The Sun. — London, England, 1845-07-31 00:00:00

NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The THIRD EDITION of TEE SUN of yes teria.y eveilin4 contained— The conclusion of the day's procee sings before the Railway Committees of both Houses of Parliament. Tne conclusion of the day's proceedings in the Court of Chancery. The conclusion of the day's proceedings in the Na- tional Trades Conference. • The Parliamentary Intelligence of the Evening, being a Report of the Debates in the House of Commons, up to a Quarter before Seven o'clock. There was a later Edition published, containing the Result of the Day's Racing at Goodwood• RAILWAY iNk.VV S. Subscribers and others tnterested in Railways will find a FULL ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS b3tOre the RAILWAY COMMI7 TEES in the EDITION of TfIE 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 SHARES, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE by EXPRESS, and all other NEWS ARRIVING in LONDON DURING the DAY. the THIRD EDITION, which contains NEWS TWELVE HOURS in ADVANCE. .:, I I •:irts HER MAJESTY'zi THEATRE. TAGLIONI respectfully informs the Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public., that lIE It BENEFIT and Last Appear ame but one, previously to quitting the Stage, will take place THIS EVENING When will be performed (last time) Rossini's Opera, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosina, Madame Grisi; Ben ha Mdlle. Bellini ; II Conte d'Almaviva, Sig. Mario ; Bartolo, Sig. Lablache ; Sig. F. Lablache ; Figaro. Sig. Forna:ari. 13,tween tke Acts a :non from the First Act of LA SYLPHIDE. Comiaismg the Pas de ►rots beta een Taglioni, Mdlle. Petit Stephan ; and M. Perrot. Atr the o..era. the admired " Pas de la Bayadere," by Mdlle. TaitliOlii and Ma/Alauie Petit Stephan, in which will be introduced the Va iation as danced by Mdlle. Taglion , in the admired Pas de Quatre. Mter w;.ich, Selections from last act of ROBERT) DEVEitEUX. By Niadame Rossi Caccia, Mdlle. Rosetti, and Sig. Moriani. To toilowed by the admired Scene of the Dryades, from the Ballet, of EOLINE. Eoline, Mdl!e. L. Grahn. And the admired Dense de Caractere, " La Tyrolieune," by Mdlle. Taglioni, Madame Petit Stephan, and 31. Perrot. ‘vith the. Duo from " Linda di Chainouni," by Madame Castellan and ,ig. Moriani. To conclude with the " Pas de I ilaner by Mdlle. Taglioni and the Corps do Ballet, the " Pas de la Couronne," by 3ldlle. Cerito and M. 5:. Leon, and La Mazurka, from the Ballet " La Gitana," by Mdlle. Taglioni o'is or Boxes, Stalls, uid Pit Tickets to be made at the Box-ofilc,, 0 .• a Cbbinoid• . . Doors open at seven ; the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven. fIit:A:ERE ROYAL, lIAYBARKET. LESSEE, R. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING • •tI I,a repeated a New and Original Comedy, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled ELME WORKS WONDER,I Goldthumb, Mr. W. Farren ; Felix tioldthumb, Mr. Hudson ; Bantam, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Bessy Tulip, N iss Julia Bennett ; Florentine, Miss Fortescue ; Miss Etick,r, Mrs. Glover ; Patty, Miss Carre. In the Course of the evening, Leopold de Meyer, the Great German Pianist, will perform Themes from " Lucrezia Borgia." After which, USED uP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr. Webster; Wurzel, Br. J. Bland ; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett ; Lady Clutter buck, Miss Carre. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Hall each. Tickets and .'laces to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office, Ingo Ten :11l Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER TILE DIRECTIO-S OF MADAME CELESTT. Tills EVENING Willte repeated MARIE I)CCANGE. Edward Lascelles, Esq., Mr. Rowe; John Rawdon.. Esq., Mr. 0. Smioh ; Charles Claude Prong, Mr. Vright ; Marie Ducange, Madame Celeste. Aricr Arliich, an Original Terpsichorean Buletta, called POWDER AND BALI.; or, St. Tibbs's Eve. Mr. Moutgomerie Tibbs, Mr. Lambert ; Captain Kidglove, Mr. Selby ; Jacob (Jerkin, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Motitgometie Tibbs, Mrs. Frank Matthews ; Sally Knobbs, Miss Woolgar. Co be fohowed by (for three nights only) NORMA. Norma, Mr. Paul Bedford; Adalgisa, Mr. I‘rig.it. To Cone lid,: with the highly successful and Original Farce, called ray. titisu DRAGOoN. r. Brown Sherry, Mr. Selby; Paddy Murpits. ,Ilaglian, Mr. ilud4on. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. Melloil. TIICATKE LYCEUM UNGER HIE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. TIIIS EVENING _ _ . .--• Will be performed a New Farce, entitled LUCK'S ALL. Principal (l'haracter6 bi _Messrs. F. Vining, Diddear, Keeley, Meadows, Kin loch, and uraer ; Miss Hicks, and Mrs. A. Wigan. 're he followed by a New Farce, to be called AN OBJECT OF INTEREST, in which Mrs. Keeley will periorm. Alter which, an entirely New, Original, and Novel Grand Fairy °ALLET DiVERTISSEMEIiT, entitled LES FEES. In which Les I,snseuses Anv,laises will appear. To which will be 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 CINDERELLA. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr. J. W. Collier, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Vinare, Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woollic+ge, Miss Grove, Miss Howard, &c The Box-otlice is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan front Ten till Four. PR Iti C EsS'S T iIEATIL E, OXFORD-STREET. LE7kSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Wilt be performed a Comic Opera, in Three Acts, called THE SY REN. The Doke de Popoll, Mr. Walton; Scipio, Mr. C. Horn, ; Balbaya, Mr. Lerner ; Marco Tempesta, Mr. Allen; Mathea, Madam Fearon ; Zerlina, Miss Georgiana Smithson. To which will b: added A COURT BALL IN 1740. In which will be introduced the Dances as performed at her Majesty's Hal Cos tume, with the Original Music. Atter which, THE NERVOUS MAN. M`Shane, Mr. Collins. T o b :,iitowed by a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled MRS. CA IT E ; or, Curtain Lectures. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Compton ; Mrs. Caudle, Mr. o:cherry.. Stage Manage , , Mr. 11. I. Wallack ; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; 1 , 4ch.•11.i - 1, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. A: 4 "l'l.t: I"S AL All FIIIT PI ATKE. rit:JettlETOlL. NI ft. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING Will he performed an entirely New Grand National Spectacle, em brae ng the chief features of the heroic achievements of the British Arms in Northern India, called THE CONQUEST OF SCINDE ; or, Tie lege of Hyderabad. New anal Elegant Scenes in the Circle, by the whole of the French Equestrians. To conclude with IL DIAVOLO DI ABBRIJZZIO ; or, The Chief and the Dog of the Chat,au. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Hui AL -41: itttEY 'fiiF.ATRE. Las, Three Nights of the Opera Company and the present Engage ment of Madame Fugenia Garcia. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed LOVE IN A VILLAGE. Young Meadows, .ir. Barker ; Hawthorn, Mr. D. W. King; Rosetta. Miss Collett. After which the Second Act of LA SONNAMBULA. Count Rodoipho, Mr. Weiss ; Elvin°, Mr. D. W. King, Amine, Madame En4enia Garcia ; Lisa, Miss Collett. To c,oitSlukle with a N'ew Drama, by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., called FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY. In which Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Homier, Cowell, Johnson, lleslop, Miss Martin, Mrs. R. Homer, &c., &c., will perform. Places and l'rivate Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box o lice, from Eleven to Foot'. 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 Scenic Illusion. The ROCK HARMON ICON from Ihree till EWA. end on MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and THURS DAYS, GRAND CONCERTS D'ETE and MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY of FIREWORKS. Admission, One Shilling. F,3edin; the Carnivora at Half-past Five ; Pelicans and Polar Bears at Six : Concert at Half-parr ; and Fireworks at Half-past Nine-, GRAND RUSTIC FETES IN HONOUR OF TIIE PRINCE OF WALES'S BIRTHDAY. " Come, let us go, while we are in our prime, Anti take the harmless follie of the time."—HERRICK. Under the Patronage of her MAJESTY, her Majesty the QUEEN DOWAGER, his Boyal Highness PRINCE ALBERT, &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, MONDAY anti TUESDAY, AUGUST 4 and 5, 1845. The Proprietor, flattered by the Success which has attended his ex ertions, has determined to give TWO DAYS' FETE on a more ex tended Scale than has ever before been witnessed. In announcing a SYLVAN FETE, 'f lie Proprietor's aim will be directed to enable the Subscribers, Nobility, Gentry and the Public, to witness those RUSTIC SPORTS which are nearly obsolete, but the observance of which procured for this country the title of " Merrie England," and which, in the Olden Ti us, constituted the principal Amusements of a country fair ! The peculiar y English sports of he May-pole with its Morris dan cers, Friar Tuck, Maid Marian, Pipe and Tabor, &c., will be ex hibited. " The May-pole is up, now give me the sup, I'll drink to the garlands around it."—llEarticir. A display of the noble science of ARCHERY ! will take place by the Members of the l'oxopholite Clubs, in their Forest Costume. The science of Archery, but for the manly and spirit-stirring efforts or the Archery Clubs, would soon become a " Tale of by-gone Days," co-existent with Robin Hood and His Merry Men, when in Sherwood Forest they drew " The cloth-yard shaft," and the welkin rang with " the shouts of the foresters bold." " Hail to our leader, brave Robin Hood, For a noble marksman and forester good." A decorated Pavilion will be erected for the use of the competitors: The magnificent modelled representation of EDINBURGH, the chef d'ceuvre of the scenic art, and the Unequalled Menagerie will be exhibited. • The manly and athletic games of Quarter-staff and Single-stick will be displayed. Also the laughable and most amusing scene of a Ging,ling Match, and the ludicrous game of Jumping in Sacks, a Grotesque Dance by two trained animals of the Establishment, in imitation of the Modern Polka, will he introduced. Lie never-tiring and always amusing PUNCH will exhibit his mirth-iiispiring antics and drolleries. He will afterwards become "mrial, and exhibit his tricks in another element. Two encampments of Real Gypsies will gratify the believers in the 0, !cult Science, to whom " The Book of Fate will be open." " The hawthorn lush, with scats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made."--Gotnsmtru. A Recruitit“ Party from the Tower will attend. " one but the brave deserve the fair." and Stalls, with the usual Commodities of a Fair, will be 'rho Splendid Band of the Royal Artillery will enliven the settle; and in the PROMENADE CONCERTS, by the Unrivalled Band of the I ..,t.tblishinent, the most popular selections will be perforated— for Nhieh see Bills of the Day. The Rock Harmnnicon, by the Messrs. Harrison, will be heard at Intervals during the day, and the Fete will conclude with the Royal Aquatic TAbleau, fifty-two feet high, in the centre of the lake, con sisting of Tramp treocies, Illuminations, Devices, &c., and the most brilliant display of Fireworks ever witnessed ! Admission, One Shilling.—Doors open at One. 'ate various Games will take place on an elevated Stage, and an immense Gallery will be appropriated to witness them. The opening of the Fete will be announced by a Royal Salute. DREADFUL HOMICIDE.—On Saturday last an in quest was held in the Kildare Infirmary, on view of the body of a young man named Glennon, who came by his death under tire MI. lowing circumstances :—Four or five nights previous to his death, as he and two More young men, named Lalor and Carew conversing with a woman o f easy v i rtue in Mona eve:, Joseph e er Macklin, clerk to the Canal C ompany , took the , T ih o c u sl ng was wo m man from them, and proceeded with her to his yard, w The three young men fastened the sate o ut s id e, and thein.icnoining.: silenced knocking at it and shouting to Macklin (who was a mar. tied man), that his wife was at the door and wanted him out. Macklin endeavoured to get out at the gate, but it was fastened,. and he then contrived tO t et in b y one of his o wn back windows, and so enraged work that he called to his wife for hi. tun. The woman called out to 'his wife not to give it to him, upon which he seised the deadly weapon, and discharged it at Glennon and Care. Well, who were crossing over the drawbridge at the time, wounding the Litter slightly, and the former mortally. Glennon, being re moved to the Kildare Infirmary, died on Friday night. The jury found a verdict, " That deceased died of a gunshot wound inflicted by Joseph Macklin." Macklin is in Athy gaol. — Leinster Ezpress A GUARD KFLLED ON THE GRI , AT WESTERN RAll.way.—On Tuesday information reached Mr. Wakley, M.P. tha. on Monday night the night-guard at the Hanwell station, " " ' while sitting on the platform and close to the ladder whence pas• sengers micerid and descend from the carriages, was struck by the , NE. .• the carriages attached to the ten o'clock train, amt . .: ;• s, ....: on the line, the train passing over him. The ii, - nt •, as being a most frightful spectacle, and nearly 4 . 7 1: . -' 41 .; , c' -V -- t 2 .4 i j ;?..., :1!• • •= , i 1 - if.:C 1 - 4 - 4:cfitt , W - 7 1-7 -1 --- r. ••• " ..-::"., HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 0 minutes after 0 I Evening .. 13 minutes after 0 THE NUN, LONDON, Tilvult - StIAI MORNING, Several measures were then forwarded a stage, and the House adjourned at Half-past Two o'clock. The news we 11;,,ve received from the United States by the steam-pa.. t Acadia is of great importance and interest. She errived at Liverpool on Tuesday, and brings intelligence of the formal annexation of Texas to the Federal Union of the American States, by the con sent of the Texan Cong, ess. It is wholly improbable, we are persuaded, to calcu late, before hand, all the important bearings and con sequences attaching to this extraordinary act of political degeneracy and self-degradation in a young Republic which, having through many arduous struggles vindi cated its independence, had only three months before secured the guarantee of the two oldest and most powerful monarchies of Europe for its territorial in tegrity. We may blush for this inconceivable indiffe rence to the dignity and advantages of a national and independent position among the established Govern ments of the American continent, on the part of men who are Britons either by birth or by descent; but the people who have voluntarily fallen out of the rank of nations—neither coerced by superior force, and by the pressure of misfortune, nor driven to that alternative from any lack of the most important physical elements and natural advantages which constitute the bases of a State's material power—can have no more claim upon our sympathy than upon our respect. It were no matter, therefore, if all memory of the ci-devant Texan people were to pass as completely out of the minds of the English public, as the national identity of Texas has merged for ever under her acquiescence in the scheme of voluntary annexation to and incorpora tion with the Federal Republic of the United States. But there may be contingent considerations arising out of the transaction which are calculated to impart a high degree of interest, with the English public, to some fea tures in the remarkable history of this transaction. The dates of particular events that go to the making up of that history are of manifest importance. On the 16th of June last, the " Congress" of Texas received a message" from Mr. President JONES, announcing and conveying the propositions of the United States fur an nexation, and submitting the same for their determina tion. On the 18th of June the Senate passed a resolu tion, unanimously approving and confirming the pro posed scheme of annexation with the United States, and other resolutions unanimously passed by the Chambers warranting and enacting such annexation. On the next day the Senate passed a further resolution, in virtue of which the introduction of the United States' troops over the Texan territory was authorized and applied for. The Acadia brings over a variety of papers and documents that throw a further light on this singular affair. Among these will be found a "memorandum of the conditions preliminary to a treaty of peace as agreed upon by ASHBEL SMITH on the part of the Republic of Texas, and M. CUEVAS on the part of Mexico." Ot these preliminary conditions, No. 1, declares that " Mexico consents to and acknowledges the independence of Texas." No. 2, is to this effect : " Texas engages that she will stipulate in the treaty NOT TO ANNEX herself or become subject to any coun try whatsoever." This memorandum, executed at Wash • ington (on the Brazos), bears date 27th March, 1845. It is signed by ASHBEL SMITH, and its authenticity, on comparison with the original document, is attested by the Baron DE CYPRAY and Mr. BANKHEAD respectively, the accredited Ministers to the Court of Mexico from France and England. In a subsequent paper we find that it wascommunicated to the two latter by Capt. ELLIOTT, her MAJESTY'S Britannic Chargé d'Affaires at Texas. We apprehend that this must be the same gentleman who acquired so brilliant a reputation for English diplo macy in China, by his sagacity, promptitude, energy, and decision. his vigilance in Texas seems to be equally testified by the turn which these demonstrations of anti annexation policy actually assumed prior to the determi nation of events in that astounding vote of the Texan Congress, to which we have above alluded. So early as the 19th of May last the suspicious of the Mexican agent seem to have been fully revived, for under that date M. Cunvas records the " additional declaration," which has this significant proviso : " If this negotiation should not be realised, on account of circumstances, or because Texas, influenced by the law of the United States on annexation, shall consent thereto, either directly or indirectly, then, the answer which has been given under this date, to the prop3si tions of Texas, (namely, that Mexico will accede to the princip'es- proposed by Texas, as the bases of a final treaty), shall be null and void, and of no effect." On the 4th of June, President AARON JONES issued his proclamation, announcing the cessation of all hosti lities by sea and by land, between Texas and The treaty, which had been prepared in conformity with these conditions, was rejected by the Texan Senate in a secret session ; on the 21st of June the injunction of secrecy was removed ; and the annexation proposal accepted and confirmed by unanimous vote. After the disgraceful and fraudulent intrigues set on foot and conducted, to the last moment of his tenure of office, by TYLER, the ex-President of the United States, in Mexico itself, and among the servants of the Mexican Government, for the dismemberment of the Mexican dominions, there is nothing in the palpable bad faith of the Americanized President of the Texan Re public to excite our astonishment. What we want to know is, what can our Ministers at Mexico and at Texas —what can our representative at Washington (U. S.) have been about to have allowed themselves to be so obviously duped in March last, as to have interfered in one quarter of the New World to set on foot proposals for a treaty to secure the recognition of Texan inde pendence ; and in another, to obtain the concurrence of Mexico in its conditions, when, all the time, those com munications were being carried on between Texas and the United States, which have thus speedily issued in the signal insult thus put by both, of them, conjointly, on he good faith and dignity of Mexico, and the me iator 'hip of Great Britain ? Mexico, which, throughout the ,ffair, has certainly conducted herself with signal pru dence and forbearance, has been grossly outraged- Great Britain and France appear to have been signally luped ; and Yankee cunning and duplicity have cer tainly checkmated the fairer game of European policy and European honesty. Why did Lord STANLEY (or ABERDEEN) retain Captain ELLIOTT ? Why does the Crown retain Lord STANLEY at the head of a Depart ment whose blunders vibrate, in incessant oscillation, between the two hemispheres, and are felt, almost simultaneously, at Heligoland and New Zealand—at Texas and the Cape of Good. Hope ? Accounts have been received from Madrid to the 22d. The Ministers had all left that evening for Saragossa, where the important question of the QUEEN'S journey to the Basque provinces will be discussed. This question involves the questions of the ascendancy of CHRISTINA or NAnvaEz, and also that of a Carlist alliance. The QUEEN and her mother and sister left Barcelona for Saragossa on the morning of the 21st. They were accompanied by NARVAIEZ and CONCHA, and had been preceded by MARTINEZ DE LA Rosn. The Three per Cents. closed at 28 1 4 for cash, and 28 13-16 at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 21% for the 27th of Aug. ; and the Coupons at 24 at 30 days. The mail from Buenos Ayres brings accounts to the 26th May. OREM: had issued a proclamation calling on all those who had taken refuge in Brazil to return and live quietly in their native land. Mr. MANDEVILLE had delivered his letters of recal on the 7th, and on the Bth Mr. OUSELY had presented his creden tials. The Governor in taking leave of Mr. 111AsIDEvaLE had expressed himself in the most friendly terms towards the British Government. Mr. MANDEVILLE embarked on the 21st May on board her Majesty's brig Racer. Exchange on England, 3% to 3 15-16 d. per dol. ; Ditto on France, 43 to 44 cent. per dol. ; Ditto on Rio Janeiro, 13 per cent. prem. ; Ditto on Monte Video, 12 per cent. prem. ; Ditto on United States, 12 per U. S. dol. We have received the Paris papers of Monday. We find in the Moniteur the laws authorising the adjudica tion of the Tours and Nantes, the Paris and Strasburgh Rail ways, and the branch lines to Fecamp, to Dieppe, and to Aix. The Conservative candidate, M. ALFRED RENOURD DE BUSSIERE, had been returned deputy for Strasburgh. Don CARLos and the Princess of BEIRA were at Avignon on the 24th. The news of the escape of Dr. STEIGER from Lucerne was received with enthusiasm in Germany, and celebrated by files. The Constitutionnel states that the King of PRUSSIA has refused to accede to the request of the Catholic German Princes, made at the suggestion of the Court of Rome, that he would adopt energetic measures for the repression of the schism which has recently sprung up in the Catholic Church. After reminding the applicants of the refusal of Rome to interfere to put a stop to the incendiary proceedings of the Jesuits,the answer of the KING states that the present move ment is only the result of the culpable conduct which the Ultramontaniats have pursued towards Prussia. Notwithstanding the comparative gloom on our Money market on Saturday last, the Paris Bourse was on Monday unusually animated. Railroad shares rese with rapidity, and to a height that was quite unexpected. Orleans, for example, reached 1,237 if., being a rise of 35f. as compared with the closing price on Saturday. The Vielle Montagne Zinc Shares remained at 7,250 f., and the Nouvelle Montagne at 3,000 f. (Saturday's price). - • - This buoyancy communicated itself to the transactions in public securities. The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 70c. ; the Five per Cents. at 121 f. 90c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,237 f. 50c.; Rouen, 1,072 f. 50c ; Vierzon, 780 f.; Havre, 8921. 50c.; Avignon, 1,032 f. 50c. ; Basle, 270 f.; Spanish Passives, 6i. The following are the quotation& for the new lines : Orleans and Bordeaux, 182 f. 50c. preen.; Boulogne, 136 f. ditto ; Troyes and Moitereau, 15f. ; Paris and Lyons (Laflitte), 27f. 50c.; ditto (Calon), par ; ditto (Ganneron), 6f. 50c. ; Northern Line (Laffitte), 45f.; ditto (Rosamel), 121. 50c. ; Tours and Nartes (Mackenzie), 121. 50c. ; ditto (Drouillard), par; ditto (O'Neill), 3f. 50c. ; ditto (Jacques Lefevre), par ; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 121. 50c. ; ditto (Talabot), 351. ; iitto (Compagnie Meridionale), 4f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Toulouse ( Mackenzie), par; ditto and Cette (Espeleta), 7f. ; Crel and St. Quentin, par ; Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron),l3f. 7 5 e.; Dijon and Muhouse,- par ; Dieppe, 24f. 50e. LYONS, JULY 25.—Avig' n>n and Marseilles, 1,0135 f., end of July ; Paris and Orleans, 1,200 f., ditto; Paris and Rouen, 1,056 E, ditto ; Orleans an Vierzon, 7671., ditto ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 6751., ditto. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) A moderate business was done in Cotton at Liverpool yes terday ; sales 3,000 bales at previeus rates.-Shares were steady :-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 3% 1, ,l ; Bir mingham and Gloucester, 133 1 / 2 134 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 11 ;Blackbern, Darwen, and Bolton, 6% % ; British and Irish Union, 70s. 6d. ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 25% %; Caledorian, 10%; Cambridge and Lin coln, 665. 6d. 3 1 / 4 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 63% ; Ditto, Half-shares, 32 ; Clitheroe Junction, 4% ; Derby and Crewe, 3 % ; Dundee and Perth, 6Es. ; Eastern Counties, Perpetual, No. 2, 245. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 84% ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 21 ; Edinburgh, Laith, and Grantham, Preference Shares, 14% ; Edinburgh and Northern, 1/ i ; Edinburgh and Perth, 1%; Glasgow and Dumfries, 2 35. • ' Grand Junc tion, Quarter Shares, 593/4 ; New ditto, 51 1 ; Grand Union, 2/. Is. 6d. ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 5 ; Ditto, Quar ter Shares, 21s. 6d. ; Great 'Western, 222 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 120 •, Ditto, Fifth Shares, 48 47 3 / 4 •, Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 14 13 1 / 2 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield, I 1 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 55; Leicester and Bedford, 4% 3 / 4 ; Leicester aed Birmingham, 2% 14; Liverpool, and Manchester, New Shares, 42 3 / 4 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 5% 5 3 / 4 ; London and Birmingham, 243 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 35 1 / 4 ; London and Brighton, 81 %; Lon don and York, 6 3 / 4 %; Direct Northern, 2%; Leeds and Dewsbury, 23 ; Leeds and Thirsk, 7 1 / 4 •, Leeds and West Riding Junction, 81% ; Manchester and Birmingham, New Shares, 8 ; Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation, 3bs. 6d. ; Manchester and Birmingham Continuation, 2 48s. 6d. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland, 3%; Man chester and Leeds, 183 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 2818. Mid land Railway, 182 ; Ditto, 401. Shares, 28 1 / 4 1,4 ' • Newcastle and Berwick, 21 % ' ; Newcastle, Darlington, and Lancashire Junction, Y 8 ; North British, 27 ; North Kent, 61s. 3d. ; North Union ( , A), 184 •, North Staffordshire, 4% ; North Wales, 2 3 / 4 ; orth Wales Mineral, New Shares, 6 iro ; Not tingham and Boston, 3 / 4 ; Nottingham, Erewash, and. Ambergate, 3 TY, ; Nottingham and Grantham, I%; Pres ton and Wyre, 32 1 / 4 ; Runcorn Gap, 30 1 / 4 ; Ditto, New Shares (80 dis), 15% ; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shires, No. 3, ; Shffield and Lincoln, 2% 515.; Shrews bury and Herefsrdshire, 1% 345. ; Shrewsbury and North Wales, 2 3 / 4 ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 4 3 / 4 ; Shrewsbury and Trent Union, 675. 3%; Shrewsbury, Wor cester, and Crewe, 2% %; South-Eastern and Dover, 46%; Ditto, New Shares, No. 3, 78 ; Scottish Central, 6 ; South Midland, 5% 51. Is. 3d.; Warwick and London, 1%; West Yorkshire, 7% 9%; Worcester and 'Ting, 21s. 6d. ; York and Carlisle, ; Belfast and County Down, 31 s ; Dublin and Galway, 2%; Great Southern and Western Extension, 12%; Limerick and Waterford, 7 1 4 ; Londonderry and En niskillen, 3%; Midland Great Western and Canal, 4; Dutch Rhenish, 9 3 / 4 1 ,4 ; Great Luxembourg, 1% ; Jamaica and South Midland, 6% ; Lyons and Avignon, 2% 61s. 93. ; Northern of France (Laffitte's), 6%; Ditto (Rosamel's), 2% 1 / 2 •, Ditto (Lebeuf's), 2%; Paris and Lyons (Laffitte's), 33/4 ; Ditto, French, 3 1 / 4 •, Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 51s. 2%; Ditto (Caton's), 2 ; Paris and Strasbourg (Gan neron's), 48s. 9d. 2%; Verona and Ancona, 4 1 /s. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 29.-The sales are -Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 5 1 / 4 prem. ; Birmingham and Gloucester, New Shares, 3 1 / 4 5-16 ; Black , burn, Burnley, and Accrington, 11 11% ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 7 3 / 4 ; Blackburn, Chorley, and North Union, 10s. prem. ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 27 ; Cale donian, 11 ; Cambridge and Lincoln. 3% % ; Churnet ; Valley, 5% 1 / 4 Clitheroe Junction, 4 % 946 ; Derby and Crewe, 2% 3; Eastern Counties, 21 ; Edinburgh and Glas gow, 84%p Ditto, New Quarters, 10 %; Fleetwood , Preston , and West Riding Junction, 2 1 4 A ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 255. ; Grand Union, 1% ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junc tion, 5 1 4 ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 131/2 3 / 4 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 11 ; Leeds and Thirsk, 7 3 / 4 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 8 3 / 4 9 3 4 ; Leicester and Bedford, 4 1 / 4 ,• Liverpool, Orms kirk, and Preston, 5% 1 / s ; London and South-Western, 80; London and Windsor, I 3-16 ; London and Worcester, Ox ford and Rugby, 1 1 / g 3-16 ; London and York, 6% % • Lynn and Dereham, 2%; Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Mid land, 7 3 / 4 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 64 1 4 65 ; Ditto, New Quarters, 8 1 4 14 ; Manchester and Birmingham Con tinuation and Welsh Junction, 2 7-16 ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter Shares, 28 1 / 4 ; Newark and Sheffield, 314 ; Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire, 1 prem. ; North Bntish, 27 ; North Staffordshire, 4 3 / 4 ; North Wales, 2 15-163 1 4 3 ; Nottingham, Belvoir, and Grantham, 1 1 / 4 prem. ; Nottingham and Boston, 6s. 3d. prem. ; Nottingham, Ere wash, Ambergate, and Manchester, 3% 1 / 2 ; Oxford, Wor cester, and Wolverhampton, 7% ; Preston and Wyre, 32 1 / 4 33 ; Preston and Wyre, Half Shares, 3%; Preston aad Wyre, Five per Cent., Guaranteed 32% ; Preston and Wyre, Five per Cents. and Dividends, 54% ; Preston and Wyre, Exten sion, 2 1 4 ; Sheffield and Linconshire Junction, 2% ; Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union, 3% 3% ; South Midland, 5 5%; Wakefield, Pontefract, and G'oole, 28 30%; Welsh Midland, 3% ; West Lancashire Coast Line, 3 11-16 prem. ; West Yorkshire, 8 1 / 4 8 3 / 4 • Whitehaven and Furness, ; Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union, 2% 3 4. it is with the deepest regret that the merchants and others connected with Lower Canada have been informed of another extensive fire at Quebec, very nearly as destructive as that which recently took place. The damage done, indeed, as far as property is concerned, even exceeds that which was an nounced by the arrival of the former steamer. Very nearly 1,400 houses were destroyed by this second awful visitation. and between 30 or 40 blown up. In this instance, however, it appears that the richer portion of the province has been visited, and it is 1 .:.e1d at the lowest estimate that 1,300,0001. will not replace the property destroyed by this second occur rence. We find by the Quebec Gazette that a Committee was immediately formed for the purpose of affording relief to those who had lost their all. But a small portion of the property burnt was insured. and it had become a serious question whether the immense losses which have occurred would not have the effect of breaking up one or more of the fire insurance companies. The Canada Office had announced its readiness to pay all losses, it having been one of thi. original establishments, and with a very wealthy proprietary. A letter we have seen from Port St. Fraucis (which is in the eastern townships) states that the fire was visible there. although the distance is from 111 to 112 miles. We rather doubt the fact that the flames themselves were seen, but as at this season of the year the sky is beautifully clear by the principle of refraction, it is probable that the eye might have been deceived. But still it shows how intense the flames must have been to have been indirectly seen at so great a distance. The first remit tance made by the " Canada Relief Committee " could scarcely have arrived out ere this second calamity occurred. The greater necessity now exists for a much more liberal subscription than that which has already taken place in this country in aid of those who have been burnt out. The Pro vincial Government had come forward most readily; and we fare assured that, in the dispatches that have come over by the Acadia, the Governor General has sug.sested the policy of a loan to be raised here upon the security of the Province, and also upon the property and nee, buildings which are to be erected ; and which, of course, will be upon a more safe construction than the thousands of houses destroyed by the two great fires. At almost the best season*iif the year the general trade of the Lower Province has been, for the second time, almost entirely suspended. As the other important events in Texas, at Matanzas, and in Mexico, are fully detailed in other columns of The Sun, it is not necessary for us to dilate upon such topics under this head, suffice it to say that they engross almost exclusive attention here. There was an increase in the ship arrivals at Quebec up to July 11, to the extent of 303 ships of 125,936 tons, and the number of steerage passengers was 20,003, 11,986 being from Ireland, and 7,083 from England, and the rest from Scotland, &c. The legal opinions given in favour of the right of the Mexican bondholders to the money in the hands of Messrs. Lizardi, have fully borne out our oft-expressed opinions, and there is every hope of a successful issue in the event of a trial. The Public Securities have been flatter again to-day, and are quiet ; Consols are 98% to 98 3 / 4 for present transfer, and 98% to 98% for time. On Exchequer-bills the premium is 51s. to:s3s. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 102% to 1 / 4 ; and the Three per Cents. 99 1 .8 1 / 4 . Bank Stock is worth 210% to 211 1 / 4 . The news from Mexico has added to the effect of the variable weather. The Foreign Investments have been quite neglected. Spa nish are, however, rather better than yesterday, the Five per Cents. being 26 to %, and the Three per Cents. 37 1 ,8 to 14. Portuguese Converted are nominally about 65. Mexican have been down nearly 1 per cent. on the Texas news, being 36 1 4 to 35% . for the Actives. This is settling day in the Share Market, and engages principally the attention of the jobbers. Blackwell Shares are rather flatter, Brighton meet with fair support, and also Croydon. South-Eastern are lower. Generally prices are scarcely so good. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 21 0 3 / 4% 211 1 / 4 211 1 4 3 per Cent. Reduced .... 9914% 99 1 3 per Cent. Consels Annuities 9 8 % 34 98% New 3 1 / 4 per Cents ...102%% 102 1 / 4 Long Annuities to exifireJan. 1860 - Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 ..- 11 1 4 1114 Ditto 30 year s , J an . 5, 1860 11% 3-16 11 3-16 India Stock .. 273 1 ,4 Consols for Account . ......... 98 3 / 4 % 98% Exchequer Bills, 1,0004 I%d 51 53 pm. 53 Ditto 5001. Ditto Small ONE CLOSING LOC PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'C K. PRICES . Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ........ . 364 36 35% 36% 20 ... 19% !‘ . 20 1 / 4 Ditto, Deferred 56 Peruvian Bobds, 6 per Cents •• Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.......... 26 6% Ditto, Passive 37% Ditto 3 per Cent. ..... .... ... 37 '4 Vs 45 Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent — ~ 99% 623 / 4 Dutch, 2% p er C ent . Ditto, 4 per C en t., C erti fic 99 Ve4 PRICES OF CLOSING A ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. RAILWAY SHARES PA ID . 134 Birming. and Gl oucesterloo ..... 134 3 4 Caledonian ............... 5 Cambridge and Lincoln 1%•••••• 3 ? th 3% 2 Chester and Holyh ea d ... 15 ...... 21 A 22 2 1% Coventry and Leicester 1 %...... 2 Direct Northern Dublin and Galway... .. 2 1 / 2 ...... `2l/2% ••••2% Eastern Counties 14/. 165...... 211/11/e % 2l 7 1 ,0 Ditto New........... 41. 165....... 7 1 / 2 % Eastern Union l5 .4. . 2% Ditto Extension . ... 1 1 ...... 2 3 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 .4 ... ... 831 2. % Ditto New 4 Shares... 2% 12% Ely Ely and Bed;ord Great South. and,West. 22 (Ireland) Ditto Extension 12 ;;reat North of England.. I (X 1 ...... Great Western BO ..... .2.2% 224 Ditto 1 / 1 Shares 5O ....12 . 2 120... l2O Ditto, Fifths 49 20 .... 49 Hull and Selby 5O ..... 107 106... ..... .. 106 22 Do. Half Shares Ltneaster and C ar li s l e... 25 ...... 55 56 Leicester and Begird... 225. London and Birmingtun tntock) 243 246 Londonll l 4 and Blackwall. 161. 13s 4d. 1 1 % I A London and Bri g ht on ... 50 ...... 79% 80% bv. Consolid a t e d B t h s 25 .... London and C ro yd on , 13/. 15.. 3 d. 26 % Do. New l3s 4d l% p. ...... .. 1% Lond. & S.Western 411 63 10d Bl% Bl Do. New ,... 2 1 A 1 4 1;414 13% J!YLY 81, 1446. --. London and York 2 l/. 6%1 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham l% Manchester and Leeds... 76 Do. % Shares Do. t 4 Shares Blanchester and Birmm. 40 Midland 100 Do. New Midland,Birm., Derby... 100 Newcastle and Bet - Wick 1% 21% 22 21 1 ,4... 21% Newry . and Enniskillen. 2 1 1 ,2 3 Newark and SLeffield .. 1 North British Do. Nerr North Kent 4 North Staffordshire 22s. ...... 34, p North Wales .. I IA 3 43 — Oxford and Worcester... 2 1 % 7NI% 7% Portsmouth Direct 2% 4 l / 274 Preston and Wyre Richmond and West End Junction Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 Scottish Central Scottish Midland l%. 2% 2 l /4 Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union South Midland 22s. South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 45% 45% Do., No. 1 8 7 1 / 2 Do., No._ 3_ _ _2% . 7 3 /4 ... .... -:! , 1, 11/ Staines and Richmond— 1 South Wales 2 1,4 S!Y 5 / ssq Trent Valley 2 .... 18 Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Waterford and Kilkenny 1 . . 2% .,. 2''a Welch Midland York and Carlisle 2.% — •.•..• ........•• • 3 3 / 1 i ork and North Midland 50 Do. Extension FOREIGN RAILWA Vs,. Boulogne and Amiens... 6 Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Great North. of France (Laffitte's) Do. do. (Bosamers) 2 Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... . 5 1 Lyons and Avignon Namur and Liege Orleans and Vierzon ... 6 ...... 16 1 4% Orleans and Bordeaux... 4 ...... . Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's ' Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Strasbourg ( Gann eron's) 2 ...... 2% 1 4 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 Tours and Nantes, Mac kenzie's -- Do. do (Lefebvre's) 2 West Flanders 2 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Commercial of London 20 24 25: COURT CIitCULAK. ...... 2 41/2 The Queen and Prince Albert walked to the Barton farm on Tuesday afternoon, and afterwards rode in the grounds and on the beach towards King's Key, re turning to Osborne House, Isle of Wight, soon after seven ','clock. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Allred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken airings on Tuesday afternoon in the pleasure grounds of Osborne house. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their accus tomed early walk yesterday in the grounds of Osborne House. The Juvenile Royal Family were taken out yesterday morning at nine o'clock in a pony carriage towards the beach, and returned at eleven o'clock. His Excellency Baron Dedel visited his Majesty the King of the Netherlands yesterday, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook-stroet. M. Stratenus, First Secretary of the Netherlands Legation, also arrived at Mivart's Hotel. The King of the Netherlands left town yesterday afternoon, to honour the Duke and Duchess of Rich mond with a visit at Goodwood Park. His M.jesty en tered one of the Queen's carriages at a quarter before two o'clock, attended by his Excellency Baron Dedel, his Excellency M. Boud, and the Viscount Hawarden, Lord in Waiting to the Queen. Colonel Baron Coe hoorn, Count Bylandt, and the Hon. Captain Hood, Groom in Waiting to the Queen, followed in another royal carriage. His Majesty and suite went to the terminus of the South Western Railway, at Nine Elms, where Viscount Hawarden and the Honourable Captain Hood took leave of the King. his Majesty, Baron Dedel, M. Bond, Colonel Baron Coehoorn, and Count Bylaudt, left soon after two o'clock, by a special train. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge left town yesterday morning for the Continent. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester arrived at Cam bridge House early in the forenoon to take leave of her Illustrious Relative. His Serene Highness Prince Ed ward of Saxe Weimar also paid a visit to the Royal Duchess. At eleven o'clock the Duchess of Cambridge, accom panied by the Princess Mary, and attend,d by Baron linesebeck, left Cambridge House for the Bricklayers' Arms station of the South-Eastern Railway, and took her departure for Dover, to embark in the Princes,: Alice steam-packet for Calais, en route to Germany. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and L'rince George accompanied the Duchess from Cambridge House to the station, and then took leave of her Royal Highness. . . . His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured the Duke of Norfolk with his company at dinner, yester day evening, at Norfolk House. His Excellency Louis M•Lane, app&nted to succeed 11r. Everett, as Envoy Extraor+na7 and Minister Plenipotentiary to this Court from the United States, arrived on the 29th inst., with Mrs. M'Lane, and a por jon of his family, at Liverpool. Apartments have been taken for Mr. M‘Lane at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley • iquare, where he is expected on Saturday. His Excel lency Mr. Everett and family return to the United States on the 4th of September. Le Chevalier Loho de Moira, who has long acted as secretary to the Portuguese Legation at this Court, is appointed Charge d'Affaires, and Minister Resident of her Most Faithful Majesty at Turin. The Duke de Sotonaayor, Spanish Minister, transacted ousiness yesterday, at the Foreign-office. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a .netting yesterday, at the office in Whitehall-place. (here were present, the Bishop of Rochester, the Earl Duvon, the Earl of Besborough, and the Dean of Westminster. Dispatches from the Governor-General of Canada, and also from the Governors of the other North Ame rican provinces, wore received past( rday at the Colonial office. BOOKS FOR TOURISTS. I. lhe Rev. 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This work—embracing the important and comprehensive subjects of morals, manners, and the guidanee of the affections—is intended ch , elly for young ladies of the upper classes of English society. The object of the writer is, by the experience of a life passed in those circles, to supply those who are entering them with some of the practical benefits of her observation and reflection. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, JULY 29. rtIERMOMETER, Lowest, 48; Highest, 65; Noon, 60. BAROMETER, 29.7.—W1ND, W. by N. - NOM—The figures which follew the words" Lowest" and Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Cnermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. ill ruing fln3 LONDON. THURSDAY. JULY 31, 1845. The Lords did not sit yesterday. The Commons met at Twelve o'clock. After the private business had been disposed of, Mr. FIELDEN, in moving for certain returns con nected with the property-tax, took occasion to call the attention of the House to the arbitrary and unjust man ner in which the tax was assessed. He had been rated at 24,0001. ; after great trouble that was reduced to 12,000/., but still it was too high. He bad offered to produce his books, and himself and his partners were ready to make oath that they had not realised such a sum, but the Commissioners refused to reduce the as sessment. The Board could assess at what amount they pleased, and there was no appeal except to the members of the Board themselves. Mr. WILLIAMS thought the country ought to be obliged to the Honourable Gentleman for having brought forward the subject. 'Uhe CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER defended the conduct of the Commissioners, and said there had been a difference of opinion as to the value of the stock of cotton. Mr. FIELDEN explained. Mr. HAWES thought this was a proper case for inquiry. He considered it an instance of the flagrant unfairness at the Property-tax Act. Mr. BERNAL thought that during the recess the Go vernment should seriously consider whether it would be advisable to continue this unpopular tax. Mr. IlumE complained that all the Commissioners were political nominees, their conduct had been disgrace. ful, and he attributed their treatment of the Hon. Mem ber for Oldham to a political grudge. Sir R. PEEL could not believe that any person holding the office of Commissioner could be actuated by such un worthy motives. After a few words from Mr. BROTHERTON and Capt. PECHELL, the motion was agreed to. On the order of the day being read for going into Com mittee of Supply, Mr. BERNAL called the attention of the Government to the recent accident on the South-Eastern Railway, and asked what steps had been taken to prevent the recur rence of such accidents for the future ? Sir G. CLERK said that the Government had dispatched an officer to make inquiries on the spot, but, as yet, his report had not been received ; when it was, it would bi fully considered by the Board of Trade, with a view of affording better security to the public. After a few words from Mr. CLIVE and Mr. P. HOWA RD, Sir R. PEEL said that the responsibility which attached to those connected with the management of railways was, at present, insufficient to insure the safety of the public. Ile believed that many of these railway accidents might have been avoided by the adop tion of proper precautions, and he thought they bad a right to demand that railway companies should give greater securities against the occurrence of accidents than they had hitherto done. Mr. HUME was rejoiced to hear that the Government intended to take up the subject next session. A long conversation followed as to the manner in which the business of the House should be conducted, in the course of which it was suggested by Mr. HumE that the House should meet ou Wednesdays at twelve, and sit till half-past six for the disposal of private Bills, and measures of minor importance, while Mr. C. BULLER suggested that the next session a Board should be ap. pointed, to which all private Bills should be referred, and which should examine evidence and report on the preamble of the Bills to the House. Lord PALMERSTON, after having animadverted on the carelessness of Railway management, proceeded to draw the attention of the House to the state of the de fences of the country. France possessed a large steam navy, and our steam navy ought to be increased, and our naval arsenals properly secured, so as to be able to set at defiance all threats of hostile invasion. Sir R. PEEL deprecated the introduction of such topics. We were at present on the most friendly terms with France, and there was no probability of those amicable rvlati.,ns being interrupted. He could, how ever, assure the Noble Lord, that if the necessity should arise for this country to enter into hostilities with any other Power, at no former period of her history was she better prepared to do so than at present Sir C. NAPIER complained that our ships -of-war were under-manned, and our steam-ships were inferior to those of other nations. ritte House then resolved itself into Committee of Stipp tf t Sir H.\,PEEL, in answer to Mr. J. ABEL SMITH, an nouncid the intention of the Government, on a future day, to propose a vote for the sufferers by the fires at Quebec. On the vote for pensions to ministers of Dissenting congregations, Mr. HINDLEY moved that the amount proposed to Independent ministers be withdrawn. Mr. CARDWELL opposed the motion, which was lost by a majority of 44, the numbers being, for Mr. HIND. LEY'S motion 8, against it 52. The vote of 32,2641. for Non-conformist ministers in Ireland, was opposed by Mr. S. CRAWFORD on account of its smallness, and by Mr. WILLIAMS and Mr. HIND LEY on the ground that no clergy should be paid by the State. On a division, there appeared for the vote 71, against it 13; majority for the vote 58. On the sum of 22,5651. being proposed for the colony of New Zealand, a long discussion arose, in the course of which the House was address..d by Mr. ROEBUCK., Mr. HUME, Mr. SHELL, Sir R. PEEL, and other Hon. Member 4;" but ultimately the vote was agreeed to with out a division. Numerous other votes were agreed to, after which the House resumed. 4_76 3 _ Ve:Ce . ~•11 0.0 0 ; 0 , 1 . 1 , , „ Atiet •r • • m 0 ''.111 , 41", • ~. ..297„, • , • • THE KING OF HOLLAND. We have great pleasure in announcing that the Queen' through the Duke of Wellington, as Commander-in-Chief, has appointed the King of Holland a Field Marshal in the British army, an honour conferred on a brave and liberal monarch, who had in his younger days fought and bled under our national flag against a powerful and common enemy. It is an act in every respect becoming to the nation, and one which will give the greatest satisfaction to the army. The;King, as is no doubt known to the majority of our readers, is a general in the army, being next in se nority to General Sir George Nugent. 'Bart., G.C.8., and by five years senior to General Thomas Grosvenor and Gene ral the Marquis of Anglesey. His commission in the British service is dated as follows :—Lieutenant-Colonel, the 11th of June, 1811 ; Colonel, the 17th of October, 1811 ; Major- General, the 13th of December, 1813; Lieutenant-General, the Bth of July, 1814; and General, the 25th ofJuly, 1814. Tuesday fore,mon, previously to his Majesty holding his diplomatic levee, the Duke of Beaufort and Mr. Culling Smith had the honour 'of an audience with the King, at his apartments at Mivart's. GREAT CENTRAL SARDINIAN RAILWAY COMPANY. The Duke diLante di Montrefeltro having summoned a full Board yesterday morning, stated that in consequence of an official interview he had on Tuesday with the Count de Revel (who, in the absence from London of his Ex cellency Count Potion, Minister Plenipotentiary of Sar dinia, acting as Charge d'Affaires), he was happy to be enabled to inform the Directors that the Sardinian Go vernment has seen with satisfaction the forming of this Company for the laying down of a railway through the Island of Sardinia. And that so sO,:n as the deputation, shall be prepared to start for Turin for tile purpose of re ceiving the final and exclusive concession of this line (the only one in the Sardinian States which will be grantee by that Government to a Foreign Company), the Em bassy of his Sardinian Majesty in London, will, with pleasure, provide the deputation with I.•tters for the au thorities at Turin. The Noble Duke further communi cated to the Provisional Committee that Count de Revel had heard that his Excellency the Marquis di Villama rine, Viceroy of Sardinia, had arrived at Turin from Cagliari, and from what the Duke di Lante could under stand personally to express to the Superior Government at Turin the anxiety manifested by the inhabitants o the Island for the speedy construction of this important railway. M. THIERS' HISTORY OF TIIE CONSULATE APill EMPIRE excites increased interest as it proceeds. When statesmen who have figured in high official stations turn histo rians, their works very naturally command more attention than those of authors by profession, however highly qualified. To the English reader, the fourth volume of Mr. Campbell's au thorized translation, which has just made its appearance, must possess peculiar interest, being occupied with the events leading to the rupture of the Peace of Amiens, and with those immense preparations for invasion made immediately afterwards by our implacable foe, with the avowed design of crushing the Briiish power. The conspiracy of Georg es, and the mu r d er o f t h e Duke D'Enghien, form the concluding portions of this striking volume. THE GREAT BRITAIN —On Sunday morning, about six o'clock, this leviathan of the deep was seen off Belfast Lough by the Fleetwood steamer Prince of Wales. She had ell her canvass set, and was apparently sailing very fast. SUNDERLAND ELECTION.—Mr. Hudson entered the town on Monday, and addressed the electors. He announced himse.f as a supporter of the present corn-laws. On other points his speech was a tissue of vague generalities. His speech has disappointed the people, and several who were awaiting his arrival to make up their minds, joined the free.traders on Tuesday. The Tories will probably have recourse to their old trick, but they are narrowly watched, and the League have offered HAL reward for satisfactory proof of any ease of bribery, and without bribery the Tories have no chance of beating Col. Thompson. MARRIAGE IN . — Tuesday, the mar riage of Lady Frances Howard, third daughter of the Earl and Countess of Wicklow, and the Hon. Colin Lindsay, youngest son of the Earl and Countess of Balcarres, was solemnised at All Souls' Church, Portland.place. After a sumptuous dejcune the bride and bridegroom started for Anglesea-ville, near Gosport, to pass the lioneymeon. DUNST ABLE RAILWAY CONPANY.—A meeting of this Company vi as summoned for yesterday, at the London and Birmingham station at Eaton-square, at one o'clock; but the number necessary to constitute a meeting not having attended up to two o'clock, the meeting was adjourned to the 29th August. AMERICAN NEWS. ANNEXATION OF TEXAS. The British and North American Royal mail steam-ship Acadia, Captain Harrison, arrived at Liverpool yesterday, bringing the Hon. L. M'Lane, United States Minister to St. James's, several members of his family, arid a large number of passengers. The annexation of Texas to the United states, it will be seen, has been agreed to by the Texan Congress. The ques tion a4to the course Mexico will adopt is yet problematical. (From the Galveston News.) We are indebted to Mr. Briggs for the following interesting do cuments, which we hasten to give our readers. Verbally we hear from Mr. B. that the propositions for our independence have been submitted to the Senate. They are not yet made public, but it is understood that they are highly objectionable, and will be promptly rejected. Executive Department, Washington, June 16,1845. Gentlemen of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives, I am happy to greet you on this interesting occasion, as the representatives of the people, again assembled is the discharge of your high and important duties. The call of an extraordinary session of Congress at this early day, by the Executive, was not made without the most mature deliberation, and a due reference to the great crisis which has arisen since your late adjournment, in the affairs of Texas, as well as the almost unanimous expression of public will, which took place throughout the country in regard to the same. The Executive has now the pleasure to transmit to the Honour able Congress, for such action as they may deem suitable, the pro positions which have been made on the part of the United States to this Government, for the annexation of Texas aid its incorporation as a state into that great and kindred confederacy; together with the correspondence between the two Governments, which has arisen out of the same. This correspondence, entering as it does very fully into the views and sentiments of the Goverments in question, renders it unnecessary for the Executive to add (for the information or consideration of Congress) but little thereto in reference to the proposed measure. The Executive has much satisfaction in observing, what no doubt will forcibly arrest the attention of the Congress, that al. though the terms embraced in the resolutions of the-United States Congress may at first have appeared less favourable than was de sirable for Texas, that the very liberal and magnanimous views entertained by the President of the United States towards Texas, and the promises made through the representative of that country in regard to the future advantages to be extended to her if the consented to the proposed union, render those terms much more ac ceptable than they would otherwise have been. The state •f public opinion, and the great anxiety of the people to aot definitely upon the subject of annexation by a Convention of Deputies, as prescribed in the resolutions of the United States Congress, induced the Executive to issue his proclamation on the sth of May, ult., recommending an election for sixty-one De puties, to be held in the several counties throughout the Republic, on the:4th of the present month, and to assemble in Convention at the city of Austin, on the 4th of July next. This recommenda tion has met the sanction of the citizens generally and the de puties in the several counties, so far as heard from having been elected upon the basis proposed, It is contldently expected the Convention will assemble at the time and place fixed upon. To this Convention the question of annexation and the adoption of a State Constitution will probably belong; and they will determine the great question of the na tionality of Texas, u to them shall seem most conducive to the interest, happiness, and prosperity of the people whom they will represent. It is important that the " consent of the existing Government" should be given to their exercising the powers which have been delegated to them, in order to comply with a requirement to that effect in the resolutions on the subject of an nexation, passed by the American Congress. For this purpose, the present extraordinary session of the Congress of the Republic of Texas has been convoked, and to its wisdom as a co-oruitiate department, the Executive now submits the determination of the matter. The services to be performed by the Convention will be arduous, and will probably engage it for a considerable period of time, and the Executive would respectfully recommend to Congress the pro priety of making a suitable appropriation for the payment of its Members, as well as the officers it may find occasion to employ. The Executive has the pleasure, in addition to presenting Con gress the propositions concerning Annexation, to inform them, that certain conditions preliminary to a treaty of peace upon the basis of a recognition of the independence of Texas by Mexico, were signed on the part of the latter, of the city of Mexico, on the 19th of May last, and were transmitted to this Government on the id inst. by the Baron Alley de Cyprey, Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of the French, at that court, by the hands of Capt. Elliott, H. B. M. Charge d'Affaires near this Government. In consequence of Gm signing of these preliminaries, the Executive believed it to be his duty to the Congress to make the fact known to the people of Texas, and to declare and proclaim a cessation of hostilities between Texas and Mexico, until the same could be communicated to, and acted upon by, Congress and the Convention about to assemble. A proclamation for this purpose was conse. quently issued on the 4th inst., a copy of which is herewith trans. mated. The preliminaries being in the nature of a treaty, will, with all the correspondence in relation thereto, be forthwith com. municated to the Honourable Senate for its constitutional advice, and such action as in its wisdom the same shall seem to require, The alternative of annexation or independence will thus be placed before the people of Texas, and their free, sovereign, and un biassed voice, will determine the all-important issue; and so far as it shall depend upon the Executive to act, he will give im mediate and full effect to the expression of their will. His situation in regard to the important subjects now communi. cated to Congress, has, since their late adjournment, been one of great delicacy and embarrassment. Questions of much difficulty have been presented for his determination, upon which the fate and welfare of the country depended, and without precedent or constitutional guide for his governance, he has been obliged to assume, in consequence, great and severe responsibilities. He trusts, however, that Congress will approve the course he has adopted, and, by their enlightened counsels, relieve and direct him in the course hereafter to be pursued in relation to those questions. The Executive is happy to announce to Congress that Texas is at peace with the world ; that with all foreign Powers with whom we have had intercourse, friendly relations are maintained. The dif. ferent tribes of Indians on our borders, with whom treaties exist, have continued to observe the same with good faith; and within the last few nays infermation has been received that the only band of Comanches within our limits, who had maintained until then a hostile attitude towards Texas, have sued for peace, expressed a wish to be permitted to come to Bexar to celebrate a treaty of friendship, which, on the part •f this Government, has been c, tn. plied with. The arrangements made at your regular session, for additional companies of rangers to be mustered into service, has been carried into effect, asd have afforded adequate and efficient protection to our frontiers. The receipts into the Treasury have been sufficient to meet the various expenditures of the Government. A specie cur rency has been maintained without difficulty, and all the Exchequer- bills which were in circulation at the period of your late ad ournment, have been redeemed and withdrawn from circulation, and the Executive is happy to congratulate the Congress and the country upon a state of peace, happiness, and prosperity never be. fore experienced !. y Texas, and rarely if ever equalled by so young a ras! tn. remains for the Executive to express an assured confi de:. ai in your individual wish to sustain the best interests of Texas, and the fervent hope that lie who holds the destinies of men and nations in his hand, may crown your deliberations with his richest blessings. JOINT RESOLUTION. ANSON JONES. CIVING THE CONSENT OF THE EXISTING GOVERNMENT TO TILE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS TO TUE UNITED STATES. Whereas, the Government of the United States hath proposed the following terms, guarantees, and conditions, on which the peo ple and territory of the Republic of Texas may be erected into a new State, to be called the State of Texas, and admitted as one of the States of the American Union, to wit : (Het; follows the resolutions of the United States Congress.) And whereas, by said terms, the consent of the existing Go vernment of Texas is required—therefore, Sec. Ist. Be it resolved, by the Senate and House of Represen. tatives of the Republic of Texas in Congress assembled, that the Government of Texas doth consent that the people and territory of the Republic of Texas may be erected into a new State, to be called the State of Texas, with a Republican form of Government to be adopted by the people of said Republic, by de puties in Convention assembled, in order that the same may be ad mitted as one of the States of the American Union, and said con sent is given on the terms, guarantees, and coadlitions set forth in the preamble to the joint resolution. Sec. 2d. Be it furthor resolved, that the proclamation of the President of the Republic of Texas, bearing date May sth, 1845, and the election of deputies to set in Convention at Austin, on the fourth day of July next, for the adoption of a constitution for the State of Texas, had in accordance therewith hereby receive the consent of the existing Government of Texas. Sec 3d. Be it further resolved, that the President of Texas is hereby requested immediately to furnish the Government of the United States, through their accredited Minister near this Govern ment, with a copy of this joint resolution; also to furnish the Convention to assemble at Austin on the 4th of July next with a copy of the same, and the same shall take effect from avid after its passage. The above is a copy of the resolutions as they passed the two Houses, and which will, we suppose, receive the sanction of the President. They passed unanimously. TOD ROBINSON. On the 18th inst., in the Senate, Mr. Greer introduced a joint resolution offering " A nation's gratitude to Major-General An drew Jackson," which resolution was unanimously adopted. On the same day Major Kaufman introduced a Bill setting apart a portion of the public land, lying between the Arkansas and Red Rivers, for the payment of the national debt—read first and second time, and referred to Committee on State of the Republic. A resolution was offered by Mr. Greer for altering the time of the annual Session of Congress—read first time. On Sunday Mr. Kaufman, as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign relations, reported the " Joint Resolution giving the con sent of the existing Government to the annexation of Texas to the United States," which joint resolution was pulled through its third reading on the next day (19th)—(The rule being suspended on motion of Colonel H. L. Kinney)--by a unanimous ♦ote of the Senate. On the Nth, in the Senate, Mr. Greer introduced a joint reso lution relative to the introduction of United States troops into Texas—read first time. Mr. Kaufman's Bill," setting apart land for the payment of the public debt," &c., was taken up and read second and third times, and passed. Mr. Lawrence introduced a resolution for the relief of Post-Cap tain E. W. Moore.—Read a first time. We are happy to state that Commodore Moore has already been restored to his command. We are further informed that Con gress will probably adjourn on next Wednesday. We are informed that the propositions from Mexico have been rejected, and that the resolution inviting the United States troops has been adopted. Since the sailing of the last steamer business generally had been very dull in New York and the business cities. The extreme warmth of the season has made the trading community more quiet than usual. Nothing can as yet be known of the state or prospects of the next cotton crop. The accounts, how ever, are rather more favourable than otherwise. Honey was abundant, the rate of interest between 5 and 6 per cent. Pennsylvania Stock had risen, on a general idea that the August interest would be paid, and 73i was asked for Five per Cents. on the 15th on the New York Exchange. The New York Courier and Enquirer of the 15th says— " With regard to Oregon, we have confidence that with moderate counsels on both sides and discreet conduct, all will be harmoniously arranged; and in these particulars, if there were to be a change, we think the selection of Mr. M'Lane as the new Minister to England a fortunate one. He is well and favourably known there, and is of an age and has a posi tion at home that may be taken as a guarantee t h at h e h as not undertaken this mission without a reasona bl e an d we ll founded hope of aiding in bringirg all disputed points to an amicable adjustment. " Exchange on England has been sold as higli as 10 prem. On France, a large amount was drawn on Saturday for ac count of the underwrit e rs ag a i ns t th e cargo o f t h e Ville de Lyons which was wrecked, at 5.31 k. The rate to-day may be quoted at t• 274 to 30. "1110 *lll, but little done i n stecite to-day, and no ma terial in prim." There has been a moderate husincss tl:e ‘!,:f tt.t , marltet since the departure of the Caledonia, and had rather an upward tendency. Exchange on London stood at 110, Paris, 5 271 to 5 30. Freights rather dull. To Liverpool, Cotton ?Id. to 3-16 d. ; Beef and Pork in barrels,2s. Pd. to 3s. ; heavy goods As. to 225. 6d. To London, Tobacco 30s. ; Naval Stores 2s. 6d. to 3s. ; Oil 27e. 6d. To Havre, Cotton Ito I per cent. Ashes 8 dots. to 10 doh!. ; measurement goods 10 dots. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, MONDAY, JULY 14 —United States Loan, Six per Cents., 1862, 114 offered, 113 asked'; Ditto, Five per Cent., 1853, 1031 offered, 105 asked. GREAT FIRE AT MATANZAS.-LOSS ESTIMATED AT EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. (From the New York Express.) We have a Havannah paper of the 28th ult., which gives us the details of a great fire in Matanzas that happened on the 26th. The following we translate from La Aurora, a Matanzas paper of the 27th : It appears that a severe calamity has befallen the rich city of Matanzas. At half-past eight o'clock, a.m., the bells of the parish church announced that the richest part of the city wee seized by the flames. In fact, the fire had burst out, as we are in formed, in a carpenter's shop, in the Marina, where a large col lection of timber supplied abundar.ce of fuel to the flames. The fire immediately extended to the adjacent buildings, which were all of wood, and of such age as to be highly combustible, so that the conflagration extended rapidly toward the Royal Cul' tom-house, on the opposite coiner, and to the house of Don Bartolome de Is Mater, which was soon seized by the devouring element, threatening to consumed the whole town. It is three o'clock in the afternoon, and we have just left the scene of the catastrophe; and while the ruins of the edifices of the whol e Marina are consuming, the principal block, and another adjoining if, have disappeared. A great part of the contiguous blocks in the west have been destroyed in part. We may truly say that what has been the general depot of the great part of the commercial wealth of their city, has now been made a prey to the flames. The losses have been incalculable, and consternation so great that the streets were blocked up with men, women, and children , flying for their lives from the flames. The splendid house of D° 4 Vicente de Junco has been destroyed. The fire had hardly commenced when we had the satisfaction of seeing all the authorities of the town upon the spot, to whose excl . ' tions it is owing that the losses have not been more extensive. STEAM-BOAT EXPLOSION. (From the New Orleans Picayune, July 2.) TERRIBLE DISASTER.—DREADFUL EXPLOSION.—GREAT LOSS 0 LIFE.—DESTRUCTION OY THE MARQUETTE.—Yesterday afternoon , about four o'clock, a most calamitous disaster occurred at the steam-boat landing, near the foot of Poydras-street. At the time mentioned the steam-boat Marquette, Captain E. A. Turpin, whi le backing out from the wharf, burst her boilers with a most terrific explosion, scattering instantaneous death and destruction around , The report of the explosion was tremendous, shaking the ler/ foundations of the buildings on New Levee for several squares. The Marquette, as we are informed, had not made more than on e or two revolutions when she blew up. Pieces of the wreck were thrown, with human bodies, into 1 0 air, and at immense distances. The boat was literally blown to atorn'• How many lives have been lost by this terrible accident is 1 0 known—indeed, it can never be accurately ascerttined, as severi l . , who were going as passengers had not registered their names, an d it is feared that many of the deck passengers are lost. The ladle' and children in the cabin were all saved, and escaped injury, es‘ cept a small girl, who, we learn, was scalded, but not mortally. Ono dead body was taken from the wreck ; it was that of a Me e t unknown, who had his legs literally blown away, and was other' wise mangled. Three other persons died on their way to the tic s ' pital. Last night there were eighteen persons in the Charity W e :, pital, and one in Dr. Stone's, taken from the boat. These are e" more or less injured —many of them, it is feared, mortally. The Marquette was just over from Mobile, and was leaving f ee Cincinnati for repairs. We have heard half-a-dozen causes °: signed for the accident, nearly all attributing it to gross carelessness or negligence. CANADA. ANOTHER AWFUL FIRE IN QUEBEC. (From the Quebec Mercury of Monday, June 28.) Despondingly we take up our pen to record a second disastrenS fire which has nearly blotted Quebec from the list of cities. C ur task In this matter is not only painful but difficult of execntit, To convey an adequate idea of the extent of misery caused these two fires is impossible; to conceive the ultimate results it hardly to be compassed by the human mind. On Saturday evening last, about eleven o'clock, the flames were discovered issuing from the hangard of M. Teasier, Esq., 1 4 . 1' '' „f d'Aiguillon-street, just without St. John's-gate. The alarrn fire by the tocsin was tardily given, but at the earliest mera! r tl y possible a number of persons were on the spot, who lent e vert assistance towards arresting the progress of the fire (which, it D said, arose from the emptying of a can of hot ashes on a dung " By degrees it crept from street to street, and the final result We'-4 that " the entire suburb of St. John," including that denom inat .,, St. Lewis Suburbs, is, with the exception of a few paltry streets, '- which but few houses had been built, entirely devastated. • ht The fire spread from causes which favoured it on the fatal nig 3 of the 28th May—namely, the shingled roofs, the high wind, 1 , 1 11 the previous dry weather. At first there was a miserable s uP t l i , of water, and but few persons, beyond the military, were on p. spot. Immediate preparations were made by th e military 3 4 rities, under the immediate sancti on o f th e ma y or , for arrestjie the fire by blowing up houses o r en ti re bl oc k s, com mencing 1 %0 English burial-ground. Powder was sent for, but so raidd d o the advance of the fire, th a t b e f ore it arr i ve d th e blocks intended to to be destroyed were in fl ames . A r till er y men , w ith aullnunioos were, however, shortly at the di s p osa l o f th e a uthorities, e nd ed in houses were blown up at different periods. Two were r t, ea. Chevrotiere-street, and so violent was the concussion from the plosion, that a house on the opposite side of the road was cornYlse;„; rent in twain, and fell. This destruction of property ws a effected without loss of life. One man was killed by the t ps materials, and several others received severe injuries; som e se' vo fracturs, of hich one, M'Kenna, has since died. to isa " At eight o'c w lock on Sunday morning the fire may be s aid been stayed. We nt Upwards of 3,000 houses have been burnt, and at this In 20,000 persons are houseles deser l f s What is now to become of us ? Our workmen, of all t heir tions, are ruined and houseless ; many who had commen ced their re-establishment after the last fir e are aga i n burned ou t ; - 0 ,1 former savings and the assistance afforded by the Charitable' from private sources, alike sacrificed. j if i' A large number of families have led from the city, au n very much to be feared that their secession will be peon:: of- They may form new ties and fresh eng agements w hi c h will -1 ually alienate them fro Quebec. ~, suet Champlain parishes at Pointe Levi are filled with refuge e ' , et Champlain Ward, as far as Sillery Cove ; we have, M°"°".' `to heard that Beauport, Lorette, and the several villages a d j ac f:os f the city are crowded. Within the walls, but few houses, e ' s , if the highest respectability, are not crowded ; one gentlema n persons in his house, another 55, and a tird 4 ,„1 1 ' i° The latest advices from Montreal are to p the 12 0. th inst. ,„111'i° There There appears to be no particular news of consequence. I,lo ll c . CORRESPONDENCE OP THE " NEW YORK HER•LU. ''' O O ' TREAL, C E., JULY 12, 1845.—The utmost alarm and eSs it :',,iff o, prevail here, in consequence of the recent attempts at incen d ' S for; no less than seven having been made within the last feWS 4sl. :ith e° tunately the fires have, in almost every in s t ance , been eating"- the by timely vigilance. The fire companies are constantly °n la alert, and several of the e ng i nes s t an d rea dy h orse d all t. els° several parts of the city the inhabitants have formed th ey ind r into patrols for the protection of each other's property. x' - viduals are in custody charged with incendiarism. A considerable portion of last year's stock of flour is " -t : hand, and although a good d ea l i s h e ld on E ng li s h account' and holders of the residue are anxiously expecting the next n i tet there is much speculation as to th e pro b a bi lity of a l a te h ar t ion . England. Sales are now made ver y i rregu l ar l y, b u t the qu o " - e nv may fairly stand at 245. to 245. 2d., and a firmer feeli n g g rally prevails in the market. sa t of P t I- ash-- -- n. _m ashes, contracts were made during the declension 10 , 22.71 to 22.9, but th e y ate now up aga i n, an d l a rge ' 3 effected at 23. Pearls are steady at 24. for t iger' Freights are unsteady, and ranging from 3.6 to S-- - pool and the Clyde-4-6 is asked for London and refused• to the There have arrived at Quebec 309 more vessels than U P corresponding date last year. t ti The Governor-General has been seriously I n disposeJ, b now sufficiently recovered to attend to his official duties. THE Ar'FAIRS OF 111EXICO h % b it ItMexico, Juror 7.—An abortive attempt at revolution, c ros one moment created great alarm, occurred here to.daY• , t on the people, and I believe on the Government, by surl7 je Di so far as could judge, not the slightest preparation WO raa n , the latter in anticipation of such an event. At about th ree s e / th e in the afternoon some shots were heard in the direction LieJ Palace, which forms one side of the great square of Mexi co( the in a few minutes after troops were seen lining the rooi w hic h Palace, and mounting the different turrets of the cathedral, old forms another side of the plaza, and commands that W 3 : 0 0 41 some of the principal streets. We were then fold that 7 ,, ,, p ce, Herrera, the President, and M. Rosa, the Minister of d ip _ l t were made prisoners, and that a pronunciamiento w as one but whether in favour of Santa Anna or Federalistic,, : p oi' could say. At this moment matters were in a critica'ecroioo Lion ; but the Government was saved by the d i , e line and spirit of the colonel commanding the 4th Regimen t which was in barracks immediately adjoining the Pala ce der officer, who it appears is much attached to the prese nt :„ r things, instantly sent off a detachment to warn the 1 4 ' n f e lfl e War, and put the commandant of the citadel on his If" ° "' h rol ,e ' then attacked the movements of the troops in the Pala ce ' j s ite [ open the gates, dashed in amongst them bayonet in hand, ne at ( tie killing a dozen compelled the others to surrender. He ? e „i_ so d lodged the soldiers from the roof of the Palace and Cathedra ' Ole in about half an hour put down the attempt at revolution: o ,la , officer commanding the revolted regiment was shot i n thv io ier, but Brigadier Rangel, who was the chief conspirator and th e escaped. It is said that a large proportion of the regiment 1 0 ; 9 5 , 19 of t garrison hed been gained over by Rangel ; and that if „ D uo" men who pronounced in the Palate could have held their B ut for an hour, the movement would have become general. e w ere' affairs passed, the thing was a total failure ; and even ass's t •t. or lazaroni of Mexico did not think it worth while t o aaS.- Foreign diplomacy is much pleased at the result of of it, plosion, as, If the Governmeat knows how to take adventegsegroa it will add immensely to their moral force. They h ave ° case against Rangel and the other officers engaged in the in fbe it was only a fortnight since that they were all inclu Anna general amnesty granted to those who fought with Sa n s , ° Rangel has shown extreme ingratitude, for though he vi n ce ivc fe s Santa Anna's most active partisans, no act.; of vengef;- resent directed against him. Bold measures on the part of ed Conservative Government may give a vital blow to t he h ' 3 ,e re' be"' party, which is both powerful and numerous; but vto iste much apprehension expressed, from the known timidity of that the golden opportunity will be lost. tisfle ien The city is perfectly quiet, and we have the aa knowing that not one of the people took PO I in ow the p ct, nunciamiento. nunciamiento. 'ei The affair with the French Minister still wea rs en as the Government, up to the present hour, has dee . , r ethe the required satisfaction, saying, that as the matter I) ._ t he ie j e tribunals, it should await their decision. To-m en"' t ri l ot M ed day allowed by the Baron de Ciprey, and if reparation be ho over , he will positively demand his passports. We 311 hope, that the matter will be amicably settled. n glef r g AL'— ; „ ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE PRII'L _ e d with - ce GAMEKEEPER.— Considerable sensation has been ca % _ 01,04 0 0 _ 0 last few days in the neighbourhood of Bagshot Park, in u,rureer, of an attempt being made to take away the life of 1 41 • al II lic e of Mr. James Turner, head gamekeeper of his R 1„„ the P ° ]'rince Albert. It appears from information receivean'ti, Iter o ` ,; " 4 that Mr. Turner, who has charge of the young Phe*:_.,.„_ the , Farm, was fired at about two on the morning of I .c f" , : v ' s ,' qu e r 3 O( instant, from behind a watch-box, adjoining to . n ~, on e. , tit yof birds are kept, with a gun containing hag build ei,tt which struck hiru.on the third finger of the left hen du ritiff _ it to pieces. No person was seen about the prelo r oL ou trso o _,, night ; and the only reason that can be assigned fo arra in p 7-0 that Mr. Turner on a late occasion took active DI; be n S ts ' e ruling persons for selling pheasants' eggs which a __ gint to from his Royal Highness's preserves; and the ::„ r _ oa usi oi t s g : away his life must have been made by with the place. The police are in possessions of such tifiY shortly lead to the apprehension of the offender. nnhtl SiID BURNING GLASSES EXTRAORDINARY.--`-' going to on g h ale . week Mr. Morgan, draper, of AbergavennYr.n_ fro m s ht countinghouse, was surprised at smoke issn , ! , T he sk ro P_ P o shawls, of first-rate quality, which had just arri e C o; ritie o f to , 1 : 00 ., of the room is composed of panes of glass, the m ated i on, which present that protuberance technically d ,ot fto 0, a person o•fse•t; y eyes ;" these forming a focus, concentrated the nd up' een lers :ig and the consequence was that a large o rs. ot es vas burned through the pile of shawls, _ ip ; i i,.....)0 418 damagss was stretsdned. 'eke reads Wore 15 Merlus. -------.-- orc fea en( tali cal ter be( be( vai int inc so' thi arc pre Lb( fir l D ir Co' An at at V, Ln lit DI/ Lo Lo