The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-11 00:00:00

RAILWAY NEWS. subscribers and others interested in Railways will find a FULL ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS before the RAILWAY COMMITTEES in the 'WIRD EDI7ION of THE SUN, reported up to the CLOSE of EACH DAY; it also con tains the DEBATES in BOTH HOUSES of PARLIAMENT up to the HOUR of POST EVERY EVENING, PRICES of RAILWAY ?HARES, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE by EXPRESS, and all other NEWS ARRIVING in LONDON DURING the DAY. ORDER the THIRD EDITION, which contains NEWS TWELVE HOURS in ADVANCE. Sun -office, 112, Strand. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., T HE STORY OF A ROYAL FAVOURITE, By Mrs. GORE. " No scandal about Queen Elizabeth, I hope ? "—The Critic. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in Bvo., with Portraits, 28s. bound, lARY AND MEMOIRS OF SOPHIA DOROTHEA. CONSORT OF GEORGE 1., Now first published from the Originals. " A work abounding in the romance of real life."—Messenger. " A book of marvellous revelations, establishing, beyond all doubt, the perfect innocence of the beautiful, highly-gifted, and inhumanly treated Sophia Dorothea."—Naval and Military Gazette. " A mass of curious information up,,n the strject of the romantic history - , the sufferings, and long imprison rent of Sophia Dorothea, which it is hardly possible to over-rate.--John Bull. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. LAST NIGHT BUT TWO OF THE SUBSCRIPTION. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed 3lereadante's Opera IL GIUIIAMENTO. Madame Grist ; Isaura, Madame Bellini ; Bianca, 3ldlle. Brambilla 31anttedo, Sig. Fornasari ; Viscardo, Sig. 3loriani. In the course of the Evening a Divertissement, in which 3ldlle. Grai' will appear. To conclude with the admired Ballet of ALMA; ou, La Fine de Fen. i'erphite, M. Perrot , Balfegor, M. Gosselin ; Emazor, 3f. St. Leon ; Alma, Mdlle. Cerito. .%pplications tor Boxes. Stalls, ind Pit Tickets to be made at the Box-office, 0 era-Colonnade. Doors open at Seven ; the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Wile. CERITO respectfully informs the Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, that HER BENEFIT will take place ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, BEING TIIE LAST NIGHT BUT TWO OF THE SEASON, When will be presented Mozart's chef d'ceuvre, DON GIOVANNI. Donna Anna, Madame Grisi ; Donna Elvira, Mdlle. Rosetti ; Zerlina, Madame Anaide Castellan. Don Giovanni, Sig. Fornasari ; Don Ottavio, Sig. Mario ; Il Commandatore, Sig. Botelli ; Masetto, Sig. F. Labiache ; and Leporello, Sig. Lablache. To be followed by various Entertainments in the Ballet Depart ment, comprising a SELECTION from the Ballet of ALMA, with the celebrated " Pas de Fascination " Selection from the Ballet of ONDINE, including the " Tarantella,' by the Corps de Ballet, and the celebrated " Pas de L'Ombre" by Cerito. - _ _ _ . _ _ In the course of the Evening " La Castellana," by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn and M. Perrot. A Selection from the Ballet of ROSIDA; on, Les Mines de Syra cuse. Comprising "La Sicilienne," and the admired Pas by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon, and an entirely New Pas by Mdlle. Grahn anti M. Perrot. - To conclude with the Divertissement of UN BAL SOUS LOUIS QUATOIIZE, in which Mdlle. Lucile Grahn will appear as a Cavalier of the Court of ,Louis XIV., and will dance with Mdlle. Cerito, in Costume of the same Court, the celebrated " Minuet de la Cour and Gavotte." Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Bea. •'rice, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, to commeace at Half-past Seven o,Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER, THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, by Douglas Jerrold. entitled TIME WORKS WONDERS. Goldthcmb, Mr. W. Farren ; Felix Goldthumb, Mr. Hudson; Bantam, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Bessy Tulip, 31iss Julia Bennett; Florentine, Miss Fortescue ; Miss 'Flicker, Mrs. Glover ; Patty, Miss Carre. The celebrated Pianist, Leopold de Meyer, for Six Nights more, and will perform this Evening, after the Comedy, Variations on the Popular Themes of " Carnival of Venice." In the course of the Evening, Mr. John Parry will sing " Young England." After which will be repeated a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES; or, Matrimonial Chap ters. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Buekstone ; Mrs. Caudle, Mrs. W. Clifford. To be followed by THE IRISH ATTORNEY; or, Galway Prac tice in 1770. Pierce O'Hara, Mr. Hudson; Miss Charlcotte, Miss Lee ; Sa.ly, Mrs. Caulfield. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Halt each. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office, from Ten till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER TUE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTF. THIS EVENING Will be performed SWIATTIEARTS , i.ND WIVES. Billy Lacka day, Mr. Wright; Eugenia, Mrs. Yates; Laura, Miss Woolgar. To be followed by a New Farce, entitled DRAMATIC COOKERY; or, 110 W TO DISH: UP A FARCE. Pythias Fizzwit, Mr. Selby; Sam Smear, Mr. Wright; Eliza, Miss Taylor; Diana, Mrs. Laws. After which, an Original Terpsichorean Bcrletta, called POWDER AND BALL; or, St.' Tibbs's Eve. Mr. Montgomerie Tibbs, Mr. Lambert ; Captain Kidglove, Mr. Selby; Jacob Gerkin, Mr. Wright ; Airs. Montgomerie Tibbs, Mrs. Frank Matthews; Sally Knobbs, Mi.s Wooigar. To conclude with RINKS THE BAGMAN. Binks, Mr. Wright. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt ; Leader of the 'land, Mr. Mellon. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. tTNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Splendid Reception of " The Governor's Wife"—Roars of laughter at "An Object of Interest" and " Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures" —Continued Success of " Les Danseuses Anglaises," and undimi nished Attraction of " Cinderella." TII IS EVENING Wili be performed a New and Original Comedy, to be called THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE, with entirely New Scenery, Dresses, and Appurtenances. Principal Characters by Messrs. Diddear, Keeley. F. Mathews, F. Vining, and Collier, lliss Dawson and Mrs. Keeley. After which, an entirely New, Original, apd Novel Grand Fairy BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled LES FEES. In which Les Danseuses Anglaises will appear. To be followed by a New Farce, to be called AN OBJECT OF INTEREST, in which Mrs. Keeley will perform. To %%Inch will he added an apropos Bagatelle, in One Act, entitled MRS'. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Mea dows, Mrs. Caudle, Mr. Keeley. To conclude with an entirely New Operatic, Dramatic, Chivalric, Fairy, Romantic Burlesque, entitled C IND EItELLA. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keel , y, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr. I. W. Collier, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss Falrbrother, Mrs. Woolli:ige, Miss Grove, Miss Howard, &c The Box-ottice is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON, Will be performed DON CrESAIt DE BAZAN. Don Cresar de Bazan, Mr. Wallack ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling. To which will b.; added A COURT BALL IN 1740. In which will be introduced the Dances as performed at her Majesty's Bal Cos tume, with the Original Music. Mr. HENRY RUSSELL will sing his popular composition, " I'm Afloat," and Hood's " Song of the Shirt." Attcr which, Shakspeare's Play of KATHERINE AND PETRUCHIO. Petruchio, Mr. Wallack ; Katherine, Mrs. Stirling ; Bianca, Miss E. Homier. To be followed by a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled MRS. CAUDLE ; or, Curtain Lectures. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Compton ; Mrs. Caudle, Mr. Oxberry. Stage Manager, Mr. 11. I. Wallack ; Stage Director, Mr. Emden; pinch t, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. First Appearance of Mr. T. Thompson, the unrivalled Paatomimist— Last Week but One of the Engagement of the French Equestrians -L Continued l",;ecess of the New Spectacle. THIS EVENING Will be performed an entirely New Grand National spectacle, em bracing the chief features of the heroic achievements of the British Arms in Northern India, called THE CONQUEST OF SCINDE ; or, The siege of Hyderabad. After which, a variety of New and Surprising Feats of Horseman ship by the French Equestrians. To conclude with THE DUMB MAN OF MANCHESTER; or, The Factory Murder and the Felon Heir. Tom, the Dumb Man, Mr. T. Thompson. _ Box-office open from Eleven till Five. HAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Immense Attraction—First Appearance of Madame Vestris and Mr. C. Matt' iews. THIS EVENING Will be performed U , ED UP. Supported by Messrs. C. Matthews, R. Homier, Neville, Ileslop, Fredericks, Lewis, Mrs. R. Ilonner, and Mi s Niartin. Atter which, LOAN OF A LOVER. Gertrude, Madame Vestris ; Peter Spyk, Mr. C. Matthews. To Pc succeeded by PATTER versus CLATTER. Captain Patter, Mr. C. Matthews. To conclude with THE LADY OF THE LAKE. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to rour. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON. COMBINATION OF ATTRACTIONS. ROMANTIC GARDENS AND PROMENADE. EXTENSIVE AND UNRIVALLED MENAGERIE. COLOSSAL MODELLED REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH, The Acme of Scen , c Illusion. The ROCK lIARMON ICON from Three till Eight. Ind on MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and THURS DAYS, GRAND CONCERTS D'ETE and MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY of FIREWORKS. Admission, One Shilling. Feeding the Carnivora at Half-past Five ; Pelicans and Polar Bears at Aix ; Concert at Half-pars Six ; and Fireworks at Half-past Nine. In honour of the Birthday of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, en Wednesday, Aug. 13, the Boys of the Royal Military Asylum, accom panied by their Juvenile Band, will pay their Annual Visit to these Cantons. On Monlay and Tuesday, Aug. 25 and 26, a Magnificent Fete Chainpetre, to contmemora'e the Birthday of 11.8.11. Prince Albert. BIGII WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TINS DAY. Morning . 45 ininutes after Evening .. 12 minutes after 7. THE WEATHER..—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 9. T ,L.MOMETER, Lowest, 49: Highest, 67: Noon, 65. BAROMETER, 29 . 57 - - WIND, S.W. flora.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Illighest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. Martin Oint LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 184.5. In our Thursday's edition we remarked, in reference to the late colliery explosion at Aberdare, on the general neglect that appeared still to pervade our ink; DiAricts of the very valuable recommendations of the House of Commons' Committee on " Accidents in Mines," (owing to the want of some duly constituted Executive to give effect to suggestions of this kind, when they regard only the protection of life, not the rights cf prop-rty.) Among these neglected recom mendations we especially instanced " the bricking up the final apertures that have been left, marking the site of exhausted works and demolished passages." To-day we have to notice the singular confirmation which our assumption has received by the actual verdict of the coroner's inquest on the bodies of the sufferers rescued from this very Dyffrin Colliery : for the jury, among other things, beg to enforce the necessity for adopting "a system that will prevent the gas oozing out from the old or abandoned workings to tram-road airways" by similar precautions. We cannot refrain from observing that we have here another exemplification of the " selfish iudiffereuee to," we are loth to call it—but, at • least, the culpable carelessness of human life, which too largely operates upon the relations of masters and work ' men in some of the largest speculetions that private capital is invested in. It was stated is the very first ac count we had of this catastrophe that the pit had always been in bad repute " on account of its deficient . ventilation." We see nothing in the return of the in , quest to disprove the justice of this received impression. Now one is irresistibly tempted to repeat the question— had the better ventilation been demanded for animal chattels, or other such tangible property, instead of mere human lives, over which our anomalous law, all tenderness under some circumstances, permits under others the most irresponsible custody and control to private individuals. Had these pitmen been partridges , in a preserve, or pheasants in an aviary, or sheep in a fold, does any one supp)se that after the first represen tation to their owner, that they were exposed in the fold, the aviary, or the preserve, to mephitic gases or noxious exhalations, these birds or beasts would have been left there for another day ? Why, it is not long since we read of all the leaden water-pipes commu nicating between the river and a dog-kennel being taken up and replaced, at a considerable expense, by wooden or clay drain pipes, on a bare suspicion that some of the hounds had been from time to time affected with symptoms that indicated the presence of some arseniate deposit from the metal in the water. If the higher and wealthier orders thus manifest a comparative apathy about the tenderness for human life, which it is not only one of the first objects of morality to inculcate, but should be considered one of the first duties of civilized society to enforce upon all its mem bers, it must be allowed that the orders below them have not been slow to follow their pernicious example. We gather, from a perusal of the daily reports of cases of the police courts, some conclusions that creep out of sight in the elaborate organization of our table of cri minal statistics. Whatever more favourable result these latter may exhibit, we are compelled to inter the fact— the painful and disgraceful fact—that among the in ferior classes (of the metropolitan population at any rate), crimes of violence against the person are decidedly on the increase. On many accounts (and for reasons most of them too obvious to make it necessary here to enforce them) this result is as extraordinary as it is deplorable. To what cause shall we attribute it ? We have long since, in our own minds, arrived at the answer to this query. We consider the result to be ascribable to the gross anomalies of our criminal jurisprudence. These anomalies, however, determine in one strangely consistent demonstration—namely, that the genius of our laws, in modern application, is far more vigilant for security of property than for security of life. The con sequence seems to be that persons of inferior condition take up a notion that they may, with impunity, commit any serious excesses of personal violence, seeing how in different those in superior ranks of society show them selves to be to the personal safety, and even existence, of others. Property, indeed, as against poverty, seems to enjoy an immunity from the ordinary liabilities to civi l action, which the latter would certainly occur, for mali_ cious, or even for mistaken, prosecution. Is there no chance of inducing the Legislature, in the course of the coming session, to look into these anomalies, and devise some remedy for them ? A very few days ago, we published the report of a case tried at a country sessions, in which a young wo man, who had been accused of stealing some drapery in the house or shop of a small trader, was, on the clearest evidence, acquitted. During the trial the poor creature exhibited all the emotions of terror, shame, and distress which an innocent but timid female might be supposed to experience in so trying a situation. Her acquittal was greeted with the most enthusial tic, albeit indecorous plaudits of the people in the Court. But she was again arraigned and tried on further indictments, notwith standing a significant intimation to the prosecutor from the Bench that he should not proceed with them. He persisted. The woman was acquitted again ; but ever since remains in a deplorable state, consequent on the agony of her feelings under so protracted an ordeal. The defeated tradesman retires to his shop, with no other penalty but what it is just possible he may expe rience from some occasional accesses of remorse, or the undissembled contempt and disgust of his fellow-towns men. At another country assizes, in a case in which two fellow-servants had quarrelled, it appeared that the male prisoner had inflicted a kick upon the person of the prosecutrix, from the effects of which she had been already confined to her bed for five and twenty weeks, — was still painfully suffering—and, in all human proba bility, never would recover. All the facts were proved to the satisfaction of the jury ; and the whole punish ment to which the unmanly perpetrator of this outrage was sentenced--was six months' imprisonment with hard labour. But might he not plead that even this visitation was too severe, when in richer men the gross carelessness that assigns nine and twenty men employed upon and " in" their property to a violent and instan taneous death, is not visited by a deodand, even of as many pence ? We are rejoiced to observe that a public demonstra tion is at length being made in this country in favour of a most distinguished public servant—for in that light we must ever consider Lieutenant "Waoscoars—whose in estimable exertions in marvellously abridging the period occupied in communicating between England and India, and, indeed, all the coasts of South-Eastern Asia, ought not to have remained until this day unacknowledged by some signal and tangible token of the reipeet of his compatriots. The advertisement we have published in Our columns, from the Provisional Committee fur the management of tne business connected with the pro posed " Testimonial," succinctly recapitulates the pro gress, nature, and singularly successful results of Lieut. WAGHORN'S efforts in establishing our existing overland communication between Great Britain with India and China, by way of Egypt, and sufficiently indicates, by simply adverting to, " tLe benefits it has conferred on all those who have political, social, or commercial relations with the East." These benefits it is surely very fitting that a mighty, commercial, and opulent community like ours should compensate by scme pecuniary reward. Although such services might well be left to plead their own cause with an enlightened public, it is highly pro per that we should remember at what sacrifices to the party rendering them they have been achieved. Lieut. WAGHORN, in prosecuting his boldly conceived scheme, with that characteristic energy and absorbing constancy of purpose, without which it never could have been car ried out into practical working, must be considered to have sacrificed his prospects of professional advancement. On the other hand, in how vast a degree has the short ened route, in the opening of which he is truly described as having been the "pioneer," advanced, multiplied, and improved the resources of those to whose Indian and Chi nese connexions so vast and almost miraculous a deve lopment has thus been given ! The Committee remark, with equal truth and impressiveness, that by some "it may be assumed that a national reward is always be stowed, in one shape or other, upon those generous spirits who devote successfully the energies of their lives to ob jects of great public utility ; but, unfortunately, it too often happens that the public gratitude is not sufficiently aroused till the grave has closed over the public b enefactor," It is delightful to thisk that the case of Mr. WAGHORN Will, now, net be added to that ion; list of great inven tors, great discoverers, and mast meritorious public ser vants to whom contemporary gratitude has been so shamefully wanting at different epochs of our history. The pen of Robertson would have honoured, with a noble record, the name of that Englishman, to whom the glory was reserved of restoring the land journey and maritime route of the old Venetian traders to the East, in combication with the most perfectly organized admi nistration of that new power in navigation, the applica tion of which is the most signal glory of the nineteenth century. In the first rank of those who have brought together the remotest parts of the two hemispheres, for all purposes of intercommunication, and by that means of civilization, knowledge, refinement, morals, and hu manity, Lieut. WAGIIORN will assuredly assume, with posterity, a prominent position. In justice to the en lighiened spirit of the present age, let his memory de scend to another, unconnected with any dishonouring associations of national neglect and unrequited devotion. We speak of this kind of approximation of two hemis pheres advisedly : and we may here quote another pas sage from the address or memorandum of the Committee to this very point.—" Not only England but even Ame rica participate in the advantages which Mr. WAGHORN'S services have secured, and therefore owe an acknosvledgs ment to the individual who first stepped forth, in the manner of a forlorn hope, to open a path which all men, now, safely tread." This is strictly true. In a few words, let us thus concentrate the grand results of his spirited and unremitting labours in bringing the noblest dependencies which ever owned the dominion of the British sceptre within a distance now measured by the lapse of a few days instead of many weeks. "Before this zealous and enterprising individual stepped forth to devote himself to a task of such magnitude, no part of India could be reached in less than four months. The mails from Bombay now reach England in thirty-four days ; and the regularity with which the overland com munication is now conducted, is the practical demonstra tion of his original views on this subject." Honour, then, to Mr. WAGHORN; and we respectfully entreat at the hands of the enlightened British public a prompt and liberal response to an appeal which has the sanction and guarantee of individuals so distinguished by the rank they occupy, the public stations they haw filled, or the princel:,l mercantile establishments they re present, as those which grace the list of the Committee. Six Earls and four other Peers unite with, we know not how many, Members of Parliament, and of the first among the merchants and bankers of Europe, to com mend this application in favour of Mr. WAGUORN to the beneficial consideration of this country, and, we might say, of the civilised world entertaining relations of commerce with India. If Mr. Wm:moan needed one additional claim on the gratitude of the great family of commercial nations, be would have established it, in our opinion, by his share in the memorable work of elicitirg from MEHEMET ALI, the noble Pacha of Egypt, under circumstances of peculiar political irritation and annoy ance, that sacred and unaltered respect for treaties securing the facilities of postal and mercantile com munications between Asia and Europe, which the Go vernments of the oldest-established monarchies of Christendom may contemplate with some feelings of conscious shame, or more wisely determine Govern ments to emulate in future. Swiss papers of a late date have been received. The discussion of the Jesuit question in the Diet was fixed for the 3d inst. The Swiss journals state that General DE SONNEN BERG, who commanded the troops of Lucerne in the late disturbances, has returned to his military duties at Naples. Letters from Copenhagen of the 31st mention the dis covery of a Republican plot in that city. One of the leaders had fled, and taken refuge, it was supposed, in London. Prince FREDERICK of lIEssE was expected in Petersburgh, on the invitation of his father-in-law the EMPEROR, who is desirous that he should marry the Princess WILIiELMINA of ORANGE. It is not yet a year since his late wife (the Grand Duchess ALEX ANDRIA) died. Accounts from Madrid have been received to the Ist instant, and from San Sebastian to the 3d. Several persons had been arrested on the I st. The QUEEN was at San Sebastian, and the physicians con sidered a long course of treatment necessary for the restoration of her health. Her sister, the Infanta LUISA FERNANDA, was also suffering from health. All parties seem to consider that the marriage of the QUEEN with the son of Don CARLOS would be a dreadful calamity for Spain. The marriage of the Infanta Luese with the Duke of MONTPENSIER is spoken of as a matter decided on. We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. The Moniteur publishes the official dispatch of the Maritime Prefect of Toulon on the subject of the late fire. He estimates the damage done at 2,400,000 francs. It has been ascertained, according to some of these jour nal>, that the fire originated in a plot among the convicts. The Jesuit establishment in the Rue des I'ostes was broken up on Tuesday. The Duke and Duchess DE NEMOURS and the Duc D'AUMALE, arrived at Bordeaux on the sth. M. MARTIN DU NORD, the Minister of. Justice, set out from Paris on Wednesday fur Eu. Accounts from Posen, quoted in these papers, state that tranquillity was perfectly restored in that city on the 30th. —ci tv 4 -. - *-=‘ , 9 . .- • ,\ ', 0 , - - 1 ." , "• J) 1.; ~, - 4,1 • - li -i, f 4 , -,...1 tm ,.' 4ja ;'' h . • 7•'" , 7 ...A, * ..,-, - , •,pii• • , ill 4, ~.1 The French Funds rose again on Thursday : The Three per Cents. closed on that day at 84f. 40c. th♦ Five per Cents. at 1221. 40c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,292 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,092 E 50c. ; Vierzon, 787 f. 50c. ; Havre, 907 f. 50c. ; Avignon, I,OSOf. ; Basle, 286 f. 25c. ; Spanish Three per Cents, 38 1 / 2 ; ditto Passives, 7. The following are the quotations for the new lines:— Orleans and Bordeaux, 1901. premium ; Boulogne, 140 f. ditto, Troyes and Montereau, 60f.; Paris and Lyons, (Laffitte), 301. ; ditto (Calon), par ; ditto (G a nn e ron), 6f. 50c. • Northrn Line (Laffitte), 421. 50c. ; ditto (Rosa mel), 171. 50c.; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 12f. 50c. ; ditto (Drouillard), par ; ditto (O'Neill), sf. ; ditto (Jacques Lefevre), par ; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 181. 50c.; ditto (Talabot), 351. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 51. ; Bordeaux and Toulouse ( Mackenzie), par ; ditto and Cette (Espeleta), 15f. ; Creil and St. Quentin, par ; Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron), 12f. 50c.; Dijon and Mulhausen, par; Dieppe, 12f. 50c. LYONS, AUG. 4.—Avignon and Marseilles, 1,0421., end of August ; Paris and Orleans, 1,247 f. ditto ; Paris and Rouen, 1,062 f. ; Orleans and Vierzon, 7851. ditto ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 680 f. ; Montereau, 537 f. ditto. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 8. Boulogne and Amiens.. 11 1 A OverYssel Bordeuax &Nlediterran Paris& Lyons (Lafitte) 3% Bordeaux and Toulouse Ditto (Ganneron's). Do. and Cette 2 l /s ' Ditto (Calon's).... - Dutch Rhenish '... Dendre Valley Dieppe & Paris Juliet. Paris & Strsburg (Gan- Dijon and Mulhouse ... : neron's).... East Indian — Do. (Compte de L'Est) 2% Grt Northern of France Paris and St. Quentin. (Laflitte's) Ditto (Rosamel's) Great Paris and Lyons — Sambre and Meuse .... 6 Jamaica Junction 6 3/ Strasbourg and Basle . Do. South Mdlnd June — Tourt , &Nantg(M'Ken. Louvain and Jemeppe 4% ' zie's). — :,yons and Avignon — I Do. (Lefebvre's) — Naniur and Liege 5 14 Verona and Ancona.... Orleans and Vierzon .. 17 1 4 Welt Flanders 43g Orleans and Bordeaux 11 We direct public attention to an excellent article which we copy, in another column, from the Sentinel, on the subject of rebuilding Quebec by the issue of paper money. The suggestion, we understand, emanates from that useful body, " the Society for the Emancipation of the Working Classes." REPRESENTATION OF SUNDER LAND. THURSDAY, AUGUST 7.—The following letters addressed by the late Noble and talented representative of this borough, to A. J. Moore, EN., Colonel Thompson's professional legal agent, will explain the cause of the dalay which has occurred in the issue of the writ for this borough " Howick , August 1, 1845. " Dear Sir,—l have just received your letter of yesterday ; in reply to it, I beg to inform jou that I have not been able sooner to take measures for dbtaining my summons to the House of Lords, because I could not find the patent of peerage which it is necessary to produce. This has, however, now been found, and I have instructed my solicitor in London to apply to the Chancellor to issue the summons without any fur ther delay. I am, yours, " GREY." " How ick, Aug. 5, 1845. " Dear Sir,—T write to you one line to say, that I have received this evening an intimation from my solicitor in London, that the papers which I had sent up, and which 1 had supposed to be all that were required in order to obtain my summons to the House of Lords, are not considered suffi cient by the Lord Chancellor's secretary, and further evidence in support of my claim has been called for. This evidence has been sent off by return of post, and I trust there will be no further delay. I shall be obliged to you if you will explain to the electors of Sunderland that I regret very much that which has already taken place, and that I have done all that is in my power to expedite the issue of the writ, and to relieve them from the excitement of a canvass and contested election. I should be glad to have this known by ail parties in the town ; as I should consider it a very bad return for the kindness I ex• perienced there four years ago, if I needlessly prolonged a period of suspense, which I know must be very inconvenient. " I am, dear Sir, yours, " GREY." The usual nightly meetings have been held, which have not diminished either iu interest or numbers; and in addition, a meeting of ladies exclusively was held in the Lecture Theatre of the Athenaeum this morning, which was very numerously and re=pectably attended. The principal speakers were Col. Thompson and Mr. Robert R. R. Moore. Another diabolical attempt has been made to damage the character of the Gallant Colonel in the estimation of the Wes leyans and other Dissenters, by the publication of some gat bled extracts from speeches delivered at Hull, and reported in the Hull Packet (the Tory newspaper of that town), under the head, " The Religious and Political Opinions of Col. Thomp son." There is also a quotation from Hansard of part of a speech delivered by Col. Thompson in the House of Commons on a Bill being introduced for the better observance of the Sabbath. It is as follows :—" By the same right by which our fathers protested against the doctrines and practices of an ancient church, so he would protest, and if he stood alone in the House he did not stand alone out of doors, that the judicial observance of the sabbath was not only not directed in the Scriptures, to which all parties professed to look for authority, but was abso lutely prohibited." '1 his is sorely innocent enough, though it may be regarded as a crying sin by some few Wesleyans ; its publication, however, shows the shifts to which the Tories are driven to prop up their sinking cause. The " local interest" cry is still kept up, and York citizens are buying up Durham and Sunderland Railway shares, in the full expectation that Mr. Hudson will be returned, and that he will do something to promote the prosperity of this line. ARMY PRIZE MONEY.--'1 he account of unclaimed army prize money (formally made by the deputy -treasurer of the Royal Chelsea Hospital), from the 18th day of January, 1809, to the 31st day of December, 1844, directed to be an nually laid before both Houses of Parliament by the Act of the 2d William IV., cap. 52, was published yesterday. The debtor side of the account gives a sum total of 1,302,3721., of which 1,081,3121. accrued by cash arising from for feited and unclaimed shares of prize -money, grants, &c and 221,060/. from the dividends or interest of moneys invested in the public funds or other Government securities. The creditor side of the account gives a grand total of 1,298,2531., of which 670,339!. consisted of cash refunded to claimants, 57,6180 of the exper.ses in executing Acts from 1809 to 1844, and 570,284/. of sums paid for the Royal Hos pital in diminution of the annual vote. A balance remains of 4,129/. The secretary states, in a memorandum, that, although the balance appears to be as above stated, yet there is in the Three per Cent. Consols 100,000/. stock, invested on account of army prise-money, the interest %hereof is in cluded annually in the Parliamentary estimates, and is ap plicable to the payment of prize claims ; and when the amount thereof, in addition to other sums received on the same ac count during the year, exceeds the sums paid, the Paymaster- General takes the balance as an appropriation in his account. The difference between the above balance, 4,1291., and the 100,000/. stock in the Consols, arises from the investment in that stock having been made when the funds were very low, and from the sales thereout, as occasion required, having been from time to time effected when the prices were considerably higher. -NAVAL PROMOTION. --Mr. Jaillei W. Ozzard, secretary's chief clerk under the flag of Rear Admiral Cochrane, C. 8., Commander-in -Chief in the East Indies, has been promoted to the rank of paymaster and purser, and ap pointed to the Vestal, 26, seniority, 9th April; 1845, vice Ore gory; died of fever, at Madras. Mr. Ozzard is a talented pro mising young of f icer, of more than ten years' standing as clerk in the Childers, Edinburgh, Bellerophon, Wasp, Powerful, and Agincourt, where be served with great credit, particularly in the Syrian campaign, where he was often a volunteer against the enemy. The last three and a half years of his employ has been under the immediate eye of Sir Thomas Coctittehe, in India and China, who has been pleased to mark his high appro bation of Mr. Ozza"d's zeal and integrity, by giving him eurtiminion in a death vacancy. THE PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH. Mr LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, I rejoice that the state of public business enables me to release you from further attendance in Par- liament. In closing this laborious session, I must express to you my warm acknowledgments for the zeal and assiduity with which you have applied yourselves to the consideration of many subjects deeply affecting the public welfare. I have given my cordial assent to the Bills which you presented to me for remitting the Duties on many articles of import, and fur removing restric tions on the free application of capital and skill to certain branches of our manufactures. The reduction of taxation will necessarily cause an immediate loss of revenue, but I trust that its effect in stimulating commercial enterprise, and en larging the means of consumption, will ultimately provide an ample compensation for any temporary sacrifice. I have witnessed with peculiar satisfaction the unremitting attention which you have bestowed on the measures recommended by me to your considera tion, at the commencement of the Session, for im proving and extending the means of Academical Education in Ireland. You may rely upon my determination to carry those measures into execution in the manner best cal culated to inspire confidence in the Institutions which have received your sanction, and to give effect to your earnest desire to promote the welfare of that part of my dominions. From all Foreign Powers I continue to receive assurances of their friendly disposition towards this country. The Convention which I have recently con cluded with the King of the French for the more effectual suppression of the Slave Trade will, I trust, by establishing a cordial and active co-operation between the two Powers, afford a better pro3pect than has hitherto existed of complete success in the attainment of an object for which this country has made so many sacrifices. GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, I thank you for the liberality with which you have voted th! Supplies for the service of the current year. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, On your return to your several counties, duties will devolve upon you, scarcely less important than those from the performance of which I now relieve you. I feel assured that you will promote and confirm, by your influence and example, that spirit of loyalty and contentment which you will find generally pre valent throughout the country. In the discharge of all the functions entrusted to you for the public welfare you may con fidently rely on my cordial support; and I implore the blessing °Whine Providence on our united efforts to encourage the industry, and increase the comforts of my people, and to inculcate those religi9us and moral princi ples which are the surest foundation of our security and happiness. ROYAL TIIAMES YACUT CLUB.—The members of the Royal Thames Yacht Club held their monthly meeting on Thursday evening, at the British Coffee-house, Cockspur street ; Captain Wheeler (the Treasurer), in the unavoidable absence of the Commodore, presided. Captain Wheeler, on the motion for confirming the minutes, suggested that as a motion for building a cutter for the especial use of the Com modore at sailing matches, had been carried at the last meeting without notice having been previously given, that such portion of the minutes be not confir.ned on the ground of irregularity. This portion having been expunged, on the above ground, the minutes were confirmed. The subject of building a new club house, and some other important motions, were postponed, owing to the absence of parties, and after ten or twelve gentle men had been ballotted for and elected, several were proposed for ballot, and the meeting broke up. HARVEST PROSPECTS.—A broken sky, with warm gleams of sunshine, have this morning given new heart to those who are looking with anxiety towards the ap proaching harvest. The wheat is not forward enough yet to have suffered from the recent rains— and no mischief has been done which a few days of tine weather will not repair. We have seen experienced agriculturists from all parts of the county, and we find them by no means desponding, either as to the present condition of the crops, or the ultimate prospect of the yield—very little sunshine will bring prices down as fast as they got up, as our market of to-day has proved. Western Times. STATE OF THE HOSIERY' AND LACE TRADES.— The Nottingham trade is in a very depressed and gloomy state. The wrought cotton hose branch is not at this moment worse than it has been in for months past, and the cutup cotton hose branch, which has been stagnant for months, has revived a shade. 'I he drawer and pantaloon branch is very dull, and employment scarce. The silk glove branch, after having passed through a sort of fever, has rather suddenly fallen back into its former state, which causes considerable privation amongst the workmen. In Helper and the vicinity the hosiers are attacking the rate of wages ; but the hands, long inured to suffering, seemed determined to resist.—The plain silk hose branch, after being a shade improved, has also retrograded to its old position, if not to a worse. The fancy bobbin-net trade, that is, the Lever's fancy trade, continues extremely de pressed, and many machines and hands are standing, though we have heard it asserted that two of the principal firms have had some large orders, but this we fear is exaggerated. The stint of hours was pretty well abided by for a few days, but some of the manufacturers finding they could sell some of their patterns, continued to wor k long hours : this caused the measure to b t abandoned, in which attempts are made to induce Parliament to interfere. A meeting was called on Monday evening, at the Town dial], of the twist and warp hands, at which it was resolved to petition Parliament to limit the working hours of lace machines to sixteen per day. But as Parliament will be prorogued, it is said, on the 9th instant, nothing can be done this session.—The warp lace trade is also very dull, especially the cotton trade. The silk branches have not felt it to the same extent, though the warp lace hands have almost taken the lead as to the restriction of hours ; most of the frames are worked single-handed ; the long hours are confined in general to the rotary machines at times, and to those now making cloth. The Bill for compelling the hosiers and masters to give tickets with their work, as amended and made applicable to the Nottingham and Derby trade, passed the House of Lords on the 30th ult„ and has re ceived the royal assent. It comes into operation on the Ist of January next. This la .s will cause a new era in the hosiery trade as the system of underworking by giving secret prices, and by private docking from the regular list of prices is now at an end. It will cause an equalisation of price, to be given through - rut the trade. The . Bill now extends to bagmen, and all putters-out of hosiery, who will be compelled to give tickets to their journeymen, and even to their apprentices. It will provide employment for printers to prepare forms of the necessary schedule?, which in some descriptions of work will require to have more than twenty entries. The large warehouses will be compelled to have extra clerks, as with every different description of work a distinct schedule or ticket must be given. It does not appear that the hosiers made any opposition to this law, though in 1823, when a similar measure was proposed by Mr. Peter Moore, M.P. for Coventry, they almost unanimously petitioned against it.— Nottingham Review. DEATH WHILST BATHING IN THE SERPENTINE. — On Friday Mr. Gill held an inquest at the Brown Bear, Knightsbridge, on the body of William Powell, aged nineteen, who was drowned whilst bathing in the Serpentine. The deceased was an apprentice to Mr. Lack, harness-maker, of Stockbridge-terrace, Pimlico, and on Tuesday last,. be tween eight and: nine o' c lock in the evening,. he, with a fellow apprentice named llayley, went to the Serpentine to bathe. Powell went into the water first, and having got about eigkt or nine yards in the river from the . shore, he was observed by hi s compan i on t o b e s truggling in the water, and tried to call for assistance, but was unable. He sunk, and an alar m h av i ng b een g i ven, t h e b oa t s belonging to the Royal Humane Society came to the spot, and in about ten minutes the body was recovered, and conveyed to the receiv ing-house, where every means were resorted to to restore animation, but without effect. Verdict, "Accidental death." A gentleman present wished to know if the Royal Humane Society thought three men sufficient to watch the numerous bathers? Mr. Charlier, the secretary, said that they would like to have double the number, if they had sufficient funds ; the present was the only accident of a fatal character that had occurred this season, although the number of bathers had considerably increased. New oats were cut last Monday at Cromwell, but generally speaking, that. (as well as other grain) is remarkably late, and the rainy weather very much militates against its ripening. —Nottingha m Journal. A MAN KILLEE k BY A Bur.L.—On the arrival of the down train at Selby, on Tuesday morning, the body of a man of the name of Isaac Woodcock, was discovered lying at the bottom of one of the caravans, which contained a bull, be longing to Earl Fitzwilliam, whilst proceeding to the exhibi tion of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society at Beverly. When the discovery was made, it was also ascertained that the bull had his fore feet placed on the shoulder of the unfortunate suf ferer; and that the unfuriated animal had also struck him with his horns very severely at t h e b ac k part o f t he head. Lif e was quite extinct.—Doncaster Gazette. TESTING THE SECURITY OF RAILROADS.—On Fri day, on account of the long •continued heavy rains, the Direc tors of the Great Western and of the London and Birmingham Railroads caused an experimental trial to be made on those railroads, for the purpose of ascertaining the solidity of the roads and blocks on which the iron work is affixed, also to in vestigate the state of the embankments. The examination was very satisfactory, the roads being found perfectly secure. A tobacconist, who recently entered the happy state of wedlock at the church of one of the principal parishes of South-W4st Essex, in the fulness of his joy at the consum mation of his wishes, prestnted the officiating minister and clerk with packets of genuine Havannah paper. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (SATURDAY.) PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT BY HER MAJESTY. This being the day fixed upon for the prorogation of the Imperial Parliament by her Majesty in person, con siderable bustle and excitement weie manifested in the neighbourhood of St. Stephen's and along the route usually taken by the royal procession, from an early hour. At all points from which a view of her Majesty could be obtained scaffolding and platforms were in the course of erection, for the purpose of accom modating those liege subjects anxious to obtain a glimpse of the imposing pageant of the Queen of the Isles going in state to relieve heiself and those who have been engaged in the business of legislation, for a season, from the more weighty and pressing cares of the state. The morning bore a threatening aspect, but by mid-day the sky cleared up, and fortunately continued so during the whole progress of the royal pro cession. About one o'clock a strong party of the Metropolitan Police arrived on the ground and formed themselves at regular distances on each side of the space along which the royal co, 14e was to pass from Bucking ham Palace to the entrance of the House of Lords. Im mediately after the horse and foot guards took up their respective positions. Exactly at half-past one the Queen, with her usual punctuality, left the palace in the state car riage. Prince Albert sat en the same side of the carriage as her Majesty, dressed in, a Field-Marshal's uniform, and opposite were seated the Duchess of Buccleuch, the Mistress of the Robes, and the Earl of Jersey, the Master of the Horse. During the whole progress of the royal procession, from the palace to St. Stephen's, her Majesty, who looked exceed ingly well, and seemed in excellent spirits, was cheered by the immense assemblage with heartiness and cordiality—tokens of good feeling and respect which she acknowledged in the most condescending manner. We have seldom seen a larger concourse of people assembled on such an occasion, or one whose conduct was more deserving of praise ; for during the whole proceedings, though we traversed the entire route of the procession, we did not witness a single act of rudeness, or hear one unseemly obserraticn. The ladies, as is usual on such occasions, mustered strongly, and were particularly marked for their anxiety to secure a good view of her Majesty and all the " pomp and cir cumstance" by which she was surrounded. The royal cortege reached the entrance to the House of Lords at ten minutes to two precisely, the fact of which was announced to the assembled thousands by a discharge of cannon. HOUSE OF LORDS. The gallery of the House of Lords was opened to-day for the admission of strangers at ten minutes after twelve o'clock. Shortly afterwards the galleries and body of the House were filled with elegantly dressed ladies. The Dukes' benches were reserved for the Peers, all of whom appeared, as usual on the auspicious occa sion of the presence of the Sovereign in the higher House of Parliament, in their full robes. There was more than the usual attendance of Peers, owing probably to the fact of her Majesty not having prorogued Parliament in person since August, 1843. On the Bishops' benches we noticed the Bishop o Ely and the Bishop of London. None of the Judges were present. In the place set apart for the Foreign Ambassadors were the French, Russian, Prussian, Austrian, and Turkish Ambassadors, together with a great number of attendants. The steps of the throne, as is usual on these occa sions, were covered with rich carpetting. The chair of the Prince of Wales was placed on the right of her Majesty's throne, and that of his Royal Highness Prim, Albert on the left. The chairs were all lined with crimson velvet, and were ornamented with rich gold fringe. At half-past twelve o'clock the Earl of Shaftesbury took his seat on the Woolsack, when prayers were read in a most impressive manner by the Lord Bishop of Ely (Dr. Turton). In those portions of the prayers where those present were called upon to kneel, the rustling of the ladies' dresses sounded like a heavy shower of rain. Among the Peers present we noticed the Earl of Shaftes bury, Lord Glenelg, Lord Monteagle, Lord Wharncliffe (who was dressed in the Windsor uniform), Lord Mid dleton, Earl St. Germans, the Earl of Leitrim, Lord Forester, the Earl of Zetland, the Marquis of Clanri carde, Earl Beauchamp, the Duke of Buccleuch (who wore the Windsor uniform), Lord Campbell, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, the Duke of Norf,lk, Lord Grantley, Lord Calthorpe, Lord Beaumont, Viscount Canning, and several other Peers. 'I he Duke of Wellington entered the House at twenty minutes to one o'clock, habited as a Field-Marshal. His Grace wore over his Field-Marshal's dress a dark wrapper. His Grace looked extremely well, and en tered heartily into conversation with several of the ladies present. The Prince Dwarkanauth Tagore, with his son and nephew, arrived at ten minutes before one o'clock, and proceeded to the seat appropriated to their use in the gallery to the left of the throne. The Lord Chancellor entered the House at one o'clock, and took his seat on the Woolsack. The Duke of Cambridged, dressed in his robes, and habited as a Field Marshal, entered the House at ten minutes past one, and immediately shook hands with Lady Lyndhurst and several of the Peeresses present. Prince George of Cambridge entered shortly arm-wards. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE brought up th report of the Select Committee on the London and Yorl Railway Bill. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the Isle of Man, praying for the establishment of local courts. The Earl of ABERDEEN laid papers on the table, by command of her Majesty. Shortly before two o'clock the firing of guns and th. flourish of trumpets announced the arrival of her Ma. jesty at the entrance to the House of Lords. The cheer: and shouting of the crowds assembled out,ide were dis tinctly heard within the House. At five minutes before two o'clock her Majesty enter( the House, preceded by the Duke of Wellington, bear i n g the Sword of State, the. Duke of Argyll, bearing the Crown on a crimson velvet cushion, and the Earl o. Zetland, bearing the Cap of Maintenance. Upon her Majesty entering the House the whole of the Pvers, Peeresses, the ladies, and all present, rose n riot ire her. Her Majesty leant on the arm of Prince Albert, and was conducted to the throne by his Roya. Highness. The Mistress of the Robes, her Grace th( Duchess of Buccleuch, was in attendance on her Majest) in her official capacity. Her Majesty then took her seat on the throne, fin- Duke of Wellington, bearing the Sword of State, stand ing on her left hand, and the Earl of Zetland, the Dukt of Argyll, and the Lord Chancellor, standing on herright. Her Majesty then, in a clear voice, commanded that thei) Lordships would be seated. The Usher of the Black Rod (Sir Augustus Clifford) was then commanded to summon the House of Com mons into the presence of the Sovereign in the House. of Peers. The SPEAKER, shortly afterwards, dressed in his stay robes, and accompanied by a great number of Member, of the Lower House, appeared at the bar, and address ed her Majesty as follows :—" Most Gracious Sovereign: V it, your Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the Common of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and I*- land in Parliament assembled, attend your Aa jrsty with our concluding Bill of Supply !or the present year. We are about to close session rendered unusually laborious by the rspi development of human industry and enterprise, 115 the construction of railways, from which we anticipate the kit results to commerce and industry, and we have devoted much time and labour for the purpose of feel. Mating the carrying out those important pri t jects, not. withstanding the mass of other public business neces sarily pressing on our consideration. Your Majesty was graciously pleased to intimate at the commencement of the present session your approval of the manner we had carried into effect the Act for the more effec tually giving effect to charitable donations in Great Britain. In the same spirit we have continued to legis late for Ireland. We have granted a more suitable en dowment to the College of Maynooth ; and at the same time we have had a due regard to the particular circumstances of that part of the kingdom, and the religious feeling of the majority -of the inhabitants ; and we hope and believe that the encouragement afforded by this and former Parliaments to the education of the people has placed the future tranquillity and improvement of Ireland upon a sure and lasting foundation. Our attention has not lost sight of the condition of the destitute poor of Scotland, and assisted by the information that your Majesty com manded should be laid before us, we have made such amendments in the law relating to the poor of Scotland us will secure to them a permanent subsist ence. We have endeavoured, by facilitating the drain age of land and of inclosing commons, materially to improve the agricultural interests of the country. But we refer with peculiar satisfaction to those measures which we have adopted for the further security and extension of the trade of the country—l allude to the measures with respeo to buuking in this c9 l lRtrY, whicb, with_ certain modifications, we have extended to Scot land and Ireland, by which the opei aUoris of trade have been rendered more secure. We have also given Lcilities to trade by the abolition and reduction of duties and iuiposts. We have materially reduced the duty on sugar, and on the imp - a-tant staple manufacture of glass all fiscal charge has been removed. To make up fur the deficiency in the revenue, we have considered it necessary to continue for a further period the tax upon income, and we have thereby been enabled, in accordance with your Majesty's suggestion, to add to the efficiency of the naval service, and at the same time to afford ample protection to commerce. It has now been my • duty to advert thus shortly to the prominent measures of the session, and we believe that, under the dispensation of Divine Provi dence, they will tend to promote the interests of the country, and -to the welfare of your Majesty's subjects; and if we have felt it our duty to con tinue to impose a tax which is generally only imposed in times of war, we have the satisfaction that we have imposed it, not for the purpose of aggrandisement or contest, but for the purpose of re. linquishing those imposts that pressed heavily upon the industry of the country, and to enable all our fellow-subjects to participate in those blessings which peace has cast around us. It now becomes my duty to present to your Majesty two Bills, one for raising the sum of 9,240,000/. for the supplies of the year, and another for appropriating the sum of 10,689,0001. Gut of the Consolidated Fund, to which we humbly beg your Majesty's royal assent." Her Majesty then gave her royal assent to the Exchequer-bills Bill, the Appropriation Bill, the Small Debts Bill, the Silk Weavers' Bill, the Blaekwail (Eastern Counties) Railway Bill, the Bristol Rates Bill, and the Marquis of Westminster's Estate Bill. The Lord Chancellor then advanced to the foot of the throne, and„ bending on one knee, presented to her Majesty a copy of the speech (for which see another column). Her Majesty then read the speech in a most clear and distinct tone. After which The LORD CHANCELLOR said—lt is her Majesty's royal will and pleasure that the present Parliament be prorogued to Thursday, the 2d of October next ; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thursday, the 2d day of October next. Her Majesty then rose from the throne, and the royal procession left the House in the same manner in which it entered. Prince Albert took her Majesty's hand, and thus the royal pair left the House. We are happy to be enabled to conclude our report by stating that her Majesty looked in excellent health, as did also Prince Albert. Her Majesty wore a splendid tiara of diamonds on her head, a brilliant necklace and stomacher, and a dress of white satin. Altogether the scene within the House was of a most imposing description. Hor Ilej-sty left. the I totue of Lor Is at half-past two o'clock. The procession returned in the same order in which it quitted Buckingham Palace. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The House met . to-day at Twenty•6ve Minutes to Two o'clock. Mr. W. PATTEN gave notice that early in the next session he would move for a Select Committee to consider the expediency of relaxing the privileges of this House respecting the fees and pecuniary penalties imposed on private Bills. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. Mr. HAWES brought up the report of the Select Commit tee on the London and Yc:k Railway Bill. On the motion of Mr. B. DENISON, it was ordered to be printed. Mr. VILLIERS moved for returns relating to the general as , essment in England and Wales.—Agreed to. Mr. S. HERBERT brought up returns relating to the Ordnance Department. Mr. ESCOTT said, that in moving for the return of fees which had been paid the clerks of assize in criminal proceedings, he wished to add a distinct return between those courts which administered justice with fees, and those who administered it without fees. EDUCATION IN IRELAND. Mr. WYSE moved for certain returns with respect to edit. cation in Ireland, from 1836 to 1845 inclusive. NEW IRISH UNIVERSITIES. In answer to a question with respect to the new universities, Sir J. GRA HAM said that as the Act for the establishment of the new universities in Ireland had only received the royal assent a few days ago, sufficient time had not elapsed to allow charters of incorporation to be made out. As soon as they were framed copies of them would be laid before Parliament. EMPLOYMENT OF FEMALES IN MINES. Sir J. GRAHAM, who was mere than usually indistinct, was conjectured to say, that seeing the Hon. Member for Finsbury in his place, he wished to inform the Hon. Member that he was now in a condition to inform him that women were employed in the mines alluded to by the Hon. Member, but in none other in Eng;and. 'the Right Hon. Baronet made also an explanation in reference to the poor-laws, of which ex planation no two consecutive woids were heard in the gallery. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE CONTINENT, Mt. P. BORTH WICK said he wished to put a question to the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government—a very gave and important question, which stood under his name for that day. He wished to guard himself against any expression of disrespect, either against the Right Hon. Baronet or his Government. A few nights ago the Noble Lord the Member for London called the attention of the Government to the same circumstance, but no reply was then given; and he (Mr. l3orthwick) conjectured, from that silence, that the subject was under the consideration of Government. He regretted now to to think otherwise. He alluded, of course, to the Queen's in tended visit to the Continent. There was no precedent in the history of this country in which the Sovereign had left the country without appointing a Commission. It was alwat s considered a great constitutional principle that the functions of the Crown should not be exercised out of he realm. From the earliest period of our history to the pre sent moment this custom had been religiously observed, and he saw no reason why it should be departed from on this occasion. A precedent to the contrary ,ught not to be formed, for, although it could not be in any way dangerous at present, it might on a future occasion be attended with the worst consequences to the peace of the realm. He would not say one word on the subject, but would prefer lis tening to the reasons which the Right Hon. Baronet could advance for the course which the Government thought fit to pursue. Sir R. PEEL laid—l hope the Hon. Gentleman will not attribute the abruptness of my reply to .my want of courtesy tow arils him, but rather to the shortness of the time which I can now occupy the attention of the House. I will begin at onee by saying that the Honourable Gentleman is wrong on every single point which lie has thought proper to advance.—(Great laughter.) First e ail, he is wrong, utterly wrong, in point of precedent. He said that there was no instance where the Sovereign had been tbsent from the realm, and where a Commission of the Lids (latices had not been appointed. Now, str, that is not the fact, he Hon. Gentleman says he will go back to the earliest periods of the history of our Constitution. I cannot say what he means ayConstaution, but there are instances vrithin— Here the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod appeared at the bar, and the Right Hon. Gentleman sat down. The Usher advanced to the table, and announced that is was 'he desire of her Most Gracious Majesty that the Commons should immediately attend her in the House of Lords. The Speaker forthwith rose, and attended by the Sergeant- At-Arms, and followed by the Members in a body, of whom here were about sixty present, proceeded to the House of Lords. After an absence of about a quarter of an hour, The Speaker returned, and the Queen's Speech having been read from the Chair, the busy and protracted session of 1645 fflas brought to a close. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. In railway shares the business has been rather extensive. The half-yearly meetings, and in most cases their favourable results, give a stimulus to operations. The late further reduc tion of fares on several of the leading lines has evidently bene tited traffic and the directors themselves bear testimony to th e ,uecess of the experiment by the revenue accounts they have !aid before the shareholders. We noticed the fact the other day of the further concessions proposed to be made by the Grand Junction Company in this respect, and the Birmingham and the Brighton Companies by their late meetings confirm the view 4enerally taken of the success of low fares. The body of manu facturers have long complained of the want of a spirit of libe rality by railways iu their charges for the carriage of goods, and those connected with Manchester have organized a com pany for the purpose of furthering their own views of the sub ject. The parties who support this scheme state that their own transit of goods will pay 4 per cent. upon the required capital. A display of competition of this description in other quar ters where attention is not given to representations respecting excessive charges might prove equally beneficial to the public. The value of the best shares in the market was well supported. Birmingham maintain the late rise, London and York have -lightly improved, Brighton continue firm, and South Midland have not declined. A number of new schemes have appeared lately, and the scrip in several instances issued bears a con siderable premium. Foreign shares have been steady, and the bargains in them have increased within the last few days. A correspondent, who appears to be well versed in the gene ral features of the present railway mania, gives it as his opinion that much of the f ever wou ld a b a t e if th e recen t enact m en t imposing a penalty upon the publication of the names of parties as belonging to Provisional Committees who have not signed the registration papers were enforced. The object of this Act (the 7th and Bth Victoria, c. l 10), is to protect the public against deception, and to give them a legal remedy against the parties registered, and, therefore, imposes a penalty r,ot exceeding 20/. upon the promoters of the Company who omit the registration, while the solicitor is also liable immediately he is appointed. Such is the slovenly manner in which many of the Companies have thought proper to attend to this important proceeding, that if steps were taken to make parties liable for the neglect, it is understood that a very large sum of money would be recover able. People seem to be little aware of the immense amount of responsibility incurred by temporary connexion with public companies; and in tall cases where names are published with out authority, the individuals aggrieved should immediately take the proper proceedings to relieve themselves from the legal consequence provided by the recent Acts for regulating km:it-stock companies. This is intended as a general warning, for the practice is now very common of advertising the names of respectable merchants and others as committee-men and directors without authority—a system continued even after the parties so advertised have disavowed their connexion with the schemes put forward. It will be seen, under these circum stance, how necessary it is that scrupulous reeard should be bad to the possession of a regular authority and a regular regis tration before the lists are advertised.— Times. THE MURDER AT PENZANCE.—The execution of Benjamin El isoa, for the murder of Mrs. Seaman, will take place at Bodmin, on Monday next. It is understood that the unhappy convict has made a full confession of his guilt. His conduct since his condemnation Ills been very resigned, and he engages much in prayer, in which he is assisted by the worthy ehayettiti of the gaols—Plymouth Journal. (.) and C {CIA Pi WS' (F.-om The Sun of Saturday Evening.) „ A n The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 8, 7 A bales, 2,000 being on speculation. The market c loy steadily. Shares were much the same. vele The Herald brings news of April 9 from Sydniiy. itt , was not brisk. Exchange on London, 5 per cent. discoo le Freight for Wool, 1 1 Ad. to I%d. per lb. The Sydney pe' .. P4 had held a large meeting on the subject of the New Zea l° , conflict, and it was the general opinion that energetic Me), sures alone could preserve our footing in that colon.Y. Ai collision is said to have occurred at Kororarika boo st- t Johnny Hackey and the Europeans, during an outbreak 4 1 the Bay of Islands, in which a number of persons sl i e killed ; but we are glad to learn that two vessels, with O l t troops, had sailed from-Sydney. The New Zealand 1 1 . 4° 0 , had stopped, there being a deficiency of 2,500/. Peoun l3 l , l o assistance, by means of public subscriptions, was W t o f afforded to the unfortunate settlers, who were driven ou their homes. The Funds are rather heavier to-day. # O NE CLO SI . 4 PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. fla Ct. A 99) 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consels Annuities 9834 99% , 141 New 3 1 4 per Cents 102%% 27 3 India Stock 272 271 69 India Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto ..- under 1,0001.•.. Consols for Account 49 Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., I%d 5O 51 49 Pin. 49 Ditto 5001. Ditto Small oso 9 ONE CL f ag. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. 13 ` .. 174 Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 17 1 1, 36 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 18.37 35 4 36 ..... Portuguese 5 per Cents _. Ditto, Converted 64 Ditto Account .... Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto. Account ..... ... ..... Ditto 3 per Cent. •. Ditto, Account .... 38 45 1, i Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 4 51 .62 :j / j 4 Dutch, 2% per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certific 99 / 4 PAID. PRICES OF ft AMWAY SHARES Armagh, Coleraine, and A B T Er Sol:Jr:1;10g. CO 2 i j Portrush l% 2% Birmingham and Ox- 4! 1 2 ford Junction Bristol and Exeter Do. New ... ........ 2 Caledonian 2, 1 i Ditto Extension 22 Chester and Holyhead... 15 Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir. ili and Leicester 1 ...... 1 3 / 4 ............... sh Cornwall Direct Northern Dublin and Belfast Junc. 2% 8%% A Dundalk & Enniskillen 2% 2% 204 Eastern Counties 141. 165...... 20 5 / g : 3 / 4 % ......... 7 p Ditto New 41. 16s. - , '.astern Union _ .. 3, 1 • Ditto Extension . ... 1 1 / 314% 83,, Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto New 1 4 Shares... 2 1 / 2 l O 3 /4 ..• 5 3 9 Ely and Bedford Great South. and West. .-, (Ireland) Ditto Extension ' 2% 11 % 3 /4 ........... ..„. iteatNorth of England-100 Ditto New 23 3 Treat Western BO ___ Ditto, Fifths 2O , 3ruildford, Fare'rn,Ports. 2 % ... .. 3 Hull and Selby Do. Half Shares Leicester and Bed!jrd... 225. .ondon and Birninghin (stock) 250 253 56 Do. New Thirds Do. Quarters London And Blackwall. 161. 13s. 4d. 11 1 %1% 7 9 ,/ London and Brighton... 50 London and Croydon, 131. 15s. yd. 1 1 4 134 P Do. New l3s 4d 1 4 ....... •.. •• 8:t Lund. & S.Western 411 6s 10d B3 AB2 ......... 1 0 Do. New London and York 2 1% 5% % 3 /4 London, Salisbury, and ' 23i Yeovil ...... ........... 2%...... 2% • 8 ynn and Ely ...... .....• 2 % B% 7 1 4 8...... • 4,1 i Lynn and Dereham l% 4% 5% 4%.•• 0, \ janchester and Leeds... 76 203 20 4 64A Vanche:ter and Birmin. 40 Do. Quarters Do. New Quarters ... 2 Nisnchester, Buxton, and 1 / 4 P Matlock 225..... .. 7 1 4 6 3 / 4 7.......i7., llidland 100 177% 37A Do. New Hicllsnd,Birm., Derby... 100 Neweas,h- arid Berwick 11,4 .24 1 4% 25 24 25 3,v Newry and Enniskillen. 2% ••••• 2 ,6•••••• ......... 513 1 / North British Do. New North Wales Norwich and Brandon... 14 Do., New ... ..... ..... 1 - 6 1 ,1 1 4 79 Oxford and Worcester._ 2% 7 IA% ............ 2 ferth and Inverness ... 2% Portsmouth Direct 2 V 3% 4...........• 37 Preston and Wyre 2 itue,by, Worstr. & Tring 1 Scottish Central Scottish Midland l%. ... 2 ............... Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union 22s. Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales 2 3 /4 3 IA% 314 31 South Devon 2O ... 31 4... 5 South Midland 22s. south Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d — ... ......... ... 1 89 A Do., No. 1 8 D0., No. 3 South Wales 2%...... 5 1 4 ............... 19 Trent Valley 2 .... . 19 ...... •• Worcester, Shrewsbury O l d and Crewe Union ..... 1%..... 3%1 / 4 ............ 30 Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 York and Carlisle cork and North Midland 50 Do. Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 11 Boulogne and Amiens... 6 - A Dutch Rhenish Great North. of France (Laffitte's) 2 1 ; , .! Do. do. (Rosarnel's) 2 Namur and Liege Faris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2 Paris and Lyons, Gan- 24 neron's, — _ • 2 Paris and Orlean, Paris and Rouen .. Royal North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse West Flanders SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN MARINERS' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY., ce The adjourned general meeting of this society took P a 00 Friday, at the London Tavern for the purpose of receiviakeo report of the select committee of three gentlemen, sub:t er :of to the institution, who were appointed in June last to es cod the account?. There was a numerous attendance of the, !' r J, mittee and general subscribers, amongst whom were Cockburn, Bart., Earl filanvers, Major Oliphant, Lo'l' he st Cholmondeley, Hon. Captain Maude, R.N., Captain Admiral Young, Sir G. Westphal, Dr. Burnet! ! ft n e v 'e s tY Laing, Captain Lamont, R. N. E. Brewster, Esq., B. hell, Eq., J. Leeks, Eig., J. T. Pratt, Esq., Lieut. Lane, Rev. J Stonestreet, &c. _iced Sir George Cockburn, Bart., having been unanimouslY, to the chair, reb e The SECRETARY read the report, which was of conee length, but with reference to the matter of account in cl"P1 5 0 and which led to the investigation, may be embodied io g o a words. On the retirement of the late Secretary there 0., to debit to the account of somebody of the sum of 280 L 097 101 the funda of the Society, and the matter in dispute was: n( 10o of two persons, the sub- treasurer or the late secretary, re indebted, each charging the deficiency on the other. I "" o itit port presented on the present occasion, which was get uP t oe great care, and after much labour and protracted invest on the part of the gentlemen who undertook the arduous "dot completely set this disputed point at rest. The report statei ' be the Committee found, from the great laxity that perv ad difl l ' manner of keeping the accounts generally, the greatest culty in arriving at any definite or accurate result, but they, ":0, obtain the result that the late Secretary was exonerated irvo all claim on the part of the Society, and that the accettutfdd who had on a former occasion exhibited the account' 11 : e ° port have charged the deficiency to the sub-treasurer. Th e — f i ielt further recommended that the office of sub-treasurer, !we was gratuitous, should be abolished, and that in future l ure.should only be a treasurer, and that the secretary sho uld b spnusible for all vouchers and books of account. s le d Earl Ma.stvEita, in moving that the report be receive adopted, said that although he was a member athe CO tee for a considerable time, he had not much tended ; 0 .. when he heard that there was something wrong in tu t j the counts of the society, he determined at once to torsi,* , in .. most rigid investigation. He was happy to find that thar:..A, quirt' had ended in so satisfactory a report as that prese._";-0 and that the whole proceedings were about to terminate in satisfactory a manner. de ed w` The motion having been agreed to, the report was or to be printed, and circulated genes ally amongst the subser to the institutio, with the alance-shee. Thanks were n then voted b to the three t gentlemen of the tg i n e e e l committee who had so efficiently performed the duties assif fo r to them in the production of so satisfactory a report; l er . which the meeting proceeded to elect twenty-one new me"; t oo on the committee in the room of those who in the las ber a years had to retire by rotation. Amongst the new rnejlog.• erected were—The Hon. W. Ashley, B. B. Cabbell, S rJ. Flower, 13art.,111. P., Rev. C. Lane, E. Bre wster, ;e: F. Malcomb, Esq., J. Leeks, Esq , Lieut. Lane, R•N• , . et ,, to Resolutions were afterwards passed, pledging the So r ci _ i; t ieb continue its exertions in aid of the laudable objects fo it was formed, and thanking the auxiliary branches 10 country for their effieient aid. On the motion of Eatl MANvEcts, the thanks of the ° i s . in g were voted to the chairman for his excellent and ceonurined tory conduct in the chair, and the chairman having r t thanks, the meeting broke up. NA' MR. D'ISRA.ELI's " SYBIL ; OR, THE Two ' ,10, TlON."—This work seems to be making even a.gre gter, pression on the public than its predecessor " Coomgs* ( Ob third edition has already appeared. We need not saf in serves the Examiner) that there is a vast deal of cleverOce,g this work, and much that does justice to a subject ' 6lll r ods must all take up practically, sooner or later. No one wh o te goo the book can fail to admit the many passages of beautiful riling which it containscourage it evloc A e ni "„glf disposition to take part with the weak ; its right a!''!,. o pt! sYmpathies; or the masculine sense and liberal splo,,raeli which it denounces many social evils. Where Mr. 1) "' a we, .hits . lull home, without a swerve of exaggeration or oa i r ic wo uld is in hii sketches of the knaves and Julies of party. ' l n es, i ll here be difficult to praise him too much. In force of I °7 o here fid lity, in temper, in boldoess and witty sPirlts be w s, without a rival. His Lord Alarneys and Sir avof orsce Captain Grouse and dear little Poynsett,' his Ladies r'ra,rapert and St. Julians, and his and our oldfriends, Tadpold a" 10 are inimitable." There 10 KILMARNOCIL—STATE OF TRADE.-- , o st more demand for the labour of our artirms, ard l a rge whole of them now are in a comfortable condition• print works, carpet works, and woollen factories are o dg lull hours. It is considered that there are good g r. . ° ve eite r indulging a hope of a continuance of this state of actiandle°6l turn in a sustained demand for our manufactures. ;lie, WeaVerSalld'BeWerscomplain of low prigo.-4: 1 1/r Ql7 Ti of r, spent o'ci o A k.;010 't.