from abroad. For the former place many grain- laden vessels from France, Belgium, and the Baltic have passed this port; while to Gainsborough some large consignments of seed, direct from the grow ing countries, have been made. This is very cheering, especially as the blockaded ports are likely to be opened for commerce on an early day. Every Sound List, too, which we continue to receive from Elsinore announces a large number of vessels from hull and other ports in the Humber, a; well as for various parts of the United Kingdom.—Hull Advertiser. THE LATE BALLOON DISASTER.--We are requested to state that the Mr. Crawshay mentioned in the late accounts as having accompanied Mr. Green . in his balloon ascent, is not Mr. Crawshay the eminent won:muter. 9 0 0 4 0 0 Paid. Price. A a. d. 131 21 111' 79% 50 0 0 Paid. Z. 0. d. 25 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 Paid. Price. 1634 lig% Price. 5U Shut _s3i 122x.d 49 220 2% 41 ) A 4% 16% 16% 9% 2% 210 s. 5% 200% 203 Price. Price.