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decks of steamers to see a British squadron lying peaceably at its moorings, prepared to take on board 10,000 French troops to act in concert with their forces. The national animosities and the disastrous features of the past may well be forgotten and. for myen, in the presence of an act so pleasing and so unique as that which will be witnessed at Calais to day, and other medals, more truthful than those struck by the first Napoleon, and which bore the inscription, " Descente en Angleterre, frappe it 'res, 1804," might fairly commemorate this pleasing instance of the close alliance of the two nations. The proclamation of the Emperor to the troops ordered for embarkation for the Baltic was yeter day almost the only subject of conversation. The general opinion is certainly in its favour, as saying all that was sufficient, without using a word use lessly. This document was issued after the grand review of the troops. A copy of the proclamation Was immediately afterwards distributed to each of the soldiers. The troops then filed off, and marched towards Calais and the neighbouring villages, to be ready for embarkation. Copies of the proclama tion were yesterday morning placarded on the Walls in all parts of Paris, and were read with uni versal interest. 40,000 troops are spoken of for the northern ex pedition. It is probable they will be employed to °ccupy and to defend Sweden, if necessary, from any attack of Russia during the winter, and the co-operation of Sweden seems to be made sure of. Persons in office appear now extremely well pleased with Austria, about which there were some shades of doubt, and some slight dissatisfaction. Now, however, the moral atmosphere is like the sky— the clouds have cleared away and the sun shines out gloriously. At the reception at the Foreign office it was remarked that M. Drouyn de Lhuys Was in the highest spirits while conversing with M. Hubner, the Austrian Minister. THE CAMP AT BOULOGNE. The site occupied by the present camp, or rather series of camps, extends along the coast for a dis tance of nearly six miles from the town of Bou logne —from the Fort de la Grace to Honvault and Vimereux. The force at present encamped con sists of the 12th, 13th, 15th, and 41st light and line regiments of battalions, and some companies of engineers. On each side of the village of Vimereux the line of tents and huts extends for about an ecNal distance. When the huts are com pleted, a division of not less than 30,000 men may be accommodated. The framework of the huts is formed of short poles, securely planted in the ground, and rising two or three feet above the sur face. Upon these are placed other poles, so as to form a ridge roof, which is neatly thatched with S traw. The ends are built up of walls of clay, in 'which straw chopped short is mixed. At one end is a small square window, and at the other the door. The huts are about 14 feet square ; they are placed in rows of four and five deep, and extend a length of more than two miles. The tents are squa re , simila r to thos e i n general use in the Fre nc h army , an d accommo d a t e from 14 to 16 men each. ENERGETIC PREPARATIONS FOR CARRYING ON THE WAR. At no moment since war was declared (writes the Paris correspondent of the Times) have the pre- Parations for carrying it on been more extensive and More energetic than at the present. An expeditionary corps is on the point of leaving Boulogne to co-operate in the movements and second the operations of the Baltic fleet ; and in another direction the army of the East is receiving each day, from France as from Eng land, fresh reinforcements to complete the formidable army destined soon to strike a fatal blow against the Power of the Czar. On every side the blockade of the coast of that Empire becomes more strict, and the fleets approach more closely to its shore, and but for the ex cessive discretion, which might well deserve another name, and which keeps the Russian fleets under the shelter of its batteries, the defiance so flung at them ought long since to have roused them to take it up. It is in this resolute manner that the Maritime Powers keep on their way, without hesitation or delay, to the attainment of their object, while we are told that some other States occupy themselves in framing and ex changing notes and propositions more or less insidious, though said to be pacific, but the secret of which is to break up the alliance formed against Russia. The Maritime Powers are neither softened nor led astray by the intrigues of the Cabinet of St. Peters. burg, nor by those delays which are the usual con sequences of purely diplomatic relations. England and France do at this day what they did when they resolved to adopt action for negotiation—they still make an appeal to the civilised nations of Europe to join in the noble strife which they have begun. The hesitation of others does not and will not affect them. They will not halt on their way, nor will they suspend for a single instant the preparations which are necessary to make success certain. It has been frequently shown how great is the importance attached to the resolution of the German Powers, and how highly it is appreciated ; but it would be a mistake to suppose that the active inter vention of Prussia and Austria is not much more in their own interest than in the interest of that result which France and England lavish their resources to ob tain ; and after all, the free navigation of the Danube and the evacuation of the Principalities, which the Ca binet of Vienna has so much at heart, touch Germany, and in particular Austria, more nearly than the rest of :Europe. Europe at large has something more to de mand and something more to obtain than the retreat of the Russian army behind the Pruth. It requires that the aggressive policy of Russia shall be arrested once for all, and that the civilisation and liberties of the We - st shall not be stifled beneath the gigantic barbarism of the North. It is clear thst it is less on the banks of the Danube than in the Baltic and the Black Seas that such a result is to be obtained, and that the only effectual way to reduce Russia to the proportions of a continental from those of a huge preponderating Power is to crush once and for ever the fleet which she has been accus tomed to look upon as the instrument of her strength. The destruction of her navy is the best, perhaps the only, guarantee against future aggression and aggran disements, and when the Russian flag has ceased to float in those seas, except on more modest conditions than hitherto, Enropo will then, and then only, be freed from the alarm which her unbounded and unprincipled ambition has caused it. It is not Prussia or Austria that can do this. France and England are the only powers capable of effecting it, and after all it is perhaps not otherwise than in an indirect manner that the other powers can second them. The " ignorant impatience" of popular opinion finds fault with the tardiness of the naval operations, and those who are at such a distance, and who are unaware of the difficulties to be surmounted, pretend to find fault with the commanders by sea and land. According to them Cronstadt should have long since been destroyed and Sebastopol razed to the water's edge ; but these complaints do not retard nor prematurely hurry the movements of the fleets and armies. Whenever the day comes for such deeds, there need be no doubt that they will be executed in such a manner as to leave no wish unsatisfied. When that result is obtained, I suspect that we shall hear no more of the hesitation of the Ger- Man States, great or small. It has been observed, and perhaps with some reason, that tilts public mind is unduly and ex essively occupied with what passes abroad, and that little or no attention is paid to events that occur at home The great duty of resistance to ambition be longs more peculiarly to England and France. If the German States join in the task so much the better ; if not, which is improbable, the Western Powers will go on alone. It is denied here that there is any just reason to TiPpose a defection on the part of the German Powers. It is evident that they have not once varied in the col lective declaration they have signed, but that they have up to the present pursued the same object by means of m any solemn acts—the convention of Berlin, the secret article which accompanies it, the treaty between Austria, 4 _,t 1 (1 the P or t e , an d l as t, no t l e ast, the summons "reseet Russia is to quit the Principalities. But ad whatever be the conduct of those Powers, or of one of th em, England and France are determined to pursue with the same energy the line they have traced out, and if others hesitate about driving the Russians from the Principaliti es th ese P owers w ill manage to d o so i n tne way or other. At the moment I write au event is taking place within sight of the shores of Eng land which is not the least remarkable of the many extraordinary circumstances which have occurred for the last 25 years. Twice since the commencement of the present century a camp was formed at Bou ',,,,°gne, and on eac h o ccas i on an E mperor named 'Napole on went thither to inflame the military ardour of the army. The first great host was massed against England. The second—it is on board British steamers that French battalions are embarked, and the flags un der which they are going to fight are the united ones of France and England. In 1804 France and England were arrayed against each other ; in 1854 they are b o th engag e d i n t h e same crusade of civilisation and public law against the common enemy of the peace and pros perity of Europe. T' ..he Three per Cents. closed yesterday at 70f. 65 e. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a- Ralf per Cents, closed at 97f. ; and the New Loan at 70 f. 75c.; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,147 f. 50c.; Rouen, 1,005 f. ; Havre, 570 f. • Great Northern, • 1e 808 f. 17f ; Strasburg, 772 f. 50c. ; New Shares, ""n• ; Paris a n d L yons, 922 f. 50 c . ; Ly ons to 640editerranean, 827 f. 50c. ; Western of France, tral of Vrdeau x an d Cette, 592 f. 50c. ; Great C eu - Ban k ran ee, 490 f. ; L yons an d G eneva , 500 f. ; of Credit igobilier, d9sf. SPAIN. THE INSURRECTIONFEAT OF THE IN SURGENTS. from Madrid The Moniteur of thi s day p u bli s h es a d espa t c h , of the 12th, to the e ff ec t th a t an en gagements andent had taken place in Valencia, between the insu rg the Queen's troops, i n w hi c h 54 prisoners had been taken, and the chief of the in surgents killed. SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the .................. 111,118 18 we At ending July 9, 1854 ....... Corresponding week last year ..................... 3,041 2 11f CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY.—Traffio return for the week ending July 8, 1854 Corresponding week 141E4 Year 2OO 14 8 18 9 LIVERPOOL RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Rosaline . Dear Me . HANDICAP PLATE. LANCASHIRE STAKES. Cloud - Six ran. BETTING. 5 to 1 agst lleapy 7 to 1 agst Diana. Stanley and Domino paid. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. .... 1 1 The quantity of English wheat received up to our mar ket thi: week coastwise has amounted to 1,230 quarters. Fresh up to-day the receipts were scanty, and the show of samples was limited, yet the demand for all kinds was confined to immediate wants, at Monday's currency. With foreign wheat wo were heavily supplied, and we have to report a fresh arrival, amounting to nearly 17,000 quarters. The trade for all descriptions was heavy, but we have no actual change to notice i❑ prices. In floating cargoes next to nothing was doing. The show of barley was moderate, whilst the sale for most kinds was inactive, on former terms. The malt trade was very dull, and prices showed a ten dency to decline. The oat trade was dull, and the quotations were rather easier. Beans, peas, and flour commanded very little attention Wheat. 1,230 ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Barley. I Malt. I Oats. 190 3,170 1,380 21,570 75° I 1.59 - osks 4,880br1 Flour. 450 English .. Irish .. .. Foreign .. 16,960 20 3,5 - 1 SMITHFIELD. To-day's market was well supplied with beasts as to number, but their general quality was inferior. For most breeds we had a fair demand, at Monday's prices. Sheep, the number of which was tolerably good, moved off steadily, at full quotations. There was a slight falling off in the sale for lambs, but no change took place in their value. Prime small calves sold treaty, At extreme rates. Other wise the veal trade was rather dull. The supply was ex tensive. Pigs sold on former terms. Much cows were rather dull, at from 141. to 191. Os. each, including their small calf. s. d. s. d. Prime Southdown 4 10 5 0 Large crse. calves 3 4 4 4 Prime small d 0... 4 6 410 Large hogs 3 0 4 2 Small porkers 4 4 4 6 Sucklingealves ..22 0 29 0 Quarter old pigs 21 0 28 0 4s Bcl to 5s 10d. Per 81bs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 Second quality.... 3 8 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 410 5 0 Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 8 Second quality ...3 10 4 2 Prime crse.-wlled.4 4 4 8 lambs, TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts .:.............. •• 1,060 Sheep ................. —10,900 Calves Pigs .. •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 450 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts.... •• •.. ........ . 350 Sheep ..•• •• ••..•• •• ...... 800 Ca1ve5.............. ..... • 420 Pig 5.....••• •• •• •• ....•... NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The general demand ruled steady, and prices were well supported. Per 81bs by the eareasa. s. d. s. d. I s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 2 3 4 I Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 6 Do., middling 3 6 3 8 I Do., middling 3 8 4 2 Do., prime large .3 10 4 2 Do., prime 4 4 4 8 Do., do. small —.4 4 4 8 1 Veal 3 4 4 8 Pork, large 3 4 4 0 j Pork, small 4 2 4 10 Lamb 4s 6d to 5s Bd. BOROUGH HOP. The very unfavourable accounts from the plantations have produced considerable firmness in our market to-day, and prices have advanced fully 20s per cwt. The duty fluctuates between 45,0001. and 55,0001. The imports are only 24 bales from Hamburgh. Prices were as follows :—Mid and East Kent pockets, 101. 108 to 13!. 13s ; Weald of Kent ditto, 91. 10s to 11/. lls ; Sussex ditto, 9/. 5s to 11/. Os per cwt. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The aggregate transactions in British West India have not been large, and early in the week rather lower prices were current, Berbadoes selling at 33s to 33s 6d for low yellow, 31s for mid to fine, and 31s to 31s 6d for brown. Demerara brown brought 30s 6d, and low yellow 32s to 33s Gd. The market since has been firmer: Manilla has been rather cheaper ' • Muscovado low to fair realising 27s Gd, washed 26s 6d to 275, brown 30s to 31s Gd, and low to good grocery 32s to 365, clayed was taken in at 30s 6d to 31s Gd, and washed at 30s per cwt. Foreign-- Yellow Havannah has been taken in at full rates, viz., low to good soft yellow at 333 to 375, low to mid yellow at 32s 6d to 355, andl ow to good foxy brown at 31s to 335, washed sold at 32s 6d to 34s for low to mid, and at 31s to 32s for brown, and mid to fine at 35s Gd to 37s per cwt. St. Croix has gone at steady prices, viz., 37s to 39s Gd for mid to fine yellow. Brazil low to fine brown was taken in at 29s to 325. Porto Rico sold at 32s to 384 for low heavy to good bright yellow, and Cuba at 30 to 31s Gd for brown, and at 32s to 36s for low to good grocery. East India.— Bengal dull yellow at auction brought 31s to 34, fine white Benares 40s 6d, and Madras privately 37s 6d. Mauritius realised 35s 6d for fine yellow, 31s Gil to 35s for low to good, and 278 to 31s for brown, being full value. Refined has sold readily, at 44s for brown lumps, and at 44s 6d to 50 for grocery. COFFEE.—A moderato business has been done in Plan tation Ceylon at 70s to 75s for fine and superior qualities, at 69s to 72s Gd for good and fine colory and favourite marks, at 57s to 64s for mid to good, at sis Gil to 56s 6cl for fine ord and low mid, at 66s to 67s for pcaberry, at 43s Gd to 53s for triage, and at 27s to 41s Gd for ord. Native has been more dealt in at 43s to 44s per cwt for good ord, and at 43s Gd for low to good ord. Jamaica low mid and mid brought 55s to 60s, and for fino ord pale at 503 to 525, and triage at 33s to 44s per cwt. RICE.-- A fair demand has existed, but the high prices asked has checked business. Mid and good Bengal sold at 12s 6(1. to 13s 6,1, and fine white at 13s to 13s 6d. SPICES. —Very little has been in the absence of public sales. Privately, mid pimento realised full rates, viz, sad to 5Ad per lb. COTTON.—Prices —iParircteicsle is steady, but the market is dull. IE way was E 6 30 (1 1 d t o n is s 3 p 3 e s cwt. t BengalSALT SALTPETRE.—Prices pYerricceesntharveefrae givention good GA ishcrystal 13 to it was si per cent at 30s was taken cd in to at 3 3 l 2 B s, Madras was sold at about 6d. reduction on these prices. t a b n o d u boldgh subsequently grey refraction, but was afterwards sold at 25s per cwt. efine decrip tions,taken in at 26s for low mid, small grey 191 to 26. i per cent INDIGO.—Lower rates have, except for some passed is 3,825 chests, and 2,134 have been sold. been current at the public sales. The quantity TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 66s 6d per cwt. on the spot, being firm. GREEN FRUIT.—A. quiet market. Oranges 20s per box lower. A parcel of lemons per Tagus steamer from Lisbon, sold by Keeling and Hunt, at public sale, went at an ad vanco of 2s to 3s per box. Some specimens of the diseased grape cuttings from Lisbon, have been sent to the Royal Botanic Society, Regent's-park, to undergo a careful exa mination. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, July 14.—Wind this day at Noon, Westerly ; light breeze, and cloudy, with rain. SHEERNESS, July 13.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Alex ander, from Memel. RAMSGATE, July 13.—Wind, S.S.W. Sailed—Capella, for Batavia. OFF DOVER, July 12.—Arrived—Minerva, from New castle, for Malta; Karen and Marthea, Lubea, for Spit head ; Henrietta, for Bombay. PORTSMOUTH, July 13.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Jason (s s), from Constantinople ; Betsy, Cadiz ; Mvoltan, Lon don, for Hobart Town, and proceeded for Southampton ; Margaret Evans, do., for New York ; Ottoman, London ; Sy bel, do. ; Phantom, do., all three for Yarns. Sailed—. Her Majesty's steamer Stromboli, for the Downs. FALMOUTH, July 13.—Wind, N. Arrived—Buen Jesus, from Havanuah ; Jane, Oran ; Agile, Zante ; Swea, Odessa. Sailed—Apame, for Barcelona. Off Port—Orient, from Girgenti, and sailed for Newcastle. PLYMOUTH, ' July 13.—Wind, Arrivel—Apel line, from London, for Melbourne ; Louisa Sholbourne, do., for Belize. iDUTHAIAIPTON, July 13.—Arrived—Iberia (s), from Gibraltar. CowEs, July 13.—Wind, W. Arrived—Fortuna, from Rio Janeiro, and sailed for Bremen. GLOUCESTER, July 12.—Arrived—Hendrika Jantina, from Galatz. Sailed—Thomas and James, for Quebec. HARTLEPOOL, July 11.—The Thomas and Ann, of Sun derland, from Inverkeithing, with stone, arrived at West Hartlepool on the Bth July, but was struck on the bar, and having beaten over, sank between the piers, and has since gone to pieces. HULL, July 13.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Barone Kulmer, from Constantinople; Sunderland (s), Rotterdam; Norfolk, do. POOLE, July 13.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Secret, for Newfoundland. BRISTOL, July 13.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Jessie Benfield, from Cephalonia ; Sirius, Bremen ; Werner, Hamburgh. _ NEWPORT, July 13.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Nile, from London, for Ascension ; Coquimbo, do., for New York; Anna, Genoa ; C as t on, L on d on, f or M a lt a . Sailed Faithful, for Wilmington ; Julie and Marie, Venice. SWANSEA, July 13.—Wind, N.W. Sailed—Lady Pirie, from Cuba ; Hero, Gibraltar. BELFAST, July 1 2.—Wind, N. Arrived—Rolla, from Porto Rico. ARCHANGEL, June 19 (July I.)—The Infatigable (Bel gian brig) was lost on the bar of this river 16th (18th) June ; crew saved. A great number of vessels are de tained outside the bar by boisterous weather. MEMEL, July B.—The Benhard, of Papenburg, from London to Cronstadt, and the two Courland-decked boats which were brought into the roadstead 3d July, as prizes to H.M. steamer Conflict, came into the harbour yesterday. ELSINORE, July 9.—An English steam frigate passed this morning to the southward, but did not communicate with the land. GIBRALTAR, July 2.- The Mary, arrived here last night from Marseilles, reports that, on the morning of the 30th June, being carried by the current during calm weather towards the coast of Riff, about 20 miles west of Cape Tres Forcas, a brig, apparently loaded, was observed to be attacked by several Riffian boats, and a fire of musketry was kept up for a time, which, no doubt, ended in the capture of the merchantman. The wind getting up shortly, the Mary was enabled to escape, but it is feared that some other vessels, which were also near the Riff coast, may have fallen into the hands of the pirates. July 4.—The Veronica (British schooner) was lately wrecked on the bar of Larache ; crew saved, and arrived here. H.M. steam sloop Prometheus steamed for the coast of Riff 3d July, in order to rescue another vessel taken by the Riff pirates. (BY ELECTRIC TELRGRAPII.) LIVERPOOL, Friday, 10 a.m. Wind W.N.W., and cloudy. Arrived—lsabella Scott, from Para ; Racehorse, Leg horn ; Talf,en ' Christiana ; Paul, D anz i g; Quatro Bras, Amatprdana jartrgaret (a.), lime; Mine (c), Oporto. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 14, 1854. S HARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Price yesterday. Btudness done this day. LITERATURE. The Iron, Cousin ' • or, Mutual Influence. By Mary Cowden Clarke, Author of " The Girlhood of Shakspeare's Heroines," kc. Routledge. This is a very interesting story. The incidents are ingeniously narrated, and the events occur in a natural and. truth-like manner. The Squire, with his good-natured, easy character, was just the sort of person to go on heedlessly from day to day, un thinking of the morrow, and unmindful of the exi gencies of future demands. Kate Ireton, the heroine, is a delightful being, full of enthusiasm, energy, and intelligence. In the delineation of this truly natural disposition the authoress has been eminently successful. We meet with no sen timental maiden and no romantic damsel, but a genuine woman. Her great fault was wilfulness, but it was one easily accounted for and readily ex cused under her circumstances. Her uncle, the good old Squire, thought of nothing else in the world before his niece. He wished her to be happy, supremely happy, and he erred in judgment, not in feeling. Kate was happy 'for a time, but not with the joy that lasts. She amused herself with the eager excitement of a young and ardent nature, impatient of remonstrance and indignant at con trol. The only person who did not yield a ready compliance to her wishes was Fermor Worthington —" the Iron Cousin," as Kate playfully styled him, in consequence of their relationship and his being of a lofty and commanding temper. With this latter individual the young heroine kept up a perpetual skirmish. After many misunderstand ings and mistakes on all sides, Fermor went abroad. During his absence the Squire, Heathcote, died suddenly. As he had left no will of his personal property, all went to the heir in entail, and the unfortunate object of his solicitude in life was by his death reduced to beggary. Kate Ireton, how ever, possessed a spirit which, although overbear ing in prosperity, was strong in adversity. She supported herself, and was as calm and collected in trouble as she had been sportive and fearless in gayer hours. After great troubles and hindrances, she was enabled to establish herself in a small com petency in the village near which she had once re sided in a style of princely magnificence. Fermor Worthington returned to find his valued cousin as nearly perfect as seemed possible. Trial had re moved the only unworthy attributes of her noble character. Solitude and reflection had taught her wisdom that all her uncle's wealth could never have procured her. Fermor Worthington himself had somewhat softened down in the interim. His wanner had lost that sternness and harshness which had before been its chief defects. A more attractive heroine than Kate Ireton can hardly be imagined, and it is therefore with pleasurable feel ings that the reader beholds a brighter future rise before her at the conclusion of the story. The " Iron Cousin" may well sustain the fame of the authoress by the elevation of its sentiments, the ability of its descriptions, and the charm of its pathos and expression. Philip Rollo ; or, the Scottish. Musket eers . B y James Grant, Author of the " Romance of War," " Jane Seton," ch. 2 vols. Routledge. This novel is of the romantic style in incident and personages. The hero is neglected by his family, and accordingly abandons his home and country, and sets out with a cousin to join the Scottish forces, then abroad assisting Christian, king of Denmark. He met with a variety of re markable adventures, and when made prisoner by the enemy's forces on one occasion he was taken to the mansion of a Count, whose acquaintance he had previously made during the war. He was here introduced to his host's daughters Ernestine and Gabrielle. He contrived to escape, and, the tide of fortune changing, the fair sisters were afterwards made captive by Rollo's friends. Philip was soli citous to return them the kindness they had pre viously shown to him in trouble, but the impru dent maidens left his protection, and set off to seek their father, whom they believed dying. A very interesting scene takes place when Ernestine, the most spirited of the two, contrives to make the brigand who had betrayed them swallow the drug he had prepared for her. She then escape], and soon made her way back to her captors, but also her friend s . Poor Gabrielle, the other victim, was not so fortunate. She was murdered by the wretch who had devised the scheme of getting the sisters away to fulfil his own purposes of self-aggrandise ment. The termination is more satisfactory than the reader expects, for Ernestine, who is reported dead from cholera, to the great joy of her father, and Philip Rollo recovers suddenly, having only , fallen into a stupor. The party returned to Scot land, where, in their native land, they endeavoured to forget the stormy scenes they had passed through in foreign countries. " (tc., 3 vols. My Saunders and Otley. o F re i , en A cis ut a h n o d r of i la' Acquaintance. By P. G. Pat- These volumes belong to a class of wprks . whie b_ h has lately- increased in number. Saco° cri tics jeo It is demurred that literary men will On pr in c ip le. never be able to indulge in social unreserve with ' t and perhaps with reason, to their pu b l i cation, on their friends, if their words and peculiarities are treasured up for the subsequent information of the public. Others affirm that authors are public cha racters, and that every detail of their life and con versation is the privilege of their admirers or critics. Setting aside this disputed point, few will deny that the present work is written in a suffi ciently impartial spirit, and that it contains many interesting remarks and anecdotes. It professes to be a collection of " memorials, mind portraits, and personal recollections of deceased celebrities of the nineteenth century, with selections from their unpublished letters." Among these memorials we find many well-known names. The following is a list of the chief sketches :—Charles Lamb, Camp bell, Lady Blessington, Plumer Ward, H. and J. Smith, William Hazlitt, and Laman Blanchard, with some recollections of Richard Brinsley Sheri dan. The latter include some selections from un published papers, which do not seem likely to en hance the author's reputation. Among some curious incidents mentioned is the fact that the famous Rejected Addresses really deserved their title, having been rejected by several publishers successively, " not one being willing to take upon himself the risk of publishing, amounting to some twenty or thirty pounds whereas, after it had gone through something like a dozen editions, its fortunate copyright authors l a r g solde sum the of money remaining, i believe te rm f a the thousand pounds, and the volume has since reached a thirty-first edition." Perhaps it is not generally known that the last novel of Mr. Plumer Ward, " De Clifford ; or, the Constant Man," was written when he was between seventy-five and seventy-six years of age. It must b e remembered that it was published in four thickly -printed volumes, equal, it is observed, to mole th an two ordinary novels of the present day. Many such anecdotes or pieces of information will be found iu these volumes, which, if not possessing the highest qualities of style or subject, will afford the reader much enter tainment, and serve to O ccupy agreeably au idle hour. Ambrose the Sculptor. An Autobiography of Artist , Author of " Christa -Ini g i h t t hand Elder. b L e i l f l e e .. ,, By T M w r o s. vo C i a s r . tw s r This work is not, as its title would lead us to suppose, entirely devoted to art. It partakes more fromthe m of the o, which of is a romance, ,, st l ne e as may be judged , as a seal upon fire, Which hath a arm ; for love is strong as death ; jealousy is cruel as th e grave ; the coals thereof are coals of thine heart, as a seal upon thine most vehement flame." Ambrose A rno ld, th e autobiographer, is born in Italy, his father a reck less genius, his mother a virtuous and devoted parent, who, nevertheless, is the cause of great un happiness to her son. He inherits his father's genius for sculpture, and after his death i n a quar rel he studies at the house of Vitelli, an old friend and distinguished teacher. He become s attached to Carmen Vitelli, his master's only daughter, a prima donna at the Opera. Before he has con fessed his feelings, Carmen becomes seriously ill, and Ambrose is summoned by his mother to accom pany her to England. She is of an old Welsh family, and her only brother has at last forgiven her imprudent marriage, and invited her and her son to come and live with him. They accordingly depart, to the great mortification of Ambrose, and Carmen, who has lost her voice from illness, accom panies her father to Havana. There they aro both seized with yellow fever, and the father dies. Car men is also reported to be dead. Meanwhile, Am brose hearing this report is persuaded by his mother on her deathbed to marry his cousin Lilith, his uncle's only child and heiress. On the eve of the wedding-day he discovers that Carmen lives ; and feeling himself committed to her from a letter he had written to her father, the unhappy sculptor is placed in a most awkward position. Lilith ex tricates him from it by assuring him that he is in honour bound to Carmen, w h o , poor and destitute, has arrived in Europe. To the indignation of his uncle he breaks off the engagement with Lilith, departs from Wales, and marries Carmen. They live happily for some tirae, but doubts, jealousies, and misfortunes arise, and they emigrate to Ame rica. After some years they return, and after many complicated events Carmen poisons herself from jealousy of Lilith. Ambrose subsequently rises to eminence in his profession, and at length ends his career full of honours. _ It will thus be seen that those who expect to find in this work a record of the toils and triumphs, the oaerizge Nooses the artist, will bi; Idisappointed. It does not trace the variations of temperament, the high aspirations, the struggles of the sensitive spirit and inspired mind with a pre judiced and calculating world. It will be, there fore, more attractive to the lover of romance than to the student of art, to the novel reader rather than to the psychologist. Most readers will agree in preferring the gentle yet high-principled Lilith to the passionate and imperious Carmen, whose suicide extinguishes the pity that might otherwise be felt for her. At least the author spares the reader the marriage of Ambrose and Lilith at the conclusion, which is but too general a termination to such tales. The authoress has, however, had sufficient good taste and discernment to avoid this, for which she is highly commendable. The following extract is from the introduction, in which the position of art and artists is con sideredj:— " Are such gifted men, then, to be honoured amongst us ? Have such men not in every age been found worthy of all honour? Do not the names of Apelles, Phidias, Ra phael, M. Angelo, Bramante, Wren, and many others, attest it ? In old times : but are they now so honoured, especially in England ? The question is not new, and has been answered, Yes, and No. "Art is great, intrinsically great, It may advance from rude beginnings—develope itself from simple germs —im prove in its scope and in its details—may become sta tionary, retrograde, degenerate, and recover itself again. "Art is a lire, not of one man but of generations : it is a history of mind and men. But one man can embrace in his career but a small portion of the long progress of art. Every artist must begin, and it is long before he can reach even the outskirts of high art. Can the patronage, the honour which is willi ng ly an d d eserve dly b es t owe d on the profession and the highest na,m.,s in it, be indiscriminately lavished on the working majority ere they have attained the eminence of fame? It is impossible : general patronage is all the majority can look to until the celebrity of some work raises the name of its author to public notoriety. Now, this working part of his career is of necessity the greater part of the life of the Artist—and if he meets due honour in the latter half of his career, it is unreasonable to complain of neglect in the former portion when the pinnacles of fame were occupied by an older race. " It may be disheartening, but it is not cruel : it can hardly be ordered otherwise. The man who shows most mental courage in persevering through long years of severe training, and whose strong heart braves the suffering of disappointment and delay, has already proved that force of mind which is the highest moral qualification of an ac complished Artist." .Terningham : a story._ 2 vols. Chapman and Hall. This novel has every appearance of being a first work. It has all the energy, vigour, and diversity of a new author, and, we must also add, some of the faults usually to be attributed to inexperience. Such are, a want of connection in the incidents, and some striking improbabilities in the plot, which mar the effect of a great variety of characters and events. It opens with the christening of the only child of Mr. Jerningham, a landed proprietor. A large circle of friends are met to celebrate the joy ful occasion, and the gay party go in great state to the old church, where the infant heir receives the rite "with the priest before and the dead around." All these festivities are, however, soon stopped by the sudden death of Mr. Jerningham ; his wife sinks under the shock, and the hero is left an orphan. We next meet him running away from a school where he had been placed by his guar dian, Lord Haverdale. After Mr. Jerniug ham's death it was discovered that owing to a passion for gambling his entire fortune had gone, and the old family estate was lost. Jerningham comes to London to try his fortune as an author, and makes many strange acquaintances, one of the strangest being a young girl named Vlarie, who lives alone in an old house. Jerningham under takes her education, and she subsequently becomes an actress. They are much attached to each other, but Lord. Haverdale refusing to sanction their union, Marie, unwilling to interfere with Jerning ham's prospects, becomes the wife of a rich baronet. After some years he dies, but Jerningham refuses to be reconciled. He has, meanwhile, advanced in his profession, and is a successful author. At length he overcomes his anger and they are mar ried, and, like the good old fairy tales, " live happily ever after." But this romantic history does not occupy all the volumes. It is a sufficient proof that the author is not wanting in invention, as the above plot would be sufficient for many three volume novels. Many literary characters are introduced, some of them evidently being meant for portraits. There are also many exciting scenes respecting French politics about the year 1820. Jerningham accompanies Lord Haverdale to Paris, and becomes engaged in secret meetings and plots. The murder of the Due de Berri is described, and many other striking events of that period, together with an attempted insurrection, which fails. The least agreeable part of the story is unquestionably that relating to Lord Haverdale, who does not win either admiration or interest. The episode of Ayesha, the Gipsy Girl, is one of the unlikely incidents to which we have alluded. The writer, however, is evidently possessed of talent and infor mation, and much inventive power ; and if he will be more careful in the construction of his plot, and avoid the improbabilities, we might even say improprieties, which at present interfere with the other parts of his narrative, we may ex pect from him a much higher production than "Jerningham." COWES, ISLS OF WIGHT.-July 13. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ARRIVED.-July 6.—Fancy, schooner, Rev. R. P. Hartopp, from the Channel Islands. B.—Camilla, schooner, J. E. W. Rolls, Esq., from Portsmouth. 9. —Stormfincli, schooner, Lieut.-Colonel Brown, C.R., Eastward. 10.—Ione, schooner, Sir H. Oglander, Bart., Western Ports and Guernsey. 12. Julia, cutter, Wm. Peareth, E-q., Ireland and Greenock ; Stella, cutter, Rd. Frankland, Esq., Cherbourg ; Plover, yawl, Lieut.-Colonel Brown, Gravesend. 13. —Brilliant, schooner, G. H. Ackers, LA., South ampton. SAILED.—JuIy 7.—Stella, cutter, Rd. Frankland, Esq., for the Coast of France. 10.—Irene, schooner, Jos. Reynolds, Egg., London river. 11.— Fancy, schooner, Rev. R. P. Hartopp, Western Ports and Ire land. 13.—Susan, yawl, Earl of Hardwick, Downs ; Titania, schooner, R. Stephenson, Esq., M.P., Lowe stoft ; Shark, schooner, Win. Curling. Elq., Lowestoft. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION.—AIarm, Zaza, Amazon, Fairy, Lavrock, Camilla, Spider, Cygnet, Dryad, Ripple, Titania, Osprey, Caprice, Enchantress, Lancashire Witch, Sultana, Geneva, Stormfinch, Julia, Stella, Plover, Shark, and Brilliant. EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO COMPANY. At a meeting of this company, held yesterday, a divi dend and bonus of 101 . per share was declared, and the report was unanimously adopted. It was explained by the chairman (Mr. H. H. Lindsay) that Si. per share is fairly divisible from the net revenue of the year, and that the bonus is derived through a free gift made by Mr, Wise, the founder of the company, of a number of shares which have been realised. It is considered ex pedient, however, to make calls, so as to bring the subscribed amount up to 301. per share ; and it was therefore proposed that the proprietors should consent to the 101. now to be distributed being appropriated in part payment of these calls, leaving 51. per share to he paid at a future period. The present capital is 76,3451., of which 46,3451. consists of calls paid in advance. With regard to the progress of the undertaking, it was stated that the coal raised shows a steady increase, and that a contract has been entered into with the Peninsular and Oriental Company to supply them with further quan tities. It is estimated that the produce from the mines of Lahuan and the main land of Borneo will shortly reach 15,000 tons per month, no check being apprehended from a scarcity of labour, and that with this increase the requirements of the English, Dutch, Spanish, and American steamers can be adequately provided. Ship ments are also contemplated to the coast of the Pacific to meet the large demand for smelting and other opera tions. Annexed is the revenue account for the year ending the 30th of June, 1854 : To export charges on coal, freights, &c £15,177 16 9 To portion of expenses, estimated at 10s. per ton, for r.Lising 22,400 tons of coal 11,220 0 0 To portion of preliminary expenses written off for the past year To profit carried down £37,968 2 11. By amount to credit for coal raised and sold to this date £37,334 9 1 By earnings of schooner Sydney, after de ducting outfit, &c 557 15 7 By interest receivable £37,963 2 11 MADAME TIISSAUD'S EXHIBITION.—Among the latest additions to this popular place of instruction and amuse ment is a likeness of our most gracious Queen's mother, the Duchess of Kent. Her Royal Highness is repre sented in an evening dress, composed of the most costly materials, in which great taste and judgment has been displayed. This portrait model will nearly complete the figures of our present Royal Family, and is one that will become popular, and attract much attention from the visitors. A WO:IAN ROBBED OF HO/. IN lIIILL.-00 Thursday night, as Mrs. Cass, wife of a commercial traveller in Hull, was landing on the Corporation-pier from the New Holland packet, her pocket was picked of a long brown silk purse, containing 50 sovereigns, one 101. Bank of England note, 50/. in local notes, 15s. in half-cro wns and ls. The money w as in a pocket under her dress, and the thief lifted up the dress to get at it. The boy who committed the robbery was seen to run away di rectly. but though pursued contrived to evade detection. He did not appear to be more than 14 y ears of age, and was seen just befo re the robbery talkin g to two men, of whom an accurate description has been obtained, T HE DIREGO.—LIVERPOOL, July 13. —No o deaths have occurred amon g the emi g ra nts since morning. A fav ourable chan ge has taken l yesterday ace in those who yesterday w ere re p orte d dangerously , and hopes are entertained that they will all recover. 1 The st owners (Messrs . Cohort and Co.) h ave used th most o praise worthy exertions to mitigate the sufferings of the un fortuuate emigrants.- RAILWAYS. Pald.l 50 50 20 20 100 100 all all Aberdeen.. Aeabg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct Belfast & Ballymena Binning. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh. dz! Cheshire Janet Do. Chesh. & Birk , £5O and 225 Cons Do., £20..... ..... Blyth & Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) Bristol and Exeter Caledonian .. Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon... Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin &Belfast June Dundee Perth &Aber Been Junction Do. New East . Do., (XlB E Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, A Stock Do., B. Stock ,Do., New A East Lancashire Edinburgh di Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles... Edin. PrLb dt Dundee 16i 16i St. 194 14 100 184 114 all all 812x1 100 - 42 34 I • 54 Il is 21 2s 100 100 100 100 I Forth & Clyde June. Glasgow & S. Westernl Great Northern I 2/ 2s all IE4 100 St. 10 St. 25 17 all all 16 fils. lot) 100 231 - 24 J - 51 9 -- 10 11i-10# 17 -- 18, 7 -- 6d, 97 - 99 62i - 63 154 - 11 13 id -- par 7 - 8 17 . - 18 ii . = iil 36 - 40 28 - 30 64 - 66 60 - 62 ... -- ... 24 - 26 66 68 88i 89 72 74 125 - 127 96 - 98 79 - 794 Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock at. Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Western Irish South-Eastern, Lancaster & Carlisle Do Thirds 89 91 11 13 o 11 13 p 6i 651 --si 664 DO. New Thirds Lan.eash.andYorksh Do., Fifths.. Da., Wst. Riding Un. Leeds Northern Liv. Crshy.&Southpt London & Blackwal Lond. THU. & Sthend. Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Loud, and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/. Sh., M&B (, Do. Eighths London and S. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndriy. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.& Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birmng. & Derby Midi& G. West. (I re.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., Bury Extension N wpt.Aberg. & lirfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North London 'Do. Now £lO N. &S. Wstrn ,Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westin. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth 14f 154 "f3f 11 11.1 LO7 109 103} • lon Par P par p d 82A 834 9 83 8 7d !Scottish Central ~ 'Scottish Midland : 21 - 22 65i 66 38 - 40 Shrewsbury & Bi z rag. Do. L. & N. Western Guaranteed St eek Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min, Do. Halves,. G ?o. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun Do Staines, Wok. &Wok Stockton & Darling Stockton & ilartlepl Taff Vale Do. £lO shares. Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Rayon Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace West London Winibledn & Croydon' YorkNewctl.&Berw, Do. Extensious Do. G.N.E. Puu•chase York& N.Midland id— id 6i— 6d 2 2j 6 - 8 50 - 52 3 4 3 4 33 ... 34 52 551 par p 4 - p - 7 74 ld 1 p 30 - 32 92 94 58 - 60 68 - 72 68 - 72 2i - 2 u 62i i i 17 19 84 94 13 -- 14 3i -- 3ia 107 103 I 13 - 15 62. C3i 35 - 36 4 - 2 , 1 4 - 5 69 70 32 - 34 3a 19 194 4 5 23 25 6 6A ••• --- •• 0 - 7• 73 n 7 - 60 44 - 30 534 -- 544 62i 3 54 4 FOREIGN. 10 all Autwerp&Rotterdam 3 3sd 5 3 Belgian Eastn. June, 20 8 Beziers to Graissossac 31 3 d 20 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip id—ip ... Central of Italy 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin 17,3 all Demerara 20 14 Dijon and Besancon p 20 9 Dutch Rhenish 3/ 3 d 20 all East Indian 2l —2; p 20 2 Do. Extension d par 5 all Gt. Indian Pen insula p 20 10 Gd. Junct. of France „, • ..• ••• 11 2 0000 5 la4lOol GDpil..,DTerbucinenkotoufrCesana...d.:: 5 6 4 4 d d 20 .. a l l O l Gatt..wCeenstalrnooff c F2n a z . id d 18 —l9 Shares . Do. Bonds (Ist is. )'57 •• • P 100 2 2 0 0 all all 5 e HanLol6lllpoenr Coust.eke nToronto c. 5 all Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c pref ••• 20 15 Luxembourg — ..• 10 10 Do. (Railway) , ••. ••• 5 2 Do. Prof ••• ••• 5 3 Do. (Canal) . ••• 10 5 Do. 6p. ct. pref — ...d 20 8 Lyons and Geneva 20 12 Lyons & Mediterran — ••• 20 13 Madras id p 331 331 Maria Antonia 10 all Do. do. New 2t l 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry — 20 all Namur & Liege (will , interest) 7§ 8 20 all Do. (ex interest) 16 all Northern of France 331 33/ Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds. 20 all (frny.B.& Ams.Shs.) 10 all NorwegianTrunkPrei • 8 9 20 10 Paris and Lyons l6/ —l7 p 40 all Ditto Bonds 10 all Paris and Orleans 45 47 20 all Paris and Rouen 39 41 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 301 • 31 20 10 ParisCaen &Cherbrg. pm 10i 10. i Quebec & Richmond ... 20 all Rouen andllavre 2ll 221 20 15 Royal Danish ld 1p 5 2 Royal Swedish — a 20 all Sambre and Meuse Bl 9 ... 6 Do. 51 p. cent. Pref ,.. 20 6 Southern of France —pm 20 8 St. And rew ' s an d Quebec (A) •• si all West Flanders .. 10 all Do 5i per c. Pref 20 10 Western of France._ 5 6 10 7 West. of Swit zer l an d p 20 2 Wiesbaden 20 15 Zealand 4i MISCELLANEOUS 5 all Aubin Coal and Iron 25 174 Xustralian Agricult. 20 14 kustralsn•Pcific•Mail 10 8 A.ustraln. Royal Mail 10 4 Berlin Water Works 50 40 Brit. American Land 68 - 72 - 5 1 Brit. dr Coln. Smoltg. and Reduction Co 100 32:3 Canada 90 107 5 5 Crystal Palace 2 254 5 0 23203 A CrystalDEl ec t t ei wP T rn Sae. Steam 25 af F- p i t A ; ) 1. 2 ! 1 4 2 3 :4 5 25 all Do. (B) ••• 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat 20 18 General Screw Steam 20 74 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel • 10 3 Netherlands Land — 14 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter Steam Navigat. Co. 1 all N. B. Australasian — 1 1 i Do. New ••• ••• 20 10 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam • 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. d 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 54'. 5 0 40 Do. Do. ...p 43 2 all Portland Iron Co p 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. Si 2$ 25 25 South Austral. Land 35 37 1 all Submar. Telegraph.. 1 ' all Do. Registered' 14 281 Van Diemen Likud 111 per cont. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The house met a five o'clock. SALE OF CIRCASSIAN WOMEN. The Bishop of OXFORD said there appeared in the public journals within the last few days a series of state ments which were calculated to lead their readers to imagine that the first effect of the deliverence of the Circassian coast from Russia had been the revival of the slave trade in its most hideous forms. One of the com munications said that trade was carried on at present with extraordinary activity in consequence of the high prices obtained at Constantinople, and the re moval of the restrictions. (Hear, bear.) The right rev. prelate stroNly deprecated the revival of such odious traffic, which, he said, if continued, would greatly tend to alter the opinion of the public with regard to the just and necessary war against Russia, and concluded by ask ing the Foreign Secretary whether he had received any information on the subject ? The Earl of CLARENDON referred to what took place some years ago, when Sir Stratford Canning, in reply to the instructions of Lord Palmerston, who was then Foreign Secretary, said there was no reasonable hopes of interfering successfully to abolish a practice which was so mixed up with Turkish customs. Though he (Lord Clarendon) was not in possession of any infor mation which would enable him to confirm or otherwise the statements in the newspapers, he had the satisfaction to say that he had just seen a despatch from Admiral Dundas, saying his attention had been called to the subject, and that he had given strict orders to officers commanding her Majesty's naval forces on the coast of Circassia, to interrupt and prevent the traffic by all friendly means. Admiral Dundas also mentioned that, having ascertained that Schamyl was unfavourable to the trade, these officers were directed to communicate with him and his deputies, in order to concert measures to put it down. This was the first time his att ent i on had been called to the interference by this country with the internal affairs of Turkey, and he hoped it would be the last. COUNT PAULEN. The Earl of GRANVILLE wished to call the atten tion of their lordships to a personal matter of some im portance. The grave charge was made against him of having introduced into English society, and the Travel ler's Club, a subject of the country with whom we were at war. He alluded to Count Pahlen, who was now in this country ; he was known to severa l o f their lordsh ips for his high character and accomplishments, and his partiality for this country. (Hear.) He bad come not , from Russia, or any part of the Continent, but Madeira, where he had spent the winter; his object in coming here for a very short time was the settlement of some small pecuniary matters, as well as to take what, considering his great age, might be his final leave of some intimate friends. The Count had been the intimate friend of his (Earl Granville's) father, and of the Duke of Wellington, the late Earl Grey, and a great many of the most dis tinguished men in the country. (Hear, hear.) From the earliest time of his life, he (Earl Granville) had received kindness from him, and he found he was always treated with respect by those on whose judgment he had always relied. On his arrival in England he (Earl Granville) ',signed the usual printed form which was required before the admission of a foreigner into the club, and to show that his conduct was not considered disgraceful by that society, he might mention that in passing only a short distance along Pall-Mall he met no less than twenty members of the club, who expressed to him their indignation at the complaints which had been made. On the general question he (Earl Granville) denied that it was unjustifiable on the part of an Englishman to treat with civility and kindness the subject of a power, when his country was at war with that power. (Cheers.) The noble lord then entered into a justification of his conduct, by reference to the law of nations. The Earl of MALMESBURY, the Marquis of LANS DOWNE, Lord BROUGHAM', and other noble peers, bore testimony to the high character of the Count, and gene. rally condemned the attack made on E (r 1 Granville. The Earl of ABERDEEN observed tbat the authority generally respect e d b y t h e no b le lords opposite , though happily not so on th e present occasion, said that Count Pablen bad come to this country with a secret mission t . o himself. (A. laugh.) S o f ar , however, from that be ing the case, he had not th e s li ghtest knowledge of the Count's arrival until these complaints originated. The discussion then dropped. MERCHANT SHIPPING BILL. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said, that in ask ing their lordships to assent to the second reading of this bill, he wished to remind thorn that within the last two or three years most important improvements had been made in the state of the law with regard to merchant shipping; and he was sure their lordships would be much gratified at learning that these alterations had proved of the greatest possible advantage to all parties concerned. The measure of last year had relieved the merchant ship ping of this country to the extent of more than 190,0001. in dues. A balance of 70,0001. remained in the hands of the marine department of the Board of Trade ; an addi tional sum of 50,0001. was expected this year; and the Government would therefore be enabled to make fur ther reductions. From the bill of this year opening up the coasting trade would arise additional benefit. He thought their lordships would agree with him, that the mercantile marine of this country never showed greater energy or ability in the construction of vessels based on the best principles of naval architecture; and, above all, they would learn with great gratification that,there never was a period when the remuneration of persons extend ing their capital and exerting their energies in that de partment was so great as it was at present. Lord CAMPBELL, said that, while he approved of the object of the bill, be should like to have time to con sider such of its details as were of a legal character; and as the bill contained 600 clauses, it was necessary that its provisions should be carefully Lord COLCHESTER said the existing laws were spread over eleven Acts of Parliament, and it was evi dently desirable that they should ail be consolidated as they were in the bill. He should have several amend ments to move in committee, but he was nevertheless of opinion that the mea-ure as a whole be very beneficial to all persons connected with the shipping interest. BANKRUPTCY BILL.' This bill passed through committee. NEW FOREST BILL. This bill passed through committee. CONSOLIDATED FUND CLIARGES BILL. Lord BROUGHAM objected to this bill being read a third time, till they had fairly and calmly considered in committee what officers should be exempted from schedule B, so that they would not have to depend for their salaries on the annual vote of the House of Com mons. Lord CAMPBELL expressed his satisfaction that the Masters of the Common Law Courts were to be ex empted from the operation of the bill. But there were others who should also have been exempted, as the Com missioners of Lunacy. Lord LYNDHURST said that a minute inquiry would be necessary to ascertain what particular officers should be exempted. Earl GRANV . ILLE said, that if such was the feeling of the house, he would consent to postpone the third reading till 'Monday. Lord MONTEAGLE said that ho hoped then the Lords would be summoned for Monday, as the measure was a most important one. He would on Monday more that the bill be referred to a select committee. The bill was then postponed. OXFORD UNIVERSITY BILL. On the motion for the third reading of the bill, The Earl of CARLISLE said that on a former occa sion he said that the private halls would be " retreats" for Dissenters. His wish was that the Dissenters should be fused with the general body of students in the univer sity. But if they were excluded from that by the impo. sition of conditions which they considered to be incom patible with their religious belief, he said he hoped, and he did not shrink from the word, that the new private halls would be " retreats" for the Dissenters themselves. The bill was then read a third time and passed. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. IRISH LAND BILLS. The Earl of 11 7 1ATICiESCURYWst;fOr the purpose of calling the attention of the house to the conduct of the Government in reference to the Landlord and tenant, the Leasing Powers, and the Compensation for Im provement Bills—all of which referred to Ireland. These bills were introduced by the late Government, and when that Government left office they were re ferred to a select committee of their lordships' house. That commitee, of which the noble duke, the Lord Privy Seal, was a member, and who was considered e e s s p p e e e c t t t o t o the thesetw o with r n r to represent the ded G le o g v i e sl r a n t m io e n nt i bills, recommended former bills, but they did not think legislation was ad visable with respect to the third. He understood the noble duke to say that he did not think it necessary to press the passing of the Compe n sat i on Bill. The nobl e duke, the Secretary for War, said the Go vernment took upon themselves the responsibility of the two former bills. An opposition was raised to them in the House of Commons on the part of a certain portion of the Irish mem b e rs, which the Government ou g ht to have treated in a man ly way. He thought those bills, would have passed in the present session, but h e was awakened out of day announcedbefore y t e h s a t t e r t d h :7, when Governmenttn e n rel t a h n e d Secretary e t r h e a t a t ry d delusion i o I would not press them this • session. He had first repu diated them as Government hills, and then expressed an opinion entirely at variance with that of the noble duke, that there • was no absolute necessity for the mea sures. From subsequent communication with the noble duke, he learnt that he knew nothing of what was about to be done. This was a gross instance of insubordination on the part of an inferior officer of the Crown. Sir J. Young said there was no time to go on with the bills: but the d e l ay, if any, must have been in the other house. ' He wished to know from the Government if it were true that these bills were to be abandoned, and why, and why Sir J. Young had taken upon himself to do this in contradiction of other members of the Goverment. The Duke of NEWCASTLE said the noble earl bad signally failed in making out any charge against t• -, e Government in reference to these bills, great as was the ingenuity he usually displayed in getting up such charges. He had misrepresented what took place last session on those bills. When the bills came from the other house, he agreed to take them up, not as Govern ment bills, but as measures of which he approved. He had consented to do this at the request of Mr. Napier, understanding that there was little or no o pposition to the bills ; but when they went into the select committee the opposition was so great that it was necessary to withdraw the bills. In fulfilment of his pledge, be had brought in the three bills this session, in p recisely the same forms--not as Government bills, but P 44 0 60 - - of the pledge he had given in the last session. Now was said the whole responsibility rested on the Govern• ment, because the bills were introduced as Government bills. This was not so. They were referred to a select committee, presided over by the Duke of Argyle ; and on his representation that the bills were good bills; th• Government had taken on themselves the responsibility of sending the bills down to the other house. But there they were taken charge of. by Mr. Napier, who would not allow the Government the credit of them, so long as they were thought good bills, and likely to pass. came on. It was sa id t h ey h a d c T u b s e s y i 0 continued in tee ontin c u o e m d m hi it sbillsup to Tuesday, when the dig. gone down to the other house earlier than they came to this house last year, and that they had been thorougly sifted by their lordships. But the House of Commons could take no cognisance of that ; they must make their own investigation, the same as their lordships did: Down to the very last stage Mr. Napier had charge of the bills, and had actually given notice of eight pa ges of amendment, no less than two hundred in number. It was said the bills had been withdrawn by the Government. This was not so ; Mr. Napier would not allow the Government to withdraw his bill. They were still in the House of Commons, and were probably then under discussion. All that Sir J. Young did was to Mate that if the bills had been in his charge he should not, after the view expressed by the house, hare pressed them further. He was of opinion tha:, the bills, though good in themselves, could not be carried this session, and that to the present state of Ireland they were not abso lute'y necessary. He (the Duke of Newcastle) believed them to be good bills, and should regret if they did not pass this year. After a few words from several noble lords, the sub ject dropped, and the house adjourned at a few minute* past nine. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER. took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords amendments to the following bills were considered, and agreed to :—Darlington Local Board of Health ; Dublin and Wicklow, and Dublin and Kings• town Railways ; Inverness and Nairn Railway ; Lon donderry Port ; Ouse and Derwent, ttc., Drainage; Shropshire Union Railways and Canal ; Wells and Fakenham Railway. The Ratcliff Gas Company Relief Bill was read a third time and passed. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against the opening ,of public•houses on Sundays, and others praying for 4 a more stringent enforcement of .the Ten Hours' Act. DRAINAGE OF LANDS BILL. This bill was read a third time. Mr. OHRISTOPFIER moved to insert the following clause in lieu of clause 43 of the original bill —"The Inclosure and Drainage Commissioners shall not autho rise the execution of any work whereby any dwelling house or ineloPed park, garden, or pleasure ground, or ornamental waters, adjoining thereto, would be taken or interfered with , • nor shall it be lawful to construct • any open drain within one hundred feet of any dwelling house except with the consent, in writing, of the owners of such dwelling house, park, garden, pleasure ground, or ornamental .waters respectively."—The clause was agreed to. Mr. HORSFALL moved to strike out the word "injuriously" in clause 59, so as to preserve the rights of Canal Water Companies, &c., whether effected in. juriously or otherwise. Mr. W. MILES opposed the amendment, contending that they might as well give up the bill altogether as agree to it. The house divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority The word was accordingly struck out Some other amendments were made in the Bill, which was afterwards passed. . ..... 57 -. 55 -2 CONVICT PRISONS (IRELAND) BILL. The committee on this bill was then resumed. On clause 12, Mr. I. BUTT moved an amendment, as follows "Provided always that nothing herein contained shall interfere with any authority or power now vested in the Court of Queen's Bench to visit or regulate any such prison, nor with the right, power, or authority of any coroner or justice of the peace to enter such prison, upon any occasion upon which he now lawfully might." Ho was very unwilling to take away the power of the Queen's Bench over any prison in the United Kingdom, parti cularly as political prisoners might be confined in them, and corporal punishment could be inflicted. The amendment was opposed by Sir J. YOUNG, and supported by Colonel DUNNE. After some discussion, the amendment was withdrawn, on the understanding that it should be moved on the third reading of the bill. The clause was then agreed to, as was clause 15. On clause 16, Mr. I. BUTT moved an amendment to leave out " with the approval of the Chief Secretary," and from line 27, down to the end of the clause, and add the fol• lowing :—" Provided that no such rule or regulation authorising the infliction of corporal punishment shall be valid unless and until same shall have been approved of and signed by three judges of the Court of Queen's Bench." He said, by the bill as it now stood they were delegating power to three commi-sioners, removable at the pleasure of the Lord-Lieutenant, to decide upon the flogging of prisoners ; and to prevent that monstrous power was the object of his amendment. The committee divided, when the numbers were— For the amendment lO Against it Majority --129 The amendment was consequently lost. • The remaining clauses were agreed to, and th• bill passed through committee, and the house resumed. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE BILL. This bill went through committee pro forma, with the view to introduce amendments. It being now four o'clock, the sitting was suspended. The house resumeA at six o'clock. PETITIONS PRESENTED. ASSISTANT-SURGEONS IN THE NAVY.--By Mr. C. P VILLIERS, from the medical profession, to improve the po sition of junior assistant surgeons in the navy. BILLS OF EXCHANGE.—By Mr. HORSFALL, from the notaries of Liverpool, against the re-enactment of a clans. in Bills of Exchange Bill, giving attorneys the privilege of notaries. SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS ON SUNDAYS.—By several hon. members, from various places, against the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sundays. Sir F. THESIGER also presented a petition from a number of solicitors, st ding that by orders of the Court of Common Pleas made in 1834, deeds by married women had been acknowledged before two commissioner s, one of whom was disinterested in the matter, but that by recent decision of the Court of Exchequer, it was required that both the commissioners should be disinterested, thus rendering in valid the deeds executed in conformity with the orders of the Court of Common Pleas, and praying th ,t the house will take measures for the purpose of rendering those deeds valid. PRESENCE OF ALIEN ENEMIES IN ENGLAND. Mr. I. BUTT gave notice that on going into committee of supply, he should submit a motion that this house con siders it necessary to declare that to encourage the presence of an alien enemy of the realm, except with the license and safe conduct of her Majesty, is inconsistent with the spirit of the law and dangerous to the security of her Majesty's dominions. (Cries of " Oh.") BLOCKADING OPERATIONS IN THE BLAC K BEA. _ Mr. SUPT asked the Lord Preside nt of the Pouncil . what was the actual state of the blocka din g operations s s e n a, an and whether the Government conte m p lated im dertaken by the British Government in the Blac k m e blockade of all the ports in the Blac k Sea a n d the Sea of diate Azofl ? my Lo h r o d J. n. I have to give is, that there is question of blockade of the mouths of the Danube, silijcis au effective friend RUSSELL—In the b u t with regard to the 80:X.114 has been regularly notifie d : answ t er respect to he q uestion, namely, what are the intentions of the Govern' , ment with regard to an immediate blockade of all the ports in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azoff, I am obliged to speak with reserve. Admiral Dundas came to an agree ment with Admiral Hamelin on this subject, but it was necessary that the proposition should be submitted at Constantinople and at Paris, as well as here, for the purpose of coming to an agreement on the subject. On the arrival of the proposition at Constantinople, Lord Rratford had some doubt whether the propo sition as made by the two admirals was in strict confor mity with the law of nations, and he thought it necessary to refer it to this country. My noble friend, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, has taken an opinion on the subject which is now being transmitted to Constantinople, and after that the intentions of the Government will be declared. BLOCKADE OF THE WHITE SEA. Mr. HUTT then asked what were the intentions of Government with respect to the blockade of Archangel sad the other ports in the White Sea. Sir J. GRAHAM said by arrangement with the French Government orders had been transmitted to institute a blockade of the ports in the White Sea to commence on the Ist of August. ENFORCEMENT OF CONTRACTS BY NEUTRALS Mr. R. PHILLIMORE asked the First Lord of the Ad miralty whether her Majesty's Government had received any information upon the subject of the Tribunal of Com merce at Hamburg having proceeded to enforce the fulfil• ment of contracts entered into by neutrals before the breaking out of the war, for the purchase and carrYing away of goods from the ports of Russia at present block aded by the allied fleets of Great Britain and France. Sir J. GRAHAM said since the hon. and learned gentle man gave notice of this question he had hadJao,oEportu• nity of asking his noble friend the Sec reter T iar ens " rei e Affairs whether he was cognisant of amy atteb. at- He (Sir J. Graham) had no official k n ovrledge'of i t w but ever. He had seen a report of it i n the newspePe. rgeinsion.judgm. lie confessed he did not believe it . If volY u such be entity had be:in come to, it w,uld a ppear to him to in% of cnnsi n st a e t n ions. witht o justice, and ut terl y - subversive of 14 lay whether A it 111 t B i C s IT R t T h I T e M a i E n s n d N t t D o h n e ° o f gh t T i h : R, e f A G S e G „) v c E r e e t r A n a in C r y T e o i r r m l a the Crime and Outrage Act to expire on the Mat day of August, or to brio , in any bill to continue the' trovisions relating to arms contained in t hat act, onto renew the act. Sir J. YOUNG —Yes. CLOTHING IN THE ARMY. Col. KNOX asked the Secretary at War whether the change of clothing in the army was decided upon, because if o t w h aads justulad or received t t h he ei r commission information some mi g htv sae e expense. ce s Mr. S. HERBERT said the hon. and gallant officer had the advantage of him, he appeared to know more than be did. The new patterns for clothing, were to be submitted to her Majesty to-morrow. LANDLORD AND TENANT (IRELAND) BILL. The house then wont into committee on this On clause 1, Mr. NAPIER said he wished to make some observation* in reply to the extraordinary statements of the right hen. baronet the Seoreteoy for Ireland r en Zaeocisy, 0141' r r 1