The Sun. — London, England, 1844-07-02 00:00:00

7cirr HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Patrons to the Opera. and the Public, are respect fully informed that, in consequence of the great success of Signor MORI A 1, an Engagement for Four Nights has been effected with bat Eminent Artiste, the first of which will take place This Et en ing, and the second on Thurstlay, July 4. THIS EVENING JULY 2, Will be rformed Donizetti's Opera, entitled LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. . The part of FeTgardohisrg:lforiani; -.- innco, Sig. ornasari ; Bidebent, Sig. Fallout ; Lucia, kladame_Perstani. In the course of the, evening a " DIVERTISSEMENT," in which will be introduced is Pas de Valse by Mdlle. Fanny Elssler and M. St. Leon, Pas de Deux by Mdlles. Scheiftbr and Plunkett, and the ,celebrated La Cachuca by Mdlle. Fanny El sler. To concliKie with a Divertissement, entitled LA VIV AN DIERE, intr - i , itictng the Redowa , or Original Polka of Hungary, by Mdlle. CeriPs and M. rt. Leon. I , :pplicatioas for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office, Opera Colonnade. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madame GRISI has the honour to inform her Friends, Subscribers to the o,,era, and the Public, that HER BEN E/ IT will take place ON THURSDAY NEXT, JULY 4, • When will be perf rmed (fir t time these three years), Rossini's Opera Seria, OTELLO. Desclemona, Madame Grist; Emilia, Madame BeMut; liro, Vig. Lablache; lago, Sig. Fornasari his first appearance i and n m that character) • Rodrigo, Sig. CorelliiiL-Doge, Sig. G. Galli ;• Otello, Sig. Mario. After which, a DIV ERTISSEMENT in which Mdlle. Fanny Mdlle. Cerito, M. Perrot, and M. St. Leon will appear. To be followed by the Last Act of Donizetti's Opera, LUCIA DI LA MERMQOR. Lucia, Madame Persiani; and Edgardo, Sgnor „Moriani. To concldue 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 officc, Opera-colonnade. Doors open at Seven; the Opera will com mence at Half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET Mit. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LES EE THIS EVENING, JULY 2, Will be repeated the Prize Comedy of QUID PRO QUO; or, THE DAY OF DUPES. With a Prologue spoken by Mr. Webster. Earl of Hunsdon, Mr. Stuart; Lord Bellamont, Mrs. Nisbett ; Jeremy Grigson. Mr. Strickland; Hcn•y, Mr. H. Holl ; Captain Bippett, Mr Buckstone; Sir George Mordent, Mr W. Farren ; Countess of Hunsdoa, Mrs. W. Clitibrd ; Lady Mary Rivers, Miss Julia Bennett; Mrs. Grigson, Mrtr. - Glover; Bridget t rim, Mrs. ,Humby. Atter the Comedy Mr. John Parry will sing " Fayre Rosamonde." After which, will be repeated a New Farce, entitled THE MIL. LINER'S HOLIDAY. Sir Simon Spaikes, Mr. Buckstone; Mr. Pennywig, Mr. Strickland; Fanny Thompson, Miss Julia Bennett; Miss Potts, Mrs. Humby. -To conclude with THE TRUMPETER'S DAUGHTER; or, Love .aB the Polka. Phillipot, Mr. Webster; Madelon, Madame Celeste; who will dance the celebrated Polk s. Orchestra Stalls, bs. ; Boxes, fis. ; Pit, 38. ; GaUery, 's.; Upper G Is. Half-price —Boxes„„18. - Pit 25 .; Gallery. Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at al l- past Six, and the Performances commerce at Seven. 'rickets and Places to be had . of Mr. L T. Archer, at the Box e lice, from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STU LT. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, JULY 2, Will be performed GWYNNETH VAUGAAN. Owen Wil liams, Mr. Fitzjames; Hugh Morgan, Mr. Wright; Gwynneth Vaughan, Mrs. Su ling. After which, ANI'ONY AND CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss Emma Stanley. To be followed by a new Divertisstment, called TheSLAVE MART. To conclude with a New Drama, called BLANCHE DE V A I.MY Colone► Chatillon. Mr. Granby ; Franval, Mr. Walton ; Hilare, Mr. W. Lacy; Blanche de Vaimy, Madame Eugenie Prosper. HEA TRE ROY AL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. In compliance with repeated applications at the Box-office, thcre wil be Two Juvenile Nights more. FIFTH JUVENILE NIGHT. THIS EVENING, JULY 2, Will be performed a New Domestic Drama, entitled THE MO MENTOUS QUESTION. Characters by Messrs. Diddear, F. Vining, J. W. Collier, Miss Fortescue, and Mrs. A. Wigan. After which, a Grand Burlesque Fairy Extravaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or, a Sight with the Forty Thie es. llassarac, Mr. Keeley ; Morgiana, Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by an Apropos Bagatelle, called POLKA M ANI A. Characters by Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Seeley, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with THE THREE FR A DI ANOLOS. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Keeley, Wigan, Diddear, Miss Woolgar, anti Mrs. Woollidge. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF A WIS. Proprietor and Manager Mr. BATTY. Great Success of the Chinese Feast of 'Lanterns, and 14 1 , 1 Military and Naval Spectacle. THIS EVENING, JULY 2, Will be repeated all entire nevi Military and Naval Equestrian Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or, The Conquests of Amoy by B itish Arms. New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments, to realise the recent triumphs of England's Army and N.ll y. Featt of 250 Lanterns. After which, a graceful and novel pageant, entitled THE ROY I. COTILLION 'OF FRANCIS THE 1.1 HS P; or, 1 he Beauties of the Louvre. Marguerite de Valois, Mrs. Batty. New aid unequalled Scenes of the Circle—Extraordinaty Feats of Horsemamhip by Monsieur Louis Tournaire, g. Germani, Herr Teishack, La Petit Isabelle, Mr. Newsome, Ere.i with Mr. R. Smith's highly trained Steeds. To conclude with THE GREAT STEEPLECHASE; or, Eng. lames Harvest Home. Tue doors will open nightly at six o'cloc.c, and the t criormances c immence at seven. Box-othce opened daily from ten till four. The private boxes have been reconstructed and decorated whit care and splendour. Acting and stagean snager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. DA'7IDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, JULY 2, Will be Performed an entirely new Aquatic Speztacle, introducing 'Three Scenes of Real Water, entitled THE MOUNTAIN CATA 11AC ; or, The Enchanter's Spell. After Which, a Lilliputian -- Ballet, entitled Napoleon's Gene rosity," in which the Brockstedt Family—three German Lilliputians, only 23 32, and 33 inches in height—will perform. 'To conclude with a New Drama, called THE CARPENTER OF ROUEN, in which Messrs ' Hudson Kirby, Hicks Neville, Vale, Heslop, Johnstm, Mrs. Daly, Miss t'crrey, and Mrs. li. Honner will perform PI ices and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. office, (corn Eleven to Four. ROYAL SURREY .206 LOGICAL GARDENS. Daylight View of LONDON in the OLDEN TIME! Painted by Denson and Telbin. The sensation caused by this unrivalled production is beyond all former precedent; the artist, tie amateur, the casual observer are all struck with its extraordinary beauty and fidelity of delinea tion, and are unanimous in pronouncing it the most wonderful ex hib,tion ever witnessed. To view it only as a vehicle for the terrific display 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 eons Lake, to be fully appreciated. The Evening PROMENADE CONCERTS, on Mon 'ays, Tues days, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, conducted by Mr. Godfrey, are upon a scale of more than usual excellence: but words fail in doing justice to the awful representation of THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON. Its fearful ch iracteristics are truthfully pourtrayed, but at the same time so beautifully blended with the Wonders of the Pyrotechnic Ait, that delight is predominant over terror; and the Thousands who nightly crowd the Gardena-hid it with acclamations, and admit that Southby, the Unrivalled Pyrotechnist, ins achieved a matchless triumph. The Gardens And Zoological Collection are in the most perfect state, and combining so many and interesting features, are by far the most attractive lounge in or near the metropolis. Feeding of the Animals at Five—Concert at Six—Conflagration at Dusk. Admittance, One Shilling. EGYPTIAN HALL,' PICCADILIA . IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAT OLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Colintk•n of Hlsto laical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to hive been formed iby One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at 'cost of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in astructlve and interesting manner, the most important part of Euro- Tenn history, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CRO.M WELL, and XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the F.MPEROR :NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often, during thelast and present yesr, by the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladles, also, many thousands of the Nobility and Public ; rail the Pro prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very fine 'natures, &c., his previous almost incredible number and variety of Works of Art, and a msliiinde of valuable RelScf and other zuriosities, in this most instrft - ctive and, as hundreds have said it night t.,) be, a National Museum. -Many thousand have inspected it, and THIRTY I'RINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS shave stated that it ought to be so.U.by every oae. The price of admis lion is reduced to ONE SHILMG. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the a• Egyptian Hall." Piccadilly, daily frorn Ten till Dusk. THE WEATHER.—Sinx OFFICE, JULY 3. THERMOMETKR, Lowest, 55; Highest, 72. Noon, 62. BAROMETER,-29';‘1.—WIND, S.E. _ . NOTE.—The number 33 on the Therm'ometer i.elotes the 'freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometeis fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. IJIGII WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE Tl4:s rAlorriing 4 minutes after 3 I Evening ... 29 minutes after 3 , A ' ' ' ~ ' 0ct 4"... . 4 1 • , 44( ..,:,,,,kif ... i g ' ' ~,,, , ,e 7 ....v. 'i;.:,,,, .•,..",:wr..,-, - -,,,,,, • . 4iy• - •,,,'\ - - t , - • ~,,, f 0 ,4 ..A.• - imiik-41- ,4'... V- 1 , ' - '7' . - . ... e Wr ..-- • ..' 1.1,-L' ..''' f', .1101031 T .... 2'2(4 7• r ." : , z , ** N 7 - MO' ~,,(0.04, jiii—ir ,%t:.,:ok.V. ..,... " I. SECOND EDITION. Obientils LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1844. In the Lords, the Sugars Duties Bill was read a second. time. In - answer to a question from the LORD CHAN cELr ,OR, Lord CaiurnELL said he would move the Mir d reading of the Libel Bill this day. A discussion took place on the motion for the third 'reading of the Bishoprics of St. Asaph and Bangor Bill, during which the_...Duke of NEWCASTLE in 'formed the LORD CHANCELLOR that he had been guilty of an unworthy manoeuvre to get rid of the Bill. The third reading was consequently postponed, and the Bill was referred to a Select Committee. t'n the Commons, after the presentation - of peti tons, Mr. BRIGHT put a question, of which he had given notice, to Sir JAMES GRA.IIAM, whether he bad any objection to lay before the House the corres pondence which had taken place between the Lord- Lieutenant of Lancashire and the Government, re lative to raising a new corps of yeomanry for the southern division of that county. Sir JAMES GRAHAM did not state whether the correspondence would be produced, but intimated that the application for raising a body of yeomanry in the neighbourhood of Rochdale had been communicated to the Earl of Many, who had no objection to it, and her MAJESTY had accepted their services. In answer to a question from Lord PALMERSTON, relative to the occurrences which had taken place in Morocco, Sir ROBERT PEEL said her Majesty's Go vernment had given such directions as they thought necessary to insure full information, independent of foreign Powers, and to gotect British interests. Mr. Ross gave notice that on Friday next he would move fin- all papers and correspondence rela tive to the re-appointment of Mr. O'Datscom. to the .magistracy in Ireland. Sir Ronear PEEL gave an outline of the business for the remainder of the session, which will be found briefly stated in the Parliamentary report. It will be seen : , from this, that a vast number of Bills are yet to be ciarried, or attempted to be carried, and that the grouse-shooters have little chance of being able to attend i. 43 their duties in Parliament. The Wish Registration Bill then formed a subject for lrngthenecl conversation. Sir ROBERT PEEL had intimated that he would move the second reading, solely for the purpose of discussing the measure, but as etery speaker seemed to be against him, he gave up the Bill for the session. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE had the merit of quashing this dastardly attempt, first broached by Lord STANLEY, to diminish the Irish franchise. The Unlawful Oaths - (lreland) Bill was passed through Committee. The Prisoners' (Scotland) Bill also went through Committee, and the House adjourned at Half-past Eight. At the great public meeting, which was held yes terday in Covent-garden, on the important subject of " Justice to Ireland," the kindliest and most earnest feelings of sympathy were manifested in behalf of Mr. O'CoNNELL and the other " conspirators " now imprisoned in Richmond Penitentiary. " What," asked Mr. DUNcoMBE, who took an active part in the day's proceedings, " what was the question they were met to discuss ? They had met to consider the treatment which Ireland had experienced for many years, which had nearly driven the people of that coun • try to desperation, and the result of which would un doubtedly before this have shown itself in acts of vio lence, and the destruction of property, if it had not been for the energy exerted in the cause of pacifica tion by that individual; whom a contemptible Government had thought proper to incarce rate." This apt allusion to the imprison ment of Mr. O'CortNELL, for no worse crime than having exerted all his energies " in the cause of pacification," and laboured to repress rather than to stimulate the passions of his countrymen, while he encouraged constitutional agitation, was received with loud cheers by the meeting, who could not but feel that, by the imprisonment of the Hon. and Learned Member for Cork, a direct blow was struck at the right of free discussion. Upon precisely the same principle that Mr. O'CoNNELL was tried and found guilty of conspiracy, might Messrs. COBDEN, BRIGHT, WILSON, and the other Members of the Anti-Corn-law League be put upon their trial, though the result, we suspect, would be very different here to what it was in Ireland, for we doubt much whether any English jury would be found so far forgetful of what they owed to themselves and their country, as to record a verdict of guilty against the League agitators. As yet, the right of free discussion is still respected among us, though how long this may be the case, if Sir J. GRAHAM is still permitted to con tinue in office, and the Conservative Government re tain their present majority in the House of Commons, it is impossible to say. If we do not keep the strictest and most jealous watch on the proceedings of Minis ters—and Heaven knows they are such as to require all our vigilance—the case of Mr. O'CONNELL to-day, may be that of Mr. DUNCOMDE, Mr. COBDEN, or any other popular leader to morrow. An arbitrary Government seldom stops when once it has commenced a system of encroachment on the rights of the people; but having made a first false move, perseveres in its wrong and tortuous course with extraordinary inflexibility of purpose. Colonel RAWDON puts this matter on its right footing when he observed—" He did not know but that by the new construction of the law of con spiracy, the Hon. Member for Finsbury might be proved as great a conspirator as DANIEL O'CON NELL; for if Government took the present meet ing, and put to ,that the dinner which Mr. DUNCOMBE attended the other day not far from Covent-garden on the same subject; and if they were to put this meeting and that speech, and one dinner and another speech together, they might, under this new law, get up a very good case of conspiracy, and the Member for Finsbury might be indicted, found guilty, and imprisoned." However absurd and ludicrous, this is precisely the manner in which Go vernment acted towards Mr. O'CoNivELL. Finding that they could not hope to convict him on the strength of one speech or one meeting, as was the custom in the olden days of Toryism, the bright —not to say original—idea struck them of lumping all his oratorical iniquities together, so that that might appear illegal in the mass, which, singly considered, was perfectly in accordance with the constitutional law. Ac cordingly he was found guilty, not of having preached sedition at Mallow, at Cork, at Gal way, at Tara, or at Mullaghmast; but at all these meetings collectively ; his crime consisted, not so much in the quality, as the quantity, of his Repeal speeches ; and he is now suffering imprisonment in Richmond Penitentiary for having attended up wards of a score of monster-meetings, when, if he had attended, say but half-a-dozen, the law would have held him perfectly harmless ! Such is the spirit in which the Constitution—or what is called the Constitution—is vindicated in the sister-coun try ! But this is nothing new, for whenever the Tories have been at the head of affairs, their system of Irish legislation has invariably proved that there is one law for England and another for Ire land ; and what dare not even be attempted here, may be practised with impunity there ! Since the first announcement of Sir R. PEEL'S ill omened—and now, all but matured absurdity—his notable scheme of Banking Reform—we have en• deavoured, from time to time, to awaken public at tention to the melancholy condition of productive industry in this country. We have shown, in suc cessive articles on the growing evils and deficiencies of our monetary system, how the fatal legislation of 1819, which legitimated and fixed at a certain defined price gold as the " standard of value"—(ourselves not being answerable for the vagueness or ineptitude of the terms adopted by the bullionists)—has worked out all the disastrous consequences predicted from its operation by those who denounced it in Parliamen! five-and-twenty years ago. We have shown that the effect of making gold of a certain cheapness, by law has been ever since to reduce the remuneration cf labour on a scale commensurate with, or even lower than, the diminution of prices. We have shown that since a gold standard struck natural or gold prices only for the productions of the loom or the products of agriculture, there was no margin for that charge which should represent the cost of taxation pending the growth or the manufacture of the commodity. We have shown how, in addition to this, another cause has operated to limit the power of g i ving remunera tive wages in the crippled action of capital, invested, whether in land or in manufactures, through the fear ful contraction of the general currency consequent of, the application of the metallic screw. We have shown how these depreciated prices and profits have so pre judiced the condition of the industrious operative and labourer, that their masters have been compelled to sa3 to them—" To enable us to pay you even these reduced wages, you must work for them during a longer portion of each day. To enable us to keep our mills at work, our lands in cultivation, you must extend your daily labouring hours from twelve hours to sixteen or eigh teen." And, finally, we have shown, that from the hundreds of thousands—we might fairly say from the millions of producers—who live by their daily labour, thus inadequately paid, and thus cruelly protracted ; your system of a gold currency and natural prices, under an annual taxation of .50,000,000/., has annually snatched at least 30,000,000/. in the shape of taxes charged upon articles indispen sible to their subsistence, instead of taking that sum, as the Legislature clearly contemplated, from the wealthier consumer, off whose shoulders you have shifted the burden. Thus, then, the condition of labour in this country is that it is underpaid, de frauded, and overtaxed. In the meanwhile, the im provements of machinery, and the amount of produc tion, have gone on, pari passu, to an extent which the world has never before witnessed. But by all thi: increase of necessaries, in the shape of articles of sub sistence and raiment ; and of luxuries, in the multiplication of conveniences, comforts, and elegancies—the producing classes, by whose hard toil such increase has been elaborated are nothing benefited. They starve in the midst of plenty. They perish, surrounded by countless ele ments of s uccour. A u usur i ous mone t ar y s y s t em, which gives everything to already-realised capital that can ensure its rapid multiplication—provides no means of dist r ib ut i on to the indigent millions. As hats, and coat s an d gowns, and stockings and shoes become cheaper, b ecause more abundantly produced, the meritoriou s ar ti sans, whose ill-requited industry sets the producing machinery in motion, sink lower and lower in the scale of destitution—become more and more unable to possess themselves of such articles. If the case stood thus, with regard to manu facturing labour and its -products, it is noto riously no better—perhaps, it . is worse—in respect of agricultural labour, and the pro ducts which that realises for the landowners. The landowner, in his turn, points, on the one hand, to the only prices the farmer can realise for his Cereal pro ducts, bread stuffs, &c.—on the other, to the burdens of tithe, poor-rate, county-rate, &c. ; and, if bis pro perty be encumbered, to his mortgages, the interest upon which, for advances made in a " depreciated currency" with high prices, he has now to pay in an artificially enhanced money—in gold. " With such reduced rents, and lowered prices, and heavy bur dens," he says, " I cannot pay you remunerating wages." Now, agricultural protection is getting as much out of public endurance as manufacturing pro tection; so that for this state of things protection is rarely ever suggested, as a remedy. What is to be done ? _ In the meanwhile the desperate incendiary is at his suicidal and devastating work. In 'Essex, Suffolk, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, the midnight destroyer — goaded doubtless to desperation and to crime by the wrongs of poverty, and the cravings of want, the claims of helpless infancy, and the misery of his home—is committing to the flames the garnered harvests of former years, or the means and appli ances necessary to get -in that which is next to be gathered. What sentiments can more powerfully excite his frenzied despair than the bitter conscious ness of his own willingness and ability to work, con• trasted with the hopeless destitution which alone will follow upon his labour, where masters and landlords are equally straightened in their present means, and in despair of their future chance of bet tering them ? The new banking law of Sir R. PEEL presents aspects fatal alike to manufacturing, commercial, and agricultural enterprise. In carrying out to their full extent the hitherto dormant mischiefs of the Act of 1819, and in aggravating the intensity and enlarging the sphere of action of those evil influences it had already developed, the Bill now pending before Parliament will be deplorably signalised. It will add the guilt of lighting up a hundred incendiary fires in districts where its baneful propositions are about to ensure the ruin of the unfortunate agriculturist, who may no longer look for temporary accommodation or sympathy in his honest struggles against adverse seasons or accidents—to that long catalogue of ills, in which the memory of Sir ROBERT PEEL and the Currency Act of 1819, will be asso ciated to posterity as the proximate causes of the distress of our labouring population at various in tervening periods, and at the present moment. We - - 'aye enormous wealth, the most magnificent revenue in the world ; a commerce whose parallel has not arisen in the history of mankind. We are supreme among the nations, and the business of Time, himself, seems to be but to develope, year after year, our new and uncalculated resources for the increase of our opulence, and the consolidation of our power. We are in profound peace with all the world ; and yet, in the centre of an imperial do minion, the metropolitan home of our greatness, as well as in the provincial capitals of our commercial and agricultural greatness, we have widely-spreading, accumulating, unarrested poverty and discontent. That poverty is of the most afflicting and most abject character. This discontent manifests itself in the most insidious, and the most open forms. What can be the cause of these phenomenon, moral and political ? Are these gifts of Providence, and these happy acci dents of nature, to be neutralised by some radical vice in our monetary system, that Sir ROBERT PEEL'S autocracy may not be shaken in the House of Com mons, nor his financial imbecility be recognised and denounced without it ? Madrid journals of the 24th ult. have been received, but they bring no fresh intelligence. _Advices from Barcelona of the 25th state that the four Ministers arrived at that place on the previous day, and that a Cabinet Council had been immediately held, but the result was not known. The Madrid Bourse was closed on the 24th. We find, in the Paris Moniteur of Sunday, a long and rather curious article, setting forth the impover ished state of the KING'S private finances, and urging the necessity imposed upon the State, by an Act passed in 1832, to make provision for the younger branches of the Royal Family. It appears from this, that on Louis Pnimera's accession to the throne, his family estates, by virtue of a Royal Ordinance issued by Louis XIV., became annexed to the domain of the Crown. The appanage of the ORLEANS family was thus alienated, and the younger Princes became Deprived of their claim on the eventual succession ; and this opened to them, at the same time, a claim for compensation, inasmuch as, in 1832, when the civil list was settled, there was a special article by which provision should be made for the younger sons and daughters of the KING, in case the private domain should be inadequate for that purpose. The article then shows that the whole amount which the KING received in 1825 (5,000,000 f.), as an indemnity, in virture of the law passed in that year, had been ab 'orbed by the completion and embellishment of the Palais Royal ; and so low have his finances at times been, that, he had been compelled to accept pecuniary aid from his sister Madame ADE LAIDE, yet to supply the charges imposed upon him as a King and a father, the ICING has been and is forced to contract debts which, from day to day, increase, which encroach upon his private domain, hitherto the sole patrimony of the Princes his younger sons, and the Princesses his daughters. The article thus con cludes :—" In order that this grave question may be suitably submitted to the examination of the Cham bers, good citizens and all just and sensible men must be enlightened as to the truth of the case, and assist themselves in clearing that cloud of gross errors and perfidious falsehoods so carefully raised to deceive the country with regard to rights and facts. It was often said in France, If the KING knew it.' The KING'S Government says now, Let the country know it France will not permit that the Royal Family should not preserve, under our constitutional monarchy, the rights and station legally guaranteed to the family of the Duke of ORLEA.NS." The discussion on Railway Bills still continued in the Chamber of Deputies. On Saturday the lines from Orleans to Vierzon and Chateauroux were voted, and on Monday the discussion was to commence on the Strasburgh line. The trial of the murderers of M. CADOT, the banker, at Pointoise, was again adjourned on Saturday till next day. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1844 COLONEL STODDART AND CAPTAIN CONOLLY. Captain Grover has received letters from Dr. Wolff, dated from the 12th to the 15th April, 1844. The first was written at Mero, which now belongs to Bokhara, and the last was written in the desert distant only three clays' journey from the capital. Dr. Wolff says—" I advance confidently towards Bokhara, and, if the King does not stop me, in three days I shall be in the capital." The Doctor has received great kiticihesii froth the Khaleefa Abd Arrahmaii, Who is described as the spiritual guide of the King of Bokhara, and is dig nified with the title of Majesty, "He has me," writes the Doctor, " letters to the King of Bokhara, and tells me posititiei# that Stoddiirt 'alive, Ctinokt not quite certain. No public exe cution had taken place of either of them l I am his ;nest ; he has just now entered my room (this Weis at Nlore), and showed me a letter he has written to the King of Bokhara, stating that it is of the highest im portance that Stoddart and Conolly should be given uli to me, and reparation made to England for the insult, and not to keep me longer than three days, This letter will be dispatched by an express Tiircoinauti, and will reach Bokhara before tne, His Majesty also sends with me one of his own relations to introduce me properly to the King of Bokhara. His Majesty also desired me to express to the Queen his ardent desire to become a sin cere friend of the British nation," . . Dr. Wolff ekpreSs - WriliTaignation in strong terms against Colonel Stoddart's confidential agent at Meshed, who had intercepted the eorreSpondence with Bokhttra, and is thankittl that Colonel Shiel had forwarded Cap tain Oro% er's letters by an express messengers He says I " Had Muhammed Ali fietarify Stodttart't tigent, received them, the rascal would have kept them." The Doctor concludes: "I cannot write much for the Turcomauns sit near me on the ground •-• • you must not expect long letters, for I write in a stealthy l nvntieri" Sir Robert Peel haqo+ tlit'esteu Captain Grover to communicate to him " the last accounts that had been received from Dr:, Wolff; relative to Colonel StOddart and CaptainCOnolly ;.' the 'move extracts were sent ,in Thursday last, the day Dr. Wolff's letters arrived ; they were communicated at the same time to Lord Aberdeen and to the Military Secretary. Captain Grover thinks it right to state, in justice to his absent friend, Colonel Stoddart, that among the nu merous letters and journals of Dr. Wolff, there is not the slightest hint or insinuation that the Colonel had become a Al ahomedan. Many changes of stations are about to be made among the staff officers of pensioners in the United Kingdom. We believe that in the London district there are to be six captains and a field officer, and that at all the largestations— Edinburgh, Dublin, &c.--field•officers will be nominated. There is now little doubt that Government has determined on making the pensioners a most effective little army of re serve,—Watral azvi Military Gazette. surgeon named; Gurling attended him. The horse when I saw him at Epsom had the scar. He has it now. I have frequently seen Higgins about the horse. He was christened at my house. He was got by Gladiator, and Higgins looked into a book and found the word Spartacus, and he was so christened.—(Laughter.) Afterwards his name was changed to Macctibeus. Cross-examined by Mr. CocKnurtx—l have not one shilling upon the race, nor one shilling upon the horse in any way. Re-examined by Mr WORTLEY—fIow came you to get off your horse on purpose to examine him at Epsom ? Witness —Why, I thought I should like to see him again.—(A laugh.) Mr Odell frequently saw the colt in my paddock. George Odell, examined by Mr. MARTIN—I am a horse dealer at Northampton. I know Henry Higgins, living at Vigo Cottage, near Northampton. Know Mr. Worley. In October or November, 1841, I saw a bay colt at his house. Mr. Worley himself showed me the horse.. He was a bay colt, well made, good looking, black legs, 15 hands and a little more, good head, strong in his quarters. I went several times afterwards to Mr. Worley. Almost every time I went there I saw the colt. I saw the injury. It was a cut above the near knee. I afterwards saw the colt in - Northampton. That was in February. It was at Mr. Higgins's, the Vigo Stables. I saw him once there, but several times out at exer cise. I saw him as late as April: The man who led him ' about was named Jacques, but he is now dead. I know a paddock at Northamptom, of which Mr. Markham had the letting. I saw the colt there. This was the spring of 1842. Ile continued there to the end of the summer. He had a fresh accident. The same leg—a little lower down on the aide of the knee. I was at Epsom at the last Derby. I went there with Mr. Worley. I saw the horse there called Running Rein. I got off the horse and went close to him with Mr. Worley. I will swear that was the same colt I saw at Northampton. I saw both the injuries• on his leg. I will swear most distinctly to the cult being the same. Baron ALDERSON—Who is it keeps this horse away—who is it ? On the Thursday I make an order for the horse to be seen, and on the Wednesday it has vanished from the face of the earth 1 Mr. Cocanwsx—lndeed, my Lord, we know not. I think I may be allowed to tell your Lordship that before ever this action came into Court Mr. Wood told Col. Peel he was afraid he had been deceived in the representations made to him 'about the horse. I assure your Lordship Mr. Wood's character stands high. Baron ALnunsox—l don't doubt it. Mr. COCKBURN—IIe bought the horse fairly and honour-. ably—took it with all its engagements. lie now sees the ne cessity he is under of withdrawing from this case. He feels lie ought not to attempt to carry it further, and he will not do so. Baron ALDEnsorr—Well-- Mr. COCKBURN—Permit me, my Lord, one moment. May I venture to say a few words upon a subject which has immediate reference to this case and which has been the cause of giving offence to an individual now in this Court. My Lord, I have received a communitatiow. from Lord George Bentinck, couched in terms Baron AmEnsoN—What—couched in terms Mr. CocKnunx—ln terms, illy Lord, of perfect courtesy. Baron ALDERSON—GO on, 111 f:. Cockburn. Mr. Cocummtx—Couchedin terms of perfect courtesy, and m a tone perfectly unexceptionable. In that communication his Lordship complains that I have made a charge with respect to his conduct, and that I have not put him in the witness box, where the opportunity would be best afforded,of substantiating that charge or of proving its utter injustice. My Lord, my instructions were clear, specific, positive ; my instruc tions declared that he had'pursued no middle course even, but one of an extreme and an astonishing character. That he had tampered with the wituesses it was proposed to call before the Court. That to some he had held out threats—to others promises. That throughout the whole of these pro ceedings, from the very moment of their commencement to the period of their opening in this Court, he had made the greatest personal exertions, and bad used his personal in fluence amongst the witnesses and other parties in a way and to degree which would naturally subject him, if true, to the severest reprehension. Nay, my instructions asserted as fact, that even his Lordship's own residence, llarcourt House, had been made subservient to the purposes of tampering with my client's witnesses. That therein some of the witnesses had been lodged and fed, and that therefrom one of them had been taken by his Lordship's own valet, and by his Lordship's own directions, to a tailor, in order to be clothed. Pecuniary promises, I was also instructed, had been directly made by his Lordship. Not merely were these my instruc tions, but I was directed to call as a witness a person from whom, I was advised, every one of these facts it would be my duty to extract and elicit. And I was instructed specially, if these things were denied, or failed in proof, to call such a body of witnesses as would place them beyond the chance even of a doubt in the minds of the jury. These, my Lord, were my instructions. Under these circumstances, and his Lordship, in fact !being the prime mover in the case—and this neither his Lordship, nor m y Learned Friend's counsel on the oppo site Side wish to deny, I thought it better, fairer, more proper, that these matters should be introduced by me at once, in order that my Learned Friend, the Solicitor-General, should know them at once, rather than that I should introduce them at an after period, when they could not have the same notice, or their justice and application be so thoroughly sifted. Lord George Ben tinck was subpoenaed by us, because it was said that Mr. Carter would be called on the other side; therefore we have had no opportunity of doing that of which his Lordship com plains—of putting him in the box—or it certainly would have been done. I must state that Lord George Bentinck makes no complaint whatever of the privilege allowed to counsel ; on the contrary, he states that he honours and respects it, and holds it essential to the in dependence and utility of the bar. His Lordship complains not of the charges made—he complains that by not having been put into the witness-box, he has had no opportunity af forded him of rebutting them. I have made this statement be cause I think it my duty to set myself right with Lord G. Ben thick by telling him clearly and explicitly what were the in structions I received, and to give to his Lordship this opportu nity—or any other he may . think a better or more appro priate one—of giving a denial to them. Baron ALDEasole—But I don't think anything is required. You, Mr. Cockburn, acted upon your instructions ; and counsel must, without hesitation and without scruple, state to the Court and jury that which it appears to them proper for the interest of their clients, however high in station may be the parties of whom they are speaking. I have not seen anything which trangressed the proper rules, according to the instructions you received. Mr. CocunurtN—l am bound to say, my Lord, that Lord George Bentinck, does not complain of that. On the con trary, his Lordship states his high sense of the value to society of the thorough independence of the Bar. Baron ALDERSON—I am quite sure nothing has been said by you that could give ground for a charge of impropriety in the conduct of your case. Mr. WORTLEY (second counsel for Col. Peel, the Solicitor- General having left the Court)—There is no complaint of the kind made by us, my Lord. Baron ALDERSON—Oh, no ; no ground for it. Lord George Bentinck was most anxious to work out the truth. Nothing more can be said. Mr. Wontuw—No person feels more than Lord George Bentinck, the value of the liberty of the English bar. I may add, however, that the fullest refutation would have been given to the instructions of my Learned Friend Mr. Cockburn, and to every insinuation that has gone forth to the prejudice of my Noble Friend,. but for the abrupt termi nation of this trial. But for this circumstance, every charge, or supposed charge even, against Lord George Bentinck, would have been fully and clearly contradicted. Baran ALDERSON—It's not necessary. (Turning to the jury)—Gentlemen of the Jury—This is a case which I have listened to with ugreat degree of sorrow and disgust, for to my mind it is clear that a most atrocious fraud has been prac tised. I have seen, with great regret, that some gentlemen of high standing in society have gone and associated them selves with fellows infinitely below them in rank and cha racter;. and can any one wonder at the result? If gentlemen would race with gentlemen then such practices as have been exposed would not exist ; but if they will condescend to race with persons so much beow them then must they condescend also to be cheated. You will find a verdict for the defendant. Mr. WORTLEY—The verdict, my Lord, according to the agreed terms of the action, is to carry the stakes. Baron ALnEnsoN—Well, I believe the conditions were so. Still you had better mention that matter before me at Chambers. The judge then retired; and the sporting world (as usual) very soon left the Exchequer empty. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY OLD COURT (Before the COM.MoN.•SEnGEANT.) James Neale, aged 13, and Mary Ann Neale, aged 22, were charged, Mary Ann with stealing a gold watch, value 221., the property of Joseph Vivian, and James with receiving the same, well knowing it to have been stolen. The prisoners were in the service of the prosecutor. The watch was lost, and the prisoners were afterwards found offering it for sale in Petticoat-lane. The jury found them both Guilty, and they were sentenced, the boy to three months' imprisonment, and the female to one years' imprisonment. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) Two young men, named Passon and Martin, were charged with refusing to perform the work assigned them in the 11°1- born union workhouse. It appeared from the evidence that, on the previous night, the prisoners were admitted as casual poor, and, having re ceived their bed and breakfast, refused to work four hours at picking oakum, according to the p rovisions of the Act of Parliament, and not only refused, but used the vilest lan guage, and threw two bundles of wood at. the taskmaster. They were likewise most impudent .to Mr. Wilkes, the re lieving-officer. The, prisoners attempted to show that the workhouse porter, Barlow, had been insolent towards them, but this ac cusation they altogether failed in substantiating. Martin was sentenced to five days, and Passon to fourteen days' imprisonment. MARYLEBONE..- 7 (THIS DAY.) John Brotherton, a sailor, was charged before Mr. Long, by . Mr. James Trinder, landlord of a public-house in Maryle bone, with having threatened to take his life, and with using abusive language towards lain. Mr. Trinder said that the defendant, who was his wife's :epliew, came into his house last evening, and after using abusivt;:nd disgusting language, threatened with an horrible oath to rip him • The defendant, to the best of his belief, was not In liquor at tug time. Two witnesses, who were le the prosecutor's house when the occurrence took place, corroboi:ted his evidence. The defendant, hi gnawer to the charge, said he only re• turned from a long voyage the other da, an j. that he called on his uncle respecting some mone7 which he ewes him ; he neither used insulting nor threatening language, and ChZTeI the Magistrate to deal leniently with him as he had a wm: and family to support by . his industry. The complainant denied that he owed the defendant a single farthing, he believed him to be a dissolute person, and bore a bad character amongst his ship-mates. On the defendant promising that he would not annoy thehis uncle, he was ordered to enter into recognizances - to keep wards the complainant. peace to' LLOYD'S SHIPPING.. (THIS DAY.) Losmorr, Jurx 2.—Wind Northerly, moderate breeze, and cloudy, with rain at times. DEAL, Jurx I.—WindE.N.E., N.E., light breeze. Arrd. Jane, C r, Port Philip ; Sarah, - St; Vincent's. Sld. Simon Taylor, Judith Allan, Gloriana, and the Unicorn, Calcutta; St. George, and Nurian, Lindsay, Ichaboe; Gros Richard, Africa ; Mercury, Newfoundland. The beacon constructed by Mr. Walker has been placed by the Trinity yacht on the eastern end of the Goodwin Sands, and at pre sent stands conspicuous and secure. Porassiourri, JULY I.—Wind S.E., variable.—Arrd. Agin court, London, for Calcutta. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY I.—Arrd. Montrose steamer with Peninsula mails ; Cairo, London. I"WLLHELL JUNE 29.—S1d. Lady Mary, Ichaboe. LIVERPOOL, JULY I.—Sld. Joseph Reed, Ichaboe; Cale donia, Ilavannali ; Halcyon, Bath, United States; Frederick, St. John's, New Brunswick; Macao, Quebec. OFF cOßic, Jima 29.—Sir Charles Napier, Huntress, Lima. OFF CROOKHAVEN, JUNE 25.--Esquimaux, Pearce, Barba does ; Warinam, Gibbs, La Guayi a. SUNDERLAND.—Arrd. Norma, Sierra Leone. LYNN, JUNE 28. —Sid. Oberon, St. John's, New Brunswick. OVERLAND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA. (From the Times.) By extraordinary express from Marseilles we have received, in anticipation of the Overland Mail from Bombay, letters and papers from all parts of our Indian Empire. The latest dates are from Bombay to the 20th, and from Calcutta to the 11th of May, from Macao to the 10th, and Hong-Kong to the Bth of April. The mail from England of the 6th of April had reached Bombay on the 12th of May. The principal intelligence brought by the Indian mail of the 20th of May relates to the state of the Punjab, which appears now to be more dis tracted than ever. A bloody fight is stated to have taken place on the 7th of May, between Heera Singh, the present Prime Minister, and the party of the sons of Runjeet Singh, who are opposed ,to him, led on by Ittur Singh, a chief of consi derable influence. In September last, when Ajeet Singh had murdered the then King, Shere Singh, and the Prime Minister Dhyan Singh, he was him self slain in a fight with Heera Singh, who avenged the death of his father, Dhyan, by ordering all the family of Ajeet to be butchered. One boy of nine years was allowed to live, and an uncle, named Ittur or Utter Singh, escaped into the Sikh states, pro tected by the British. After seven months' residence, he went back on the 30th of April, and joined the party under Cashmeera Singh and Peshora Singh, both sons (though of minor ranks) of old Runjeet Singh. They proceeded to attack Heera Singh, and a bloody conflict took place, in which Heera was said to have been wounded. Ittur Singh was considered by some of the partisans of Heera as being supported by the British, and they therefore have threatened to invade the territories of the latter, to revenge them selves on those who had countenanced the proceed ings of Ittur Singh. . The threatened movement of the notorious Akbar Khan on Peshawur had not taken place. The posi tion of his father, Dost Mahomed, was by no means satisfactory; his age, his infirmities, and the compli cated state of the affairs of Caubul would, it was thought, induce him to resign his sovereignty into the hands of Akbar. The news from Sinde extends to the 16th of May. Sir Charles Napier was busy in making preparations for the meeting of the Beloochee chiefs, which was to take place on the 24th of May, when it is said that upwards of 17,000 of them would attend, each having an unarmed attendant. Thirty thousand men assem bled to deliberate would present an odd appearance. It was supposed that Sir Charles had some important measures to propose to their attention. In Upper Sinde, where General Simpson (who was to be suc ceeded by General Hunter) commanded, nothing re markable had occurred. Preparations were going on for the purpose of putting down the freebooters under Beeja Khan, who had acquired new strength in con sequence of the unsuccessful attempt made by the force under Capt. Tait and Lieut. Fitzgerald to storm Poolajee, as mentioned last month. The Bengal troops had arrived at Sukkur, where they were making arrangements for locating them selves. General Hunter was expected there from Ferozepore. Great expectation was entertained respecting the meeting of two large corps of troops, which are to be collected towards the months of August and Sep tember on the Sutlej ; the one to the west to be commanded by General Sir Charles Napier, and the other, near Ferozepore, by Sir Hugh Gough. The latter statement might be doubted, as it was said that the presence of the Commander-in-Chief was required at the Council Board at Calcutta. It seems, however, more likely that either this Gallant General or Sir Charles Napier will attend the movements of the Governor-General, who was, it was reported, on the eve of going from Calcutta to the north-western provinces, and who would reach Meerut in September. The disturbed state of the Punjab is calculated to hasten the movements of the British Indian armies in that direction. The attempts lately made to corrupt the fidelity of the British sepoys, and the large sums sent to Ferozepore and its vicinity (170,0001.), have excited a strong wish for punishing the unprincipled chiefs of Lahore. The large force of 80,000 men was therefore ordered, and it was thought Lord Ellenborough and Sir C. Napier would undertake the conquest of the Punjab, the former as a diplomatist and a politician, and the latter as a general. In Gwalior there were intrigues fomented by the Queen Dowager against the British and the Regent established there; but a caution and'a threat had been given her on the part of the Supreme Government. Tranquillity prevailed in the capital, and the people were satisfied, for an excellent police had been arranged there by the British officers. The ancient capital of Candeish, called Burhanpore, had been ceded to the British, and was taken possession of by the troops from Mhovv and Asserghur. The oc cupation of it by the British is satisfactory to its inhabitants, as it was going to ruin under the Mah ratta yoke. One of the freebooting chief's of Boghilkund has had his castle levelled to the earth, and is himself a prisoner, in consequence of his refusal to obey the orders of the Supreme Government, and to restore some plunder which he had taken from some mer chants, British subjects, who were travelling through the country. This decided act of the British autho rities, is highly acceptable to the ryots and tradesmen who are delighted when those petty tyrants are pu nished for their robberies and insolence. The other parts of India were tranquil, and ex pected to be so during the rainy season. Admiral Sir W. Parker was at Madras on the 11th of May, when he was feted by the inhabitants. The large native-made piece of ordnance which was found some years ago at Kurnoul, has been shipped on board her Majesty's ship Cornwallis, and was to be removed to England. It weighs upwards of eight tons. In Bombay there was a discussion going forward respecting the conduct of the native justices, who had not exerted themselves to procure the arrest of a man named Aloo Paroo, against whom evidence had been discovered to prove his being implicated in the burning of the five ships from that harbour during the last two years, an.i also of his being con nected with the gang of pirates, smugglers, &c., dis covered in 1843. The news from China comes down to the 26th of March, but it adds nothing to the facts already known. Further intelligence had been received at Bombay from China, just before the departure of the mail, by way of Calcutta. It is to the 10th of April, but is still destitute of political news. Malwa opium was said to have declined very materially in price in con sequence of its inferior quality. The mail from Bombay was brought to Suez by the Hon. East India Company's steamer Cleopatra, which arrived there on the 16th ult., with forty pas sengers. The Peninsula and Oriental Company's steam-ship Ilindostan reached Suez on the following day with upwards of 100 passengers, having left Calcutta on the 11th of May. The Great Liverpool steamer, which had on'y reached Alexandria on the 19th, from Southampton, was to leave again on the 21st, on her return voyage with a full complement of passengers. Sir Henry llardinge was expected at Alexandria on the 21st ult. Qne case of plague had occurred at Alexandria. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Hurkal u Office, Calcutta, May 4. The money market remains without alteration—capital continuing abundant for all commercial purposes. Government securities preserve theirbuoyaney, and several weighty transactions have taken place in them. Exchange is rather more lively. Some bills, we hear, have been let off at Is. 1 lid. to ls. llid., and perhaps in some cases is. 114 d. at ten months' date, may have been procured. Bank stock is in demand at our quotations. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Buy. Sell. Transfer Stock Paper 5 per cent Prent. 15 o—l 4 0 Bombay 5 per cent Prem. 6` 8— 5 8 Old Sicca 5 do. according to num- 1 p rem. f 6 8— 2 8 bers / 5 8— 2 0 Second 4 do. ... .. ........... Disct. 1 4 1 0 New Company's 4do Disct. 1 2 014 New Company's 5 per cent Prem. 812 8 4 Bank Shares. Buy. Sell. Bengal Bank (Co.'s Rs. 4,000) Prem. 3,100 3,050 Union Bank Agra. Bank Co.'s Rs. 500) Prem. 200 190 Mussoorie Bank Co.'s Rs. 500) Prem. 80 75 Bank of Western India(Co.'s Rs. 300) Prem. 150 145 RATES OF INTEREST AND DISCOUNT. BANK OF BENGAL. { On GoveTiintent:deceiitances. (within= Discount. three months) 4 per cent On private bills and notes 6 per cent r Interest on G oo n d d e e p p o os si it t o o f f C o o p m io p m an a y n ' t s t p ss a l p t e ... Loans. On deposit of metals and indigo... .1 On deposit of other goods UNION BANK. Discount on Government acceptances (within three months) Ditto on approved private bills 7 Loans and credits on Government paper 5 ' Ditto on Bengal and Agra Bank shares, &c 7 Ditto on metals and indigo, in bonded warehouse 6 Ditto on other goods, ditto 7 Fixed deposits.—lnterest is allowed on deposits for 3 months certain, with 30 days' notice, at 3 For 6 months ' with 60 days' notice, at 4 For 12 months, with 90 days' notice, at 5 PRICE OF BULLION, &c. Sycee silver, Co.'s rs., 105 00 to 105 2 0 p. 100 sa. wt. Gold (lust l4 80t0.14 10 0 per sa. wt. Spanish dollars Mexican ditto 220 80 to 0 00) per 100.. Sovereigns Madras gold mohurs 16 8 0 to 19 12 0 each. 1 . New gold mohurs (From the Overland Price Current.) BOMBAY, MAY 20. 'rhe near approach of the rains has caused the buyers for the interior to suspend their purchases, and the sales of im ports during the month are, in consequence, very limited. Those that have been made were chiefly for local consumption , or on speculation. , Metals.—Some sales have been made since the departure. 1 of last mail, but generally at lower prices than those quoted last month. Sheathing copper and raised bottoms, however, have not altered in value. Tile and brasiers have failed i a half to one rupee per cwt. Early in the month British bar was sold at 20% rupees; but 20% rupees have since been ob tained. There is no change to notice in other descriptions al British iron. Swedish has fallen to 47 rupees per candy Spelter was sold soon after the departure of the last mail at 16'% rupees, but the dealers now offer only 15 rupeet , . Tilt ) plates have fallen to 15% rs. to 15 jrs. per box, and sales caa with difficulty be effected at these rates. We subjoin the sales that have been reported for publication : Copper.-200 cwt. brasiers' at 564r5. per cwt. ~ 100 sheathing at 52%r5. per cwt. 367 tile at 49% to 49irs. per cwt.. 189 South American at 47ra. per cwt. Iron.-65 tons Swedish iron at 47ra per cdy. 150 English iron at 20%rs. per cdy. 25 sheet iron at 4rs. 9as. per cwt. 40 ditto at 4%rs. per cwt, 5 nails at 12%rs. per cwt. 390 bundles sheet iron assorted, at 4 , irs. per cwt. . 5 per cent. • 5 per cent. . 5 per . cent. . 7 per cent. 4 per cent. Spelter.-300 cwt. at 16irs. per cwt. Tin Plates.-90 boxes, at 16rs. per box. Corrox MANuFAcrunxs.—The sales for the month have been on a limited scale, and prices have scarcely equalled the quotations of April. Grey and bleached jaconots have been sold at rather lower prices, and grey and bleached long cloths and Madapollams have slightly given way. There V no inquiry for sheetings or grey domestics. :Muslins are in good demand, and stocks are very moderate. Prints, which have nearly gone out of consumption, have fallen lower than the quotations of last mouth, and sales are reported at uly usually low prices. Zebras have not been inquired for Prices of Turkey red goods have slightly declined, the de • mand for them being very limited, and merely for local Beer sum ption. Yarns.—Mule and water twist have been in ordinary dr mand during the month, and prices have not declined 6.01 our last quotations. Turkey red continues dull of sale, an; 11 to rupees per lb. can with difficulty be obtain ed ' Orange twist has not been in great demand, but continue' saleable at 16 to 16i annas per lb. Woollens.—Cloths of all kinds continue very depressed an d in limited demand, and prices have not advanced from en. former low quotations. Some flannels have been sold at slight advance upon last month's quotations. The following sales have been reported to us :-1.200 yards woollen clotat lr. 15a. per yard ; 1,000 yards ditto, at 2r. to 3 r. B a. P et yard ; 6,000 yards flannel, 9a. to 9ia. per yard. Marine Stores.—We cannot report any improvement in tl' e price of marine stores, nor have any sales been reported t! us under this head, with the exception of some Stockholm ta e at 8 rupees per barrel. Canvas, cordage, and twine condo ° unchanged in value, aa4 are almost unsaleable. Saffron.—We have not heard of any sales during the mon th, and our quotations are nominal. Corks have advanced 4 annas per gross since our last pu b s lication, and are now at 2 rupees, at which price a sale 4,930 gross has been made. Bottles have been sold—quarts at 11 rupee, pints at 1 ruP ee " and soda water bottles at 1 rupee 1 anna per dozen. Beer.—The only sale reported is one of 50 hhds. SatindersJ'' at 55 rupees. Bass's, Allsopp's, and the other brands rema in unchanged. Spirits.—Brandy still maintains an upward tendency, 3 may now be quoted at 2 rupees 6 annas to 2i rupees P gallon. A sale of 800 gallons, at the latter price, has be e reported to us. EASTERN PRODUCE. St Cotton.—The imports of cotton have hem large in the h ie month, and prices have fallen 5 to 8 rupees per candy ' l9e° the arrival of the mail from England, and a further declio e is yet looked for. Coffee.—No transactions in Coffee have bean reported month, but Mocha may now be quoted at. 10 to l 0 rur and Malabar at 6 rupees per maund. _ _ 4lO Opium has declined 15 rupees per chest from last mon quotations. Pepper.—The rice has fallen 1 rupee per candy since °lif _ epper.—...._ , ast publication, Wool.-3lekran has advanced 10 rupees, and Mart: 3 to 5 rupees per candy. Khorasan and Cutch raw nearly unchanged. FREIGHTS. Freights to England have advanced slightly' during month, and may now be quoted, for London and Liv er ni at 31. 2s. 6d. to 3/. ss. ; and for China at 16 rupees, l6i rupees per candy. MONEY MARKET Government securities have continued firm since our publication. The present quotations are :- 5 per Cent. Loan of 1825-26 Rupees 1081 to 109. 4 - „ „ of 1832-33 „ 105 to 106 4 „ „ of 1835-36 ~ 99i to 100 5 If , of 1841-42 „ 109 4 to 110 tb , Exchange on Engl and ' has continued firm during the mollbt, and ourpresent quotations are, for bills at six months sig e Is. lOid. to 16.104,1., and for 30 days' bills, Is. 10d. per ruf i ' rai On Calcutta at 60 days' sight 994 rupees to 99i. On 3 1 v,,11 at 60 days', 994 rupees to 100. On China at 60 days ', - rupees per 100 dollars. - • ti° Banks.—Bombay Bank shares remain unchanged , , os e present quotation being 45 to 46 per cent. premium. l'' 55 of the Bank of Western India have Advanced to 34 from per cent. CHINA. (From the Hong-Kong Price Current, March 22.) IMPORTS. American Domestics and Drills.—The stocks continue 5 " 9 el and prices about the same as before. 2 , 000 or 3,000 p ie° the former have been disposed of at about 2.95 dolls. ii Betel-nut.—The price is well maintained, the quanta the market being small. noir Cochineal. W—e hear of a small transaction at ou r tations. t Cotton.—The market is very dull, and rates have, if - - **.s full price.? 40 thing, rather declined. For very fine qualities full prnm-,.., however, obtainable. The transactions of the past week m" been trifling. Cotton yarn remains as before without the smallest Pn Wect of improvement. of Iron.—We hear of some sales of nail rod at 2.45 dohs. , the market is dull for all sorts, and the supply in COW" considerable. Lead.—Sales to some extent have been made at rates, beyond which there is but little chance of price vane ing. 01 ' Long Cloths.—The market for these goods is not 5 0 for as before, and rates show rather a downward tendenc9' 4 o white cloths especially. Several thousand pieces ef wt,ll o have been disposed of at something over our quotations, quality being very fine. In whites but little is doing. p si Long Ells.—These goods have also rather declined, some thousand pieces have been sold within quotations.,,io# Opium.—The recent heavy importations of drug of all 'sof have swamped the market for the present, and sales 0 0 0 extent are impracticable. The dealers will not purch i ,oo chest beyond their immediate wants until they are iti Pv o satisfied as to the quantity to some on. Pepper.—There is none real iaing in importers' hand* prices are therefore nominal. Putchuck.—We have nothing to report concerning of article, which is exceedingly dull, and we do not hear o transactions. ift Rattans.—The price is rather lower than before, WI fresh importations having taken place. oi Rice has advanced 10 to 15 cents per p ecul, and is rather inquired for at full prices. Tin.—The quotations are nearly nominal, but little rem" ding in importers' hands. 0 • Tin-Plates have declined about 50 cents per bo x, an o ll market m very dull. The supply now here is greater the demand. Woollens.—Sales of these goods are still going on Wl quotations but not to any great extent. NXPORTS. Rhubarb.—A few small purchases have lately been dad but there is none of good quality in the market. 10 / Silk.—We hear of some fresh arrivals in Can tellt holders are asking very high prices. k Tea, Black.—The transactions during the last wee — A not been to any great extent, and rates are a shade lowe r * the fine teas are now gone. Green —There are but few greens remaining, and b' e ,°o9 chiefly of inferior quality ; we hear of very few recent actions. e FREIGTITS. To London and Liverpool.— 2/. 10s. to 3/. per ton 0- r 5 u e t. f To Out-ports.-10s. per ton addition. te To Calcutta and Madras.—Ve r y sc arce. To Boinhay.—From the number of vessels open to c shippers are unwilling to submit to the old rates. RATES OF EXCHANGE AND PRICE 4 OF BULLIO On London.—At s i x mon th s ' s i g ht, 4s. sd. to 45- ," iit ll o dollar. Government Bill s , a t 30 d a y s ' s i g ht, 4s. 4d., :S e pt I request, the differen ce o f th e s i g ht no t b e ing equiv that of the rate at the present exchange. 1 , On Calcutta.—rivae Bills Y sight, Compan P y's rupees at 30 days' 223 fora Company's accepted Bills 222 On Bombay.—Private Bills at 30 days do • sight, ditto 222 '- 224 (I°. On Madras.—Ditto ditto On Manilla.—Three per Cent. discount. Sycee Silver.—Large three per cent. premium. Small 1 and 2 do. Carolus Dollars.—Old Head 9 do. Ferdinand do., at par. Republican do.-4 to 5 per cent. discount. LATEST DATES. eb• England... Doc. 6 Singapore pcc•o United States ... Nov. 17 .Java... d e b, Calcutta ... ...... Jas. 29 Manilla joa• Bombay Madras ...... .:. .. Chusan 2 026 S A y m -d o n 7 ey ............. ... Feb. 23 re SYDNY. r( We have intelligence from Sydney to the sth of A I , e;, brought by the Bucephalus. Trade the re contina ct iw o o bad, and the papers are filled with articles upon t he ca I.) tary Confusion Bill, and with all sorts of p a nacea t 0 0 , commercial depression. Th e f o ll ow i ng i s an e_ n o g t letter, dated the 22d of February, 1844 :—" There guage can depict the monetary distress and confusw„a w o • prevails at present in th ese co l on i es , an d w hi c h will !r e co'd general insolvency: indeed the most of the merean ti toi l d Triunity have already s us p en d e d p a y men t, and er e o fjjei months the remainde r mus t b en d t o th e presaur e oc ili'pi times. The extended cre dit s th a t o bt a i ne d, an d the gr t . t t that the banks afforded for discounts, have led measure to the universal distress, and we must lcw"" oat? rise from the ashes." Ab ou t 1,500 mec h an i c s were fty employment in Sydney. The Sydney Austrailaaoirj that a mercantile house at Melbourne had act a large quantity of sarsapar ill a , b o th in ex" re e, root, to Sydney and England. It is of 3 prot a el ably fine quality—the. extract is obtained in tb.o.llhroft tion of 2to 16 ounce s . Th ee s hip s were l o ading ic' ke `,l ter for different ports of India, The following is the la' THIS DAY S NEWS. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Royal Family, arrived at Buckingham Palace shortly before twelve o'clock this clay, from Claremont. The royal party occupied three carriages and four. RUNNING REIN CASE. SECOND DAY. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) WOOD V. PEEL. There was again, this morning, a considerable rush of per sons into this Court the moment the (lee% were opened. Still the crowd was not se great as on the first day—at all events, in the earlier part of the morning. Doubtless the weather had somewhat damped the curiosity even of the members of the sporting community. Colonel Peel, who was not in Court yesterday, was to-day upon the bench, as were many others of the elite of the sporting and fashionable world. At ten o'clock Baron Alderson took his seat upon the bench, and the names of the jury being called over, the case proceeded. The following is the evidence offered on behalf of the defendant, Colonel Peel, the owner of Orlando, the horse placed second in the race. As the first portion of it was not published in our Afternoon Edition of yesterday, we think it best to re peat it here : I Lord Stradbroke, examined by Mr. J. S. WORTLEY—Was one of the stewards of the Jockey Club last }•ear. He re membered the race on the 4th of June, when Running Rein beat Crenoline at the Newmarket meeting. Crenoline was the property of the Duke of Rutland. The race was for two year-olds. The Duke made an objection after the race that the winner was three years old. The stewards were Mr. Byng and Mr. Greville. An arrangement win made that the case should be heard at the Houghton Meeting. An applica tion was made to examine the horse's mouth. The stewards met and heard the case, and Mr. Goodman examined two or three witnesses to prove Running Rein was on!) , two years old; the Duke of Rutland produced only one—the boy Kitchen. It was arranged that the boy and a veterinary surgeon, named Barrow, of Newmarket, and Mr. Wetherby, the Secretary, should be taken to Goodman's stables. The horse was in a loose box ; Kitchen looked at the horse, and said at first he thought it was the horse, and then that he believed it was. It was then proposed that Mr. Barrow should examine the horse's mouth—he is a person of high character—but Goodman objected positively to it, and gave them to understand he would resist by force. He said his legal adviser had advised him not to permit the horse's mouth to be examined. They then returned to the rooms where the stewards met, and he (Lord Stradbroko) re ported the result to the meeting. The stewards were of opinion that though the. Duke of Rutland,had not proved his case, the case was one of suspicion. Goodman was told by him (Lord Stradbroke) on the part of the stewards, that the horse should never be allowed to run again at Newmarket unless he permitted the examination of his mouth. The horse had not since run at Newmarket. By Baron Au ERSON—In forty-nine cases out of fifty the mark of the mouth had been stated to be an erroneous test ; but lately he had understood it to be reduced to a certainty. George Hayward, examined by Mr. Martin—He was land agent to Sir Charles Ibbotson in 1840. Sir Charles had a mare by Capsicum at that tithe. In 1840, that mare had a foal by Gladiator, which was sent to Doncaster, to be sold by Mr. Tattersall, in September, 1841. Had seen the colt sold. Heard Mr. Goodman bid for him, but did not knowof his own knowledge that it was he who bought him. By Baron ALDERSON—The colt was a bright bay, with legs all black. He was a yearling. Isaac Grey, examined by Mr. J. S. WORTLEY—Was a groom. In the spring of 1840 took a brown mare, by Capsi cum, to York, to a physician ; and while she was there she dropped a foal on the 14th April, which, together with the dam, was taken back to Sir G. Ibbotson's, the owner. Edward Messenger, examined by Mr. MARTIN—Was in the service of Sir Charles Ibbotson as stud-groom, from June, 1840, to September, 1843. Recollected the colt which the Capsicum mare had; he was a bright bay colt, with black tail and mane ; he had no white on him ; he stood short on the legs with a lengthy top. He had a wide forehead and good eyes; but was rather a little thick in the jowl. He had no white on his forehead. That colt was entered for the Derby of 1843 by him. Was present when the colt was sold at Doncaster, and delivered him to Goodman and Henry Higgins on Thursday, September 16,1841. Cross-examined by Mr. CocKutTusr—The colt was a fine colt for its age. It did not stand high. Re-examined by Mr.' MARTIN--He was a short-legged colt. Witness had never seen him since, but he had no doubt he should know him if he saw him again. George Wharton, groom to Sir Charles Ibbotson, examined by Mr. J. S. WonmEr—Proved that he took the colt in question to the Masborough station, on the North Midland Railway, on the 17th of September, and delivered him to Mr. Goodman, who went off the London way. Cross-examined by Mr. COCKBURN— Knew Mr. Goodman by sight very well. It was the day after one of the Don caster races he took the colt to the station. Charles Weatherby, examined by Mr. MARTIN—Was Se cretary to the Jockey Club, and kept, with his clerks, the books for Epsom and Newmarket nominations. There was an entry in his books of the entry of Gladiator, in the name of Watson, for the Derby of 1843. That horse was after wards entered as Maccabeus for the Liverpool Cup in 1843 ; the entries closed on or before the 2d January, 1843. Both entries were in the handwriting of the witnes's clerk. There was forfeit of 5/. paid for the Liverpool Cup, which was paid in Goodman's name by a Mr. Moffam, in the presence of Goodman. It formed a portion of 45/. over-due stakes paid on Goodman's account, to permit his horse Dr. Phillimore to run, in accordance with the rules of the club. Joseph Farrell, examined by Mr. MARTIN—Was clerk to the stewards of the Epsom races. Goodman entered his bay colt Maccabeus for a sweepstake of Si. with fifty sovereigns added, in April, 1843. The colt ran in that race, carrying 7st. as a three-year-old. Cross-examined by Mr. C,ocKnontr—Captain Flathooker was a bay horse. - Mr. Weatherby, re-examined by Mr. MARTlN—Running Rein was first entered for a sweepstakes of 50 sovereigns to run at Newmarket First Spring Meeting, 1844. The next entry was for the Derby ; it was made at Newmarket on or before the last day of the July Meeting, 1842. The third entry was for the Second October Meeting at Newmarket, 1843, for the 2,000 guineas Clearwell Stakes, to be run for in the spring of 1844. He was also entered for a5O guineas stake at the Abingdon Mile, in October, 1843. The horse did not run at the Houghton Meeting. The meeting took place on the Thursday after the decision of the stewards alluded to by Lord Stradbroke. The evidence for the defence thus far, was given last evening. Whilst the first witness Was being sworn this morning, Mr. COCKBURN, addressing the Court, said—My Lord, after what passed yesterday with respect to the production of the horse, 1 feel bound to place myself at once in the hands of your Lordship. Baron ALDERSON--I am quite sure, Mr. Cockburn, it must be your wish to produce the horse. Mr. COCKBURN—Certainly, my Lord ; and, if I could do so, it should be done in a moment. I have felt it was the bounden duty of the plaintiff, after the view which your Lordship took of the case, to have produced the horse. In that view, permit me to say, my Lord, that my client, Mr. Wood, completely concurs. Most completely does he partici pate in my feelings. Baron ALDERSON—No doubt he does, if he's an honest man. Mr. COCKBURN—I will only state this, and I feel it my duty to Mr. Wood to do so. The horse has been taken away —(Great sensation in the Court)--taken away, my Lord. I have Mr. Wood's most solemn assurance that the horse has been taken away without his sanction, approbation, or know ledge. He never gave his approbation of this step—he never knew anything whatever about it until after it was done. Baron AL.nzusoN—Gone away, and without his know ledge ? Mr. CocKnum—The horse was taken away, and it was followed to a place where we were informed it had been taken ; but since it was brought hack it has again been removed. Baron ALDERsO:4--And pray, - why did you not send for the police ?—(A laugh in the body of the Court.) Why, who ever has taken the horse awa y i s guilty of horse stealing. horse away, let me tell you I would tr anspor t th e m for life to a dead certainty. Mr. Comstrull—The question at present is a very painful Yes—and if I had the try in g of t he persons who took the one. I suppose Mr. Wood, under the circumstances and the disadvantage of his position—„ Baron ALDERSON—Why, if Goodman is against Wood, and if he has been a party to what has been going on about the taking away of this horse, then, no doubt, there is a case of horse stealing for the Central Criminal Court, and to that Court you ought to go. Mr. Cocxnums—l hardly know what course to pursue under the present very.. — Baron ALDERsos—Of course you don't, Mr. Cockburn. You are desired to produce the horse —you can't produce the horse. Mr. Com:sum—Certainly, I feel, my Lord, as if it were vain to struggle against the view taken - by the Court. I can only say on the part of Mr. Wood, that he perfectly agrees in the propriety of the course laid down by the Court, and I have his solemn assurance that he would produce the horse if he could. The horse however has been twice removed, and he is not in a situation therefore to produce it, Damn ManiusoN—Well, and what is to be the result of all this, Mrr. COCKrititor—it is my own conviction and the convic tion of my Learned Brothers that without Mr. Wood's con sent the hOrse has been taken away, and that in such a state td things we call hardly hope to struggle against the impres sion upon the Court, which such an act must necessarily produce. Baron Atalunsci—Well; it's not for me to say what you itre td do, There was an a nc i en t c a se , Mr. Cockburn , in WhiCli a Door boy found a diamond supposed to be of g r e at taltfe, tarried that diamond to a j e weller, who kept it. An indictment Was fbitnd against that jeweller for detention of the diamond; it came to a trial—and the jury in their ver dict found that the diamond was of the first water because, Mr. Cockburn, the jeweller declined to produce it to the Court, Mr. Cotkntirtiv—l see the effect of what you state, niy Lord, and I saw the effect that must follow when the pro duction of the horse was required, unless the order were corn plied with. Baron ALDERF3OX— truth is out already up to a cer tain point. But the pinch of the case is this—what horse was delivered to Haines. The question is, did Cobb's colt go from Bean's to Haines's, and become Running Rein. Mr. COCKBURN—I am in the hands of the Court, my Lord. Baron ALDERSON—Oh, do just what you p l ease . You say it is impossible to produ ce t h e h orse . The Souciron-GENERAL—We are quite prepared to go on, my Lord, with the case, and to show who and what the t only horse really was that won th e D er by. Baron AmEttsos—l s aw f rom the beginning that was the apsoiittt if you sh it proceed(ad (addressing g b i e i f i o n r l e the h jury ole , eclf to Mr, cOCktrn) ; p point—the evidenceth and I am ready to go on and hear more, just as you i l k w Mr, Cockpitrn, " io c h ofid e k et l i , after it moment's hesi tation, sat clown, and tbk "let i t tditt Galled into the box George Worley, examined by Mr. Wonmt;l 7 -1 farm my chin property at Siwell, near Northampton. In 1841 I was Dopester tikt: (i t tiedtuart was pointed out to me. I mete. saw Higgins mete. , J dies peat Northampton. At Don caster something was sa id b y Higgins about sending a colt to me. I came home on the Tuesday in the Doncaster week. That was the 14th of September, 1843. A few days after wards I received a colt from Mr. Higgins. I received a pe digree with him. It was a bay foal ;no star in hie forehead ; no white at all, except a small grey hair or so ; this was between his eyes. A servant of mine, named Pinney, went with me to Northampton to fetch him. I was at Epsom the last Derby. I saw the horse called Running Rein. Before the horse started I got off my own horse and examined him. I have not the least shadow of a doubt that the horse called Running Rein was the same horse I had under my care. I said so at the time. I saw Mr. Goodman at Epsom. During the time the horie was at my place, at Siwell, he was kept in a paddock. lie was a very cheerful horse. Jurnpini over a wall or hedge he hu r t himself between the knee an, the arm, on the near fore-leg. He had a scar, A veterinary rec ver agr, rrio ca❑ the cor hai fie( imp Sul ma th 4 Ye: