The Sun. — London, England, 1849-08-15 00:00:00

2 9 3 4 2 6 1 6 2 4i lAN') S. VT', Thetis, Walter.. t, Rio leaky. izzonte. Jags.. -Art"(l,t Philip• all. Ade' r West )uke of iagells;- d troal i; irgara , nsibar; , Saint► ;owlel► :rawer► S. L. nyrno; w ith been .rrived ,y eroe. Head, will be vessel 0013 C r, ed thel d four 2,l.tech , nnah; lath from f both heavf ,Vbr.- - ithan, York. 34,208 less this year. Comparative statement of the arrivals and tonnage from the Lower Ports in the years 1848-9, up to the 28th July in each year:- 1848 37 vessels, 2,585 tons. 1849 5l 3,192 14 607 more this year. Political affairs in Canada were still unsettled. The weather was very fine. Cholera prevailed, but not so seriously as in the States. Trade was dull. Lima papers of May 30 describe all as being quiet in Peru. The attempted revolutions in Bolivia have also proved failures. Advices of July 2, from Buenos Ayres, run thus : " The projected armistice we alluded to in our last was established on the 24th ult., at 3 P.M. The status quo is to be preserved by both parties. and hostilities cannot be renewed without twenty-four hours' notice. " The nominal French blockade of the Oriental ports was raised simultaneously with the establishment of the armistice. "A few days previous, Admiral Leprilour addressed a proclamation to his countrymen, and shortly after the suspension of arms took effect he dispatched for France four vessels of his squadron,. viz. :—fr igate Erigone, bri g Tactique, and steamers Chiuiere and Grondeur. Her Majesty's steamer Lizard sailing for England at the same Do. Liviop. and Bury 46 ...... ......... Ditto (Huddersfield and SLetf.) 5O . .. Do. (W. Riding Union) 9 « Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Di). IA Shares (A) 10 ...... Leeds and bradtord Leeds and Thirsk - Ditto. New Do., Prefer., 6 per CL 00000 Do., Pref. Quar, 18 IS 9 Liverpool, Crosby and Southport lO London & Black wa11...—. 12 lA I — Louuou, brightou. aim South C0a5t....... 60 Do. Guarani . 6 per ct.. 9 ...... Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto, ditto— 1r..2 50 ....• Ditto, New 5/., guar. 6 per cent. Londonand Greenwich 12/15s 4d... .. Ditto, Preference .. . 20 London and N. Western 100 .12 8 1,E 129. Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 -14 14V4 •••••• Ditto, Fitt Do. 4(l.Shares(L.M.) 00. 10/ thl. & B.) C. 1 ..... 3% Lon , . 6S. Western 50 .• 33 1 ,i 33 Ditto, New 50/. Feu The following law regarding the abolition of duties on the Isthmus of Panama. was passed by the Senate and House of Representatives in Bogota, on the 22d May last : "On and after Ist January, 1850, the customhouse duties, the government monopolies of tobacco and alcohol, will be removed entirely. " The Provincial Legislature of Panama shall not be allowed after that date to impose any tax or duty on personal effects or baggage of any person crossing from one sea to the other. Such articles as are intended for Consumption on the Isthmus. however, are not to come under this rule, nor is the right of exacting passports to be done away with; these can be exacted from each person or head of a family, at a charge not exceeding 16 Hale. " Tobacco grown on the Isthmus will remain subject to a tax of 50 rials per quintal, when it is introduced for consumption in any other province. This duty will be collected as long as the monopoly exists in other parts of the Republie. "Foi. ign merchandise for the Isthmus of Panama, which is imported by way of other ports of the Republic than those on the Isthmus,will pay import dues the same as coming from foreign countries. Ves.els coming from ports on the Isthmus, which 'hall cuter, loaded or unloaded, in any other ports of the Republic, shall pay no tonnage dues." General Paez was still endeavouring to raise an insur rection in Venezuela. D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 12 th ... Do. New 101. Pref..... 10 Ditto, ut.tirimsby ... 60 Ditto ditto . 17 ••• •• • ••••• ••••• •• • • 604.44 Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 2O . ••• Do., Grimsby Dock Do., Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.2 s Midland ....... Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., do., 601..Sharea 30 Do. Birm., and Derby 100 The accounts from Mexico are very favourable, di vested of the exaggerations which the American news. paper writers always indulge in. A plan for the arrangement of the debt due in re spect of foreign loans had been agreed upon between the agent of the Bondholders and the Mexican Govern 'neut. The following is a statement upon the subject:— I st. Government offers four millions and a half, to b e taken in three equal parts from the American indemnity, Which will be applied to the payment of future dividends and those due since 1846. - 2d. I ns t ea d o f t h e i ncome f rom to b acco, w hi c h has given little or nothing to the creditors, Government Offers them, as security, not only the duties on precious Metals exported from the Pacific, but likewise en those exported from any part of the Republic. 3d. The duties on gold and silver circulating in the Whole country. The interest is to be 3} per cent. for ten years, and then to increase annually until it reaches the original G per cent, while a commissioner will be appointed to act in England with the agents of the Bondholders, and there will be no further chance of " squabbles" and delays The President of the Mexican Republic states, in his speech, that the income and expenditure may be equalized, and that a large proportion of the home debt bears no interest. The indemnity money received last May was still in hand. The committee of Spanish Leneeican Bondholders have received letters, but we '!ilye RA yet seen copies. With regard to the terms above given a e believe the letters will confirm them. Do. Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 Ditto,Brist. & Glocatr. 40 Ditto ditto .... .18/.128.6d — Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 50 Ditto, Leieest.& Swan- • nington, 8 per ct. guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish 47% ..... ..... ........... Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. - ... Newcastle and Carhale.loo ..... .. Do. Quarters Newmarket Do. Extension Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 sloe.. ... m ' Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpomt, and Rostrevor 2O Norfolk .... ....... ....100 Do. New 201. Du. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 — Do. Guaranteed 5 1 / 2 pc. 5 Do. Lowebtort(4 per ct) 20 Ditto (6 per et.) Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ...... N ,rthern Counties Union 4 ...... ...... ...... N4rth British ....... ... 26 .... , ---. Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds .... Ditto Preference North Stadordshire ... 17 orth Wales ... ...... -.. 34 — North-Western .... The Amsterdam market was supported on Monday. Dutch TA o-une-a-Half per Cents. 53. At Vienna, ou the 10;h instant, business was quiet. The Funds are stilt affected by the settlement of the aec "nt. Consols have realised 92i to for Tran-fer, and 32i to 4 for Account. The New Three-and-a-Quar ter Per Cents. are 92i to a. Exch; quer-bills have been !4s. to 43s premium. Bink Stock is 1991, and India oteck 2521. Money seems to be temporarily in more d emand. The Foreign Securities are more buoyant. Mexican h ave touched 28i I. P u rtugese Fo u r p e r have en to 284 to 29*. Spanish Three per Cents. are 344 to 34 t. Dutch Two and-a-Halt per Cents. are 524. h>hares continue heavy. Great W es t ern are aga i n (3 "ri North-Western steady; Midland firm; York anu North Midland on the decline. weird, 11 orcester, and - Wolverhampton ..... 60 leading, Guildford, and Reigate (toys= and Hitchin ... 41..... ....- ..... ... ,cottish Central Scottish Midland Ditto, New ihrewsbury and Bine... 11 •••... 43 /4 Ditto ditto. Class B. 7 - •••• ..... ••.• Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 •:tirewkibury and kiereid. 3 S'irewsbury & Cheater (Nor. W. Min.) lB Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 ...... Ditto Oswestry ...... 18 1 / 4 . Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref lO - Shropshire Union -outti 1 Nivon - ..... ••• ... Do. Preference SO Ath Statiordshire BW, 3% ,outh Eastern )0.. No. 1 Do., N 0.2. Do., Registered No. 4 10 . ••• Do., Scrip No 4 SAttli %I ales S ,uth Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole lO iheffield, Rotherham. & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 14% Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stin. C0a1.... 7 - .•...... saw Vale Extension ... 8 [lames Haven Dock and Railway ..... ... 17 1 ,€•••••• Vale of Neath ... .. ...... 8 ONE WOCLCK. il•sts 1 PRIPES. V ll ' Xs or sItiTISH , UNITh , ;kat Stock 1991, 9 t-2% ",, i, r Cent. It( dneed Arms ...... 92% °„Per Cent. Consois Annuities (.-2 3 %A; 92% r4 r " 3 74 1 ' per Cent. Aims...—. 87, .1 ''', c 'tg Anna. to expire J an. 1860 —* .'s 252 1 A India Suck India Bonds. 1,000/. ••••••••••••• —cn 76 n 76 p Ditto under 1,000(.. ... 10- /4 B outh Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities ... ec , nbOis tot Account, S,p t . 11 923/4% 92% Exche q u e r Bills. • 1 i„, 0 . & 2d. 1,000/. June ...... .......... 5001. June 4 S p small. June 45 48 p 48 p IIt ICES OF FORLIGIN k I.J.NDS 0: 1. E CLOsli , PRICEg O'CLOCK. 85 3 . i Graz O'CLOCK. Bonds Buenos Ay res B on d s , 6 per C en t. 52 Chi liau Bonds 6 per Cent ••• — 93 ke4,iettn, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupon E s 7— ‘, Ditto, x Coupons 28% % 283 i Ditto, Account • Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — Ditto, 4 per Cent. Active... 534 52 Port uguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per cent 29 28N 29M 29 1 4 _ e, Ditto, Account, 28 ° Danish 5 per Cent. 1840. -181i _ g Ditto. Acco un t l B7 Ditto, 3 per C en t A Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 / 4 per Cent — 251 D utch 2% per n London. Divideds on the above payable in Cent., 12 Guild 5 2 34 52 3 4 Ditto.. : per Cent. Certificates 82% 821,4 4 Per Cent Neapolitan ... — 81 1 / 2 .. A. b 11 . , WAY SHARES. PRICES OF PAID. NESS ONE CLOSING AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen . 80. Preference ........ ....... 6 'i4 dlliber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 6 ...... — ...,.• Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7% — Belfast & County Down 25 Ilerks & llants Extens. (Ut.West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 ii irrninglaam and ox f,rd Junct.' calls duly Paid, or with a guaran. 20 1 1: •" 0 ,withoutguarantee 20 ~..• `llttning, VW olverteton, and Dudley, calls duly t d, or W i th guaran t ee 10 •• ••• 0 . without guarantee 10 ~.... : rrni ng.,Wolverh'pton, an d btour V a ll e y 131' 148." Bike nhead, Lancashire, t!rt,itia4nt, .itci:o'lltlo'Cia4,niellsillih. rElid4rxseeagjt:le.Br„ni.crull 1 72921700. 'AI"... ... ... :: :: :: 1-17 .13. • p it inoam,hi re ... • 161.45. ..... ~, 1 , ... ••• . -111St i(llan .. 50 ...... 2-7 a 7B ••• .. Ditt o, QuW;ier Sli . ar . ea 12% — bi .tto New lui. Yriii... .1u Cht— t°A-11.Ydesdale June 50 Ditto- arldli Ihd • 5 0 - c,, ‘ _ a ~r enee 78 1 4 — bo Do i het , Cla 6 r Ct. 10 to..u2dov,elritsil' per esn tie L r o C an t. , 10 bir 4 Per Cen t. ..".. ... ect L ondon & Ports -1)/31,11 uoi D in and Belfast June. 40 --•— L u cialk & Enniskillen 2234 " 'Mt Anglian, 25/., L. at t • taut L. and D...... 25 Do., h 181 , E. & H.... 18 E,, (1 .,3/. 105., P re f... 314 •••• '- 7' B ' ll COtlaties... 20 ..... 0 N b i . i t . o, 7 3l , te G n u s in io ti n ri:c .. t: 10 ...... '''' "'“" 5 per Di Ceut., O. 1 ....... 6/.135. 4d.... to ditto, No. 2...61. ..• 13s. 4d... . Do. North. & Eastern, _ .b 6, per Cent. ....... .. 50 ...... uto. 5 per Cent.... 50 Ditto, per .tlares ..... 12 1 / 2 .• ••• t , 00 . New ...... . ........ 43 ...... '" ..-a:Dbtliolettti:4o:t:eCUC.lEnlaaasi°Bl:: Au'. Class A : S d h i t a t r o e . s . ) . 25 14 — b l i*, i 13., B (I. & B.) 25 ...... ditto... 2214. .... Ea iittLttoocricci\iap,ei:whwnirp,ierce.n..t...). 2: 55 ............ i ........... ........ ~. .... Quarters 6 1 ,a — 1 -'O., 6 per Cent. Pre t`MlCß, qtatten ,„ 6 vi. on .81$11140. Australasia , 4O -•• mos. 00000 •• British North American 50 Colonial 25 - 00000000 ••••••• Commercial of London 20 London. Joint 5t0ck...... 10 London & Westminster. 20 National Proi,•. England. 35 Ditto New. . .....-.... 10 National of Ireland 2 2 1,x...... .... ........ ... Provincial of Ireland DAto, New ... .. .... 10 Union of Australia Ditt0,New.............. 2%...... . Union of L0nd0n:....... 10 ...... Union of Madrid 4O MINES. Anglo-Mexican lOO Asturian Mining Com... 15 Australian .. 3 .•• ••• ••••• Barrossa Range .• ... 28s. Blaenarvon Iron 3:Coal 50 Datmoa Scrip ...... $.48 • sup pi! Wiiii ..... it! 'THE MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. 1 East Lincolnshire 25 ...-• - CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares 2O .. - ... ........ .......... ...... ••• - The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, amounted EdinburgiaandNorthem 25 ...:.... to 10,000 bales, and comprised 7,500 American at 4d. Ditto, Newport to 6i., 800 Pernam, &c., at 51cl. to ad., 200 Bahia Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch 2%........ - at 51d., 600 Egyptian at 51d. to 6d., and 800 Surat at Exeter and Exmouth 215....... '- 3id. to 4-Id. per lb. Of the above speculators took 4,000 Glasgow, Dumfries, and American, 500 Pernam, 400 Egyptian, and 600 Surat. Carlisle - .... The market closed firmly, and prices of all kinds were Glasgow,Kilmar ,& Ayr 50 •••-• - id. per lb. higher.-There was a dull market for Rail- Do. Preference Consol. -.. treat Northern way Shares, and prices for the most part were a shade eat vo., 72 A Deferred lower. Do., 1 / 2 B 6 per Cent 7 14........ - Do., The letters and papers by the Caledonia have been LC , . , 5 per Cent.... i g. ree F -•: 5 ...... •• ..•• delivered this morning, and although they notice a little Great South. and West. dulness in trade, are satisfactory on the whole. The (Ireland) ... Stock Market was rather fluctuating, but the Money Great North of England.loo ...... - Market was easy. The imports into New York were Ditto, New, 401. 4O ...... rather falling off, and were for the week to the 26th ult. Ditto, ditto - not quite so large as in the corresponding period of Ditto, New, 301 3O . - 1848. The total was 1,700,000 dollars. The delay in Ditto, New,lsl l5 .. .. - • 100 ...... 72% 72 ...... ... receiving returns from San Francisco, where goods are Great . Western 50 Ditto, I Shares accumulating, was some check to business, and should be Ditto, / Shares duly taken into account by exporters. Ditto, ifths ...... The following is a comparative statement of the arri- Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... pals and tonnage at Quebec from sea in the years 1848- Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... 91 ......... 9, up to the 28!li July in each year:- Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ..... 47 1848 678 vessels, 260,142 tons. Do. Quarter Shares... 12% - 1849 579 225,934 Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...•.. - Ditto, Thirds - "* •. Lancashire & Yorkshireloo - Do. do. M. B. k 8.... 96 - Ditto, ditto - Ditto, 1 / 2 Shares - ....• ...... ... Do. Quarters .- - ...... ........ Do. Fifths... ........ - 10 - Do. Thirds ...-. ....... 15 - Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent._ 10 ...... -. ......... ...... _ . _ Ditto, Thirds 161.138.4d.... 5% dis .. 5% dis Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per . Cent. on Calls . ,5 - 00000 .......... Londonoerry &Coleraine 25 Do. 1 / 2 Shares .. 3% - 000 . .... ....... Loodonuerry .u.to .k.nnis kitlen 25 ...... Do. % Shares 5 alanche.ter.isuxton,and Matlock 5 Jianchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 23 Ditto ditto (No. 2).„ 25 - Waterford and Kilkenny 20 ~ Waterford and Limerick 47% -- Naterld,Wxfrd,Wicklw and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... Do. do. do. Do. do. • do. ... 15 West Cornwall ...... ... 6 ......... hitehaven & Furness 16 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 12 Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. 25 Do. Newcastle Extern. 20 Do. G.N.E.Pretercnce 8 ... .• 3% Do. IL.rtlepool Dock and Railway .. 100 . ..... York and ..North Midland 50 29 28 Ditto, Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 5 • Boulogne and Amiens.— 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 .....• ••..••••• ..... Demerara Dutch Rhenish 171— ........ East Indian ..... 3i; ......... • Ureat Indian Penin su l ar 5 Do. Do. 10s. Louvain ala Sambre ... 7% Luxembourg Ditto ......... 24 Madrid and Valentia... 2 ............... Namur and Liege 20 5 7 f4 Northern of France ..... 14/. 8a 3% dis• 3% dis. Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 Vans and Orleans ...... 20 ...... Paris and Rouen 2O •••.« ma. Paris and Strasbourg ... 11 •20 •• • •••• s ß a o m ue t t i i re an an d d H m at e ' u re m 20 3 T St o r t a ri sbo in u d rg s an an d te l:asle 3 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt ...... 20 West Flanders .• Ditto ... B!•Aa JOINT STOCK BANKS. ALBERT• asked ke with adding, ?, Bishop foments, He dies r stated, ence of er part JBARLES 'seutery, he Pre mourn- ys, and was" to ed that a le Court 1 on the 1 words to the D him at motions s sitting Deputy ill wear le death shall be urea be le State, A.M. it half ; met at cted to logs of 3rey, at , where system I by the re in the ) dinner ting for ;EES. DirAvir &ND L 1 Wet yen" Ikers:—• recently to Xturdo nd. 9 8} 1 10 1 6 2 0 ) 17 0 1 7 6 3 , 9 22 lii 12% - +fir--~ 531 4 .129 1 4 :14.4 33 .... 1454 6334 87% 24 45i 13% - 11% 4 3 / 4 10% 31% 21% 20% 19 13 1 4 3,,•4 28 1 4 71/s SUN, HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Last night Le Nozze di Figaro, that chef d'ceuvre of Mozart, the, without exception, most perfect comic opera in the world, was produced at Her Majesty's Theatre in a style of perfection, alike worthy of the opera and of the establish ment. The cast was the strongest, perhaps, ever known—Sontag was Susannah; Alboni, Cherubic!; Parodi, the Countess; Beletti, Figaro; Coletti, the Count; and Lablache, Bartolo. That the Susannah of Sontag should be, as a piece of vocalisation, perfection, was to have been predicated ; she is an accomplished musician, one of the few who can thoroughly understand and appreciate Mozart, and the music is so exactly suited to her voice, that had Mozart composed it purposely for her he could not have fitted her better ; but there was some anxiety felt as to her histrionic impersonation of the character ; and, notwithstanding her admirable acting, the lady-like Rosins, the simple Linda, and the impassioned Desdemona proved that she had made vast progress in the histrionic branch of her art, yet the character of Susannah was so different from any in which she had hitherto appeared that there was some, not perhaps quite anxiety, but intense curiosity, experienced to ascertain how she would acquit her self. The very first scene with Figaro, however, satisfied all who assisted at the representation (and seldom have we seen such an assemblage—long before the commencement of the overture access to the pit was impossible) that they had before them not only the Susannah of Mozart, but the Susan nah of Beaumarchais also. Never has the spirituelle camereriste of the poet been re presented more spirituellement. As a piece of acting, the Susannah of Madame Sontag, is a nearer approach to the Susannah of Made moiselle Mars than any that we have ever seen, Her opening duet with Figaro was admirably acted and ,sung. The following scenes with Bartolo and Marcelline, with Cherubini, with the Count, and with Figaro, were admirably given. Her scene with Cherubini and the Countess was admirable, and never have w e h ear d t h e "V en i te inginocchiveti" so exquisitely given ; it created quite a furore, and called forth a rapturous encore. In the terzetto which follows, "Susanna via sortite," in which, hid behind the. curtain, she overhears the scene between the Count and Countess, her clear beautiful tones produced a most delicious effect ; and, in the opening duet of the third act, the far-famed Crudel again rapturously encored, although in the last instance Coletti is entitled to his full share of the honour. The guar. tette " Voliamo ad informer," between Susannah, the Doctor, Marcellina and Figaro, was, however, the great triumph o f th e n i g h t. I t was three times re• demanded, and, on each repetition, the enthusiasm was increased; notwithstanding the power of the voices of Lablache and Beletti, the beautifully-sustained shake of Sontag could be heard above all. The " Deh Viene" in the last act was most exquisitely and most expressively given, and was of course rapturously encored. Taken as whole, Susannah is perhaps the best character in which Madame Sontag has yet appeared. Certainly she is the best Susannah on the stage. The Countess of Parodi was a beautiful piece of acting, full of feeling and pathos. We have never heard the " Dove seno ' more exquisitely given. She had here an op portunity for the display of her histrionic powers, of which she knew well how to avail herself. The Che rubini of Alboni stands alone. She is the only person on the stage who can sing the music of the part as Mozart wrote it. Her " Non se piu," and " Voi the sapete," are things to be remembered ; it is an epoch in a musical existence to have heard Alboni sing either of these exquisite arias, and never did she sing them more deliciously than last evening. The Count of Coletti was a fine manly performance ; he gave the " Vedro month- io" most effectively, and his fine voice told admirably in the concerted pieces. Belletti was the very broad/on of a barber that Beaumarchais intended to draw the comet of the social system--his acting and singing were admirable. It is seldom that the tar-famed "Non piu Andrai" has been given with such truth and spirit Its he exhibited last night. The Bartolo of Lablache was magnificent. " La Vendetta" was superbly given, and his acting in the quartette in the second act was full of humour. The choruses were excellently drilled, and Balfe de serves infinite credit for the admirable manner in which the orchestra performed their duties. The principal artistes were all called for at the conclusion, and had been several times individually called on during the course of the performance. LONDON, 73 54 14% 13% 9% 94 37g BOW -STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Thomas Gibson, a tail, powerful man, about 40 years of age, was charged before Mr. Henry with feigning attacks of cholera in the streets, for the purpose of ex tortirg alma. It was proved that last night, between one and two o'clock, the prisoner was seen to lay himself down on the footway in Bow-street, near Broad -court, and writhing with terrible contortions of his limbs, and moaning dismally; he was soon surrounded by a consi derable crowd, amongst whom were some gentlemen, who sent immediately to the station-house for the stretcher, to convey him to the hospital, at the same time pronouncing his cwe to be a decided one of cholera. But the prisoner found power to express himself to the contrary, and to make it known that he was subject to such attacks, and that brandy was the only remedy, and was invariably of immediate efficacy. The gen tlemen kindly procured instantly a large glass ful, which he drank off before the police arrived with the stretcher. He then made great re sistance to being carried to the hospital, and when brought there the surgeons pronounced that there was nothing the matter with him but what was the effect of drinking. As he seemed much excited a copious appli cation of cold water to his head was prescribed, and he soon became calm enough to be permitted to depart. At half-past two o'clock this morning(about an hour after his leaving the hospital) be was seen by a policeman to lay himself down on the footway in Log acre, in the wit) of some gentlemen who were approaching in the same direction, when he began to kick- and writhe about, moaning fearfully, and foaming profusely at the mouth. The policeman coming up to him, observed him put some thing into his mouth, and, suspecting what it was, con trived to get his fingers in, and take out a piece of soap. The prisoner, who made a violent resistance, was ulti mately taken to the station-house. his defence was, that he was subject to epileptic fits, and he said he " could not believe any one that he had a piece of soap in his mouth." The policeman, however, produced it, and his evidence being corroborated, Mr. HENRY committed the prisoner to the House o f C orrect i on fur one month with hard labour. MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY.) A " GBNT."—A little short man, of rather seedy appearance, who gave the name of Lewis Seville, of No. 15, Curzon street, May-fair, and who Nas described on the charge-sheet as a gentleman, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with having been drunk and disorderly in Oxtord-street. Police-constable 208 D, stated that about four o'clock this morning he was on duty in Oxford -street, whet] he saw the defendant, who was very drunk, cresting a dis turbance with two prostitutes. On desiring him to go away he became very abusive, and said he was a gentle man, and paid rates and taxes in order to support such a one as him. As he persisted in his disorderly conduct, witness took him to the station. The defendant denied the truth of the constable's statement, which he alleged was totally false. He was perfectly sober at the time, and knew very well what he was about. Defendant added that the constable had not done his duty, inasmuch as he was eating a piece of cake, which he (defendant) had treated one of the women with. Now he should like to know if that was part of a constable's duty. Mr. HARDWICK said, defendant had done wrong in not obeying the constable, and the latter had acted per fectly right in taking him to the station. As he had been locked up some hours, which was a sufficient pu nishment, he (Mr. Hardwick) should discharge him. A LIISUY SGLICITOII.—A gentlemanly-looking man, who gave the name of -Frank Williams, but whose real name is Gill, a solicitor, residing at No. 16, J. rm) n street, was charged with having been drunk and dis orderly. Chvekley, 142 C, said he was on duty in Charles street, St. James's, this morning, about half-past two o'clock, when be observed the defendant, who was much the worse for liquor, knocking at a door in that street. He told him to go away, and on his refusing so to do he took him to the station. The defendant who seem* d rather embarrassed at his present posiLion, expressed his regret for his conduct, and assured the magi,►rate it was his first appearance. Mr. HARDwrcx fined him ss. for being drunk. MR. HARRIS'S CONCERT AT DRURY . LANE.-111r. Harris, to whom the frequents rs of the Royal Italian Oi.era, Covent Garden, are under great obligations for the perfect manner in which the pieces represented at the theatre have been placed on the stage, under his superintendence, takes a benefit concert at Drury lane Theatre this evening, in which Madame Grisi, Mao:111e. Angri, Madame litmus Gras, Miss Catherine Hayes, Corbari, Madlle. de Meric, Miss Poole, Mrs. Weiss, and Madame Viardot. Signor Mario, Signor Marini, Signor Ciabatta, Signor Taghafico, Signor Polonini, Signor Yaglieri, Mr. Weiss, and Signor Tamburini, will appear. The orchestra► will consist of the artists of the Ro)al Italian Opera, and Mr. Lavenu will act as conductor. DEATLI OF MR. JOHN J. GALWXY, i 3 with the sincerest regret we announce the death of Mr. Juhn J. Galway, a member of the Town Council, and a citizen remarkable for his zeal in the cause of the poor. He died this morning of cholera, a disease which is now making fatal ravage s in the northern district ot this city, the district in which AIL Galway resided.—Cork Ex aminer of MondAy._ CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ending August 12, 1 849:—Coaching traffic, 209 8, l I c., 45. 2 7 14 d 1 ..; Ipzre2edls.,; steatu-boats, 1584 2 s . 6d.— &c., 441. 19 s . I Id. ; goous, cattle, Total, 2,5091. I Is. 2ci. The ship Essex, from Gravesend to Calcutta, with head-quarters 8 rth regimenh,wab sßultep June, in lit, 2G 58 Null), log. Z 2 2D, All well. WEDNESDAY EVENING AUGUST THE QUEEN'S PROGRESS. ARRIVAL IN THE CLYDE: MONDAY NIGHT.--But for the warm hearted re• ception which the inhabitants gave her Majesty, it might have been said that the Black North afforded the royal squadron but a cheerless welcome. The gale which blew all Saturday night continued with unabated vehemence on Sunday, blowing up sheets of spray in the secure anchorage wherein the vessels rode, and whistling through the rigging till the shrill noise drowned even its own fury. The shore on both sides, all shrouded in mist, looked (through such gleams of light as afforded one an opportunity of discerning it) gloomy and menacing; overhead was one dark canopy of driving clouds, beneath and around a cheerless land and an angry roadstead, tossed into a thousand foaming waves. A few daring yachts and small boats which ran down towards the fleet at times careened over to the water's edge, and soon sought shelter under the lee of the land, and thus for many a long hour the steamers rode in soli tary association, head to wind, tugging away at their cables as if wearied of their stay and anxious for a speedy departure. At noon the Queen and Royal Family had prayers on board the royal yacht, which all hands were piped to attend. Soon afterwards the signal for dinner, or some other meridian meal, which was answered by every vessel with praiseworthy alacrity and promptness, gave a pleasing interruption to the rather tedious occupation of time on board the squadron, limited as it had been for the most part to plashing along 'a damp deck, looking through a glass at nothing in particular, making ingenious comments on the state of the weather, or superintending the healthful exercise of the men in restowing jibs and foresails. At a quarter past one o'clock the Vivid was or dered up to Belfast to land a royal messenger, and rushed up to the quay with her usual velocity amid the applauding shouts of numerous persons there as sembled, who imagined the little boat had carried up the Queen and Royal Family on a sudden excursion to church. At half-past two o'clock she returned, and on approaching the roadstead where the royal squadron had lain BO securely ou her departure for the town, they were nowhere to be seen. They had, in fact, stood down the Lough to sea, though the weather had not at all moderated. The Vivid pro ceeded in search of them with eager speed, and pass ing the Copelands soon ran out into the open sea from under the shelter of the land. And now the force of the wind was felt in its fury. It was not for nothing it had been blowing forty-eight hours from the south. As the Vivid ran out to meet the long roll it pitched up on her quarter in a seething mass of foam, or slipping away from beneath, let down her hull into the yawning trough ot waters, gulping as though it would swallow her at once. In ad vance, and nearly hull down, were the several ves sels of the squadron, far separated, according to their rates of speed and power of endurance, tilting up their sterns, rolling to leeward, and thumping their bows through the waves. The further from land the higher rose the sea, and the louder roared the wind. The Mull of Galloway was in all its glory. The south wind comin g up the Channel, tore up the downward tide into rugged hills of water, topped with crisping troth, and dashed them against the quivering vessels, which quashed through and into them with a hissing noise, making a thousand rainbows of the spray. Thus up and down those green hill sides the squadron sped on its way, the lazy vessels going fast astern—poor Lucifer, with all such sail as be could carry set, lagging hopelessly in the rear; Trident next, bowling along more stea dily ; and then, in various order, the Sphinx, Black Eagle, Stromboli, Vivid, Fairy, and Victoria and Albert. The little tender made excellent progress, though at times even the trucks of her masts were invisible in the hollow of the" sea. Towards four o'clock it was evident the squadron did not intend to make for the mouth of the Clyde, for their course was too much to the southward ; and about five o'clock they were visible passing the Corsil light, at the en trance of Lough Ryan, into which they ran, and where they anchored, off Cairn, at twenty minutes after five o'clock. They lay in silence and gloom all sight —not a soul visible on shore or along the high hills which surround it. A little boat put off from the Royal yacht soon after her arrival to a small landing place on the south side of the Lough, and it was said the Prince was one of her passengers, but of this fact we lay all the onus upon rumour solely, merely ven turing to affirm that the boat put off and after a short stay, during which several gentlemen landed and walked along the beach, returned to the vessel. At midnight all the vessels settled down into gloom and profound darkness; the lights were extinguished in the yacht, and no sound was heard over the dreary waste but the roaring of the wind, still rude and strong as ever, the scream of the gannet as he flew to his rocky nest, or the bells which marked the slow course of time on board the vessels. CO URT CIRCULAR. With the dawn up rose the wavering blasts of steam from every vessel of the fleet, and at four o'clock the Vivid, active, but not quite so joyous as the earliest of larks, weighed anchor and stood away through a thick morning and chopping sea for the Frith of Clyde, the Black Eagle having preceded her by about half an hour. Soon after four, all the fleet was under weigh on the same course. The weather was wretched to a degree,—haze and fog, and rain and wind, and sea— all " dirty," as seamen would say, and all very disagreeable, as any land-going individual could not hesitate to affirm. Ailra Craig, rising from the middle of the angry waters, looked too dreary to queev g e r ntothe most glorious i n e t e r sceneryat inveterate of the admirerof b th e e p s ire o c l t i u tary s and and. The Clyde further on, obscured with all sorts of atmos pheric devices indicative of rain and storm, lost all its charms—for, indeed, they were i nv i s ibl e , th e t op of every hill being capped with cloud in one dank fogbank. The Isles of Arran and Bute, looming like Alps through the mist, were passed with a heavy run of sea . rt little revenue cutter here stood off from under the lee of the land, and put Captain Robinson on board the yacht to act as pilot. At 8 o'clock the Vivid stood up to Greenock, and having made a short stay opposite the Custom house, returned just in time to catch the Victoria and Albert and the Fairy steaming up the magnificent estuary of Loch Long. But, alas 1 its magnificence was for the most part wrapped in a driz zling mantle ofrain, and could only be taken for granted. Occasionally a whiffof wind force(' up the curling vapour and disclosed a sheet of water compressed at times into narrow straits between towering mountains, whose tops were lost in the clouds, or expanding into bold bays o l hv , ockad in on every f.ehamo:yaen rains. arijcsbi.puirtnAo precipitous side descent r s n ll t e e d e p t s h i e d eof c s foamingi sdo wn whose torrent ewelled in d to en f s o e an c ii u n r g ta c i a n sc r a e d l e i s an by d the en veloped the whole scene into a Scotch mist beyond the power even of Macintosh to resist. At some sud den tern a giant mountain—with a thousand whit e rivulets furrowing its sides—a few scattered sheep holding on, as it were, to the scant herbage—a shepherd's lone sheeling, barely distinguishable from the surrounding heather, and an old stray sportsman toiling after some wild pack of grouse up the cliffs —stood revealed for one moment in all its grandeur, to be lost in an instant. Soon after eleven, the Royal yacht, the tender, and the Vivid, turned back, the two former proceeding up Loch Goyl, whence it was understood that her Majesty and suite would, if the weather proved less unfavourable, start across the isthmus to Loch Lomond; the latter returning to Greenock, and passing in her course se veral steamers, in one of which the storm-tossed Provost of Glasgow was said to be, intent on paying his respects to his Sovereign. The rest of the Royal squadron anchored for the night below Greenock, and to-morrow her Majesty will leave her retreat among the mountains, and make her public entry into the good city of Glasgow. Colonel Gordon went up to town to arrange preliminaries for the procession early in the morning. (BY ELECT IC TELEGRAPH.) TUESDAY NIGHT. Her Majesty left Loch Gair, a few miles below Grt enock, in the Fairy, with the Vivid in her train, at 8 15 this morning, a nd arrived at Glasgow s h or tl y before twelve o'clock, having been received in her passage up the Clyde with the warmest demonstrations of hearty and delighted loyalty. The Lord Provost, having presented an address from the Corporation, received on board the honour of knighthood. _ _ _ The deputations from the Lord-Lieutenant, De puty-Lieutenant, and magistrates of the county ; from the Presbytery of Glasgow, of the Established Church, and from the Free Kirk of Scotland, were severally introduced, and presented addresses to her Majesty, who immediately afterwards, in company with Prince Albert and the Royal children, proceeded to visit the Cathedral and the College, receiving on her progress through the vast and orderly assemblage the most enthusiastic plaudits. Shortly after two o'clock the Royal party arrived at the terminus of the Edinburgh and Glasg ow Rail way, where they partook of refreshment, an d t h en started for Balmoral by special train via Perth, where it is expected her Majesty will stay for the night. (From the Court Circular.) OFF 13ELFASI, Ana. 12. Yesterday afternoon her Majesty proceeded up the Lough, in the Fairy yacht, to Belfast. Her Majesty and the Prince received addresses on board the Fairy, from the Corporation of Belfast, the Bishop and clergy of the diocese, the Roman Catholic Bishop and clergy, the Harbour Commissioners, the Presbytery, the county of Antrim, Queen's College, the Chamber of Commerce, the town of Carrick fergus, and the Royal Botanical and Horticultural Society. Her Majesty was pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood on Mr. Johnson, the Mayor of Belfast. Her Majesty - and the Prince proceeded in the car riage of the Marv/la of LoudouderrY time) the ~.. city of Belfast, paying a visit to the Royal Society for the Promotion and Improvement of the Growth of Flax in Ireland, and to Queen's College. Her Majesty was attended by the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., the Earl of Fortf scue, the Vis countess Jocelyn, the Hon. Miss Dawson, Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, Sir James Clark, and Mr. Anson. Her Majesty is detained in the Lough of Belfas by the severity of the weather. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge left her residence at Kew yesterday afternoon for Portsmouth. 15, 1849. His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke of Leuch tenberg, attended by Mr. De Berg, honoured the establi:lment of Messrs. Hunt and Roskell with a visit yesterday. Lord John Russell arrived in town yesterday from Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, and in the even ing dined with Baron de Brunnow, the Rusian Mi- nister, at his Excellency's residence, Ashburnham House, to have the honour of meeting his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke of Leuchtenberg. The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President) re turned to town yesterday from Dublin. Lord Campbell, Lady Stratheden, and family, left Stratheden House yesterday, for Hartrigge, Box burghshire, N. B. Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial office, from the Governo r of the Cape of Good Hope, and also from the Governor of Gibraltar. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FRoSt TILE 310ENING PAPERS OF Tills DAT. TIMES the si.e , ehes delivered at the aggregate meeting of the Metropolitan Parliamentary and Finan cial lieform Association are specimens of the extent to which a :stead cause may suffer in bad hands. There was a groundwork of truth and reason in most of the pro posals advocated, but the arguments were so weakened by exaggeration, and the sincerity of the whole trans action was so damaged by reservations on one side and compromises on the other, that the common object of the assembly, if indeed it had one, could be in no degree for warded by the manifestions. The meeting was an nounced as demonstrating. the alliance of the middle and " working " classes of society, hitherto disunited, in the pursuit of certain legislative measures upon the terms of which they were at length agreed; but the most cursory attention to the doctrines advanced and to the sentiments with which they were successively received will convince any one that no unity of purpose or principle really existed, and that it would be difficult to compose a party of more incongruous or explosive elements than those which were drawn into momentary affinity for the expe riment of Monday evening. The five points of the new league, as modified, in a conference of Reformers, from the original catechism of the Chartists, were duly enunci ated by Mr. G. Thompson. Theycomprise neither univer sal suffrage, nor annual P ar li aments , nor payment of members; ut so far were these or kindred points from being really surrendered by their peculiar advocates, that the latter party openly avowed their resolution, in the face of the meeting, of enforcing their adoption, and of employing the present agitation for the furtherance of those very objects against which a large section of the agitators had deliberately pronounced. The modified propositions contain nothing which, in principle, is very remarkable. Two of them—the duration of Parliaments and the manner of voting—turn upon questions which have received perhaps as disinterested a discussion as ever fell to the lot of a political problem. A third— that for the extension of the franchise, is already ad mitted as more than debatable by a majority of thinking politicians. But doctrines reasonable in themselves are l i t e a m b o l o e otof tbheeirreanddveoreodatooslyeacotdionaarboleinbraitihibelyfoelxlypoosredvioto suspicion when exaggeration and untruth are employed in recommending them. With respect to the franchise, it must be clear to every reasoning person that the com promise now suggested by the directors of the associa tion could not endure for a single twelvemonth, and it will be further evident to all who are versed in the history of such experiments that the ultimate results would probably differ widely from those anticipated. But let the reader just observe the contradictions which have been induced by the tendency to exaggerate on the pre sent occasion. Six•sevenths, or sixteen-seventeenths, of the British people, according to the different calculations adopted by the speakers, were represented as tyranni cally excluded from all political rights, as condemned to hopeless di gradation, and as " lett to writhe in compul sory submission to aggravated abuses." These were the statements from the i littoral. In the more deliberate report, however, of " the Council" upon the same sub• jest, we find it announced that by means of a little contrivance " the 40s. franchise is brio', ht within the reach of every industrious man placed above the struggle fer the merest necessarit a of life;" so that by the operation of the very Constitution so laudly decried, the highest electoral privilege is already accessible to the lowest class who can, with any semblance of reason, be held to deserve it. We say nothing now respecting the organization de vised for effecting this promiscuous enfranchisement, but the truth has been unwittingly told in the confession. The propriety of still further facilitating the access to political power is a question toe interesting to be dis cussed at the conclusion of a paragraph; but what we now state without fear of contradiction is, that as things stand at this present moment, the acquisition of a vote is a task as easy and as sure—misfortune apart—to any in dustrious and prudent working man as his daily main tenance, and is, moreover, a privilege which he may as sure himself will be a great deal more speedily and satis factorily realized by his own individual thrift than by any impulse he can lend to a circuitous and uncertain agitation. The question of financial reform was yet more inconsiderately argued by the speak« rs who ap peared to represent the preduminent opinions of the assembly. That there is both ample room and abund ant necessity for retrenchment, that measures for such purpose are thwarted by some parties and reluctantly received by others; and that the dry formality of a Ministerial veto is rather too cooly opposed to the arguments of one class and the true interests of all, are facts out of which less enthusiastic orators might have built up an impregnable case. We spend a vast deal too much money, both knowingly and .needlessly—know ingly, because we are repeatedly told of the fact in statements which cannot be confuted, and needlessly, because all that the country requires can still be done without stint or detriment after the reform has been ef fected. The system of taxation, too, is unjust, though it is not the " working" class (if handicraftsmen alone are to monopolize that honourable title) upon whom the in justice mainly presses. The operation of the income tax—that enormous and ill•distributed impost—is almost exclusively prejudicial to the middle classes of society ; nor do we mean to say that our burdens are generally adjusted with all the convenience of which the load is susceptible. But when such points as these, instead of being plainly and soundly urged, are either wholly overlooked or altogether misstated, and when the en tire delinquencies of the Exchequer are thrown on "the Bishops, Lord Brougham, and the illegitimate chil dren of Charles II.," the argument becomes ridiculous, and all the strength of the case is lost. If people are enlisted in a cause upon the persuasion that it takes 54 000.00 a a year " to govern this country;" that the Queen "can be served as cheaply as the President of the United States;" that the House of Commons is com posed of "military uffic, rs, pensioners, and sons of the nobility," and that "by developing the resources of the country a working man ought to receive 30s. or 40s. a day for his work instead of hs. or 65.," they must, sooner or later, discover themselves egregiously befooled, and, according to the period when their enlightenment comes, will either desert or destroy the guides they have been induced to follow. how long dues Mr. Cobden really think he could keep company, on " the great ques tion of labour," with Mr. 1 1, -argus O'Connor? How tong does either of them think a sober-minded audience can be led by such eassrtions as were made on Mends? ? If it has been conceiv, d that it was only through such pandering to the credulity of a multitu!e that a sufficiently imposing force could be mustered on the side of retrenchment, there never was a more egregious error. A moment's reflection must convince every man in his senses that no effi ctual opposition could ever be maintained, in the pros , nt freedom of opinion, to any sound or pract , cable scheme of financial reform. Even it placemen were as numerous and voracious as it pleased some of the speakers to describe them, they and their partisans must necessarily term an almost itnper c} ptible minority. There is no member of any political party who is not interested in saving his money from the tax-gatherer. Nor are we by any means so powerless in this respect as we are sometimes said to be. Let any reader recall the attempt to increase the income-tax by two per cent., and remind himself of the peremptory ex pression then given to the popular will. There is ample work to be done in the field proposed, and no great lack of arms to do it; but, if the task is to be so caricatured and burlesqued as it was on Monday evening, the timid will become alarmed and the prudent disheartened, and a good cause will be thrown overboard for the want of in formation and foresight. POST.—The first " aggregate" meeting of the " Me tropolitan, Parliamentary, and Financial Reform Asso ciation," which was held in Drury-lane Theatre on Monday night, was not graced by the presence of Mr. Cobden. With the simplicity of his own "unadorned eloquence" that gentleman had informed the committee that " absence from town would prevent his being pre sent" on this great occasion. His letter of apology— which, with corresponding " simplicity," was read to the assembly—is dated from Eastbourne, Sussex, and on the 7th of August. In these days of rapid and easy transit it would have been as reasonable for a gentleman re siding in Eaton-square to excuse himself on the ground r of probable absence f rom th e neighbourhoodofDury ol Drury lane. e . mornT h e thana sentence, e , i . n a d b e s e e d o , o c e o ” uld of be jl i f n r t . Cobden ended t to record Amore intelligible, given h would the in e ifnot a " more prevent hs bei ng satisfactory, p r esent."r e a s however, suc ceeding lines of the note—" You have many years of good work before you, and it will not, therefore, be amiss to keep an army of reserve for another campaign. In the mean time, you are doing battle heroically, and I remain, your obedient servant." That is, when, as in the case of the corn•laws, some good-natured and deter mined enthusiast, like Mr. Charles Villiers, shall have borne the burden and the heat of the day—when some Minister of easy virtue shall, like Sir Robert Peel, be ready to surrender the fortress with the defence of which he is charged—when nothing shall remain but to enter and take- possession of the citadel and the spoil—l shall be ready to head the army of re serve, and witness the inscription of my name on the banner of triumph. Until then I "remain" your obe dient servant, Mr. Cobden thus avoids the awkwardness of some reminiscences of silence during the last session of Parliament, and at the same time reserves to himself the full honours of a zealous "parliamentary and financial reformer." His colleagues—good easy merit.— not only admit his explanation, but applaud his course. Yet, whatever admiration the gentlemeu who were pre sent might profess by their cheers for Mr. Cobden and hie conduct, they showed little disposition to follow his example. If of his valour discretion formed the better part, in theirs it had no share at all. He maintains a numerical army of reserve—they advanced the whole of their argumentative feebleness at once. Their proposi tions, it is true, asserted no more than the necessit;y. diminished an extended franchis e as th e means o f secui big a expenditure, but their reasoning and their stopped nothing s h or t o f revo l utio n. 'lbis was Uhl ur turaite, for the refer e n ces t o France were met by " cries of Rome, and followed by groans and hisses." The "Hun gurian patriot," whose speech was promised by Lord he business, and re solved to keep Dudley Stuart, thought betterof t 1 zeal for Erg ish reform, as hi s presence thee© showed his he had kept his patriotism for Hungary, dserve ot silence an d i naction. in t h e prodebt re_ He :rem "remained," like Mr. Cobden, their " obedient ser vant," until e fitter occasion should p resent i tself. We h ave r eferred to the " little fact" of this '° first ag gro ' gate meeting," not on account of any intrinsic impor tance which can give it a claim to public notice, but because it shows how little sympathy any sectiou of the people of England possess for such radical changes in our Constitution as would assimilate our state to the ultra democratic institutions which have annihilated liberty elsewhere. The speakers at Drury-lane, who had prevailed upon themselves to believe, or at least to assert, that they were the friends of " popular right," of " liberty," and of " advancement," appealed to the movements on the Continent as examples of what might be achieved by the people. The appeal was unlucky. What Englishman would exchange his liberties for those enjoyed by a citizen of France, of Spain, or of Greece, or for any t4at could be achieved by the most COUNTY COURT JUDGES. TO HER MAJESTY'S ATTORNEY -GENERAL. Sir,—l have read in the Observer and other papers of yesterday strictures upon your conduct, and that of her Mijesty's Home Secretary, with respect to the regulation of the salaries of the county court judges; and as an old member of the profession to which you belong, allow me to say that you have done this newly created body more than ample justice. Hall men had possessed the same energy, the same independence, and the same talent and integrity as yourself, there would have been fewer applications fur the appointment of county court judges, for, be it re membered, that if you examine the list of those ap pointed you will scarcely find one of them who ever rose in his profession so high as even to become a leader at a court of quarter sessions ; they are com posed principally of men of at least twenty years standing at the bar, who, either from want of talent or industry have never succeeded ; and if the salary offered had been 6001. a year instead of 1,0001. a year, you would have found not a single individual already appointed would have retired from his situation. The different clerks who act under the direction of these judges woul d have been handsomely paid by a salary of 250/. a year. it is said these county court judges devote their best energies and attention to their duties, but upon inquiry you will not find that any one of them in the most populous districts is occupied more than one fourth of his time. Is it so with the police magis trates, and other public officers, men of equal talent and standing, and who perform at least three times the labour ? It is too much fur drones (even in the hire of lawyers) to expect to be paid largely for duties which the commonest capacities could perform. It is admitted on all hands that these new judges may perform all their duties one week in four; and although it might be unbecoming and undignified for these learned personages to appear upon the circuit or in a court of quarter sessions, there can be no good reason why they should not take their places at ten o'clock in Westminster Hall, when the courts are sitting, and continue there until the courts rise, even if they should get no practice, but for the purpose of acquiring useful information. Supposing, for example, one of these county court judges should sit ninety days a year; the salary amounts to more than ten guineas per diem, and it , pretty certain that very few of these learned gen tlemen ever got two guineas per day during 300 days in any one year. On this account they are more than amply paid, and in these times of reform, economy, and retrenchment, you cannot act more consistently with your profession than by putting a veto to this rising generation of abuse. It is preposterous in the extreme to compare county court judges to judges of the superior courts—men who have been selected from their high character, great intelligence, and knowledge of the principles of law, because they were well able to render the county important services, whilst the county court judges were selected principally out of pity and compassion to themselves and their families, owing to their starv ing condition.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your very obedient servant, A MEMBER OP THE TEMPLE. Temple, August 13, 1849. BUENOS AYRES BONDS. TO THE EDLCOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—It may be satisfactory to the bond fide holders of Buenos Ayres stock to know, that the Committee of Spanish American Bondholders have addressed the Ulowing letter to a gentleman, in answer to an application made to them to adopt the same energetic course as in the Chilian, Mexican, and other similar cases, with a greater or less degree of success, in the financial settlements of those Govern ments.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, August 14. A. D. j (Copy•) 13, Aiistiti-friars, Aug. 10, 1849. Sir,--I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the Gth instant, calling the intention of the Spanish American Bondholders to the subject of the claims of the Buenos:,,Ayrts Bondholders, and the same shall be laid before the committee at the earliest opportunity.-1 am, sir, your most obedient servant, (Signed) A. GODFREY, Secretary. The committee has acted in regard to these claims in former years, but the well known political events that have intervened has prevented, till lately, any chance of making progress towards a settlement. LIEUTENANT HEALD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIN,—In allusion to your remarks on me as Colonel of the 2d Life Guards, in your paper of the 11th instant, it is right that the public and you should know, that 1 received Lieut. lleald's resignation under his own hand, through Colonel M'Dougal, Command - ing the Regiment, and I forwarded the same, accord ing to my bounden duty, to be laid before her Majesty, with the promotion in succession. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, VANE LONDONDERRY, General, and Colonel 2d Life Guards. Mount Stewart, Aug. 13, 1849. READING ELECTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-I fully concur in your observations, that it was the disunited state of the Liberal party in Read ing that preserved Mr. Stanford from a thorough de feat. But I regret that you were not fully informed as to the facts affecting the contest between Mr. Norton and myself. If you had been aware of those facts you would have seen where the blame really rests. You are aware that Mr. Gardner (whose conduct throughout this business was most honourable) re tired from the contest when he found that he was supported by a minority of the Liberal constituency of Reading. The disappointment of his supporters made them determine to withhold their votes. But a public meeting held last Thursday had the effect of allaying irritation by enabling me and my friends to explain the true state of the case. On Friday and Saturday, the 3d and 4th, my canvass was most successful, and numerous offers of support were sent to my committee by members of Mr. Gardner's party. There was on Saturday every prospect that on the Monday (the nomination day) the Liberal party would be united, and their success consequently certain. But late o w n Saturday evening Mr. Thompson, M.P., brought forward Mr. Norton, as a candidate, at a Chartist meeting consisting for the most part of per sons who had no votes. I am indeed informed that there were not 30 voters present. Thus the whole difficulty was revived, and the electors who still withheld their promises from me rallied round Mr. Norton. The nomination was fixed for the next Monday. I had pledged myself to my committee, consisting of all the principal persons of the Liberal constituency, not to retire under any circumstances. Mr. Norton's statement of his prin. ciples in his printed handbill did not in any very material respect differ from my own. I had can vassed the town for ten days, with considerable success. tlnder these circumstances I thought, and my committee thought, that Mr. Norton, and not I,ought to retire; and until the polli n g-d a y I hoped that he would do so. I was mistaken. This is the real state of the case.—l remain, Sir, yours, &c., '6EofitirE 'BOWYER. Northcourt Howe, Abingdon, Aug. 9, 1849. CONTENTS OF THE " OBSERVER" OF SUNDAY, AUG. 12.—Six folio columns of her M.,jesty'a movements—the arrival of the Royal Family, and departure from Dublin, ; two columns and a half of Marylebone and Pancras Vestry Meetings ; about 300 Births, Marriages, and Deaths; about 100 useful Advertisements, including a column of Public Amusements; upwards of a column of the_ Report of the Royal Commission on the British Museum, •with remark.; near a column on the Prize Pictures of the Art Union Society ; a column of the Groat Northern Railway illeeti❑g on Saturday ; two columns and a halt of the romantic affair of " Lola ' Montea" and Lieutenant Heald ; and about twenty folio columns of Miscellaneous, Domestic, and Foreign News. The extensive publication of the Observer commences at four o'clock on Sunday mornings; the Monday's edition, which is best for the country and abroad, at four o'clock Monday afteruocu. Price of the Observer ; forty foUo columns, ed. triumphant success of the sword now drawtl in Ilungary ? Democracy hait struggled in F ranc e with v irious fortune since the famous revolution of 1793. It ..stublished a Republic.to he succeeded by a COa• sulate and conquered by an Empire. This, in its turn, gave place to a restoration, which was followed by a " throne surrounded by Republican institutions." It has at last returned to a pure Republic, under which, justly or not is not the question, the press is restricted, and taxation enormously increased. Trade, manufac ture, and commerce, in the meanwhile, are limited or destroyed, and the Exchequer empty. R as lib erty or popular right any habitation in Spain ? It is but a few years ago, that meetings were held all over Eng land to effect constitutional independence for Greece. The movement was successful. Greece hat a King and a Parliament. What is the state of popular liberty and human advancement there ? The horrors said to have been practised in the darkness of the Inquisition are outdone in open day on the innocent citizens of that unhappy country. We will not shock our readers with details which it is sickening even to contemplate. Questions of domestic policy may be undoubtedly dis cussed with advantage, and we are so far from ques tioning the right of Sir Joshua Walmesley and his sapient brethren to meet and talk in Drury-lane, that we wish to preserve it. If t h e examples which they cite were followed in England, there would be an end alike to their freedom of speech and to our right of corn meeting. THE CHOLERA. RETURN OF CASES, Atra. 14. Attacks. Deaths. In London and vicinity, viz.:— Lambeth ... ... ... Bermondsey Rotherhithe ... ..• Southwark ••• ••• Bethnal-green ... ••• Strand Union ... ••• Other localiti es in London In England and Wales, viz.:— Liverpool Merthyr Tydvil ... ••• Dowlaia ... Cardiff ... ... ... Plymouth ... ••• ••• Mevagissey .•• Leeds "II 4" •. • ... 120 ... 4o ... 45 ... 36 ... 29 ... 40 ... 207 ... 221 76 ... 19 ... 19 ... 28 ... 13 ... 15 ... 20 ... 193 Newcastle-under-Lyme Other towns in England ... In Scotland, viz.:-- Dundee ... Other towns in Scotland ... Total ... 28 13 ... 7 5 ... 1.091 434 MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, ♦UG. 11, 1849. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*llB2 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 42 1 übercullir Diseases ... •.. .. 173 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 118 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 26 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... ... ... ... ... ... 102 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Chilebirib, Diseases of the Uterus, ... Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &e. Malformations... ~, Premature Birth Atrophy Old Age Sudden ... •• Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance Causes not specified ... ... 74 ... 15 ... 32 ... 38 ... 39 DEATHS FROM ♦LL CAtTSEB ... ... 33 1,9 C Pvpulanon Average weekly Deaths Enumerated, Deaths, 1844-8 In the 1841 Flve Summers. Week. West Districts... 300,711 . . 147 „. 197 North D—tricts.. 375,971 .. 191 ... • 267 Central Districts 373,653 ... 183 ... 275 East Districts ... 392,444 ... 227 ... 378 South Districts .. 501,190 ... 260 ... 792 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 1,008 Males Females ... 1,909 ... 948 ... 961 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ... ••• ... Females ... ... ... Total ... ... 621 ... 638 ... 1,259 * In this number are included 823 cases of death by Cholera, 21 by Scarlatina, 54 by Typhus Fever, and 173 by Diarrhoea. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WOLVERHAMPTON RACES.—MONDAT (CON• CLUDED). The Ladies' Purse of 501.; three yrs old, 7st 31b; four, Bst 71b; five, 9st llb; six and aged, 9st 31b; mares and geldings allowed 31b, and half-bred horses 61b. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. Choyce's May-day, 3 yrs (Wells) 1 1 Mr. Nicoll's Theodore Hook, 3 yrs...(G Childe) 2 0 Mr. Clegg's bf by Touchstone, 3 yrs (Charlton) 0 2 Several others started. TUESDAY. The Patshull Handicap of 15 80V8. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 30 added. One mile and a half. (16 Subs., 8 of whom declared.) Mr. Copeland's Aldgate, 3 yrs, Est 71b...(W. Sharp) 1 Mr. Critchley's Haida, 6 yrs, ist 111 b...( %V hitehouse) 2 Mr. J. Meiklam's Snowstorm, 6st 121 b, and 71b extra 3 Bagley. 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Marlow)—Mistress Jean, 5 yrs, 7st 41b (Tasker)—and Lazarillo, 5 yrs, Est 121 b (Charlton), also ran. The Chillington Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 50 added, for two yrs old cults. Sst 71b, and fillies, Bst Sib; win nets this year 21b extra. T.Y.C. (14 Sub..) Mr. Halford's Ilarrintt (Whitehouse) 1 Mr. Fowlsr's Jack Briggs (Templeman) 2 Lord Chaste' field's fby Knight of the Whi•tle „ 3 Colouel Anso,r's f by Jereed, out of Muff (G. Simson), and Mr. Copilatiu's Lass of Nuderley (Marlow), also started. The ,Cleveland Cup of 100 sous. and 50 added; as second ;o 'receive 204 'I hree miles. Mr. Eykes's The Model, 3 yrs Mr. BArt,e's Sotterl y , 4 yrs (Simpst , n) 2 Mr. Murphy's Dough, 4 ) rs ( oagee), and Mr. Fow ler's John Dory, 3 yrs (Wells) also ran. The Aristocratic hunt Handicap of 10 GOV& each, h ft. Mile and a half: (5 Subs.) Mr. Critchley's llaid4, 6 yrs, llst 21b walked over The Members' Plate was not ran fur when uur parcel left the Course, CHELNISFORD RACES.—TUESDAY. Her 'Majesty's Piste of 100 guineas; three yrs old, 7st 51b; tour, 9st lib; five, 9st 11lb; six and aged, lOat 21h. Heats, two milts. Mr. Webster's Pillage, 5 yrs (W. Boyce) 0 1 1 Mr. Marson's Pius IX., 4 yrs (Marron) 1 3 2 Mr. Smith's Lovelace, 4 yrs (Sharp) 4 2 dr Mr. Tubb's Comet, 4 yrs (Becket) 2 dr Mr. Dalby's Dover, 4 'irs (Bartholomew) 3 dr '1 he first heat was won by a length, the second by five lengths, and the third in a canter. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, and 50 added; the second to save his stake. Heats, the New Mile. (5 Subs.) Mr. Smith's Maleresbury, 4 yrs . ...(Sharp) 1 0 1 Lord W. Powlett nd Ziska, 5 yrs (S Roger.) 0 1 2 Mr. Tubb's Comet, 4 yrs (Backer) 0 2 3 Mr. Wilson's Bernadotie, 3 yrs ...(Dockeray) 2 3 dr Mr. Daley's Dover, 4 yrs (Bartholomew) 3 dr Won The Hyland Stakes of 10 sous. each, and 50 added; for two yrs old colts, Bst 51b, and fillies, tist 31b. Half a Mile. (6 Subs.) Mr. Freeman's Impression (Rogers) I Mr. Stevens's Knight of Gwynne (Crickmere) 2 Mr. Messer's Sampler (J. Sharp) 3 Mr. Midnemy rid Young Bamboo (Pettit) 4 Won by a neck, after a fine race. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TIIESDAY. EBOR HANDICAP.-6 to 1 agst Giselle, 6 to 1 agst Ellerdale, 9 to 1 apt Blucher, 10 to 1 agst Glen Saddle. 11 to 1 agst Malton, 11 to 1 agst Van Dieman, 15 to 1 agst Chantrey, 20 to 1 agst The Knout, 20 to 1 eget Chanticleer. ST. LEGER.-7 to 4 on Flying Dutchman. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH KENT RAIL WAT.—A shocking accident occurred yesterday after noon on this line of .railway at Woolwich, by which one man was crushed to death under a passenger tram. About three o'clock one of the contractor's men, named Michael Barry, was ob serve d wa lki n g up the line to wards Woolwich station, apparently examining the con dition of the permanent way. Arriving near the en trance to the tunnel, he saw the 2.30 down train emerging from it, and stepped immediately on the up line, without looking back to see if it was clear, which unhappily was not the case, for the 2.0 engine driver up-train from Gravesend was also coming up. The blew the alarm whistle as loud as it was poisible, but no as d notice was taken by the man, who continue d between extinct, both W l h e e g n a poiewkiel the rails with his e y es fixed ou the a pp r o a ching down to passed be tain. Ina few moments the p oor fellow was struck quiteovr his bd 'Nene severed from the body, which Was oth •: e s h o ckingly disfigured. The demi!.g le th ' f • a wife and large tamely destitute. ddse up th li e fe entire was tra in found VISIT or THE DUCHESS or CAM SIOUTIL—Her Royal H ess theighnßßlDGE TO PORTS _Duchess of Cam bridge, and the flare utter y Grand Duchess o f Meeklen burgh-:,trelitz left town yesterday at one o'clock, by the South-West. rit Railway for Portsmouth, to become the guests of 14 ,, rd Frederick and Lady Augusta Fitzcla relict!, at the Government-house. Their Highnesses were attendui by Prince Metternich, Count de Schom berg, Edmund Mildmay, Esq., and the usual domestie retinue. The royal sisitor* arrived at Portsmouth station at a quarter past five, where the gallant host and his l*dy, with the stuff, were in waiting to receive their august company. Robert Gleave Sutton, Esq., superin tendent of the Joint South-Westtin and South-Coast Terminus at Portsmouth, received their Royal Highness on behalf of their respective companies. A guard of honour was on the ground outside the terminus, com posed of the men of the 91st Regiment, under the com mand of Captain Ward. The carriage of Lady Fitz • clarence conveyed their Highnesses and her Ladyship to the Government-house, escorted by General Lord Frede rick and his staff. On arrival at the mansion, a guard of honour of the 77th Regiment received the royal party, who will remain at Portsmouth until Thursday. From Triaste the advices aro to the Bth inst., but they report no change in any uepartc.ieut of trade. The rate of exchange h i LieD, and paper ort Louden wen in deolud a 132, ~ ? "R~ D. 14 0 2 6 1 6 3 0 s 0 0 0 AY Meat and quo tant reign • ales• whit ouP' firal , wig Oat s eaill .glea* War. ickS 250 - ~. epe e er e :t t o Old itto, la 2 6 d Per, Is 3 rifs* the to the iwl}