The Sun. — London, England, 1844-07-03 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madame GRIST has the honour to inform her Friends, Subscribers to the %gra, and the Public, that HER BENEI IT will take place TO-MORROW EVENING, JULY 4, When will be pe.f)rmed (tir,t time these three years), RossmiN Op era Seria, OTELLO. Desdeneona, Madame Grist ; Emilia, Madame Benin!; P imiro, Sig. Lablacbe; lago, Sig. Fornasari (his first appearance in that. character) ; Rodrigo, Sig. Corelli; Il Doge, Sig. G. Galli; and Otello, Sig. Mario. After which, a "DIVERTISSEMENT," in which will be intro duced a new Pas de Deux by Mdlle. Fanny Elesler and M. St. Leon, Pas de Deux by ltldlles. Scheirer and Plunkett, and the admired Spanish i ance La Saragossa," by Mill!c. Fanny Elssler. To be followed by the Last Act of Donizetti's Opera. LUCIA DI L A MMERMOOR. Lucia, Madame Persiani; and Edgardo, Signor Moriani. To conclude with the celebrated Ball Scene of ALMA, in which Mdlle. Cerito, M. St Leon, &c., will appea , '. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opera.celennade. Doors open at Seven; the Opera will com mence at Half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LES EE Last Night of Madame Celeste's Engagement. THIS EVENING, JULY 3, Will be repeated t Prize Comedy of QUID PRO QUO; or he, THE With a Prologue spoken by Mr. Webster. Earl of Hunsdon, Mr. Stuart; Lord Isellamont, Mrs. Nisbett ; Jeremy Grigson, Mr. Strickland; Hi n-y, Mr. H. Holl ; Captain Sippett, Mr Buckstone ; Sir George Mordent, Mr W. Farren ; Countess of Hunsdosr, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Mary Rivers, Miss Julia Bennett; Mrs. Grigson, Mrs. Glover; Bridget t rim, Mrs. umby. Atter the Comedy Mr. John Parry will sing" Fayre Rovattionde." After which, will be repeated a New Farce, entitled THE MIL LINER'S HOLIDAY. Sir Simon Sparkes, Mr. 6uckstone ; Mr. Pennywig, Mr. Strickland; Fanny Thompson, Miss Julia Bennett; Miss Potts, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with THE TRUMPETER'S DAUGHTER; or, Love and the Polka. Phillipot, Mr. Webster; Madelon, Madame Celeste; who will dance the celebrated Polk r. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, hs. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, N.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half . ..price—Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, ; Upper H Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at alt-past Six, and the Performances commence at Seven. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. L T. ArcLer, nt the Box °lice, from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STH LESSEE, Mr. J. M. AIADDOX. THIS EVENING, JULY 3. Will be perform d the celebrat , d Opera, L'EISIR D'AMORE. Adina, Miss Austin; Nemerino, Mr. Allen; Doctor Dulcamara. Mr. Paul Bedford. After which, ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss Emma Hanley. To conclude with a New Drama, called BLANCHE DE VA LMY Colonel Chatillon. Mr. Granby ; Franval, Mr. Walton ; Lt. Hilare, Mr. W. Lacy; Blanche tie Vaimy, Madame Eugenie Prosper. 'THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA- HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. LAST JUVENILE NIGHT. THIS EVENING, JULY 3, 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 hairy Extravaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or, a Night with the Forty Thie es. llassarac, Mr. Keeley ; Morrana, Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by an Apropos Bagatelle, called POLKAMANIA. Characters by Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeler. To conclude with THE THREE FHA DIAVOLOS. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Keeley, Wigan, Diddear, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Woollidge. ASTLEY'S ROY AL AMPHITHEATRE OF A RTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. PATTY. . Great Success of the Chinese Feast of Lanterns, and N.r.r. Military and Naval Spectacle. THIS EVENING, JULY 3, Will be repeated an entire new Military and Naval Equestrian Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or, The Conquests of Amoy by B attsh Arms. Neon Scenery, Dresses, Appointments. &c., to realise the recent triumphs of England's Army and Navy. Feast of 230 Lanterns. After which, a graceful and novel pageant, entitled THE ROY L COTILLION OF FRANCIS THE Fl LIS I'; or, 'the Beauties of the Louvre. Marguerite de Valois, Mrs Batty. New and unequalled Scenes of the Circle—Extraordinary Feats of Horsemanship by Monsieur Louis Tournarre, S g. liermani, Herr Teishack, LA Petit Isabelle, Mr. Newsome, &c.; with Mr. R. Smith's highly trained Steeds. To conclude with THE GREAT STEEPLECHASE; or, Eng. lana's Harvest Home. The doors will open nightly at six o'clock, and the t crlormances c , mmeace at seven. Box.otlice opened daily from ten till four. The private boxes have been reconstructed and decorated wit h care and splendour. Acting and stage-m inager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. DA v IDGE•s ROYAL, SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, JULY 3, Will be performed an entirely new Aquatic Spectacle, introducing Three Scenes of Real Water, entitled THE MOUNTAIN CATA RACT; or, The Enchanter's Spell. After which, a Lilliputian Ballet, entitled 4 ' Napoleon's Gene rosity," in which the Brockstedt Family—three Germaa Lilliputians, only 23 32, and 31 inches in height—will perform. To conclude with s New Drama, called THE CARPENTER OF ROUEN, in which Messrs. Hudson Kirby, Hicks, Neville, Vale, Heslop, Johnson, Mrs. Daly, Miss I•errey, and Mrs. R. Honner will perform. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN& Daylight View of LONDON in the OLDEN TIME! Painted by Danson and Telbin. The sensation caused by this unrivalled production is beyond all former precedent; the artist, the 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 hibition 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 gu ;et Evening, with its Towers and Steeples reflected in the spa cious Lake, to be fully appreciated. The Evening PROMENADE CONCERTS, on Man 'aye, 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 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, has 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. I. ceding of the Animals at Five—Concert at Six—Conflagration at Dusk. Admitt ince, One Shilling. EGIPTL4,N HALL, PICCADILL/. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAT OT,EON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collactton of Histo rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed by One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a cost of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, In the most in structive and Interesting manner, the most Important part of Euro pean history, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROM WELL, and LUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often, during the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladles, also. many thousands of the Nobility and Public; nivi the Pro rictor has recently been able to increase, by several very fine pictures, &c., his previous almost incredible number and variety of MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relict, and other ltu - loalties, in this most instructive and, as hundreds have said it right to be, a National Museum. Many thousand have inspected it, and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS have stated that it ought to be seen by every one. The price of admis• tion is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the " Egyptian Ball." Piccadilly, daily from Ten till Dusk. THE WEATHER.-STN OFFICE, JULY 3. rHERMOMETER, Lowest, 55; Highest, 72; Noon, 62. BAROMETER, 29.9.—W1ND S.E. _ Norm—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is many placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. LIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TUTS DAY. Morning ... 51 minutes after 3 Evening ... 12 minutes after 4. 4- e - t hi .%a• 4 : , o f k k * a IMl,‘ 111 4' • • , • I'4l Ab.lW - .4`` ' ~, r • Ito • r::. aminjx 2'l tllt4 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1844. A:ler a brief discussion relative t the League and the Anti-League, Lord CAMPBELL postponed Hs motion for the :arther consideration of the Libel Bill till Friday, owing to the absence of Lord DENMAN. The Earl of DALHOUSIE moved the third reading of the Sug, - Duties Bill. He thought a differential duty of 10s. in favour of the West India interest was quite sufficient, and trusted the House would accede to the measure. After some discussion the Bill was read a third time and passed. In the Commons, Mr. GLADSTON E moved for cer tain alterations in the Standing Orders of the House relative to railways, which were ageeed to. Mr. WALLACE moved for a Committee to inquire into the conduct of the Judges who presided at the as3izes held at Glasgow h the month of May, and especially into the circumstances connected with the trial of ALEXANDER WA LK ER, charged with com mitting a felonious assault on a girl of tender age. The LORD ADVOCATE, after stating the pa - ticulers of the case, and defending the conduct of the Judges, opposed bhe motion, and on a division, it wrs rejected by a majority of 119. Sir ROBERT PEEL then addressed the House, and said as Mr. DUNCOMBE had an important motion to bring forward relative to opening letters at the Post office, he ti Listed 'Hon. Members who had the pre cedence would give way. The proposition of the Right Hon. Baronet, after some partial resistance, was agreed to, and Mr. DUNCOMBE moved for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the secret department of the Post -office. The Honourable Member gave a brief description of the Cabinet noir, and apologised to M. Genoa' and the French authorities for charging them with a practice—a base, mean practice—which it now appeared was confined to England. In Aus tria, and some other countries, the authorities opened letters, but in place of acting like Sir JAMES GRA- Slam, who tried to conceal the degrading operation, they sent them to their destination with the Govern: ment stamp, intimating that the letters bad been opened. He would not confine the charge to the Home Secretary, he brought it against the whole Cabinet, who justified his conduct. Some of the facts detailed by Mr. DUNCOMBE show the baseness of the system, and cannot fail to rouse universal in dignation. Mr. ROEBUCK seconded the motion, and was about to address the House, but gave way to Sir JAMES GRAM Alf, who seemed at length to think some defe rence should be paid to public opinion. In adverting to the remarks of Mr. DUNCOMBE, he repedted some of his statements, as Mr. DUNCOMBE thought not very accurately ; and on the Hon. Member for Finsbury endeavouring to put himself right, the Home Secretary twice appealed to the House for pro teetion, and begged to be permitted to make his de fence on such a grave charge without interruption. pliker-Ofitigfito the attacks made upon him by the est.a_tbe e•eches o f Mr. MACAULAY, Lord J. • <l . lx - ssoLT4I,O4 .•wicK, and se vera l o th er M em b e rs, 'belli , ja hevertl'' ', 4 $ ced that from that moment the • • ~ maintenance of such a power, without inquiry, was impossible; and he would be a party, a willing party, to such an inquiry. This was received with loud cheers. Mr. DUNCOMBE had carried his point, and the Right Hon. Baronet, who at first would give no explanation, showed himself willing to give every ex planation in a Committee. He proposed, therefore, to move as an amendment that the inquiry should take place before a Secret, not a Select, Committee, and that it should be composed of four Members, generally supporting the Government—Lord SANDON, Mr. H. DRUMMOND, Mr. T. BARING, and Sir W. HEATHCOTE ; and five Members of the Opposition, namely, Sir C. LEMON, Mr. WARBURTON, Mr• STRUTT, the O'Coson DON, and Mr. ORD. No lawyer was to be on the Committee, and Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, the principal mover in this great and stirring question was to be excluded. After some remarks from Mr. SHEIL against this omission, and also from Sir GEORGE GREY, Mr. ROEBUCK, and others, Mr. JAMES moved that Mr. T. DUNCOMBE be appointed on the Committee. This was opposed by Sir ROBERT PEEL; and on a division, there were, for the motion 52, and against it 128. This is bad policy on the part of the Goveinment. They profess to be anxious to make the most search ing inquiry, yet reject the services of the very man best acquainted with the malversations which have excited such general obloquy. However something is gained, and though the Committee is to be held with closed doors, and the public, of course, will regard its labours with less interest, yet we may confidently trust that Mr. WARBURTON and the other Liberal Members appointed on it, will not ne glect their duty. There must be something very bad in the whole system, when the Government are afraid to let in the light, and appoint a Secret Com mittee to examine into facts of the first importance, and affecting the interests of any individual of the public community. No further business of importance was transacted, and the House adjourned at Twelve o'Clock. 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'CoxxEr.s. 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'CONNELL, 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'Coansma. 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. DUNCOMBE, 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. DUNCOIABE 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'CONNELL. 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 ! 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 3fonileur 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 PI iurpE'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 (5,000,0001.), as an indemnity, in virture of the law passed in that year, had been ab sorbed by the completion and embellishment of the Palais Royal ; times been, thaantd hseo had v have his beencompelled m finances pell e d to accept pecuniary aid from his sister Madame ADE LAIDE, yet to supply the charges imposed upon him as KING has a King and a father, the Kbeen and is forced to contract debts which, f rom 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 th e Cham bers, good citizens and all just and sensible m en must be enlightened as to the truth of the case, and assist themselves in clearing that cloud of gross errors a n d perfidious falsehoods so carefully raised to deceive the country with regard to rights and facts. It was often said in France, 'lf 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 ORLEANS." 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. MONE Y" AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. TUESDAY EVENING. The Consol market leaves off somewhat firmer, at 98f to f. Bank Stock was 1981, and India Stock 283 k. Spanish Bonds improved also, being 22i to 23, and 32i to 33,-i• fur the Five and Three per Cents. respectively, or 4 por cent. better than in the morning. Chilien were supported at 105 ' • Brazilian touched 82f to 824 ; and Greek Bonds were done at 13. The Birmingham, Great Western, Birmingham and Gloucester, and French Shares rallied this afternoon. The Sou'} -Western and Soutt.-Fastern c mtinued heavy. The following is the official return of the exports of the precious metals from the port of London for the week ending Thursday last : Gold Bars to liamburgh Silver Coin to Rotterdam 1,200 oz. Mauritius .... £2,000 If Bullion to Rotterdam Copper Coin to Mauritius £3oo There was some flatness in the foreign exchanges and the rates were lower on most of the continental cities. At the meeting to-day of the Colonial Bank Pro prietors, it was again found expedient to defer the divi dend for the present, in order to increase the reserve fund, and wipe off the losses incurred. (From The Sun of Last Night.) A large business was done in Cotton at Liverpool yester day at very firm rates. Speculators took 1,000 bales Ame rican, and the total sales were 8,000 bales,- 150 Egyptian cold at 7d to Bd, 300 Surat at 3d to 31d, 80 Maranham at 51cl to 6d, and the rest, American, at 4d to 64d per lb.—Shares were heavy, except Birmingham, Dover, and Grand Junction. Birmingham and Gloucester, 931; Caledonian, 31; Chester and Birkenhead, 30k ; Dublin and Drogheda, 77 Edinburgh and Glasgow, 631; Grand Junction, 221; Ditto Half, 1101; Liverpool and Manchester, Quarter, 54.3 ; London and Bir mingham 321. Shares, 351 ; Ditto Quarter Shares, 241; London and Brighton, 461 f Midland Counties, Quarter, 23a; Preston and Wyre, 16 1 : South-Eastern, 35 ; York and North Midland, 126 k ; Lyons and Avignon, 11. 195.. More than usual anxiety is shown among the mercantile classes of the City as to the result of the debate on the mo tion of Mr. Duncombe on the letter-pr y ing business of the Home Secretary; and it is said, that if Ministers are defeated their resignation will follow. Politicians as well as others are on the qui vice. There are many who believe a dissolution of Parliament will be the dernier re sort of the Premier, should he have either a small majority, or meet with a majority against him. That there is much importance attached to th forthcoming debate is evident from the length of time the Cabinet Council sat yes terday afternoon. It would Le much regretted if a dissolution of Parliament took place, as the general business of the country would thereby receive a check, just at a time when it is acknowledged to be improving in the United Kingdom. The commercial advices received from the East Indies and China markets are not so favourable as could have been wished, but still British goods were moving offsteadily. The American merchants were most persevering in their efforts to dispose of manufactures received from the United States. and " American Domestics" had, for the first time we believe, been inserted in more than one of the Trade Prices Current; not much is reported to have been done in them. The accounts by the Overland Mail have not, particularly influenced the English Stock Market. Consols are 981 to 94 for the Opening ; Bank Stock realises 198 to 198 k ; Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. are 102 to 102}; and the Three per Cents. 99 to 994 ; Exchequer Bills obtain 735. to 755. premium. The market for Spanish Bonds is rather better. The Actives realise 221 to 221; and the Three per Cents. 321 to 1. Portuguese Converted Stock has been at 451 ex div. The accounts from Lisbon announce reductions in the Go vernment expenditure, but the Treasury was very low. Mexican are 351 for the Actives, and 15* for the Deferred. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. realise 61 to 601. For Railway Shares rather lower rates have been obtained. MANCHESTEN STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 1.-Our market continues quiet, with a moderate amount of business doing, at about previous rates. Manchester and Birmingham, 56 cum. quarters ; Manchester and Leeds Half-Shares, 14-i ; Ditto, Quarters, 84; Huddersfield and Manchester Canal Railway, 375. 6d. ; Manchester and Buxton, 20s. prem.; lluddersfield Canal, 211. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bask Stock llB% Indian 5t0ck............ S per Cent. Red 99% Ditto Bonds — pm. 3 per Cent. Cons. 3% per Cent. Red ... 102% Ditto New Annuities ... New 3% per Cent. — Ex. Bills, 1,0001. INd... 75 pm. New 5 per Cent. Ditto 5001. ........ ..... 75 pal. Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 75 pm. Jan ISM l2 7 -16 Bank Stock for Acct.... Oct. 1859 — Jan. 1860......... Consols for Opg. -- P 8 India Stock for Acct.... 253% THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 3, 1644 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent .... .... 'Portuguese, 5 per Cent Belgian, 5 per Cent — IDitto, New Ditto — Brazilian Bonds .... ....... .... 82% Prussian, 5 per Cent — Buenos A Ares, 6 per Cent... laussian, 5 per Cent — Chllian, 6 per Cent l l5 !Ditto, Metallic ;olombian, 6 per Cent ..... 13% Spanish, 5 per Cent 23 Ditto, 1824.....« ............. .... Ditto, 3 per Cent 3 3 1, Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — 'Ditto, Deferred............. ..... Danish, 3 per Cent — ;French, 5 per Cent t. —c. Greek, 15.5, 5 per Cent — Exchange —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per Cent Ditto, r, per Cent., 1837 — Dutch, 2)4 per Cent...... CO% Peruvian, 18 . 25, 6 per Cent — 'Ditto, 5 per Cent .......10034 SHARES. Birmingham and Derby, £lOO paid GS Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) 94 Eastern Counties (23 paid) ; Ditto Registered (8165 Sd paid) Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid '7 9 14 Ditto Filth.% 12 paid London and Birmingham (Stock) London and Brighton (50 paid) Landon and South Western (41/. 6s. 10d. paid) Midland Counties (100 paid) 94% Newcastle and Darlington Junction. 21 paid 4l South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) ..... Yarmouth and Norwich (18 paid) Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, 1 paid Paris and Orleans (20 paid) ... . . Rouen and Havre,lo paid 2O COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Gibraltar Ditto, at sight l2 4 Leghorn 3O 45 Rotterdam 2U. 12 si Genoa 25 90 Antwerp 25 90 Milan — Hamburgh M.B. 13 13t Venice ........ .......... 47 Altona l3 14 Naples ........ .......... 39 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 60 Palermo, per oz llB Ditto, 3 months 25 80 Lisbon 54 Marseilles 25 85 Oporto 53/ Bourdeaux 25 85 Rio Janeiro 23 Frankfort on Maine.. 1211 Bahia 23 Petersburgh, 3 Us... 37 Buenos Ayres — B er li n 7 NewlC_9l : 2 . ldys sight Vienna, effec. 11.3 M. 952 Philadelphia Trieste, ditto Madrid B7 Foreign Gold, bars. .£.3 17 9 padiz Bilbao 36 I New Doubloons..... 00 0 Barcelona 36 1 New Dollars O4 10 I Myer ht Bars 0 4 Ild LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, JULY 2.—Wind Northerly, moderate breeze, and cloudy, with rain at times. DEAL, JULY I.—Wind A M. E.N.E., P.M. N.E., light breeze. Arrd. Jane, Clark, 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. PORTSMOUTH, JULY I.—Wind S.E., variable.—Arrd. Agin court, London, for Calcutta. Soirriumrros, JULY I.—Arrd. Montrose steamer with Peninsula mails ; Cairo, London. PWLLHELI, JUNE 29.—Ski. Lady Mary, lchaboe. LIVERPOOL, JULY I.—.Sld. Joseph Reed, Ichaboe; Cale donia, Havannah ; Halcyon, Bath, United States ; Frederick, St. John's, New Brunswick; Macao, Quebec. OFF CORK, JUNK 29.—Sir Charles Napier, Huntress, Lima. OFF CROOKHAVEN, JUNE 25.—Escumaux, Pearce, Barba does ; Warinam, Gibbs, La Guayra. SUNDERLAND.—Arrd. Norma, Sierra Leone. LYNN, JUNE 28.—S1d. Oberon, St. John's, New Brunswick. We have authority to state that a British Consul has been appointed for Manilla, and that he will proceed to his destination by the July mail ; and also that arrangements have been made, which take effect immediately after the arrival of that mail in the east, under which there will be in the three ports of Java to which foreign vessels have access —namely, Batavia, Samarang, and Sourabaya—persons duly authorised to certify the origin of Java sugar in the manner required by the Sugar Duties Bill now before the House of Lords.— Times. We understand, from the best authority, that should Ministers be in a minority to-night, or only have a small ma jority on Mr. Duncombe s motion, referred to at length in another article, they will resign to-morrow. They have written to all their supporters, entreating in the most urgent manner their presence at the division of to-night, and intimating, in terms not to be misunderstood, the consequences of a defeat. We trust that this will only have the elect of insuring an unusual muster of Members on the Opposition side of the House.—Morning Advertiser. THE NEW HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST AND CONSUMPTION.—The first wing of this truly noble institution, of which his Royal Highness Prince Albert laid the foundation stone on the 11th ultimo, is now ra pidly in progress. The building is so planned, as by successive additions to accommodate from one hundred to two hundred and fifty persons of both sexes. The interior arrangements having, after very mature delibe ration, been adopted by the medical officers, and approved of by gentlemen of experience in such matters, it is ex pected that the new Hospital will offer facilities fur treating consumption which no other institution pos sesses. In the warming and ventilation, the heat or temperature will be made to approximate to different climates, and the atmosphere of particular apartments will be impregnated with various gases and vapours. A very beautiful chapel, designed by the same highly-gifted ar chitect, Frederick John Francis, Esq., will be attached to the Hospital, and it is trusted that, by the means of the promised patronage and support, the whole building may be completed in the space of two or three years. It will then stand among the proudest of our metropolitan charities. Our sporting readers will be glad to learn that Mr. Baily has engaged Mr. J. F. Herring, sen., to paint a portrait of Orlando, the winner of the Derby Stakes, 1844, the subject of the important case in the Court of Exchequer, which was yesterday brought to a conclu sion. We have no doubt, from the happy manner in which that gentleman has brought out the portraits of several winning horses, that Orlando will sustain the character of both Mr. Herring and Mr. Baily. We regret to state that Joshua Scholefield, Esq., one of the representatives for this borough, is labouring under severe mdisposition.—Birminyham Gazette. URIMARY OF NEWS AND ? t ,:7;latr epttlton. " Who runs may read." POZZEIGIC. The intelligence brought by the Overland Mail from India and China is not important, with the exception of that from the Punjaub. There several bloody conflicts had taken place, no recognised authority existed, and it was considered cer tain that the British would be compelled to interfere. In deed orders had been given for collecting two large Anglo- Indian armies on the Sutlej. The King and Queen of the French left Neuilly at eleven o'clock for Paris on Saturday, where they remained till six, and then returned to the chateau. The Toulonnais of the 27th ult. announces that the two ships of the line, Marengo and Neptune, were taking in pro. visions, and would in all probability join the Morocco squa dron. The Emperor of Russia had returned to St. Petersburgh, in perfect health, during the night between the 18th and 19th ult. The state of health of her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Alexandra, consort of Prince Frederick of Hesse, was considered to be hopeless. The Academy of Antiquarian Science at Rome having in serted the name of the King of Bavaria in their album of ho norary members, Prince Odescalchi, Count Albergotti, and Chevalier Ercoli Visconti wero deputed to present the diploma to his Majesty who received the distinguished noble men with much cordiality. _ _ _ _ It is affirmed that the Duke de Bordeaux will shortly pro ceed to Baden-Badeu, and remain there some time. A large number of Legitimatists are expected to visit that delightful place at the same time. Accounts from Constantinople of the 12th ult. announce the return of the Sultan. The Swiss Extraordinary Diet met at Lucerne on the 25th, when the subject of the late insurrection in the Valais was immediately taken into consideration. The President made a speech, in which he praised the conduct of the inha bitants of the Higher Valais, and condemned that of the LoWer Valais. The Diet decided unanimously, that the law of the land justifies a federal intervention in the canton of Valais. The Gazette dAugsburgh, of the 26th, says that the Papal Government had addressed a note to the Cabinets of Lon don, Paris, and Vienna, contradicting the assertion that the late troubles in the legations were caused by a vicious system of administration. The consort of the Duke Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar, the Princess Caroline of Hesse, as well as the Prince Ernest of Barchfeld, and the Princess of Hohenzollern, have arrived at Liebenstein, on a visit to her Majesty . the Queen Dowager of England, who intends to reside there from six to eight weeks. Several other illustrious persons are expected there; among others, the King of Hanover, the Grand Duke of Saxe- Weimar, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, together with the Duchess of Kent, and the Prince of Leiningen. AND ,POZIC-D. The celebrated Running Rein Case was commenced in the Court of Exchequer before Baron Alderson. The utmost in terest was manifested by the sporting world in the proceed • ing,a, and the Court was crowded to excess. The proceedings occupied the whole of the day, but terminated at an early hour this morning, by the jury returning a verdict for the defendant, Colonel Peel, establishing the right of Orlando to draw the stakes of the Derby. The session of the Central Criminal Court commenced on Monday at the Old Bailey. There are only eighty prisoners for trial, but some of the charges are of a serious character. In the Old Court, Christopher Watling, 53, a person holding a subordinate situation in the Excise, was indicted for steal ing two ounces and a half of tobacco, value 6d., the property of the London Dock Company. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner was ordered to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve months. John Salteill, alias John Alfred de Salteill, aged 22, de scribed as a glass-merchant, was indicted at the same Court for feloniously marrying, on the 18th May, 1843, one Jane Harris, and that on the 16th May he married, at the church of West llam, Harriet Bates Dayison, his first wife, Jane, being then and now living. A peculiar feature of the case was, that the first wife knew that the man was going to marry the second woman, and the second wife knew that he had been married before. It seemed to be a quiet arrange ment between all three of them. The prisoner was sen tenced to one month's imprisonment. The Middlesex sessions commenced on Monday in Hicks's hall, Clerkenwell-green. The calendar contained the name:, of 53 prisoners for trial, 17 of whom were indicted for felony, awl 36 for assault and misdemeanours. The Court sat until five o'clock, and disposed of a number of cases, few of which were of any interest. A savage fellow, named William Cressingham, a grocer in Watling-street, was charged, at the Mansion-house, with ill-treated his brutally beaten, and otherwise abused and his wife. He was required to find good bail. John Leonard Bird, a young man, iu the service of Messrs. Ward, Sturt, and Sharpe. of W oo d-street, warehousemen, was charged, at Guildhall, with robbing his employers to a con siderable extent. He was committed for trial. A rather fine-looking woman, between thirty and forty years of age, who gave her name Rosa Louisa Parry, was charged at Queen-square with creating a disturbance, and breaking a window, at the residence of Mark Blake, Esq., M.P. for Mayo county. Defendant, in answer to the charge, said that she had been living for some years under the pro tection of a gentleman named Somers, who had recently de serted her, and whom she was very desirous of seeing. She had no means whatever of supporting herself. She was told that this was no reason why she should break another per son's windows. Having promised not to repeat the offence, she was discharged. John Cass, a gentleman's coachman, was sent to prison for twenty-one days from Marlboreugh•street, for having as saulted a police-constable in the execution of his duty at the opera on Saturday last. C OVUM -1. ILSE XO7O AIMS. The King of Saxony and suite were expected to arrive in Edinburgh on Saturday, en route for the Highlands. The Duchess of Gloucester honoured the Dowager Lady Feveraham with her company at dinner, on Monday evening, at her Ladyship's house in Arlington street. The following were invited to meet her Royal Highness :—The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, the Earl and Countess of Dartmouth, the Earl and Countess of Eldon, Lord and Lady Sherborne, Mr. and Lady Caroline Duneombe, Colonel and Lady North, Sir Edward - Disbrowe, Mr. Neville Grenville, Sir Frederick Trench, and the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Glou cester. The Marquis and Marchioness of Queensberry have arrived at nuance's Hotel, Belgrave-street, from Scotland. The Hon. Henry Elliot, son of the Earl of Minto, left town on Saturday for St. Petersburgb, where he is appointed attaché to the new ambassador, the Hon. J. A. D. Bloomfield. A matrimonial alliance is said to be on the tapis between Sir William Molesworth, Bart., of Pencarrow, late M.P. for Cornwall, and the accomplished relict of a wealthy commoner. The ceremony is expected to take place the week after next. ZdISOMMLANEOZTS. The proclamation of banns, the celebration within canoni cal hours, and the keeping of a register, will be the chief pro visions of the new Presbyterian Marriage Bill. It is stated that Earl de Grey is to leave Dublin on the 13th of July, and that Lord Heytesbury is to arrive at the Castle on the 16th. The accounts from the hop districts of Kent are favourable ; though complaints are heard here and there in many dis tricts, they are growing fast, and looking well. THE EXHIBITION IN WESTMINSTER lllLL.—Mon day the exhibition of works of art contained in this edifice was opened to the public on payment of one shilling each. From an early hour until nearly dusk there was a continued succession of visitors, among whom were many of the aris tocracy. The Duke of Wellington arrived at the Hall alone during the morning, and spent some time in examining the collection. The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementine Villiers, Viscount Sandon, the Earl of Courtoun, and many others of the nobility, were present at the same time ; and during the day no less than 1,500 persons paid for admission at the doors—a fact on which the Commissioners cannot fail to congratulate themselves, evidencing as it does so great a degree of interest in the exhibition on the part of the public. LIVERPOOL MAIL TRAINS.—On and after Friday next the London mail train, now leaving Lime-street at eight o'clock in the evening, will leave at a quarter-past. The object of this change, which is made by order of the Post master-General, is to accelerate the mail. SOUTHAMPTON, JUL! I.—The Peninsular Com pany's steam-ship Montrose arrived in the Docksfrom Gibral tar this day, at half-past one o'clock, and landed the Penin sular and other mails, which ;were immediately dispatched by a special train to London. The Montrose left Gibraltar on the 23d of June, Cadiz 24th, Lisbon 26th, Vigo 27th. lowing passengers :—Mr. Preaux , Mr. Crosby, Mr. Morgan, Her cargo consists of fruit and Spanish hams, and the fol- Mrs. and Miss Durnford, Mr. Fisher, Mr. liussi, Mr. Kerby, Mr. Eller M r . Edwards, Mr. I. Moody, M r . G ree h a m, Mrs Coster, M rs. Waggernee, Mr. and Mrs. Jose V'd Margallero, and Mrs. Broughton. Her Majesty's steamer Warspite, Captain Wallis, and two foreign steamers were at Gibraltar ; at Cadiz two French brigs of war; at Lisbon the French brig of war Volage, a Prussian corvette, and the usual Portuguese squadron. The Lady Mary Wood, Captain Cooper, will leave for Alexandria on the 3d instant, and take out the India and China mails. The Royal West India packet the Clyde will take her departure to-morrow with the Mexican and West India mails. A very fine ship, the Cairo, arrived in the Docks yes terday, from whence she will sail on the 3d instant with a large number of emigrants for Canada, &c. COLONIAL BANK.— Yesterday the Half-yearly General Meeting of the Proprietors of this Company was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, to receive the report of the Corporation, and for the elec tion of new officers. Mr. Irving having taken the chair the report was read, and a long discussion ensued upon the propriety of its adoption. Several shareholders complained of the expenses which the salaries to the various agents and the Board of Directors entailed upon the Company. Mr. Gurney, a proprietor, defended the Board of Directors, and said that the salary they re ceived, namely, 1001. per annum, WAS a very moderate sum to award to each m em b er . With respect to the agents' salaries he thought it w as essential that they should maintain a respect a bl e s tatus in the several lo calities where they were stationed. A very stormy dis cussion ensued with respect to the adoption of the re port, which eventually terminated by agreeing to the Chairman's motion that it be adopted. A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. A letter from Rome states that the Pope is about to canonise the late Princess Borghese, the daughter of the Earl of Shrewsbury, who died four years ago. She cannot, however, be recognised as a saint until a century has elapsed from the time of her death. Macready, who has of l a te been playing at New York to good houses, is expected to return home either at the end of the present month, or early in August, after an ab sence of about twelve months. DRIED STRAWBERRIES.---Last summer, by way of experiment, when strawberries were plentiful, I attached threads to their stalks, and hung up a few which were over ripe to dry. I placed them inside a window facing the south, where they have remained from June last until the present time (March 28). They have just been tasted, and the re sult is most satisfactory. That sweet refreshing acid which is peculiar to the strawberry in full perfection ; the flavour of the fruit, without any watery taste, is delicious; it dissolves in the mouth as slowly as a lozenge, and it is infinitely superior to the raisin, which so soon brings on a feeling of satiety. The strawberry thus dried is a stomachic. The ex periment may be tried when the fruit is so ripe as to be scarcely worth gatherin g, without any further ex pense or trouble than being hung up. A LONG FACT.—There is a manufacturer in Pud sey who has lately got an order for eight miles and a quarter of cloth. He bas already executed a few miles of the order. —Leeds Mercury. RATS.—If they are troublesome, sprinkle un slacked lime in their holes and about where they congregate, and they will depart without fail. This is more simple than a trap. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal, arrived at Buckingham Palace at twenty minutes before twelve o'clock yesterday, in a carriage and four, escorted by a party of Lancers, from Clare mont. _ Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice were in the next carriage • And the Marchioness of Douro, Lady in Waiting, Colonel Arbuthnot, Equerry in Waiting, and Major- General Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry to Prince Albert, occupied another carriage and four. Her Majesty and Prince Albert were received by the Maids of Honour, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Earls of War wick and Morton, Lords in Waiting, the Marquis of Granby, Lord in Waiting to Prince Albert, the Master of the Household, the Hon. Captain Hood, Groom in Waiting, and Colonels Buckley and Bouverie, Equerries in Waiting. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday afternoon at a Meeting of the Commission for pro moting and encouraging the Fine Arts in the re-build ing the Palace of Westminster. The Commissioners present were Viscount Palmer ston, Lord Ashburton, Mr. Henry Gaily Knight, Mr. Benjamin Hawes, Mr. George Vivian, Mr. Thomas Wyse, Lord Mahon, and the Right Hon. T. B. Ma-. caulay. The Prince arrived at Gwydyr House shortly before three o'clock. The meet.irg broke up at six o'clock. The Viscountess Jocelyn has succeeded the Mar chioness of Douro as the Lady in Waiting on the Queen. The Earl of Morton and Captain the Hon. Alexander Nelson Hood have succeeded the Earl of Warwick and Captain Meynell as the Lord and Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. Colonel Buckley has relieved Colonel Arbuthnot in the duties of Equerry in Waiting to the Queen ; and Colonel Bouverie hus relieved Major-General Sir Ed ward Bowater as the Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert. • _ Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday, at Cam bridge House. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured the Nobleman and Gentleman's Catch Club with his company at dinner yesterday evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester and the Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Italian opera with their presence last evening. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the Foreign office. The Ministers present were Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Whamliffe, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of Aber deen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Ripon, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Sir Edward Knatchbull, and Lord Granville Somerset. The Council sat an hour. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meeting yesterday afternoon, at their office in Whitehall place. There were present, the Archbishop of Canter bury, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Durham, the Bishop of Bangor, the Bishop of Chichester, the Bishop of Ely, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Bishop of Llandaff, the Bishop of Norwich, the Bishop of Rochester, the Bishop of Worcester, the Earl of L'esborough, the Earl of Harrowby, and the Dean of Westminster. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of Gibraltar. _ The Duchess Dowager of Cleveland had a dinner party on Monday at her residence in Seymour-place. THE SALADIN. The following is a copy of the official documents re lating to the wreck of, and piracy on board, the barque Saladin, the detailed particulars of which appeared a thy or two since : " Admiralty, July 1, 1844. " Sir,—l am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to transmit to you, for the information of the Committee for managing the affairs at Lloyd's, the accompanying copy of a letter and its inclosure from Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam, relative to the wreck of, and piracy on board, the barque Saladin. " I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, (Signed) " JOHN BARROW. " To Wm. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's." (COPY.) " Pyramus—Halifax, June 13, 1844. g Sir,— s l te ac r q s u o a f in t t he y o A u d , m fo i r r t a l l i t e y i , n t f h oi a lza o t n ion th o e f 2 th 7 e th Lo u r i d t. s , Commissioners I was informed by Mr. M. Tobin, the agent of Lloyd's at this port, that the barque Saladin, bound to London from Valparaiso, had been run on shore and wrecked, near Country Harbour, on this coast, under circum stances that gave strong grounds for suspicion that an act of piracy had been committed, and, in the course of the day, I was applied to by the Marshal of the Vice- Admiralty Court to afford him assistance in securing the property and apprehending the crew. "I accordingly directed Lieutenant Bulman to receive the Marshal's deputy, and the agent for Lloyd's, on board the Fair Rosamond, and proceed to Country Har bour for that purpose. I inclose the report of his pro ceedings. " Upon the examination of the prisoners (six in num ber) it was quite apparent that there were the strongest grounds for suspicion, and they have all since confessed that it was at the instigation of a man named Fielding, who was formerly master of a ship, which had been seized at Valparaiso, and who was a passenger on board. The master, two mates, and three others of the crew were murdered. That Fielding and his son, a boy of 15, were afterwards put to death, in consequence of an attempt on his part to get rid of two men, who had been the principal actors in the murder of the master and others ; and that the ship was run on shore as already mentioned. " It it intended to admit two of the six men who were not at all engaged in the murder of the master and the crew as witnesses, and bring the other prisoners to trial here. I have, &c., (Signed) " CHARLES ADAM, Vice-Adrairal and Commander-in Chief. "To Hon. Sidney Herbert, &c., &c., M.P." (copy.) "11. M. schooner Fair Rosamond, Halifax, June 3. " Sir,—l have the honour to inform you that, in obedience to your orders, I sailed from Halifax on the morning of the 28th ult. Calms and fog obliged me to anchor off the Thrum Cap buoy on the 29th. At 1 A.M., a breeze from the northward springing up, I immediately weighed, and at 8 P.M., reached Cape St. Mary, where I hove to, and the next morning, anchored at Harbour Island, it blowing then very hard at N.W. In the afternoon, the weather moderating, I dispatched the boat under the orders of Mr. F. Willis, with the Deputy Marshal of the Vice-Admi ralty Court, and the Hon. Mr. Tobin, Lloyd's agent, to Mr. Archibald, the magistrate in Country Harbour, a distance of twenty miles, where the specie and crew of the vessel were. On the following morning they re turned, bringing the treasure and six sailors of the Sala din. I visited the wreck. She appears to be about 250 tons, and by the bills of lading found, had a cargo composed of 80 tons of copper in bars, 10,000 dollars, and 13 bars of silver ; the remainder in guano ; the latter is completely saturated with salt water, and rendered useless as a manure. Of the treasure all has been secured with the exception of 707 dollars. and 461. 7s. 6d. British money. 740 bags of coffee have been saved, and sent off to Halifax, and the remainder (165) will, no doubt, be got out of the vessel as soon as the guano is washed away. Scuttles hove been cut for the purpose. All the furniture an d r i gg i ng are a l so landed. She is only a stone's throw from the beach. On Saturday, the Ist instant, when the weather cleared up, I weighed anchor and sailed for this port, and now beg to report my arrival. I have, &c. (Signed) " A. G. BULMAN. " Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief." OXFORD CIRCUIT.—In consequence of the indispo sition of Mr. Justice Erskine, Mr. Sergeant Atcherley has been appointed to go the Oxford Circuit along with Lord Chief Justice Tindal. STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCE.—On Tuesday last the workmen employed in erecting a new gallery in Harbo rough church, on making an opening in the massive stone wall on the south side of the nave, to support the beam of the gallery, discovered in the very centre of the wall a pigeon's egg, quite entire. How it could have got there is a matter not easily to be accounted for ; and, as that portion of the fabric does not appear to have been disturbed since its erection many centuries ago, it pro bably was deposited there at that period, and has, by being thus carefully excluded from the atmosphere, been preserved uninjured through so many generations.— Northampton Herald. PUBLIC PARKS.--A meeting, to be held on the Bth of August, has been called by the mayor, on a requisition most respectably signed, for the purpose of considering the propriety of establishing " public parks, walks, and play grounds," in the neighbourhood of this populous town. We have already expressed our opinion, that some provision for the recreation of the labouring classes is most urgently de manded by considerations, not only of philanthropy, but also of mere policy. Crime can neier be so effectually restrained as by provi ling innocent employment for the hours of re creation ; and surely there is no manner in which the opera tive, who is confined for so many hours in a close atmosphere, can so rationally spend his leisure time as in taking exercise in the open air. We rejoice, therefore, to see that the atten tion of some of our leading townsmen has at length been called to the subject ; and we fervently hope that the meet ing may lead to some good practical result.—Manchester Guardian. _ _ STORM AT LYONS.—Lyons and its environs were visited in the night of the 24th by a storm of extraordinary violence ; the rain fell in torrents, and the hail was so large, that in several houses nearly all the windows were broken. In and near the Palace Louis XVIII. several trees were broken, and more than 300 birds, which were killed by the hail, were found on the ground the next morning. In the Faubourg of the Croix Sousse the damage was very great, and some buildings are said to have been destroyed by the wind and rain. Many of the crops near Lyons are entirely ruined. INCENDIARISM.—We hear that there are nine pri soners at our gaol on charges of arson, and one for sending threatening letters ; at Ipswich gaol ten for arson, and two for sending threatening letters ; at Bee des House of Correction four prisoners for arson, and one for threatening to burn, waiting for trial at the next assizes. The following persons have been committed during the week for trial at the Cambridge Assizes, on charges of arson—viz., Robert Murrell, John Robinson, Samuel Baker, Joseph 1)orrall, and George Fairhead, by J. S. Tharp and J. I)obede, Esqrs., charged with having, on the 14th instant, at Snailwell, set fire to a haulm rick, the property of James Gittus. These men are railway labourers, and strangers to the county. William Fuller and Robert Munson, of Burwell, labourers, by the same magistrates, charged with having, on the Bth instant, at Burwell, set fire to a stack of straw, the property of Charles Phillips, Gent.—Bury Post. A field of rye was cut at Marsons Lafitte, in the neighbourhood of Paris, on Tuesday last. The Paris papers say that there is no instance as() early a harvest fur upwards of 25 years. 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 Candeisb, called Burhanpore, had been ceded to the British, and was taken possession of by the troops from Alhow 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 chiefs 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 Kurnaul, 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 Moo 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, and also of his being con nected with the gang of pirates, smugglers, bcc.,. 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 Hindostan 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, cn her return voyage with a full complement of passengers. Sir Henry Hardinge was expected at Alexandria on the 21st ult. One 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 theirbuoyancy, and several weighty transactions have taken place in them. Exchange is rather more lively. Some bills, we hear, have been let off at ls. 1 lid. to Is. it d., and perhaps in some cases Is., 1 lid. 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 Prem. 15 o—l 4 0 Bombay 5 per cent Prem. 6 8— 5 8 Old Sicca 5 do. according to num-I p re ,„ . ffi 8— 2 8 bens — 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) Pre m. 80 75 Bank of Western India Co.'s Rs. 300) Pram. 150 145 RATES OF INTEREST AND DISCOUNT. BANK or BENGAL. {On Government acceptances (within Discount. three months) , . 4 per cent. On private bills and notes 9P 1 ",. 6 per cent. On deposit of Company's paper 5 per cent. Interest on On deposit of opium and salt 5 per cent. { On deposit of other goods Loans. On deposit of m e t a l s an d i n di go 5 per ce nt. 7 per cent. UNION BANK. Discount on Government acceptances (within three months) 4 pi cent. 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 dust l4 80 to 14 10 0 per sa. wt. Spanish dollars per 100. Mexican ditto ..... Sovereigns Madras gold mohurs 16 8 0 to 19 12 0 > each. New gold mohurs (From the Overland Price Current.) BOMBAY, MAY 20. The 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 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 fallen a half to. one rupee per cwt. Early in the month British bar was sold at 204 rupees; but 204 rupees have since been ob tained. There is no change to notice in other descriptions of British iron. Swedish has fallen to 47 rupees per candy. Spelter was sold soon after the departure of the last mail at 164 rupees, but the dealers now offer only 15 rupees. Tin plates have fallen to 154 rs. to 15 4rs. per box, and sales can 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 524r5. per cwt. 367 the at 494 to 494r5. per cwt. 189 South American at 47rs. per cwt. Iron.-65 tons Swedish iron at 47rs. per cdy. 150 English iron at 204 rs. per cdy. 25 sheet iron at 4rs. 9as. per cwt. • 40 ditto at 4-irs. per cwt, 5 nails at 124 rs. per cwt. 390 bundles sheet iron assorted, at 44rs. per cwt. Spelter.-300 cwt. at 164 rs. per cwt. Tin Plates.-90 boxes, at 16rs. per box. Corrox MANUFACTURES.—The sales for the month have been on a limited scale, and prices have scarcely equalled the quotations of April. Grey and bleached jaconots hare been sold at rather lower prices, and grey and bleached loug cloths and Madapollams have slightly given way. There fa no inquiry for sheetings or grey domestics. Muslims 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 un 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 con sumption. Yarns.—Mule and water twist have been in ordinary de mand during the month, and prices have not declined from our last quotations. Turkey red continues dull of sale, aad 14 to 14, rupees per lb. can with difficulty be obtained. Orange twist has not been in great demand, but continues saleable at 16 to 164 annas per lb. Woollens.—Cloths of all kinds continue very depressed and in limited demand, and prices have not advanced from our 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 clotl l at Ir. 15a. per yard ; 1,000 yards ditto, at 2r. to 3r. Ba. per yard ; 6,000 yards flannel, 9a. to 94a. per yard. Marine Stores.—We cannot report any improvement in the price of marine stores, nor have any sales been reported to us under this head, with the exception of some Stockholm tar at 84 rupees per barrel. Canvas, cordage, and twine continue unchanged in value, and are almost unsaleable. Saffron.—We have not heard of any sales during the month, and our quotations are nominal. Corks have advanced 4 annas per gross since our last pub lication, and are now at 2 rupees, at which price a sale of 4,930 gross has been made. Bottles have been sold—quarts at 14 rupee, pints at 1 rupee , and soda water bottles at 1 rupee 1 anna per dozen. Beer.—The only sale reported is one of 50 hhds. Saunders's at 55 rupees. Bass's, Allsopp's, and the other brands remained unchanged. Spirits.—Brandy still maintains an upward tendency, and may now be quoted at 2 rupees 6 alines to 24 rupees per gallon. A sale of 800 gallons, at the latter price, has been reported to us. EASTERN PRODUCE. Cotton.—The imports of cotton have been large in the last month, and prices have fallen 5 to 8 rupees per candy since the arrival of the mail from England, and a further decline is yet looked for. Coffee.—No transactions in Coffee have bean reported this month, but Mocha may now be quoted. at 10 to 10i ru pees' and Malabar at 6 rupees per maund. Opium has declined 15 rupees per chest from last month quotations. Pepper.—The price has fallen 1 rupee per candy since our Mast publication, Wool.—Mekran has advanced 10 rupees, and Manor 3 to 5 rupees per candy. Khorasan and Cutch remain nearly unchanged. FREIGHTS. Freights to England have advanced slightly during the month, and may now be quoted, for London and Liverpod 4 at 31. 2s. 6d. to 31. ss. ; and for China at 16 rupees, 161 rupees per candy. MONEY MARKET. Government securities have continued firm since our los t publication._ The present quotations are : 5 per Cent. L'oan. of 1825-26 Rupees 108 i to 109. 4 „ ~ of 1832-33 „ 105 to 106 4 „ „ of 1835-36 „ 99i to 100 5 , of 1841-42 , 109 . 4 to 110 Exchange on England has continued firm during the month' and ourpresent quotations are, for bills at six months' sight' Is. lOid. to 18.10+1., and for 30 days' bills, Is. 10d. per rupe e ' On Calcutta at 60 days' sight 99i rupees to 99i. On Madra s at 60 days', 99i rupees to 100. On China at 60 days', 2' rupees per 100 dollars. Banks.—Bombay Bank shares remain unchanged, t l4 present quotation being 45 to 46 per cent. premium. Thy 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 soil and prices about the same as before. 2,000 or 3,000 pieceS the former have been disposed of at about 2.95 dolls. ie Betel-nut.—The price is well maintained, th e quantity the market being small. Cochineal.—We hear of a small transaction at our quo tations. Cotton.—The market is very dull, and rates have, if Or thing, rather declined. For very fine qualities full prices or, e i ; however, obtainable. The transactions of the past week lla s been trifling. Cotton yarn remains as before without the smallest prospe c of improvement. Iron.—We hear of some sales of nail rod at 2.45 dolls., - e the market is dull for all sorts, and the supply in Canton ' considerable. Lead.—Sales to some extent have been made at form er rates, beyond which there is but little chance of prices 3('' vancing. - Long Cloths.—The market for these goods is not so ft ll l 4 , as before, and rates show rather a do wnwar d tendency', 3 ' white cloths especially. Several thousand pieces of grg: have been disposed of at something over our quotations, quality being very fine. In whites but little is doing. Long Ells.—These goods have also rather declined, some thousand pieces have been sold within quotations.. . 40 Opium.—The recent heavy importations of drug of all JP' have swamped the market for the present, and sales to to% extent are impracticable. The dealers will not pu.rchOl e r chest beyond their immediate wants until they ar e bet' satisfied as to the quantity t• come on. . 1 14 Pepper.—There is none remaini ng i n i m p or t ers ' . hands, '- prices are therefore nominal. Putchuck.—We have nothing to report concerning th i , g , article, which is exceedingly dull, and we do not hear of WV transactions. Rattans.—The price is rather lower than before, sever ° fresh importations having taken place. 1( Rice has advanced 10 to 15 cents per pecul, and is 110 rather inquired for at full prices. Tin.—The quotations are nearly nominal, but little relitl ir ing in importers' hands. tbe Tin-Plates have declined about 50 cents per box, and ,0 market is very dull. The supply now here is greater t" the demand. Woollens.—Sales of these goods are still going on Wit ° quotations but not to any great extent. EXPORTS. Rhubarb.—A few small purchases bare lat e ly been Wil del but there is none of good quality in the market. no t Silk.—We hear of some fresh arrivals in Canton, holders are asking very high prices. s ' 6 b Tea, Black.—The transactions during the last week i ll not been to any great extent, and rates are a shade lower. 4" the fine teas are now gone. Br e Green —There are but few greens remaining, and they chiefly of inferior quality ; we hear of very few recent trio actions. To London and Liverpool FR .-21 EIGNTS . 103. to 31. per ton of 5° f e e l' To Out-ports.-10s. per ton addition. To Calcutta and Madras.—Very scarce. ,lisXt et9 To Bombay.—From the number of vessels open to shippers are unwilling to submit to the old rates. RATES OF EXCHANGE AND PRICES OF BULLION. „it On London.—At s i x mont h s ' s i g h t, 4s. sd. to 48. dollar. Government Bills, at 30 days sight, 4s. 4d., in t 0 request, the difference o f th e s i g h t not b e i ng equ i va lent that of the rate at the present exchange. On Calcutta. —Private Bills at 30 days' 01 sight, Company's ru p ees Company's accepted Bills 222 do . On Bombay.—Private Bills at 30 days' sight, ditto 222 do. On I\ladras.—Ditto ditto 224 do. On Manilla.—Three per Cent. discount. Sycee Silver.—Large three per cent, premium. 99 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. England - )ore Feb' 12; apt goin United States ..... „. N ov. 17 Java . d Calcutta ...... Jan.. 29 Manilla /re. Bombay ......... Dec. 26 Sydney J an ' Madras ...... ....—... Jan. 20 Amoy ••• Chusan . Feb. 23, SYDNEY. Mae • We have intelligence from Sydney to the sth of v brought by the Bucephalus. Trade there continuectroo, bad, and the papers are filled with articles upon the tary Confusion Bill, and with all sorts of panaceas I° . of commercial depression. The following is an extract letter, dated the 22d of February, 1844 :—" There is n° 00: guage can depict the mo ne t ary di stress an d confusi°llA prevails at present in the se co l on i es, an d w hi c h w ill 0 ' 0 0; general insolvency : indeed the most of the inercantil ° ool munity have already suspended payment, and e re f 01 : months the remainder mus t bend to the pressure `9.llliet times. The extended cre dit s t h at o b ta i ne d , and the f 3l rf% that the banks afford e d f or discounts, have led in i !" 11t measure to the universal distress and we must plice lli o tt rise from the ashes." About 1,500 mechanics were st itl employment in Sydney. The Sydney Australia , ' 0 ,101 that a mercantile house at Melbourne bad - ct a large quantity of sarsaparilla, both in extri'ar, root, to Sydney and England. It is of a r epo t ~ ably fine quality—the extract is obtained in tlr,Pbotoo tion of 2to 16 ounces. Thee ships were loading Yon. rep" for different ports of Indi4. The following is the latest Was and Ls a frier Publ plan tio n, 0141, Lo 1; tor b ec til ins( one reto tic)] Re ch, D E de,