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c onstitution of Parliament into general contempt. If ift,wigh precedent is to stand, it is quite manifest Vak) ea date- seeking a seat will dare to bring against any sitting Member a charge of bribery which cannot be withdrawn, because no man can possibly be safe against a case of recrimination. On the other hand, if the sam&preeedent is to stand, charges of bribery will, as certain as the sun shines in heaven, be made by elec ,ra and prosecuted at the public expense, under Lord 'Om Russell's Bill, against every sitting Member who is returned after a contest ; for, according to this definition Ortiiiheryi it will always be easy to get up such a case beforehand as shall at least secure the petitioners against being saddled with the costs of the inquiry." 911 - the subject of the late news from China the Ad vertiser remarks :—" Turning from India to China, the raostimportant feature is in the intelligence that an Ira- Perial Commissioner was en route to oiler 40,000,000 dollars as compensation to the British for the expenses of the war, and the surrendered opium ; and also the cession of 1-long Kong, on condition of peace. We have here, then, something like a promise of termination to our Chinese,. struggle. But what will the cants' say to the accepting of these terms ? According to them, the rupture was our fault, that England provoked it by entering upon an iniquitous and forbidden trade, and that baying placed herself in a way to be wronged and in atilt4l, she was not justified in seeking reparation. What, then, are w e to d o now, since it appears reparation is about to be proffered ? Why, pocket the dollars, and decline ' the standing disgrace' of securing Hong Kong, We are told ! There is logical ethics in this with a yen geance—' true honour and justice' we should most as ,a‘uredly think ! Why, if we had no right to enter upon the conflict, we have no right, on any plea, of touching a dallar of those millions. For the sake of putting an end to the war, forsooth ! Impudent incongruity ! Canyou Ant end the war without pocketing a fraction of the dollars ? or accepting the dollars out of mercy to the mf feting Chinese, why stick half way in so much kindness, and - reject the other half of their offer ?" MONEY—TRADE—COMMERCE. The condition of the labouring classes in Nottingham bec om i ng daily worse ; employment, in most cases, . o asists of their living upon a small pittance of work E l ven out to them by . the manufacturers, to keep them "tom absolute starvation. Their furniture and other comforts are fast disappearing from their houses, and theit clothing is speedily converting into rags. At the half-yearly Meeting of the Directors and Pro - Prietors of the London and Brighton Railway, which took Place yesterday, at the London Tavern, it was stated by Report that the average weekly receipts on the line rounted to upwards of 4,0 001 . ; the traffic during the ( Ist six months has produced 63,3261. 7s. 2d. ; and, after al l deductions, an amount of 27,6451. 12s. lies at the dis posal of the Shareholders. NAVAL AM) MILITARY. The military Lieutenant - Governor o f Sheerness, Col. Walker w , j who, with the exception of the Earl of Lons .l2le, as the oldest officer of his rank in the service, advan ce d age. LAW AND POLICE. James Pratt, a gardener, was charged at Union hall absconding with Jane Illman, the wife of a pub- Lean at Reigate, and stealing fifty-six sovereigns, be sides a quantity of wearing apparel and other property. A woman, named Mary Ann Nigh, relative of the female W ho , absconded, was also charged as being concerned in toe robbery. The prisoners were remanded till Wed nesday. Josiah Overton was indicted at the Warwick Assizes, Thursday- last, for the offence of corrupt and wilful Perjury, having deposed, by false oaths, as to the pay- 4 111 %4 and receipt of a sum of money, which was found by I 'e watermark on the latter to disprove his statement, !tad.show that it had been antedated. The Jury re _mulled a v e rdict of Guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced ara n nsportation for life. The Messrs. Finden, the well-known engravers, of Southampton -place, New-road, passed their examination 'esterday- in the Bankruptcy Court. The Tableaux, "own by their names, comprising the splendid gallery ( I art, upon which thousands had been expended, and little or nothing realised, were sold for 3,0001. Yesterday Win. Lenney, carrying on the joint trades of beer- se ll er an d green-grocer, in Bexley-street, Cam berwell was charged at Union-hall with the murder of ilia wife Norah, on the preceding afternoon. From the ?„Tidence given, it appeared to be the result of a quarrel. The prisoner stands remanded. SPORTING. The cricket match between Kent and England, which _te!minat e d on Thursday, brought in England the winner , wlth nine wickets to go down. THEATRICAL. The new amphitheatre at Astley's is now in a state of greo.i forwardness : the decorative part and operat ions the interior are suspended till October, when the new ttinbur du t i es w ill come i n t o f or ce, by which the director, fir. Batty, will save about 5001. COURT—FASHION-MILE. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford have returned to Belgr axe- s guar e from a visit to the Dowager C ountess of Sefton, at Stoke Farm, near Windsor. The Earl and Countess Brownlow have arrived at elton. House for the autumn. Lady Portman has arrived at Bournemouth, near Poole, from Branston House, Dorset. The Earl of Wilton sailed from Cowes on Thursday 1 4 his schooner yacht, the Tarifa, on a cruise to Cher bourg, Guernsey, &c. li .tercl and Lady Albemarle left Berkeley - square on ' lo nday for Newmarket. 4 . Lord :Henry Bentinck has undertaken the superinten ,Znee,.. of the Lincoln Hunt, vice Sir Richard Sutton , re c'ved to Cottesmore. MISCELLANEOUS. L aldlle. Caroline, from the Oly m p ic Circus, in the V auxhall I?,lysees, Paris, appeared for the first time at last night : instead of wearing a s p an g led frock she appears in a plain riding habit, and performs he r equestrian feats with great grace and management. Since the contradiction o f the report of the bursting of "le caisson at the Goodwin Sands, that machine has been c onsiderably advanced through the sand, and there is *very reason to conjecture that it is approaching a chalky atratern. More than an usual number of Irish labourers are now 114 their way through Stamford, to assist in the work of harvest in. the fens of Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire this year. Hundreds are nightly lodged in the barns a ald outhouses in the suburbs. SPORT LNG INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BRIGHTON RACES.—FRIDAY.—(CONCLUDED.) Handicap Plate of 401. Heats, one mile. 41 r. B&W n's Dromedary, 5 yrs, Bst 51b 4 1 1 fir. Wyndham's Singleton, 3 yrs, 7st 21 b 1 2 2 411 „„Y• Goodwan's Chummy, 3 yrs, 6 st 81 b Theol)ald's Glenoxy, 3 yrs, sst 101 b 3 dr First Heat.—Even on Singleton. Won by a length. Second lieat.-5 to 4on Singleton. Won in a canter. Third Heat.—Won very easy. RETTEsIG AT MANCHESTER.—(FRIDAY.) ST. L E GEI.-6 to 4 agst Attila (t), 12 to 1 agst Fire away (t), 20 to 1 agst C attonite, 25 to 1 a g st Seahorse, 4 2 . to 1 a gar, Rosalind, 25 to 1 agst Artful Dodger, 25 '"° 1 agst Agreeable c, 3 0 to 1 agst Master Thomas , 40 4_ 1 , agst -Meteor, 50 to 1 agst Belccenr. telccei tr has been sold to Mr. Collins. PERBY, 1843.- 25 to 1 ags t Phili p , 25 to 1 agst Aris tides 30 to 1 agst Cotherstone, 30 to 1 agst Canton, 30 to 1 a zst c out of Attila's dam, 33 to 1 agst Parthian, 3 5 to 1 a : ist New Brighton, 35 to 1 agst Pharaoh. AVOLT. tRIIAMPTON STAKES.-5 to 4 agst Retriever, \take 6to 4), 3 to 1 agst Heslington. LLOY SHIPPING—(THIS DA LONDoCA, AUGUST 6.—Wind this day at noon S.E, -„„PEAL, AUGUST s.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Ida, Ina, Amsterdam, for Batavia. The following Y r psels re main, viz.--Diana, for South Seas; John Knox, ' l 'atavia ; Thomas Henry, Ceylon ; Charlotte Wylie , Sier ra I, tune; Rebecca Jane, Ascension; Mary, Quebec; lt,pnaanol 1, St. John's; and several others. S ld. Calcutta; 41 obart !Town. CowE a, AUGUST s.—Arrd. Reliance, Hutchings, Cuba, aad sailed fur London. A deeply laden bark, of about 4C , 0 tons (apparently British), ashore on Florida wit h wreckers alongside, was passed by the Reliance. OFF, B, KIGHTON, AUG:s.—Florentia, Goodwyn, Sydney. OFF' S. ki.coatnn, Ana. 4.—Conder, Myrawarne, Port- Ittl4erino for Bremen. OFF KINGSBRIDGE, AUG. s.—James, Port Philip. PAL3IOI ITE, AUG. 4. 7 ,--Wind N. to W., fresh breezes. k Erskine, Coale, Pernambuco, left May 30 ; Louise, M orate Video. LIVER! 'COL. AUG. s.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Cap. fain Ross., Green from Africa, left Bonny May 4, and rrinee's day 10 ; Peruvian, Gwakkin, Bonny, April 27 :; Govirrnor, St. Domingo, and not the Covenanter, aS reported; Archer, Ligonier, Champion, Miller, and Lord Seaton, New Orleans ; Sir C. Campbell; Charles 20D Henry, Delano, Liberty, Merton, Lady Gordon, and Ohio, Lion, New York ; Stephens. St. Steplien's Bocksbire, and Minerva, Montreal ; British Queen; Ann, Jeffrey, and Princess Victoria, Quebec. Sailed Britannia steamer, Boston. Arrived off, Adam tOcli ~•e, end Commerce. SC tux, AUG. 3.—Arrd. British Queen, Benin, for Long on ; her Majesty's ship Hydra, Bermuda, skort of coals And provisions. PAii,sTow, AUGUST 4.—Sld. Belle, Quebec. OFF. SClLLY.—Orphous, Digby, Madras ; Howard, t'aulson, New York, for Hamburgh. ..131truTim., AUGUST s.—Arrd. Miranda , Broc k, Ca p e Ve'rd ; smanuel, Pearson, Quebec. SW AN ISEA, AUGUST 4.—Arrd. Ocean, Windroff, Val- Paraiso ; Auricula., Oliver, Cuba. OFF ei..PE CLEAR, AUG. 3.—Jane, St. Kitt's, Clyde. DUBLIN, AUGUST 3.—Sld. Watson, Quebec. litax, AUGUST s.—Sid. Wave, Rio. liann.,./scros, AUGUST s.—The Amphitrite, from S4nderliad, got on the Rocks off Flamborough Bead last night, 1 rut came off this morning without damage, and Proceed DUBLIN, AUG. 4 —The Autumn, from Susa, with g:ot ashore on Arklow Bank, but has been assisted off leaky, with cargo damaged. The Robert, from Zailetta, got aground on the North side of the channel in coming in, and lies badly, but is expected off without PtitN Kmuuco, MAY 28. 7 —The Newburn, Wrangles, from Mutt - Mins . to Lodion, last from St. Helena, put into - "i0 'Grande du Norte 6th instant, very leaky, and must disci tarrre. T.he Lord Chainberlain, Earl Delawarr, is expected to at rue in Grosvenor-street on Tuesday next, by the South-Eastern Railway from Buckhurst Park, to make Are rations in his department for the prorogation of ftimment in person by her Majesty, who is expected to artiire, B,3cording to present arrangements, at Bucking bran Palace on Wednesday afternoon. RATHER CURIOUS.—Th an account of the birds, c 7 of the Andes, there appears the following curious Ix cord of a /rad avis, called the Ptcroptochos Tarnii. :his singular bird is found in the woody parts of the Andes, and is very difficult so shoot; its cry is compared to the neighing of a young alt. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) FRIED DABS.—Two ragamuffin-looking lads, named Rourke and Jones were placed at the bar, charged with stealing a fried fish, the property of one Jemmy East, a vendor of those delightful delicacies which are to be seen in the neighbourhood of the galleries of our minor theatres, and are known to the delicacy-loving populace by the name of "fried dabs." Mr. East, the complainant in this case, who is a gen tleman of a very amiable, easy-like cast of countenance, stated that when he was at home he lived at No. 53, Chandos-street, Bedfordbury. " Jest as I was a shettin up my shop," continued the pleasant-looking little vendor of dabs, " I sees these here two friends o' mine, who fre quents my place." Mr. TWYFORD—Frequent your place ! you mean they are customers of yours—they come to buy ? Mr. East—Not a bit of it your Vorship ; it aint buy, its prigs the vord. Lor' bless your A , orship, there': about 150 on 'em cums there for the wery same purpose — blessed if they don't. It's a long time yer Vorship, since they first begun a playin' o' these here precious games, but lor' it aint a bit o' fried fish as I cares about ; but it aint only that, its hoysters, ginger -beer, or hany think they can lay their precious mivvies on. If hi don't twig 'em, blessed if they don't walk hoff vith 'em jest for all the vorld as if they vos their houn, lorfully cum by—vich they cer tainly is not. Vell, .yer Vorship, hit cum to the pint. As I was a shettin up my shop this mornin, about five minets afore von—it might be a minet more or less—but it was jest five minets afore vun, 'cordin to the best o' my b'lief, I sees them here two young prigs a comin across the street; thinks I here's two o' any friends, they aint arter no good ; I'll vatch 'em. I did vatch 'em, and blessed if that ere Mr. Rourke didn't clap his fist a top of as fine a dab as hever you seed, and starts off vith it. " Hillo my rum 'un," ses I, " you don't mizzle in that ere sort o' vay ; I've got you, and I'll keep you." " Hit me a knock on the ''ed," ses he, " instead of takin me afore the Beak." Lcr, but I've 'it 'em on the 'ed so often, that I'm tired o' that game ; so I jest 'ands em over to No. 22 heff. Ven I lived in Vite Hart-street, yer vership, it vos just the wery same ; there wornt a night passed but the precious young warmints vos hoff with a dab, or sum'at wallible. I'm conwicted there aint no manner o' means o' puttin a stop to their deperadations, 'cept ye sends 'em to prison ; they vants a little up-hill round a bout vork —alvays a guilt hup, you know, and never gits to the top. Police F 22 produced the unconscious dab. The young offenders, put on the semblance of weep ing and much grief, strenuously denied the charge, asseverating their innocence, 'pon their words, their honours, &c. Mr. TWYFORD said, he must protect the public ; and as our vender was one of the public, he sentenced " the young warmints" t 3 three days' imprisonment in the House of Correction. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) A BRUTAL HUSBAND. —John Pearce, a respectably dressed young man, was placed at the bar, charged with being drunk and disorderly at ten o'clock last night, in Oxford-street, and violently assaulting his wife, a young woman of interesting appearance, but evidently in a very delicate state of health, and wiz() is far advanced in pregnancy. Police-constable No. 103 of the C division, stated that the prisoner's extremely violent conduct caused a great crowd of persons to assemble, whereby the thoroughfare of the street was greatly obstructed. The wife of the defendant was anxiously intreating him to go home with her in a peace able manner, when he suddenly turned round upon her, and with his clenched fist, struck her two blows on the side of her head, with all his might; but for one of the by-standers catching her in his arms, she must have fallen in the carriage-way, with an infant about eighteen months old she had in her arms at the time. He was proceeding to further ill-treat her, when witness seized and secured him. He was at the time infuriated by passion and the effects of liquor. Mr. MALTBY asked if the wife intended to prefer a charge agai:•st him ? Inspector Plume of the C division, said she was wait ing outside the Court, but he believed that it was not her intention to do so. At the station-house she refused to give charge of him, as he threatened "to pay her" when he got his liberty, and she stated that he would ill-use her the more afterwards. Mr. MALTBY ordered that she should be brought into Court. Mrs. Peavee consequently appeared, and from the man ner in which she answered the Majestrate's questions, it was plain that her affe-tion for her husband, coupled with her concern for the welfare of her family had in duced her to forgive him. Mr. MALTBY said it was a pity , she had not got a hus band more deserving of her affection. But for her sake he (the Worthy Magistrate) should have imposed a very heavy fine upon him. As it was he must pay a fine of ss. for being drunk. The wife said he had been out of employment for six months, and had only just got into work. Mr. Fitz patrick (the Chief Clerk) said that perhaps imposing the tine would only be punishing the wife and children. He was then discharged, and his wife left the Court with him with her countenance beaming with joy. CLERKENWELL,-(THIS DAY.) Joseph Vecchio, an Italian, was charged with embezzling various sums of money, the preperty of his employer, Andrea Mullinora, looking-glass manufacturer, Leather lane, Holborn. The prisoner was travelling clerk to the company, and had from time to time failed in accounting for the prices of glasses delivered by him. On Wednesday week he delivered a small one, value 31., and his master having expressed his intention to settle his accounts, the prisoner did not return, nor send back the money. Police con stable Archer apprehended him last night in Beecham street, Clerkenwell.—He was committed for trial. UNION HALL.—(THIS DAY.) Sarah Chambers, a dashingly-dressed woman of the town, was charged with robbing Mr. Thomas Carn, of Bolton-street, of a watch, chain, and seals, together with a sovereign and a gold pin. The complainant said that he accompanied the pri soner and another woman to a house of accommodation in Jane-place, Cornwall-road. He remained a short time in the room with them, and had scarcely left the house a minute, when he discovered that he had been robbed of the articles above specified. He gave instant information of the robbery to the police, and on going back to the house, the watch was found in the room whore he had previously been, but the sovereign and gold pin were still missing. He added that his watch had been placed where it was found after lie left the house, as it was not in that situation previously. The prisoner, who asseverated her innocence of the charge, was remanded. William Johnson, on optician, was charged with com mitting an assault on Margaret Fenwick, to whom lie was about to be married. The complainant, an interesting looking young female, said that the defendant had been paying his addresses to her for some time, and they were going to be married to morrow. That he came to her father's house on the previous night, and in consequence of her having dis agreed with him about her wedding dress, he immedi ately struck her a violent blow and blackened both her eyes. She added, that after such brutal conduct she had discarded him. The Magistrate inflicted a fine of 20s. on the defen dant, and congratulated the young woman on her escape from a matrimonial alliance with such a fellow. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. July 28. Falcon, yawl, Rev. Denis George, from Mi ford and Plymouth. - 29. Petrel, cutter, Earl of Ilchester, from Weymouth Dream, cutter, George Bentinck, Esq., from Portmouth. 31. Resolution, schooner, Duke of Rutland,from Brest August 2. Fanny, cutter, Sir Edward Scott, from Cherbourg and Havre. 3. Ariadne, cutter, W. Peareth, Esq., from Sandgate. 4. Pearl, cutter, Marquis of Anglesey, from Plymouth. SAILING S. August 2. Intrepid, cutter, Earl of Tyrconnel, for Portsmouth. August 3. Resolution, schooner, Duke of Rutland, for Southampton. Dream, cutter, Geo. Bentinck, Esq., for Cherbourg. Circassian, schooner, Wm. Lyon, Esq., for Cherbourg. Corsair, cutter, John Congrave, Esq , for Ch4ourg. Brilliant, schooner, G. H. Ackers, Esq., for iherbourg. Cynthia, cutter, R. Frankland, Esq., for Cherbourg. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. S c hooners—Merlin, Harriet, Jack-o'•Lantera, Hawk, Ariel, Camilla, Ghana, Hussar. Cutters—Pearl, Nautilus, Sparrowhawk, Hebe, Petrel, Phebe, Aurora, Talisman, Flower of Yarrow, Midge. Sapphire, Ariadne, Medina, Fanny. ' Yawls—Alarm Breeze, Water Lilly. The Secretary has sold the Gitana schooner, of 168 tons, the property of E. N. Harvey, Esq., to John Ham brough, Esq., of Hambrough Castle. The harvest proceeds at a rapid rate. So bad a crop of corn was never before seen in this island ; the very wet autumn and snring, followed by such a continued drought, has ruined the farmers. Since March, with the exception of a few trifling showers, there has been no rain THE GALE AT CALCUTTA.—(From a letter dated June 8.)—" The terrific gale which visited Calcutta on Friday last (the day the regular mail was despatched) put all writing out of the question; it was all we could do to secure ourselves in our houses. In mine, the windows were driven in, the verandahs carried away, and damage done to a serious extent. It is the worst gale I have witnessed during 12 years' Indian residence. The loss sustained by the shipping is dread ful. The Symmetry, Globe, Lord Western, Cavendish, Bentinck, and a French brig, all fine large vessels, have been totally lost in the river ; 43 other first• rate vessels are disabled ; and of the immense quantity of native craft always plying, there is scarcely a boat remainir.g. Bow many lives have been lost it is yet impo . gsible even to conjecture, but the number must have been very great both of Europeans and natives. The damage done to s hipping cargoes is computed at .500,0001. But we have not received accounts from the interior, and I fear the i n digo crops, now ready for, cutting, will have suffered terribly." The Mt nchester and Birmingham Railway Com pany w ill epel their line through to Crewe and Bir mingham on Wednesday next. The advices from the Worcester hop districts speak erof improvement in the plantatu ns ; and it was supposed anotherweek or two of warm weather would gpnpoasleldy secure about an average crop. Duty backed at 13,0001., the highest yet quoted. The advices frem other dis tricts concur with these. THE SUN% LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING-, AUGUST 6, 1842. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT• (TUTS DAY.) II 0 U S E' OF LORDS. - The House met to-day shortly after two o'clock, the Earl of Shaftesbury taking his seat on the Woolsack; in the absence of the Lord Chancellor.; MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS.: A Message from the Com Mons, by Sir G. Clerk and others, brought up the Echequer Bills Bill, the Consolidated Fund Appropriation Bill, the Canada Lean Bill, the Ecclesiastical Leasing Bill, the East India Bishoprics Bill, and the Lunatic Asylum (Ireland) Bill, all of which were read a first time. and ordered ti be read a second time on Monday. A Message also brought up the Bonded Cc.rn Bill and the Court of Chancery Offices Bill, stating that the ll.mse of Commons had agreed to the amendments of their Lordships. The House then adjourned till Monday at Ten o'Clock. TRADE OF-I3RADFORJ). IiUD- DERSFIELD,AIi -.-- We have this week had the opportunity. of ntkim, )ersonal inquiries in the towns of Bradford, Hudders ield, and Halifax, as to the state of trade. In all of them we find the retail trades excessively depressed, dfording indubitable evidence that the bulk of the pop.- ation is suffering great distress and privation, eilhe' (rota the want a work or from inadequate remtme -ation. Money is very scarce, and we are assure; that the retail tradesmen find it exceedingly diffi cult to obtain the payment of their accounts trots their customers, even of the respectable class. Th. unount of money taken in the shops has fallen off to 1. tery great extent ; and it is certain that the consump tion of all commodities (with scarcely an exception) eankiter neees.sries, comforts, or luxuries, is most seriously diminished. The accounts we received as to the state of tin rent branches of manufacture varied according to th. wtual experience of the parties giving them. flan} ssured us that they saw no improvement. But a ;(eater number expressed a belief that trade wa: a-ginning to mend. In Bradford there is great activity n the manufacture of figured goods ; some makers can tot produce enough to answer the demand ; but there is very little doing in the plain worsted stuffs which for uerly constituted the bulk of the trade. These figure: ire of a remarkable variety both as to material am pattern ; most of them have cotton warps,. which in Joule cases are printed before they . are n oven, and the weft is of Alpaca wool, goats' hair, or other ma •,erial. Worsted yarn, made of English wool, is com paratively little used, and in consequence the de mand has greatly fallen ail; especially for that kind .ised far warps, namely, the hog wool, which has fallen in pr.ce compared with the wether wool used for wefts_ The ingenuity of the manufacturers is ever on the stretch to devise new and attractive styles of goods. and changes are made so rapidly that a person who should go out of the trade for a ) ear or two and then return, would hardly know his business. Some of these new styles are remarkably successful, and have a great run ; the makers get large profits ; but very shortly they are imitated by other manufacturers, and fre quently the quality is deteriorated in order to reduce the price ; and in process of time the profits of the ma nufacturer are so far diminished that he abandons that kind of work and betakes himself to Some new chasing inventors, so as design. Thus competition is ever stimulating industry, oy i r s a chief means of perpetual change. This at i om n d akz c i‘ i s n pg i imitators are atdyreeoir.cinventionstate l main taining our foreign trade ; for our rivals in other countries have neither the capital, the machinery, nor the enterprise to keep up with these incessant changes and improvements. In plain goods we are frequently beaten and undersold ; but when our trade seems to be ruined, it suddenly assumes a new form and regains its activity. These changes, however, are attended with considerable loss both on machinery and on stocks of goods, which is u drawback on their advantages. In Huddersfield the woollen manufacture is much de pressed, but there is an improvement in the departments of fancy waiscoatings and also of fancy woollens. The manufacturers of these goods in the villages are well em ployed, but the wages are exceedingly low. The Hud dersfield market on Tuesday exhibited considerable im provement ; and this town has suffered less than most others from the bad times.—Leeds Mercury. PROTEST of DISSENTIENT PEERS. - AGAINST THE REJECTION, ON THE SE COND READING, ON 4TH AUGUST, 1842, BY TILE HOUSE OF LORDS, OF THE EARL OF RADNOR'S BILL FOR THE TOTAL REPEAL OF TUE CORN-LAWS. DISSENTIENT. L i.tvause mere exists great distress in the country, ,rising from the depressed state of commerce and ma iufactures, and aggravated by the high price of corn, vhich would be greatly relieved by the passing of this fill ; inasmuch as, Ist. A large quantity of wheat and other corn, now in would be forthwith released and brought into the • market, and the present prices consequently lowered; and 2d. Au opening would be thus afforded for the futur, ,terehatvre of our manufactures for the agricultural produce of other countries. R. Because, even If the hope which may reasonably e entertained, that there would thus be brought about a -vival of commerce with foreign countries were to IN 'isappointed, the immediate operation of this Bill would ,ot full to give a stimulus to the home market, inns ouch as the diminished cost of necessary food would cave to the consumer increased means for the purchase r other articles, and thus the general fund for the em ployment of labour would be increased. M. Because the repeal of the present Corn•laws is a measure eagerly desired by a large portion of the people, chose patient endurance of their sufferings entitles then, o every consideration, and who attribute to it their dis ress, and think that to its repeal they must look for -elief. IV. J3ecause I believe that this measure, so eagerly lesired by the suffering people, would .be highly Jeneficial to every class of the community. Experience ?roves that this country does not grow corn enorigh for its own consumption, and as it appears from returns on the table of the House that from the year 1770, on each sncceeding period of ten years. a larger supply of foreign wheat has been required than in the preceding period , Ind there can be no doubt that this progression, caused by a rapidly increasing population will continue, a con stantly increasing deficiency of food will require to be nade up by importations from foreign countries. V. Because it is for the interest of all parties that this supply should be commensurate in extent, and N. temporaneons in time, with the demand, and that it .hould be obtained at the smallest possible cost ; and while no legislative provision can, by any contrivance, secure these objects, the sliding scales of the Acts pro posed to be repealed by this Bill have a direct tendency to prevent the attainment, and to aggravate the inconve nience, both of a rising and of a falling price, by hold ing out inducements in the first case to withhold the supply, for the purpose of advancing the price, and con sequently lowering the duty ; and in the other, to pour it into an already over-supplied market, to avoid the hitcher duty consequent on a lower price. \ , 'l. Because that which no legislative wisdom can accomplish, will best be effected by the unceasing vigi lance of unrestrained commercial speculation, in the same manner as the wants of the population of this great town are, without any legislative provision or administrative care on .the part of the Govern ment, at all times adequately supplied from different parts of the kingdom ; so if the arrangements of com merce were not interfered with by mischievous legisla tion, would the kingdom itself be supplied (always suffi ciently, never superabundantly) by the unrestrained in tercourse of traders, from other parts of the world, while the competition amongst the traders themselves would insure to the country the lowest possible prices, con sistent with the true interests and powers of the producers. VII. Because a moderate price of food is manifestly for the advantage of all the consumers thereof ; the alle gation that a high price is rendered necessary by the great burdens imposed on the people, cannot by possibi lity apply to any but the producers ; and the benefit of a low price to all others, is undoubtedly net the less for their having other heavy burdens to bear. Indeed, the producers themselves have the same interest, in as far as they are consumers ; and inasmuch as the well-being and prosperity of the whole tends to the benefit of every part, I hold that the reaction of the general prosperity on ' the producers themselves, would more than compensate for any loss consequent on their being deprived of their monopoly. VIII. Because it does not appear that the British agriculturists have ever suffered from legitimate foreign competition, or need entertain any apprehensions of it. The periods of agricultural distress have been precisely those when no foreign grain has come into the market, and the years when there have been large importations, have been those of high prices and agricultural prosperity. IX. Because the sliding scale is fraught with other great inconveniences. It holds out temptations to inte rested persons to influence, by fictitious or fraudulent 1 sales, the averages for their own advantage ; sometimes to the injury of the public, always to the detriment of the revenue ; and by the uncertainty which it introduces into the amount of duty at any particular period, it keeps out of the market the traders of distant countries, and especially of the United States of America. Thus com petition is limited, the country is deprived of all the be nefits to be derived from the intercourse which would arise from this trade with the people of distant countries, who are precisely those most able to supply our wants, and most willing to take our manufactured goods in ex change ; and we narrow our sources of supply to the countries of Europe with which we can more expedi tiously communicate. We voluntarily and unnecessarily deprive ourselves of an ample, and betake ourselves to an inadequate market. X. Because it has been found that under the operation of the late Act there have occurred great fluctuations in the foreign trade in corn, Sometimes, for several years consecutively, the importations have been very great; in others, also consecutively, quite trivial; and the trade has thus assumed a character of unsteadiness aucl uncer tainty, totally inconsistent with a regular exchange of manufacturea goods. The consequence has been, that these large occasional importations have caused such a derangement in the exchanges, followed by a correspond ing export of bullion, as has produced an alarming de rangement of our currency, to the great detriment of com merce, and the imminent dauger of public credit; and to such an extent, that on a late occasion the Bank of Eng land was constrained to apply for assistance to the Bank of Paris. The Act of the present session, does not, in my opinion, remove the probability of the recurrence of this danger. XI. Because I believe that. the free intercourse in corn will not permanently or materially lower its price. Uni formity of price in every country would necessarily fol low, limited only by the expense of carriage from the cheaper to the dearer country ; and the price in each will be regulated by the cost of profitable (the only desirable) production in the dearest. XII Because the same free intercourse will afford the greatest possible security against the variation of price in different seasons. The trade in corn would be no longer subject to the uncertainties of the present system. And the foresight of traders, sharpened by interest, and en lightened by extensive communications with every part of the world, would. enable them so to apportion and ' hoard up the superabundance of one year or country for the supply of the deficiencies of others, as to produce the greatest attainable equality in every season. XIII. Because this happy state of things, by removing as far as possible from every community, and from every member of each community, all uncertainty of the neces sary supply of food, and all uneasiness on that score, would leave them at greater liberty to pursue each, that separate vocation, manufacture, or trade, which would be most profitable to the individual, person, or State, and consequently most conducive to the advantage and wel fare of the whole. XIV. Because no measure of precaution, no extent of military power, no depth of diplomatic ability, would so much as this free, unrestrained, and universally profitable intercourse, conduce to the stability of the peace of the world. XV. Because I see ground for apprehension, that if the harvest of this year should be abundant, and followed by a succession of favourable seasons, we shall fall into the same state in which we were in 1834, 5, and 6. Corn will become abundant and cheap—manufactures will probably revive, and, possibly, the necessity of the repeal of the Corn-laws will be forrotton by those who now de mand it ; but on the other hand there will be complaints of agricultural distress. Corn cultivated at a great; ex pense in expectation of high prices, will be produced in abundance, and will again fall so much in value as not to remunerate the producers. This again will lead to a diminished cultivation, and after a few years bring back high prices, the necessity of foreign importation, and a renewal of distress in the manufacturing districts ; and as each period of such distress has heretofore been more severe and more prolonged than the preceding, and has been accompanied by a larger importation of foreign corn, I doubt not the text will exceed any Ititleerto witnessed. This alternation of suffering and prosp.nity of the agricultural and manufacturing classes, acmin panied in every case by a directly opposite condith a of the other interest, is calamitous and full of danger. The well-being of each ought to be dependent on, and con temporaneous with, the well-being of the other, and there seems no reason in the nature of things why the two interests should not uninterruptedly advance together in prosperity and wealth. And as I believe that this strte of things would be best biought about by leaving un controlled the free current of national industry, I gave may cordial support to a Bill, the object of which n us to leave free and unconstrained the trade in the most: im- Fortant article of the food of the people. RADNOR. BROUGHAM. KINN.AIRD AND ROSSIE. CLONCURRY. ROCHDALE.—PUBLIC DINNER TO SHARMAN C RAW.. FORD. ESQ., M.P.—On Tuesday evening last the:..e was supposed to be upwards of 10,000 persons asseinb led on an open space called the Butts, Rochdale. Mr. T aomas Livsey, grocer, was appointed chairman, and introduced Mr. Sharman Crawford, the. Honourable Meml er for that borough, who was received with cheers- Mr. CraWford olive a lengthy account of his stewardship and vo tes while 'p in the House of Commons, and said that at any time when a majority of a public meeting of the in habitants of that borough wished him to resign us seat in Parliament he would do so, and he would gish; annu -1 ally an Recount of his proceedings in Parliament. The Hon +arable Member gave great satisfaction, and was unanimously appointed for another year. On Wednes day a pubic dinner was given to Mr. Crawford, at the Commercial Rooms, Tweedal's Hotel, when upwards of 200 of the electors dined with him. After the cloth was drawn, William Chadwick, Esq., Magistrate, w is ap pointed chairman. Mr. Crawford again gave an ac count of his votes, &c. Speeches were made by John Bright, William Barton, and several persons of CI artist I principles, and all apreared highly satisfied with the con duct of Mr. Crawford as a Member of Parliam en t. __ _ We understand that there is a slight revival in the warp• tatting branch, but to what extent . does not at pre sent appear. This extensive manufacture being but ht a few hands, the masters have every advantage of keepi ug the actual state of the demand from their work-people. —Nottingham Journal. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The House met to-day at Twelve o'Clock. The Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill was read a third time, and passed. The Exchequer Bills (9,193,0001) Bill was read a third time, and passed. The Slave Trade (Portuguese vessels) Bill was read a second time, and ordered to he committed on Monday. NEWFOUNDLAND BILL. The Order of the Day for bringing up the Report of this Bill was read, and the Report was,received. On the motion that the Bill be engrossed, Mr. B. WALL said he objected to the principle of the Bill. He objected to the Bill because he had no in formation to go upon.—(Laughter.) A Bill of so great importance as this should be fully understood by every Member who voted upon it. But when he looked at the papers before4them, he asked what was the information they contained ? The Noble Lord gave them some in formation, but that was just enough to induce them to vote with the Noble Lord.—(Hear, hear.) He should oppose the Bill in every step, and would be glad to di vide against the Noble Lord. He proposed as an amend ment that the Bill be engrossed this day three months. Mr. P. HOWARD seconded the motion. Mr. IIUME recommended a division, that they might have an opportunity of expressing their opinions by their votes. . Strangers were ordered to withdraw, when there ap peared— For the amendment Against it Majority against the amendment The Bill was then ordered to be engrossed, and the third reading fixed for Monday at twelve o'clock. MINES AND COLLIERIES BILL. On the Order of the Day being read for the considera tion of the Lords' amendments to this Bill, Lord ASHLEY entered into a defence of the Report of the Commissioners. He believed that that Report had been most carefully prepared, with the utmost impartia'ity and the strictest adherence to truth; he was convinced of this not only by the fact of the high honour and respect ability of the Commissioners, but from numerous com munications which he had received from the most influential coal, owners of the kingdom, confirming in every respect the statements contained in that Report. It bad been said in another place that his (Lord Ash ley's) statement, that the whole trade in the north was in favour of his Bill—that such a statement was an exaggeration—was, in fact, a trick and chicane. He denied that his statement was exaggerated, and in con firmation of it read several communications from parties who were interested in the subject. Though the amend ments made by the Lords in the Bill would invalidate to a great extent the utility of the measure, yet he ac cepted those amendments 4_,n account of the great prin ciple involved in the Bill. The Noble Lord concluded by moving the adoption of the amendments. After a few words from Mr. FORBES, Lord PALMERSTON said it was with great pain he observed the amendments made by the House of Lords in this Bill, because those amendments went to de teriorate the spirit of improvement in the legis lature of this country evinced in . this Bill, to which there could be no objection whatever on political grounds. But under the circumstances stated by the Noble Lord, he (Lord Ashley) had exercised a sound discretion in not calling on the House to negative those amendments. It was quite right, as the Noble Lord had said, that those amendments, if carried out, would. nullify the most important provisions of the Bill, but it was to be hoped that the owners of mines would counteract the effect of those amendments. He regretted that the cordial support promised by the Government had not been given to the Bill. He would not accuse them of any insincerity, but their reluctance to object to these amendments proved that there was a power greater than their own which exercised a sort of coercion over them. When the gentlemen were in opposition they were in the habit of taunting the late Government with giving way to the power of the other House of Parliament, but it appeared that the pre sent Government was subjected to the same kind of coercion. Sir J. GRAHAM said the observations of the Noble Lord rendered it necessary to offer a few remarks in re turn, for the sake of his own personal vindication. On the introduction of the measure nothing could be more sincere and cordial than the support which he gave the measure, reserving his judgment as to a few details, such as the limitation of the hours of work ing for boys between ten and thirteen years of age, and the retrospective effect of the indentures of apprentice ship. The Noble Lord had insinuated that his colleagues in the other House of Parliament had not been disposed to support the Bill ; be denied the assertion that many improvements contained in the measure had been ob structed by the other House of Parliament. What were the present enactments of the Bill ? Why, the employment of boys under • the age of ten years, was prohibited, there was a limitation of the period of ap prenticeship, and the employment of females in mines was alsoprohibited. All the great principles for which the Noble Lord had contended stood as they were origin ally meant. Ile believed that if the alterations had not been consented to by the Noble Lord who had the con duct of the Bill in the other House, his colleagues in the other House would not have acquiesced. Having gone into the details of the amendments the Right Hon. Baronet proceeded to state that he cer tainly did not think the alterations were inconsistent with the principles of the enactment. He thought they were fair, reasonable, and just modifi ca tions. With regard to hat the Noble Lord had stated of the co ercion exercised over the Government by the other House of Parliament, he had no reason Co believe Lut that his colleagues in the other House, possessed not in a superior, but in an equal degree, the confidence of that House, as they (the Ministry) did that of the House of Commons. In the course of this session the Government had car ried through both Houses many extensive and im portant measures. They had commenced the session,' now so near its end, possessing the confidence of Parlia ment, and he believed they had not forfeited it at its close.—(Hear, hear.) Lord ASHLEY, in explanation, stated, that when the course was taken in the House which rendered the changes inevitable, he (Lord Ashley) was asked if he would consent to them ? His reply was, that he could not help himself •, and that he was disposed to sacrifice the children in order to save the women. Mr. V. SMITH did not think the declaration of cor dial support of the Bill, made -by the Government, had been fulfilled. • Mr. S. WORTLEY regretted that these amendments had been made. Still he thought the Noble Lord had acted judiciously, on the whole, in acceding to them. Mr. CHARLES BULLER said as the Noble Lord bad acceded to the amendments, those who warmly supported the Bill would not dissent from them. But he must say, that the whole force of the discussion made the value of the amendments less and less. Till the Right Honourable Baronet defended them, he was not aware how utterly worthless they were.—(Hear.) He was afraid that the House of Lords was rather in clined to consider every measure in its relation to landed property, rather than to humanity; but it had been hoped that the influence of the Government would have in duced the Lords to pass this Bill without amendment. What trust could they have after hearing the sup port given by the Right Honourable Gentleman ( pposite to this Bill, when they heard one member of the Government in that House say that the Government was passive, and another most illustrious member of that Government sneer at the evidence upon which it was founded? True ths House of Lords had passed the In come-tax and the Tariff, although he believed they would have made the latter infinitely worse if they had not been prevented from doing so by the rules of the House. He was afraid also that they would damage the Bribery Bill, 'notwithstanding the assurance given by the Right lion. Baronet, that he would support it.-L-(A voice from the Ministerial side of the House—" The Bribery Bill has passed.") lie was very glad to hear it was out of danger.—(Cheers and laughter.) Sir R. PEEL said it was curious to contrast the fears A lion. Gentlemen at the beginning of the session with the fears expressed by them at the present moment. The House of Lords had during the present session given their ready assent to the Corn Bill and the Turin; two measures =king greater changes than any which had been introduced of late years. Yet all that was of no avail, for the Hon. Gent. could not calm his fears of a collision between the two Houses, because the House of Lords had made some alterations in a Bill for regulating mines and collieries, which had not been brought in by a Member • of the Government.—(Cheers from the Opposi tion.) He believed that the Bribery Bill wouß pass the House of Lords without amendment, but he would not pledge himself that the House of Lords should adopt all the details of any Bill. The House of Lords was a deliberative body, and had a perfect right to make any modifications in the Bill which they might think proper.—(Cheers.) With re gard to sonic of the amendments, lie would admit that he wrap sorry they had been adopted.—(Hear.) But with regard to some of them, he thought they were improvements. For instance, suppose a mall a (irking in a mine should break his leg, or should be at the point of death, as the Bill had left the Commons it would be eontrt.ry to law fez- his wife or daughter to come into the mine to see him. In many cases, the entrance to the mine was through an adit, so that persons could walk into it. Now, it would be rather hard to prohibit a child from taking its father's dinner to him while working in the mine. The object of the law should be to distinguish between young persons going into mines for the purpos e of being employed there, and young persons entering a mine for other purposes. [LEFT SITTING.I Colonel Sir Alexander Anderson, C./3., died last eek at Edinburgh at an advanced age. fie was (me the veterans of the Peninsular war, entered the army 1 , 1801 ; received decorations for his services at Enda • z, Salamanca,• Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, and ouloase ; knighted 1831. STATE OF TRADF ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, AUG. s.—This branch of trade remains in about the same state as for the last two or three weeks. There is a better supply of new wools than a month ago ; the manufacturers buy cautiously and sparingly to supply their current require ments. Prices Inc quoted the same as last week. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, ABC. s.—We have had many buyers,in the market this week, who, in con sequence no doubt of the present prospects of a good harvest; have purchased pretty freely. Prices are very firm, and no fears are now entertained of their being any lower. HULL Wool. INIARKET.—On Tuesday there was a short supply, nearly the whole of which was sold at rather lower prices, averaging about 10d. per lb. DUBLIN WOOL MARKET, AUG. 3.—Our market has been thinly supplied with wools this week again, and all has been bought up freely at the usual prices. The weather for the last fortnight has been all that we could desire, and this causes the farmer to be more indepen dent. Although our accounts from the manufacturing districts in England, and t hose of France are alike gloomy, we are sorry to add, that there is now no ex pectation of growers and holders of wool submitting to lower prices till compelled by necessity. All wethers sell for 15s. and all hogg for 16s. TRADE OF LEEDS.—We have nothing cheering to re port of the state of our cloth markets this week. The markets at both Halls have been quite as dull as for :some months past, more particularly for fine and middle qualities of cloths. The present demand is principally confined to low priced beavers, pilot cloths, and fancy cloakings. The stocks of goods generally are not large, -and prices generally are without alteration. Business :still continues very dull in the warehouses, although a little better than it has been during the last few weeks. Tr' ADE OF HOL3IFIRTH.—The clothiers in this district report very unfavourably of the market on Tuesday, :and there are no symptoms of improvement yet appa rent in the manufacturing departments. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—The continued fine w‘mther, and the prospect of an auspicious harvest, have ev '.dently tended to cheer the minds of our merchants, vtlo appear to be actuated with the impression that the autumn trade will be fully an average, and are purchasing n. ore freely, and the piece market is only barely sup pl ied with Orleans cloths, Parisian figures, and other fa icy articles, which are ready sale, and late prices fully m.tintainvd. We learn that more inquiries are trade for ya ins, likewise more sales effected than for some weeks pa ; yet we cannot hear of any improvement in prices, to induce the spinners to extend their operations. The we of market continues to be well supplied with all kinds of English wools, as also a large quantity of colonial, fri 1111 the auction sales just oriel]. The spinners still coitfinue to purchase very sparingly, and what sales are din ted are at a slight reduction. MADE OF BARNSLEY .—The improvement in the trade of tide town, and respecting which t h er e was a current rumour last week, proves to be in some measure correct. The increase in the manufacture of fancy drills is more in anticipation of the market, than arising out positive ur ders received ; but the orders for other branches of the it. aamfactures at this place are sensibly increased ; and it is satisfactory to state, that upwards of sixty families hi pre ceased to depend on the relief fund in consequence. RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums re cived on the principal Railways of Great Britain ror the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for prissengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, .and mer chstridize : Name of Railway. Week Miles Total. ended July3o Birmingham & Derby Junct. 48 1,391 6 8 29 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 1, 929 18 J Opened. X. s. d. 23 Brandling Junction 25 832 12 8 24 Chester and Birkenhead ...•• 15 640 9 3 31 Dundee and Arbroath ... 30 Edinburgh and Glasgow 31 Eastern Counties 30 Glasgow and Ayr .. ... 4O 1,145 14 9 30 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 2 , 23 1016 15 1 30 G rarid Junct., Chester &Crewe 113 9,918 3 6 ' 30 Great North of England 31 Great Western Hayle . 16 30 Hull and Selby 30 Lancaster & Preston Junction 201 625 12 5 29 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 5,015 13 4 30 London and Birmingham 1125 18,784 2 0 Aug. 4 London and Blackwall July 30 London and Brighten Ditto Shoreham Branch Aug.. 2 London and Croydon lO5 455 11 33 4 London and Greenwich 33 918 11 3 July 31 London and South Western 28 Manchester, Belton, and Bury 10 549 2 53 Aug. 1 Manchester & Birmingham Ju 1y 30 Manchester and Leeds 30 Midland Counties 573 3,100 3 3 33 Newcastle and Carlisle ...... 28 Newcastle and North Shields 7 461 16 8 31 Northern and Eastern ... 303 1,619 5 11 3U North Midland 29 North Union . . 30 Preston and Wyre 193 330 9 10 Aug. 1 Sheffield and Manchester 7 259 8 10 4 South Eastern July 31 Ulster 30 York and North Midland 2B 1,741 14 8 _INCOME-TAX; TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sm—ln the schedule of the New Income-tax are two. s t a tements required, the m eanin g o f one of which I can . o u u n d c e a i n .s tae expound uanndd it.take The two statements I annex ; the f ormer one I can, of the liberty of in qu i r i n g of you course, understand, but the difference between that and tl.e second I cannot. Your idea upon this in your column to correspondents, will oblige yours, Sir, very respectfully, AN ADVERTISER IN YOU - R COLUMNS. Thursday Evening, Aug. 4, 1842. S TATEME NT OR QUEST ION.—FIrSt, Rent of house ? Understood. STATEMENT OR QUESTION.—Second, Annual value of house ?—What means this ? . _ [We suppose, but express our intended w ith grea t i diffidence, that the second column s for persons who occupy their own houses, and who, h av i ng no rent to pay, to be inserted in the first column, are required to insert in the second, the value O f the house, as an equi valent on which the tax may be levied. Th e su bj ec t, however, is full of legal mystery.- , -}:n. Sun.] to a gentleman of this -----t , EXTRAORDINARY vASII Op HYDROPHOBIA.—A on Wednesday, in Dub- lin. She had been out as usual tno, (la— ) before, exercising in the Coburg -gardens, and there first fineeity city, l y e ds(titii! this dlt' shocking li b; l i z g la izi evinced symptoms of sulk, and attempted to lie down, when the groom immediately rode her home. In the stall she appeared more uneasy still, tottering, from side IO `side, and at last fell, hut recovered herself, biting and sitar ping at every object. Mr. Watts, the eminent, veterinary surgeon, was sent for promptly, and on seaing .her, pronounced at once that she had been bitten by a mad dog, and could not survive more than a day. Her mouth was then tied up to prevent the •aniund tearing herself and doing injury to all about her. The mare d ur ing the night struggled under the p arox y sms of the diseas e to release herself, and became so f uri ous flint she dashed against gt last.a g must closed e the en p t o s r u r e e r e ill . 1 the stable .walls, and broke purr. of the timber work, I foaming at the mouth, and canting herself about the head which tare's sufferings. The mare had, evinced a slight lame- Islheeys'etosolby pnleuantglibat lame ness in one foot, but no sign oi;.a cut or bite there. SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY.-- The prospects of tLe suc cess of the Liberal cause—the cause, in this instance, of fre3dom and purity of election—are hourly increasing. The recent decisions _of Election Committees have alarmed.the Tories, and they have not employed any messengers or colourmen. Bribery in this form having ceased, the parties who have been accustomed to look !or this kind of "consideration" for their votes are hang ing back, :.nd ninny of them have declared openly their intention to vote for Lord Nugent and Mr. Thompson, unless they receive an equivalent tor the loss of their customary employment at elections. . The popular feel ing is very strong in favour of the Liberal candidates, and a decided re-action appears to be takin g No thing can prevent the return of the Liberals but the most gross bribery, and this will probably . be put in practice on oe night of Sunday, the day preceding the polling. A meeting will be held this evening at Andrews' Bazaar, at which Lord Nugent and . Mr. Thompson will be present. - I..here is no treating going on, at least there is none op.mly. No public-houses and beer-shops are opened, ott the Tories will only resort more-extensively to direct bribery on this account, should there appear a chance of ,lu winning the seats by such means. An immense number of the inhabitants of St. Mary's, the Liberal Ward, assembled in St. Mary's-street, last ,light, to listen to addresses which it was announced the candidates would deliver from the balcony of a house in at street. A delay having occurred in the arrival of Lord Nugent and Mr. 'Thompson, Sir JOHN EASTHOPE, Bart., came forward, and said, he felt great pleasure in telling them that the canvass was proceeding very well.—(Cheers.) Their opponents are so well satisfied with the canvass as to say they- were confident of success, and that there was nothing left for them to do but to express that confidence. He believed the meeting were of a different opinion. There was something else to do. They (the Tories) must pur sue their old course of bribery before they could be con fident of success.—(Cheers.) Without bribery there was no success for the Tories in Southampton.—(Hear, hear.) That had been the practice of Toryism in all times. They had been lavish of their money, but they had corrupted the people in order to ruin the best interests of the country.—(A voice, " What have the Whigs done ?") Why they have passed the Reform Bill, and if the Reform 131.11 had not done all that it should have done, yet it depended on their future exertions to make it the means to an end by which they were all to be bene fited. One of those ends was a larger loaf at a cheaper rate.—(Cheers.) Another was more extended commerce. —(Cheers.) If the Whigs did not go on to increase the good then Jet them leave the Whigs behind, and go on with somebody that would do better.—(Cheers.) But That had the To-ies done ? They brought in a sham corn reform measure, which had done no good.—(Hear.) They had increased taxation. They had put a tax on industry, a tax which would oblige the masters to reduce the wages of the artisan.—(Cheers.) At this moment Lord Nugent arrived and presented himself on the balcony, when he was greeted with loud and long-continued cheering. The Noble Lord had just commenced his address when G. Thompson, Esq. ; ar rived and came forward. His appearance was the signal, for renewed cheering, which was continued for some time. Lord NUGENT said he would begin with what at the present moment interested those who heard him perhaps more than any other subject. He had all day, as it was his duty. for their common cause, been endeavouring to persuade himself what were the grounds on which that cause stood in Southampton. He had been all day can vassing, and he now told them that he believed they had a fair chance, and he called on them to go in with him self and his Hon. Friend and win. —(Cheers.) lie had been well received, not on his own account, but on ac count of the cause he humbly represented, and he had received cordial promises from persons who he was told had been before afraid of pledging their pro mises to a candidate, fearful of being punished for doing so. Now he knew that unless their antagonists bribed grossly, he and his Honourable .Friend must win.— (Loud cheers.) And if they did bribe, let them look to themselves. There was a Parliament which, if pro voked a third time by Southampton, might be tempted to the strongest measures of :punishment, and there was a receptacle open for corruptors called Newgate. He warned the Tories to beware. If they were brought before the Legislature a third time they would be sen tenced as incorrigible. To the briber—no quarter !He would call on his antagonists to make the same declaration as he would do on Saturday—he would give his word as a man of honour that he had never in his life bribed, and that if he found that any friend or agent had done him so much wrong as to offer a voter a bribe on his be half, from that moment he would retire from the con test.—(Cheers.) lie would go through this struggle with the assistance of his friend Mr. Thompson, and test whether there were enough honest men within'to save the city. If they won, the honour of Southampton would be saved. If they failed, at least they should have all that was honourable and inctrruptible in Southampton as the partners of their defeat.—(Loud cheering.) GEORGE THOMPSON, Esq., then addressed the as semblage. He congratulated the frienda,of independence and purity of election on the progress' of the canvass during the last two days.—(Cheers.) The reception he had met with throughout the town gave him confidence that within four days they would see the people of Southampton rise from the mire into which they had been cast by the enemies of the constitution and the enemies of the popular cause ; and that, instead of standing before the eyes of their countrymen sullied and disgraced by the pollution of bribery and suborna tion, the constituency would vindicate their claim to be considered pure, patriotic, and independent. He was their coadjutor in this good cause. Let him have their opinions in his favour. Let them have their thousand voices pleading for them in the various circles to which they belonged. The way to carry a great reformation wa a for men to talk about it, to meet at the corners of the streets, to discuss it in their workshops and their homes. He was encouraged by the canvass as far us he had been able to prosecute it. Ile had resorted to no dishonourable means for the purpose of obtaining promises. The honest grasp of the man in the street who told him lie should have one hundred votes if he could give them, convinced him it was only necessary for a man to plant himself on principle, be consistent, and abhor the thing that is base and dishonourable, and the people will honour and sup port him, carry him on to the goal of victory, and plant their laurels on his brow. If he and his noble colleague had nothing else to recommend them to the notice of the costituency, whatever might be their political views, they would be at least entitled to their conscientious appro bation for coming forward as they did, to cast themselves upon their honest convictions and unbought sidfrages. But they had more than this to recommend them to the notice of the electors. They embodied principles which they believed to be vital to the interests and prosperity of the empire at large. He desired to go to Par liament for no other object than to be additionally useful to his countrymen who were in circumstances of physical depression, political enslavement, and commercial thraldom. (Cheers.) Above offering a bribe without the walls of Parliament, should he be elected he trusted to be preserved from the contamina tion of a bribe when in Parliament. He here pledged himself to return his trust to the constituency, should there be anything in his conduct after being elected in consistent with the plain and irrevocable pledges he had given in this town.—(Cheers.) Belore he bade them good night he would say a word on the prospect before them. He believed there was not so much tranquillity in the Tory camp as the silence that reigned there would seem to indicate.—(Cheers.) It was for them to be active, vigilant, energetic, and persevering, till fiur o'clock on Monday; to demonstrate to the world the self-reclaiming principle of Southampton.—(Cheers.) Reform begins at home. It was for them to put an end to corruption amongst themselves. To them he com mended their own cause, and on Monday might they be entitled not only to the thanks of himself and his col league, but to the thanks of the town and of all who love purity. Mr. Thompson having concluded a most elo quent address, was most enthusiastically cheered as he left the balcony. The crowd separated in the most orderly manner, The nomination takes place this (Saturday) morn lin the Town Hall. NOTTINGHAM ELECTION. CLOSE OF THE POLL. Mr. Walter Mr. Sturge 1,885 1,301 Majority • DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY. lackheath, once so notorious as the scene of some of the most desperate highway robberies, has been for many years free from so daring an attack as that made on Thursday night. Mr. LoYegrove, the proprietor of the Crown and Sceptre Tavern, Greenwich, and of the York Hotel, Bridge street, Blackfriars, left his house to accompany a rela tive over the heath, about nine o'clock on Thursday evening. lie had passed along the upper wall of Green wich-park, from the top of Maize-hill, towards Mont pelier-row, and there parted with his friend. The night was closing in, and by the time he reached the cross roads near Vanburgh-fields, it had become so dark that he did not perceive two men, who had been following him. They carefully watched an opportunity, and, springing from behind, threw him on his back with a violent blow on the head. He cried out " murder," which one of the men, in a glazed hat, partly stilled by griping his throat. The other villain ripped up his clothes from top to bottom, dragged a valuable gold watch and guard from his neck (breaking the latter) taking his cravat, and whatever else they could find. lie had left home without a purse. By this time. fortu nately for him, he had become so Insensible that he made no other cry of alarm, and the thieves, having secured their booty, were content to escape without com mitting any further violence. Mr. L.'s recollection only serves :o describe the rubbers' drvss as something like that worn by sailors, but, from the darkness and sudden ness of the attack, he knows nothing inure. Indeed, the only clue seems to be through the watch, a particular de scription of which was obtained from the makers, Mes.rs. Bennett, of Stockwell-street, Greenwich. VAUXHALL GARDENS.— Mademoiselle Caroline, from the Cirque Olympique, made her debut last night at this popular place ut entertainment, and we suspect that the Prench reputation of her birth_ did as much for alt,atisiiblit(t,tnedisnuai_sssturiawhegeEcaoTsid -181 c e ti r sestCleicdcsfsorambeorligisnt lu'sraaisic wayward thing ; yet Mademoiselle Caroline richly de serves all the success which she has obtained by her very beautiful riding. She does not belong to the muscular sc hool of exertion, but is unrivalled in the elegance and manavement of her powers. Th e horse she rode (a hcaut.ifel chesnut mare) seemed to understand her very wish, and N$ altzed, galoped, and country-danced with marvellous precision. tier guidance of her was as Per fect as it well might be. The company were wealthy in the capacity of enjoyment, if not very numerous--a f au l t , which we hope to see remedied in the succeeding nights of Mademoiselle Caroline's performances. IVIONEY MARKET and CFI Y j i WS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. POST.—A decline has to be noticed in the price of Consols to-day, for which various reasons are assigned. Those that are more probable to be correct are—the ex ertions o: some parties who have been Operating as " bears" to cause a fall, and the anxiety of others to realise the profit upon the late advance. The first sug ge: tion is not unlikely . to be light, inasmuch as it is known that the people in question are largely interested in the pigeon expresses, and the report receives corrobo ration from the belief that these documents have been published in a mutilated and garbled form, presenting so much as would probably create a decline, but carefully suppressing every favourable circumstance which might be likely to counteract such an impression. The reac tion has been also attributed to the resition of the French Ministry, but that is not a circumstance which it is thought would have any great effi..ct here. TIMES.—The Stock Exchange was in a considerable state of excitement this afternoon, under the impression that intelligence had been received from France to the effect that M. Dufaure had been chosen President of the Chamber, that M. Guizot consequently would resign, it' indeed he had not resigned already, and that the Reines had declined 1 per cent. This intelligence being of a character which seemed to threaten such serious danger to the peace of Europe, Consols rapidly declined. In the Foreign Exchanges to day, owing to a con siderable demand for paper upon Hamburgh, the rate on ;that place was again depressed. Bills upon Paris were likewise in request, and the price was similarly affected, but in a less degree. Amsterdam remained the same as last past. A copy of the Commissioners' Report on the repudiated Exchequer bilis has been rent to the Committee of the Stock Exchange, with strict injunctions not to divulge hs contents till they were officially made known to the Legislature. These injunctions have been strictly complied with by the Chairman, who last night de livered it, under his own seal, to the Secrezary. for safe custody. That the tendency of this report is favour able to the bona fide holders is pretty generally believed, the reason for such belief having transpired from time to time, long before the Report wa-, printed. At the same time the greatest anxiety iaexpressed among the holders that, as Parliament will be prorogued next week, a de finitive answer as to the course he intends to pursue will be given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to Mr. C. Buller, when he puts his question to that effect on Tuesday next. Tho Chancellor of the Exchequer having stated last night that he should be prepared to give his opinion when he had read the Report, the feeling is that ample time will be afforded for that purpose by Tuesday, and that the innocent sufferers by this unfortunate affirir should not be allowed to undergo months of renewed anxiety—a feeling so natural and reasonable, that it is to be hoped no consideration whatever will interpose to disappoint it. It is understood that, for the sake of complying in sonic measure with the wishes of the Ceylon merchants, instructions have been sent to the local Government to reduce the duty on cinnamon to Is. per lb., which is one half of that at present imposed. The merchants are not, however, satisfied with this reduction, since the duty is still too high to allow a fair competition with the production of Java ; and they are convinced that if once put on an equal footing, but not till then, Ceylon, with its advantages of soil, will be able to contend successfully against the cinnamon of the rest of the world. SUN.—The downward tendency of the funds has con tinued, apparently without any particular reason. A new cause, late in the day, was assigned, namely, that it is pro bable some change may be made in the French Ministry. The exclusion of our linens haying been accomplished no immediate effect on the funds ought to have been produced by such an event. It has long been notorious that the present policy of France is decidbdly anti-English, and from the treaties just entered into with Portugal and some o/her countries, the two nations most probably will be placed in greater commercial opposition. But there are persons in the Stock Exchange ready to take advantage of every passing event to further speculation, and to the " bear" party the present fall may be traced. Consols left off at sellers for Money, and for the Account ; Bank Stock, 169, 1 , 170 i ; India Stock, 249 250 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 51 53 ; New 49 51 prem. The prices of Foreign Securities were—Belgian, 1012 1021 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 511 51i ; the Five per Cents., 1011 1014 ; Danish, 811 82:k iand Brazilian, 63 65. The quotation for Mexican was 351 351. In the Share Market, London and Birmingham were 180 182 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 47 49 ; Great Western, 891- 901; the Half Shares, 68-. k 69; South Wes tern, 62 63 ; North Midland, 591 60A- ; the New Shares, 291 304- ; South Eastern, 23 231 ; Eastern Counties, 8-1 91 ; Northern and Eastern, 40 41 ; Blackwell, 9 91 ; and Brighton, 34 341 per Share. The foreign exchanges were without any feature fo particular comment. The nominal quotations for the Bonds, were—Co lombian, 201 20k ; Peruvian, 15 16 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 331 33i; the Three per Cents., 19120; Spanish Five per Cents., 20i 201 ; the Three per Cents., 19k 19k. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.( Amsterdam CF. 12 7ilGibraltar . Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 8 (Genoa ... 25 90 Antwerp Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 \Venice Altona Paris, 3 days' sight a. 25 60 Palermo, per oz 120 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Lisbon Marseilles. 25 85 Oporto 594 Bourdeaux 25 90 Rio Janeiro • 26 Frankfort on Maine... 1514 Bahia Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37 Buenos Ayres Berlin-- ............ 7 New York, 21 days sight 4b Vienna, effec. fl. 3 51. 957 Philadelphia . Trieste, ditto 9 58 PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Madrid . .. Cadiz 36 t Portugal Gold C0m...3 17 5 Bilbao ... 36 New Doubloons 0 0 0 Barcelona Seville ... 36 Silver in liars ..... 0 411 SURREY THEATRE. The opera of Guy Munneriny was played at this thea tre (for the second time this week) last night, to a crowded house. The sweet and pleasing Scotch music was beautifully sung by Miss Homer, Mrs. Searle, and Mr. Harrison ; indeed we almost might say that the opera was twice played in one night, as almost every song was encored. Dibdin's hurletta of The Quaker fol lowed, Leffler playing the part of Steady. His singing of the " Lads of the Village" was a treat of rio ordinary character. Mr. W. Smith played the part of Solomon, and kept the house in roars of laughter. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—MOZart'S opera of Cosi fan Tutti was revived last night at the Italian Opera, for the benefit of Signor Costa. Lablaclw per sonated Don Alphonso, which could not boast of a su perior representative. Persiani and Moltini enacted the parts of Fiordiligi and Dorabella. Rubini and F. La blache acted the two indulgent lovers, Ferrando and Guiglielmo. The acting of last night brought pleasing reminiscences of the days when Fodor was Fiordiligi ; Garc'a, Guiglielmo, and Pasta, not then arrived at the zenith oilier glory. Despina. Since that period it has been played in an English form at the Lyceum, under the name of Tit for Tat, but that is now some time since. Among the gems of the evening, " Un aura ainorosa" was sung by Rubini with the most exquisite feeling ; it was rap turously encored, as was also the celebrated sestettu, " Sento oh Dio." There was a general call for Signor Costa when the curtain dropped over the opera, and a just tribute was then paid him. Cerito, in her Ghana, attracted last night as many plaudits as ever. The house was filled in all parts ; and in one of the front boxes sat Grisi, whose absence from the opera, this season, has been so much regretted. INDIAN ARMY.—Captain Johnstone, eldest son of the Rev. T. Johnstone, of Wakefield, has been promoted to the rank of Major ill the Madras Native Infantry. FATAL •ACCIDENT ON TUE LIVERPOOL AND MAN CHESTER RAILWAY.—On Thursday afternoon an acci dent occurred in the tunnel used by the passengers at the Liverpool terminus of the line. The quarter to five o'clock train, from Liverpool to Manchester, had started with its usual punctuality, and owing to one of the sheets on the top of the carriages not being properly secured, a porter named Connor, in the Company's ser vice, remained on the top of one of the carriag for the purpose of adjusting it. Before he had tinishea hi s j o b the train was in full motion, but unfortunately, and, as it is to be hoped, contrary to his instructions, he at tempted to descend, and jumping from the coach, came with great force against one of the carriages of a second class train from Manchester, descending the decline on the opposite line. •He was thrown under the wheels of the second carriage, which passed over his body, as well as did the wheels of the remainder of the trait). One of the carriages was thrown off the line without occasion ing any mischief further than the stopping of the train. On assistance being procured, Connor was found lying on the rails quite - dead. His body was dreadfully muti lated. His remains were placed on a shutter and con veyed to Lime-street station to await the Coroner's in quest. The unfortunate deceased evidently met his death through his own carelessness. His melancholy end will no doubt be looked upon as a serious warning to all those employed on or connected with railways. kaBITTING fair on A 1 1 1 - I , e 0( R I n S e E s d 2 a ' O y R A CI , acountryman horses which were exhibiting fo sale, when a ge:l- RG YAI - 4 N was . t t Atingelk at shfor sale, in clerical attire, and representing himself to be a th n e he d d same i such, a pplied to him to antrchase a particular anim a l a w , l , t t ic: i h ke he to po h h e i tesdeeotiiini in such 4 1 , 1 i l i a g t ag aS zl it ne c i l i e t r s g? a in t time telling him he would give him a sovereign for his. trouble. The trick took—the young man, " nothing green," paid 131 . 15 s. for a horse not• worth 5/., which being done, the clergyman was not to be found, and the purchinwr had to take his bargain to .himself with "all. faults."—Shfrhorne Journal. ALARMING FIRE IN WIIITE-STRLET, W,RouGn.— Slo , ri.ly alb.r two o'clock this morning, • a Are of a very alarming character broke cut on the premises belonging to Mr. Hullett, furrier and skin-merchant, Ito. 35, White-street, Southwark, within a short distance of St. George's church. The fire was first discovered by police constable Simon Sav our y, M 155, on going his rounds. No sooner was the door burst open, than the flames were blown with amazing rapidity into every room, and the inmates were compelled to scramble over the back premises almost in a state of nudity. The flames very soon reached the roof, which shortly after fell in with a tremendous crash, and the flames then shot forth into the air, and illuminated the horizon for miles round. At a little befgre six o'clock the fire was wholly extin guished, but not before the place was entirely burnt down, not even the bare walls r emaining. It could not be ascertained how the fire originated. Mr. Hullett's loss must be immense, but he is insured in the Licensed "Victuallers' office. The 'bill-sticking department," connect iaal with the unsightly heard in Trafalgar-square, is said s r6 - bring in about 3001. a year. 4 .=,..:~,. t S illed Or de id to the w ill lity. g of :e of re of Th! ou the Tics 0111 re' tun vits v eer) lice , tot , Lu se, t he inell glop i bet 31 O f y to deo dual and ,r of me ttle. 0 d o for Ale tr at. to • le re- U. - but aye leo jig the e ,s, le n ' ;U ~~~ ~~ , r