The Sun. — London, England, 1849-07-05 00:00:00

Ir4ONIAT 'TIE }- a. GART. A.N REF:..TGEES The following are the contributions already made to this Testimonial—the objects of which will be found fully detailed in our leading columns. To those who have already contributed we cordially express our gratitude and sympathy. Others, we trust, will emulate their honourable enthusiasm in consideration of the purpose and character of the Testimonial. All further contributions should be transmitted as heretofore to The Sun Office, under cover, to " The Editor." Lord Nugent ... ... £5 0 0 A Friend, by Lord Nugent ••• ••• 1 Edward Hill 1 0 0 Philo-Magyar 0 2 6 From a few Chartists ... ••• ••• ••• 0 5 1 From a few Carpet-makers Borough-road... 0 3 0 Joseph C o lli ns ... ••• ••• ••• 0 2 6 Cantabrigensis „. 1 0 0 W. D., a Labourer ... ••• •• 02 6 F. R. B. (fr om a F ew F r i en d s of Freedom)... 1 0 0 TO THE EDITOR OF TfIE SUN. hare read your loading article of yesterday 'Waiting to the destitute condition of some fifty or more Hungarian soldiers, who having , with others, escaped out of the hands of the oppressors of their country, but having no way open to the m to join the forces of her defend ers , h a ve traversed a part of Switzerland and France, and are now encamped on our shore near Folkstone. You have invited, from such Englishmen as feel warmly for the gloriou.s and righteous cause now at stake in Hungary, subscriptions to eaable these men to reach their destination in Transylvania. I should hope that such an appeal would not be made in vain. I am aware, however, that there is no inconsiderable number of Hungarians now in London, In the same necessity, and also anxiously awaiting the means of return to their country to take part in her cause. Under these circumstances, I would submit that a mere contribution for the temporary relief of the few Hungarians now at Folkston° would but very impertectly answer the further object you propose, of marking tha strong sympathy which Englishmen feel with them, and our hearty hopes for the com plete success of an enterprise so just and lawful in ltgalf, provoked by such perliidy and outrage, and con ducted hitherto with such exemplary moderation, humanity, and valour; and that, therefore, a com mittee should be formed without delay to adminis- ter such subscriptions in the manner the best adapted to the end you have in view. Mean while, I beg you to accept a small contribution of five pounds from myself (I wish I were able to afford a sum ,more worthy to mark my good. will), and also one pound from a friend, as a beginning of what may, I trust, be a numerous and effective subscription. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, NUGENT. July 4. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sri,—For some time past I have been daily expecting to see the commencement of a popular movement in this country in favour of those struggling so bravely at present against despotism on the Continent. The increasing danger with which these defenders of liberty are surrounded, from the determined position assumed by their adversaries, together with the advan tages which, I feel convinced, would accrue to them from a decided manifestation ba this country, could alone induce me to break silence on the subject. The great mass of the people are, there can be little doubt, ready to join with enthusiasm in any public ex pression of opinion in favour of the Hungarians and Romans. A movement on their part would both strengthen directly the hands of the oppressed, and would enable, or torte, our Government to assume a more determined attitude.—Yours respectfully, July 3. S. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—A few Chartist; having observed in the columns of your paper that some of the Hungarian patriots are now exiles from their native land, have cheerfully forwarded ss. Id., and sincerely hope that it will be generally carried out. With thanks to the Editor of The Sun for the noble step he has taken in the cause, We remain LOVERS OF LIBERTY, ENEMIES TO 28, Gold en PERSECUTION. -lane, City. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. _„itt,—Be pl ease d to receive my humble contribution I ? 1 2s. 6d. for t h e present relief of the brave Hungarians. am -- haP, also to offer you, as Editor of The Sun, my best and Entire thanks for your noble and talented devo tion to the cause of Hungary and Liberty—thanks that are felt by thousands of other humane persons—and Which places The Sun as one of the best, if not the Very best, advocates of liberty and freedom in Europe. With sincere thanks, JOSEPH COLLINS. TO TEE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR ,-- -Moved by your soul-stirring appeal of Tuesday last, in behalf of the bravo Hungarians, a few friends of freedom, meeting in the parlour of the Goat Tavern, Pimlico, hav e su b scribed and hand to you a sovereign for their use, and request an early acknowledgment of the receipt of the same, in the hope that the example may prove beneficial. July 5, 1849. F. R. B. CALIFOR N lA. By the arrival of the Hermann we are placed in pos• session of news from San Francisco to the tat of May. It appears from the authority of credible persons that the m arve l lous stories respecting the abundance of gold are not of the r eality. l exaggerat e d, but, on the contrary, fall short The Falcon, steamer, bad arrived at New York with 200,000 dollars worth, and the Crescent City was en route from New Orleans, with nearly half-a-million. In short it appears thatsince the discovery of the precious metal a year since, upwards of 5,000,000 dollars worth of gold dust had been exported to various parts of the world. The correspondents of the New York Herald had written letters to that paper giving ample details of the operations going on at the diggings, and setting forth in glowing terms the successfu l resu lts' of their labours. These letters are highly interesting, but are too volumi nous to extract. One account states that a man had actually dug 12,480 dollars' worth in 10 days I Gerald In an article upon this subject the New Y or k B era say 9 : " The most exciting point of this adw o Californian of a d news o u b i t s , the fact, now placed beyond even t he s hadow that the deposits of gold in California discoveriesorniaareact a ua r ll e y n in e e in x ; inex haustible, and that new and fresh made every day. From the bank s of the avhneSe penetrated nJ e o t a r q a u te in d and Sacr amento , th e a d ven turous di g g ers to Saute B ar b ara , near th e line Upper arly from Lower California, and have found gold a every step. S uc h g l ow i ng accoun t s , a nd such wonderful deposits as are found to exist there might well be deemed . fabulous, but that th e i r au th en ti c i t y is placed beyond doubt. Wonderful as these discoveries are, there can be new no question that the wealth of California cannot be exaggerated. It is but little over a year since the an nouncement of gold being found near Sutter'a Fort was made, and already five millions of dollars' worth of gold dust have been exported from California to various parts of the world. When we take into consideration that hardly any of this large amount was gathered by the emigrants who have flocked thither from the United in States —that not more than 5,000 persons were engaged mining during last summer, and that in the winter months operations were suspended, we have at once satisfactory proof, if we bad no other, that we possess within our territorial limits a supply of the precious ore that cannot be over-estimated. " The effect Which this exciting news from the gold Mines will have on our eastern population is at once per iuptible. E m i gration to California will receive a atinau !lra—thousands who are toiling for a scanty living in our large Atlantic cities, or at least such of them as can raise sufficient means, will go there, and a populous State will be formed at once on the shores of the Pacific. The p resence of such vast deposits will, besides those who fli•o_ leav e t h e United States, attract the adventurers em every country in the Old World, as well as from th South American Republics and Mexico. In fact, emigrationbeingextensive s scale Mexico has already commenced on an , thirty thousand, as we are informed, shall route to the mines. Before the present year have elapsed, it is not improbable that one hundred tahno_usand will be added to the population of California, rirdunenneiniggration will continue as long as th 6 gold. lasts, grow up asiisnparodfiayta,ble. Large cities tine towns will commerce will prosper, and a rail road connecting the two oceans must be constructed, no rail matter what the expense of such a gigantic work may be. ,S,u e ch a c onnexion will soon be imperatively needed, and In work must soon be entered upon." ______,...___..._....... - 1 1 E DEAN AND CHAPTER OF ROCHESTER.— ItOCRESTEIt, WEDNESDAY.—auch feeling having been evinced in this city by the sudden dismissal of the Rev. 14bert Whiston from the office of head master of the Cattedral grammar- school, in consequence of a writt en t,,,, the Rev Gentleman, in which he charges the Des ' pamphlet and Chapter of the diocese with misappropriation of the cathedral r venues, a large public meeting of the inhabitants of thise was held to-da City, Chatha, Strood, andßromptom, y, at the Guildhall, for the purpose of voting an address to the reverend gentleman, and also to consider the propriety of reverend the Queen in Council upon the subject. Au address to the reverend gentleman was unanimously resolved upon. and a committee was organised for the purpose of memorialising her Majesty and the Legislature. A subscrip was also com• raeneed to carry out the objects of thenmeeting FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S TEMA-TRU. --- Her Royal Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, his Highness Prince George of Cambridge, and her Serene Highness the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklen burg Strelitz. attended by Mr. Edmund St. John Mild. may, honoured the French Plays with their presence last evening. MARRIAGE IN limn LIFE.—The nuptials of Lady Diana Boyle, only daughter of the Countess (Dowager) of Glasgow, and Mr. Pakington, eldest son of Sir John Pakington, Bart. M.P., were celebrated yesterday fore noon, at St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge. A very nu re and distinguibhed circle assembled on the inte resting occasion, including the Earl and Countess of linpetoun, the Countess (Dowager) of Errol, Viscount Newry and Morns, Viscount Campden, &c. Lord Brouglaam is to preside at the annual meeting of the Cumberland and Westmoreland Agricultural 2?,cieq, Which is fixed to take place on Wednesday, the 4 th ot August, at Penrith.—Cumbetkind Puquet. T THE BIIN, SAN 'TAP F E.MOCSTI ANC E We , print the feli97. reac:ri d us, atvi w;,l ilh.i.ot tug un fortunate rernonstrauts:— THE EDITUH OF THE TIMES PAPER.. Sur, —May we beg and beseech your proteckshion and power, We are Sur, as it may livin in a Willderniss, so far as the rest of London knows anything of us, or as the rich and great people care about. We live in muck and filth°. We amt got no priviz, no dust bins, no drains, no water-spies, and no drain or suer in the hole place. The Suer Company, in Greek St., Soho Square, all great, rich and powerfool men, take no notice wat somedever of our complaints. The Stenche of a Gully hole is disgustin. We all of us suffer, and numbers are ill, and if the Colera comes Lord help us. Some gentkmans corned yesterday, and we thought they was comishoners from the Suer Company, but they was complaining of the noosance and stenche our lanes and corts was to them in New Oxforde Street. They was muc h surprized to see the seller in No. 12, Carrier St., in our lane, where a child was dyin from fever, and m' wo uld not believe that Sixty persons sleep • •t , e night. This here seller you couldent swing a cat in, and the rent is five shillings a week; but theare are greate many sich deare sellers. Sur, we hope you will let us have our cumplaints put i n t o your binfl uensi l paper, and make these landl o rd s o f our houses and these comishouers (r he friends we spose of the landlords) make our houses decent for Christions to live in. Preaye Sir corn and see;, --- fOrWeetJivin like piggs, and it aint faire we shoulde be so ill treted. _ _ We are your respeciriulf servents in Church Lane, Carrier St., and the other torts. Teusday, Juley 3, 1849. John Scott Catherine Brown Emen Scott Catherine Collins Joseph Crosbie Honore Flinn Hanna Crosbie John Crowe Edward Copeman James Crowe Richard Harmer Thomas Crowe John Barnes Patrick Fouhey William Austin William Joyce Elen Fitzgerald Michel Joyce William Whut John Joyce Ann Sunderson Thomas Joyce Mark Manning John Sullivan John Turner Timothy Sullivan William Dwyre Cuthrin Trice Mary A iers James Ragen Donald Connell Timothy Brian Timothy Driscoll James Bryan Timothe Murphy Phillip Lacey John O'Grady Edward brown Maria O'Grady Mrs. brooke John Dencey Nance hays John Crowley Jeryh fouhey Margret Steward Jeryh fouhey Bridget Tow ley Marey fouhey John Towley Jerey Aies Timothy Crowley Timthy Joyce John Brown John Padler. THE METROPOLITAN PARLIA MENTARY AND FINANCIAL REFORM AS SOCIATION. A public meeting of this association took place last night at the Princess's Theatre, which was filled to over flowing on the occasion. Sir Joshua Walmsley, M.P., presided, and in opening the proceedings congratulat.d the meeting on the presence of so many of the fair sex, and gallantly predicted , the success of a cause to which they lent their countenance. In the course of his ad dress he referred to the triumph which the citizens of London had achieved tor the cause of civil and religious liberty. He then launched out into an exposition of the various political principles advocated by the association, asserting, especially with reterence to the state of our representative system, that it was in the hands of one filth of the population, and that the other four-fifths were reduced to a state of moral slavery thereby. The first resolution was moved by Mr. J. A. Nicholay, who recommended a union with the Chartists, on the princi ple that they should take all they could screw out of a reluctant Legislature. He also expressed his opinion that we could do very well without an army, since we permitted France to attack Rome, and Austria and Russia to overwhelm the brave Hungarians. Mr. Hume was the next speaker, and commenced by saying that the meeting reminded him of former assemblages in the parish of Marylebone, when not only 4,000 and 5,000, but 20,000 people, met peaceably together to agitate for reform, and he predicted a similar successful result for the association to that which crowned the efforts made seventeen or eighteen years ago. It was to the divisions which existed among them that larger measures of re form had not long ere now been adopted. Conscious of that fact, some Members of the House of Commons called on their fellow-subjects to meet and show that the people required more control over their own affairs, instead of being dictated to by the few who were now placed in power. That course they were de• termined to follow. They hoped to have the union of the middle class electors with the mass of the people, and with that view the association was acting. The re peal of the corn-laws had, he was sorry to say, led'to apathy, instead of increased exertion. The discussion of last night, however, had opened their eyes. He had drawn up the Charter, but he could tell them, as the result of his experience, that all reforms to be effectual must be carried by the great mass of the people, and while he bated not a jot of his original opinions he was willing to take as much as he could get. In the House of Commons last night the Minister of the day said, he thought the suffrage might be extended to the working classes, but he saw no call for it. He (Mr. Hume) called on the meeting to show Lord John Russell that there was a demand for the extension of the franchise, and that it was necessary to meet the existing discontent by placing the Legislature of the country on a broader, a e more popular, and more secure basis. For many years their representative system had been at the top of the ladder—it was now at the bottom. He had stated in Parliament that those who had no voice in the government of the country were nearly slaves and he repeated now, that from 4,000,000 to 5,000,000 of the people were in that condition. Do what he and his friends might in Parliament, their efforts were useless, and until the constitution of the House of Commons was changed there was no hope for their cause. As an old anti experienced Reformer— not a milk-and-water Reformer—he had great pleasure in supporting the resolution before them. The next speaker was Lord Dudley Stuart. He spoke at considerable length, and promised his steadfast co operation in the objects of the association. He was followed by Mr. J. Williams, M.P Mr. J. Cape 11 , Mr. A. M'Kay, and other speakers, each of whom eli cited the warm approbation of the meeting by their speeches, and upon no po i nt more strong l y than when y that s w te h p ich w w a a s s t n a o k tenopiennldirection. recommended, R a e l t s h o o l t i g o h n s a great w;re they alluded to th e nat i ona l d e b t, the repudiation of adopted by the meeting recommending of the middle the union and working classes, and the pur chase, by means of f ree h o ld land sots , ieties of freeholds, in order to secure th e triumph of the 4O d. • prin ciples advocated by the association. BANK OF FRANCE._ The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France up to June 28:— ASSETS. ... £214,371,791 09 . . 128,213,269 00 ... 88,930 83 Cash and ingots Ditto in branch banks Bilis past due ••• Bills falling due in Paris, of which 14,099,2081. Oc. are from the branch banks 46,519,415 99 Bills in the branch banks ~. ... 76,419 481 12 Advances on coins and ingots... 7,663,900 00 Ditto by the branch banks ... 882 353 00 Ditto on French public securities ... 22,986,081 90 Ditto by branch banks... ... 1,336,905 00 Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 00 Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... 50,000,000 00 fences of the reserve fund ... 10,000,000 00 ilentes, disposable funds ... 42,581,488 13 Investments of the new branch banksin the public funds ... Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... Real property of the branch banks Interest in National Discount Bank ... Ditto branch banks ... Bills protested at Paris Ditto at the branches ... Expenses of administration of the Bank Ditto of the branches ... Miscellaneous ... • ••• Advance to the department of the Seine ••• ••• •• • ••• Loan of 3,000,000 f. to the city of Mar seilles 12,779,541 39 4,000,000 00 2,223,200 00 200,000 00 230,000 00 5,304,181 20 3,344,208 00 34,007 00 288,316,82 3,000,000 00 1,000,000 00 E 683,667,094 47 THE EX-DUKE OF BRUNSWICK AND 'rilE " WEEKLY DISPATGIt" We, re gis r, in tiecies like these, to sp.r.., a ;ine u sp,..ce to matter which may appear personal to ourselves; but, as our readers will see that the ex-Duke of Brunswick has this week gained a verdict against a proprietor of this paper for a political libel, our readers will expect some notice of the event as affecting the character, and even the interest of a journal to which our large and constant circulation proves them to be attached, as to their own advocate and friend. Bearing in mind that no one is a perfect judge in his own cause, we shall most studiously confine our remarks within the line of the most temperate argument, and we shall hint no diminu tion of our respect for one of the highest-minded Judges that ever presided over a court, because his law was against us, or breathe a word against the motives of a jury, who, we have not the slightest doubt, acted most conscientiously, though we may differ from their conclu sions. The articles charged as libels appearedin 1830, and in 1847 and 1848, an interval at the least of seventeen years. The ex-Sovereign plaintiff claimed to produce the article of 1630, as a libel for which the defendant was answerable, and also to read, as in conjunction with it, the articles written 17 years afterwards. Now the Sta lute of Limitations would have prevented this had not his witness sworn that he had purchased a copy, early in 1848, at our office, and so established a re-publication. This Statute of Limitations is a most just bar, and most especially so in the case of political libels. While the facts are easily ascertainable, and the warmth of ex pression is understood, it is mere justice that the action should be brought on. It was not so in the case of what is now adjudged to be the libel of 1830. As to its re publication, the ex-Sovereign sends, as his witness says, to our office, and after some trouble, as a matter of some favour, gets a copy by his emissary's calling a second time for it. Now the publication of a libel should only be considered illegal because it is harmful to the party libelled. Who will pretend that the copy sworn to be sold in 1848 did any harm whatever to the plaintiff ? It must have been by his own act that it could in any way be communicated to any living soul. Such a purchase might be or not, a legal re vivid; who, on the face of the earth, will contend that it could be a moral one? and what was the possible amount of damage sustained by it? Could it amount 'to one farthing? If the ex Sovereign says that his feelings were hurt by the paper, he also says that he got it through his own agent, on purpose to have them hurt. It was necessary that they should be so wounded, in deed, to get on with his action. The Lord Chief Jus tice is reported to have observed that but for this tale of more than half a generation past, we should probably never have heard of the recent articles in a court of justice. No, for there was nothing whatever libellous in them. They had not the heart and essence of libel, they sprung from no malice, nor even from any indig nation against the ex-Sovereign who claimed to be ag grieved by them. The gist and tendency of every one of them went to some other—some public, and we ho nestly affirm, beneficial purpose. The ex-Duke and his business were mere accessary illustrations. Read them by the light of any article whatever written in 1830 I Doubtless the Dispatch (as an honest paper should) has its traditions, but they are public ones. To the general principles of perfect freedom, civil and religious, of order maintained by justice, of hatred to tyranny, of the progress of mankind, every new writer succeeds, as their advocate when ho enters upon these columns. But personal ani mosities do not survive with us, scarcely personal at tachments. Neither exist beyond the occasion that creates them. We judge by deeds. The man whom we attack to-day, let him do what we consider wise and honourable, he will find himself the theme of our enthu siastic praise to-morrow. Let a man whom we have eulogized as a friend of the people turn against them— or even mistake their interests—we lay on with a double lash. We admit the consciousness that we fall upon his faults or follies with somewhat of the indignation due to a betrayal. We keep a register of friend or foe. Our hatred is only constant to wrong, as our affection is to what we, in our very souls, believe to be right. We told the Duke publicly that if he would give us proofs of the worthiness of his political Conduct we would be its ready defenders. But the articles of 1847 and 1848 were a combination, a malicious continuation of the warm at tack of 1830 ! I Alas for mortality I Death has stood in the way of the possibility. Many fine spirits have given their hearts to the people in this paper, and have died unknown, though not unloved or unthanked, between 1830 and 1847. Those who penned the articles of the latter y ears were not even aware of the existence of any of the articles written in the former. We presume we are not at liberty to prove so much in a court of justice ; but it is palpable to sense and probability, and we avouch it to be true. Did any reader of 1847 or 1848 recur to a newspaper of 1830 for comment on his Sunday's politics? Had we ever the slightest idea of reproducing it? The pretence is trumpery in the extreme. It may be the perfection of common sense in the legal acceptation; it is certainly the perfection of nonsense in the moral one. Let no one, however, suppose that we are here disputing or grumbling about costs and damages. We have said enough to those who habitually read us to show that, in moral and political character, we stand as free and erect as ever. They, indeed, would have believed it without our assertion. The Duke, it seems, boasted in his speech that he had already put down the Age.and the Satirist. Did the man believe that he was going to do the same by the Dispatch? The papers he has at tacked for libels on his private character were publi cations founded on the principle of pandering to the epputito for scandal and slander. inherent in the basest vulgar—the vulgar high and low, titled and untitled, in aristocrats and their flUukies, of snobs of every degree. They were weeds growing on a dung-heap, scum upon fetid waters. Such the ex-Sovereign helped to remove. His victory was that of Epaminondas, when he turned the insult of being appointed scavenger into the triumph of sweetening the city effectually. But the Dispatch, legally right or legally wrong, founds its strength on that sympathy which the people return to those who con stantly and effectually sympathise with them. Its namo among the English workers is a sentiment and a power. All thinkers look to it for clear sense, and honest men for integrity. When the Duke has eaten The limes for breakfast, the Journal des Debats for luncheon, the Moniteur and the London Gazette for dinner, he will sup on the Dispatch, or put it between his bread and butter at tea-time. We shall tremble when he has made the first two or three of these meals. In the mean time, we abstain from other reply. If we ever have occasion to speak of him again, it will be " by the card," and proof in hand, as Lord Denman requires. Till then, let him go in peace.— Weekly Dispatch. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS. Yesterday was the last of the exhibitions, which this year have been five in number, a new feature having been introduced in the special exhibitions of American plants, rhododendrons, azaleas, kalmias. pines, &c. These :latter have given an undoubted impulse to the horticultural taste of the metropolis, and the amateur of fifty years ago would no longer recognize his favourite geraniums, rhododendrons, and roses, in the pelargo niums, American plants, and French Bourbons of the prusent day. Whether we have always changed for the best may be sometimes questioned, and amid the thousand varieties of the Hertfordshire rosegrowers the old cabbage rose and the moss rose are still the fa vourites. The show of flowers attracted many thousands of visitors. The weather was lowering, but in some respects, being without rain, was far from unfavourable to the spectator, as many beautiful effects of light and shade were produced by the changing skies, and the bursts of sunshine on the valley and hills to the north, no less than in the tents and on the flwers. The music of the three bands of the Life Guards and Blues, which towards the clese of the afternoon played in concert, en livened the scene. In cons- quence of the heavy weather of late, the show of flowers was not so large as it usually is, but some classes were in remarkably good condition, as the roses and pe largoniums. The orehidese were few, and none of them very novel ; the heaths were in very good order. The collections of stove and greenhouse plants were among the best features of the exhibition. The fruit shown was in as great quantity as usual, but the wall-fruit seems to have suffered. The strawberries were large, fine, and well-flavoured; the bunches of grapes were of great weight; the pines were also of great six-, but not heavy. There were many exotic fruits and spices, so that altogether the fruit exhibition was of particular in terest. Among the company present were his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Dukes of Norfolk and Beaufort, the Duchess of Beaufort, Prince and Princess Doria Pamphili, Prince Castelcicala, Marquis of Exeter, Marchionesses of Exeter, Ailesbury, and Downshire; Earls Beauchatnp, Mansfield, March, Aboyne, and Pem broke; Countesses Aboyne, Cornwallis, and Sefton; the Bishop of Durham; Lords Emlyn, Massy, Bridport, and Ranelagh; Baron and Baroness Goldsmid; Ladles Wenlock Milner, Lygon, Rolle, Hamilton, Clinton, Rose, Rodd, Farquhar, J. Hamiiton, Evans, Fellows, Molyneaux, and Vassal Webster; Hon. H. Powys; Sirs W. Middleten, A. Brook, J. Clark, E. Johnson, R. Joddrell, W. Guise, W. J. Newton, J. Hamilton, J. Cockburn, H. Watson, G. Staunton, R. Vyvyan, J. Wigram, and T. Gage; Messrs. J. P. Westhead, M.P.; R. Bagshaw, M.P.; W. Ewart, M.P.; B. Botfield, M.P.; and D. Salomans; Miss Burdett Coutts, &c. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 4.—The Peninsular and Ori ental Company'ssteam-ship Jupiter, Captain Francis Meehan, arrived at Southampton this day, at half-past five o'clock, and landed mails from the following places, in charge of Lieutenant Langton, Admiralty agent. Her dates of sailing were—Gibraltar, June 25; Lisbon, June 29; Oporto, June 30; Vigo, July 1; Cadiz, June 26. The freight of the Jupiter consists of 4 packages of specie; oranges, 68,1 boxes; lemons, 20 boxes; apricots, 25 baskets; sundries, 14 packages; and oxen, 10. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Janus was, at Gibraltar. Ships observed on the Voyage—June 23, between Lisbon and Cape St. Vincent, passed the Indus packet from Alexandria, homeward bound. 25. Arrived (in the evening) the Ripon, with the outward India mail, leaving Southampton on the 20th instant. July 2. Half way across the Bay of Biscay, saw a steamer running to the southward, supposed to be the Peninsular Company's ship Euxine. By this arrival we learn that great sickness prevails in the Alemtejo, and on the southern shores of the Tagus a little above Lisbon; it is reported to be the cholera, but denied by the medical board and Govern ment, who do their utmost to keep it secret. The thunder stortna have been very injurious to the crops in the south of Portugal. Pre received O uv n ge u da e l : : o a r: evo visit t s lfl; s o t am a n t e dt d h ie t s h a cp t ohn3 t ,fi h s ni e ceida e n x t 0 - R ohf i i n s g tbhee o d f t a lbe r ee d n i i n , ao i Sardinia continues very ill, and is confined to his bedS be has received a visit from the physician of the ueen of The authorities at Gibraltar have imposed a quaran tine of three days on all vessels arriving at that port from England. LIABILITIES. Capital . ... Ditto of the Branch Banks 23 350,000 00 Reserve fund ... ... ••• ••: 10,000,000 00 Ditto of the branch banks 2,980,750 00 Reserve-immobiliere ... ... ... 4,000,000 00 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 362,362,400 00 Ditto of the branch banks: .., .., 33,180,625 00 Ditto to order (post-bills) ... ... 802,018 45 A ccoun t-current with Tre asury creditor 26,593,607 90 Various accounts current ... ... 100,201,234 00 Ditto in branches *** --- ... 30,136,847 00 Bills payable at sight ..• ... •.. 3,773,800 00 Ditto at branches •-•— ... 1,171,581 00 Bills of the branch banks payable by the Bank ... ...... ..... ...... 6 5; 5 1 4 1 8 2: 3 9 6 5 2 8 6 2 25 180,4677 1 47 00 Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. 3,9 0 Dividends payable Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 44 Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 399,826 96 Ditto branch banks ... ... ... .77,579 00 Re-discounts of the last six months ... Ditto in branch banks .. ... 143,693 49 321,562 00 Miscellaneous ... 522,171 66 f. 683,667,094 47 Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France, D'ARGOUT. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE GREENWICH REGATTA. —A sculler's match came off at Greenwich on Monday, and drew together a large concourse of spectators. The prize was competed for by six young men, inhabitants of Greenwich, and amateurs; and the amusement was prematurely brought to a close by the upsetting of one of the boats, when a young man, of the name of Salis bury, was drowned. The deceased, who was twenty three years of age, has left a widow and three children totally unprovided for. : We should be slow in our censure of princes. Kingship is a profession which has producd both the most contemptible and illustrious of the human race. That sovereign is worthy of no slight respect who rises in moral di gn ity t o th e l eve l o f hi s s ubjects; so mani fold and ISQ great are the impediments,--.Eliza Cook's LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, Exchange on Lond 531. Diccnuot on Lisbon Bark 40 per cent. ENGLISH AND FRENCH NAYLES. (From the Journal de Marine, Juno 23.) The whole of the French journals yesterday published another letter mitten by Admiral Napier, c Jritaining re floctions upon our navy. Is it right that an enemy—an En„lishman—should be the person to remind the French press that the naval force renders essential service to the country ?, 30,000 men have just been debarked at Civita Vecchia in a few days, without expense, without extraordinary war like preparations, merely by the assistance of disposable forces so insufficient in the time of peace. This result is highly important; the energy, activity, and order necessary to accomplish the design, are inappreciable; notwithstanding which efforts, however, neither by the Government nor by the press has a single word of praise been uttered in favour of Admiral Trehouart, his officers, or his men. The opinion of Admiral Napier will render us this service—that the people will rightly estimate the im mense importance of the French navy in a continental war, now anticipated by some writers. The wisest strategical calculations, and even the best naval tactics, may be completely altered by the diversions which will be effected by large armies. These armies can now be transported, without the necessity of forced marches, but with a celerity six times greater than that of the most active troops, towards points of the continent where the enemy may be the weakest. It is undeniable that the navy, especially the steam marine, will play a noble part in the approaching Euro pean complications. A fleet is not only a force moving upon the sea, but it is an indispensable auxiliary to an army upon land. Our officers and seamen have mani fested, by their late proceedings, that they have reached a state of perfection in which they are prepared to per form more glorious actions than any which have hitherto devolved upon them. Accustomed to troops, active, strong, intelligent, and brave, no power, England in cluded, can present to its enemies a race of men so for midable in the new destiny to which the steam nary will be called. Cau it be said that the other assertions of Admiral Napier are proved by unerring arithmetical calculations? In 1842 this same admiral made a nearly similar state ment in the House of Commons, every portion of which was true excepting the figures showing the comparative strength of the two powers. But what was his design? To increase the warlike preparations in England, and to augment the number of steamers, and perhaps, at the same time, to cause a diminution in our ships, and to put a stop to the development at that period given to the French steam navy. That he succeeded is but too true. The French newspapers, especially those of the Oppo sition, have fallen into the same snare; their national vanity was flattered, and they began to calculate our strength and power by merely estimating the, number of men and guns. By exaggerating the figures a little, they are endeavouring to prove that Admiral Napier was correct; that our ships, though less numerous, carry more guns and a stronger artillery; and thus have handed over our cause to those who are opposed to the maintenance of a naval force—to those who think that a fleet is useless to the country; they have, indeed, given arguments to men in high places, who are advocates of peace at any price, who are continually insisting upon a complete disarmament. In fact, the finest fleet which we have ever had since the peace, which was indeed the admiration of our rivals, has been disarmed; and the Engli,h obtained that supremacy which they have never since relinquished. Now for a few figures, in order to arrive at the truth. Of sailing vessels we have now afloat 5 first-rate, 3 se cond-rate 9 third-rate, and 8 fourth-rate; total, 25. The English have 19 ships of the first rate, 43 second-rate, and 32 third-rate; total, 94. France has 39 frigates of from 40 to 50 guns; England has 90 of from 30 to 50 guns. France has 60 corvettes or large brigs, which corres pond to English vessels of the sixth rate, but of .which description of ships England has only 35. We pass over smaller vessels, which cannot be reckoned in an account of ( ffective warlike forces. We now come to steamers, respecting which Admiral Napier writes so strongly. In our paper of the 2d inst. we showed that England had 86 armed steam-vessels, but we have only 60. Of the English steamers, ono is of 800 horse power, 8 of from 450 to 500, 17 of from 300 to 350, and 12 of from 220 to 300. The French ships, however, are only 1 of 650 horse power, 2 of 540, 8 of 450, and 12 of from 220 to 300. We may add, that since the screw-propeller is a great improvement, the English possess a vast advantage over us in the number of vessels which are furnished with this apparatus. We have only one frigate provided with this machine, of 260 horse power; the English have four similar vessels—namely, the Ajax, the Blenheim, the Edinburgh. and La Hogue, which have engines of 450 horse power, and carry 56 pieces of artillery. They also have four frigates of the same kind—viz., the Eurotse, the Forth, the Horatio, and the Scahorse; their engines are 320 horse power, and they carry 24 guns. The other vessels of a similar description amount to 29. As to ourselves, we can scarcely reckon eight similar vessels in the whole of our navy. - Let it not be said, then, that the forces of England are not effective; that their ships are rotten, and a thousand other pleasantries so habitual to the Parisian newspa pers. When English ships are decaying, the Board of Admiralty has skid enough to order their repair or de molition. The " Navy List" is not a book of mere luxury, but a useful and truthful publication. Every one well knows the immense resources of Eng land. The last reports of the navigation of the ports in Great Britain and Scotland, published by order of the Board of Trade, estimate the number of sailing vessels at 31,820, amounting to 3,637,231 tonnage, and manned by 216,350 men; and the commercial steam-vessels amount to 1,088. No, England has no need to augment its navy. She possesses real riches, in material, men, and engines. It is ourselves who are so factitious. We must endeavour to increase the strength of our steam power, which has lately manifested itself to be so necessary both for war and defence. Let us not dissimulate ; we are behind England—much behind—too much behind. Let us make every effort to equal her. It is not with the view of becoming their rivals that we would build and arm. It is not even for the purpoie or defending ourselves against them. We do not wish, like Admiral Napier, to foresee an evil which does not yet threaten us ; but we repeat, that &European war may burst out any day, and the Republic may be at tacked when least expected. The Government who shall defend it, and the commanders of our armies, will re quire this new auxiliary, which has just been of such important use in Italy. War will present many occa sions in which steam-vessels will be useful to the army as are horses, carrriages, and guns. May we find a patriotic representative, who, follow ing the example of Admiral Napier, shall discuss the subject in our National Assembly. THE THEATRE.—Lear, Hamlet, Richard 11., The Revenge, and Macbeth, have been the principal plays enacted during the week, and in each of these Mr. George Owen has sustained the leading characters. 01 his Leaf we have heard the most eulogistic criticisms, but we were not ourselves present, save for a few minutes before the close of the play. On Thursday evening, Dr. Young's classic play of The Revenge was repeated—having been performed on Saturday night—and in it Mr. Owen per sonated Zinga. The character was finely conceived and admirably pourtrayed. His most impassioned scenes were entirely free from rant, as his subdued ones were void of even the semblance of tameness. The musical tones of his fine voice and the clearness of his enuncia- tion, rendered the delivery of his many sublime speeches peculiarly pleasing and effective—riveting the attention of his audience and eliciting vociferous plau dits. Unlike many of our tragedians, Mr. Owen im proves upon acquaintance, and we were gratified at ob serving the entire absence in Zinga of those slight man nerisms which we remarked in Richard lIL Mr. Owen must ere long rank very high in his arduous profes sion ; for 'so young a man his performances are chaste and masterly. Mr. T. Holmes enacted Don Alonza, with spirit and force ; but he would add greatly to the effectiveuesof his personations if he would eschew exaggerated distortions of his features when pourtraying the different passions. Over-indulgence in this habit had the effect, on Thursday evening, of causing Don Alonza to look as great a villain as Shakspere makes Richard 111., which Mr. Holmes knows as well as ourselves was never the intention of Dr. Young. Donna Leonora found an excellent representative in Mrs. Walton. The play was followed by a laughable interlude called Quarter Day, in which the principal characters were well sus tained by Mrs. Poynter (who, by the way, in variably performs her parts with great clearness), Miss Laport, Mr. Reynolds, and Mr. Watkins. Last evening Mr. Owen took his benefit—playing Macbeth — with Mr. S. Holmes as Macduff, and Mrs. Walton as Lady Macbeth. Each of these characters were excel lently pourtrayed ; but the lateness of the hour precludes a more lengthened notice. We must say, however, that we regard Mr. Owen's Macbeth as fully equal to anything he has played in Leeds. The ce was got up with unusual care, and was set off by Lock's music spiritedly given by a full and efficient orchestra. The entire corps appeared to vie with each other in their acting, and this beautiful tragedy passed off with the utmost eclat. Next week, we perceive that several new pieces will be brought out, and in the week following Mr. Macready will appear. The bare announcement of this fact, after what has oc curred across the Atlantic, must secure overflowing au diences to witness the farewell to the stage of this peer less actor and honoured gentleman.—Leeds Times, June 30. VENTILATION Or COAL MINES.—The members o: the Committee of the House of Lords on Accidents in Coal Mines met at the Polytechnic Institution yesterday, to investigate the experiments made by Dr. Bachhoffner, and explained by Mr. Gurney, on the principle of high pressure steam ventilation, and its application to coal mines. There were present the Duke of Argyll, Lords Lonsdale, Granville, Wharncliffe, and Brougham, Mr. Vivian, Mr. Foster, and many other persons connected with science and mining operations. The experiments showed the power of the high pressure steam jets in producing ventilation to be so great that fire-damp and other noxious gases, even in the largest mines, can be expelled by their adoption with great ease. Tho object of the Committee in witnessing these experiments was with regard to the examination of Mr. Foster before the Lords this day, that gentleman having introduced the system of high pressure steam at Seaton Delaval, one of the largest coal mines in the north, and his evidence on the subjct being considered as highly important. Mr. Gurney was also summoned by the Committee from Cornwall, and attended in consequence. Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer has been compelled to leave London for the German spas, owing to indifferent health. Immediately after his return from Germany he will depart for Washington, to enter on his diplomatic functions. JULY 5, 1849. ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF SOCIETY. TUESDAY.' June 25.—Captain Smyth, R.N., President, in DIVIDENDS. the Chair.—Sir Wm. Kay, Bart., and Edward Manchester' att o h u e rt In the Country. , t t aisl a a n t chg e ter, cotton manufacturers, July 25, at Gordon, Esq., M.A., were elected Fellows of the a n d • 3 S a idebotham and T. Lewis, Haughtoe, Laneashire," Society. Read :—The copy of a letter addressed a twelve, 6i ll onud a r n t c L h e e e s ci te s r , — hm J as u W fac . u ß r ut s i , n j a u n l by the President to Mr. Bancroft, the Atneri- W. Smith, d, Yorkshire, cabinetmaker, aceer Aug- Norman,7, a can Minister, expressive of the thanks of 1 6 1:1 :t it t i w eh el m ve o , 9 the Royal Geographical Society for the kind sympathy evinced by the ' Government of eleven, at the Court, Leeds —E. Raisbeck, Dew sbuiy, the United States in the fate of Sir John Franklin Yorkshire, ironmaster, July 24, at twelve, at the Court, and his companions. Papers read :-1. "A proposal Leeds—J. Peckmore, Liverpool, baker, July 24, at for the Construction of Maps upon the walls of the eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—W. Tweddle, Liver- Corridors and Committee Rooms of the New Houses pool, soap manufacturer, July 25, at eleven, at the Court, of Parliament," by Mr. Saxe Bannister, with remarks Liverpool—R. Rimmer, Liverpool, and draper, _ upon the subject by Mr. G. Belles Greenough, July 25, at e leven, at the Court, L tailor 027)001—C V.P.R.G.S. 2. "On Abila and the district of Abilene Liver p ool, corn factor, July 26, at maven, at the Court, near Mount Lebanon," by Mr. J. Hogg, F.R.S.' Liverpool—R. D. Wilmot, Liverpool, merchant, July 26, Hon. Sec. 3. " Notes on the Physical Geography of at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. Palestine," by Col. von Wildenbruch. 1. Mr. Ban- J. W. Burton, G. Outman, and W. Smith, Manchester nister proposes the construction of maps on a large and Leeds, manufacturers and warehousemen, ss. 71d., scale as useful decorations to the New Palace at on Tuesday, July 3, and every following Tuesday, be- Westminster, such as that constructed by our great tween ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Man navigator, Sebastian Cabot, long suspended in the cheater. Gallery at the Royal Palace of Whitehall ; as the celebrated views of the Spanish Armada in tapestry in the old House of Lords ; as the vast maps in the temples, the porticos, the colleges of ancient Rome ; and, above all, as in the Gallery of Geography of the Vatican. One series of maps would present to the eye pictures of the whole globe ;—the forests of the Canadas in contrast to the houses and the harvests so rapidly thinning them—the fisheries of iceclad Greenland—the fur regions of Hudson Bay, and the tales of lost, as well as the track of successful, explorers of the frozen north—the West Indian Isles, brilliant in natural beauties, and struggling to pro duce results worthy of the sublime cause of Negro emancipation—the free, peaceful, and Christian set tlements of Western Africa, in contrast with its man hunts and its slave marts—the sheep-walk and the n i s o s oSno uh t o h u s e A , f s r o i r a rapidly dr minesv in g and n a d c k barbarism t o f n a far into South A fri c a — the m i nes a nd stock-stations already pushed deep into the Australias—the infinitely varied works of na t ure an d o f man in New Zealan d , in Ceylon, in India, in the A s i a ti c A rc hi pelago, in the islands of the Southern Ocean, and in China. To these scenes of British enterprise would be added correct delineations of the rest of the globe, moun tains, valleys, and plains ; rivers, lakes, and seas; cities and ports, with each tribe and people distinctly characterised, and with the traces of great events, now visible in monuments or in ruins, correctly dis played to the eye. These maps, drawn according to the best resources of modern science, should be on the largest possible scale, and uniform in magnitude. Great size is indispensable for grandeur of effect and in order to admit of duly proportioned details, while uniformity of magnitude will furnish exact ideas of the comparative importance of countries. All sepa rate maps should be large enough to admit of distinct objects, geographical, geological, meteorological, natural and artificial. In addition to such maps of the land, there should be carefully prepared a collection of marine maps—not merely charts, but more complete even than those already suggested by Humboldt—for the shallows, the depths, the currents and trades of the ocean. These marine maps should have ships, rocks, storms, and wrecks, shores and lighthouses, correctly delineated, and would form one vast series of the highest importance to commercial and colonial enterprize, to science, to medical and religious mis sions. Another series would be important to the ' history of geographical discovery, and, would form a collection dating from the earliest days, from those of Cosmas Indicopleustes, and the Peutinger T a bl es , t o the Anglo-Saxon and Chinese Maps, down to the Hereford Map, and including such as furnished Columbus and the Cabots, Vesputius and Magellan, with the strongest motives for heroic enterprize. A third series would include the representation of the elements of intelligence found in the rude geogra phical designs of the Esquimaux, the Indian, and the native of Australia, to guide the colonist to rich pas tures, to relieve the explorer in his perplexity, and sometimes to warn the civilized man that even the savage understands his territorial rights. Mr. Greenough would, in case of any recommendation being made by the council to Government upon the subject, prefer, to the series of maps suggested by Mr. Bannister, a series of cartographic compositions. An ordinary map is at best only a representative of nature, while cartographic compositions would repre ' sent mind, and would bear the same relation to a Government survey that a historical or poetical com position does to a portrait. The physical map of Berghaus may be taken as a rude type of this deside ratum, which might be more diversified in character and subject, much enlarged in scale, and wrought up to a degree of excellence, which an alliance of art, science, and literature can alone produce. Of all con trivances for geographical expression, the georama of Mr. Guerin is the most fascinating and instructive ; and it would be desirable to have two georamas, the one for inanimate nature, the other for man in his several relations, and for the changes which the sur face of the globe has undergone under his operations. An empire over which the sun never sets requires of its rulers, and in a minor degree of its people, a fa miliar acquaintance with the entire globe. A writer of no mean authority has informed us that the affairs of our forty-three colonic* aic at home by a staff so small, that on an average two clerks are all that can be spared for each ; and surely it cannot be unreasonable to desire that the labours of these singularly overtasked officials should be eased, by placing at their disposal the readiest means of acquiring standard information ; nor does it appear less expedient that Members of Parliament should have distinct ideas, at least upon those respec tive colonies whose interests and capabilities are often mainly dependent on geographical position and local considerations, and in respect to which they may be at any time called upon on short notice to assent to, or dissent from, complicated legislative enactments. In the Bibliotheque National at Paris, there is, or was, a colossal globe, but how incon venient for reference, how meagre in information is a globe, however large, compared with a georama In dependently, however, of this contrivance, the object of which is to exhibit the earth as a whole, provision should be made for a detailed study of the constituent parts of the British empire, by exhibiting them severally under various phases. This might be done by a series of maps or cartoons, hydrogra phical, typographical, geological, agricultural, statis tical, administrative, industrial, &c. &c., all uniform in scale and projection. Here at least there is no want of raw material. Almost every state has of late years taken care to have every part of its area correctly and minutely surveyed. The maps derived from these surveys are, however, constructed upon no uniform principle. Each of them, notwithstanding their excellence in other respects, has this defect— that it is only a national work, an insulated docu ment, a part formed irrespective of a whole ; hence the various surveys of European states are mere fragments : like the coins of these countries, their currency scarcely extends beyond the frontier. The Prussian reckons his longitude from Berlin, the Austrian from Vienna, the Frenchman from Paris, the Englishman from Greenwich, the Russian from St. Petersburgb, the Spaniard from Cadiz, the Portu guese from Ferro. One gives his measurements in feet, another in toises, another in metres. advantage would, then, be to the honour as wel l as to the of o E _ re n were rendered g eography as England if attractive,bidd Con sistent—if the unw ield y mass of valuable material bidding ge°gr more y, more m were brought into symmetry; and this may in a great measure be effected by the construction of mono graphic compositions or cartoons, based upon philo sophical principles, and tending to illustrate the various departments into which general science is divided. It is obvious that the remarks made upon the British dominions, and on the Continent of Europe, could not be applied to all other parts of the earth's surface without much modification. In what manner the latter should be dealt with is a subject for inquiry hereafter, the present object of these remarks being rather to enunciate a principle than to lay down a system. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES, At the Court Basinghall-street. H. Clark, Redcross-street, and Plummer's•row, White chapel, oil and colourman, July 25, at eleven—J. Waite, High Holborn, licensed victualler, July 26, at one. In tko Country. J. Rogers, Shrewsbury, hop dealer, July 26, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—W. Newby, Manchester, joiner, July 26, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—T. Carter, Gainsborougb, Lincolnshire, engineer and wheel wright, July 25, at half•past ten, at the Town-hall, Kingston upon Hull. At the Court of Review, July 24. J. B. B. Smith, Liverpool, joiner and builder—L. Rudge, Great Barford, Bedfordshire, apothecary—J. Connell, Staiusby-road, East India-road, Poplar, timber merchant—C. Edmonds, Strand, bookseller—J. Staddon, Holsworthy, Devonshire, grocer—H. H. Spurway, Ti verton, Devonshire, brewer—A. Green, St. Ives, Hunt ingdonshire, veterinary surgeon—J. Wiggins, Green wich, bookseller—J. Adams, Laverton, Somersetshire, fuller—H. Cost, Clapton, Middlesex, publisher—l). Smith and F. D. Smith, Hammersmith, Middlesex, wholesale drysalters. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. H. Neuber and G. Watkins, New Oxford-street, varnish manufacturers—J. Blampied and R. Fowler, Sherborne, Dorsetshire, tailors—William Tennick and J. Tennick, Gainford, Durham, builders—W. Rosie burst, J. Hazlehurst, T. Hazlehurst, and C. Ilszlehurst, Runcorn, Cheshire, soap boilers—J. Taylor and J. Firth, Birmingham, mechanical engineers —E. A. Mitchener and W. Mitchener, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, printers—J. Downes and J. Bennett, Middlehills, Staf fordshire, sheep dealers—E. Llewellyn and A. Eung blut, Dean-street, Soho, pianoforte makers—C. Harri son and A. T. Webster, Luton, Bedfordshire, straw-hat manufacturers—T. W. Tanner and J. P. Woolley, Brighton—W. Cooke and J. Cooke, Huddersfield, York shire, merchants—G. R. Howard and D. Blott, Maid stone, Kent, chemists—W. Smith and E. Robinson, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, fancy waistcoating manufac turers—W. Fossey and G. Fe,ssey, Mill-wall, Poplar, timber merchants—D. Sims and J. Stiff, Blakeney, Gloucestershire, wiredrawers—T. M. Lake and J. Mac kenzie, Uxbridge, Middlesex, printers—J. Hartas and T. S. Hartas, Simington Grange, Yorkshire—J. W. Cater, M. W. Collet, and T. R. Arnott, City, merchants (as far as regards the said T. R. Arnott)—R. Caton and J. H. Bennett, Bradford, Yorkshire, surgeons—E. Cor rie, W. B. Corrie, J. M. Corrie, V. B. Corrie, and H. F. Barclay, Mincing-lane, Liverpool, and Manchester, general brokers—S. M. Morris and C. Kay, Manchester, calico printers—R. Milner, R. Van Hees, and J. F. Phillips ' Manchester, commission agents (so far as re gards the said J. F. Phillips)—A. Metz and B. Halcrow Droylsden, La ncas hi re , s ilk dy ers —E. V. Bl yt h an d T 1 Farmer, Birmingham, papermaker s —C. B a t t l e y an d A. Bustin, Basinghall-street, accountants—W. Christie and J. C. Christie. Somerset street, Aldgate, brassfounders— J. A. Lewth wa it e , and W. Haslam, Isle of Man, paper manufacturers—Ann Butler and T. Butler, Water-lane, Tower-street, wino merchants Nancy Brown, Mary Mason, and E. J. Richardson, Old Bailey, hay salesmen—M. E. Bowra, D. S. Walker, and J. C. Greenhill, Barge-yard, Bucklersbury, patent band ma nufacturers (as far as regards the said M. E. Bowra)— J. R. Jennings and J. Yeo, Birmingham, and Eldon street, Finsbury—T. Wyles and J. S. Gilbert, Coventry, school masters—J. Guillemard and J. Bates, Copthall chambers, stock brokers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Thomas Snowden, Peckstin, Arundel-street, Strand, civil engineer. Thomas Day, Ipswich, shoemaker. Nlichat 1 lon, Liverpool, s tay maker. Berdoe Wilkinson, Needham-Market, Suffolk. Jonathan Saxon, Manchester. John Hammond, Manchester, nail manufacturer. Robert Murray, Lanchester, Durham, grocer. Alpheus Thornley, Shardlow, Derbyshire, hairdresser. Arthur Fitzeilliam Tait, Manchester, artist. Bertrand Williams, Derby, carver and gilder. George Schulen, Ipswich, journeyman potter. William Wellsted, sen., Gloucester builder. Edward Barman, Beverley, Yoikshire, butcher. William Drake, Bradford, veterinary surgeon. William Croser, Bradford, Yorkshire, doctor of medicine. Isaac Watts, Bradford, Yorkshire, farm labourer. Matthew Riley ' Bradford, Yorkshire, auctioneer. Henry Cooper, Dawley, Shropshire, grocer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. R. Bryce, jun., Edinburgh, brasefounder, plumber, and ironmonger, to meet within Dowell's Rooms, Edinburgh, July 10 and 31, at one. D. Russell, Dundee, druggist, to meet within the Royal Hotel, Luudee, July i and 30, at two. COURT CIRC ULAR. OSBORNE, JULY 4. The Queen and Prince took their usual early wuik in :he grounds at Osborne. Ills Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and the younger members of the Royal Family walked and rode i❑ the Park. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge n d the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenbourg Strelitz arrived at Bushy House, Bushy Park, yester terdey morning, to pay a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager. Their Royal Highnesses partook of a &junk' with her Majesty, and in the afternoon left Bushy House on their return to town. _ .• _ Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, and Sir George Couper, left town, at two o'clock yesterday after noon, for her residence, Frogmore House, Windsor. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited the Botanic Gardens in the Regent's Park yesterday. Mr. Job and Mr. Crowdy had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday. Mr. C. Worsley had also an interview with the Noble Earl at the Colonial-office. Mr. Anderson, M.P., Mr. George Moffat, M.P., and Mr. Morgan, had an interview with the President and the Vice-President of the Board of Trade yesterday, on the subject of the Light Dues. The Marquis of Breadalbane had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. C. Nash, from the Committee of Shareholders as to Amendments in the Railways Abandonment Bill, transacted business yesterday at the Office of the Com missioners of Railways in the Board of Trade. Sir Edward Ryan had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence, in Downing street. Sir J. Pelly had also an interview with his Lordship. The School of Design had a meeting yesterday, at the Office of the Board of Trade. A deputation from the Great Western Fisheries, con sisting of Mr. Jackson Barwise, Mr. Henry Burt, Mr. Augustus Cullingridge, and Mr. Thomas Felton, with Mr. William P. Metchim (secretary), had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. lacks had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Culonial-uffice for the Governor of the Falkland Islands. A c o c. o n Mo nday, c o nvic t - chip from Crane, eA:l6shai LieutenantyP, a nci J. Parsons, arrived MORE DEATHS FROM CHOLERA IN THE MILLIILICK PRISON.—An inquest was held yesterday before Mr. Bedford, in the Milib tuk Prison, on the bodies of four prisoners who had died therein of Asiatic cholera. Their names were James Catling, aged 16; John Donovon, aged 21; John aountfold, aged 23; and Thomas Jones, aged 13. The evidence proved that, when admitted, they were all in a good state of health, but they were (late thhoh aaui Bsvt ii attacked Konnmoni ofz.also her jo seci on. withrcn_ru Presented rir ;efhsAdree: n from AsiaticMajesty'so Rio u Tii brigantine ,j cholera, ajpn uae Li rO O f, Spider), 41s i which ayT I t ] u h 3 they died. Bi ai Hogg, g ißahia, i In hob of cholerae a hopedwo. lociautthleldlvyrose prison. eocnvol welr ; l : re h i l acr e .lh e i t Poe recover.—Verdict hadi hi l ee l rr n : 1 i: death aect casesus° in tudh answer to a question, Dr. Baly, the prison physician, said that the prison was unhealthy, from its being low and so near the river. Moreover, there were bone boilers and gas-works on the opposite side of the river, and twenty-four ano ca d se it s c fourteen deaths. There were at the present time three c o a th d e i r c c a a s s e es 4: D w e h a ie tli b c ia h t o ic le c ra o era. has again broken nted themselves. MajTenstny,sCiimi cc::: A m —Her Mr. 26 Pernambuco, Juno 2. Passengers—Lieut. Hayden She brings Ilayman, Mr. Mallett no o un ne t w of s, s h pe e c r ie in Hitchins. liar amount and family , and two Masters freightte l len not es having ascertain able. been anticipated by a steamer later come to Pernam buco, to meet the Columbus, arrived at Liverpool. The Tweed continued to remain at Pernambuco, expecting hourly to be relieved. CHOLERA ON BOARD THE sum HAVERING."'" FALMOUTH, JULY 3.—No new case has occurred since the ship's arrival at this port, nor any death. The six men reported as convalescent still continue to improve. One of the two men who were attacked severely is much better this morning; the other man f ucontines in the same state, but hopes are entertained his reco very also. Yesterday the foun• SHOEMAKERS' A LMS HOUSES.- - dation-stono of the almshouses about being erected by the metropolitan master b o ot and shoe makers, at Mort lake, as an asylum for decayed members of the trade, was laid with the customary observances by R. Taylor, Esq., president of the institution. The proposed erection will contains habitations for 14 individuals. The funds. now exceeding 5,0001., have been subsCribed entirely by persons conne cted with the sho o t ra d e . P. to orouTit, JULY 4.—Wind W.S.W.—Sid. Trafalgar, Adelaide, South Australia; her Majesty's ship Ranger, g m; o f Africa. DARING ROBBERY IN CAMBERWELL-GROVE.-- , 013 1 the night of the 30th of Jane a most daring robbery wes porpetrated by some burglars upon the private residence of Mr. Henry Barrett, Springfield-terrace. The thieves gained admittance through the back kitchen window, by cutting the shutter most adroitly with a circular saw, and then removing the fastenings; proceeding to the dining-room they abstracted from the sideboard a silver cruet stand and a quantity of silver spoons, and forced open a secretary and took therefrom three gold watches I s l cl i o , v h e i , h the and a silver watch, together with several articles of jew el lery—valued altogether at about 70/, Not satisfied with this, they broke open a case containing a valufable w'- croscope, also a cabinet with selected specielen n s o o micros copic interest, but finding them to _b e e fo o r f e value, they left them unmolested. B house they made themselves somewhatthat not the least wine. All was accomplished so q uietly Early in the morning notice was fre l e ea ; mi i n t e li gta tC hlie e c rbyut of thenothing offenders. disturbance occurred givenyet transpired aantstphireepdrtionclipeaadl whole affair 5 m p t o oa l n i t c .nii t...: er stations, diib ut that they were con nected From the .t h d s e o x m t dexterous oe experienced perienced gang. doubt arises but 6792 votes, and the CITY ELECTION.—At the general election of wa T s_ iiliwrl conduc t ed Rothschild, highestlS oenservative candidate, Mr. John Masterman, 6,722. The highest unsuccessful Tory candidate on the list, Mr. Bevan, only polled 5,26 S votes; and the lowest unsuccessful Tory candidate, Mr. Freshfield, only 4,704. Mr. Rothschild, on the present occasion, has maintained his position, whilst the Conservatives have evidently lost ground greatly. THE FATAL EXPLOSION ON THE SOUTII-DEVON RAILWAY.—PLYMOUTH, JULY 3.—The inquiry into the death of Evans, the stoker, and the cause of the Into accident on the South-Devon Railway, was concluded on Monday. When all the evidence had been heard, the Coroner summed up very minutely, and the jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict that the deceased's death was caused by the bursting of the boiler of the Goliath engine, but how or in what way this was caused they had no evidence to show. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS (Frora the Votes and Proceedings of Me Rouse of Commons.] WEDNESDAY, JULY 4. MARRIAGES BILL. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Clause as amended (And be it enacted, That this Act shall not extend to Scotland or Ireland, nor shell any thing therein contained alter, or be constructed to alter, the Law relating to Marriage in either of those two Countries) : Motion made, and Question put, " That the Clause, as amended, be added to the Bill." The Committee divided: MINORITY—AYES, 66. Bailey, J., jail. Farnham, E. B. Lindsay, Colonel Bathe, 11. J. Fellowes, E. Lowther, Colonel Bennet, Philip Foley, J. 11. Mackenzie, W. F. Berestord, William Forbes, Win. Mackinnon, W. Berkeley, C. L. G. Fordyce, A. D. Matheson, Colonel Blackstone, W. French, F. Morison, Sir W. Bolder°, 11. G. Gladstone, W. E. Napier, Joseph Bouverie, E. P. Gfddard, A. L. O'Connell, John Bowles, Admiral Gordon, Admiral Palmer, Roundell Buck, Lewis W. Goulburn, Henry Patten, W. Buller, Sir J. Y. Greenall, G. Plowden, W. H. Clay, James Greene Thomas Richards, Richard Cocks, T. S. Haggitt, F. R. Sanders, Joseph Cowan, Charles llastie, Archibald Scott, F. Drummond, Henry Hodges, T. L. Spearman, H. J. Duff, George S. Hood, Sir A. Sullivan, Michael Duff, James Hope, A. Talfourd, Sergeant Duncombe, A.' Hallam, Lord Traill, George: Duncuft, John Howard, E. G. Villiers, Viscoun. Duudas, George Hughes, W. B. Villiers, F. W. Hinies, Sir David Hume, Joseph T ELLESS. East, Sir J. B. Jones, Captain Maule, Fox Edwards, 11. Lewisham, Viscount Oswald, A. MAJORITY—NOES, 119. Adair, R. A. Galway, Viscount Pryse, Pryse Aglionby, 11. A. Gibson, T. M. Rawdon, Colonel Alcock, Thomas Glyn, G. C. Ricardo, J. L. Arkwright, George Greene, John Ricardo, Osman Bagshaw, John Cremell, C. Pascoe Rice, E. R. Baines, M. T. Grosvenor, Lord It. Rich, Henry Barnard, E. G. Grosvenor, Earl Robartes, T. J. Barrington, Viscount Harris, Richard Russell, E. Bass, .I. T. Ilastie, Alexander Russell, F. C. H. Bellew, R. M. Hayter, W. G. Itutherfurd, A. Benbow, John Heald, James ! Salwey, Colonel Birch, .'‘,ir Thomas Heathcoat, John Scholetield, William Brand, Thomas Heywood, James Sidney, Alderman Bright, John Ileyworth, L. 9131,.th, J. Benjamin Brocklehurst, J. Hill, Lsrd MarcuS Smyth, J. G. Brotherton, J. Hobliouse, T. B. Stansfield, W. R. C. Brown, W. llumphcry, Ald. Strickland, Sir G. Bunbury, E. H. Jackson, William Stuart, Lord J. Buxton, Sir E. Kershaw, James Thompson, Colonel Cardwell, E. King, P. J. Thornely, T. Carter, J. B. Langston, J. 11. Tollemache, F. J. Caulfeild, J. M. Lemon, Sir C. Tufnell, lieury Chaplin, W. J. Lewis, George C: Tynte, Colonel Clay, James Littleton, E. It. Vane, Lord 11. Cobden, R. Locke, Joseph Villiers, Charles Coke, E. K. Lushington, C. Waddington, H. S. Colebrook°, Sir T. Mangles, R. D. Wahnsley, Sir J. Colvile, C. R. Marshall, William Wawn, J. T. Copeland, Ald. Martin, J. Westhead, J. P. Craig, W. G. Melgutid, Viscount 'Willcox, Brodie Crawford, W. S. Milner, W. M. Williams, John Dawson, T. V. Milnes, R. M. Willyams, 11. Denison, Edmund Mostyn, E. 'Worcester, Marquis D'Eyncourt, C. T. Muntz, G. F. Wrightson, W. B. Dodd, George Mundy, William Wyld, James Duncombe, T. O'Brien, J. Wynn, C. W. Forster, Mathew Ogle, S. C. Wyvill, M. Fortescue, Chichester I'echell, Captain Fox, W. J. Philips, Sir G. R. TELLERS. Frewen, C. li. Figot, Sir Robert Wortley, J. S. Fuller, A. E. Pllkington, James Spooner, R. COPYHOLDS ENFRANCHISEMENT BILL. Order for Committee read ; Motion made and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :" Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " this House will, upon this day three months, resolve itself into the said Committee," instead thereof:—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided : MINORITY—AYES, GO. Alcock, Thomas Greenall, Gilbert Muntz, G. F. Bagshaw, John Greufell, C. P. O'Brien, John Baillie, H. J. Guest, Sir J. Pearson, Charles Baines, M. T. llardcastle, J. A. Peelle'', Captain Bass, M. T. Ilayter, W. G. Pilkin,gton, James Benbow, John Headlam, Thomas Rice, E. : K. Bright, John Henry, Alexander Salwey, Colonel Brotherton, J. Heyworth, Lawrence Scully, Francis Brown, W. Howard, C W. G. Sidney, Alderman Burroughes, H. Hurnphery, Ald. Smith, J. B. Chaplin, W. J. Jervis, Sir John Stansfleld, W. R. Clay, Sir W. Kershaw, James Thompson, Colonel Cobden, Richard King, P. J. Thornely, T. Crawford, W. S. Lacy, It. C. Tollemache, F. J. Duncan, Viscount Langston, J. 11. Villiers, Charles Duncan, George Lewis, G. C. Willcox, Brodie Duncombe, T. Lushingtgn, Charles Williams, John Forster, M. Marsh Ir, J. G. Wrightson, W. B. Fcx, W. J. Masterman, J. TELLERS. Frewen, C. IL Matheson, Colonel Aglionby, H. A. Glyn, G. C. Morris, David Hume, Joseph Arkwright, G. Bailey, Joseph MAJORITY-NOES, 71. Dundas, G. Farnham, E. Morgan, 0. Mostyn, E. M. L. Bailey, Joseph, jun. Fellowes, E. Napier, Joseph Barrington, Viscount Foley, J. H. Oswald, Alexander Bennet, P. Yorbes, W. Palmer, Robert Beresford, William Fuller, A. E. Palmer, Roundel). Berkeley, C. L. G. Goddard, A. L. Plowden, W. H. Blackstone, W. S. Goulburn, Henry Richards. Richard Boldero, Henry Graham, Sir James Robartes, T. J. Bouverie, E. I'. Greene, Thomas Smyth, John G. Bowles, Admiral Grogan, Edward Spooner, Richard Brand, Thomas Haggitt, F. R. Strickland, Sir G. Stuck, L. W. Hallyburton, Lord Stuart, Lord J. Buller, Sir Y. Heald, James Stuart, John Burrell, Sir C. Hood, Sir A. Villiers, Viscount Cavendish, G. H. Hope, Alexander Villiers, F. W. Cobbuld, John C. Hughes, W. B. Waddington, 11. S. Cocks, T. S. Johnstone, Sir J. Wellesley, Lord C. Coke, Edward K. Jolliffe, Sir W. IL Will inns, IL Compton, H. C. Lewisham, Vise. Wyld, James Denison, Edmund Lindsay, Colonel Wynn, C. W. Dodd, G. Duckworth, Sir J. _ . Littleton, E. R. Lowther, Colonel Duncombe, A. Duncuft, John Mackenzie, W. F. Morgan, 11. K. TELLERS. Christopher, H. Galway, Viscount SCOTCII MARRIAGE AND RE, GISTRATION BILLS. TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN RUSSELL, M.P. 1/.:ar Lord John,—When in London lately, I and other Scotch Peers had an interview with Lord Lansdowne, in order to draw his attention to certain Bills affectingg se riously the interests of Scotland, which we arc anxious should be withdrawn. He asked me to state our views in writing to enable him to submit them to his col leagues, which I accordingly did pretty fully, and 1 bavo no doubt the letter was transmitted to you. I have since (Asserted that the Lunacy and Pupils' Bills have been abandoned, but you have expressed the determination of the Government to proceed with the Marriage and Re gistration Bills, and requested the indulgence of the House for so doing, in consideration of the small propor• Lion of its time which is usually occupied in Scotch busi ness, as if these Bills were a boon you were about to confer on Scotland, and were not forced on the people in spite of the decided expression of their disapprobation. It appears to me that you have been greatly deceived as to the general feeling on this question, and Lord Lansdowne was labouring under toe same erroneous impression when he wrote to me saying that the Scotch Members were satisfied with the provisions of these Bills. No doubt, great exertions have been made to gain their support by concessions and modifications, which in some instances have proved successful, bat I am con vinced, that were these Members to consult the wishes of their constituents they would give these measures their unqualified opposition, and in the event of an election, their votes on this occasion will not be forgotten. The improper manner in which these Bills were hur ried through the House of Lords gives rise to a suspi cion that their popularity in Scotland was doubted. In troduced the first day of the session, during the absence of a number of Scotch Peers, Lord Campbell refused to postpone them even for the short period which was re quested i❑ order to give the Scotch Peers (who alone could be supposed to feel much interest in the matter, or appreciate its importance) time to assemble or consult on the subject, and notwithstanding the unfairness of this proceeding, the passing of these Bills by the House of Lords is now alleged as a reason for pressing diem on in the Commons. . When beton) the House of Lords last session, the Committee, of which I was a member, was not aware that the object of registration could be attained at one tenth of the expanse consequent on the proposed compli cated machinery, which cannot be carried out at a less cost than 20,0001. per annum. I showed Lord Lana doveue that for 2,0001. or 3,0001., an equally efficient system of registration might be organized, and one free from the manifest injustice and inexpediency of taxing, the whole of the rate-payer:; in a parish for the registra tion of the births and deaths of the wealthy, or of in creasing the number of statutes of pains and penalties on the lower classes, though certainly it would not meet the views of those who are already counting on the places they aro to obtain under the Act, and who will be the only gainers by the measure. The cost entailed upon the country by the Boards which have already been created are sufficiently notorious, and there is great in consistency in a Goverment professedly acting on prin. ciples of strict economy adding both to public and private burdens without urgent necessity, by appointing new offices at a time when retrenchments are deemed so ad visable that numbers of clerks in the public departments are discharged. I may further add that these Bills were brought forward without previous consultation with the Lord Advocate, who told me before the meeting of Parliament, that considering the state of the public Exchequer, he did not intend to re-introduce them. I would, therefore, urge you most strongly to delay the pre-cut measure till you ascertain more correctly the real sentiments of the people of Scotland—!or, depend upon it, the day is not far distant when this system of taxing the community for the support of Boards and Commis sions, by which places are provided for supporters of Governments, whether Liberal or Conservative, will no longer be submitted to.—Yours faithfully, KINNAIRD. Rossie Priory, June 30, 1849. On Monday the Rev. Joseph Brown, of Bethnal green, took his poor parishioners their annual excursion, by special train, to spend the day in the country. This year they visited Havering Bower, in number about six teen hundred, parents and children. At Romford station they were met by Archdeacon Grant, rector or Romford, and Mr. Maehester, chief magistrate. The Archdeacon inquired of Mr. Brown if he could be of any service to them, and very kindly walked at the head of the nume rous party to Havering Bower, where they received much attention from the vicar, the Rev. R. R. Faulkner, who, in the course of the morning, directed the attention of the children to a monument erected in the church yard to the memory of a poor girl who had been distin guished for her piety and good conduct. She was killed accidentally. Mr. Faulkner had written an interesting memoir of the little girl, several copies of which were given for the use of the children. It was gratifying to observe how much both old and young enjoyed the day n . Occasionally, different groups of the children beg spontaneously to sing a hymn , an d before their le __de_par e t g u a re a few hymns were sung by the whole, assemb.d.in One spot on that beautiful elevation.. and aganyn the who hospitably entertained the grounds of Mr. Tolmain, friends of Mr. Brown, who had come to witness the animating scene. While assembled . in the field adjoining the lawn of Mr. Tolmain,. the children were addressed by several gentlemen, particularly by the Rev. Mr. Cot t 43, who, having been out as chaplain to the Bishop of New Zealand, gave an account of the progress in the education of the children of the natives of that island. 1 Q 100 Lno' a to• r 1111/ 6 its for g olges a tb. rpo ol, )n th e espew , raod. ,=pool' Or 1 ne ill ,st re# n, the farm' ffrar, l 101 r