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T H.E LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPA-NY. (Pro%isionaily Peghstered, January 17, 1849.) Capital, 2,009,09 C!.. in 80,000 Shares, of 251. eadu. Preliminary Daposit, 2e. 6d. per Share. Prospectuses and full information may be obtained at the TempO- Tary Off ma of the Company, 1Z Cannon row, Westminster, on op. gleation to G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tem. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ..A.Lacituue SONTAG.—It is respectfully announced that OSA Q11.A.2413 MORNING CONCERT will be given in the Great Concert limn!. Wly In August, being the only Concert iu which Madahle Stuitag Will appear in London ; full particulars will be Rely announced. In addition to the united talent of her Majesty's Theatre, the valuable assistance of the eminent Pianist, M. THAL- IftERG has been secured. Amongst other features of the Concert, Madam Sontag will sing some favorite pieces in the Italian, French, German, and English languages. FIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. MADAME SONTAG, TO-MORROW EVENING Will be presented. OTELLO. To conclude with LES PLAISIRS DE L'FITYER. Application for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Iln -o ffi c e of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained, as meal, price 10s, Gd. each. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. MADAME VIARDOT GARCIA. The Directors of the Royal Italian Opera have the pleasure to announce to the Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, that Ma dame VIARDOT GARCIA will appear TO-MORROW EVENING, When will be performed Meyerbeer's opera of L E PR OPHE TE, Which has been for some time in active preparation, with New Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations. This Opera, the exclusive right of representation of which has been secured to the Royal Italian Opera, will be produced with all the resources of this EstaWishment, under the superintendence of Mr. Costa. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. Will be 'presented a new piece, entitled WEBSTER'S ROYAL MD BOOK. After which a new grand Extravaganza, entitled THE DEVIL'S VIOLIN AND THE REVOLT OF THE FLOWERS. To be followed by a novelty in the shape of A MOST UNWAR BANTABLE INTRUSION, which will be committed by Mr. Wright to the annoyance of Mr. Paul Bedford. To conclude with JOHN JONES. ROYAL LYCILUM THEATKK. Under the Management of Madame VeStria. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING Mr. ROXBY'S BENEFIT. Will be performed WHO SPEAKS FIRST? After witch THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Captain Macheath, Mr. Sims Reeves. To cenclade with A RACE FOR A DINNER. Bre*, i.oxef, 53. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, As. ; Gallery, ls. No salf-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the public :•very day, from Ten till Six. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITFIE THE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. M. Jean Mare In his extraordinary performances on Le Glebe Roulant. The following eminent artistes form the greatest amount of female equestrian talent ever engaged in this or any other establishment at o:ne time : Muffles. Adelaide Hinn!e, Valentine, Louise Touirnaire, La Jeane Josephine ; Miss Woolford, Barrand , Davidson, Avery, and La Petite J eanette. In addition to the above Mr. Batty has great pleasure in announc ing that he has engaged that peerless equestrian Marie Macarte, whose brilliant trlurrnitis on the Continent and in America have ac quired for her the appellation of the Equestrian Enchantress. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence winht a Grand Military Equestrian Spectacle, entitled MOO(TAN and GOOJERAT ; or, the Conquest of the Selklis. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE. in which Marie Macarte will appear, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the clay. To conclude with a favourite Melodrama, entitled CRA3IOND BRIG. Pox-office open from Eleven till Four. , taze Manazer, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SUUREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. IMMENSE AND UNPARALLELED SUCCESS. Under the patronage of her Moss Gracious Majesty, her Majesty the Queen Dowager, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. The Public Press has unanimously pronounced the Storming of Badajoz to be the most perfect and life-like exhibition. The Nobility, Gentry, and the Public are respectfully informed that this favourite place of fashionable resort is open every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. Thinson's gigantic modelled Panorama of the TOWN AND FORT OP lIADAJOZ, pronounced by the voice of public opinion to be the most perfect and life-like exhibition ever presented—Splendid Menagerie—German Band and Chorus—Vo cal and Instrumental Concert—Several Favourite Songs and Ballads by Miss Ellen Rowland and Mr. George Tedder— Solos by Kcenig, Richardson (Flute)—Violin and Violoncello by Viotti and George Collins, varied alternately—and other at tractions, concluding with a vivid representation of the Storming of Badajoz, pourtraying the advance of the British army—bombard ment and attack—gallantdefence—rush to the breach by real troops —and final tableaux in honour of the " Hero of a hundred fighty." REFRESHMENTS —The frequenters of these Gardens have long complained that Refreshments from the Confectionary-rooms only could be procured. Arrangements have been effected, and a distinct portion of the Gardens set apart, where Refreshments may be had of the first quality, and at the usual Prices. Doors open at 4th ' e o'Clock, a.m. • feeding of the animals at Five ; Pelicans and White Bears half-past Five ; Concert at Six ; Storming of Badajoz, at Dusk.—Admission One Shilling. TO CORRESPONDENTS. "R. C."—Our correspondent's communication is un avoidably postponed until to-morrow. TuE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, JULY 27. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 47; Highest, 68, Noon, 65. BAROMETER, 29.98. Wind W.—light breeze and cloudy. 111011 WATZIt AT LONDON ItIiIDCIE. Tnis TAT —Morning, 6 min. after 7 Evening, 30 min. after 7 To-Moasow—Morning, 56 min. after 7 I Evening, 26 min. after a is 4 . -1, _.. 4 4 qt. , , 0 -, , ,1.. llf .54 2,.. ._ f - , 1 0 . - Y—, -- ' - '.,; 1:-5.,..i.%.,:', _\•_, ,„;2: - .7".. , . ~., , 1• go , , Otrienina 2'lnt LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1849. We congratulate the Right Honourable the LORD MAYOR upon the signal triumph achieved by him this forenoon in the Guildhall of the city of London. The event—very nearly if not entirely unpre cedented—will combine with others to render the year of his :Mayoralty memorable in the annals of the capital of England. Sir JAMES DUKE has now the distinguished honour of having been within twelve months elected by the citizens of the British metro polis the first magistrate in the first municipality in the United Kin&dom, and now the representative of that great city in the Imperial Parliament at West minster. We cordially felicitate the LORD MAYOR upon this testimony of the regard of his fellow citizens ; and we felicitate as earnestly the electors of the city of London upon their having chosen so worthy a successor for their late respected and la mented Member, the honest and liberal JAMES PATTISON. Disgrace after disgrace i s f a lli ng upon th e Aus trian, and glory upon glory surrounding the Hun garian, Generalissimo. From the commencement of the war of liberation BEM has been the Commander-in- Chief of the Magyar forces, and the result of his illustrious rank and of his immense authority has been undeviatingly the same throughout. Victory has everywhere followed his movements. His heroic name has been inscribed upon a silver plate in the venerable crown of St. Stephen as the most brilliant of all its inestimable decorations. Meanwhile the re verse has been the lot of his antagonists, or (turn the language which way you will, it is equally accu rate) the lot of his antagonists has been that of re verses. Three soldiers, designated by the boastful title of Feldzeugmeister—captains of vaunted repu tations, whose presumed prowess and supposititious capacities were regarded as successive guarantees for securing ultimate triumph to the arms of the Imperialists—have been one by one publicly degraded from their position as incompetent, covered with the infamy of their cruelties and overwhelmned with the odium of their ignominious defeats. WINDISCHGRATZ after giving his name to the everlasting abhorrence of Christendom, was disgraced in the face of Europe by the Imperial and Royal Master in whose behest he had rendered himself an object of eternal execration. WELDEN experienced a similarly contumelious treat ment, only that in his instance the contempt accom panying his dismissal was enhanced beyond that awarded to his predecessor, in proportion to the louder boasts of his intellectual and martial superiority. Befe,re his arrival at head-quarters, it was proclaimed that tile greatest tactician of Germany was about to redeem all the losses resulting from the incapacity of WilmiscHauterz, and to carry confusion and de struction among the legions of the insurgent multi tude. And yet WELDEN only completed that long catalogue of military imbecilities which hh debased the . pride of the Hapsburg dynasty, stunned its atrocious Government into an which of i d n t a h ction at a time of stupendous crisis, and midst of e f veteran troops who reap?d glory even in the defeat, under the banners of the Archduke c itAn „ s be driven back in dismay, to be pa n ic-stricken en en masse, to b? cut tJ pieces, and, in one or two in• stances, to he entirely routel, from the day when the grand army of the Hungar:ans opened its cam paign of victorie. in tie vicinity of Debreezin to the period when it had expelled the remnant of the Im perialists beyond the frontiers, and under the walls of Presburg. HAYNAU, elected to the post of peril at the moment of the utmost discomfiture, has only acquired for himself the hatred of his fel low-creatures by his unparralleled inhumanity, and their unutterable derision by his failure even since the acquisition of assistance from the AUTOCRAT. So complete has been the de- THE feat of the combined army of Austro-Russians, that the butcher of Presburg has been degraded from his infamous elevation by the stripling EMPEROR, and superseded as Commander-in-Chief by General IlEssE, just raised to the dignity of Feldzeugmeister. It now remains to be seen how HESSE will be discomfited like HAYNAU, like WELDER, and like WINDISCHGRATZ, when cpposed to the enthusiasm of a glorious race such as the Hungarians. Vast and even appalling as is the numerical prepon derance of the invaders over the defenders of Hungary, it is certain that up to the hour of the very latest intelligence from the seat of war there are only rea sons for our entertaining the greatest confidence in the strength and glory of the Hungarians. Fourteen millions of free men, sworn to the vindication of the rights belonging to them as the heritage of eight hundred years, pledged to the preservation of their hearths and their altars, and bound together by the bond of their uninterruptable unanimity, are obedient to the voice of their immortal Liberator. Even the accounts received via the Austrian dominions de clare that the whole nation is carried away by a kind of fanatical enthusiasm for that remarkable man the great LUDWIG KOSSUTH. His voice has been the tocsin of the country. His words, more than the drums of his soldiers, have sounded the charge of battle. And carried onwards by the impulse of that extraordinary genius, the Magyars are routing in all directions the formidable armaments of two stupendous despotisms. BEM has acquired complete possession of Southern Hungary. After crossing the Franz canal at the head of 50,000 Magyars, after seizing the entrenchments of the Croats, and setting the garrison of Peter wardein at freedom, after a bloody contest of more than ninety hours, after crushing the savage hordes under JELLACHICH, and obliging the BAN to fly to wards Kovil, the Commander of the Hungarians has assumed an attitude that carries dismay to the Cabinets of Vienna and St. Petersburgh. Aided by his glorious Lieutenants, by GEORG:IBT, and by DEMBINSKI, BEM, it is dreaded, may even dare to invade the Venetian territories. News from the other quarters of the country recount events such as to justifythe by GEO ildestfearso ß f G t E h y e despots. Drives back ig nominiously and DEMBINSKI, driven back, indeed, upon the Austrian reinforcements hurrying up from Wait zen, the abhorred PASKEWITCH has tar nished the flag of Russia by an inaugurative defeat. Zomber has yielded to the enterprize of the army of liberation—Syrmia is stricken with panic— Sclavonia Is waiting a movement in her immediate neighbourhood. Theßacska has been evacuated, though Czarkista still withstands its assailants. And con voys of wounded and bands of fugitives are pouring into Esseg and Mitrovitz. The second campaign of Liberation has opened with glorious auguries, and our heart burns now not only with sympathy and admiration but with hope and confidence in the cause of the Hungarians. Another great national undertaking has been as sociated with the name of the illustrious Consort of the SOVEREIGN. Within a comparatively brief pe riod of the occasion on which Prince ALBERT laid the foundation-stone of the Grimsby Dock, his Royal Highness has commenced a labour of scarcely in ferior importance, the laying of another foundation stone—the foundation-stone of the Portland Break water. By participating in such national ceremo nials, the Husband of her Britannic MAJESTY will best secure to himself the grateful remembrance of posterity, obtaining that noblest of all noble re nowns, the fame arising from the encourage ment of the useful and beneficent enterprizes of peace. The glory of warlike achievements contrasted with such pacific achievements as those which tend to the consolidation of the powers of the country, to the amelioration of the condition of its in habitants, to the extension of its influence, and to the simultaneous enhancement of its wealth, stability, and happiness, shrinks into insignificance. Only one cele brity, politically speaking, eclipses that of the Prince who adorns the surface, and develops the vigour of the institutions of his land—the renown of the patriot who sheds his blood in defence of her indefeasible rights and of her immemorial prerogatives. Next to the glory accruing to the liberator of any nation, is that which Immortalizes the memory of one who promotes its innate development. After the WasurisGTort or the KOSSUTH—the Lo i EENZO and the AUGUSTUS are the objects of na tional admiration. It is fortunate for the PRINCE CONSORT of England that he is enabled merely by the exercise of a proper discrimination to connect his memory with the great labours of this age of enter prise ; and in this great maritime country it would be impossible for him to select more truly national pro jects for encouragement than those which will tend towards the security, the facilitation, and the ad vancement of its naval and mercantile adventures. We have consequently every reason for offering our felicitations to his Royal Highness upon his share in the interesting ceremonial of Wednesday, the lay ing near the Isle of Portland, opposite the coast of Dorsetshire, of the foundation-stone of the future Breakwater. Two divisions that took place during the past week, on the motions of the Hon. Members for Oxfordshire and West Surrey, and to which we have already directed the public attention, afford the strongest in dications of the great progress of opinion in favour of economy and retrenchment. That financial reformers should support "a reduction of ten per cent. in all salaries of the Government departments at home and abroad," or a resolution to the effect " that a greater amount of taxation is levied upon the people than is required for the good and efficient government of the United Kingdom," and declaring that " adequate means should be forth with adopted to reduce the expenditure of the Government," is by no means surprising; but when we find Ulta-Tories and Protectionists con demning the wasteful expenditure—" the needless places—the extravagant salaries—the unnecessary works and establishments" that have heretofore been sanctioned—then, indeed, it becomes manifest that a mighty change is about to take place, that the bur dens under which the labouring classes so long groaned are at length becoming intolerable to all, and that the entire community will speedily w eety ch co ij co-operate together in order to obtain the relief essen tial to the welfare and prosperity of the nation. Ministers, if they desire to retain office, must make up their minds to thorough and comprehensive re forms in the currency, the taxation, and the expendi ture of the country. These questions are more intimately connected with each other than might be apparent to a superfi cial observer. The pressure of taxation depends as much on the condition of the money market, and the state of the currency, as on the amount to be levied. Great reductions have, unquestionably, taken place of late years. Taxes on raw materials and on food, that pressed severely on the industry of the country, have been abolished or greatly modified, but the be neficial results of these changes have been more than neutralized by the monetary legislation of 1844, and the scarcity of circulation consequent upon that most unwise and impolitic measure. The existing burdens are as oppressive and intolerable, and the complaints ' are as loud and general, as they were when the nation was paying every war tax to the fullest extent. It is obvious, then, that no reductions of expendi ture—no economy, however stringent —no fiscal changes will afford adequate relief to the country, unless accompanied by an extensive measure of mo netary reform, under which there will be a currency sufficient for the wants and exigencies of the nation. There is an abundance of real capital, but there is a lamentable want of its representatives. That capital is to be found in the thews and sinews of the working classes—in the labour of those whose chief desire Is for employment, but which labour remains idle and unproductive from the want of proper means for setting it in motion. A sufficient circulation is the very life-blood of industry; whenever there is a de ficiency, the trade, the commerce, the manufactures of the country languish and fall away, production ceases, and distress and suffering become the lot of all who earn their daily bread by their daily labour. Now, the effect of the existi ng monetary code is to reduce the circulation to the lowest degree. It is no longer permitted to follow the ordinary rules of demand and supply ; but whenever the demand s are most urgent, the supply, in place of being propor tionately extended, is contracted in an inverse ratio. Whenever, therefore, there is any prospect of a " tights) ess," as it is termed in the money market, all persons hasten to provide themselves with the neces sary funds in the first instance, before the intensity of the pressure sets in ; there is a general desire for hoarding, which aggravates the existing difficulties. A pan is sets in, and every description of property is deteri orated in value. Sacrifices, that may truly be terme d " alarming," are made to avert bankruptcy and r Uhl ; and at length Government is compelled to interfere, and to attempt by a coup d'etat to restore that confidence, the absence of which is altogether owing to ths•ir own mischievous legislation with the national cumncy. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The Patrie announces the receipt by the French Government of a telegraphic dispatch stating the acceptance by the King of SARDINIA of the Austrian ultimatum and the conclusion of a definitive treaty of peace between the two Powers. In the Legislative Assembly the first article of the law on the press, punishing persons who publish at tacks on the PRESIDENT of the Republic, was agreed to after a lengthened discussion. The expulsion from France of Di. CHARLES MINA - PARTE, Prince de Canino, the cousin of the PRESI DENT of the Republic, was then brought under the notice of the Assembly. The PRESIDENT announced that a demand for in- terpellations to the Ministry had been presented by M. LACLAUDURE on the subject of the interdiction of the French territory to one of the members of the Bonaparte family. The PRESIDENT of the COUNCIL said he was at the orders of the Assembly, but he thought it his duty to observe that, if on every occasion when the Ministry took measures within the limits of the law against a foreigner, interpellations were to be brought forward, a great deal of the time of the Assembly would be wasted. The Assembly, on being consulted, decided that the interpellations should not take place. The PRESIDENT—The interpellations are post poned for a month.—(Loud outburst of exclamations from the Left—laughter on the Right.) A VOICE from the Left—lt is a gross violation of the Constitution. It is a derision—it is a piece of trickery. M. nouazAr —They do nothing, and they do not wish to do anything.—(Laughter.) The National, in commenting on this scene, ob serves :—" The Republic, in its magnanimity, has abolished the law of proscription which interdicted the French soil to the members of the family of NAPO LEON. M. LOUIS BONAPARTE has, in some sort, re vived this law against one of his relations." It is said that serious divisions exist in the ranks of the majority in the Legislative Assembly, and that the Legitimatists have determined to secede from the ranks of the Bonapartists and Orleanists, and to form a separate party. The articles which have of late ap peared in the Legitimatist organs, such as the Assent blee Nationale, the Univers, the Union, and the Gazette de France, all show a tendency to separate action on the part of the supporters of the Duc•.DE BORDEAUX, and would seem to betoken the existence of an extensively organized Legitimatist conspiracy. The Three per Cents. opened on the Paris Bourse on Thursday at 53E. 20c.; the Five per Cents. at 87f. 55c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, '74of. ; Rouen, 555 f.; Havre, 250 f.; Great Northern, 417 f. 50c.; Avignon, 186 f. 25c.; Vierzon, 305 f.; Bale, 100 f.; Bordeaux, 395 E; Paris and Strasburgh, 353 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 305 E BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JULY 26. East Indian, 3 Namur and Liege, 6—Northern of France, 9 3 4 Orleans and Bordeaux, 3 Paris and Rouen, 21% —Sambre and Meuse, 234 SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 20th have been received. They announce the arrival of the Duchess of MONTPENSIER at Gibraltar, and express great gratifi cation at the manner in which she was received there. The QUEEN and the Court are at La Granja. MADRID BOLSA, JULY 20.—Three per Cents., 261; Five per Cents., 11i paper. Exchange on London, 50 70 money. GERMAN Y AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. [ The intelligence of the defeat of JELLACHICH by BEM is confirmed in every particular, and the victory of BEM is as complete as the most ardent friend of Hungarian independence could desire. It appears that BEM crossed the Franz Canal, at the head of 50,000 men, took the entrench ments of the Croats by storm, and, after a series of combats, which lasted four days, compelled the Im perialists- t o ra i se th e s i ege of Peterwardein, and to evacuate the Bacska. The troops of the BAN, dispirited by defeat, and diminished by sickness and combat, can make no head against BEM, who has marched to the south, and the Imperialists fear that he will enter Syrtnia and Sclavonia. The BAN has determined to retire in order that he may not be cut off; and numbers of his fugitive troops have arrived at Esseg and Mitrovitz ; his head quarters are at Kovil. BEM has entered Zomber amidst the acclamations of the people, and is now at the head of one hundred thousand men, in complete possession of the south of Hungary. The Impe rialist authorities themselves confess that they are not aware of the exact position of JELLACHICH, because all the roads are in the possession of BEM. According to the General Correspondence of Vienna, of the 21st inst., they have received disagree able news for Austria, from the theatre of war in Southern Hungary. BEM has crossed the Franz canal at the head of 50,000 men, taken the entrench- ments raised by the Croats,, and, after a series of combats, which lasted four days, has set the fortress of Peterwardein free from its beleaguerers. They Tele Act of 1819, for the resumption of cash pay ments, was sufficiently injurious to the commercial, trading, manufacturing, and agricultural interests. It led, as the merchants and bankers of London pre dicted at the time, to a " forced, precipitate, and highly injurious contraction of the circulating me dium ;" the consequences of which were to add to the burden of the public debt, greatly to increase the pressure of the taxes, to lower the value of all landed and commercial property—seriously to affect both public and private credit, to embarrass and reduce all the operations of agriculture, manufactures, and commerce, and to throw out of employment a great proportion of the industrious and labouring classes of the community. The gloomy vaticinations uttered '• by those most competent to form sound opinions on the subject were completely verified. From the time of the passing of that fatal law the country has witnessed constant fluctuations in the value of money, fluctuations which, according to the testimony of the 11‘911. Gentleman the Member for the West Riding of Yorkshire, have produced " greater evils— pec uniary, social, and moral—than the direct failure of all the banks of issue; since they were first established in the country." Periodical visita lions of distress and difficulty afflicted the trade and commerce of the country. In 1825 the Bank of England, completely drained of its gold and on the verge ot' bankruptcy, although with ample resources, was only saved by the accidental discovery of a box of one pound notes. On many occasions—in fact, whenever the screw was put on to bring back gold— the utmost suffering was endured by the people. It might have been supposed that the painful experience of the resiult . s of this Act would have prevented any further tampering with the currency, any new at tempts to oppress the people in order "to secure the integrity of the standard ;" but, unfortunately, it was other wise. A new Act was introduced con- . taining regu lAtions far more stringent than any that had ever previously been contemplated. The nation was enjoying one of its temporary periods of pros perity ; the Bank was discounting freely, and the utmost activity prevailed throughout the country. It was under such circumstances that the Act of 1844 was carried ? notwithstanding the all but unani mous protest of the bankers of the city of London. One firm alone, that :of JONES LOYD and Co., re fused their signature to the petition against the measure. The people, however, were indifferent to the impending danger, and the law was enacted that absolutely limii`,ed the issue of bank notes to 14,000,0001., a sum arbitrarily selected, and without any reference to the wants of the country, and with out any power of expansion being reserved, however pressing might be the eltigency. The nation has now witnessed, and, we regret to say, has severely felt the paralysing effects of this fatal measure. The commercial crisis of 1847 was the result ; the monetary difficulties, the deficient revenue—the want of remunerative employment are all its natural consequences. The first object of the people, then, should be to agitate fur the repeal of that law, and the establishment of a sound monetary code, under which the internal as well as the foreign trade of the country will be properly regarded, and by which we shall obtain free trade in money as well as in commodities. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 27, 1840 had not been able to ascertain the loss sustained by the Imperialists nor by the enemy, but it must have been considerable on both sides. The Bacska and Czaikister are seriously menaced. The Bacska was actually evacuated, but the latter was still in the hands of the Austrians. The head-quarters of the BAN are at Kovil. The Hungari an t roo p s , w h o are said by the Austrians to be fanatically devoted to KossuTu, have taken the route to the south, and the army of the BAN, diminished by sickness, can oppose no sufficient force against them. Th e grea t es t con sternation reigns in Syrmia and Sclavonia. They fear that the Hungarians will cross the Danube, and make a devastating attack on their confines. It is even feared that BEM will not hesitate to invade the Venetian territory. Pet e r war d e i n i s st ill invested on the side of Syrmia. The Magyar forces in the south are reckoned to amount to one hundred thousand men. This unhappy news for the Imperialists is confirmed by letters from Agram, stating that Zomber had been seized by the Magyars, who entered amidst the lively acclamati ons o f th e people. The menacing attitude of BEM had deter mined the BAN to retire, that he might not be cut off. Large convoys of waggons with wounded soldiers, and numbers of fugitive troops had arrived at Bacsks, at Esseg, and at Mitrovitz. The roa d s being in the hands of BEM is the cause that h as pre vented news reaching the Imperial commandant of the actual position of the belliger en t p ar ti es i n Hun gary. This news receives confirmation from the cir cumstance that Field-Marshal HarNiu, following the advice of Feldzeugmester NUGENT, had resolved upon sending two new corps to reinforce the Austrian troops in the south. Other accounts from the same quarter substantially bear out the above, but there is n o littl e contra di ct i on in the statements which they giv e , w hi c h may very well be accounted for if, as is stated above, BEM has such complete command of the south of Hungary. o.:e thing, however, seems pretty certain, that the actions between the opposing tr oo p s are o f a very obstinate and sangu inary nature, and that they are unfavourable for the Austrians, or we should have fuller accounts of their movements. BADEN. The intelligence of the surrender of the fortress of Rastadt is confirmed. The deputation which had been sent by the besieged having convinced them selves that the insurrection was suppressed, returned to the fortress to apprize their comrades, but before entering the fortress they proposed to the besiegers that in case of surrender the entire garrison should be permitted to leave the fortress ; to these terms the Prince of PRUSSIA consented as regarded the Baden troops, but not as regarded the foreign legion. WEIMAR. The States have resolved by a majority of 19 to 13 to accede to the alliance of Prussia, Saxony, and Hanover. BAVARIA. MUNICH, JULY 20.—The report which has been some time in circulation here, of the intended re moval of the Diet from the capital to another city of the kingdom, proves to be correct. Regensburg is the place decided upon. Negotiations are this moment proceeding with Austria, respecting a House of Representatives, and it is conceived, that in consequence of the juster views now taken on this subject by the people, that the Frankfort electoral law would not be inadmissible. There was ,a preliminary meeting of the electors held yesterday of the First Upper Bavarian Electoral District, with which all factions are connected, and it was calculated, that of 184 electors, only about 24 belonged to the extreme left. It appears more than probable that several of the Ministers will be re turned. The KING and QUEEN, who have been making a tour, have been every where received with great enthusiasm. They returned to Munich yester day. The Queen of GREECE is expected here. HOLLAND. NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. The intelligence from Batavia is to the 26th a May. On the 16th of April, a tremendous hurricane ravaged a part of the district of Laone, in the pre sidency of Baglen, no less than 43 habitations, 900 fruit trees, and 250 other trees were destroyed and torn up by the roots. On the 26th of April three several shocks of an earthquake were felt in the presidencies of Banjoemas, of Baglen, and of Kerdoric : they nowhere caused any serious damage. The intelligence of the demise of King WILLIAM 11. was taken to Batavia on the 13th of May. This intelligence, as well as the accession of his Majesty WILLIAM 111. to the throne of the Netherlands, was communicated to the inhabitants, by a proclamation of the Governor-General. On the following day all the troops, both military and naval, took the oaths of allegiance- to his Majesty WILLIAM lll.—Dutch Papers, July 25. SWITZERLAND. The Federal Council has addressed a circular to all the Cantonal Governments, in order to dicabugo them of the idea which led them to adopt the resolu tion relative to the political and military refugees. The Council states that they never intended to refuse an asylum to the refugees, but only to take such mea sures as would prevent the Confederation from be coming embroiled with other states by the residence in their territories of political agitators. They add, that the resolutions they adopted were entirely unin fluenced by foreign intervention. ITALY. Advices have been received from Rome to the 17th. The time allowed the inhabitants for their evening's amusements has been extended one hour. They are now permitted to remain out of their houses until half after eleven; at that hour two guns are fired from the Castle of St. Angelo, and the streets are cleared. All found out of doors after midnight are arrested. GARIBALDI was at Orvieto on the 17th, and levied a tribute of 2,000 crowns on the. inhabi • tants ; after which he took up a position in the neighbourhood of Ficule. He is said to have passed near Chiusi, where some skirmish ing took place between his band and some Tuscan forces, in which the latter were compelled to retreat. Several Tuscan corps have been dispatched from Florence, to protect the frontiers against the Roman bands. The POPE has not yet left Gaeta, and when he does quit the city it will be to visit Naples, where a palace has been prepared for his reception. All public acts in Rome are now rendered in the name of the POPE. It is said that Russia has agreed to lend his Holiness ten millions without interest, the principal to be repaid at the rate of half a million annually. TESTIMONIAL TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES. " THE HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON THE SYMPATHY OF EVERY NATION WHICH LOVES RIGHT AND LI• DERTY."—.Kossuth's Protest against Russian Interven tion. Subscriptions may be sent to the following bankers:— Messrs. Coutts and Co. Messrs. Drummond. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and _Smith ; or to any one of the members of the committee recently formed to carry out the Testimonial. *,"all further Post-office orders to be made payable to Murdo Young, Esq., at the Money Order Office, Strand. Subscriptions already received ... ...390 2 10i Thist' e, Dumfries .. 0 2 6 From the Workmen of T. M. and S., Liverpool.— 1 8 7i Mr. Hutchinson, Family, and Friend ... ... 07 0 Mr. Gordon From Persons frequenting the Drummond Arms, Drummond-street, Euston-square 1 5 0 From Poles, &c. ... ... 010 0 Subscriptions from a large number of Working Jewellers' Workmen ... ... 9 18 1 Total ... ... ... £403 16 10i THE CHOLERA. RETURN OF CASES OF CHOLERA, JULY 26. Attacks. Deaths. In London and vicinity ...............••• 415 120 In England and Wales 239 103 In Scotland Total 673 COLOURED WOOD ENGRAVINGS. — The art of wo o d engraving has of late years made gigantic progress, and of the many improvements which have of late been introduced the most important is, perhaps, that of printing wood e n g r av i ng s in colours by means of a common printing machine. This art is now bought to such perfection that the whole process of printing in colours is performed at one revolution of the machi n e. An exquisite specimen of this improved p rocess appea rs in the historic Ti mes for the present week. It is a wood cut, representing a y - ase of flowers in their natural colours, and is 1 printed by one revolution of the machine. It is one of the most beautiful specimens of coloured wood engraving ever published. THE BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL. The utmost efforts h ave b een ma d e to give éclat to the fes tival, and an arrangement h as b e en entered into w ith th e direction of her Majesty's Theatre tor the services of the greatest celebrity of th e day—Madame Sontag, and of Calzolari, Th a lb erg , F. L a bl ac he, and Lablache hi mse lf, who, with M a d ame S ontag , will afterwards make a tour of the provinces. CITY ELECTION. , (THIS DAY.) I TRIUMPHANT ELECTION OF TNE LORD MAYOR, SIR JAMES DUKE. The doors of Guildhall were again thrown open this morning, after so brief a while, for the purpose of affording the citizens of London an opportunity of elect • ing a " discreet and proper citizen " to represent the ancient City in Parliament, in the room of the late James Pattison, Esq. The space immediately outside the hall bore unmis takeable evidence that something of import ance to the City's liberties, and worthy of record in its glorious annals, was on the eve of enaction; but the business on foot appeared to be anything but an election, such was the peace that reigned around ; nor did the interior of the hall present any appearance indicative of such a proceeding, fer at 12 o'clock the hall was but partially filled, the citizens appearing to give a tacit and unanimous assent the the proposition that the Lord Mayor was a fit and proper person to represent them in Parliament. The Lady Mayoress arrived at the hall shortly before 12 o'clock, and the Lord Mayor not long after, and was much cheered on alighting. At twelve precisely the Sheriffs, Mr. Secondary Potter, and the other officers of the Corporation came upon the platform. The Lord Mayor was loudly cheered. Among those who came on the hustings with the Hon. Gentle man, we noticed the following:— Richard Cobden, Esq, M.P.; J. Macgregor, Esq., M.P.; Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P.; Sir Joshua Walmsley, M.P„. William Williams ' Esq. ; Thom son H an k e y, jun., Esq.; Mr. Alderman Wilson, Mr. Alderman Law rence, Mr. Alderman aed Sheriff Finnis, Mr. Sheriff Goodhart, Mr. Secondary Potter, Charles Pearson, Esq., M.P. ; Sir Peter Laurie, Mr. Alderman Humphery, M.P. ; Mr. Nicoll (Sheriff Elect), Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P. ; Sir E. N. Buxton, Bart., M.P.; Rear-Admiral Dundas, M.P.; Mr. Boldero, M.P ; Mr. Forster, M.P.; Mr. John Dillon, Mr. M. de Rothschild, Mr. W. J. Hall, Mr. E. Pontefix, Mr. R. Taylor, Mr. C. Gilpin, Mr. Cory, Mr. William White, Alderman Moon, Alderman W. Hunter, Mr. Anderton, Mr. Deputy Obbard, Mr. John Wood, and many other members of the Common Council. In the gallery we observed the Lady Mayoress and Mrs. Cattley. Mr. HARKER, the Common Crier, then came forward, and, having proclaimed silence, read the writ and the Act against bribery and corruption. This being done, Mr. THOMSON HANKEY then came forward and was received with loud cheers. When silence was obtained, he said—Gentlemen, we are met here to-day, as you have already been informed, to discharge a most impor tant public duty, but before we proceed to the immediate subject on which we are met to-day I am sure I shall be excused if I recur for a few moments to the melancholy event which has caused the vacancy which we are now called upon to fill up.—(Hear, hear.) Gen tlemen, it is now, I believe, nearly fifteen years since in this hall your late representative, Mr. James Pattison, was proposed as a fit and proper person to represent this great constituency in Parliament. Ile was proposed and seconded in this hall by two men well known for their steady adherence to liberal principles; he was pro posed to you as a man eminently qualified to carry out to their full development principles of commercial free dom, and to secure the abolition of all religious distinction between one citizen and another, principles which at that time were not then so highly thought of, and not so fully appre ciated by the citizens of London, as they are at this moment.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, how faith fully he fulfilled his duties as your representative, I need hardly say; but I think, gentlemen, it is impos sible for any one to deny that Mr. Pattison was, during the whole time of his Parliamentary career, the un flinching advocate of every principle which he thought calculated to extend civil and religious liberty to every one, not only of his fellow-citizens, but of his country men at large.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I think he ful filled those duties and those professions which he enunciated at his election, and he will always be remembered by the citizens of London with feelings of esteem and respect. (Hear, hear.) Gentleman, it was my happiness to be on intimate terms with Mr. Pattison during the whole time and a still longer time than his political career extends to. He was well known to many gentlemen whom I see around me, and if there is anything which we feel in common, it is the sentiment which we must all echo—that in Mr. Pattison's death wo have lost a faithful and zealous re presentative.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, having thus briefly recurred to the past, during which I have had your sympathies, I will now, with your per mission, approach the subject which is more imme diately connected with our meeting to day.—(Hear.) Gentlemen, the first question which every citizen and every man asks, when he has lost a faithful and zealous representative, is—" How shall I repair that loss? How and where shall I go to seek a man who is fully qualified to discharge those duties which have been so ably ful filled by him who is no more?"—(llear ' hear.) Now, gentlemen, it is my proud task, it is my high privilege, to announce that we have a candidate who is eminently qualified to represent us in Parliament, in the Lord Mayor of the city of London.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, the Lord Mayor, in enjoying the great privileges which are attached to the high office, and in administering the functions of the distinguished situation which has been conferred upon him by the unanimous voice of his fellow citizens, is in a position which any citizen might justly feel proud of; and I am rejoiced to know that his merits, and the mode in which he has discharged the duties of his position, are acknowledged and approved of by every class of society connected with the city of London.— (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) If, therefore, he only came forward in the capacity of Lord Mayor, I think be would be entitled to your suffrages; but there is a nobler distinction, a stronger ground, and a more urgent claim, which he can bring forward to justify him in aspiring to be your representative.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, Sir James Duke has been for many years in Parliament, and during his career in Parliament he has shown by his votes, and by his constant attend ance to the duties of a representative, that he is a zealous advocate for the abolition of all those civil and religious distinctions which have been so eagerly sought after by the citizens of London.— (Cheers.) His votes, as recorded in Parliament, convince me that we may safely depend upon him for the fulfil ment of his pledges, and that he will carry still further those principles which he has already professed, and which, I am sure, you will consider sufficient to justify me in proposing him to-day.—(llear, hear.) Gentlemen, you are aware that the Lord Mayor has taken not only an active but a zealous part in carrying out those very principles which induced us on a late occasion to return Baron Rothschild to Parliament. (Cheers.) These, then, are the views, and these are the principles which he has ever advocated, and these are views and prin ciples which, I have no doubt, he will still continue to advocate.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, I think it is a fortunate thing that we have a man ready at our hands willing to take the place which is now vacant, without having to go beyond the City walls to seek for a candi date. It has not been necessary for us to migrate to the West End of the town to find a more lordly candidate—(Hear and a laugh)—who cannot, according to my opinion, be so well versed in the actual wants, and wishes, and desires of the citisens of London as a man who has—l might almost say—been bred and reared amongst us.—(Hear, hear.) No, we have the privilege of this day electing a man who, with a lordly name, is still one of our owe order. And, gentlemen, I think his conduct in Parliament, together with his re corded votes, is a sufficient guarantee that he will faith fully discharge the duties of our representative—(Hear, hear)—and it is principally on that account that I think I am fully justified in recommending him for your choice.—(Hear, hear.) It has been said it is of little importance at the present moment what are the real principles of one of our Members. It has been said that the principles of freedom of trade and of civil and religious liberty have taken such a deep root in the general feeling of the country, that it is of little importance what are the actual views and principles of a single Member. I differ entirely from ,any such opinion as that, and I think you will each agree with me that it is absurd. I admit that a great deal has been done not only in im proving our civil institutions, but also in freeing the trade of this great commercial country from so many shackles which impeded it. I admit that a great deal has been done, and that we have now a surer foundation for the wellbeing of this kingdom than that which we had many years ago. But, gentlemen, will you trust the raising up of the superstructure upon the foundation to men who have always, and I admit consistently, taken an entirely different view of the policy of the country, and of what is best for our interests 7—(Cheers.) It would not be safe, I am sure, to trust the further ma nagement of affairs to men who twenty years ago op posed in every possible way they could the Reform Bill. —(Hear, hear.) It was that Bill, gentlemen, which laid the foundation of a great change in this coun try. We have gone forward since then in making further changes, and great changes are still being made, and I have no doubt myself but that by consistent and steady conduct in following out those great principles which were the leading principles of the present Govern ment when they came into power, we shall be able to carry them still further than we have already done, be cause I consider such a doctrine as the doctrine of finality to be an absurdity.—(Loud cheers.) It may be necessary to enforce greater principles of economy throughout the management of the Government and of the country, and to carry out to perfection many mea sures which have only just been brought into existence, in order to ensure greater benefits, greater security, and greater comforts, to the majority of the working cl asses of this country.—(Cheers.) It is because I attach so much importance to these principles—it is because I be lieve that similar opinions to those I have expressed are entertained by the majority of the voters of this great constituency—(Cheers)—it is because I believe we shall find in Sir James Duke a steady advocate of those prin ciples—(Cheers)—and it is because I believe he has ever been found voting on the same side of politics which was supported by my excellent friend who is now no more— (Cheers) —it is on these grouuds, gentlemen, that I think Sir James Duke is a fit and proper man to send as your representative to Parliament.—(Cheers.) Reverting once more to what has passed —reverting to our late representative, I cannot but think that there will be one common feeling of regret when it is remembered that we shall hear no more on these hustings that manly voice which has so often addressed us in support of the cause of the people.--(Cheers.) With these feel ings, and thinking that the present Lord Mayor will follow in the footsteps of his predecessor, and faithfully and honestly discharge his duty as one of your repre• watives, and that he will carry out those principa which he has heretofore advocated in Parliament, again, I say, that I am justified in proposing to you Sir James Duke, your worthy and excellent Lord Mayor, as a fit and proper representative of the city of London. Mr. Alderman LA WRENCH then came forward and was received with loud cheers. He said he had great pleasure in seconding the proposition made by the Hon. Gentleman who had just addressed them.—(Cheers.) He did so for many reasons—first, because he had had the pleasure and honour of knowing the Lord Mayor for a great many years, and that during that time he had not only known him to be a steady, consistent, and wise man, but that he had known him to discharge his duty with satisfaction to every one, not only as a citizen of London, but as a Member of Parliament. —(Cheers.) It must be remembered that a person who took upon himself the office of representative for the city of London ought to be in constant communication with his fellow-citizens on a variety of subjects, and ought to en deavour to carry out those views as far as he could. They bad been rather unfortunate in having performed efficiently the duties which they required as a repre sentative, but this arose partly from a circum stance which pet haps they could not, and would not, desire to avoid—he alluded to one of the Members being the Plinio Minister of the country, and who could not be expected to support the views of the citizens in respect to those measures which had been introduced by the Crown. It was, however, a great honour to the city cf London that one of their representatives had lately taken upon himself the duty of fighting the battle of religious liberty.—(Loud cheers.) They had, therefore, been deprived of the services of one of their Members, but he, tor one, was quite willing to keep him in that position.—(Cheers.) But it was now necessary that they should elect a gentleman who had sufficient time and leisure at his disposal to serve the citizens of London, and knowing that his Right Honourable Friend the Lord Mayor had retired from business, and was ready to devote the whole of his time to the office, and knowing also his zeal and energy, and his desire in all positions to faithfully discharge the duties which were entrusted to him, he sincerely believed that they could select no better representative.— (Cheers.) He was not aware that they could find a man who was ready to give so much time and so much at tention to their interests as his Right Hon. Friend. He would take the liberty of reading the following ex tract from the Lincolnshire Herald, to show how much he was appreciated Two events of great importance to the Parliamentary prospects of this borough have occurred since our last, consequent on the death of Mr. Pattison namely, the acceptance of a requisition by Sir James Duke to offer himself for the vacant seat, and his resignation of his political connexion with Boston. We believe we are speaking advisedly when we say that Sir James Dake leaves his Boston constituency with the unani mous regard and good Wishes of political friends and political opponents. Politics apart, upon which we are diametrically opposed to the Lord Mayor, it is scarcely possible for any constituency to be repre sented by a gentleman of more thorough practical knowledge and business habits, or one more approach able and more courteous in his general demeanour than Sir James Duke has been throughout his long connec tion with this borough. With him party feeling com menced and terminated at the hustings ; once elected, he was the representative of the whole constituency, and (in political matters alone excepted) the ready and atten tive executant of the wishes of all."—(Loud Cheers.) The Lion. Gentleman concluded by making an eulogistic reference to the services of Mr. Masterman in Parlia ment, and expressing the most confident hope, that the Lord Mayor would be found to be a most efficient coadjutor of Mr. Masterman in representing the city of London in Parliament ; and be (Mr. Alderman Lawrence) had the greatest possible pleasure in seconding the nomination of the Lord Mayor as a fit and proper person to represent this great city in Parliament.—(Cheers.) Mr. Sheriff FIWNIS then asked if any elector had any other candidate to propose? No response being made, The Loan MAYOR stood forward to address the citizens, and in doing so was welcomed by the most en thusiastic plaudits. As he was about to speak, Mr. MORRIS, an elector, stood forward to ask a few questions of the Lord Mayor. He wished to ask a ques tion with reference to a subject that must come before the consideration of Parliament ere long. He had to ask whether it was proper that a man's business should be taxed at all? He therefore wished to know whether the Lord Mayor would think it expedient to tax a man's energies employed in matters of business? And, he would ask, whether if he thought professional income was to be taxed at all, it should be taxed in the same proportion as real property. He wished also to ask whether, all things being considered, the Lord Mayor did not think the standard of taxation was not too low? He thought the man with only an income of 1501. a year was the hardest taxed man in the community. Such a man was one of the shabby genteel—(Laughter)—and was often obliged to bring up a large family on that small income. He would, there fore, ask his Lordship whether or not he thought the tax ought to be a graduated one? The LORD MAYOR said—Gentlemen of the Livery and citizens of London, I shall at the present moment confine myself to giving an explicit answer to the questions that have been asked me by the very respectable gentleman who is an elector of this city. I refrain from offering you any general ob servations about my past conduct, or future views, until after the sheriffs have declared on whom the election had fallen. If the gentleman who has asked me those questions had taken the trouble to have referred to my votes in the House of Commons, he would have found an answer in those votes to his inter rogation.—(Hear.) I can only say I heartily coincide with the sentiments he has given utterance to with re spect to the unequal pressure of the income-tax. His Lordship then retired for a moment, and Mr. Sheriff FINNIS stood forward, and announced that the election had fallen on the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of the city of London, and be had to declare that gentle man to be duly elected to serve the city of London in Parliament.—(Enthusiastic cheering.) The LORD MAYOR then ascended the platform amid much cheering, and spoke as follows :—Gentlemen of the Livery, and Electors of the city of London.—You will readily conceive that I appear before you, on this mete skin, with no ordinary feelings of gratitude for the proud distinction which you have just conferred upon me ; and if I am unable to express to you, as I am anxious to do, my grateful acknowledgments, I am sure you will not think it is because I less sensibly feel and appreciate the high honour you have bestowed upon me.—(Great cheering.) It is right that I should state to you that I had no idea of coming forward to solicit the high honour of representing this great city in Parliament, until several of my influential friends and fellow-citizens had been kind enough to wait upon me and solicit me to take that responsibility. I waited for three or four days to know whether any other gen tleman was anxious to receive the suffrages of the citi zens of London before I gave an answer to the requisition which I had the honour to receive; and I remained three or four days longer before I vacated the seat which I have filled for an important borough for the last twelve years. In justice to the electors of that borough, which I have had the honour of serving with the greatest pos sible happiness for so long a period, I may say I believe the same sentiments which have been read in my favour from a local newspaper by Mr. Alderman Lawrence, will be echoed by every man in the borough of Boston. Gentlemen, it is not necessary, I hope, that I should detain you with any history of my past conduct. I came to the city of London almost an entire stranger, having been previously brought up in the public service of the country—(Cheers)--which did not give me many op. portunities of becoming acquainted with the commerce of the city of London. But if I have, not by undue spe culation, but by a long course of honourable industry and integrity—(Cheers) —reached the high station which I now hold by the favour of my fellow citizens, I trust you will find that I shall no less justify the increased confidence which you have manifi,sted to wards me to•day.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, my friend Mr. Thomson Mulkey has assured you that I am actu ated by an anxious desire to avail myself of every oppor tunity to promote civil and religious liberty—(Loud cheers) and I am glad my friend has referred to this circumstance. Some parties have considered that I did not show that alacrity and zeal in expressing my opinion with respect to the recent election which, occu pying the position I do, I should have done.—(Hear, hear.) Now I differ with those who entertain these sen timents. Filling the office of Lord Mayor, I thought, when a candidate was soliciting your suffrages, that it would not have been proper for me to have said what you should do.—(Hear, hear.) But with respect to my opinions, I may say that if you will do me the favour to refer back to my votes in the House of Commons, for I am not gifted with eloquence, you will find that of the very few times I opened my mouth in the House of Commons, one occasion was in 1838, when the question of the removal of Jewish disabilities came before the House— (Hear, hear) --and I have given my constant support to their removal ever since, and I in tend to continue to do so. Therefore, I hope that that pub lie declaration of my sentiments will set at rest all doubts that may be entertained as to my opinions on the sub ject.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I have always given by far the greater number of my votes in the House of Commons to promote the commerce of this great country, for, as the citizens of London are deeply en gaged in commerce, I feel that this great city ought, as destined by its position and by many other favourable circumstances, to become the commercial emporium o. the whole world.—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, with re. spect to questions of taxation referred to by a gentleman who just now addressed a few questions to me, I beg to assure you that it will be my anxious desire at all times to take care that property bears it fair share of taxation of the country, and that taxation upon com merce, and the industry of the lower classes, shall be lessened as much as possible.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I am glad on this occasion to have been accompanied here by one whom I am proud to call my early and valued triend—l mean that honest and consistent reformer, Joseph Hume—(Loud cheering)— the great ad vocAte of ec,nomical reform, the extension of the franchise, aid those other great reforms, which it is thought will materially increase the labour and the rights of the people ; and the last vote which I bad the honour to give in the House of Commons was in favour of the motion for triennial Parliaments.—(Cheers.) These, gentlemen, are the leading questions upon which you are doubtless anxious to know the sentiments of those who alpine to the high position of rcpt.( sentingyou in Parliament. They are those which refer to the politi cal position of a member for the city of London, and MARINE SOClETY. — Yesterday a meeting of the above excellent institution was holden at their offices iu Bishopsgate.s!reet-without. The report for the P s ' quarter stated that 98 poor boys had been admitted, whilst 90 had been sent to sea with a complete outfit. Eleven boys, who had served upwards of twelve month ° of their apprenticeship with satisfaction to their ear tains were rewarded with each a new suit of clothing; and eleven young men, who had completed their apPreir, ticeship, were also each r ewar d e d w i t h a me d a l. Tb el r present state of the finances are satisfactory. • 10 FOREIGN VEGETABLE S .—A vess e l h as arrive the river from Dunkiik, having on board the exceed ingly large quantity of 708 bundles of cauliflowers, besides a large quantity of new potatoes, the produce °of, Normandy. We believe that so l arge an i m p o rtation 0 1 ihis description of vegetable fr om a b roa d on one au' sion is entirely without precedent. city' The rectory of Allhallows- the-G rea t, in the w of Locdon, has become vacant by the death of the , Canterbury. W. S. Sr. Vincent, B.D. Th e b ene fi ce , which is wor t h 4581. per annum, is in the gif t of the Archbish 4 : 1 op I Sli N, I hope I have fairly answered them; but at the same time I know there ere duties that also belong to that position to which you have been pleased to elevate and I trust I, hall de serve th e support of that politicalpartY, with which I n m un i te d ; yet, at the same time, I sha l l devote my hest attention to the general interests of the city of L-,radon and of the country at large.—(Cheers.) And I take thi s opportun i ty of stating that I shall never consider the hour too eariy or too late to consult with any of my constituents, should any of them at any time think that I can render them public service. —(Hear, hear.)" I have never asked any favour from the Government, and I know that in the proud position which I now hold as one of the Mem bers for the city of London, I shall have none of my constituents wishing me to knock at the Treasury door. —(Laughter and cheers.) Gentlemen, I hope that you will be satisfied that having been now twelve years in public life, having had the honour to stand before you to solicit your su ff rages f or the high office (, Sheriff twelve years ago, and having fulfilled the office , I understand, with satisfaction to my fellow citizens; been raised to the high position of chief magistrate of the, city of London —having , I hope, endeavoured to discharge the duties that belong to that high position, worthy of its high charac ter and with dignity—l trust you will find tee no less worthy of your confidence, as one of the Members of the city of London, to which high honour you have this day elected me.—(Loud cheers.) In conclusion, I may be permitted to assure you that I shall devote all ml time and my best energies to your iservice—showing that I am deeply sensible of the honour and dignity yea have conferred upon me by attending to your local la' terests, and, justifying, I hope, in my public character that high opinion which you have formed of me and shows this day.—(The Right Hon.. Gentleman retired a midst general applause.) HumE, M.P., then came forward, and was greeted with loud cheers. He said, as a citizen of this metro' polis and fishmonger, he had often attended meet ings of this kind, but he had never attended upoa any former occasion with more satisfaction than he did this, day — (Cheers)—because he had long considered that the interests and the power of the city °I . London ought to have been supported in the Commons House of Parliament by one of more, of the magistrates of th e c i ty.., He thought :It would tend to support the high opinion formed of the City of London, if' the citizens put their magistrates for ward as their representavives. It was therefore on that ground that he thought the appointment of Sir James Duke one which he was confident would tend alike to promote the interests of the city of London and do honour to it.—(Hear, hear.) He had known Sir James Duke now for many, many years, he was almost afraid to say how long.—(Laughter.) Certainly he had known him since he left his home, during the whole of which time he had had the pleasure of his acquaintance; and be could truly say that his private character was of the most amiable and winning kind, and well entitled him to the honour they h a d con' ferred upon him. A n d k now i ng t h e nature of his political principles he there enrolled him as one of those desirous of introducing greater economy in the management of the commercial affairs of the country; he enlisted him atonce as one of his own staff—(Cheers and laughter, and a cry of " Triennial P ar li aments )— as an advocate 0 civil and religious liberty. They would find, if they re' ferred to his votes, that on every occasion (for being fellow-townsman and a private friend, he had watchea, his public conduct), th at a ll hi s votes were in favour of civil and commercial liberty, and the liberty of the people- With regard to reform, Radical as he was, he did not expect that the Lord M a y or wou ld go the whole lengto, or extent to which he wou ld go hi mse l f—(Hear, hear) —but he thought when the Lord Mayor voted last year for triennial Parliaments, that was an excellent step 01 ' the right direction—(Cheers)—and one that could not fail to give the greate s t sa ti s f act i on to the citizens ° London.—(Hear, hear.) Under the Government under which they lived, the people of England had great and important rights that be was willing to admit' (Hear, hear)—but ho thought those rights might be e%' tended with great advantage.—(Hear, hear) In ade°' eating the reforms he had done he beliqyed ho adding to the security of the throne—(Hear, hear)—sa d at the same time i ncreas i ng t h e happiness and comfort the people of England.— (Hear, hear.) During th e past session he w as h appy to say that a Bill had passe d extending greatly the suffrage.—(Hear, hear.) SB could have wished to see that extension carried to a greater extent.—(Hear, hear.) He should have liked to see the privileges of the electors of London extended I: the same degree as o th er places.—(Hear. hear.) disliked pledges given on an emergency, because he ba d ,. seen them so often brok en , an d b e must confess that t: preferred the statement s th a t h a d b een made by °- Lord Mayor that day to any pledge that could be give n ' —(Hear.) He believed th a t Si r J ames Duke w never be found wantin g i n hi s a d vocacy of the exten sion f of civil and religious liberty.--(Hear, hear, and cries o "We are sure he will not .") N or would he ever 05 found backward in doing all in his power to secure 111 increase the liberties and privileges of his fell"; citizens.—(lmmense che er i ng .) Th ey h a d been told that there were many men who Inad, use of sentiments to di sgu i se t h eir rea l feelings—(Hear' hear)—there might b e suc h men; but he could asV rr them he was not of that number.—(Cheers.) He bad n , doubt that on a future occasion the Lord Mayor w° l3 . th give a most faithful account of the stewardship w: a which the citizens of London had now entr us ` e ,. o him.—(Loud cheers, and cries of We are sure he will.") The Hon. Gentleman conCitt, by expressing the high gratification he felt at the 0° ,, - conduct displayed by the electors of London that asy..- selecting so distinguished a member of the Corporation as the Lord Mayor to represent them in Parliament. b The LORD MA YOR th en came forward, amid much cheering, and p ro p ose d a vote of thanks to the Sheriffs for their impartial conduct that cla It was true they h a d not g i ven t h em muc h i trouble, but at the sa me ti me i t must b e con f esse d that they had gone throu g h th e i r ar d uous tas k i n a m ann er that reflected the hi g h es t cre di t upon t h em. —(Ch ee rs . ) Mr. THOMPSON HARKEY seconded th e mo tion, which was carried unanimously. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Firms returned thanks' He was happy to see the unanimity that ba d prevailed there th a t d a y. H a d t h ere b een a co ntest , he could assure th e H a ll th at no exert i ons wou ld hale been wanting on the pert of the Sheriffs to procure for every oil° a partial and attentive hearing.--(Hear.) Three cheers were then given for the Lord Mayor' and the Hall broke up. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. For the first time for many years, Rossini's Oieu ° was performed here last evening, on which occasion Madame Sontag resumed her role of Desdemona, while Moriani appeared as Otello, Belletti as lago, and C 3l ' zolari as Roderigo, all for the first time in this country , and Lablache resumed his great—perhaps his greatest--- tragic part, Elmiro. Thus we have another instane!: in the production of this opera, of the strength of cas t , and of the completeness in every department, in wbi°,. o operas are produced at her Majesty's Theatre. T h e character of Desdemona was always considered one 0 _ Sontag's greatest impersonations, and she has abated ou t whit of her power or of her fascination as a vocalist, wh i t her powers as an actress have become completely der,. loped during her retirement from the stage. This great development of her histrionic powers, is per haps more apparent in her Desdemona than to inher impersonati on o f any other character which she has yet a pp eared. Her Desdemona last night was as perfect a piece of acting as it was faultless in vocal point of view. Her opening scena,‘. E par gimlet° invan celar," was one of the most brilliant and delicate; and perfect pieces of vocalization ever heard, and s ecured for her an en th us i ast i c demand for an encore, w ith which, however, she did not comply, but contented her' self with curtesy i ng her thanks. The trio, 6' Nel cor d'un padre amante,' was beautifully rendered by Sontag , Lablache, and Calzolari; and then came the tremendous malediction scene, in which the acting of Lablache reaches the very acme of tragic sublimity. The actin : g of Sontag th roug h out this scene was beautif u l, pathetic , subdued, and true to nature; there was none of the violent gesticulation, none of that ranting, whit of late years h as usurped the p instead, "_,, " nature on the operatic stage, b ut pathos the most exquisit e , un til w h en the male diction is thunder e d i n h er ears, s h e falls, as thoug h felled to th e ear th, b y t h at terr ib le paternal cur se. Never have we seen Lablache so great in this scene es he was last evening, because never has he been su pported by so natur a l a D es d emona. Th e applause at the con clusion of thi s ac t was ent h us i astic; and twice was Sontag called on. In th e second act, her acting was equally beautiful, while her fi nale, " Ch e smania oime the affanno," was a bea u tif u l di sp l ay of musical elocut i o n. The third act was her great tr i umph. The beaut if u l aria " Assisa a pie d'un sa li ce " was g i ven with a h ear t, rending pathos; it seemed the song o f t h e dy i ng swa n, the hymn of the victim prepa r i ng . f or the mai. flee; and the splendid duet with Otello," Non arrester," was given with an energy and an intensity which told all the more effectively from the contrast which it formed with the quiet pathos of the preceding scenes. The acting of Moriani in this the last scene was exceedingly fine, ae indeed it was throughout the tragedy. Never since Edmund Kean have we seen that great scene with Ingo, in which his jealous suspicions are first aroused, 3 ° admirably acted as it was last night by Moriani; and the impassioned intensity of his singing heightened great!! the effect of his acting. Belletti, as lago, was excellent; and Calzolari made more of the part of Roderigo than has been generally made of it. lie sung the music of the part with much taste and sweetness, and Was throughout much and deservedly applauded. At th e conclusion of the opera Madame Sontag was called ! third time, and on each appearance was saluted with showers of bouquets. Th e h ouse was as crowde d es it has been every preceding night of her appearance. ~, ~