The Sun. — London, England, 1844-07-31 00:00:00

Ht ft MAJESTY'S THEATRE. 34111c._ CERITO respectfully informs the Nobility, Patrons to the Opera. her Friends, and the Public, that HER BENEFIT will take place TO-MORROW EVENING, AUG. 1, When will be perfbrmed Rossini's Opera of IL BARBIERE DI kUVIOLIA. Characters by Madame Grisl, Madame Bellini, Signor Mario, Signor Lablache, Signor F. Lablache, and Signor Fornasari. Between the Acts. the Divertissement. by M. Perrot, entitled the UNE BAL SOUS LOUIS XIV. 2n which will be introduced a variety of Dances and Pas de Carac. tere. Mdlle. Fanny Elssler will appear as a Cavalier of the Court of Louts XIV.. and wiill dance with Mdlle. Cerito the admired " Minuet de la Cour and Gavotte." After which, LA PAYSANNE GRANDE DAME, in which Mdlle. Fanny Elssler will appear. The Ball Scene from the Ballet of ALMA. Alma, Mdlle. Cerito. To be followed by the Last Act of Donizetti's Opera. LUCIA DI LA MMERMOOR. Lucia, Madame Persiani; and Edgatdo, Signor Moriani. In the course of the Evening, Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon will dance the admired Redowa Polka. To conclude with ONDINE. Ondine, Mdlle. Cerito THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMA.RICET. MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE LAST SEVEN NIGHTS OF THE PRESENC SEASON. THIS EVENING, JULY 31. Will be oerfermed tne Comedy of THE BUSY BODY. Sr Francis Gripe, 111 r. W. Farren; Marplot i Mr. Charles Mathews; Miranda, Madame Vestris ; Patch, Mrs. Hereby. It; •he course of the E 4 ening, Mr. John Parry will sing " Fayre Rosamonde." To be followed by a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstreatn, Bart, Mr. Charles Mathews; Sir Adonis Leech, Mr. Illbury; Wurzle, Mr. James Bland; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with the new Farce, entitled THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. Sir Simon Sparkes, Mr. Buckstone Mr. Pennywig Mr. Strickland; Fanny Thompson, Miss Julia Bennett ; Miss Potts, Mrs. Humby. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. WEBSTER, LESSEE, And Last Night of the Seaton. 'WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, Will be performed Sbakspeare's Comedy of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. Petrucio, Mr. Webster; Grumio, Mr. Buckstone; Christopher Sly, Mr. Strickland; Kathanna, Mrs. Nisbett; Bianca, Miss Julia Bennett. Is the course of thee Evening Mr. Webster will deliver a Farewell Address. After which, THE TRUMPETER'S DAUGHTER; or, Love and the Pol:a. Phillipot, Mr. Webster; M.adelon, Madame Celeste; who will dance the celebrated Polka. Tilitmclude with THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. niNCE.SS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STHEZT. LESSEE. Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, JULY 31. Will te ?vested an English version of DON PASQUALE. Princinal Ca iracters by Mr. Allen, Mr. Burdini, Paul Bedford and Miss Gran t. After n Mel, THE LADIES' CLUB Captain Fitzsmyth, Mr. Otherry ; Flunmer,Mr. Wright; Mrs. Fitzstnyth, Mrs. Stirling. To cond. de with a New and Original Burlesque, entitled THE WONDERFUL LAMP, being an Illustrated Version of Aladdin. Abapazar; Mr. Paul Bedford; Aladdin, Mr. Wright; Princess Badroulbadour, Miss E. Stanley. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE Under the Management of MIL KEELEY. The " Adventures cl' Martin Chuzzlewit" having, on each repro. lentation, received with every possible mark of public appro. bation by the most fashionable and crowded audiences, and having been pronJunced by the unanimous voice of the public press to be one of the .nost interesting Dramas ever produced from the works of the celebrited Author, a repetition of its performance will take place every evening till further notice. THIS EVENING, JULY 31, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled MARTIN CHUZZLE. WIT. Principal characters by Messrs. It Younge, F. Vining, Emery, F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner, J. W. Collier, Tenfold, Sanders, and Keeley ; Min For. tescue, Stanton, 'Miss Woolgar, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Groves,, Mrs. Usher, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. To be folovred by an Apropos Bagatelle called POLKA MANIA. Characters y Mc F. Matthews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Mtn. Keeley. To conclude with a New Domestic Drama, entitled THE MO MENTOUS QUESTION. Characters by Messrs. Diddeer, F. Vining, J. W. Collier, Miss Fortescue, and Mrs. A. Wigan. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Poxes. 4 Upper Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25. ; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; Upper B. xes, la 6d ' .; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the italriqny Tier (holding eight persons). Tao Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tin (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a.. Half. Private Boxes on the Pit fler (holding six persons), One Guir ea. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. Great succass of the Chinese Feast of Lanterns, and New Military and Naval Spectacle. THIS EVENING. JULY 31, Will be repeated an entire new Eluestrian, Military and Naval Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or, The Conquests of Amoy by British Arms. New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments. Ac., to realisethe recent triumphs of England's Army and Navy. Feast of 250 Lthtcrns. Dance of the POLKA, by Mdlle. l'ushnie and Sig, Milano. New and unequalled Scenes of the Circ e—Extraordinary Feats of Horsemanship by Monsieur I Luis Tournaire. Sig. fiermani, La Petit Isabelle, 31r. Newsome, &c. ; with Mr. R. Smith's highly trained •,tee.is. After w +ltch, the old English pageant of THE - SUMMER'S MORN of 1156; or, the White Wreath and Flitch of Bacon. To conclude with THE GREAT STEEPLE-CHASE; or, Eng. land's Huvest Home. Acting and stage.manager, Mr. W. D. BroadfOot. DAVIDGE*S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE THIS EVENING, JULY 31. The Grand Opera and splendid Spectacle have attracted the greatest overflow ever remembered, increasing nightly. Last Week but three of the Opera Season, commencing with FRA DIA VOLO. Powerful Operatic Company—Miss Romer, Miss Betts, Miss Pearson, Mr. D. W. King, Mr. Lefler Mr. E L. M ime, Mr. S. Cowe'l, and Mr. G. Stansbury, conductor. Increased Band and al. cient Chorus from the Theatres Royal To conclude with an entirely new Aquatic Spectacle, introducing Three Scenes of Real Water, entitled THE MOUNTAIN CATA. RACT ; or, The Enchanter's Spell. Pikes an d Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. °thee, fro .n Eleven to Four. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Daylight View of LONDON in the OLDEN TIME Painted by Danson and Telbin. The sensation caused by this unrivalled proluction is beyond all fornaer inecedent ; the artist, the amateur, the casual observer are all struck wilts its extraordinay beauty and fidelity of dehnea tion,....id -re unanimous in pronouncing it the most wonderful ex hibition ever witnessed. To view it only as a vehicle Inc the terrific disp'ay at Dusk is unjust; it should be seen in the calm stillness of the quiet Evening, with its Towers and Steeples reflected in the spa. cious Lake, to be Hilly appreciated. The Evening PROMENADE CONCERTS on MorOays, Tues days, Wednesdays and Thursdays conuucted sty Mr. G odfrey, Ire urn a scale of more than usual excellence; I .itt words fail in doing justice to the awful representation of THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON. Its fearful characteristics are truthfully pourtrayed, but at the same time so beatitlfull7 blended with the Wonders of the Pyrotechnic Art, ritat delight is predominant over terror; and the Thousands who nightly crowd the Gardens hail it with acclamations, and admit that Er/tabby, ;be Unrivalled Pyrotechnist has achieved a matchless state, mud combining so many and interesting feature, the meet attrentive lounge in or near the iretroooli.. Feeding of the Animals at Five—Concert at Six—Conflagration at Dusk. Admittance, One Shilling. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLLNG Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collaction of Histo rical Curio2ltles and Works of Art ever known to have been formed by One Person, during Twenty-five years of alaborate research, at a coat of tio,Ooo guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in ttructive and interesting manner, the most important part of Euro pean history, viz.—CIIARLES 1., OLIVER CRO3I WELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, In IS2I. This unique Museum I:as been visited often, during the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke cf Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, an! their Ladles, 11130. many thousands of the Nobility and Public ; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to ',release, by several very fine Vetures, /tic., his previous almost Incredible number and variety of MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude 11 valuable Relict, and other curiosities, in this most m..iructive and, as hundreds have said It u ight to be, a Nations' M.iseum. Vary Viousand have Inspected it, aid THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS et the ptrimic PRESS have stated that It cugh' to be seen by every cue. The price of Minis tion Is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to tie seen only at the "Egyptian Bari." Pieendill yr. dailvh om Ten till Dust. TO CORRESPONDENTS. If the details stated by a " Constant Reader," who writes from North Shields, are correctly given, the inquest was irregular from beginning to end. It is contrary to practice, and, we believe, also to law, to summon any but house holders on an inquest, and under such suspicious circum stances, it was the duty of the Coroner to order a post, mortem examination. THE WEATHER.—StrN OFFICE, JULY 30. rRIRMOMETER, Lowest, 52 ; Highest, 72; soon, 65. BAROMETER, 29.8.—Wnm, W. XorE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. MOH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TUTS DAY. Morning ... 31 minutes after 2 I Evening ... 13 minutes after 3. site,NA • . 1 ' • • k • ilia ' ' 4,111,1111 4 i -,1 1 • O , 1 11 'ROI/ 14001, ~~~~xa~x~r~ ~~a~; LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1844. In the Lord 3 the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Dis sentients Bill was passed. The Ecclesiastical Courts Bill and the Metropolitan Buildings Bill went through Committee. The Law Courts (Ireland) Bill also went through Committee, with very brief remarks. Important measures now go through the House at railroad speed. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved th© report of the . Committee on the Bill for repealing certain Acts imposing penalties on Roman Catholics. The Bishop of LONDON (we use his own words) "did not wish it to be supposed that he was opposed to the repeal of those penal laws, which pressed not prac tically but in theory Only upon the Roman Catholics.' The pious Prelate opposed the measure most strenu ously, because the Bishops had not been consulted, and he then, not openly, but in the style of the Je suits, by inuendos, denounced Sir R. PEEL, for giv ing his support to the Catholic Emancipation Bill. The first time, he said, when the bulwarks of the Protestant Church were broken was when that Bill wa s passed. What a selfish, persecuting, and wealthy crew Sir R. PEEL has to keep in order ! These in tolerant, uncalled-for remarks of this upstart Pre. late, the son of a schoolmaster, will let the per secuted Catholics of Ireland know what mercy they are to expect from the Bench of Bishops; and, above all, from the Bishop of LONDON, who, if we are to judge from his addresses to the Lon don clergy, is as good a Catholic as Father M'l-lALE, the Bishop of Tuam. Towards the conclusion of the discussion, Dr. BLOMFIELD said he felt justified in the course he had taken by the countenance and ap. probation of such of his Right Reverend and Most Reverend Brethren, who had attended to support him. So he was made the mouthpiece of the bench, and not one Liberal Prelate, not one sincere friend of Protestantism, was present to denounce this atrocious attack on seven millions of our fellow-sub.. jects. Lord BROUGHAM, to his honour, op posed this selfish—this suicidal mania. " One of these penal laws," he said, " which the Bill would repeal, one of these safeguards of the Established Church, imposed a penalty of 200 marks upon every one who attended mass ; yet mass was said in every part of London every week, every day, perhaps ; and Catholic churches, some of them of great architectural beauty, were erected in all parts, at the expense of the pious in that persuasion. Would any one attempt to enforce that cruel and absurd statute ?" The Bishop of LONDON would- if he had the power. The Earl of WICKLOW, a good Protestant, and: an upright man, supported the Bill, and only regretted that it was not more comprehensive. Every one but the mouthpiece of the Episcopal Bench supported the measure. The report was received, and the Bill ordered to be committed on Thursday. The Bench of Bishops was nearly upset during the conitho tion caused by the Reform Bill, and we believe all the friends of their country, and a vast proportion even of the House of Lords, would be glad to see the lawn sleeves consigned to the fate of Gatton and Old Sarum. These inspectors _of the Church say that they have great duties to perform ; they have to watch over their flocks and the pastors of their flocks. But somehow or other they neglect 1?Oth flocks and pastors for seven months in the year ; give dinners and parties in London, and are remark able only for obstructing liberal measures of every description which come before them. Lord Lyrin- HURST and Sir R. PEEL see through their manceultes, and will bear with them no longer. enable us, at present, to judge, we may answer under the express authority (though covertly given to Mr. D oNN) of Governor PORTER, for the loan of some of the arms from the State arsenal, and for the drafting of some of the men for the protection of the edifice which was said to be menaced. 'We will not follow the conflicting speculations of the American journalists as to the greater or less degree of neces sity which existed for these defensive precautions. The consequences which ensued upon them were dreadful. For the particulars of the popular move ment excited by the discovery that such precautions had been taken—of the proceedings adopted by the municipal authorities for repressing the furious tumult thereby created—and of the sanguinary collision which occurred after the seizure of the arms and the evacuation of the chapel by the " Hiberno- Greens," between the State volunteers and the Philadelphia populace, we must refer the reader to the narrative we have already given. But we may state in general terms, that the "Native Americans" were exasperated, in the first place, by the evasive surrender, on the part of the Irish Ronianists, of twelve stands of arms. When the native party detected this duplicity, on finding up wards of seventy additional stands, they obeyed their fatal propensity to take the law into their own bands. For upwards of three days they besieged, or fought, or fired upon the other party. The other party retaliated with great energy and resolution. When the majesty of the law had at last vindi cated itself, after that feeble and tardy man ner which seems its inevitable characteristic in the United States, from thirteen to seventeen persons were found to be killed, and more than fifty wounded, and of these some mortally. Old men and young boys are among the victims. It cannot be denied that the imprudent zealotry of such publications as the New York Freeman's Journal had done much to exasperate—or, at least, to afford rea sonable grounds of apprehension to—the " Native Americans." For that journal, on the occasion of the disturbances, had significantly intimated " that the Romanists, if thwarted, wanted neither the dis position nor the power to burn the city and massacre the inhabitants." To this imprudence—if we should - not call it " atrocity"—the fatal discovery of the re served stands of arms was calculated to impart an im portance, and a meaning, which the mind of the opposite party would not be slow to receive. Al though tranquillity, at the date of the last advices, was restored, numerous arrests continued to be made in the, city (which swarmed with United States' troops), and explanatory appeals from both parties. This is one exhibition of that demoralising weak ness of the American Executive which, if it be not in the mean time replaced by more vigorous institu tions, such as shall give efficiency to law, and force to authority, must, at no distant period—say in an other half century—overwhelm in its own decay and toppling ruin the entire fabric of the Federal Go vernment of the United States. But here is yet another. The House adjourned at Eight o'clock. The Commons met at twelve yesterday, when several Bills were read a third time and passed. On the House re-assembling at Five, Sir JAMES GRAHAM asked Lord INGMAR to postpone his motion relative to Captain WAnran's invention, owing to The absence of Sir R. PEEL. The motion was postponed till this day at five o'clock. A brief discussion took place on the depressed state of the coopers' trade owing to the late tariff, bUt it led to no result. On the motion of the Earl of LINCOLN, leave was given to bring in a Bill to form a terrace between Westminster and Blackfriars-bridges. The Bill was not to be pressed this session. Mr. MACKINNON called the attention of the Go vernment to the report of the Committee on the Health of Towns in 1842, and asked whether, in the course of next session, they intended to introduce any measure on the subject ? Sir JAMES GRAHAM did not give any explicit answer. Mr. PETER BORTUWICK made a motion about DOD CARLOS, and was supported by two Members and opposed by thirty-one. The House was shortly after wards counted out, only thirty-seven Members being present, and adjourned till Twelve o'clock this day. The second reading of the Metropolitan Buildings Regulation Bill was moved in the House of Lords on Monday by the Duke of BuceLmucu. In explanation of the character of this measure, his Grace observed that it provided for the proper width of streets, alleys, and courts ; for the secure building of houses, for the con struction of drains for every house, for ventilation, the height of rooms, and the spaces between the rear of houses. Moreover, it provided means for prevent ing the erection of dwellings in the metropolis unfit for human habitation, and required that all sur veyors should pass an examination as to their qualifications for the office. The principle of this Bill is undoubtedly good, awl some such scheme has long been wanted—and every succeeding year has increased the want—for the improvement of our crowded and overgrown metropolis. At least one half the diseases that occur among the lower classes in London and its suburbs, may be directly traced to defective drainage, and an inefficient supply of air. Innumerable are the courts and alleys, and even streets, to which free ventilation is an utter stranger, and in which mephitic vapours and unwholesome smells are of constant occurrence owing to the into lerable state of the drains, to which the inhabitants by long habit have become indifferent, and which no one seems to have thought it worth his while to en deavour to remedy, on the principle, we suppose, that what is everybody's business is nobody's business. In a medical report presented some few years since to Parliament, the accounts given of the numerous deaths originating in the two causes we have just alluded to, were really appalling ; and sure we are that the evil has not diminished since then, but on the contrary has annually increased, just in proportion to the in creaae of metropolitan population. A little sedulous attention might long since have removed the sources of these frightful periodical visitations, but in mat ters of this kind Government is proverbially slow to come one of piessi - ng nee essity.' l llbWWW - Be l tftgr htle than never, and we are glad to find that the question of drainage and of a free ventilation of air has at length attracted the notice of the Legis lature. The secure building of houses is also a subject to which they have most justly turned their attention, for who is not aware of the scanda lously inefficient and insecure manner in which build ings are run up now-a-days ? The timber used is often wholly unfit for any useful purpose, harbouring nests of vermin, shrinking, after it has been laid down but a few months, and leaving large gaps and apertures so as to cause a constant succession of tho rough-draughts, which however acceptable they may be in the hot summer months, are apt to be somewhat inconvenient when the atmosphere is impregnated with the fogs of November, or the keen, searching east-winds of March are blowing; the walls in many instances—indeed we almost say in the majority— are but of the thickness of a single brick ; and it not unfrequently happens that the whole crazy concern either stands in need of general repair, or comes down with a crash, before the landlord has called for his second year's rent. Yet, however inefficient for the purposes of comfort and convenience these buildings may be, they are invariably showy and attractive to the eye ; hence they are no sooner completed than they are let, and are no sooner let than they are vacated, the unhappy tenant finding, in addition to the incom parable facilities which they afford him for catching cold by the huge:yawnings in the doors and windows, arising from the shrinking of the timber—that they smoke like a brewery, and are by no means immacu late in the matter of drainage. The reason of all this is, that the houses are frequently run up by greedy speculative adventurers, ignorant of the first principles of architecture, and utterly regardless of every consideration, except that, of getting an imme diate return for their outlay of capital. It is high time that this system should be checked, if not put a stop to ; and if new buildings are necessary, that such buildings should be erected under the superin tendence of competent architects, so that they may be rendered available for the purposes of human habitation. Coincidently, almost, with the popular excesses we have just described as having occurred in Philadel phia, a popular murder of the most brutal and san guinary character, has been perpetrated, in defiance of the law, within the precincts of its own stronghold, and in violation of the solemn pledge of the highest constituted authorities of the State. A wretched en thusiast or impostor, proclaiming himself a prophet, and announcing, with many absurd, and many more blasphemous pretensions, a divine mission from Hea ven, bad recently founded a credulous sect, who call themselves " Mormonites." The people :of Illinois, not content with the legitimate arms of discouragement (examination, argument, and ridicule), have long anathematised their heresy as a subject fit, not for trial, but for vengeance and punishment, from whatever quarter administered—lay, secular, or ecclesiastical. Though little eminent themselves, we apprehend, for real common-place moral qualities, or fair dealing and neighbourly good faith in their social habits, these Illinois purists, with an odium theologicum against the Mormonite leaders more in verate, though somewhat more reasonable, than that of CALVIN against SERVETUS, waged a pitiless and unremitting warfare of annoyance against the pro phet (the poor man's " once familiar name" was no more romantic or prelatical than " JOE &Arra"), his theii• down their hovels; destroyed their crops, and hunted the wretched " Mormonites" from one district and one State to another, until, worn out by their buffetings, and persecutions, and priva tions, these two sylvan pontiffs —" JOE SMITH" and his brother, with two or three followers, surrendered themselves to the authorities, on condition of receiving, until and during trial, the protection of the State. Governor FORD pledged his undertaking for the observance of these terms, and they were con ducted to the prison of Carthage. On the following night an armed mob, with their faces blackened, broke into the prison, rushed into the cell where these fugitives were secured, and deliberately shot them to death, the miserable leader being pierced by no less than 30 balls ! Before the people of the United States abandon themselves to any further indulgence of their beset ting passion for interposing in the domestic feuds of foreign independent States, whether at Mexico, or in Texas, or in Canada, they would really do well first to uphold and vindicate the power of law, and the dignity of Government, at home, instead of assigning the absence of the one, or the want of the other, as a plea for their intermeddling with both abroad. By the Britannia, which arrived at Liverpool or. Monday morning, accounts were received from Philadelphia to the sth instant of the extraordinary outrages which had attended the renewal of the " Hiberno-American" riots in that city. Our readers will, no doubt, remember the mournful de scription which, about the month of May last, it became our duty to publish of the sanguinary tumult that had, just previously, disgraced the same locality, in consequence of the hostile feelings that had long subsisted between one section of the citizens, called the " Native Americans," and another composed of Irish Romanists, settled or established there under the protection of the Government of Philadelphia ; but not much iden tified, it should seem, with the regard and the respect of a people, to live among whom so many of these emigrants had voluntarily quitted their native land. In the former instance, however, the resulting casu alties were by no means so serious in number or ex tent as to the sacrifice of human life, as those which were destined to distinguish the sth instant, though far greater with respect to the destruction of public offices and private property. Under an alarm, real or assumed, but natural enough after the events of last May, and kept up by anonymous intimations to that effect, received by the priests, the Irish Romanist party assumed that there was an intention to recommence the work of destroying their chapels, &c. Among other preparations which they had made for such an event, It was soon discovered that they had collected more than eighty stands of fire-arms, which, together with a very large quantity of amunition and military stores (such as gunpowder, bullets, bayonets, &c ), they had placed in a magazine. This depository they formed in one of their own churches, very secretly, as it would appear ; but (which is the most extraordinary part of the story) they had also organised a military corps, and placed at its head a brother of the officiat ing priest of the chapel. Under what sanction or authority, it will naturally be asked, had this extreme step been not only attempted but accomplished ? So far as the accounts Madrid journals of the 22d inst. have been received but with the exception of raising the state of seige at Saragossa, they bring no intelligence of the slightest interest. The Three per Cents. were done at 26 5-16 for cash, and 26 at 60 days, and the Five per Cents. at 20 at 50 days, with premium. The anniversary files in celebration of the " Three Days of July," commenced at Paris on Saturday. Low masses were performed in all the churches, and ' a special service took place in the church of St. Paul, which is nearest to the Bastile monument. The Prefect of the Seine, M. DE RAMBUTEAU, General JACQUEMINOT, Commandant of the National Guards, and all the officers of his staff, were present at that service. At noon the posts were doubled, says the Courrier Francais, and entrusted to the command of staff officers. In the barracks of the Municipal Guard the men were ready to mount their horses, or to rush to arms. The rounds of the superior officers were unceasing, the Prefecture de Police was crowded with Municipal Guards and policemen. At Neuilly, the garrison of the Palace was tripled as early as nine in the morning. Neither the Journal des Debuts nor the Constitutionnel mentions these circumstance, and probably the precautions taken by the Govern ment against any outbreak are much exaggerated, as the Opposition journals attempt to show that all these ceremonies are sanctioned by the Government rather from fear, than from a wish to celebrate the Revolution of July. Alluding to the attend ance of the Prefect and the Commandant of the National Guards at the church of St. Paul, the National says :—" These gentlemen are the only public functionaries that have taken part in the mournful commemoration. The other autho rities and the folks belonging to the Court have had the good sense to abstain from any sort of demonstra tion. One at last gets tired of hypocrisy, and they who have gradually destroyed the Revolution of July have felt that it would ill become them to scatter flowers over the tombs of those whose devotedness they have rendered fruitless. The day will no doubt come when the Revolution will rise again out of its ashes. The brightest homage that the dead of July can desire, will then be the revival of the principles for which their heroic blood was shed. Until that day, a low mass said in the absence of those who have deserted the principles of the 'Revolution is what is most becoming. The victims of the restoration de mand no more." The journals publish accounts from Gibraltar and Cadiz. A letter in one of them, dated Cadiz, July 18, thus announces the sudden departure of the squadron under the Prince DE JOLNYILLE : " Yesterday a French steamer arrived in our roads, when Rear-Admiral the Prince de Joinville's squadron, which had been here since the 15th, immediately sailed, and with so much precipitation that several officers were left ashore who had been permitted to visit the environs. A steamer has remained in port, probably to await their return. The squadron has sailed eastward, and it is probably proceeding to the coast of Africa. It is said that this sudden departure has taken place in consequence of the news brought by the aforesaid steamer of the arrival at Tangiers of an English squadron from Malta. Some persons add that certain un pleasimt discussious have arisen ut the port of Tangiers be- TAR SflN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, 3ULY 31, 1844. tween a French and an English ship ; but this news needs confirmation." On Saturday the Chamber of Peers passed the Paris and Strasburg Bill, the last of the important Bills of the session. The Journal des Debats gives the following summary of the numerous railway Bills passed by the two Chambers. " Until the commencement, of the present session, France had only a few completed railways. These were the Rouen, the Orleans, and the Alsace lines; the lines from Lyons to St. Etienne, from Alais to Beaucaire, and from Andrezieux to Roanne, and some small lines, such as those from Mont pelier to Cette, from St. Etienne to the Loire, from Paris to Versailles and to St. Germain's, from Mulhouse to Thann, &c. Besides these, the following lines were in course of construction :—From Rouen to Havre, from Orleans to Tours, from Avignon to Marseilles, from Paris to Lille and Valen ciennes, from Dijon to Chalons, from Strasburg to Ilommar ting, from Orleans to Vierzon, and from Montpelier to Nismes, being in all 900 kilometres (a kilometre is equal to 1,094 English yards). The total extent, of railways termi nated, and in course of construction at that time was about 2,000 kilometres. To this number the Acts passed during the present session add 147 kilometres from Lille to Calais and Dunkirk, 124 from Amiens to Boulogne (for which, with out doubt, a company will offer on the terms proposed by the Chamber), 437 from Paris to Hommarting, besides 87 for the branches to Metz and Rheims; 450 kilometres from Paris to Dijon, and from Chalons to Lyons, with 102 kilometres from Montereau to Troyes ; 358 kilometres from Tours to Bordeaux ; 192 from Tours to Nantes ; 60 from Vierzen to Chateauroux ; 87 from Vierzen to the Allier; and 74 from Versailles to Chartres. This makes a total of 2,118 kilometres, to which is to be added the trunk railways upon which the works have been going on since the beginning of last January, at the expense of the State, or with its concurrence in conformity with the law of 1842, which raises the whole extent to 2,828 kilometres, and with the Rouen and Havre line, to 2,918 kilometres. Next year it is certain that to this extent will be added the line from the Mediterranean to the Rhine (205 kilometres) and that from Lyons to Avignon (249 kilometres) being together 454 kilometres. The rest of the lines comprised in the Act of 1842 will be afterwards proceeded with, namely, from Nevers to Clermont, from Chateauroux to Limoges, from Chartres to Rennes, from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, and from Bordeaux to Bayonne ; being, in all, 1,320 kilo metres. The works are either about to commence, or have already commenced, on 2,821 kilometres, which, at an average expense of 300,000 francs per kilometre, will amount to an outlay of 850,000,000 f., of which about 500,000,000 f. is at the expense of the State. With the pro bable votes of next year, the general expense of the rail roads will be 1,540,000,000 f. (61,000,000/. sterling), and in seven years the whole system will be completed." NEWS FROM PORTUGAL. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 30.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Montrose, Captain Samuel Lewis, arrived this morning at ten o'clock, from the Peninsula, bringing all the mails. Her dates of departure are as follow :—Prom Gibraltar, July 21st; Cadiz, 22d ; Lisbon, 24th ; Oporto, 26th; Vigo, 26th. Specie on board, 8 packages ; 29 chests and 229 half-chests of lemons, and a few cases of sundries. Sixteen passengers. LISBON, JULY 24. The persecution of the Opposition press, which for some time had began to relax, has now been renewed vigorously. The Rev°lam° has again been suspended, and the editor of the Patriota has been clapped into prison without either judge or jury. I regret to say that on Sunday last the Duke of Palmella broke a blood-vessel on his lungs, and still continues in a very dangerous state, though not given over as yet by his medical attendants. The French frigate Adour arrived here yesterday from Cadiz. She is one of the vessels belonging to the Prince de Joinville's squadron, which she left at Cadiz. The Minister of Foreign Affairs has addressed an official communication to his colleague of the Finance Department, stating that he will be able to effect a reduction of about thirteen contos in his branch of the expenditure. A most decided case of Asiatic cholera took place some days ago on board a Prussian vessel in this port. The patient, however, is in a fair way of recovery. The Royal Tar arrived yesterday, at four r.m., from Southampton, with the mails, on her way to Cadiz and Gibraltar. Mr. J. A. Tozer, the British subject, still continues in prison, without any form of trial.—Herald. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, JULY 30.—Light westerly breeze and cloudy. DEAL, JULY 29.—Wind A.M. N.W. by W. P.M N.N.W.— Arrd. Walter Scott, Nassau. Shl. Monarch, Calcutta ; Jane Francis, Hobart Town ; Lennox, Cape of Good Hope ; Duke of Roxburgh, ditto, and Madras ; Stephen, St. Andrews ; Robert, St. John's ; Lord J. Russell, Quebec, and all the outward bound. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. The Stock Market did not improve this afternoon, Consols closing at 99k to or Ito per cent. lower than on this day week. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. were 104 to 1 ; and the Reduced, 103 to Bank Stock was 200. Exchequer Bills realised 775. premium.. Spanish Five "per Cents. closed at 22; ; Mexican at 36 ; French Five per Cents, at 121; and Russian at 120. Dutch Four per Cents. were 96; to 964. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Birmingham and Gloucester were 9 ; Dub lin and Cashel, 2-1 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 15; Great Western, 62k ; Ditto, Fifths, 121 ; Birmingham, 131 ; South-Western, 46f ; Midland, 31 ; Northern and. Eastern, 14i ; Norwich and Brandon, 91 ; South- Eastern, 54 ; Ditto, New, 8; ; Yarmouth and Norwich, 12 to 1 ; Paris and Orleans, 181; and Paris and Rouen, 18; premium. Eastern Counties were 10k, and Brigh ton to 1 discount. Australasia Bank Shares were 10 to 9 yremium. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 29. —Wind N.—Arrd. Joseph Hume, Ichaboe. Sld. Royal George, Port Philip ; Sir John Falstaff, Quebec. Tliis afternoon the exchange on Hamburgh was about the same as last post•day, as also on Trieste, while Antwerp was not quite so good ; and Amsterdam, Puris, and Frankfort rather advanced. The foll Owing is the official return of the exports of bullion from the port of London for the week ending Thursday last : Silver coin to Rotterdam Petersburgh 45,462 „ ~ bars to Hamburgh (From The Sun of Last Night.) A moderate business was done in Cotton at Liverpool yes terday, at about previous rates. Sales 3,500 bales, all to the trade. Eastern Counties and French Railway Shares met a poor demand, but the market was good for other Shares. Bristol and Gloucester, 108 ; Chester and Holyhead, 51 ; Eastern Counties, 124 ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 111 ; Grand Junction, 221 ; Ditto, Half, 1104; Great Western, Half, 831 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 41 ; Liverpool and Man chester, 226 ; Ditto, New, 33 prem. ; London and Birming ham, 228; Manchester and Leeds, Quarters, 104; Midland Counties, 1024 ; North Union, 1304 ; Sheffield and Man chester, 841; South-Eastern, 381; South-Eastern, New, 124 ; Paris and Lyons, 21 ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 21. Is. There have been some additional letters and papers deli vered this morning from Canada and the United States. 'We are glad to find that the prospects of the agriculturists in our British North American colonies are favourable, as the fol lowing extract from a Quebec journal states :—" The grain crops are, however, still short, but they have assumed a deeper green. It is time they should be freed from weeds. Spring wheat, which, in the earliest seasons, was sometimes in ear on the 29th June, will not be in ear for a week or a fortnight after that date. Some fall wheat grown last year on the Ohio, was sown in this vicinity on the 12th October last. It =is uow in ear and luxuriant. Some field rye, which happened to be among the wheat, was in ear a fortnight ago, and is now full six feet in height. Some fields of barley are in ear, and field peas in blossom. Some of the wheat fly have been seen. It is their lavte or worm depo sited in the ears of grain that has caused the ruin of the crops, for ten or twelve years past, and been more fatal to the country than the cholera, and greedy ambitious and trading ) poraiioes are iv...1 4 f0r earthing 4, a the'lastniBel44. l v have partially missed in some fields. The hay has improved. The forests are now . in their greatest luxury, but the last of the flowering trees and shrubs have parted with their greatest beauty till another season. It has again rained heavily all this forenoon, but it will do no injury to the crops." A large quantity of timber had arrived at Montreal and Quebec by the freshets. In its shipment to Great Britain a great degree of activity was observable. The commercial letters from the United States differ but little from the ac counts before received. In short, there is scarcely an item in them beyond what appeared in yesterday's Sun, as ob tained by e-tpress from Liverpool. The Funds have dropped a trifle this morning, the Ota heite affair continuing to be a subject of conversation, though we do not think of alarm. The Commissioners bought 10,000/. Reduced Three per Cents. at 1004. Consol s for money are firm at 991. For the Account the price was dropped to 994. Exchequer Bills, are a shade lower, the premium being 775. only. Bank Stock is now at 200, and the Reduced Three and-a-Half per Cents. at 103/. It appears from an additional correspondence, made pub lic yesterday afternoon, that has tak en place between the Committee of the South American Bondholders and the financial agents of the Mexican Government, that as yet the latter have not received remittances enough to pay the divi dend, but that when they have sufficient, the liquidation will be advertised. After so many good amounts have come over from Mexico, the Bondholders did expect that there were ample means in hand to effect the object they of course so much wish. Mexican Bonds have fallen from 364 to 354. Spanish Three per Cents, are heavy at 334 ; the Actives at 221 1 ; the Belgian Bonds at 1034 ; the Portuguese Converted at 434 ; and the Dutch Five per Cents., at 1011. Brazilian Bonds have been quoted at 844. The Share Market has not been firm this morning. Se veral of the Railway Shares have receded a shade. London and Westminster Bank Shares are at 74 premium. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 29.—There is still a good demand for most description of stock, and a fair business has, been transacted. The quotations are : Barnsley Junction, 2 11-16 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 50; Eastern Counties, Perpetual, No. 2, 205.; Huddersfield and Manchester, 225. 6d. and 245. premium ; Lancaster and Pres ton, New, 14 ; Preston and Wyre, Guaranteed, 241; Scot tish Central, 41s. ; South-Eastern, 384 ; Ditto, New, 124 ; Trent Valley, 94. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS, Bask Stock 2CO I Indian 5t0ck............ 3 per Cent. Red .. . ..... 100% Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons. ..... 99% Ditto Old Annuities 9% per Cent. Red 103% Ditto New Annuities ... New 3% per Cent ..... l 023( Ex. Bills, 1,0004 77 pm New 5 per Cent. — Ditto Rot. pm. Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small . 77 pin. Jan 12 9..16 Bank Stock for Acct Oct. 1859 — ,Consols for Act...„..... 99% Jan. ..... - 'lndia Stock for Acct... -- SALCOMBE, Jinx 28.—Ski. Edward, Newport and Ichaboe. PLYMOUTIf, JULY 29.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Ava, Symons, Quebec. Sid. Justitia, Ichaboe. lIELFRID, JULY 28.—Arrd. Harvest Home, Miramichi. LIVERPOOL, JULY 29.—Wind N.N.W., fresh.—Arrd. Hes perus, Kelly, China ; Louisa, Singapore ; Alan Kerr, Grey, Bombay ; Sophia, Moore, Callao •, Fanny Dawson, Bonny, left Fernando Po June 1; Cheshire Witch, Laura, Para; Entra, Weeks, Trinidad; Carveston, Honduras; Pharsalia and Soldan, New Orleans; England, Boothby, Apalachiola ; Warsaw, Charleston ; Axford, Rathbone, New York ; Samuel, St. John's, New Brunswi c k ; J ama i ca , M ar ti n , P rom i se, M•Kenne, and Robert Syus, Montreal. Sld. 28th, Windsor Castle, New Orleans. Otf. Milton, Lady Milton, and John. YARMOUTII ROADS,, JULY 29.—Arrd. Hudson, Bayfield Ichaboe. MUMBLES, JULY 26.—Arrd. Chieftain, Waterstone, St. Jago de Cuba. OFF BRIGHTON, JULY 29.—Alfred, Tullock, Batavia. The Aurelian, of Portsmouth, was off Quebec 13th inst., putting back to that port waterlogged, having been ashore on Cape Balanco. The Magnet, bound to Liverpool, was on the Bar of Tobasco, Bth ult. The wreck of a vessel of 600 tons, bottom up, with deep cut ports and white streak, and sheathed with Mentz patent metal, was passed sth April, lat. 40 N., lon. 14 W. CARUSBAY, JULY 25.—The Naiad, of Sunderland, for Quebec. got ashore on the Island of Stromay, during a fog this morning, but was assisted off, and is proceeding to Stromness, with assistance. MOVEMENTS OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE DE JOINVILLE. A letter received at Lloyd's from their agent at Gib raltar, states that his Royal Highness appeared off Tan gier with his squadron on the 18th instant, but returned immediately to Cadiz on finding that the English ships, Caledonia and Albion, had withdrawn from the port of Tangier. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent ...... ... Portuguese, 5 per Cent Belgian, 5 per Cent 103% Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilian Bonds — Prussian, 5 per Cent ...... ... Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — Russian, 5 per Cent WO Chllian, 6 per Cent ...... ...... Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per Cent ...... 13% Spanish, 5 per Cent 22% Ditto, 1821 — ,Ditto, 3 per Cent 33% Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — ;Ditto, Deferred...—. ........... Danish, 3 per Cent . Greek, 18.5, 5 per Cent-- !Exchange —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per Cent ......... 3 i ;French, 3 per Cent. —f. —.c Ditto, 6 per Cent., arJ7..... Dutch, 2)4 per Cent 61% Peruvian, 182.5, 6 per Cent... 'Ditto, 5 per Cent lOl% SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid). ........ ..... 100 Dublin and Cashel, 2 54 paid 5 1 4 Eastern Counties (23 paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid Great Western (75 paid; Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid B4 Ditto Fifths, 12 paid Lancaster and Carlisle, 5 paid 4% London and Birmingh a m (St oc k) London and Brighton (50 paid) London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d, paid) eB Midland Counties (100 paid) 1045{ 51 14 Northern and Eastern (45 p a id) Norwich and Brandon, 4 p a id ••••••••• 38 i e y s South Eastern arid Dover (33 2s 4d paid) Ditto New Shares, 4 paid :; Paris and Orlean s ((0 p a id) 39% Paris and Rouen. 20 paid COURSE OF EXCHA: Amsterdam CF. 12 41 Ditto, at sight l2 Rotterdam 2U. 12 5 Antwerp 25 90: Hamburgh M.B. 13121 Altona l3 13 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 60 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles Bourdeaux Frankfurt oa Maine l2l Petersburgh, 3Us 37 Berlin 7 Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 952 1 rieste, ditto Madrid 37 Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona 36 Sevilla S'GE.—(YESTERDAY.) Gibraltar Leghorn 3O 50 Genoa 25 85 Milan Venice . . Naples 391 Palermo, per oz llBi Lisbon 54 Oporto 54 Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia Buenos Ayres NewYork,2ldys sight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold, bars. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons-- 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 10A Silver in ears 0 4 111 LOW FARES ON RAILWAYS.—If any proof were re quisite of the advantage of low fares to railway traffic, it has been satisfactorily furnished by the case of the Croydon Rail way. Since the reduction in the fares on that line the traffic has increased in a remarkable manner, the amount received for passengers having been greater in the last week than in any week since that ending the 14th of September, 1841, and the number of pas sengers carr i e d exc eeding that of any one week since the Whit sun - wee k i n J une , likewise lB4 1. excepted. Cryd _on i f a a weeksiiirway Record. 1840, with one excep tion only, which o ccurre d in th e corres ponding week of June, coinrd.veery year are, of course, Upwards of a hundred large religious paintings, by artists of the seventeenth century, are at present being suspended in the chapel and choir of Notre Dame. One bears the name of Corneille, who flourished towarda the close of that oeattuy.—Erettch Print. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vttigtr taptuton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The Duke of Bordeaux has forwarded the subjoined no tice to most of the Eurepean Courts :—" Having become, iii consequence of the death of the Count de Marne (Duke of Angouleme), the head of the house of Bourbon, I consider it a duty to protest against the change introduced in France into the legitimate order of succession to the Crown, and to de clare that I never shall renounce the rights which, by the an cient French laws, I derive from my birth. Those rights are linked to great duties, which, with the grace of God, I shall fulfil ; nevertheless, I wish to exercise them only when, to my conviction, Providence shall summon me to be really useful to France." The French Funds continue depressed. On Sunday the Three per Cents. were quoted at 81f. 60c. A letter from Cadiz, dated the 18th inst., announces that on the arrival of a steamer from Tangiers, with dispatches, the Prince de Joinville set sail with the whole squadron for the coast of Morocco. The departure was so sudden that se veral officers were left on shore. The Duke D'Aumale was expected at Bona at the end of the month. An expedition was to leave Bona on the 20th, to trace the frontiers with the regency of Tunis. The Journal des Travaux Publiques announces that the company of the Avignon and Marseilles Railroad had or dered, in England, the forty-eight engines necessary for the working of the road. _ _ _ The trial of Gaston .de Montmorency, Prince of Robecq, accused of distributing busts and medals of the Duke of Bor deaux, will take place at Paris about the beginning of August. Accounts from Bohemia, of July 21, announce that tran quillity is restored in Prague, but the troops collected there to the number of 20,000 men have not yet been sent back to their garrisons. About a week ago the windows of the Jewish synagogue at Brandies were destroyed, but no further excesses committed. LAW .ann POLICE. At the Durham Assizes, two men, named Kinsop and Twadddle were convicted of s e tti ng re to three stacks of wheat and four stacks of oats. George Bewick was con victed of a burglary in the house of Lord Stourton, at Hartlepool. The sentences were deferred. At Guildhall, Charle's John Savage, a young man who had the appearance of a tailor, was charged before Mr. Alderman Hunter, with uttering blasphemous language in Smithfield, and with resisting the police in the execution of their duty. It appeared that the prisoner had been haranguing a multi tude in Smithfield, and denouncing Christianity as a farce. His language was so outrageous, that the crowd cried " Shame," " Down with him," and the police believing he would create a riot, took him into custody, after some re sistance. Alderman Hunter said he would not indulge the prisoner by making him a martyr, and fined him 10s. for resisting the police. John Joyce, a young man residing at 2, Watling-street, City, was committed at Bow-street on a charge of endeavour ing to extort money from Mr. Frederick Randall, at his chambers, 10, Lancaster-place, Waterloo-bridge, under the threat that he wanted to take indecent liberties with him. At Union-hall Pietro Valler, a merchant, residing in Hatton-garden ; Francis Enrico, Gibraltar-row, Lambeth, fencing-master; and Henry Harrison, whose residence was unknown, but was described in the police-sheeet as a linen draper, were brought before Mr. Traill, the sitting Magis trate, charged with forgery, and having in their possession certain Dutch coupons for dividends in Dutch Five per Cent. stock. Mr. Mullps, of the firm of Bush and Mullens, soli citors to the Society of Bankers for the Detection of Forgery, attended to prosecute the case on behalf of the Dutch Go vernment. The prisoners are all foreigners. After a length ened inquiry the prisoners were remanded till Monday. Henry Marsham, a stout and very respectably-d resse d man, aged 38, was Charged at the Thames Police-court with stealing a gold watch, value 101., from Mr. Henry Howell, clerk in the establishment of Lyall, Brothers, and Co., of Great St. Helen's, on board the Vesper steamer. He refused to give his address, and was remanded. COUSLT—FASSIONABLEI. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford arrived in town on Friday, from Endsleigh Cottage, their romantic seat near Tavistock, Devon, where the Noble Duke and Duchess have been residing since_the commencement of last month. The Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas (Princess Maria of Baden), the Dowager Duchess of Bedford and Lady Rachel Russell, Earl of Aberdeen, and Lord Claud Hamilton, and a distinguished circle, assembled on Saturday, at the Priory, Stanmore, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness Abe rcorn. The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland arrived in town on Monday, from Cadlands, the seat of Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Drummond. Their Graces leave town for the season ou Thursday, proceeding, in the first instance, to Raby Castle, Durham. The Duke of Rutland, who, with his daughter, the Lady Adeliza Manners, has been for some time past enjoying a cruise in the Channel in his beautiful yacht the Resolution, anchored in the Southampton Water on Friday, and came on shore expressly to attend the recent festivities at Cadlands, upon the occasion of Mr. A. J. Drummond, his Grace's nephew, attaining his majority. The N o bl e D u k e , accom panied by the Lady Adeliza, re-embarked on board the yacht on Monday, and will continue his cruise for some time longer. _ The Marquis and Marchioness of Douro are on the eve of leaving this country on a continental tour, of what duration has not transpired. The Dowager Countess of Pembroke and the Earl and Countess of Clanwilliam, who are making a tour of the Ger man Spas, are not expected home until the middle of Sep tember. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston returned to town yesterday, from Woodlands, near Romsey, Hants ' where the Noble Viscount and Viscountes s h ave rece i ve d a suc cession of visitors during the agricultural show last week at Southampton. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield have left Chester field House, to. day, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Rinhmnrtrl 'Pbr. otlicatiaa will close on Friday, with the annual race ball at Chichester. The Earl and Countess of Eglintoun have left the Clarendon Hotel for Goodwood Park, where they will remain during the week, as guests of the Duke of Richmond. The Earl and Countess of 111arrvers and the Ladies Pierre pont have left Portman-square for Thoresby Park, near 011erton, Nottinghamshire. His Excellency Baron Brunnow have left Dover-street for Goodwood Park, to join the circle assembled at the Duke of Richmond's. Colonel Wyndham is entertaining a very numerous circle, during Goodwood races, at his beautiful seat, Petworth-house, Sussex. Mr. A. R. and Lady Elizabeth Drummond, accompanied by their daughter, Miss Annabella Drummond, left Cadlands, on Monday, for Arundel Castle, where the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk are dispensing their hospitality to a distinguished circle during the Goodwood races. S CEL A..A.NEOUS. At the Polytechnic Institution on Monday, a series of lectures on the subject of explosive compounds were com menced by Dr. Ryan, F.R.S. The subject of the first lecture, tended to show the power the lecturer believed Capt. Warner had probably used in blowing up the John o'Gaunt . He believed Captain Warner had used chlorate of nitrogen, a most dan gerous compound ; but, as a great many people believed, he did not suppose that Captain Warner used a lock or a trigger for the purpose of causing the explosion, for there were in numerable other means at the disposal of the chemist much easier of application, and several of which were more to be depended upon. On Thursday next the Act of Parliament for abolishing the collection of tolls at the different gates in Newington, Camberwell, Kennington, and Lambeth, will come into ope ration, and the above gates will soon be rased to the ground. Lord Morpeth laid the foundation stone, on Thursday last, of a new church in the borough of Morpeth, in the presence of his brother in-law and sister (the Rector and the Hon. Elizabeth Grey), the Rev. Dr. Hook, and a large concourse of spectators. His Lordship delivered a suitable address on the occasion. The King's or Royal Library in the British Museum is undergoing a complete renovation. It was dingy in the ex treme, nothing having been done to it since it was first built, some 16 or 17 years. As neither this nor the general libraries are open to visitors on the public days, few are aware of the existence of this magnificent room, which is not alluded to in the catalogue. It is by far the most ornamental and most extensive of all the galleries, being 300 feet in length, 41 in breadth, and 30 feet high. At a ;meting of the Royal Sea-Bathing Infirmary, held on Monday, the following vote of thanks to Alderman Gibbs was passed :—" That the long, faithful, and useful services of Michael Gibbs, as treasurer of this institution, are deserving of the sincere thanks of this meeting, and this meeting hereby tenders its thanks to Alderman Gibbs, and hopes that he will be long spared to render his honourable services to suffering humanity, and to the public at large." THE LATE PRINCE TALLETRAND.--Rarely has a more amusing and interesting series of paper s ap peared in the pages of a periodical than those on the late Prince Talley rand, which are now in course of publica tion in the New Monthly Magazine. The value of these papers is greatly enhanced, too, as well as the interest of their curious revelations, by their undoubted authenticity. The portion of these remarkable articles given in the Magazine for the present month comprises An Account of the Prince in his early manhood—Mirabeau and his mysterious death—Sieges and the origin of the Garde Nationale—The Princesse de T. and the Maison de Plaisance, &c. The New Monthly for August also com prises a very clever, humorous paper called " Le Peuple Souriquois"—A striking notice of the Art Exhibition in Westminster Hall—A full and remarkable account of Mr. Beckford's curious structure at Bath, here called " The Tower of the Caliph "—and other articles from the pens of W. IL Maxwell, Esq., Author of " Stories of Waterloo," Horace Smith, Esq., Mrs. Trollope, The Author of " Peter Priggins," Laman Blanchard, Esq., &c. &c. Sir. Townsend has just published the second volume, dedicated to Sir Robert Peel, of his valuable " Memoirs of the House of Commons." The House of Commons ! What spirit-stirring recollections does not that designation awaken! There the battles of social and political freedom have been fought—there the superiority of right to might has been established-- there the shackles of the slave have been broken —there the destinies of empires have been decided—there that pre-eminence which distinguishes ours above all the na tions of the earth has been achieved. What English man is there, indeed, who has not a more or less imme diate interest in all the transactions of this, the most illustrious legislative b o dy i n t h e world, the classic sanctuary of the intellectual greatness of Britain, the palladium of her proudest attributes—freedom, elo quence, and power! At the present day, when reports of the proceedings of the House of Commons constitute by far the most important feature in our daily papers, a popular history of that House, comprehending biogra phical details of the speakers, lawyers, orators, and statesmen, most distinguished in its annals ; a review of the privileges enj o y e d by M em b ers , an d o f their hard won right to personal and deliberative freedom; a record of the vindictive powers exercised by the House over their own body and strangers; a description of the in ternal economy of St. Stephen's Chapel; of the changes in the habits, manners, and character, of the constituency; in the decorum and method of proceedings ; in the tone and temper of discussion; and in the progress of intelli gence and refinement—such a history, presented in the volumes here announced, and enlivened by anecdotes and extracts from private correspondence, must form a most acceptable, instructive, and amusing accession to every library. ENORMOUS SKATE—PRESTONPANS, JULY 25. Some workmen, while fishing off here this morning, caught a skate of the enormous weight of 129 lbs., and measu r i ng i n engthsix feet three inches;iA breadth, Aye feet nine inches. NEW BRITISH IRON COMPANY Yesterday a special general meeting of the Proprietors of this Company was held at the office, No. 3, New Broad-street. Mr. ROUTH, having taken the chair, stated that although this was not one of the general meetings pro vided for by the deed of settlement, still the Directors thought it advisable to convene the Shareholders, not for to make any financial proposition to them, but merely to announce to them the progress which had been made in the re-organisation of the British Iron Company, the interests of which had been transferred to the existing Society on the 13th of December last. In conclusion he assured the meeting that the present position and prospects of the Society were of a most cheering description. The StCRETARY then read the report, by which it appeared that the capital of the Company was fixed at 400,0001. in 20,000 shares of 201. each, of which and 9,625 as scrip, on the whole of which Si. per share had been received. The works, mineral leases, and stock of the old Company were taken at a valuation of 200,0001., which was paid on the 30th of December; 50,000/. of which had been provided for by the first payment on the registered shares, and the remainder raised on debentures falling due in the months of May, July, August, November, and December, 1844. Of those debentures 50,000 L due in May and July, had been paid off, besides 14,0001. in anticipation, making on the whole 64,000 L The deben- ture debts will then not exceed 86,000/., which will be provided for by the payment of the scrip shares falling due on the Bth of August and Bth November • and by a call of 21. 10s. on the registered shares, t o be made in November or December next ; and by another call of the same amount in the month of April or May, 1845. Considerable progress has been made in reducing the surplus stock of iron received from the old Company, and the Committee feel assured that by adopting a different system for the future, sufficient means may be realised from this source to provide the necessary trading capital, and to defray the expense of putting the works in the most efficient state without making further calls on the Shareholders than will be required to complete the pay ment of the purchase money. In the half-year, ending 30th Juno last, the make of pig-iron at the Company's works amounted to 16,239 tons, which gave an average of 628 tons a week. It is expected that before the end of the year it will have increased to 1,000. The report concluded by stating that the prospects of the Company were highly satisfactory. The report was then confirmed, and ordered to be cir culated amongst the Shareholders; and after a vote of thanks to the Chairman and Directors, the meeting separated. DEATH Or MAJOR-GENERAL EDWARD SCOTT.— We have to announce the death of the above gallant officer, who died on Friday last, at his residence at Bath, at the advanced age of eighty-two years. The deceased had served with distinction in the 96th Foot, at St. Domingo, in 1794 and 1795 ; and was, on his retur►► to this country, sent with his corps to Ireland, for the suppression of the Irish rebel lion in '9B. He accompanied the expedition to the Ferrol and Cadiz, under Sir James Pulteney; afterwards re paired to Egypt for the campaign of 1801, and was present at nearly all the engagements in that year, including the actions of the Bth, 13th, and 21st of March, in which last he was severely contused on the breast by a musket-ball. For his services in Egypt he was rewarded with a medal, and had the Order of the Crescent conferred upon him by the Turkish Government. His commission was dated as follows :—En sign, June 29, 1780; Lieutenant, August 4, 1781 ; Captain, June, 30, 1790; Major, September 1, 1795; Lieutenant-Co lonel, Jaituary 1, 1801; Colonel, July 25, 1810; and Major- General, June 4, 1813. WILL OF LORD WALLACE.—The will 'and codicils of the Right Hon. Thomas Lord Wallace, late of Fea therstone Castle, Northumberland, have just been proved in Doctors' Commons by Sir Charles Miles Lambert Mouck, Bart., E. W. Hassell, Esq., and W. Nanson, Esq., the executors. His Lordship gives to Thomas Mac lean, Esq., and his wife, both of Carlisle, 5,0001. each, and legacies to various branches of his family, friends, executors servants, and very many other persons whom it would be utterly impossible to specify. The following are the only parts of the will of public interest:—His Lordship directs tao busts of himself to be executed in marble by Mr. Campbell, the sculptor (from a cast taken by that gentle man), one of which is to be given to his executor, Sir Charles M. L. Monck, and the other deposited in Fea therstone Castle, and considered as an heirloom ; all the plate and pictures in the castle are also to descend as heirlooms. He expresses a strong desire that this building may " never be unoccupied, but tenanted by those who have an interest in it." He observes that several parcels of jewellery will be found packed and addressed by himself to various parties, and earnestly desires his executors to forward them to the persons to whom they are addressed as soon after his death as may be. He also directs the interest of 100/. to be paid yearly to a clergyman of the Church of England at Fea therstone, who is " to read prayers once on every Sun day, and administer the sacrament at least four times in every year." The will is very long, and the personal property is sworn under 45,0001. DISPATCH IN WAR.—Captain Warner's apparently remarkable and extraordinarily powerful explosive and de structive agent, whatever it may be, calls to mind a saying of George the Third, in relation to inventions for destroying life in war. Bishop Watson was at a levee, after his suc cessful experiments on his improved gunpowder had been made, when the then Duke of Richmond, Master-General of the Ordnance, informed his Majesty that they were in debted to the Bishop for that great improvement in its fabri cation. On the latter saying he ought to be ashamed, inas much as it was a scandal in a Christian Bishop to instruct men in the mode of destroying mankind, the King answered, " Let not that afflict your conscience, for the quicker the con flict the less the slaughter." COURT OF SESSION.—BUCHANAN v. SMITH: This was a case of considerable importance, as defining the law in regard to the rights of a female in disposing of effects after entering into contract of marriage. The prosecutor in this case pleaded that only one day previous to his marriage his bride, at the instigation of certain interested parties, had dis posed of heritable and other effects to a considerable amount, bequeathed to her by a former connection. The same hav ing been remitted to the Court of Session, it was there found, and decreet accordingly pronounced by Lord Cuninghame, that said deed was illegal, and null and void; and granted warrant agreeably thereto for such being expunged from the public records and of none effect.—Edinburgh Evening Post.: BOULOGNE AND CALAlS.—During the week ending the 25th instant, the greatest number of persons ever em barked or disembarked from these places entered or left them from or for England, namely, 4,389; of which 3,328 were at a Boulogne, and 1,061 at Callus. COURT CIRCULAR. Wninson, TUESDAY.—The Queea and Prince Albert walked as usual this forenoon in the pleasure-grounds of the Castle. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting, after vardo went to inspect the Scots Fusilier Guards on duty here. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice were taken inns in the gardens and slopes of the C as tl e t o -day. The Earl of Aberdeen took his departure from the Castle this morning for town. The Countess of Mount-Edgcumbe left the Castle:in the forenoon. Her Ladyship has been succeeded as the Lady in Waiting on the Queen by the Countess of Dunmore, who arrived in the afternoon. Lord Rivers took his departure, and has been suc• ceeded by the Marquis of. Ormonde as the Lord In Waiting to her Majesty. The Hon. Captain Duncombe also left today, and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore arrived at the Castle, to relieve Captain Duncombi in the duties of Groom in Waiting on her Majesty. The Queen and Prince' Albert took an airing in the afternoon, in a pony phaeton and pair,. the Prince driving. The Equerries in Waiting on her Majesty and his Royal Highness, Colo n el s B uc kl ey an d Bouveriev being on horseback. The Maids of Honour in Waiting. the Hon. Misses Liddell and Paget followed in a poll carriage and four. The royal party returned to the Castle shortly before. six o'clock. Sir Robert Peel arrived at the Castle this evening from town on a visit to her Majesty. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening in' eluded the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of JerseP Lieutenant-Colonel Turner (Scots Fusilier Guards), and Lieutenant-Colonel Elrington (Scots Fusilier Guards). The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was in attend ance during dinner yesterday evening. Her Majesty's private baud afterwards attended, and perform( d in the Castle the remainder of the evening. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday. Sir Robert Peel left town yesterday for Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. A Deputation from the Oh es t er an d H o l y h ea d Rail' way Compatiy, consisting of Mr. R. Collett, M.P., chair man; Mr. Glynn, Mr. Thompson, M.P., Mr. Robert Stephenson, engineer, and Mr. King, secretary, had an interview with. Sir Robert Peel yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Chancellor of the Exchever was also present. Mr. K. Murray had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial" office from the Governor of Gibraltar. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council had a meeting yesterday at the Privy Council-office, White• hall. The Lords present were, Lord Brougham, Dr . Lushington, Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, and Mr. Pemberton Leigh. The C our t me t a t ten o'clock. Two cases were heard. Cockcraft v. Rawles, from the Prerogative Court ; and Arrisdell v. Retemeyer, from British Guiana. In the latter case, Mr. Loftus Wigram appeared for the appel lant ; and Mr. Burge, Q. C., for the respOndent ; and their Lordships gave judgment, viz., that the sentence of the Court below be reversed, but that certain liberties be given as to the production of fresh evidence. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England bads meeting yesterday. The Commissioners present were the Archbishop or Canterbury, the Bishop of Londocf the Bishop of Ely, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Lord President of the Council, the Earl of Besborough, th e Earl of Chichester, and the Earl of Harrowby. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. CAPTAIN WARNER'S INVENTION. In consequence of the great curiosity on the, subject of explosive materials, excited in the minds' 01 the public, by the recent astounding and mysterious, destruction of the 'John o' Gaunt, th e M anag ers 0 1 this noble Institution have been induced to compii with the wishes of their visitors, and on Mon dui evening, Dr. Ryan commenced a series of lectures, explanatory of the means of explosion and combus' tion which might be available in war. The theatre was last evening crowded to exeess, and the lecturer was listened to with the greatest interest. 'tide: pendently of the .pleasing manner and elegise" though popular style and diction of the lecturer, the subject proved to possess in itself an importance O f ; ficient to command attentio n , w ith ou t th e acc identa l interest, with which Captain Warner's experiment! have invested it. Dr. Ryan expl a i ne d, an d ill us trate . ' by experiment, a number of the most powerful fulfil' . nates, forcibly cautioning his hearers from attempting to compound these dangerous materials for then!' selves. He explained the analysis of some ft minating compounds, which were so difficult to regulate, and so dangerous to employ l e any way, even ' with the utmost caution, that he dared not attempt to experiment upon theta. in that theatre. Indeed, he related instances of tern' ble injuries suffered by chemists in manipulatiq those substances, even with the utmost care and ski' _ He himself, on one occa s ion, h a d b o th his air! broken by an unexpected explosion, and, only on Monday morning, one of his assistants was severely in; jured and placed in great danger, although protected by a mask. But the experiments in the theatre Wer e free from danger. He would not pretend to conjeC' u c- wires - b - vv - cw - thr - rra tort of Oa pt zi;nr - NV artier's io yea' tion. His chief object was to show that there were, known to chemists ab un d ance o f ma t er i a l s capa bl e o f effecting all that had been done at Brighton, and that the great difficulty was as to the means of their re' gulation and application. The illustrations were, in a high degree, curious and interesting, and the learned lecturer was repeatedly and warmly or plauded. Dr. Ryan's lectures on Pott's pneumatic mode e t. • forming submarine foundati ons , are hi g hl y instructive expositions of a most important and scientific apP l k" cation of pneumatics, to obviate, by simple, inexPen, - sive, and infallible means, all the di ffi culties whi c h deep, loose, sandy, or shingle strata below deep wat er —and which have been considered almost bow perable—present to the formation of founds,' tions. It would exceed our present limits t e t detail the inge n i ous p rocess , for which we mu s t refer to the lecturer hi mse lf, of whom it is only heiba r ® justice to say, that he ren d ers thi s apparently tow nical and unpopular subj e ct as agreea bl e an d a ttrue" tive as it is instructive. The institution was very fully attended, and th e elevating and enli g ht en i ng en t er t a i nments of t°l' grand school of practical science were most agreeably varied by the lecture of. Professor Backhoffner, tb diver and diving bell, and the two great wonders 4) optical and electrical machines, Armitage's Hydo" Electic Machine, and Longbotham's Physioscope• Lady Brougham's soiree, not ban, as erroneous l y stated in some papers, takes place on Friday. We are sorry to learn the illness of Lord Poscer s ., court, the son-in-law o f th e E ar l o f R o d en, who has be en residing some time at Ems, for the benefit of his health. METROPOLITAN JUNCTION .RAlLWAY.—Lond ofit which is a county in itself, is now fairly promised the benefit of internal railway communication, and by a very r feasible scheme th e grea t ra il ways w hi c h h ave the', termini at present at var i ous p o i nts on t h e outs kirts e` the City, are to form one continuous line, connecting the North, South, and West of England. This jullet i° , - line is to pass from Waterloo-bridge, across the W es " . minster and Vauxhall roads, to the South-westerns terminus, thence by a railway bridge at Battersea, across the river, to K ens i ng t on , an d t h e term i n i o f the urre- Western, and London and Bi rm i ng h am li nes . The boo. o to the public secured by this undertaking may be est' mated from th e f ac t th a t, a t present, as muc h time occupied in transporting goods, by the Regent's call% to the Euston s t a ti on , as f rom the Euston stat i o n, by railway, to Bath or Bristol. When Sir John Relnli e .o report upon the survey i s b e f ore t h e public, we su", return to a consideration of this subject. In the W a a l time we with the proj ec t success ; i t i s one of mid° value. f ROYAL THAMES YA CHT CLU B .—The meeting O t the members of this cl u b: convene d en M on d ay night* to the British Coffee House, o n th e su bj ec t o f t h e disl 3ll, s relating to the sailing match for Captain Cocksedg e cup, was very n umerous ly at t en d e d. There are gl;b st difficulties in the m a tt er , an d as th e occurrenc e w'd gave rise to the m ee ti ng t oo k p l ace some time e f b o ; it may be bett e r a t once to a ll ude to it. On ` o . conclusion .of the m a t c h f or C apta i n Cocksedge's eti4d Lord Alfred Paget o bj ecte d to the cup being preset'. d to Mr. Wilkinson, the owner of the Phantom, w hich 11l come in first, on the groun d s t h at having used her helfdlt anchor to avoid runni ng f ou l o f some craft, he had with its hawser in the water, instead of taking it e' ar t he again; and further, th a t on turn i ng up from G ra vesencL io Phantom had fouled the Mystery; but as the protest 0 1 5 0 Lordship was not signed by two captains sailing in a match, agfeeably with th e ru l es o f t h ec l u b , an d aside' . te cl consented to withdraw it, obser v i ng th at h e b a d prote s to for the sake of those who had backed the boat oulY'a l a cup was, in due form presented to Mr. Wilkinson, to owner of the Phantom. The affair apPee'!„ e o, have created some stir amon gs t aqua tic gentie=o and a requisition signed by seven members upwards, having been forwarded to the secree.-00% calling upon him to summon a special zn,e l ot on the subject, the gentlemen assembleu 4a ir, night. Mr. Harrison, the commodore, took the 'owe and after a very lengthened, very general, and s wasp what warm discussion amongst the members, it g .,4 c ien posed by Lord Suffield, and seconded by Mr. 0 0 Hodges, that the matter in dispute be referred to wh i c h sailing committee, whose decision shall be final: e a, ia was carried by a majority of 48 to 7. Lord Al . F e 0 the course of a very manly address, said he con so f boat like a horse, public property, and he was dee'r±' who prosecuting the inquiry for the sake only of these had backed his vessel. zora' A BALLOON IN TUR K E Y . CoNsTANT, tile 0 - JULY 10.—Monday last we en j o y e d the view °I phted cension of Mr. Comaschi in his balloon. He, 9 '1;010 safely about forty mil es o ff, i n A s i a , and tn e , li the can scarcely believe that he w as not lost o n way, as he had to cr os s th e Sea of A la ' v s, • and went to an enor mous height before the lost sight of him. The Sultan, all ulatinn nisters, ambassadors, and half tha P ° PO of Constantinople, were collected to see 11ramense off. The plain of Haider Pacha was like n yar ietle garden—parties of gaudily-dressed peoP i l: colours, looking just like flower-beds. Tl il l s , b i o g . !! for the first time, believe that a man can _tr o a b sc l i ll in such a machine, and I dare say Mr. m _ t i t is ! 1 . 9 finish by taking up a few of them to prov et comfortable a way of travelling as anythi n g w 4 road, of which they have as feeble an idea. furl Lord Lord Duke kr. E r....,......... Si 4 9 rd 1 441( Bst S Wq!!