The Sun. — London, England, 1845-07-10 00:00:00

RAILWAY. NEWS. Subscribers and others interested in Railways will find a FULL ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS b.:l6re the RAILWAY COMJII7 TEES in the THIRD EDI2.ION of TUE SUN, reported up to the CLOSE of EACH DAY; it also con tains the DEBATES in BOTH ROUSES of PARLIAMENT up to the HOUR of POST EVERY EVENING, PRICES of RAILWAY SHARES, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE by EXPRESS, and all other NEWS ARRIVING in LONDON DURING the DAY. OPMETt the THIR.D EDITION, which contains NE 7.73 TWELVE HOTTIZS in ADVANCE. Sun-office, 112, Strand. • HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Sig. PtJZZI respectitilly informs the Subscribers to the Opera, his Friends, and the Public that HIS BENEFIT will take place THIS EVENING On whiell occasion will be presented (for the first time this Season) Doinzette. , celebrated Opera, ANN BOLEr a. Henry VIII. Sig. LahlAehe ; Pcrcy, sig. Moriani ; Sineaton, Signora Brambitla (her first appearance in that part) ; Anna Bollena, Madame Grisi ; Jane Seymour, 3ldlle. Rosetti. In the course of the Evening a DIVERTISSEMENT, in which will i.e introduced the admired " Pas de Six" de " Ray a," by 3ldlie. Luoile Gratin and M. Perrot, supported by Wiles. I 'erdinand, Cassan, Demelisse, and 3loncelet. "La 3lanola," by 3fdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon; and the admired "Pas de Giselle," by 3ldlle. Carlotta Grist (tier last appearance but three), and M. Perr.d. After which a Selection from the frit act of Bellini's Opera of LA SON NAMB ULA. The principal tarts by Mali ne Anaide Cas tellan, Mdlle. Bosetti, Sig. F. Lahlache, and Sig. Mario. To c,nclude with, by general desire, for this occasion only, the admired Ballet of LA SYLPHIDE. La Sulphide, 3ldlle. Taglioni; Eftle, Mdlle. Petit Stephan ; James, M. Perrot ; George, '.I - oussaint. Applications for Poxes, Stalls, tnd Pit Tickets to be made to Sig. Puzzi, 38, Jermyn-street, St. James ; and at the f)rera-Colonnal.e. Lo)rs open at Seven, to comme.lee at Half-past Seven o,Clock THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, %IR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Comed3 - , by Douglas Jerrold, !rattled TINE WORKS WONDER!, Goldthumb, Mr. W. Farren ; Felix Goldthumb, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Bantam, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Bessy Tulip, Madame Vestris ; Florentine, Miss Fortescue ; Miss Tucker, Mrs. Glover; Patty, Mrs. Humby. After which will be repeated a Dramatic Sketch, entitled THE OLD SOLDIER. Sir Lionel Ruiner, Mr. Brindal ; Master Michael Cramp, Mr. Tilbury; Adam Lethersole (aged 95), Mr. W. Farren ; Buff, Mr. James Bland ; Patience Cramp, Mrs. Stanley ; Helen, Miss Telbin. To conclude with an entirely New Farce, called THE KING AND I. Period, 1691. Sir William Melrose, Mr. H. Holl ; Burchell, Mr. James Bland ; Perkin Pyefinch, Mr. Buckstone ; Jessie Donald, Miss Jul Bennett. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each. Tickets and laces to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office, from Ten till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTY THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Comedy, entitled PEG WOFFINGTON; or, The State Secret. The Marquis de 3lousseuk, Mr. Selby; Baron Stapli, Mr, i'anl Bedford ; George Tarleton, Mr. lludson ; Merestick, Mr. Wright ; Peg Woffington, _hiss Woolgar. To be folio red by THE IRISH ATTORNEY ; or, Galway Prac tice in 1770. Pierce O'Hara, Mr. Hudson ; Jacob Wylie, Mr. Cullenford. After which, an Original Terpsichorean Bt:rletta, called POWDER AND BALL; or, St. Tibbs's Eve. Mr. Montgomerie Tibbs, Mr. La:nbert ; Captain Kidglove, Mr. i , elby ; Jacob Gerkin, Mr. Wright ; oi.tgoinetie Tibbs, Mrs. Frank Matthews; Sally Knohi,s, 'Co cone nl,l will., the highly successful and Original Farce, called TIT r: 11l L 1 I)itAGOON. Brown Sherry, Hr. Selby; Paddy Nturi , h , o'ltrallaban , Mr. Hudson. ritEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER TETE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. First Time of Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures. s EVENING „,„ performed TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY. Cha acters by Messrs. Meadows, F. Mathews, Kinloch, Miss Arden, Mrs. and Mrs. Wigan. —lowed by a New Farce, entitled LUCK'S ALL. Principal Characters h, Messrs. F. Vining, Diddear, Keeley, Meadows, Kin loch, and Turil,r ; Miss flicks, and Mrs. A. Wigan. After ,hicb, an entirely New, Original, and Novel Grand Fairy BALLET DiVERTISSEMENT. entitled LES FEES. In which Les Danseuses Anziaises will appear. To Inch will 133addeil (fl st time) an apropos Bagatelle, in One Act, ei t tied MilS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES. Characters by Mes,rs.Mead ,, ws, Remit r, and Keeley, and Mrs. Usher. T - i conclude witu at, entirely New Operatic, Dramatic, Chivalric, Fairy, Romantic Burlesque, entitled CIND ERELLA. The Principal Characters by y, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr. J. W. Collier, Mr Keeley, Miss Viliar 13, Miss Falrbrother, Mrs. .1 . MN. Grove. Ni it ow ;trfl. Sce Wool(' ettli , 4- It I LA LE-SEE, 3IR. J. 31. MADDOX. rtlis EVENING Will ba 1 erforined THE SYREN Scfp:o, Mr. C. Horn, Jun. ; BAlhay.i, e der; 31an:o Tempesta, Mr. Allen; the Duke de P,poli, Mr. Wal After which a New Divertissement, called A COURT BALL IN 1740. In which will be introduced the Dances as performed at her 31,1 . , , 5tv', mil Costume, with the Original Music. To be f,;!lowed by a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled MRS. C VDDE ; or, Curtain Lectures. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Compton ; Mrs. Caudle, Mr. Oxberrv. Tor nelude with TIIE REAR-ADMIRAL, Ftaz , Manver, It. t.Wallace; tstage Director, Mr. Emden; de:1 1 11 1, Mr. Edmund isradwell. , -DEREES MYSTERIECISES—s f. JAMES'S THEATRE. Owing to the nizh ly overflows, and continued demand for places to witne.s Monsieur PHILLIPPE'S SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES, they will be continued for a few extra Performances, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, commencing each Evening at Half-past Eight o'clock. By Desire, and at the request of numerous Families of Distinction, M. PHILLIPPE will give ANOTH ;At MORNING ENTERTAIN MEN f; or, MATINEE MYSTERIEUSE, on MONDAY NEXT, commencing at Half-past One o'clock precisely. Vv.! Performances will be varied nightly, and terminate by the Surprising mid Inexplicable Feat of " Les Bassins de Poissons D'Or, et La Grand Menagerie," universally c nsidered to be the most ex traordivary"Pour de Physique ever executed, and which, on every occasion of its being represented, has created the most enthusiastic admiration. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets may be secured ra Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre. AS CLEY'S lUIYAi. AMPRITII ATRE. ritopmEToß, MR. W. BATTT. THIS EVENING 'Will be repeated a New Grand Ballet of Action, consisting of Mi litary 3lanceuvres, Dances, Combats, and highly powerful effects, called IL DIAVOLO ABRUZZI ; or, The Brigand Chief and the Dog of the Chateau. New and Elegant Scenes in the Circle, by the whole of the French Equestrians. To conclude with TILE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Introducing the Double Company of French and English Artistes. The Em peror Napoleon by Mr. Gomersal, who is engaged expressly for this occasion. The Manager, ever anxious to gratify all classes of the puhlic, and in order V) accommodate those who are unable to attend at an earlier lan:ur, has arranged that this national and most successful Drama shall be performed as the last piece. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. ,A cIDGE'S ROI AL SURREY TII EAT RE. IMMENSE ATTRACT lON--COMMENCEMEN T OF THE OPERA SEASON. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Grand Opera of LUCIA. DI LA3IMERMOOR. Lucy Ashton, Madame Eugenie Garcia ; Alice, Miss Collett ; Edgar, Mr. D. W. King ; Colonel Ashton, Mr. Weiss ; Arnold, Mr. Barker ; 17orin-in, r Harris; Allan, Mr. d'llahon. An increased Band and Chorus from the Theatre Royal Drury-lane. After which, THE WATERMAN. Tom Tug, Mr. Barker. To conclude with a New Drama, by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., called FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY. In which Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Bonner, Cowell, Johnson, Ileslop, 'Miss Martin, Mrs. R. Homier, &c., &c , will perform. Piac..e. and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box fro.n Eleven to tour. cl. JU S'ICON ANL, LAST CONCEAT MON ST KE, OR MUSICAL CONGRES. THREE HUNDRED INS CRUMENTAL PERFORMERS. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. TO-MORROW, JULY 11, 1845. M. JTILLIEN begs respectfully to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, that in cent. .q ;once of th - , immense success of his first co!;e•rt 3lonstre (which was pronounced by the Press, as well as the Visitors, unequalled in the annals of Instrumental Musical Asseml , le , :), he will give a SECOND CONCERT 3IONSTRE To..310111:,1W, on the same unprecedented scale of grandeur. PROGRAMNiE.—PAIZT I. NOTA.—In consequence of the great sensation created at the First CoLeer: Monstre by the Eight Principal Pieces, they will be repeated. The other Pieces of the Programme have been expressly arranged for this occasion, and are calculated to give all the.ett ct which such a formidable Cotures Musical and assembly of Talent can produce. Ov rturc7—" Der FrEisetiutz."—Weber. qua, The Chirms" Qua Irillc, composed in honour of her Ma ._,isit to Stowe.---Jull.en. _ _ VISIT CO Sy iiphouy—" The Allegro Fugue and Triumphal March," of Beet- Symp!ionv, in C 31inor.—Beethoven. Polkn—'Cho Original Polka, with Introduction, entitled "Invitation a la l'olka,7 wito Echo, &c., Grand Finale and Chorus Effects, first iotradtwed i•ito England in 843, by M. Jullien.—Jullien. Sol.) -Cortr?t-il-Pistous, " Sound the Loud Timbre]," pc formed by 1:.(F. 111, with accompaniment of Orchestra and Monstre Timbre!. --Moore. TILE MINUET QUADRILLE. itpindrale—Performed by Mons Jullien's Oiehestra for the first time in public, introducing "The Mi de la Leine," the favourite airs end Louis NV., " La Carmargo," " Le Minuet des et a'Exawlet," " La Cavotte," and the "Minuet in,ed in Ancient Style by—Jnlllen. CELI-BRATED TO "MACBETH." —The Witches' Glee, "When shall we three meet " 11;4.111 ••••••••• • " Speak, Sister, speak. is the An' " M n ''a-Inpr , iers." i a vorus, „„.t Th .lll acre " Now let's dance." tr, "We should rejoice when good kings bleed." Air, " When eattle e, about, about, abo .t we go." Air, "When winds and , "eves are warring." Air , " Let's have a dance upon the heath." Chorus, "At the night raven's I.ismal voice." Chorus, "And nimbly, dance we t till !" Recitative, "Hecate! come '." Air, "My little airy spirit !" Recitative, " Where's Pat k;e ?" Chorrß, "Conte away ! come away !" Recitative, " With new fall'n tiew." Chorus, "We fly by night !" With Solos for tiphicleick, Bassoon, and Oboe, Li Messrs. Prospere, Baumann, And Barrett --Locke. The Cellarius Valse and Original Mazurka," introduced by JuMen into England last year.—Julllen. Opera--A grand Selection from Bellini's Opera, " I PURITAN'," receind at the last Concert Monstre with applause unprecedented in the annals of Instrumental performances ; including the Qua tuor, and celebrated" Marcia di Bravura, Suona, la Tromba," per formed by 20 trumpets, 20 cornet-a-pistons, 20 trombones, 20 oph,cleides. and 20 serpents, accompa tied by the Contra ,Basso" Mo,tre, kindly sent by his Grace the Duke of Leinster, to be per formed on at this Congres Musical.—Bellini. 43,1 01 ,—" The Post-Horn Galop," performed on Twelve Mall-coach Guards' Horns (first time with this effect).—Kcenig. PART II oyeTture—" William Tell." , Solos by Messrs. Harper, Rousselot, EtAlard3on, Barret, and Is.cenig. On this occasion the Long Drum 3loAstre (the lamest ever made), constructed under the superin underieß of 3f. .fullien, w.ll he played with the accompaniment. The powerful and extraordinary sound of thi s i ns t rument will a d d won d er fully to the effect of Storm."—Rossini. tenet—Flute and Clarionet, "Lo, here the Gentle Lark !" performed by Messrs. Richardson anal Lazards.—Sir it. Bishop. Walta —The music of the Celebrated Pas de Fleurs, as danced at her Majesty's Theatre by the Danseuses Viennolses.—:iaretzek. Op e ra—Selecti n from 3leyerbeer's Op ra,"ROI3ERT LE DIABLE," with Solos for Bassoon and Oboe , by alone. Baumann and Barret, including the Cavatini, "Robert to , Sue fame," chceurs des chava- Hers Le vin le Jeu. Finale, L'or n' est qte une chimere.- -Meyerbeer THE ENGLISH QUADRILLE. Alu ad rill e —Description :—No. 1, Convivial Style; No. 2, Gothic; No. 3, Burlesque ; No. 4, Sentimental, with Solo by. Herr Kcenig ; No. 5, Naval and Military, with an addition of Twenty English Fifes and Twenty Drums.—Jullien. Opera—t - metection from Mozart's Opera, "DON JUAN," including the Quateur. Cavatina, and Grand Finale, with Solos on the BleVoo3, 01,e, an 1 Cl irionet, peri'ormcd by Messrs. Baumann, Barret, and Lazarus: Mozart. y a i so —"Le Bouquet --GRAN L — 5T1 , 1 PITON Y, performed for the tint time wfth Jtilit :try Effects.—Beethoven. "GO1) AANII THE QUEEN," performed for the Second Time in England, , n the same stylil as the 7; , •-;cia:: Hymn i 3 played at the llilitary Fetes in St. Petershurgh, *)11 Nttional ,ththem being marked by a ROYAL ea :At the previ4;;TsCoiice;t Moustre .' Ju:ie 20) Wllll enthul , :otic chee r i ng by Twelve Thousand nt ?Pr. - s ten present at the Gardens ~ ~..~ „. . T 1 11 , 4, to be hal of the prin ipal Libraries and 111 14 , 3 c-sellers, and at M.llien's Depot General do Musive Dansante,2l4, Regent- strce- Ticket.; purchased preview: to the 11th, 2s. GEI. 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London, July 9, 1845. . ------1----t-7- ;47-::-,,.: Th :.,'--i? ..f.",--, G' • ,-,-. 4•;;;4'...,,,:, 1:,, -- t in,,,thiv 141 IA 5 TO CORRESPONDENTS. We believe the shares and half shares referred to by a cor respondent, who writes from Christchurch, were issued at different periods. In a few days, however, he will receive a more satisfactory answer. THE WEATHER.-SuN OFFICE, JULY 9 THERMOMETER, Lowest, 55 ; Highest, 72 ; Noon, 66. SAEONIETER, 30.1.—W IND, S. W. • Norm—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and Highest" denote the lowest and highest state o' the hermometer during the preceding twenty-four boars. All the ()vier ob,ervations are made at noon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. torning .. 11 minutes after 5 Evening 28 minutes after 5 4 ~t Alp & t! , .4 • "":,% Lkts-1, a • LONDON. THURSDAY. JULY 10. 1845. The Lords did not sit yesterday. The Commons met at Twelve o'clock. The Lunatic As) lums and Pauper Lunatics Bill passed through Committee. The standing order 123 relating to Railway Bills waa ordered to be suspended for the remainder of the session. On the motion that the Universities (Scotland) Bill be read a sicond time, Mr. MACAULAY, in a most eloquent speech, supported the measure, and complained of the conduct of the Government in now opposing it, when, by their conduct they had hitherto led the supporters of the measure to understand that they did not object to the Bill. Sir J. GRAHAM defended the conduct of the Govern ment, and said that last year they had resisted a measure exactly similar to the one now before the House. Mr. J. S. WORTLEY commented in severe terms upon the conduct of the free Church of Scotland. He thought it necessary that the Church of Scotland should be connected with the State, and was opposed to the pre sent measure. No new tests had been imposed, but he thought they ought not to do away with the tests which already existed. The House was subsequently addressed by Sir G. Grey, Sir R. Inglis, Mr. Pringle, Mr. C. Buller, the Lord Advocate, Mr. R M. Stewart, Sir R. Peel, and Lord J. Russell, when the House divided, and there ap peared for the Motion, 108 ; Against it, 116 ; Majority against the motion, S. Mr. WATSON then moved that the House go into Com mittee on the Catholic Relief Bill, which was negatived by a majority of 42. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter-past One. From the perhaps purposely ambigious manner in which Sir ROBERT PEEL, on Monday night, spoke to the intentions of Government as to the usual process of " burking" the accumulations of business, in the shape of Bills in progress, but too embarrassing to be carried on to their final stages without much of difficulty or in convenience, we are inclined to look upon the chances of settlement prior to the close of the session, for any given question, as extremely precarious. Among the ques tions which we have no manner of doubt the Ministers would be too happy to bide over, are those which regard the deficiencies of our naval effective service under the present Admiralty ad ministration. By next session we can easily imagine that the Government, under the influence of that " pre sure from without," which (thank Gov !) is not likely to be soon withdrawn, unless the evils it is sought to remedy shall have been pia viously relieved, will have so far amended and reformed the enormous defects of the manning, armament, and construction of our men of war, steamers, and sailing vessels, as to be prepared with at least a plea in mitigation : As it appears to us, howev r, to be of very great advantage to keep the public ettenrion closely fixed upen matters which so essentially regard its most vital interests, we take leave to notice, among other " pending questions," which we do not wish to see cushitieed, together with the session, the admitted imperfections of cur naval preparations generally. For ails purpose, we are tie. willing to pass over a significant article that appeared last week in the Hampshi , e Advertiser, in re latien to the evolutions of the "Experimental Squadron." It repeats the statement we made on a former occasion on a different authority, that the largest of all the ships in this squadron, the Queen, of 110 guns, had but 50 able seamen on her bo having actually joined the squadron with but 25, out of her complement of 700 men. The boasted increase of the various ships' com plements, which the champions of Admiralty manage ment as it is bad been previously holding up as matters for public applause and thankfulness, has turned out, ac cording to the Hampshire Advertiser, to consist in the addition of a grand total of between 200 and 300 general service men and marines to the whole squadron. " The navy was never so deficient in good seamen as at this moment ; and, in point of naval construction, we are as far behind perfection as we were when the Victory was built. blow humiliating is the fact, that in 1815, we are so deficient in right principles upon ship-building, that squadrons are required to be sent out to sea in order to decide which is the best model to construct upon." When one reads of facts such as these to-day, and learns to-morrow that so slovenly has been the dock-yard estimate of a newly-built and equipped man-of-war's immersion, with her guns and stores aboard, that on her first trip she is found to sink beneath her coppering, and occupies the entire labour of a hundred shipwrights in adding a streak or two to her entire sheathing in order to make good so dangerous a defect, one may well be excused for enter taining serious alarm lest, in the bustle, and confusion, and hurry of a closing session, the warning voices of our naval censors, in and out of Parliament, should be for gotten or slumbered over. Now we do earnestly call upon those Members of the House of Commons who have already done so much good service in apprising the Legislature and the country of the delusions they have been led into by statement vouched, on authority that must have been fully informed of their falsehood, as to the almost perfect condition of our ships, and their crews, and their armaments, not to allow this salutary agitatf on the subject of naval mismanageulunt to subside out of sight and hearing, together with dropped orders of the day on discarded Bills and indefinitely postponed motions. That agita tion, we trust, will never cease, or even relax, until the reproach of such mal-administration and such palpable practical defects in the most important arm of the public service, he removed. Surely, thes , are no times for trifling with cardinal faults in the condition of its materiel, and the establish m•-nt, the discipline, and the supply of the most im. portant classes of the staff by which that materiel is to be worked and di alt with. Let us hope that the vital propositions which have bt>en owned, from true to time, by the highest priifessional authorities for pro viding and keeping up an adequate supply, at all times, of able seamen,—for discarding the present ungracious, harsh, and (we may evtn term it) suicidal system ,sf '" pay off" 2. mi,:n-of-vv:.lr's crew, alley any length of service, however hard, and in whatever climate, on her coming home— and " throwing them off," at the same instant, upon the wide world to shift for them selves (as if their constancy, their intrepidity, their for titude and patience, their disciplined skill, and promp titude in discharging all the duties of good seamen and able hands, as that interval had given them—of all the tried servants of the public—no claim upon the equity, the consideration, the generosity, even, of the State, over and above the title to their pay, and certificates up to the date of their discharge)—let us hope that these propositions will not be allowed to pass out of the view of Parliament before it rises for the recess, and that the House of Commons will not allow itself to be mys tified out of the present adoption of these practical and indispensable reforms in the navy, where they can in stantly be carried into execution; and where they can not, that they will insist upon positive guarantees for their being carried into full effect at the earliest possible period. Madrid journals of the Ist instant have been received. The Gazette of that date contains a royal ordonnance, signed by the Minister of the Interior, with the conditions of the pro posed loan for the repair and construction of public roads. The payments would be made in five years, and the contracts concluded on the Ist of September next. It was said that the Gazette would also publish in a few days a new loan to the State by the bank of San Fernando, to the amount of 60,0001. per month for the following six months. These papers contain various rumours respecting the marriage of the QUEEN, the differences between NARVAEZ and CIRIS TINA, and the future movements of the Court, upon which little confidence can be placed. . _ On the Ist the Three per Cents. closed at 304 for cash, and 334 at 50 days; the Five per Cents. at 21 at 60 days ; and the Debt without Interest at 6 1 , for cash. The Paris papers are chiefly occupied with the result of the negotiations relative to the Jesuits, and though divided in opinion as to the parties to whom credit is due for the settle ment of the question, they agree, with the exception of the Legitimatist journals, as to the benefits which it is likely to confer on France. These Carlist papers display the most bitter disappointment, and vent the rage of their party in loud complaints, not even sparing the infallible father of the Church The Quotidienne says :—" such is the catastrophe of M. Rossi's negotiations. By dint of genuflexions in the chapel of the Jesuits at Rome, he has obtained the dispersion of the Jesuits in Paris. Thus M. GUIZOT is as grand as the Duke DE CHOISEUL, with this difference, that CHOISEUL did not count the beads of his rosary to gain the bull of CLEMENT XIV. But in this, as in all other political affairs to be de cided by the power of the POPE, there is a worldly influence which cannot at all times be comprehended and judged of. This is not a question of dogma essentially touching the con science of the Catholic ; it is a governmental affair affecting only political liberty and constitutional right. There is no thing, therefore, to prevent our declaring that the Papal de cision, so far as it concerns our civil state, our constitutional principles, our purely legal organisation, is a fault—an enormous fault, the consequences of which must very shortly be felt either by the Church of France or by the Holy See itself." This journal in another place, on the authority of letters from Rome, contradicts the statements made in the Govern ment papers, and says the note published by them is founded on a scandalous equivoke. Concessions, it is true, have been made, but not of the nature of those stated. The Constitu tionnel claims all the merit of the affair for its patron, M. TITIERS, to whom the Journal des Debate, in a style peculiarly its own, pays the following ironical com pliments We have not the slightest desire to triumph at the expense of the Jesuits, who for the moment have ceased to exist, still less at the ext•ense of the Church of France, which will soon recognise, we are persuaded, that the Government has never better served the real interests of religion than at present. Besides, every one cannot triumph at the same time, and we see that Thiers has already claimed all the honour of the nego tiation. It is the illustrious chief of the Left Centre who did all ; the Ministry has only been the humble executor of his high behests. We expected this. For some time past M. Thiers has been marching from one success to another. A few days ago he negotiated with England, and obtained the suppression of the right of search ; at present he negotiates with Rome, and obtains the suppression of the Jesuits. But what is truly awkward is, that M. Thiers is not a great politician except when he is not Minister. When he is in the Opposition he assures the liberty of thought, the repose of the country, and the security of the territory. By what fatality does it come to pass, then, that when he is in power he does precisely the contrary Was it in 1840, for instance, that M. Thiers assured the repose of the country ? But however the matter may be, we shall willingly allow the illustrious chief of the Left Centre to triumph. That does no harm to any one. We shall have nothing to say to the policy of M. Thiers, so long as it shall be worked out by M. Guixot ; and if this position is to M. Thiers' taste, we recommend him to keep it. He has all the glory of power without any of the anxiety. He beholds his opinions triumphing, without his historical labours being interrupted. We know no lot more enviable. It is not by fear, we are told, that M. Thiers influences the Government. We can easily imagine it. We know well to whom M. Thiers causes fear ; it is not to the Go vernment, but to the majority, to the country. The majority and the country consider M. Thiers far better in Opposition, and M. Thiers appears to be of the same opinion. Every one, therefore, is satisfied ; and truly it is a most fortunate thing that so great a statesman should be at the same time so great a philosopher." According to some of the journals sixty-two master car penters have yielded to the demands of the journeymen, and have agreed to pay them five francs a day, in consequence of which about 500 had returned to work. The Kora and QUEEN, the Duke and Duchess DE NE MOURS, the Duke and Duchess D'AuMALE, the Prince and Princess AUGUSTUS DE SAXE COBURG, and the young Prince of WURTEMBURG, had left Nenilly for Trianon, where they have taken up their , residence. The Duchess of ORLEANS, with the Count DE PARIS, and the Duke DE CHARTRES, had also arrived there on Friday. On Sunday the weather was oppressively hot at Paris. At six in the morning FAHREN HEIT'S thermometer marked 68 in the shade, at noon 86, aad at two in the afternoon 90 degrees. The genial weather has had the best effect on the crops, and an abundant harvest is confidently anticipated. The Funds had been more firm on Monday than they had been for for some time. The Three per Cents. closed on that day at 83f. 40c.; the New Loan, at 83f. 65c.; the Five per Cents. at 121 f. 55c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,1401. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,030 f.; Vierzon, 740 f. ; Havre, 837 f. 50c.; Avignon, 970 f. ; Basle, 248 f. 75c ; Belgian Two -and-a• Halt per Cents., 60%; Spanish Three per Cents., 38. The following are the quotations for the new lines :- Orleans and Bordeaux, 1751. premium ; Boulogne, 118 f. 75c. ; ditto Troyes and Montereau, 22f. 50e. ; Paris and Lyons (Laffitte), 20f. ; ditto (Calon), par; ditto (Ganneron), sf. • Northern Line (Laffitte), 321. 50e. ; ditto (Rosamel), ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), Bf. 50c. ; ditto (Drouillard), par; ditto (O'Neill), 2f. 50e. ; ditto (Jacques Lefevre), par; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 1 lf. 50c ; ditto (Talabot), 251. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridioo 51.; Bordeaux and Toulouse ( Mackenzie), 50e.; ditto, and Cette (Espeleta), 4f. 25c.; Creil and St. Quentin, par ; Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron), 101.; Dijon and Mul house, par. MARSEILLES, JULY 3.-Marseilles and Avignon, 1,005 f. ; Boulogne, 620 f. ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 670 f. ; Vierzon, 7601. ; Avignon and Lyons (Talabot), 5351. ; ditto (Sebastiani), 512 f. 50c ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 5021. 50c.; Bordeaux and Cette (Espeleta), 502 E 50c.; Tou lon, 497 f. 50c. _ _ LYONS, Jury 4. Avignon and Marseilles, 972 f., end of July ; Paris and Orleani, 1,167 f., ditto; Paris and Rouen, 1,025 f., ditto; Orleans and Vierzon, 738 f, ditto ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 665 f., ditto.; Boulonge, 610 f, ditto. DUBLIN AND GALWAY RAILWAY.--A petition from Mr. James Pim, jun., was on Tuesday presented to the House of Lords, containing numerous allegations of non-compliance with the standing orders and other matters which would vitally affect th• further progress of this Bill. The petition Las been referred to a Select Committee of their Lordships for investigation and report, and as some of the allegations impeach the validity of the Parlia. mentary contract, and would thereby affect the whole proceedings which have taken place, the report will be looked for with much anxiety by all parties interested. MONUMENT TO GENERAL NOTT.—Sir Robert Peel has communicated to the Hon. Colonel Trevor the desire of her Majesty to subscribe the munificent sum of 2101. to the fund for the erection of a monument to the late gallant and able general— on ornament to the principality—Sir Wiliam Nott, G.C.B. With this addition, the sum already collected approaches 1,0001. — Shrewsbury Chronic le. EXPERIMENT WITH THE GREAT BRITAIN.—There being a very light spring tide on Saturday, a very short draught of water was necessary in order to get this leviathan steamer safely into the graving-deck. After every exertion, by trimming coals, cables, anchors, &c., at seven o'clock on Saturday morning the ship was drawing 14 feet 8 inches aft and 12 feet 6 inches forward. Captain Hosken, seeing this, immediately ordered a bolt to be taken out of the bow and allowed the foremost compartment to fill with water. This, in a short time, brought the ship to 14 feet aft and 13-feet 1 inch forward, putting her In the trim required, and, at the same time, affording satisfactory proof of the utility and efficiency of the water-tight bulk-heads. —Liverpool Albion, of Saturday. CHEAP TRAlN.—Yesterday a cheap train arrived here from Manchester, crowded with some hundreds of the manu facturing classes, most of whom took excursions to Cheshire and the Lightship, not forgetting, before quitting the town, to have a view of the exterior of the Great Britain, in the Queen's Graving-dock. The fare was half- a.crown a.head, and the train consisted of ten second-class carriages, in which the pas sengers were packed as closely as space would permit. —Liver pool Albion. CUSTOMS AND SYMFATHIES OF THE POOR.—When a rich man dies, multitudes throng to view the " lying-in-state ;" in the case of a poor man, numbers go to see the body only. Thus, hundreds visited the home of John Glenn, who was killed at Leicester last week in a fight, though there was no wound to attract curiosity. And at the funeral on Sunday, thousands assem. bled to witness the spectacle. Twelve young men, with bouquets of flowers, relieved each other in carrying the coffin ; four maidens in white bore the pall, the relatives, twelve in number, were accompanied by a young girl whom deceased intended to marry, and these were followed by thirty-two girls working at the factory at which he was a mechanic, who attended, wearing hoods and scarfs, as a mark of their sorrow for his untimely end, and sympathy with his relatives. Though the streets were crowded, a profound silence prevailed, and an immense number accompanied the procession to St. George's Church. 'the great public meeting of Scottish Dissenters, held on Wednesday last, is an event which we regard as meat im portant and gratifying. The meeting was much needed and well timed, and proved in every respect a most effective demonstration The recent declarations of the political leaders regarding their in tentions to extend the system of endowments both show need and give improved opportunity for a revival of the voluntary agitation ; while the ill-considered and inconsistent alliances formed by some voluntaries during the recent anti- Maynooth agitation rendered it imperative on the great body of Dissenters to make renewed and plain proclamation of their principles. After the recent symptoms of a partial backsliding, it is cheering to see the most able and emi nent men of our Scottish Dissenters formally disowning in the question of endowments the narrow plea of theological difference between Protestant and Catholic, and taking their stand only on the broad ground of justice between man and man.-4cotrmax. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. I (From The Sun of Last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverp. ol yestessisy wer e 8 . 000 bags, including 4,000 on speculation. Prices were well ' supported. A fair business was done in Railway Shares, and prices were looking up. Armagh and Portrush, 2 1 A ; Bandon and Bantry, 295. 1% ; Barnsley Junction, 7 Is. 3d.; Birkenhead, Lancashire an Cheshire, 5%; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 54 ; Blackburn and Preston, 20%; British and Irish Union, 10s. 6d. ; Belfast and Ballymena, 7 65/ ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liver. pool, 161/ %; Caledonian, 11% ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 4 3 / 4 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 61% ; Ditto, New Shares, 57/; Ditto, Half Shares, 30% ; Clitheroe Junction, 3% %; Clydesdale Junction, 8 3 / 4 ; Cork and Bardon, 6 1 A ; Derby and Crewe, 2% ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 8% %; Dun dee and Perth, 3%; Eastern Counties, Perpetual, No. 2,1%; Edinburgh, Leith, and Grantham, 18 ; Edinburgh and Peebles, 3% %; Ely and Bedford, 2%; Glasgow and Dum fries, % ; Glasow and Ayr, 72 ; Grand Junction, Eighth Shares, 22%: Great Southern and Western, 214 ; Ditto, Extension, 10% % ; Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 84 ; Lancaster and Preston, 59%; Ditto, Three-quarter Shares, 35%; Leicester and Bedford, 1 / 4 ; Leicester and Birmingham, 335. ; Limerick and Waterford, 6% %; Liverpool and Man chester, 213 ; London and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 35% 34 ; London and Brighton, 7.514 ; London and Wind sor, I%; Londonderry and Enniskillen, 3%; London and York, 43% ; Leeds and Dewsbury, 18 3 / 4 16s. 3d. ; Leeds and Thirsk, 6% ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 4% 98s. 9d. ' • Manchester and Birmingham, 59% • ' Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 7 • Manchester and Birmingham, Continu ation, 1% • Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland, 74 ; Man chester and Leeds, 172 ; Ditto Sixteenth Shares, 9 1 % ; Matlock and Midland, 5% % ; Midland Great Western and Canal, 3% ; Midland Railway, 187 189 ,• Ditto, 40/. Shares, 29 4 ; Newcastle and Berwick, 19% ; Newcastle and Dar lington, New Shares, 364 % ' • Newcastle and Darlington, Lancashire Junction, % 1 3 s. ; Newry and Enniskillen, 3%; Newry and Warrenpoint, 188. I/. ; North British, 25%; Ditto, llalf Shares, 71. 6/. 18s. 9d. ; North Union (A), 173 ; North Wales, 51s. 6d. ; North Western, 88s. 9d. 4% • Nottingham, Erewash, and Ambergate, 465. 6d. ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 6 18s. 9d. ; Preston and Wyre, New Shares, 31/ ; Sheffield and Manchester, 129%; Ditto, Quer-. ter Shares, 17 ; Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, 9s. ; Shrews bury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 81s. 6d. ; South-Eastern and Dover, 48% ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 1, 194 % ; Ditto, No. 2, 17% 14 ; Do., No. 3, 8 3 / 4 %•, South Midland, 1% 325. ; Waterford and Kilkenny, 2%; Welsh Midland, 3% 71s. 6d. ; West Yorkshire, 3% 765. 3d. ; Worcester and Tring, 325. 335. 6d. ; York and North Midland, 114 ; Dijon and Mul house, 3s. ; Dutch Rhenish, 4%; Jamaica and South Mid land, 2 1 / 2 495. ; Lyons and Avignon, 51s. •, Northern of France (Laffitte), English, 5%;_ Ditto (Lebeuf), 2 1 / 2 ; Paris and Lyons (Laffitte), 58'. ; Verona and Ancona, 2%. DIANCHESTEE STOCK ExCHANOE, JULY 8.-The sales are -Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 9% 1 / 2 ; Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North Western Junction, 1% prem.; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool,l6% ; Clitheroe Junction, 3 9-16 %; Derby and Crewe, 2%; Eastern Counties, 21% ; Erewash Valley, 31 ;, Glasgow and Dumfries, 175. 6d. 18s. 6d. ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, Quarter Shares, % ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 84 %; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 19 18 3 / 4 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 54 ; Leicester and Bir mingham, 1 9-16 %; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Pres ton, 2% ; London and Windsor, 1%; London and York, 4 ; Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 5 1-16 1 / 8 ; Manchester and Birmingham, New Quarter Shares,? 3-16 % ; Manchester and Leeds, Sixteenth Shares, 9%; Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire, 15s. pm.; North Staffordshire, 3%; North Union (A), 172 ; Nottingham, Erewash, Ambergate, and Manchester, 18s. 9d. prem. ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 64 ; Preston and Wyre, 32 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 3 5-16 %; Preston and Wyre Extension, 2; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, 17% ex int. ; Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union, 1% ; South. Eastern and Dover, No. 1, 18% 19 ; Ditto, No. 2, 174 %; Ditto, No. 3,8%; Trent Valley Continuation and Holyhead Junc tion, 2 1-16 2 ; Welsh Midland, 3 3 / 4 11.16 ; West Yorkshire, 4 : Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union, 1 3 / 4 365. ; Newark and Sheffield, 2; Paris and Lyons (English), 2%. There are various arrivals to-day from different quarters, principally Australia and the Cape of Good Hope, but they bring nothing of prominent interest. The date from Sydney is March 18. The commercial markets were steadier. Graham's Town papers of May 1 state that the Beers conti nued to be very dissatisfied at Natal, and that beyond the Orange river the Griqua native tribes and the farmers were very much embittered against each other, and likely to have frequent conflicts unless our troops acted very decisively in favour of the Griquas. This being dividend day at the Bank of England there is a very full attendance of annuitants, and not much business is doing at present, owing to the more attractive employ ment. Consols are flatter, having been 99 to %. Bank Stock is 210 1 / 2 to 211. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 102% %. The news from Mexico to-day is considered better, and there is above half a million sterling to be invested in stock and 1,000,000/. in Exchequer-bills. The premium on the latter continues at 575. Spanish Bonds are very well supported, the Five per Cents. being 27% 1 4, and the Three per Cents. 381 %. Mexican are marked 374 %. Portuguese Four per Cents. are at 65. In Shares there is more firmness, and with a moderate bond fide business doing. ONE CLOSINu PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consels Annuities 9 9 1 /4 59% New 3% per Cents. 102%% 102% Long Annuities to estnireJan.lB6o 11A1 1 / 2 : 11 1 / 2 India Bonds, 1,000/.. Ditto under 1,0001... • South Sea Stock - - Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account ••••••• 991 A I /8 99% Exchequer Bills, 1,0004 I%d. ..-. 57 - pm. 57 Ditto 500/. . - - pm. - Ditto Small ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds •• - - Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 - 88% Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.-- . Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela lB 17 3 / Mexican, s'per Cent. 1837 37% 37% Ditto, Account 374, 37 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents - - Ditto. Account ... ........... - 33 Portuguese 5 per Cents. 8 4 3/ 84 3 / Ditto, Account - 65% Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 65 65 Russian Bonds ..... 117 3 4 117 3 / Epenish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account Ditto, Passive -6% Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Dutch, 2% per Cent . assEB929%IAW:LOCK. 621/s 99% Ditto, ( 1 31 7 Cent., A C l e p r . t i fi c A . . . . BAILWAY SIIARES C p L R O I S c I E N s t: Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush .................. 1% - Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 - Ditto % Shares - Bri'ton, Lewes, & Hast. 20 - Bristol and Gloucester... 30 . 5 .... 57 Caledonian ............... 5 ...... 10%1x,% lO l /2 Ditto Extension ...... 2%.. ... 2 3 /0A 2l Cambridge and Lincoln 1% ...... 4.V12 4% Chester and Holyhead... 10 Clydesdale Junction..... 5 ___ Direct N orthern Dublin and BelfastJunc. 2 % B l/ 8 ... . 8 Dublin and Galway..... 2 . 3 Coventry and Leic ester 11 4 - ,5/: 4- 3 3 /i Dundalk & Enniskillen 2 1 / 2 3% 3% Eastern Counties...... 14/. 165...... 21% % Ditto New ............ 4/. 16s. Eastern Union ............ 15 „„, _ - - Ditto Extension • .. I% _ 2% Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto New 1 4 Shares... 2 1 / 2 B N I /1 . - 8: /i Ely and Bedford ......... 1% ...... - Great South. and West. (Ireland) .............. 10 Ditto Extension Great Western ........... .80 205 204 ... ..... 2i'4 Ditto, Fifths ............ 20 Harwich .................. 1 ...... - Hull and 5e1by............ 50 Lancaster and Carlisle... 20 ...... 47 1 / 2 47 ..... ... 47 London and Birminghm (Stock)., 244 Do. 4 Shares London and Blackwell. 16/. 13s 4d. 9 1 /s 3/ 9% London and Brighton... 50 ...... 75J / ,y76 76 London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 22% 2 23 Do. New ............... 1 3s 4d _ . .. 14 .. ....... . Lend. & S.Western 411 6s 10d b.. Consolidated Bths 12 29 ...... - Do. New ............... 2..... 11 - • London and York ...... .. ni l 3% / - London, Salisbury, and Yeov i l ...... ... .. ..... . 2 1 A i 2l/2 Londonderry and Ennis killen 2 l, Lynn and Ely 2 53/4 % 5% Mancbetter and Birmin. 40 Do. Quarters Manchester, Buxton,and Matlock 223. 4 3% Midland 100 —.187 1 4 189 187 189 189 Do. New Midland, Birm., Derby...loo - 149 147 147 Midland Great Western _., • .. _ _ __ ( Irish) Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 ...... 54 1 4.. ....... ... .. 53 % Do. New Brandling Newcastle and B erw i c k 1 1 / 4 1 9 1,4 19% . Newry and Enniskillen. DA 3%4 3IA. North British Do. New - North Kent North Staffordshire 22s. ...... 2 L 24 North Wales .. I IA 2 34 3 3 Norwich and Brandon... 10 Oxford and Worcester... 2 1 / 6% 6 Portsmouth Direct 2 1,! — Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 Scottish Central Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2%..... 3N I / 2 ............ 31 / 2 Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union South Devon... South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 48 .• Do., No 1 8 Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 ~.... 8 3 / 1 % .......... 9 South Wales . ... 2 1 / 2 5%. • 5l/ /e I, l4 v ' e at k e h rfoLt i l d a la nd 1 ...... nd Kilkenny 2%. . . . . . 3% v, •••••••••••• • 1/ 7 /. /2 Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Yarmouth and Norwich. '2O fork and North Midland 50 112 Do Selby Do. Extension . 1% 2l 20 FOREIGN RAILWAY`- Boulogne and Amiens... 6 Great North. of France (Laffitte's) 1)o. do. (Rosamel's) 2 Jamaica Junction l% 3% 4 Do. South Midlnd. June. 1 Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... • 5 4 5 4 Namur and Liege Orleans and Bordeaux._ 4 Pans al d Lyons, Gan n eron's. Paris and Orleans Pans and Rouen Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 Verona and Ancona__ 1 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia Union of Loudon l3 COURT CD4CULAR. Th• Queen at.] i rinea Alt;ert rode o!tt on back ye.-itorday, attended by tiw Hon. Ali,: Dawson, Colonel BitAley, and Colonel Bouverie. Her njesty and the Queen of the Belgians took an airing in an open carriage and four yesterday afternoon. The Maid of Honour in Waiting to the Queen, and the Lady in Waiting to the Queen of the Belgians, followed in another carriage. Colonel Buckley, Equerry in Waitin , , was in attendance on horseback. horst Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Prince-s Royal, arid the Princess Alice, were taken airings yesterday in the royal gardens of Buckingham Patact.. Tier Majesty and Prince Albert, and their Maiesles the King and Queen of the 11,1gians, honoured the per formance at Drury-lane Theatre with their presence yesterday evening. The royal suite inelude_l Vistiountess Jocelyn, the Baroness d'Hooglivorst, Hon. Miss Staway, Hon. Miss Dawsi.n, the Earl of Morton, Col. Buckley, Col. Bouverie, and Major de Nloerki•rlie. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back, attended by Cul. Bouverie. Their. Royal Highnesses - the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George arrived at Bushy House, Bushy Park, yesterday morning, to pay a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager. A dejeune was soon t:fcerwards served to the Queen Dowager, the Ducher , s of Cambridge, and Prince George, and the Duchess Ida and the Princesses of Saxe Weimar. The Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George took their departure in the afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Marquis of Salisbury with their company at dinner yesterday evening, at his resi dere in Arlington-street. Prince Herrmann of Saxe Weimar arrived in town on Tuesday night from Bushy House, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager. Yesterday morning his Serene Highness left town for the Continent. A deputation, consisting of Sir John Rae Reid, Mr. M'Chl -ry, Mr. M'Gregor, Mr. Miligan, and Mr. Mar riott, had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Russian Minister transacted business yesterday at the Foreign•office. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Dr. Fleming and Mr. Galt had interviews with Lord Stanley yesterday. Dispatches from the Governor of the Mauritius, and also from the Cape of Good Hope, were received yes terday at the Colonial-office. PLEASURE VANS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I do hope that you will allow me the' use of a small space in your columns—open always to the expo sure of oppression—to denounce, in the strongest terms, the cruelty perpetrated on the poor horses employed to drag the pleasure (!) vans to Hampton-court, and other places. That the love of gain may induce the owners of such conveyances to overload and overtask the animals they employ, is easily understood ; but how thirty persons, and frequently more, can excerience any pleasure in being dragged by a pair of p or horses, for w hose appa rent strength the vehicle itself is load enough, and of whose sufferings they must be reminded at every step, would be a matter of surprise were it not of daily occur rence. Every feeling of humanity is outraged by the spectacle of worn-out, miserable-looking horses arriving in town, particularly on Sundays, with loads of pleasure seekers, utterly disproportioned to the strength of the animals. If there be no other means of checking this cruelty, at least let public attention and reprobation be drawn to it, and some good will result. I am far, indeed, from wishing to abridge innocent en joyments and recreations, but I confess I am desirous to see them partaken of without subjecting to such misery as he is now made to endure, the noble and useful horse. —I have the honour to be, Sir, your very obedient:ser vant, G. 31. Pall-mall, July 9. LOCOMOTIVE STEAM-ENGI'',;ES The paper read at the last meeting of the Institution of Civil Engineers was by Mr. J. G. Bodmer, M. Inst. C. E., On the advantages of working engines with high-pressure steam expansively arid at great velocities." The author based his observations upon the principle of a considerable area of piston being essential for taking advantage of the initiative impulse of highly elastic steam, in contradistinction to the idea of its percussive action, which had some time ago found advo cates. In order, therefore, to take advantage of this action, and be enabled to cut off the steam at an early period of the stroke, the piston. at short intervals, and consequently making a great number of strokes within a given time, must travel over a limited distance, that as little as possible of the heat, and con sequently of the elasticity, should he lost. It has been generally acknowledged that the action of a short crank and rapid stroke is very disadvantageous to the framing ..nd foundations of ordinary engines. Mr. Bodmer has, in con structing his compensating engines, concentrated the action and confined the strain to the crank, connecting rod, and piston rod. By this circumstance, he has been enabled to carry the expansive principle to such an extent as to deliver the steam into the condenser almost in a state of mere vapour, or within three pounds of a vacuum. The saving of fuel must, there fore, be in proportion, and must be a very considerable reduction of the actual weight of the machinery and of the coals on board steam-vessels on long voyages. The paper considered at great length the reasonings upon these prin ciples, and in tabular forms gave the comparative results of this and the ordinary engines. The peculiar construction of the compensating engines was illustrated by several models and detailed drawings, showing the peculiar action of the ex pansion valves, and the two pistons in each cylinder. The great difficulty encountered appeared to have been in the valves of the air pump, which were destroyed by the extreme rapidity of the action ; this was provided for by constructing an air pump without valves. By a peculiar arrangement of the air and water passages, it became practicable to substitute for the ordinary cover a piston travelling through a very limited space, and for the air-pump bucket a solid piston travelling the full length of stroke. The valves were thus done away with, and the action of the engine became complete. This construction has been adopted with great success on several stationary and locomotive engines, and is now being applied to marine en gines, to which it is peculiarly applicable, as it is of great im portance to be enabled to work the Archimedian screw pro peller without the insertion of bands or wheel-works. Mr. J. Woods exhibited and explained the action of Sie mens' chronometric governor. The centrifugal governor of Watt being acknowledged to be an imperfect instrument, in consequence of its inability to adjust the valve to the altered circumstances of the load of the engine, Mr. Siemens in vented the chronometric governor. The new instrument was stated to have been at work successfully for some time at Carpenter's corn-mills, Shad Thames. It consists chiefly of a heavy pendulum, which is allowed to move to a certain arc of vibration of chronometric revolutions, and it is connected with the horizontal pinion above, which therefore moves in union with it; an endless screw is geared in conta .t with the horizontal pinion, and is drawn by a constant weight in a horizontal direction ; it has therefore a tendency to produce a revolution of the pinion and pendulum. This horizontal screw must be turned by the engine at the exact velocity necessary to insure its running in gear with the pinion, driven at the constant velocity, dependent on the length of pendulum ; and should the engine succeed in turning the screw at the proper velocity no horiz , ntal move ment will take place, and the weight on the lever before-men ' riooed, continues a constant driving power, independent of the engine, for overcoming the existence of the atmosphere and the fiction of the pendulum. It the load, or the supply of power, varies, a tendency to alter the speed of the horizontal shaft im• mediatety commences, and it takes up a new position, by having travelled faster, or slower, than the pendulum and its pinion, and it retains this altered position, and consequently the ad justment of the Valve, by means of appropriate connecting levers, until the conditions of equilibrium of load arid power are again varied. The action of this governor is so sensitive, that no variation of the speed of an engine, when 40 per cent. of its load is thrown off, can be observed, for the entire change is per lormed in one-fiftieth of the revol u ti on o f t h e fly-wheel; this change absorbs or adds a portion of the momentum of the pen dulum, and slightly alters its are of vibration, the limit of which is between eighteen and twenty.one degrees, and by the laws of pendulous motion this is shown to affect th e num b er of revo lutionspanendd ulurmo thatth e amount ceases sm immediatelyal i o fonly variation t eight hine mthoem p e e r m c t e u n m t . o extreme is s a r e position s i t t o s v re velocity,. o tf c o t ih y te: perl even former condition. . _ This being the last meeting of the present session, Cir Jonx RENNIE, president, addressed the m em b ers, with congratula tions on the interesting character of th e papers read, the dis cussions at the meeting, and the very full attendance of mem bers and visitors, and impressed upon th em t h e necessity of re doubled exertions in future, in order to su pp ort a d equately the i elevated position to which the nstliution has attained. Mr. WALKER., in a speech full of kind feeling, proposed a vote of thanks to Sir John Rennie, for his devotion to the duties of president, his uniform attendance at the meetings, and the kindness and hospitality he invariably displayed to the members, collectively and individually. The ballot of the session took place, and the meeting ad journed until the second Tuesday in January of the ensuing year. COLOSSEUM, REGENT'S PARK.—The following dis tinguished persons were among the visitors to the Co losseum during the early part of the week:—Duchess o Sutherland, Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and party, Marchioness of Donegal, Marquis of Exeter, Earl and Countess of Dunraven, Earl of Uxbridge; Lords Leigh, Harrowby, Manvers, De Lisle, Carnarvon; Sherbcrne; Lady Middleton, Lady Peel and party, Lady Strad broke, Lady Canning, Mi,s Burdett Coutts, Etc. LOUISIANA SUGAR.—The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having had under consideration several applications from parties who have imported sugar the growth of Louisiana, with certificates of origin under the hand of Mr. Mure, her Majesty's Consul at New Orleans, such certificates not being in formal and regular compliance with the requirements of the statute, and their Lordships having, in these several cases, con sidered that the attention of the shippers, in all probability, had not been drawn with sufficient precision to the terms of the statute, have been pleased to permit the admission of the said sugars at the lower rate of duty, and have communicated with the Earl of Aberdeen, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, on the subject, with a request that his Lordship will make known to Mr. Everett, the American Ambassador, their Lordships' intention to require in future a strict compliance with the law. Their Lordships have therefore been pleased to direct, that certificates of origin, under the hand of Mr. Mure, being in the same form as those already ad mitted, and not otherwise objectionable, be admitted up to the close of the month of June ultimo, but that from and after the first day of July inst. a strict and regular compliance with the provisions of the law in respect thereto, will be insisted upon in every instance. This orcer is of considerable importance to the sugar trade and importtrs of the article, and has been communicated to the revenue departments of this port, Liverp..ol, Bristol, and other Forts of the kingdom, for the inforivation and government of the officers and all parties concerned. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. MANCHESTER, MovoAy.—On Saturday morning an accident occurred on the Manchester and Bolton Railway, by which one man was killed, and several others severely injured. It appears that one line of the rail has been taken up for re pairs, and that the engines at thi s particular plane have been driven to and from Bolton on the same rails. This morn i ng a lu g gage train left Manchester at an early hour, and at Ringiey, where the rails are taken up, came into collision with a down train with fearful violence. The engineer, on per ceiving the other train coming down, threw off his steam and jumped off the engine. The fireman, who was on the tender, also jumped off, but by some means missed his leap, and was thrown back under the train and was killed. In the afternoon an inquest was held on the body of the deceased, when the jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death. None of the others injured are in a dangerous state, THE CCLONIAL BANK. The Colonial Bank Prop; , --tors have received a more favourable report of the it ilierathms in the West Inches, though they have not yet received a dividend, the former losses being so heavy. The position of the bank may be expected to improve, but, at present, it is shown in the following:— The Directors now lay before the Proprietors the cus tomary staement of the debts and assets of the corpma tion, as required by the charter, made up to the 31st of December, 1844, in which is exhibited the amounts ut profit realised by the bank during the half-year ending at that period, v.z.:— _ DFUITS. X s. d. Circulation Deposits and other liabilities Paid- up capital 500,000 0 0 Profit £1,148,460 12 2 ASSETS. Specie £198,092 3 10 Due to the Bank in the Colonies on bills discounted and purchased, including those past due, but reported good 507,009 19 2 Due to the Bank in the Colonies, cash credits, and current accounts reported good 130,697 2 8 Due to the Bank in London on bills re- mitted, cash at bankers, &c 208,358 8 10 Balance of bad and doubtful debts Bank premises, and furniture in London and the Colonies 22,613 19 7 5,505 18 7 Balance of preliminary expenses £1,148,460 12 2 On reference to the last report, it will be observed that there is an increase in the balance of bad or doubt ful debts of 3,1271. 13s. 6d., which, it is proper to ex plain, does not arise from any new transactions, but has been occasioned by the colonial managers having now re ported as doubtful and bad sundry old debts which they had hitherto returned as good. A comparison of the re ports on bad and doubtful debts down to 31st December, 1844, with those to 30th June preceding, shows_the fol lowing results, viz. : An increase on bills doubtful, of X 1,516 0 6 An increase on bills bad. 2OO 5 8 £1,716 6 2 Ditto on cash credits and current accounts, doubt ful 539 16 8 Ditto ditto ; bad B7l 10 8 1,411 7 4 £3,127 16 6 Balance of bad and doubt ful debt as per last re port £83,175 13 Deduct undivided profit fur the half-year end ing June 30, 1844 10,120 7 6 73,055 6 0 Balance as above stated .C 76,182 19 6 The Directors regret that, under the circumstances exhibited in the above statements, they find themselves again obliged to recommend the Proprietors to persevere in abstaining from a dividend, and to permit the amount of profit made during the half-year end ing December 31, 1844, atter deducting all current ex- pensgs, viz. —£10,776 12 8 Less half yeally proportion of prelinii- 1.000 0 0 nary expenses £9,776 12 8 to be carried to the credit of bad and d,,ubiful debt ac count, which will reduce the balance to 66,4061. 6s. 101. The Directors bad flattered themselves they would have been enabled on the present occasion to re port an increased amount of profit as compared with that of the previous half-year ; but the sudden termination of the crop in many of the colonies at an unusually early period, by an unlooked for acces sion of bad weather, and its consequent diminution, had be effect of materially checking the bank's operations, and %f decreasing its profits, even to a slight degree be low those of the preceding six months. On a comparison, however, of the profits made during the entire year 1844 with those of the preceding year, they will be found better by upwards of 2,200/. With re erence to had and doubtful debts, the balance of that account will have been reduced by nearly 50,0001. compared with that stated to the Proprietors at the half yearly meeting held in January, I (44. It alEirds the Directors satisfaction to be able to state that since the commencement of the present year the operations of the bank in the colonies have been steadily increasing, and, they trust, without undue risk, as the transactions appear to be of a sound and satisfactory character. They consequently expect, at the next half yearly meeting, to have an improved statement to submit to, the Proprietors, as the accounts of the half year just ended, which are thus far in their possession, exhibit an increase of profit arising from the extension of business. On the whole, the Directors are of opinion the prospects of the bank are improving, and with an appearance of steadiness which leads them to hope that, with a little further exercise of that forbearance which the Proprietors have hitherto displayed, the corpora tion will surmount the effects of those adverse citcum stances under which it has laboured for some time past, and will eventually reward the Proprietors, and, at the same time, fulfil the expectations of its founders. LITERATURE. GENERAL ORDERS and RULES of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, issued by the LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR, Bth May, 1845, with Notes and Index, by George S. Allnutt, Esq., of the Middle Temple, Barrister- at-Law. _ _ The above orders come into operation on the 28th of October next ; consequently a well-arranged edition of them is absolutely requisite for both branches of the profession. Mr. Allnutt's work possesses so many ad vantages, that we cannot refrain from recommending it to . the attention of those for whose benefit it has been compiled ; and we can conscientiously say that, in the hurry of business, this little work, from its size, price, well-arranged, copious, and accurate index, and the clear, concise, and explanatory notes which are attached to it, will be found peculiarly valuable, and answer the purpose of the practitioner far better than a more elabo rate edition. THE ART-I IA lON. The Art- Union of this month contains the most elaborate, faithful, and graphic description that has yet appeared of the Anti-Corn-law Bazaar held at Covent-garden Theatre. The account is profusely illustrated with wood-cuts of the various stalls, and of the choice articles of manufacture displayed at that great national exposition. It is the authentic record of this great event in the commercial history cf this vreat commt-rcial nation, and as such should be in the hv.rlds of ev e ry one who takes an interest in the history of the development of the. industrial resources of this country. We have, in addition to this, several valuable papers on the fine arts, and wherever illus. tvation is needed there it is bestowed with no niggard hand. The present is an excellent Number of this valuable periodical. ENLISTMENT IN THE ARMY. The following excellent letter on this ,uhject has he, 1, communicated by a Correspondent well acquainted with military service The motion of Captain Liyard, for shortening the period of soldiers' enlistment to ten years instead ,:f f r life--although opposed by the Seel etary at War, and thercbv lost—will no doubt awaken many consul , ration. bearing on the subject, which may tend to the benefit and advantage of those solOicrs who, h.,virig gained a certain number of years' experience, are still, from an unconqueiable dislike to a m..itary life, desirous of re linquishing it. The great consideration, and the great difficulty of carrying out such a measure, is not so much involved in the principle set forth by the Secretary at War, as in the fact that our army is now altogether colonial, and serving at vast distances, if not in the very antipodes of -England ; and the transfer of soldiers from the central parts of India would be difficult and expen sive beyond all calculation. " The present custom of the service is for men in general to obtain their discharge on the payment of twenty pounds, under certain stipulations as to character ; and also, after a certain length of service, on the relinquishing all claim to pension. This is fair and indulgent, but would bear extension. By the time a soldier has served seven years, he is reconciled to ser vice—if he ever will be--and that is the period at which his dissent should be ascertained and admitted. Upon the procuring a good and sufficient substitute, and ing all claim upon his country for his past service, relinquis a h swell - as clearing off any expense attenda n t on the approved substitute. This would come very near the end proposed by Captain Layard, and if we mistake not, be of mutual advantage to the individual and to the country. Should the regiments to whi c h suc h men be long be on dutyin the colonies or India at the time of application, then upon the reported approval of such application, the man should be transferred to the first regiment or detachment returning to England, and for the express purpose of a regular discharge. " The Secretary-at-War, not having been bred a sol dier, must have been depend ent on some m i litary men for the opinion he has expressed ; and it is very easy to understand why colon e l s o f regiments should be jealous of losing a soldier in the very prime of his strength and efficiency ; but the true policy of such opinions are ex. tremely doubtful, and of a very narrow character. The very thought of being tree to go is an inducement to stay. No doubt the situatiCin, or present condition of soldiers. much more cared for than formerly,' but their ',dare prospects on the termination of service not so much so. The mode of entrance into, and the mode of dis , . a,ge from, the service, are both most obnoxious—a fiwitrou. bounty and a miserable pension. Toe bounty should bond file mone y, an d a complete equiptnent for surtice in the ranks without any shopping or unworthy trickery, thereby rendering the first intercourse the soldier has with his officer an apparent fraud. The pension for 21 years' service should be given under any circumstances, and increased for superior , 2,onduct. The real bounty should be found, not in the .Ulll p .1(1 at the ir.c , n.;iderate moment of enli,tment, bait ill th , , charge. Ooe discontented or bad. , pi;::e t ;::/rich will spoil the recruiting ot a ols , i,e!. 7 11 , !,tk 4111'11g have only to feel that, after s( t yi ng their enuoiry, they r e:urn to their homes b-1.1.er men and in bet:er condition than they left it. and Viet e would be no lack of voun- Wet., for the army. Notts can be more satis'ac:ory than the tr.-a , m-ht f soldier: who are sick ; i.n :c-et . i. almo.a ;anon t, that if ;c7. nitalh ~s re `.tier , ' t• ! ken cecta : n points of iTrac:l; (lotion awl I,api, win , ,ces4ary cxpoure iu bad elimatei `et by injudicious and inexperenced office"; wouid be ii t - ,;n red u ,; " A 'ew a to men i t :tve i,t-rved CJ eountly night well be Thor, a into :ho scab; tie 041% to the , pension, such as tre right of trade or shop 11114 part of the kingdom; exemption of such men as have .o'" served sewn years before their discharge from 11 " 13 1 1$ ballots, &c., &c —and finally, to prevent. if possible. return cat ,:Li soldiers in a state of rovertv to Grea t , Britatn, f tilting the wo - risons of A u ,tralta, °t he ,' nealih . ) of men who have s,lvcd 14 cam ni the end of 21 years' 57-TVICt, to settle, small grants of land from the Government." THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE' (From George Cruikshanles Tabic.Book. -A a 171 " y 1 ; $ 9 kViten waildeg the sty ets of a great city, nothing for struck us so fereinly as ihe general neglect of lze u , e n l e the preservation of lie from the rivaees of fire. is scarcely a street in Lendon but has given frighl!ts testimony to the horrors of death by 'nailing ; at' d ) b. there seems to be such un'versal apathy upon the jest, that nowhere can you find that any earnest , P er ' vering endeavours have twee tore .• to eeeere the en °Le ration of neighbours for mutuel preservation. gialature has interfered for the protection propel tire, and made the erection of party- walls co repulsorP o has done nothing for the protection of life from the 59w fearful destoer. The stree r ts y have been tunnelled from one end t° tbe f other of this great metropolis, to ensure the cord' ai b $ the in-dwellers—it was a gigantic thought to drain sue mighty city ! Water has been brought from distant place s ' fi of conveyed through conduits and pipes to the dwelli n g the most humble. Earth had to be delved, and r blasted, to effect this tremendous work 1 fell Gas, subtle and treacherous as it is, is brought sa • to our doors, even into our houses. We walk as it were upon a mine; but such WI the perseverance of man, such the triumph of k 11 90 ,4 ledge, that the mighty power is made subservient to tbe will, to be used as a blessing and a security.* 13111 4 subjugation of gas was the labour of nearly 200 ) 93 ' 1, And the conquest was worth the struggle! e etir - When such vast things have been done by Co - Or de r tion for the comfort of the commutiity, is it not wolibees ful that nothing worthy the name of exertion has t he tried for the preservation of life from fire, wheat,* means must be so insignificant in point of cost and 40 culty, although so greatly conducive to the security if that most horrible of deaths—death by fire ? We feel that in devoting the pages of the Tabk-,--11, to the consideration of this subject, we are discharg i lo duty we owe to our fellow -creatures, and, therefore, °fa no apology for the plans which we here put for r % 5 the remedy of the evil of which we complain. Our d esi e at may be imperfect or objectionable, but they rpaY s tj g,, g a ce to others better and more practicable modes of e 5 and from the horrors of conflagration.. The simples t o f surest escape is a continuous balcony erected in fO n . the upper windows of every house. This is so obv l° f of that it is unnecessary to advance one word in fav °l3 o b• the plata. We shall confine ourselves simply to the jections that may be urged against it. a to Ist. The facility that balconies are said to gia robbery. 11. To us nothing can be more futile than this objectogi° Stronger fastenings to the windows would as effecit r y secure the second or third-floor windows as j t bii and bolts do the street. door. Even well°, to objection tenable, we consider that less 15 , 13 0 be apprehended fr om the burgl a r who 'ti' the contents of a jewel-case or a drawer, o b. from that fierce assailant that devours a toan' s s s: 4 stance, and suffocates him with reekings of the (- 1 0 The destroyer which bursts into the chamber, 9 0 e tr ils, ab..ut the b e d a nd b rea th es it s sm oke int o the n° s ;ieg until the head grows dizzy. and the heart faint, l e 9 ,; i f the wretch, th us ma d e consc i ous o f it s d e solatil senee, scarcely time or thought for flight. Bewi l ey as he is, he knows not where to se, k a refuge ; unaccustomed to revert to any mewls for safety ,11 4/ - the an eatergency, has to fie m its plans, and not to °Vett execution of those often considered and relied on. o p! the balcony understood by the household to be the e 5 i ld from fire, impulse and the instinctive love of life vt' lle it generally guid e th e i nmates o f a b urn i ng house to t place of refuge. the °lr The -e plan which we annex seems to remedy djer s jeetion as originally stated, and to render fire is unnec. ssary. f r ont The-sketch represents a balcony extending in ' - ' -e , t oc° of the upper windows of a house, arid having tw° c l ifig able end., secured by a latch, and attached to VI; the which communicates with a bell. In the case of a nr ,j' v il end, being enlastened, falls to the edge of the a.„ 0 1 . 1 0 '" balcony, and at the same time rings a bell. being released falls inwards, and thus opens a con, l° „re cation with the adjoining house. The bell woul°rod vent any improper use being made of the balcony' if so constructed, would serve as an alarum. id 2d. The formation of a continuous balcony w ° , lo • impracticable where houses were of different altitu:fire In such case we would propose the erection of i.v eil Galleries," made in the form of a balcony, but P ; s oti; iron shutters between each window, in order that P e bo vlo seeking refuge might be protected from dangerq o of . , any flames issue from the adjoining windows. g Abu' twelve persons might remain uninjured for a 1 0 05 0 time in one of these fire-galleries, or until such u, the fire-ladders could be brought to their rescue. 50 0 A ladder of iron placed in the front of the 1 1011 ., s ; e ' so constructed that a person might descend betty and the wall, would also afford a safe mode of es d '` We repeat that we do not put forward these 1 1 ; p ell pre-emineutly advisable, but the Legislature that CO 700 the formation of party-walls and sew ers , oug ht t maps the erection of some such simple and effectiveo compulsory upon the landlord of every house in metropolis. As we are upon this tubject, we shall not hesita te life speak of another matter of gross neglect, where 11 1 to of woman is more particularly at stake. We a il° obli e the construction of fenders. How often is the r of eli heart wrung by statements of some glad and b ob! creature being reduced to a mass of hideousness b. e at ignition of the dress which was to have lent adornder! to, her beauty, even by the unexpected openingef. B i s bet i Could not the frequency of such calamitiesbeditul° tha by adopting some other form of construction f or ea' fender? We would suggest the introduction of a 0. • dicular ornament rising from the centre. We will now add an extract from a letter w i) ( jl4 l we have received from our worthy friend, " T he , Sailor •:" . o .be "It is a fearf u l thi ng in a di sma l an d dreary a re when the gale i s h ow li ng a b ove , an d t h e breakel' t of roatmg below, to he lashed helpless to some Ilea the m. at, or Arout, whilst the wild waves beat °P,", the suff revs, whose hopes have been driven avkitY„",,i are threatened death that appears inevitable. Dreao ;- l ico the feelings as the ship writhes upon the ro h ck o s rr r .bci l e e i to grind her stout timbers to mere powder— witnesS the - raging of the ocean as it seems to d' 4l ,ets' mock, ry the cries of the despairing crew and paoe l3 ' ' Alas I from thence there's no retreating.' The f,lep lutist be their coffin, rind the bill' vq - ; ,: ir ce`" their eatery grave. Thoe s who have not fif e such visitations, can never form an adequate itlett -e s , at to horrors th rush out of the - blackness of dark°, e , ; 1 •1 6 tortiite the spirits of t h e afflicted, as they bell°l'a fe o one, and then anoth er , was h e d awa y, an d, fa ,do?' seconds, struggli ng i n t h e w hi te f oam o f t h e s ea air the destruction that ensues, Even should the ol v rt be tine when a wrec k ta k es pl ace —i t ma y be s" - 4 ilt storm—or, striking on the rocks that the leak 13 ' 3) 4 overwhelm the sinking - craft in sill loth water --4114 :hrie.,' twony is the sam e — ar id, ~h ! t o h e '. r th e pi e r. jog '„ as the lost death-p ang se p arates ti me f rom etertiDP thrilling sounds are nev er to In. forgotten. t t ecu " Now, much of this might be prevented, and °lil a%) t/ .. 5 by the, simplest m• ans. The Chinese are far h elc c ficP in this matt e r. When their large j n d unk, go to st 3 *. i al passenger takes his own merct , andise under his I— t hd diate care ; a n d it i s r a r e ly, if ever lt,own, 11131 „b , 5 4 neglect to carry with th e m th ree pi ec , s of wont havoof formed into a kind of triangular seat ; sometiole . b piog have four pieces fixed in a square. These -tai° , wilt not only float, but will also great weight ; and a f r i, li d assure d us that 1 „ 104 eye-witness to the wreck cf one 'of these, eg o' junks, when crew and passengers clapped these P i bamboo round their bodies under their arms, aci d .s 1) ,„' themselves into the fickle waves. The burning hi s c lll " the sun came down with fierce intensity 4 bu t i Chinaman was prepared even for that. Like the everlasting umbrella was at hand—it was Pr °- " T iog hoisted, and away they went for the shore, con v i e :‘ ,"ro o as freely as the noise would admit; and truly hir so tii Was their appearance, resembling a fleet of g l i ., g o - t mushrooms broke adrift from their mooringsr" -- were saved. e sti " And what does this simple contrivance 5, 11 %011' The facility of preserving life. Let every . el l ' e a :ore ; board our ships b e ma d e o f a thoroughly floating °" 03 - chairs, stools, tables, mattresses, aid boats. Nay' row' —every indi v id ua l, ma l e an d f ema l e , s h o uld 1° Of, themselves, the men with waterproof waistcoa ts ' u de/ ladies with p e l er i nes , w hi c h m ay b e blown and disteoreo by the breath. We have seen some of this kind ~ibex „, with black satin, that look quite handsome; en u ' b ie , their uses are taken into consideration, invalo ° c ot/ the time of peril. When we hear of the niel°l o , 'occurrences that have taken place in steam- h°, ° COO r would ask, why are they not all constructed 1 ° t tb B partments with double bottoms, and especially most probable point of collision—the bows ? deed, a matter for serious contemplation." th e We We trust that none of our readers will cons l ;,t small space which we have devoted to this subr - d th e misapplied—imperfectly as we feel we have exee°,,, te e 0 1 ; task thus voluntarily undertaken : but having t "f e rre", vantages of illustration at command, we have r e vvily the risk of disappointing a few of our good frich&.' net ir" look to our p ages f or m i rt hf u l sentences a l o ne, to 1 . 4 )(0 ring the self-reproach of havin maintained silence ;Joie a subject which we feel to be im g portant, as affeet,l l)l •o o good of many of our fellow-creatures, and whieD,leci' not have Been so clearly putTorward without theb‘, da - tion oF our pencil. G. nd°° *lt is calculated that the co ; sumption of gas 1 ;0 0 ' amounts to eight millions and a half cubic feet every t be fou r rs. About 1660, Dr. Clayton first made coal-gas , W id bi e c r. btu -d - Xll hot-- *wicked a blfiu turned as it came from swat notes pricked in See " Notes taken during the late War in Chin' Captain Cutaway. —Table-Book, p. 91. a Ho; ) 11 ,4 1 ,.. s (5 1' Firm --1 Prince rt, I, , iningen have arrived at Vienna. lAN Et-Wolof,. II f, VIIILE A r A Lion has been o,,ened in this town for the relief of the thoU674 persons whose property and homes have been destroyed bY doff , astrous tire at Queoec. Hitherto, however, no public Prc)c,,,cepatbij hate been taken here to excite an enlarged and general with our suffering fellow suijocts or to swell the fun d se e , ' amount beyond that which can be expnted from the t• lutr , e y i e of a sith•cription-sneet. The total amount subscribe d Na- - change uews-r,oin up to this evening, wan 7901.--- Ga.:weans. `p`. Town Pl.. 411 d Ruff. Fifty Pot tal. and Fie Sweepsta ttiote 1:::: irri'‘' l, A WIN' sr NEIST"•,; Meat h Th e hao : thi. °t he rao; 4 : 4. as a failu r "ad, till° , •. ir ""Y in their '''. l 'n* , Gus i !I :T . was t,,1 th e 0 ro t " ro - i),.s i I, on L ~ ' te6c. :, !1.._ lei and t h I ;''.g ' e ''t' ' 41 a gof,d 501., for 9'tlib'lr.•.' of T 4 1 .. • Nlr, r o Col one f le 3 'DI on Th e g nu A t ' l .l r, 11I r. } ,Tgrai !.Id 'rn; T • 11, t _ '1) ir Nt arr u 1 a , Ey: l '; 5 Ansi ! : n g, wi t h in e s Ain she. th,!,' "Jinni le st , e : 1 Col:eavl r e e r r t ( a c ' Yrs 0 1 (1 1 , r • tuck' t T i T e _, It r. The ; kr. CT‘mr(eTe' Trees' 430 r . Coll The NVno.rct T declar ito mil. , : Coll et Mr. ongle. keikli +tr. Ctilin' IS - 0 race I B 1 but r,!itt. 4uter a k en) t lagst Li At (; 0 ,„ L. b n , t 1 'Aiken) St, fßfit ' e 0 I agTitst 4St Par. THE S rN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, R JULY 10, 1845. I