The Sun. — London, England, 1850-06-28 00:00:00

Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., 3/ ORNINGS at MATLOCK. Ey R. SHELTON 31ACKENZIE, D.C.L. Author of "Titian," &c. Henry Colbum, Publisher, 13, Great 31ar1borough•street. THE NEWEST NOVEL. Now ready, in 3 vols., JULIA HOWARD. A NOVEL. By Mrs. BELL MARTIN. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. NOW ready at all the Libraries, in 2 Tols., post Sri., SI L W A NOVEL. 0 0 D. -.7 :Tbe author, we are convinced, is young, otherwise we could hardly see displayed such fresh and enthusiastic sympathy in be half of his heroes and heroines. He is a writer of genius, inspired by a high standard of morality and religion, and by a laudable love of the purest sort of fame. We gather this from the glowing lan guage In which he expresses his feelings, sentimeats, and opinions on the subjects jut mentioned. There are several chapters, in which links of the story are dropped, containing most eloquent essays on mittens that are the prima mobilia of the actions which cha racterize nature's nobility. The writer evidently belongs, though he has marked per se peculiarities, to the school of the Disraelis, Man aerses, and Smythes."—Observer. Silwood' is no ordinary work ; it contains passages of exceed ing beauty, and is written in pure and forcible language, with great good taste and power. It is one of the most interesting and en gaging novels which the present season has produced. Of the cha racter of Amelia Ross we have already spoken, and the extract we have given above is the surest voucher of the truth of what we have said. The other ladies who play coaspicuon.s parts in the tale are Florence Howard, an intellectual beauty; Jessie Gorden, a wild and impulsive genius, passionately fond of music and poetry; and Julia Maitland, the noblest and best of them all."—Morning Post. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.-- THE LAST GRAND CLASSICAL AND DRAMATIC CONCERTED MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, Will take place on WEDNESDAY MORNING, July 10, And will unite the talents of Mesdames Sontag, Parodl, Catherine Hayes, Giuliani, Ida Bertrand, And Frezzolini ; Signori Coletti, Bellettl, Lorenzo, F. Lablache, Lablache, Gardoni, Caizolari, Baucarde, and Mr. Sims Reeves. The valuable assistar.ce of M. Thalberg has been secured, who will execute some favourite pieces, and, amongst others, an admired Concerto of Beethoven, accompanied by fall Orchestra. Conductor, M. BALFE. Selections will be made from the most classical and admired authors, and will Include pieces not hitherto performed in this country. The whole resources of the establishment, Vocal and Instrumental, will be employed, and every effort will be made to Justify the high character and patronage with which these per formances have been honoured. Prices of Admission Boxes, 2 guineas ; Pit Stalls, 12s. 6d. ; Pit, ss. 6d. ; Gallery Stalls, 55.: Gallery, 2s. 6d. Appllcat one for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the Box office of the Theatre. The Concert will commence at Two o'clock precisely. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE• Signor PUZZI has the honour to announce to the nobility, subscribers, his friends, and the public, that his BENEFIT will take place on TEIVRSDAY next, July 4, combining the talents of Mesdames Sontag, Parodl, and Frezzolini; Signori Garden', Calzolari, F. Lablache, Coletti, and Lablache ; Mdlles. Carlotta Grisi and Amalia Ferraris ; On which occasion will be presented (for the first time this season) Cimarosa's admired Opera, entitled IL JIATRIMONIO SEGRETO, Carolina, Madame Sontag; Fidalma, 3idlle. Parodi; Elisetta, Madame Frezzolini ; Paolina, Signor Calzolari ; Count Robinson, Signor F. Lablache ; Geronimo, Signor Lablache. After which selections from the admired Ballet of ESMERA.LDA, by Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi. To be followed by the la - t act of Donizetti's Opera, ANNA BOLENA, Anna Bolena, Mdlle. Parodi ; Percy, Signor Gardino. After which a Grand Pas by Mdlle. Amalia Ferraris. To which will be added the Grand Scena from Verdi's Opera, I DUE FOSCALI. Lucrezia, Mdlle. Giuliani ; The Doge, Signor Coletti. To conclude with the admired Ice Ballet, by M. P. Taglioni, entitled LES PLAISIRS DE L'HIVER ; ou, Les Patinures, Applications for boxes, stalls, and pit tickets i; 1;:;;;; at the Box Office of the theatre, and at Signor Puzzi's residence, 5 a, Cork street, fsur!ington-gardens. MDLLE. RACHEL.-MONDAY NEXT.- ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—Mr. MITCHELL respect- Wily announces that the eminent tragedienne, Mdlle. Rachel, will commence her engagement on Monday next, July 1, by the per formance of Racine's celebrated tragedy of PIIEDRiC. The en gagement of Rachel is absolutely limited to twelve repre sentations. BOXES, STALLS, and TICKETS may be secured at Mr. MIT CHELL'S Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Box Office. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE First appearance of Signor Gardoni. Madame Frezzolini, Madlle. Parodi. I CAPULETTE E I MONTECCHI. TO-MORROW EVENING, Will be produced, for the first time at this Theatre, Plaint's cele brated Opera, _ I CAPULETTI E I MONTECCHI. Romeo, Madlle. Pared! ; Tebaido, Sig. Gardoni ; Capellio, Sig. Belletti ; Lorenzo, Sig. Lorenzo ; Giuletta, Madame Frezzelini. To conclude with the principle Tableaux of the highly successful aew grand Ballet, by M. Paul Taglioni, entitled LES METAMORPHOSES, In which Mdlle. A. Ferraris, 3ldlle. M. Taglieni, M. P. Taglioni, and M. Charles will appear. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. By Special Desire, TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, LES HUGUENOTS. Valentina, Madame Grisi ; Margarita di Valois, Madame Cas tellan; Dama d'Onore, Madlle. Cotti ; Urbano, Madile. de Iferic ; the Huguenot Soldier, Signer Lavia ; Il Conti di San Bris, Signor Tagliafico ; B Conte di :revers, M. Massol ; De Cosse, Signor Luigi Mei ; De Retz, Signor Polonini ; Meru, Signor Rommi ; 3laurevert, Signor Soldi ; Capitano della Guardia, Signor Talamo ; Marcella Herr Formes ; and Raul di Nangis, Signor Mario. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Scenery by Messrs. Grieve and Tenpin ; the Dresses by Mrs. Bailey and Mme. Marzio ; the Appointments by Mr. 341a mire ; the Machinery by Mr. Allen ; the Dances arranged by M. Alexandre ; and the Spectacle under the direction of Mr. A. - Harris. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Doors will be opened at Halt-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Tickets for the coxes, Stalls, or the Pit, may be had (for the night Jr season), at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open from Ten till Five. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Bromptoz. EVENIN. Will be performed SEPARATE MAINTENANCE. To be followed by an entirely new comic Drama, entitled NONE BUT THE BRAVE DESERVE THE FAIR. Don Flores del Carol Mr. B. Webster; Don Pachico de Tremulo, Mr. Buckatone ; Don Rococo de Frias, Mr. C. Selby ; Isabella, Miss Reynolds. After which THE ENCHANTED ISLE. To conclude with the successful and laughable Farce, called an 4LARMING SACRIFICE. Bob Ticket, Mr. Buekstone ; Susan Sweetapple, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. The 114,x-office is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be reproduced the celebrated Drama of THE WEPT OF THE WISH-TON-WISH. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Cul lenford, Wright, 0. Smith ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which a new Terpsicorian Burlesque Entitled ES3IERALDA. Characters by Messsrs. 0. Smith, Wright, P. Redford ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. blitzwilliam. To conclude With a new and original Farce, in the Vulgar '; ongue, to be called JACK IN TELE GREEN ; or, Hints on Etiquette. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. fhe Performances will commences t Half-past Seven o'Clock, with THIS EVENING CATHERINE; ou, La Croix d'Or. To be followed by JEAN ; ou, Le Mauvais Sujet. Jean, M. Latont. To Conclude with the amusing Vaudeville of ROGER BONTEMPS. Boxes and Stalls may be 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 AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. 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 cor,i pally leave the Gardens at Six, to enable them to open at Seven, at Astley's every evening. The Grand Military Spectacle of the Affghanistan War. Brilliant Display of Equestrian Wonders in the Scenes in the Arena, by the first Artistes in Europe. THIS EVENING, The Entertainments will commence at Seven o'clock, with the immensely successful grand National Military Equestrian and Dramatic Spectacle (in three acts) entitled THE AFFGHANISTAN WAR ; or the Revolt of Cabal and British Triumphs in India. Produced with every possible care to all its original and magnificent effects, calling into action the unequalled resources of the estab lishment. A Brass Band engaged expressly for the occasion, and a host of Auxiliaries. To be succeeded by an inimitable Display of Batty's Feats of Equitation in the Cirque*Olympique. To conclude with the Ballet of LOVE IN THE HIGHLANDS. litoz.office open From Eleven till Four Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. 1_ hider the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, his Royal highness Prince Albert, &c. &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. M. JULLIEN'S BENEFIT. M. Julien has the honour to announce, that the only Concert llonstre his arrangements will allow him to give this season, will take place on N ONDAY EVEING,'JuI 1. On the occasion F M our complete Military Bands will perform Grand Congres Musicale, including the Bands of the Royal Artillery from Woolwich, the Band of tke Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, and the unrivalled Military Band or the Establishment. OPEN every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY. Last Week of Mons. JULLIEN. On Thursday, July 4, a GRAND FETE in aid of the Funds of the Linen-drapers, sfllc mercers, Lacemut's, Haberdashers, and Hosiers' Listitution. Admission. Is, HIGH. WATER AT LONDON BRDGE. THIS DAT —Motning 6 min. atter 4 I Evening 24 after 4L9 rain. inin. after 4 To-Moaaow— Morning 40 Min. after 4 R—vealzki TUE WEATHER.— SUN OFFICE, itni E 28. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 65—highest since noon yesterday. 49—lowest this morning and during the night. 62—this day, at noon. BAROMETEr" 30.14. WLND N.E.—rain during the night; Afternoon, dull, cloudy weather. Oteninit 51111:1: LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1850. It is difficult to say whether feelings of profound disgust or burning indignation will predominate in the public mind at the disgraceful and cowardly attack last night made upon our Most Gracious SOVEREIGN, by a ruffian who formerly held a com mission in one of the most distinguished regiments in the service. Such outrages are at all times almost unaccountable, but never was one calculated to excite greater astonishment than the brutal assault, the particulars of which will be found in another part of this day's imprestion. It is of a totally different character from the atrocious attempts of the miscreants who, actuated by a morbid desire for notoriety, formerly assailed her Royal person, but it is not the less infamous on that account. The feeling of intense horror will not be diminished because the offender was not armed with a deadly weapon, or did not ape the act of a regicide. The paltry scoundrels who pretended to fire on her MAJESTY on former occasions had probably no real intention of injuring or inflicting pain on the Royal Lady. Their object was attained by the mere semblance of the act ; their names received the infamous notoriety which they coveted, and they were either banished the country, or retained in a tolerably comfortable seclusion, without being required to earn their daily bread by the sweat of their brows. But, in the present in stance, there was a deliberate determination to insult and hurt an amiable lady—a young mother surrounded by her children. The weapon was not very formidable, it was but a thin walking cane, that could not, by any possibility endanger life, or occasion any permanent injury, but care was taken that the blow should take effect, that it should give pain, and most probably mark her MAJESTY, so that she could not appear in public for some time. The former station in society, the rank of a lieutenant in the 10th Hussars, once held by the culprit, aggravate the atrocity of the outrage, and increase the general detestation of the offender. The blow crushed her MAJESTY'S bonnet, which providentially broke its violence to a certain extent:; it also severely hurt her forehead, but it will be gra tifying to the loyal inhabitants of this country to learn that their beloved QUEEN exhibited the same dauntless resolution and unflinching courage for which she was so much distinguished on the former transactions, and that she had speedily so far recovered from the effects of the assault as to be enabled to attend the Royal Italian Opera in the evening, where the rapturous and enthusiastic recep tion which she received must have been such as to more than compensate fur the brutality of her assailant. It is at present premature to speculate on the motives of the offender. It will speedily be ascertained whether he was suffering under an aberration of intellect, which rendered him really and truly irresponsible for his actions, or whether he was merely avenging some fancied wrong to himself or to some friend or patron. In the former case the wretched man would be merely an object of pity, who should be kept in close confinement and de barred from any further opportunity of injuring himself or others. In the latter, the most severe and ignominious punishment sanctioned by the law of the land should be unhesitatingly inflicted. On the former point, if insanity be made a ground of defence, the evidence should be of the clearest and most satisfactory character. Many verdicts of ac quittal on the ground of insanity have been returned during the past year which could scarcely be justi fied, in which, in fact, there was no particle of proof to sustain the plea ; nothing, in fact, but the mere sugges tion of counsel that the:man's mind must be diseased, or that he never could have contemplated so useless a crime. Such a defence should at all times be received with the utmost caution. It is not because there migh be a certain feeling of pity for the criminal that he should be permitted to escape from the consequences of his guilt, or that the majesty of the law should be permitted to remain unvindicated. But in the present instance it would be dangerous in the extreme if the jury should suffer themselves to be hoodwinked, or to return a verdict on such trivial or inadequate grounds. There can be but little sympathy enter tained for such an offender, but care must be taken to guard against a repetition of similar acts. If a conviction be obtained, there never was a case where the salutary provisions of the Act passed for the pro tection of the Royal person could be more usetully brought into operation. Although no advocates for " corporal punishment," generally speaking, we must admit the effect of public flagellation on three separate occasions would be most beneficial, and would put an effectual stop to the freaks of parties anxious to spring into such notoriety. An intermediate discussion, like the one of last evening, a discussion consisting for the most part of the prosy twaddle of sixth-rate Members of the Legislature, necessarily denudes of considerable in terest a subject of such grave importance as the one now under the consideration of the House of Com mons. Any orations more deplorably bald in argu ment, drowsy in delivery, and shallow in sentiment, any harangues more depressing from their enormous stupidity, and for their jolter-headed repetition of statements that bad been already disproved over and over again, so as to be comprehensible by this time to the dullest blockhead in the United Kingdom, we cannot call to recollection, than the majority of the speeches which , were last night delivered upon the subject of the Foreign Policy of her MA.JesTy's Government. It is upon such occasions as these that we can really estimate the amount of commiseration due to the Right Honourable Gentleman the Representative of North Hampshire. Yesterday, for example, as Speaker of the House, that unfortunate legislator was required to listen to the very stale iterations of the Member for Radnorshire, to the respectable common-places of one of the Members for Oxford University, and to the partizan platitudes of another, to the intemperate vituperations of the Member for South Wilt shire, to the indecorous sophistries of the Member for Southwark, and to the unmitigated nonsense of the Noble Lord the Member for the Borough of Stamford. Than this, scarcely anything in the way of Parliamentary routine could be devised as a more stupendous affliction. We sympathise most cordially with the Right Hon. Gentleman the SPEAKER of the House of Commons—the debate of yesterday having been only thrice relieved from its pervading inanity once by the brief and manly comments of Sir HARRY VERNEY, once by the refreshing influ ence of the equally brief observations of Mr. SDAPTO ADAIR, and again by the admirable and comprehensive, though condensed and sententious, oration of the Right Honourable Baronet her Ma jesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department. A superficial glance at the attacks, both personal and political, levelled against Lord PALMERSTON during this most momentous discussion, will be suffi cient to show at once the venom of private animosity and the pitiable chicane by which the assailants of the Noble Viscount endeavour to misrepre sent the character of his diplomatic admi nistration. In illustration of the casuistry employed by these opponents of the Foreign Secretary, we need only direct attention to the speeches delivered on Tuesday night by Lord JOHN MANNERS and yesterday evening by Sir WIL LIAM MOLESWORTH. More shameless perversions of the truth than may be culled from these two most vituperative harangues we challenge any man to ad duce from the orations of the least fair and the least honest disputants. That the Noble Lord the leader of the chivalric faction of Young Eng landers should condescend to assail a great statesman with mere sophistries and mis representations, weapons unbecoming the subject of the debate and unbefitting the House of Parliament, is to us matter of real surprise, notwithstanding our knowledge of his strong political predilections. But that the.tionourable Baronet, the pseudo• Liberal Re presentative of S out h war k , should have the hardihood to rise in the House of Commons, as he did last even ing, and attack the policy of an illustrious adminis trator like Lord PALMERSTON with the merest quib bles and the most wilful prevarications, arouses within us feelings of the deepest astonishment, and, we doubt not, will agitate every right-minded person in the land vs ith emotions of the keenest indignation. The course pursued in this matter last night by Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH IS a Course which not only reflects disgrace upon him as a Liberal representative, but one which amounts, moreover, to an act of the grossest political tergiversation. Let him rest assured of this—his constituency of Southwark will not allow it to pass from their recollection. They will announce to him, when next he ventures to ap pear before them as a candidate for their suffrages, that they regard his conduct of last evening as having altogether dissipated their confidence in him as their representative. But that there was no mistaking his identity, we should have imagined ourselves the victim of an illusion. Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH has affixed a blot to his political escutcheon such as we fear must prove wholly in delible. What we object to as a most shameful mis statement in the speech of Lord Jowl MANNERS is LONDON, that portion of it in which he sneers at the Foreign Secretary for, as he intimates, cringing to the United States and bullying the Greek Government. The . circumstance upon which this disgraceful accusation was founded had been given already in the police reports, and hence we might reasonably have expected that the Noble Lord would have refrained from dis torting facts so peculiarly notorious. Lord JOHN MANNERS inquired why her MAJESTY'S Foreign Secretary had not demanded reparation from the republican Government at Washington for the seizure and imprisonment of a free-born British subject, a negro, at Charleston? He asserted that the parti culars of the outrage had been authenticated before Mr. YARDLEY, the metropolitan police magistrate, and, maintaining that a black sailor was as deserving of protection as a "wandering Jew," insinuated that Lord PALMERSTON had been bold to the weak, and obsequious to the powerful. Now, either Lord JOHN MANNERS was ignorant of the subject upon which he was speaking, or he was advancing wilful mis-statements; in either case, his con duct being flagrant for its culpability. Had the Noble Lord taken the trouble to inquire further into the particulars of the case he was adducing, he would have discovered that so far from these facts having been proved before Mr. YARDLEY, exactly the reverse was the case—it having been clearly de monstrated before that magistrate, upon a subsequent examination, that this negro seaman was no free-born British subject at all !—that he was, on the contrary, a subject of the United States Republic ! !—and that so far from the authorities at Charleston having ex ceeded their power over him in their treatment they might not only have thrust him into prison, but, ac cording to the laws of their country, have sold him publicly as a slave in the market place !! ! So much for the accuracy and appositeness of the attack le velled against Viscount PALMERSTON by the Noble Lord the chivalrous leader of the Young Englanders ! Equally explicit, manly, and magnanimous were the aspersions hurled against the Foreign Secretary last evening by the Honourable and ingenuous Baronet the Member for the Borough of Southwark. Alluding to the circumstance of Lord PALMERSTON having demanded compensation for the injury done to Don PACIFICO, Sir WILLIAM MOLE3WORTH main tained that henceforth, according to the same prin ciple, " if an English traveller were to be robbed by Italian banditti, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs would be entitled to demand compensation for him in the event of the Italian Government not being able to capture the banditti, and restore the property of the traveller ; and consequently it would follow re ciprocally, that if a foreigner were to have his pocket picked in London, the Government of that foreigner would be entitled to demand com pensation from the British Government, if the thief were not caught and the property re stored." Consequently—nothing of the sort ! A petty larceny committed in the streets by an indivi dual pickpocket, is in no degree comparable to a riot by en infuriated mob, led on by the relative of one of the Chief Ministers of the Government. Against such disgraceful arguments as these we protest with all the energy of our indignation. And we doubt not but that the sympathy felt by the people of England for a bold, and patriotic, and manly, and magnanimous statesman like Lord PALMERSTON must be materially enhanced when it is seen with what virulent hatred he is being hunted down by his antagonists, and shamefully stabbed in the back by the most odious misrepresen tations. All these extraordinary and unprecedented proceedings, we doubt not, will exercise a powerful influence over the more generous and independent Members in the House of Commons when the hour arrives for this important debate to be consummated by a division. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 7,000 bales, of which 2,000 were taken for ex port and on speculation. The market was firm, at full prices.—Railway Shares were quiet, but steady. The arrivals of foreign Wheat in Mark lane to-day aro 16,420 qrs., and of Oats 12,690 qrs. In the Foreign markets there has been no feature this week. A steady demand has existed for Sugar, and Coffee within the last two days is firmer. In Indigo there have been a fair number of sales privately, and Cotton has been at fuller prices. Wool continues to be taken at full rates at the auctions in progress, and Tea is rather dearer. A very encouraging statement as to the position and prospects of Canada was made yesterday at the meeting of the proprietors of the Canada Company. The excellent harvest of last year, the full prices obtained, and the general increase of trade have been powerful in restoring to British North America a portion of the prosperity which it had previously and temporarily lost, owing to,the altera tion in our tariff. In a country like Canada nothing can be more important than that the agriculturists should be successful in their pursuits. They are the strength of the colony, and a fair index to their posi tion may always be found in the receipts of the Canada Company, dependent as that is upon the amounts ob tained from sales or rentals of land. During the present year, and to the 6th inst., the amount paid on these accounts was 22,2401., or an increase of 9,8411. over the corresponding period of 1849. The land sold this year is 3,608 acres against 1,751 acres, and leases have been granted of 34,626 acres where last year to the same date only 24,580 acres were taken. The Governor of the company affirmed that the social affairs of Canada were seldom more prosperous, that the settlers were doing extremely well, aad that if the Act of reciprocity with the United States was brought into force, there was every reason to believe that the value of produce would be fully supported. The excellence of the leasing system, with the option of purchase, was working to the mutual advantage of the settlers and the company. Ifamtiurgh advices of Tuesday notice a further decline of in the rate of exchange on London, viz., to 13 71-. Not much was doing in bills. The Money Market was still rather light. It is stated in letters from Cologne, that all hope was lost of getting the Belgian Government to accept the modifications proposed in the treaty of September, and consequently this treaty might be considered as de nounced. At Amsterdam on the 26th instant, the Dutch Secu rities were firm. Spanish Bonds were rather lower. The Committee of Mexican Bondholders have re ceived advices of further shipments of Specie and bullion to the aggregate amount of 19,625 dollars from Mazat lan and Guaymas, for the payment of dividends. In the English Funds there is the same want of ani mation, and with scarcely any change in prices. Consols have been 95i to 96, after having closed yesterday at 96 to It is felt that when ultra-liberals, like Sir W. Moleiworth, desert their principles and op pose a humane and enlightened policy abroad, the extent of the Ministerial majority may be lets than could be desired. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 97i and the Three per Cents. 96i Bank Stock has been marked 2081 to 2091. Excue quer-bills have been quoted 675. to 70s. premium. This is settling day in the Foreign Market, and has led to some fluctuation. Spanish Three per Cents. have been 38k, and Portuguese Four per Cents. 3.1 i. Mexican Bonds have ranged from 29f to 30k: Buenos Ayres Stock has been at 55. Shares are scarcely so good. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols Ditto Account ... „, „, 95i 96 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock OO B l. 209 1 / 2 8 per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 3 1 4 per Ccnt. Anna. 9 7 34 7 / 8 India Stock _ Do. Bonds, 10001 B6 87. p Consols for Account 96 95% Exchequer Bills. lihd. 241. March. June. 1,060/. 5001 — 67 70 p Small — 67 70 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK, Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 49% Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 55 Grenada, 14 per Cent. Mexican Bones, 1846,5 per Cont., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto for the Account .... . 3 O l /8 293 k Peruvian Bonds, 4 4 per Cent 7B Ditto Deferred Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent B5 Ditto 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent — 4 Ditto 4 1 X ! per Cents 97% Ditto Scrip 4 1 ,2 p Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent l7l/4 I A Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent,1840 Venezuela Bonds — Do. Deferred Dividends on the abrove payable in London. Dutch 2 1 % per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 ner CezAt. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE OCLOCIE RAILWAYS. PAID. PEA SNARE. 'aledoninu Ditto, New 10/, reference 10 ...... 5% to Eastern Count.es @reat Northern . .)0., 5 per Cent. Pref. ...... 14: 2 1 0 5A% .. to •ceat Western 100 . . 59; , 2 Lancashire and Yorkshire, ...100 Ditto Fifths .. Lond.,Bright.,& South Coastloo ..... 83 . ... to Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . ..... 11 , 4 to London &North Western.....loo ......109 1 / 2 io 109 Do. New Quarters. Do. Fifths London and S. Western .......100 Manch Buxton, & Matlock 5 Midland.. .... ........ ...10u Ditto, 501. Shares ... ? ... •34 , A- .7t , . *,.......- ~.4, r 1 .4.,- 4 3. .6 - A all Ui • 33,z i, 4 •4 w ,. , 1 0— yi.' , - • so__ , f . g -......4—......),.. _law ,‘ . ... , itt;' , . -.. '• s AS' ~ - . -1- ,4 1 :::: ',s••• •' 4 '•'-' ' Tql, •-- 4106 1; u ~,, , • mo s s • - • ••,v THE ,SUN, FRIDAY North British .. .. . . 25 ...... 6 %7.. to Ditto, Preference ... 5 Nort!-! zita,torashire..... ..... . 17 1 4 Reading,Guildid.,& Rei i . t 20 - - outti Eatlt.a. York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref.. 8 York and North Midland ... 50 ...... 104 to Ditto. Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian) 5% — Dutch Rhenish g Orlean3 and Bordeaux ... .. 7 ..... 2 1 ,4 Tours & Nantes ... . MINES. Australian ... 4 United Mexican LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JUNE 28.—Wind at noon N.E., light breeze and dull cloudy weather. OFF PLYMOUTH, JUNE 26.—Great Britain, Montreal. NEWPORT, JUNE 27.—Wind N.E., strong.—Sld. Har vest, Baltimore; Nathan Homan, Boston; South Esk, Quebec; Silurian, ditto; Eleanor Thompson, St. Thomas. LONDONDERRY. -- Sid. Provincialist, Philadelphia; Robert Barton, ditto. BELFAST, JUNE 26.--Wind N.—Sld. Patrick Henry, New York. FISZIGUARD, JUNE 2 s.—Tbe John Guise, Clyde to Newport, which struck on the lower sledge in Abenthy Bay yesterday, has fallen off into fourteen fathoms water; materials saved. DEAL, JUNE 2 7.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Neried, Staugh ton, Jamaica. Arrived from the River, and aid., Kent, Calcutta; Barham, Bengal; Seringapatam, Bombay; Swift, Cape Coast Castle; Agnes, Rio Janeiro. The hull of a vessel, supposed to be that of a French fishing boat, is reported to have been seen on the Goodwin Sand this morning. COWES, JUNE 27.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Mentor, Bergeman, Matanzss. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 27.—Wind S.E., fresh.—Arrived Ivanhoe, Knight, New York; Lovely Mary, Newfound. land. Sid. Arthur, Lima; Garrick, New York; British Queen, Africa; Thames, San Francisco; Seraphina, Bahia; Philadelphia, Philadelphia; William, Halifax. Off port, Blarney steamer. The Yeoman's Glory schooner, outward-bound, was aground yesterday on Burbo Bank, but is supposed to have got off on the flood, and proceeded. LITTLEHADIPTON, JUNE 27.—The Margery, of Dun dee, from Runcorn, is leaky, having grounded iu the harbour, and must discharge. YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT, JUNE 27. —The Southampton, from New York, in coming through the Needles passage, ran on sbore on Claves End, remained about three hours, came off without assistance, and pro ceeded apparently without damage. HARWICH, JUNE 27.—The Espoir, of and for Bor deaux, from Seaham, has been assisted in very leaky, having been on the Sbipwash Sand. FALMOUTH, JUNE 27.—Wind E., fresh.—Off port, Clymene, Holmes, Valparaiso, for Stettin; Akanses, llavannah, for Antwerp; Majestic, Alexander, Toronto, and sailed for Hull; Amazon, Quebec (qy. St. John's, New Brunswick), for Hull. PILL, JUNE 27.—Wind E.S.E.—SId. Anna, Quebec. STRANRAER, JUNE 27.—The Margaret, of Working ton, Ardrossa.n to Runcorn, foundered yesterday off Cornwall Point; crew saved. NonniN, JUNE 24.—The Anna Wilbelmina, Dorum mersu to London, was stranded on the Island of Juist last night, has five feet water in her hold; crew saved. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. Only 1,420 quarters of English Wheat have reached us coast wise during the present week. By land carriago the receipts of that grai❑ have fallen off. To-day the stands were scantily supplied with samples of both red and white; nevertheless, the demand, owing to the thin attendance of buyers, was in a sluggish state, at prices about equal to thuse obtained on Monday last. The im ports of foreign Wheat continues good—upwards of 16,000 quarters having come to hand since Saturday. Really fine parcels moved off slowly at full rates of currency. In the middling and inferior kinds next to nothing was doing. Not a single sample of English Barley was brought for ward; and the supply of foreign was by no means good. Grinding qualities sold to a fair extent, at full prices; but malting and distilling sorts were neglected. Malt, though in short supply, met a very inactive demand, at late rates. The supply of Oats was small. Selected parcels were held for more money. All other kinds were quite as dear. Beans, Peas, and Indian Corn dull, but not cheaper. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. 1 Wheat. 1 Oats. —.... , i Qrs. Qrs. 1 Qrs. Qrs. sacks. ' 1,430 40 1,430 2,080 2,210 1 6,430 , 3,340 12,690 Barley. Malt. I Flour. EngUsk • • • • • . Scotch.... • • .. Irish ........ Foreign ...... SMITHFIELD. Our market to-day was tolerably well supp lied with beasts for the time of year, but their general quality was by no means good. The attendance of buyers being small, the Beef trade ruled dull, at Monday's quo tations. Notwithstanding that the numbers of Sheep were large, the demand for that description of stock was steady, and in some instances the primest old Downs produced rather more mosey. Prime Lambs commanded a ready sale, at full rates of currency. In other qualities of Lamb very little business was tran s-icted. Calves were in full average supply, and heavy inquiry, at last week's prices. The Pork trade was very inactive. Mulch Cows were selling at from 14/. to 181. each, including their small calf. EVENING, JUNE 28, 1850. PRIVY COUNCIL.—(THIS DAY.) The Judicial Committee of the Priry Council sat again to-clmy for the purprve of heAring moPi.tns a. 41 -r -pt-al?. The Lords prwsent were Mr. Baron Parke, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and Sir Edward Ryan. The further arguments in the part-heard appeal of " Doolubdass Pettemberdass and others v. Rarn!oll Thackoorseydass and others," occupied their L Ardshipi the whole morning. We gave yesterday a full repor., of th© facts of the case. Per 81bi. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d, s. d. to 8. d. Inferior Beasts..... 2 4 2 6 Inferior Sheep .. 2 6 2 8 Second quality ••• • 2 8 210 Second qual. Sheep 210 3 0 Prime large Oxen •• 3 0 3 2 Coarse-weolled ditto 3 2 3 6 Prime Scots •••• • • 3 4 3 6 Southdown Wether 3 8 310 Large coarse Calves 2 6 210 Ditto eut of the wool 0 0 0 0 Prime small ditto.. 3 0 3 4 Large Hogs ... •• • 3 2 3 6 Suckling Calves • .18 0 23 0 Small Porkers •• 3 8 4 0 Lambs ...... •••• 3 10 5 0 Quartos' old Pigs ..16 0 21 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. Sheep. I C a l ves . I Pi gs. I 835 15,620 1 322 300 SCOT( 7. I Sheep. Calves. I Pigs 60 FOREIGN Beasts. Sheep, I Pigs. 920 NEWGATE AND Beasts. 100 SUPPLY. I Calves. 140 LEAZIENEELT.M. These markets were steady to-day, and late rates were well supported. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. 8. d. to a. d. 'eet,infertor.. ••.. 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior 2 6 210 - peddling •• •• 2 6 2 8 - middling 3 0 3 4 primelarge •• 2 8 210 - prime 3 6 3 8 - prime small.. 3 0 3 2 Pork, large 210 3 4 Veal.... ••••••• • •• 2_ 6 3 2 - small.. 3 6 4 0 Lamb. 3s Bci to 4s 10d. BOROUGH BOP MAZZET. Favourable accounts having reached us from Kent and Sussex, and the duty having been done as high as 165,0001., our market is exceedingly inactive, and last week's prices are with difficulty supported. New Mid and East Kent pockets, 6/ to 101 10s; New Weald of Kent ditto, 6/ to 81; New Sussex ditto, 61 5s to 61 12s; New Farnhams, 121 to 131; Yearling Kents, 3/ 3s to 4/ 8s; Yearling Sussex, 2/ 10s to 31 Ss; Old Hops, 1/ to 3L COLONIAL. SUGAR.—There has been a firm market for most de scriptions, although the transactions have not been ex tensive. Barbadoes low to fine yellow has realised 36s to 42s 6d, and brown 33s to 35s 6d. Refined fair and good grocery Lumps have been steady, at 49s to 51s. EAST INDlA.—Madras has been dull, at previous rates—soft brown 28s to 29s 6d, and yellow 40s to 31s. Bengal, 1,100 bags was taken in at 39s 6d for good mid white, and 36s 6d to 38s for good to fine soft yellow. MAURITIUS.-64 casks and 7,200 bags, about two thirds sold at previous prices, and low and ord brown at 25s to 295; yellow low to mid, 34s 6d to 363; and grey, 34s to 365. Foreign has been held very firmly. Manilla has been sold privately at 175 6d per cwt, while Havannah was taken in at 29s 6d to 33s 6cl for mid to good, and yellow at 19s to 21s 6d. COFFEE.—This article, although not extensively dealt in, has likewise been rather firmer. Plantation Ceylon has been sold at 47. to 51s for fine and fine fine ord, at 51s 6d to - 6/5 for mid and good mid, at 42s to 48s for triage, and at 52. 6d to 59. 6d for pea-berry. Ord na tive has been sold at 40s to 40. 6d, and real good ord at 42s to 435. Jamaica brought 49. to 555; and Mocha went at 59s to 61s for mid, at 74s for good yellow, and at 28s to 43s for triage. COCOA —Grenada has been sold at 36516 d to 383 6d for inferior, and at 39s to 42s for fine. Guayaquil has been taken in at 28s 6d for good ord, and Para at 28.. Ruai.—The market is steady. SPICES.—A moderate business has been done in Pimento at from 6d to 6-d per lb. Jamaica Ginger has been rather cheaper. RICE.—The quotations have declined a little, and there is more on offer. Fine pinky white Madras has been sold at 8s to 9., and Bengal fine white 108 6d to 1 Is. COTTON.—A larger business has been doing at fuller rates within the last day or two. At public sale Madras good to fair realised 4id to 44d per lb, being id higher. TEA.—Public sales 0f.8,560 packages have been held, and a full proportion has found buyers, Congou realis ing 2d per lb advance. Assam brought full rates. TALLow.—P.Y.C. has been steady at 363 6d to 37s per cwt on the spot, but with very little doing. GREEN FRUIT.—The market is nearly cleared of Oranges and Lemons ; a parcel of the former, consist ing of 250 boxes, per Iberia steamer, from Lisbon, offered by Keeling and Hunt, at public sale, sold at 3s per box advance. Lemons sustain the high price obtained of late, and the supply is now entirely upon those obtained from Lisbon. A parcel of Smyrna Nuts has been taken by the trade at a high figure. Barcelona Nuts, owing to the competition of some leading houses, are selling below their value. Brazil have advanced 2s per barrel. GRAND REVIEW AND SHAM FIGHT.--(THIS DAY.) —This morning the whole of the troops of the Royal Horse Artillery stationed at Woolwich assembled on the common under the command of General Sir T. Downman and the staff of officers. Among those present on the occasion we observed the Nepaulese Ambassador and suite, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, K.C.8., the Marquis of Anglesey, Lord Gough, the Duke of Wellington, and a number of other distinguished officers. After the men, guns, and horses, bad been minutely examined, the troops went through the ma noeuvres of a sham fight. A grand ball will be given this evening in the mess-room, to which the Nepaulese Ambas sador is invited. HOP INTELLIGENCE:WORCESTER, JUNE 26.—The hop market is very quiet, very few hops of any kind having changed hands the last fortnight, the present favourable weather for the growing crops being much against the de mand. Prices are on the decline, and holders are anxious to reduce their stocks. Prices—New Worcester, 110 s. to le6s. ; yearlings, b6s. to 755. per cwt.— Worcester Journal. ATROCIOUS ASSAULT UPON HER MAJESTY. EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER AT THE HOME-OFFICE.—(THIS DAY.) At 12 o'clock this day the man, Robert Pate, who was taken into custody yesterday evening for an atrocious assault on her Majesty the Queen, as she was leaving Cambridge House, Piccadilly, after a visit to her illus trious uncle, the Duke of Cambridge, aas brought up for examination before the authorities at the Home office. The examination was taken before Mr. Hall, the chief magistrate at Bow-street, and in the presence of Sir George Grey, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Mr. Corne wall Lewis and of hers. At a quarter-past 12 the prisoner arrived at the Home-office, in the custody of Superintendent Otway, and was conducted into an ante-room, in which the representatives of the public press were as sembled. Here he remained for a few minutes, pre viously to his being taken before the authorities, who had assembled in an adjoining apartment, and an oppor tunity was thus afforded of closely inspecting his person and demeanour. He is an exceedingly gentlemanly looking person, apparently a little above 40 years of age, with a light delicate complexion, and very light and soft brown hair. A premature baldness over the crown of his head gives him an older appearance than he would otherwise have had. His features, which are by no means . unprepossessing, are set off by an elegant mous tache, the colour of his hair, and his forehead, which' is high and well-developed, is charac terised by several horizontal wrinkles, and a certain peculiar twitching indicating restlessness, of mind. The first look at the man evoked our extreme pity that ho should have so utterly forgot himself as to commit an act so thoroughly atrocious and cowardly upon the person of our beloved Queen, whose youth and gentle sex, not to mention her supreme position in this realm, might have commended her to the pro tection and kindly offices of every bosom which throbs with manly emotion. The prisoner was dressed with the greatest neatness in a blue frock coat, a white double breasted waistcoat buttoned closely up to the throat, a blue neckerchief, and a pair of checked Tweed trousers, with boots buttoned half way up the leg. He was accom modated with a seat on his entrance to the anti-room, and as he was submitted to the half•averted gaze of the persons present he betrayed no emotion of displeasure, or otherwise. There was no sign of sorrow on his countenance for what he had done, but a certain restless anxiety was visible as to the fate that awaited him. On being summoned before the authorities in the adjoining apartment, he took up his hat and walked forward to the door with a careless and somewhat lounging gait. An application was made by the representatives of the press to Sir George Grey to be present an the examina tion, but before it commenced Mr. Hall entered the room in which they were waiting, and intimated to them he was sorry that he could not comply with their re quest; that it was contrary to the invariable practice on all such occasions; but that, after the examination was over, he should be happy to give the gentlemen of the press the result. The examination, which was conducted with closed doors, did not last longer than half an hour. At its conclusion, the prisoner was conducted by In spector Otway from the Council-room to a waiting-room and from thence conveyed in a cab to prison. Our reporter, who, in company with the other repre sentatives of the press, was kindly allowed to remai❑ in an ante-room adjoining the apartment of Sir George Grey, was courteously informed by Mr. Hall, the Chief Magistrate, at the close of the examination what had transpired. Mr. James Silver, inspector of po lice, A 8, who took the prisoner intocustody, and Samuel Cowling, of 18, Norwich-court, Fetter-Jane, who seized the prisoner immediately after the assault, and one or two other witnesses were examined, for the purpose of simply proving that the blow on her Majesty's person was inflicted by the hands of the prisoner. The Attorney-General, who was also present, then applied, for various reasons which he stated, and which Mr. Hall thought were well-founded, for the postpone ment of the further examination of the prisoner till Tuesday next. Mr. Huddlestone, who appeared as counsel for the prisoner, hoped the Attorney-General would extend to the prisoner the indulgence of a longer remand, and suggested that Friday next should be fixed for his re examination. The Attorney-General consented to that course, and Mr. HALL then intimated that the prisoner stood re , manded until Friday next at 12 o'clock. We wore informed by Inspector Field, of the Detec tive Force, .that he had known the prisoner for about a year and a half, during which time he had been in the constant habit of meeting him in the neighbourhood of the Westend, and he attracted the particular attention of pedestrians by the peculiar way in which he swung his arm while walking. The general impression of per sons who have become acquainted with his appearance and manner through meeting with him in this cursory way in the streets is, that he is not insane; but we have been iuformed, though we cannot state it as a fact, that at times he was subject to slight attacks of mental ex citement. We have also been given to understand that for some time he has not been on good terms with his father, who is a wealthy corn factor at Wisbeach. Without making a detailed reference to the debate of last night, there is one speech which it would be unpar donable to pass over in silence. We know not whether the surprise or the indignation of our readers will be the greatest, when they peruse the speech of Sir William Molesworth. The Hon. Gentleman not only proclaimed his intention of voting against the motion of Mr. Roebuck, but did all he could—which, happily, was not much—to damage and de stroy Lord Palmerston. What, we are curious to know, will the electors of Southwark say to this? Does Sir William Molesworth, in this instance, fairly represent their sen timents? If he does, we have grievously mistaken their character. Does he not, rather, grossly mis • represent them? And will they tamely submit to be thus grossly misrepresented on a question of such vast importance? Are they willing to have the finger of scorn pointed at them by the country, as men who are prepared to sacrifice an English Minister, and to see a Russian Minister substituted for him? If they do not, without a moment's delay, raise their indignant voice against the conduct of their Member, and follow up the expression of their indigna tion by calling on him to resign, they will be considered by the country as sharing in his sentiments, and as approving of the course which he has thought proper to pursue. For their own sakes—for the sake of constitutional principles abroad—and for the sake of the English character, we trust the electors of Southwark will immediately assemble in public meeting, and adopt a resolution calling on Sir William Molesworth to resign a trust which he has so deli berately and so grossly betrayed. —Advertiser. - - FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE.— Yesterday morning, about 10 o'clock, the passengers on board the Bee, halfpenny steam-boat, were distressed by a frightful accident which happened to a young man named Samuel Barnett, aged 21, whose friends are of the Jewish persuasion, and reside in Middlesex-street, Commercial-road East. It appears that at the time above-named, the Bee steam-boat was taking passengers on board from the pier at Dyers'.hall-wharf, Upper Thames -street, City, when Barnett took his seat by the gangway, placing his feet upon a coil of rope, one end of which was made fast to th e usua l par t o f t h e dumb lighter. The captain, not seeing any danger, gave orders to "go ahead;" but at the same instant it was discovered that Barnett's right leg had become firmly secured by the rope, at which time the full strain of the vessel was upon it, and before he could be released the right foot was completely severed near the ankle-joint. The captain and crew ren dered every possible assistance, and having taken the un fortunate sufferer ashore, he was at once examined by a medical gentleman who happened to be present, and con veyed to St. Thomas's Hospital, where it was fonnd ne cessary to amputate the limb at the knee. The removal of the leg was borne with much fortitude, and last evening Barnett was going on as favourably as could be expected. TIIE NEEDLEWOMAN EMIGRATION SOCIETY.-A large party—amounting to 61—of the young females being sent out to Australia under the auspices of Mr. Sidney Herbert's society, embarked on Wednesday on board the fine ship Northumberland, a teak-built Indiaman, forming one of Mr. Green's fleet, and bound on the present occasion for Port Philip. The party was organised under the active superintendence of the Hon. Mrs. Stuart Wortley, who was unremitting yesterday in attentions to her grateful proteges. The party who proceeded along with th e em i grants to Gravesend included the usual active working members of the committee. Mr. Arthur Kinnaird took general charge of the expedition in the absence of Mr. Sidney Herbert. Besides Mrs. Stuart Wortley, there were present the Marquis and Marchioness of Drogheda, Lady Wenlock, Lord Wharn cliffe, Mr. Henry Tufnell, the Rev. Mr. Quekett, the Rev. Dr. Brown, Rev. Mr. Sanger, and the Rev. Mr. Shearman, Mr. and Miss Dee, and Mrs. Zetterquest. Dr. Sparke, the Government Emigration Inspector, was also one of the party. After the berths had been taken possession of, Mr. Kinnaird addressed the emigrants in a few words of affectionate ex hortation, and farewell; and the Rev. Mr. Quekett im pressed upon them the necessity of order, cheerfulness, com mand of temper, and general amiability of demeanour. Most of the girls were vividly and deeply affected, but they soon recovered their cheerfulness, smiles succeeding very speedily to tears. A singular fact came to light during the muster. One girl was absent, and on her name being repeatedly called, a companion of hers, also an emigrant, came forward and informed the committee that although her friend had quite made up her mind to go, and although she had herself provided and packed her outfit, yet that at Blackwell she had changed her mind, because—the noise of the steamer frightened her 1 OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY. -On Thursday (yesterday, June 27) a special meeting of the above company was held at the Guildhall, Worcester, for the purpose of submitting to the proprietors a Bill, now before Parliament, to authorise the sale to the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company of the Stratford-on-Avon Canal Navigation. Mr. Rufford, M.P., chairman of the company, presided, and the business of the day occupied but a very short period of time. After the usual preliminaries the chairman briefly addressed the proprietors, and the solicitor of the company, Mr. Charles Bedfird, read an abstract of the provisions of the Bill. The chairman then moved a formal resolution approving of the Bill, which has already been read a third time and passed in the House of Commons, and is now before the House of Lords. The resolution was carried unanimously. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. - Yesterday, about one o'clock, a man named Donaldson, residing in Stockbridge, and clerk to a respectable firm in George-street, deliberately and in presence of his wife, took a razor and made a deep gash in his throat, almost severing the windpipe. Hii wife rushed forward to frustrate the attempt, but finding it too late, she immediately called in medical assistance, when it was found the infatuated man had inflicted a very dangerous wound upon himself. He was carried to the Royal Infir mary, where he remains in a precarious state.— Caledonian Mercury of Thursday. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The Master of the liAls sat to-day in the R. , Als Court, Rolls yard, Chancery-lane, and heard motions, bi:t no caseof the slightest public interest came before his Lord ship during the morning. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) Continued indisposition prevents the Vice-Chancellor of England from sitting in his Court at Lincoln's Inn. (Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BaucE.) His Honour was occupied the whole morning with cause petitions of no general interest. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before Justices PATTEsoN, COLE RIDGE, WIGHTMAN, and ERLE.) WILLIAMS V. MORGAN. I❑ this case, which was part heard yesterday, and which was an action of trespass for taking the plaintiff's cattle, the defence was that they were trespassing on the close of the defendant. The plaintiff replied that the land in question was not subject to a right of com mon, such right being vested in the plaintiff, among other persons. The action was tried before Mr. Baron Platt, at the summer assizes at Brecon, when certain evidence tendered for the defendant, namely, a verdict given in a former case, in which the ancestor of one of the parties was concerned was objected to, but received, never theless, and a verdict was given for the defendant. A rule was subsequently obtained to set aside the verdict on several grounds, one of which was that the previous verdict had been improperly admitted in evidence. Sir F. Thesiger, Mr. Chilton, and Mr. Grove, showed cause against the rule, and Mr. Evans, Mr. Sergeant H. Jones, and Mr. liorgan (of the Chancery bar), appeared in support of it. The arguments, which occupied the greater part of yesterday and the whole of this morning, had not con cluded when our report left. SECONDARIES'.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) ZUCCIANA V. TIIURMAN.-IMPORTANT QUESTION AS TO BILLS OF EXCHANGE. This was an action to recover the sum of 81. on a bill of exchange, of which the defendant was alleged to be the acceptor. Defendant pleaded that he did not accept. Mr. Isaacs was called to prove the signature; but on the bill being put in, an objection was taken to its being read, as it was on an is. 6d. instead of a 2s. stamp. For the plaintiff it was contended, that defendant having simply pleaded that he did not accept, could not now raise the question as to the validity of the bill. The Learned SECONDARY said that it was rather St novel case, and he thought he had better receive the evidence, and eater a verdict for the plaintiff, although it was clear it could not be maintained on moving for arrest of judgment. Defendant's Attorney contended that the Bill, being on a wrong stump, was positively void, and could not be received in evidence, and that, therefore, plaintiff must be nonsuited. Plaintiff's Attorney, in reply, contended that, at all events, a verdict could be taken for the amount which the stamp would legally carry. The SECONDARY held that plaintiff must be non suited. GIDNEY Zl. DYER.—In this case, which was an ac tion for trespass and assault, tried i❑ the Common Pleas, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, one farthing. THE ORION.—It affords us pleasure to state that the Admiralty have intimated to the Messrs. Burns their readiness to co-operate with them in endeavouring to raise the Orion. Yesterday morning a letter was received by Mr. George Burns from Captain Caffin, R.N., expressing his sym pathy with him on the present melancholy occasion, and offering at the same time his gratuitous services in rescuing the ship. Captain Caffin, we understand, has had consider able experience in such matters, and is otherwise one of the most active, intelligent, and efficient officers in her Majesty's service. It was he who raised the Sphinx, a man-of-war steamer of 1,110 tons burden, off the Isle of Wight, and he has also been instrumental in saving other vessels. Many of our readers, we have no doubt, will remember his name in connexion with the Queen's visit to Glasgow, he having at that time commanded the Scourge, which was one of her Majesty's convoy. To the application of the Messrs. Burns for their powerful aid, the Admiralty have responded most handsomely. Two telegraphic dispatches were received yes terday by the Messrs. Burns, the first intimating that the Admiralty would do all that was required, and that Captain Caffin would leave last night for Portpatrick. The second dispatch was to the effect that the Admiralty had ordered, by telegraph, the Salamander, Trident, and Lucifer, now at Liverpool, to proceed to Portpatrick immediately, and that divers, diving apparatus, hawsers, &c., would be sent to the scene of the wreck. These formidable preparations, and the efficient measures which will succeed them, warrant the pleas. ing prospect of the stranded vessel being safely raised. The present state of the weather does not militate against this idea ;:and hitherto, with the exception of the funnel being swept away, the wreck has suffered but little from either wind or tide.— Glasgow Daily Mail. THE REIGATE BANK.—Yesterday a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Nash and Neale, proprietors of the late Reigate Bank, was held at the White Hart Inn, at that town. The Rev. J. C. Wynter presided, and on behalf' of Mr. Neale several gentlemen addressed the meeting, and it was stated that the suspension of payments had taken place without his consent, and that he was prepared to meet any overdraughts on his private account from his own property. It was also stated that Mr. Neale had not committed any act of bankruptcy; that some friends of Mr. J. Nash had only a week ago drawn out large sums ; that he himself had drawn out from 6,0001. to 7,000/. since his connexion with the bank; that his connexion with it had enabled him greatly to increase his connexion as a land-surveyor; that the London and County Bank were prepared to offer a com promise of 10s. in the pound upon the securities which Messrs. Nash and Neale held ; and, generally, that the assets of the establishment were equal to its liabilities. The inte rests of the Messrs. Nash were not represented at the meet ing, and after some discussion the following resolutions were agreed to:—" That this meeting having heard the statements of the solicitor of Mr. Neale, has to express its regret that so important a step as the closing of the bank should have been taken without the concurrence of both partners, and that a committee be appointed to wait upon the Messrs. Nash, to endeavour to make such arrangements as may prevent a bankruptcy, and give immediate relief to the neighbourhood. That this meeting be adjourned to Monday next, at half-past 12 o'clock, and that the committee be requested to report the result of their proceedings this day." The proceedings then terminated. NEW POSTAL TARIFF IN FRANCE.—The following has just been issued :—" The Director of the Post-office has the honour to inform the public, that in conformity with the law of finance of the 18th May last, the postage on simple letters will be raised from 20 to 25 centimes from the lst of July next. Simple letters are those which do not weigh more than i grammes (about a quarter of an ounce). The letters weighing more than 7i grammes, but not exceeding 15 grammes, will pay 50 centimes. The decree of the 24th August, 1848, is maintained with respect to the postage on letters exceeding 15 grammes in weight. The pre-payment of registered letters (lettres recommandees) will be optional. These letters will pay, besides the ordinary postage for weight, an additional and invariable postage of 25c. They 'must continue to be deposited in the post-office in envelopes and closed with at least two seals in wax, with an impression on the seals. The tariff of 20 centimes is maintained for let ters addressed to sub-officers and soldiers of the army, and to sub-officers and sailors of the navy in active service. The postage stamps or figure heads sold by the Post-office for the prepayment of letters, will be of five different sorts : Ist, at 10 centimes, of a bistro colour; 2nd, at 15 centimes, of a green colour; 3rd, at 25 centimes, colour blue; 4th, at 40 centimes, colour orange; sth, at one franc, colcur red. The public will be at liberty to combine as it may please the use of the postage stamps. The pre -payment will be valid when ever the postage stamps employed shall represent an amount at least equal to the postage due. No reimbursement can be exacted, in the event of the stamps exceeding this amount. If the letter destined for a French post-office shall bear postage stamps sufficient to cover the postage, the surplus of the legal postage must be paid by the receiver. The pre-payment with double postage remains obligatory for what are called lettres chargees. Persons who, after the Ist July, may have in their possession postage stamps at 20c., may receive money for them i n th e p ost - o ffi ces, pro vidd the stamps be intact." GERMAN HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday the annual gene ral meeting of the governors and subscribers of this excel lent institution was held at the London Tavern, the Rev. Dr. Kuper in the chair. After the usual preliminaries, the re port for the past year was read, from which it appeared that the charity was in a very flourishing condition. The com mittee were enabled not only to defray the curreut ex penses of the year, to discharge the debt of 5001., the balance of the purchase money of the premises, but to in vest 1,0001. in the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Consols. The increase of the receipts was to be attributed in a great degree to their having effected a sale of a portion of the ground of the hospital to the East and West India Dock Company and Birmingham Junction Railway Com pany for the sum of 1,400/. It was not, however, to be concealed, that eventually the locality of the institution might have to be changed, in consequence of the noise incidental to the vicinity of a railway. Among the regular sources of income, the anniversary dinner had been very productive, no less a sum than 1,847/. 13s. 7d. having been realised on that occasion by donations and sub.• scriptions, including those of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Majesties the Emperor of Austria, the King of Bavaria, and the Senate of Frankfort. There was an in crease in the receipts of the West-end Auxiliary, and 641. 7s. 6d. was received which was realised by Id. sub scriptions among those employed in sugar-houses. The hospital had sustained a severe loss in the death of the Queen Dowager, who was a warm and liberal supporter of theiinstitution. The number of in-patients admitted during the past year amounted to 474, and since the opening the total of this class was 1,9114. The number of out-patients during the same period was 2.895, and the total of this class was 8,494, making a grand total of persons relieved since the establishment of this institution of 10,484. The income tor the past year, exclusive of 1,4001. already mentioned, was 2,831/. 10s., and the expenditure amounted to 9821., leaving a balance of 9521. The report was unanimously adopted. At ter some routine business, the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. MUNIFICENCE OF CHARLES JAMES BEVAN, ES Q., (MESSRS. BARCLAY, PERKINS, AND COMPANY). —Yesterday a deputation from the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum Chapel Committee, consisting of Mr. Larby (first chairman of the institution), Mr. Clifford (present chairman), Mr. Franklin and Mr. Anderson (present governors), and Mr. Thomas Jones (secretary), had the honour of waiting on Mr. Bevan by appointment. The object sought was met in a most libe ral and satisfactory manner, and on the deputation with drawing, Mr. Bevan expressed his desire to be allowed t o present the society, as his individual gir, with a service of communion plate. So handsome and unexpected an offer- ' ing was most gratefully acknowledged. Mr. Bevan has al ready contributed 20 guineas towards the erection of the chapel, beyond the liberal sum of 100 guineas sub scr ib ed by the distinguished firm of which he is a member. THE POST-OFFICE QUESTION. The closing of the Post-office on Sundays, is creating consirl , rob'e xei•etnen+ end ill-reelirg throughout the country, and the subject has b,eu mentioned in both Houses of Parliament during the week. Lord Brougham questions the poaer of the Government to enforce such regulations, and Mr. Locke has given notice of his in tention, or: the 9th of July, to take the sense of the House of Commons upon a motion to reverse the re cent decision. Ge the announcement of the inters- G . tins ot overnment, we asked—" But where is the line to be drawn ? How can vv , 4 stop short here ?', The B,itish Banner, in the following remarks on " Cab-office rest," suggests the same kind of inquiry:- -- " We have just received a proof copy of a Remon strance and Appeal by 200 f the carriage and cab drivers of Glasgow, respecting their employment on the Sabbath-day, addressed to the public through the medium of the Glasgow Working %, an's Sabbath Pro tection Society. We know not whether eith e r Sawuey or John Bull was prepared for anything of this sort; but it will be exceedingly difficult to show cause why silence should obtain in all the Post offices of the realallt while a bustling and a tumultuous activity should reign with three-fold increase in the stable-yard. Here are 200 men, cab-drivers in Glasgow, with about 7 0 ostlers, strappers, clerks, and so forth, required in the several yards. The statistics of a Glasgor Sabbath are given, showing the employment of 110 vehicles, having: 215 lifts,' of which 115 were to and from places of public worship, as dve to one against the chance " Hits." To this, it is stated+ must be added at least 100 private carriages e mployed on the Sabbath-day. We must on the present ()ens' sion confine ourselves to the simple statement of these facts. This is not the place for a theological discussion upon the Sabbath and its relations to general society; but these facts, and this case, supply an addition to our statement on a former occasion, with respect to the Sab' bath question,—that if a principle must be carried out+ it will lead its advocates further than they perhaps eon' templated; and that they must either do nothing, or do everything, or make a compromise; and then what be comes of the principle?"—Derby Reporter. Much vexation was felt at Stamford on Sunday morn ing last in consequence of the non-delivery of letters and newspapers; and among those who on the following day expressed the most indignation, were some parties from Burghley House. That their complaints, if made in the proper quarter, were reasonable, few will dispute; but it seems strange that such persons should v en t their spleen upon the officials at the post-office, when Lord Burghley was one of the 74 who voted the address to the Queen which has led to the present unsatisfactory state of things.—Lincoln Mercury. DIE NEW POST-OFFICE ARRANGEMENT.—On Wed' nesday a special meeting of the town council of New" castle-upon-Tyne was held, to take into consideration the recent suspension of post-office labours on the Sah* bath. Several of the leading members strongly con' demnod the new arrangement, and a resolution and petition against it were almost unanimously adopted. LAMBETH PALACE.—On Wednesday his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury gave a very splendid entertainment, according to ancient usage, to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, and the stewards of the sons of the Clergy The guests assembled at the Palace at half-past six, to join li t Divine service in the private chapel previously to the ban; quet. Amongst those present were the Right Hon. the Leta Mayor, the Lord Bishop of Manchester, the Hon. and Rtr'' H. Legge, Sir R. H. Inglis Sir Walter G. Stirli n g, 31r; Alderman Copeland, M.P., Alderman Sir Chapman Marshal' , Mr. Alderman Sidney, M.P., Mr. Alderman an d Sheriff Lawrence, Mr. Sheriff Nicoll, the Chamberlain of London the Lord Mayor's Chaplain, the High Sheriff of Surrey, the Rev. B. James, Mr. H. F. Prosser, M.P., the R ev . J.-Hut chinson, &c. , - SOCIETY OF DANCERS.—Yesterday the ge netsi meeting of the Provident Society of Dancers and Teacher s of Dancing was held in the saloon of the 'Theatre Royal , Haymarket; James Byrn, Esq., in the chair. The secre' tary read the report, which, in effect, stated that the society', though still young, had received the support of some o f the most influential and talented professors of dancing, both native and foreign. The affairs of the society progresg steadily, if not as rapidly as could be wi s h e d, t owar d s tbe attainment of its object—the raising a fund for supportiog aged and infirm dancers, should thz,y unfortunately need it 3 e assistance. Appended to the report was a st a t emen t o f tb society's income and expenditure for the last year. ' O6 chairman afterwards addressed the meetin g , f orc ibl y urgiob,, upon the attention of all present the benefit s con f erre d u pon the aged dancer by this society, a society not confined t o natives of England, but which mitted all members of 0 36 profession. The report was unanimously adopted. The accounts of the state of the Vice-Chancello r of England are more favourable. He is now ccmparativelY free from pain, and the danger is much diminished, but 11 ., cannot for some time be in a condition to a tt en d to publi." business. INSTALLATION OF TUB DEAN OF HEREFORD.---0 6 Very Rev. Richard Dawes, A.M., rector of King's Somboro a, Hampshire, was duly installed, with the customary form, i ri . the cathedral church on Tuesday mornin g . Th ere was ' fashionable congregation to witness the ceremonial. AMATEUR HANGING.—On Sunday week two fish . men belonging to Stourport performed a very remarkab l e' feat. They were drinking at tne Cross public-house, when' one Levi Rowley, a man thirty years of age, intimated t o the other, Josiah Burton, who is much hi s j un i or, that 11er was tired of the troubles of the world and would hang /1 0 : self. Burton offered at once to be hi s execut i oner, an d se cordingly they procured a piece of rope, and adjourned to neighbouring spot, where a tree, well calculated for a wok le and was standing. Rowley go t up upon a b lock of oi',! and Burton soon had th e rop e fi xe d to b ough and nec k ' then, kicking the wood a w a y, h e started h i s friend upon 111- journey to another world. H e th en returned to the publ i c ' house, and told his other companions what he had °,„ (7 * , cleverly performed, but nobody believ e d th at h e was tellinfr, the truth, so nobody moved. Burton presently went eu c t " again alone, and found that the f ea t ures o f hi s fr i en d had undergone considerable change, so he thought he had better cut him down, and ascertain if he still was serious in 11i5 determination to bid farewell to mortal things. This c utting- , down was, however, a work of difficulty, as his knife wit. dull, but at last he succeeded, and l a id hi s compan i on upe.":, the turf; but believing that th e i nsens ibili ty wh i c h till' hanging man exhibited to be all sham, he again stagger e ie , into the house, end left him to his fat. The other peoP v in the house, thinking at last th a t somet hi ng serious inig,ll.,. really have occurred, went out and f oun d R ow l ey appa rentv,.. dead. They immediately got hi m i n d oors, and after usirit' the proper means for recovering him, they at last had ttla . satisfaction to see their efforts suc cess f u l. I t i s sa id t hat 11 ' has had enough of hanging, and is now resigned to life. PERFORMANCES OF THE ATLANTIC STEAM S L IMS" ... The performances of the Cunard steamers and those belong: ing to the American Mail C ompany h av i ng b ecome r attle L' s interesting, we have had sent to us the following tahul s statements as to the respective passages of the EuroP l Atlantic, and Asia : The Euiopa left New York, June 15, at 12.20 noon. D. H. )1 Arrived at Liverpool, 16th, at 8 A.3r. Deduct difference of time 0 440 Deduct for call and detour at Halifax 0 15 0 0 19 4 ° .------' Net time lO 0 ...--/. The Atlantic left New York, June 15, at noon. d Arrived at Liverpool, 26th, at 5 A.m Deduct difference of time 0 10 „. 12 24 Europa's passage, as above In favour of the Europa The Asia left Boston, June 12, at 12.20 noon. 4d Arrived at Liverpool, 22d, at 7 A.M. ......... ... 9 1. 8 Deduct difference of time, and call, &c., at 4 0 Halifax ----- 4 Add difference betwe en a voyage from New 8 23 York to Liverpool and Boston to Liver- d pool 0 18 ........---- ° ,4 9 17 D. H. M. Passage of Atlantic Asia, as above, would be 9 17 0 Difference in favour of Asia 0 19 40 BALLOONING IN PORTUGAL.—A Frenchwoman , 0 the name of Bertrand, ascended in a balloon from List)°, 13 , few days sin ce . I n a couple of hours afterwards Binot prepared to come d own . A gent l e b reeze had iver co her slowly across the Tagus in a S.E. direct° and at five r se. having passed over Alcleg n g l lega, and seeing a village conveniently situ n P for her purpo s e, s h e b egan to make her preparat'To for what she flattered herself would be a quiet and d descent, little dreaming all the while of what was going below. The villagers who had assembled as usual on days, were in the thick of their sports, when the terriiio ap parition presented itself to their view. Great was tho c O ,l sternation among them. Th e i r fi rst movement was a g rb uplifting of right hands, with the thumb inse r ted between n o index and f ore finger, which when accompanied, as it wa 9 11 %, • this occasion, with a loud proclamation of defiance to Devil and all his works, may be recommended as an 01 ,' ; ; $ 1 lent preservative against witchcraft and all sorts of dia.l) o ," devices. As the monster approached, many, losing faid u ; to their specific, took to their heels, and when the fair f eronfei_i addressed the others through her speaking trumpet, most them, feeling quite sure that it was the archangel coming s _", call them to their last account, went down on their knee', and roared for mercy. A few stout hearts, however, rs mained, who, cudgel in hand, stood their ground manfu_,, 11p . , determined to do for the wit c h as soon as she came wittn e their reach. The witch, however, seeing these demons trE, tion, threw out ballast, rose again, and with much difflcultl o succeeded in effecti ng a sa f e l an di ng s ome miles off.--Lisbo n Correspondent of the Morning Herald. • The Chairman of the Customs had an interview Wl' the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Wednesday. • T FRAC BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 25th inst., in Great James- street,Bedford-row, 413 ° wife of George M. Wetherfield, Esq. On the 25th inst., at Chichester, the wife of H. Gruggen, M.D. On the .z6th inst., at Upper Seymour-street, Portolol. square, the lady of the Rev. B. Maitland. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 26th inst., at Upper Clapton, Mrs. IL L. Scott. On the 24th inst., at Ballmgdon Essex, Mrs. H. Toot,. ' • At AAIUN). Al l On the 2 6 th inst., at St. Ge orge ' s C hurch, Hanov er-sTkire Si r William Dickson, B art., of Sydenham, Roxburgto,o Captain R. N., to Laurette E mme li ne, only daughter of C , ; ' Northey, of L langwathan, Pembrokeshire, and late Asti ° Quartermaster-General. DIED. c 0 0 tow n O the , 2lst inst. at Hanover, aged 63, Augustine.- . 00 master-General. sq , for 43 years of the office of her Majesty's 5? . On th e 25th inst., in Upper Grosvenor -street, the Vis( op 1/ Cantilupe, son of the Earl and Countess De la Warr' irt• On th e 25 th inst., Caroline, wife of Sir S. Graham, .. T i t-' , 1, ~ A On the 19th i nst., i n Upper Gloucester-place, Cr la 'r bi ontgomerie, Esq., of Garboldisham, Norfolk. 0 On the 25th inst., aged 80, Elizabeth, widow of 02 ,0 T. Beeching, Esq., of Tunbridge-wells. --j, 14)11 " 1 " ftt by l u s h uRD " ° 2(O. No. 112, Strand, P r i n t er , at The Sun Mee t 1 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Co"' taiddleect. Friday, June 28, 1850. NN Mel SELLI] tire S 1 COVERS, so' bread and cal enormous red ing the busts the advantag —Electro-ple spoons or fort ladles, 13s. from 31.35. 1 each CARA pair ; toast rl in price. Sul Ivory balance Bs. per dozen ♦VM. THE ' PAUL arU mall East, Pu to Publish an lure, Paiute() Palmerston tlemen. 31 essrs. Cc 10 HOTI TO be rouru awl LUNCH throughout and protltabl For partici Holborn. MEC/ HA room in Pap Chess Table, Ike attention contents of h perfect sped immense vat tables. Tea I Cake, and N Table, of the QECO/ k 7 with je, i)GINGTf were only u are as good Apply to quee, Tent, Piccadilly. W . To 147, Fleet-s price One SI CONTENT: elusions alx Forests, Fil Trips and R --Music—T Rest, Ease, A. VISIT TfIE LJ "Th A pePula voney-debi the )onng, WWI s old latlon. of or Sus.rzer of the passl licentlousni and remedi ?mental jig( ril regal choice, on aggro, to 8, Physical (I( Cases, &c. By B. J 1814). T mitten._ 10 Axg7u~