The Sun. — London, England, 1850-07-09 00:00:00

much amusing and useful matter may be found in its pages. The present number contains the autographs of distinguished women, and an essay on " Woman's Mission."—The Family Herald is composed of an infinite variety of subjects, and is truly, as it says on its cover, " interesting to all, offensive to none." —Le Pallet is, as usual, charming. NEW NOVEL BT MRS. TROLLOPE. Just ready, in 3 vols. post Svo., PETTICOAT GOVERNMENT. A NOVEL. By Mrs. TROLLOPE. Author of " Father Eustace," " The Lottery of Marriage," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received at all the Libraries. Now ready at all the Libraries, in vole., post Sys., SA NOVEL. I L W 0 0 D. " The author, we are convinced, is young, otherwise we could hardly sea displayed such fresh and enthusiastic sympathy in be half of his heroes and heroines. He is a 'writer of genius, inspired Ilya high standard of morality and religion, and by a laudable love of the purest sort of fame. We gather this from the glowing lan guage in which he expresses his feelings, sentiments, and opinions on the subjects just mentioned. There are several chapters, in which links of the story are dropped, containing most eloquent essays on matters that are the prima mobilia of the actions which elm raeterlse nature's nobility. The writer evidently belongs, though he has marked per se peculiarities, to the school of the Dish aelis, Man nerves, and Smythes."—Observe - . " Silwoed . is no ordinary work ; it contains passages of exeeed ng beauty, and is written in pure and forcible language, with great good taste and power. It is one of the most interesting and en gaging novels which the present season has pro.iuced. Of the cha racter of Amelia Ross we have already spoken, and the extract we have given above is the surest voucher of the truth of what we have said. The other ladles who play coaspicuons parts In the tale are Florence Howard, an intellectual beauty; Jessie Gordon, , a wild and ulsive genius, passionately fond of music and poetry; and Julia Ililaitland, the noblest and best of them all."—Morning Post. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. HER MAJES'TY'S THEATRE. MADAME PASTA. It is reapeettlely announced. that in compliance with the wishes of her numerou. friends, a GRAND EVENING FAREWELL CON CERT (it being her only Concert previously to her leaving England) will be given THIS EVENING, July 8, in the Great Concert Room of her Majesty's Theatre, and will be for her exclusive BENEFIT. She will be supported by all the artistes of the establish ment, who have In the kindest manner consented to give their sup port. Amongst other novelties Madame Pasta will sing "Di twat! palpiti," Cossini ; " Che faro senza Eurydice," Gluck ; and "I tuoi frequenti palpiti," Pacini. Conductors, Mr. Blife and Signor Schira. Stalls, 211.; Orchestra Seats, 15s. ; Tickets, 10s. 6d. ; Boxes 4 and guineas each. Doors opeu at Eight, Concert to commence at Half-past Eight. Applications for Tickets to be -made at the Box-office of the Theatre, and of Madame Pasta. 11, Brompton-square. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. MADAME PASTA. • A GRAND EXTRA NIGHT LA TEMPESTA—ANNA BOLENA. It is respectfully announced that a Grand Extra Night will take place On THURSDAY EVENING, July 11, when will be presented the highly successful new grand Opera, by Halvy, the Poem by Scribe, founded on The Tempest of Shakspere, and composed expressly for her Majesty's Theatre, LA TEMPESTA. The Incidental Dances by M. Paul Taglioni. The Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall. Alfonso, Sig. Lorenzo ; Prospero, Sig. Colletti ; Antonio, Sig. F. Lablache ; Ferdinand Sig. Baucarde ; Trinculo, Sig. Ferrari; Ste phano, Madlle. Parodi Sycorax, Madlle. Ida Bertrand ; Spirit of Air, Madame Giuliani ; Ariel, Madlle. Carlotta Grist ; Caiibart, Sig. Lablache ; Miranda, Madame Sontag. Director of the Music and Conductor, Mr. Belle. • To be followed by a selection from Donizetti's Opera of ANNA BOLENA. Anna Bolena, Madame Pasta (her only appearance on the stage); Jane Seymour, Mdlle. Parodi. With various entertainments in the Ballet Department, in which Mdlle. Carlotta Grist, Mdlle. Amalia Ferraris, Mesdames Rosa, Ju lien, Lamoureux, and Aussandon ; and M. Charles will appear. Applications tor Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office of the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE._ THE L IST GRAND CLASSICAL AND DRAMATIC CONCERTED MUSICAL EN TERTAINME NT, Selected from the following authors : Mozart, Beet,ir6ven. Mercadante, raesiello, Fioravente, Spohr, Rossini, Webar, Cherubini, Gretry, and Mendelssohn, . Will tabs place TO-MORROW MORNING, July 10, Ara will unite the talents of 3lesdaraes Sontag, Pared!, Catherine Hayes, Giuliani, And Frezzolini ; aigneri•Cglettl, Belletti, Lorenzo, F. Lablache, Lablache, Garden', * .Calzolari, Baucarde, and Mr. Sims Reeves. Tbe valuable assis.ance of M. Thalberg has been secured, who will eiecufe some favourit, pieces, and, amongst others, an admired Concerto of Beethoven, accompanied by full Orchestra. Couguctor, Mr. BA.LFB. Part I. Ida Bertrand, Symphony Duetto, Miss C. Hayes and Mme. Giuliani, " Qual aue- Beethoven. - 3farcello. - Ueethoven. lante" - - _ Grand Aria, Sig. Beletti, with chums (Fidelio) Quartetto, Malt- , :ontag, Jidlle. Parodi, Signori Bau carde and Colztti," i orne °tante" (Nina Pazza) - Paesiello. Duetto, Miss C. Hayes and Mr. Sims Reeves, " List, BaT - Beethoven. dearest, list." (iCeolauths) • - - Concerto in C minor, first movement, Ma'berg Motto, Mmc. Sontag and Sig. Lablache (La Lezione - Fioravante. di canto) - - Chorus of Prisoners (Fidello). The solo parts by Sig Ca:zolarl, Mr. S:111.4 peeves, and Sig. Lorenzo - Beethoven. Aria. " The .t.oldier Tired," Madame Sontag ( krtax- Dr. Arne. oraes) - - Selection from Reclaim. Mmes. Sontag, Parodi, Giu liani, C. Hayes, Ida Bertrand, and Frezzolini ; nori Gardoni, Calzolari, Baucarde, Sims Reeves, Co letti, Beletti, Lerznzo, F. Lablache, and Signor La blache . - - . Mozart. Part Ir. Scherzo and Wedding March (Midsummer sight's Dream) Trio, for three tenors, Signori Gardoni, Calzolari, Ban carde, " Viva Bacco" - - - - Duetto. Mme. Sontag and Sig. Gardoni," Bella Ninfo" (Jessonda) - - - - - - Spobr. nartetto, Miss C. Hayes, 3fme. Giuliani, Sig. Coletti, and Sig. Lorenzo, " Vien d'Aurora" (Siege of no chae) -- --- - - - - Balfe. Variations on tho airs from L'Elisir d'Amore, M. Thal berg - - - - Thalberg, Swiss Air with variations (by desire), Mine. Sontag an•t Chorus - - - - - - - Eckart. Duetto, Mine. Frezzolini and Mdlle. Ida Bertrand. - Mendelssohn - Curschmann. - Rimini. - Spohr. " Firma n n d'Aseolto" (Ta.teredi) Seena, Madile. Parodi (Faust) - - Terzetto, Mme. Giuliani. Mr. Stets Reeves, and Sig. Co'etti, " Tremate erupj tremate" - - - Beethoven, Grand finale (Fidelio), Mes , tames Sontx,T, Parodi, Giuliani, C. Hayes, Ida Bertrand, and Frezzollni ; eignor: Gardonl, Calzolarl, Baucarde, Sims Reeve?, Cuktti, Bellettl, Lorenzo, F. Lablache, and Sig. Lahjache lIIGTI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY —Morning 3 min. after 1 Evening 30 min. after 1 To-Moaaow— Morning 5.3 min. after 1 Evening 21 nun. after 2 THE WEATHER.—SUI OFFICE, JULY 9. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 6G—highest since noon yesterday. 46—lowest this morning and during the night. 64—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 3006. WEN-D S.W.—fresh breeze and fine sunshiny weather. fart Overture (Egmont) • - Aria, Sig. (Meal, " Licte voci" Polacca, Madame Frezzolini (Eantasma) - Duetto Buffo, sig. F. Lablache and Sig. Lablache, " Maitre Francesco" (Carlotta e Werter) - Coeds. Aria, Mme. Sontag, "L 1 Fauvetta" - - - - Gretry. Aria, Madlle Ida Bertrand " 0 Salutaris hostia" - Chertibini. Duetto (Der Freischutz) Mme. Ifezzoliui and Madlle. Parodi - - - - Weber. Grand Fugue, from Mass in C, Mmes. Sontag, Parodl; Giuliani, C. Hayes, Ida nertrand, and Frezzolini ; Signori Gardont, Calzolari, Baucarde, Sims Reeves, Colettl, Belettl, Lorenzo, F. Lablache, and Signor Lablache - - - - Beethoven. - Mereadante. - Persiani. - Beethoven. Prices of kin:ass : on : Bones, 2 guineas; Pit Stalls, l2s. 6d. ; Pit, ss. 6d.; Gallery Stalls, bs. ; Gallery, 2s. 6d. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the Box er:ice of the Theatre. . The CvnceitwHil commence at Two o'clock precisely. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. First Appearance of Dona MARIA LORETO MARTINEZ. . , THIS EVENING, • Will be presented Bellini's celebrated Open, I PURITAN!. ~.between the acts a Divertissement, in which 31111 e. Carlotta Gel I will appear. To conclude with a Divertissement, entitled LES DEUCE- , DU SERIAL. • Principal Dancers Madlie. Aulalia Ferraris, Madame Petit Stephan Mesdames Rosa: Julien, Lanaireux, and Aussandon; and M. Charles Anew grand Pas, entitled " L'Aogovienne," by Madl:e. Amalia Yerraris and Madame Petit Stcp'ian, and in which la Senora MAR TINEZ, surnamed Ve Mack Malibran, who will sing some of the characteristic airs of Again and the Ilavennah and, amorhst others, " Ma Belie do Triana," "El Contrabailista," "El Tango I.la vanero," " ola Lamenta ion de los Xegros." Applications for Itoac, Stalls, and tickets to be made at the Box-Mike of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. • Sec nd Night of OTELLO. HI, r.VENt ti( j . Will be performed (first time) Rossini's Opera, OTELLO. Desdemona, Madame Grist : Emilia, Madlle„.Cottl ; Oteile, Signor Tamiyerlik; Rodrigo, Signor Maralti; /ago, Signor Roucont ; ELmiro, M. Zelger ; Doge, Signor Polonini. Alter which the Second Act of Weber's Dramatic Opera of DER FREISCHUTZ, Inc:tiding the principal music or the Opera, and the grand Incantation Scene. The whole supported by Madame Castellan, Madlle. Vera, Signor Enrico Maraltt, Ilerr !Jeering, and Herr Formes. The Overture to Der Yreischutz will be played between the Operas. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Doors will be opened at Halt-past Seven. and the performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Tickets for the Boxes. Stalls, or the Pit, may be had (for the night et season), at jhe Los-oil/co of the Theatre, which is spen from Ten till Five. • THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be reproduced the celebrated Drama of THE WEPT OF THE Princinal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Cul. lenford, Wei/M.O. Smith ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which a new Terpsicortait Burlesque Entitled ESMERALDA. Characters by Metssrs. 0. Smith, Wright, P. Bedford ; Madame Celeste, Ws* Woolgar, and Miee K. itzwilliam. To conclude with a new and original Farce, In the Vulgar 1 - ongue, to be called JACK IN TUE GREEN ; or. ITinta'on F.l34uette. IRENCH FLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Filth Appearance of Medile. RACHEL. TO-MORROW EVENIN(* The Entertainments will commence at Elgtt o'clock, with ADRIENNE LECOUVRELIR. Adrienne; Madlle. Rachel. Boxes and Stalls may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, aa, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-oftlee of the Theatre, which is open daily tom Eleven till Five o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The hes* ventilated Theatre in London. Mr. Batty begs to inform his patrons that the Tournament at Vaux hall does nt interfre with the amusement at Astley's, the com pany leave the Gardens at Six, to enable them to open at Seven, at Astley's every evening. In consequence, of the numerous applications daily at the Box ofrce for the revival of the favourite piece of Mazeppa, Mr. Batty, who is always anxious to comply with the wishes of his Patrons, THISEVENING, Will be produced Lord Byron's gorgeous Spectacle of MAZEPEA and the WILD HORSE. To be !succeeded by an inimitable Display of Batty's Feats of Foliation in the Cirque Olympique, with Malik. Gardoni on the Tight Rope. To conclude with a Melodrama. Box-ofilce open From Eleven till Four Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, his Roya Dighness Prince Albert, &c. Sec. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. OPEN every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY. Re-Engagement of M. JULLIEN. THIS DAY, July 9, A Grand Fete and Fancy Fair and Bazaar, in aid of the Funds of the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum. A Marquee has been erected, where a Ball will take place, under efficient direction, and various novelties win be given, in addition to the numerous attractions of the Gardens. , Promenade Concert, conducted by M. Jullien and Mr. Godfrey. Choice Selection of Ancient and Modern Music, inc'uding Jullien's last Compositions. The new Irish Quadrille, tile " Hibernian," composed by 3f. Jullien. l' The Derby Galop,'' composed expressly for these Gardeni, is one of the' most successful of :Monsieur Julllen's composition,, and in consequence of the nightly encore, will be repeated tilt further notice. March, performed for the Si st time before the The Grand Ghorka Nepaulese Ambassador. Plodielons Success of the entirel-- - y new -Modelled Dioramic Pio r:figkeemlfeilanitja Mg PAS S AGEte o_f_ o th r e ALPS by Napoleon and his , wldl with innumerable moving "files 2,ett; or P icture in painted, and produced by Mr. -uftba.sed $Oll. airs ted by - 11. : Mess's. Adams, Wilson, Sec. Sec. The f i o n dell h ed A' igtlslol3. I& Pid n e r t :Xi necaPreir e Messrs. Danson for many months, and it is Serif ai t ratted, o tLe Public as a chef-d'onivre of art, and not Na.lder to atrp CR of the day. ~~ ~~~ • k 4. ' ..3 LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1850. The chosen representatives of the people will, this evening, be enabled to give expression to their delibe rate opinions with respect to the recent illegal and impolitic Postal regulations, prohibiting the delivery of letters and newspapers on Sundays throughout the entire country. It will be utterly impossible to shirk or evade the question; they must be prepared to select the banners under which they will serve, to take one side or other in the contest about to take place. The puritanical faction are striving to desecrate the Sabbath, by changing it from " a day of rest, of innocent enjoyment and tranquil happiness, to one of gloom and seclusion—of Pha risaical observances and ascetic formality ;" while their opponents, believing that " the Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath," would afford the greatest liberty to all, and obtain " the greatest good for the greatest number." The religion of the one is mere form. It is that of the hypocrites, " who strain at gnats and swallow camels," while that of the other is of the heart, in the true spirit of Christianity, desiring the happiness of all mankind. The former decision was obtained by surprise. The Agnewites, " wise in their generation," had evinced considerable cunning in the opportunity which they selected for their insidious attempt. The House had adjourned over " the Derby day," in order to enable Afembers to attend " the national fete," as it has been well termed. The majority of those who might be expected to offer the most strenuous opposition to the motion bad not returned to the performance of their Parliamentary duties: Some degree of rest and quietness was ne cessary after the excitement of the consummated Derby and the approaching Oaks. The friends of Voltigeur were rejoicing in their gains, his opponents, hoping to retrieve their losses. None supposed that their absence could have produced a result so extraordinary. The Sabbatarians, how ever, mustered in extraordinary numbers. None of the sanctimonious clique were found wanting, and they received unexpected support from many, who voted in support of the motion from mere want of thought, or a desire to obtain a character for sanctity at a cheap awl easy rate, or, more probably, from a wish to damage her MAJESTY'S Ministers. The address to the Crown was thus carried. None supposed that it would have been so speedily acted on, or that such prompt and willing obedience would have been yielded by those who must have been well aware of the impolicy and illegality of the required change. To the surprise and astonishment of all, no less of those who voted in the majority than of the parties through whose negligence and apathy the pro position obtained a temporary success, her MAJESTY'S advisers recommended their Royal Mistress to carry the crude suggestion into immediate execution. It was done. Barely three weeks have elapsed since the new regulation came into operation, and already complaints, both loud and deep, are poured forth from every district. There is no locality throughout the length and breadth of the land where some of the inhabitants have not sustained serious inconvenience and annoyance from the novel obstructions offered to the dissemination of intelligence. Some labour under the deepest anxiety respecting the condition of dear friends or relatives, whose fate may be trembling in the balance ; others, perhaps, may have some matter of considerable tern poral interest, by which their future fortunes may be seriously prejuiiced. Neither can compose their minds to a fitting state for attending to devo tional exercises, or offering to their CREATOR the tribute of praise and thanksgiving. Many others, although not so deeply af fected, are yet irritated at being deprived of their accustomed indulgence in the shape of their weekly journal, to, which they have been in the habit of looking for a condensed summary of all matters of local or general interest on the only day when they have leisure time to devote to its perusal ; while many thousands, who previously enjoyed ex• emption from labour through the organized and well -disciplined exertions of the Post• office subordinates for a few boars on Sunday mornings, are obliged to give up their entire time to supply the hiatus occasioned by the cessation of that trifling labour. Even the provincial letter carriers themselves are the loudest in their complaints, because a significant hint has already been given of a proportionate abatement of their salaries. All are discontented, except the authors of the change, who rejoice in the evil they have occasioned, and deprecate any revision of the new system. Mr. LOCKE, however, has fairly " taken the bull by the horns." The Hon. Gentleman has taken the ini tiative ; he has filled the vacuum left by the un warrantable sloth and apathy of Ministers, and he it is who will receive the credit and honour of the change. He has on his side the voice of public opinion. Justice , expediency, Christianity, alike demand that the obnoxious rule should be rescinded. The meeting held last night at the London Tavern, presided over by the straightforward and independent WILLIAM WILLIAMS, the consistent and enthusiastic reformer, and the decisive defeat sustained by the Sabbatarians, sufficiently show the state of public feeling cn the question, and afford a significant warning to those who may absent them selves from their duties this evening. Honoufable Gentlemen will please to recollect that the feeling of the country on the present occasion is, that " those who are not with us are against us," and that if their names do not appear in what we hope and believe will be a decisive and overwhelming majority this night, they will be reminded of it when rendering accounts to their respective constituencies of the manner in which they have discharged the important trusts confided to their hands. annual s motionidlng On Friday e ve ning the Hon. Member for the North R for of Y t h o o r k r s e h p i r e e a lo brought a l f t o - r t w a x a . r d A h n i • knowledging to the fullest extent the enormous evils incident to th a t onerous and vex atious of impost, in common with almo s t every othe r species indirect a ta r x ri a r t r io d n, at w b e y c t a h n o n l o l t ou f s e e el insurprise ref at the decision ofsiln2g4' s or permission to bring in the Bill by a majority m ore than two to one, there being against trething 247, and in its favour 123. The Hon. Gentleman motion was unfortunate in the time and the circumstanc es under which he appealed to the representatives of th e people for a remission of the charge , which produces no n less a sum than 5,000,000/. sterling to the national Exchequer. His application was not made until after the financial arrangements for the year had been con cluded, until the national expenditure, and the sums necessary for the efficient maintenance of our naval, military, and civil establishments had been sanctioned in the popular branch of the Legislature, and the ne cessary credits voted. The surrender of 1,000,0001. sterling, under such circumstances, must in some de gree endanger the national credit and the faith that must be observed with the public creditor. It is true that Mr. CAYLnY did not propose that the tax should be forthwith abolished. lie did not desire that his contemplated Bill should come into operation until the of April next; but it must be obvious that if it were now passed, and that the trade were certain that the duty would be altogether abandoned from and after the period in question, the stocks in hand would be worked out, and comparatively little, if any, new malt would be made during the ensuing season. All persons would avoid the risk of having any stock, either of malt or beer, beyond 'that re quired for immediate use. The consequences, there fore, in the first instance and during the interval would be deeply iojurioua to the ferment, who would have no present demand for their barley, and to the maltsters and brewers throughout the United King dom, whose establishments would be closed and labourers discharged until they could resume opera tions with a fair prospect of profit. It is impossible to calculate the loss and misery that would arise from this source, from the enactment, at an exceedingly in convenient and ill-chosen time, of what might other wise prove a salutary measure. But there was another cause, which operated no less powerfully against Mr. CAYLEY'S proposition, and which induced many enthusiastic and consistent fiscal reformers to support the Chancellor of the Ex chequer in his opposition thereto. The Hon. Gentle man did not ask for a general revision of our fiscal system—he left the most glaring evils, the most in tolerable grievances, still untouched ; he brought it forward as a class measure, for the benefit of a par ticular body. Its success would have prevented the possibility of the remission of the taxes on light and air, on education, knowledge, and cleanliness, on in• tercourse and employment, on marine and fire insur ances, on railway passenger traffic, on carriages, hops, po3t horses, and a variety of other imposts not less objectionable in their character or oppressive in their collection. It would have rendered permanent the tea duties on the present impolitic and inequitable scale, withheld from the struggling sempstress the re lief to which she is so justly entitled, on her only luxury, an article which has become almost a necessary of life, and would practically prohibit any material extension of our commercial relations with China. All these untoward results would be produced by the abolition of the malt-tax, taken per se, and without being part of a large and comprehensive measure of fiscal amelioration, that would place the entire taxa tion of the country on a new basis and substitute a direct charge upon every description of accumulated and realised property for the present unjust, unequal, and oppressive system. If Mr. CATLEY be really anxious to remove the evil of which he drew so lively a picture on Friday evening, and we are fully convinced of his sincerity, let him again bring forward his proposition at the very commencement of the session ; let him not post pone his just complaints until its very conclusion, when it would be too late to hope for any practical legislation on the subject. Above all, let him not re strict himself to a single grievance, or seek to afford relief to a single class. Let bis benevolence be uni versal, and his motives be placed beyond the possibi lity of doubt or suspicion. Let him demand general inquiry into all the taxes that press unduly upon industry, with a view to their remission and the subs ti tution of others, which will be at once more just and equitable, more politic and expedient. If he adopt this straightforward and statesmanlike course we promise him that he will obtain the support of many enthusiastic reformers, which was withheld on Friday last and, what is still more valuable, that he will carry with him the prayers and sympathies of the people. The voice of public opinion will speak trumpet-tongued in his favour—the power of " the many," in its irresistible and mighty strength, will be arrayed on his side—and be will attain a tri umphant victory, a success surpassing even his most sanguine anticipations. We refer our readers to our advertising columns, where a notice will be found of a public meeting, convened for the purpose of marking by a suitable testimonial the services rendered to sanitary reform by GEORGE ALFRED WALKER, Esq., the gentleman who has so manfully brought about the ABOLITION or INTERMENTS in towns and cities. We have from time to time laid before our readers the urgency of watching the progress of the Bill to regulate inter ments whilst in its different stages through Parlia ment, and have remarked upon the clauses of the measure, which is now about being passed into a law The medical profession, of which Mr. G. A. WALKER is a member, ought to be proud that one of that profession has rendered to the community at large so lasting a benefit as that of the Abolition of Interments in towns and cities. unE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Journal des Debats gives the following parti culars relating to WALKER, the would-be assassin of Louts NAPOLEON " On Friday, about two o'clock in the afternoon, the police agents on duty in the neighbourhood of the Pa lace of the Elyte Rue du Faubcurg St. Honor& re marked a young man of 17 or 18 years of age, whose pre-occupied air, his marches and counter-marches, in- Tired them with suspicion, and induced them not to lose sight of him. A few instants afterwards a carriage, in which were Colonel Vaudrey and some other gen tlemen, having le ft the court of the Elyt63, the person in question approached rapidly, and endeavoured to recognise the persons in the carriage, at the same time making a sharp movement with his right hand, as if searching for same weapon under his coat, but immediately on being perceived he made a re trograde movement, and allowed the carriage to pass. One of the agents who was a witness of this manceavre, no longer doubting that this young man was there for the purpose of executing some, criminal project, ap proached him immediately to question him and to secure his person. The suspected person, on seeing the agent approach, went up to him, and, without giving him time to interrogate or put any question, said, ' You are au emplopi ?' On the affirmative reply of tke agent, he added,' That is unlucky; but it does not signify. I must admit that I have come for the purpose of killing the President of the Republic.' That declaration, made without hesitation, and with great sang froid, was fol lowed by the arrest of the young man, who was con ducted to the office of the commissary of police cf the palace, where, on being searched, it was found that he was the bearer of a pistol, which was primed and . loaded. _ _ " On being interrogated by the Commissary of Police, he declare I that his name was George Alfred Walker, aged 17 years, an apprentice compositor in the printing office of M. Briere, and living with his parents at 3, Rue Cherubini. He aided that he had for a long time past conceived the project of assassinating the President of the Republic, and that for that purpose he had taken the pistol found in his possession from one of his friends, without his knowledge, and that he had got it loaded on Wednesday evening at the shop of M. Lefeucheux, a guninakc r in the Rue de la Bourse. He maintained that he lied no accomplice, and that he had never told any one of his criminal project. On bring interrogated as to the motives which had led kim to a' tempt such an action, he replied nearly in the following terms It is dissipation. it is misfortune that has driven me to this crime. I nave for a long time had the idea of committing it ; it was with me a fixed idea, a fever, hallucina tion. I have often had dreams which pursued me in my sleep, but fate seemed to take pains to protect the President of the Republic. To-day two carriages left the Elyii s, neither of which contained the person for whom I was waiting. I then thought myself vanquished by fate. I thought that it was not in the destiny of the President of the Republic to die assassinated; and in my impatience to struggle against destiny I surrendered myself in order to disembarrass myself of the thoughts which oppressei me. When the first carriage passed, I had already cocked my pistol under my redingote.' " Walker added that he had frequented the most rabid clubs and political unions. A search made at his residence, in his father's house, produced no result. We must add that his family, composed of father, mother, and four other children, of whom he is the eldest, enjoys the best reputation fur probity and morality, and is loved and esteemed by all the per sons who know it. The father is so seriously ill at the present moment that his life is despaired of. Forgetting the good example which he received from his family, and disdaining the honest reputation which t had justly gained, the young Walker has been no ticed for a long time as a bad subject; he was re proached with having none but disreputable acquaint ances, and with giving himself up to debauchery, which appears to have altered his reason. He has been al ready condemned to two months' imprisonment by the correctional' police of the Seine. His condemnation is dated the 12th of February last, and was on account of the following fact:—On the 21st of January of the present year, about four o'clock r.ar., he was in the Passage Joufroy Boulevart Montmartre, where, after having made some disturbance, he drew out a double barrelled pistol, loaded with ball, and threatened to blow out the brains of the passengers. The police having seized upon bins, he was disarmed, and carried to the police.office after a violent resistance. " On Saturday Walker was brought before the Pre fect of Police, and interrogated on the different circum thatthe previous au tto examination, riti e circum stances of hi s i nten d e d attac k on t h e P res id en t. He s o considered replied with th e same coolness that ho had s h own on hi s e t r h ed the him result deranged.of his A answers lit d i e s later the Procureur of the R-nula • lac went to the pre fecture and examined him, and immediately afterwards the prefect placed him at his disposal. The judicial inquiry immediately commenced, but the Precursor has the same doubts as the Pre feet as to his sanity. A me dical man has been instructed to give in a report on his case. In short, up to the present time all the probabili ties are that the reason of this unfortur ate man is de ranged by frequenting infamous society, by his bad com panions, and especially by political and anarchical ex citement. I t appears that Walker has been always considered by the men at Brike's as weak of intellect. Last year, after some dispute with some of his fellow compositors, during which he displayed extraordinary violence, he went out, as he afterwards narrated, fur the purpose of committing suicide. He procured a pair of pistols, and, charging them, entered a bath, determined to put an end to the annoyanees to which he declared he was daily subjected here below. His heart, however, failed him ; and, after in rain endeavouriPg to screw his courage up to the proper point, he left the bath and thought fit to lire. Shortly after, he desired to list in the Foreign Legion doing duty in Algeria, but was re fused from being under size. Within the year he sud denly shot up to the height of five feet ten or eleven inches, and again presented himself, but was refused, from being so weak and thin in appearance, as not to give promise of sufficient stamina to bear the fatigue of a soldier's life." The Siicle declares that the sailing of the Russian fleet for Cronstadt has nothing of a political charac• ter; it is merely for the sake of going through its annual evolutions that it has gone to sea. The Pouvoir says— It was positively stated yesterday, that in conse quence of the unanimous protestations of the moderate press, several Members of the majority would demand from the Assembly the adjournment of the discussion on the Bill on the press until af,er the prorogation. The Ministry will not, it is thought, be averse to consent to this delay, which, mo•eover, would follow as a matter of course, if the law on the mayors tm discussed." The Credit, in allusion to LEDRU ROLLIN'S letter in the Proscrit, proposing "to conduct a rebellion from London," reminds the chief of the Reds that he is imitating the Emigres, instead of copying the tradi tions of the Mountain. On Sunday there was a balloon ascent from the Champ de Mars, the aeronaut being mounted on a horse, which was slung from the balloon. The Assembly yesterday voted urgency on the law :elating to the stamp and caution money of news papers, by a majority of 368 to 251. PARIS Bouasr, JULY B.—Latest Prices.—Five per Cents., 95f. 45c.; Three per Cents , 571. 50c. ; Bank Actions, 2,265 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JULY 8. Boulogne and Amiens, 7 3 4—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), I 4% —East Indian, 7 1 ,4 e —Luxembourg, 2%-- Northern of France, 14 1 4—Orleans and Bourdeaux, 2% — Paris and Strasbourg, 614—Rosen and Havre, 9 1 4—Tours and Nantes, 2%. ). - , '..'' 4 4-V- 41 1 C. .14, e \ 14`' A 1,- '' , ll ' 4 Pir .. i', .„ , .. , 4 „... 7 :Air., " A " •4 T - M OB z . "- ,' -. 0 EV r, .... SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 3d inst. have arrived. Their contents are unimportant. MADRID BOLSA, JULY 3.—Three per Cents., 324 ; Five per Cents. 12 13-16 money. Exchange on London, 50 40 paper. GERMANY. A sitting of the College of Princes was held at Berlin on the sth, The negotiations with the view to a new interim have completely failed. The Austrian army is to be reduced by 80,000 men of infantry and artillery. The French Journal des Dibats publishes the fol lowing correspondence from Vienna on the subject of the relations subsisting between Austria and Russia. It is dated June 30th : " For some time past the Government appears to 83- sumo a more independent attitude towards Russia; and the opinion that the co-operation of the Czar in the pa cification of Hungary no longer exercises any influence on the Cabinet of the Court of Vienna gains ground more and more every day. The negotiations which will shortly be opened on the subject of the renewal of the convention entered into in P 340 for ten years between Austria and Russia, relative to the navigation of the Danube, will be the means of testing the accuracy of this idea. Taking advantage of the ignorance of the Turkish diplomatists, and the carelessness of the Aus trian Ministry, Russia, in 1828, obtained for herself by the treaty of Constantinople the Soulina branch of the Danube, the only navigable one of that river, and in 1833 sbe by the treaty of Unkiar Skelessi made herselt mistress of the Bosphorus. By the convention of 1840, Austria sought to remedy her previous oversight by in. sisting on Russia clearing the Soulina branch of the Danube of the sandbanks with which the navigation was impeded ; but, notwithstanding the solemn engage ments stipulated, the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh al lowed all the obstacles to the navigation to con tinue, and even to increase to such a degree that it became totally impracticable for large vessels, and even small ones were obliged to land their cargoes in Russian entrepot', and, after passing over the shallows, re-ship them at another place. Russia hoped by this means to close the river to every other power, and thus the commerce of the rest of Europe, as well as that of Austria with the Danubian provinces, and the steam navigation of that power supplying Tran sylvania and Hungary, would no longer exist, and Russia would have undoubted sway in the Black Sea, on the Bosphorus, and to Constantinople. Wallachia, and Moldavia, whose independence and prosperity de pend on their commercial relations by the Danube, would henceforth become part of the empire of the Czars. It has been therefore decided on by the Austrian Cabinet to impose, as the first condition of the renewal of the convention of 1840, the immediate execution of the measures for clearing the navigation of the Soulina, and the abolition of the quarantine, and the other cbstaclee, which Russia makes as the pretext for closing the river. The negotiations which are about to be opened on this subject interest, not only Austria, but all the other maritime powers, and the Cabinet of Vienna appears inclined to adopt a policy which will be in no way pleasant to Russia." ITALY. The Chamber of Deputies of Turin having ter minated the general discussion on the Bill concern ing the emission of six millions of francs of rentt s, commenced the discussion on the articles in its sitting of the 33. Sig. LANZA proposed an order of the day tending to impose upon Ministers the ob ligation of presenting the budget for 1851 before the 15th of October next. This was opposed by the Minister of Finance and ultimately rejected. Sig. JACQUEMOND upon this withdrew an order of the day he had given notice of, the object of which was to invite the Cabinet to reform th e fi nanc i a l system. Sig. RICCARDI then mov e d th a t th e six millions should be reduced to three, that being a sufficient sum for the present year, particularly to prevent the rea c ti onary party from finding the public coffers full in case it should come to power. The Minister of Finance opposed the motion, and explained that he demanded the whole sum necessary for 1850 in order to be able to dispose of the rentes at proper times and to the best advantage. Sig. CABELLA supported the motion, and concurred in the fears of reaction expressed by the mover. The Marquis D'AzEGLio, President of the Council, then rose to explain the political views of the Cabinet. He admitted that reaction was abroad in Europe at the present moment, but maintained that it was in the power of every liation an d G overnmen t i to steer clear of t ; and that the principle the Piedmontese Government had adopted for that purpose was to strengthen the executive by inspiring the people with confidence. He declared that it was the duty of a statesman to endea vour to di scover t h e state of public opinion, and then to obey its impulse ; the British Government do so, and the Piedmontese Government was firm in its resolution of doing the same. This speech of the Prime Minister was re ceived with loud applause by both sides of the House, and the Chamber then adjourned. The Genoa Gazette states fro m L eg h orn, 28t h ult., that the garrison of that city has been sum moned by telegraph to march to the Romagna, in order to put down the system of brigandage which desolates that part of the country. We have authority to state, that in consequence of the demise of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the ball proposed to be given to the Nepaulese Envoy this even ing by the Peninsular and Oriental Navigation Company is postponed.— Times. The Dinner at the Reform Club to be given to Lord Palmerston is, we understat?d, postponed oa account of the death of the Duke of Cambridge. THE LATE SIR ROBERT PEEL.--The remains of the late Sir Robert Peel will be interred in the family vault in Drayton Bassett Church this afternoon. Sir Robert Peel (the present Baronet) arrived in town on Sunday afternoon, from Geneva, where he was staying when the melancholy news of his father's death reached him. Mr. Peel (his cousin) left Tendon on Tuesday, at midnight, to communi cate the unwelcome intelligence. He reached Geneva on Friday morning, and returned with Sir Robert Peel imme diately, the journey out and home having been accomplished in little more than 10C1 hours. Sir Robert Peel, immediately on his arrival in Whitehall gardens, left town for Marble hill, near Twickenham, to visit his mother (Lady Peel) and the other female branches of the family. Sir Robert has since visited Tamworth, but returned to town yesterday. Viscount Hardinge, Sir James Graham, Mr. Goulburn, and all those friends who were invited to attend the obsequies, left town this morning, at nine o'clock, by special train for Tamworth. Sir James Duke, 11I.P , has left town for Edin burgh. to attend a banquet to be given to him by the Lord Provost and magistrates. ADELAIDE LINDSAY, edited by the author of " Emilia Wyndham," &c. The new novel, " Adelaide Lindsay," which has been brought before the public with the recommendation of a name acknowledged to be the most popular among modern novelists—the author of " Emilia Wyndham" is said to relate the real adventures of the daughter of an extensive West India proprietor, and not Only illustrates domestic life in the tropics. but, as in the course of her career she is brought to England, and moves under peculiar circumstances in English society, convey 4 some equally graphic pictures of social manners in this country. As an exposition of the trials to which human nature is exposed, this most touching and pleasing tale will doubtless gain the approbation of the best judges. DOVER, JULY 9, 2 5 A.M.—The Duchess of Mock lenburg-Strelitz arrived at Dover by the Vivid at lb. and left by the 2h. A.M. train for London. At a meeting of the Bury Improvement Commis sioners, it was resolved unanimously—" That the Bury Im provement Commissioners, deeply deploring the sad and fatal accident which has brought to an untimely end one of the greatest statesmen •f this or any other country, the late lamented Sir Robert Peel, a native of this town, do resolve earnestly to request the professional men, shopkeepers, &c., of Bury, to close their offices and shops from eleven o'clock A.M. to one o'clock p.m; on the day of his funeral, as a token of respect for the memory of so great a man." MR. Oxnanay's BRNEFIT.--The benefit of this very amusing actor takes p l ace to-morrow at the Lyceum, and we doubt not b ut that the public will give him substan tial proofs that he is still their own " Dicky Darling." residence g-stree t Chancellor of a The Commi ss i oners f or the Reduction of the National Debt held a q an uarterlylo r ofthe the m eeting yesterday at the official Exchequer, in Do rfn ne Exchequer, the G overnor o f t h e B a nk of England, and the ofThtehree were Ch present cel Deputy-Governor. Mr. 3. Higham, Assistant-Secretary to the Commissioners, was in attendancs. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday closed firmly, and pries were tending upwards. The sales were estimated at 15,000 bales, of which 5,000 were taken on speculation. The sales comprised 9,000 Ame rican, 2 500 Brazil at 74d. to 8 1 4 d., 1,000 Egyptian at 7id to 91d, and 2,500 Surat at *I to 6iti per pound.— Railway Shares were steady, with little or no alteration in prices. The sales announced in the Colonial Markets are to a fair extent this week. We are informed by a broker in the trade, Mr. W. Short, that there is no change worthy of remark in the metal market since last month, except in the article East Banca Tin, which has been done at 735. per cwt. for. Beinca, and which price is still offered, there being no sellers under 755., and very few at that. A writer in a Birmingham journal states:—" We con sider it to be our duty to put our readers and the public on their guard against the liability of being again swin dled out of their goods and property by vendors of notes forged on various local banks, in the same manner as they were about this time last year. We have reason to believe that the same gentry are out on their circuit; and in one instance, which has come to our knowledge, they have succeeded in passing a forged note. The banks have very justifiably resolved not to re•liive the defrauded party any part of this loss, contending that they have taken every precau tio❑ that could be devised to warn the public of the re sponsibility attaching to themselves in the exercise of proper discretion in their dealings with strangers." Accounts of April 20 from Buenos Ayres have been received by the Crane packet. It will be remembered that indirectly advices of a few days later date were given yesterday, and the only additional item of intelligence is that the negotiations between the Argentine Government and the Plenipotentiary of France had been conducted with such reserve that no thing positive was known as to the probable result. The number of ships in port was 118, of which 32 were British. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company will early bring into play their new arrangements for establishing a communication with California and the Pacific direct from England, but there are other places with which steam communication must be opened as early as possible, and especially Brazil and the Australian colonies. In re ference to the latter, a petition is now in course of sig nature by the merchants interested. The Funds have been very well supported to-day, although quiet. Consols for present transfer have been quoted 96k to 97, and for August are 97 to I. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. have ,been quoted 98k to 99, and the Three per Cents. 97i Exchequer bills have realised 675. to 703. premium. In the Foreign Market there has not been much acti vity. Peruvian Bonds have realised 82 4 1 to 84 for the Active, and 35i to 36 for the Deferred. Mexican have been 30i to k. Buenos Ayres Stock has been 54, and Brazilian 90k. Russian Bonds are 112; Belgian Four and-a-Half per Cents. 90k; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 57. English Railway Shares are hardly so good, and there has not been a great deal doing. Midland, South- Western, and Great Northern are in favour of buyers. Foreign Shares arc rather higher, and in request. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols ... 96i 97 Ditto Account ... 961- 97 ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISII FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. pet Cent. kt,iduced Anus ..... 97 IA A 97 1 ,4 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 96 jp 97 97 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns..«... 99 98 N 983 f) Long Anns. to expire Jan.lB6o 8 !, , t ti% BA 3 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10. 1859 — Ditto 30 years. Jan. 5, 1860. 8 1-16 8 1-16 In - Ha Bonds, 1,0001. B7 p 89 p Consols for Account 96"X i 97 963 k Exchequer Bills. 1 1 ,4,d. & 2d 1,0001. June 67 70 p 70 p Small. June 500/. June • ........... 67 70 p 70 p ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds — Ditto, Account 90% SO% Ditto, New, 1829 Land 1839 Ditto, Small Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent s4 lh 58 tq Danish 80nd5,1825, 3 per Cent. Ditto 5 Der Cent. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons Peruvian Bonds, 4', per Cent 8 2 14 82 4 Ditto, Account Ditto, Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto, Account Russian Bonds Ditto,'4% per Cent Spanish 5 per Cont. 1840 — Ditto, Passive 4 3% Dividends on the above payable in London. Beligan, 4% per Cent. - . 90 1 4 91% Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. Ditto. 4 per Cent. CertifieateP BBV% % 88 1 A PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSINt.. RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guarad. 20 ...... Caledonian Chester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... 7 - 7 Ditto ditto. No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... 3,, p...... ..... . V. p Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 ...... 59 59 Great Northern ;mat South. and West (Ireland) . , Ditto. Eighths - Great Western 100 Lancashire& Yorkshire 100 Do. Fifths... .. 11. 1 , Do. (W.Riding Union) 11 , 4 — Leeds ana Thirsk ...... 60 Do., do. No. 2 14 London &Blackwall...ll/. 6s. 3d — ... ....... ... 4 1 4 L. , cdon, Brighton, and South Coast... .... 100 _ Do., New, guaranteed 6 per Cent . —lO3 London and N. Western 100 ......1093; 1 lO 9l Ditto, New Quarters 12 ...... 12 3 4 ... Ditto, Fifths London &S. Western -.100 ...... 57 575 / .... 56 ;i 1 Mitiche,ter, Sheffield, nd Lincolnshire ..100 Ditto, New ICI. Pref... 10 Midland Do., 501. Share° ..... 25 worth Britifsh ... .... ... 26 N )rth Staffordshire ... 17% 6 % 14 6 ,4 Wand, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ... .. 50 R lading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin ... 414 .. ... ...... .... Do. Shepreth Eaten. % 7 lB 7 /8 goatii Easter .. 33%. 14% 14% ' ilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth fork, N'ewcaatte. and Berwick...... 25 0o Newcastle Extern. 20 •••••• ••~. Ditto Preference York And North Midland 50 ...... 15th 1 % ... .. 15 1 / 8 Ow • I ), c'erence ...... 10 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ...... 7% 8 ...... 8 Out Rhenish East Indian - ••• Luxembourg - Ditto Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ...... 2 7 i 3 ..... .... 3 Paris and Rouen 29 ..... 234, 3 Paris and Stras bou rg ... 13 - ...... ••••• ..• 6 1 4 Rouen and Havre ...... 20 Tours and Nantes . 14 MINES. Asturian ..... _... 2 Brazilian Imperial Do. St. John Del Rey 15 131/ 4 8...•........ 13Y, United Mexican JOINT STOCK BAN KS Union of ..... 10 ..... 12% LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JULY 9.—Wind at noon W. to W.N.W., light breez-. and fine.—The Lerwick of Dundalk, from Sydney, N. 8., to Fleetwood, was abindoned 28'h June, in let. 46 N., long. 42 W. The crew taken off by the Camerton for Quebec, and the master subsequently by th© Northumbria, arrived at' Bristol. DARTMOUTH, JULY B.—Wind N.N.W.—SId. Swift, Cape Coast Castle. . FALMOUTH, JULY 7.—Wind N. to N.N.E., strong galesand squally; 8, N., fresh.—Arrd. Lymorn, Doane, Havannah ; Countess of Musgrave, Cusiace, Quebec; Camilla, Gold worthy, St. John's, Nefoundland. Sld. her Majesty's ship Sealark, Coast of Africa. PADSTOW, JULY 7.—Wind N.—Arrd. Volune, Bul man, Quebec. GLOUCESTER, JULY 7.—Arrd. Briton, Lightfoot, Quebec. Sid. John, Quebec; Weickleman, ditto. NEWPORT, JULY B.—Wind N.B.—Sid. Suomi, Quebec. - CALLUM, JULY B.—Wini N.N.W.—SId. Clydesdale, Cuba. OPP DOVER —Ellen, Heppell, New York. PLYMOUTH, JULY B.—Wind N N.W.—Arrd. Sperma ceti, Moon, Qqebec; Dahlia, E ,dy, ditto. Sld. Moroi*, Calcutta; Zenobia, Cape of Good Hope. IN THE CHANNEL ♦ND BRITISH ISLES.—Demerara, HOLYHEAD, JULY t3.LThebuey drifted from the Coal Rock during a gale at N.B. yesterday. Today there is a fresh breeze at N.N w. OFF MARGATE, JULY B.—Trinity yacht, Nassau, Margaret Rait, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, JULY W.N.W., fresh.—Arrd. Providence, Davis, Old Calabar; Fidelia, Peabody, New York. Off port, Eliza Stewart, Empire State, John Ravenal. The Bling, for Vera Cruz, and the William Russell, for Pernambuco, got in contact and returned into dock with slight damage. The latter has repaired and proceeded. The Flint, tor Pernambuco, and the Mary A. Johnstone, for Calcutta, were also in contact and have put back with damage. DOVER, JULY B.—The Defiance cf Cardigan, Liver pool to Dordr, sprang a leak off Beachy Head yesterday and foundered; crew saved. TIM AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.—Among the Par liamentary papers, which were yesterday issued, was one giv ing some useful information respecting the Australian colo nies. The population of the colonies (omitting,lNew Zealand) in 1839 was 170,676, and in 10 years (1E39 to 1848) it had reached 333.764, being an increase of 163,088. The imports had decreased in the 10 years, having ken 3 ,376,673/. in 1839, and 2,578,442/. in 1848. There was an increase in the exports in the 10 years of 1,008,3871. Th ey amounted in 1839 to 1,845,4281., and in 1848 to 2 , 8 34,815/. The shipping inwards was 267,353 tons in 1839, and 353,321 in 1848, being an increase of 85,968, whilst the shipping outward was 267,133 tons in 1839, and 341,583 in 1848, showing an in crease of 74,46 , 0 tons. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) =ay blaatlC.MTsi. _ SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Ha s , 21125 to 3110 s; Clover ditto, 3/ 33 to 41 85; and Straw, 11 25 to 1/ 103 per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 10; to 3110 s; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 41 43; and Straw, 11 35 to 11 105 per load. Trade steady, at full prices. WHITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 103 ; Clover ditto, 3l 55 to 4/ 10;; and Straw. 112{ to 1110= twr load. Supply good and trade dull. New Meadow Hay was selling at from 2l 5s to 2/ 10; per load. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation is firm, the difference of duty being, on en average, (pally divided between buyer and seller. Of West India the sales have been 152 Mids. The other transactions in Colonial comprise 5,378 bags Mauritius, 3,200 bags Khaur Benga', 3,300 bags Madras, 538 hhds and 137 barrels Porto Rice, went off with spirit, nearly three fourths finding buyers at fully f ,rmer rates for the finer descriptions, the importers gaining the whole difference of duty, and on the lower sorts about one-half ; low to fine•brought 36e to 43s per cwt. The quantity c.f British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1 836 hhds 241 tierces 121 barrels; there were taken for home con sumption 958 hhds 124 tierces 342 barrcls. The st,ck in the same places is 1,399 hhds 1,720 tierces 3,526 barrele. COFFEE.—The market is dull. Native Ctylon enn tinues in request at 43s 64, but little business has taken place, owing to the unwillingness of owners to sell thereat. Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 331 puns 2 hhds; there were taken for home consumption 118 puns 1 hills, and ex ported 17 puns 149 hhds. The stock in the same places is 15,125 puns 1,359 hhds. RICE.-2,178 bags and 448 pockets Bengal were offered, but the greater portion of the former was with drawn above the value ; the remainder sold steadily at 85 6d to 106 6d for broken to good white. SALTPETRE.—Of 1,800 bags Bengal offered, about two-thirds were disposed of at rather easier rates; 134 to 2} per cent. refraction at 25s 6d to 27s 6d per cwt. SPICES.-780 bags half heavy Malabar Pepper sold at the previous value of 3id to 34d, and 30 bags White at 6P to 60. 160 bags Pimento sold at 5d to 6 4 1 1 per lb. TALLow.—P. Y. C. is 36s 9d per cwt on the spot, and Town 38s. TEA.—The market is firm with fair deliveries. HOUSE OF LORDS.--t THIS DAY.) The House sat today to hear appeals. The Lords present were Lord Brougham, the Earl of Roden, and Lard Gage. GIBSON V. TOPIIAM. This appeal from the judgment of the Vice-Chancellor Wigram occupied their L'rd+hips the whole day. CHANCERY.-( THIS DAY.) (Before the Lords Commissioners, Lord LANGDALE and Mr. Baron RoLFE.) The Lords Commissioners sat in the Old Hall, Lin coln's Inn to-Jay, to hear appeal motions. INDERWICK V. SNELL. The further arguments in this part-heard appeal mo tion occupied their Lordships the whole day. QUEEN'S BEN CH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhaq, before Lord CAMPBELL and a Special Jury.) WHITMORE, ASSIGNEE, V. SCHNEIDER AND ANOTHER. This case was part heard yesterday. The plaintiff, as assignee of the estate of the late Benjamin Smith, a bankrupt in March last, had brought an action to re cover 4,147/. odd from the defendants, the value of cer tain copper delivered by the bankrupt to them between the 26th February to the 4th March last. On the part of the plaintiff, it was contended that the copper had been delivered by way of fraudulent pre ference to the defendants over the other creditors, and that the action was brought to obtain a sum of money for the purpose of dividing it among the creditors. The defendants, it appeared, carry on copper and smelting works at Swansea, and were in the habit of purchasing copper from the bankrupt, who manufactured it under a patent. In February, the bankrupt having been taken ill, his son Stephen took upon himself the management of the business. There was a large sum due to the defendants for several trans actions, and one agreement was entered into on the 12th of February between the bankrupt and the defendants, by which the latter agreed to give an acceptance for 4,447/. 15s. 7d. for 150 tons of copper. The bankrupt ►topped payment on the 4th March. There was a de livery of copper to the defendants on the 26th of Fe bruary, and similar deliveries were continued up to the time of the bankruptcy. It was contended on the part of the plaintiff that all those deliveries were fraudulent, in that they showed a preference to the defendants over the other creditors. For the defendant, on the other hand, it was submitted that this was not the case of a fraudulent preference, but that the goods were supplied upon a contract pre viously entered into between the bankrupt and the de fendants. Lord CAMPBELL told the jury, that if they were of opinion the copper was delivered in the fair and boil fide executionof a fair and bona fido contract, they ought to find for the deLndants. The jury gave a verdict for the defendants. Lord CAMPBELL, on calling on the last cause, told the jurymen not in the box, that they might take their de parture, adding that he was happy to state that by the valuable assistance of the jury, every cause that was standing for trial in the Court of Queen's Bench, at Guildhall, and Westminster, was now disposed of, so that it could not be said there was any delay of justice in the superior courts of Westminster Hall. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Guildhall at NisiPrius, before the Lord Chief Justice WILDE and a Sp€cial Jury.) The Court was occupied this morning with the case if Jones and another v. Lord A. Denison, which occupied it part of yesterday. `rho proceedings were not termi nated when our report left the court. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER and Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL.) Ale.aander Moriarty, 19, described as a cabinet maker, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing ten sovereigns and 19e, the moneys of Maurice O'Connor, in the dwelling.. house of William Parker, and was sentenced to seven years' trasportation. Joseph Bailey, aged 45, described as a gilder, and John Lawler, 26, a printer, remanded from last session, were indicted for a conspiracy to defraud one Thomas Bland of his moneys. Mr. Clarkson conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Parry defended the prisoners. Mr. CLARKSON, in opening the case, told the jury that in popular language the prisoners were charged with conspiring together to cheat the prosecutor at a game of skittles. The prisoners formed part of a gang of fellows who frequent skittle-grounds, and " pick up " any stray but unskilled player they may hap pen to meet. Their mode of action was this: one of them either pretended to be drunk or assumed the character of a countryman who knew little or nothing of skittles, and being challenged by another of the gang to play, it invariably happened that he lost money to a serious extent, which induced unwary bystanders to juin iu the play. The powers of the drunkard or countryman, however, now begin to develop themselves, and he wins with the stranger as fast, nay faster, than he lost with his confederate, till the eyes of his dupe are opened to the fact that instead of playing with a novice he is vainly contending against a practised skittle thrower. Now, on the 3d of April last a man named Ward, with whom the prosecutor had a slight acquaintance, called upon the pros, tutor, who is a butcher carrying on business in Itufford'e-buildings, Islington, and invited him to go and have a glass of ale. The prosecutor consented, and accordingly they repaired to the Peaceek public house, in Brewer-street, where they found the prisoner Lawler drinking brandy and water. While they were drinking the ale the prisoner Lawler managed to get into conversation with them, and almost immediately afterwards its came Bailey, who appeared to b 3 very much intoxicated. A general con versation then ensued about the price of meat, in the course of which Bailey voluntarily told them that he had been waiting for a lady at the Angel, who had disap pointed him by nut keeping her appointment, although he had the night before paid six guineas for a dress to present to her. He added that he had just come into an estate worth 3001. a east, and as Bailey, the butcher, had given him some wholesome advice about the value of meat, he had no objection to treat him to a glass of brandy and water, which the prosecutor declined to ac cept. Lawler then asked Bailey if he understood " Knock-'em downs." Bailey said he did not, for in his part of the country they only played at bowls. " Oh," replied Lawler, " if you understand bowies, you can play at knock-'em-downs," and agreed to adjourn to an other public-house, the John Bull, and play a game for a bottle of wine. Of course Bailey lost the bottle of wine, and not only that but several five-pound notes too, when Lawler, thinking be had won enough money, gave way to allow the prosecutor "to go in and win." No sooner had the prosecutor joined in the game than, strange to say, for tune turned the tables in favour of Bailey, and he won all before him. If the prosecutor knocked the pins down in six goes, Bailey floored them in five; if the prosecutor scored five, Bailey chalked four; in fact he was always one under the prosecutor, and ultimately the prosecutor found himself minus 58/. and an I 0 U for 251, when it naturally struck him that he had been realising the idea conveyed in the well-known print of a flat between two sharps. Finding that the prosecutor bad no more money, Bailey suddenly remembered that ll n a e d ha se d e,m 7 d ap a p n o x i i n ots tmietnotgte3t k a e w e ay. pwith his " dear Mary," The prosecutor, how ever, challenged him to another game, and he said he would accept tee challenge, but he must first retire to perform a necessary act. Bailey then walked out into the street, and in a few minutes after wards the prosecutor and Lawler followed, when they found Bailey had taken to his heels and was a long way up the street. The prosecutor was about pursuing him, but Lawler said, " Bland, you had better stop hero, and I'll go after him and fetch him back. Accordingly, away went Lawler, and from that time till the time they were taken into eu.tudy, tie prosecutor never saw the prisoners again. Subsequent inquiries, however, satisfied the prosecutor that Ward, Bailey, and Lawler who were confederates, had conspired to cheat him, and he deter mined to indict them, but ever since the transaction 1 1 Ward and another party who was present during the games had been non est. The case was proceetting when the report left. NEW COURT. (Before the C.immoN SERGEANT and Mr. Aid. Gums.) OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENCES. Ann Maria Tqfrey, a respectable And lady-like look ing woman, was indicted for obtaining, under false pre! ttnees, from Win. Henry Richardson, the sum of 35 1 . , Mr. lluddlestone appeared fur the prosecution, On Mr. Ballantine defended the prisoner. Our rea lers will, doubtless, recollect well the fapts of this case. The prosecutor is a shoemaker, carrying ee business at 19, Sun-street, Bishopsgate, and about eighteen months since became acquainted with the Rri• Boner (vs ho resided at that time in the house of a wine merchant in Coventry-street), through the introductiou of his sister. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor that he had lent his sister 501., in order to carry on an action for a breach of procniee of marriage, in which she obtained 2501. damages ; 'be t upon the repayment of that 501. to him the prisoner told him if he would give her that amount she would obtain him a Government situation, as she was well known to Lord Alfred Paget and several other noble men and gentlemen who had interest with the Govern' ment. Tee prosecutor, Rho does not appear to be the brightest individual in the world, was caught in the snare, and after one or two interviews with the prisoner , sent her, by his sister, 151. After the receipt of the money the prisoner wrote to the prosecutor, requesting to see him and stating that she had good nee for him. On the prosecutor calling upon her sh e stated that she bad obtained a situation for bie l as a port, , r at the Home•office, through the interest of Lord Alfred Paget, who was a personal friend of her late hu.,bilid, and to whom she was personally known. In order to crirry on "the deceit, she produced a note , purporting to be written by Lord Alfred P age ., in whir° he stated that he had procured the situation for he r ' From the prisoner's repreSentation and the note pro duced by her, the prosecutor was induced to give her se . other 101., shortly atter which she told him that he WI to go to his situation on Monday week. This induce d him to give her another 101., but finding that the Pd . ' soner was continually putting off the day on which be was to enter upon the duties of his office, the prosecuto r refused to let her have any more money, and the prisoner decamped. Lord Alfred Paget, who had been in court all the morning, denied any knowledge of the prisoner. Mr. BALLANTINE having addressed the jury for the prisoner, and The COMMON SERGEANT having shortly summed UP , The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and The COMM 'N SERGEANT sentenced her to eightou months' impri,onment and hard labour. MARLBRO'-STREET.-(THIS DAY*) A NOVEL THEFT.— Charles Crisp was placed at th e bar before Mr. Bingham charged with stealing a cag e containing a blackbird under the following circumstance . ; Police-constable 39 C s t a t e d th a t a b out a quar t e r-Pc.' four this morning he was on duty in King-street, 5 01)0 : when he saw the prisoner join two lo ng p o l es togethe r and go up to a house, in the front of which a cage con taining a blackbird was hanging. After lookicg stealthily round, the prisoner put the pole up to the first' floor window of the house and lif,ed the cage from the hook where it was hanging. Witness rushed forward te a collar the prisoner when the latter dropped the cage an ran away. Witness pursued him as far as Newport' market, where he came up with him and took him into custody. Mr. Frederick Meyer, 36, King-street, proved that th e cage and bird was his property, and worth ten shilling,' A constable stated that latterly numerous complain ts had been made to him by parties who had lost their birds, and no doubt the prisoner had stolen them, as be (the constable) had frequently met him at an early W I ? in the morning with the poles in his possession, b e thinking he was a bill-sticker, he took no further notice of him. The prisoner, who did not deny the charge, was fully committed for trial. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, July 8. HARRIS V. HEWITT. In this case, which had not concluded when our repol left, the jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff, with 4 00 damages. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, July 8. (Nisi Prius, before Sir F. POLLOCK, C. 8., and a Logloll . _ Special Jury.) RICHARDS AND ANOTHER V. GLEDSTANES. bus This case was resu me d a t 11 o ' c l oc k t hi s morn ing, it was not concluded at five o'clock, when the Court 1 111 adjourned to this morning at 10 o'clock. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, July 8. (Before Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD.) IN RE BIDDITLPH, WRIGHT, AND CO. the To-day was appoint e d fur a di v id en d meet i n g -fl case cf these bankrupts, bankers, of Henrietta-8 0 ° A _ Covent-garden. Some new proofs having been admillel the meeting was confined to the d e claration of a divid on them to the same amount, 7s. in the pound, as had alrvady been paid on the original proofs. IN RE THOMPSON. In the case of this bankrupt, a linendraper, of P ic ; cadilly, his HONOUR today gave judgment at s° ll / 4 length upon a point which bad been raised a sbtf time back. The question was as t o th e right - a priority betwixt two mort gagees . Th e groun d upon which the second mortgagee claimed prioril was, that the first mortgage was bad, through usury 0 4 through want of notice to the trustees. The mortes had been executed on th e p rem i ses i n C oc k s p u r-stree t, 9 , The amount secured by the mortgage, dated May, 18 , h i was 5571. Thompson because bankrupt six In° ll `,'"r afterwards, and then i n f orme d t h e secon d mortga ges ' e , the first time th a t th ere was a prev i ous mortgage 10 ° , „" ,'" o Hodgkinson for 2001. Th e b an k rupt ' s i nteres t in 110 property under will was a c h at t e l i n t erest; it must treatud as real property, and notwithstanding the WilZ s of notice, Hodgkinson cannot be entitled to priority to the question of usury, the mortgage deed was execot e , in usury, and was conse quen tly vo id. Th e seco nd snort gagee, Mr. Hipwell, was therefore entitled to priority. BOROUGH OF DERBY. FUNERAL OF THE LATE SIR R. PEEL. o f It having been notified to me that the inhabitants .$ many important towns purpose paying a mark of rear' e to the memory of the late Sir Robert Peel, whose loss ` 4 all so deeply deplore, by partially closing their shutterh from eleven until one o'clock, on Tuesday, the 9th We!' I, in compliance with the wishes of some of the inbs t ur tants, recommend that th e exam pl e b e genera lly ' o . lowed in this borough. July 8, 1850. JAMES HAYWOOD, Mayor. - - TERRA COTTA.—It i s ra th er remar k a bl e that e r e revival of the manufacture o f t erraco t ta , or more proper • of artificial stone, in England, should h ave b een effected bl e a lady. About sixty years ago, Miss Coode, from Ly o l4 Regis, possessing a large share of scientific knowledge e", energy, embarked in a small manu f ac t ory o f artificial sto p " in Lambeth, which, by her perseverance and good mane,: ment, eventually attained a c ons id era bl e d egree o f celebrity, The proprietor availed herself o f th e t a l en t s o f so me diet., guished artists, and thus produced works of a superior racter, which may fairly vie with those of the chisel bas-relief in the pedimont over the western portico at Greeed wich Hospital, representing the Death of Nelson, was design o by West, and executed by Bacon and Panzetta, who s' ea modelled many other distinguished wo r k s . Th e rood-ser, e be or loft at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, was executed in same material. With respect to modern instances of the ". 4 of artificial stone, St. Pancras Ch urc h ma y be considere d one of the most important ; th e grea t er part of the a le mental details being formed of thi s ma t er i a l, a t the 0, 4 i outlay of 5,4001. The statue o f B r it ann i a , ma d e o f artinc", stone, which crowns the Nelson column at Yarmouth , r mains uninjured by the exposure, to which the stone s'iO. r if seems to be yielding. The ancient examples are evident formed simply of fine clay, or brick earth, carefully preper . „ o and well burnt, and they are, therefore, precisely of the ser e ! nature as coarae pottery ware, and are correctly designe' r i "terracotta ;" but the modern artificial stone is a s re ,,." different substance, and greatly superior to them in hardil e .l B texture, and colour. The principal ingredient is the ie" i re , potter's clay, forming about one-half; pulverises' stone*? t o from one third to one-fifth ; ditto glass, from one-fourt h , one-ninth ; and som e a dd, f or fi ner purposes, a sma ll port ,l % of white Rvegat e s an d, an d pow d ere d fli nt, a b out one -ten part of each.—Builder. A SIM. LETTER B AG FOR N EW YORK.--A abbe letter bag for New Y o rk w ill b e ma d e up thi s even i n g, t°' forwarded tomorrow from Liverpool by the United St- 0 , ' 0 w mail steam- packet Atlantic. Letters a nd n ews papers I d, tended to be sent by this vessel mu s t b e spec i a ll y address to "By United States' mail packet Atlantic." DiewsPlP e must be prepaid Id. each. Letters optional. TOWER of LONDON.—It appears from a pan mentary return, just issued, that the number of persons wjo visited the Tower of London in the twelve months ending„. March last was 45,474, and the total n um b er f or t h e last 13 years was 249,338, producing, at the charge of sixpence es c a sum of 6,233 .9s. r roaTsmoUTH, J ULY B.—Wi n d N . t o N . by E.-4-1. Phoh Dunbar, London. for Nmw Zealand. BIBTILS. OF ♦ SON. On the 25th June, Mrs.Joiin Cameron MacPhee. ~h Un the `26th ult., at St. P e tersburgh, the wile of JO" - Shellsbear, Esq, j t o On the 2d inst., at Longbridge, Barking, the wife of J° b 4 Peacock, Esq. aft* On the sth inst., at Torbryar-parsonage, Devon, .-- Hine. OF A DAUGHTER. D (1' On the 2d inst., at the Cottage, Prospect-hill, near Abe ing, the wif: of Philip Lybbe Powys, Esq. of On the sth inst., at Upper Gower-s'reet, the wife Stephen Temple, Esq. wife On the sth inst., at Chester-place, Regent's-park, the • of C. E. Rashleigh, Esq. __.-- MARRIED. t E J05,113,.' Gth inst., on the ~ at .!.pworth Church, Mr. A, Thorley, merchant, of Hull, to Hannah Penrose, daughter of Wm. Read, Esq. Epworth. TAO On the 27th ult. at Aikenhead- house, Lanarkshire zi ps , S. George Diane, ' Esq., of Berkeley-forest, county u( S 'l lL tfl ford, Ireland, to Catherine, youngest daughter of the John On r i Ecq , of Aikenhead. the 3d nst., at Upton, the Rev. D. AI. Stuart, of o j stone, Northumberland, to Jan e t, e ld es t d a u g h ter o f the )" g Thomas Robertson, Esq., Upton -park. /s r tel l On the 4th inst., at Ringw oo d ; H an t s , William A.-°rms, Taylor, Esq., Commander R o y a l N avy, to C aro li ne E o '",,r daughter of the late William T a yl or , E sq , o f P ar k. field, 0 " Portsmouth. fMD. • Cal' On the 6th inst., at th e Chateau Echinghen, Pas de the Right. Hon. Lord • Dunboyne, aged O. On the sth inst., accidentally drowned, at Richard,. only mm of George Winter, Esc' of Dap"' Southwark, aged 21. feP On the 13th of March, off Sydney, Captain Owen Star; o p R.N., of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, eldest son the late Di ° -4 " of Norwich, a ge d 39. t , 4/ On the 29th ult., John William Appl e f or d, o f Swing ra, tags, Hanunersmith, aged 62. b th!‘ j i On the 2d inst., at Grosvehor.row, Pimlico, Mrs. Eliz 3-e • '47 Vardy, aged 94. On the 4th inst., at Addlestone, Surrey, Miss Ann r ¢- Diggs, aged M yi aliquo London: Printe and Published by RD() No 112, Strand, Printer, at Tie WI Sue Office. 11 ev ;ty4r.i. in *lac Precinct of th o S avcy , i n lb. o w l Middlesex, Tuesday, July 9, 1850. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 9, 1850.