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tion with a constable who was in plain clothes, when the Prtsouer came up and said," That is Kiddy Harris, a d—d perjun-d scoundrel; he has sworn away many men's lives." Mr. COMBE—liad you said anything to him? Harris —Not a word, your Worship. He continued calling me names until a mob of 30 or 40 persons came about me, to whom he pointed me out as a d—d perjured scoundrel, and I then told him that if he did no go away I would certainly take him to the station-house. He refused, and I therefore took him into custody. Peck, the other con stable, had several times told him to go about his busi ness, as I had spoken to him before I interfered with him. Mr. COM BE (to the prisoner)—You may ask the w ness any question. Prisoner—Now, Mr. Kiddy Harris, have you recovered yet from the Wow you swore I gave you? Mr. COMBE.—What does he mean by Kiddy Harris? That is not his name. There was a man of that name hanged at the Old Bailey some years ago, I think. Waddington, the gaoler, said there was, and explained that the term "Kiddy" was slang for thief, &c. Mr. CoMBE then told the defendant that he would not permit him to question Harris in such a manner. Defendant (to witness)—Well,l will now ask you, Mr. Harris, whether you have been rewarded for the perjury you committed against me? Mr. ConßE—l will not allow you to insult the witness. Defendant (violently)—But I have a right to ask him. Mr. COMBE—You shall not put questions which are insulting and have no reference to the charge. Defendant—Then I can tell you all is a mockery and a farce. Mr. CoMBE—You may ask him anything bearing on the charge, but I will not allow you to speak in such a way to the witness. Defendant—Well, then, I have done, and I repeat it is a mockery and a farce. George Peek, 71 G, said he was with the last witness when the prisoner addressed him, saying," That's Kiddy Harris, the d—d perjured scoundrel." He (witness) re quested him to move away, bat he persisted in his con duct, saying he would do no such thing, adding that he was a d—d villain, and be would annoy him as long as he lived. Mr. COMBE (to defendant)—Do you wish to say any thing to this witness? Defendant—No, after the manner in which you have interrupted me. Mr. CoMßE—Have you any remark to make to the charge? Defendant—l shall ask nothing, and say no thing mere; do what you like. Mr. Cons—Then I order you to pay 10s., or be im prisoned a month in the House of Correction. He was then conducted to a cell, and in the course of the day was conveyed in the- police van to the House of Correction. NEW, ENLARGED, AND CHEAPER EDITION. With the Omitted Passages Restored, numerous additional Notes, awl a General Index. Now ready, complete in 5 Tots., with Illus trations, 10s. 6d. each bound, pEPYS' DIARY and CORRESPONDENCE. Illustrative of the REIGNS of CHARLES IL and JAMES IT. Edited by LORD BRAYBROOKE. " The most remarkable production of its kind which has ever been given to the world."—Edinburgh Iteview. " A work of standard importance in English literature." — Athenaeum. Henry Colbarn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND KXTRA .Nlolll' It is respectfully announced, that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT will take place THIS EVENING, When will be presented (the first time these two years) Donizetti's LA. FNMA DEL REGGIMENTO, Marie, Mai'erne Sontag; Sulptzio Sergente, Signor F. Lablache; Corporale, Signor Ferrari ; Tonio, Signor Gardoni. After which a Divertissement, in which Madlle. Carlotta Grist and Madile. Amelia Ferraris will appear. To be followed by Gnecco's celebrated Opera Buffa, entitled LA PROVA D'ITN OPERA SERIA. Carllia, Madame Frezzolini ; Frederico, Signor Calzolari ; Cam panone, Signor Lablache. To conclude with a Divertissement, entitled LES DELICES DU SERIAL. Principal Dancers Madlie. Amelia Ferraris, Madame Petit Stephan Mesdames Rosa, Julien, Lamoureux, and Aussandon; and M. Charles A new grand Pas, entitled " L'Aogovienne," by Madile. Amelia Yerraris and Madame Petit Stephan, and in which la Senora MAR TINEZ, surnamed the Black Malibran, who will sing some of the characteristic airs of Spain and the Havannah. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. EXTRA NIGHT. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed with the following powertbl cast, Meyerbeer's grand Opera, LE PROPHETE, Fides, Madame Viardot (tbe original represeatative of the part at the Grand Opera in Paris) ; Bertha, Madame Castellan (the original representative of the part at the Grand Opera in Paris ; Jean of Leyden, Signor Mario ; Count °bertha!, Signor Tag'Jaffee; Sergeant, Sginor Lavia ; Peasants, Signori Rommi and Soldi ; Giona, Signor taralti; Maithisen, Signor Polonini ; Zaccaria, Herr Formes. The Choir in the grand Coronation Scene in the third Act will _ combine the powers of a fall Orchestra, the Military Bands, the Chorus, and Organ. The incidental Ballet in the Skating Scene will be supported by M. Alexandre and Madile. Louise Taglioni (as danced by them at the Grand Opera at Paris), and comprises the celebrated quadrilles des Patineurs. Composer, Director of the Music, and M. Costa. The Performances will commence at night o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Ender the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be produced a new Domestic Drama, entitled THE EMI (IRE'S DAUGHT. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Boyce 0. Smith, Wright, Cullenford, ; Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Fitz- liner which a new Terpsicorian Burlesque Entitled ESMERALDA- Characters by 3lesssrs. 0. Smith, Wright, Y. Bedford ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with a new and original Farce, in the Vulgar 'ongue, to be called JACK IN THE GREEN ; or, Hints on Etiquette. FRENCH PLAYS.—sT. JAMEws THEATRE. Eighth Appearance of Madlie. RACHEL. TO-MORROW EVENING, The Entertainments will commence at Eight o'cloek, with Conieille'g celebrated Tragedy of POLYEUCTE MARTYR. Pauline, Madlie. Rachel. To conclude with a new Comedy, entitled LE MOINEALT DE LESBLE. I.esble, Madlle. Rachel. Boxes an.l Stens may he secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; and at. the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPLUTHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Ratty. The best ventilated Theatre in London. Mr: Batty begs to. Inform his patrons that the Tournament at Vaux hall does not interfere with the amusement at Astley's, as the com pany leave the Gardens at Six, to enable them to open at Seven, at Astley's every evening. Crowded /louses to whiles,' the attractive and magnificent Spectacle of Maaeppa, which, with brilliant novelties in the Wonders of the Arena, form the most varied and attractive Entertainments in the Metropolis. THIS EVENING, Will be produced Lord Byron's gorgeous Spectacle of MAZEPPA and the WILL) HOUSE. I'o be succeeded by an inimitable Display of Batty's Feats of Squftatlon in the Moue Olyrnpique. To conclude with THE LONDON CARRIER. Box-office open From Eleven till Four Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Lade/ the Patronage of her Moat Gracious Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. OPEN every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and . THURSDAY. Re-Engagement of M. JULLIEN, VISIT OF THE NEPAULESE AMBASSADOR. , . TO-MORROW EVENING A Special Performance, by deities. and under the Patronage of the Nepaulese Ambassador, his Brother.atid Suite, who will honour the Gardens with their presence. M. Jullien has composed a new Quadrille for the occasion, dedicated to his Excellency, which will be performed for the first time this Evening. A new and appropriate Oriental Device; by Southby, for this Night only. The new Irish Quadrille, the " Hibernian," composed by M. Julllen. " The Derby Galop," composed expressly for these Gardens, is one of the most saccessful of Monsieur Jullien's compositions, and in consequence of the nightly encore, will be repeated till further ' notice. The Grand Ghorka . March, performed for the first time before the Nepaulese Ambassador. Prodigious Success of the entirely new-modelled Dioramic Pic ture representing the PASSAGE of the ALPS by Napoleon and his Army ! the largest Picture in the World! with innumerable moving • Figures the size of lift. Modelled, painted, and produced by Mr. . Denson and Son, assisted by Messrs. Adams, Wilson ; tee. &c. The Plefure has occupied the Messrs. Denson for many months, and it is confidently submitted to the Public as a chef-d'oeuvre of art,,and not inferior to any production of the day. The Splendid MENAGERIE has lately been enriched by several 'Valuable Presents from the Queen. • The Musical Department will be conducted by Mons. Jullien and Mr. Godfrey. It Will be the aim or the Establishment to offer for the gratification of. the Subscribers- and the Public, the most Splendid Military Band in the Kingdora.! ! Selected from the Bands of her Majesty's Horse and Foot Guards, and the most eminent Artistes in the profession. • . The toilownig Hat of engagements will, ft is hdped, convince the Public, that,the long-acknowledged excellence of the Band Of this Establishment will be Nil) maintained I The Repertoire of Music Will. be most extensive and varied, arranged from the most Popular Operate in thit and other countries- Solo-Players—Messri. Koenig, Lazarus, Prosperre, Celiac; Pratten, Jarrett, Sonnenberg, Sommers, and Wintertiotham. During the eVening a grand Colossal, Scenic, and Pyrotechnic Tablesn illustrating the ceteerated Picture by David, of Buonaparte • Crossing the .Ups! Showing a general view of the Region of the Alps, stretching from the small 'mountain lake in the foreground to the &Stant snow-clad mountains, erown-d by the stupendous Mount St. Bernard and Its: far-tamed Monastery. A portion of the Wrench Army la first seen "en bivouac," presently the drums beat to arms, and amid the clash of Metter,. Banda and Martial Music, the Troops commence the Ascent-The Soldiers are aeon dragging the Artillery in Trunks of Trees, now ascending almost Perpendicular Heights, and traversing the most Terrific Ravines, but all difficulties are overcome, nd the Gallant Army is seen pursuing Its course to the Fertile lain sof Italy. ' ' The Whole' to conclude with a Gorgeous Display of Fireworks, by Messrs. Southby, introducing, amongst various novelties, the most , cdruired feint a'artifiee or former seasons, jets Wean, water rockets, revolving,pieces, a. ntagnltteeat Transparency fifty feet in height, ' ' painted by Messrs. Denson, representing Buonaparte on Horseback cheering on big 'META, surrounded by warlike emblems, insignia of honour, flags, trophies, &c., amidst a corruscation of various coloured ,The complicated and difficult machinery, and the erection of the picture under the direction of Mr. Thos Lowe. The extensive gas fittings by Messrs. Ilutcherby and Dixon, 23, King-street, CoVent rardeu. On TITESTJAT, July t ) .3, the Royal South London Floiicultnral Floeiety will hold their Third Grand Miscellaneous Flower Show, on which occasion an extra Brass Band, with all the other attractions of the Gardens. Doors open at One. , ' Admission. Is. • LAMP-LIGHTING BY ELECTEICITY.—AS many of our readers may recollect, we some time ago suggested means for simultaneously lighting, and subsequently for extinguish _ tag, the gas-lamps of a whole town or district, the lighting to be effected by galvanic action, and the extinction by the erectro-magnet, arranged in the same apparatus, so as turn off *1 well as turn on the gas. In quoting the following par , Oculars by the Paris correspondent of the Times, We think it.,,, worth while noting these preliminary facts :—" A rapid nd icientifie mode of lighting and extinguishing public ,t Etteburners has been invented by a person named Villatte. Tjui opening of the burner of each lamp is covered with a , of soft iron, mounted upon a binge. In connexion with this is, a wire extending- from a galvanic battery the entire lee•gth of the service of the gas-lamps, and'clese to tt,e orifice of each burner is a small slip of platina. The 'sect iron, becoming a magnet when acted upon by the electric fluid, opens or closes the orifice according to the motion imparted to it ; the "plating Ignites when it is neces sary to light the lamps; and thus every lamp in a large town may be lighted simultaneously, or extinguished in the same way by a different action on the magnetized iron."— , Builder. • • CHINESE FIREWORES.—A vessel, which has just - arrived in the 'locks from Canton, has brought several cases of fireworks as a portion of her cargo, consigned to order. --Che importations from that quarter are now much more • various than was formerly the case, but this appears to be a novel arrival frow the Chinese empire. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1850. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins - DAY —Morning 55 min. after S I Evening 27 min. after 9 To-lioiaow— Morning 52 rain. after 9 I Evening 32 min. after 10 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JULY IS. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHAI)E. 74—highest since noon yesterday. 62—lowest this morning and during the night. 70—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30.04. the million the duty of evincing their gratitude to great public benefactors before their words of homage and sentiments of affectionate recognition fall unheeded on " the dull, cold ear of death." We are solicitous that the almost simulta neous lamentations which are rising up around us from so many different classes and professions should inspire society at large with a greater readiness to acknowledge before it be too late the services ren dered to the world by the great and good, the bene volent and intellectual. According to an old adage of such universal ap plication that it has become proverbial in all languages —" No man is a prophet in his own country." With equal accuracy we might say that no man is great to his own generation. Before any resplendent mind can be duly appreciated it must have passed through the alembic of dissolution. It is as if we refused to recognise the beauty of any architectural master piece until such time as it should have partially crumbled away, or until it should be partially clothed with the ivy of sepulchral recollections. Undoubtedly there are divers exceptional instances which might be adduced of men whose glory has been seen and reverenced before their beams have been multiplied and refracted by the haze of the tomb, before their sun has sunk below the horizon of life, before their names have been sanctified by an apotheosis of intel lectual immortality, and the splendour of their careers illumined by the everlasting sunset of memory. It was so with AROUET, when in his eightieth winter he was borne triumphantly from the theatre on the shoulders of the Parisians. It was so with the monk of Vaucluse, when he was crowned with bay leaves in the capitol. It was so with the Stagyrite when honoured with the friendship of the Macedonian conqueror. But in the vast majority of cases it has been deplorably otherwise. Insomuch so that we have lingered with a sense of consolation over those ejaculations of egotism through which we fancy we may recognize the self-consciousness of greatness on the part of the most illustrious. With this feel ing of joy the student of HOZACE may exult over the vanity and ostentation perceptible at times amidst the music and pomp of his epicurian verses ; while a similar emotion of plea sure may be derived from the self-laudatory phrases audible at intervals among the melodious sonnets of SHAKSPESE• " And you too, BOUBRIENNE, you too will be immortal 1" "How so, General ?" " How ? —Are you not my secretary ?" It is not always thus, however. Genius, the truest genius, is as re markable for its humility as for its inspiration. Nor would we have it otherwise. The child-like simpli- city accompanying the loftiest order of intellects en dears to the hearts of mankind what must otherwise be the subject of a cold and awful veneration. It is consequently pleasant to hear of the great VERELA➢d'S almost infantine fondness for the flowers of the field and the garden. Hence also, humanity loves to think of NEwToN (of that wonderful NEWTON of whom POPE wrote— " Nature and Nature's laws lay bid in night, God said 'Let Newton be !' and all was light;") according to the shape in which he depicted him self, namely, as a child picking up pebbles on the shore of the infinite ocean of Truth. A congenial simplicity of character is observable among the more conspicuous traits of perhaps the most extraordinary philosopher now living, a peculiarity which, not less than the depth and scope of his wisdom, entitles him to the fulness of contemporary admiration. Neither, we repeat, would we by any means have it otherwise What we acknowledge ourselves solicitous to behold assuming a different position is, not the estimate in which the illustrious benefactors of humanity hold themselves, but the estimate i❑ which they are held by their contemporaries. We would see the State elevating its own character by acts tending less to what might be called the reward than to what should be more appropriately termed the re cognition of genius. We would see the re cognition manifest itself substantially before the death of these distinguished ornaments of all classes and of all professions. It was the glory of the magnificent LORENZO (as it was that, more or less, of all the MeDims) that from his princely mu nificence, the painter and the sculptor, the poet and the architect, derived solace and encouragement. It is not less honourable to say of the most extraordinary man of modern and perhaps of ancient times, that he was the friend of TALMA and CANoVA, than to record of him that he constructed the road of the Simplon and compiled the Code Napol6on. Why cannot the Government of England in its popular form, and as the expression of free and popular institutions, by thus fostering genius in all arts and in all professions, emu late the glory of NAPOLEON the Great and of LORENZO the Magnificent ? We should then hear somewhat less frequently of great minds perishing in poverty, and almost in destitution. We should see the cares of a public benefactor solaced and his sufferings as suaged, instead of seeing his exertions recompensed by the tardy homage of an epitaph and a monument. His powers might then be celebrated more frequently by the household gods, and less frequently by the funereal divinities : while the national sentiments of approval would find a more agreeable expression in the words of gratitude than in those only of grief and lamentation. Must these things always remain as hitherto ? Is genius doomed for ever to misfortunes ? Are the good and the great to receive only a crown of cypress in death, and to be passed by with merely petulant depreciation when living? A change might readily be effected, and such a change is due to the humanity, the generosity, and the munificence of England. ATTEMPT OF THE UNKNOWN CHARTIST TO ESCAPE FROM THE CITY PRISON. This forenoon shortly before twelve o'clock a daring attempt to escape was made by the Chartist prisoner, who has just been sent to the City Compter from the Guildhall Police-court, for failing to find securities for him to keep the peace towards her Majesty, her Ma jesty's Ministers, and her subjects for the space of twelve months. It will be remembered that the prisoner in questio❑ hoisted to no small extent of his being a deter mined Chartist, and that he always abstained from giving his name, address, or occupation. It appears that he has been in the prison about a week, and during that period he has behaved himself very well. Yesterday, however, he commenced haranguing his fellow-prisoners whilst at dinner upon the Charter and its six points, and advised them to work strenuously on their liberation for its attainment. Ills place of contiLement was in the second floor of the right• hand wing of the prison, in that portion nearest Newgate street. The window of his cell looked into Giltipur street, and was about thirty•fise feet from the ground. The prisoner had succeeded in removing ta o squares of glass from his cell window, and as on the point of re moving the middle bar, when he was noticed by those passing below. An alarm was instantly given at the door of the prison, and messengers sent up to prevent him carrying his scheme into execution. When they reached his cell they found a leather hag, something like those used by tho Post-office fur newspapers, attached to a long piece of strap, with which, no doubt, be intended to let himself down. When he discovered that he was found out he grasped the iron railings at the window of his cell and delivered a very touching appeal to those be low. He swore that he was wrongfully imprisoned, and j would one day be avenged. It required three men to remove him from the gaze of the spectators, who could not have numbered less than 500. The excitement was very great. DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY AND THE COURT FROM TOWN FOR TILE SEASON.—(THIS DAY.)—The Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince j,rin Consort, ces ac companied by the Prince of Wales, the Alfred and Arthur Patrick, and the Princesses Royal, Alice, Helena, and Louisa, and attended by the Countess of Desart (Lady in Waiting), the Hon. Miss Paget (Maid of Honour), the Hon. Colonel Gordon (Equerry to the Prince) and the Muter of the Household (Major. General Bowles). left. Buckingham Palace this afternoon, escorted by an officer's party of the 16th Lancers, for the I s l c2 i i n dvve e erd l e ''. i l gw to ni s ta ' hn S dt t h a f t ea i m en ui , lsyu w at h ol ere a special train of the STith- N s Vestern Railway was in readiness to convey the in a tc l e r Welch,kl* e i n attended he F G u h r o° b y ns : P l nu t t h r r r i t. :l al a E t Y 1 Hert fi t a n i ee Royal Majesty t c ( e i ew i r s p lY C s a l o t r m r c ed h - : brat fur East Cowes, en route to (.borne. The Leopoldtrif,u,- par , t , y t of course w ando u r n i n g. Saxe Coburg and the Counts Mensdorti have closed their visa t o r herwere i n a lt dtlie:2Bl: .Majesty,ret u rnit'orintheee continent. COLOMECNI AND CYCLORAMA .--The following dis tinguished persona visited the Colosseum during the last CountessaLlt. Lady du n i o of a s hr ew s party,- M a r k s e Lord week :—Countess of Lichfield andparty, bury and party, Lady Grenville, I.ord Lord Sudeley and party, Lady Wilaen Vivian and party, Lady Ros., lion. ..r.'II. and Y L a dy Hoed and party, lion. Mr. ant Mrs. Gage, Lady. Tracy:..t, Lady rahner, Lady party and party, Sir H. and Lady '.e : Lam bert, Mrs. Hind and party, &c. THING AND REIGATE RAlLWAY.—Yesterday the Master in Chancery Dowdeswell placed on the list of contri butories, as liable to pay oil debts, the majority of the forty two members of the provisional committee to this company m pr a u d v e ed p i a n y e m y e id n e t ze, of their having acted, or given guarantees to bsointntilieledert:rli consents,behalf as f 0 f the company. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. `We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. They all comment on the remarkable speech of General LAMORICIERE, delivered on Tuesday just before the close of the discussion of the Law on the Press. The General in the course of his speech thus described the parties into which France is divided : There were two great parties there present: one, when the day of revising the constitution would arrive, would propose legitimacy, surrounded with coustitutioeal institutions—would it not? " Several Voices—Yes! " General DE LAmorircurir, continuing —And the other would propose the Monarchy with republican in stitutions springing from the revolution." After stating that he himself preferred the Repub lican form of government but that all wished for liberty and parliamentary government, the General thus proceeded to warn the Assembly against the machinations of the Imperialists :—" Let nut the As sembly come to the assistance of a party which neither wished for those who thought, who spoke, or who wrote, and which had excited a war, which he re gretted, between the press and the tribune, and which wishing to have neither one nor the other, had placed them in presence in order to get rid of them both.— (Prolonged applause on the Left.) That party would, on the day of the revision, propose the Empire, but the Empire without its genius, its grandeur, and its glory." This denunciation, which seemed to give utter ance to the thoughts of almost all present, was re ceived with a triple salvo of cheers from all parts of the Assembly. The Genera 1 proceeded, "It is im possible to imagine a greater humiliation for France." Again he was interrupted for some moments by ve hement cheering; when it had subsided he thus con cluded the most telling speech that has been ever delivered in the Legislative Assembly of France : " Beware, then, lest you labour for that party. The day of the revision of the Constitution, that party will be in power, it will be armed with all those laws which you have so imprudently given it, and may it please GOD that you may not have to repent having given them ; for everything that you have done, or that you may do against liberty, will on that day be turned against yourselves. M. BartoczE, who was totally unprepared for this attack, merely observed in reply, that the period for revising the Constitution would not arrive for 18 months. He thus left the honour of the sitting en tirely to General LAMORICIERE. The Ministry is very weak in debating power, there is not a single man who can improvise a reply. The Journal des Debats thus speaks of the passing of the law of hatred against the press : ..... " We were preparedfor this result: what we said of the Bill during thr discussion we persist in saying after the vote. The Bill is destined to strike not only the bad press but the good one. Let the enemies of liberty triumph; they have attained their end. During fifty years the press has passed through many regimes, more or less hostile. For the first time during fifty years the ene mies of every colour have discovered the secret of its strength and its power, and they have believed that they struck it to the heart in striking it is its collective organization. The instinct of hatred has served them well; they have not failed in their blow. Yes, the law which has just been voted is perhaps the most fatal blow which has been given to the liberty of the press during the last fifty years. The Republic will have the glory of having accomplished the work of destruction before which the worst reoimes had recoiled. There were not as yet sufficient ruins accumulated about us ; to the ruin of the institutions which fur thirty years have constitu'ed the prosperity of our country, the Republic will have the honour of adding the ruin of the press, the ruin of that liberty which in better days was respected as the most vital of our liberties. That which M. Ledru Rollin and Pascal Duprat had dreamt of in the days of their power, MM. de Tieguy and de Laboulie will cave the honour of having ex ecuted. MM. de Tinguy, de Laboulie, and the majority of the Legislative Assembly have merited well of their country. ,Now that the blow is struck, we will not be so weak a 3 to complain or give in our resignations. The answ.:r would be' So much the better, that is what we wanted.' No, wo will continue to exercise as much of our rights as are left; we will fulfil our mission to the end. We know what wo owe to ourselves, to our cause, to our principles, to the traditions which our pre decessors have bequeathed to us. The law which wounds us in our rights, in our legitimate interests, we will exe cute it legally and without evasion; we will not attempt to elude it in anything. We have been allowed two months to conform to the prescriptions of our new code; in two months we shall be ready. The editor of the Pouvoir, M. AUGUSTE LAMAR TINIERE, has engaged M. CHAIX D'ESTANGE to de fend him at the bar of the Legislative Assembly on Thursday. PARIS BOURSE, JULY 17.—Latest prices : Five per Cents., 96f. 15c.; Three per Cents. 57f. 95c..; Bank of France, 2,330 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. JULY 17. _ _ _ _ _ Boulogne and Amiens, 74i—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 144, ex in.—East Indian, 7:!A ex in.—Namur and Liege, 7—Northern of France, 14 1 ,4 ex in. and ex. div.— Orleans and Bourdeaux, 23g ex in.—Paris and Rouen, 23 1 4 —Tours and Nantes, 41% ex in. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 12th have arrived. There have been violent quarrels between the KING, CHRISTINA, and NAItVAEZ, on the subject of the title of Prince, proposed to be conferred on the latter. CHRISTINA demands the same title for her husband and his children, and this the KING-CON SORT refuses. Madrid. The Duke de Rivas has declared to the Nea politan Government, that he was determined to remove from the gate of his hotel the arms of his sovereign, and to demand his passports, if the marriage was concluded. Will this incident lead to the definitive abandonment of the marriage? The general opinion is that it will not; and if, as there is reason to believe, this marriage is de cided upon in the mind of the King, after a certain time given fur the exchange of explanations, it will take place. War cannot arise out of it, and tno relations existing between the two powers, exchanging appear ances of friendliness for those of coolness, will vary in form without varying in the groundwork." The Conservatore of Florence, of the 10th, quotes a letter from CivitaVecchia, stating that to judge from the fortifications erected by the French in that port, it would seem they were to occupy that position long after the evacuation of Rome. Independently of the cannon placed in the forts of Bicchiere and Michael Angelo, they have erected works on the land side as if they expected a siege. Between the Porta Ro mans and Porta Corneto, they have crowned the bastions, with a double row of gabions, and also placed gabions on the town-side. Captain BEnam....Ea of the navy, has taken the command of the port. A large number of French non-commissioned officers, picked from various regiments, have arrived at CivitaVecchia to undertake the drilling of the Pontifical troops. Cardinal VANNICELLI CASONI, Archbishop of Fer rara, left Rome on the 6th, for his diocese of Ferrara. General KALBERMATTEN, Minister of IVar at Rome, his issued a notification, dated the 6th, in which he announces that his HOLINESS has ordered the creation of a police force of 8,000 men, divided into four legions. He adds that a number of picked men, who have seen service in other carps, have al ready been enrolled for the purpose, and invites young volunteers to present themselves for enrolment. The members of the Chamber of Deputies of Turin have been specially summoned to attend the sitting of the 15tIs. It is believed the royal decree of proroga tion will be read on that day. LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK. (THIS DAY.) The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders in the London Joint Stock Banking Company was held this morning, at the bank in Princes -street, Mansion house,; Mr. Taylor, chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. The advertisement convening the meeting, and the minutes of past meetings having been read, the following, being the twenty-sixth, report, together with the ac counts of the bank, were submitted to the proprietors. By the accounts which the directors have the pleasure of rendering to the shareholders on the present occasion, it Kill be perceived that the net profits realised by the bank during the six months ending the 30th June last, amount to 26,939/. 18s. 11d., which after the appropria tion of 18,0001. to payment of the half-yearly dividend at the rate of 6/. per cent. per annum, will leave a balance of 8,9391. 18s. I Id. undivided profit to be dis posed of at the end of the year. The dividend, free from income-tax, will be payable on and after Friday, the 26th inst. LIABILITIES AND ASSETS, ON THE 30TH JUNE, 1850, THE LONDON JeINT STOCK BANK. X. S. d. Dr. To capital paid-up, viz., 60,000 shares at 10/. each To amount due by the Bank To amount of " the guarantee fund," 31st December, 1849 £132,723 3 8 To six months' interest en ditto. •at 31. per cent. per annum ... ... 600,000 0 0 ...2,908,149 4 10 1,990 16 11 134,714 0 To amount carried to profit and loss ac count ... ... 48,495 16 5 3,691,359 1 10 Cr. s. d. By Exchequer-bill:, India Bonds, &c. 637,111 15 4 By bills discounted, loans, and cash... 3,026,497 6 6 By building, furniture, Sze., in Princes-street £lB,OOO 0 0 By ditto ditto ditto in Pall-mall 9,750 0 0 27,750 0 0 £3,691.359 0 10 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT OF TEE LONDON J ANT STOCK BANK, FOR THE HALF-YEAR ENDING 30TH JUNE, 1850. Dr. To current expenses, proportion of building expenses, directors' remune ration, bad debts, income-tax, &c To amount carried to profit and loss, new account, being rebate of interest on bills discounted not yet due . To dividend account for the payment of half-a-year's dividend, at the rate of 61. per centum per annum, upon 600,0001., amount of paid-up capital upon 60,000 shares To balance, being undivided profit for the half-year E. d 14,393 11 5 Cr. By balance brought down 7,227 6 18,000 0 0 MONE Y and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The Cotton Market at Liverpool was steady, and a good bu :mess was done, the sales being estimated at from 18,000 to 20,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken for export, and 3,000 American, 2,000 Bra zilian, 500 Egyptian, and 2.000 Surat on speculation. Prices of all kinds are id. per lb. higher than on Friday last. The sales comprii. d 3 000 Pernam and Maran had at 7id. to 81d., 500 Bahia at BA-3. to Biti., 1,000 Egyp tian at Bd. to 9d., 3,000 Surat at 4i'd. to 6d., and 150 Sea Island at Is. 2d. to Is. 11d. per Ib.—Ratlway Shares were fist, with the exception of Midland Stock, which was rather firmer. The sales of corn in the market which govern the offi cial averages continue small. The six wceks' average price is 406. 6d. per quarter for wheat. The following are some particulars of the corn trade in the United States, as furnished in the latest ad vices : " From the knowledge dealers have of the present re sources of the country, they can calculate with some degree of certainty how near the receipts of the en su►ng► months will approximate to those of 1848 and 1849. Much, however, dspends upon the harvests. Late accounts from the south and west aro more satis factory in relation to the growing crops, and the prospects at present are certainly very favourable for a full yield. " Up to the Ist of July the receipts of breadstuffs at tide-water were much I►as than those to the corre sponding period in 1849; and it is very probable that for the remainder of the season the arrivals will be correspondingly less, even in the event of the harvests proving more abundant than those of last year, from the fact that the Western country has been so com pletely cleaned out of all surplus stock, that larger . quantities of the new crop will be required to supply the consumption of the grain-growing sections of the country. The producers will not be able to sell such a large portion of their crops as usual. The table of imports at Buffalo, via the lake, from the opening of navigation up to the Ist of July, in each of the past three seasons, exhibits the scarcity of flour and wheat in the country west of that port. " The receipts of Indian Corn were in excess of those last year. Reducing the wheat to flour, and the falling off this year compared with last, to the Ist of July, was Equal to 566,181 bbls. 'lbis gives a pretty correct idea of the condition of the west, so far,aa a supply of bread stuffs is concerned." There are private accounts from the Dardanelles, which state that the locusts along the whole coast of Asia Minor, from Smyrna to Broassa, had destroyed the crops, and that the farmers bad been compelled to gather in the corn before it was ripe, for the sake of the straw. Upon former occasions we have adverted to the im portant benefits to be expected from the extension of the system of joint-stock banking, so as to accommodate a class of persons who had no opportunity of depositing their small balances where they could withdraw them when required. The Royal British Bank having offered this accommodation, its success is a matter for congratu lation, and the publicity which it gives to its operations is an excellent guarantee of bona fide management. The last gazetted return is as under:— Wryn s.E.—Aforning, rain ; Afternoon, cloudy. . .4ii i , 4 isl- - :. - 42 , 4. ,e , . ~-r ,, , 4 0 4 _ a l' : ' 4 ' .. . - " At. , IT - 4 jig" • ''' • W 4. 1- &1:7,F ' - "=,-- 1.( .. i , t7 \ - A,- , t \..' lip - - ,•0 4 , R-- , ::- ''- 3N ig et _ % t o": ' ..--. .! ,a. 0 • ~- ~., \ 1 , l e- ~. , - ,„ Ati1 .,,.., ;44 4 ... .4 . • 310 . ' , ' ,„, • DROn •",,,,....t5.....zz bemlnit nt LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1850. On Monday evening the Marriages Bill passed the House of Commons, and notwithstanding the vexatious delays and obstructions to which it was sub jected during the twenty-three weeks of its progress, finally received the sanction of the representative branch of the Legislature. It will now have to en counter a new ordeal. T'ne Peers of England will, for the first time since 183.5, have to express their views and opinions on this gieat question of civil and religious liberty. They will have to decide whether there shall be retained on the national statute-book a law which has notoriously " failed to attain its ob ject," and which may therefore be regarded as a mere brutum fulmen, the only parties really punished being the innocent offspring of these marriages—of marriages which her MAJESTY'S Commissioners have told us " will take place when a concurrence of circumstances give rise to mutual at tachment," which "are not dependent on legislation." The Commissioners have also,expressed their decided opinions that such attachments -- and,marriages would not be extensively increased in number, were the law to permit them, " because it is not the state of the law, prohibitory or permissive, which has governed, or, as we think, ever will effectually govern them." This would appear to bear strongly on the ques tion of " social convenience" on which some of the most formidable opponents of the just and salutary measure now before Parliament have chiefly, if not altogether, rested their case. The "re ligious ground" is manifestly too untenable to be relied on by any persons possessed of ordinary rea soning powers. The prohibition against marriage with a wife's sister, in the 18th Leviticus, 18, being expressly limited to the lifetime of the first wife, is a distinct permission of such unions. INay, the very cause and reason for the temporary prohibition is set forth—it is the vexation to the first wife that must necessarily arise at seeing her sister preferred before her. And as that vexation cannot occur after her death, the restriction will be wholly re moved on that event, according to the old and well re cognised principle, " Cessat ratio cessat lex." Indeed there is no portion of Scripture, either under the old or new dispensation, where such connexions are for bidden, either directly or by inference but, on the contrary, the inference deduci ble from the 18th Leviticus is altogether in favour of their perfect validity, according to the true interpretation of the Divine law. We do not, there fore, thank those who have given up a❑ argument so inane and futile, any reliance on which must exhibit the real weakness of their cause in the clearest light. But, in truth, though the religious part of the question has been in many instances formally aban doned, it is really the exciting, although unavowed, cause of the entire opposition to the Bill. The feel ings would not be so very strongly excited on a mere question of doubtful "expediency," more especially when we are told, on unquestionable authority, that the law has " failed to attain its object," and where its effect, in fact, is either to induce persons, who are justly described as of " moral and religious character," to set the unjust and impolitic enactment at defiance, to despise the vain prohibition, and to refuse to be bona - by reatrictions on their most sacred privilege, which are not based upon any religious or moral objections, or to make less scru pulous persons dispense with the ceremony altogether and to cohabit openly together without going through any form. The attempt to rest the question on the " social inconvenience" is then nothing but an im pudent attempt to divert attenticn from the real issue, which could not long remain doubtful in the present age of universal toleration, viz., whether one class or sect in the community are to make laws to bind the consciences of their fellow men, by prohibiting marriages which are by many believed to be not only not interdicted by Scripture, but to be very laudable in themselves. We cannot conclude our observations on this sub ject without protesting in the strongest and most un equivocal terms against an erroneous statement which appeared in the Times of Monday last, the 15th inst., and which supplied to that journal an argument for the rejection of the measure. It asserted that the Bill " having, during the session of last year, been passed by the House of Commons, it was submitted to the House of Lords ;" and again, that " the House of Lords, in the exercise of its most useful function, determined to give the represen tatives of the people the opportunity of reconsideration and more careful argument. They rejected the Bill." Now what will be thought of the accuracy of a " leader of public opinion" when it is known that the above statements are pure fictions, that the Bill was never before the House of Lords, and that it was consequently never rejected by the Peers of England for any reason whatsoever ? The truth was that the " Fubian " policy proved but too successful last year, and that although on every de cision in the Commons large majorities decided in its favour, it was withdrawn before it received the final sanction in consequence of the rapidly approaching termination of the session, which was hastened on account of the Royal visit to Ireland. If we were to adopt cur Contemporary's own style, we might feel disposed to borrow from the article now under notice, and say that such statements "re quired no small degree of ingenuity, no common Powers of assertion, no ordinary effrontery." But we shall not do so, we do not believe that the false hoods were wilful. It most probably fell into the error unintentionally, but we would beg it for the future to use greater care in avoiding similar mis takes, and we would again quote its own words from its second article of Tuesday, that "no man is so mischievous as a conscientious bigot. A judicious mixture of philanthropy, error, obstinacy, and power, forms a very powerful combination for the infliction of evil upon the human race." Death has been l a tt e rly decimating, among all classes of the community, some of the more prominent consequence rn o na f the th creecleobvreirteieds from our generation. Scarcely has the nation Sir ROBERT PEEL , when edfii dissolution itiseveren of shockth great st a experienced tesman i n , the n royal . dynasty becomes Highness the Duke of c y ,m the demise of his Royal plunged into mourniric , by simul taneously with the departurenotiltathbat illustrious Prince the world STEVENSON, o f ad sciencethe e DOE.. Almost art y the b world of the world of the death of Mr. histrionic and dramatic profession, the death of Mrs. (ILovER. Shortly before these occurrences urren literature had been deprived of th e lives of the minor poet BowLEs, and the bard of idyllic meditati on' IVOBD9IVOLLTH. At Rome had expired the cul t i vate d powers of Wrlrr, the sculptor, and in A • America the untutored genius from which had emanated the marble form of Tarn O'Shauter. Among the more distin guished artists who constitute the group of our Royal Academicians we are compelled to look in vain for the large and sensitive capacities of ETTY, the Titian of Great Britain. SHARON TURNER has passed away from among the small but glorious conclave of our living historiani. All sections cf the community, all divisions of tY.e State, all portions of the social popu lation hays ex perienced the evanescence of that physical vitality whir:h is as frail, if it be not frailer, among those who a re endowed with genius , than among the masse 3 distinguishable only for their prevailing rue diocri ;y. 'Our intention in directing the notice of the multi! ude to this circumstance is not that of merel y uttering a few bootless regrets at the calam itic a which have thus fallen more or less heavily, and more or less recently, upon the in habi ;ant 3of these islands. It is with a view to im pres 8, with as much energy as possible, upon the F Public mind the duty incumbent upcn LIABILITIES. To capital stock ... „ Deposits and other liabilities ... „ Balance, after payment of salaries, rents, rates, taxes, and inci dents, carried to profit and loss account ... ... ... ..„ £IOO,OOO 0 0 243,880 3 7 4,555 5 1 £348,435 9 6 ASSETS. By securities for loans; advances on cash credit accounts, &c ; bills of exchange; balances due by other hanks, &c.; preliminary expenses, and property of the bank in build ings and furnituro at head office and three branches, &c.; uncalled for stock; and cash in bank and in the Bank of England ... £348,435 9 6 £348,435 9 6 By balance carried to profit and loss £4,555 5 11 A statement of the amount and nature of the capital and property of the bank, and of their present estimated value—of the amount cf the bank's negotiable obliga tions in circulation—and of the monthly balance, is open to the inspection of the shareholders, and this is an example that all joint-stock companies should imitate. This is " pay-day" in the Stock Market, and the dif ferences appear to have been fairly met. Consols have realized 96:1 to 97 for Transfer, and 97 to for Ac count. The New Three-and-a. Quarter per Cents. have been 98i to 99, and the Three per Cents. 97i to Exchequer-bills have realised 675. to 70a. premium, and India Bonds 885. to 90a. premium. South Sea Stock has been 1071. The Foreign Securities have been very dull. Spanish Three per Cents. are 37i, Mexican Bonds have been 29i to 30i, and Peruvian Active 811. Russian Bands have been 1111, and Dutch Two•and-a•Ilalf per Cents. 57k. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under:- 1950. 1849. Great Western £18,216 ... 17,457 North-Western 50.575 ... 47,054 South • Wes tern 13,325 12,817 Brighton Midland 23,341 22,463 South-Eastern Railway Shares are r a th e r fl uc t ui ti ng , but no decided or uniform alteration can be noted, and in some cases there is more buoyancy. QUARTER TO THREE. ~ ... .., 96i 97 ... ... ... 97 Consols ... Ditto Account ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISII FUNGI O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3 per tent. Reduced Anna ••• 97 %%% 97 14 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities........ 96% 97 96% 97 97 New VA per Cent. Anna.............. 99 98% 99% Lma Anna. to expire Jan.lBco ...... 8% 8% Ditto. 30 years, Oct. 10. 1859 ...... 7 -. 8 1-16 Ditto 30 year:. Jan. 5, 1860. 8 8 India Bond% 1,0004.... 9O 88 p 88 p Ditto under 1.000/.......... . . .... 91 p 91 p South Sea Stock 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 ... C mauls for Account 97 97% 97 Sxcheuner Bills. 14d. & 2d 1,0001. June 67 70 p S00/. June Small. June 66 70 p ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'C LOCK. CLOSING PRICES. liuenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto, Account — 55 3 % Mexican. 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons .... 29% 29% Ditto, Account . Peruvian Bonds, 41 1 per Cent — Ditto, Account Ditto, Deferred Russian Bonds Ditto, 4 1 ,E per Cent Spanish 5 per CAnt. 1840 Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto, Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 % per Cent.. 12 Guild. Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates BB% 37% 5714 83% PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSIN RAILWAY SHARES. PAID . BUSINESS ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE 4 s. border n Do. Preference Bl ...... 1 3 / 4 dis. ..... .... 1 3 / 4 die. luckinghanishire Cslodoni4n Do. New 10/. Pref..... 10 Chester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference eastern Counties........ 20 ...„. 6 3 A% ....... ....• 6% Oitto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 6/.l3's. 4d.... ........ ...... 3 / 4 x. i. Ditto ditto. No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... p % p East Lancashire ...... ... 25 East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 por Cent... lireat Northern Do., 5 per Cent. Pref l 2 l / 2...... 10% 1 / 2 ..... ....... 19 1 / 2 reat South. and West (Ireland) ....... .3reat Western 100 Ditto. New 174.-- 15 ... Hull and Selby ......... 50 ...... __. Ditto, Half Shares —. 25 Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 Do. Thirds .............. 18 ...... 846 . Leeds and Bradford London & Blackwall...ll/. 6s. 3d... 4A ... London, Brighton, and 48 1 4 3 3 / 4 8% .. South Coast... .. ..100 Do., New, guaranteed 6 per Cent . ...100 London and N. Wautern 100 ......109 108 3 ,4 lo i 3 /4 Ditto, New Quarters 17 ...... 17%%...... London le S.West. , :rn . ICO ...... 55 .......... Maucheiter, Sheffield, . . and Lincolnshire .. 100 Ditto. New IC/. Pref... 10 Midland lOO ..-- P• 36 .. .. .... 33 Do., 50/. Shares Do. Consolid. Bristol & Norfolßirm . mg., 6 per ct.... 100 ... 119% 1201 x.i. 12054 x.l k ............ ..... ....100 North British ... .... ... 25 ............ 51 4 Ditto Preference . 5 .•• N7Orth btattordshire ... 1751...... 61 , 1 i G Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. hdin.) Ditto Oswestry ... . ?Kann K,l4t,e.r . • . ......... 3.3% ...... • _ Do.. Registered No. 4 10 ..... . 4%% .. •• -••••• 4 % 20 So Ith Wales ............ £0 ...... 20 ..... Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .. ...... 50 Do. do. do. ... 25 Wdts , Somerset,& Wey mouth iO , k Newcastle, and Bernick..... , „„ 25 Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 D. G.N.E.Pretemnce 9 ... - 4 x.i .• ... 4 x.i Lora and North Midland 5u -1% I,A - 1 4 14 7i,4 x.i. Olt.t. P: e ',retina ..... 10 FOREIGN RAILWAY N. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Great Indian Peninsular 5 5 1 A 26% Do. Do. ... ... 1 1 1 4, ... .. 1 Northern of Fran Ce ...... 16 Paris and Rouen 2n ...,- 23 t 4 2 3 14", Paris and Strasbourg ... 13 Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... MINES. Australian 4 ...... 3 .... ......... 3 Brazilian Imperial Do. St. John Del Rey 15 ..... 13:X ........ 134 Cobre Copper ••••• ••• United &lexican 28% 8.939 18 11 £48,495 16 5 .E. 8. d. 48,495 16 5 £48,495 16 5 The CHAIRMAN then declared the dividend payable according to the report, and afterwards moved the adop tion of the report, which was seconded by Mr. Deputy CORNER, who considered the report was highly satisfactory, and he had much pleasure in sup porting the motion for its adoption. Mr. JOSIAH WILSON reminded the shareholders that their rest wag now a very handsome one, and he would suggest to the board the propriety of discontinuing the practice of giving bonuses, and increasing the dividend. The rest was established for the purpose of accommodat ing the dividend, that was increasing it when it should fall below 61. per cent. Now, it was not likely that such an event would ever arise, and as the rest was in jured by increasing, he thought it Was desirable that the bonus system should be abolished, and a permanently increased dividend adopted, say 7} per cent., which could be augmented whenever occasion should arise, by taking from the interest of the rest. Mr. 110DOSKINS did not think it would be a wise pro ceeding to carry out the proposition of the Hon. Pro prietor, toh occasions,aveartenoooorresme to remote t p h e e r r io e d s t , to make up even the 6L per cent. dividend. Th e guaran tee fund he admitted was quite large enough, but st ill h e thepr i e directorst r , because were did not wish to see it reduced, nor was h e d es i rous o f having the bonus system abolished. we on compelledthr Mr. WILSON insisted that his plan would not reduce the rest. At present they divided a bonus annually, and all he wanted was that the bonus should be added to dividend to make it fixed and certain. Captain PAKENRAM hoped the directors would let well alone. He had recently returned from Italy, where the bank was held in high esteem, solely he believed from its always maintaining a handsome rest. In his opinion 6 per cent. was not to be sneezed at. It was more than could be got from the Government securities, and he for one thought they would best exhibit their wisdom by remaining contented with their present position. The resolution for the adoption of the yr port was then put and carried nem. con., after which thanks were voted to the directors and Mr. Pollard, the manager of the bank, and the meeting terminated. MASTER BOOT AND SHOEMAKERS' PROVIDENT AND BENEVOLUNT SOClETY.—Yesterday evening a meeting of the members and committee of the above society was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, for general business ; Robert Taylor. Esq., president, in the chair. The annual statement showed that there are at present ten annuitants on the fund, viz , eight men at 201. and two women at 151. each per annum. The receipts for the last year from all sources amounted to 3,972/. Bs., the expenditure, including the su m expended on account f the building, the new asylum at Mortlake, Surrey, left a balance for the current year of 622/. 14s. 4d. The asylum has been completed. and will be opened for the reception of inmates in August next. EXHIBITION FOZ 1851.—We understand that the Building Committee has accepted the tender of Mr. Paxton to erect in Hyde-park a building composed chiefly of iron and glass, similar to the plan given in the Illustrated News. To the height of eighteen feet from the ground the erection will be const ucted of wood work, and arrangements have been made to provide complete ventilation and secure a moderate temperature. The building will be commenced in about a week's time. STAIkIFORD•HILL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. - The second flower show of the above society took place yes terday afternoon in the groun d s o f A r th ur C ra ven, E s q., a nd the visitors were both numerous and fashionable. The ex hibition itself was not remarkable for the numerical extent of the specimens, but these which were on view were ex tremely fine, and quite equal in character and beauty to any that have been recently displayed at the more pretentious shows in the Regent's -park and the Chiswick-gardens. The awards were granted for pelargoniums, fuchsias, ericas, verbenas, oleanders, cockscombs, roses, greenhouse plants, and cut flowers; besides various fruits and vegetables. The company, however, seemed to care less for the horticultural show than for the pleasure of walkirg about the grounds attached to the mansion of Mr. Craven, whose domain is probably not equalled for scenic beauty and variety of effect in the neighbourhood of London. There are some fifty or sixty acres of lawn and shrubbery laid oat in the most charming manner—every artifice that good taste and inge nuity could devise having been thought of to produce a series of picturesque ensembles. The band of the 2d Regi ment of Life Guards were in attendance under the direction of Mr. Grattan Cooke. AMBERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, BOSTON, AND EAST ERN JUNCTION RAILWAY. The opening of this line took place on Monday, a distance of 23i miles, 20 of which are on a new line of rails, the remainder on the Midland Coun ties. The directors have arranged that tour trains up and down on week days, and two trains each way on Sundays, should run till further orders. The first train from Gran tham left at 86. 40m. A.M. ; on its reaching Bottesford and Bingham crowds of well-dressed parsons had assembled to witness the first pssenger train arrive, flags flying, music playing, and everywhere preparations making for a general day of pleasure and festivity. At Grantham dinners were given to the directors and friends, as well as to the various worhmon, the chief one being at the Town. hall, the Mayor of Grantham in the chair, at which more than 200 sat down. AMERICA.—LIVERPOO L JULY 17.—The American mail steam-ship Pacific, Captain Nye, arrived here this morning from New York, having left that port on the 6th instant. Her advices have been anticipated by the tel gra phic news, vici Halifax, received yesterday morning. The Pacific has brought 55,0001. in specie on freight. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The United States mail-steamer Hermann, Captain Crabtree, arrived here this morning from Bremen, en route to New York. GERMANY. - - - " By command of the Emperor, Field Marshal Count Wallmoden Gimbora has undertaken, pro tern., the com mandlry oi ' e l n h Hn e aayo C iat. a o tu l h o .e gi l i T e 2hthe G , of the 3,1 cnrps d'armee of the pensioned Baron publishes a letter from L uviz lo ch ylit whic h says;-- " that Baron flaynau is already on his way to Gratz; and in regard to his sum mary dismissal it states that be very frequently shel tered himself under the extended full powers committed to him, and, as appears, often only half carried out the commands of the M inistry —sometimes not at all, and at other times deferred them to such a time as appeared to him more opportune. He is said to have carried on pro ceedings persons i n H ungary after their pardon hadbee againstnpronou pronounced at Vienna, and in other cases to have extended grace where he had been specially desired to wait for the decision from Vienna. Among the in stances given of following his own will instead of that of the Ministry is that of the tax imposed upon the Israelites. The Lloyd, nevertheless, regrets that the same favour was not extended to Ilaynau that was shown to Windischgrwz. The affairs of the Duchies was the subject of a warm discussion in the Second Chamber of the States of Hanover on the 12th. 111. LANG read a declara tion in favour of the Duchies, and against the treaty of peace concluded between Prussia and Denmark. The declaration states that Germany would dishonour herself for ever in the eyes of all nations if she did not put all her forces in movement against any foreign intervention. The Minister, M. STUVE, observed that the affair was too serious to be decided on without a formal proposition. M. LANG said that, for the present, he should make no further remark on the subject. The affair was then brought under discussion. M. lIEMANN said that the treaty of peace would inevitably lead to war, and he trusted the Government would k now how to protect the ho nour and interest of a state belonging to Germany. The majority of the Membe rs o f the Assembly rose in support of this observation. A letter from Berlin, of the 12th, says—" A change of Ministry is announced. It is said that the Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. DE SCIILEINITZT, re tires, as well as M. DE LADEN BERG, the Minister of Public Worship, who is found too Protestant, and the Minister of Commerce, M. VON DER lIEYDT, who is not liked by the landed proprietors. M. MANTEUFEL appears to wish to attach himself to the new combination. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Independance Beige says—" Our Hamburg correspondent announces to us to-day an important fact. A Russian fleet of eighteen vessels has cast anchor before the port of Kiel, and it is expected that it will force the passage of the port, at the same time that it lands troops to take in the rear the Schleswil; . -llolstein army. This aid accorded by the Emperor of Russia to the King of DENMARK would be of a nature to abridge the struggle, and would leave scarcely any doubt of its issue. The Duchies, however, continue to or ganise an energetic resistance, and societies are being formed in a great part of Germany to send them aid in troops and money. Alen are already speaking of a protest from Denmark to the Prussian Government found on this fact, that peace having been concluded by the Cabinet of Copenhagen, and that of Berlin, as well in the name of Prussia as in that of the Confe deration, the German Governments cannot permit their officers to take service in the Schles H o ]. stein army. It appears, besides, that at Berlin the most decided partisans of Schleswig declare that it was impossible to obtain from Denmark a snore ad vantageous peace than has been concluded." Accounts from Itamburgh state that the head quarters of the Schleswig-Holstein army are to be at Schleswig. King. BounA reven 1 T A I, V. The POPE has consented to grant the dispensation for . the marriaire of the Count of AIONTEMOLIN with his cousin the Princess CAROLINI; of Naples. It is thus s b i y ste t r he of Linn three years sinct!, when the Orleanist intrigues Ferdinand 11., ! l ite , et ges himself for the affront put upon prevented . the marriage of his brother Count 'I'RAPANI with the Queen of SPAIN. The French Orleanbit . "The organ, the Debats, thus s peaks on this subject i— msTriage of the Count du Montemolin with the warm King ot ..N...aplesisfi,rthemommeintisiint, 1 1 .,. : de it l . na opposition of the . Spanish "" be readily conce.ved that the projecto I alliaric e of a utineuxQotnboef very y n u e g a r r e l e o u s b , i w e il o t t t c si o s u te r r coff il A Y. LI, 0 y s. o'4 D'S SHIPPING.—(THISw- ' LONDON, JULY 18.—Wind this day at noo n ' lighcitirs and hazy. stea LIVERPOOL, JULY 17.—Arrd. Pacific, mer, I r: York. Es Denie r "' .sex, Quebec; Ripley, Pan twa. DEAL JULY 17.—Wind E. to N.E.--Arrd. Csinicifreall: W_ ood4ard, Quebec. Arrd. from the River and raped, Bengal Merchant, Bombay • Caroline, Callao; L' t : court, Cape and CHleutta Sld. ' Cjilphurnes. Od e° . VI, ve ll ra o - v c u r a u , z Jfi a L ft Y er l7.—‘ii . nd N. to E.S.E.—ld. repairing. --Ski C". PLYMoU ' lu, JULY 17.—Wind variable. stance, Adelaide, South Australia. G o te rpfr BRISToL, JULY 17.—Wind Vir.N.Vir.--Arrd. Kerr, I-1 avannah. , aft , HARTLEPOOL, d. of this r i JULY 17.—The Frien -, v e o from Shoreham, was abandoned 9th inst., the Thomas's; It ' uria,Q Wight bearing N.W ; crewsav ed. St, Miett , NEWPORT JULY • - ue l b i e .— c: 7ind N. . Christi MILFORD, JULY 16.—Wind S.W. — '' qy. Vivid, Menour, Bristol from Drne‘.rnrrrli: with d wage from contact with a schooner 40 the Chan n ne ;b e e, SHIELDS, JULY 17.—Wind E.—Sld. A.021'44 _...____ _TT2` .. """ n ‘— .. — . " —'T.'-- •—•—•!.- a v MARKET NE WS.---i 11-11 S . NEGATE AND znartzromialos. 5r ..,, 0 nly a limited business was transac ted in O d W w ef, . 134 kets to-day, yet prices were mostly suPlw rte, . J.,5 0 from 2s 4d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s Gd to as Sa .' sa 147 33 8d to 4s 8d; Veal, 2s 6d to 3s 42 ; and Foril' 3s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. MAY INCAJZZETO . .1101; SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow Bay, 21 103 t° ° 4l 6JI new ditto, 21 53 to 31 Os; old Clow, 3/ Of , 2 , 5(1 t0 11" new ditto, 21 103 to 31 Os; and Straw, 1. -- „. 0.-r load. Supply tolerably good, and trade din' s / iitl CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 21 1 2 i so 4 /0 new ditto, 21 8s to old Clover, 31 Os to w 11 gt new ditto, 2/ lOs to 3/ Os; and Straw, 1/ 2 ' 0 0 0 per load. A moderate demand, at the above ( l e 5 11 0 '; WHITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 21 12 5 ; 4 / SI; new ditto, 2/ 5s to 31 Os; old Clover, 21 , 3 : to 1 1 , 81 new ditto, 21 105 to 31 3s; and Straw. li ' s d 03 9n 5 . per load. A full average supply, and a heavy e MEAT MAIULIVrai N a foirlt SOUTHALL, JULY 17.—Our market to•dil ro 01; n su e p ss pl w ie a d s w do it i h ng f , a a t t stock, in which only a 11 : 1° " 8- 5dt ° ' 8d ; Mutton, 3s to 3s 1 drooping ; 81b0, to 10d to 3s 4d; and Pork, 3s to 3,5 Bti per the offal.fis i ii . Lpamricbe,sitsßet:f4fsrosind rirentosl: ROMFO RD, JULY 17.—The general dema nd s if port ed ' very inactive state, and prices were not 1 3 0 04 , 1 _Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, Lamb, 4s to 4s 10d; Veal. 2s 8d to 35 4d; 613 0 Ost 2$ 10d to d foro , 3s to 3s 8d per Sibs. Suckling Calves. , a lB . B O Co e h Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20$; sli d 7 1 ( I - sbee p o with their small Calf, 141 to 18/ each. HAILsHAM, JULY 17.—Prime Beasts e n w i t s i ll moved off steadily, at full prices. ocb. g er 00 ,1 trade was heavy. Beef from 3s to 35 101; 3s to 3° " per A B R I u bs N . DEL, 2d to 4s; Lamb, 4s to 4s 6d; and Veto, v•• JULY si was in a sluggish state, but we have nom ttie... o 35 , 4 1, 16.—For each kind of st . on ..i f src e lo ti s e a t i e . 1 : 0 1 notice in the quotations. Deef, from 35 , b o d V' Mutton, 38 to 4s; Lamb, 3s 10d to 4s 8 0 ; Cur - to' 3s to 3s 4 d per Blbs CHICHESTER, JULY 17.—Our market wee 3i . 0 0, 1 day,._ ti on the following terms :—Beef, frorn 3 .,:,c 5 i. 26 1 r , o tfrio l d 3tste4nti Store p3 small Calf e , rP l6 Bi 3s 2d to 4s• Lamb, 4s to 45 8d; goalie, gilbsiso.l6lBsSluto'ceka2cloih.nsg; Cnadlvems,illeBhsctoo2fiass,;witii ii3e, __.......... -----___.____._2----------- , Q. CORN A VERA G- r-41 "co co g cl ot . "Iv 0 GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF ~,,,,, the ltet . n Yyr For the Week ended July 11 1850, made ol'l'vn." g land " J Inspectors in the different'Cltieand ToWns 3 - ---° Old . I per ImperlalQuarter. 1 W lti 1 261 WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. o t .. 275 PRICE .. 141 s 3d I 21s 5c1 . 1 16s Ild 1 2 " 3 ~./ 0 1,1; ‘in s EA o r d . fis coll'-‘• ~ lltsuLo D tda2l I._.I,SOd....r._,_T U . IiIES OA T S T . lit E al;,. si s s A o4 ) l _ l -• ..c. l ;;.) -- - ifiS - v SHERIFFS' COURT:- - k 1 , 4 0.0 (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff 131.11tc- f el COLES v. MARSHALL— cllll4. CI; to fec ( ? o , This was a new trial of an action br° tl , 4 -ntifo fil sol damages f or cr i m i na l conversa tion with pio— of rtfl o pi The plaintiff is a poker in the einP l O„d defeP :D a 0 Lnnham, cheesemongers, in the Borough, 6 " 0 5 t I 4010 is traveller to the same firm. The a ction, for * o l short time since, when the jury gave 5 Y erale r P onv d 00 $ but a new trial had been obtained on tholi o the be ets damages were excessive, as the plaintiff hi lt , bad f ilo instance turned his wife out of doors, and halt, ba d obliged to resort to the parish for relief, an d P, - d 6 13 ,ce 0 having applied to defendant for assistance, r-cotasw macy arose between them which led to the cir of ace alleged in the declaration. fay. i n cO.• ~,, The case stood over from a former day r of the absence of counsel. "ff blit Ocol Mr. PARRY now appeared for the plaint' v t he of trial not having been g i ven it i s underst oo " will be again adjourned. afr WOOBURNE V. LUCAS. a r 00 Thi " • • mint " I _is is an action to recover the anak hte at corney's bill. The case is not of the slig„ o 4 1 01 interest. and has lasted all the morn ing s • finished. THE NEW POSTAL Li? REGULPIOO AN ELECTRO COLLOQUY. ? Telegraph.—Jack, h ave you h eard the !IC Y- - r ote No; how should I? What's up? vo§tt Telegraph. —Ro w l an d Hill, h av i ng got ike the Post all Sunday. Anything else? heard I° 4 Telegraph.— The no-letter Lord ha! been himself, " I'm as s of t as a B a th brie- v . INPOMPTCr. " Le'ters oft have caused the To curse the day they were ioditerli So Butler wrote, but wrong or tig "" We're now forbidden to EPIGRAM. e I dreamt a dream, and thus tinr °l) Lord Rashley bound in his Post .oblt A . nation's claim for loss, delay . "' A debt the Premier ought to P'S' July, 1850. r ta d meters tt.fl JUDGES' CHAMBERS.—One of the u 1111. Court of C ommon Pleas, in addition to the Alti, s t J oni , 0 04 at the Common Pleas Chambers every o'clock, to hear summonses, until further us tice. 00 0/1 0 18° 4 . t h , ~; rs „a r THE . /q REGISTRATION.— Saturday next' - „ e ttn o is the last day allowed for parties entitled to 0., 11 ,;00, 11 t bec inserted on any list of voters in the return of 1„; 041' liament for the cities of London and Westuf iss"bliefe; of trooli tan boroughs of the Tower Hamlets, 1 1 °5 . 0 6 Il k ,41 bone, Lambeth, Southwark, and Greenwicu, cost tb 0 election of a knight or knights of the shire for ' t Middlesex, Kent. Surrey, &c. If they & ll° ieer l- .0 claims on or before that day they will forfeit th t e o bet*" l et electors for the ensuing year in the lists abou t 4 CA i tt a Or FIRE AT BRIGHTON AND BURNING of:0,0;64 —ln the front parlour of No. 18, Cavendisillti; ja the body of Mr. Jeffery, the late occupier, oe' 011 0 on Saturday night. Between three aud,„ l° oo l lsil 1 1 Sunday morning the room was found to be '",,e1 0111. were rapidly communicating with the back t he fire:b other parts of the house. At half-past were sent for to the Town-hall, and in the ce u d 'l ll p . four „ s e 04, hour they were on the spot and had comineuiceb, fro:, oo) The front and back parlours of No. 18, tw„ t ilia wh y/ lour of 19, were burning fiercely. The ~c , A " sumed, and the body partly reduced to 05 ,." - b t e 11 . „,‘"10 1 ;04 and furniture were destroyed, and thong'', ', l ea g s" not ascend beyond the first story, the lies e d *i d ol that the upper parts of the house were 7 . ; eimB',„" blackened. But for the timel arrival of tti,;„ h ool f ir the fact of there being scarcel y any wind , t"; ( 1,-"' the Entire street, must have been de sll.° ' e a 10 1 Guardian. eipt- or , n g ~f 01 . ADVANCES OF PUBLIC MONEY r" -- n o v;00 &c.—The new Act to authorize further atI TI- ope t. lo l lr for drainage and the improvement of landed P lat efg. c e ad v'e United Kingdom, and to amend the Acts r, ' 4ll o'o / advances, was yesterday printed. - By this ;et,' toffs rool, tains 14 sections, the Treasury is erupow er ,, - e rt): 4 700 ,° ,,e1, 2,000,1 0 1. for the improvement of landed 1)/ 12 r 10 0t,"07 o f Britain, and 200,00(1. for Ireland. A further s i s efo os c o t o for drainage and works of public utility la *r ga ros ° Atti c ?' advanced. It is provided that loans to the be fr o . it ptorocorootyl.eithrehreinAGctretaotoßkrietaffienctorfrlormelaxndotdasi, 11 11 " ote i‘t.l bl ceived the Royal assent. LEDGE SC SOCIETY `VALES. -- B A T E lt s Tll4. direction nsiOoNf thee) E'-'bosiciEr;:bef erg 111 Pp * ss 1 0 10 0 rs ~Grs president of the society, a meeting of the e i l oo ; t ie, yesterday afternoon, at the Wesh Charity CO'hsa tbi inn-road; ai th e H on. Colonel Pennant, Penr b tieg,„"o t t/ s, ding. After the minutes of the" f mer 1,4 bit lb read and app rove d, the Chairman called st;,, draft of th e ru l es an d regu l at i ons f or the soci,nel' l etiSe;l l, oi been drawn up for the consideration of t llll ,oir d ef draft was read, and, with a few trifling alterabto, co b F or d the approbation of the subscribers. A cornu l f, t e d, eti t ferool, of fifteen influential gentlemen, was noinju ll m he t ° ,3 01 0 0 to add to their number, whose duty it fal" t - be l a k s jj t ° by all means in their power the objects i tbs lll-- and to report at a future meeting. A vote 11 ` chairman concluded the proceedings. sea °VA' The Lord Bishop of London has li ce° th e ft Anthony Lefroy Courtenay, M,A Hardwicke, to the incumbency of . St. Jani e? " O a " tonville-hill. eO lll/ . 5 b r i d ] THE 'atm VICE-ROYALTY.—A 130 T h eo Irl,be fluential meeting of Irish members, and s °- „ e of ",rr,or took place at Holderness House, the residen - t be r e d r i d quis of Londonderry, yesterday morning, fsf,,b i g s l ak f L i ce adopting measures for petitioning and orgat i 'L• Ogle ` f ief sible legal opposition during the ensuing te c " - 0 of ' - lAor renewal next session of the Bill for the Abolitioof Royalty of Ireland. Among the M e mbers,,,,,, , OOP )11; House present were—Sir Henr Winston f l s" - r; l ore' es' or man Mahon, Colonel Chatterton, Mr. OrnisbY ro - i 1) 013 0'. 111 / 1 1 1 Grogan, Mr. Fitzstephen French, 6 0 , lo bu t t o 01 ward Diekson, &c. Several members sent excusee'4ll O ft o .li f p fl perfect unani m it y was stated to preva il alto yg die e -of necessity of the most vigorous exertions ou -1 0 opponents of the measure in Ireland, and ele' e O 3 resident in the city of Dublin. „ ••"* . r.110 4. 41i Sin ROBE p C no °° ' . I° 'l3 RT EEL IN OIL- rb respondent of the Manchester Guardia's to t y anecdote respecting the late Sir Robert F ee ble s ° o o or' Robert was extremely solicitous in advancing ~, fur o e tender ' years. To this eed, he requested 'mini " r " c b,l l 3 ioo , o o heads of the sermons he heard at Burl ° n u e e° o ce g i te' riving home from Divine service. 0 0 °-- nart /1 ,, ot ll oo 4 stranger having to officiate. he was invited to root bee oir d hospitalities of Chamber Hall. As usual , tb e orne,l o 4 man was called upon to go through his dutY ei . sou, Ds p lis Completed, his father turned to time Ird lll f` 0 , si r ,:ver , whether he had given a proper account. t han r' plied, 'he has preached a much better s ermon 0 0, T 1 ,1 0 in my life.'" sin vair• - " -- S CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD EAILI - 0. 0, the Week ended July 14, 1850: C an c d realir ka4 3,028/. IBs. 4d.; M o ld, 100/. 19s. Od.; 4d. ; Total, 3,3811.35. Bd. 70 p 70 p 70 p .)