The Sun. — London, England, 1849-07-25 00:00:00

UVition SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. REGIMENTAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES BILL. This Bill pissed through Committee. SMALL DEBTS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. COUNTY RATES BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. BOROUGH RELIEF BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. ESTATES LEASE (IRELAND) BILL. Lord CAMPBELL withdrew this Bill. LIFE POLICIES OF INSURANCE BILL. Lord BROUGHAM withdrew this Bill. WEST INDIES. _ _ Lord BROUGIIIIII presented a petition from the planters of the Island of Tobago, detailing the gradual diminution in the production of sugar in the island, which followed, first,!upon the abolition of slavery, and next upon the curtailment of e the apprenticeship system; and complaining of diitmss. IRISH BANKP.UPTCY BILL. Lord BROUGIIA3I moved the second reading of this Bill, and propsed that the further proceedings should be delayed until the B,inkruptcy Bill came up from the House of Commons. The object of the Bill was to make the law of bankruptcy in England and Ireland identical. Lord MONTE A.GLE said that the Chamber of Com merce of Dublin highly approved of this Bill. The all was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. ATTACHMENT (IRELAND) AMENDMENT BILL. Lord MiONTEAGLE presented a petition from Dublin against this Bill. CHAPELS OF EASE (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of Lord MOigTEAGLE 'this Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to• nv,:rrow. NEW ZEALAND L VND CONVEYANCING BILL. The Earl of ST. GERMANS moved the second reeling. of this Bill. Tne motion was agreed to. STOCK-IN-TRADE BILL. This 13;11 was read a, third tine and pas Ad. RELIEF OF DISTRESS IN IRELAND BILL. This 13th was re ;d a third time and passed. LABOIIIIING POOL: (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and paSed. LAND IMPROVEMENT ACT AMENDMENT (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a third tune and passed. ASSIGNING OF JUDGMEN TS (IRELAND) BILL. Llrd CAMPBELL moved th 9 second reading of this Bid, the object of which A7i1.3 to do away with assigning of judgments in Ireland.—Agreed to. COUNTY COURTS. L'ird BROUG IAM report ,, d from the judges of the county courts that those courts had beca nr,:st success ful in saving litigation, and in enAhing perscns to re cover dcbts eue to them. POOR LAW UNION CHARITIES AMENDMENT BILL. This Bill, on the motion of L.-_;rd CAMPBELL, was read a second time. MILITIA PAY BILL. This Bill passed through Committee. TRUSTEES RELIEF BILL. This Bill pfts:ed through Committee. CORPORATION OF LONDON BILL. LordREDESDALE presented a petitLn froaa con tain persons praying to be beard by couruel thi3 ZI I._ _ _ Lf , rd CAMPBELL said ,hi i Bill reflected the hig'ceE honour on corpor3tiim of London, and hf: hoped i ww.ld pls.; into law durin. , this ession. Lod RE'DESDALE considered that the Bill was a public Bill, and should be treated as such, and not as a private Bill. Messengers from *he Commons brought up certain Bine, and their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER tot k the Chair shortly after Twelve. THIRD READINGS._ Faussett's Divorce 13111 and Hudson's Divorce Bill were read a third time. Mr. HUME wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether tho Government did not think the time had arrived when some other tribunal than the House of Commons ought to be appointed for Divorce Bits. Sir G. GREY replied that he had not heard any com plaints with respect to the pl.lsage of Divorce Bills through the House. INDEPENDENCE OF ITUNG..A.RY. Col. THOMPSON said ho had the honour to present tPhe petition of an overflowing public meeting in the city of London, on the subject of the contest in Hungary. Though it was signed only by the chairman, David Salomon., citizen and alderman, the numbers and re spectability of the attendance were such as to give it high claims to the attention of the House. The peti tioners stated their belief that Austria had broken the constitutional obligations between herself and Hungary, and consequently Hungary had a right to establish h(r independence if she could; and other nations to assist her if it was their interest. They wanted to know, if it was held of importance to support Austria as a bul wark against Russia, why Hungary would not do as well, particularly since Austria invited Russian interfe rence, and Hungary would not. They prayed, there fore, that measures might be taken for the recognition of the de facto Government of Hungary, as consonant with the principles of sound policy, besides being favour able to the commercial interests of the country. PETITIONS. Mr. HENLEY presented a petition from a place in Oxfordshire, praying for a general amnesty to all poli tical offenders. Lord DUDLEY STUART presented a petition from Liverpool, expressing indignation and disgust at the conduct of Austria and Russia towards the people of Hungary, and praying that the independence of that notion might be recognised by the Government. Also a petition from a metropolitan parochial board, stating that no sanitary measures could be effected so long as the window-tax remained unrepealed. Lord E. HOWARD presented a petition praying for the abolition of the smoke nuisance. Mr. HINDLEY presented a petition from Ashton under-Lyne against the Bankruptcy Bill. Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition from New castle in favour of his Bill fur the prevention of smoke; and also one from an engineer, stating that the preven tion of this nuisance was feasible. HARBOURS OF REFUGE. _ _ Mr. FIUME said, that 700,0001. had been voted for harbours of refuge and for Holyhead harbour, but they had no report of the progress which had been made in those works. 'What he wished to know was, with whom did the execution and management, of them rest ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that Mr. Walker had the superint:mdence of the works, but that the contract 3 were examined and made by the Admiralty. Mr. IILIME said be did not think that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was better Acquaint(d with the subject than he was, and be should t herefore cad the attention of the again to this matter to morrow. ADJOURNED DEBATE ON THE STATE OF IRELAND. Mr. lIORSMAN said, under all the circumstances of the case, he thought the House would do right in not continuing this debate, and he had to move that the order be discharged. Mr. E. IL ROCHE said he saw on the paper the mo tion of the Hon. Member with great satisfaction, but he heard the speech of the Hon. Mrmber with anything but satisfaction.—(LaughtEr, and " Order, order.") Mr. GRATTAN moved that the order be not dis charged. Mr. LIORSMA.N withdrew his motion for discharging the order. AUSTRALIAN EMIGRAN rs._ In answer to a question from Mr. MONSELL, rela tive to the treatment of emigrants going from Ireland to Australia, Mr. HAWES said that active measures had been taken by the Commissioners of Emigration to restore the proportion between the numbers of e migrants going from Ireland to Australia, which of l a te years, as compared with former years, had been grea!ly disproportioned. With respect to the statement that certain female emigrants had been ill-treated by the officers of a ship by which they were being conveyed. from Ireland to Australia, h the case had been investi gsel at Sydney, and the re gated on the arrival of t sult was that the owners eve had been fined 5001.—(Hear.) AFFRAY AT CASTLEIVELLAN.. Mr. BRIGHT asked the Secretary f Home Department a q uestion relative too State for the the fatal affray which had recently occurred at Casti e wellan, namely, ; whether he could in this session bring in a Processions' Act, with a view of putting an end to similar disgraceful prn'eedings in future? Sir GEORGE GREY said, without stating what the intentions of the Government might eventually be as to framing a Processions' Act for Ireland, he could only say that for the present they rmant to rely on the common law of the land, which they thought amply sufficient for repressing such outrages. He had also to state that t he Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland bad instituted an inquiry into all the circumstances connected with the fatal affray at Dolley's Brae, which inquiry was to be carried on by Mr. Bennett, an eminent Queen's Counsel in Ireland. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. Lord DUDLEY STUART asked the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs if it was true, 'as was stated in some of the continental journals, that in conse quence of an arrangement come to between the Govern ments of Franco and Austria, the trot ps of France were to be sent to replace the troops of Austria serving in the Austrian Cominions, in order to the latter to pro secute the war against Hungary ? Lord PALIIERSTON said no information had reached him relative to the circumstance adverted to by the Noble Lord, and he bad reason to suppose there was no foundation for such a report. BANKRUPT AND INSOLVENT MEMBERS' BILL. Mr. MOFFATT said, seeing little chance of carrying this Bill through this session, he vvould withdraw it for the present, pro nising, however, that he would Lring it before the House again at an early period next session. SMO;IE PROHIBITION BILL. On the mo.ioa for going into Committee open this Bill, THE SUN. Sir GEORGE GREY asked Mr. Mackinnon whether it was his intention to proceed with it? Mr. MACKINNON said he was placed in an awkward position, becauss he was blamed out of doors for not proceeding with it, and in that House, because he w uld not withdraw it; but taking into account the late period of the session he would acquiesce in the suggestion of the Right Hon. Baronet, and postpone the motio n until that day fortnight. The motion was accordingly withdrawn. SLAVE-TRADE (PERSIAN GULF) BILL. This Bill went through Committee. HOUSE OF LORDS' COSTS TAXATION BILL. This Bill was read a third time. NUISANCES REMOVAL AND DISEASES PRE VENTION BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this fill, Lord ASHLEY moved the insertion of cer tain clauses giving power to the Board cf Health to cause inquiry to be made into the state of burial-grounds, and to direct measures of pre caution to be taken by the churchwardens; also where churchyards are dangerous to the public health, giving power to the churchwardens to agree for the burial of parishioners in the ground of any cemetery company, or in the burial ground of any other parish; also to enable the General Board of Health to direct in quiries where it may be expedient to prohibit interments, and to frame a scheme for providing new burial-grounds. After some observations from Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. Hume, and other Hon. Members, Mr. HOHSMAN expressed his satisfaction that the question had been taken up by his Noble Friend oppo site, and he was willing to leave the subject in his hands. Colonel THOMPSON said, he only wanted t im press the general fact, that we were approaching the time when, if something effectual was not done, cur crime and our dirt would run away with us. He was there fore elud to see the alliance between a Noble Lord and Hon. Gentleman opposite, who he trusted c ould be the ts o Hercules to cleanse the moral and the physical Augean stable that were before us. There might be a time when the Mosaic paddle on the spear sufficed for sanitary regulations; but that was long gone by, and the comfort of existence was concerned iu keeping pace with the wants of the age.—(Hear, hear.) Tile clauses were then put and agreed to, and added to the Bill. The Bill then passed. DRAINAGE OF LANDS BILL. This Bill passrd through Committee, and was ordEred ;o be reported to-morrow. DEFECTS IN LEASES SUSPENSION BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. MARRIAGES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES FACI _ LITATING BILL. amOennemtheents t,th )motione nlu, for the consideration o f the Lords' the ari sei.rom importance m. of I t ) h r is Bel', bnd h scan results which which I d in e i g n .ti g t a i u n . foreign countres, he trusted the -e before he proceeded with this e s o o u b r i a e gi L ng or m d mar l, the Bill, and at any rate that he would delay iis passicg for the present sessi,n. Lord P.AL'.‘IERSTON said that in many places ahread the British residents were n umerou , en d h e trusted therefore that the Ilencuralde and L , 2arned Member did not desire that they should not be rolrrird at all, for if an insuperable - were to L pl,ced before such unions, oho could say what the corsc quences might be.—(A laugh.) There appeared to great ob jec:ion to allowing marriages to tale place in Ile am bassadors' houses. There wt.re no ministers in tevecut of those places, end in some it was quite impossible to obtain a minister's at , sistance; it was 'therefore nens sary to construct a means for validating marriages abroad, and none seemed to be t otter than those which had been devised and embodied in this Bill. Tr;e Lords' amendments were then agreed . to, and the Bill was passed. ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION IN THE COLONIES. On the mo'ion that the House should go Lto Com rn:ttt e on this:BM, Captain PECHELL complained that he had yester day been led to believe that this Bill would be postponed, but to his surprise it had passed through its second read ing:. It seemed to him to provide neither more nor less than a pleasure excursion for any ono who had committed an effznce on the highl seas round the whole of the West Iti&es, in order that they might be com fortably tried in England. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL explained that the Bill did not necessarily provide that a person committing an offence on tho high seas should be sent to England, but in some of the colonies there was no Admiralty ju risdiction whatever ; and the Bill only, therefore, de • creed Oat when a prisoner arrived in a colony where there was no such jurisdiction, that he should be re moved to another where there was a means of trying him. The SPEAKER then hft the chair, when the first and second clan es were passed without observation. On the third clause being proposed, Mr. ROEBUCK objected that it gave far too large powers to the tribunals in the colonies. It provided for that of which the Attorney-General had just spoken. Mr. ANSTEY also objected to the clause. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he conceived that the objection would be met by inserting words which would r% claire the prisoner to be sent to England, wherever there was not an opportunity of securing, au impartial and fair trial in the colonies. He thought that wou!d obviate the objection. Mr. ANSTEY—Not at all. The ATTORNEY- GENERAL would at any rate move such amendment on the clause. Mr. ANSTEY said that would be entrusting by far too large a discretion to the several governor — s of the various colonies, whose delinquencies the Colonial-office was always ready to cover. The clause provided that the depositions taken in the colonies should be received as olidence when there was no opportunity for cross examination. This was evidently unjust, and neither more nor less than a covert attack on the liberties of the Channel islands. After a conversation participated in by the Attorney- General, ➢lr. Roebuck, Mr. Hume, and Mr. Arstey, the clause was withdrawn, and th© House then resumed. CLERGY RELIEF BILL. On the motion that this Bill be read a third time, Mr. HAGGITT rose to move that the Bill be read a third:time upon this day three months. :He was very un willing to do anything that might have the appearance of interference with religious liberty, but ho opposed this Bill with much less reluctance when he considered the late period of the session at which it was attempted to Ise passed. He believed ho was right in stating that there was not a single University Member in town. The Bill was liable to many objections. It reduced Bishopsifrorn official authorities to mere minis ters of the law, and left them no exercise of th e i r own judgment, but tied them down to act merely as by Act of Parliament. He was not, however, entirely opposed to the general purpose of the Bill, but more (specially to the manner in which it was proposed to be done. Mr. BOUVERIE said that the Bill had been very fully considered in a Select Committee, on which the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for the University of Oxford, and the Hon. and Learned Member for the University of Dublin had sat. He believed that this Bill proposed a readier way of remedying certain grievances than any other measure could do. Afer a few words from Mr. A. J. B. HoPE and Dr. NrcriJr,n, the amendment was withdrawn. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. PROTECTION TO WOMEN BILL. Mr. SPOONER moved that this Bill be read a third time. After a few words from Mr. ROEBUCK, Mr. ANSTEY moved, as an amendment, that it be read a third time this day three months. The Bill was unjust in ita details and would be ineffectual in accom p?ishing the end which the Hon. Member (Mr.lSpooner) had in view in introducing it. Mr. HENLEY would like to know how the costs for carrying on prosecutions under the Bill would be pro- . _ vided for. Mr. SPOONER said the coats would be in the dis cretion of the judge, as in ordinary cases of felony, but he (Mr. Spooner) had no objection to any modification on that point, and he would agree to the words " com pensation for loss of time " being left out of the Bill. The House then divided, when there appeared-- For the amendment... ... ... 22 Against it ... ... ... 65 Majority against the amendment —43 The amendment was therefore lost. On the question that the Bill be read a third time, Mr. HUME thought this attempt to legislate on morality was a great mistake. He would suggest that certain Right Rev. Prelates should set a better ex ample to their own families than by bringing in a Bill of this kind. He thought that this was an unfit subject for legislation, more especiary as the most of the clauses in the Bill had been introduced into it within the last 48 hours, which precluded their being maturely considered by Hon. ROEBUCKon.Members . said he wished to say a few words of warning to gentlemen on the opposite side of the House before this Bill was read a this d time. Hon. Members themselves might yet be made the victims of conspiracies under this Bill, and be brought before the public under the most painful circumstances, not because they ware guilty, but because they were exposed to odious charges from parties actuated entirely by motives of cupidity; and so the hearts of those who were near and dear to Hon. Members might be wrung, simply because the House of Commons, in pass ing this Bill, had yielded to a species of cant, which was as dangerous and mischievous as vita itself..—(Hear.) Mr. SPOONER briefly replied. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. BANKRUPTCY LAW CONSOLIDATION BILL. On the motion for the House going into Committee on this Bill, he ATTORNEY-GENERAL would have toask h said he feared, t o iu o at s et this o period T he of the session, take thislabour Bil l which i n some h measure ndbeen trust, up the on im mense it by the s STehleectßiCllomamsiittteeno appointed p s o t i c n o t d e d wasto consider onl ya its con solidation of the laws relating to bankruptcy. The Committee had taken care that the consolidation w hich they proposed, and which was embodied in this Bill, would not interfere with decisions of the courts, and he had forsaken some of the duties of his profession in order to attend the Committee. A class of traders were anxious to have introduced in the Bill persons who were not, nneer the existing Act, traders ; and another class, opulent merchants in the city of London, wished to have the power of debtors making arrangements with their creditors without the intervention of the court. These in provements would be introduced into the Bill; and in moving that the Speaker leave the chair, he simply asked the House to give them due credit for the arduous labour t‘hich the Cc mtni.tee had undergone, in order to render their labours efficient. Mr. STUAR L' complimented the Committee and sup ported the Bill, believing that it would be beneficial to the commercial coramunity, Sir J.GRAHAM gave the Committee full credit fir the earnestness of their labours, but at that lute period of the session, he thought without giving the House full time to consider the Bill, which contained no less than 278 clauses, the Government would not net well to the com. mercial community. He approved of consolidation, hut consolidation ought net to be made the excuse for material changes. If changes were to be made in the law, they ought to be stated seriatim. In the schedule which they were called upon to adopt, he found that the whole of certain Acts were to be abolished, and the parts of others. They could not deal with a subject of more importance. The ATTORNEY GENERAL intimated that be should in Committee point out the nature of the alters• dons referred to. The House then went into Committee. Clauses up to 124 were agreed to, with a few verbal amendments. _ _ Clauses 125 to 136 were passed, after a conversation in which the Attorney-General, Mr. Spooner, and Mr. Stuart respectively took part, the point being whether the settlement made upon a man's daughter before any proceedings at law were taken against him would be valid, and which was settled by the assertion of the Attorney. General that, according to law and equity, marriage was a valuable consideration, and therefore ought to be a bar; to the clause was allowed to remain as it stood. Clauses 139 to 160 were then passed with little ob servation. On clause 160 being proposed, which directed the mode in which the oath of a bankrupt should be taken at his last examination, to that in the Bill, Mr. Page Wood objected, but the Attorney-General explained that the owl' had reference to the balance. sheet, which the bank rapt did not himself prepare. Mr. Page Wood cited an instance in which a man had been imprisoned three years and a half, because he objected to take an oath. Sir J. GRAHAM remarked that the oath had refer rence not to the balance-sheet only, but upon the accounts raich had been made up by the bankrupt, on which the balance-sheet was founded. Mr. PAGE WOOD said all that he wanted was, that the power of imprisaning a man should be left to the Court, and he ft It so strongly on the subject that he was compelled to divide the House. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL made an appeal to the Hon. Gentleman not to press this matter to a division, and said that it was eminently necessary to get the• Bill through Committee to-day. hou r beyond GRAHAM, Ih who After w a wished ed discussion,the House in whichsit Sir he 1 JAMES an usual time. but which was rebutted by the intimation of Mr. BERNAL that the Standing Order would pro vent that, a compromise was come to, and the clause was amended, so that the power to impose an oath would be It ft in the discretion of the court. Clauses up to 197 were then agreed to. On clause 193 being read, Si: - JAMES GRAHAM objected to the authority gia n by this clause to the Eankruptcy Judges. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the clause was supported by all the chief merchants of the city of Loodoa. . After some further disensiion, the consideration of this clause was postponed until the bringing up of the report. The remaining clauses were then agreed to, as were also the schedules, with the exception of Clause 256, the consileration of which was also postponed. 1 he CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and the report vas ord,r, d to be rt ceived to- morow. _ BANKRUPT LAW CONSOLIDATION (COLLEC TION OF FEES). The report on this suhk , ct was received, and leave given tl bring in a Bill tounded upon it. Sir GEORGE GREY presented a petition from the miners and collier.; of the county of Durham, describing the dangers of their calling, and praying the House to pass a measure for their relief. The Ilmse then rajournecl at Six o'clock. LONDON, BRIGHTON, and SOUTH COAST It AILWAY.— (THIS DAY.) The usual half-yearly general meeting of the pro prietors of the London, Brighton, and Sjuth Coast It lilway Company was held this afternoon ut the Bridge house Hotel; Mr. Laing, chairman of the board of direc• tors, in the chair. Mr. J. F. BUCXTON, the secretary, read the report, from which we make the following extrae:s:— " The accounts fur the half-year ending 30th June, 1849, are subjoined, and show the following results:— " CAPITAL AccouNT.—The amount of capital raised up to the 30th June, 1849, is 7,065,0671., consisting of Loan capital ... £1,411,837 Preference share capital ... 1,037,596 Ordinary share capital ... 4,615,634 £7,065,067 "Of this amount the whole will receive interest or dividend out of revenue, except 65,6991. expended on the Thames Junction Line, which was not opened until the 21 July, and 73,4241. expended on the Eastbourne and fieilsham Branches, from the Ist January to the 14th May, when those branches were opened. The in terest on the capital expended on the London bridge station enlargement is charged to revenue, the objtct heir).- considered not directly productive, though it will be indirectly beneficial by saving expense, and affording increased facilities for the traffic. The capital expended on the Bricklayers' Arms goods station also receives in terest out of revenue for the whole half-year. " The amount of additional capital expended during the past half-year is 129,9111., or 120,3191., after de ducting the proceeds of land and old materials sold. Of this, the largest item of expenditure, amounting to up wards of 35,0001, has been for the London-bridge sta tion enlargement. The sum of 150,0001. has been stated as an estimate of the probable cost of this enlargement, but this amount was, of course, little better than a vague approximation, until steps had been taken to purchase the requisite property. The agreements for these pur chases being now nearly completed, the directors are able to repeat their expectation, that 150,000/. may be taken as the probable cost of laud and works for constructing a station capable of accommodating any amount of traffic that can be anticipated. "The outlay of capital for the other objects specified in the statement of October, 1848, has been nearly com pleted; and as further progress is made towards the final closing of the capital account, the directors find themselves enabled to repeat, with increased confidence, that the limit of 7,200,0001. will not he exceeded. The sum of 186,901/. is required to be raised by loan, sup posing the remaining 6 per cent. stock not to be issued, in order to bring the capital up to this amount of 7,200,000/ ; and a resolution, authorising the directors to raise this sum, will be submitted to the proprietors. " The Parliamentary powers of the company would authorise the raising of a further sum of 240,9301. be yond this limit by shares or loans; but the directors ph dge themselves that no capital shall be raised beyond 7,200,0001., unless for some specific object, beyond the ordinary working and maintenance of the present system of lines, and for which the previous sanction of the pro prietors has been distinctly asked and obtained. " One object of this sort which the directors now wish to bring before the proprietors is the erection of cottages tor the workmen in the company's employment at Brigh ton. There are in all upwards of 600 men employed at Brighton, where lodgings are excessively dear; and it would be a great, boon to them to obtain comfortable cot tages from the company at a rent which, while moderate, would give an ample return on the capital invested. The company are already in possession of land well adapted for the purpose of building a large number of cottages, on which a safe and ample return would be secured. This, however, is not so much the object as the benefit which would accrue to the men themselves, and indirectly to the company, by encouraging good and steady workmen to remain in their service. As the construction of a sufficient number of cottages might in volve, however, an outlay of ebout 30,0001., the directors have not thought it right to take any steps until the mat ter had been brought distinctly before the proprietors. " REVENUE ACCOUNT.—'I he gross earnings of the half-year, compared with those of the corresponding half-year of 1848, shoW the following results:— Half-year Half-year ending 30th ending 30th tJune,lB4B. June,lB49. Average number of Miles open for Traffic 159 ... 164 Number of Miles run by Trains: Passenger Trains Goods Trains ... ... 446,944 ... 398,139 105,(,95 ... 98,109 Total ... ... 552,039 496,233 Gross receipts ... £194,805 £214,062 " The additional mileage consists of the Eastbourne and Hailsham Branches, of 7i miles of single line, opened on the 14th May, so that the increase of 19,2571. is almost entirely owing to the development of traffic on existing lines, and to the increase of goods traffic con sequent on the opening of the Bricklayers' Arms station. " The receipts on the Croydon and Epsom line having remained nearly stationary during the year 1843, the directors have thought it right to try the experiment of attracting traffic to the line by reducing the scale of charge for periodical tickets, increasing the number of third class trains, and issuing excursion tickets from London at reduced rates. They are happy to say that this experiment has thus far proved successful; the re ceipts on this line showing as increase of 13 per cent. over the corresponding period of last year (irrespective of the race traffic), since the date of the alterations. " The Croydo❑ and Epsom Line affords such peculiar advantages for suburban residence, and for short excur sions, that the directors feel confident that by a steady pursuance of this policy the traffic will in the course of time be considerably increased. " The total expenses of the half-year amount to 9 : 9071, directors feel considerable confidence that the pro tt o g i T u r l l e n hß t es notoivi eb ordinary n a c r t t e e a n s de workinge o d f b t y h e a t c r eo a xr ffi pr ee c snp w s o • e i will c i i t g n i t si i ne n cv u ri tie, ae snet and n t ha how ever,etam as stated in their last report, that with a closed capital account a progressive increase must be anticipated in the cost of renewing and replacing worn- out mater i a l s and stock. .having given the subject th e i r most anx i ous consideration, they have arriv , ,d at the conclusion that it would be advisable, in addition to meeting all charges whatever out of revenue, to set aside a sum annually, in order to form such a reserve fund as may give stability to the property, and obviate injurious fluctuations in Cuture dividends. The is hole of this reserve ought to be taken out of the second and more productive half year, and the directors consider that 15,0001. will be a p - oprr sum to set aside for the present year, which they will accordingly recommend to the proprietors at the next half-yearly meeting. put7lenreoarsdoenrst:li,ci h l es a -e v r e y g p u r ia op ea ri t t h to e r rfullyct directors ipnoasrs; arriving of h at a conclusion of so much importance effecting their pro perty, they have thought it the best course to place in their hands a private report, from the Chairman to the in which the question is fully gone into, and phi 's cont.,ins detailed information in regard to the actual condition of the working stock c.nd works. In doing to, the directors are actuated by the feeling that LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 2& 1849 the most unreserved publicity, in regard to the effeirs of the company, is desirable fur its interests. " A proposal has been made by the Direct Portsmouth Rpally, to enter into a traffic portion of their line, er y t to for this i%ork c i company, a Railway Company of nearly four miles in length, from Epsom to Leather head, and an agreement for this purpose entered into by the two boards, subject to the sanction of their re spective proprietors. This agreement has been con firmed by a general meeting of the Portsmouth Com pany, and it is now submitted to the proprietors for their approval. Contracts having been entered into by the Direct Portsmouth Company f or the purchase of the whole of the land, and construction of the works, the practical result in figures of this arrangement is ascertained within a very alight margin, and may be stated as follows:—The London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company will pay 3,0001. a year (with an option of commuting for 50,0001.) for the line in question, forming an extension of nearly four miles of their present Epsom line. " As this can be worked at a comparatively slight ad ditional expense (certainly not exceeding 1,000/. a year) by the same engines, carriages, &e., as now work to Epsom, the question of profit or loss in the arrangement to this company resolves itself into this—whether the traffic from beyond Epsom carried ovt r these four miles, and over the eighteen miles of existing railway from Epsom to London, will produce a gross amount of 4,000/. ; or if Parliament should sanction the proposed commutation into a principal sum of 3,2a0/. a year? " The directors are satisfied that the traffic thus brought to the line, to and from the districts of Leather head, Mickleham, I3ox-hill, and Dorking, or saved from being diverted from it by the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway, will exceed this amount; and that the exti nsion in question will be profitable in itself ; while, in other respects, it will confer important advantages on the company. " They have, therefore, although very averse to any thing involving even an appearance of enlarging the engagements or liabilities of the company, not thought themselves jusified in letting an opportunity escape of concluding an arrangement so manifestly advantageous; • and they strongly recommend the proprietors to give it their sanction. " Circumstances have rendered impossible the continu ance of the provisional arraegem ea t, under which the chairman has devoted a great portion of his time to the affairs of the company in the capacity of managing director, in consideration of which the board appro priated to him one-half of their allowance up to this time, the alcernativ has arisen of losing the benefit of his services altogether, or retaining them on a perma nent footing by affording some adequate remuneration for the tune and labour bestowed. The chairman has left the matte: in the hands of the direeters,:with the exrressien of a wish that they would look at it simply as a matter of businsss, and adopt e hatever course they thought most conducive for the interest of the company. Having done so, they have arrived unanimously at the conclusion that it is greatly for the company's advantage to make such an arrangement as will enable them to retain the cervices of the chairman us managing direc tor. Having now had practical experience for the last twelve months, of the benefice resulting from the con stant and judicious superintendence of the company's affairs by a man of talent and integrity, they are more than ever satisfied that this is the only sound footing on which a concern of such magnitude can ho satisfactorily managed. They necordiagly recommend the proprietors to increase the sum voted for diicction by 700/. a-year, eapropriating, 1,5001. as a remuneration to the chairman • and managing director, and 800!. for the other members of the board The total expense of management and direction will still be less than it has been, while the advantages resulting from the arrangement are so obvious that they di not think it necessary to enlarge upon them. The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, observed that at the last reeetieg, he held out a hope to the pro picture that, aWI proper management, the traffic of the line might be so increased es to greatly augment the profits. That increase, he was happy to say, had taken place, acid although they had to divide this half year upon an enlarged capital, be was glad to tell the shareholders that the dividend would be at least 2s. 61. per share more than was paid last half-year. The steam-boats had not been so productive, but still the traffic derived from them was anything but insignificant. The shareholders would perceive from the report that some progress was being made towards closing the capital account.—(Hear, hear.) He was in a position to inform the shareholders now that that " consummation so devoutly to be wished" would ere long be brought about.—(E-lear, hear.) At all events, however, the limit of 7,200,000/. fixed ter future expenditure would not be exceeded, and the proprietors might rest assured that none of their money would be spent but what was abso lutely necessary for the purposes of the line.—(Hear.) After a short discussion, the report was adopted, and its recommendation agreed to. A dividend of 14s. 6d. per share was then declared, and thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting terminated. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this:day.) MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—We have had an inanimate market, both in yarns and goods, and the aggregate business of the day has ben very limited ii extent; yet prices are firmly maintained in current articles generally, while in some few, especially in some of the lower counts of yarns, a hardening tendency is still apparent. In goods suitable for the East, prices are sustained by the largeness of existing contracts. It is evident,however, that there is not now the same disposition among the merchants to give out orders that there was a short time ago. This change, which we have before noticed, has been increas ingly pereerti hie during the last few days, and more espe cially so to day. The heavy shipments now on the way out, and the purchases yet to be completed by manufac turers, together with the want of margin betwixt the prices demanded here, and those attainable at Calcutta and Bombay, are quite sufficient to cause parties to wait for commercial advices by the overland mail before engaging in further operations. Printing cloths continue in good request at full rates. Long cloths, T's, as well as stout domestics and fustains, are still exceedingly depressed; while domestics and fustians of light fabric, suitable for exportation, remain compa ratively in a much better state. In yarns the operations on continental account have been restricted within nar row limits; so far as they have gone, however, the prices paid have reached the extreme limits of last week. For India there has been no demand. Spinners for home manuracture have again found ready sale for their produce, realising at least the full prices of Friday. The great addition which has for some time back been making to the weaving power of the district is manifestly producing an effect (as we stated on Satnrday) upon the relation between the demand for, and the supply of, such yarns as are suitable for the lighter descriptions of goods, in the making of which the new looms are employed. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.--WO have had a very fair busi ness doing today in flannels at something like former prices. The wool dealers complain of the limited demand there is for • the raw material, but this may be partly ac counted for from the higher prices asked, which the manufacturers appear unwilling to give, except they are compelled to buy. One of the oldest flannel buyers in the Rochdale market, Mr. George Pilkington, of Haslingden, was interred on Friday last. His sudden death has be n the topic of general conversation in the market to-day. Ile had been a constant and regular attender as a flannel buyer at the Rochdale market for more than forty-one years. He and the late Mr. Adam Livesey, of Manchester, were two of the most extensive buyers in the Blackwater market. Mr. Pilkington also carried on an extensive business as a bill broker. MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—Since the termination of the public silk sale, which commenced on the 11th inst., and up to the present time, very_ little activity has bet n evinced by the silk trade generally, though the present is the time when the manufacturers should bo fast pre paring their stock of goods suitable for the autumn trade. This may be mainly attributed to the indecision of the Lyndon buyers as to what colours and styles of goods are likely to prevail this season. Italian raw and toreign thrown silk generally have materially advanced in price within the present and during the past month, caused wholly by failure in the silk crop of those parts. At the present, the throwsters are rather slack of work; but there is every reason to anticipate a revival shortly, as there are lair grounds to hope that not only will the French manufacturers be enabled to consume the whole of their home produc tion of thrown silk, but also that they may become purchasers to a large extent in the English thrown silk market; for one fact is very certain, that, whether an average quantity of goods for the season be made here or not, the general markets perceive no lack in supply equal to any demand which may spring up. In the manufacturing department there is not any improve ment. The weavers of Messrs. Wardle and Corns turned out about prices yesterday, as well as those of several other small manufacturers. _ _ - - HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY. - A fair amount of busi ness has been done to-day and during the week. The principal demand is for dark goods adapted for the forthcoming season. Not much has been done in vest ings. The price of wool has improved equal to the ad vance at the London sales. _ HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—The quantity of goods which have changed hands in the Piece Hall to-day has not been so great as on the last three or four Saturdays. on account of the extreme lowness of the stocks of some descriptions, more particularly lastings, the demand for which exceeds the supply, the manufacturers being un able to execute large orders, as the spinners are too busy on yarns for the continent to furnish them with lasting warps. Much is now made to order, and prices are e looking upward. Yarns continue to be in good de mand for export, and will be the more so, in conse quence of the termination of t h e Danish blockade. The quotations are improving. A fair amount of 'nisi inaetsisTeisaddovianngee. in woTohl,eatstaaptlre;fiirsngare generally legitimate, eral y not specu holding heavy stocks. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—We have to report the same active demand which has prevailed fur some time Fast . Th e producers are asking higher prices, and many of them have considerable orders on band. The stock at the Halls to-day was Again small, and the better qualities of cloth sold with facility. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.—It is now gene rally understood in official quarters that her Majesty's Ministers will visit the Que a at Osborne House, on Monduy next, and that, on the following day, Tuesday, the 31st instant, Parliament will be prorogued by com mission, Genius is like the flame of a taper, for while it gives forth light to the world around, it consumes the body that sustains it. — Eliza Cook's Journal. THE SIGNING OF TREASURY INSTRUMENTS.—A Bill, brought in by Mr. llayter and the Ci , tzi.c,l:or of the Exchequer, enacts that instruments issued by the Lords of the Treatury may be kigned by two of their body only. Lady Howard de Walden end family returned to Brussels on Sunday last by the Antwerp Cumpany's steamer Antwerpen, Captain Jackson. NARRATIVE OF THE ESCAPE OF THE DUCHESS OF ORLEANS FROM PARIS. The Debuts of Tuesday publishes the following letter, dated the 21sr, from M. de Mornay. correcting several pelts of the account given by M. de Lawartine in his " Ilistoire de 1-i 14iolution de 1848" of the conduct of the Duchess d'Orleans:— " Severed persons have already given statements of the events accomplish( d in the days of February, 1848. The name of M. de Lamartine is distinguished among them, and the power of his talent giving to the history all the attraction of a romance, as to a romance all the appearance of history, I consider it my duty now to hreek the silence which I have hitherto imposed on myself. An actor in this great drama (never having quitted the Duchess of °deist's from the moment when her life was threatened in the Chamber of Deputies to the day when I took leave of her at Ems), I am better able than any other to state the real facts as far as they are con nected with her. I shall say little of what took place in the Chamber, as hunderds can bear testimony to the calm, dignified, and courageous attitude of the Duchess of Orleans in the midst of those terrible scenes, The Princess was obliged to renounce the idea of speaking solely from the impossibility of making herself heard amidst the general tumult. Had she been able to have done so, she would have been inspired at such a moment by all the elevated sentiments of her soul, and not by notes which might have been handed to her. On their leaving, the young Princes were not trampled under foot; there were, fortunately, men of courage still there to protect them from such an ignominy. Both of them, it is true, were violently seperatel from their mother, and incurred some danger, hut the Count de Paris was soon restored to her, and left with het for the Invalides. As to the Duke de Chartres, who was first taken care of by M. Lepthann, an usher of the Chamber, he was not given into my charg because I did not quit the Princess. At eight o'clock in the evening Messrs. d'Huudetot, d'Elehingen, Courgeon, his tutor, and M. Reguier, brought him disguised as a little girl, to Madame de Mornay. The latter, to protect the young Prince from the seaech which might have teen made after him, concealed bins in a house in the neighbourhood, with n per son on whom she could rely, and where ho was ate tended on by my daughter, who watched over him day and night. Oa the morning of the 26th, Ma dame Anatole de Muatesquiou restored :him to his mother at Bliguy. The poor child, during all this time, was very unwell. Escaping from tne Chamber- at the peril of her life, in passing by the hotel of the Presi. dent, the Duchess of 'Or ;cans immediately went to the lovalides in a hackney coach, accompanied by two officers end a sergeant of the National Guard, M. Lesiteur, M. Martinet, M. Jules de Lasteyrie, and my self. Far from hastening to quit that asylum where the noble character of Marshal Molitor pro tested her, she did net consent to leave it but at the reiterated recommendation of her advisers. I did not more than herself unite in their desperate opinion ; the Princess too well felt that to abandon Paris was to abandon France. The Duke de Nemours, whose de voted welt dental has never been justly appreciated, re j.,ined his sister-in•law at the Invalides. In presence of the danger, he could not decide on separating himself from her. In the interest of his nephews that sacrifice was pointel out to him as a duty, and his generous feelings could not resist such a consideration—he yielded. It was then that the Princess condescended to give herself up to my absolute guidance. I conduc!cd her alone, end 0:1 foot, to Madame Anatole de M-Aa testpaiou, whilst the Count de Paris followed et a short distance, surrounded by some faithful friends, It tors now now nearly five o'clock in the evening. The Princess soon after left in the carriage of NI. de Montesquicea with the Count de Paiis, M. Reguier, tutor to the Prince, and mys If. Mu kets were levellsd at the carriage at the barrier, and it was necessary to pens through the crowd, and over the stones of the barricades, at the risk of whatever might take place. We arrived at two o'clock in the morning at near Arpejon, a chateau b lunging to M. Leon de Monte•quieu. Tee Princess remained there until the 26 h. I never quitted her ex cept for a few hours when I cam e to Paris to take cut a passport in my own name, which might serve to pro tea her on her journey. The Duchess of Orleans never assumed any disguise. She wore no other dress than that which she had on at the Chamber; no other money than what her friends hastily collected amongst them, and during her journey the Duchess of Orleans never assumed the title of Cotntesse de Dreux. The Princess left Bligny on the 26th, at ten o'clock at night, in the small caleche of Madame do Montesquiou. To reach the Northern Railroad, and at the same time avoid Paris, it was necessary to pass by Orsey, Versailles, and St. Germain. I had hoped to find the line uninjured at Puntoise, but already the bridge of Asnieres had been burnt, the rails removed, the stations burnt down as far as Beaumont, and the road intercepted as far as Amiens. It was, therefore, necessary to travel by post to that city, in the midst of incessantly increasing d;fficulties. It was there only that the Prin cess could give her children some few hours' repose. The most humble inn, chosen intentionally, sheltered this family, which had been reared in palaces ; she was there recognized, but not denounced. By a fortunate chance, the railroad receminenced at six o'clock in the morning of the following day. The Prin cess took the first train, in which M. Anthony Thouret, Commissary of the Government, was also a passenger going to Lille, where a Republican ovation awaited him. On arriving at Lille, the Princess was obliged to wait several hours for the train to Belgium. But she did not pass the night in that city, she remained at th - ii terminus without leaving her carriage, and saw no one; no proceeding or in dication on her part could, therefore, authorise the remark that she had an idea of makingan appeal to the syuspathies of the garrison and its officers, and of claiming the throne for her son. During the martyrdom of such a journey, the Duchess of Orleans displayed the most admirable resignation ; her strength of mind was always equal to the sacrifice she had imposed on herself. She kept her grief and her regret confined to her bosom, and did not allow the slightest complaint to escape her ; she did not fcr a moment While of attempt ing la civil war, in order to bring back on a country which she adored the blow which had fallen on her. Whilst waiting for the starting of the train, I was ac costed by an individual whose piercing looks cilused me disquietude. 'Be not afraid,' said lam a friend.' Though little reassured by these words, I endeavoureu to appear calm, and he added, Ido not ask you for your secret; be on your guard; you are watched.' The young princes were very hungry, and the same person pointed out to me a commissionaire who could procure of. The s f food. At frolnetntegrth was the clock struck, passed. struck,andAwt this e set off monent, and for the first time, tears flowed from the eyes of the Duchess, and I confess that some fell from my own. The Princess held out her hand to me, and said, " Our emotions are very different, you weep for joy at having saved us; I weep for grief at leaving France. " Once in Belgium, the journey became easy. The Princess, from delicacy, wished to avoid Brussels; on the Ist of March we were at Cologne. The Duchess at first thought of retiring to Dasssldert, but learning that Prussia was moving troops, whose destination was unknown, she abandoned this idea, and was led to fix her residence in a country of more cer tam neutrality. She chose Ems, where she arrived in the evening cf the 21 of March, cud established hersel , with her two children and 31. Regnier and Maleinoisell- Sucrew, the only persons who accompanied her witt me from Bligny. The sad mission to which I was so providentially and unexpectedly called was ter minated. Thus was realized the fatal presentiment of the Duke d'Orleans, who, on the morning of his de pal tore for Plot:tibia:es, where, in 1842, he conducted the Duchess d'Orleans, said to me as he pressed me by th, hand, Mornay, you will be the friend of misfortune, will you not?" It is known that that unfortunate Prince had frequently melancholy presentiments. On that occasion I saw him for the last time. And now I was about to separate from the princess, leaving her in exile! It is impossible not to recall the touching words which she addressed to me at the moment I took my leave. How happy you are,' raid she, 'to go back to France, the France which rejects me, which I love, and on which I call down all the blessings of God. Whatever may be the lot to which she condemns me—the place in which I may die, let her know that the last beat of my heart will be for her. Convey to her my wishes!' Such, Sir, is the true exposé of the facts as the)' occurred. You know that lam not less devoted to truth than to misfortune." AFFRAY BETWEEN TILE MILITARY AND POLICE AT EDINBURGH.—On Sunday night, about half-past eight o'clock, the Cowgate became the merle of a disgraceful disturbance, in which the military and the police were involved in a serious conflict. The origin of the affray was a scuffle between two Irish navvies at the bead of the Cowgate, one of whom, upon the interference of the police, quietly retired, but the other, a tall athletic ' fellow, uttered an exclamation of defiance., and refused to move off. The police took the man into custody, and, notwithstanding his resistance, conveyed him down the Cowgate towards the Police• office, followed by an as semblage of navvies and boys. The first attempt made for the rescue of the prisoner was by another Irish navvy, who was, however, seized by two policemen, and safely lodged in the police-office ; but, when near the arch of George the Fourth Bridge, a body of seven or eight soldiers, belonging to the 21st regiment, at pre sent in the Castle, made an attack upon the police, who, in self-defence, used their batons with considerable effect. The navvies having joined the soldiers, the police were overpowered, knocked down, and abused in a cruel man ner, whilst their prisoner trade his escape, and has not since been apprehended. The batons of some of the police were wrested from their bands, and employed against themselves; and the result was, that one of them named Hunter, sustained several injuries on the body and legs; a second, of the name of Mullins, being cut and bruised; while a third, a young man, named Gibson, received severe deep wounds on the head and face. Only one of the military, who was identi fied after the affray, was apprehended, and, after a most obstinate resistance, conveyed to the police-cflice. The police, having in some degree cleared the Cowgate. were then withdrawn; but one soldier, having afterwards met a policeman in Bow-street, struck him on the face with a large stone which he had concealed teneath his coat. This brutal attack was witnessed by several siec tators, and the man has been identified; but it is fearal that the unfortunate constable has sustained a fracture of the jawbone. Two strong plquets of the 21st Regiment, under the command of an officer, reached the Grass i-Lank: t about nine o'clock, and was greeted with loud c h eers by the mob and after their return to the castle, the streets resumed their former quiet appearance. It is anticipated that several of the soldiers engaged in the affray will be identified end brought to trial. —E dinburgh Evening Courant. It v.iil hardly be said that Essex is not favourable to longevity when we seate that tee av<raee age of thirteen witnesses in three causes tried at the As z:=l cast week was 75. Three of them were over 80, and one was 88.—. Essex Herald. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSBIOITTI3, JULY 24.—The Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir Biaden Cepa, K.C.13., attended by Flag- LiGuteuant Cochran, procecded to Weymouth to-day to make the necessary preparations for the grand ceremo • nial of laying the foundation-stone of the Breakwater at Portland bv Prince Albert to-morrow. The Adelaide schooner, fitted with steam machinery, &c., to perform the office of a tug for the Colonial Go vernment, arrived at her destination, Port Adelaide, on the 7th of March, from England. The officers (Mr. C. Forbes, Acting-Master Commanding ; Dr. Sloss, Assistant-Surgeon; and Me. C. Chatfield, Acting Second Mast, r), and men who navigated her, were sent passen gers to Sydney, where they arrived on the 26th of March in the merchant brig Emma, to join the Havan na), 26, Captain Erskine. There is some merit due to the officers who safely navigated so fragile a vessel so perilous and lengthy a voyage. The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander Lord Aurelius Beauclerk, passed through Spithead to the westward this afternoon, supposed for Weymouth. THE EAST INDIA AND CHINA SQUADRON. The Hastings, 72, Captain Morgan, was at Singapore on the 3d of June. On the previous day the Fury steam sloop, Commander Wilcox, arrived with Rear-Admiral Sir F. Collier, the Commander-in-Chief, who immedi ately rejoined the Hastings, and a few hours afterwards the Inflexible steam sloop, Commander Hoseason, sailed for England, via Bombay. The Meander, 44, Captain the Hon. 11. Keppl, does not return here for the present, but on being relieved at llong-Kong by the Amazon, 26, Captain Troubridge, proceeds to Manilla end Labuan to assist in the projcted expedition of Sir James Brooke against the pirates of Borneo. His force will consist of her Majesty's ship Meander, 44, Albatross, 14, and Royalist, 6, and the Hon. East India Company's steamers Nemesis and Semiramis. The Albatross sailed from Manilla for Singapore on the 11th of May, but had not arrived on the 3d of June; she is to remain at Singa pore for a few days, end then proceed to Labuan. The Mariner, 12, Commander Farquhar, was at Shanghai on the 17th of May. The Hastio, with the Admiral, and the Fury will sail for Trincomalee immediately after the arrival of the overland mail from England, expected here (Singapore) about the 6th of June. APPOINTMENTS IN THE SQUADRON. Lieutenants—Dennis Hickley, from the Hastings to the Cambrian, vice Moresby; G. E. Pearce Serocold, from the liar tings to the Columbine; Edward Nares, from the 113 stings to the Arab. Midshipznan—J. Forrest, from the Mariner to the Hastings. PROMOTIONS Surgron—Patrick Digan, M.D., senior assi,tant.sur geon of the Hastings, to be acting-surgeon of the Colum bine, vice Campbell, invalidtd. Assistant-Sari,von—John Marphy,:of the Inflexible, to the Fury. The Pilot, 16, Commander Lyons, has captured a piratical Death—Oa board her Majesty's ship Alligator, at Hongjiong, on the 11th of April, Mr. W. llenderson, assistant-surgeon to that ship. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. John Tabb, tea dealer, Upper Eaton -street, Pimlico. BANKRUPTCY - Ui'ERSEDED. ThonaaslCox, draper, Finley, Staffordshire. B.kNKRUPTS. Edward Thomas Dela field, brewer, Breok-street, Gros venor-square, to surrender July 31, at twelve, and Sept. 6, at ore, at the Court, Basirghall-strect. Carman, official Assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill; Espin, Bedford-row; And Lav:rance and Piews, Old Jewry Chmabers. John Sida, corn merchant, Brentwood, E3SQX, Aug. 3, At:half-past twelve, and Sept. 6, at half. past eleven, at the Court, Bad All -street. Whitmore, official assignee, Basirighail-street; Wilton, Bucklersury. James William Engli,h, chemist, Poultry, July 31, at half past twelve, and Sept. 6, at eleven, at the Court, Basinghall-strck.t. Canna°, official assignee, Birchin lane, Corr,hili; Lott, Bovv.lane, Cheapside. James Ktllick, carpenter, Dorking, Surrey, Aug. 2, at half past tvv - b, and Sept. 17, at twelve, at the Court, Basin hall street. Turquend, official assignee, Guild- LAI-chambers; Linklaters, Charlotte-row, Mansion house. William Reno, sen., farmer, Barnet, Hertfordshire, Aug. 3, at eleven, and Sept. 1, at half-past one, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Green, official assignee, Guild hall•chambers; Willoughby and Co., Clifford's Inn. George Luck Harvey and Edward Grayson, wine merchants, Commercial-place, Brixton, Aug. 2, at two, and Aug. 30, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Basing hall-street. Johnson, official assignee, Basingliall-street; RoPser and Tamplin, Fonchurch-street. David Allan, linen factor, Coleman-street, Aug. 8 and Sept. 11, at twelve, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Ed wards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Lawrence and Plews, Old Jewry. Thomas King, jun., builder, Greenwich, Aug. 2, at two, and Sept. 4, at one, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Groom, official tlssignee, Abch arch- lane, Lombard-street; Moss, Gray's Inn- square. Henry Tappenden, jun., corn dealer, Ashford, Aug. 6, at two, and Sept. 11, at half-past one, at the Court, Bas ing-hall•street. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street; Wilkinson and Gurney, Nicholas lane, Lombard-street. Thomas Wicking, timber merchant, St. John's-street, Brick-lane, Bethnal-green, Aug. 6 and Sept. 11, at one, a: the Court, Basinghall-street. Groom, official assignee, Abehurch-lane, Lombard-street; Shillibeer, Bucklers bury. . . John Collingwood Ives, haberdasher, Norwich, Aug. 2, at three, and Sept. 11, at two, at the Court, Basinghall street. Groom, official assignee, Abehurch-lane, Lom bard-street; Reed and Co., Friday-street, Cheapside. William Hardwick, Leeman, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, Aug. 2 and Sept. 4, at half-past one, at the Court, Basinghall-strcet. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Braham, Chancery-lane. Hamlet Durose, surveyor, Woodsetton, Staffordshire, Aug. 4 and 30, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Ward, Stafford, and Smith, Birmingham. Thomas Jones, cattle salesman, Caron, Cardiganshire, Aug. 10 and Sept. 4, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Hassell, Bristol; Irwin, and Taylor, Gray's Inn. John Fisher, livery-stable kreper, Bristol, Aug. 9 and Sept. 6, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; White and Co., Bedford-row; Bevan, Bristol. Sarah Beal and Joseph Beal, scissor -smiths, Sheffield, Aug. 4 and Sept. 15, at twelve, at the Council hall, Shef field; Freeman, official assignee, Sheffield; Nixon, War wick-court; Binney, Sheffield. PAYMENf OF DIVIDENDS. J. Danks, Birmingham, what finger end carrier, t le. 3J., on Wednesday, Aug. 1, Thursday, Aug. 2, Thursday, Aug. 9, Wednesday, Sept. 26, and every alternate Wednesday, until and including Wednesday, July 24, 1850, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Bittlestcn, Birmingham. J. Re w castle, Gateshead, Durham, copperas maker, 13., on Saturday, 2z..3h instant, or any subs( quest Saturday, between ten and three, at the office of Air. Baker, New castle upon-Tyne. J. J. Ferens, Durham, grocers and drapers, 4s, 62d., on Saturday, 28th instant, or any subscquent Saturday, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, New eagle upon-Tyne. W. Wylam, Newcastle-upon• Tyne, merchants, 205., on Saturday, the 28th instant, or any subsequent Situr lay, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Sewcastle -upon-Tyne. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES, At the Court, Basiughall-street. _ _ C. Oawin, Harley-street, Ca:iendish-square, dentist, Aug. 14, at twelve. In the Country. J. Sim, J. Sim, and D. Sim, Cockermouth and Braithwaite, woollen manufacturers, Aug. 16, at two, at the Court, Newcastle. upon-Tyne—J. Woodhouse, Dar lington Durham, butcher, Aug. 14, a t h a ll past twelve, at the Dar lington, Newcastle-upon-Tyne —J. Quigley, Birken head, Cheshire, victualler, Aug. 14, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. At the Court of Review, Aug. 14. T. Smith and J. Osborne, Redcruss-strcet, Southwark, builders—S. ilignet, Houl.,ton, Shropshire, maltster and farmer—H. E. Stevens, Grays, Essex, grocer and tea dealer—C. Pritchard, Hereford, wine and spirit user chant—VT W. Batchelor, Worcester, woollendraper and tailor—G. Day, Worcester, cattle dealer—W. Belton, Friday-street, Cheapsick, City, wine and brandy mer chant—J. Scott, Devonport, jeweller and silversmith— W. Elsam, Liverpool, commission agent—J. Wild, Breckon, Brecknockshire, licensed victualler—J. Redieg ton, Moreton, Essex, miller—j. Holdsworth, White chapel-road, carpenter and builder—J. Jackson, sen., Stockport, Cheshire, tailor. PARTNERSHIPS' DISSOLVED. J. Burbidge, Eliza Tregerthen, and Emma Payton, Bristol, booksellers and stationers —J. Britten, and W. Britten, Birmingham, grate founders—W. Oxley and J. Oxley, Lower Keyford, Somersetshire, tanners —j. Prest and W. Colegrave, jun., Leeds, attor neys and solicitors—A. A. Kirkman, A. J. Thorne, and B. 0. Engleheart, King William -street, City, surveyors and estate agents—J. Potter and J. Dovaston, Birming ham, malt naillmakers—W. Story, J. Simpson, and J. Doswell, Lancaster, painters and japanners (so far as regards J. Doswell)—G. Stonham and E. Stonhain, Ashford, Kent, millers—W. Lee and H. Archer, Great St. Helens, Bishopsgate-street, City, dealers in cigars and snuff—T. Allan and E. Smith, Friday-street, City, warehousemen—J. Sherratt and P. Sherratt, Maccles geld, silk manufacturers—S. Curtis and G. Curtis, Finsbury -street, St. Luke's, curriers—J. M. Binns and T. Lund, Keighley, Yorkshire. joiners and builders— B. Brown, Kn., E. Brown, and J. Brown, Coventry, watch manufacturers—T. G. Phillpotts and J. Plaillpotts, New- port, Monmouthshire, attorneys and solicitors—E. Smyth, and T. S. Hawkins, Swansea, Glamorganshire, tailors and outfitters—W. Hughes and W. Lomas, Burn ley, Lancashire, ironmoncers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. T S a h m o m u e a l s S s t i a a c u e b y i Maidstone, Kent, tailor. e d Tutbury, Staffordshire, cordwain c r, Wm. Walker, Stone, Staffordshire, veterinary surgeon. Timothy Rogers, Oxford, farrier. William Thorp, Oxford, tailor. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Anderson, Rispond, Sutherland, farmer, to meet July 26, and Aug. 21, at twe:v., within Mack , ).'s Inn, Lairg. w. S. Ma4 - clinie, Glasgow, merchant,. to meet, July 30, and Aug. 22, at twelve, within the Star Hotel, Glasgow. ilc,bcrt — son, Glasgow, clot.hier, to meet, July 31, and Aug. 21, at one, within the Buck's iicad Hotel, Glasgow. J. Younry, D 3 kelwad, Lznarkshire, farmer, to meet, July 31, stud Aug. 21, at two, Irithiu Whyte's Temper ono° Coffee-house, Glasgow. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Barbiere was rape sled last night with still greater: . succc,z,s than on the previous occasion. Aladame Sontaf ;, now confident how great a favourite she is with th ,o public, sang with increased spirit, and introduced in tl le appropriate airs of this opera novel and beautiful ernb! lishments. lic r rnatvelltats execution of Rode's vari.a. Lions gave rise to the utmost enthusiasm—each repetiti on was rewarded wi h a fresh shower of bouquets. Whin Lablache in his turn had sung the antiquated air of Cebf-• fariello, amidst the applause he looked for his bouquoat. Aladame Sontag gracefully seized the opportunity, ama presented him with one of the choicest amidst the BUM bar thrown to her. This little incident gave rise to the loudest laughter, and to the heartiest applause once mere from every part of the crowded home. • ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Le Prophete, the last, and, we believe, the as yet greatest work of Meyerbeer, was produced here a.it evening, with all that splendour and that completen , aof both as regards scenic decoration and musical execution, of which such a work as this is pre-eminently worabh and without which it would be impossible to do jusaice to it. We say that the Prophete is the greatest work: of Meyerbeer, and we say it advisedly, for altho agil it is impossible to thoroughly appreciate a great work like the Prophetie at first, or even at the second or third hearing—althotngls there are many passages which at present:. appear obscure, but which on a future hearing will be cleared up; yet we are inclined to believe it to be a greater work than even the Huguenots, even from wl rat we could collect from one hearing of it only. Meyer beer has in this instance, as in the instance of the Hugue nots, been fortunate in securing Scribe as his libretsist, and, us in the instance of the Huguenots, also, he has chosen an episode in the history of the Refor mation as the subject of his drama, and has thus brought it within the limits of that middle musical territory between the sacred and the secular, in which he reigns supreme. " Within that circle none dare walk but he." The Prophet is the celebrated John of Leyden, the chief of the Anabaptists, the associate of Knipperdolling, the earliest of the Apostles, if not the originator of com munism, who kept all Germany in a flame, and at last was only conquered after he had stood a serge of 12 months in the city of Monster. .The scene of the first act is laid in the champaign country, in the neighbourhood of DerireAlt in Holland, and the opera opens with a de lightful chorus, "Le bre zzA o tranquilla," sung by peasants leaving their work and preparing for their meal. They are joined by Berta (Miss Catherine Hayes), tlle betrothed of John, and by Fides (Madame Viardot Garcia), his mother. Suddenly a psalm t ane is heard, and Zaccaria (Marini), Giona (Polonini), a nd Mathisen ('lei), the three Anabaptist leaders, app ear, chanting an exhortation to all to join them, and de nouncing the great ones of the earth. These thsee leaders are, as it were, the fate of John of Leyden; they are his Bertram, and Berta is his Alice. 'lt" peasants listen to their exhortations, and 1 1 . t length seize various agricultural implements 'sal declare themselves ready to follow their lea der against their oppressors. The cherat of peasants, "• liberta," which is introduced in this scene, is one of the most spirited in the opera, and was loudly encored- Count °bertha' (Tagliatico), the feudal lord of the dis trict, now caters, and Fides and Berta solicit Isis consent to the marriage of Berta, who is his vassal, with John. The duet " Della Mesa," in which Fides and Berta join their supplications is a very exquisite composition, and was rendered with great leelina by Madame Viardot Garcia end Miss Catherine Hay( s. Maddened by the beauty of Bert* Oberthal not only refuses his consent, but orders his attendants to seize both Fides and Berta, and carry them to his castle, and with this scene the first act ends. The scene of the st cord act is laid in the calsaret which is kept by John of Leyden, and opens with a lived: , chorus of dancers, who are waltzing while John (Mario) is attending to the revellers. The Anabaptist leaders enter, look at John with feigned awe; in him they pretend to recognise a likeness of King David, the prophet of whom they have been in search; the revellers quit the cabaret+ and the Anabaptists are left alone with John. Th ep address him, then e xc it e hi s imagination, an', ha relates to them a dream he had, ia which he fancied he was a King. This seers was not only beautifully sung, but finely acted by Maria, whose Prophet throughout is, not only as a vocal. brit as a histrionic performance, beyond all praise. TheY interpret the dream to him, and endeavour to inducss him to join their sect and be their chief. In vain , he prefers Berta to Empire ; love to anabition, and gives utterance to his thoughts in one of the most exquisite pastoral compositions ever heard—the now; celebrated " Pour Berta moi j e sou pi re ," o f t h e original' French version, which was deliciously rendered by No sooner had the Anabaptists left him, than Bert a rushes in, throws herself in his arms, and asks him t?, save her. He shows h e r a hidi ng - p l ace , air immediately Oberthal's soldiers appear, leading in his mother Fides. They demand Berta ; he refuses to giv e her up, when they raise their axes over his mother . t 1 head, and declare that they will put h e r to deat h at once, if Berta is not surrendered to thet a !' To save his mother, ho sacrifices his betrothed - Berta is surrendered, and John waits until his mother has retired to rest, when he joins the Ana baptists, and, without taking leave of his mother' , leaves his home to seek for vengeance a gainst the oppressor. The concerted music in this act 15 ' exceedingly fine, and was admirably rendered. The' third act opens with the celebrated skating scene, which. aas excellently managed, and is certainly worthy of aIL the praise that has been lavished on i t . The , Anabaptists are encamped in Westphalia, and. are preparing to attack Munster. A stranger is: seized and brought in ; he offers to join the Anabaptists - He is recognised as Oberthal, and is condemned to die,. when John, now the Prophet, appears, and, questioning: him about Berta, learnt that she yet lives ; wherenPna he orders his life to be spared for the present' deter mining that Berta should decid e on his fate. Th e ' act ends with the attack on Munster ; the Ana.., baptists, at first repulsed, cry out " Death to the false'.e, prophet," but, on the appearance of John, n o. awes them into submission, an d placing himself at their head r e ne ws th e a t tac k. M ar i o wa s very fin in this scene, and was muc h app l au d e d. The third e' is the grand act of the opera, histrionically speaking: . —it is true tragedy, an d t rage d y of the ver y highest , order. The scene is laid at Munster, now in possess ion. of the Anabaptists, and the time is the day of the coro nation of John the Prophet. In the market-place or Munster a mendicant woman, begging alms for the p u rpose' of purchasing masses for the repose of the sou l of her son, meets with a young pilgrim, they recognise each other, the mendicant is Fides, the pilgrim 16 ' Berta—Berta asks for her lover, Fides 80 6 ' he has been murdered; she had found his clothes in Zher cottage covered with blood, she heard a Toie, a , which said, "Thou shalt see hi m no more, it is the w ill of the Prophet;" and Berta vows to stab the Prophet , the murderer of her lover .Th e sc ene th en changes to the t coronation of John in the Cathedral o f MunsterAinell s e the crowd assembled to witnes th e ceremon i a l . is Filrie eh/recognizes John, and exclai ms "M y so n." John stretches out his hand to her, but is restrained by the threats of Mathisen. The crowd begin t ° doubt; they raise their daggers over Fides; J c ' hri rushes forward, d ec l ares that she is mad, and that a miracle only c an restore her. lie commands her to go on her knee s , an d then, turning to the cro wd, he commands them to strik e him it he is an imposter, t c ' t slay him if she say s h e i s h er son. Fides falters out that he is not her s on , an d the people shout a miraclwe e. This is the great s cene o f the opera, and never hav° f seen anything to equa l the sublimity of the acting ° Madame Viard o t G arc i a in this scene. She was ad mirably supported by M ar i o, and this scene is certain's); the finest acting scene cn the lyric stage. In the las act we find the Anabapti s t leaders plotting against John' and seeking to deliver him up to his enemies. Fides a i a. deavours to awaken him to a se nse o f hi s d uty , and he " e; to rmines to fly with her, Be r t a j o i ns t h em ; b ut on a soldier _ entering, and addressing J o h n as t h e P rop h e t, she stab: herself and dies. John then determines to revenged on all, He orders a magnificent ban quet to be prepared, to which he invites the An a t , baptist leaders, and then sets fire to th e Palac e ' the gates of which he has closed, and all p er ish in t i l l, flames. Such is the plot of the Prophete, a work we repeat, is the chef d'ccuvre of Meyerbeer, and wni_ . ` h ;,., must be heard again and again to be prelo' appreciated. All the artistes were called on at theoa ony. at elusion, and then there were l ou d ca ll s f or Costa, w" length appeared, and was received with enthusiatic cheers. Tho theatre was crowded, RICHMOND INSTITUTION AND FARMERS' D E i FERRED ANNUITY SOCIETY.—At a special gene" meeting of the patrons of this institution, held yesterday at Palace Chambers, Et. James's street—his Grace the Duke of Richmond in the chair—the following resole' tion was unanimously adopted:—"lt appearing at this meeting to be the general impression that the attempt to form a deferred annuity society amongst farmers would fail of success, and that the legal difficulties attendant on a national society under the Friendly Acts were con' siderable, it was proposed and seconded and carried tbat a general meeting of the subscribers be called for th e purpose of proposing to make use of t h e money i n hand by creating a single charity fund (either by annuity or otherwise), for the benefit of decayed farmers, or ti l6t any other proposal may be then made and considered. At ter a vote of thanks to his Grace, the proceeding' terminated. BIRTHS. On the 20th inst., at Avenue road, Regent's ark, the w ife of A. Devaux, Esq., of a daughter. - Ba l a On the 22d inst., a t Upper Gower-street, Mrs. W. Da" - tine, of a daught er . ilk Of On the 22d i ns t., a t W oodcote-grove, Epsom , the w - A. Crowe, Esq., of a son. On the 22d in s t., i n E ndsle i gh-street, Mrs. Me ll or , of E°lll. On the 18th inst., at the .3fARRIED Greyfriars Elgin, James PD 1i8°11 : Esq., Com man d er o f t h e ship Collingwood,' to Isabella.Ml3 elder daughter of 0. Forsyth, Esq., late of Clapham - r oe : On the IPth inst., at Stoke Gabriel, E. C. Donaville, F.; s 2 . o ' Lieutenant Roy-al 11arines, to Ellen Jane, daughter of Jo' Churchward, Esq., of Stoke Gabriel. DIED At Portsmouth, on the 18th inst., W. Birrill, M.P. ' Surgeon to the Forces, H.P., aged 56. On the 22d inst., at Beckford-place, Clapham- r oad, A` l4/11 Gerard, Esq., of Ludgate. hill, aged 48. pad, On the 22d inst., at Marlborough-place, Walwo rtll4 W. R. Croggon, Esq , aged 45. F j rprrivg , At Brixton-hill, on the 22d inst., aged 27, P. • t. second surviving son of Mr. R. W. Suddenly, ;ved 25, William F. Grant, nephew of ' lll. ' Grant, Fend: arch -street Hecring, of Flee-,-streir. cf London: Printed and Published by ATURDO Y otr ,,;': ) :ll2, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sum OfEce , t v O f Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Middlenez, Wednesday, July 25,1849, 1 C J. J, . C , te th 1 • 01 To P 1 . Ye th fol Cl El