The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-05 00:00:00

Now ready, in 2 vols., small Bvo. ' 21s. bound, WINTER IN ITALY. By Mrs. ASHTON YATES. Also just published, by the same Author, AN AUTUMN IN SWITZERLAND. SECOND EDITION, In 1 vol., 10s. 6d. bound. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlisorough-street. Just ready, in 3 Vols., post Svo., PARSONS and WIDOWS EY THE AUTHOR of " PETER PRIGGDTS," &c. Henry Colburn. PnbUsher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. TO BE PEREMPTORILY SOLD, pursuant to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a Cause of WOODCOCK v. TARBUCK, with the approbation of Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the said Court, at the Clarendon-rooms, South John-street, Liverpool, on THURSDAY, the 22d day of August, between the hours of Three and Four in the Af ternoon, in Lots :—A Farm-house called " lieyes House," with barn, stalides, garden, and closes of land, containing 49A. 3a. 11P., situate at Kendrick's-cross, near Rainhill, in the county of Lancaster, occu pied by Mrs. Alice Tarbuck; also a Cottage called the " Sandhole . House," with a garden attached, near the above, and suitable for the residence of a farming bailiff, occupied by Mr. Thomas Woods ; also a Close of Land, cotaintng BA. Wt. GP., occupied by Mrs. 'I ar buck ; also four Cottages, at Kendrick's-cross, with gardens attached; also seven cottages, near Smithy-brow, in the township of Parr, in . the said county ; and one undivided seventh part of a Messuage and Outbuildings, and Closes of Land, containing about 185.., called the " Old Moss House Estate," situate at Parr, in the said county, occu pied by Samuel Mercer, and which last-mentioned property com prises valuable seams of coal. The above Estates are of Freehold tenure, and were late the property of Mr. John Tarbuck, of Rainhill, yeoman, deceased. Printed particulars, with a plan, may be had (gratis) at the said Master's Chambers, In Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, Lon don; of Mr. Gaskell and of Mr. John Crondson, both of Wigan, soli .citors ; of Messrs. Barnes and Barrow, of St. Helen's, solicitors ; of Messrs. Rowson and Cross, and of Mr. Ward, of Prescott, solicitors ; of Messrs. Norris, Allen, and Simpson, 19, Rartlett's-buildings, .Holborn, London, solicitors ; of Mr. Thomas Oliver, 36, Old Jewry, London, solicitor ; and of Messrs. Chester, Toulmin, and Chester, of Staple's Inn, London, solicitors. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING. AUG. 6, Will be performed Donizetti's Opera, entitled LUCREZIA BORGIA. Lucrezia Borgia, Madame Grisi ; Orsini, Mdlle. Favanti ; Alphonso, Signor Lablache; Gubetti, Signor Paltoni ; Astolfo, Sig. A. Giubilei; and Gennaro, Signor Moriani. Between the Acts a Divertissement, in which Mdlle. Cerito will appear. To conclude with LA ESMERALDA. La Esmeral3a, Mdlle. Fanny Elssler; Phoebus de Chateaupers, M. St. Leon; Pierre Gringeire, M Perrot. On Saturday next v ill be produced (the first time in this country) Ricci's Opera, " (orado D'Attamura." A pplicatlons for Boxes, stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office, Opera Colonnade. HER. MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Sig. )4A RIO respectfully informs the Nobility, Patrons to the Opera, his Friends, and the Public, that HIS BENEFIT will take place ON THURSDAY NEXT, AUG. 8, When will be performed (by desire) Bellini's Jpera of I PURITANI. Elvire, Madame Grig ; Giorgio, Signor Lablache; Attu. 0, Signor Mario; and Riccardo, Signor Fornasari. To be followed by a Divertissement in which BMW. Cerito will ppear. In the course of the Evening, Selections from a Favourite Opera, in which Madame Persiani and Sig. Mario will appear. To c nclude with LA ESMERALDA. La Esmeralda, Mdlle. Fanny Elssler ; Phmbus de Chatcaupers, M. St. Leon; Pierre Gringoire, M. Perrot. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE LAST THREE: NIGHTS OF THE PRESENT SEASON THIS EVENING, AUG. 5, Will be perfbrmed Goldsmith's Comedy of SHE srooPs TO CONQUER. Mr. Hardcastle, Mr. Strickland; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Hardcastle, Mrs. W. Clifford; Miss Hard castle, Mrs. Nisbett. In the course of the Et ening, Mr. John Parry will sing Fayre Itosamonde." To be followed by the new Farce, entitled THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. Sir Simon Sparkes, Mr. Ruckstone ; Mr. Pennywig, Mr. Strickland; Fanny Thompson, Miss Julia Bennett; Miss Potts, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with TOM NODDY'S SECRET. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. WEBSTER, LESSEE, And Last Night of the Sea on. WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, Will be performed Shakspeare's Comedy of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. Petrucio, Mr. Webster; Grumio, Mr. Buckstone ; Christopher Sly, Mr. Strickland; Katharine, Mrs. Nisbett; Bianca, Miss Julia Bennett. In the course of the Evening Mr. Webster will deliver a Farewell Address. Atter which, THE TRUMPETER'S DAUGHTER; or, Love and the Polka. Phillipot, Mr. Webster; Madelon, Madame Celeste; who will dance the celebrated Polka. Mr. John Parry will sing one of his celebrated Buffo Scene. To conclude with THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE Unlgr the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. Success, Brilliant and triumphant! The' Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit" having, on each repre sentation, 'seen received with every possible mark of public appro bation by the most fashionable and crowded audiences, and having been pronmuced by the unanimous voice of the publie press to be one of the most interesting Dramas ever produced from the works of the celebutted Author, a repetition of its performance will take place every evening till further notice. THIS EVENING, AUG. 5. Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled MARTIN CHUZZLE. WIT. Principal characters by Messrs. R. Younge, F. Vining, Emery, F. ilathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner, Stanton ' J. W. Collier, Yarnold, Sanders, and Keeley ; Miss For tescue, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Groves, Mrs. Usher, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. . To conclude with an entirely Original, and much b: tter than New, Grand Operatic, Romantic, Melo.Dramatic, Burlesque Extra vaganza, founded on the celebrated Eastern rale, in the Arabi in Nights' Entertainment, entitled ALADDIN AND THE WON DERFUL LAMP; or, New Lamps for Old Ones. With very extensive New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal cha racters by Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Matthews, Turner, A. Wigan, J. W. Collier, and Keeley; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Woolli lge, bliss E. Chaplin, Mrs A. Wigan, Miss Turner, Miss James, Miss Carson, Miss Hunt, Miss Reede, &c., &c. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony Boxes. 4.; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, es. ,• Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2a. ; Upper Boxes, Is. 6d.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the ilalc.iny Tier (holding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-HalE Private Boxes on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guirea. The Box...iffice is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the di rec- tion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Continued Attractions and Overflows at AITLEY'S ROY AL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. THIS EVENING, AUG. 5, Will be repeated an entire new Equestrian, Mihtary and Naval Spectacle, entitled THE CHINESE WAR; or, The Conquests of Amoy by British Arms. New Scenery, Messes, Appointments, &c., to realise the recent triumphs of England's Army and Navy. Feast of 250 Lanterns. _ _ _ _ _ _ New Scenes in the Circle by the Unequalled Corps of British and k °reign Equestrians—the Anti ,odean Professors. To conclude with THE GREAT STEEPLE-CHASE; or, Eng land's Harvest Home. Acting and staxe.m inager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box-oftle6 open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the Art of Riding by Mr. R. Smith. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE Last Eighteen Nights of the Grand Opera Company—First Week of Cinderella, and an entirely New'Piece. THIS EVENING, AUG. 5. Will be performed Rossini's Fairy Opera of CINDERELLA ; or, The Little Glass Slipper. Supported by Miss Romer, Miss Betts, Miss E. Terry, Miss Pearson, Messrs. D. W. Ring, Leffler, E. L. Hime. S. Cowe'l, R. Honner, &c. Conductor, Mr. G. Stansbury, with double Band and Chorus. To conclude with an entirely New Drama, entitled GRAMA. CH REE MOLLY. Embracing the whole strength of the Company. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. office, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN& TOM THUMB IN A BALLOON. THIS DAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY, Should the weather permit, TOM THUMB will traverse the o rdens in a Balloon, his Last Appearance in London. MODELS of VENICE and 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 extraordinay beauty and fidelity of delinea tion,aiwi .re unanimous in pronouncing it the roost 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 quiet Evening, with its Towers and Steeples reflected in the spa cious Lake, to be fully appreciated. The Evening PROMENADE CONCERTS on Mondays, Tues days, Wednesdays, and Thursdays conoucted uy Mr. Godfrey, are urn a scale of more than usual excellence; I,nt 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 Art, tnat delight is predominant over terror; and the 'thousands who nightly crowd the Gardens hail it with acclamations, and admit that houthby, the Unrivalled Pyrotechnist has achieved a matchless triumph. The Gardens and Zoological Collection are in the most perfect state, and combining so raany and interesting features, are by far the most attrantive lounge in or near the inetropolic Feeding of the Animals at Five—Concert at Six—Conflagration at Dusk. Admittance, One Shilling. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed by One Person. daring 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- Mhistory. viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, an d IS 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 ; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very fine pictures, &c.. his previous almost incroilble number and variety of MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude it valuable Roller, and other curiosities, in this most ntsiructive and. as hund.:eds have said it ought to be, a Nationa! Museum. Mary thousand have inspected it, and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS el the PUBLIC PRESS have stated that it °ugh' 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 Hall." Piccadilly, daily fi om Ten till Dusk. THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, AUG. 5. rnirmaolurrzu, Lowest, 50; Highest, 71; Noon, 66. BAROMICTER, 29.9.—W1ND, S.W. Narz.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGII WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TUTS DAY. Morning .... 0 minutes after 6 f Evening ... 2C minutes after S. SECOND EDITION. :Zi . .l . .. ' ' ll .t' ''Zt*" .• t ,, ••• . •,... 1,,,, 4, , ' ~ , I t:!,;, , a, 0 tL . 4.)1 1 ,6 , •4 Aloft - ~ - . ., 1 ,1,;,. 5 . .•.', *4'l: .40‘ 7 2 . =',.A4.7"... 47 41111011110 , ~,:y.....y 4 ., ,441 C , - ,, \o!' : ...,„,4' MOS .::....- ....-„,,,,...:0'" 0111,1'. 44140 IT z , ~,, ' .• .., -.F 1.. • ~...0 ^ ''; ' V•• ~, ••••"...' • ••• • •,...,- ......... 11 4 1 '' tilt* li "'-'`4llt -,- LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1844. The scenes which have taken place in Sinde within the last two years are perhaps the most remarkable on record. Major OUTRAM, with a b out a hundred men, was taken by surprise at Hyderabad, but by his daring courage, seconded by the bravery of his com panions, he succeeded in reaching the camp of Sir CHARLES NAPIER. That gallant General, one of the three NAPIERS so well known by Englishmen and Frenchmen, too, for their exploits in the Peninsula, was in a situation no less critical than that from which OUTRAM had escaped. He was about to be surrounded by at least forty thousand men, com manded by the hunting Ameers of Sinde, and among these was a large body of Beloochees, the most warlike race on the Indus. The Anglo-Indian force did not exceed three thousand men, but NAPIER was not dismayed. The enemy were en trenched in a strong position, with numerous squadrons of cavalry, and a powerful artillery, and looked forward with confidence to a complete victory. Skill and bravery, however, soon put to rout this vast host ; the Ameers were taken prisoners, the Beloochees fled in every direction, and in a few days Hyderabad, with all its treasures, was in possession of the victor. A second attempt was made some fifteen days after wards, and the result was equally honourable to the British arms. All the hostile troops were soon ex pelled from the country, and the mouth of the Indus was secured to England. With a strange perversity, however, nearly all the London journals made violent attacks on Lord ELLENDOROUGH and Sir CHARLES NAPIER for these noble achievements : they described the Ameers as martyrs, exhibited great compassion for their unoffending subjects, and when the usual un healthy season came on, and some of our troops were attacked by fever, one of these journals asserted that such was the prostration of the British army that a few Beloochees might have put them all to death. We took a different view of the state of affairs, chiefly from the conviction that a fever on the banks of the Indus was not more fatal than one on the banks of the Ganges, and that, although some of the lying j ournals of Bombay and Calcutta gave the most me lancholy accounts of the ravages committed by this epidemic, their exaggerations were so glaring that no rational being could consider them entitled to the slightest credit. Time has brought the truth to light. Never was an army in finer condition than that of Sir CHARLES NAPIER, according to the latest intelli greatly indebted for the imputatioi Which this gentle man's vague manner of proceeding appears to have exposed them to —very wrongfully as we are con fident. But the amusing part of the affair is the subject matter of the libel. The Kent Independent of the 2d March published two letters : the one to the Editor, signed by that übiquitous and very civil gen tleman " A Constant Reader :" the other, an inclo sure, addressed to a certain " My dear HAYMEN,"— headed " Private and confidential," and purporting to be intended for the veritable " Mr. HAYMEN" pro duced as a witness on the part of the plaintiff; and signed by " WILLIAM LEE," whose identity with the latter was carefully suggested by the writer's dating from one of the addresses of that gentleman. " A Constant Reader" informed the Editor that he had picked up the inclosure in one of the steam boats, and that "it showed very clearly what was going on behind the scenes. "Mr. WILLIAM LEE," writing to Mr. HAYMEN, is made to speak of "a recent exposure of the falling in of the chalk in the tunnel of our own concern"—of the " bedevilment" MAT THEWS had led him into with his subscription and of his (LEE'S) fear "that the whole affair will be exposed before they can get out ;" of his having in structed the Secretary of the (Thames and Medway) Company to deny all statements of adverse parties, true or false, "so that, by putting on a bold front, they may catch a few flat fish ;" and of his having laid a delusive wager of two to one with the parson of Frindsbury to show confidence in the concern," &c. &c. Perhaps the reader will have anticipated that these letters are altogether fabrications—gross forgeries, without one tittle of truth in all the imputations they were evidently fabricated with a view to fasten on an ap parently highly respectable gentleman, Mr. LEE, the plaintiff. But when the editor of the Kent Indepen dent is :wiled to for the name of the author, he re plies in a strain of, we must call it, indecent levity, and affects to treat the whole affair as " a squib ;" it being considered nothing more, this correspondence had been inserted—and that he should as soon expect the Editor of Punch to be amenable to legal applications on behalf of Sir C. F. WILLIAMS or Lord BROUGIIAM for the hard hits occasionally dealt by our facetious weekly contemporary on both those individuals.— Now, here is just the mischief of a dull, heavy-handed and very reckless anonyms attempting to gambol like our spirited and airy friend. The absolute prejudice which the forgery was calculated to produce to Mr. LEE in his commercial or trading position, was indis putably shown by evidence. The inconceivable in justice of the Independent's quoting Punch for " his bright example, as it is his theme," is abundantly manifested by the very curious letter of Mr. MEAD to DICKSON and OVERBUY, Mr. LEE'S solicitors. In this we fall upon the following morceau—a grammatical curiosity which Punch's ingenuity may perhaps elucidate :—" I have heard of a gentle man named LEE, who is said to be a lime-burner ; but had I have desired to possess myself of his Christian name," &c. A verdict for 501. damages has probably admonished the Editor of the Independent, with sufficient force, of the folly of attempting to be very droll, when the effort involves attacks on pri vate character, which no other person in the empire would once have suspected of having been ever intended for "a joke." " Squibs" to be endurable, should burn a little more brightly, and be thrown a little less maliciously. gence, and never was a nation so delighted at the dethronement of despots as the Be loochees and the other inhabitants of Sinde. No disturbance whatever has taken place in the whole extent of the country: the removal of the Ameers is felt as one of the greatest blessings that could have been conferred on their subjects, because they were oppressed ten times more than were the op pressed people of other Indian States. The govern ment of the English has inspired these simple hearted people with the highest hopes, and no portion of the British possessions in the East is more secure now than the valuable territory which, but two years ago, was under the uncontrolled dominion of the hunting Ameers and the plundering Beloochees. Could there be a better proof than the scene which took place before Sir CHARLES NAPIER, at Hydera bad, on the 24th of May ? We have no instance of such a magnificent and peaceable display. Twenty thousand Beloochees assembled at Hyderabad on that day, the birth-day of our gracious QUEEN, to pay a friendly visit to Sir CHARLES NAPIER. They were orderly in the extreme ; they were received with the utmost kindness, and they separated, astonished at the mildness of civilised nations, and at the punctual fidelity with which every promise made to them had been observed. It is this honourable conduct, which has raised the British Dame to such an eminence in India, and which promises to spread its influence over every spot of that vast continent. No man acquainted with the state of the country can look at the acquisition of Sinde without the greatest exultation. The chains have been broken from the limbs of the slaves, the industry of the people has been set at liberty, the exactions of the Ameers have ceased, and a regular system of government has been established, but even these advantages, great as they are, sink into compa rative insignificance when we survey the vast results of this "atrocious aggression." The Indus is free from Kurrachee to the confines of Affghanistan and the Punjaub; a new trade has sprung up; the pro duce of the upper region is floated down the river ; fortresses will in a short time be established on its banks, which will set at defiance all the forces of the west, and the hopes of Russia and Persia for the in vasion of India are at an end. England owes this great achievement to the discarded Governor-General and to the hero of Meanee. We have intelligence from Madrid to the 28th ult., from which we learn that an extraordinary courier had arrived from Gibraltar, at the British Legation, with the following intelligence : " The Prince de Joinville having learnt that the Moors had a third time attacked the French troops, his Royal Highness has addressed an official communication to the Governor of Gibraltar, and the commander of the English squadron. lle states in the dispatch that he is proceeding to Tangiers in order to attack that place, and that he doubts not, from the harmony prevailing between France and England, that the English squadron will, during his operations, abstain from appearing off Tangier. The Governor of Gibraltar and Com mander of the Squadron have replied that the instructions of their Government order them to observe the strictest ncu trality. That neutrality is to be observed until the arrival of fresh orders. It is affirmed, adds the letter, that the French squadron opened its fire against Tangiers on the 24th." One of those provincial causes which are some times found, on trial, to involve considerations of a character far more grave and extensive than might, on the mere statement of the facts be surmised of them, was tried, last week, at the Kent Summer Assizes. It was an action for libel, "LEE V. MEAD," and, although we cannot find room for the report of the proceedings, argument of counsel, &c., before Mr. Baron PARKE, we will endeavour, very suc cinctly, to assign the grounds on which the action was brought. The plaintiff, a lime-burner, resident in the vicinity of Rochester, was interested as a share holder in the " Thames and Medway Canal Company." At a general meeting of the shareholders in this con cern, held in the early part of the year, a proposition for forming a railway along the banks of this canal was submitted for discussion ; and an estimate of the pro bable outlay having been brought forward, the work was ordered to be proceeded with, it being agreed that the necessary funds should ho raised on loan notes. Accordingly the whole of the capital required was very soon contributed by the proprietors, and the railway, according to the statement of the plain tiff's counsel, will be opened very shortly from this date. There is, therefore, no reason to doubt that the " bond fide" intention of this Company is to carry out to its full completion the undertaking they have announced. It happened, however, that when their project was started, other lines of railway were suggested, and proposals for them published "for uniting Gravesend with Rochester and Chatham." Of these, one was termed the "Rosherville line ;" an other " Matthews's line," from the name of a soli citor who had projected it; and both are now, or lately were, competing lines before Parliament. It is not necessary for us to express an opinion on the merits of either ; but it does appear by the evidence of Mr. WESTON, the banker of Southwark, with whom the Rosherville Company banked, that he re ceived instructions, personally in the first instance, from a director of that Company with regard to Mr. MEAD, the defendant, a note of which was entered at the time upon the bank books. These instructions were subsequently reduced into the form of an " agreement, " which was taken away by the director in question, but afterwards brought back to witness by MEAD ; who, thereupon, destroyed it in his presence. The substance of such agreement was a covenant, on the part of the Rosherville Company's direction, to pay to MEAD the sum of 6001. When MEAD waited on witness on the occasion of bringing back and destroying the paper "the Bill had been thrown out on the standing orders." According to the statement of Mr. Ser geant SHEA, " Mr. MEAD, for good and sufficient reasons, thought fit to advocate in his paper, the superior claims to public favour of the Rosherville line ;" and the Learned Sergeant added, he should be able to prove that MEAD had bound himself, on condition "of receiving 5001. to advocate the claims of that railway, and to op pose all the others suggested, in the columns of the Kent Independent." But Mr. WEsrox, in his evidence, admitted "he had no conversation with MEAD, when the latter waited on him with the agreement, as to what was to be done for the 6001. ;" " but "Mead proposed that, if he continued his services, the directors should pay him 300/. down, and the re mainder on the Bill receiving the royal assent. This was not agreed to. It had been intimated to witness that the money had been agreed to he paid for Par liamentary services in canvassing Members of Par liament. * * * After the Bill had been thrown out, these services were not required." We should wonder if they had been. Assuming that the money was to be paid, if at all, for Parlia mentary agency, the fact of the Bill being thrown out for non-compliance with the standing orders was an emphatic set-off, we should think, for any claim on that score. If it was to reimburse the "Independent" editor for writing one " line" up and all others down, the " quantum meruit" determinable by the amount of his success, must have been pretty accurately represented by the symbol 0. If the gentlemen whose eagerness as directors originally induced them to suggest such an agreement with Mr. MEAD for his canvassing ser vices in the lobby and committee-rooms of the House of Commons, had been still so credulous as to have persisted in retaining them after the defeat of the Bill upon the orders, we should have marvelled almost as much as we have done, at finding an editor of a provincial journal thus enlisting himself and his paper in the cause of a private undertaking, for an interested purpose. The only legitimate client of a journalist is th e p u bli c ; an t this sort of partisanship is at all times a dereliction of his duty to that client. We can by no means, however, go to the extent of designating this transaction, as the Maidstone and South Eastern Gazette has done, an attempt "to bribe Members of Parliament." We must suppose that, whatever estimate may be formed of the modesty of Mr. MEAD'S claim for 500/. or 6001. (it is variously stated), the appropriation of th e sum was i nten d ed _ _ to be in discharge of professional expenses --and his own services. The "Radical Members" must feel THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1844, It was executed with a powerful chorus, and raptu rously applauded. The affair has evidently become serious, and it will require all tie skill of the two ca cabinets to crush the tumult. The Funds were very depressed on Saturday, the Three per Cents. having fallen to 81f. 20c., and the Fives to 121 f. 30c. With the exception of two Go vernment papers, the press evinces strong feelings of hostility to this country. The following aro extracts from them : (From the Journal des Debats.) " The English journals continue to comment on the news brought from Otaheite - by Mr. Pritchard. The Times, how ever, appears to regret the hasty judgment which it gave on facts but very cursorily examined. It still cries out, but not in so high a tone ; and it admite-that it has been mistaken on one very important point. At the moment when Mr. Pritchard was imprisoned, the French authorities no longer exercised at Otaheite the right of protectorate, but of sovereignty. There was no other constituted authority in the Society Islands than that of the French flag. This fact the English journal now admits, and it is what we have stated from the commencement of the affair. Mr. Pritchard was no longer Consul. In the month of December, 1843, he wrote to the French Commandant that he had struck his flag, and, until the receipt of fresh instructions, should cease all official relations. Even in virtue of the laws of the protectorate, the French authorities had a right to expel from the islands any foreign residents or missionaries that might seek to disturb the established order of things, and they had a still stronger right to do so in virtue of the possession of sovereign power. Explanations have been asked on the subject of the English Parliament, to which Sir Robert Peel replied that a demand for reparation had been made to the French Government. On this point, we can only repeat what we have before stated. has or has not Mr. Pritchard, by his conduct, justified the measures of repression adopted against him? The English Government can only have formed a judgment on his statement, and it cannot be expected that such testimony would be impartial. We doubt not that the French tovernment will be able on its side to bring forward evidence at least as worthy of credit, and we persist in thinking that explanations will be ex changed between the two Governments which cannot but have a satisfactory solution." (From the Globe.) " There probably may have been a useless severity, and perhaps an abuse of power on the part of M. d'Aubigny in de taining Mr. Pritchard six days in prison, and he would have acted better in causing his immediate embarkation, as Go vernor Bruat afterwards did ; bet the demand for satisfac tion made by the English Cabinet can only evidently bear on the fact of the irregular detention of Mr. Pritchard, as a sim ple missionary mixed up in a positive manner in the outbreak of the natives, and whom the French authorities had indis putably the right, if not to detain six days in prison, at least to send out of the island. The difficulty, therefore, is not great, and those who so ardently desire a complication in the cordial relations subsisting between France and England will be again disappointed. As to the difficulties created by the Protectorate assumed by France, they must be accepted without complaint. They are the natural conditions ofevery extension of power ; the world begins to be so full, that it is no longerpossible to extend on any side without disarranging some one, and without having obstacles to surmount. If there ever was a time when political power might be ex tended without remark, that time is passed. Governments must now make up their minds to struggles, which is their natural condition, both at home and abroad. The only thing to do is to act prudently, to accept necessary difficulties, and not create useless ones." (From the Constitutionnel.) " We have never wished for war, nor any interruption of friendly relations with England; but see to what this policy of peace at any price may lead. If, instead of disavowing Admiral Dupetit-Thouars, his conduct had been openly ap proved of, England would have acceded to it as a fait ac compli; the proceedings of M. d'Aubigny and Captain Bruat would not even have been made the subject of controversy; the Times would not have used the arguments it has urged against us ; in every pint, in short, our difficulties would have been reduced to little, because our sovereignty, provi sionally exercised by our agents, would not have been brought in question. If; on the day Abd-el-Kader set his foot upon the Morocco territory, we had insisted upon his expulsion, he would not have acquired a force superior, per haps, to that of the Emperor himself, and we should not have been engaged in a war, the issue of which it is not easy to foresee, or in negotiations the problem of which is not solvable. M. Guizot, without consulting or comprehending the feelings of the nation, has, since 1840, without biding his time, hastened to reconcile England and France. He has increased the irritation of the minds of the people, wounded the just pride of the country, laid grounds for con flicts between the two navies, and created new causes for dissension in every part of the globe. We may add that M. Guizot did not dare show himself in the Chamber of Peers yesterday." (1 rom the Q uotidienne, a Legitimatist Journal.) " To approve of the conduct of MM. Bruat and d'Aubigny would be equivalent to removing the disavowal which rests on Admiral Dupetit-Thouars. The reparations will, there fore, be granted—everything will be accorded. The path of cowardice and ignominy opened by the disavowal will be per severed in. It is a necessity of the situation that has been imposed on France by the conduct of the Government—a ter rible necessity, against which the shuddering and indignation of the country will protest. If the English Government there fore demands all that the Times has threatened, the French Government must comply. M. Guizot cannot bring forward any argument against doing so, for he has placed on the Ad miral the responsibility of the taking possession. That dis avowal clogs the Government. It was before supposed to be but a slight disgrace ; but now the cup must be drained to the dregs I" _ _ . (From the Presse.) " Thus we see Sir R. Peel, on the authority of Mr. Prit chard's testimony, which is necessarily interested, qualifying in full Parliament the conduct of the French authorities in terms strangely in contrast with his usual tone of language ! Why, before expressing himself in this manner, has he not sought to know the motives which influenced the authorities to adopt such measures? Why did he not wait for other in formation as to the conduct of Mr. Pritchard, besides that given by that person himself ? Why did he not understand that in thus expressing himself, he has followed in the course of a man whose turbulent spirit is a subject of distrust to every one ? What necessity was there for him to reply so hastily to the question of Sir C. Napier ? Why pledge him spit' , ey having any other guarantee than a passionate and partial version of the affair, by declarations which would place the French Government in the most delicate position ? It must be ob served that, in this circumstance, moderation is quite on the side of our Cabinet. On Thursday, M. Guizot was questioned on the subject in the Chamber of Peers; he might have at tacked and expressed himself with harshness on the acts of Mr. Pritchard, and have replied by some marks of appro bation to the gross reproaches made against the conduct of the Governor of the Society Islands. He would have been the more justified in doing so, as the conduct of the English ex-Consul (Mr. Pritchard) was as well known to him as the moderation and loyalty of Captain Bruat. He, however, did nothing of the kind ; he let the question drop rather than take the initiative in a discussion which might oblige him to enter into details little honourable to an English agent. Sir Robert Peel should have used the same reserve. There is more than a want of tact in his conduct ; there is an indiscretion, which merits a seve re ep ith e t . A n d i n w h a t a situation has he publicly placed himself ? On the demand of the missionary Pritchard, or rather of the fanatical sect of which Pritchard is the representative, he has announced that he has demanded from Paris not explanations but reparation. Reparation, indeed ! It is we, on the contrary, who have to complain." (From the Courrier Francais.) " Thus while the Fr9nch Ministry keep silence, Sir Robert Peel's starts the question . ! He proclaims the innocence of Mr. Pritchard and the violation of the right of nations by the French officers at o taheite ; he hastens to declar e Great Britain grossly and indignaetly outraged in the per son of her Consul, and concludes his speech by talking of a reparation due to France ! To what are we reduced, when a Lord of the Treasury, before he has exami ne d th e w h o l e question, shall in the whole face of Europe let fall the word reparation from France ? Is the House of Commons the supreme tribunal to decide on the h onour o f our na ti on 2 Is Sir Robert Peel to decide, and M. Guizot the person to obey ? Is the sentence irrevocably passed on the officers of eur navy ? Has the English Minister on the other side the Straits only to proclaim the sentence, and to say to M. Guizot, A lictor. M. Guizot commenced a pusillanimous concession, and now a fresh act cf cowardice is demanded from him. In this deplorable affair, France began by a dis avowal, and will finish by a reparation. No, we cannot be lieve it, it is time to put a stop to such an infamous course ! Never were we so degraded ! Never under the Restoration would a Ministry have held the honour of France so cheap 1 The English reign in France,' for we suffer their insults, and cdnfide to them the care of eur affairs, and their reign will continue as long as M. Guizot sh a ll rema i n in office. Expel M. Guizot, or do not sing The English shall never reign in France.' Stupid Ministry, or stupid people—it is one or the other." THE BOURSE-SATURDAY, AUGUST 3. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per C ants ••• • • • 120 25 .. 120 56 • • 120 25 .. 120 50 Four per Cents. Three per Cents.• •• • 81 40 .• 81 40 .. 81 25 .. 81 30 Bank of France 3OBO ..3085 • • 3080 ..3085 Belgian Bank ..• • • • • • • • • • • • 675 .. 675 .• 673 Belgian Fives,lß3l. 1840 .. 1842 •••• • • •• 1081 .. 108/ • • 1081 .. 108* Dutch Two and-a-Ha1f..... GI 611 .. 61/ • 611 Spanish Threes •• • .....• •.. 321 .. 321 .. 321 • • 321 Portuguese Fire per Conts • • 431 .. 431 .• 431 • • 431 Neapolitan ••••••• • •• • • • • • 98 50 .. 98 50 •• 98 50 •• 98 50 Roman •• ...... •• ••••• •• •• 1031 •• 103+ .. 1051 •• 1031 RAILWAY SHARES. —Versailles, L.B. ..... . .::. - 7. 232 - 50 - 7. —;i3s— .. 232 50 .. 235 THIS DAY S NEWS BANKRUPTCY-(THIS DAY.) A private meeting of the creditors of the late Roinford Bank was appointed before Mr. Commissioner Evans this af ternoon, but was adjourned, without entering upon business, till this day week. No matter of importance came before the Commissioners. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) James Thompson, a young: man, disguised as a groom, bat who is known to be the common associate of convicted thieves, was committed for two months' hard labour, on a charge of attempting to pick the pockets of three different gentlemen as they were leaving the Opera at the close of the perform ance on Saturday night last. Lately a gang of six or eight pickpocks, waiting in concert, have committed a number of daring depredations there. John Legate, who described himself as an ivory -turner, was charged with having been found on the premises of Lord Francis Egerton, in Cleveland. square, St. James's. It appears that lately the pleasure-grounds surrounding his Lordship's house in Cleveland-square, now being rebuilt, have on several occasions been plundered of some valuable roots, plants, and other property. Between seven and eight o'clock this morning, as police constable 191 of the E division was on duty on the spot. He saw the prisoner within the garden inclosure, and as he was coming out he stopped him, carrying a basket, which was found to contain some roots and other articles, but scarcely of even nominal value. The prisoner, on being called on for his defence, gave a very unsatisfactory account of himself, and was ordered, for the present, to be detained. CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.) There was a large number of drunk and disorderly cases, but none of them possessed any interest. Rouen.. UNION-HALL. -(THIS DAY.) The business of this morning was the heaviest that has been known at this office for a number of years, the charges amounting to upwards of seventy, which at once shows the necessity for a second police-office, which is now in the course of erection at Kennington-lane, and will be ready for business at Michaelmas next. Independent of the above cases, there is a very heavy:case of forgery against three foreigners, which cannot be disposed of until a late hour in the day, when some important disclosures are expected to take place. Frederick Taylor, charged with gambling on the Sabbath morning, was ordered to find sureties for his good be haviour for twelve months. •• 375 •• 970 John Jackson was charged with stealing a horse and cab, and coat, on the 20th of July last, the property of William Jackson, from the Spotted Dog in the Strand. The prosecutor intrusted the prisoner with his horse and cab while he went into the Spotted Dog to get his breakfast, when the prisoner took an opportunity of driving away with the cab, and nothing further was heard of him for several days, when the horse and cab was found on the ranks in Blackfriars road, near the Running Horses. The coat had not since been heard of. Information was sent to the police of the robbery, and the prisoner was taken into custody on Saturday night. The prisoner was remanded for farther evidence. Mary Ann Brocksop was brought up in the custody of Police constable 127 111, charged with robbing her ready furnished lodgings, and plundering the house of several articles of great value, all of which she pawned.—As there were several other cases against the prisoner she was re manded until Wednesday. The prisoner was not in want, but plundered the house for the purpose of obtaining drink. .. 372 50 .. 372 50 .• 965 •• 965 Rouen to Havre. Strasburg to 8a1e.... Avignon to Marseilles 755 .. 755 • 7 55 .. 755 RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, 15ru OF AUGUST. Versailles, 242 50 .. 242 50 •• 242 50 .. 242 50 „ „ 375 •• 375 •• 372 50 •• 372 50 Rouen to Havre.. ....•..•.• 750 .. 755 .• 757 50 • • 751 2 Orleans Strasburg to Bale. Avignon to Marseilles.. •• •• 750 .. 757 50 •• 7 50 •• 757 50 WISING BARRISTERS TOR THE HOME CIRCUIT. --- - The Learned Judges on Saturday signed the appointments of the following gentlemen as revising barristers for the dif- ferent electoral districts upon the Home Circuit :-- HERTFORDSHIRE.—Hertford, St. Alban's, Canterbury, Sandwich, and Greenwich : J. Espinasse, Esq., and J. D. Chambers, Esq. ROCHESTER AND CHATHAM..--J. D. Chambers. ESSEM — Colchester, Harwich, and Maldon : S. R. Bosan quet, Esq., and Sir W. Ridd e ll. KENT.—Maidstone, Hythe, and Dover : Russe l l Gurney, Esq., and Phillip s , Sussnx.—Lewes, Hastings, Rye, Brighton, Horsham, Chichester, Arundel, Midhurst, and New Shoreham : A. Ryland, Esq., and S. Richmond Esq. SURREY.—Guildford, Reigate, Lambeth. and Southwark : S. C. C. Fyshe, Esq., and J. Dcedes, Esq. The following distinguished personages have visited the Royal Amphitheatre, Astley's, during the past we e k, to witness th e success f u l spectac l e o f th e Chinese War, Feast of Lanterns, Scenes of the Circle, and Great Steeple Chase :—Earl Wilton, Earl Pembroke, Earl Delawarr, Lord Templeton, Lord Ailesbury, Lord Dalkeith, Lord Wicklow, Lord Sefton, Lord Campbell, Lord For es t er , L ord Wm. Paget, Lord M'Donald, Lord Ingestre, Lord F. Pollard, General Meyrick, Lord Sands; Sir T. Lopes ; Lady Seymour, Lady Ailesbury, Lady Taunton, Lady Theresa Lester, Lady Stratheden, Lady Reid. Between eleven and twelve, on Saturday, the south and south-western suburbs of the metropolis were visited by a hail-storm, which fortunately lasted only about ten minutes, many of the hailstones being very large. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'Clock. NEW MEMBER. Viscount VILLIERS took the oaths snd his seat for Cirencester. DUKE OF HAMILTON'S ESTATE. The report on the Duke of Hamilton's Estate Bill was brought up. LORD CRANSTOUN'S ESTATE. Loi d Cranatoun's Estate Bill was read a thin tin to and p: ssed. MERTON'S ESTATE. Merton's Estate Bill was read a third time and I asicd. SWANSEA IMPROVEMENT. The Lords' amendments to the Swansea Improvement Bill were agreed to. LONDON AND CROYDON RAILWAY. The Lords' amendments to the London and Croydon R ay Bill, No. 2, were agreed to. LEEDS VICARAGE BILL. Mr. BECKETT moved the third reading of the Leeds Vicarage Bill. Mr. HARDY expressed his high approval of the Bill and passed a high eulogium on the Rev. Dr. Hook. Sir R. PEEL expressed his concurrence in the eulogium which had been passed upon Dr. Hook. He thought the members of the Church of England in Leeds were de serving of great credit for the manner in which they had co-operated with Dr. Hook, and he hoped the example of Leeds would be fol'owed in other large towns. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. PETITIONS. Mr. DARBY presented a petition from some place in Sussex in favour of the corn-laws. Mr. SPOONER presented a petition from certain Pro testants against the Roman Catholic Penal Laws Repeal Bill. Also a petition from the Bristol Chamber of Commerce against the Insolvent Debtors' Bill. Mr. DILLON BROWNE presented a petition from the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam, and from four Roman Catholic Bishops, against the Charitable Donations and Bequests (i s -eland) Bill. The Hon. Gen tleman moved that the petitio.: should be read by the clerk at the table, and it was read a ccordingly. ROMAN CATHOLIC PENAL ACTS REPEAL BILL. Sir R. PEEL, in moving the second readinj of this Bill, trusted that the House would throw no impen:_ment in the way of the passing of it, notwithstandis:f: the late period of the session at which it had come down from the Lords. A petition had been presented by the Hon. Member for Birmingham against the Bill ; and from the wording of that petition he feared that many persons were labouring under a misunderstanding as to the meaning of the measure. He wished it to be distinctly understood that no security that had been taken by the Act of 1829 for the Established Church was touched by this Bill. The effect of the measure was to place all Roman Catholics taking the Rows.. Catholic oath on the same footing with respect to franchise and civil rights as her Majesty's Protestant subjects. This Bill did not touch any of the securities of the measure of 1829 —it merely went to repeal certain laws which had long been a dead letter, and a discredit to the statute book, and from the penalties of which any Roman Ca tholic might escape by taking an oath which any Roman Catholic might take. The House of Lords had thought it advisable to repeal some of these laws. One of them made it a high crime to maintain the spiritual supre macy.of the Pope, and this statute had been given a very wide interpretation in " llawkins's Pleas of the Crown." Another punished Catholics for not attending Divine service on the sth of November ; another punished a Catholic for sending his child abroad for education ; another punished any man not born a Roman Catholic for educating his child in the Catholic faith. These were at variance with the Relief Act. There were other Acts still more absurd—one was a law banishing Popish recusants from London, or from any district within ten miles thereof; another forbade him from being more than five miles from his home ; another prohibited him from having a horse of above the value of 5/. It was true a Catholic might escape from these penalties by taking an oath, but if he refused to do so, would it be possible to execute such laws ? He did not consider they were conferrirg any favour on the Catholics, but they were clearing their own statute-book of laws which were a disgrace to it.—(Hear.) The measure had been long before the House of Lords, and it had been stated that if it could be shown that the Bill would repeal any law which ought to remain, that law would be suffered to remain. None such had been shown. Some he knew considered these laws as the bulwarks of the Church—but so far from being outworks of the Church, he thought they were outworks to be seized by reason and ridicule, to be used by reason and ridicule against the Church. They were adapted to other times, and the Establishment must now be de fended by others means—namely, by reason and the affectionate attachment of the people.—(Cheers.) Mr. HAWES wished to know if the obsolete laws re lating to Protestant Dissenters would be also repealed? Sir R. PEEL could not pledge himself to any mea sure. This Bill had come down from the House of Lords, and he hailed it as . a satisfactory proof of the spirit by which that House was actuated. He did not propose it as a complete measure ; but if there were any laws imposing, for instance, heavy penalties on con scientious Dissenters who absented themselves from Divine service, he should support the repeal of such a law. Mr. M. MILNES said that if the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill had passed. it would have repealed many of those laws. Mr. HAWES—Which of the Bills ? MIENEO—DucIi. Mr. SPOONER thought the fears of the petitioners would be removed by the statement of the Right lion. Gentleman ; but when they saw the wa y i n w hi c h f ormer concessions had been received by the Catholics, Protes tants might have just cause to fear the fruits of further concessions. After a few words from Mr. D. BROWNE, Mr. CHRISTIE suggested the insertion of words in the Bill exempting Dissenters from Penalties for non attendance at church. Sir R. PEEL hoped the Hon. and Learned Gentle man would not press his amendment, as it might en danger the passing of the Bill. The Bill was then read a second time and ordered to be committed. CHARITABLE DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS (IRELAND) BILL. _ _ _ On the order of the day for the third reading of this Bill being read, Mr. DILLON BROWNE expressed a hoped that the Bill would be postponed. It was opposed by the Catholic hierarchy of Ireland, and one of the grounds of his opposition to the Bill was that it continued the out lawry inflicted by the Relief Bill on the Jesuits. All the regular clergy of Ireland were excluded from the operatiqn of the law, and the fact of the Hon. MembEr for Waterford expressing his approval of it was no reason why it should pass. That Hon. Gentleman did not possess the confidence of the Catholic clergy of Ireland. He did not conceive that the Irish Members in that House had given this Bill either a manly support or a manly opposition. Some Irish Members would have to account to their constituents for not giving this Bill a more efficient opposition. lie believed that the Bill was proposed in a spirit of conciliation ; but that was not a sufficient inducement for him to support it. The Hon. Member concluded by moving that the Bill be read a third time that day six months. The amendment was not seconded. On the question that the Bill be read a third time, Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL said it had been his intention, if there had been a larger attendance of Irish Members, to move an amendment to the Bill. But while he ad mitted that the Bill contained great defects, he had felt it his duty to abstain from joining the opposition, after the best consideration which he had been able to give to the subject.—(Hear.) He liked the spirit which this Bill displayed, and this he thought of more, importance than the words. The Bill was after all not compulsory ; property left for Catholic purposes in future would not necessarily come under the operation of the Commission, and he believed that, in voting for the measure, he would be doing no harm either to the religious or the political interests of Ireland. It conferred a substantial benefit by raising the worldly condition of Catholic ministers, whilst at the same time it did not diminish their influence over their flocks. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. The Transfer of Property Bill was read a third time and -passed. INSOLVENT DEBTORS BILL. The report on the Insolvent Debtors Compensation Bill was brought up. On the motion for going into Committee on the In solvent Debtors Bill, Mr. HAWES said he had a petition to present from the officers of the Insolvent Debtors Court, London, praying for compensation. Before presenting it, however, he wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir J. Gra ham), whether that Court came under the operation of the Bill, because, if it did not, he would withdraw the petition. Sir J. GRAHAM said the clause was so framed as to include all the officers of any courts IN hose emoluments were diminished by the operation of the Act. Mr. HAWES said, under those circumstances, he should withdraw the petition. The House then went into Committee on the Bill. Clauses 51, 52, and 53 were agreed to. On clause 54 being proposed Mr. M. PHILIPS said he objected to the sweeping change made by this clause, abolishing imprisonment for debt under 201. He opposed the clause, not as a master manufacturer, but for the benefit of the poor themselves. It would greatly diminish the. credit which would be given to that class of persons. The Hon. Member con cluded by moving the omission of the clause. Sir J. GRAHAM defended the clause, the words of which had, he said, been so framed as to give every facility to the creditor to recover his debt by proceeding against the goods of the debtor. Sir W. CLAY believed the clause would tend only to diminish spurious credit, whilst safe and sound credit would be encouraged. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, as the clause abolish ing imprisonment for debt was the essence of this Bill, he thought it would be better to postpone the clause, and take the general discussion on the third reading. The clause was then postponed. Several other clauses were agreed to. Clauses 69, 70, and 71 were agreed to with a few verbal amendments. The schedules were also agreed to. Several new clauses were added, and the Bill was ordered to be reported to-morrow at twelve o'clock. Captain PECHELL wished to know whether it was the intention of the Right Honourable Baronet at the head of the Home Department, to renew in the next session the County Courts Bill ? Sir J. GRAHAM would not pledge himself to the adoption of any course until he had seen the effect of the working of the present measure. On the question that the Lords' amendments t o the County Coroners. Bill be agreed to, some sho rt discus sion took place, which terminated in the Hou se disagre" ing with the amendment of the Lords, giving the Coroner 9d On the a mile, instead of ls. motion of Mr. DARBY a Committe e was sl3' pointed to draw up reasons for disagreeing with the Lords. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL presented 202 petitions front different part; of Ireland against the Ch ar it a ble Dolly tions and Bequests Bill. On the motion of Mr. HAWES, a return was ordereae of the titles of all public Bills introduced in t he cours of the present session ; the date of their several stages' distinguishing those introduced from the House of Lor d ! . The same for theyears 1838, 1839, 18 40 , 1841, and 184.2 The Committee on the Lords' amendment s to tit County Coroners Bill brought up the report of the u reasons for disagreeing to certain of those amendmeatE' The House then adjourned till Five o'clock. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEW?' CITY, QUARTER TO THREE Lire Sales to a good extent were made in Cotton at ...h, pool on Saturday, at fully.previous rates. Exporters t,rwii; about 1,000 bales, aid the total sales were 6,000 bales- - : ties Railway Shares were quoted as follows : Eastern C° ll _,.. e r, 12 ; Glasgow and Greevock, 12i ; Liverpool and Manche" liele , 235 ; Ditto Quarter Sim:es, 571; London and Birniing_.-,th.. 230; Ditto Quarter Sha:ee, 2%; London and ."'.,,,, Western, 88; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Seutpci 5i ; Ditto Bolton and Bury, s i i ; North Union, 133; S h N e w, and Manchester, 82 ; South-Eas;ern, 381 ii ; 12A i ; Trent Valley, 93 ; Orleans, Tours, and. Borde x 21, 2s. enliPg 'lnc accounts to July 20 from New York are less te . c , with " accidents by flood and field" than ale last, fir'cL ; ,c • tinue to be favourable as to the steadiness of tLe trade ( 7 0 The Funds have receded i tol per cent. this .nir il : ad account of the warm debates in the French Cliarnb e .:`,' D r 3 er there is a good opening for the Bears to create an 11. * . ;,,ive Ditto au _, sion, although, ere this, no doubt, different instruction 6 r, reached Otaheite from the Government . of Louis rhilifT,,, This will be, the time for people to pause ere theY.ally courage new projects for Continental and „spec; 00 French railways, as we perceive there are several mo re t , the tapis. Our advances are already heavy, and it iir" is for wiser to encourage even minor lines at home. Con s° o o- immediate transfer have been down, since business ot menced, from 99 and 99A to 984, but for time theyhtiv: l 99/ been lower than 98k. Bank Stock has been steady a',. to to 200. Exchequer Bills have been at a decline t o 7, 70 , 755.; and East India Bonds have been at 955. to 96s- Poe The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents . . are 101 g to P e a Reduced 102} to 4, and the Three per Cents. 99 4 to Pi , b a re all lower in proportion to Consols. The Commissioners P taken 10,000/. Consols, at 98i. Viio The Foreign Investments are drooping like our own --,,, T ei s pan Lh Five per Cents. have been 224 to h•, and the - 1 : 1 '; # 0 per Ceni..7 , 33 to 1- The Deferred are 124 ft. Por tu ,, g folt Converted o i l , taiti only 43 to 1. Mexican are 354 to o_4 the Actives, anti 15 4 for the Deferred. Colombian 13'`,1 have been 131, an‘,,! Chilian 105 to 103-.. Russian Bondri, 1193 to 120, and Dui, - ; 11 Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 61b L°lo The Railway Shares Lave been in moderate demand 0e a few instances they are a little easier, but the is good. Midland, Great Western, and Birmingham, hest ther better to buy, Birmingham and Gloucester, Mancia.o. and Birmingham, and York and North Midland, 9 ' l French Shares are about 2 to 3 per cent. lower. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLO CK (From the Official List.) no 20 0 genera l t • Bank Stock. .......... ...... ............ . ..... „, , ,i•- % 34 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities .... 1 • 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities lOO6 334 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ) 01% 7, New 3% per Cent. Annuities i m :_iaßonds,l,ooo ..... . .............. —' Dit,q) under 1,000 96 South ea, Stock 3 per Ccia:', Annuities, 1751 97 ati Consols for 2,Z.ccount 994 '"' Exchequer 8i1;... llid. 1,0001. ... ..... ..,•• ........ •••• 7 6 75 Pm 500/.... ..... . ..... ....... ..... 77 OM Ditto 5ma11............ ..... .....» 77 --• P in 'ep., CO4 _., FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'L Ith',, pp 1 , Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent Columbian Bonds. - 13% 68% • Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent.... Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent . ..» .•••••••y •• •-- I A 3 6 Ditto for the Account Ditto Deferred Stock Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. ......... ...... Ditto Converted 43`* , i ie Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent lll% , Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840... ...... Ditto for the Account Ditto Passive Bonds. Ditto Deferred o7* Ditto Three per Cent. . -- ,,L' 93 Ditto for the Account . .......... ........., ..... Dutch 234 per Cents 6134 „' Dutch 5 per Cents ................ ......a. ...... ....a, lOll4 New Loan, 5 per Cents. (1837) • PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. 04 17,;rmlugham and Gloucester 10 Di,:!:o New to Bristol ft :_lcl Exeter 7O 78% *" to - Bristol and f.llouer &ter - Chester and li,2 l Y.head 5 ...... to , Dublin and Cashes., .......... ..... 234 Eastern Counties ....... 'A .... ..... 12% ...... t:' , ~„ Ditto New Registered...-. Si. 6s. Sd. Ditto Perpetual 5 per cern:, l3s. 4d.... 1 ......... to ..„ Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O 6% •• ••• t ° ,_ ..., 65% ...... t° 05 Great Western 8 , ........... to ....'" Ditto 34 Shares London and Birmingham. lOO -a. 220......... to 8 London and Blackwall 1634 ..... • 74% ." t° 49 London and Brighton London and Croydon Manchester and Birmingham Midland Counties Birmingham and Derby North British Norwich and Brandon South Eastern and Dover 3 2% 3341i •••• t° Ditto New ..... to , Tit 1: tValley Yarmouth and Norwich York and North Midland ......... 50 Ditto 34 Shares Ditto Scarboro' Branch 2% 2454_.. . ~,.. 317 Paris and Orleans 2O 38%% ••• " 81TS Paris and Rouen 2O 38% ...... to • PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, Ana. 3. 3 per Cent. Consols -- Three and a Half Stock Ditto New, 1530 10234 314 per Cent. Debentures - -- Bank Stock Grand Cana' Debentures, 6 per Cent. Royal Canal Stock LAST RAILWAYS. P PAID. RICES OF SHARES FIR SO . 11;* Dllbti:l and K. Road DroghociSD itto 6O 75 Hibernian sank 25 ......... 31 Royal Bank . Insurancelo ......... 12 National Insurance 25 ......... 5179 Patriotic ditto .... 9 14 ....... 94 Wicklow Copper . M:nes ILI City of Dublin Steam Company 51 Ditto Ditto Ditto Difto, 1836 5O ......... g 3 British and Irish Steam Compa.lY Steam Ship Building Company Mining Company of Ireland ..... 7 ........ - oar' H E MANCESTER STOCK XCHANGE, AD..G. 3 . —btir r i c e. continues firm, without any material ci2ange ill le steC Blackburn, Burnley, and Acrington, Bs. 6d. pron. ; MA ne rrre o and Birmingham, 5-11 544 ; Ditto Quarters, 5 3 I '. Valley, 9i i. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. . .... ~,, Bank Stock 199% Indian 5t0ck............ 911' - 3 per Cent. Red 99% Ditto Bonds .... ....... .... .••• 3 per Cent. Cons. 3% per Cent. Red lOl% Ditto New Annuities ••• /5 P P . New 3% per Cent 10134 Ex. Bills, 1,0001. 1%d.•. 7 / P o New 5 per Cent. - Ditto 5001...„,«.«.„•• •,•1 9 Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5ma11............. Jan 1860 Bank Stock for Acct.... --- s i i . 98, Oct. 1859 - Consols for Act ......... Jan. 1860 llncLa Stock for Acct.... , FOREIGN FUl , a/S. f t'' ° Austrian, 5 per Cent - Portugues?, 5 per Cent ..." ..• Belgian, 5 per Cent ....... - Ditto N e w Dittos- ....... .... ~. Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent - Russian, .. 5 per Cent........"" Chllian, 6 per Cent .. Colombian, 6 per Cent ... Ditto, 1824 - Ditto, 3 per C,ent . ....... ~..•••• ..... Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent - Ditto, Deferre•.' ..... . ....... ..% Danish, 3 per Cent - French, 5 per Cent ...... k --:- Greek, 18,5, 5 per Cent Exchange .,•.... ...... ..... Mexican, 5 per Cent .... . . ... - French, 3 per Cent. ••"•• 61t Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 Dutch, 2)4 per Cent.'-..101 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent 24% Ditto, 5 per Cent ...... -*- SHARES. • Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) ll+ • Ditto, New Shares, 1734 paid Dublin and Cashel, 234 pail Eastern Counties (23 paid) Ditto Registered (8/ 658 d paid) 74' Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid Bl Ditto Fifths, 12 paid 6/ 4 Hull and Selby, 50 paid 4 London and Blackwell (161. 13s. 4d.) 484 London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Greenwich (ht. 115. 4d. paid) ..... Di ito, Preference o r Pr i vilege, £lB 175 2d paid Lendonand South Western (411.65. 10d. paid) •••• 86 London and Croydon (Trunk) lB Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Manclaster and Birmingham Midland Counties (100 paid) loi, Newcastle and Darlingron Junction. 21 paid 4250 North British, 2% paid i s Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Scrip (15 paid) .514 Norwich and Brandon, 4 paidls,l South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid ) . ..„ sgr Ditto New Shares, 4 paid Trent Valley, 2 paid 976 31 Yarmouth and Norwich (IB'p a id) 11.2 York and North Midl an d (50 p a id) Ditto Half Shares (25 p ai d) ' ...... ....•••••• 554 ~ 3A York and Scarborou g h B ranc h (2% paid) Paris and Orleans (20 pail) 37,0 Paris and Rouen. 20 paid - - - - - NY' f LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS I ) j u ...beiZet ',(t LONDON, AUG. 3. -.,Wind, fresh southerly b.- .0 cloudy. I.,ard , 1 10 7 0 DEAL, AUG. 3. -Wind S. to S.S.W., blowing - - F l e ari, e - A severe squalls.-The Finden, Caroline, and Clar• l - r - vir., ,r 4 are riding with both anchors down. 4th, A.M. VT.''..,, 1 , e5; and squally. r.m. W. ditto.-Arrd. Princess liqa'.',:to . al . f o r Bague. Sld. Ann, Brazil ; Conservative, Cousens, .„' .-tto _,J, Duke, India; Ceylon, Shields, for Calcutta; Kite t .,- v; te ier Mauritius. The X. L, Whiteway, of and from 1 13 . ; eO O for Portsmouth, iswrecked at Dungeness; crew save"' i- t ja RAMSGATE, AUG 4.-The master, a man, and a beY' .. .0 , the St. Catherine and Mary, of Portmadoc, which,..,"..; r P., P ' contact with a brig this morning, to the southward ot. u " 00 ness, have arrived here in the Defence, from L on Portsmouth. s is, ,e 4th. ...., LIVERPOOL, AUG. 3.-Wind E. fresh. W• ' r moderate.-Arrd. Horatio, Hannell, Ichaboe; Barbau; fa 0 4 A ; din, Mobile ; Adelaide, Hannah, St. John's, New B i . tli •orest e l John West, Jones, Prince Edward's Islan; Orel," ro t a u er , (steamer), Matthews, New York (20th ult.); 13 : 113 ,d lie b „,,,r Pacific, Quebec. Sid. Nimrod, Bombay ; R r - . Cat' e , Ceylon ; Ursula, Bombay ; Celt, Cape of Good 0P e : 01 JO rine, Ichaboe ; Jolly Robin, Columbia River; Rebel per ; Valparaiso; Mary and Elizabeth, Bahia; Colurabut:,dje,,s4 nambuco ; Theresa Jane, Maranham • Susannah rri ac .o 3 ,(1 Trinidad ; Venilia, Grenada ; Agnes, 'Barbadoes; l a nd 6; a Bennett, Charleston ; Hark Away, Virginia; Eng s : oo a II • Hudson, New York; Ellen, Essex, Saracen, SA' all ri by t • Warwick, Boston; Cambridge, Briton's Queen , ' 4 ; Loel v ham, Speed, Sir C. Napier, and Sir F. B. Head, Quebe c invar, Castine, Oberon, Newfoundland. i eti ebe°l lo2 BELFAST AUG. 1.-Arrd. Chieftain and Cey lon, _ebe, COWES, ' AUG. 2.-Arrd. Cerito, Clemens, Q u . Souamton. CARDIFF, AUG. 31.-Arrd. Alexander Liddle, Quebec. LIMERICK, AuG.l.-Arrd. Jane Black, Quebec. SLIGO, AUG. 31.-Arrd. Pomona, Rae, ()xebec, n - SOUTHAMPTON, ,AUG. 2.-Arrd. Cato, Benson, - ye an PORTSMOUTH, bree 1(1.- PoßTsmouTH AUG. 2.-Wind W.S.W., fresh d s't squally.-Arrd.'Welliugton, Chadwick, New I Town ; swi for London ; Derwent, London, from Hobart zerland, Ditto, from New York. n or, A- Cowss, AUG. 3.-Arrd. HandelsmaatscliapP9;,et, II stow , l e es Canton and sld. for Rotterdam ; Edinburgh , . _ w ith vannal; ; Amelia, Alexander, Trinidad and Cubs`' W est of sails. Quebec. AUG. SOUTHAMPTON, UG. 2.-Arrd. Avon ‘ .....teer), Indies ; Oriental (steamer), Alexandria. o increa s ed nTsm O u t r o , aA galeui and P VarYllieffloderated tP S.S.W., and continued all day. 4. The ga •II 3. -Wind Bid 4 , I tLLAYMADOCK, AUG. 3.-The schooner ...- :i . ,.. 4 , 0 p 0.1. i , morning, but it still blows fresh with squalls. from .... i i. water to Swansea; the schooner Margarqv.l3:u;f'riyuivit' ti /rola chepritow to Dublin; and limed: T rib morning, hard all last iTi-g° A letter from Cadiz of the 24th contains the fol lowing : "Yesterday, on the arrival of a dispatch from Marshal Bugeaud, the contents of which are not known, the Prince de Joinville immediately went on board the vessel bearing his flag, and set sail for the coast of Morocco. It has since been rumoured here, in consequence of some indiscretion on the part of one of the persons to whom the Prince bad imparted his intentions, that he has gone to Tangier, to bring away the consuls and French subjects residing there, and to land them at Cadiz. This step was regarded as preliminary to the decisive measures which the Prince was authorhed and de termined to adopt." Madrid Bourse on the 27th.—Three per Cents , 26i, at 60 days; Fives, 20ii for cash. The few expressions made by Sir R. PEEL in the louse of Commons last week, relative to the impri sonment of Mr. PRITCHARD, have caused a great sen sation in Paris. Nearly all the journals are loud in denouncing the haughty language of the English Minister, and what some of them call the "timid and trembling " expressions of M. GUIZOT. On Satur day afternoon the Chamber of Peers was crowded to excess, drawn together from an expectation that some questions would be put to the Minister on the subject. On his arrival questions were put by the Marquis DE BOISSY and another Peer, to which M. GUIzoT re plied :—" There are doors which must not be opened every time they are knocked at ; so long as the proper time shall not have arrived, I shall not enter into ex planations calculated to injure the general interests of the country. lam of opinion, that all the assertions put forth by newspapers ought not to be noticed at this tribune. When the facts shall be known and cleared up, I shall be ready to accept a debate on all that the Government may have done." The Prince DE MOSKOWA defended the course pursued by the Noble Peer, and said, after the remarks made by Sir R. PEEL, explanations were absolutely necessary. Several other Peers took the same view; and among others, Count MOLE, who expressed his regret that, while the Cabinet observed a prudent reserve, it did not afford some words of encouragement to the French officers who commanded at Otaheite. M. GUIZOT replied that he was intent on upholding the honour and dignity of the navy elsewhere, and he could not answer questions in that hall without more full in quiry. The subject was also adverted to on Friday, but in the absence of the Ministers, when Baron CHARLES Durex made the following remarks : "I am not one of those who regard war with extraordinary uneasiness. France is too well accustomed to war to feel alarmed at such a contingency, or its consequences. lam no partisan of war—l defended peace in 1840, but in preach ing concord I frankly declared, that if we had no other alter native than war, we would engage in it with ardour—nay, with transport. Permit me to add a few words on a recent question connected in the highest degree with the navy and the colonies. I have seriously reflected on the intelligence just received through England—l have read all the official documents published by the English journals, who are not certainly very friendly towards us. Well, these documents proved to me what I already knew—that the officers of our navy who commanded at Otaheite have acted pro perly, and as behoves brave and rational men. They had received from the King's Government the order to govern the country—they have governed it—they wished the French flag should maintain the advantage. And when an individual, Consul or not, accumulating I know not how many profes sions, many of them most honourable, forgot his quality— not the quality of an Ambassador, but of a Consul—that is of commercial agent—and became an instigator of revolt, I say that no Government would have hesitated an instant to arrest such a man, taken in the act i pf exciting insurrection. Nevertheless, gentlemen, our officers treated him with every attention, the English journals themselves admit it, and pub lish the document in which it is recommended to treat with kindness a conspirator who had infringed all laws and vio lated the rights of nations. Such is the truth. Without in flicting the least injury on that factious Consul, he - , was con ducted on board an English vessel, in which he left the country. Let him now complain to his Government ; let the British Parliament inquire into the facts. The British Parliament knows how to respect the laws of nations. There is in the majority of both Houses of that illustrious political body, eminent men, who, no doubt, value national honenr above all things, as we do ourselves, but who also value justice. I will venture to affirm from this tribune that there is no statesman who, after perusing the documents published by the English journals, the most inimical to France, will not declare that the agents of the French Government acted correctly. I consider those documents to be authentic; and a letter from Otaheite, received yesterday by a general officer, a friend of mine, who communicated it to me, convinces me that the Governor of Otaheite did his duty. If he was attacked I should be the first to undertake his defence from the tribune." In conclusion, M. Dupin said, "By voting the Bill now before the House, you will place the Naval Department in a condition to provide as speedily as possible against all con tingencies—l except none. It is a law of good administra tion ; it is in every respect satisfactory ; you may vote it with au entire confidence." The Baron was repeatedly cheered during these re marks, and was greeted by many of the Peers on leav ing the tribune. The excitement, however, is not confined to the Chamber of Peers. On Friday a grand demonstration took place at the Opera on the performance of CHARLES VI. In the second act the national air beginning— " Guerre aux tyrans ! Jamais en France, Jamais l'Anglais ne regnera 1" was called for, when the manager, M. PILLET, came . _ forward and said it would be sung in the second act. ARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY. CORN -EXCHANGE-MONDAY. • Factors were much more firm in their demands than for some time past. For the finest descriptions of both red and white English Wheat an advance of is per quarter was gene rally required, but which the millers were unwilling to give ; however, the trade for that description of produce may be con sidered steady at prices quite equal to those of Monday last. During the past week, duty has been paid in London on about 47,500 quarters of foreign Wheat. Of English Barley scarcely a parcel was brought forward. Malting and distilling sorts supported their value, but grinding descriptions were is per quarter lower. For Malt last week's figures were with diffi culty supported. Beans and Peas at barely late rates. Flour was excessively dull, and a decline of 2s per 2801bs was sub mitted to. In seeds no advance can be noticed in prices. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. WHEAT—Essex & Kent, ( MALT —Chevalier......... 63s to red 4ls to 50s OATS—Yorkshire and Ditto, white Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe coin, red 39s to 46s Youghall and Cork, Ditto white... ....... Irish, red 47s to 50s Cork, white Ditto white Rvs—Old New 36s to 3881 Pigeons BARLEY—Grinding 23s to 27a l PEAS— Grcy 3os to 32 Malting l3s to 36a Maple 27s to 32 Chevalier 32s to 35s White 30s to 34 MALT—Suffolk and Nor- 80i1er5........ 32s to 38 folk s6s to 62s FLOUR—Town nsade ... 44s to 46 Brown 506 to 54s Suffol 34s to3B Kingston and Ware 56s to 625, Stockton & Norfolk 33s to 36 FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. WHEAT—Dantzic Hamburgh ....... ..... 36s to 40s Peas 23s to 278 BARLEY 3os to 33s FLOUR—American OATS—Nov Feed lts to 16s SMITHFIELD. The Beef trade was in a sluggish state, at, in most:transac tions, a decline on Friday's currencies of quite 2d per 81bs. However, the primest Scots were mostly disposed of at prices varying from 3s 8d to 3s 10d per Blbs ; but a large portion of the inferior breeds left the market unsold. The numbers of Sheep were moderately good. Prime old Downs commanded a steady sale, at fully last week's quota tions ; while in most other kinds a fair business was doing, and late rates were well supported. The Lamb trade was very dull, at a decline of,;2d per 81bs, the highest quotation being 4s 8d per 81bs.ralves 2d per 81bs higher than on Mon day last. Pigs ruled about stationary. Per 81bs. to sink the voliaL s d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 2 8 210 Second qualityslitte... 3_6 3 8 Second quality ditto 3 0 3 4 Coarse-woolled ditto.. 3 6 3 8 Prime large Oxen 3 4 3 Southdown Wethers 310 4 0 Prime Scots, &c. Large coarse Calves 3 4 4 0 Large Ho - 8 3 6 Prime small ditto 4 2 4 4 Small Por ke rs 'l -. , 0 Suckling CalvelL earl , iu o a., c mu.trier oi kigs,eaChl6 0 20 0 ihatertor Sheep ... ...... a 3 2 3 4 Lambs 3 8 4 8 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. Calves. I Pigs. I 3,302' 33,970 197 210 NEIVGATZ AND LEADENHALL. Prime Beef, Mutton, and Veal have commanded a steady sale, at very full prices. While in all other kinds of Meat a fair business has been doing at late rates. _ _ At per stone, by the Carcase. 7017,1 ca. . S. d. to s. d. Beef, inferior 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior ...... 2 6 2 8 middling ..... -- prime large 2lO 3 0 prime 3 6 3 8 .--- prime small ...... 3 2 3 4 Pork, large 2 4 2 4 Veal ..... •••••••••••••• ..... 3 4 4 4 —small 3 6 310 Lamb, 4s Od to 5s Od. ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Calves. Pigs. Scotland 5O 70 Yor k s h ire - 100 Norfolk 3O Suffolk 2O Cambridge sh ire Essex lO 100 80 190 Surrey 2O 200 120 200 Devonshire Wiltshire Other parts Total 66 575 Previous week's arrival Diflbrence since ourlast Uxbridge, of a son. DOELOUGEE AND SPXTALFIELDS. There are now scarcely any old Potat oes on sa l e, an d no prices can be quoted with accuracy. New Potatoes—the supply of which is large—command a ready sale, at from 4/ 10s to 6/ per ton. BOROUGH HOP DIARXXIT. The market here is somewhat firmer, and the duty is now calculated at from 140,0001., to 145,000/. WOOL MARIEET. Owing to the former arrivals the public sales now pro gressing will not be brought to a conclusion before Thursday next. Although the biddings are not very brisk, most of the parcels offered have found buyers at full quotations. TALLOW MARKET. Again to-day we have to report this market without any change, either on the spot or prospectively; business, as to speculative transactions, there is none, and the demand is very limited, owing chiefly to the weather being warm, and the supply of home Tallow good. Town Tallow is 40s 6d nett cash. OPENING OF THE OYSTER SEASON.—This morning (Monday), at six o'clock, the opening of the market at Bil lingsgate; for the sale of oysters for the season, took place in the customary manner. The supply was very limited, as compared with the quantity brought to shore some few years ago; but, in our opinion, quite as great as it was last season on the opening morning. A fleet of twenty-nine boats came up the river during yesterday. There were this morn ing but few of the calleis, or common oyster, the principal cargoes, consisting of Cheyne Rock, Old Barley Natives, Barley Rocks, and Native French. The commoner kind of fish fetched from 10s. to 14s. per bushel, the intermediate qualities 145., while the best realised 16s. The demand was exceedingly slack, not more than half the stock being sold out by ten o'clock. With respect to the prospects of the season, it is the opinion of several salesmen, that the general supply will be better than that of last year, and that the quality, from the care which was throughout the last twelve months taken of the beds, will be found far superior. Prices, probably, will not be attended with much variation. The arrangements made by G. Goldham, Esq., Clerk of the Market, for the safety of the persons of buyers and the lives and limbs of all itrties, cannot be too highly es ti ma t e d b y t h e public. At ungerford Market the supply was moderate, and the de mand appeared brisker than at Billingsgate, several of the West-end fishmongers having made their purchases there. Prices the same. ST. MARYLEBONE.—TRN POOR-LAW COMMIS.. SIONERS:A meeting pf the St. Marylebone Vestry was held on Saturday, for the purpose of considering the recent in terference of the Poor-law Commissioners, and their threatened intention of issuing rules, orders, and regula tions, for the management of 'Marylebone Workhouse. Mr. Lo*e having been called to the chair, the correspondence between the dire c t ors and guardians and Poor law Commissioners, as also the eviden c e t a k en some time since before the Commissioners, at Fladong's Hotel, was read, and, after some discussion, ordered to be printed and circulated throughout the parish. The following resolutions were then proposed by Mr. Soden, and carried unanimously " That this vestry hear with ex treme surprise the threat of the Poor-law Commissioners to issue orders for the management of the poor of this parish, and thereby entirely subvert the principle of local self-government by a law not only unconstitutonal but grounded on injustice, unsuited to the wants and in suiting to the feelings of the deserving poor, most expensive in its machinery, and entirely inoperative for any general good."—" That the thanks of this Board be given to the Di rectors and Guardians for the very great ability displayed in their answer to the Poor-law Commissioners."—" That the vestry cordially agree with every word of such answer, and hereby express their entire confidence in the Board of Direc tors and Guardians, and urge upon them to use eve!) , legiti mate means in their power to prevent any inroadsbemg made by the Poor-law Commissioners." NEW BRIDGE AT COLOGNE.—A letter from Co logne, of the 27th ult., states that the Government is about to erect a double bridge at that city across the Rhine, which will be unique of its kind. The two structures will be placed one over the other, the height of the upper one being 144 feet above the river. The lower bridge will be traversed by the railroad from Berlin to Cologne ; the upper one will be for horses, carriages and foot passengers. In the vacant space between the bridges will be placed Paixhans guns for the purpose of breaking the ice in the river when necessary, and of defending the city of Cologne in case of siege. Baron Cristian de Hartmann, the engineer, will be entrusted with the erection of this work, ~_. i pr ( zba ilr fe‘, 1