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Between the Acts a Divertissement, by Mdlle. Fanny Elasler, Mdlle. Cerito, MM. Perrot and St. Leon. To conclude with a Favourite Ballet, in which all the principal Artistes of her Majesty's Theatre will appear. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box• cake, Opera-colonnade. Doors open at Seven; the Opera will coca. mence at Half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET MK. BENJAM'.N WEBSTER, LESSEE. THIS EVENING, JULY 15, Will be performed Sheridan's Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. W. Farrcn ; Charles Surface, Mr. C. Mathews; Lady Teazle, Madame Vestris. After the Comedy :dr. John Parry will sing " Fayre Rosamonde." After which, win be repeated'a new Farce, entitled THE MIL. LINER'S HOLIDAY. Sir Simon Sparkes, Mr. Suckstone ; Mr. PcnnYwig, Mr, Strickland; Fanny Thompson, Miss Julia Bennett; Miss Potts, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARK. Orchestr, Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. • Pit, ; Gallery, Is.; Upper G diery. Half-price—Boxes, 3s: ; Pit 25.; Gallery. Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at lialf-past Six, and the Performances comme•ace at Seven. Tici,ets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer, at the Box from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. EVENING, JULY 15, Will be performedTHlS LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucy, Miss A usti n ; Edgar, Mr. Allen. Alter which, THE LADIES' CLUB Captain Fitzsmyth, Mr. 07. berry ; Flammer, Mr. Wright; Mrs. Fitzsmyth, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with a New and Original Burlesque, entitled THE WONDERFUL LAMP, being an Illustrated Version of Aladdin. Ahanazar, Mr. Paul Bedford; Aladdin, Mr. Wright; Princess Badroulbadour, Miss E. Stanley. THEATRE ROY AL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. The Adventures of " Martin Chuzzlewit" having, on each repre sentation, been received with every possible mark of public appro. baton by the most fashionable and crowded audiences, and having been pronounced by the unanimous voice of the publie press to be one of the most interesting Dramas ever produced from the works of its celebrated Author, a repetition of its performance will take place every evening till further notice. THIS EVENING, JULY 15, Will be produced a New Drama, entitled MARTIN CHUZZLE WIT. Principal characters by Messrs. R. Younge, F, Vining, Emery, F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner, St inton, J. W. Collier, Yarnold, Sanders, and Keeley ; Miss For tescue, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Grove, Mrs. Usher, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. To be tokowed by an Apropos Bagatelle, called POLKA MANIA. Characters by Mr. Matthews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. 6.eeley, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New Domestic Drama, entitled THE HO MEN TO - LIS QUESTION. Characters by Messrs. Diddear, F. Vining, J. W.' Collier, Miss Fortescue, and Mrs. A. Wigan. PRICES OF A 1) M 1:1S; lON.—Balcony l'oxes. 4. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, fxi. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 21. ; Cpier Boxes, is Bd.; I'it, 1 , . Private Boxes on the it my Tier (•solding eight persons). 'I we G u i neas. P r i vate B oxes on the Second Tier (hoeing eight persons), ime Guinea and a-Half. Private .•s or, the Pit tier (holding six persons), One Guir The 130 x-office is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the diree ti..n of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. AS fLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF A itfS. Prriorietr, and Manager, Mr. BATTY. SPLENDID JUVENILE FETES. Great Success of the Chinese Feast of Lanterns, and New Military and Naval Spectacle. THIS EVENING, JULY 15, will be repeated an entire new Military and Naval Equestrian Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or, The Conquests of Am.py by Lritish Arms. New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments, &c., to ii;Alisc the recent triumphs of England's Army and Navy. Feast of 330 Lanterns. New and unequalled SceneS of the Circle—Extraordinary Feats of llors&rnanThip, by Monsieur Louis Tournaire, Sg. 14ermani, Li Petit Isabelle, Mr. Newsome, &c., with Mr. R. Smith's highly trained steeds. • :WA' which, the old English pageant of THE SUMMER'S MO of 161.6; or, the White Wreath and Flitch of Bacon. To conclude with THE 6REA STEEPLE.CHASE; or, Eng. lan.i's Harvest Home. Die doors will open nightly at six o'clocx, and the i.,:rformances commence at even. Box-othce opened daily from eleven till five, The private boxes have been recoi.structed and decorated wiin care and Acting and stage-in tnager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. DAV WOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENTING, JULY 15. Immense Attraction—A Grain' Opera and the splendid real Water Spectacle every Evening. First Week of the Opera Season, commencing with Bellini's subl me composition, LA SONNAMBULA. Powerful Operatic Companv—Miss Romer, Miss Betts, Miss Pearson, Mr. D. W. King, Mr. Leffler, Mr. E. L. Hime, Mr. S. Cowell, and Mr. G. Stansb,ry, conductor. Increased Band and efficient Chorus from the Theatres Royal. 10 conclude with an entirely new Aquatic Spectacle, introducing Three Scenes of Real Water, entitled THE MOUNTAIN CATA RACT; or, The Enchanter's Spell. Placvi and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. office, from I.3even to Four. . _ ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, JULY 15, Will bc , performed MARTIN CHLJZZLEWIT, in which Mr. 0 shaldiston, Miss Vincent, Miss Arden, and the combined talent of the Company will perfoAftrm. er which, CLARI. To conclude with THAT RASCAL JACK. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Daylight View of LONDON in the OLDEN TIME! Painted by Ranson and Telbin. The ensation caused by this unrivalled production is beyond all former precedent; the artist, the amateur, the casual observer are all struck with its extraordinary beauty mild fidelity of delinea tion, and are unanimous in pronouncing it the most wonderful ex. hibition ever vi tnessed. To view it only at a vehicle for the terrific display at Dusk a unjust ; it should be seen in the calm stillness of the quiet Evening, pith its Towers and Steeples reflected in the spa cious Lake, to be fully appreciated. The Evening PROMENADE CONCERTS, on Mon 'ays, Tues. days, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, conducted by Mr. Godfrey, are mon a scale of more than usual excellence: but words fail in doingjustice to the awful rep:esentation of On Wednesday the boys of the Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea, accompan ed loy their Band, will visit these Gardens, and on Tues day, July 23, the Second Grand Flower Show of the Season will take place on a scale of unusual magnificence. THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON. fearful characteristics are truthfully pourtrayed, but at the same me so beautifully blended with the Wonders of the Pyrotechnic Alt, that delight is predominant over terror; and the Thousands who nightly crowd the Gardens hail it with acclamations, and admit that Southby, the Unrivalled Pyrotechnist, has achieved a matchless triumph. The Gardens and Zoological Collection are in the most perfect state, and enmbining so many and interesting features, are by far the most attractive lounge in or near the metropolis. k ceding of the . Animals at Five—Concert at SI x— Conflagrat ion at Dusk. Admitt inc;. One Shilling. EGYPT .N HALL, PICCADILLY. IMI-ORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admli.sien to THE NAT or.Eo - s MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collactlon of Histo rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed by One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a cost of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in- Stnictive and interesting manner, the most important part of Euro pe.,o history, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROM WELL, and 1...,t_71 ,1 XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR NAP , ./1.1_ 0 ,0N, In 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often, the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of —aigto,', the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, an 1 their Ladles, also, many thousands of the Nobility and Public; nod the Pro prietor has r,:cently been 'able to increase, by several very fine pictures, ecc. ' his 2revious almost incredible number ani variety of 2IS 5., Works of _421, and a multitude of valuable Relic', and other zuriosities, in this mot Instructive and, as hundreds have said it be, a National Nruseurn. Many thousand have inspected it, fllpar PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the P•IBLIC PRESS tamt that it ought to be Seen by every one. The price of admis • ',diced to ONE SHILLING. +i'OLEON MUSEUM is to ,‘ye seen only at the Egyptian daily trom Ten till Duet. dnr g 1 /141.:1," WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, JULY 15. .Pr-[ERm , »iETER, Lowest, 52; Highest, 72_• Noon, 69. BAROMETER, 29.9.—Wiam, _ e number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the ,mt, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is tt • .; A c.,.d opposite 30, and rain at 29. ‘7erni. ; ; Au“ vv.i.TER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TUTS DAY. ... 44 minutes after 1 f Evening ... 3 minutes after HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-M,)RROW 'EVENING, JULY 16, repeated the New Opera Seria, composed by M. Costa, by Leopoldo Tarantini, entit!ed DOS CA RLos. With New Scenery by Mr. W. Grieve. Philip It. 'King of Spain), Sig. Lablache • Don Carlos (his son Sig. Mario; The Couot Posa (Friend of Don Carlos), Sig. Foroasari Gomer(Grandee of Spain), Sig. Giubilei; Isabella (Wife of Philip Madame Grist. 7i'en the Acts a Divertissement, in which Mdlle. Cerito and Leun will appear. Tn conclude with GISELLE. Giselle, Mdlle. Fanny Elssler. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Otlkv, Opera Colonnade. HER MAJESTY'S I'HEATRE. Signor MORIANI respectfully informs the Nobility, Patrons to the 'pera, his Friends, and the Public, that Hl5 Br IT and last ai , pearanc. will take place ON THURSDAY NEXT, JULY 18, When will be performed Donizetti's Opera, BORGIA. Lucrezia Borgia, Mada LUCREZIA me Grisi ; Ors ini, Mdlle. Favanti ; Alphonso, Signor Lablache; Gub e tti, Si gnor Paltoni ; Astolfo, Sig. A. Giubilei; a,d Gennaro, Signor Moriani (for this occasion only). In tile course of the Evening Sig. Moriani will sing the Grand Seena Aria from " Roberto Deveieux," " Come uno Spirt() An. gelico." 4-re, i..., ,.. 1 4 , , v .., _.. • •. ~... 4 ,, ..,..,,,,,. , ~, " ( , ,_,;- tt ,. , -., ;5 , . : , :.., 1% r t Z „ 6 , 4„-t Ar. ' i ti l l ibioN - 1... ;,. .trj -+N 1 44: ' 0.... ...ogi - r .,,, ,, ,...„, '4CTINIO - V s , ' --07: .-- ' n*.s , .-)" 'to" • shr OND EDITION. CA ruing LONDON, MONDAY, J7TLY 15, 1844. The House of Commons met on Saturday, at twelve o'clock, when Mr. GLADSTONE moved that the Committee on the Railway Bill be postponed till Thursday, as it, was his intention to propose certain amendments. The House went into Committee on the Poor-law Amendment Bill, and several clauses were adopted. In the course of the discussion on one clause, Mr. WAKLEY made some remarks about incendiarism in Nortblk and Suffolk, and seemed to attribute great blame to the landlords and tenants for the nightly conflagrations that were taking place in these counties. This remark roused the ire of Mr. WODE. MOUSE, who said the crime of incendiarism was as common in other counties, and said no man was more capable to give an opinion on incendiarism than Mr. WAKLEY. This remark was not noticed at the time, but on the motion that the Committee sit on Monday, Mr. WAKLEY begged the attention of the House, and adverted in language not to be misunderstood to the imputations which public opinion had cast on Ilia character., He knew well what Mr. WonE NOUSE meant by the remark—he had suffered much from the imputation ; but never was any imputation so unfounded. The case had been tried befoi - z,4 Sir CHARLES ABBOTT (Lord TENTERDEN), the jury returned a verdict for the whole amount claimed, and the expeves were paid by his friends, and among these was one !if the shareholders of the Fire In surance Company which had resisted the claim. Mr. WonEuoUSE, on hearing this, apologised for the attack he had made on Mr. WAKLEY, and the Hooge adjourned. The result of the Birmingham Election has sur prist-A ileAhee 0 big nor Tory. When it was known that Mr. STCRGE would go to the poll, and set him self in opposition to the party with whom he had bitherto,acted on all the great points of political im portance, no man had the slightest doubt that the Tory candidate would be returned. Mr. SPOONER owes his election to Mr. Sri:3mm. The town of Bir mingham, which obtained its franchise from a Liberal Government, has now returned a Member who will support the party that would not, but for the indomi table perseverance and moral, perhaps, also, physical courage, of the inhabitants, have allowed one of the most influential manufacturing towns of the kingdom a vote in the Legislature. Birmingham had great merit in • carrying the Reform Bilk No town did half so much, and we should not be far wrong in stating that all the towns together in England, Scotland, and Ireland, did not make such an impression on the House of Lords as Birmingham, when the inhabi tants, almost to a man,:assembled on New Hall-hill. Now times are changed. Radical Birmingham re turns, a red hot Tory, and rejects a moderate Whig and an ultra-Radical. Never had the Tories such cause fur triumph. The men who call themselves Liberals squabble with each other—they prefer per sonal interests to the good of their country—they fight without any political national object, and allow the remnants of a broken faction to seige the citadel of Reform. Sudbury is about to be disfranchised ; but are there no other boroughs that deserve the same fate ? Birmingham was the loudest for reform—it obtained its object, and now turns round upon the party that obtained for it a place among the repre sentative boroughs of England. Never was there such political suicide. It is said that Mr. STURGE'S party, when they found—and they knew the fact from the beginning—that they had no chance, they gave their votes to the Tories, because Mr. STURGE considered himself ill-used. But are these the men to rule the destinies of a country—men who throw their principles to the wind to gratify some personal pique or assert some miserable distinction, which they cannot understand? The Tories say, and they have good reason, that men like Mr. STURGE and Mr. FEARGUS O'CoNNoR are their best friends ; they divide the parties opposed to them, and of course the Tories come in for the plunder. We will not add another word of comment on this disgraceful pro ceeding. The result of the poll, and other circum stances, show that Mr. STURGE had not the slightest chance of success, and that but for his party, a Liberal candidate would have been returned. In the discussion that took place in the House of Commons, on Saturday last, on the subject of the Poor-law• Amendment Bill, several remarks were made respecting the necessity of educating the humbler classes, which show that Hon. Members are at length beginning to awake to a consciousness of the many serious evils which are the inevitable results of popu lar ignorance. In this respect, Swing, it must be confessed, has done some good, however unwittingly; for had it not been for his alarming demon strations, we question much whether such a House of Commons as we now possess—a House elected for no other purpose, apparently, than to promote the interest of the great landowners— would not have allowed things to remain in xtatu quo, and postponed the momentous question of national education to the indefinite period of the Greek Kalends. But Swing's vagaries are hints not to be misinterpreted nor trifled with, and when the agricultural Members find their tenants' barns blaz ing, they know not but it may be their cwn turn next—" nam tua res agitur parks cum proximus ardet." Hence we now find many of them full fraught with the discovery that the poorer classes, more especially in the rural districts, are not quite so illumined a 3 they had imagined them to be, and professing their readiness to assist them to the benefits of a cheap practical education. Alluding to the benighted condition of these long-neglected masses Mr. WAKLEY observed :—" The subject of the education of the poor had always been postponed in that House to other subjects, and, in consequence, they now had the most ignorant population on the face of the earth. They were a right-thinking and a right-feeling people, but they had not the materials for thought. If the people had been properly instructed, would they have had the incendiarism which they now had in Norfolk and Suffolk ? The moral, phy sical, and intellectual education of the masses had been too long neglected. The religious question had been made the great bone of contention, and the poor children had been neglected." Severe as are these animadversions, there is but too much truth in them, as recent events have shown. We say nothing of the midnight freaks of Swing, who, with the destructive torch in his hand, may justly be considered as the symbol of rustic ignorance ; but it is not long since'it was proved beyond the possibility of refutation, that of upwards of a hundred individuals committed at the quarter sessions of two western counties, at least two-thirds of them could neither read nor write, and the remainder had had but the scantiest possible share of education ! And yet, de spite these acknowledged and generally-known facts, Colonel RUSHBROOKE had the folly to state that the Honourable Member for Finsbury was greatly mistaken when he ascribed the recent incendiary fires to the deplorable ignorance of the people ! If the fires in question do not originate in ignorance, in what do they originate ? In discontent, perhaps, induced by the pres sure of extreme poverty. Granted. We do not for an instant deny the hypothesis ; but surely dis content would never have dreamed of manifesting itself in such a manner, if it had not been for the blank, besotted ignorance of the incendiaries! We do not find Swing exhibiting his vagaries in the manu facturing districts, notwithstanding the deep and general distress that has prevailed there with little intermission for the last six years and upwards ? 'We Rio not find him shaking his blazing torch over the Scottish barns and hay-ricks. And why ? Because in Scotland, as in the northern manufacturing coun tries, the humbler classes are, generally speaking, a far better educated set of men than are to be met with in the agricultural districts of England. But the question is scarcely worth discussion, and admits not even of a doubt. The plain truth is—and it is a truth that cannot be too often or too earnestly insisted on—that at least one-third, we might almost go further, and say one-half, of the crimes com mitted by the poorer classes have their origin in ignorance. As for the idea of Arcadian innocence and simplicity—notwithstanding Mr. BANKES' asser tion that these virtues are still to be found vegetating n full luxuriance in Dorsetshire, under the shadow of his own park-walls—it is a mere delusion,— a theme fit enough for poets, but not for with the stern the Pc men who have to deal realities of life. We no longer live in the golden age ; and if our swains, as they are constantly doing in Virgil's Eclogues, still have recourse to the pipe, it is not for the purpose of discoursing sweet music, but of " blowing a cloud;" and this, not by the banks of " purling streams," but over a pint of purl at the beer-shop or the ale-house. Madrid journals of the 7th have been received, but they bring no news. Pompous declamations appear in most of them relative to the Morocco war, and if we were to believe all that these miserable boasters state, the war cannot last fur a month. Spain, by her strong arm, will obtain reparation not only for the insult offered her by the Moors, but will take pos session of an extensive tract of country adjoining Ceuta, where she will establish a strong line of forts. A letter from Seville states that M. CARDEILO, who was lately arrested at Madrid, has passed through the former city closely guarded. On the 6th, the Three per Cents. were quoted at 25i for cash, 26 at sixty days, and the Fives at 191. In the French Chamber of Deputies on Friday the navy estimates were passed, and an extraordinary credit of 8,000,000 francs were voted for the current year. Though the pamphlet of the Prince DE JOIN.. VILLE made a vast noise at the time of its publication, and angry debates were expected when the marine budget was brought forward, no allusion was made to it on Friday. Possibly even the opposition thought there was too much truth In the statements made by the Prince, and the less said on such a painful subject the better. In reference to the expedition sent to Morocco, M. LIIEBDETTR wished to know if events LLOYD'S SHIPPING.— THIS DAY.) in that quarter would n ot occasion an increase of LONDON, JULY 15.—Wind W.S.W., fresh breezes, and fine. their expenses. Catisiderable sums of money were CLYDE, JULY 11.—Arrd. Lacaio, Rugby, Chili ; Hibernia due for former expeditions, For: that of 1823, Spain and Oxford, Miramichi. Sld. St. Vincent, Brown, Demerara; owed 43 millions ; for that of 182? t`.3 Greece, 6 mil- g u er n t, r i t i l i d n e ( l . B t• Stephen's, New Brunswick; Hound, New lions were due; that to B e l g i um, i n 183 1, 2 m i l ltis ; HOLYHEAD, JULY 13.—Arrd. Ariel, Liverpool, for Ichaboe, to Mexico in 1838, 6 millions ; to Buenos Ayres, 16 lt'4 l7\fjTEßr o ;,":.` JULY 11.—And. Boliva, Quebec. Sid. millions, giving a total of 73 millions. He hoped, Elizabeth, Do ; Russia, New York. Off, Eliza, Savannah ; I too, that the Emperor of MOROCC O s h ou ld b e ma d e to Monarch, Resiigouche ; Trader, Quebec. defray the present expenses, whatever the might Barbadoes ; Jes tsClrtic,e, is tit e x r, ll t .— . And : Liffey, Barrett, amount to. St. Domingo ; Industry, Allison, Ichaboe ; Urania and Venus, Quebec. Off, Lady Sale, St. John's, New Admiral MAclcAu could tranquillise the Hon. Bri t in y s E w , ic j kd ir Sil 4 F. s s a i d n , 1,44 gapore, from bep tp I4ondon, Deputy's mind on the subject, as the vessels and fri is totally wrecked four milesto th@ ogptivaid Qt the Imirbour ; gates sent to the coasts of Morocco would not at pre- crow and part of material s saved. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 15. 184441 sent occasion any additional expense. This squadron was furnished by the usual vessels on. duty. If the character of this demonstration should by chance be afterwards changed, and war should break out, he felt confident that the expense would not be at the charge of France. A letter from Oran of the 28th ult., in the Algerie, gives an account of the arrival in the roadstead of the squadron commanded by the Prince DE JOINVILLE, at four in the afternoon, and adds : " The three ships of the line and the frigate Belle Poule have on board 700 marines, 208 artillerymen (2 batteries), and 150 of the 3d regiment of Engineers. Independent of these troops, there have been organised on board the squadron four companies for service ashore, each of 150 men, and which may, in case of need, be increased to 200 from among the Elite of the crews, making altogether a force of nearly 2,000 men at the disposal of the Admiral, to land in an instant at any one of the ports of Morocco. The Prince has also with him M. Lejeune, a naval officer, who has resided in Morocco, and is well acquainted with its topography and the hydrography of its shores." On Friday, at half-past twelve o'clock, the Duchess DE NEMOURS was safely delivered of a Prince, to whom tills KING has given the title of Duke D'ALENCON. The Minister of the Interior and Gen. ATHALIN, who were at the moment at Neuilly, were witnesses of the birth of the august infant. At three o'clock a salvo of artillery announced this happy event to the capital. The Chancellor of France, and the Grand Referendary were sent for, and drew up, in presence of their Majesties and the Royal Family, the act, stating the Prince's birth. At four o'clock the KING, the QUEEN, the Queen of the BELGIANS, the Duchess of ORLEANS, the Princess ADELAIDE, and the Duke DE MONTPENMER set out for Dreux. The King of the BELGIANS, the Duke DE NEMOURS, and the Princess DE JOINVILLE have remained at Neuilly. The young Prince will be baptised on Sunday by the Archbishop of PARIS. The trial of Madame LA COSTE for the murder of her husband, commenced at the assizes of Ger, near Toulouse, on the 10th, and excites the greatest in terest. The report of the first day's proceedings occupies ten columns of the Journal des Debats. THE BOURSE—SATURDAY, JULY 13. First Highest Lowest Last ce. Price. French Five perC 3 nt s I Pri 22 10 .. 122 10 .. 122 Price. Price. .• 122 05 Four per Cents. ...• • 107 75 • • 107 75 .. 107 75 • • 107 75 Three per Cents.-- 81 80 .. 81 80 .. 81 75 .. 81 75 Bank of Frame, 3030 ..3037 50 .•3030 ..3037 50 Laflitte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesll2o ..1120 ..1120 .. 1120 5,000 f. Sharesso7o ..5070 .. 5070 ..5070 Belgian Bank .. • • •• • • •• •• •• 677 50 .. 677 50 .. 677 50 .. 677 50 Belgian Fives,lB42 •• • • 108} • • 108} • • 108} .. 1081 Spanish Active •• •• • • 31 .. 31 .. 31 • • 31 Passive 5l s i t .. 51 51 Neapolitan • • ••• • • 98 65 .. 98 70 98 65 .. 98 Roman •••••••• RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain ......... ..... 888 75 .. 888 75 .. 888 75 .. 888 75 Rouen ....... •• • • 987 50 .. 987 50 .. 987 50 .• 987 50 Orleans ..... ••• • • • 982 50 • • 985 .. 982 50 .. 985 Strasburg to •• • • 237 50 .. 238 75 .. 237 50 .. 237 50 Avignon to Marseilles— • 767 50 .. 772 50 .. 767 50 .• 771 25 RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, 15TH JULY. St. Germain Versailles, L. 8....... •• • • 246 25 • • 246 25 .• ns .. 245 Rouen Rouen to Havre Orleans Strasburg to 8a1e.... Avignon to Marseilles.... • • 770 .. 772 50 .. 770 . 772 50 .. 104: THIS DAY'S NEWS. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE . The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were 5,000 bales at steady prices. The Market was not affected by the advices per steamer.—Railway Shares were dull on the whole. The subjoined are the rates :—Eastern Counties, 12 ; Ditto, Perpetual, 11. 13s. 4d. - Great Western, Half, 79i ; H u ll and Selby, Quarter, 11i ; Liverpool and Manchester, 115 ; London and Birmingham, 223 ; North Midland, Half, 49 ; North Union, 93i ; Paris and Lyons, 21. After all the opposition given to the plan first proposed, we believe, by the late Lord Sydenham, of making Montreal the seat of Government for the united provinces of Canada, people on the other side of the Atlantic begin to think very generally that this is the best site. A commercial gentleman, who has very recently visited Canada, thus writes to the Quebec Gazette : " It is impossible to see Montreal without being at once satisfied that it is the centre of a large population, active, en terprising, and increasing; there are upwards of six hundred buildings now in progress; I happened to be in the streets early and met with whole regiments of masons, carpenters, painters, and others, going to their work, on new buildings, which you meet at every step, many of them splendid man sions; I have visited all the parts of the town, and saw very few mean houses; the streets are all macadamized or paved with wooden blocks, and I found them all clean and in good order. I visited the St. Anne's market ; its hall has ceased to be a market for dead cattle ; it is to be the place of meeting of our Legislature; the room for the sittings of the Asssembly is passable, without, however, accommodation for an audi ence; the other parts of the building are incommodious, too small, and quite unfit for the object; it is an affaire manquee, and the Legislature must come back to Quebec, where the Members will find a most ample and convenient building, and the proverbial hospitality of the citizens. " I visited the Lachine canal ; it has been made a hundred feet wide, vast works are making for the new leeks at its dis charge in the St. Lawrence, and four reservours or harbours each about a superficial acre in extent. It is navigated by about 28 steam-boats, continually going up and down. (I counted eleven at the wharfs) besides numberless barges, schooners, and rafts of timber and saw logs ; the activity and extent of business going on is really of a bewildering magnitude. " The shops have a rich and varied display of most costly objects (canes at 905.), fit for the wants of a rich and ostenta tious population." To the emigrants who have gone, or are about to leave our shores for Canada, the extract just given contains satisfactory information. Up to the last dates there had arrived out at Quebec 443 vessels from this country ; tonnage, 154,856 ; passengers, 9,369. To the same time last year the arrivals were, ships, 553 ; tonnage, 199,195 ; passengers, 10,579. De crease in vessels, 110 ; tonnage, 44,339 ; passengers, 1,210. It appears that the objectors to the plan of conversion and amendment of the old Portuguese bonds, and capitalising the arrears of interest, are generally coming into the offer of the Government of Portugal made in the decree stated, the 2d November, 1840. Up to the end of June last there had been received at the financial agency of the Por tuguese treasury in this city 11,555,752/. ; and all the bonds representing which have been converted, and new bonds issued. to the amount of 9,446,7631. 12s. Bd. No question the arrangement was a most beneficial one to the financial position of Portugal ; and as respects the foreign claimants, it is now generally thought that the bondholders have not had a very bad bargain, that is, if the interest upon the Converted Stock continues to be regularly paid. The transactions in the Funds this morning have been to some extent, and in general the market is firm. The settle ment in the Share Market, which took place to-day, caused money to be rather more in demand, but the rate of interest is but a shade in advance of what it was last week. Consols for Account have been quoted at from 99i to 99i; the Commissioners bought 20,000/. Consols at 991. The Small Exchequer Bills have been very firm at 76 to 8 premium. Bank Stock at 1991 to 2eo ; India Stock at 284. The Reduced Three per Cents. Annuities at 1001, and the Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents, at 3 per cent, above par. Spanish Bonds have improved a shade on the opening quotations. The Five per Cents. have just been taken at 224, and the Three per Cents. at 33k. But a shade of varia tion has occurred in the other foreign Stocks. Brazilian Bonds of 1829 and 1839 have realised 81i; the Mexican Five per Cents., 35; ; the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 61i ; and Russian, 1191. The London and Birmingham Railway Shares have re ceded from 124 to 122 premium. In the other shares the va riations have been slight. Banking Shares are unvaried in value. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock.. ... « ...........................«...« 199 ' 200 3 per Cent. iftquc'ed . Annuities lOO 3 4 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities... ....... 99% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1 7 2 6 99 336 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ........... New 3% per Cent. Annuities...« .-. lOl3. 10236 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1 860..........« 12 9-16 India Stock India 80nd5,1,000... .... ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• .... Ditto under 1,000 04 Bank Stock for Account .. 19934 Consols for Open ng ........„....., ....... ........... 993( g Exchequer Bills, I Nd. 134 d. 1,0001. .....„....».„.».„.. - ««. 7 8 pm. ' Ditto S - rna1r..«•«•.....«•• 11111 04•••••••• 78 pm. Ditto Advertised.... ..... FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ........... ........... Ditto for the Account Bl% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. ...... S 3 35% Ditto Debentures Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent.--" ...... ....... 119% Spanish' Bonds. Five per Cent 1840............... 22% Af Ditto Three per Cent. ..... ••••••••••••«•••••••••••••• 32 33% Dutch 2% per Cents 6lt y. Ditto for the Account ..« ................»....„ 61% Dutch 5 per Cent 5............—............—......« lOl% PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Derby lOO ... t 8 - Birmingham and Gloucester Chester and Holyhead 5 3% to 4%4 Dublin and Cashel. 234 4 %_. «.. to Eastern Counties .................«. 23 . ..... .,, 12;4 %* ... to Ditto New Registered."... 81. 6s. B d . ..« 14% Edinburgh and Glasgow .....«..... 50 .....».. 62% Great Western ...... ............. ..... 75 12535 Ditto 34 Shares . 5O ..... «.. 79 34 - London and Birmingham lOO 224 to 222 Ditto New Thirds Ditto % Shares 2 ....... 26 to 25% London and 8right0n.........,._, 50 •........ 460 Ditto Loan Notes London and South Western 41% Ditto Eighth 5..........."," ........ a/ London and Croydon rs% Manchester and Birmingham .., 40 Norwich and Brandon •••••••••••• 4 . .... ..• 97 6 •..... to 10 South Eastern and Dover ......... 32% 35% ...... to 36% Trent Valley ....... ... . .........«.. S .... Yarmouth and . Norwich York and North Midland ••....... 50 111...••••• 102 ...«. to Ditto 34 Shares 25 ••• ..... 5 1 54 •••••• to Ditto Scarboro' Branch 2)Z Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux... 1 Paris and Orleans ....«..... 2O .• . 8 3(3 •••••• to .... - MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 13.—Our mar ket is quiet, and only a small amount of business has been done. London and South-Western, 82*; Sheffield and Man chester, Quarters, 10i ; South-Eastern, 36* ; Huddersfield and Manchester Canal and Railway, 325. 6d. prem. ; Black burn and Freston, 3i; Manchester Assurance, lli. BOSCASTLE, JULY 12.—The SpriEgflower, from Quebec, arrived off here, dragged her anchois and went on the rocks, but has been got off and brought to the back of the quay, with damage to her bottom. REDCAP, JULY 13.—The Monica End the Isabella, both of Rochester, got on the rocks off this port to-day, but have been got off, and proceeded without assistance. DEAL, JULY 13.—Arrd. Fawn, South Seas ; Condor, Port Rico for Bremen ; Hopewell, Hoocason, Jamaica ; John Gray, Carnaby, New York ; Ver ac it y , P ugwash. Sld. Era, Cape of Good Hope. 14.—1 t blew a strong gale last night, and to-day from W. to W.S.W. and W.N.W., but is now, 6 r.x.,more moderate.—The Centuries, for Sierra Leone, has put back, and has proceeded to Ramsgate with damage, having been in contact with a brig. LIVERPOOL, JULY 13.—Arrd. Acadia, steamer, Halifax and Boston, in nine and a half days, from Halifax. OFF DUNGENESS, JULY 13 .—Zorgoland, Canton, for Rot terdam. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 14.—Wind N.N.W., squally.—Arrd. Gladiator, London to New York ; Trusty and Seabird, Quebec. Off, London, New Orleans; Owen Glendower, London for Bengal. DARTMOUTH, JULY 13.—The smack John Barrow, of this port, was run into, and received considerable damage, by the foreign brig Maria Sophia. RAJLSGATE, JULY I3.—Arrd. Leopold 1., Antwerp for Trieste, with damage, having been in contact with a barque off Dungeness. DEAL, JULY 14.—Wind strong.—Arrd. St. George, Demerara ; Imogene, Tagus, St. Lucia; Jean, Christie, Dominica ; London, Freeman, Jamaica. HULL, JULY 12.—Sid. St. Spyree and Young England, Ichaboe. MARKET NE WS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-MONDAY. Although the show of samples of both red and white English Wheat was small, the demand, owing to the pre vailing fine weather, was in a very depressed state, at a decline on last Monday's quotations of from is to 2s per quarter. From abroad, the fresh supplies are good, and the rates suffered an abatement of quite is per quarter. In Wheat and other articles under lock, rates almost nominal. The Barley trade, however, was in a very sluggish state, and last week's prices were supported. Malt at an abate ment of is per quarter. Oats at a de c li ne o f f rom 6d to Is per quarter. Beans declined in value is per quarter. White Boiling Peas were quite as dear; but other sorts were again lower. Flour was 2s per 2801bs. cheaper. Seeds at drooping figures. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. vVaitaT—Essex & Kent, I MALT—Chevalier.....„.. 63s to red 43s to 53s Okra—Yorkshire and Ditto, white ... „ 53s to 603 Lincolnth., feed ... 23s to Norfolk and Lin Potatoe 2ss to coin, red ...... ...... 403 to 438 Youghall and Cork, Ditto white 42s to 47s black Irish, red 47, to 50s, Cork, white Ditto white RYE—Old 2&s to 33s Bitaws 'fick 2Bll to 296 New ats to 3801 Pigeons 36s to 39s BAlLEY—Grinding ...... 23s to 275, Peas— Grey 3 os t o 34, Malting Chevalier„..... ...... .... 32s to 358 White 34 s to 39s MALT — Suffolk and N . Boilers ........... ..... 32s to 380 folk s6s to 621 fious—Town nude ... 46s to 48, Brown 506 to 54s Suffo'k 34, to 38s Kingston and Ware 56s to 62s Stockton & Norfolk 34s to 366 FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. Wisz.cr-,Dantzic ..„.. 48, to 62sBastss ....... ..... ....... Hamburgh 36s to 40s Pea 5........... ............ 23s to 27s EARLEY 3OB to 33. FLona American' 23s to 25s OATS—New Feed „... 141 to 168 SMITHPIELD. The Beef trade ruled steady, and in some instances the quotations were 2d per 81bs higher than were those obtained on this day se'nnight, the very primest Scots producing 4s per 81bs. The Mutton trade was steady, at prices quite equal to those obtained on thjs day se'nnight, the best old Downs producing 4s per 81bs. No improvement was noticed in the quotations for Lambs. Calves at barely late rates. The Pork trade was very dull at our last quotations. Per Bibs. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d. s.d.tos.d. , Inferior Beasts 2 4 2 6 Second qualitydltte... 3 2 3 4 Second quality ditto 2 3 3 0 Coarse-woollod ditto.. 3 6 3 8 Prime large Oxen 3 2 3 8 Southdown Wethers 3ls 4 0 Prime Scots, &c. Large coarse Calves 3 2 210 Large Hogs 3 0 3 6 Prime small ditt0...... 4 0 4 4 Small Porlcers...„ ... 2 8 4 0 Suckling Calves, each 18 0 35 (I Quarter oldPigs,eachl6 0 20 0 Inferior Sheep 2 8 3 6 Lambs 4 0 II 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep, I Calves. Pigs. 2,604 34,28 0 ' 154 1 360 NEIXTGATE AND LEADENELALL. The supplies of Meat killed in the metropolis having been good, the general demand has ruled inactive. However, the primest qualities have mostly supported late rates, but the value of all other kinds has, in some instances, suffered an abatement of 2d per 81bs. A few carcases of foreign Beef, bad in colour and condition, have sold only at from 2s 6d to 2s 8d per 81bs. At per stone, by the Carcase. Beef, inferior...,,,.,s. d. to 1. d. s. .1. to s. d. .. 2 0 2 2 Mutton, inferior 2 4 2 6 -- middling ..... .... 2 4 2 6 —. middling 2 8 3 2 --prime large ..... !I 8 210 —. prime 3 4 3 8 -- prime mull ...... 3 0 3 4 Pork, large 2 4 3 6 Veal ........ .............. 3 9 4 2 --small 3 8 4 0 Lamb. 4s Od to 5s Od. ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Scotland Beasts. Sheep. Calves. Pigs. 5 60 se Yorkshire - 20 Norfolk Suffolk — 20 Cambridgeshire 8 46 19 Essex lO 54 150 100 Surrey l6 61) 180 260 Devonshire Wiltshire Other parts .................... Total 7l 473 Previous week's arrival 40 561 163 375 --- Difference since our last 33 87 286 Its BOIWITGII AND SP/TA.LPIELDS. - There are now but very few old Potatoes on offer, yet the demand for them is in a sluggish state, at from 45s to 80s per ton. In new Potatoes (the supplies of which are abundant) a steady business is doing, at from 8s to 16s per cwt. BOXOTIGH BOP MARXIST. The supply of Hops on offer is very small, yet the demand is languid, and prices are barely supported. Some parties have backed the duty at 145,000/. to 150,0001. TALLOW BTAILICET. There is no alteration in this market. Town Tallow is 40s to 40s 6d nett cash, and a good average supply. WOOL MARKET. Notwithstanding the large quantities of Wool about to be submitted to competition this and the following week, we have to report a very steady demand by private contract, at somewhat advanced rates. UNION-HALL.—(THIS DAY.) Faith Bowerman, a young female, 22 years of age, was charged before Mr. Cottingham, with th e murder of her il legitimate child. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner had been residing with her brother and sister for the last three months in the Belvidere-road, Lambeth. On the morning of the Ist instant, a boy, in the employ of Mr. Patrick, timber merchant, in the Belvidere -road, found an infant in the yard dead, and bleeding from wounds on the head. A policeman having been called, it was Loon ascer tained that the infant had been thrown over a ten feet wall, which divided the house where the prisoner lived from the timber-yard. Inquiries were made there, and from the quantity of blood found in the water. closet and other circumstances, a surgeon was sent for, w h o prcnounced that morning, when, the prisoner hadi been recently deliv ere d of a child ; and she brought u for examination on was forthwith conveyed to the Lambeth wor k house, where she being consid ere d uf the charge. The surgeon, who was called to exami ne t h e body of the infant, stated that he had no doubt its d eat h was attributable sfi h ci as ent r l e y m r a e i c n o e v d er u e n d t , i s l h t e hi w s as to the injuries it received on the head from being thrown from a considerable eminence. _ _ Tha prisoner, who wept bitterly during the examination, was remanded until Wednesday, on w hi c h day the Magis trate expressed his intention of committing her for trial for the murder. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAyo A young man, dressed in superior style, who gave the name of John Lee, stated himself to be residing at Bermond • sey, and in independent circumstances, was placed at the bar on the following charge : A foreign young gentleman, whose name did not trans pire, but who is at present staying at the Club Hotel, Re gent-street, stated that as he was leaving the Haymarket Theatre on Saturday night, accomp an i ed b y some ladies, whom he was escorting to their car r i age, he heard some sil ver gingle on the stone flooring of the outward hall, imme diately behind the spot on which he was standing. An idea flashed across him at the instant that he might have been robbed, and recollecting that he bad placed his purse, containing both gold and silver, in one of his coat skirt pockets, he abruptly turned round, and saw the prisoner close behind him. The p r i soner at that time had his (witness's) purse in his h an d , and a gentleman close to him, took it from his hand and gave it to witness. The prisoner -was thereupon given into custody ;he made strong protestations of his respectabilit y, but they were un heeded, and he was locked up. The p urse contained a double sovereign, two sovereigns, a half sovereign, and some silver. The purse, when found, contained the coins mentioned, with the exception of two or three of the pieces of silver, which might have fallen out, as the slide was not put down close on that side of the purse. A solicitor appeared on the prisoner's behalf. Mr. MALTBY asked if the prisoner was known to the police? Sergeant A 77, who took the prisoner into custody, replied that he had known him to be the associate of convicted thieves for two years past and upwards. )Sir. MALTBY decided to send the prisoner for trial. EXHIBITION OF A LION AND LIONESS CUB BEFORE THE COURT.—Mr. Van Amburgh, who had been exhibiting his extraordinary feats with his collection of trained animals in the Bachelor's-acre, at Windsor, since the preceding Mon day, had the honour of receiving her Majesty's commands to attend at the Castle, on Thursday evening, for the purpose of exhibiting before the Court two beautiful cubs, a lion and a lioness, only a fortnight old, whelped during Mr. Van Am burgh's stay at Warminster, on the 26th ult. The period appointed for Mr. Van Amburgh to be in attendance at the Castle being the very time that he was engaged in the dens of the wild animals at his exhibition in the Bachelor's-acre (at which upwards of 1,500 persons were present). Mr. Wal latt, the "Rex Jocundi" of his establishment, had the honour of submitting these two perfectly docile cubs for the inspec tion of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert in the Queen's drawing-room, where also were present her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Countess Josephine Wra tislaw, Viscountess Jocelyn, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the Hon. Misses Liddell and laget, the Earl of Morton, Capt. the Hon. Nelson Hood, and the several members of the Royal household. Her Majesty appeared to be much pleased with the gambols and playfulness of the young lion and lioness. LIVERPOOL MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—The di rectors of this institution have just issued a prospectus of a Girls' School, on a large scale, which they intend to open on the sth of August next. There are already two day schools for boys connected with the institution, which are attended by upwards of eight hundred pupils, and whose success has been even greater than their projectors anticipated. The com parative neglect with which female education has hitherto been treated, and its great importance to the welfare of the human race, appear to have induced the directors to take the bold step of establishi ng a school capable of g i v i ng instruc tion to four hundred g i r l s, at such a charge as to make it easy for those who requir e e d ucation most to ava il th emse l ves of its advantages. The course of instruction, as detailed in the prospectus, is very comprehensive, embracing little that is showy and ornamental, but all that in education is solid and useful. A large, airy building, surrounded by extensive play grounds, has been, by the timely munificence of Mr. George Holt, one of the directors, secured on highly advantageous terms for the use of the school. There can be little doubt that such an establish ment will not only b e success f u l i n itself, but will, it i s t o b e hoped, have an i mportant bearing on the cause of female education generally, and set a worthy example to other institutions. Mr. Charles Di c k ens (Bog) has left town w i th his ily t fpr aPnoa, Where ha had taken a house, and purposes W 11144& ;ultimo Of some mouths' duration in Italy. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, the House resolved itself into a Committee on the Poor-law Bill. On clause 36 being proposed, which provides asylums for the destitute poor, Mr. CHRISTOPHER complained that the clause was not sufficiently extensive. lie thought that in every union workhouse throughout the country there should be established a vagrant ward for those houseless poor who move from one place to another, some in quest of employment, others going to their several parishes. He thought that in every parish the means should be provided for supplying those poor persons with a night's lodging, and at least one meal in the course of the day, before they proceeded on their journey. There ought to be a vagrant ward in every union work house. It would be a saving of expense to the parishes, and would save the magistrates the pain of committing to prison, even for pity sake, unfortunate persons who were travelling from place to place in search of employ ment. These poor persons were, for the most part suffer ing every kind of destitution, rather than commit crime. Sir J. GRAHAM said that the subject alluded to by his Hon. Friend was not immediately connected with the clause before the House.---(Hear, hear.) He thought that there was every reason of humanity and policy in favour of the establishment of district asylums in the metropolis, and the five large towns. Sir C. NAPIER said that, in the two parishes which he had the honour to represent (St. Pancras and Mary lebone) there was no difficulty in any distressed person obtaining relief at any hour of the day and night. Sir J. GRAHAM said that, if he wished to refer to any workhouse for a proof that these asylums were necessary it would be Marylebone. Sir CHARLES NAPIER said that last year the Poor law Commissioners went over the whole of the Mary lebone Union. Ile had also gone over it himself, and he must confess that he never saw a place better conducted. Sir J. GRAHAM said that the information he had received was what had taken place before a police magis trate and on oath. Colonel WOOD understood that if a person applied for relief at a union they were bound to give them a night's lodging and a meal in the morning. He thought that was a course that was likely to be greatly abused. So much had it been abused that now the Commissioners had ordered that a person having a night's lodging must be detained four hours in the morning, and have four hours', work. Now, to the person who was really a pauper or wayfarer, such a course was extremely hard. He thought the proper way of treating the question was, that every person who stated he was houseless should have a night's lodging in the police sta tion.—(Oh, oh.) He was anxious that the clause should be rejected altogether. Mr. HAWES entirely differed from the course pro• posed by the Honourable and Gallant Member who had just sat down. The object of the clauses was purely charitable, but he thought they ought to have more information on the subject before they passed them. The real question was, whether these clauses were necessary, or whether, under the authority of the Secretary of State, sufficient relief might not be given to the destitute poor without these clauses. The Poor-law Commissioners themselves regarded these pro visions with considerable doubt and difficulty. Sir J. GRAHAM said he was very sorry that the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down concurred with the lion. Member for Brecon in resisting this clause. The Hon. Member for Brecon said he thought that destitution, accompanied with the want of a home, was prima facie evidence of criminality sufficient to jus tify his incarceration in a police-station with criminals. —(Hear, hear.) In his (Sir James Graham's) opinion it was much better to provide an asylum for such per sons for three or four days than to commit them to gaol.—(Cheers.) It was indispensably necessary, as the law then stood, to provide out of the rates for those who were unable to maintain themselves, for orphan children, for destitute children, and for the education of the children of the poor ; and he had yet to learn that it was good economy to confound all the poor, instead of making a separate provision for each.—(Hear, hear.) The necessity of making this provision had been forced upon his attention by the great number of persons who had been found last winter in the metropolis, lying under arches, and in other places, without any shelter.—(Hear, hear.) Such a state of things threw a great burden on the more humane portion of society.—(Hear, hear.) He altogether rejected the assumption of his Hon. Friend that, because persons were houseless they were to be considered as guilty—(Hear, hear)—although by the force of circumstances the policemen were driven to treat them as criminals.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that three or four of these asylums in well-selected localities would enable the police at once to take such parties to a place where they would be admitted by the heads of the establishment at all hours of the night, where they might remain for 3 or 4 days, and, if they were sick, have proper attention paid to them. At all events, he was satis fied that the duties of Christianity and humanity would be fulfilled by their sanctioning this arrangement. His belief was, that they were violated by the existing sys tem.—(Hear, hear.) In reference to the question whe ther this was recommended or not by the Poor-law Commissioners, the Holl. Member for Lambeth had re ferred to the tenth report of the Poor-law Commis sioners. lie begged, however, to refer him to the eighth report, issued in 1841, from which it appeared that some such provision was sanctioned by the Poor-law Commissioners. He did not rest, how ever, on their authority alone ; his experience of the past winter convinced him that some regulation of this kind was absolutely necessary. He could never dis card the considerations upon which the Hon. Member had dwelt ; he could never forget that many of those who contributed to the poor's-rate had the greatest diffi culty in honestly maintaining their independence, and bringing up their own families without assistance ; but he did not believe that under regulations such as those contemplated by the Bill any extra burden would be imposed on the public.—(Hear, hear.) Colonel WOOD explained. Mr. B. COCHRANE said that the House must have been delighted with the speech of the Right Hon. Gen tleman—(Hear, hear)—and the kindness of feeling it exhibited. He was also glad that the Gallant Colonel (Wood) had in some degree explained the most mon strous proposition ever submitted to the House --that a poor person in the last stage of destitution and suffering was to be taken to the cells of a police-station. Ile approved of the plan proposed by the Right Hon. Gen tleman. He could not see that the new poor law was much cheaper to the rate-payers than the old one. Under the old law the rates amounted to 8,000,000/. per annum, and at present they were 7,300,0001, with a gradual ten dency to increase. There had been a great relaxation of the provision by which out-door relief was forbidden ; he wanted to know then what the country saved by the management of the poor-law. In a few years the rates would exceed eight millions. Mr. WAKLEY said that the Right Hon. Gentleman had not overcharged the description of the condition of the casual poor. Is the present state of the law, there was great inequality in the amount of relief given to the casual poor in the different parishes of the same union. He took the Brentford union as an instance, where some of the parishes relieved nearly a thousand casual poor, others only two, and some not a single one. By the 51st clause this relief would be equally shared by all the parishes, which would be a great im provement. The Right Hon. Gentleman had referred to the cruel manner in which the casual poor were driven from parish to parish ; he fully agreed with him as to the facts, and approved of the establishment of district asylums ; he believed they would be good insti tutions. It appeared the casual poor were not to be admitted into workhouses after the formation of district asylums.—(" No, no.") He (Mr. Wakley) would say no wore then. If there were to be only three or four dis trict asylums the poor persons would have to travel a good distance to get admission ; this he did not think would be a cure for the present evil, but rather an aggravation of it. Sir J. GRAHAM said he used the words three or four to show that the number of district asylums would be limited, and not to indicate any particular number. They would be so arranged that they could be easily got at, and that the casual poor would know where to apply.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HENLEY thought the question of removal was so closely connected with the law of settlement, that it would be better if the power of removal were withdrawn from the Bill, and allowed to stand over till next session, when the law of settlement was to come under the con sideration of the House. He thought the mischief of which they were complaining incise from the disputes between the parish officers and the orders of the Com missioners. He firmly believed that the power given by this Bill would have the effect of making beggars of the destitute poor. Mr. BORTHWICK said he would support the clause. It only provided, for the establishment of asylums in the metropolis and other large towns. He thought there ought to be an asylum in every union. Mr. HAWES asked whether it was compulsory on the guardians to erect these asylums, because if it were not, the clause would not remedy the evil, inasmuch as while the humane parishes would consent to their erec tion the careless and indifferent would oppose it. Reference had been made to the 10th report of the Commissioners, and also to theBth report on this subject. He agreed with the recommendation of the Bth report, which recommended such an attention in the law as should enforce the granting of relief to the casual poor whenever and wherever they might apply. Entirely concurring in the propriety of effecting these objects, ho could not support the proposed clause, because, he be lieved that the Commissioners had, by the existing law, ample powers for remedying this evil. Sir J. GRAHAM said that on Saturday, when he had proposed that this Committee should sit at twelve to-day, he had entirely forgotten that at two o'clock he had to attend a Committee of the other House. He trusted, therefore, the House would excuse him for a few minutes. With regard to what had fallen from the Hon. Member who had just sat down, he would ob serve that the power and the discretion of the Commis sioners were absolute as to the formation of the districts, that by the 51st clause the relief of the casual poor was made a union charge and not a parochial charge, and, as the guardians of these indifferent parishes would thus find, they would not shrink from bearing their fair share of the burden, he thought there would be no practical difficulty in inducing them to consent to building an asylum ; to the building of which, however, the assent of the majority of the board of guar dians was indispensable. The Honourable Gentle man misunderstood him with respect to the quo tation which he had made from the eighths report of the Commissioners - . He had not said that the Com missioners bad recommended the establishment of these asylums. He had quoted the - eighth report to show that the Commissioners were at that time convinced that the present mode of the relief of the casual poor was not a good one. The Honourable Member for Bridport speculated as to the possible increase in the expense some years hence. He (Sir J. Graham) had always regarded the expense under the new poor•law as one of its most advantageous results. There had been a saving to the rate-payers, and a better administration of the law. Hr. T. DUNCOMBE thought these clauses ought to be made the subject of a separate Bill. If they were only to apply them to Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, and the metropolis, he wanted to know what they were to do with Sheffield, Newcastle, and other larger towns. The people of Leeds had sent a petition against these clauses, and they complained that if any asylum should be established in that town, all the poor in the neighbourhood of Huddersfield and Halifax would be drawn there. Sir C. NAPIER thought they ought not to proceed with this Bill in the absence of every Cabinet Minister (Sir James Graham had left the House). Ile also com plained that many cases of casual distress were not provided for by this clause. Mr. M. SUTTON said that the 58th clause applied to other cases of casual distress. Sir C. NAPIER said, that as no Cabinet Minister was present, he should move that the Chairman do re port progress. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE thought the Chairman need not report progress. He would, however, move that this clause be postponed. Sir C. NAPIER then withdrew his motion that the Chairman do report progress. Mr. 13. DENISON trusted the Committee would do all in their power to pass the present measure, as every one of its provisions was calculated to alleviate the con dition of the houseless and destitute poor. Mr. M. SUTTON said that if any great principle in volved in the clause was cbjected to, he would not ask the House to go on with it in the absence of his Right Hon. Friend the Secretary for the Home Department, but the clause had been discussed the whole morning, and he could see, therefore, no reason why it should be postponed. Mr. WILLIAMS trusted that his Hon. Friend the Member for Finsbury would not persevere in his motion for the postponement of the clause. He thought the clause had been sufficiently discussed. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE seeing one of her Majesty's Cabinet Ministers in the House (Lord G. Somerset, having shortly before taken his seat on the Treasury benches), would not persevere in his motion for the postponement of the clause, but he should certainly give it his most decided opposition. After some observations from Captain Pechell, Mr. M. Sutton, Mr. T. Duncombe, and Mr. H. Hinde, strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the Committee divided, when there appeared— For the clause Against it Majority for the clause On the next clause being proposed, Sir C. NAPIER moved that the Chairman do re port progress. Mr. MANNERS SUTTON hoped the House would not agree to the motion. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said the clause involved a new principle, and one of great importance. (LEFT SITTING.) 83 -77 PARLIAMEN TAR Y DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Prowedlngs of the House of Comnions.) SATURDAY JULY 13. POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL. - , (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Thirty-fifth Clause ( That it shall be lawful for the said Com missioners, as and when they may see fit, to declare so many Parishes or Unions, or Parishes and Unions, to be combined into School Districts) :--Amendment proposed, in page 16, line 25, to leave out the words " to declare so many_ Parishes or Unions, or P ar i s h es and Unions, as they may see fit, to be com bined," in order to insert the words " to combine Unions, or Parishes not in Union, or such Parishes and Unions, " instead thereof :—Q uest i on put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Clause : " The Committee divided : MINORITY—AYES, 28. Aldam, William Knight, H. G. I homely. Thomas Bowring, Dr. Milnes, Richard Ilifnell, Henry Brocklehurst, J. Morris, David Wakley, Thomas Douglas, Sir Howard Muntz, G. F. Walker, R. Duncombe, T. S. N ap i er, Sir Charles Warburton, Henry Etwall, R. Ogle, S. C. U. Wrighston, W. B. Fitzroy, Hon. H. P echell, Captain Fleetwood, Sir P. Philips, G. It. . Grosvenor, Lord R. Pr o th eroe Edward Cowper, Hon. W. F Hawes, B. TELLERS Strutt, Eilward Smith, Vernon ------ MAJORITY—NOES, 103. Adderley, C. B. Eliot, Lord Maxwell, J. P. Arkwright, George Escott, Bickham Meynell, H. Bailey, Joseph, jun. Ferrand, W. B. Miles, P. W. S. Baillie, Colonel Fitzmaunce, W. O'Brien, A. S. Bankes, George Forbes, William Palmer, R. Baring, Hon W. B Forman, L Seaton Patten, Wilson Barrington, Viscount Fuller, A. E. Peel, Jonathan Bentinck, Lord G. (laskell, J. M. Poilington, Viscount Beresford, Major Gladstone, W. E. Freed, William T. Blackhurne,J.lreland Gordon, Hon. W. Pringle, A. Boukin, W. H. Gore, Montague Rashleigh, William Boldero, H George Got'Mourn, Henry Rolleston, Colonel Borthwick, Peterj Graham, Sir James Round, J o h n Botfield, Benah Greenall, Peter Rous, Hon. Captain Bowles, Admiral Harcourt, G. G. Rushurooke, Colonel Bramston, 'l'. W. Henley, J. W. Sheppard, T. Bruce, Lord Ernest Henniker, Lord Sibtnorp, Colonel Buck, L. W. Herbert, Hon. S. Smith, T. B. C. Burrell, Sir C. M. Hervey, Lord A. Somer.et, Lord G. Burreughes, H. Hinde, J. H. Sotheron, T. H Cavendish, Hon. G. Hodgson, R. Sutton, Hon. H. 111 Cnarteris, Hon. F. Hogg, J. W. Taylor, E. Chelsea, Viscount Hope, Charles Thornhill, G. Christopher, R. A. Hu sse y, A m b rose Waddington, H. S. Chute, W. L. Hussey, Thomas Walsh, Sir John Codrington, Sir W. Jerseys, Earl Wawn, John r„ Corry, H. Jolliffe, Sir W. Williams, W. Cripps, W. Langston, J. H. W o d e h ouse, H on. E. Dallier, Hon. Dawso n Lennox, Lard A. Wood, Colonel Darby, George Lincoln, Earl of Wortley, lion. Jn. S Dawnay, Hon. W. Lockhart, William Ynrke, E. T. Dickinson, E. H. L ong, W alter Douglas, ir C. E. M'Geachy, F. A. Douglas, J. D. S. M'N e ill , Duncan Young, John Duncombe, A. M anners, Lord C. Baring, Henry Eastnor, Viscount Manners, Lord J. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. DR. POTTS' INVENTION OF SUBMARINE FOUNDA TIONS FOR BREAKWATERS, LIGHTHOUSES, &c. A Lecture was delivered at this Institution, on Saturday evening by Dr. Ryan, illustrative of Dr. Potts' recent inven tion for driving piles by means of atmospheric pressure, so as to form foundations for breakwaters, lighthouses, &c., in si tuations in which it has, hithert o , been difficult, if not im possible to build them, in consequence of the want of a proper foundation whereon to erect the superstructure. Dr. Potts purposes to have piles of iron, or of wood, constructed hollow, covering the top with an air cap ; the pile, thus prepared, is placed in the situation and direction in which it is to be driven into the ground. The air is exhausted by a series of ingenious contrivances from the interior of the hollow pile, and by the pressure of the atmosphere it is forced into its place. The interior of the pile is supplied with water from a reservoir which keeps the soil within the pile in a state of mechanical suspension, and as the pile sinks this soil rises through the pile head, into the receiver, from whence it can be removed at any time at the will of the operator. Dr. Ryan stated a number of ingenious contrivances invented by Dr. Potts, to obviate particular difficulties whi c h m i ght arise from the state of the soil, &c., in various localities. Dr. Potts has applied this principle to the construction of caissons, which can be sunk by means of atmospheric pressure to such a depth as to form a solid foundation. By the application of various cements these caissons can be turned into solid rock. The lecture, which was most lucidly delivered by Dr. Ryan, was illustrated by various experiments, showing the process of pile driving, &c., according to Dr. Potts' method. Dr. Potts has been examined before the Commission on Harbours of Refuge, and the Commissioners have expressed their appro bation of his plan, which has also met with the approval of several gentlemen of high scientific acquirements. POST-OFFICE MELODIES. No. I. Air—" Believe me if all those endearing young charms.' Believe me if each kind, endearing small note That I gaze on so fondly to-day, Were to go by to-morrow's mail, with its red coat Like fairy's gift fading away ; , They would still be all read, as this moment they are, Let the sealing-wax stick as it will ; And into each cover, without let or bar, I should peep most triumphantly still. It is not while office and place are my own, And my cheeks unprofaned by a tear, That the honour and worth of a Grveme can be known Tho' my absence might make me more dear; Oh, the eye that has once learned the news of your homes, Will still learn it on to the close; And the hand that has opened a letter that comes, Will open a letter that goes. G. G. 0. HORRIBLE SCENE AT AN EXECUTION.—On the Bth inst. Pierre Lescure, who was accused of the murder of his father, but not brought to trial for want of sufficient evi dence, and who has since been condemned to death for making away with his uncle, was executed at Riom (Puy de-DOme). The circumstances attending the execution were most horri. fying. Being a man of herculean strength, he was bound in prison with an unusual weight of chains. It required at least half an hour for the smiths to unrivet them. Lescure was much weakened by his confinement, and assistance was offered jo him in walking to the scaffold, but he declined it and went forward, and even ascended the ladder with a firm step. Fearing resistance the executioners of St. Flour and Moulins were called in to aid the executioner of Riom. When Lescure appeared on the platform, his tall and athletic person towered above them and the priest who attended him. Unfortunately he was not bound with suffi cient force to the swing -board, which also was too short for his length, so that his neck went beyond the groove, and the axe, when loosened, fell on the wood of the frame, and only wounded its intended victim. Upon this the executioner from St. Flour got astride on the head of Lescure, but the convict struggled from the grasp, and, breaking his bands, rose again, with his shoulders and breast covered with his blood, his face flushed, and his eyes haggard, uttering cries that struck terror to the heart of every spectator. The priest approached the wretched man, and, presenting to him the image of Christ on the cross, succeeded by his exhortations in prevailing on him to again submit to be bound. Again the axe fell, and again missed its mark, only enlarging the first wound. Lescure's cries became still more astounding. The people shouted with indignation, and pressing round the scaffold, were on the point of overcoming the gendarmerie in attendance, while the priest, whose surplice was covered with blood, embraced and did all in his power to console and calm the mutilated man. The three executioners were for a time completely paralysed; but at last one of them mustered resolution enough to fix the devoted head in a proper posi tion, and the axe, already streaming with blood, fell a third time, and completed its task. The three executioners are, it is said, to bidismissed from their offices.—Ga/ignani. HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.-"A most heart-rending and fatal accident happened on Monday to a lime-burner em ployed at the Southwick lime-kilns, near Sunderland. The poor man, whose name was Bell, went on to the top of one of the kilns when it was burning. When standing on the stones about the centre of the kiln, the burning mass beneath him suddenly gave way, and he sank up to the shoulders in the " furnace of fire." In this position he remained for a short time in the - greatest agony, till his limbs and body were so burnt as to cause his death. A rope having been fastened round the upper part of his body, he was with difficulty dragged out, when his mangled remains presented a most horrible spectacle—appalling even to contemplate. The un fortunate man has left a widow and large family to mourn his truly melancholy death.—Durharn Advertiser. SU MM RY CA 7 NEWS T thtbitz Optiztan. tl'/iii r tt.c , r 4 0 .4 rrad. The Earl of Auckland entertained the Earl and Countel of Minto, Earl and C oun t ess Grosvenor, Viscount an': Viscountess Howick, Mr. St an di s h, M r. C o l v ill e, an d a se lec" party at dinner on Saturday, at Eden House, Knightsbridg e ' The Earl of Mansfield will give a grand fete at Caen Wood' Hampstead, on the 23d inst., to the Royal family an d th e fashionable world. The Duke of Wellington has issued cards for a splendid en' tertainment on the 31st inst., at Apsley House, to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Het editary Grand Duke An d grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strclitz. On Saturday the Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's enter' tai at dinner, at Holly L o d ge , t h e D u k e and Duchess °ll Norfolk, Lord Edward and Lady M ary H owar d , D uc h es s and Mdlle, De Coigny, Marquis of Granby, &c. Mr. IV. Gladstone, M.P., has engaged a mansion in Kelt Town, where the Hon. Member purposes remaining with hi' family un!.il the end of August. Viscount _Palmerston entertained a distinguished circle at dinner on Saturday, and the Viscountess held her usual as, sembly at a later.period of the evening. There was a very a numerous attendance of the nobilit y , notwithstanding the unfavourable weather which prevailed. On Saturday night a long inquiry took place at the Nag Head Inn, Wandsworth-road, before Mr. Higgs, relative to the circumstances attending the decease of Miss serail Greves, aged 13, the daughter of Mr. Greves, a saddler an d i . harness maker, in the Blackfriars-road. The particulars 0 this melancholy case have already appeared. After evidenc e of the facts had been adduced, the jury consulted for a fet minutes, and return e d a ver di ct of " Accidental death, " a nominal deodand on the cart and horses. The jury or pended to their verdict this remark :—" That we severelf, censure the practi ce or custom of taking the bits out of horses' mouths whilst in the public roads." On Saturday the third and last exhibition of the Horti cultural Society took place at the garden's at Chiswick, and , notwithstanding the very unfavourable state of the w eather was attended by a very numerous and distinguished corn: piny. It rained almost incessantly after three o'clock, o,ou the beautiful grounds which, in fine weather, afford such de lightful promenades, became muddy and sloppy, and were al most deserted for the tents. It appears from the weekly report of the Liverpool cotton market, that the stock in that port now exceeds one million of bales (1,002,920), being the largest quantity stored there at any one time, and exceeding the stock of the correspond ing period of last year (which, until this week, was th e largest upon record) by very nearly 40,000 bales. The meeting of the Protestant citizens of Dublin to prepar e an address for_ presentation to the Earl and Countess De Gref previous to their departure from Ireland, was held on Friday at the Rotunda. The attendance could not be said to have, heen very numerous, a n d certa i nly not so respectable as mig h t have been anticipated. The chair was taken at one o'clock by the Dean of Kildare, and a series of speeches and resolutions applicable to the occasion having been spoken and agreed to, the proceedings terminated before four o'clock. The parish of St. Blary, Newington, is at present in a state of great excitement, caused by the attempt of the High Church party to levy a church-rate, against which 0 0 parishioners have successf u lly conten d e d for the last eight years. The Church establishment in this parish is supported at a cost to the inhabitants of upwards of 5,0001. per a nnual!. and yet the clergy will no t attend to the spiritual wants of the poor in the workhouse unless a large sum be paid f or the services of a chaplain. This, then, is the chief ground of which the rate is called for. A poll has been demanded, and will take place to-morrow and Wednesday, July 16 and 17. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, JULY 10.- The project of law on civil and ecclesiastical pensions was adopted by the Senate to day, after a long debate on the first and sixth artiple& Several amendments were proposed, but afterwards withdrawn. The Government has received from the Belgian Con' sul at Rio de Janiero an account of the settlement formed by a Belgian manufacturer at Campos, in Brazil, with the view of introducing the cultivation of flax. A consi derable number of Belgians have been invited to join in the undertaking, and have embarked at Dunkirk on board a French ship, which is to take them to Brazil. It seems that others are to follow. Their Majesties the King. and Queen, with a few et' tendants, set out this morning for Paris, and will be ab sent about a month. According to observations and surveys of Mr. Shop' with on the iron railway of the Sombre and Meuse, the principal line will be sixty kilometres in length, and the branches thirty-one kilometres. A letter from Antwerp of yesterday gives an account of a visit made the day before by the governor and mem' hers of the council of the Commune to Fort Lillo, i° order to inspect the works carrying on to draw the Polder of Lillo, which has been under water so mall years. On inspecting the works, they found that the new dike would have been nearly completed by this tine but for the unfortunate rupture a month ago, by which great damage was done. However, the works have since been carried on with such activity, that in about a fort: night the part lately inundated will be drained, and raised to the height of the ordinary tides. The second dike is proceeding in a satisfactory manner. The time of this visit was chosen for laying the first stone of ° sluice which is to be built behind the fort. It appeal's from the plans that this sluice will be on a great scale. It is intended in time of Peace to dr a i n th e water from' the River P o ld er, and in time of war to inundate the environs of the fort to the whole extent of the Rayon. CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 26. The troubles in Albania being entirely suppressed, the Porte has appointed a Cali" mission to inquire into the causes of them, and to ascertain the extent of the danufge done t 6 the insurgents. Sir Stratford Canning had an audience of the Sultan, t . express the satisfaction telt by Queen Victoria at the hapPi termination of the diff ere n ces respecting apostacy, and at th e assurance given by the Sultan in favour of his Christia n subjects. 'the Divan has made an agreement with the padta o f Egypt, for a r egu l ar communication by steam-boats betwee n Alexandria and the capital. As there are at present no Turkish steamers that can be spared for this service, t ic Egyptian steamers will be employed for the present. The troubles in Albania are, indeed, considered to be ended . : but while . the fi re i s extinguished (to appearance, a t least) 0 .. ,.r one side, it b rea k s out on another. Disturbances have n°T broken out among the Kourds in the pachaliek of ALIO° POREICI.7. On Friday the Duchess of Nemours was safely delivered of a son, who is to bear the title of Duke d'Alengon. a We learn fro m Berlin, July:s,:that:intelligence had just be,e i received there, fro m S t . P eters b urgh, announcing that t,a, , Grand Duch ess Al exandra had been delivered of a dea d dill' and had received the last sacraments. Nedim Eff en di, C ounc i llor of the Ottoman Em b ass y ie Paris, died on Friday, at the age of thirty-two, of snal;4 tion of the l ungs. H e was one of the most distinguit of :public functionaries in Turkey, where he held the taw` Chief of Division in the Department of Foreign Affairs. The Council of Discipline of the Order of Advocates oLL tbo Cour Royale have confided their appeal to M. Gamier, .o"' tonnier of the Advocates of the Court of Cassation. On Saturday M. Thiers presented hi s repor t t o the Char a r l ber of Deputies on thefSecondary Education 13111. The rell, (which took thr ee h ours i n read i ng) is very host il e to pretensions of the clergy. The report of the Committee on the Prison Reform B ill r (says the Nati ona l) w ill not b e made this ear. The Neel,. of the Seals, being f ar f rom approv i ng then ystem of Ales s rt de Tocqueville and de Beaumont, has desired that the rePo should be postponed till th e next sess i on, in order to g i v e h w time to consult the Cours Rovales on the subject. Don Joaquin de Abarca, Bishop of Leon, and who formerly acted as Minister to Don Carlos, died last month at the 11l nastery of Lanzo, in Piedmont. Marshal Soult leaves Paris immediately for St. Cunard,hii residence, near Toulouse, where he will remain for a month' The Court of Assizes of the Seine was on Wednesday 0 1; pied with the trial o f a nat i ve of Corsica, named Frang, ° /0 Gallina, aged 42, for f org i ng B an k of England notes. '1,„; jury returned a v er di c t o f gu il ty, and the Court sentenced llw" to eight years' hard labour, with exposure on the pillory. . „ A letter from Stockholm, June 28, states that the quest ion relative to the Swedish. flag has been d ec id e d i n t h e Sived i ,, and Norwegian Coun c il o f S tate. T he two nations preser%" their respective colours, but in the Union flag the colour` will be blended. There are, says a Frankfort journal, upon the German railroads 296 lo c o mo ti ves , o f w hi c h 194 were manu f ac tured in England. 57 in Germany, 16 in Belgium, and 29 in Ameriet A letter,from Duss e ld or f states t h at great commotion Yiaj excited in that town on the 4th, by the suicide of M. Ling hardt,'Procure ur d u R o i , aged 42. This gentleman W ay equally distinguished for his talents and amiable rnanneTi and the greatest surprise is expressed at such an event. is suppoSed that the circumstance of a disturbance hav ier taken place in the street, on June 6, in which the militia,' were called, and two men killed, preyed on his mind, and ja . duced him to blow out his brains with a pistol. LAW AND POLICE. At the Buckingham Assizes William Chandler and Joseph Keen were indicted for the murder, on the 2d instant, of Ja! seph Leech, gamekeeper to Mr. Curtis, who is lord of tlo t manor of Bow Brickhill. The jury acquitted Keen, 1 :_ I A found Chandler guilty of ma ns l aug ht er , and h e was SenteuM' to transportation for fifteen years. Robert Raez was indicted at Winchester for having, on - f t e , 21st of January, killed and murdered John Harrison, shooting him on the high seas , w i t hi n two m i les of the shore of Dalmatia. Mr. Cockb urn conten d e d , on b ehal f o f the prisoner, that it was an accident; that there had been ins a c i bordination on board the s hip ; an d t h at t h e prisoner hat drawn his pistol from hi s p oc k e t b y way of threat, an d that having a hair trigger it accidentally went off. The jury re turned verdict of not guilty. Benjamin Hunt was convicted of arson, and sentenced i° be transported for life. c ouzem—r.ikstrlONAZlTAM. The Queen Dowager will return to England from the Cor tinent on the 23d inst. The Black Eagle, steam-yacht, master a commander B. Cook, which ha s b een newly painted and fitt „ at Woolwich, is ordered to proceed to Antwerp, to be in raw - . ness to bring over her Majesty. The King of Saxony will leave Great Britain for hisil a ; jesty's dominions on the 31 s t i ns t. Hi s M a j esty will emba, o r at Granton Pier, Edinbu rg h, on b oar d the Princess AIL' steam-packet, Master commander Luke Smithett, which Yen will be thdre in readiness to -receive the King of Saxony, a °- convey him to HambNigli. ' . The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge entertained the Do" of Wellington and a distinguished circle at dinner, last even ing, at Cambridge House. There is to be a grand entertain' mint at Cambridge House on the 26th inst. The Duchess of Gloucester has an assembly, to-night, a t Gloucester House, and on M on d ay next, the 22d inst ., the Royal Duchess will have another evening Party. Sir Robert and Lady Peel received a distinguished par t t at dinner, on Saturday last, at their mansion in Whiteb gardens, when among the guests of the Right Hon. Barone' were his Excellency Prince Castelcicala, General AvitabliV Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, Countess of Westmorelan us Earl and Countess of Dunmore, Earl and Countess Browialcer, Viscount Melville, Earl of Normanton and Lady Mary Aga r ' Lord Heytesbury, Viscount and Visc.nintess Barringt oll ' Right Hon. - W. E. and Mrs. Gladstone, Sir 11. and Lady Fre' • mantle, Hon. Captain Harris, Mr. Harcourt, Mr. M. Milne* Mr. A. O'Brien, Mr. Entwisle, & The Earl and Countess of Sefton have left Belgrave-squar e ' for Croxteth Park, near Liverpool, for the races. A nurl rous and brilliant circle will b e enterta i ned by the Noble Ear and Countess, at Croxteth, during the race week. The Earl and Cou n t ess o f J ersey have appointed the 2c l - 1 of the ensuing month f or t h e i r entertainment to their RoYa Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz. The x„, tent of tl the populat rurkev. Moun tai n t tween Turk ferences bet b efore. CI theta in di from Bagdt active, but ueith er the Posed to in UNIT Branch I .AALIER: George Jes t rench 111. the Mind EXAMINERS eh am , E s Austace Ro ZRA.MINEIti Burehara Philosoo Jerra Hen.