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%uid L /L.\ E NION THLYMAGAZINE. ,I :Now Edited by . fl_tartisos ALNSWoRTH, Esq. CONTENTS OF THE AUGUST NUMBER. I.3::IIACTS FROM THE LOU OF A PRIVATEER'S MAN, A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. By CAPTAIN MARRTAT, R.N. FIEST ExT3AcT.--Cruise off Hispaniola—Capture of a French ship—Cruise continued —Nocturnal Attack upon a Rich Planter's Dwelling—Retreat. 11. Trim ROBERTSES ON THEIR TRAVELS. Chapters XLIV., XLV., and xon. By Mits. TxozAopE. The Fortunes of France ; or, the Hotel de Cluny. By Dud ley Costello. IV. The Fox and the Well. (4Esop Illustrated.) By the Author of " Peter Frigging." V. MEMOIR OF THE LATE REV. R. H. BARHAM, WITH LINES TO HIS MEMORY. By JOHN HUGHES, Esq. VI. Bob Robinson's First Love. By Lancelot Wagstaff, Esq. VII. Literary and Familiar Reminiscences of Thomas Campbell, Esq. No 11. VIII. Recreations in Natural History. No. XXV. The Mammoth. LX. DEATH AND THE RUFFIANS : a Tale from Chaucer. By LEIGH HUNT. X. Anacreontique. By Edward Kenealy, Esq. XL The Riv,rs and Cities of Babylonia. By W. Francis Ains worth, Esq. XII. Lights and Shades in the Life of a Gentleman on Half-pay. No. XI V. lty the Author of " Stories of Waterloo." XIII. Where shall we meet, Love? By J. L. Forrest. XVI. BEAUCHAM ; or, THE ERROR. A Romance. By G. P. R. James, Esq. Chapters I. and 11. XV. Jacob Omnium, 31. P. ; or, the Merchant Prince. XVI. Yetrarch to LaUra. By Edward Kenealy, Esq. XVII. The Mummelsee. By John Oxenford. XVIII. The Death of Zurbaran. By Thomas Roscoe, Esq. XIX. A Sketch of the Lives of Lord Stowell and Eldon, together with some Corrections and Additions to Mr. TWiss's Life of the Latter. Part IL XX. The Opera—Literature of the Month. REVELATIONS OF LONDON. By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. Book IL Chapters IV. and V. With an Illustration on Steel by Phiz. In the September Number will appear THE WATER CURE. By SIR EDWARD BUMPER LYTTON, Bart. _ . _ *.si Mr. AinSwarth begs it to be understood that. he now writes aaclusivety for the New Monthly, and is connected with uo other Magazine whatever. Henry Colburn, Pubtisher, 13, Great 3fariborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers in Town and Country. NEW WORK by the AUTHOR of "FREDERICK THE GREAT." Now ready, with Illustrations, 10s. 6d. bound, HISTORY of OUR OWN TIMES, VOLUME THE SECOND-1793 to 1797. " The very book that Englishmen want."—Britanma. " Written with vigour, impartiality, and accuracy It will form a - valuable addition to our historical literature—the more valuable be cause embracing within itself that which can nowhere el.ke be found, except in scattered portlens difihsed through many pouderoted and net easily deceszt , le volumes."—John Bull. Henry Celburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. BATHS of HOMBURG, near FRANKFORT ON-THE-MAINE. The Mineral Waters of Homburg take their rise at the foot of the Taunus mountains, two hundred yards above the level the sea. To the original springs, the reputation of which is so perfectly estab lished in Germany, that there have lately been joined teesh sources, which from the intensity of their mineralisation and the energy oftheir action in certain morbid cases, have elevated them to the first rack among the mineral waters of Germany. The eprirge of Homburg are five In number. They have been analysed by the celebrated Professor Liebig. Notwithstanding the differences which exist between them, they may be considered as the game medicament diversely modified. Their mineral principles re main the same, with no other difference than their quantities and proportions. This affords to the physicians the highly valuable ad vantage of applying to each individual case the peculiar water best adapted to it, and of modifying the treatment according to the course and progress of the complaint. The internal use of these waters is of constant efficacy, above all when drunk at their source, for then the vivifying air of the moun tains, the diversi..n mind by the moving scene, and the abstrac tion from the can s of the world, concur in assisting the action of the medicinal beverage. The waters of Homburg are stimulant, tonic, alterative. and Aperient. They are suited to all cases requiring an amelioration of the disordered state of the stomach and other intestines, by giving a peculiar stimulus to these organs when necessary to excite the abdo minal circulation, to assist the secretory processes, and to regularise nutrition and assimilation. Their great success has been recognised in enlargements of the liver, in affections of the spleen, in hypo chondria, jaundice, the hemorrhoids, and obstinate constipation. In gout and all affections produced by derangement of the digestive functions, most happy results are derived from them. During the four years which have elapsed since these springs first obtained their merited celebrity, the city of Homburgh has greatly improved. A new towh has grown up by the side of the old, and new hotels and private houses afford to visitors all the comforts re quired by invalids, and luxuries to be found in the most favourite watering places. The forests, which surround Homburg like a rich zone, are pierced 'frith rides and drives by which the residents at the Baths may, with ease and pleasure, visit the Feldberg, the Rock ofElizabeth, Luther's Oaks, and all the picturesque sites of the Taunus. The Directors of this grand Establishment have constructed a mag niteent Casino, which—by the beauty of its architecture, the excel lence of its distribution, and the richness of its decorations—surpasses any building hitherto erected at any point on the basks of the Rhine. It contains splendid saloons for balls and concerts ; rooms for the games of Trento et Quarante, and for Roulette tables ; a Cabinet for reading, in which are most of the German, French, English, Russian, Belgian, and Dutch journals; a Caffee-room ; a Divan for smoking, openingon to a fine terrace laid with asphalte, and A grand dining-room with a table-d'hate, served a la Francaise, twice a-day, viz. at one and five o'clock. The excellent orchestra from the Theatre of Mentz performs three times a day ; in the morning, at the Springs ; in the afternoon, in the beautiful Gardens of the Casino ; and in the evening in the grand Ball-room. Concerts, Halls, and Fetes of every description succeed each other igqthout interruption. The Directors shrink from no sacrifice to render this watering place SO delightfhl as possible to its visitors, and to this end have rented about 50,000 acres of forest-lands and plains, all abounding in game of every description, as well a reserve Park for the Grandees Chasses at the close of the winter season. The Casino of Homburg, Is the only establishment of the kind that has enjoyed hitherto the privilege of remaining *pen all the year, and the eontinnation of Ps tables for play, its balls, its concerts, and its hunting parties through out the winter-season, makes it attract a numerous and select so ciety from every quarter of Europe. The Journey from London to Homburg, passing through Cologne. 3fentz and Frankfort, is performed in 44 hours. The distance from Frankfort to Homburg is got over in one hour and a half. Mai coaches and omnibuses run between these plaees every hour. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Last Appearatce but Two of Mdlle. Taglion!. (BY DESIRE.) THIS EVENL.NG Will be performed (last time) Bellini's Opera LA SONNAMRITLA .mina, Madams A. Castellan; Terese, Madame Bellini; Lisa, Male A. Rosetti ; Count Rodolfo, Sig. F. Lablache ; Elvino, Sig. Mario. In the course of the Evening, a Divertissement, in which will be prasentzd the Pas Dansante, entitled LA BACCHANTE, by Mdlle Lucile Gratin, Moncelet, (;assan, and Monsieur Perrot; and " La Manola," by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon. To conclude with last tim?) the admired Ballet Divertissement, DIANE. Diane, Mdlle. Taglioni ; Endyirdon, M. Perrot. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the ilex- Ofti , e Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Half-past Seven o'clock; to commence at Eight. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdlle. TAGLIONI respectfully informs the Nobility. guh4cribers to the Opera, and the Public, that HER BENEFITand Last Arpear wee but one, previously to quitting the Stage, will take place ON THURSDAY, JULY 31, When will be performed (last time) Rossini's Opera, IL BAR EI ERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosina, Madame Grisl ; Bertha. Mdlle. Bellini ; TI Conte d'Almaviva, Sig. Mario ; Bartolo, Sig. Lablache ; Sig. F. Lablacbe ; Figaro, Sig. Fornasari. With other Entertainments, in which Madame Anaide Castellan, Mdlle. Brarabilla, Mdlle. Rossi Caccia, and Sig. Moriani will appear. Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, 31. St. Leon, and M. Perrot `viii lend their valuable aid. In addition to which Mdlle. Taglloni ~`W have the honour of appearing in Selections from various of the Yriticipal Ballets which have been honoured with the most success, and Comprising the principal Pas of " La Sylphide," " La Bayadere," •' La Gitana," " La Chasse de Diane," and " La Tyrolienne." Aoplielations tor Boxc, Stalh, caid Pit Tickets io be made at the Box-office, 0. era-Colonnsdy. poors open at Seven ; the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMA_RKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENTNG Will be performed SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER, or, The Mis takes of a Night. Mr. Hardcastle, Mr. W. Farrell ; Young Marlow, Mr. H. Hell; Tony Lampkin, Mr. Buckstone; Mrs. Ilardcastle, Mrs. Glover; Miss Harcleastle, Miss Julia Bennett. After which, the MiLtical Farce of THE LITTLE DEVIL. :Nicol° Angell, Miss P. Horton ; Vincentio d'Estella, Mr. Webster. To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARK. Mr. Sam Pettibone, Mr. Bnckstone. Private Box e s, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Halt each. Tl.;kets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office, recto Ten till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPUI. t:IVUER TIM DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTI THIS EVENING VW be repeated MARIE DUCANGE. Edward Lascelles ' Esq., Mr. ; John Rawdon, Esq., Mr. 0. ; Charles Claude Prong, Mr. •Vright ; Marie Ducange, Madame Celeste. After an Original Terpslctli,rean 13Lrletta, called POWDER AND BALI.; or, St. Tibbs's Eve. Mr. Montgomerie Tibbs, Mr. i,ambert; Co3tain Kldglove, Mr. Selby; Jacob Gerkin, Mr. Wright ; si rs . 14„,,t 40 ;werie Tibbs, Mrs. Frank Matthews ; Sally K.nobbs, Miss Woolgar. _ To be fohowed by (for three nights only) NORMA . Norma, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Adalgisa, Mr. Wright. To conclude with the highly successful and Original Farce, called THE 1111511 DRAGOON. r. Brown Sherry, Mr. Selby ; Paddy Murphy o'l3 rallaghan, Mr. Hudson. Prompter, Mr. tlallot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon. THEATRE 'LOYAL, LYCEUM, UNDER THE M-A-NAGEMENT OF MRS. KELLEY. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Farce, entitled LUCK'S ALL. Principal e„%aracters by Messrs. F. Vining, Diddear, Keeley, Meadows, Kin -106,t, and Turner ; MISS Hicks, and Mrs. A. Wigan. To' he followed by a Now Farce, to be called AN OBJECT OF INTETEST, in which Mrs. Keeley will perform. After' which, an entirely New, Original, and Novel Grand Fairy BALI E7:7 DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled LES FEES. In which Les Dansensea• Anglaises will appear. Te which will be added an apropos Bagatelle, in One Act, entitled MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Mea dows, Mrs. Caudle, 3fr. Keeley. To conclude with an entirely New Operatic, Dramatic, Chivalric, Fairy. Itoma,nt;c Burlesque, entitled CINDERELLA. The Principal Characters by 31. r. Keel' f, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr. I. W. Collier, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Villars, .Miss Falrbrother, hire. Woollidge, Miss Grove, Miss Howard, Re The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STRIXT. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING' Will ho performed a Comic Opera, in Three Acts, called THE $1 ICES. The Duke de Popoll , Mr:Walton; Scipio, Mr. C. Horn, JULn Italbaya, Mr. Leffler; liarco Tempvsta, Mr. Allen; 'Matt:ea, 3fmdar , Fearon ; Zerlina, llias Ueorgiana Smithson. To wh. 'eh will added A COURT BALI, IN 1740. In which will be intrudn, vd the Dances as performed at her Majesty's Hal Cos he Original Music. tunie. with t. After wht:b, THE NERVOUS MAN. M'Sliane, Mr. Collins. ' To be follolve, i by a New Dramatic sketch, entitled MRS. C A UDLE ; or, Cu." Win Lectures. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Compton ; Mrs. Caudle, Mr. Oxben" l ". I!. I. Wallack ; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; Stage Manager, Sir . . Mich ill i2t , Mr. Eelmnno' ASTLEY'S RO AMPHITIIe , THE. rROPRIETOR, , 4 4. R. W. BATTY. THIS Will berformed an entirely :New G,Nntl National Spectacle, em 'loraing th e chief features of the heroic acNievernents of the British &rule in Northern India, called THE CONQVLST OF SO ND.E ; or, file4e of Hyderabad. }Few and Elegant Scenes in the Circle, by the Whole of the French .£ 4 lestriana. Z, N conclude with IL DIAVOLO DI ABBRUZZIO ; or, The Chief andi `%e I)cg of the Chateau. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Last Week of the Opera Season. Tills EVENING Will he I.,&llhrmed LOVE IN A VILLAGE. Tonne' Lllcadowe, :Ir. Barker; IlAwthorn, Mr. D. W. King; Itosett Misg After which, the Second ct of LUCIA ; or, 'rho Bride of Lammer rlo,-;:. Lucy Ash. 'on. - Madame Z. Garcia ; Aiice, Miss Collett ; Edgar, 1.%(r. D. W. King • Colonel Ashton Mr. Weiss; Arnold, Mr. Barker; Norman, A ; Allan, M r; :4'.l.lah••n. An increased Band and Chorus from the Theatre Royal Dr,:ry:lane. ,onclude with a New Drama. by R . • Blanchard, Esq., called TAII I I. HopE, AND cHARITY. In whie b ,' Messrs. Hughes, Hicks. Cowell, Johns till. Ileslup, Bliss m ark ..`n, M. R. Bonner. will perform. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kers t 's:.`ner, at the Box etties, firom Eleven to Four. Honne YAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDI , ;7 4 .. A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON: COMBINATION OF ATTRACTIONS. ROMANTIC GARDENS AND PROMENADE. EXTENSIVE AND UNRIVALLED MENAGERIE. oat, ISSAL MODELLED REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH, The Acme of Scenic Illusion. The ROCK HARMON ICON from Ihree till Eiet. I►nCon MONDAYS, TIT6SDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and THURS. OLAND CONCERTS D'ETE and MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY of FIREWORKS. Admission, One Shilling. rile Cantivora vt Half-past Five; Pelicans and Polar Bears Sit cower! at H a ir., p 2rf `pia; and Fireworks at Half-past Nine im MON.)AY and TUELVAY, Aug. 4, and 5, A SYLVAN - PETE of momt extraordinary .„"tid varied Attraction will take place, Allitetrative of the Rural Ganil ahs4 ) Sports of By-1011e Days. . - fi_r s to N, 1,.0N DON Laining juilkments or orders in respect of debts not ex ceeding 20L each, may summon such debtor before a Commissioner of Bankrupts or Court of Requests." Clauses A, B, C, provide how the order of such Court shall be executed; that the imprisonment of the debtor may cease on payment of the debt, and that certain Courts shall have the like power on original suits. By subsequent clauses it is enacted that where several Courts exist in the same town the business is not to be transferred from one to the other; that application to the Commissioner of Bankrupts or Court of Requests need not be made by counsel or attorney; that affidavits in bankruptcy or insolvency may be made and sworn before keepers of prisons. Under clauses D, E, and F, the jurisdiction of such Courts may be altered ; judges of inferior Courts may be removed for misconduct or incapacity ; that in the absence of any sufficient number of Com missioners to hold a Court, according to the con stitution of such Court before the passing of this Act. a single Commissioner being present shall be competent to proceed and in all respects to hear and determine causes as judge, &c., or a deputy may be appointed ; execution of process in Westminster and Southwark is duly secured; power given to judge of Court to frame a table of fees, but fees under existing Acts are not hereby affected; poundage to be demanded from suitors upon sums claimed; lists of unclaimed moneys of suitors to he made out, and all such moneys paid into court and unclaimed for six years to go into the court fund; power reserved to remove suits exceeding 101. into superior courts, and power given to execute warrants and levy executions out of the jurisdiction of such courts. This Act to apply only to England. Such is the marginal outline, extracted from the Bill itself, of the anomalous and excessive powers crested under it. If the House of Commons could possibly be induced to stultify their past proceedings on the law of debt (from those touching the abolition of arrest or el:wane process down to the act abolishing arrest for debt under 201., exclusive of costs, under certain limitations); it would, by affirming the present Bill, create the most unheard-of powers in petty courts, which have hitherto exercised the limited jurisdiction they . already possess, by no means to t h e satis faction of the public, and with general indecorum, and frequently in violation of all law and equity (we mean " Courts of Requests") ; but it would sire a P.,- liampnt.ry sanction to s uch enormities as general war rants to be is,ued under the authority of tribunals, for which it is impossible not to anticipate the least possible degree of respect or confidence on the part of the public ; we speak of those which the Bill proposes to reinforce or to create. Now, with regard to the parties against whom this Bill is directed :—" Any person indebted to any other in any suns not exceeding 204 besides costs of suit by virtue of judgment obtained, or of any order for the pay ment thereof, or of any costs in any court." It is obvi ous that now-a-days, when judgments can be so easily "snapped up," as it is called, the scope of this measure might just as reasonably have been extended to all simple contract debtors as to debtors under judgments. And this being so, we are struck with the folly of pulling down the Fleet Debtors' Prison, which has been actually accomplished, and the similar project or contemplation of removing the debtors' wing of Horsemonger Gaol. Pass this Bill and you must build a new debtor's prison, in at least one hundred different districts of England ; for to " England " only, by the last line and proviso of the Bill, is the precious girt of its enactments to be ex clusively appropriated. "Happy land ! Happy land ! But that other principle of limitation which directs the enactments before us, against debtors under judgments not exceeding 201. each, without costs, supplies the most striking illustration of its cruelty. Why should the Lords levy war on this class of small debts, in so in vidious and special a manner ? The presumption surely is, that where a debtor, in a sum not exceeding 201., allows proceeding to go till a judgment is sued out against him, he really cannot pay his creditor, for other wise he would never subject himself to the accumulated costs incurred by the creditor's going on to judgment. The debtor may be able, in a little time, to scrape to gether the 201., but the same causes which have made him leave that amount undischarged, will, in nine cases out of ten, leave it utterly out of his power to defray the charge of the proceedings on which the judgment is granted. But this Bill is, from beginning to end, an Attorney's Bill. It is prepared under a total in difference to all considerations of humanity, or even of the common motives of human con duct. It is to create new sources of litigation, to multiply fees, to multiply Courts, to multiply office patronage, by strengthening the hands of judgment cre ditors. It seems to be devised with a view to neutralise opposition by the origination of such new powers and places as we allude to. By clause 1 the debtor shall be " interrogated before such Commissioner or Court by the creditor summoning him, touching the manner and time of his contracting his debt, the means or prospect of payment he then had, the property or means of payment he still path or may have," &c, If this proviso be not duly modified and guarded, the debtor is to be subjected to the vexatious and intolerable browbeating of any irritable creditor, to an extent not permitted to counsel on the examination of a criminal arraigned for felony. Is such a process calculated to refresh the debtor's memory—to prompt his candour ? or to put him upon exercising his ingenuity and decep. tion, to withhold all the information he can from a party who proceeds by such means to extort it from him ? It will be evidence of much the same value as that given by a culprit under torture. The examination by counsel or by Court, on the application and under the suggestion of creditors, would not be liable to these grave objections. But if the debtor "appears to have the means of paying the debt by instalments, and shall not pay the same at such times as the commissioner or court shall have ordered," he shall " be committed for any term not exceeding forty days to the common gaol," &c. This is law that attaches to the suspicion of dishonesty a penalty far more severe than follows on conviction for very heinous crime:. For a debt of forty-one shillings, without costs, the " Learned Gentlemen" who play at judges in courts of request in the borough of Southwark, in the cities and liberties of London and Westminster, or under this Bill are to be empowered to do so in any other locality "limited to England," are to have the power of condemning any of the QUEEN'S subjects brought under their petty juris- diction to "frig days' imprisonment," if only they shall " appear" to have the means of paying down the debt and fail therein. The mere question of construction— the power to judge of the intention—is one with which a judge of the superior courts would not trust himself. He would leave it to a jury to determine that which this Attorney's Bill unhesitatingly ascribes to a commis sioner of requests an intuitive faculty of discerning. Clause 10 creates a " power to execute warrants, and levy executions out of jurisdiction :" that is, an officer charged with a warrant of execution against the goods or chattels of a defendant who shall be out of the juris diction of the court granting that warrant, may call on a justice of the peace in another jurisdiction, where the .facer declares upon oath, " that the person or goods and chattels of such defendant are believed to be," to en dorse his warrant, which he is therefore empowered to execute in any part of such other jurisdiction. A power is thus originated, as large and as loose, surely, as that of the most objectionable general warrants. The patronage-creating features of the Bill are not a whit less objectionable. The sole security devised for the poor creditor is, that he is to have the satisfaction of knowing that the court issuing the warrant or order is presided over, whether it be one of bankruptcy or re- quests, by " a judge, who shall be either a barrister at law, special pleader, or an attorney, of not less than ten years' standing, of one of her Majesty's Courts at Westminster." A wonderful condition, no doubt ; but the next clause, after empoweringevery "bailiff and mes senger and officer of the High Bailiff of Southwark or Westminster, holding such order," &c., to take the body of such debtor, declares that "no protection, or certificate, or interim order, issuing out of any Court of Bank ruptcy, or for the relief of insolvent debtors"—" shall be available to any debtor imprisoned under such order." So that the law jurisdictions called into exist ence, like mushrooms in an August morning, by this Bill are to be superior courts to the last created tribunals in bankruptcy ! The other clauses of the Bill contain the usual powers of this class of modern statutes for building new courts, creating new offices, levying new fines to defray in part the expenses thereof, &e., &c. In short, the Bill is one of those lawyer-jobbing affairs that are the disgrace of modern legislation, from the costly and excessive patronage they create, with this superadded distinction in the present instance, that it involves great violations of the principles of humanity and justice, as , 1 the liberty of the subject, by confounding the princi , pies of civil with those of criminal compensation, in the excessive and arbitrary character of its penalties. Madrid journals of the 21st have arrived. The insurrection in Catalonia may be considered as termi nated. The Castellano and the Posdata both affirm that M. CAS. FILLO Y AYENSA, the Spanish Ambassador at Rome, had re ceived positive orders from his Government to demand his passports, should he see no hope of obtaining the uncondi tional acknowledgment of ISABELLA 11. from the Holy See. The Tiempo announces that the Ministers were to set out that very day for Saragossa. It was reported in Madrid that the object of this journey was to endeavour to induce her MAJESTY to forego her visit to the Basque provinces, and TUESDAY F.V141,N t'h it in .rise her AILLIESIf Wald persist in Ler don, the Ministers would ter their resignations. According to the Espanoile new system of taxation had met with a vigorous oppositm in Catalonia, Gallicia, Castile, and Andalusia. We have received the Pris papers of Sunday. The death of M. LETS till continues to be the subject of comment in all these jourms. The Cmstitutionnel says— " The authorities of Lueete have caused a post snortem exa mination of the body to be trade by two physicians of their own appointment. According tctheir report, which, however, is as yet but imperfectly known, le ball which caused his death en tered in a nearly horizontal ,irection, and, after having shattered the heart, passed out near to left shoulder. The opinion of the physicians is, that from the erection of the wound, the crime must have been committed by som other hand than that of the deceased. The judicial inquiries provethat all the Coors and windows of the house were closed, but no aention is made of any arms having been found in the chamberof the deceased, although the inhabit. ants of the house affirm the they saw a pistol lying on the ground close to the bed. This affir is still involved in obscurity, which threatens to increase rathr than to dimmish, as the cat:ton of Lucerne has neglected th only means of clearing up doubts in the minds of the populatict of Switserland, by calling in to assist at the inquiry anti at theport mortem examination persons un connected with the canton,' The Jesuits' organ, tie Gazette of Lucerne, is perfectly rabid in its cries for vergeance. We give one or two ex amples of the style of this religious firebrand :—" Who is not for us is against tu The enemies of the Church and of the country shall learn that the blood of our father; must be ♦,sited on their heads." After insinu ating that certain other Jesuit chiefs are in danger, it adds : —" A t least one hundred heads of these execrable sada (the Radicals), who dishonour Switzerland, shall pay for their sacred lives. The people will purge our soil of these cannibals." After elevating M. LEu to the dignity of a martyr, the Gazette de Lucerne goes on to state that "he is a companion 4 the blessed Nicuut..4.s, that other patron of Switzerland." The Journal des Debats, in an admirable article, rebukes the infernalspirit by-which it would appear that the ultras of both parties in Switzerland are actuated, and it calls upon all sensible men in that country to interfere to save their native land from the bigots on the one hand, and from the revolu tionists on the other. It appears from the New Zurich Gazette. that the funeral of M. LEU, which took place on the 22d, at Hochford, was attended bl about 1.000 persons. It is stated in the Gazette de Bak of the 24th that the assassin of M. LEU had been apprehended, but had escaped. His name is REDLINGER. He was a labourer in the employ of Ze deceased, of whom he had b orrowe d money. the laynlent of whicti at. Lai, had recently de manded: The murderer said that he had used an old musket to fire the fatal shok. The total value of the commerce of France during the year 1844, as appears by a return published in the Moniteur, was 2,347,000,000 of francs, being two-thirds of that of England, double that of the United States, and double that of the German Customs Union. The statue of the Duke of ORLEANS was erected in the Court of the Louvre on Saturday. Letters from Tunis of the .11th, published in the Courier de Marseille, contain no allusion to the report published in the Phare des Pyreitas of the commencement of hostilities be tween Tunis and Tripoli. No business was done at TORTONI'S on Sunday. The following are the quotations for the new lines : MARSEILLES, JULY 23.—Marseilles and Avignon, 950 f. ; Boulogne, 605 f.; Orleans and Bordeaux, 665 f. ; Vierzon, 735 f. ; Avignon and Lyons (Talabot), 527 f. 50c. ; ditto (Sebas tiani), 510 f.; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 5001.; Bor deaux and Cette (Espeleta), 501 f. 50c. ; Toulon, 495 f. LYONS, JULY 24.—Avignon and Marseilles, 980 f., end of July ; Paris and Orleans, 1,1851., ditto; Paris and Rouen, 1,046 f., ditto; Orleans and Vierzon, 7481, ditto ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 6731., ditto; Boulogne, 625 f. ditto ; Nisrues and Montpellier, 540 f, cash. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAN (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BITRCHELL.) LIPSCOMBE V. SHEARSBY. The plaintiff is acorn-dealer, in Pratt-terrace, St. Pancras, and the defendant is an omnibus proprietor. The action was brought to recover the sum of 121. 17s. 6d. for corn supplied to the defendant. It appeared by the evidence that there had been extensive dealings between the parties, and the present dispute arose in consequence of a doubt as to the delivery of two or three quan tities of corn charged tor. The evidence was very vague. The plaintiff's witnesses said that five quarters of corn were delivered every ten or twelve days to defendant's horsekeeper, and it was farther proved, that on defendant being applied to for the amount, he went through the account, and paid something on account. Ia cross-examination it was admitted that the ten or twelve days might, on two or three occasions, have been three weeks. The corn was sometimes delivered to defendant himself, and when neither him nor the horsekeeper were present, it was de livered to a boy. Mr. Fair contended that the plaintiff was bound to give clear evidence of the delivery of goods, as it was impossible for the defendant to prove a negative. He urged that there was a great diserepancy as to time, and to whom the corn was deli vered. In March last there were no less than four deliveries charged for. It was these two or three extra items which formed the ground of complaint. The UNDER-SHERIFF said that, as an abstract principle, it must be admitted that the defendant could not prove a negative; but he could have called the horsekeeper to prove that he had received so much and no more. In all these matters of account it was difficult to prove matters satisfactorily, unless the parties themselves were examined. It was certainly the bounden duty of the plaintiff to submit clear evidence, anti the question here was, whether that given, standing as it did uncontradicted, was sufficient to convince the jury of the delivery of the whole of the goods. It would be seen that although there were four items in March, there were only two in February, which would give about ten days interval. The jury consulted ten minutes, and then gave a verdictior the full amount. The other cues were not of the slightest public interest. LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAIL WA Y--(THIS DAY.) A special meeting of the Directors and Shareholders of the Lon don and Blackmail Railway Company was held this day at the Lon. don Tavern, Bishopsgate.street, for the purpose, as the advertise ment stated, " of taking into consideration the report of the Direc tors on the proposed extension of the line to Epping." There was a very numerous and respectable attendance of Shareholders. Mr. Daniels, Chairman of the Board of Directors, took the chair, and the Secretary read the advertisement calling the meeting, and also the report of the Directors, recommending the course the Shareholders ought to pursue. When the report had been read, The CHAIRMAN then briefly addressed the meeting. He con ' gratulated the Shareholders upon the prosperous posttion of their affairs. He had no doubt but that their present terminus would bring to it all the traffic of the West.end, and that it would render unnecessary a station at Farringdon.street, a project for the formation of which a Bill had been before a Committee this session, but had been deferred for another session. The Blackwall terminus had many ad vantages, amongst which were, that it formed not only the north ern terminus for the traffic of the City, but would also be a direct means of communication with the wtst.end, when the project now in progress should have been completed ; aid that he conceived was a matter of vast importance. Having disposed of this point, he next called the attention of the meeting to the sub ject then under consideration, namely, that of taking up the junction from Stepney to Old Ford. The Directors had taken a grea t responsibility upon themselves in recommending the adop tion of this plan, but they felt assured the Shareholders would concur with them when they considered the importance of the pro ject. He concluded by proposing a resolution embodying the above proposition._ Dr.BOWRING, M.P., seconded the adoption of the resolution, and in doing so expressed his admiration of the unanimity of feel. ing that he was so fortunate as to have witnessed in the Board of Directors in all their proceedings. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously, after which a vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman and Directors for the care they had taken of the interests of the Shareholders, and the meeting then separated. EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON. —The following was posted at Lloyd's this morning :—Faxmotrrn, JULY 28.—The Penningham Purchase, arrived today from Maceio, passed on the 25th inst. eight line.of-battle ships, in lat. 48 deg. 56 min. N., lon. I I deg. 52 min. W., light breeze from N. W. THE KING OF THE IiE THERLANDs.—This morning his Majesty received a deputation from the Consistory of the German Lutheran Church, amongst whom was the Rev. D. Stein. kopliff; after which his Majesty held a diplomatic levee, at which the following Foreign Ministers, &c., were present :—His Excellency Count St. Aulaire, French Ambassador; Count Maurice Dietrich stein, Ambassador Extraordinary from the Court of Vienna, at tended by Baron Koller, Councillor, and Baron Brenner, Secretary of Legation; his Excellency Baron Brunnow, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, attended by 51. De Berg and M. De Koudriaffsky, Secretaries of Embassy ; M. Bunsen, Prussian Minister; his Excellency Baron De Torre de Moncorvo, Envoy Extraordinary; and Minister Pleni potentiary of Portugal; M. Sylvain Van de Weyer, Envoy Ex traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from Belgium, attended by M. C. Drouett, Secretary of Legation. There were likewise present the Ministers from the United States, Brazil, Denmark, Greece, Mecklenburgh Schwerin, Mexico, Peruvian Republic, Sardinia, burg; Charge d'Aff a i res, Chevalier de Tacon, Spain ; Texas, the Saxon)", Turkey, Two Sicil i es, Venezuela, an d W urtem . Honourable Ashbel Smith, and General James Colquhoun, Hanseatic Republic. The consuls from the several European powers were likewise present. VISIT OF THE KING OF HOLLAND TO MESSRS. HUNT AND R osiciu.s.—.Yesterday morning his Majesty the King of Holland p a id a visit to the establishment of Messrs. Hunt and Roskills, the w e ll - k nown goldsmiths and jewellers, of Bond-street, In order to insp ec t th e i r magnificent stock. His Majesty, who was attended by t wo o f his suite, arrived shortly after twelve o'clock, and was rec eive d by Mr. Hunt and Mr. Hancock, partners in the firm. On entering the shop his Majesty cordially shook hands with Mr. Hanc oc k , at the same time sasing, with great affibility, " You see, Mr. H ancock, lam here, according to promise. " He then proceeded round the rooms and expressed hie high admiration of acknowledg e d to Mr. Hancock the all that he saw. One exquisite piece of workmanship which could not fail to att ract his attention was a small silver statue of himself. This his M a j esty looked at with evident pleasure, and graciously ing his effi gy placed amongst the splendid and valuable collection. His Majesty, h av i ng compliment paid to him by hay. examined the great variety of jewels and other valuable trinket s , at two o'clo c k, With evident satisfaction at all that be had seen. Hi:REF( E made several purchases, and took his departure )Ro LEcrioN.—sir Eobert Price has started on the Lib eral interest for Hereford, and so flattering are his prospects, th at i t was for some time supposed that the Tories would not vent ure to oppose his return. They, however, have at the eleventh h our started Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald as their candi. date, but so slight is his cha nce o f AUCC eiS, that it is doubtful whether he will " screw his courage to the polling place. " The Dissenters have h a d a meeting, and declared their determination to support Sir R. Pice. The election is fixed for Thursday. Su:NW:ULAN') ELLCTION.—..IIr. Hudson was to make his publi c entry on Monday. Mr. Bright, M.P., assisted Colonel Thompson i n hi s canvass on Saturday, and lectured in the evening at the Athenaeum, 111 r. Cobden, M.P., arrived in Sun derland on Satu r d ay, and was to lecture on Monday evening. Both parties seem san guine, and the contest will be one of the severest ever known. PEDESTRIANISM.—On Monday morning a foot-race came off in Hyde-park, which attracted a large muster of spec tators. The coinpetitors were Scott (of Piccadilly) and Mellish (a waiter) ; the contesting distance was 400 yards, and the stake 10/. a side. At the start the former took the lead, which he maintained for 200 yards, when his opponent came up, and, after a struggle, passed him, and ran in the winner by five yards. The distance wax covered in any-eight seconds. ~:~ i L t 4 5, V and kit) tiftlint tA t :s WS CITY, QUARTER To THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 bales American, ail to the trade. There was a fuller supply, but no change in prices. A fair busi ness was done in Shares, at steady rates : - Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 5% %; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5%; British and Irish Union, 31/2 Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 26 27 . % ' • Cambridge and Lin coln, 3% % ; Chester and Holyhead, 21% ' • Clitheroe Junc tion, 4% 5; Derby and Crewe, 2 3 4 3s. 9d. ; Eastern Coun ties, New Shares, 11%; Ditto Perpetual, No. 2, 245. ; Edin burgh and Glasgow, 64 ; Edinburgh and Peebles, 3% ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 245. 235. ; Glasgow and Ayr, 84 86 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 11% 12 ; Grand Junction, 238 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 119 ; Ditto, Eight Shares, 22%; Grand Union, 1% 2%; Great Eastern and Western, A; Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 4%; Great Western, 222 223 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 120; Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 13% 14% ; Huddersfield and Sheffield, 9 3 4 10%; Lancaster and Preston, 60; Leicester and Bedford, 4%; Leicester and Bir mingham, 29i ; Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 14; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 4% 5; London and Brighton, 80; London and South-Western, New 50/. Shares, 14; ondon and York, 7; Ditto (Bawtry), 5 ; Direct Northern, 2 2 1 / ; Leeds and Dewsbury, 23 ; Leeds and Thirak, 6 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 8% ; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 10 1 4 %; Ditto, New Shares, 8 8%; Manchester and Birkenhead Continua tion, 1% ; Manchester and Birmingham Continuation, 2% 495. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland, 3%; Man chester and Leeds, 185; Ditto, Half Shares, 84; Dittq. Quarter Shares, 28; Matlock and Midland, 7 1 %s ls. 3d.; Midland Railway, ' 181 182 ; Ditto, 40/. Shares, 28 ; Newark and Sheffield, 2% • North Wales, 2% ;. North. Wales Mineral, New Shares, 64 %; North Western, 5; Nottingham and Boston, Bs. 6d. ; Oxford, Worcester, and Welverhamptoe, 7% 8 ; Preston and Wyre, 32 1 4 ; Shelli• ld and Manchester, 131 ; Ditto Quarter Shares, No. 3, 7 ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 51 52 1 ; Shrewsbury and Hereferdsbire, 1%; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 4 1 4 % ; Shrewsbury and Trent Union, •, Shrewsbury, Worcester, and Crewe, 1% •, South- Eastern and Dover, New Shares, No. 3,8; South Mid land, 4/. 965. 3d.; Welsh Midland, 765. ' • West Lancashire, 61s. 6d. 3% ; West Yorkshire, 7 1 4 %; Worcester and Tring, 20s. 9d. 1/. Is. ; Belfast and County Down, 3% ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 9; Dublin and Drogheda, 105 104; Dublin and Galway, 2 1 ; Dutch Rhenish, 10 9 7 74 ; Great Luxembourg, 1 ; Jamaica Junction, 7 ; Jamaica and South Midland, 6%; Northern of France (Laffitte's), 34 ; Ditto (Rosamel's), %; Ditto (Lebeuf's), 2 1s ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 111 %; Paris and Lyons (Laffitte's), 3%; Ditto, French, 2% ; Ditto (Ganneron's), 515.; Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's), 495.; Ditto (Hainguerlot's), 2%; Verona and Ancona, 4%. MANCHESTER STACK EXCHANGE, JULY 28.-The sales are -Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 5% prem. ; _Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5% ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 24%; Caledonian, 11 ; Churnet Valley, 5%; Clitheroe Junction, 5 5%; Coventry and Leicester, 2% ; Derby and Crewe, 2 3 4 ; Eastern Counties, 21 ; Erewash Valley, 02 ; rteetwood, Preston, aria West. Riding Junction, 2 1-16 54 ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 245. ; Grand Union, 375. 6d. 41s. 3d. ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 5 5%; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 12 % •, Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 10 10 3 / 4 ; Leeds and Tbirsk, 6% 3 4 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 8% Sg ; Leicester and Bedford, 4 % •, Leicester and Birming ham, 2% ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 4 1 4; London and York, 6 3 4 ; Lynn and Dereham, 2% ; Man chester, Bury, and Rossendale, 24 ; Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 6% ; Manchester, Birkenhead Con tinuation, Mold,Ruabon, and North Wales, 7s. 6d. prem. ; Manchester and Birmingham, 64 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 10 %; Ditto, New Quarters, 7% ; Manchester and Bir mingham Continuation and Welsh Junction, 2 1 4 1 / 2 ; Man chester and Leeds, 181; Ditto, Sixteenth Shares, 10; New ark and Sheffield ; 23% 74 ; Newcastle, Durham, and Lan cashire. 16s. 3d. 17a. 6d. prem. ; North Staffordshire, 4% ; North Union, 185 ; North Western, 5 ; Nottingham and Mansfield, 2 %; Nottingham, Erewash, Ambergate, and Manchester, 3% 74 ; Preston and Wyre, 32 ; Preston and Wyre Extension, 2 1-16 ; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junc tion, 2 5.16 ; Ditto, Quarters, No. 2, 7 prem. ; Ditto, No. 3, 6 3 4 ; Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, 1% ; Shrews bury and Trent. Valley Union, 3% ; S ou th Midl an d, 4 1 4 %; Trent Valley, 18 1 4 ; Ditto, Continuation and Holy head Junction, ; Welsh lUidlad, 3 3 4 ; West Lancashire Coast Line, 2 3 4 prem. •, West Yorkshire, 7% % ; White haven and Furness, 274 ; Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union, 2%3 ; York and Carlisle, 4 / 3 • Dutch Rhenish, 10; Great Northern of France, Engli s h, 6 5 A. We understand that the allotment of Shares in the South Midland is likely to be questioned before the Parliamentary Committee which may be appointed to report upon the prac ticability of the undertaking, by a gentleman who was al lotted some shares by a leading Director, but which have been cancelled by the other Directors, without assigning any reason, except that they wanted them for their own ad vantage. There have not been any arrivals of importance this morn ing. .In fact, it must be a very important piece of in formation indeed that would induce the great portion of the speculators of the City to refrain from railway share trans actions, such is the desire to deal in this species of investment. The Consol Market is rather flat this morning, owing to the continued variable state of the weather. For the Account the price bas been at 98%, and for immediate transfer at a fall to 98%. Only a few bargains have been made in the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., at 102% to 102 1 4. The premium on Exchequer-bills is also lower. Bank Stock has receded to 210%. The principal variations in the Foreign Stocks have been a fall in the Portuguese Four-and-a-Half per Cents. from 65 1 4 to 64 1 ,1, and in the Belgic Four-and-a-Half per Cents. to 100%. The Spanish Three per Cents. have been quoted at 37 and 374. A considerable amount of business has been done in the Railway Share market, which is in a firm state, as our official list will demonstrate. ottITISII FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 2lO 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9914.1,8 3 per Cent. Consols Anne 98 3 / 4 New 31,‘ per Cent. Annuties lO 2 l, ix, Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860 1 1 1,4 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1 . 859 IIIA South Sea Stock — Ditto Old Annuitioa Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. I%d. 1 1 ,4 d. 1,0001. 500/. ... ........ - ..... ... .. 52 54 pm. Ditto Small — .. .. 52 56 pm. ?RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Columbian Bonds. 17% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 37 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent 11 7 34 Spanish Bonds, 5 peCent,1840 Ditto 3 per Cent 3 7 14 Belgian 4 1 A per Cent lOl LO l 4 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 99%1,4 PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine,Portrush 1% IN t o -- Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ..... — Ditto, ti,ilf Shares ... .... 3 - Birmingham land Oxford Junction Bristol and Exeter Ditto New 2 .... 12 Caledonian i Cambridge and Lincoln ...... 11 ,4 3 14 to 34 Chester and Ilolyhead Cheltenham and OxfOrd ...... Coventry and Leicester - rirect gorthern _ Dublia and Belfast Junction 2 1 ,E 9 Dublin and Galway 21 1% 2A % ... to Eastern Counties Do. New 41. 16s 7 %ide p to Eastern Union Ditto Extension Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ..... 84 ...... to Ely and Bedford IIA 2 3 /4 to Great North of England ...... 100 Ditto New Great Western Ditto 1 4 Shares 5O ll9 122... to 120 Guildford, Fareham, Portms. 21 ,4 3 14 to Hull and Selbv 5O 10 5 14 to 106 Leicester and Birmingham... 225. ... 1 p Leicester and Bedford 22s. 2 14 14 p t o _ Londou and Blackwell 1 6 34...1 2 14 11 3 / 4 12 to 11 London and Brighton London and Croydon... 131. 15s. 9d 2 6 14 ... to 2514 Do. New l3s 4d l'A 3 4 p to London and South Western.. 406 -82 London and York... ..... ...... 2145 6 a l A;a l 4 to 6% Londonderry and Coleraine... 2 1 4 4 1 As to Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham Manchesier and Leeds 76 ..... 180 Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 22s Midland 100 Ditto New Newcastle and Berwick Newry and Enniskillen ...... 2 1 4 3 ...... to North British Ditto New 1 .. ... '‘'.4 ...... to North bent Oxford and Worcester 2 14 7%/4... to Preston and IVvre Itichniond and W est End J uric. 1 laigby Worcester. and Tnng 1 SCotW_ Central Scottish Midland Shrews.,'Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2 1 4 4 l / 2%... to Shrews. & Trent Val. Union. 22s l l4 p.. to South Midland 228. . 3 . , ,c 41<, pto South Eastern and Dover ... 33% 4 5 1.46 .. to Ditto New, No. 3 2l;', ...... 8 i Staines and Richmond........ 1 South Walee Waterford and Kilkenny 1 2 Welch Midland 2 1,4 3 3 14... to York and North Midland ... 50 lO 9 Ditto, Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 6 ...... 10%N... to Bordeaux,Toulouse,andCette 2 1 Dutch IthcniNh j Great Northern of France (Laffitte's) Louvain and Jemeppe ...... ... 4 Lyons and Avignon Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and llorJeaux ... .. 4 Over Yssel 4/ 3s 441 11 ,4 A p... to Paris and Lyons ( Laffitte) ... 2 Parisand Lyons(Ganneron's) 2 ... Paris &Strasburg(Gannern's) 2 Do. (Compe de L'Est) Royaportli of Spain Samtre and Meuse West Flanders LIA MBURGH BORSENIIALLE, J uts 25. kustrian 5 per Cents Dan ... 114 k Shares .• ...• • • ... ..... .... •• •• 6 Anglo - Russian Loan .. ••—..•• • • •• •• 1 1 40_. Russian 5 per Cent., Ilamb. Certificate. 105% Ditto Ist series 1n5cripti0n.......... Ditto, M 105% ope and Co., 3d an d 4th series.. Ditto, in Certificate— • . 99% ••• • • • C 0.......• 99% New 4 per Cent., H o p e and Spanish New 5 per C ent .........•... Ditto 3 per Cent .......... •••• •• .• 40 22% Anglo-Portuguese L oan, 2% per Cent .. 6b Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per .. eat.... • • 63 Ditto 3 per Cent. .......... Polish New 4 per C en t. roan, 1844.... 86% 86% Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 Ei_r Cent ...• •• 87% National Bank Shares • ••••••• • • •• • •• CLO O.NI)C,N, JULY bkoeco, and fine D 29.—Wind this day at wen W. by N., moderate H DEAL, JULY 23.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Mohawk, Ferguson, China; Deva, Ceylon; William Carson, Park, Buenos Ayres; Adelaide, Taylor, Trinidad ; Screw, Asplet, St. Vincent ; Jonen Victorina, Arrian, Eagar, Matanzas; Lavinia, Honduras; Leonora, Milton, New York; John Esdale, Jackson, St. John's, New Brunswick; British Queen, Healey, ditto ; Dove, Cook, Patriot, Promise, Robert and Ann, Hugh Wallace, Higgins, and Maraboa, Pickering, Quebec; Penelope, Alexandria. Arrd. from the River, Lloyd's, Lewis, for Hobart Town; John Laurel, Bryant, Hong-Kong; Sir R. Peel, Champion, Bombay ; G. K. Harrison, Scott, Cape of Good Hope ; Robert Clive, Mercer, St. Helena; Fortitude, Garlefitt, Quebec ; Marmion, Laing, ditto. Arrd. from the River, and sld., Monarch, Walker, for Calcutta ; St. Helier, Hammond, Cape Coast Castle. Sid. Will Watch, Taylor, South seas; Templar, Brown, Adelaide, Brunette, Couseus, Cey 100 ; Rajasth, Stewart, Bombay ; Isle of Wight, Ratsey, Mauritius ; Cadet, Lukes, St. Helena and Cape of Good Hope; Louise, Mauritzen, Rio Janeiro; Somersetshire, Chal mers, City of Waterford, and William IV., Quebee. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 28.—Wind W.S.W.—Sid. Southampton, Bowes, Calcutta. Off port, Prince Royal, Ferne, Rio Janeiro. FALMOUTH, JULY 28.—Wind W., fresh breezes.—Arrd. Mars, Besson, Callao, sailed 2d April; Penningham, Purchase, Macao, sailed June 11. Off port, Aneida, Finch, New York, for Havre; Pro mise Retallick, Quebec. PLYMOUTH, JULY 28.—Wind W.—Acrd. Wave, Barnes, Salditnha Bay ; Collector, Hackney, Monte Video. LIVERPOOL, JULY 20. 2 :-Wind S.W., light.—Arrd. Anthony Ander son. Splatt, Singapore; Octavia, Heed, Arica ; Eliza Heywood, Fox, Valparaiso ; Undaunted, Whiteway, Valparaiso ; Jackson, Clemence, Saldanha Bay ; May, Dawson, Saldanha Bay ; Express, Cubbon, Macao; Violet, Simpson, Camaroons, sailed April 19, and Corsica, May 3 ; Peruvian, Cutting, Bonny ; Dom N. Dar„ Senegal ; Horacio, Havannah; Lavonia, Havannah; Ann Falcon, Rus, Savanilla ; liyanite, Leicester, Laguna. OFF PILL, JULY 28.ZCumberland, Bruce, Quebec. NEWPORT, JULY 26.—S1d. Emma Searle, Rowe, Quebec ; Cerry, Richebucto. DUBLIN, JULY 25.—S1d. Pilksvvorth, Smith, Quebec ; Caledonia, Murray, Quebec; Sampson, M`Dowell, Quebec; John Bull, Quebec. KINGSTOWN, JULY 26.—Arrd. Coolack, Donal, St. Andrew's. KINII4I.E, JULY 24.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Mary Pinsy, St. John's, New Brunswick. BELFAST, JULY 25.—Sid. Integrity, Jobling, Quebec; Weatherley, Itennison, Dalhousie. PENTLAND FRITH, JULY 22.—Arrd. James Bell, Quebec ; 23d, Warwick, Farmer, St. John's, New Brunswick ; 24th, Cornet, Lamb ton, St John's, New Brunswick. IoIIQUAY, JULY 26.—Arrd. Emerald, Short, Miramichi. DUNGENESS Hoens, JULY Deda, Gust, Buenos Ayres. EXMOUTH, JULY 27.—Arrd. A my, Dixon, Buenos Ayres. OFF WEYMOUTH, JULY 27.—Persian, Mallard, Sydney, New South Wales, sailed March 20, Bahia 3d ult. FOWEY, JULY 27.—Wind W.—Acrd. Princess Victoria, Full, Que bec ; Eliza Lowry, Candia. MARKET NE WS.-(THIS DAY.) MELT wevaszers. Srsmirrta.D.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 16s to 4/16s ; useful do., 4/ 18s to 5/ 8s ; fine Upland do., 5/ lOs to 5/ 15s : Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2l; Wheat Straw, 2/ to 2/ 2s, per load. Supply but moderate, and trade firm, at full pricet. . CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 18s to 4/ 15s , useful ditto, 4/ I6s to 5/108 ; fine Upland ditto, 5112 s to 5/15s ; Clover Hay, 4/10s to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1118 s to 2/1s ; Wheat straw, 2/ 2e to 2/ 3s per load. Both Hay and Straw met an active demand, and the quotations were well supported. `%/MEC/LAPEL—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 15s to 41 161; useful ditto, 4l 188 to 5/ 8s; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 10e to 5/ 16s ; Clover Hay, 4/108 to 6/ 6s; Oat Straw, 11 18s to 2'; Wheat Straw, 2/ is to 2/ 3s per load. A fair average supply, and a steady trade. New Meadow Hay sold at from 3/10s to 4110 s, and New Clover 3l 15s to 4/ 15s per load. NoTick: TO StifiSCILI3ERS. Tho THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of last evening contained— A full Report of the proceedings in tie National TrAes Conference, held at Three o'clock, that af ternoon. The conclusion of the day's proceedings before the Railway Committees, The Parliamentary Intelligence of the Evening, being a full Report of the Debates in both Houses, up to a Quarter before Seven o'clock. RAILWAY NEWS. Subscribers and others mterested in Railways will find a FULL ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS before the RAILWAY COMMITTEES in the THIRD EDMON of THE SUN, reported up to the CLOSE ol EACH DAY; it also con tains the DEBATES in BOTH HOUSES of PARLIAMENT up to the HOUR of POST EVE.IY EVENING, PRICES of RAILWAY SHARES, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE by EXPRESS, and all oiher NEWS ARRIVING in LONDON DURING the DAY. ORDER the THIRD EDITION, which contains NEWS TWELVE HOURS in ADVANCE. Sun-office, 112, Strand. THE WEATHER.—Sus OFFICE, JULY 29, THERMOMETER, Lowest. 48 ; Highest, 65 ; Noon, 60. BAROMETER, 29.7.—W1ND, W. by N. Nora.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the 112ermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE DAY. 1 ()ruing .. 0 minutes after 9 1 Evclilrg 25 xinutes after 10, , .-e4 . 1106 r . 7.4 c g ianc .. " P l 4 I~i9 ; r ° ! - -ECOND EI3ITION.„ itening 2int LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1845, The Lords met at Five. Lord PORTMAN brought up the report on the South Wales Railway Bill. The consideration of the report on the Dublin and Galway Railway Bill was postponed _until to-morrow (this day). The Earl of HARDWICRE moved that the report on the Portsmouth (Atmospheric) Direct Railway Bill be received. The Duke of RICHMOND moved the recommittal of the Bill, on the ground that the Committee had refused to hear the South-Western Company in opposition to the Bill. Lord REDESDALE suggested that the report and evi dence should be printed, and the discussion should be postponed until Monday. The Earl of HARDWICRE defended the conduct of the Committee. The Duke of RICHMOND and the Marquis of CLANRI CARDE considered that it would be useless to print the evidence, as the Committee had refused to listen to evi dence which was material. Lord CAMPBELL thought the better course would be for the Committee to re-assemble and hear the evidence. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY thought the Committee ought to have heard the evidence. After some further discussion, The Duke of RICHMOND withdrew his motion for the recommittal of the Bill, and moved that the evidence and report be printed, and the subject be considered on Friday next, which motion was agreed to. On the motion of Lord CAMPBELL, the standing order declaring it to be a breach of privilege to publish the lives of Peers without the consent of their heirs and executors was rescinded. The House then went into Committee on the Com mons Inclosure Bill, the several claussb of which were agreed to after some discussion. The Scotch Poor•law Bill also passed through Com mittee, and several other Bills having been advanced a stage, the House adjourned. The Commons met at Twelve. The Removal of Paupers Bill, and the Court o Chancery Bill were reported. The Libel Act Amend. ment Bill was read a third time and passed. The House then went into Committee on the Games and Wagers Bill. Mr. C. BERKELEY objected to clause 17, which legalized subscription to purse-races, as a piece of one sided legislation. On a division, however, the clause was carried by a majority of 34 ; the numbers being, for the clause 37, against it 3. The Church Buildings Act Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed ; after which the House ad journed to five o'clock. On the re-assembling of the House, Sir J. GRAHAM, at the suggestion of Mr. H. BERKELEY, postponed the third reading of the Small Debts Bill until to-morrow (this day) at twelve. Sir R. PEEL announced that he should to-morrow move that the House do sit every day at twelve o'clock, and continue sitting throughout the evening. Mr. EWART then brought forward the motion of which he had given notice, namely :-1. That a statement be made, on the part of the Government, on the condition and prospect of such educational establishments as are supported wholly or partially by a vote of this House. 2. That it is expedient that the formation of public li braries, freely open to the public, he encouraged. 3. That it is expedient that schools for the training of masters be more extensively promoted. 4. That it is expedient that appointments to the subordinate offices of Government be made (as far as possible) by examination of the merits of the candidates for such offices. Mr. WYSE seconded the motion. Sir R. PEEL, as a proof of the solicitude of the Govern meta on. the subject of education, would state that 150,0001. had this year been voted for educational pur poses, and that if necessary next year their might nut be any great objection to increase the grant. lie did not wish to hold out public employment as a reward, for mere scholastic attainment was, he thought, no criterion of fit ness for business. After a few words from Mr. HUME and Mr. ilswEs, the motion was negatived without a division. Mr. W. WILLIAMS moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the allegations in the petition for the students in the School of Design. A long discussion followed on the subject of the squabbles which have recently taken place among the teachers and students in the School, itniX eventually, the motion was negatived without a division. The House then went into Committee of Supply, when several votes were agreed to. The House having resumed, several measures were forwarded a stags ; and the orders of the day having been disposed ot; the House adjourned at Two o'clock. We live in an age either of the most Pharisaical or of the most inconsistent humanity. Our sympathies are like the saccharine principle of some fruits, of which it is difficult to say whether the sweet or the acid most predominate. For some years past, it seems to have been the ambition of the Legislature to earn for itself a cha racter of tardy justice, or of repentant humanity, by re sponding to the demands of public feeling and opinion for the abolition of imprisonment for debt, In the career of mot al advancement in the science of adapting modern legislation to the tone and wants of modern society, the House of Lords lately took a prominent lead. From that House, the first great remedial mea3ures issued, which had fur their object to put down a barbarous practice, on all hands admitted to be the scan dal of our modern social institutions. The bold and decided step which it took in advance of the other House, as to imprisonment for debt, was hailed with g ra t e f u l ac clamation by all the most enlightened and humane men of every party. Nor have the Peers themselves shown any indisposition (so far as we have ever heard) to ac cept the credit which was given to them for this generous i m p u lse. We have perused, therefore, with surprise, the first draught of a Bill, as amended in Committee, entitled "An Act for better securing the p a y. ment of small debts." It has long been the fashion to consider that the more searching investiga tion and more careful forms of the House of Lords provide the only effectual counterpoise to the slovenly, hurried, and often reckless processes of Committees of the House of Commons. " Thank God there is a House of Lords I' , has been an ejaculation of grateful ecknowledgment, to which the high authority of Mr. COBBETT has long given a wid e an d au th or it a tive circulation. But if the Lords intend to produce many fellows to the Bill before us, the converse of the proposition will obtain with the people an expression of thankfulness on the part of the pubile that " there is a House of Commons." We are at a loss to understand on what principle, in 1845, the Peers of Great Britain can have been induced to launch so fierce a decree as this Bill contains—against that class of debtors who, we think, are already most within the effective reach of Creditors ob the law, The first clause enacts that,. COLOWXAL. SUGAR.—The markaforliritish Plantation is firm, and aboutsso hhds have been sold at full rates. The public sales have been rather extensive, consisting principally of 11,095 bags 200 casks Mauritius, 1,165 bags Bengal, 2,730 bags Madras, and 218 baskets Java, nearly all of which found buyers, but went off very irregularly, although generally at previous rates, excepting for the mid and better sorts of Mauritius, which must be quoted in some instances 6d to Is dearer. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,626 hhds 101 tierces 389 barrels, and there were taken for home consump tion 1,722 hhds 201 tierces 448 barrels. The stock in the same places is 13,713 hhds 1,628 tierces 2,691 barrels. COFFEE.-2,600 bags Ceylon, 641 bales Mocha, and 1,300 bags East India, have been offered by auction. The Ceylon and Mocha only partly sold, at considerably lower prices for the British Plantation description of Ceylon, and good ord. ditto at 46s to 475, being, for the former, barely the previous value, and at which prices there were not purchwers. The East India was chiefly di-posed of at 34s to 42s 6d for good ord. mixed to bold good yellow Singapore Java, and good ord. Padang, at 255, which are about former rates. Ryas.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 307 puns 142 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 206 puns 11 hhds, and exported, 89 nuns 23 hhds. The stock in the same places is 9,773 puns 1,733 hhds. SPICES.-207 cases Cassia Lignea sold at previous rates, viz., 55s to 69s for ord to good quality. SALTPETRE -1,470 bags Bengal sold at 25s 6d to 26s 6d for 7 to 4 1 4 per cent. refraction. TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is 39s 6d to 40s per cwt. on the spot, and town 42s per cwt. TEA.—The market is very dull, but the consumption is good. COAL 51.11.RICET. - Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Buddle's West Hartley, 15s 6d ; Chester Main, 14s 9d ; Hasting's Hartley, 15s; Holywell Main, 15s; Original Tanfield, 13s 6d; 011 Pontop, 138 6d; Ord's Redheugh, 13s; Ravensworth West Hartley, 15s; Stewart's Steam, 14s 6d; Taylor's West Hartley, 15s; Tanfield Moor, 16s; Townley, 14s; Wall's-end Hilda, 16s 3d ; Killingworth, 15s 9d ; Walker, 16s; Wharn cliffe, 16s 3d ; Braddyll's Hetton, 17s 9d ; East Hetton, 16s 3d ; Haswell, 188 ; Hetton, 17s 9d ; Russell's Hetton, 17s ; Stewart's, 17s 9d ; Hartlepool, 17s 9d; Heugh Hall, 16s 9d ; Kelloe, 17s 3d ; Adelaide, 178 ; Adelaide Tees, 17s 3d ; Hartley, 14s 9d; Eden Hartlepool Cinders, 23s.—Ships arrived, 27. ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. (most A CORRESPONDENT.) A serious accident occurred to the Lancashire mail-train on its .arrival this morning. It is due at the Euston station thirty-two minutes past five, and entered thQ Camden station at five, just as the first goods' train from London was crossing to the down line to proceed on its journey. The con sequence was a collision, which caused a severe fracture of the leg to a passenger in a second-class carriage, and severe cuts on the thee and head to a passenger in a first-class coupe car riage from the breaking of the glass. Both received the im mediate assistance which their injuries required. The conduct of the individuals who may be open to blame on this occa4on will be submitted to investigation, but the cause of the accident appears to have been a too e%rly arrival of the mail train and a late departure of the goods' train, joined to the impossibility of seeing the usual signals distinctly, in consequence of a fog. The will of the late John Marshall, Esq., of Hall steads, in the parish of Greystoke, Cumberland, was proved on the 4th inst. His personal property within the province of Canter bury sworn under 160,000/. He appoints his sons, William Marshall, Henry Cowper Marshall, and James Garth Marshall, his executors. Bequeaths to his wife an annuity of 3,000/. for her life, and a legacy of 60,0001. absolutely. To his daughter, Lady Monteagle, a legacy of 20,000/., and a like legacy of 20,0001. to each of his other married daughters, and leaves to each of them a large share from the residue of his personal estate. To his daughter Ellen 30,0001., and large pecuniary bequests to others of his family and legacies to his servants. The freehold. and surplus residue to his sons. To his eldest son, William, he leaves the mansion at Hallsteads, as well as all his securities and stock in Pennsylvania and Ohio. The will was made on the 19th of October last, with a codicil a ritten at the toot thereof of the same date, The deceased died on the 6th ult. at his seat, Hallsteads, situate on the Cumber.. land shore of Ullswater Lake, at the age of seventy.nine. BALLOON CEN T.—A BRON A UTI CS. Yesterday evening, about sev en o ' c l ock, Mr. C. Green, the veteran aeronaut, made his 304th ascent, in his royal Nassau balloon, from the Cremorne Pleasure -grounds, King's-road, Chelsea, there being a numerous and fashionable company present on the occasion. Previous to the balloon leaving terra firma, the Persian Ambas sador, attended by some gentlemen of his suite, arrived on the grounds and minutely watched all the arrangements connected with the preparations for its ascent. Two ladies and eight gentle. men accompanied him in this aerial trip, the largest number ever taken by a balloon. The following are the names of the corn. pany C. Green, Lord G. Beresford, with whom was an officer of the First Life Guards, Mrs. C. Green, Mr. and Mrs. Bass, of Peckham, and Mr. T. Matthews, who were in the car. Mr. Littlejohn (the proprietor of the grounds), Mr. Williams (who painted the balloon), Mr. W. Greet), and Mr. Wyman took their seats upon the hoop. A few glasses of champagne having been drank, the stupendous machine, being released, floated upwards, proceeding heavily towards the east, at about a mile distant from the earth. After passing over a great part of the metropolis, the wind veered to the north, and directed its course towards Barnet, when it was lost sight of. GLOUCESTER AND DEAN FOREST RAILWAY.—W e are happy to be able to state that the Great Western Company and the Gloucester and Dean Forest Company have perfected their arrangements; and that our Gloucester Company, in conjunction with the Great Western, will take immediate steps to complete, by means of the Dean Forest line, the chain of communication from Gloucester to Hereford and Monmouth, and from that place into South Wales.—Gloucester Chronicle. NEW RAILWAY ENGINE.—Mr. Brunel, we under stand, has devised a new engine, to run fifty miles an hour, and to work on eight driving wheels. RAILWAY REJOICINGS.—The news of the decision of the Lords' Committee on the Cornwall Railway Bill was received at Falmouth on Monday afternoon, and it was regarded with the utmost satisfaction. In the evening, tar barrels blazed on some of the prominent hills, and sky rockets and fireworks were exhibited by Mr. Cunnack. On the following evening, a band of music pa raded the town, when the joy of the people generally found ex. pres,sion. The news was also received at Launceston, Bodrnin, WadeUridge, Pacistow, Cauttiorric, and other towns, with great delight, and in several places bonfires and fireworks marked the general satisfaction.—Falmouth Packet. THE " SONG OF THE SHIRT " ILLUSTRATED.— Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inqust yesterday, at the Nelson's Head, , Great York.mews, York -place, Portman-square, on the body of Louisa Porter, aged four months, the infant child of a wretched parent, who is doomed to "Sew at once, w i t h a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt." Fanny Porter, a respectable-looking woman, but whose appearance indicated that she " earned her bread by the sweat or her brow," stated she was the mother of deceased, whom she brought up " by the hand," as she could not give it the breast, in consequence of being compelled to earn a livelihood for her other four children, her husband having deserted her. On last Friday deceased sud denly became ill, and soon afterwards expired. Eliza Scales stated that deceased's mother worked at shirt-making late and early to obtain a livelihood for her children, ever whom she watched with the fondest anxiety, which prevented her giving her infant its na tural sopport, and whom she was therefore compelled to tied with bread and milk. From morning until night she was engaged at her needle. The Coroner, after commenting upon the hard fate of the over-worked and ill-paid females engaged in shirt-making, said that if the woman Porter could have suckled her infant, the probability was that the latter would have lived, whereas the mother had to work, and it was her infant% lot to die a premature death. The jury agreed with the Coroner, and returned a verdict of " Natural death." The body of the infant, which was brought into the inquest-room, was a complete skeleton, presenting the ap pearance of belies in a skin bag. We understand that the Postmaster. Geberai, Lord Lonsdale, paid a visit to the Adelaide Gallery yesterday, for the purpose of inspecting the model of Pilbrow's Atmospheric Railway now exhibiting at this institution. His Lordship seated himself in the carriage and was propelled with great velocity along the line. His Lordship expressed himself highly pleased with the easiness of the motion and the facility with which the carriage went down along the model railway. IHE POET i naiPBEI t,. —Sir 11 , ,bert Peel Las appointed Mr. Archibald Campbell, nephew of the poet, to au office in the Customs, as a token of his respect for the memory of Mr. Campbell. ++ ~ i.:.4 PERiA L i.'Aii,i,:illll!:NT. (Tins DA 1.) HOUSE OF COMMONS The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock precisely , when the orders of the day were proceeded with. .1 he folloWing Bills were read a third time and passed The Court of Chancery Bill, the Stock in Trade Bill, the Removal of Paupers Bill. The Apprehension of Offenders Bill went through Coln' mittee, and was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow at twelve. The report of the Municipal Districts (Ireland) Bill wi° received, and went through Committee, and the Bill was or dered to be read a third time to-morrow at twelve. GAMES AND WAGERS BILL. The report of this Bill was brought up. .---- After Mr. Q. DICK had proposed the insertion of tlO clauses, both of which were negatived without a division, we Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-merrew at twelve. SMALL DEBTS BILL, Sir J. GRA HAM moved the third reading of this Bill, 'rhea Mr. H. BERKELEY objected to the seventh clause, ea the ground that the Secretary of State would be put in pee' session of an unconstitutional power, by being el' abled to increase or diminish indefinitely the number of courts. He thought, however, there was a great deal of go°" in the Bill, and should be glad to see it pass, provided that the objection he had stated to the p ower which, would be possesse d by the Secretary of State were removed. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that he had, in the clause re:. ferred to by the Hon. Gentleman, s t ruc k ou t th e name of 0 " Secretary of State and substituted the name of her Majesti• He trusted with that the Hon. Member would be satisfied. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. CUSTOMS BILL. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCIO' QUER, the Customs' Laws Repeal Bill was read a third tree and passed, as was the Customs' Manag emen t Bill and Customs' Duties Bill. WAREHOUSING OF GOODS BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. BRITISH VESSELS BILL. On the order of the day for the third reading of this Bill, , Captain PECHELL hoped that s ome i m p rovemen t in transmission of letters to the Scilly Island would be effected' The Bill was then read a third time and passed. Tie Shipping and Navigation Bill, the Trade of Bribib • Possessions Abroad Bill, the Customs Bounties and Allowance. Bill, the Isle of Man Trade Bill, the Smuggling PreventieS Bill, were read a third time and passed, without discussion. CUSTOMS REGULATION BILL. On the order of the day for the third reading of this Bill. Mr. WAWN trusted that vessels returning to a British M; in ballast, after landing a cargo at another British port, we be exempted from the pilotage dues exacted from foreign let sels. The Hon. Member moved the insertion of certain mow to give effect to this distinction. PECHELL seconded the amendment. Mr. CORRY thought the amendment was brought forwsti at too late a period in the session, and he should digit:tell oppose any alteration in the clause. The gallery was then cleared for a division. On strange ° being admitted, the numbers were— For the amendment ll Against it 26 Majority —l6 The Bill was then read a third time and passed. (LEFT SITTING.) RAIL‘% AY COMMIITEES, (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMO/NS. GROUP X. SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLN znvE• The only remaining Committee, Lords or Commons, resuliti in this group to-day, and continued in deliberation on then: lo '4 drawing up the report to be presented to Parliament this eveP°4 till half-past one. At that hour Viscount Courtenay (Chturen. Mr. Wall, Mr. Scrape, an d M r. D ar b y entered the committee-rw— and the case of the above project was proceeded with. „ a jol Thomas Dunne Jephcock exam i ne d b y Mr. BAINB-4' 1$ and colliery viewer at Sheffield, knowing the different coal- 17 7 0 . that locality. A coal called "converting" is used in great a ! i rbif dance there for the purpos e o f c h ang i ng i ron into steel' to mineral is chiefly procured from the Hansworth collieries ei° o o the line of the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, and also ye the beds of Arquane and Ballifieldoeverally distant four an d x 1 miles from She ffi eld. The p resen t pr i ce for this conver ting 'I e at the pit's mouth is ss. 10d. p er ton, and i ts tota l cos t by t he time it reaches the manuf ac t or y, o s. 3d ., wh i le that sum would reduced to 7s. 2d. by the construction of the line under COn,' ration. (LID/ IIITTINIL) NATIONAL TRADES' CONFEi t- ENCE.-(THIS DAY). • SECOND DAY. • olr The Delegates of this Conference, having for theirces ject the cons id erat i on of the plans proposed by the tral Committee, who were app o i n t e d on E aster Mono/ t he to prepare measures having the twofold obj ec t o f uniti l ti j t•• trades in one vas t confederation for mutual support a" a and ante in all matt ers i nvo l v i ng trade regulations, dispoie!'rout strikes, and of c oncentrat i ng and rightly directing their ' i c r , a sci funds, so that they should be reproductively enspiclereg 0 reduce the amount of that superabundant labour whir h or 1;0; a principal cause of the reduction of sto° re-assembled at ten o'clock this morning, in the Literal % $. Scientific Institution, John-street, Fitzroy-square' Duncombe, Esq., in the chair. The es f p o r r ea t m he ble prooftetchteiopnlaonffoiroduthstr gy een h e a r v a ing l b een a ssociatio n ggr:e f c i ths t trades for armed po' The Conference resolved itself into CommittelL: o d e d by ceeded to discuss the details of the draft" recor,t. the Central Committee to carry their objects into effect. ester After a very lengthened discussion, in which the r r ,t re number of the Delegates took part, and which was p ied, or markable. either for the order with which it was condl er , is the moderation of the language used by some of the sPe s a fter advocating their suggestions, the two first rules wer e ' few verbal am en d men t s , agreed to. tr a do " 1. That the Association shall consist of tb c ' se unions and other organised bodies of the working ain' t , luau' a stated time and pl ace o f meet i ng, that subscribe t° and conform to its laws. ttil "2. That the legislative power shall be vested in l a n e Conference of d e l ega t es f rom t h e several trades i° oet less ciation, in the f ' ll ow i ng proport i on :—Trades having tare oeo than 30, nor mor e th an 150 pay i ng members, may re lit' be, i r h m om delegate. Trades w i t h 150, an d not more than 30 ays" two delegates; and one a ddi t i onal delegate for ev er members above that number. (LEFT BITTING.) A 017: REAT DESTRIAN MATCH match has be en made at the White Hart, Drury-laser cY sd Molloy (the well-known pedestrian), and his son are s i - k fo r against Pow e ll an d h i s son (also celebrated men). to O°P twelve hours continuously, the di s t ance covered by father 1 4 o fer on the one s i d e t o b e calculated against the ground travel' by the competitors on the other side; and whichever accontP" the greater distance to be the winners. fa r OLD 11UNDRETH.—The IllUSit: ill harmony isw f St°, parts of this venerable church tune was composed 1 ". C h i 'P e ' Goudimel, about the year 1544. The composer, who wa s chop So& master at Lyons, France, died in 1572, a victim to relig.'" nion. The harmony of this hymn has since been altered , A : o ilea be seen by comparing the same, as arranged in the Pre"% t Oar tines of church inasic, with the original. It is a popular c Zral."'" historical error, th a t L ut h er was the composer of thi s '" Musical World. the war" ARRIAGE IN H IGH L lFE. —Y es t er day f got rriage of the L a d y M ary Agar, only daughter of the EarlLegel manton, with the E ar l N e l son, was solemnised at S 4 '- Church, Hanover-square. ' THE RO YAL C ONTINENTAL EXCURSION."—BLraj rate letters fro m C e l ogne received yesterday, we learn led t° Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert are exr - t OO arrive at Stolzenf e l s on t h e 15th of the ensuing month, Si! "0 St the Bth, as at first anticipated , Her Majesty remains - / e A shy royal residence, and then proceeds by Wurzburg a n d R ae' burg to Cobur g , w h ere, as we have before stated, the Fa- i.ce '- n ot . nau has been p repare d for her Majesty's reception. It InaiL; Wis uninteresting to state that i n t h at royal abode Prince Aw"-t born. SOci tV LIFE BOAT S .—Th e N or f o lk an d S u ff o lk A s Lions were established by subscriptions in the respectiv e c° 44. life for the support of life boats built for those association ,- 0 ooti boat coots about 300/ . to complete her outfit, and h e r W` being tear is consid era bl e. These boats vary in construct ion, Die adapted to the nature of the sea, or their particular locali t li o 030 crews average fift een men each ; and though gallant heel" this 3 the boats ar e never wanting, subscriptions frequently are; 104 is hoped, how ever, ar i ses only from want of their neee'si 10113 known. At Y armouth regatta, on the 29th inst., a serle, the will be made, to test their various qualities, and brave men that man them.—Norfolk Chronicle. h e nn u'l , ROYAL CALEDONIAN CURLING CLUB.--T he general meeting of this club was held in the Royal z oo• ? Coffee-house yesterday. There was a large attendanc e hers of the representative committee. Mr. Campbell, l i we• re senior Vice-President in the chair. About ten new c lubs la admitted to the Royal Club; and the secretary rePor ieu r bee& prosperous state of the funds. The Royal Club now c °1 " ) : log e 144 local clubs, consisting in all of 7,000 members. „A toge' ber number of members of the Royal Club afterwards din.- of VW in the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Mr. Durham Weir 'Ref. head, in the chair, supported by Captain 0. Da l l3 l e i ' h l r ottr „ 0 encourage f Ramsay, of Gladsumir, Mr. Brown, of Redhall D r • iv . — ariaLo o 7 Arlary, Mr. flogarth, banker, Cupar, &c.; M r ' -;„ wi th s a l banker, Kingston, croupier. The party passed the eveli.-jobrifs th, usual good tel of a meeting of keen curlers. --P Evening Post of Saturday. 5 1 0 1185 BAIT F OR A C ROC ODILE.--It is not lo n g s od W i l !, said the katsheff, that a man from Berber settled he re ',. to ' l . well known to all of us. One morning he laid his " I :7 0 - 0 0d i n " Nile to water, and fastened the rope by which he held lt 010 arm, and while the animal was quenching his thirst he :foe upon to prayer. At th e moment when he was lying w i t h bi into the ground a crocod il e attacked the unhappy man, •wePt 13/0 ifle d b°°l the water with hi s ta il , and swallowed him. The t e„ vial tit " exerted all its strength to run away, and as the rope, wh , the cr° c° ,:; tached to the arm of his dead master, in the stomach o f the it, the doe, ,lid not and he could not disengage himself Or_ riv er, u" . . affrighted animal not only pulled the crocodile out of the ,. , it was dragged it over the sand to the door of its own stable, w i n ver ward ° soon killed by the family, who hurried to the spot , and f 'r he glow found the dead body of the victim entire in the hell/ ° ster.—Egypt under Mehemet Ali. Of St. Last week, William M. Macdonald , E'q". r of t he Martin's and Garth estates, Perthshire, and recent purclat t , cra e ig v ; beautiful and extensive property of Rossie, in the parishtoed bis in the neighbourhood of Montrose, paid his first vis t `:__, in t".. dmnaill. On the occasion numerous flags were disP.!rospect village of Ferrlden, and the parishioners rejoice in the I" tbs' seeing, ere long, the splendid castle tenanted once Ino . T e rweiria . " sA by a gentleman Lying chaps igh character. — P eriMft r SIX UPSETTING OF A SAILING BOAT WITH oung r SONS oN BUARD.—On Sunday morning, a party r consisting for a o f d six arn printers, use. proc e eded a l r n o sailing boat f l e a : Y a, d , d : yi n t e . marshes, the wind blew violently from the soutto-we s ' t of 1 ,001 any of the party properly understood the manage , '" a knot, 35 4 boat, the rope, which should have been slack, got int ° sl y ablelt°tlfieeasixk knife they could swim, and there being two fishing boats 1 . 05 1,0d ' s evere young g u m l n b o w procured to immersedcut it, in the ee water.boa t was eF_ f - r r bt y, ,, _ At t h e , succeeded in getting them on board, having only istot a ' ducking, hridg e'B v isit 1 0 Mr. Sloane Stanley, at Paultons, near Row_7( te , nw, His Royal Highness the Duke of C _ B - 6 2., Iwo . fa . f .. the purpose of taking the usual oaths and other fortn a the r oan 01 appointment as Lord Warden of the New rarest, in the late Right Hon. Sturges Bourne.