The Sun. — London, England, 1849-06-08 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The demand for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday con• hawedadvance good, and the market closed firmly at the full 4 ,,,enue obtained on Wednesday. The sales, including .2uvO on speculation and 1,000 for export, were esti- Zsted above 10,000 bales, viz.: 8.000 American, at 3:ld. itt , 6 1 (1 .; 1,200 Pernam, &c., at 41 I. to 41; 200 Bahia, it ; ci d * to sid .; 200 Egyptian, at 5.1 d. to 6d.; 500 Surat, 3d.; and 40 Sea Island, at 9d. to ls. ld. per Prices Railway Shares only a small business was done; however, were well supported. 4 he Corn Ma r k e t i s extremely dull to•day. The Hamburgh mail arrived to-day bring advices of b e ti r esd ay. The blockade was even more rigorous than boa's le, and the Danes intended to station several gun on the Watt grounds, in order to prevent the tiller cr a f t f rom b rea ki ng th roug h, w hich they were Able to do, in defiance of the large vessels of war. The ute ft from the north coasts of Holland, the Ems, &c., 1 4 1 . 11 thus be intercepted. In the meantime, the panned are not idle. Their three war steamers were .slined and had left port, having indeed, according to ,binuntatement, already had a " brush" with the Danes, f o although without result, is stated to have called re r f th eulogistic notice from the German commander in The to the skill and coolness of the sailors. 0h 4 . 4 ,e rate of exchange at Hamburgh was rather lower liondon, being 13s. 90. Money was easy. The kenisberg merchants were shipping goods by way of L i e nel- At Frankfort on the sth inst., Austrian Stock ' e wer. The Amsterdam Bourse was less firm, but there Was no animation in business. t F rom Trieste we have dates late in May. Owing to elrise in the exchanges, the sellers of colonial produce fr wer held back, and th blockade of the Hungarian vontier, of Vienna, and Rome, imposed great obstacles ~,„husiness. W e fear that the prevalence of cholera ' l l l yet m ore a ff ect t h e commerce o f E uro p e . 1 11 , the produce markets this week, the transactions 1, 4 " scarcely been so numerous as last week, and buyers ea had some advantage in respect to Sugar and t o w. '" ) . Cotton has been firm, and we are glad we notice a s li g ht improvement in metals, for th are advised by a leading broker, Mr. William Short, e a t although " t h e Welch bar iron market continues tti l With little business, S ta ff or d s hire hoops, sheets, and j, t l L .rods have been in demand to a moderate extent for fee mixed Scotch pi g s declined to 41s. 6d. to 425. per ton wixed numbers, ordinary brands ; but a slight re in ,*„,!toll has occurred within the last day or two, and the L'les are 425. 6.1. to 435. mixed Nos. ordinary brands, Zu 455. a ll N o . 1 Gartsherrie: Swedes iron is rwe, and a f a ir assortment much inquired for. Of tai ed es steel there are buyers at 131. 10s., no sellers under Copper was last week reduced ld. per lb. on illeatbi ng , an d 91. per ton on cake and tile. Tin, 'aglie,h, has just been reduced 4s. per cwt. Tin plates L it re obtainable at 275. per box, I. C. Coke, and 325. per ''uX, charcoal, in London, and Is. per box less at Liver gooL Lead is in moderate demand at quotations. Pelter is flat, and the price cannot fairly be quoted be- P I A 151, although sales were made within the last few Ys at 15Z ss. The stock in London on the Ist was , '3OO, tons, against 3,500 tons at the same period last jee r , Quicksilver is 3s. 211. per lb. for ordinary quantities." There has been a heavy market for Public Securities, the r esult principally of the determination of the French Theerument to pursue its policy with respect to Rome. at tention, Presid en t' s M essage h as nec essarily engrossed much ot t i ell tioll, and the exposé of the state of the finances is 193'eetned very encouraging. Bank Stock has been at to 195. E xc h equer -bill s h ave r e alised 475; and 14 14 Bonds 675. to 70s. prem. New Three-and•a•Quar yer Cents. have been 90:1 to 91. / 10 4 _ 4 (1 the Foreign Market very little is doing. Mexican W I ! have realised 264 ex coupons. Peruvian Active pe o r c ' 16 54 , and Brazilian small 78i. Spanish Three 9 t eems. are 334-; Belgian Four-alai-a-Half per Cents., to 5 0.79 i; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 50 01. e tte lta4-I waY Shares have been very dull, and in some Weir a shad e l ower . C a l e donian, however, keep up b ar : and North ern o f F ra nce are better. The list of " e s recomm en d e d f o r the Eastern Counties direction ad vertised, but none of the names will be recognised p w ofing been previously and prominently before the Mr. Meek and two of his party will submit a dt~erent list. B at ` ~,, ' "FBaro.'' " ztivisil FUNDS O'CLOC CLuI PRI( I . 1 S 3 . St( ek 193% 195 i 194 2 % 91 per Cent. Reduced An.n5...... , 4 90 0 1/y3,4 .5,8, i i i Per Cent, Consol s A nnu it i es 9 20 3 A /P r 3 , 1 4 Per Cent . Anna... .... 9l 20 3 / 4 91 Dg4l'lns. to expire Jan.lB6o I. _ _ill° 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 B 3 /4 .3 ' u.9.1!1 Bonds, 1,000/. „Ditto under I,ooot. • 67 70 p t,_,,o_nsoh for Account 0000 4.04..11 , 0 91 3 4 % i4zehequer Bills. 1 1 Ad. & 2d. 1,000/. June 47 p Bitto Advertised — iltv 5',,, ,„, S OF FOREIGN FUNDS O : 3rE 8 O'CLOCK. %Mau Bonds kt Dit to, Small 7 8% -...e xi can, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons T ,, " I ti o• Account 2 8 74 Ditto, Ex Coupons Ditto. Accou n t 2 6 3,i Pe r , ril vian Bonds, 6 per Cents — u itto, 4 per Cent ••• Po rtuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent — B,,, nu asian Bonds ... k ' at lißil 5 per Cent. 1840. ... ...Ditto, 3 per Cent venezuela Bonds, 2 ' A i per Cent — i Dividends on the above pava '1 71934 Lond o n. 79% Be lgian 4% per Cent ***** 79. so 50 botch 21 ,4 50 A per Cent., 1 2 Guild.... 76 76 Ditto, 4 p e r PRICES OF Cent. Certifica ß tes SlNESS DONE CLOSINJ t, PAID. U eAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE i gberdeen 5O — A Do. Preference %tither. Nott., Boston, h and Eastern Junction 6 1 ...... l ' i ristol and Exeter 9O ...... 64 .... .... ..... 64 Ditto Thirds Bu ckinghamshire ... 161. 1.1. 1 34 dis . .... 1 zy4 (Lis C aledonian O. N ew 101 . P re f ..... 10 ..., l l l / 4 ll% " 414 ,-, t elll Comities ........ 20 ...... 8% B% 1-10 . New Guaranteed , S per Ce n t ........... 10 ...... ........ 'Jo. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Ce n t.... 50 ....- 'neat Northern bo. Extension 2% 34 - Great, Western 100 .44% lii Shares 5O .... 38 3 / 4 / 1)40 , 4 Sh ares - ..••• 15 % -'l3esahire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto EO. Fifths.... ........ D o . X ew,Gua.6 per ct. 10 . ..... 12 3 12% ...... 6 CW• Riding Union) 9 .• •-• 3 4.- '''''''''' t_ ?. (Preston & Wyre) 25 s and Bradford 5O I:; s ! and Thirsk ...... 50 - -`"4011. Brighton, and to SOuth c oast 5O .., .. 36 1 4 3 6 1,4 o.G 9% 1, 0 „,, %%rant. 5 per et.. 9 •••••• 126 " (3 r l and N. Western 100 bit 126 9 1 4 u z -to. New Quarters.. 7 •-•••— 147,'It°,Fifths ..... .. 2 'fan B• Western 5O -...• 3 3 a ••• 35 Dd 1 00 .. 684 68 d'""' ........ ••• . - 13 'is D 0 ., 50/. Shares... 25 • ••• - 13 % (eonsol.Bristol and 124% Nortg rrlli nf;•, 6 per ct.... 100 124% D . British .. biTtto, Thirds ..:......:. 8 -- - 33 / 4 ". 3% ‘2Td. W orcester .. ' and 1634 It :a olverhantpton ' .. 50 ...... 161 / 2 .. Dd,illg, Guildford,..a-nd -ez gate l5 15 1 / 8 Fkot,.. ...................... Eih re L l sh Central ly wB bllrY and Birm... 11 ti ate ditto , Class B. 7 ..•••• 3 'c'lltll Eastern 8 10.• Registered N o. 4 10 .. 64' o c,ottth alesw eldßotherca . m, & Goole(N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent l2 ' ° r4t, Newcastle, and C. C. Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 Do. G.N.E.Prederence 8 ... .. 4 1 A , ...... ... York and North Midland 50 5434% • • .. . • . • Ditto, Preference ...... 10 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 714._ „„ 0 4,„•• Nteh Rhenish •••••••"' A,orthern of France ...... 13 ..?y, - .. 9 Paris and Rouen ......... 2 ,.. 0 ,, ........: I ' ll ea and Havre •••••• ' 4 ./ ... .. _l' 72 Sarabre'and Meuse ...... l isEs. knatro a PAlipli, U .. 'it ''noa Scrip ...... -- ... _ .... ..... ••• united Mexican ....... .. 23'h. .... .. Brir 1 , JOINT STOC K BAN 5. -18 . North American 50 ...... • STil 8 13-16 70 p 70 p 91% 47 p 45p PRICES. 78% 28 7 / s 26 1 / 2 26% 28 102 331% 20 Beasts. 802 Beasts. 55 Beasts. 220 54% 9'Y s 34 77 3 4 38 3 4 15% 5% 12 1 / 3% 37 99% 20 15% 24 10 1 % 20% 13% 4% 31 193 / 4 2 % 9LA, 114 39% 4 MIT ITIMLn A ,,,T.—ibe 0 ittee who have of vrse been s itti ng for some time, appo in ted by the House te "r°l33 ° ll `, to hear evidence upon this importa.ntmmenast.o - "e about terminating their labours. Thethtem Secre ti;64 °f evidence collected by Mr. W. of Y,,of the City Committee, entitles hßime3ttoow,the proved the h e Public generally, he not only having b l k Most respectable witnesses the nuisance, bu t al so y Xe danger and accidents that have taken place durin g t a te last twelve months, and the injury s ustained_ . by is °Pkeepe rs i n a ll t h e leading streets i n t h e City, which borne out by the many petitions this gentleman has t roc ured from the inhabitants of the City, St. Luke's , Aslieet,,„ %-i , terKenwell, and other parishes. The chair man__ of th e C omm i ttee has already stated that the Com mittee have h a d su ffi c i ent ev i dence to satisfy them 88 to te cit e o f Smithfield being insu ffi cient in space for the tikn umber of catt l e t h at are exh ibi ted there for sale, the danger and ill-treatment they are subjected to. CALEDONIAN ASYLUM.—At a general court held On the 7th inst., at the Scottish Hospital, Crane-court , I'leet-street, for the election of t wo g i r l s and six bo y s into the Caledonian Asylum, th e following ca nd id ates Were duly elected:— Julia Allison ... Votes. ... 2,550 Mary Dowie . . James Thos. Paterson ... . 1 , 381 1,377 Donald Gibb Alexander Selby ... Hector Cameron 11 )99 99 David Wylie Alexander Campbell ... 1 ,034 , 972 DRAMATIC INSTITUTION.— ry e last night visited this neat little theatre, and witnessed the representation °f Sheridan Knowles's play of The W ife, a Tale of Afantua. As is usually the case here, some of the cha racters in the play were very respectably represented.. O thers most intolerably bad. Mr. Marr, who appeared " Julian St. Pierre, and Miss Kingston as Mariana, ~"oh gave a careful and judicious reading of their respec re parts; their exertions were much applauded. The tertitinmeuta michidesl with Sketches in India, and Wl_ OM Co; LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JUNE B.—Wind this day at noon, N.N.E., moderate breeze and cloudy. SHIELDS, JUNE 7.—The Betsey, Wilson, of Blyth, hence to Copenhagen, has been assisted back leaky, and laid on the ground. DEAL, JUNE 7.—Wind E.N.E. to N.E.—Arrd. from the River and sailed, Australasia, Connell, Hobart Town; Ann Eliza Cook, St. Thomas's. OFF DOI/TR.—Charlotte, Thomas, Pernambuco. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 7.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Euphrates, Cork and Quebec. OFF DARTMOUTH, JUNE 6.—Louisa, Princes der Ne derlanden, Gabel, Batavia for Amsterdam. NEWPORT, JUNE 6.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Nairns, New York; Alliance, Boston, America. LivErtrooL, JUNE 7.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Ocean Queen, Pennington, New Orleans. Sld. 6th, Gardiner, Charleston; Avon, St. John's, New Brunswick; Pearl, Newfoundland; 7th, Grasmere, Bombay; Idas, Africa; Star, Lima; Britannia, Para; Thane of Fife, La Guayra; Esquirnaux, Porto Rico ; James Calder, Charleston ; Dale Park, Boston ; Flavio, Boston ; Amelia, Boston ; Inaport(r, Quebec. Off port, Golden Fleece, Pernam buco ; Hindoo. PORTLAND FRITH, JUNE 3.—Arrd., Joanna, End dock, St. John's, N. 13., for Leith. MARGATE, JUNE 7.—The Simon Taylor, Brown, from Jamaica for London, which not upon the Shingles yesterday, is making a great deal of water, and has dis charged part of cargo. OFF MIZEN HEAD, JUNE 2. —Golden Fleece, Pales thorpe, Pernambuco, for Liverpool. 3d, Guatamela, Milian, Callao, for Liverpool. OFF WATERFORD. JUNE s.—Sir Laurence O'Connor, Doyle, Cramer, St. John's, N. 8., for Clyde. OFF DUNMORE, EAST.—Pet, Brown, Maranham ; Hindoo, Brown, New Orleans; both for Liverpool; Micmac, Kelly, St. John's, N. B. CORK, JUNE 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Horsburgh, Carr, Callao; Ivanhoe, Rattray, Matanzas; Norman, Smith, Norfolk, V. sth, Ski. Greenock, Walker, New York. 6th, Calotta, St. John's, ditto. CROOKHAVEN, JUNE 4.—Sid. Eliza. and Ann, Boston, A., after repairing. LIMERICK, JUNE s.—Sld. Montreal, New York, Dauntless, Quebec. OFF ARBROATH, JUNE 6.—Wanderer (of Leith), St. John's, N. 8., fur Dundee. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 7.—Wind E. Sld. Napoleon, Cadiz and Buenos Ayres. SHIELDS, JUNE 7.—Wind S.E.— Arrd. sth, Mary Hardy, sloop, of Leith Charleston for Gainsborough— having rolled her mainmast off Sunderland on the 4th instant, but saved all the wreck. SWANSEA, JUNE 7.—Wind E.N.E.—SId. 6th, Young Queen. Cubs. FALMOUTH, JUNE 7.—Wind E.—Arrd. Ernst and Gustave, Sayeken, Havannah for Antwerp. Sld. 6th, Paragon, Barbadoes; 7th, Plantagenet, Singapore. OFF BRISTOL, JUNE 7.—Sophia, Spence, St. John's, New Brunswick. LERWICK, JUNE 4.—Wind $.W.—Sld. 29th, Thomas Graham, Davis' Straits. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE- 7 _(FRIDAY.) A very limited supply of English Wheat-1,610 quar ters—has reached us, coastwise, during the present week. The quantity on offer, to-day, was trifling in the extreme; nevertheless, the demand for all descriptions was in a very depressed state, at barely Monday's quo tations, and a total clearance was not effected. The imports of Foreign Wheat have been confined to 2,950 quarters. The finest picked samples sold at full prices. To effect sales of the inferior kinds, lower rates must have been submitted to. Grinding Barley steady, at full currencies. Malting and distilling sorts were ne glected. So little was doing in Malt that the quotations were almost nominal. The continued influx of Foreign Oats produced a heavy Oat trade at 6d per quarter less money. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour as last advised. English • . •• • • Scotch .. •• • - Irish. • • • • • • • • Foreign .• •• • • ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. I Wheat. 1 Barley. 1 Oats. I Flour. 1,610 qrs. 19J qrs. I 4,650 qrs. 2,720 sks. 2,950 3,0 60 I -- I ,160 22,410 I 8,000 Malt, 3,230 qrs. -- - SMITHFIELD. The supply of Beasts on sale in our market of to day was moderate as to number, but fully adequate to the wants of the buyers. The primest Scots, &c., moved off steadily, at Monday's quotations. viz., from 3s 6d to 3s 8d per Bib 3. In other breeds only a limited business was transacted. With Sheep we were tole rably well, but not to say heavily, supplied. On the whole the demand for this description of stock was firm, and last week's currtn?ies were well supported. Th e primest old Downs sold at from 3s 10d to 4s per Blbs. Although the numbers of Lambs were very extensive, the Lamb trade was somewhat brisk, at extreme rates of value. The supply of Calves was large, yet the veal trade was steady, at full prices. Scarcely any business was doing in Pigs. Illilch Cows sold at from 131 to 171 lOs each, including their small calf. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. o s. d. to s. d Inferior Beasts..... 2 4 2 6 53 Second quality - ... 2 8 210 crime large exea 3 0 3 Prime Scots .. 3 6 3 s. d. to s. d. Second qual. Sheep 3 6 3 8 Coarse-woolledditto3 8 310 SouthdownWether 3 10 4 0 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large Hogs ...... 3 2 3 6 Small Porkers •—• 3 8 4 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 21 0 Lambs .. •• •• •. •. 410 6 0 AT MARKET. Calves. I Pigs . 420 360 Large coarse Calves 3 2 3 rime small ditto .. 3 8 kucklitg Calves ..18 0 26 Inferior Sheep . 3 4 TOTAL SUPPLY I Sheep., 13,010 FOREIGN I Sheep. 410 . SCOTCH. Sheep. I 380 SI/PPL Y. Calves. Pigs. 183 1 Pigs Calves. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Our markets were hut moderately supplied with each kind of Moat, which moved off steadily, ut full prices. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Beef,inferior...... 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior .. 3 0 3 2 middling .... 2 6 2 8 middling.. 3 4 3 6 primelarge .. 210 3 0 prime .... 3 8 310 prime small .. 3 0 3 2 Pork, 1arge........ 3 2 3 6 Vea1.............. 3 0 310 , small •• .... 3 8 4 0 Lamb. is 8d to 5s 10d. BOILOUGH HOP lITELRICET. The unfavourable accounts, which for the most part are greatly exaggerated, received here during this week, have produced much firmness in the demand, and prices have again advanced 2s to 5s per cwt. Some of the holders are not disposed to sell even at present rates. The duty is estimated at from 120,0001 to 125,0001. Sussex pockets, 218 s to Si 7s; Weald of Kent ditto, 21 41s to 31 18s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 31 lOs to 7175. per cwt. COLONIAL. SrGAR.—In British Plantation there has been a very fair business this week, but the transactions have been at a blight reduction. Barbadoes by auction has realised 383 to 40s 6d for low to good, 40s 6d to 42s for fine yellow, and 37s to 398 6d for ord to fine. St. Vin cent's crystalized white brought 45s to 50s; yellow, 405 61 to 445; and brown, 363 to 39s per cwt. St. Lucia has been sold at 42s for fine yellow, 39s to 39s 6d tor good, 37s to 38s 6d for low and mid, 36s to 37s for good and fine brown. Jamaica ord yellow has been sold at 37s 6d to 38s, and mid at 383 6d to 395. Trinidad low and mid yellow 37s 6d to 38s Gd. REFINED.—The supply is not large, and prices are firm. _ _ _ EAST INDlA.—Bengal, 5,739 bags mostly found buyers, but at 6d decline; grainy white 45s 6d to 475, yellow 43s 6d to 445, good and fine white Benares 42s to 43s 6d, low to good mid 40s to 41s 6d. low and mid soft yellow 36s to 37s 6d, and good to fine 38s to 395 6d; Pe nang, 1,038 mats and 169 baskets sold at 35s 6d to 31s, for soft greyish yellow, being about previous rates. FOREIGN.—Not much has been done. Havannab, duty paid, has been withdrawn at 41s to 43s for low to good grey, and in bond white has been held at 30s to 32s for washed, and at 22s to 23s for mid to good yellow. Bahia has been taken in at 20s 6d to 22s for washed grey. Damp white Santa Martha has realised 41s 6d to 42s 6d per cwt. COFFEE.—Native Ceylon has been rather cheaper, ord 31s to 31s 6d, and good ordinary 32s 6d. Plantation kinds have realised 51s to 44a for fine fine ordinary, and 50s 6d to 56s 6d for pea berry. St. Domingo has been at 26s to 29s for damaged. The market for British West India Mocha, and other sorts, has been quite inactive. COCOA.—The sales have included Trinidad at 46s to 47s for fine, and 42s to 45s 6d for mid to good red; St. Lucia, at 36s to 40s for ordinary to good ; and Grenada at 32s to 39s for middling to good red, and 35s for ordinary. SPlCES.—Malabar Pepper has been in steady demand, at 3id to aid per lb for half heavy. Pimento has been sold at 31d to 34d per lb; and Jamaica Ginger at 31 5s to 516 s per cwt. RICE —The market has rather declined. Bengal low to mid white, 8s fid to 10s 6d; Madras was taken in at 8s to 8s 6d; and Penang also at 8s 6d per cwt. SALTPETRE.—The market has been quiet, but steady. Calcutta mid and good 41 to 5t per cent. refraction at 26s 6d to 27s 6d per cwt. - _ COTTON.—The - re has been a very good demand, at full prices. TEA.—The market has been without any partieular alteration. TALLow.—For P.Y.C. on the spot 38s 6d to 39s per cwt has been paid. GREEN FRUIT.— The warm weather has been fa vourable for the :ale of this article,_ and the d eman d c ontinues good both for Oranges and Lemons, 400 boxes of the former by steamers and sailing vessels from Lisbon, and 1,000 boxes of the latter from Naples and Palermo sold by Keeling and Hunt, at public sale, went at prices proportionate to condition and quality. Nuts are in fair request; the remaining cargo of Black Spanish has been cleared out of the importers hands. Barcelona continue without alteration, but higher prices are expected. Messina dull of sale. A parcel of Dutch Melons has been sold this week, but the condition was not sufficiently matured to command a high figure. THE NEW SAVINGS' BANK BlLL.—ye have heard it stated, and on seemingly good a uthority, that the Bill to be brought in by the Government will propose a further reduction in the rate of interest allowed by the Treasury—viz, from 3/. ss. to 31. 2s. 6d. per cent., of which 21. 10s. is to be paid to the d e positors, 7s. 6d. for management, and ss. to the treasurer for being respon sible for the deposits, As regards the truth of this re port, we can only say that the name of a high legal func tionary was stated as an authority in the matter, and that, so far, we have reason for believing such to be the inten tion of Government. It would, of course, be premature to make any remarks until the proposed plans are fairly . before the public; but any such for settling what to us is the easiest of all questions, will, most assuredly, meet with our decided opposition.— The Reporter and Savings' Banks Advocate. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 8, 1849. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN V. KENDALL AND OTHERS. A rule nisi for a new trial in this case was granted at the commencement of the term on the application of Mr. Lush, who appeared on behalf of Mr. Bickley, who had been found guilty on one of the transactions. The rule was obtained on the ground of surprise, because Mr. Moore, one of the defendants, on the day of the trial, pleaded guilty, and gave his evidence for the prosecution; and also on the ground that the evidence of Mr. Moore was not true. It will be remembered that this was a criminal prosecution, instituted on behalf of the East India Company, against several defendants, for having negotiated the sale of a cadetship in the East India Company's service. All the defendants were found guilty. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL now showed cause against the rule, and contended that if the Court looked to all the circumstances of the case, and also to the letters written by Bickley, there could be no doubt that they would have no hesitation in coming to the conclusion that the verdict was a correct one, and would dismiss the application for a new trial. Sir IF. THESIGER, on the same side, said that if the counsel for the prosecution bad entertained any doubt of the share that Mr. Bickley had taken in the transaction, his Learned Friend the Attorney-General would have entered a noli proscqui. Ile contended that the conviction was satisfactory, and that there was in reality no surprise. It was said that the defendant has not had an opportunity of calling ma terial witnesses, and that the prosecution had not called Lady Ripon and other witnesses. Lady Ripen could not he produced because she was in ill health, and ineffectual efforts had been made to subpoena some of the parties. Thsrcfore the prosecution was not to blame. The arguments are likely to last the whole day ; in deed, they may extend into another. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) The Court was occupied the entire morning with ar foments in cases which possessed no feature of general interest. ASCOT RACES, BY EXPRESS.-(THIS DAY.) Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, &c. Abbot of Meaux ..walked over The First Class Wokingham Stakes. Slashing Alice ... Circus ... ... ... 1 ... 2 Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, &c. Rybinska ... ... Old Commodore ... ... „. ••• The Great Western Handicap of 300 sous. Repletion St. Antonio ... 1 ... 2 ... 1 WATERLOO. BRlDGE. —Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of the Waterloo-bridge Company was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Mr. William Anderson in the chair. The report stated that the tolls for the half year, ended 23d of February last, amounted to 7,4451. 15s. 11d., and those for the corresponding period in the preceding year to 6,606/. Os. id., showing an in crease of 8391. 15s. 10d. A further increase in the horse and foot traffic had taken place since February last, amounting to 686/. 165., the former being 4361. 7s. 7d., and the latter 2521. Bs. sd. At the last general meeting there remained a balance in reserve of 86/. 55., after providing for the interest of the company's bonds, and for the payment of a dividend of 3s. in the ____ pound on the several annuities in August last. The present report exhibited a balance of 231. 10i. 3d., after appropriating 62/. 14s 9d. of the previous balance to the payment of interest on the company's bonds, and to pro vide for a dividend of 2s. 10d. in the pound on the seve ral annuities in February. The report of the commit tee and that of the auditors having been adopted, a vote of thanks to the chairman was passed, and the meeting was adjourned to the first Thursday in December. HAMMERSMITH-BRIDGE. Yesterday the annual general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held at the British Hotel, Ccckspur-street. Reporters were not admitted; but we understood that a dividend was _declared, and that Messrs. Boileau, Barton, Coe, Greenhill, and Hedges, who retired by rotation, were re•appointed on the committee of management. We understand also that a statement of accounts was sub- mitted, from which it appeared that the receipts of the year, including a former balance of 1851. 10s., and bridge and pier tolls of 3,1181, and other items, amounted to 3,963/. 9s. ld. The expenditure reached the same amount, with 4291. 16s. 6d. in the bands of the treasurer. _ _ _ _ --- COLOSSEUM.—Prince Henry of the Netherlands, the Duchess of Roxburgh and party, Duke and Duchess of Montrose and family, the Marquis of Salisbury, Countess of Mulgrave, Viscountess Hawarden, Lady Jersey, Lady Clementina Villiers, Lady Cardigan and party, Lady Cathcart, Lord Beaumont and family, Lord Kennedy, Lord Petre and party, Lady Manvers and party, Lidy Hope and party, Lord Alford, Lord Downes and party, Lady Nightingale and party, Sir Charles and Lady Lemon, &c., were among the numerous visitors to the Colosseum this week. ELECTION FOR SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE.-WAI- WICK, THURSDAY.—The election of a representative for the southern division of this county, in the room of Mr. Shirley, resigned, took place in the County Hall to-day. It was rumoured last night and this morning, at Lea mington and Warwick, that an opposition was contem plstid, and the name of Mr. Lucy, of Stratford-upon- Avon, was freely used as that of the probable candi date. This step, if at all contemplated, was not, how ever, adopted; and Lord Guernsey (the eldest son of the Earl of Aylesford) alone made his appearance at the nomination, as a claimant for the vacant seat. His Lordship was accompanied by the Hon. C. B. Percy, Mr Barnard, Mr. Greaves, and many of the most influen tial landowners and farmers of the southern division. The usual formalities having been gone through, the 11. n. C. B. Percy proposed the Honourable H. Finch, commonly called Lord Guernsey, as a fit and proper person to represent the southern division of War wickshire in Parliament. Mr. Barnard seconded the nomination. The High Sheriff icquired three times whether any elector bad any other candidate to propose, and not receiving any answer, he declared Lord Guernsey duly returned as Member of Parliament for South Warwickshire. In his speech of thanks, Lord Guernsey assured his auditors that he should " fight the battle of the English farmer," and expressed his hope that " the time was not far distant when those interests now suffering under the baneful influence of free trade would be restored to that measure of protection so essen tial to their welfare and prosperity." Thanks were then voted to the sheriff, and the court broke up. THE FIRE AT ST. Louts.—Our city was visited with a most destructive fire on the 18th of May, which consumed nearly half the business portion of the city before it could be arrested. Included in the buildings destroyed were five banking -houses, and every insurance office in the place; 27 steam-boats, lying at their wharves, caught fire and shared in the general conflagration. The telegraph-office, which was subsequently removed to the other side of the river, was also consumed. At ten o'clock on the night of the 17th a fire broke out on board the steam-boat White Cloud, lying near the head of the landing, and (the wind at the time blowing a gale from the north-east) soon spread from the White Cloud to other steam boats, lying below along the Levee, and from them to the warehouses and stores—continuing its work of destruction during the night and to-day, until (at the time I forward this dispatch) one-half of the richest, the business portion of the city of St. Louis, has become a heap of ruins, and yet the progress of the fire continues. The whole river front of warehouses, from Locust-street to Chesnut-street—three squares—were de stroyed, and, extending to Main-street, the flames swept both sides to Market-street, crossing to Second-street diagonally, thence taking a course southward. More than a mile in length, by three blocks in width, of the centre of the city, has been laid waste, and the fire will probably continue until it reaches St. George's-street On the river, at Market street, the progress of the fire was stayed by blowing up the drug store of Messrs. Doenich and Valloux. About 25 steamboats, lying at the Levee, were destroyed. Three persons were killed by au explosion on board the steamboat Alice; and it is probable that as many as 20 lives have been lost during the progress of the destroyer. The City- hall was several times on fire, but it is saved. The printing-offices of the Republican, the Reveille, the Era, and the Organ, were all destroyed, only one daily paper printed in ttte English language, the Union, being left. At least 300 houses are burnt, and the loss will bo several millions of dollars. Many robberies were committed, of course. The tele graph-office was among the buildings destroyed; and, in consequence, this dispatch is forwarded from Shawnee town, on the opposite side of the river.—.Aiew York Paper. FIRE AND Loss OF LIVE IN THE HACILNEY-BOAD. —The firemen having succeeded in extinguishing the fire which broke out yesterday morning upon the pre mises of Mr. Duncan, solicitor, No. 7, St. James's place, Hackney-road, a search was made for the child of the unfortunate occupier, which was missing. As soon as the firemen could enter the first floor back they disco vered upon the rafters, near the spot where the bedstead had stood, the blackened remains of the poor child. It was quite clear that it had been burned in the bed, and when the bedstead fell a prey to the flames, the deceased fell with it. An inquiry was yesterday instituted by the brigade authorities, for the purpose of ascertaining, if possible, how the misfortune arose; the result of which leaves no doubt that a spark from a lighted candle fell upon the bed furniture in the first floor, si hich became instantly ignited. Mrs. Demean made a most desperate attempt to save her child. She rushed through the fire to the bed-side, but the flames so completely encircled her as to cause her to fall from exhaustion. Her husband fortunately succeeded in pulling her out, but not until she was terribly burned on the hands and face, and other parts of her body. Mr. Dun can was a l so muc h burn e d in rescuing her. Both parties have since been obliged to keep their beds. Mr. Baker, the coroner, has been informed of the occurrence, and the inquest on the body will, no doubt, be held tomorrow. SINGULAR RECOVERY OF A WATCH LOST IN THE RIVER.— A. few days since, as M r . R o b er t N as h, miller, of the parish of Otford, was walking along the bank of the Darent, near the flour mill, he observed an eel-trap near the weir, and, leaning forward, stooped down to see if any eels were caught. Having replaced the trap he walked away, and some time after he missed his watch. Thinking it had probably fallen into the river, he offered a reward to a man the next morning, to dive near the place where he had look e d at t h e trap, i n th e hope of regaining it. After a few attempts the man succeeded in finding the watch, which, u p on examina tion appeared to be but little injured by its immersion, for the mechanism acted when wound up.—Kentish Gazette. LITERATURE. THE MA GI C' OF KINDNESS; or the Won drous Story of the Good Huan. By the Brothers Mayhew. The brothers Mayhew have written, George Cruilahank and Kenny Meadows have illustrated, and Messrs. Darton have published a little volume bearing the above appellation, which unites in itself the charms of the fairy-tale, the truthfulness of history, and the morality of the Gospel. These three fold characteristics will be recognised when we say, that the moral of the tale is "Love one another," that the incidents narrated are all matters of history, and that the form of the narrative is a most attractive fairy tale. " This book," says the preface, "is more a matter of fact than a matter of fiction. For, strange to say, though professing to be a fairy tale, there is not a magic change in it that has not had its origin in the world without rather than in the imaginations of the authors. Indeed, to prevent the appear ance of romancing—in this, perhaps one of the most wonderful romaacis ever written—chapter and verse have been given for every wonder in it." The writers are not far wrong in styling this volume one of the most wonderful romances ever written. No records of king or conqueror, not even the instan taneous (veni, vidi, vici) triumphs of Caesar, or the wonderful achievements of Napoleon, can parallel the marvels effected by the magic" power of kindness. Let those who doubt the assertion turn over the pages of this volume. Let no one despise it as a fairy tale, for there is matter in it more strange than fairy tales can boast of. Among the great evils put an end to by the " magic" of kindness the revolting cruelties practised towards supposed witches are here enume rated. The details of the trials and tortures of these unhappy beings during the ieign of the Royal Witch-Finder, James 1., as here referred to, are full of a terrible interest. Among the good deeds effected by the " magic" of kindness here recounted is the liberation of maniacs from the excruciating torments to which, under the name of imprisonment, they were formerly subjected • and their restoration, through the i ns t rumen t a lity ofkind treatment, to the ranks of human nature. The de scription of the exhibition of the incarcerated idiots at " feeding time," like so many wild beasts, as used to be occasionally done in good old times, is very revolting ; and the account of the liberation of the poor wretches follows with a beautiful effect. This account is for the most part taken from M. Pinel's statement regarding the emancipation of the maniacs at Bicetre. It loses nothing by Mr. Mayhew's telling ; it is full of power and pathos. The establishment of schools and means of instruction for the blind, and the deaf, and the dumb, by means of which, as it is beautifully said, " the spirit of kindness gave eyes to the fingers of the one, and voice to the fingers of the other, making the blind to see, the dumb to speak, and the deaf to hear ;" the erection of hospitals for the sick poor, and among others the new Hospital for Consumption, in speaking of which Jenny Lind is thus gracefully commemorated : " When the bounty of the kingdom had been exhausted, so that the last hospital stood half raised, and Kindness called in vain upon the people to finish the home of their wasting children, a sweet voicedbird from other lands poured forth her song, and as the heavens rang with her melody, the building rose and rose, till it grew to be the noblest of all the noble monuments of love and kindness that graced the city "—the emancipation of the negroes and the peaceful triumphs of the missionary, are the subjects of some of the most interesting portions of this most interesting book. In addition to the glorious lesson it teaches, this little work is both in teresting and valuable for the information with which it is stored. In following " the gocd Huan" in his expedition to the savages we become acquainted with the manners and peculiarities of the wild Indian tribes, and we obtain a terrible insight into their cruel laws and inhuman customs. These terrible atrocities are all guaranteed by the foot-note re ferences to " chapter and verse," and also, happily, the truth of such incidents as the following is as sured in the same manner : "Next an ohl Priest stood up, and, holding out his hands, moved rapidly the joints of his wrists and fingers. Then he opened and shut his mouth, and raised his leg and moved it in various directions. And, having done this, he said See, I have hinges all over me 1 If the thought grows in my heart that I wish to handle anything, the hinges in my hands enable me to touch it. If I want to utter anything, the hinges in my jaws enable me to say it. And, if I desire to go anywhere, here are hinges in my legs to enable me to walk thither. Now, I perceive great wisdom in the adaptation of my body to the wants of my mind ; and, when I look into the_ Book of Life, I see wisdom in it equal to that in my frame ; and my heart tells me that the Maker of my body i.i He who therein commands us to love our brethren as ourselves.'—(Speech of a native priest before Captain Waldegrave, at Raiatea.) "Scarcely had the priest finished, when a body of na tives rushed into the temple, dragging with them a chief which they had taken in ambush. " As they forced him forward to the altar, they cried, See, Great Malietoal we bring thee thine enemy at last. Now, take thou thy vengeance on him.' " The Malietoa rose, and, advancing to the captive, said, Thou didst take my child as thy prisoner in war, and pressed her to become thy wife. But she would not consent, and even thine own people said it was base in thee to take by force the daughter of a chieftain like myself. Upon this, thou didst seise thy club, and swear ing that it thou didst not have her no one else should, didst strike her on the head and slay my only child. Now, my blood urges me to avenge the death of my girl, but I have learnt the religion of Peace, and I will begin by tryingto love thee my bitterest enemy.'—(Conduct of Malietoa, Chief of Upolu, to one of the Chieftains of Manono.) " Then the chief, who had come prepared for death torture, was stricken down with the c harity of his enemy; and, as his head fell upon his bosom, he cried, I will unite myself to this new religion, for it is one of wondrous mercy, and I know, by my life being spared, that none but agreat and good God could have made it.'— (Speech of the Chief of Tahaa after the war at Raiatea.) Malietoa might serve as a model to many Christians. With interesting historical records like these the volume is crowded, and the whole is woven together by a charming fairy tale, which from the very com mencement enlists our sympathies. The fictitious opening of the story is almost as strange and as sig nificant, as the truthful passages which succeed it. The " Good Huan" is the ill-used cripple son of Prince Aleph's foster-mother, who had bestowed her maternal cares upon her royal nurseling, while her own child languished from neglect. Huan (not the "good" Huan then) grew up with a jealous hatred of his foster-brother gnawing at his heart. Neglected by his mother, ill-used by his father, and turned adrift in his helplessness, he sought refuge in a magic cave. Here he was visited by the Spirit of Revenge, animated by whom he became a giant, and went forth to conquer and destroy. This portion of the story is most beautifully told. The giant, giant though he is, fails in accomplishing his cruel mission. Huan is again sought by an angel visitor--this time it is the Spirit of Kindness, who transforms the unnatural strength of the giant into the exceeding weakness of the dwarf, and turning his spear into an olive branch, bids him go forth her servant, and "by the very might of his weakness, and the magic of its peaceful power, make more glorious conquests than with the weapon of war." Huan obeys, and thence follow the marvels effected by the Magic of Kindness. The story is skilfully inter woven with the record of reality. Huan's sister Anthy, beloved and deserted by Prince Aleph, and Aleph's sister, the blind Princess Evoi, are the heroines of the tale. Many beautiful allegories are appropriately introduced. One of the best is the following history of lUSTICE AND HER DAUGHTERS• " Of the blind Goddess Justice tieieTWere born two children. The one was fair and golden-haired as the Morning, the other dark and black-eyed as the daugh ters of the East. The fair one was weak and gentle like the Lamb—the dark one proud-spirited and daunt less as the Lion. And the fair and gentle maid they named Forgiveness, while her dark, proud sister they called Revenge. " When the two had grown up to womanhood, their blind Mother called them to her side, and having blessed them, bade them say which of her possessions she should bestow upon them as their dower. To her eldest child, Revenge, she gave the first choice. "And the dark damsel asked for the sword where with to protect the Injured and punish the Injurer. But gentle Forgiveness, falling on her knees, besought her Mother that she might inherit her blindness as her portion, so that, being blind, she might be merciful to erring Man. " Then Justice, turning to her younger child, said ' Thou bast chosen rightly, my gentle one ; for whereas thy sterner sister bath asked of me that which was given to me by Man, thou host desired of me that which was given to me by God.' from ef , o j ree a v lo e u r, s a o e f d h w er ee s t is a t h e r r e 's ad pr t a e is s e e , e parted whieh Then Revenge, of the two would win m ost favour among the sons of the Earth. At her m o ther,i di n " Wherever she went, h i g h and low, noble and i g noble, bent the knee and worsh i pp ed her. And to those who sought:her aid she gave suc h strength and co u r age , and s m po e k n e mi s s o toek her winnin f g o l r y J , u an si d iee lo h e e k r e s d elf. so li ke ht r na tion warred against nation; for she preached the capti vating creed of blood for blood, until men blessed the sword, and the fairest of the laud admired him the most who wielded it the best. proudof her spirit do I he " So that, when at lengt h For g iveness came, and strove to teach a gentler doctrine to Mankind, they spurned her for her blindness and her weakness ; and those t h at listened to her counsels th e y branded as cowards, while those that slew the most th e y p rai sed as heroes. " Dost thou know me now V the Spirit a ked, as Huan lifted up ehisri cried, I i s hands,ed ael t inhouart adorationthe of Re—.' " • Hush !' she exclaimed, before the word had passed his lips. 'On Earth they call me Hono ur —i n ( leav en alone am known as Revenge!'" "The Magic of Kindness" is illustrated by Cruik shanit's very effective and Kenny Meadows' ver y graceful pencil. Some of the vignettes at the end of the chapters are beautifully appropriate ; for example, at the close of the description of the amelioration effected in the madman's lot, we find a group of flowers interweaving themselves in the links of a chain. We cannot doubt but that this work of the brothers Mayhew will be greeted with the same spirit by which it is inspired—the spirit of kindness. THE CLOSING YEARS OF DEAN SWIFTS LIFE; his Unpublished Poems; and some Re marks on Stella By W. R. Wilde, MR lA. More than a century has elapsed since the illus trious subject of this memoir left his place empty amongst the wise, the witty, and the learned of his age ; yet the recollection of him is still fresh and green, not only in his own loved land, but in this country, where he spent much of his early life, and was the friend and associate of its " brightest orna ments." His friends, as well as his enemies—and he had a host of both—unanimously agreed that he died an insane imbecile. The acquiescence of a century has given a sanction to their verdict, yet the able author of this interesting and remarkable essay has had the courage to canvass and examine this time honoured error, and has gore far to shake, if he has not altogether overthrown, the fallacies upon which it was founded. "The commencement of his complaint is thus described by Swift himself, in a letter to Mrs. Howard in 1727 :—‘ About two hours before you were born (1690) I got my giddiness by eating a hundred golden pippins at a time, at Richmond ; and when you were tour years and a quarter old, bating two days, having made a fine seat about twenty miles farther in Surrey, where I used to read, and there I got my deafness ; and these two friends have visited me, one or other, every year since, and being old acquaintance, have now thought fit to come together.' Overloading the stomach in the manner described, and catching cold by sitting on a damp, exposed seat, were very apt to produce both these complaints, neither of which, when established, was likely to be easily removed from a system so nervous, and with a temper so irri table, and with a mind so excessively active, as that of Swift's. From this period, Swift being then about 23 years of age, a disease which, in all its symptoms, and by its fatal termination, plainly appears to have been (in its commencement at least) cerebral con gestion, set in and exhioited itself in well-marked periodic attacks, which year after year increased in intensity and duration." It would seem that many of his friends at that time were affected in the same way—Harley, Gay, Mrs. Barber, Pope, Mrs. Howard, Lady Germain, Arbuthnot, and others. Writing from London in 1711, he says—" I have no fits of giddiness, but only some little disorders to wards it, and I walk as much as I can—Lady Kerry is just as I am, only a great deal worse." In another letter he says, " Fig for your physician and his advice, Madame Dingley 1" " If I grow worse I will, otherwise I will trust to temperance and exercise. Your fall of the leaf! What care I when the leaves fall ? lam sorry to see them fall with all my heart ; but why should I take physic for that ?" With regard to change of weather, he says, " I never impute any illness or health to good or ill weather, but to want of exercise or ill air, or something I have eaten, or hard study, or sitting up, and so I fence against those as well as I can." In 1727, he was in London, and his mind was painfully occupied with the illness of Stella. In reference to it he says—" My weakness, my age, my friendship will bear no more. A fresh attack of his complaint drew from him this prophetic sentence— " I believe this giddiness is the disorder that will at last get the better of me." Indeed, from his first attack, at the early age of three-and-twenty, this pre sentiment always haunted him. We cannot avoid extracting the following well-known and remarkable instance of this :—" Dr. Young, the author of the Night Thoughts,' relates that walking out with Swift and some others, about a mile from Dublin, he suddenly missed the Dean, who had stayed behind the rest of the company. He turned back in order to know the occasion of it and found Swift at some distance, gazing intently at the top of a lofty elm, whose head had been blasted; upon Young's ap proach he pointed to it, saying—l shall be like that tree, I shall die first at the top." Byron had a simi lar feeling and more than once spoke of dying like Swift, at the top first. In 1736 he writes to Alder man Barber, " I have for almost three years past been only the shadow of my former self; with years of sickness, and rage against all public proceedings, espe cially in this miserably oppressed country, I have entirely lost my memory, except when it is roused by perpetual subjects of vexation." In 1742, it was deemed necessary to appoint guardians of his person and property, but on what precise grounds does not appear. Indeed, the legal proceedings in this lunacy case would be calculated to throw some additional light upon the subject, and we have no doubt the untiring industry of the learned author will enable him to search out those interesting records and give them to the world, to gether with any unpublished writings which have or may fall into his hands. These guardians were in the habit of taking him out occasionally for air and exer cise ; on one of these days, when in the park, he observed a new building which he had not seen before, and inquired for what it was designed, to which Dr. Kingsbury answered, " That, Mr. Dean, is the magazine for arms and powder, for the security of the city." "Ohloh 1" says the Dean pulling out his pocket-book, "let me take an item of that; this is worth remarking. My tablets, as Hamlet says, my tablets,—memory, put down that," which pro duced these lines, said to be the last he ever wrote : " Behold a proof of Irish sense; Here Irish wit is seen! When nothing's left that's worth defence We build a magazine!" These lines certainly bear not the impress of insanity. After this his insane biographers know little that can be relied on to the time of his death, which occurred on Saturday, the 19th October, 1745, in the 78th year of his age. The only one of those who saw him during the three years previous to his death was Mr. Deane Swift, and up to the latest moments of his life he gives instances of his possessing his rational faculties, such as " his endeavours to speak his mind, but could not recollect words to express his meaning, upon which he would shrug up his shoulders, shake his head, and sigh heartily.' Indeed this gentleman adds, " that he never yet, as far as he could learn, talked nonsense or said a foolish thing." In the post mortem examination there was found much water on the brain. The medical part of the case we will not enter into, but we will confess that in examining the whole case s 7 u o ch and : a O e y z e te a n rs t o w f ith me a n n t xi al ou d s is a e t a te s n e, tio b n e , y ‘ o v n e a ca t n h nt see any y o o naturalde s oay mp t tom hat as this great man did. It is not to be of might age l:e w e h x o p e t c a t x e e d d in h a i s m f a a n cu b l t e i t e w s e t e o n won dered at that a great censor like Swift should have made enemies. The vile epithets heaped on his memory by some recent essayists might well have been spared ; but the lion is dead, otherwise these carrion birds would have sought other prey. His admirers—and they are those whose admiration is true praise —can, however, comfort themselves with the consolation that Swift's name will be ever dear to his country, and that his memory will live not only in his writings, but in his more solid works of charity and love, when these miserable scribblers shall be forgotten. LECTURE ON SHIPWRECKS.—Mr. Wm. Bradford, the Superintendent of the Mariners' Friend Society, delivered a lecture yesterday evening to the members of the Institution for Mutual Improvement, in their Lec ture-room, Blackfriars-road, on the causes of ship wreck, and the means of its prevention. The lecturer said the importance of the shipping interest and the shipping population, their prosperity, morals, comfort, and safety, were involved in the duties of Englishmen. In the royal navy there were 30,000 men; at one time there were 133,000. Of pilots, fishermen, watermen, and men of kindred vocations, there were 250,000. Our merchant vessels numbered 28,000, and 38,000,0001. sterling was invested in British shipping. Much bad been done to benefit seamen, but little compared with the demand; besides, seamen were a moving population, and the work that was done to ameliorate their condi tion one week required to be renewed the next. On an average ten English merchant vessels were wrecked on our coasts every week, and about twenty-four lives lost. That was not all. There were several hundreds lost in the rivers and docks, making about 2,000 lives lost annually, and about 3,000,0001. worth of property ; and all that belonging to Britain alone. o 18th of last August 120 fishermen p er ished n the on one occasion within twenty-four hours. On the 27th of last month an emigrant ship was wrecked on an iceberg; the captain and the first and second mates and some others took to the boat and left the ship. About 250 of the crew and pass engers per i s h e d and the rest were frost-bitten. The lecturer then directed the atten tion of the audience to the causes of shipwrecks, the most prominent of which he assigned to drunkenness. Thousands of lives were lost through drunkenness and great numbers of ships. The Saint George, ft vessel of 98 guns, was burnt through some of the crew getting into the spirit room and becoming intoxicated, and 150 men were lost. The Edgar, a ship of 70 guns, was burnt at Spithead and a great number of lives sacrificed through an act of drunkenness. The Ajax whilst I) ing in the Dardanelles was destroyed in a similar way, and 350 men perished; as was also the ill-fated vessel the Kent East Indiamen. The lecturer then entered upon a history and description of the means employed to prevent shipwrecks and of rescue therefrom, now in use; and took occasion to suggcst certain improve ments which might be made in those means, illustrating his remarks by diagrams and mode ls most marked at . The lecturer was listened to throughout w ith the tention and was occasionally warmly applauded. THE EGYPTIAN STEAM•FRIGATE SuAItIE: Ad miral Haifa Bey. commander of this fine frigate, at pre sent lying at Blackwell, has issued cards . of invitation to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty and a select partyof the nobility _ and distinguished persons, to ac company him down the river to-morrow (Saturday), to partake :of his , hospitality, and inspect the 6haikie, now finished, and nady to returti to ggyptei I SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. TlMES.—After ^ delay sufficiently explained by the difficulties of the task, the French President's address is at length before the world. It is seldom that we have to remark upon the first of a splendid series of political manifestoes; but unless the hopes of France are ridicu lous self-delusions, the address before us is the first Message, of the first President of the French Republic, to the first National Assembly of France; at least, in the normal sense of these terms. Perhaps it is not lair to record impressions which unavoidably take some co lour from events; but we cannot but feel that while the President promises largely for the future, and opens many topics of prospective consolation, he fails to elucidate and adorn the entangled history of the past. The mystery of French intervention is by no means removed. Although the President descends to particu lars with what we may call an engaging simplicity, se are still left either to admire the officious inutility of his foreign mediation, or to suspect metives and proceedings more than meet the eye. Rome is the knot which has most embarrassed the ad dress. With regard to the other European States ishich have excited the paternal alarms of France by folle.vving her example, the President intimates that his Government has given them the benefit of certain kindly admonitions, judicious counsels, jealous protests, and other verbal communications, such as the practised chiefs of a catve will often address to their weaker and more excitable adherents. He gives us, however, little reason to conclude that France has acquired the grati tude of Sardinia, of Naples, of Sicily, of Denmark, or ' any German State; he cannot even assure us that things are altered for the better on the River Plate, and only conveys a distinct idea when he announces that Russia has recognised the Republic. With regard to Rome moire is said because more has been done. But we shall be very much surprised if the history now related of that unparalleled affair is admitted either by the Romans, or tho Austrians, or the Neapolitans, or, indeed, by any of the parties involved. The gist of that his tory is that the Government of France in the expedition to Rome exercised a direct and in , dependent action by its own spontaneous move ment; and that it did so to deliver Rome from alien in truders and protect it from foreign intervention. That the approaching march of Austria and Naples upon Rome should arouse the jealousy of France is intelli gible enough, and consistent even with the modesty of a Republic; but it is not so intelligible why France did not wait for an invitation; why it studiously ignored the new Republic of Rome; or why it held correspondence with parties not in a condition to speak for the people. " A train of unhappy circumstances" has disappointed an elaborate calculation. The President confesses sur prise at the circumstance that while 6,000 French Re publicans where approaching Rome on one side, a band of Italian refugees, or at least chiefly Italian, entered it from the other; and that while the latter were welcomed, the former were inhospitably repulsed. He is surprised that the " little knot of persons who had seized the authority for themselves," against the sentiments of the majority, should have requited so roughly the contempt and hostility of France. If the President's narrative be true in its particulars, it will be better understood by his readers than himself; and while he has related the fable, they will moralize upon it, somewhat more cor rectly, after their own fashion. The President makes large and fair promises of social restoration and improve ment. The projectste enumerates are such as will find favour with all people, and such as France at least is accustomed to receive from the bounty of her rulers. We hardly know whether it is an Emperor who speaks, or a Communist, or an English gentleman at an agricul tural meeting. Agricultural schools, model farms, banks of aid and assurance, the dispersion of the town popu lation into the villages, the deliverance of land from its burdens, are ideas that remind one of utilitarian Eng land and Sir Robert Peel. The task of rectifying the condition of thirty- six millions shut up in a country far less wealthy and not much more extensive than ours, without a single colony to drain off the increase except a narrow coast snatched from the desert and the Arab, is so formidable that we will not cast any doubt on the particular modes of improvement suggested. We are only beginning to be reasonable when we set about in quiring how this miracle may be accomplished. It will never be done by ordinary means. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTS3IOIITII, THURSDAY.—The Lively lighter sailed last evening for Brighton for the purpose of recovering some anchors which were) lent by the Admiralty for carrying out some private speculation a few years ago. It seems very improbable that they are still remaining, if they were come-at-able by the enterprising Deal boatmen. The Termagant screw steam•frigate, built by White, was brought from the steam basin to-day, and placed alongside the jetty. The Echo steam-tug proceeded to Cowes early this morning, whence she brought detachments for recruiting the regiments serving in Canada, and put them on board the freight-ship Euphrates for passage to Quebec. Wind—E.N.E., fresh breezes end fine weather. ROYAL MARINES. Colonel Owen, the Deputy Adjutant-General, con cluded his annual inspection of this division rather abruptly this morning, without going to the field with the artillery companies of the corps to witness their eminently serviceable and matchless gunnery efficiency. He, however, inspected that branch of the corps in heavy marching order on their barrack-ground at three P.M., which pelded the most unqualified satisfaction. Last evening Colenel Menzies, Kai., the commandant of this division of Royal Marines, entertained the Deputy Ad jutant-General, Major-General Lord Frederick Fitz clarance, and the heads of the corps, at his residence. riamouTEr, JUNE r Majesty's screw-schooner, Reynard, 11, sailed yesterday afternoon for Madeira and the coast of Africa, and her Majesty's steam- frigate Arrogant, 46, sailed in the evening for the Mediter ranean. THE HUNGARIAN CAUSE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Permit me to return you my heartfelt thanks for the able manner in which you have advo cated the cause of the Hungarians, both by your "leaders . ' and by the faithful statements you have put forth from time to time of their many victories over their combined enemies. It is to be lamented that men of talent, and news papers of known respectability, should lend their aid, in trying to suppress the truth, and substitute gross falsehoods in its place, for the purpose of shielding the oppressor and injuring the oppressed. If paid and unpaid subordinates act thus in England (be it said to their shame and diFgrace as Englishmen), we may believe some of the reports from the continent of men having their noses slit, being loaded with irons, and frequently losing their lives, by the orders of those legalised imperial assassins. A boy Emperor tries to cheat a brave nation of one of its rights, then tries to murder them ; being foiled in both instances, he calls in a brother Emperor, celebrated for his cruelty and tyranny, to assist in massacreing his subjects ; thus showing the doctrine of Emperors—treachery and murder—a doctrine the sooner it is known to the world the better. There is, however, a faint gleam of hope about this Russian intervention. The Russian hordes may be a little enlightened on passing events, and will doubt less "read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest" what is taking place. The French Republicans of '9B were inoculated in a foreign country (America), and perhaps the seeds of Hungarian freedom may take root in Russian soil and bring forth abundantly. We are told the Russians have entered Austria, but they have not yet performed their task, whatever that may be. Well, they play the part the Saxons did in Britain when called in to subdue a neighbour ! Pos session is nine points of the law. The wily Russian may be one too many for the Austrian boy. - Napoleon said, " Russia must either fall or aggrandize herself, and it is natural to suppose the latter will take place, by invading other nations." Nous verrons. The Hungarian leaders have shown unparalleled skill, both in the Senate and in the field. They have beaten and nearly beggared Austria, and Russia has perhaps taken the first step that is to lead her to her downfal. May the Almighty grant success to the chivalrous Hungarians. So prays daily, yours, &c., Manchester, June 6, 1849. M. EMPLOYMENT OF THE FOWL—For the last five weeks the " street orderlies," under the direction of the National Philanthropic Association, have been en gaged in 'cleansing the principal streets of the parishes of St. George and St. Giles, besides other localities in Holborn and the vicinity. There are only 14 men engaged, to each of whom is assigned a superficial space of 2,000 yards for his day's work. The result of this has been to elicit the unquali fied approbation of the inhabitants at the improved con dition of their streets, many of which were formerly able to compete in dirt with those of any other district in the metropolis but are now, perhaps, the cleanest in or around London. No increase of expenditure has been requisite to effect this improvement; on the system ontrary, the advantages of the " :treet orderly" are — first, that it contributes to relieve the ratepayers from the maintenance of a number of idle men, i and converts those men always into useful, an d sometimes maternally profit able agents; secondly, their occupation may infloeke the health of the placest Nvb er removal of s e o ter t i h i; al e a re employed, by instant any any animal or ay nothing of t chance to be deposited, to d s in all weather ; and comfort of walking on clea fi n t, ro t a be s vegetable refuse w . hich _ ma i ) , men themselves by thirdly, it materially employ ment always gives, andwhichincreasing their ae f- rcs pec, keeping up the moral t b o e n n e e by mforts of a home with moral by the knowledge eight men, but ninny and physiesupoefrinteenedence. .The Philanthropic of them • have been taken off their hands by the parish Association used to employ forty. of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, which is cleansed ny street orderlies, and by the Street Cleansing Machine Company, where they have obtained permanent em ployment. It is confidently expected that many of the metropolitan parishes whose cleansing contracts will shortly expire, will adopt this new system, which stems, as far as it has already been tried, to offer the double advantage of employing the poor in a pro fitable manner and of releasing the ratepayers from their burden. GRAY'S INN, JUNE 6.—Sir George Stephen and Thomas Hughes Greenland, Esq., were this day called to the degree of 134rrister-at-Law by the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn. Mr. W. G. Hayter, the newly appointed Secretary to the L►►rds Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, vice Mr. Parker, nominated Secretary to the Admiralty depaytraent, has assumed the duties of his office. GREAT N ORTHERN RAILWAY. An extraordinary general meeting of the proprietors of the Great Northern Railway Company was held yes terday, at the London Tavern. Mr. Denison, M.P., the chairman of the company, preside d. The objects of the meeting is ere:- 1. To confirm the forfeiture declared by the directors of certain shares upon which calls are in arrear, the re quired notices of the forfeiture of which have been given to the respective proprietors; and to determine the course to be adopted for disposing of the shares so for feited by a sale or cancelling, and re-issue or otherwise, and upon such terms as the meeting shall direct, for the purpose of raising the capital represented by such shares. 2. To determine the course to be adopted with respect to the 40,000 - London and York Extension scrip shares of 25/. each—issued in December, 1845, and by a reso lution of the general meeting of 13th August, 1847, con solidated two into one registered Great Northern share— to induce the holders thereof to pay calls to be made thereon, that the capital which those ,shares represent erfay become available. 3. To approve an confirm, or otherwise, certain agree ments entered into by the directors with the Eastern Counties Railway Company, and the Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Railway Company, for securing to the Great Northern trains the right of running over the Eastern Counties Company's line between Wisbeach and Peterborough, thereby to supersede the necessity of con structing the parallel line from Peterborough to Wis beach, agrted to be leased by the Great Northern Com pany: and to compromise and dispense with such lease. With respect to the forfeited shares in arrear, the number on which calls, up to and including the eighth call, due November, 1848, was stated to be 35,076. Of this number 6,169 are shares, against th e p ro p r i etors o f which actions are pending for the recovery of calls in arrear, and 2,473 are shares on which security h as b een given for payment of calls in arrear. The proposition of the directors was (deducting the 6,169 and the 2,373) to confirm the forfeiture of 26,534 Great Northern re gistered 251. shares under the following conditions, viz.:—To issue in lieu of each forfeited share two scrip shares of 121. 10s. each; that these 121. 10s. scrip shares should have credit for 2/. 10s. as a deposit paid thereon, and should bear interest, or preference dividend, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum in perpetuity, and should be issued to the proprietors of Great Northern inshares and A and B half- s h ares , w h o s t a nd registered the company's books on the 7th of June, rateably to the number of shares held by each proprietor, which would give in the proportion of about one scrip share to four whole shares, or to eight A and B half-shares. The effect of the proposition would be, as the Chair man stated, to give those who took the scrip shares a perpetual guaranteed dividend of 61 per cent. The average amount paid upon the shares proposed to be forfeited was stated as Si. per share. After some discussion the meeting confirmed the for feiture of the 26.534 in the following terms:—" 1. That the forfeiture of the 26,534 shares be and hereby is confirmed, and th a t th e y b e cance ll e d or so ld, or other wise disposed of by cancelling, at the discretion of the directors." With respect to the 40,000 London and York Exten sion scrip shares of 251. each, issued under date of the Ist Dt cember, 1845, with 2/. 10s. per share paid, and which by a resolution of the half-yearly general meeting of August 13, 1847, were to have been consolidated into and registered as 20,000 Great Northern shares of 251. each, with 51. paid up, representing a capital of 500,0001., and which are held as follows: Number of scrip shares consolidated two into one Great Northern share, and registered... Number still in scrip ... ... 7,198 32,802 Total shares as above ... ... 40,000 The directors proposed that these shares should be con verted into 40,000 scrip shares of 121. 10s. each, with a deposit of 21. 108. per share as already paid thereon, and be credited with the further sum of ss. per share for two years' interest accrued to 30th June inst., and be entitled to 5 per cent. per annum interest or preference dividend in perpetuity; and further, that these 121. 103. scrip shares should be issued to the holders of existing London and York extension scrip, who were to send into the company's offices their scrip to be exchanged for an allotment letter, authorising the company's banker to receive the first call of 2/. ss. payable from the 25th to the 30th June, making with the deposit and the ss. in terest credited, 51. per share paid. Upon this proposition the directors moved the follow ing resolution :—" 2. That the 40,000 London and York Extension scrip shares of 251. each, dated Ist December, 1845, and subsequently by resolution of half•yearly general meeting of 13th August, 1847, reduced to 20,000 shares of 25/. by consolidation of two into ono Great Northern share, and repre►enting a reduced capital of 500,0001., be converted into and exchanged for 40,000 scrip shares of 121. 10s. each, bearing 5 per cent. interest or preference dividend in perpetuity, upon the terms and conditions recommended by the directors to this meeting, and that any remaining unclaimed be offered to Great Northern registered proprietors rateably, or be otherwise disposed of at the discretion of the directors." Considerable objection was taken to this mode of rais ing the money required, and several of the shareholders considered a small call would be much better than such a creation of preference capital. Mr. CORRIE proposed that the question should be adjourned till the general meeting in August, as he thought so important a matter should not be determined at a meeting at which so few of the proprietors were present. The original resolution was, upon a show of hands, carried. Mr. CORRIE then demanded a ballot. Mr. Corrie and Mr. Morgan were appointed scruti neers; and on the ballot being concluded, and the numbers computed, there appeared for Mr. Corrie's amendment, 20 shareholders, holding in all 2,815 shares; and for the original motion, 61 shareholders, holding in all 6,982 shares. The original motion was therefore declared to be carried. It was next resolved (the resolution shoald have fol lowed the one confirming the forfeiture of the shares)— " That in lieu of, and to the amount of capital repre sented by, the Great Northern 251. shares—of which the forfeiture hay been confirmed by this meeting—there be issued, upon the terms and conditions recommended by the directors to this meeting, scrip shares of 121. 10s. each, bearing five per cent. interest cr preference divi dend in perpetuity." This resolution was carried. A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman, and the meeting broke up. THE CHOLERA AT PLYMOUTH. JUNE 6.—We regret to state that this direful disease has at length made its appearance at Plymouth. It appears from the facts that have been communicated to us that about mid-day onTuesday the American packet ship American Eagle, Captain Chadwick, arrived here from London and Portsmouth, bound to New York, with about three hundred emigrants on board. On Tuesday afternoon the ship put into the Sound, owing to the cholera having broken out on board. It appears they left London on Thursday, the 31st of May, all perfectly well, and the first case of cholera, which is of the con firmed Asiatic character, was that of a German child, and soon after her father was attacked, and died. These parties came from Rotterdam, where the cholera has prevailed. Six other passengers were soon after taken ill, and died before the arrival of the ship. Another died on Tuesday evening, and more during the night. These made nineteen cases since the disease broke out on Saturday; and this afternoon there were about thirty snore cases of persons suffering under the premonitory symptoms, of diarrhoea, &c. Immediately on the arrival of the American Eagle in the Sound, the Ame rican consul, Thomas Were Fox, Esq., sent Mr. Francis Fox, surgeon, on board, and havineafterwards consulted with the Mayor, that gentleman also sent Mr. Freeman, surgeon, on board, on behalf of the town and corporation, both of whom confirmed the statements as to the wide spreading existence of the disease, which prevailed en tirely among the poorer class of passengers. Application was then made to Sir William Hall Gage, the port admiral, for a hulk to be sent alongside, in which to remove the sick. A. S. Allen, Esq., M.D., surgeon to the Royal Naval Hospital, was, by the Admiral's orders, dispatched on board during the night, and his report coinciding with.those of the other surgeons, the Tyne frigate was ordered to be got ready, and will be towed down to the Sound this afternoon, and serve as an hos pital for the sick, who will be removed into it as soon as they fall ill. Every attention will be paid to them by Mr. Francis Fox, who has been authorised to avail him self of any further medical assistance he may require. The dead bodies of the persons who first died were taken out several miles beyond the Breakwater and there sunk; but as it is thought unadvisable to pvers3 this course, endeavours are being made to find a suit able place of interment for those who may be the fur ther victims of this subtle disease. To add to the general distress which such a melancholy circumstance must oc casion, we learn that all the crew, 17 in number, have refused to clean the ship. These men are A . mencan sa ilors, having been engaged at i New York from that c ity to England and back. A flag sto be hoisted when the hulk comes down, to ascertain what assistance the cap t a in may require. Of course cabin passengers as well as others are most anxious to leave the ship, and many of them have doubtless done so. When our cot respopelent was on board yesterday ther e were more t h a n 20 shore boats alongside, and the waternaen were holding out every inducement to the people on board to Captain tduoaniena gn-d T y d c a o os l i s g , e, icleavapestrayi thent hi s na u gu p tth e h r oa i r n ti t tt e ihe n ,s d , y e g n e tn cane r o leave the ship. Sir W. H. Gage, the port-admiral, and are v a f t l o l yt the 11ie : have done, re nder y assistance in this emergency. At the time the cholera was raging at sea, we regret to say it had broken out within a few miles of this town at a little fishing town callA Newton Ferrers or Noss, which is situated on the hark of the Yealm, about eight miles from Plymouth. In that, place five persons have died of cholera. The wkoither been remarkably fine or lute, and the at nio,pli-re :ult.:) , and roiling. To-day it has rained a good deal, but !here is still a pressure on the uir, which the raid has failed to remove. RE•AFPEARANCE OF THU CILIOLERA.—At, an in quest held yesterday at the Middlesex Hospital, before Air. 11. M. Wakley, a juror asked the Coroner if it was true that tho cholera, after expiring in London, had again made its appearance? The Coroner rep!ied that he was sorry to say it had; for on one day last week he held three inquests on persons who had died of Asiatic cholera, and the day before yesterday (Wednesday) he had a similar case Brentwood. The juror inquired if it was quite safe to view the bodies, as there were doubts whether it was or was not infectious. The Coroner an swered that no one need in the slightest degree fear contamination; and he might mention that no person who was properly clothed, fed, and cleansed, need fear the choler a. In nine cases out of ten, or indeed all the eases he had seen, the disease bad been brought on ny !UM of food. _