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O'CONNELL VIERSCS THE QUEEN, LN ERROR. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE, of SATUR DAY and SUNDAY NEXT, will contain a full report of these interesting proceedings in the House of Lords ; also of the lin portant News from India; Meditated Conquest of the Punjaub by , Ellenborough, and retreat of British Troops before the Beloochees ; Lord De Grey's Farewell ; Defeat of the Government on the Irish * Church Question; Cotton Twist on Practice and Precept; Young p,'ngland and the New Poor-laws; the extraordinary case of Running yzejti, the Winner of the Derby; the Parliamentary Inquiry into II C Frauds, Forgeries, and Espionage of the Post-offic? ; the Horrible 11 assacres on board the Saladin , and all the News of the Week. Office, 337, strand, and all Newsvenders. Now ready, tit 1 vol., Bvo., price 125., HISTORIC FANCIES. BY THE HONOURABLE GEORGE SYDNEY SMYTHE, M.P Ilertry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just ready, in 2 vols. small Svo., with Illustrations. 'REVELATIONS OF RUSSIA; OR, THE EMPEROR NICHOLAS AND HIS EMPIRE IN 1844. By " One who has seen and describe s." " Tet ou tarot tout se scait."--'3laintenon. Henry Colburn, l'abliAter, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER. MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING JULY Will be performed (by desire) Donizetti's Opera, entitled LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. The part of Edgardo by Sig. Moriani ; Enrico, Sig. tornasart ; Bidebent, Sig. Paltoni • Lucia, Madame Persiani. After which, a " DIVERTISSEMENT," in which will be intro duced a new Pas de Deux by Mdlle. Fanny Elssler and M. St. .Lcon, Pas de Deux by Wiles. Seheffer and Plunkett, mat the ',dinned Spanish ance "La Saragossa," by Mdlle. Fanny Elssler. To conclude with a Divertissement, entitled LA VIV AN DIERE, intrrlucing the Redowa ; or ,riginal Polka of Hungary, by Mdlle. Cer:to and M. t. Leon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Otlice, Opera Colonnade. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Signor PUZZI respectfully informs the Nobility, Subscri:wri to the O d era, his Friend N s, and theRSDAY Public, that X H I BEN 1.1 r , r will take place O THU NET, JULY 11 On which occasion will be presented (for the First Time this Seazon), Donir.tti's celebrated Opera, ANNA BOLENA. Henry VIII., Sig. Lahlache ; Percy, Sig. Moriani ; Smeaton, Favanti ; Anna 80l na, Mad me Grisi ; Jane Seymour, signora Giuseppina Rosetti (from the Italian Opera at Vienna, her first appearance in London). In tne course t.f the Evening, Signor Puzzi will perform a Solo on the Her,. After which, a DIVERTISSEMENT, in which Mdlle. Fanny Mdlle. Cerito, M. Perrot, and M. St. Leon will appear. To be follin by the Second Act of GUILLA U ME TELL. Matilde, Madame Persiani ; Arnold', Sig.:Mario; Walter, Sig. I'. ablache ; and Guillaume Tell, Signor Fornasari. To conclude with a Favourite Ballet, in which all the principal A rtistes of her Majesty's Theatre wilt appear. Applications tor Buttes, Stalls, and Tickets to be to Signor Puzzi, 38, Jermyn-street, St. James s, and the Box-odice, Opera l.clo,r.ade, Doors 'pen at Seven. The Opera will commence at 1 , alr.p :s' Seven o't 'lock. ►HEAT HE HUY AL, HAIMARKLT Mtt, BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LES EE THIS EV ENING, JULY 6, Will be repeated the Prize Comedy of QUID PllO QUO; or, THE DAY OF DUPES. With a Prologue spoken by Mr. Webster. Earl of Hunsdon, dr. Stuart; Lord hellainont, Mrs. Nisbett ; Jeremy Gri b son Mr. Strickland; Htn.y, Mr. H. Holl ; Captain Sippett, Mr Buckstone; Sir George Mordent, Mr W. Farren ; Countess of Hunsdoa, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Mary Rivers, Miss Julia Bennett; Mrs. Grigson, Mrs. Glover; Bridget I rim, Mrs. urnby. Atter the Comedy Mr. John Parry will sing" Fayre Rosamonde." To be followed by a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews; Sir Adonis Lcrh, Mr Tilbury; Wurzle, Mr. James Bland; Mary, Miss Julia Beiiett; Lady Clutterbuch, Mrs. Ilumhy. To,conclude with THE TRUMPETER'S DAUGHTER; or, Love and the Polka. Philli pot, Mr. Webster; Madelon, Madame Celeste; who will eance the c. lebrated Polk 4. orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, hs. ; Pit, :Is. ; Gallery, • , rt.; Upper G ery. is. Half-prit e -Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery. Is. ; Upper Gwiery, 61 Doors opened at Halt past and the Performances commence at Seven. Lek ets and Places to be had of Mr. L T. Archer, si the Box o - ce. from Ten till Five. PRINCESs'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STU LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, JULY 6, Will be perform d the celebrated Opera, L'EISIRD'A MORE. Adina, Miss Austin; Nemorino, Mr. Allen; Doctouleamara. Mr. Paul Bedford. After which, LOVE AND CHARITY. In which Messrs. Fitz. runes, Oxberry, and Mrs.:Aiding - will perform. 'I o conclude with a New and Original Burlesque, entitled THE WONDERFUL LAMP, being an Illustrated Version of kladdin. hbanazar , Mr. Paul Beth*, rd; Aladdin, Mr. Wright ; Princess Badroutbadour, His- E. Star!. y. 'Mi.:AT:IE ROI AL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA, HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, JULY 6, Will be perforrnea a New Domestic Drama, entitled THE 1110- DIENTO'OS QUESTION. Cl . .araciers by Messrs. Diddear, F. Vitiing, J. W. Collier, Miss Fortescue, and Mrs. A. Wigan. Atter which, a fi—aild Burlesque r airy Extravaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or, a Night with the Forty Thie es. Ilassarac, Dir. Keeley; Morgiana, Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by au Apropos Bagatelle, called POLKA MANIA. Characters by Mr. e. Matthews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. I:eeley, Miss V.'oolzar, and Mrs. K To conclude with THE THREE ERA IHAVOLOS. Principal Chaff - acters by Messrs. F. Viniag, Keeky, Wigan, Diddear, Miss AV,iolgarond Mrs. ‘Voollidge. ASTLEY'S ROY AL AMPHITHEATRE OF A itTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY tiieat Success of the Chinese Feast of Lanterns, and N ; v; Military and Naval Smtaele. THE' EVENING, JULY 6, Will he repeated an entire new Mditary and Naval Equestrian Socctacie, entitled THE CHIN ESE WAR; or, The Conquests of Acne; by Biti.h Arms. New Scenery, Dresses, Appointments. &c., to realise the recent triumphs of England's Army and Na, y. Feast pi '2:}o Lanterns. Ater whicii ' a graceful and novel pageant, entitled THE ROY a COTILLION OF FRANCIS THE FttSC; or, the Beauties of the Louvre. Marguerite de Valois, Mrs Batty. New and unequalled Scenes 01 the Circle—Extraordinary Feats of ilorsemamhip by llonsieur Louis Tournaire, Sr. German i, Herr et-shack", La Petit Isabelle, Mr. Newsome, &c., with Mr. R. Smith's highly trained Steeiis. Co conclude with THE GREAT STEEPLECHASE; or, Eng- Loa's Harvest Home. .1'!:e doors will open nichtiy at six o'clocA, and the t ,:rtormances c flinience at st yen. Box-Ottice opened daily from ten till four. The I,rvate boxes have been refsrit.structed and decorated wi , n care and s ‘tendour. Acting and stage.ananager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. tIAVIDOE's ROY AI. SURREY THEATRE THIS EVENING, JULY 6, Will be performed an entirely new Aquatic Spectacle, introducing Three Scenes of Real Water, entitled THE MOUNTAIN CATA RACT; o , The Enchanter's Spell. Ater a L;lliputi•in Ballet, entitled Napoleon's Gene rosity-." in which the Brockstedt Family—three German Lilliputians, :IL, and 3; inches in height—will perform. cor , clule with New Drama.-called TtlE. CARPENTER OF ROUEN, in which Messrs Hudson Kirby, Hicks, Neville, Vale, Hesiop, Johnson, Mrs. Daly, Miss .Verrey, and Mrs. R. Honner will perform. Pisces and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. office, Irma Eleven , o Four. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Daylight View of LONDON in .the OLDEN TIME! Painted by Danson and Telbin. The sensation caused by this unrivalled production is beyond all fotsner precedent; the artist, the amateur, the casual observer are el struck with its extraor.linary beauty and fidelity of delinea. Lion, and are unanimous in pronouncing it the most wonderful ex hibition ever witnessed. To view it only as a vehicle for the terrific display at Dusk is unjust; it should, he seen in the calm stillness of the quiet Evening, with its Towersarld Steeples reflected in the spa cicla Lake, to be hilly appreciated. The .Evening PROMENADE CONCERTS, on Men 'ays, Tues days, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, conducted by Air. Godfrey, are upon a scale of more than usual excellence: but words fail in doing justice to the awful representation of THE GREAT FIRE OP LONDON. Its fearful characteristics are truthfully pourtrayed, but at the same time 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, h::s achieved a matchless triumph. Tins Gardens and Zoological Collection are in the most perfect state, and combining so in soy and interesting features, are by far the most attractive lounge in or near the metropolis. Peeding of the Animals at Five—Concert at Six—Conflagration at Dusk. Admittance, One Shilling. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADLLL). IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to Tilt', NAT OT.EON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Cofizetion of ITlsto ricnl Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to htve been" formed by One Person, daring Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a cost of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, lit Lite most in siructive and Interesting manner, the most Important part of Euro wan history, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CRON WF.LL, and to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON', in 1821. This unique Museum has been ollited often, during the last and present year, by the Royal Faintly, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, an I their Ladles, also, many thousands of the Nobility and Public; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very line pictures, Fee., his previous almost Incredible number and variety of 1 , 4; Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relic', and other curiosities, in this tnost Instructive and, as hundreds have said it -night ti) be. a National Museum. Many thousand have inspected It, And T.E! IRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS ~AA(, stated that it ought to be seen by every one. The price of &deals tion is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the Egyptian 119/1." Piccadilly, daily from Ten till Dusk. THE WEATIIER.-SuN OFFICE, JULY 5. faramomETEß„ Lowest, 55; Highest, 63: Noon, 59. BARo3lEllelt, _ . _ Nurz.—The number 32 on the Thehnometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barotneteis fair is Arually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. ~IGa WATER. AT LONDON-BRIDGE TUTS DAY. Mornivg ... 0 minutes after 6 j livening... 21 minutes after 1 4 • , • 4-7 , , 1:„.+60,• ...4e . b C•i , •It .i 2 . „..,‘, I 4 (ff -'' *l v, \ • r: ::sl. OZ. ' G .-.,‘:• ,Le ..„: . . -----,„„--,‘,..., v ~ , , 3„,_ , . -,.. 4 • 4- , 191 , .. • '`- " 1 o• - , ~...,$.. . 1 •r_, , , ' , ' • , lik , ~ „ 4 :,. - M" . Z: ; 7 1.- * J. 4 re X64:''iii - T)i-t- V ; ' 3 1 03 , 4 ,, , ,irr •To. . •4. "SC _ ri th ; ltn4 ~-_ LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1844. TIIE QUARTER'S REVENUE. The r. turns for the year and quarter ending July 4611844, are of the most cheering description. The total amount for the year is 50,220,6781.—1a5t :year it was 47,780,3421., showing an increase of 2,440.336/. A considerable portion of this increase must by placed to the amount of the property-tax ; hut independent of that department of the revenue, it is satisfactory to state that all the others are in a prosperous condition. The Customs revenue is 19,770,1581. showing an increase on the year of 535,3491., and an increase on the quarter of 312,0291. The Excise produces 11,965,6021., exceeding the amount collected last year by 420,0734, and that for the quarter by 85,4791. The Stamps produce 6,518,0631., exhibiting an in crease on tee year of 72,6931, and on the quarter of 46,0231. The Taxes amount to 4,197,5161., the in 'crease on the year being 6,3871., and on the quarter eof 5,0431. The property -tax we pass over, because its amount is already known. The net revenue of *he Post r office is 632,0004,__showing an increase on ttbe year of 34,000/, and on the quarter of 10,0001. In the Miscellaneous there is a great decrease, both . 5n the year and quarter. In the former the decrease as 1,154,4011., and in the latter 641,3371. This is ac counted for by the large amount of Sycee silver :received last year; while during - the present year, till 'within these few days, no importation of the kind From the Celestial Empire has taken plUce. We are eouly surprised that the Government did not make a push to place under the head of " Miscellaneous" the -waggon-loads of silver brought to the Mint the other to svVell out the amount; but possibly they keep ! it as a body of reserve in case of future accidents. Without adverting to that further, however, there is sufficient cause for rejoicing. All the great branches of industry seem to be in a prosperous state. There is an increase in almost every department of the re venue, both for the year and quarter, and we are happy to state that in two departments, reckoned the best tests of the prosperity and trade of the country, the Customs and the Excise, the increase is most conspicuous. Taking them together, the increase on the year is 1,255,4221., and on the quarter, 397,5081. These show the vast resources of the country, and are an honourable tribute to the indus try, skill, and enterprising spirit of the people. We learn, by accounts from the manufacturing districts that trade is still exhibiting symptoms of im provement. In Birmingham all hands are fully employed, and this remark will apply to most other places. Could not Sir RonEwr PEEL, then, try to give these industrious and hard-working peo ple a little more encouragement, by reducing the taxes that press more heavily upon their necessaries of life, and place them on a footing with their rivals on the Continent? He has reduced the duties on sugar to a certain extent, but he might carry the reduction much further, and that, too, without any danger to the revenue. If he were also to reduce the duty on tobacco, coffee, tea, and corn, which would include nearly all the foreign articles they require for domestic use, the revenue and the comforts of the people would be increased together. He would thus put down those daring robbers of the community, the smugglers, and bring into the Exchequer all the legi timate duties intended by the Legislature to be ex acted from the public. Even admitting there might be a risk, of which we have no fear, does not the prosperous state of the revenue warrant him in making the experiment ? The Earl of MINTo, after adverting to the re duced state of the British navy when questions of great importance, such as those of Texas, the Oregon territory, and the war in Morocco, were in an un settled state, asked the Earl Of HADDINGTON if it was the intention of the Government to send to the coast of Africa, or elsewhere, such naval force as might be necessary to protect British interests ? The Earl of HADDINGTON replied by stating that the Government had such naval forces on every station as they thought sufficient. They had gradu ally increased the forces on the coast of Africa Ships had been sent out, and others ordered there, and nothing would have prevented them from send ing them out sooner, but the necessity of having ships on the Irish coast. Could there be a stronger proof of the impolicy of the Government in regard to Ireland than this admission ? the Bank Charter Bill was read a first time, and the second reading was ordered for Tuesday. Lord CAMPBELL moved the third reading of the Law of Libel Bill, which was opposed by the LORD CHANCELLOR and Lord DENMAN. A division took place, when there were for the third reading 3, and, against it 33. • _ _ The Earl of lIADDINGTON reported from the Com mittee on the Sees of St. Asaph and Bangor, that the Bill of Lord Powis could not be introduced without the consent of the Crown, and the House adjourned. In the Commons, on the motion of Mr. THORNELY, a new writ was ordered for Birmingham, in the room of Mr. SCHoLEFIELD, deceased. On the motion of Sir J. GRAHAM, the House went into Committee on the Poor-law Amendment Bill. A lengthened conversation took place on the bastardy clause. Mr. T. DUNCOMM: suggested that the time, six months, allowed to unhappy females to name the putative father of the child, was hardly long enough, and urged on the Government the propriety of ex tending it to twelve months. Sir J. GRAHAM readily adopted the suggestion, and moved that the word " twelve " be substituted for " six." The clause as amended was agreed to. A number of clauses were passed, and the House resumed. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter to One o'clock. In moving on Thursday, in the House of Lords, for the appointment of a Secret Committee to inquire into the practice of detaining and opening letters at the General Post-office, the Earl of RADNOR justly remarked that when the Home Secretary of State ' thought that the public safety required an examina ' tion of private letters, he ought to open them on hi s own responsibility. If the law were to be violated with the object of securing the safety of the State by seizing upon correspondence, then, added the Noble Earl, "the Minister ought to violate the law on his own responsibility, and haying done so, he ought to come down to Parliament and boldly say he had done so, because there had been a public necessity for it, aid call on Parliament to protect him from the conse quences. Those who urged the necessity of opening letters in order to secure the safety of the State, sup posed the case of correspondence, the seizure and examination of which might prevent rebellion or dis turbance at home; but such a necessity for the inter ference of the HOme Secretary could never have been anticipated with respect to the letters of foreigners. It appeared to him that this detention and examination of the letters of foreigners was a breach of the laws Of hospitality which was revolting to the public mind." This is well put by the Noble Lord. The law on the subject of opening private corre spondence at the Post-office, which was never in tended to he other than a dead letter, except in ex treme cases of necessity, which the Legislature has no right to anticipate, should at once be abrogated ; and the Secretary of State—as'Lord RADNOR sug gests—should open suspicious letters on his own respon sibility; plead the imperative emergency of the case, and claim the protection of Parliament for the con sequences of his act. Rarely, if ever, it is to be hoped, will he be compelled to have recourse to this step ; but white the law exists as at pre sent it warms him with sufficient power to have recourse to such an obnoxious stretch of au thority, which, in the hands of a suspicious, unscru lous, tyrannical Afinister—and such have existed, and may exist again—could not fail to be attended with the most injurious and demoralising consequences. As regards the Committee, to which the Duke of WELLINGTON unhesitatingly acceded, on the plea that there was no alternative, we must honestly confess that we are very doubtful whether any really good results will follow from it—first, from] the absolute se crecy which is to be attached to all its proceedings, and secondly, from the nattir& of the inquiry which it is proposed to enter into. Another curious feature in the business, which we do not pro fess at all to - understand, is, that the Lords' Com mittee are to have the benefit oCthe advice and assist ance of two law Peers,' while lerwyers are rigidly ex cluded from the Committee oft be House of Commons. Surely there is some inconsistency here ! What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, and if the aid of a' lawyer is considered :necessary in the one Committee, we should have th ought, as a matter of course, that it would hare bei.tn Considered equally necessary in the other. The si hole affair, we suspect, wilt end, like many others of the same sort, in smoke ; little or nothin g more will be heard of the proceedings of either coarclave ; but, meanwhile, a substantial good has already-been effected, for public attention has been strongly fixed on the subject, public indignatiOn and astoniisti'ment everywhere ex cited, and the conseqUence will be, that no private letters will ever henceforth be opened at the Post office, whether with or withot it the warrant of a Home Secretary, unlesg t tecessity of the case be made so apparent to Parliament, that no rea sonable man can possibly objet to it. The most remarkable feature in 'the wl iole affair, and not the most creditable to our vacillating. Government, has been the high, authoritative ground which they took on the first mooting . of the question by Mr. DUNCOMHZ, and the readines's with Which they immediately afterwards abandoned that' ground. In the first instance, they were strongly' opposed to any thing in the shape of inquiry, and - would give no explanation at all ; yet, not three nit ihts afterwards, they were unanimously in favour of i inquiry, with a view to afford the fullest: explanatio' a! The • truth is they have been influenced, in tl is as in every other case, by sheer motives of expedi ency ; and have granted the Committee, as they will be pretty sure to grant a repeal of the corn-laws, th e instant it suits their views of expediency to do so. As for acting upon principle, and the convictions ( if their own un derstanding, such a thing never once- enters into their 1 calculation. The whole " talk" of the How a of Com mons , thi s am session, has not afforded us so mi 4ehamusement as a lachrymose and vituperative I'4ti e attack made, on. Tuesday night last, by Mr. ARTHUR ROEBUCK, on the conduct "of the daily press of this country," touching the Post-office exploits of Sir JAMES GRAHAM. When serpents cast their skins, accord , ing to a popular superstition, they assume with their new cuticle all the vigour and sprightliness of renas cent youth. Whether Mr. ROEBUCK has experienced, in his own person, the genial influences of some such vivifying process on throwing by his gown of "stuff," and involving himself in one of silk, we do not undertake to determine. But, under some conscientious conviction of such a fact only, could " he," Mr. ARTHUR ROEBUCK, whose freaks we have watched for these last fourteen years, " assure the Right Hon. Baronet that he fully sympathised in the feelings he had expressed." The association of " ROEBUCK and sympathy" would be too extravagant—too ludicrously monstrous—for the heading, even, of a Bath electioneering placard. It would not impose on the credulity of a Bath chair man. " Sympathy"—and for a political superior too —from the splenetic, querrulous, cavilling de nouncer of all parties, and all partisans, by turns ! From the waspish, petulant aspirant after impracticable honours and hopeless elevation ! Why we could more readily credit a rumour that the Duke of Tomes bronze statue, from the somewhat more majestic isolation of its position, had heaved a sigh cff " natural sympathy" (for his Royal Highness's mt. , viving creditors), than that Mr. ROEBUCK has any such graceful weakness in his moral or physical com position. If he ever had it, we should say "it withered all"—like OPHELIA'S flowers—when the common catastrophe of extinction overtook the re nown of his friend, M. PAPINEAU, and the insurrec tionary efforts of Lower Canada. But Mr. RoEnnex. proceeded to say that " advantage had been taken of this incident"—(the whole subject matter of Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S inculpation—the fact of opening the letters—the mooted question whether one or more warrants were requisite for his authority to do so, all are compressed into this convenient " incident ft — advantage has been taken, he says, " to call down public indignation upon an officer who has done nothing more than tread in the footsteps of his predecessors." (Exemplary Sir JAMES ! He would not even break open sealed letters except under warranty of precedents !) " This opinion has been aided and created out of doors, by all the vile arts which attach to the daily press in this country." What means this ? That the " daily press" has no sympathy with Mr. ROEBUCK ? We trust it has not. Mr. ROEBUCK, as the Morning Chronicle well observes, " is, in his small way, as unpopular as Sir JAMES GRAHAM and, after these marked advances on the part of the " sympathising" silk gown, we should not be astonished to see them figuring together as partners, in a political " Polka dance," for the re mainder of the session ! Mr. ROEBUCK passes from the imputation of " vile arts" to the daily press, to the declaration "that a fouler instrument of calumny cannot be found." No? Not in the wholesale, unmeasured, unfeeling, insolent invectives against distant Lieutenant-Governors of colonies, and absent military commanders, and de ceased civil and professional authorities, with which the House of Commons has been occasionally nauseated, for wearisome hours together, in endless arraignments, night after night, of all that has been said or done, written, directed, or transacted, by the Government of -the day at home, and its representa tives abroad ? With such remarkable instances of individual slander on record, does Mr. ROEBUCK ven ture to talk of "all the foulness of the calumny of the public press having been heaped on the Right Hon. Baronet ?" Come, come, Mr. ROEBUCK ! You are troubled, we fear, either with a short memory, or a bashful unconsciousness—" temporis acti." But since we, for our parts, cannot give to Mr. ROE BUCK credit for any such mere "prejudices"—(more important principles pass by that designation, ,in his system of ethics, than simple einotions)—as "sym pathy" for any human being:in existence,—save one —we must suppose his " sympathy" is for the conduct of Sir JAMES GRAHAM. He would ".tread in the footsteps" of Sir JAMES'S predecessors. We wish him joy of his prepossessions. We have often ob served, that on questions wherein the personal rights and liberty of the subject have been found in collision with corporate or peculiar claims, or with the accidents of industrial occupa tion (such as those of female and infant labour in factories, or such as those wherein, for example, the " privilege-of-Parliament" pre tensions have been urged to their highest flight ;) Mr. ROEBUCK—With an inconsistency peculiarly graceful in the noisy advocate of democratic institu tions and the working classes—has taken a part utterly opposed to the popular—to the generous view of the great majority of the community. Perhaps a vulgar love of paradox--perhaps the simple fact that " a fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind" —may prompt his vote on such questions, or questions of that class, and may incite him to the rescue of the Home Secretary on this occasion. It is not worth while examining how this may be. But we have just one grain of curiosity touching another topic personal to this busy declaimer and silent barrister. What are the past distinctions, the present ser vices, or the existing position of Mr. ROEBUCK (saving always the rights of that most fussy and obtrusive of dignities, identified with an acci dental M.P.)—en which the Learned Gentleman deems himself at liberty to hold such disrespect ful, such abusive, language of the " daily press of this country ?" We never heard him even suspected of any such superiority in position, in services, in dis tinctions. Hia ill-breeding in all this, being the Learned Gentleman's misfortune, we don't insist upon. If he cannot help that, however, he is not, therefore, at liberty to advert to the press in terms of insult and contumely, for having discharged what it has conceived to be its duty, on a great public ques tion. Does Mr. ROEBUCK imagine that the official conduct of members of the Government is not public property, and, therefore, a legitimate subject for the discussion of the public press ? Or has he such a freehold, whether in fee-simple, or in (imaginary) expectancy and remainder, in the ministerial reputa tion of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, that, like that other hero of a farce, who over-estimated his own prowess, he will not allow even the boots of his mightiness to be challenged? Really, Mr. ROEBUCK has no excuse for his over weening folly. A man so infirm in temper, so un genial in temperament—without poetry, without sentiment, without the power of attaching others, Or appreciating in others the softer or more generous pur poses in which he is careful to show himself deficient; such a man might surely learn to be practical, con sistent, temperate, in his public deportment. His idiosyncrasy, and the crude, harsh, utilitarian cha racter of his philosophy—(such as it is)—suggest no excuse for these escapades of peevish imprudence, and atrabilious resentment. We have one word more for our parting. In the true King CAMBYSES vein he thus concluded : —"/ will not do honbur to one more than another of these detestable channels of public information by— naming them!" Horresco referens. Their doom, then, is fixed ! For ourselves, we shall endeavour to live on, notwithstanding. We have taken a part— perhaps no inactive one—in the general delinquencies of our unhappy brethren. What we might have gained, first in our own good opinion, secondly in that of the public, had we been selected, by name, as an excep tion to this fearful sentence, we cannot tell ; but it would have been little, indeed, if we may judge by the terrible constancy with which we support ourselves under our actual calamity. Mr. ROEBUCK will not "honour" one journal more than another by naming any one of them. An overwhelming avalanche of silent destruction! An awful but voiceless ruin ! And yet—(such is the indomitable levity of these " detestable" natures) — that the Chronicle replies to these " words of power" with this irreverent exclamation—" Heaven help the poor irritated little gentleman !", We shall only add, of the distinction thus barbarously withheld from us and our brethren, that we can imagine no dose so in finitesimal —so, utterly imperceptible to the highest microscopic power—in the homceopathy of political depreciation, as—the " honour" of Mr. ROEBUCK'S nomination. Several of the Paris journals continue their attacks on the demand made by the KING for pensions to his sons and daughters, but we find nothing in the articles deserving particular notice. The excitement is dying away and probably little more will be heard of the affair till some motion is made in the Chambers for a provision to the Duke DE NEMOURS as Regent. In the Chamber of Deputies the discussion on the Paris and Strasburgh Railway Bill was brought to a close on Tuesday. M. ARAGO moved an additional article for limiting to one-tenth of the whole the number of foreign. made locomotives to be used on the line, with a view to encourage home manufactures, but the motion was rejected by a large majority, 191 to 62. The sum voted for carrying the works is 88,700,000 f. The line is to run from Paris by Essernay, Chalons, and Nancy, with branch lines to Rheims and Metz. No authentic accounts have been received from Morocco later than the 27th ult., when the French troops retained their position. The following curious details respecting the Emperor of MOROCCO, in a letter from Tangiers, appear in the Algerie, a paper published at Algiers : " The Emperor is suspected of having poisoned his prede cessor and cousin. Solyman, and he is now constantly afraid of a similar death himself. • Except hie son,' says the letter, nobody can approach him. It is he who serves him at table, and always first tastes his food. For a length of time this duty devolved on Sidi-Mahommed, the Sultan's eldest son ; nt present it is the task of Muley.Ali, his younger brother. Both of these sons are born of the same mother, called in the country Rhamouna, and she is an Englishwoman. Sidi- Mohammed, the heir-presumptive to the throne, is a man of about thirty-five years of age; his blue eyes and fair beard betray his half British origin. Abder Rhaman, who is about sixty, .is strong and active, and of a cruel and brutal charac ter. Sidi-Mohammed replaces his father in all difficult cir cumstances.- At the conflict of May 30th, at Lalla-Magrania, it was he, it is said, who commanded the Morocco troops. He, besides, for a length of time kept up relations with Abd-el-Kader, whom he encouraged in his struggle against the French. The people of Morocco state that, without him, the :-Emir would have given in years age: The correspondence between the Khalifa and the future Sultan has always been exceedingly active.'" - The trial of CADOT and ROUSSELET, for the murder of M. CADOT, the banker at Pointoise, was brought to a close on Wednesday, when the son was acquitted, and the other convicted of murder, hut, according to the verdict of the jury, under extenuating circum stances. He was condemned to the galleys for life. THE BOURSE—WEDNEsDAy, JULY 3. • First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five perCznts.• .• •• 122 20 •• 122 35 .. 122 20 .. 122 25 Four-and-a-Half ...• 113 25 • • 113 25 .. 113 25 .. 113 25 Four per Cents. Three per Cents... 81 95 .. 82 05 .. 81 95 .. 82 05 Bank of France. ••.... 3015 ..3015 .•3015 —3OlB Belgian Bank ..• • • . • • • • • • • • 66.5 • . 665 • . 665 • • 665 Belgian Fives, 1840 •. • • 1051 .. 1051 • • 1051 .. 1051 1842 .. .• Threes•• .. • • 78 90 78 90 78 90 • • 78 90 Spanish Threes, ex div 33 .. 337 • • 33 • • 331 Passive ..... 57 .. .. 57 .. 57 Portuguese Five per Cents • . 461 .. 461 • • 461 • . 461 Dutch Two-and-a-Half ..... 611 ... 611 .. 611 . 611 Neapolitan ..... -•••••• • • •• 98 60 .. 98 90 .. 98 60 .• 98 90 Roman RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, L.B. • • • • • • • • • • • • 250 .. 250 Rouen • • . Rouen to Havre. • • ....... • • 770 .. - 772 50 .. 770 Orleans .• .• • • • 1000 —lOO3 75 —lOOO ~ 247 50 .. 24R 75 .•1002 50 ..100 . 2 50 712 50 ..1002 50 Strasburg to Bale.••• Avignon to Marseilles 775 •• 775 •• 775 , 775 RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, 15v0 JULY. St. Germain •• • • • • • • •• • • •• 892 50 .. 892 50 .. 892 50 • • 992 50 Versailles, R.B. L. 8..• •• •••• •• 250 .. 250 •• 247 50 .. 248 75 Rouen.• Rouen to 'Havre. Strasburg to Bale •• .. • • • • • • 245 .. 245 • • 240 • • 242 50 A.vbj,non to Marseilles •.. • Madrid journals of the 27th ult. have been received, but they are filled chiefly with rumours. It is re ported that an extensive conspiracy has been dis covered, that the Marquis DD VILLUMA. will retire from the Ministry, that the Royal Family of Naples is expected at Barcelona, and that the Cortes are to be dissolved forthwith. The Three per Cents. were done at 28k at 60 days, and the Five per Cents. at 20f at 30 days. THE LATE MR. J. ScnoLEriEr.D.—lt has been else where our painful duty to record the decease of Joshua Scholefield, Esq., one of the Members for Birmingham.- The character of this gentleman will be best recorded in the hearts of those in private life, who well knew his worth, and the warmth of heart and zeal he manifested in works of a benevolent cha racter. It is to be feared that the life of Mr. Schole field wai brought to an earlier close than might have been expected, in consequence of the intense mental anxiety he felt as to the results likely to ensue from the passing of a Bill which was read a third time on Thursday night last in the House of Commons, within about six hours of the lamented gentleman's decease. It is well known to those who have watched the Par liamentary career of the late Mr. Scholefield, that from its commencement to its close, the exertions of the Hon. Gentleman were identified with opposition to the fatal errors of the bullionists, on the very im portant, and, indeed, as it will be yet proved, all im portant question of the currency. This matter pos sessed to his active and intelligent mind, an all-ab sorbing interest ; and by those who were associated with him in similar views of our monetary system, neither the zeal nor the good will, the spirit nor the energy of his incessant exertions in opposing the Bank Charter Bill can ever be forgotten, or adequately acknowledged. As a practical and long-experienced merchant, he knew the misery inflicted by the mea sure he opposed in its bearing . upon the producing classes; and he could feel, it is evident, for those who were the subjects of that misery ; he had witnessed it in the ruined fortunes, and, as he often expressed himself, " in the broken hearts" it had produced. If to the catalogue of disastrous incidents asso ciated with the mental solicitude occasion e d by th e Government measure now introduced into the House of Lords, we are to add his ow n acce l era t e d demise, we must inscribe the name of one more good man upon the roll of those whose days, like the late Lord Liverpool's, have been shortened b y t h e entan glements of that maze of difficulties, the monetary measure of the year eighteen hundred and nineteen. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. FRANCE AND MOROCCO. (From the Times.) The Moniteur of yesterday contains the following TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH Muc°hßda°,"l:u't that I still " On the 16th I informed the A10r0c,...0 chief that cl o tr: 0 , JUNE 19. offered him the conditions proposed by me before the I was about to m g :c u b battle of the 15th ; he replied pacifically, but with out coming to any conclusion. On the 19th I entered Ouchda without firing a shot. " The Morocco troops had retired two days be fore in the greatest disorder. Discord reigns amongst the chiefs and indiscipline amongst the soldiers. " This small army appears to be dissolved. Ouchda will be respected. I shall leave it on the 21st, taking with me about 1,500 persons of the population of Tlemcen and the remnant of the Deyza, who were retained by force, and are desirous of following us. (Signed) " BUGEAUD, Marshal of France." The Prince de Joinville reached Oran on the 28th ult. Our private correspondence from Barcelona of the 28th ult., announces the resignation of the Marquis of Villuma. The fall in the French funds on Thursday was oc casioned by reports of the resignation of Marshal Soult and M. Lacave Lsplagne. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM' OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) LAUNCH OF THE COMMODORE'S YACHT KESTREL.--This fine yacht was launched from Ilansen's yard on Monday last at noon. Never was there such opposite opinions amongst those who profess to be judges, as to her appearance and rig, some extolling, while others condemned her as the image of by-gone days. Who shall decide, when yachtmen so disagree ? LAUNCH OF THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAMER BRAGANZA.—This ship, which has been lengthened amid ships 30 feet, is now 875 tons, and was launched from Messrs. Thomas and John White'syard on Monday : she is decidedly improved in her appearance, and is now considered a first rate steamer. We understand she is intended to run to Con stantinople Wednesday, at noon, the foundation-stone of the eastern most dock-head of the new steam-frigate-dock was laid by Mr. Thomas White, the spirited proprietor. RAIN COME AT LAST._-After a drought unprecedented, being from the 14th of April till the 2d of July, the parched fields have been visited by some refreshing showers. There was some heavy rain at Freshwater and Compton on Friday last, but it did not reach to the north of the island. One farmer on Saturday sowed 16 sacks of barley. The barley, oats, beans, and grass are a failure. The following are amongst our arrivals this week :—Sir Henry Webster and family, at Harriet Lodge; Mr. Powell and family, Adelaide Villa ; John Congreve, Esq., and family, Beach Villa; Sir C. Egerton and family, 9th Cot tage ; G. H. Ackers, Esq., 2, Bath -buildings ; the Duke and Duchess of Montrose, Belmore House; A. Corbet, Esq. and family, Parade House ; , Mrs. Amphlett and family, Sea view House ; Mrs. Bennett and family, Small Pavilion ; Lady Fitzgerald and family, Trafalgar House. MARYLEBONE SAYINGS' BANK, 76, WELBECK-STREET.—Establishod July 5, 1830. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF PROGRESS, AT SPECIFIED PERIODS, DURING TILE LAST SEVEN TEARS. Sums invested with Open Deposit National Debt Accounts. Commissioners. On July 5, 1838 410,703 £179,381 1839... 11,620 ' 216,017 1840.....,.. 12,445 243,463 1841 12,881 2641,852 1842 .. 13,100 275,072 1843 13,820 305,383 1 844 14,638 340,509 D. FINNEY, Assistant -Secretary. CHINESE RANSOM.—On Wednesday morning her Majesty's brig Childers, Captain Wellesley, arrived in Ports mouth harbour from Hong-Kong. She has brought 1,000,000 dolls. of Sycee silver, b e i ng another portion of the Chinese ransom. When landed, which will be in a few days, it will be sent qt . , properly escorted, for the loyal Mint. ENIJIN THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUART No. I.—An Abstract of the Not Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended 5 or Decrease on each head thereof. JULY 5, 1844. th of July, 1843, and Ith of July, 1844 ) showing the Increase , . .. QUARTERS ENDED YEAR ' QUARTERS ENDED YEAR 1 y Quarter ended July 5. Year ended Jul 5. e nd e d , . ....,,, ..--.... ended ~-......___,......_, , --..... \ Oct. 10, Jan. 5, April 5, July 5, July 5, ' Oct. 10, Jan. 5, April 5, July 5; July 5, • • . , 1841 1843 1843 , 1843 1843 1843 1811 184.1 184-1 1814 Increase. -. , Decrease. • Increase. . 'Decrease. . . Customs :- -.- Consolidated Duties ... 4,647,472 3,274,000 3,193,556 3,301,473 - 4,276,151 3,674,424 3,529,551 3,802,521 - - - . .. . . Sugar Duty to Consoli. • • ~. _.. _ - dated Fund • - - 262,546 1,252,733 - - - 420.79 6! 1,066,714 - . - - _ _ Ditto to Supplies ' 1,296,505 910,0 8 9 '763,405 - - 1,253,357 1,092,544 654,100 - • - • - „_ . - ._ _ --. , -- • • . . .. .. , Total Customs 5 943 977 4,214,089 4,219,537 ,4,557,20 • 18,9 '4,809. 5,529,568 4,766,968 4,604,447 4,869,215 19,770,155 CUstorims • r s 31?,9:3 - • Excise ....... ....... .. .... . . 3,726,035 3,022. 0 08 1,767,373 3030,.13 14'4%7,29 3,4)66550 3,030,771 1,852,682 ;11%592 11,965,602 Excise . - ' 420,073 ' • • ,-.. • - . 8.1.179' Stamps. . •1,631,480 1,561,751 1,503,126 1,659,010 6,445,370 1,650,366. 1,523,653 4639,011 1,705,133 6,518,063 Stamps .. . 7.2.a0 1 ' • - - Taxes ' - , 177,437 1,886,163 142,69 , 3 1,981,831 4,191,129 19410 e 1,868,857. 144,035 1,989,874 ' 4,197,516 Taxes...". ..... 6,387 . „„..., • 5:p4.3 Property Tax 313,844 257,212 1,885,232 861,709 3,317,997 2,047,004 454,415 1,992,859 752,4f45 5,247,663 Property Tax 1,929,666 - 9,224 Post Office ... .... - 168,000 , 141,0044 144,000 • 145,000 598,00') 160,005 143,000 174,000 155,000 632,000 l'ost Office ... 34,000 - Crown Lands 12,500 40,000 25,000 32,5' 0 120,000 :.0,000 30,0' 0 65,.4:0 30,000 145,1:00 Crown Lands 25,000 - -, -, ? • 2,500 Miscellaneous 20,994 21,537 541,553 IOM 524 1 647 541 17,714 11,917 41,292 422,186 113,14 4 Miscellaneous •, , , , - 1,154401 • 641,337: . . . .. -"-, - -.-......-. - . - -........„ ----. Total Ordinary Revenue 11,994197 11,143,763 10,0,522 13,333,`93 46,800,375 1;586,172 11,82;581 10,51;983 13,139,406 4;969,142 Total... 3,323,16/3,. 1,134401 , - 418,574 653 #361 ...,.. , • , Imprest Moneys, &c...... 1,11,070 107, 1 97 16,907 , 6 7 ,100 30?,254 34,305 50,135 ' 54.244 49.018 187,703 Im p . lif .neys .... . 114,551 , . .--- . 18,112 Repayments ofAdvances 180,211 • 235,241 '124,0-18 1/8,207 677,713 230,932 332,030 226,281 274,557 1,063,833 Rep.-of Any.. f:86,120 .. "6 350 Total Income.... -19,285,478. 11,486,107, 1 10,469,477 13,539,2'0 47,78;342 13,8)1,409 1;211,777 1;794511 1;36 ',' 81 - 50,220,678 Total... ,3,709,238 1,218,952 ,9 49424 671, •)23 .. . • Amount applied to Cori- 9,047,560 6,860,054 " 9,760,269 6,442,106 32,110,369 10,123,636 7,859,893 7,625,972 8,994,078 35,013,519 solidated Fund i )268,952 c Deduet Dc. ' Deduct i 3 . 4949i4 t 0 crease Increase. '' • . . Ditto, as Advances - 173,67 141,378 191,501 506,506 140,000 ::91,501 249,000 177,276 848,777 ----. , Ditto, as Ways & Means . of the Year • 3,064,291' 4,626,053 567,830 6,90%273 15,163,447 ;187,773 4,06;383 ;91;539 • 4,191,627 14,358,122 „ „,., °on r Increase on Decrease or, 1 ~, 0 ., ' , 1' . 2" , '•"" 1 - the Year. Quarter j - ` 4 " , '" Total. 12,285.478, 11,486,107 11;469,47i 13,539,280 47,780,342 13,851,409 12,211,777 111,794,511 13,362,9)1 50,220,678 1 ~ - • . . . No. IL—lncome and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the sth July, 1843, - and the sth July, 1841. • r • . Quarters ended July 5. , . c 1813 1844 ‘ Quarters ended July 5. . 1 --.—......-- N ._...... . .. INCOME. - 1813 1814 . CHARGE. , , , -- -- . ...............,............. ...••••••• Customs.—Consolidated Duties 3,301.473 3,802,521 Permanent Debt . 8 ; 258 ,6 6 9 8,214,169 . Sugar applicable to , the , ' Terminable Annuities ' 618,667 660 0.23 . Consolidated Fund - 1,252,733 1,C66,714 Interest on Exchequer Bills issued - to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund • 26,607 5,370 . , _ . , • Sinking Fund si - 3,857 Total Customs 4,557,206 4,f36'9,225 The Civil List . ' 97,422 97,597 Excise ' 3,013,643 2,130,494 . Other charges on the Consolidated Fund . .........—. ....... 599,031 541,045 Stamps ~. 1.659,010 1,705,0.'33 , For Advances, and to pay off Exchequer Bill ' s issued fo r - Advances ... 191,501. 1.7,276 • . Taxes ' - 1,994,831 1,989,874 Prope , ty Tax - 851,709 752,485 Total Charge 9,791,887 • 10,219,337 Post Office - ..... - , —.—..... Miicellaneous 260,5'24 238.187 , 13,552,810 13,377,693 • Produce of Silver from China .. . t03,000 181,00 • . Imprest and other Monies 67,181 49,018 The Amount of Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended April 5, 1843, Repayment of Advances..„....„ . 138,207 ' 2'74,557 and paid off out of the growing produce of that Fund for the Quarter ended July 5, 1944, after deducting £300,000 . paid off out of Sinking Fund . .. •13,552,810 13,3'77,88J The Amount issued in the Qu arter en d e d J u ly 5, 1814, i n p a rt of the su m s gra nt e d by P ar li ament out of the Consoli- 3 ' 667 ' 317 ; dated Fund for Supply Services 4,191,627 . ._ - , To Cash brought to this ` ' Account to '' ' ' The Surplus,of the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended July 5, 1814 ... 3,158,545 1,033,C81 be applied to pay off Deficiency Bills • ' ' -. ---- . , . 13,55 - 2,810 13,377,883 July 5, 1814 •..... 4j00,398 MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. The quotation of Consols has been further advanced this afternoon, viz., to 981 and 99, the market closing firmly. Other securities participate in the improvement. The Three per Cents. Reduced were 99i ; 3 4 -, and the Three-and-a- Half per Cents.' 1021 to 1. The. Foreign Bonds were about the same as in the morning. Spanish Actives were 231 ¢ ; and the Three per Cents. 334. 1 ; Colombian Stock was 131 ; Belgian Bonds touched 1031. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Birmingham and Derby were 341. ; Ditto Thirds, 31 ; Caledonian, 11 ; Blackwall, 9I• Brighton, 31 ; and North British, 1 discount. Edinburgh and Glasgow, 121; Birmingham, 124 to 125; South Western, Eighths, 3 ; Croydon, 31 ; Ditto, Scrip, 71 ; Norwich and Brandon, 5 ; South Devon, 1 ; South-Eastern, 2 ; Trent Valley, 81 ; York and North Midland, Scar borough Branch, 181 ; Yarmouth and Norwich, 71 1 ; Paris and Orleans, 19} 1 ; and Paris and Rouen, 19i premium. Australasia Bank New Shares were 3to f premium. COURT CIRCULAR. On Paris the rate of exchange this afternoon was a shade better ; and on Hamburgh and Amsterdam again rather lower. The others were about the same. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool Yesterday was quieter. Sales, 5,000 bales, at steady rates, Including 500 Surat, at 3d. to 3d. ; 500 Pernam, at 50. to bid ; 200 Bahia, at sd. to 6d.; and 150 E gyp tia n , a t 6id. t o 7d.—G ran d unction, Birmingham and Liverpool, and Manchester Shares were in good demand, but others quiet. Chester and Birkenhead, 29f ; Eastern Perpetual, 1/. 13s. 4d. ; Grand Junction, 227 ; Ditto New, 41; Hull and Selby Quarter, 11 ; Liverpool and Manchester, 231; Ditto, 321. Shares, 34 ; Ditto Quarter Shares, 26%; Manchester and Bury, 3%; Midland Counties, 95 ; North Midland, 95 ; Ditto Half, 47%; North Union, 971 ; South Eastern, 35%; York and North Midland Half, 20a Paris and Lyons, 2/. 15s. ; Paris and Strasburg, 384. Arrivals from Australia bring news to the 20th March from Van Diemen's Land, where trade was rather improving, though for a long time to come the utmost caution will be necessary in making shipments to the Australian colonies. Sydney is evidently suffering the most, as up to the latest dates insolvencies continued there. We learn from New Zealand, under date of the • 27th of January, that Governor Fitzroy, was determined to deal according to law with the natives concerned in the Wairau massacre. • The Funds, owing to an anticipated good revenue return, are again very firm, and there is a steady business doing. Consols have touched 98i 1 1 . The Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 991 to ; the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 1021 to f, and South Sea Annuities 98k. Bank Stock has been firm at the improvement to 198 and 199. Exchequer Bills realised 745. to 765. premium, supporting the improvement of yesterday. East India Bonds are 965. premium. A rally has occurred in the value of Spanish Bonds, which are marked 23i 1 for the Five per Cents., and 33 for the Three per Cents. Mexican, are 351 to ; Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents, are firm at 61; and Russian at 112. The Railway Shares are steady, and a moderate business is doing. Great Western obtain 504 to 51i ; Birmingham, 1221. to 123 ; Ditto, New Thirds, 35-1 to ; Bristol and Glou cester, 16 to *; Norwich and Brandon, 5 ; and South-East ern, 1i to 1 1 1 premium. Blackwall are 9h discount. London and Westminster Bank Shares are 6 premium. MANCHESTEE STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 4.—The business to-day is by no means extensive, but the market exhibits a firmer appearance. Eastern Counties, Registered, 13i ; Lon don and Birmingham, 221 to 223 ; Manchester and Birming ham, Quarters, 3i premium; Manchester and Leeds, Half Shares, 44; South-Eastern, 341 ; Trent Valley, si - The Queen and Prince Albert took their, usual early-Walk yesterday in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert afterwards rode out on horseback, attended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting... _. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales rode .out on-e pony yesterday, in the royal gardens. . irheir Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Meeklenhurgh St re lit z pa id a visit to the Queen yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace., Their Royal Highnesses arrived from Cambridge House at three o'clock. Their Royal Highnesses . the Princess Royal . and the Princess Alice were taken an airing yesterday, in an o pen carriage and four. _ • Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday at .- . ternoon at a meeting of the Commission for promoting and encouraging the Fine Arts in the rebuilding the Palace Of. Westminster. The Prince arrived at Gwydyr House, at tended by Colonel Bouverie, shortly before th ree o'clock. The Commissioners present were the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Lincoln,. Viscount Palmerston, Sir Robert Peel, Sir RObert Harry Inglis, Mr. Henry Gaily Knight; Mr' Benjamin Hawes, Mr. Samuel Rogers, Mr. George Vivian , Mr t Thomas Wyse, Lord Mahon, and the Right Hon. T. 1 3 . 'Macaulay. The meeting broke up soon after five o'clock. Sir Robert and Lady Peel had the honour of dining with her Majesty at Buckingham Palace yesterday evening.. His iloyal Highness Prince Albert visited the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz yester day forenoon, at Cambridge House. Her Royal Highness' the Duchess of Gloucester also paid a visit to their Boys , Highnesses yesterday. A number of the Nobility called during the day at Cam; bridge. House, and left their names for the Hereditary Gran(' Duke and Duchess. . CLOSING - PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Back Stock lt 9 Indian Stock 3 per Cent. Red 99% Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons. 3% per Cent. Red 10234 Di tto N ew Annuities .. . — New 334 per Cent...„ — Ex. Bills, 1,0001. IV ... 74 pm. New 5 per Cent. Ditto 500/. Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small . : ...... Jan 11430 Bank Stock for Ac ct.... 199 Oct. 1859 Consols for 0pg.......... 1)8% Jan. 18493......... - 'lndia Stock for Acct.... Yesterday evening their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess o f Mecklenburgh Strelitz, honoured the performance o f the French Plays with their presence. Baroness Ahlefeldt irss in waiting on the Duchess of Cambridge. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Major Stephens, honoured the performance of the oratorio of St. Paul, by the Sacred Harmonic Society, at Exeter Hall, last evening, with his presence. - The Agent for Jamaica had an interview with Lord Stank/ yesterday at the Colonial -office. The health of Towns Commission.had a meeting ye,sterdaY at Gwydyr House. The Commissioners • present were the Duke of Buccleuch, Mr. Robert Aglionby Slaney, Sir Henry Thomas de la Beche, Dr. David Boswell Reid, Mr. Richard Owen, Hunterian Professor of the College of Surgeons ; James Ranald Martin, and Mr. James. Smith, of Deanston. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Deb' had a meeting yesterday, at the Treasnry. The Chancello r of the Exchequer, the G overnor o f t h e B an k of England's!, the Deputy-Governor, we re p resen t ; M r. Hi gham, Secretary and Comptroller-General, also attended. Baron de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister, transacted bust, ness yesterday at the Foreign-office. Mr. Goodall had an interview with Lord Stanley Yes* -- . day, at the Colonial -office. et , Dispatches from the. Governor of Van Diemen's Land is received yesterday at the Colonial-office. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent ...... ..7.- 7P;itugt7e7e, 5 per Cent Belgian, 5 per Cent 10 3 1), Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian ponds — Prussian ' 5 per Cent Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... IRussian, s per Cent ChMan, 6 per Cent Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 1824 Ditto, 3 per Cent 3 }6 Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto,'Deferred Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, 18.5, 5 per Cent — Exchange —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per Cent ..... ... 55% French, 3 per Cent. —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per Cent., 18.4/....... ,Dutch, 9)4 per Cent...—. MX Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent... ) Ditto, 5 per Cent lOO% SHARES. Birmingham and Derby, £lOO paid' 6- ,M Caledon ;an (5 paid) Eastern Counties (23 paid) t .' .. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent., 13s 4d. paid,N• 1 % • Ditto - ditto, paid; .No. 2 - Edinburgh and Ulasgow, 50 paid London and Birmingham (Stock) London and Blackwall (161. 13s. 4d.) 714 Ldn Jon and Brighton (50 paid) London and Croydon (Trunk) North British, 2% paid South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4cl paid) Trent Valley, 2 paid l6l Yarmouth and Norwich (18 paid) , 254 York and Scarborough Branch (2% paid) Paris and Orleans (20. paid) ' • Paris and Rouen, 20 paid COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-(YESTERDAY: Amsterdam CF. 12 51 Gibraltar Ditto, at sight l2, 41 Leghorn 3O 45 Rotterdam 2U. 12 6 Genoa 25 99 Antwerp 25.9 0, Milan Hamburgh M.B. 13 13 Venice 47 Altona . 13i Naples . Paris, 3 days' sight., 2,5 80 Palermo, per 0z... , llB Ditto, 3 months 25 80 Lisbons4 Marse ill es 25 85 - Oporto 534 Bourdeaux 2 5 . 85 Rio Janeiro _ _ ._,.. _ . . 23 Frankfort on Maine.. 1214 Petersburgh, 3 Us.,. 37 Berlin __ 7 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres — Newrork,2ldyssight Vienna, effec. 11. 3 M 952 Trieste, ditto Madrid B7 Cadiz Philadelphia . PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold, bars. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3. 17 5 Bilbao 36 Alga. New Doubloons 0 0 0 Barcelona 36 - - Neiv Dollars 0 0 . 0 Silver la Bars 0 4 111 PROMISSO , KY NOTES. (From Last Night's Gazette.) An account of the Average Aggregate Amount of Promis sory Notes payable to bearer on demand, which have been in circulation in the United Kingdom, distinguishing those circulated by the Bank , of England, by Private Banks, and by Joint-Stock Banks, in England and Wales, by the Banks in Scotland, by the Bank of Ireland, and by.all other Banks in Ireland, and of the Average AmOunt of Bullion in the Bank of England; during the four weeks ending the 22d day of June, 1844, pursuant to the Act of 4th and sth Vic toria, cap. 50 ENGLAND. Bank of England £20,634,000 Privato Banks Joint-Stock Banks 3,665,104 SCOTLAND. Chartered, Private, and Joint-Stockßanka 3,117,988 IRELAND. -Bank of Ireland 3,488,300 Private and Joint-Stock Banks Total Bullion in.the Bank of iEngiand . HENRY L. WICKHAM. . Stamps and Taxes, July 5, 1844. FIRES IN SUPFOLIE.—In Bury gaol there are nine prisoners on charges of arson, and one for sending threatening letters ; at Ipswich gaol ten for arson, and two for sending threatening letters; at Beccles House of Correction, four prisoners for arson, and one for threatening to burn, waiting for trial at the next assizes.—Essex Herald ATTEMPTED MURDER.--On Thursday afternoon the neighbourhood • of Redcross-street, Southwark, was thrown into great excitement 'by a report that a woman had mur. Hdered her husband. The unfortunate sufferer, Mr. Samuel Johnson, is a highly respectable man. Yesterday afternoon he arrived home to dinner from Billinsgate-market, at which place he is a salesman, when he found his 'wife inebriated, and no dinner provided for him or his family. He remon strated with her for her conduct, and was about to leave the ' house, when his wife, in a state of frenzy, seized a table knife and stabbed him the back of the head, just below, the scalp. Their son, a lad about ten years of age, was in the room at the time; he immediatelv rushed out and alarmed the neighbours, who called in the assistance of the police. Constable 176 M, found the unfortunate husband lying in the passage in a pool of blood, which was streaming from the back of his head, where the knife still was. He pulled it out immediately, and oonveyed him to Mr.. Woods, a sur geon, in Union-street, who found the wound of such a dan gerous description, that after stopping the blood, he ordered him to be taken instantly to Guy's Hospital. It was there ascertained that the knife had entered with great force be tween the nape of the neck and the skull-bone, against which it had struck, and that little hopes were entertained of the man's recovering. The wife, a dissipated-looking female, about 30 years of age, was taken into custody. PRINCESS' THEATRE. Anew burlesque extravaganza founded on one of the m a c vellous tales in the Ar a bi an Ni g ht s, • an d ent i tled Aktddin , the. Wonderful Lamp, was produced on Thursday f o r the firs, time at this theatr e . It i s f rom t h e pen of Mr. A'Beckett.• and exhibited much splendour and scenic effect. The tihli 'Logue is in rhyme, and i s f u ll o f po i nts and puns—some ° them good, some bad, and many indifferent. The adventur es of Aladdin are adhered to in continuous order. We first Se e him dressed in patches, sighing for the . Princess, and elr braided by his mother for entertaining so hopeless a passiq; The magician enters, an d i n th e assume d character of 111 uncle, persuades Aladdin . to accompany him to the roe e t entrance to the cave where th e won d er f u l l amp i s d epos it We then see the trees l a d en w ith gems, t h e gen ii of t"„ ring, and the more powerful genii of th e 'l amp, w h o heap stores of riches before Aladdi n t o p resent as offerings to the. Princess. The palace, built in a night, •is presentee and its flight through the air, and its refil l ; lighted by blue fire, are duly exhibited. All th e „, incidents give ample scope to the machinist, the painter, and the property-man to display the tent of their resources. The ballet-master, also, aided by tu" efforts of Miss Ballin, Mr. Gilbert, and Mr. and Miss Mc shall, contributes some very gracefully arranged Pus; music forgotten, several very laughable parotiies being in L; duced. A parody on " I know a bank where the wild thYr° l „ grows," to the words " sin now a shop where they sell 1 , 1 , ° , 1 .. clothes," was capitally g repo Mr. Paul Bedford and N o Wright, who were forced to at it. It is upon the poi% and hits' at passing events in the rhyming dialogue that feu'a stress is evidently laid for success, and the audience receiv e the jokes with great good humour. One hit at the Pest, 'Bed' office spy syst em received rounds of applause. Mr. P. Se ford, Mr. White, Miss E. Stanley, and Madame Sala, P; sonated the pri nc i pa l personages, and made them as laugh ably absurd as any laughter-loving audience 'could desire. STIPENDIARY JUDGES.-A return has been P r i - e• sented• to the House ' o f Commons, on the motion of N e r t i Wallace, of the numb er o f Sti pencliary Judges in the I.ln, r it he Kingdom, w ith th e amounts of their salaries. jig number of Judges in S u p er i or C ourts i n E ng l a nd 228 ; their salarie s amount to 123,5771. ; the Judg es of the Inferior Courts, includine , the Bankruptcy and In; solvent Debtors' C our t s , st i pen d iary magistrates arbi others, are 123, with an aggregate amount of salary,° r e 85,399/. In Ireland, th ere are 16 Judges of SuP,es. Courts, with salaries am oun ti ng 6 3,004 1 . ; an d 108 10-r rior Judges, with 53,0821. Scotland has 13 SuPeri-ii Judges and 81 Inferior; with sal ar i es o f 42,5001. e ll 34,4701. respectively. ACTIONS FOR GAMING DISCONTINUANCE DlLD• ies. A Bill further to st a y p rocee d ings in certa i n actions an d „ , the provisions of se vera l s t a t utes for the prevention 0 , 1 cessive gaining, and to preve n t an y s i m il ar proCeedings vt„e, taken under those statutes durin g s u c h f urt h er li m ited t i ro has been prepared and bro ug ht i n by Viscount Palmerf. and Mr. Tufnell, M.P. By the first clause qui tam sol e d ed for the recovery of gami ng p ena l t i es are further slope" • until the end of the next session of Parliament. The sce n te d clause enacts, that in any case w h ere actions are prose" na contrary to the provisions of thi s A ct, a verdict is to be fun,a for the defendants. The Bill is, we believe, awaiting a sec t o o reading on the table of the House' of which Lord Paltner s ' is so distinguished a member. THE BEDFORD BANK ROBBERY.—It will DO " e membered by some of ou r rea d ers , t h at in the month of S e to ~ tember last, the 'Bedfo r d coac h was ro b bed on its wsJol London, of a parcel containing 1,100/. in banknotes , bills of exchange, which h a d b een forwarded from Mr. P oi nerd's bank, for Sir Charles Price and Co. the Le n e a agents. • For a long ti me th e a ff a i r remained undeted e pf but about six weeks b ac k .a man was found uttering sen l -ar the lost notes in Dunstable. He was apprehended and 70 veyed to Bedford gaol, and on Wednesday he was Ple ce pAi the bar in the Ses s i ons C ourt, to take his trial. After° al' inquiry, the jury deli vere d, a verd i ct of guilty, a nd the . soner was sentenced to be transported for seven years. co * STEAM-BOILER EXPLOSION AT BOLTON.--B ( 1;:ilr THURsDAY MORNEiG.—Yesterday, at two o'clock,- the, quest was held a t t h e Court-house, on -view r thei. bodies of the three un f ortunate individuals who 1 0, 1%, the lives by the recent b o il er explosion in this town, bele"; itr Borough Coroner and a respectable jury. After a 10 '10 quirt', the inquest was a dj ourned. The C oroner directedotra W. Fairbuni, Esq., of Manchester be sent for and reg n ooll to examine the boile r , t o enable him to give an °Oahu' • the cause of the explosion when the jury met again. ii r r or An act of incendia r i sm was comm i t t e d a t " k. hall, Warwickshire, o n the afternoon of Sunday Iv ee rro mP; turns out to have been committ e d by P e t er W oo lley,a_ ►f , of who did it in revenge of a re f usa l on th e par t o f the 70 0 the owner to give him relief. H e h as con f esse d, and in Warwick gaol. the So severely is the scarcity in of water felt „ co l; suburbs of Bristol, that it is an o bj ec t o f succ essful sP tion to fetch it from a distan ce , an d se ll it a t Ss- a V(' 70 gallons ; and in smaller quantities at a penny a n a pence per gallon. rnsten e -f e EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.—A ow the like of which has never been known within the m_.. e h y 0 11 . of the oldest inhabitant of Beds, occurred in this ell' e at the 20th instant. Mr. Jeffreys, a farmer, .residing n o t So! Barford, whilst his neighbours were sowing barlpr,_tiotioft carted a quantity of the same grain.' the barleylF_A re a by t was the produce of a field that had been severelyp?„ the hail• storm, of the last year, and the occupier Tu bu t ol t o o ploughed up for:the purpose of sowing it with wheat ' lo wed it 1- serving a good deal of the grain growing, he a . o ce stand, and the result has been that he has obtained, el, e aforu lent crop, a fine, sample of which was exhibited ul market on Saturday last.—Herts County Press. THE FATAL STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT of'_, te e BETH PALACE.—Thursday Mr. Carter held an intale', roc ke n r , Ship, Fore-street, Lambeth, on the bodies of Hen r y r 1 brot" e " - aal aged 27, a waterman, and William Wright, his 0 , sun . 1 law, aged 25, a coach painter, who were drownedvi hayiPere ao evening last, through a boat in which they come into collision with the Thunder, Putney and idea li of r steamer. The wives of deceased proved their , ix th i e tn C e o ss r es one to r b s:yin the sur w ho examined t h at the consequences of ex parte evidence, he advised p th ro er l e nd wold , a b n e d a w gr is e h tT rig .. toifura oad at one sitting they would be able to complete ment of the inquiry to ten o'clock on Tuesday T h e e rn w in ho ie_ cap e ' —Adjourned. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND ®pinion. "-Yehd *rims may read." FOREIGIV. It was expected that Louis. Philippe would on Monday , have paid a last visit to the Exhibition of National Industry, preparatory to • the removal of the splendid collection of pro ducts that it eontains ; but the intention was abandoned, and' his Majesty remained at Ne u illy, w h ere lie received succes-, sively Guizot and Marshal Sotilt. Some 'of the journals attribute the absence of his Majesty to the excitement caused by the article in the Moniteur of Sunday. The France states that the Archbishop of Paris was on Tuesday sent for to Neuilly, to be ready to baptise at the propermoment the infant of the Duchess of Nemours, whose accouchementis hourly expected. ' The Committee on the Secondary 'lnstruction Bill on Tues day decided on several important resolutions, particularly re— lative to the ecclesiastical schools. The majority of 'the Committee were of opinion that the • clause adopted on this subject by the Peers ought to be . rejected. The Nationat states that the Prefects have received in structions from the Minister of the Interior - to have a pam phlOt, containing the relation of the 'Duke' de Bordeaux's journey to London,- sought' for and seized. The principal electors of Louviers have written a collective letter to M. C. Laffitte, • calling on him 'to withdraw the offer which, he made to the Minister of Public Works relative to thei branch line from that town to the , Rouen Railroad. M. C. Laffitte expressed his willingness to yield to the wishes of his friends what he had denied to his opponents, and has withdrawn the offer. It is- supposed that he will' be again eleeted. A letter from the island of Bourbon, May 5, announces the arrival there, on- the 30th April, of the Syrene and Vic torieuse; on their way to China, with part of the mission from this country. A grand ball was given to the governor en this occasion: The Syrene and Victorieuse' were to sail for Singapore on the 15th of .May. The Siecle of Wednesday contains the following:--" A meeting of the merchants, - .whose commerce has been ma terially affected by the situation which, through the fault o the , Government;• has been imposed on France on the banks of La P-late, was to have taken place yesterday at two o'clock at theßue de Grenelle St. Honore, N 0.45, but at one o'clock po-, lice agents were posted at the door of the house to prevent the meeting.- Four or five hundred merchants were in this way reftised admittance; A great number of them then repaired to No, 10, Rue du Sentier, and the meeting was immediately opened with M. Reynaud in the chair. A petition to the Chamber of Deputies was adopted. LAW AND POLICE. At the Lewes Quarter. Sessions, on Wednesday, James Simmonds, of Maresfield, shoemaker aged 75, was indicted for unlawfully attempting to'hang himself by the neck to a tree. The prisoner pleaded-guilty. The Earl of Chichester (chairman) asked the prisoner if he was sensible of the enor mity-of thooffence? The prisoner replied that he was. His Lordship then sentenced him to six months' imprisonment. At Guildhall Mary Bourke, an aged Irishwoman, with a child in her arms, was charged before Mr. Alderman Hooper with'having stolen a piece of cloth, value 4/. 45., from the shop•of Mr. Charles Wilson, 8, Ludgate-hill. The Alderman said the case was clear, but he would remand the prisoner with the hope of laying44,old of some of her confederates. George Kimpton, alias Dozer, a. canal , boatman, was brought up in custody, and placed at the bar, before Mr. Long, at Marylebone ,charged with having been concerned with three others, Who have , been tried and sentenced to for the crime, with having comniitted a rape,• under circumstances of great' atrocity, upon a female, on Wigginton-comnion, Hertfordshire, about six months ago. The prisoner, who denied that he knew anything about the matter, was sent it once to Berkhampstead, in the custody of the constable by whom he was apprehended. At Worship -street Francis Abbott, a journeyman watch maker, was charged' before Mr. 'Bingham with having by false pretences. obtained . possession of a large number of watches, the property of various tradesmen in the metro polis. Inspector Shackell said that the prisoner was appre hended 'on Tuesday last in the city of Bristol, and he wished him to be remanded, hating reason to believe that several other charges would be' brought against him. The Magis trate acceded to the request, and the prisoner was remanded fora week. _ . . Jonathan Rothon, a .master , chimney-sweeper, residing in Ropemaker's-fields, Liniehouse, appeared at the Thames Police-court, to answer a charge of knowingly permitting and suffering a person under - twenty-one years of arc to ascend a chimney in the West India Dock Tavern, at Poplar, for • the purpose of sweeping it. by which h e ' h a d i ncurre d a pena lt y not exceeding - 101. , The case was made out, and as the de fendant had been fined once before for a similar offence, the magistrate said he should new inflict. a penalty of 31. and costs. . •. . ' At the Greenwich Police-court, Susan Dunbar, a pauper inmate of the Rotherhithe workhouse, was charged before Mr. Traill (who sat for Mr. Jeremy) with having wantonly broken 133 squaies of glass, value 5/. and upwards, in revenge for punishment'on account of irregularity. The prisoner was fined 51., and.in default of payment sentenced to two months' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction. C ZO 14 tl.B 1 . 4 Z • It is understood that the removal of the - Court from Buck ingham Palace to 'Windsor Castle has been postponed until Wednesday or Thursday next; at the 'latest.' Her Majesty will'have a- large dinner party on 'Monday next at the Palace, which, it is expected; will close'the Royal banquets ih town for the present season. • • • The Duke and Duchessof Montrose have taken a residence at Cowes for the . autumn. The Duke came to town on Tues day from Cowes. The Duchess and family remain there for . the present. - , - The Earl of Haddington held a levee on Thurday at the Admiralty, at which several naval officers of distinction had the honour of paying their respects to his Lordship. The next levee will take place on Thursday, the 11th inst. The Earl and. Countess of Wilton gave a dinner at their mansion; in Grosvenor-square, to the Duke of Montrose, Viscount and Visconntesa Newport, Viscount Ossulston, Viscount Cantilupe, Lord . and Lady Seyrnour; Viscount and Lady 'Marianne Alford; Lord Foley and Hon: Miss A. Hon. Francis Villiers, Lady Alice Peel, &c. The Nike and Duchess of St: Alban's and • the youthful Earl' of Burford, and Lady Diana Bealiclerk, 'are expected to remain at' Holly Grove until' the close of the ensuing month, when they proceed to Redbourne'Hidl, near Brigg, for the season. On Thursday afternoon the Duchess of Buccleuch gave a grand fete.at: Montagu House. In the earlier part of the day, the weather pitniised to be unpropitious for anything like , a fete al fresco, but notwithstanding the threatening appear ances of rain, at least one thousand of the leading nobility congregated at Montagu House, the carriages continuing, without intermission, for three hours to 'set down visitors. The garden in the rear of the mansion fronting the Thames was suitably laid out with costly furniture for the accommo dation of the brilliant assemblage. nusemzzairsorrs. The annual general - meeting of the London Coachmakers' Benevolent Institution was held at the Red Lion, King street. Golden-square, for the purpose of receiving the report of the past year, and for the election of president and-other officers for the ensuing year, Mr. William Savage,, pre.sident, in the chair. From the report it appeared that Although the Insti tution was bat in its infancy, upwards of 80 members of the trade had enrolled their names on the books, and, from dona tions and subscriptions, the funded stock of • the' Society amounted to 360/.1 Is.' 9d., with a steady prospect of increase. Dalmas has received a reprieve during her Majesty's plea sure, .and, will probably be confined in Bedlam for life. ~ . Covent-garden and the Borough markets have not for many years past been so well and extensively supplied with fruitas at the present season, large quantities of cherries and currants being daily imported from France and Belgium. Ott Wednesday two works at the sale of the library of the Duke of Sussex brought the enormous prices of 190/. and 170/. ! The former was for a Latin Bible printed byGuten berg and Fust, being the first edition of the. Holy Scriptures, and the first book ever executed by the inventors of printing with moveable types. This edition is generally. known by the name of the Mazarine Bible. It was printed between 1450 and 1455. The second work (that sold at 1701.) was a copy of the first edition of the Latin Bible with a date, 1462, and which was printed by Fast and Schoeffer. OPENING LETTERS AT THE • POST-OFFICE.—A gentleman posted a letter at Cowes, addressed to a gen tleman at Reading. It bears the Cowes post-mark of the 27th of June, and the Reading, of the 28th. The seal bearS his initials as if it had never been opened, but that it had been there. annot be the shadow of a doubt, as 'the party in sealing it up put in the wrong corners of -the envelope, by which means the Cowes postmark was sealed within ;the Reading one only being outside on that part of the envelope- ! This was imme diately seen, and the cover was returned to the writer. DEATH OF MR. SCHOLEFIELD, MEMBER FOR 131/1- MLNOTIAM. — We regret to announce the'death of this gentle man, which took place at his residence in Manchester buildings, at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He was attacked by paralysis on this day se'ninght, and his recovery was at once pronounced 'to be hopeless. Few men were more esteemed in private life than the deceased Member for Bir mingham, and he has left a widow- and several children to lament his loss.—Times. Tim MACKEREL FISRERY.--BRIGHTON, JULY 4. — This morning our mackerel boats returned with a large quantity of flnemackerel, which Were retailed in the streets at eight for a shilling; Their 1 rive ii el( the wooil .9 11 ti h, .art e o Ti:}oo4 The t 1,4 TIIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY M JULY 6, 1644 li