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

THE SUN, LONDON. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TILE ARCHEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. PRICES OF SHARES GOODWOOD RACES.-WEDNESDAY. SALISBURY, TUESDAY.-The annual meeting of the IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM Sweepstakes of 300 sovs. each, h fr , for three yrs old institute concluded this day by an e xc u rsion to Sil- PANIES' STOCK. fillies, Bst 71b. each. (6 Subs.) bury-hill, to investigate the operations in progress From the Official List. Lord Exeter's Midia (Flatman) 1 there , PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND F2TDAY EVENING. Mr. R. H. Nevill's Letitia (Bartholomew) 2 under the auspices of the society, and to exa mine its contents, as well as those of other celebrated LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 31. Betting-5 to 2on Letitia, who was beaten cleverly .._....._ by a length. Run in 2 min. 23 sec. barrows in that neighbourhood. Dr. Merewether, Dean of Hereford, has taken great interest in the JOINT - STOCK BAICILS. The Goodwood Stakes of 25 soya. each, 15 ft, and only Dividend Amount sif declared, &c.; the winner of the Northumberland operations going on in this locality. He visited the per of Paid. Prise. Plate, the Gloucestershire Stakes, or Liverpool Cup, spot last week to superintend the proceedi n g s of the Name of Com p an y. Annum. Share. to carry 51b; of any two of these stakes, 71b extra; the workmen engaged. .He . found the tunnel, which has - - - £ s. d. £ s. d. second to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes, and the been made by subscription, advanced about 32 yards - Australasia ...... •• • • 31. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 23 C B e ri y t l s e h n N . o . r . th .. Am .... e . ri . c . s.n .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 winner to pay 15 soya. to the Judge. Two miles and into the hill, parallel with the surface of the soil. He a half. (115 Subs., 74 of whom declared). had recommended the workmen to stop at about two Gloucestershire 71. per cent. 25 0025 0 0 - Mr. J. Clarke's Maid of Lyme, 6 yrs, 6st 1 31 b (Evans) 1 yards from the centre o f t he hill, where he expected Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - nial .. .. .. s b e ippeerr cent. cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - _ i Sir J. Hawley's Van Diemen, sst 61b ...(J. Osborne) 2 to find some remains, a cist with bones and coins or colo - - Mr. E. R. Clark's Giselle, 6 yrs, Est 121 b (Dockeray) 3 other contents. Under the guidance of the Dean the lonian .............. 61. per cent . 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Mr. Merry's Chanticleer, 6 yrs, 9st 131 b (S. Rogers) 4 party inspected the spot to-day, and were pleased with Le . il t c t i o and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0020 0 0 - Mr. Rolt's Collingwood, 6 yrs, 9st 81b ... (F. Butler) 0 London Joint,- stock - c . l • c: :: 61. per cent. 50 - 0 0 13 1 0 0 -1654 Lord Clifden's Wanota, 5 yrs, Bst 51b ... (Robinson) 0 the proceedings. The day was remarkably favour- ' able, and the fine bracing air of the Wiltshire Downs Pcovincialof Ireland.. N. per cent. too 0 0 25 0 0 88% Captain Wrather's Maid of Masham, 4 yrs, 7st 91b... 0 was thoroughly enjoyed by all present. Ditto, New......... U. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - Colonel Peel's The Admiral, 5 yrs, 7st 91b (Flatman) 0 National of Ireland .. Si. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Sir. Th e meetings in this city have gone off well, not- Nat. Provncial of Eng. 61. per cent. too 0 0 35 0 0 - J. Hawley's The Tartar, 5 yrs, 7st 71b S. Mann) 0 Ditto, New........ 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Lord Eglinton's Plaudit, aged, 7st 71b (Petit) 0 withstanding the meagreness of the attendance, a South Australia - • • .• ......Si. per cent. - 22 10 - Mr. Death's Antagonist, 5 yrs, 7st 61b...(W. Abdale) 0 fact which may be accounted for by unfavourable union of Australia.... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 o 0 25 - Mr. Gregory's Clermont, 5 yrs, 7st 61 b ... (J. Sharp) 0 weather at the commencement, and the state of dis- Ditto .............. 6/. per cent. - 210 0 Union of London... .. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 10% Duke of Richmond's Hornpipe, Est 131 b (Kitchener) 0 ease in which the town has been during the meeting • Union of Madrid .• •• • - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - Mr. Gri ffi ths's Hagley, 4 yrs, Est 111 b (Maton) 0 The papers read at the meetings have been of more . Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip, 5 yrs, Est 91b (Charlton) 0 than ordinary excellence, and, if we may credit the INSURANCE COMPANIES. Lord Exeter's Tophana, 4 yrs, Est 81b ...(E. Sharp) 0 assertions of some of these gentlemen, the members Dividend Amount Mr. W. S. Stanley's Fire-eater, 3 yrs, Est 31b (Dean) 0 were highly pleased with their reception, and gratified Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Mr. Dawson's Priestess, 3 yrs, sst 31 b ...(Marwood) o by the results of their meeting. Great credit is d ue Mr. Cuthbert's Emma Donna, 4st 131 b (E. Harrison) 0 to the local authorities and local committee for the £ a. .' £ a. d. excellence of their arrangements and the zeal shown Lord Clifden'a Wallflower, 3 yrs, 4st 1216, carried sst 0 Albion .. ••.•••• • • • • • 31. 10s. 500 0 50 0 0 75 o in providing the necessary accommodation. Nor Alliance Brit. and For. 151. &bs 100 0 11 0 0 - Mr. Drinkald's Over-fork-over, 3 yrs, 4st 31b carried Ditto Marine.• ••• • • 61. per cent. 100 0 5 0 0 514 4st 111 b ... ••• ••• ••• ••• Betting-6 to 1 agst Plaudit, 7to 1 agst ( Cr i telli, 10 should the hospitable manner in which the savans have A I` 3 British tl Commercial .. 73. • per • share • 50 0 50 0 5% to 1 agst Collingwood, 12 to 1 agst Van Dieman, 12 tobeen received by our local gentry be forgotten. On Clerici,Med.& Gen. Life spr ct. & bs. 100 o to 0 0 is 1 agst Maid of Lyme, 14 to 1 agst Wanota, 15 to 1 agst the whole, this visit has clearly shown that Salisbury Cr •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 31. 100 0 10 0 0 65 Tophana, 16 to 1 agst Over fork-over, 16 to 1 agst possesses ample antiquari an resources f o r man y such Eagle .. 145. 40 0 50 0 - - Clermont, and 25 to 1 agst any other. The front rank meeting s as th a t w hi c h h as j ust c l ose d. Eag.& Scot • 6s. 50 0 5o 0 5% . Law •• •• 5 1. per cent. 50 0 212 6 - at starting was composed of Maid of Lyme, Over - fork• European Life ••• • .• 4% per cent. 20 0 All paid. 15 over, Wanota, Plaudit, Chanticleer, Van Diemen, and Family Endowmn t Soc. 41. & bs. 100 0 4 0 0 - Giselle ; Over-fork-over and Maid of Lyme being in ad. CONGRESS OF THE BRITISH ARCHIE- G re be Femasons' .•.•• • • • • 61. per cent. 20 0 30 0 - • . 61. per cent. Stock. - 122x.d vance nearly abreast; the ruck was laid close. Coiling- OLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. Glardi an ...... ••• • • • 51. 100 0 36 10 0 49 wood, Fire-eater, and the Tartar bringing up the rear. CHESTER, TUESDAY MoRNING.-Yesterday even- Imperial Fire .... •• •• 121, per cent. 500 0 • 60 0 0 220 They ran in this way for about a distance. The lead i ng the cong ress opened with a promise of very great Imperial Life •••• • • • • 12s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 15 Indemnity Marine - 11. sh. & bs. 10 0 0 513 1 - was then taken by Wanota, who with Maid of Lyme, success. The trains during the day had brought Law Fire - 100 0 210 0 2k Plaudit, and Over-fork- over in attendance, made strong Law Life •• •• - •..... 11. 16s. 100 0 10 0 0 41 numerous visitors from London and from various 50 0 2 0 0 4% running for rather more than half a mile; he was then Legal and General Life - passed by Maid of Lyme, who went on with a clear parts of the country, and at eight o'clock not less London Fire ••• • • • .... 10s. 25 0 12 10 0 16% 1 1 2 5 10 : 0 0 1 9 %14 lead to the end, and won very easily by two lengths; than 300, a considerable portion of whom were London S . hip • Giselle took the second place at the last turn, but was ladies, were assembled in the room of meeting-the .. 12s.p l e ° r a slare 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 +,l ed. I nu iteliCin ti .j . re . 44 i. per et. 60 I ‘ Percent. 20 C O 210 I ° J 2% caught by Van Diemen at the distance, and beaten for Royal Assembly Room. The Noble President, Lord sf us. N a ational Life • - the second money by a length. Chanticleer laid for- 51. per cent. 50 0 20 0 210 s. and a eh -• • • Albert Conyngham, took the chair, and was sup- Palladhun Life ••••••••• - - - ward all the way, and was not beaten more than half a ported by the Bishop, the Dean, the Mayo r, . Vhconix. - P p i ro o vi te d et e o n r t Life....... ife..... 51 11 .. p sg e . r B, ce b n s t. 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 - 0 0 0 0 141 2 - 6 length from Giselle; Collingwood and Hornpipe were number of the leading members of the association. next. The rape was run in 4 min. 52 secs.h ook but • Life............ Thai Bunney Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft, for two yrs mixed audience of citizens and visi tors, introduced in a brief,to the tos-al Exchange Lord Albert Conyngham was 6/. per cent. Stock. - 200% Sun Fire.. olds. Colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. Half a mile very judicious, speech by the Bishop of Chester. • .• 6/. 10s. - li ri ni , rsal Life loss pr cut. 100 0 0 9 0 0 - 203 (8 Subs.) In a short opening address, the PRESIDENT ad- _ Ditto Life . . - - _44 Duke of Richmond's O ffi cious (Flatman) . 1 verted to his own recent antiquarian visit to Greece, 51. per cat. - 4 0 0 4% Lord Strathmore's Hood (T. Williams) 2 spoke of the importance and interest of the study of "aria Life. ... Betting-15 to lon Officious. Won with the greatest archaeology, and of the pleasure which he had himself DOMES. . ease imaginable by a length. . derived from it, and described the objects of th e The Drawing Room Stakes of 25 saws. each, with a Divi e d re end Amount t p meeting. His observations were received w ith ver y Nam e of C om p any . Paid. Price. strongly marked feelings of satisfaction. He then bonus by independent subscription of lo soya each . , Annum. Share. for three yrs olds. Colts. eat 71b; fillies, Slit 21b, introduced _ winners extra. The second to receive 100 sovs. out of ito the meeting £ s. d. £ s. d. the stakes, and the winner to pay 25 soya, to the Judge. Mr. DILLON CRORER, who read some remarks on the study of archeology. He was followed by East and West Index... 6/. pr cent. Stock. - 131 East Country •• 205. per sh. 100 0 0 - 21 (24 Subs. to the Stakes and 22 to the Bonus.) Londonmtto 8enda........ : . . . .. .. : 4 51 : pr cent. stook. Mr. Gordon's Borneo (F Butler) 1 Mr. PLANCHE, who read a longpaper on the seals - 111% per cent. - - Lord Exeter's Testator (Robinson) 2 of the Earls of Ch in which Chester - - 79% Colonel Peel's Indus (Flatman) 3 - .... . . - - up some o b scur i t ies in their armorial bearings, but Ditto 80nd5........ 4%1. pr cent. - - - Betting 7t02 on Berne°, who made nearly all the the paper was of wh i ch would not admit- - Southampton • • ...... 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - running, and won in a canter by two lengths, Testator a character of our giving an analysis in • beating Indus for the second money by half a length.the space to which our BRIDGES Run in four minutes. report must naturally be restricted. He made some Dividend Amount incidental remarks on the absurd conventional forms The Stewards' Cup of 300 sovs., added to a Handicap of Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. 5 sovs. each. T.Y.C. (41 Subs.) which had gradually been given to particular animals Annum. Share. Lord Clifden's Cotton Lord, 3 yrs, 55t 12Ib (car- on the shields, and instanced especially that of £. a. d. X. s. d. ried 6st) , (G. Brown) 1 the lion. .;haring -cr055...... • • - - 25 0 0 - Lord Chesterfield's Feru!e, 3 yrs, sst 121b...(fliett) 2 At the conclusion of the paper, Southwrk, NW Sub.Ay. - 632 12 5 - - 31r. Payne's Farthingale, 3 yrs, 7st (Dockeray) 3 Sir W. BETHAM rose and made some observations Ditto Nw of 7% P.C. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 - Waterloo .. .. •••• • • • • - 100 0 0 - - 3k Mr. Drinkeld's Thornhill, 3 yrs, Est 71b...(Rodney) 4 d. - 60 0 0 27 on the latter point. He mentioned the instance of a Ditto t4itte N Ol w d Ann. of 81. 11. 4s. 0 Duke ofßutland's the Fiddler, 4 yrs, Bst 91b Robinson) 0 ditto of 71. 11. Is. Od. - 40 0 0 - (heraldic painter, who had been for many years in the Vauxhall .... ... Av. 11. ,7010 3 - ,18 Mr. Herbert's Radulphus, G yrs, Sit 31b ( Sl y ) 0 habitof painting such lions, and who had never seen WATER-WORKS. Mr. Ford's Telegraph, 4 yrs, Bst (W. Hosvlet) 0 Mr. Beauclerc's IVhastone, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b (J. Sharp) 0 rea l . li ons . until one day he was taken to the mena- Dividend Amount Mr. Rolt's Besborough, 4 yrs, 7st 1316 (Petit) 0 gen i e in the Tower. When shown the lions he Name of Company. per of raid. Price. Annum. Share. Mr. Gully's Osterley, 3 yrs, ist 131 b (A. Day) o laughed at his conductor , imagining it wa s a j oke, - - Sir G. Heathcote's Valentinia, 4 yrs, 7st 91b (S. Mann) o they were so totally dissimilar to the animals he had x s. d. £ s. d. Mr. William's Laundry Maid, &yrs, 7st 81b( Abrahams) 0 been so long accustomed to call by that name. East London..• •••• • • • 81. 100 0 0 - - 177 Grand Junction ••• • • • 41. per cut. 50 0 0 81 Mr. Burgess's fby Sir Hercules, out of Gift, 3 yrs, Mr. IIVRIGHT next gave his paper on the ivory Kent •••••••• • • • • • • • • 31. 10s. 100 0 0 - 75 7st 71b (Burn) 0 casket, which he stated, from the workmanship and Lambeth .. ••••• • • • • • 51. per cut. 100 0 0 - 99 Mr. W.Sadler's Master Murray, aged, 7st 41b (Maton) 0 costume, to be of the beginning of the fourteenth New lT l i tivr Lndn Brdge 21.105. - - west m a1 i 1 dcu .. e .......... 1 51. per mit. 100 0 0 - 55 Mr. Frankum's Dolly Vanden , 3 yrs, 7st...(Charlton) 99 0 century. It was an attempt to give an accurate and sex •. . '61.05. pr cnt. - - 122 Mr. Hobson's Passion Flower, 4 yrs, Est 121b(Crouch) 0 rational explanation of pictorial representations, Lord Glasgow's f by Lanercost, out of Canada, 3 yrs, GAS-LIGHT AND CORE COMPANIES. which had been hitherto spoken of in a very vague Est 121 b (Coates) 0 manner. Mr. Wright pointed out the value to the Dividend Amount Mr. Gordon's First Chance, 3 yrs, 6 st 111 b (Kitchener) oName of Company. per of Paid. Price. archasologist and hi s torian of such pictorial represen- Mr. B. Hunt's Chicaneur, 4 yrs, Est 71b ...(E. Sharp) oAnnum. Share. tations, and the use which had been made of the - Lord Exeter's Midia, 3 yrs, est 1216 (carried 6st) 0 similar works of the Romans, Greeks, and Egyptians. x , a. d. A. s. d. Mr. Corrien's Nautch Girl, 3 yrs, sst 71b...(Collins) 0 British ••••••• • •• • • • • 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 14 Colonel Peel's Taffrail, 4 yrs 7st 61b (Flatman) OHe then gave a brief sketch of the origin and progress Ditto Provincial.. .• 11. Bs. 20 0 0 19 0 0 18 B a r rlst h o t l on .. •• •••• • • • • 101. per cent. 20 0 0 - - Betting-3 to 1 agst Cotton Lord-7 to 2 agst Far• of the mediaeval romance, and described and explained ............Si. per cent. 20 0 0 - 16 thingale-7 to 2 agst Nautch Girl-10 to 1 agst The the scenes represented on the coffer, in doing which City of London ...... 101. 100 0 0 too 0 0 249 Fiddler-12 to I each agst Taffrail and Midia-and 16 he showed the influence of those romances on the i.iontinentalConsolidat. 925. pr share 50 0 0 39 5 0 30 to 1 agst Radulphus. manners and sentiments of the female sex in the Equitable .••••• .. • • • • 502. pr share 50 0 0 50 0 0 26 Imperial •..... • • •• 61. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 66% Farthingale and Ferule got off together, and made the middle ages , for whose use such articles were in- Independent ......... -6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 62k running to the distance, where Ferule took it up. The - 50 0 0 SO 0 0 - tended.. Thu , s the consideration of an ti qu iti es of this latter was caught opposite the stand, and after a good- 50 0 0 50 0 - class illustrated the manners and history of the past, Pho e nix . ............ 51. per cent. 50 0 0 46 0 0 29 race defeated by half a length; Farthingale a good third,sl. 100 0 0 90 0 0 75 and Thornhill close up. Run in 1 in. 20 sec. as well as the progress of the arts. Rateliff .... • . .. •. • • United General' - • ... 4%1. pr e,ent. 50 0 0 60 0 0 13 Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, with 50 added; for three A local antiquary, Mr. W. BEAMONT, then read a Westminster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 • - 44 yrs old fist tolb, four est 31 b, five Sat 121 b, six and lon g p a p er on the origin, history, and existing re- Ditto. New ........ 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 8% aged 9st 21h; the winner to be sold for 300 sovs., if mains at Eddisbury, of which, nor of the paper, CANALS. demanded, &c., and allowances if to be sold for less ; which concluded the evening, by Mr. Halliwell, on Is; ' . , winners once in the present week to carry 41 b, twice the cottage literature of the palatine counties, we will Names of ;.,,, 'Dividend' , Names 01 r, Dividend E ., 71b extra. Craven Course. ( 5 Subs.) not attempt an abstract. Mr. Halliwell gave some Companies. A ' per ” ce ' Companies. ts. l An Pnuerm. Price. Mr. Drinkald's Grief, 3 yrs, s st 61 b - (Rodney) 1 cur i ous no ti ces o f o ld pr i n t e d t rac t s , re l at i ng c hi e fl y a: 1 Annum. ea ou I Duke of Richmond's Reflection , 4 yrs , Est 131 b - - £ I £ I - - Lord Clifden's Fallow Deer, 4 yrs, Est 131b...(Pearl) 3 The meeting broke up late, and evidently well Ashtn & Oldh 97 , 71. 113 Macclesfield . 100 21. lOs. - Betting-6Barnsley.. • • 160; 121. i 180 Neath ...... to 4 agst Grief, and 2 to agst Reflection. Won in a canter, by six lengths. Run in 2 tn. 17 sec. satisfied with this first stage of the proceedings. Brknk&Abrg 1501 AL 185 Oxford.... • • 100 20/. - 100 181. - The winner claimed for 100 sovs. This morning the archaeologists have been em- Birmingham 351 41. 83 Peak Forest. 78 31.185. - Match, 100, h ft; last half mile-Duke of Richmond' s ployed in wandering about the town, and they are Coventry..•• 100 251. 2io Regent's.... 33 11. 2s. 18 Derby ••• • • 100, 61. 63 Rochdale.. • • 85 41. 50k Poughbey, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b (Flatman), beat Duke of Bed. now assembling in the Shire Hall to listen to Mr. Ellsmre&Chs 133! 565. 41 Somrset Coal 1 50 71.105. 130 ford's Scamps Via, 2 yrs, sst 121 b (E. Sharp), by a Black's lecture on the records of the palatinate of Erewash •• • 100, 321. - Do.LkFdSt 12 61. p. c. - GrandJunetn 100 1 5/. 85 Stiff's' &Wore 140 281. 310 length. 6t04 on Ploughboy. Run in 53 sec. Chester. Grand Surrey 100 21. 30 Shrewsbury.. 125 151 . - The Members' Plate of 501., with 501. added; with 101. Domestic affairs have suddenly called away Lord ijirmanintihUanion 120 1 It. ies. 24 S ge to v ar er bridge- 145 201. 300 from the fund for the second horse ; three yrs old 7st Alb er t C on y ng h am , w h o l e ft Ch es t er a b ou t t e n Kennt &Iv; 39' Is. 6d. 5k Wye ° llTl d .l 26 21.02• - 71b, four yrs Bst 81b, five yrs 9st, six yrs and aged, o'clock this morning, very unexpectedly. Leeds& Livrp 100' 301. 325 Warwick& 9st 41b; the winner to be sold for 2504 &c. Once The Bishop of Chester has taken the chair at Leicester .... 140 41. 63k B j irming. 100 V. 5 7 % the Letestr &Nth 83 4/. 45 Warwick/0 1 round. meet i ng i n th e Shi re H a ll. L oug hb orog h 142 701. 650 Napton . Lord Exeter's Testator, 3 yrs (Flatman) 1 Monmouthsh I 100 81. - Worcstr 100 31. 41 Captain Lowther's Watchdog, 5 yr5.........(5. Rogers) 2 Hntgemryslllloo - - Binning.] 78 21 . 41 Mr. Dawsou's Priestess, 3 yrs (J. Prince) 3 REPRESENTATION OF BOSTON. XteltnMwbrylloo - - Wilts & Brks - 11. 10 Mr. Salt's Jonathan Wild, 6 yrs sto 4 asst Testator, sto 2 agst Priestess, and 3to 1 BOSTON, WEDNESDAY.-MOYO than usual agst Watchdog.-Won by half a length, Priestess a bad was excited in the town this morning by the announce- Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. third. Run in 4 min. 7 secs. went that Mr. Freshfield, the Conservative candidate, The racing this afternoon, if it lacked the rich Pro- - had withdrawn, from a sense of - duce Stakes, which gave so much interest to the first the impossibility of £ a. d. £ s. d day, offered counterbalancing attractions in the Good- obtaining a sufficient number of votes to give any 1 1 ! 3.? ILlALco e tl ri a a n o d mpany 71. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 177 111. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 204 wood Stakes and Stewards' Cup, the fields for which hope of his being returned at this election. Mr. Caledonian Bank were large, and the betting uncommonly spirited; the Freshfield, previous to his departure from the town, sm e o s f d G a l l a e stre nt E .. a . n . k 6 6 3 1 per per cent. ct. 1 2 0 0 0 0 10 i 0 0 113 A other events were of inferior importance. The sport, announced the difficulties under which he had entere d Co mmercial y Bank -• • 75. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 163 however, on the whole, was good, and its enjoyment by the field at a late period. Eastern Bank ••••• • • • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 C 9f, 7 8 Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 6/. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 s a large and fashionable company was enhanced by the The nomination was fixed for ten o'clock. Exehangeßnk of Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 26% extreme fineness of the weather. Time was ad- Isle of Man. Company 7/. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 - mirably kept, and the racing of at a few minutes On reaching the hustings, Mr. W. Garfitt, banker, National Bank 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14k before five. of Boston, nominated Captain Pelham. North of Scotland Bank 41. percent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 31.0 s LATEST Cur BETTING. Alderman RAwsox seconded the nomination. North British Bank '• • - - - - Even on Canezou, sto 1 agst the Hero, 6to 1 ags t Mr. SNAITII proposed Mr. D. W. Wire, and Mr. o 0 0 50 0 0 82 Royal Bank of Scotland 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 127 Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 10 Tadmor. Tedmor's starting has been declared to be SLATER seconded the nomination. Western Bank •••• • • • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 71 doubtful. The candidates having addressed the electors, a Aberdeen Fire and Life 7341. pr cent. 12 10 0 20 e 2k BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-TUESDAY. show of hands was taken. It was, by an immense B. Accord. Life and Fire - 20 0 0 010 0 - GOODWOOD STAKES.-7 to' 1 agst Clermont (t)-10 majority, in favour of M r . Wi re . British Guarantee Ins. 4/. per cent. 10 0 0 100 9 s 6d Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 tot agst the Maid of Lyme (1)-10 to 1 agst Collingwood Captain Pelham's friends demanded a poll, and the Church of England Ins. - 50 0 0 20 0 2 (t )-10 to 1 agst Van Diemen (t)-12 to 1 agst Maid candidates then retired from the hustings. City of Glasgow Life 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 7s 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 17 0 6 9s_.od. of alasham (t)-15 to 1 agst Tophana (t)-16 to 1 agst The town is in a state of great excitement, and Eng. 8, scot, Edinburgh Life Insur. 6L per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18% Law Life 51. per cent. East of Scotland Life - Hornpipe (t)-300 to 8 agst Fire-eater (t). business is entirely suspended. GOODWOOD Cup.-6 to 4 agst Canezou (taken freely). ,Life Assoc. of Scotland Hercules Insurance Co. 71.. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 _ lnsur. Co. of Seetind.. 4 54 1 f .. p p ee e r r r ce cent.ee n n t .. 100 2 : 0 0 : 111,0 10 0 0 0 I HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.-There were present idereantile Life -.. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN.-Her on Tuesday evening at her Majesty's Theatre, his Grace Natil. 6s onal ri F t ire and Life Si4/. 1 1 ) )er cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 . 5. 6 :ci Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal High- the Duke of Wellington and the Marchioness of Douro, Northr11 11 & NVe h s j n o s f uSre•o•t.. skl.pr 4 cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 23 nesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the the Duke and Duchess of Clevelen , d and Lady Augusta Scottish Life and Guar. 1. per cent. 1 2 1 0 0 0 l 1 0 0 0 185.3 d 11 0 - Dowager Marchioness 4cot-Mas. and Gen. Life - 0 0 015 0 - Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, honoured the Paulett, the Duke of Leeds, t he . , Ladies Browne, the Marquis of Clan- Scottish Uln on nsrne . phi cen . I a6U t 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 2s performarce at the Royal Italian Opera on Tuesday even- of Sligo, and the Standard Life .. ••.. • . 51. cent. 50 0 0 45 0 9% ing with their presence, and occupied her Majesty's box. ricarde, the Marquis ofLady Youn and the Headfort, g, United Pep. Assurance Si. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 o 145.6 There were in attendance upon her Royal Highness the Ladies Taylor, the Marquis Donegal, his Excellency the MISCELLANEOUS. Duchess-of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir Swedish Minister, his Excellency tile Neapolitan Ambas- Dividend Amount G. Cowper, B ar t. ; in a t ten d ance upon the Duchess sador, his Excellency the Belg ian Minister, and Madame Name of Company of raid. Piece. of Cambridge were Lady August a C a d ogan , an d V an d er Weyer, his Excellency the Brazilian Minister,A • fn e u r m. Share. Mr. Edmund St. John Mildmay. Among the visitors and Madame la Marquesa de Lisboa, the Charge d'Affaires - were, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Wei of France and Madame de Montherot, his Excellency the X. s. d. lA. s. d. mar. Prince Richard Metternich, the Duke and Duchess Minister from the Argentine Republic, the Earl and Australian Agriculturl 1/. 100 0030 0 0 16k of Beaufort t his Excellency thalianuverian Minister, the Countess of 13ective, the Earl of Essex, the Earl of Alll!i't3t-o24lixlafaa M ar i o nt... 11. 45. 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 - Russian Consul General, • the Marquis and Marchioness Falmouth, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Bruce, Canada' ... •• *" . ..... G/ per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 - ot Ailesbury, the Marq u i s o f D ouro , the Countess of the Earl and Oeuntess of Malmesbury, the Earl Alts- Uppr Canada Bonds 51. percent. - - 70 Glengall, the Countess of Westmoreland and the Ladies mont, the Count de Berke, the Baron Koller, the City Navigation .... - - - 90 Butler, Earl Compton. the Earl of Belfast, the Earl Count and Countess de ldiremont, the Viscount Somer- gre m n P i C e= 3ll .Brnv E e n a g t: .55;* per cent . .31 1 10 1 0 0 0 100 7 0 0 - of Cardigan, Earl Mauvers, and the Honourable ton, the Viscount Cantilupe, Lord George Gordon Equitable Reversienry ai. p r • cent, 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 xd Sidney Pierrepoint, the Countess of Jersey and Lennox, Lord Sandys, Lord Saltoun, Lord Willi am Gen.SteamNavigation 11.82. 15 0 0 14 0 0 - Lady Clementines Villiers, the Earl and Countess Gordon Lennox, Lord and Lady Hallyburton, Lady Vndon Institution ... - • - 78 15 0 - of Kenmare and Mr. Valentine Browne, the Countess Powlett and Miss Webb Cunningham, General the pe u iriet r i n t r i i l e ti n ° t n .iim .. . 8 t - 0 3 26 5 . per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70 de Flahault and Md;:e. de Flahault, the Countess of H on . A r th ur Upto n , G ene r a l the Hon. .I,Cavendish, Reversionary Int. Soc. 4141. pr cent. 100 0' 0 100 0 0 89 Malmesbury, Countess Cadogeu ll and the Hon. Captain Lady Seymour and Miss Seymour, the Hon. Mrs. Nor • E tt o o t sg l A tl us ai r Ste a am n ..... .... 61 18..4. p. c. 100 0 0 60 0 0 - 11. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 16 Cadogan, Lady Georgina prey,. Ledy . Mary Bentinck, ton, the Baroness Noi th, Lieutenant-General . Sir Alex- Van Diemsues Land., - 100 0023 0 0 1 34 .• ..-. . ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN.—Her Boys! 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 Tuesdayeven ing 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 Duohess of Cambridge were Lady Augusta Cadogan, and Mr. Edmund St. John Mildmay. Among the visitors were, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Wei mar,.Prince Richard Metternich, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, : his Excellency the. lianuverian Minister, the Russian Consul General, •the Marquis and Marchioness ot Ailesbury, the Marquis of Douro, the Countess of Glengall, the Countess ot Westmoreland and the Ladies Butler, Earl Compton. the Earl of Belfast, the Earl of Cardigan, Earl Mauvers, 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 Md;:e. de Flahault, the Countess of Malmesbury, Countess Cadogan and the Hon. Captain Cadogan, Lady Georgina Grey, Lady Mary Bentinek, Earl Bruce, the Earl of Wilton, le Comte and Comtesse de Nouailles, le Comte and Comtesse de Rossi, Viscount Dupliu, Viscount Clifden, Lord Cranstonn, Lord Brown low Cecil, Baron Koller, Lord Alfred Paget, Lord Fe nster, Lord Elphinstone, Baron de Steinberg, Lady Bateman, Lady Duff Gordon, the Hon. Miss Gordon, Mai., Julian Pane, Hon. Theobald Dillon, Hon. W. L. 13 "3 78 , Hon. Ralph Neville, Hon. F. L. Gower, M.P., Chevalier and Mdme. do Ilona, Hon. Mrs. Charles Cust and Miss Macdonald, Sir H. Webb, Bart., Sir Peregrine - I ,elktrld, Bert. Sir Isaac Lyon, Lady and the Misses , 1 • .`,l B midt, Sir William and Lady Clay, Sir Henry ." a u e t Bart., Sir John Gibb ons , Bart., Sir Thomas re , Bait, Si r W illiam Abdy, Bart, Lady do Bathe and Miss de Bathe, Sir Henry Meux, Bart., Lady Antrobu3, Lady Shelley, Lady L L u a a w hi l t e ,g y t , on L , adz r.p T ., albot and the Hun. Mr. Talbot,Mr. T. Baring, M.P., Mr. C. P. Leslie Colonel N!lh.P.' Mr. Denistoun, M.P., Mu. Denistoun,, u, Captain Egerton, Captain W. Tomlins, Captain Durham, Captain Hamil ton, Colonel Wingfield, Captain F. e C. Miss Burdett Coitus, Miss 'mour, Captain Temple Mowdoin, Miss 13) roe, Miss Richards, &c. 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 la Marquess de Lisboa, the Chargé d'Affaires of France and Madame de Montherot, his Excellency the Minister from the Argentine Republic, the Earl and Countess of I3ective, the Earl of Essex, the Earl of Falmouth, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Bruce, the Earl and Countess of Malmesbury, the Earl Alts mont, the Count de Berke, the Baron Koller, the Count and Countess de Miremont, the Viscount Somer ton, the Viscount Cantilupe, Lord George Gordon Lennox, Lord Sandys, Lord Saltoun, Lord Willi am Gordon Lennox, Lord and Lady Hallyburton, Lady Powlett and Miss Webb Cunningham, General the Hon. Arthur Upton, General the Hon. 11.1,Cavendish, Lady Seymour and Miss Seymour, the Hon. Mrs. Nor • ton, the Baroness Not th, 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 Barratt Lennard, Bart., and Lady Barratt 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 Mrs. Tudor, Mr. Moore, Colonel Lockyer Freestun, M.P., and Mrs. Loekyer Freestun, Mr. Charles Barry Baldwin, si.P., Mr. Richard Viner, Captain Smith, &c. OFFICERS OF THE 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 Corn • mons. By the Act in question (12 and 13 Victoria, cliap. 72) all moneys arising from the fees of the House of Commons are to be carried to the Consolidated Fund. and the salaries of the clerk, clerk's assistant, &c., are to be paid out of that fund. It is declared by the fifth clause, that so much of the Act 9 and 10 Victoria, chap. 7 7, as directs the Commissioners for regulating the offices of the. House of Commons to appoint a pay master, and as r egu l a t es th e s aid offices, shall, from and otter the Ist of August, 1849, be repealed; and the salaries, allowances, st f iperannuations, charges, and ex paid by the o penses of the Ro use such times as theC ommons shall thenceforth be the Commissioners of the 4' ) re SpeakerPaymaster-Generalr in such manner and at the House of Commons or shall direct. ACCOUNTS OF THB a MUNICIPA L . r iu e tr r a iad i nesented to Par - ENGLAND AND WALES.-- liament, pursuant to the Acts 6tl': 7th shows that William IV., chap. 104, and the Ist Victoria, c h ap. 78 gross total receipts of the variousm unici pal of England and Wales during the year end e d boroug the 31st of August, 1848, amounted to 1,195 348/ , -, and the total expenditure to 1,170,4411. TUE 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, are 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 onday about 50 sail, most of them British ships, were reported at the Custom-house from foreign ports, and on the following theys a proportionate number. Their cargoes were of a general description. Many from the Baltic are loaded with wood, grain, iron, seed, &c.; and those from the near North Sea ports aro 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 felt 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 consignments adtsmofse. seed, direct from the grow- This is very cheering, i s n o g m c e large ountr oiecs, have been 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, as 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. Craveshay tile eminent irenzattsten [ADVERTISEMENT ]_A certified Cure of Scr9fula by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—The following certificat e wa from Mr- Alcorn , of Jerry's Plains, New South f or warded to Professor H o l lowa y b y Mr. Pinkey, 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 had 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 Fficker, Esq., was on Friday elected to the coronership of North Lincolnshire, in the room of Mr. Mastic, resigned. LONDON. THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1849, SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF TIIIS DAY. TIMES, —Among the shocking and incredible dramas which appalled and amused the theatrical public of Athens, there was not a sadder or a stranger than CEdi pus at Colonos. A man of noble stature, more vener able for grief than for years, and bind 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 he 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 had 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 more he sought from strangers a refuge from oppression, and an acquittal from slander. The House of Lords presentedonld b elike,Tuesday that asp monstrouseetae spectacle n o t unlike, n venerablecouldconception.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 had deliberately invited and welcomed to his residence thou sands of men in military procession, carrying b anners , and a large portion of them arms. He had then and there refreshed their bodies, and 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 sa) 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 had 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. " Ile 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 it Ribandmen 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 bellions 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 and 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 derived 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 he said not a word about Dolly's Bra; 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 hip Lordship's " small " beer, the magnificence of the scenery, " the mountains of biome 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 of sir. Our fear is that he may be equally innocent of future equally unpleasant results. His simplicity hae, 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 sinecurittt, 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 atter a rebellion, and a month after the ignominious banishment of its chiefs, the most hermit as and appropriate moment for is tri umphant demonstration. He conceived that he wits 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, an his park. p c a h r i k l d . r e I n ; e with the 300 muskets when he attended them through rulers of this empire, wasHe was unconscious of any connivance r h e s c e s e n n i e found there erected. All the rest—the allusions to "our glorious day," the principles it was founded to support, guiltless of the platform which he htbeaonrhndaeßrdsowfd;th which his t L h o e rd c s h h e ip er 's s twheerree particularaWllee routemany harmlessabtytik taken and by customarythe host and the d iscouragements received from the successive clear. Not a child addressaotnnh nl leaving tashv. was gAws sethe s onarpgi hailed, c y o n t f h e i s n s! of its dangerous ten in den th ci e es p t r h o a c perfectly tl i y f i t t: be h H e l l .s d r L es e p rd oilsi i b p le tb f e o n r that, even forced is the in arms—of whom we have no doubt n es h si e on d — id. co T ul h d is, k h n o o w w ev le e s r s , v to er nocence is wlhtiehgivesappears thatu the th the m uneasinessost perfect w e trie compatible with the most mischievous conduct, and that a venerable peer and magistrate, in the face of a thousand warnings, aay continue to sanction illegal proceedings, almost • certain to terminate in bloodshed. Lord Roden, o f course, must be acquitted of blame. He no more knew what he was about than the Theban hero did when he 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 d ecency and of convenience as well as of justice. Lord Roden is at le as t a most unlucky man. W e 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 corn mission or pledging himself never again to give the least countenance to an Orange procession. HERALD.—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 Viet., which closed its sittings at three o'clock yesterday afternoon. For a period of full 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 very 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 t ffected 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 half-informed coxcomb or every dull ob scure opsimathist 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 Efforts 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 Hen. 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—sod with artful and grossly-discoloured views of the opera tion of his measure, or rather, Cobden's measure, adopted by him at the twelfth hour, of 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 M orning 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 wikdom. 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 Cobdeeites—a greater impediment to public busi ness than any opposition, open or covert, was their own rashness, ignorance, and incompetency. This is not 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 works—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? Is even Russia itself ? Alas! no. Though the preli minaries of peace, as is stated 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 wire 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 Puujaub, 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 judgo 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 favonrable : Th e 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. lie 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. strutted to regard as favourable. But the most curious part of this Itegiitrar's proclamation is the new view which he affords us of the phy losophy of motives lending 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 bad previously entered into a calcu lation, or at least a consideration, of the adequacy of the science of the country, together with industry and i nature, to supply the wants of the country. There san 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 fhshioned book that marriage is the symbol orsignifica 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 o'd-fashioned book represents marriage to have been ordained for a remedy against sits, and for the mutual society, h e lp, an d comfort that one ought to have of the other, both in prosperity and adversity; . so that even speculati ve ex pec!ations 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, b u t o f th a t re flective philosophy which so naturally accompanies sta tistical tables. As matters are proceedi ng , th e wor ld will, no doubt, be, in a few years, wondr ous w i se . Per haps we ought to mention that, according to th e Regis trar-General, while marriages continue steadily at the average, influenced by the philosophical considerations already adverted to, the births are increasing, and the deaths also increase. It seems the exact sciences have not 3et touched the questions cf 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 aro 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 fore; ard only to he 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 getieug 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 tree 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 soun d commerc i a l 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 Amine 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 lees 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 spirits 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 natiug iu the meanwhile a more satisfactory method of account keeping and a real and bond 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 as 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 mad 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 site 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 merred 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 INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The Blenheim steam guard-ship, Captain Horatio Austen, C. 8., was towed from tier 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 Spithead at half-past four this morning for Devonport, where she will be paid advance prior to sailing on the 3d with the mail for 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. '1 he Cambrian, 40, Commodore Plutnridge, 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." WooLwica, 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'clock A.M., and Major Browne's company for the Mauritius, and part of Major Lethebridge'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 OF A CoNi/ICT.—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 th at 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 do Ros and party, Lord Sudeley and party, Lady M'Donnell, Lady Guern sey, Sir 11. and Lady Pakenham and party, Colonel Sir H. F. Davie and party, Lady Bereaford, Mr. Cobden, M.P., &e, THE COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JULY 31.—At cur 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 terms• EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, JULY 31.—There were in the market to-day 87 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 280110 imperial, whereof 64 sold thus:-32 at 1110 s, 12 at 11956 d, 7 at 1/ 9s Od, 12 at 11 8s 6d, and 1 at 11 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: lat 11 lOs Od, 3 at 1/ 9s Od, lat 11 Ss 6d, lat 11650'J, 4at 115 s 6d, lat 115 s Od, 4 at 1! 4s 6d, 1 at 113 s Od, 2at 112 s 6d, and 6 at 1/ 2s Od. 3 sacks brosemeal, 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 trop; wheat ditto, 6s 6d to 7s 6d ; barley ditto, 6s 6d to 7s Od. Old hay from 7d to 9d; new ditto, Cd to 8d per stone. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, JULY 31.—From burgh and the north of Scotland we have received about 100 head 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. The beef trade is tolerably active ; former rates are fully supported, and nearly all are disposed of. The number of sheep and lambs is about 6,500. The mutton trade has undergone an improvement, and few remain unsold ; while lamb is exceedingly active, and very little re mains unsold. Prices—Beasts, 5s 6d to 6s 6d per stone Of 141bs ; sheep, 4id to is per head above ; lambs, 5d to bid 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 10s per cwt. Oatmeal 13s to Os; Indian areal 7s 3d to 7.6 d ; wheat.. meal, lOs Od to Ils per cwt. Indian corn 71 Os to 7/5s Od per ton. Bran 41 to 4/ 58 per ton. Hay—Farmers 15s to 275; average 18s; dealers 27s to 28s; average 00s Od per ton. Straw—Farmers 20s Od to 36s Od; average 325; dealers 40, Od to 453 Od; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 60; household loaf sd, to bid 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 ewt• Whisky, 25 o. p., 6s Od per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 7d; mutton 5d to bid; veal bld to 7d; nork 4d to bid; bacon Id to 8d; sausages 6d per lb. - Hops 61 10s per cwt. Bangor slates 31 21 6d to 315 s per ton. Bark—Barbary 81 to 81 10s; Valonia 14/ to 0/ ; French 7/103; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 12s per stone. Hemp 341 to 351 per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 17s to 18s ; red ditto 26s to 28s per barrel ; Newfoundland 10/ lOs to 121 per ton. Timber—Memel, 851 per ton ; deals, first quality, 18s; second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 10s to 16s; salted 12s to 18s per cwt ; calf skins lid to 2Ad per lb. Potatoes, white 10d to 13d ; Minions 00d to COd ; Guano-- Peruvian, 11/ 10s; Ichaboe 91 per ton; Tar—Archangel, 19s per barrel. COAL MARK ET. -YnTERDAY. Bate's West Hartley... 15s Od Stewart's Buddle's W. Hartley.. 15s Od Whitwell East Adairs Main..... 123 6d Kelloe l6s 6d Tanfield Moor ranfield Moor Butes l2s 6d Thornley Walker's Primrose ... 12s 6d Whitworth l3s 6d West Wylam Wylam Wall's End, &c. IDenison . 15s Od Gosforth . Hedley Lambton Primrose ... 16s 3d West Pease Belmont l 6s 9d DerwentwaterHartley 15s Od Braddyll Hetton vhitworth Coke Ships at market, 48. Haswell Lambton ___,, Juinley Whitworth Coke os Oa RAILWAY suAttk. mARKETS. BRISTOL, AUGUST 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day wereconfLned to Great Western, Fifths, which were done at 155, LIVERPOOL, AUGUUST 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was but a moderate demand to-claY• The sales are—Caledonian (Clydesdale Junction), 6614—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 3% p.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 4% diS• —London and North-Western, New Quarters, 3% p.—Manchester , Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 35—Midland, 64%—Ditto, Halves, 13g dis.—York and North Midland, 35%. MANCHESTER, AUGUST 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :- Manchester and Leeds, Old, 17% dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 4% Ditto,. Preference (R.), 12% —Dover (No. 4), Scrip, 6 11-16—B0ltoll and Bury, 18 dis.—Manchester and Sheffield (No. 1), 9% dis—Man' chester and Leeds, Fifths, 3N dis.-- Ditto, 32/. Sitar s, dis.—Man' chester and Birmingham (C), Quarters, 3 1 4 p.—Sheffield and Liu coin, 16 dis.—Sheffield (No. 2), 8 —West Riding Union, 4 5-16 die. BIRMINGHAM, AUGUST 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow Shrewsbury and tßirmingham (A), 6/. Is. 9d. dis. —North Stafford" shire, 5 dis.—London and North-Western, 133. YORK, JULY 31. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day have been as fol low:—Great Northern, 9% ex in and ex new—Ditto Preference, 31 ' 14s,—North British, Quarters, 3%—Ditto, Preference, 2/. I ls. 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,t —Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 2s. 6d. THE ARMY. LODGINGS FOR SOLDIERS. The following instructions have been received by the army, which we are glad to observe is another of the mall efforts of the present Secr e ta r y- a t-W ar to ame li orate Iwo improve the condition of the soldier:— " War-office, July 25.. " Sir,—With reference to the allowance granted in the Queen's warrant of Ist of July, 1848, of ld. a dill 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 ne greater number than six f o r e a c h t roop or com p a ny, a s . stated in Artiole 353 o f th e War-office Explanatory rections, I have the honour to acquaint you that he r Majesty, in gracious consideration for the further NM' fort of the married soldier, and with a view to facilitate th separation of the m arr i e d f rom the single men in berrack-rooms, has been pleased to command that a like allowance of ld. 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 tor every hundred men, including Ire' 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 prepareo, and forwarded in the course pre s c r ib e d i n A rt i c l e 355 0' 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 spec" tied, with a certificate from the commanding officer, flitiV the men, being married , and havin g th e i r w i ves or chil drea present with the regiment, were permitted by him to find their own lodgings, for the periods stated, and, in the case of a corps in barracks, a certificate from the barrackmaster, that the said men did not receive no' commodation in barracks for the said periods, is also to be annexed to the claim." ----- ALARMING FlRE.—Last night, between 11 and 1 9 o'clock, a fire, nearly attended with a fearful loss of life, broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr. G. eater bell, a grocer and tea-dealer, carrying on business at No. 8, Duke-street, Lincoln's-inn -fields. The flames when first discovered were raging with great fury in the centre room, used as a sleeping a p ar t ment , on t h e ground floor. An immediate alarm was sounded by police• constable 104 F, and on the residents of the upper part of the premises becoming aware of their disaster they made fur the staircase, but the smoke and heat were so intense that some of the parties were nearly suffocated. Phillips, the strcetkeeper of St. Clement Danes, ell seeing the imminent danger the occupants were 19 , rushed through the midst of the fire, and succeeded I°, rescuing several perso ns ; one was nearly suffocated, an d had he remained there a few minutes longer he must have perished. A woman with her child at her breast was also rescued just in time to save her life. A mal l who lived in the upper floor, was so far overcome by the heat and smoke that he was obliged to make for the roof, over which he fortunately succeeded in making a sale retreat. The London Brigade and parish engines, and the Royal Society fire escape, from St. Clement's Church yard, promptly attended, and there being an abundant supply of water obtained, the Holborn Brigade set their engines to work, and succee d e d eventually in getting the fire extinguished, but not until considerable damage was done. Mr. Campbell and his wife being at the theatre when the disaster commenced, it was impossible to ascer 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 in habitants by keeping the immerse crowd back. FIGIITFUL DlaCOVEßY.—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: 7 dt appears that during the last twelve months a married couple, of the name of Hoppey, had resided in the second flour back of the premises belonging to Mr. Maidman, tea dealer and grocer, No. 35, Lower Marsh. The two persons were last seen alive on Monday evening, but no 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. BIRTS. On the 30th ult., at Lown .E des-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 the Rev. G. E. Welby, of a daughter. On the 28th ult., at Melton Woodbridge, the lady of Joha R. Wood, of a daughter. On the 30th ult., at Northampton, the wife of John Becke, Esq., of a daughter. On the 30th ult., at Devonshire-place, the lady of Philip A. Browne, Esq., of a daughter. On the 26th u lt., at Wanst MARRIED ad Church, Frederick Crossley Young, Esq , to Clari Mary, youngest daughter of the late R. I'. Sayer, Esq., of the Temi-a. On the 31st ult , at Homerton, Mr. Matthias Gardner, of Coggeshall, Esq., to Sarah, eldest daughter of Mr. S. G. Underhill, of Chatham-place, Hackney. DIED On the 27th ult., at hangsland-green, Mr. Frederick Palmer, late a Purser in the Hon. East India Company's Service, aged GO. On the 27th ult., Mrs. Anastasia B. Hunt, of St. John's Wood- terrace. On the 30th ult., at Rose- hill, Dorking, Rowland, th, e eldest and surviving son of R. Yallop, E sq ., o f Farniva'* Inn, aged 1 , 3. ri the 29th ult., aged 77, at Bolt-house, Wilts, Sarah' relict of the late J. Phillpotts, Esq, formerly M.P. for Gla ce ter. - 6nthe 31st ult., at Park-road, StOckwell, Martin Brook" house, Esq. of London: Printed and Published by MURDO y0u1c.0 1 , 2, Na. 112, Strand, Printe r , a t The S un O ffi ce, NO. strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county Middlesex, Thursday, August 2 , 1849 . i