The Sun. — London, England, 1845-07-16 00:00:00

NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of yester. day evening contained— The Latest prices of Shares from the Official List. The conclusion of the day's proceedings before the Railway Committees of both Houses of Parliament. The State of the Poll at Cambridge at 11 o'clock. The Liit of Appointments and Bankrupts from the London Gazette. The Par iamentary Intelligence of the Evening, being a full Report of the proceedings in the Houses of Lords and Commons, up to a Quarter before Seven o'clock. RAILWAY NEWS. Subscribers and others Interested in Railways will find a FULL ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS blfore the RAILWAY COMMITTEES in the THIRD EDITION of TfIE SUN, reported up to the CLOSE of EACH DAY; it also con tains the DEBATES in BOTH HOUSES of PARLIAMENT up to the HOUR of POST EVERY EVENING, PRICES of RAILWAY SHARES, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE by EXPRESS, and all other NEWS ARRIVING in LONDON DURING the DAY. ORDER the THIRD EDITION, which contains NEWS TWELVE HOURS in ADVANCE. Sun-office, 112. Strand. ----- MIDDLESEX REGISTRATION.—Free- Traders who are el - elided to vote for the County of Mid dlesex, or other Counties, and who are not upon the Register of Electors, are solicited I3IMEDIATEL f to apply to the League Registration Offices, East Temple Chambers, Whitefriars-street, Fleet-street, where forms will be supplied, tilled up, and duly served without any charge whatever being made. July 15th, 1545. W. 11. JAMES. APUBLIC LECTURE will be given at the British Coffee-house, Cockspur-street, Charing-cross, To- Momtow, the 17th instant, at Twelve o'clock, by JOHN PER CEVA L, Esq., upon the Laws affecting the Confinement and Treat ment of Persons alleged to be of Unsound Mind. CAPTAIN CIIAMIER'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libra-les, in 3 vols., COUNT KONIGSMARK, AN FIISTORICAL NOVEL, BY CAPTAIN FREDERIC CHAMIER, Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Just ready, in 3 vols., post Svo. THE PRINCE of ORANGE, An Historical Romance. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Just published, in medium Bvo., cloth, illustrated, price Bs., the Fifth Volume of the New Edition of T HE WORKS OF G. P. R. JAMES, Esq., CONTAINING - PHILIP AUGUSTUS; Or, The Brothers in Arms. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, This day is published, in Bvo., price Is. cloth, AVERSION of the PROPHECIES of EZEKIEL ; retaining, for the most part, in English the same order of Expression which occurs in the Hebrew Original. By the Rev. JAMES MTARLAN, Minister at Muiravonside. Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh ; Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., London HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. 3ldlle. C. GRIM respectfUlly informs the Subscribers to the Opera, her Friends, and the Public that HER BENEFIT (and Last Appear ance but One) will take place TO-MORROW EVENING. On which occasion (BY SPECIAL DEAIRE) Will be revived Mozart's celebrated Opera, COSI FAN TUTTE. Floridillgi, Madame inside Castellon ; Dorabella, Madame Rita Borlo ; Despina, Madame Rossi Caccia ; Ferrando, Sig. Mario; Gluglielmo, Sig. F. Lablaohc ; and Don Alphonso, Sig. Lablache. The Entertainments in the Ballet Department will include the combined Talents of Mdlle. Taglioni, :Mlles. Cerito, Lucile Grahn, and C. Grisi (her last appearance but one) ; M. Perrot, M. Gosselln, and M. St. Leon ; and will comprise a new Pas de Quatre, composed ex pressly, by M. Perrot, for 3ldlles. Taglioni, C. Grisi, Lucile Grahn, and 3ldlle. Cerito. After which, ' , elections from the Last Act of Donizetti's Opera ANNA BOLENA. The Principal Characters by Mdlle. Grisi, 3ldlle. Brambilla, and Sig. Moriani. To conclude wito the Second Act of LA GISELLE. Giselle, Mdlle. C. Grist. Doors open at Seven ,to comme;:e2, at Half-past Seven o,Clock THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, 1".•R. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled TIME WORKS WONDER,I. Goldthumb, Mr. W. Farren ; Felix Goldthumb, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Bantam, Mr. Isuckstone ; Miss Bessy Tulip, Madame Vestris ; Florentine, Miss Fortesette,; Miss 'Flicker, Mrs. Glover ; Patty, Mrs. Humby. Mier which will be repeated a Dramatic Sketch, entitled THE OLD SOLDIER. Sir Lionel 'Willer, Mr. Brindal ; Master Michael Cramp, Mr. Tilbury ; Adam Lethersole (aged 95), Mr. W. Farren ; Buff, .Mr. James Bland ; Patience Cramp, Mrs. Stanley ; Helen, Miss Telbin. To conclude with an entirely New Farce, called THE KING AND I. Period, 1691. Sir William Melrose, Mr. H. Holt; Burchell, Mr. James Bland; Perkin Pyelinch, Mr. Buckstone; Jessie Donald, Miss Jail Bennett. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Halt each. IlciEets and I laces to be had or Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office. f. °ln Ten till Five o'clock. THEAThE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE THIS EVENING Will be repeated MARIE DUCANGE. Edward Lascelles, Esl., Mr. Hudson ; John RawdoH, Esq., Mr. 0. Sini h ; Charles Claude Prong, Mr. Wright ; Marie Dueunge, Madame Celeste. After which, an Original Terpsichorean Ili.rletta, called POWDER AND BALL ; or, St. Tibbs's Eve. Mr. Montgomerie Tibbs, Mr. Lambert ; Captain Kidglove, Mr. Selby ; Jacob Gerkin, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Montgomelie Tibbs, Mrs. Frank Matthews; Sally Knobbs, Miss Woolgar. To be tolloNeAl by THE IRISH ATTORNEY ; or, Galway Prac tice in 1770. Pierce O'llara, Mr. Hudson ; Jacob Wylie, Mr. TtiF.ATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER TUE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY _ _ . first Week of a dew Farce--Roars of laughter at Mrs. Caudle's Curtain te,tures. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Farce, entitled LUCK'S ALL. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Diddear, Keeley, Meadows, Kin loch, and Turner ; Miss Hicks, and Mrs. A. Wigan. To be followed by a New Farce, to be called AN OBJECT OF INTEREST, in which Mrs. Keeley will perform. Atter which, an entirely New, Original, and Novel Grand Fairy BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled LES FEES. In which Les Danseuses Anglaises will appear. Too hich will be added an apropos Bagatelle, in One Act, entitled MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Mea dows, Mrs. Caudle, Mr. Keeley. To conclude with an entirely New Operatic, Dramatic, Chivalric, Fairy, Romantic Burlesque, entitled CINDERELLA. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keel , Mr. A. Wigan, Mr: Frank Mathews, Mr. J. W. Collier, Mrs. Aeeley, Miss Wars, Miss Fairbrother, Woolikige, Miss Grove, Miss Howard. &c PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-sTREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE SIREN. Scipio, Mr. C. Horn, Jun. ; Balbaya, Mr. T.ettier ; Marco Tempesta, Mr. Allen; the Duke de Popoll, Mr. Walton ; Zerlina, Miss Georgiana Smithson. After which.. a New Divertissement, called A COURT BALL IN 1740. In which will be introduced the Dances as performed at her Majes'y's Bat Costume, with the Original Music. To be followed by a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled MRS. CA UDLE ; or, Curtain Lectures. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Compton ; Mrs. Caudle, Mr. Ox berry. To conclude with the Farce of THE THREE CLERKS. Fudge, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Trudge, Mr. Oxberry • Drudge. Mr. Granby ; Miss Julia SnOoks, Mrs. Brougham ; Mrs. Trudge, Miss Somers. stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack I Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; Machinist. Mr. Edmund Bradwell. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.-FRENCH PLAYS, Positively the Last Night of the Season, on which occasion Monsieur Arnal will terminate his Performances by the following Attractive Entertainment. THIS EVENING the Performances will commence with LE CARLIN DE LA MARQUISE. Juvenal. M. Arnal ; 3ladame La Marquise de Laugeac, Mdlle. Forgeot. Atter which, LE POLTRON. Adelaide Melinet, 31. Arnal. During the Evening, God Save the Queen will be sung by the Entire Company, assisted by Miss Susan Hobbs To conclude with L'IIOMME H LAS " Nantouillet, M. Arnal Boxes, Gs.; I'i t, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Performances commence at If-past. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHP AIRE.. FROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Grend Ballet of Action, consisting of Mi itary Manoeuvres, Dances, Combats, and highly powerful effects, including the sagacious performance of the Dog Hector, and sur prising Leap of the Horse Beda over the Broken and Flaming Bridge, called IL DIAVOLO ABRUZZI; or, The Brigand Chief and She Dog of the Chateau. New and Elegant Scenes in the Circle, by the whole'of the French Equestrians. To conclude with THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Introducing the Double Company of French and English Artistes. The Em peror Napoleon by Mr. Gomersal, who is engaged expressly for this Xcasion Box-office open from Eleven till Five. OAIDGE'S ROYAL SUIWEY THEATRE Brilliant Success of the New Opera Company—Second Week of Madame Eugenia Garcia's Engagement. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Opera of LA SONNAMBULA. Count Rodoipho, Mr. Weiss ; Elvino, Mr. D. W. King, Amina, Madame Eugenia Garcia ; Lisa, Miss Collett. Atter which, the Farce of NO. Frederick, Mr. Barker; Maria, Miss Collett. To conclude with a New Drama, by E. L. Blanchard. Esq., called FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY. In which Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Bonner, Cowell, Johnson, Heslop, Miss Martin, Mrs. R. Homier, &c., &c., will perform. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box• o flee, from Eleven to Emit. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL G.IKDENs. A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON. COMBINATION OF ATTRACTIONS. ROMANTIC GARDENS AND PROMENADE. EXTENSIVE AND UNRIVALLED MENAGERIE. COLOSSAL MODELLED REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH, The Acme of Scenic Illusion. The ROCK HARMON ICON from Three till Eigt , t. Ind on MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and THURS DAYS, GRAND CONCERTS D'ETE and MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY of FIREWORKS. Admission, One Shang. Feeding the Caraivora at Half-past Five; Pelicans and Polar Bears atSix Coll(!on at Nhdf-past Six; add Fireworks at Half-past Nine. On Wednesday, July 23, a Grand Union Flower Show by the Royal Sdeith London Floricultural sociay, on which occasion a combina tion of Attractive Novelties will be presented, exclusive of the Floral Fete. Livr•:RPOOL, TURSDAY.—A renewal of the disturh ances between the Orangemen and Ribandmen in this town took plane last night between eight and nine o'clock. The cause of this second violation of the peace arose from a considerable body of Orange men, who had been holding a meeting at Newton, returning in procession with flags and bands playing party tunes. Beyond these they do not appear to have given any offence. Tha police had an anonymous intimation that ass attack was meditated upon the whole body, and in order to avoid such an affair, all the disposable force was so placed as to prevent any collision. A general riot being thdis rendered impossible, individual assaults in considerable number took place, for it was impossible to prevent them, in which the Orangemen were severely handled. The aggressors in several eases were apprehended, and to.day, on being brought up at the police.court, they were all fined 5/. One was sent for trial to the sessions. The magistrates expres.ed their regret that such a state of things should exist in this town, but declared their determina tion to maintain the law. The head constable, whilst disposing j the police in effective order last night, fell from his horse and in. ured one of his legs. The King and Qneen of the French, Alafiame Adelaide, the Duchess d'Orleans, the Luke de Nemours' the Prince de Joinville, and the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, arrived at Drew. on Friday evening at eight o'clt ek. Immediately art, r alighting her Royal Highness the Duch, ss d'Orleans visited the tomb of her lamented husband. At half.past nine, a dinner to nearly two hundred guests took place, at which the King and the Princes were present. On the following day, the religious service in commemoration of the death of the Duke of Or:eans was per formed in the Royal Chapel by M. de Corby, Bishop of Palermo, the Abbe Guillon, Bishop of Morocco, and a numerous clergy. The King and Royal Family were all present at the melancholy ceremony. The foundation-stone of a new pier at Penzane was pfd on Monday last, with much ceremony, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY _ ETENING, JULY 16, 1845. JAMAICA SOUTHERN, EASTERN, and NORTHERN RAILWAY, from KINGSION to 31ONTEGO BAY. _ Capital 1,500,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 501. each. Deposit 21. per Share. A portion reserved for Jamaica. This railway will commence at a spacious quay in the harbour of Kingstown, having water for ships of the usual tonnage trading to Jamaica, and will proceed thence to Yallahs, Port Morant, Morant Bay, Plantain Garden River, Mauchioneal Harbour, Spring Valley. Port Antonio, Charlestown, Annotto Bay, Port Maria, St. Ann's, Rio Bueno River and Harbour, Duncan, Martha Brae, and will ter minate at Montego Bay. 1 full prospectus will be published in a few days. Applications for Shares may be addressed in the following form to the Provisional Committee, at the Temporary Offices of the Com pany, No. 43, Moorgatc-street ; or to Messrs. Elmslle and Preston, Solicitors to the Company, 47, Moorgate-street, London. London, July 16, 1845. To the Provisional Committee of the Southern, Eastern, and Northern Railway, from Kingston to Montego Bay. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of 501. each in this undertaking, and I engage to pay the deposit of 21. per share upon the number allotted to me, and to sign such deeds as may be necessary in furtherance thereof, when required to tlo so I am, &c. •••••••••••• could do less than accord ti the protection prayed. To this end, it adopted the intelligible and efficacious course of committing both Han Low, the plaintiff, and HARD WIN, his attorney, to the custody of the Black Rod. The expediency of this power was, we think, as plainly established on broad and general principles of what we shall call constitutional necessity, by the LORD CHAN CELLOR, as were the facts of the case. And, let us remark how cogent are the reasons on which this expediency rests. It is not even disputed that the House of Lords, whether as the supreme legislative or judicial tribunal, should retain its powers of examining witnesses upon oath. It is admitted, on all hands, that a man giving evidence before it in its judicial capacity, and in the course of his testimony either uttering libel lous reflections upon third parties, or committing per jury, would subject himself, on the evidence of two com petent witnesses, to civil action or criminal indictment. Therefore, it is asked, if you give no protection to the witness in this case, why extend it to him when exa mined before the Lords in their legislative capacity? The distinction seems to us a clear one. In a court of justice the rules of evidence are stringent and definite. The law protects the witness from the reach and scope of examination beyond certain limits, and its courts dis courage every attempt to push the interrogation of such witnesses beyond those limits. Select Committees of either House partake of the character of Parliament as the grand inquest of the nation ; and their modes of conducting inquiries into the questions referred to them are neither limited, like courts of law, to single specific issues, nor to such certain and determinate forms of exa mining evidence upon them. Ina court of law the process of such investigations is more exact, if it be more limited; but then the powers of enforcing answers are much more stringent. In the witness-box of a court the at tempt on one hand is to extract all the evidence you can legally compel—the object on the other is to furnish no more than court or counsel can insist upon his giving. The process is as it were under bond—one party exacts as much as he can get, the other surrenders no more than you can compel him to yield. In the Committee rooms of Parliament the witnesses are rather invited than forced. It is more difficult there than in a law court to elicit what they may desire to conceal, because there are many moral influences wanting in the one case which are very cogent in the other. But much fuller evidence on all other points is to be obtained from the spontaneous communications of witnesses, who, under the assurance of protection, feel no disposition to withhold whatever information they can give. Now how could the inquiries of Parliament be conducted without the guarantee of this protection ? The three law Lords echo spoke on Monday night delivered their respective opi nions characteristically enough. The LORD CRAW CELLOR stated the facts with his usual perspicuity. Lord BROUGHAM'S speech was one of research, marred by its technicality and its over laboured effort to adapt ge neral principles of law and equity to cases of this peculiar character. Lord CAMPBELL'S was a plain, straightforward, and, we think, successful effort to show why HARLOW'S case fairly came within that class, as to which the House of Lords were perfectly justified in vindicating, their privileges, and also wherein the neces sity for those privileges consisted. In defining the vari ous objects of those privileges, Lord BROUGHAM stated these among others—namely, of declaring from time to time what those privileges were ; of declaring as occa sion arose what constituted a breach of them ; of punish ing parties pronounced by vote of the Legislature to have been guilty of a breach of them ; to inquire into any given matter ; to call all persons before them necessary for the purposes of such inquiry, and to pro- tect them in respect of evidence given by them on such occasions. Now, in the case of HARLOW and BARER, were the Lords to leave BARER to be proceeded against, because, in evidence given before them at their desire, his disclosures happened to impugn a third party as in clined to pursue those practices into which, and the laws affecting them, the Committee of the Lords desired especially to inquire ? What sort of inducement to wit nesses to come forward with unreserved evidence before Parliamentary Committees on far more vital questions than one which might incidentally im ply the existence of sporting propensities in a respectable tobacconist, fur example, who indignantly repudiates the impeachment—what inducement would the Lords hold out for candid testimony if they did not protect those who gave it against the sharp practice of over-zealous attorneys ? Under what obligation would reluctant witnesses feel to speak the truth which they might desire to conceal, if they felt that the forum in which they stood was powerless or unwilling to punish their contumacy by its own independent action ? What respect would the public feel for the decisions of such a forum, which could neither compel evidence from those who had it to give, but withheld it, nor protect those who, having given it before them, should be proceeded against penally in other tribunals ? Upon the whole view of this case, as ofother recent ones of the same kind, we arrive at these conclusions—that in these times the privilege of Parliament can scarcely be exercised otherwise than for the interests of the public at large ; that the possible injustice or hardship resulting to individuals from its being put in motion, especially in cases of vexatious prosecutions of witnesses examined before Parliamentary Committees and officer' of either House, is likely to be far less than the absolute mischief which would ensue to the country from the virtual abandonment of that privilege, or the submitting it to the adjudication of the common law tribunals, which Lord BROUGHAM himself argues can know nothing about it ; for that privilege, being nowhere . fined, forms no part of the written law which ti e Judges administer and are the authorised exlol' uders of. And we call upon the Hous e o f finally, with Lord CAMPBELL, Lords to persist in assertin; this privilege upon th e pre sent occasion in the :winner they have alre a dy a d o p te d (not by pleadine . o ), "and thus for ever to p u t an en d to these cont'amacious proceedings" against the just, legiti mate, and indispensable authority of Parliament. Madrid journals of the Bth have been received. Sixty of the Royal Halberdiers had left the capital for Vittoria. The rince FRANCESCO DR PAULA was about to proceed to St. Sebastian, and it was understood that four of the Ministers would join the Court at Saragossa, and then accompany her MAJESTY to the Basque provinces. According to accounts from Barcelona, General CONCHA left that place on the Bth with 2,000 men and 18 pieces of artillery, for Sobadell, which he attacked, killing 25 of the insurgents, and taking a great many prisoners. The next morning he entered Tarrosa. Owing to the vigorous measures adopted by the General, it was believed the resistance to the conscription would soon be put down. The Tiempo, a Madrid journal, publishes a protest against the abdication of Don CARLOS, signed by 58 Spanish Royalists. The document is dated Paris, the 3d June. The Eco dcl Commercio had been seized by the police. MADRID BOURSE, JULY B.—The Funds continue to de cline, and the Three per Cents. are quoted at 27A for cash, aid 28 1 4 at 60 days. but the prices were somewhat higher at the close of the market. Five per Cents. at 20% cash. Coupons 26 at 60 days. Exchange on England, 37%. The Paris papers bring no news of importance. A meeting of the professors of the College of France was held on Monday, to take into consideration a communication from the Minister of Public Instruction, relative to the lectures of Messrs. MiciiELET and QULNET. The assembly consisted of twenty four members, and, after some discussion, a resolution was proposed by M. PE BEAUMONT, declaring that the assembly accepted the declaration of Messrs. QUIET and MICIIELET, that it had not been their intention to go beyond the limits of their programme, and that none of the professors wished to act otherwise, which was carried by a majority of 17 to 7. Messrs. QULNET and MicnELET voted in the minority. We have accounts of the proceedings of the Swiss Diet now sitting at Zurich, up to the 11th instant. On that day a warm discussion took place. A Deputy of one of what are called the Ultramontane cantons having proposed that the federal camp ordered for 1846 should not take place, and his motion being warmly supported by the cantons of the same principles, especially Uri and Lucerne, it was resisted by the Deputies of the Liberal cantons with great energy, and was defeated by a majority of 12 states and 2 half-states against 7 states and a half-state. do ad ditional particulars relative to the Massacre at Dahara had been received from Algiers. The France contains the follow ing jest observations on the dreadful catastrophe : "For the last two days the public mind has been in a state of excitement. Fresh accounts from Africa are looked for with painful anxiety, in order to form a correct opinion on the frightful burning of human bodies announced by the ilkbar, and unfortu. nately attributed to a colonel of the French 4rmy. How is it that no dispatch, no official communication has yet been received to quiet the alarmed minds of the public P It will be with difficulty admitted, that in spite of the accusatory reserve of Marshal Soult in the Chamber of Peers, the Minister has received no information on the subject. The silence of the Cabinet is thus construed in a more unfavourable light than if it had frankly avowed the truth. The butchery thus attributed to our soldiers and to our officers must be something very enormous to induce such an obsti nate silence on the subject. Such would naturally be the opinion of the country, Justly tenacious of its honour, and such, in fact, it is, For our own part, in the absence of more ample information, we must confess that the act of barbarity attributed to Colonel Pellissier appears to us in correctly represented. Before trifling with the honour and dignity of those who repre sen t our name and power in a foreign land, we wish for certain information and irrefragable proofs. It is not on a simple report, more or less plausible, that a superior officer should be accused of massacre an d b arbarity, unexampled perhaps in the military acts of modern Europe. If the recital should turn out to be incorrect, how bitterly should we have to reproach ourselves ? If, on the contrary, the fact be proved, we loudly declare that there are no expressions severe enough to stigmatise its authors. France is responsible in the eyes of neighbouring nations, and before them she will have to answer for the acts and conduct of her army. However this affair may turn cut, it ought to afford the Govern. ment an energetic motive for seriously occupying itself on the sub. Jcct of the army in Africa. It is, unfortunately, well known that the habits acquired in an obstinate warfare in a country far removed from home have given our soldiers instinct, dangerous to our dignity as a civilised power. They are no longer enemies which our sedentary regiments have now before them, they are wild beasts which they amuse them selves by bunting. ]Bye-witnesses have gone so far as to relate that to some officers of our army in Africa a rania is no longer any snore than a pitiless sport, where the French, always vie. torious, treat the conquered as neither more nor less than a prey. The Government, the Chambers, and the public should, for the interest of humanity and of our national honour, seriously exa mine into these assertions. Such a spirit should not be tolerated in an army which represents the most" noble and the most civilised nation in the world. This system of cold.blooded barbarism will not only be disastrous for France, as far as her policy and her object of colonisation is concerned, but it will also tend to throw an odious stigma on the French name. The Government cannot re. main indifferent to the deplorable tendencies we have named. It will be odious to think that after having made an appeal to reli gious faith in this newly acquired land, after having established there that Christian Church, the basis of which is love towards men, the work of civilisation should be destroyed by acts worthy only of the armed bands of the middle ages." On Monday' the Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 20c. the Five per Cents. at 121 f. 45c .; Orleans Railro a d Sh ares , 1,145 f. ; Rouen, 1,020 f. ; Vierzon, 737 f. 50 c . ; H avre, 837 f. 50c. ; Avignon, 960 f. ; Basle, 251 f. 25c. ; Spanish Actives, 36% ; Ditto Three per Cents., 37. The following are the quotations for the new lines :- Orleans and Bordeaux, 1661. premium ; Boulogne, 115 f. ditto ; Troyes and Montereau,l6l. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons ( La ffitte), 18f. 75c. ; ditto 1 (Colon) ' par; ditto (Ganneron), sf. • Northern Line (Laffitte), 32f. 50c. ; ditto (Rosamel), 81. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 7f. 50c. ; ditto (Drouillard), par; ditto (O'Neill), 3f. 50c. ; ditto (Jacques Lefevre), par: Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 12f. 50c. ; ditto (Talabot), 27f. 50c; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), sf. ; Bordeaux and Toulouse (Mackenzie), par. ; ditto, and Cette (Espeleta), 4f. 50c. ; Creil and St. Quentin, par ; Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron), 6f. 50c. ; Dijon and Mul house, par; Diepe, 27f. 50c. id artsx m Lus,JULY 10.-Marseilles and Avignon, 9621. 50c. ; Boulogne, 6201. ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 670; Vierzon, 740£ ; Avignon and Lyons (Talabot), 531 f. 25c. ; ditto (Sebas tiani), 5071. 50c.; ditto (Cornpagnie Meridionale), 500 f.; Bordeaux and Cette (Espeleta), 5021. 50c. ; Toulon, 495 f. LYONS, JULY 11.-Avignon and Marseilles, 957 f., end of July ; Paris and Orleans, 1,1451., ditto; Paris and Rouen, 1,0221., ditto; Orleans and Vierzon, 7321., ditto ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 6651., ditto ; Boulogne, 600 f. ; Monterau, 522 f. ditto. MONEY and C;(111MLItt iAL NEWS. CITY, QUAIt 'Ell To THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 6,000 bales, 2,000 being on speculation, and 1,000 for export. The quo tations of Friday were fully supported.-Shares were steady, but there was, not a great deal doing in them :- Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 5% 5; Belfast and Ballymena, 6%; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 18 3 / 4 19%; Caledonian, 10% 16s. 3d, ; Ditto, Extension, 2 1 ,4; Cambridge and Lincoln, 5; Derby and Crewe, 2%; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 7%; Dublin and Galway, 3% 3 / 4 ; Eastern Coun ties, 21%; Ditto, Perpetual, No. 2, 1 1 / 4 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarter Shares, 181 3 ,4 ; Glasgow and Dumfries, IBs. 6d. 19s. ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 20 1 / 4 %; Ditto, Half Shares, 10%; Grand Junction, 236; Ditto, Hall Shares, ilB ; Ditto, Eighth Shares, 22%; Great County Down, 3 / 4 1 / 4 ; Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 8%; Hud dersfield and Sheffield, 6%; Leicester and Bedford, 7s 1i ; Leicester mad Birmingham, 325. 335. ; Limerick and Water ford, 6%; Liverpool and Manchester, New Shares, 42 ; Li verpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2% ; London and York, 3% % ; Leeds and Dewsbury, 19 1 /, ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 7 ; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 9% ; Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 7% ; Manchester and Leeds, Sixteenth Shares, 9% ; Midland Railway, 194; Ditto, 40/. Shares, 30 3 / 4 31 ; Ditto, Consolidated Birmingham and Derby, 150; Newark and Sheffield, 23 ; Newry, Armagh, and Londonderry, %s; Newry and Enniskillen, 71s. 6d. ; North British, 25 ; Ditto, Half Shares, ; North Stafford shire, 795. 6d; North Western, 4% %; Oxford and Birming ham Junction, 4% 3 / 4 ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton, 7%; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, 17 ; Ditto, No. 2,5% ; Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, 1 4 ; Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and Birmingham, 68s. 6d. ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, ; South-Eastern and Dover, New Shares, No. 2, 17% ; Ditto, No. 3, 8 3 / 4 ; South Midland, 365. 375. ; Trent Valley, 13% ; Trent 1 , alley Continuation, 345. ; W e l s h Midl an d, - 68 s. 6d. 3%; West Yorkshire, 6% % ; Worcester and Tring, 265. 6d. ; Dutch Rhenish, 4% 6 ; Jamaica and South Midland, 4%; Northern of France (Rommel's) English, 48s. 9d. 51s. 6d.; Paris and Lyons (Laffitte's), 595.; Ditto (Ganneron's), 2%; Sambre and Meuse, 7%. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 15.-The sales are -Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire, 11 3 / 4 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 9% ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5% ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 20 % ; Cam bridge and Lincoln, 5 3-16 ; Churnet Valley, 4% ; Derby and Crewe, 21 4 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, New Quarter Shares, 8%; Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, 7-16 prem. ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 19s. ; Grand Union, 1%; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal. 8 1 / 4 5-16 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, ; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 19 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 7 11-16; Leicester and Bedford, 7s. 6d. 7s. prem. ; Leicester and Birmingham, 345. 338. 9d. ; Liverpool and Manchester, Half Shares, 105 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 575. 6d. 58s. 9d. ; London, Worcester, Oxford, and Rugby, 1 1 4 ; London and York, 3 1 , ; Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 5% 14 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 60 1 ,4 3 / 4 ; Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 7%; Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction, 1%; Man chester, Sheffield and Midland Junction, 3 3 / 4 ; Midland Rail- Lancashire,Consos, 40/. Shares, 30 1 ,4 ; Newcastle, Durham, and 9-16 % prem. ; .NO - rth British, 25%; Ditto, New Shares, 6% ; North Staffordshire, 3% % ; North Union (A), 176; Ditto ( B), 107 109; North Western, 91s. 6d. 91a. 3d. ; Nottingham, Erewash, Amber-gate, and Manchester, 465. 6d. ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 7 1 / 8 ; Preston and Wyre, Half Shares, 3%; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junc tion, 1 9-16 ; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 2, 4 3 / 4 prem. ; Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union, 2 ; South- Eastern and Dover, No. 3, 8 9-16 ; South Midland, 365. 3d. 375. 6d. ; Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 16 ; Welsh Midland, 3% 7-16 ; West Lancashire and Coast Line, 1 1 / 4 prem. ; West Yorkshire, 6% %; Whitehaven and Fur. ness, 2 3 / 4 ; Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union, 1 5 / s ; York and Carlisle, 3 3 / 4 ; York and North Midland Extension, 22; Great Northern of France (English), 5%. The Funds are much the same, or perhaps we may say, a little firmer. Consols 98% % for present transfer, and 98 3 / 4 % for Account. Exchequer-bills have been again .535. to 555. premium. Bank Stock is 210% to 211 1 / 4 . The New Three-and-a-quarter per Cents. realize 102% to 1 / 4 . Spanish Bonds are a little firmer. The Actives have touched 25% to 3 / 4 , and the Three per Cents. 35 3 / 4 to 36%. Dutch Two- and-a- Half per Cents. are 62 to 1 / 4 , and Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 99 1 / 4 . Brazil stock is at 91 1 / 4 . The Share Market is considered to be firmer to-day, and there is a moderate business doing in the principal railways, both old and new. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consels Annuities 98% % 98 3 / 4 New 3 1 4 per Cents 102 , % 102% Long Annuities toexnireJan. 1860 11 1 / 2 % 11 N Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 India Stock India Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,0001... Consols for Opening 98 % 3 /4 Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., I%d 53 55 Ditto 5001. Ditto Small 98% pm. 56 pm. 56 pm. 57 CLOSING PRICES. 903 / 4 904 ONE O'CLOCK. tom' CO:klAti / ' (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER- 1113./bIP TON IZAILW The Committee met to-day at eleven o'clock, Lord Auckland in the chair, when the fur !her consideration of Ong line wac taken. THE CASE FOR THE OPPOSITION. Mr. AUSTIN resumed his address on behalf of the London and Birmingham Company. He commenced by reference to the sgb ject of transhipment. He said it presented itself in a twofold aspect —as an engineering and as a commercial question. With regard to the engineering part of the question, evidence bad been called to show that transhipment could be accomplished with the greatest ease, by a certain machine represented to be in operation at the Paddington station; and in respect to the commercial part of the subject, witnesses had been examined that no difficulty would arise in the reassortment of goods at the particular points which had been referred to. He was persuaded, however, that he could show that the ease and facility represented to accompany this transhipment of goods, was entirely illusory. He would show by the evidence of carriers and other practical witnesses, that the greatest delay, confusion, and inconvenience, would attend this system—that, in fact, in a com mercial point of view, the greatest possible evils would arise from this process, represented to be so easy of accomplishment. He would be also prepared to show that the engineering difficulties were quite as great as the commercial ones, and that very great additional ex penses would of necessity be incurred. '1 he Learned Gentleman then went in detail into the process of transhipment, the proposal for laying double rail on the two systems, and the keeping of double stocks of trucks and waggons adapted to the broad and narrow gauges, all of which he contended would occasion the greatest amount of surveillance, expense, and inconvenience. It would be much better, both to the interest of the public and to the interest of the com. panies themselves, that the two gauges should be restricted to their respective districts, than to be allowed to penetrate into each other's territory. The Learned Gentleman then addressed himself to the point at which the break of the two gauges ought to take place. Oxford, he would show, was much superior to Rugby ; as at the former place, there would be much less con fusion and delay in the transfer of goods than at the latter. The point of transhipment ought not to take place where there was the greatest focus of goods, but where there was the smallest accu. mulation. At Rugby there was a very great amount of goods and passengers; whereas at Oxford there was not, the goods and passengers being very limited in number; and if any machine was required to facilitate transhipment, then it could be easier and efficiently worked at a place where there was a comparatively small amount of traffic than where it was very large. At Oxford a much greater amount of goods reached their final des tination than at Rugby, and, therefore, the transhipment would only be required for the small amount of goods that went south of that place. But if Rugby were selected, then not only would all the goods coming from the north, going south of Oxford, have to be transhipped, but also all the goods of Oxford itself, with the nu. merous and populous intermediate places. This view was that so ably supported by the Board of Trade, and, in his estimation, it was a conclusive argument against the present scheme. If a machine, therefore, was at all necessary, it was self-evident that Oxford, and not Rugby, ought to be the place where it should be situated. The same remarks applied to Bristol, which had a large terminal, but very little through traffic. Oxford and Bristol, therefore, were the points, and not Rugby and Gloucester, that naturally presented themselves for the break of gauge. He begged their Lordships' attention to this important point, and he would be glad to hear what answer his Learned Friend would be able to give to it. The Learned Gentleman having made his statement for the Lon. don and Birmingham line, proceeded to address the Committee on behalf of the Birmingham and Gloucester Company, for which he also appeared, showing that the scheme under consideration would con stitute a competing line to that railway. The sanctioning of such a competing line, he contended, would be a violation of the Act of Parliament by which that company was constituted, and put an end to all protection and guarantee that such an Act of the Legis lature afforded. The Learned Gentleman here showed by the map before the Committee, and by several other illustrations which the Learned Gentleman introduced, how this competition would ope. rate. Having afterwards shortly called the attention of their Lord. skips to the case of certain petitioners of South Staffordshire against the toll clauses, he proceeded to call the witnesses on behalf of his case. THE SCOTTISH MIDLAND RAILWAY. IMPORTANT DECISION. The Committee reassembled this morning at eleven, and after having deliberated for some time, The Noble CHAIRMAN intimated to the counsel for the pro moters of the Bill that the Committee were of opinion that the preamble of the Bill had been proved. The Noble CHAIRMAN inquired whether the railway was to be laid out as a single or a double line ? Mr. Holm replied that the Company would be very happy to act accoidingly as the Committee might wish. If desirable, a clause should be inserted in the Bill for the line to be laid out as a double line. The Noble CHAIRMAN having intimated his approval of that course, a clause was accordingly prepared and inserted. ViTAILEFIELD, PONTEFRACT, AND GOOLE RAILWAY. The Committee resumed this morning in the Rolls' Court—Lord Monteagle in the chair. The examination of evidence for the promoters was taken the first thing. Mr. B. Denison, M.P. for the West Riding of Yorkshire, said that as Wakefield was the great corn market of the West Riding, and as the 14nd in the district through which the railway was intended to pass was a corn-growing country, the present railway would be the very best for their benefit that could be constructed. Lord Beaumont said the general feeling of his tenantry near Snaith was in favour of the line. He had presented many pelt• tions to the Legislature in its favour. Mr. Creythe, a landowner, near Goole, spoke of the feeling in favour of the Fropo.4ed railway. He himself was a director and shareholder to a considerable extent, and he was only so because he was convinced that the railway was the best for the purposes of the district. Mr. Hymen, miller, Mr. Norwood, cornfactor, Mr. Smith, farmer, Mr. Weddel, landowner, Mr. Rouse, uf Bradford, and Mr. Andus, of Leeds, spoke of the unanimity in favour of the line. Mr. Harris, C.E., had examined and laid out the line, and he was confident that no better could be found for supplying the wants of the country. The ruling gradient was 1 in 150, and the curves were unexceptionable. The total estimate was 365,0001., and the works were already accepted by a contractor at that price. An extensive coal and agricultural country would by it be laid open, which at present was totally unprovided fur. The advantages to Wakefield, Goole, and the intermediate towns would be incalculable. The witness was cross-examined at great length by Mr. Hun- YARD, but without any alteration from the statements of his exami nation in chief. (LEFT BITTING. ) NOILIIVICE AIV D BRAND N- mozaznam BRANCH. IMPORTANT DECISION. The Committee met at eleven o'clock Mr. COPPOCK said he had to inform the Committee that an arrangement had been effected between those for whom he appeared and the promoters of the Bill, which, he believed, would be for the interest of both. He begged, therefore, to withdraw the opposition. Mr. Till, the secretary to the Norfolk Railway, having given formal proof of the capital, &c., The CHAIRMAN declared the preamble to have been proved; and, the clauses having been agreed to, the Co:nmittee separated. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP A. The Committee, having adjourned from Saturday last to this day, met this morning at their usual hour, and proceeded with the examination of the preamble of the Bill of the MINSTER AND DEAL LINE. Mr. MitrinEwETHE& objected to the admission of the opposition of Mr. Hill (on the part of certain landowners petitioning against the line) on the ground that Mr. Curling, the solicitor who in. strutted Mr. Hill, had received no instruction from the land owners whom he represented. Mr. HILL insisted on his right to appear on the part of the landowners alluded to. Mr. Solly, Mr. Lee, Mr. Benil, and Mr. Kempe, the four land. owners alluded to, were called and examined as to the na. ture of their opposition. They stated that they had signed the petition at the request of Mr. Curling, but had not authorised Mr. Curling to instruct counsel or incur any expense in their names. These witnesses severally withdrew their opposition to the Bill. Mr. HILL crow-examined the witnesses, who then stated that Mr. Boys, the agent of the South-Eastern Company, had induced them to withdraw their opposition, by representing to them the expense which they would incur by following it up. Mr. MEattEWETHER read a letter from Mr. Curling, the late soli. citor for the North Kent Company to Mr. Fearan, the solicitor to the South-Eastern Company, complaining of the means taken by the latter company to induce the petitioners to withdraw their op. position to this Bill. Mr. Hill was about to speak on the part of Mr. Rosignal, an other petitioner against the line, when Mr. MERREWETHER said, that although Mr. Rosignal had peti. tinned against the line, he had not been represented by counsel, and that no person could have a locus standi before the Com mittee, when appearing for the first time at this stage of the proceedings. He (Mr. Merrewether) had no opportunity of proving that no injury was done to Mr. Rosignal's property, which he could have proved if that gentleman had made an appearance at an earlier stage. Mr. HILL replied, that representing the body of petitioners, of whom Mr. Rosignal was one, he actually represented Mr. Rosignal. The CHAIRMAN said that there was no reason why Mr. Rosignal should not be allowed to oppose the Bill, but that the Committee were of opinion that this kind of opposition ought not to be con. tinued. Mr. HILL consented to withdraw the opposition on the part of Mr. Rosignal. The CHAIRMAN then declared the preamble of the Bill to be proved. After the clauses of the Bill had been read, and the ne cessary alterations made, Mr. TALBOT made a proposition on the part of the LONDON, CROYDON, MAIDSTONE, AND ASHFORD LINE, to the effect that the consideration of that Bill should be postponed to next session, in order that the Committee might have a better opportunity of judging of the probability of the success of the at mospheric principle. Some discussion ensued as to whether it was necessary to hear a portion of the case before such an arrangement could be made, and the room was cleared in order that the Committee might consult on this point. (LEFT IIITTINO.) GROUP .X. DIRECT NORTHERN LINE—TARRINGDON STREET EXT.c.NSION. 11111 - ORTANT DECISION. The Committee en these projects met this morning at the cus tomary hour. Present—Viscount Courtenay, Chairman, Mr. Darby, Mr. Scrope, and Mr. B. Wall. Previous to the resumption of evidence adduced by the London and York line against the Farringdon-street extension, Mr. TALBOT, Q.C., renewed the application made by Mr. Ilild yard yesterday afternoon on behalf of the North-Eastern and Mid land Companies, that a more specific arrangement should he made respecting the time and order for hearing the evidence of those lines rebutting that of the London and York. Mr. DARBY wished the Learned Counsel to answer whether he considered he had any right whatever to be heard, as the opposi tion of the various schemes had been by a previous decision of the Committee amalgamated in that of the Direct Northern. Mr. TALBOT replied that he most certainly contended for the principle audi aileron:. partem. The London and York had put forth a case plausible and extravagant enough, but he would pledge himself, if permitted by the Committee, to produce evidence which would demolish every partical of the absurd statements put forth by his opponents, and more especially their attempts to drag all the coal traffic of the south upon their wholly unconnected line. Ihe CHAIRMAN urged that during the rebutting evidence of the Direct Northern, full consideration had been given to the effect of the statements made respecting the traffic south of Huntingdon as calculated to come upon the London and York line. Mr. TALBOT, Q C., contended that such evidence was merely trivial and indirect, elicited perhaps in the course of cross examina tion, but that which he would produce separately, and in the dis tinct character of anutieer ()nosing party, whose locus standi had been recognised and allowed, was highly important, and he strongly protested against an attempt to withhold from him that right which be unquestionably possessed, CAMBRIDGE ELECTION. The polling commenced yesterday at the usual hour, at the Town-hall, and the utmost anxiety was exhibited on the part of the friends of both the Ministerial and Oppo sition candidates—Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, the newly appointed Solicitor-General, and Mr. Alexander Shafto Adair—to place their respective candidates at the head of the poll. Every exertion was made by the committees of both gentlemen to attain that end by bringing up voters from all parts as early as possible. The num bers were— AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK. For Mr. Fitzroy Kelly... For Mr. Alexander Shafto Adair 275 TWO O'CLOCK. Kelly _ Adair 569 564 THREE O'CLOCK. Kelly Adair A QUARTER TO FOUR O'CLOCK. Kelly Adair But the exact numbers at the close have not been received. The official accounts of the clerks make the numbers for— Kelly . . ._ _ Adair Majority Mr. Beales, the chairman of the other committee, makes the numbers equal, and states that exactly 740 votes were polled for each candidate. Should this be the fact, the Mayor, who is a Tory, will give his vote for Mr. Kelly. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING.—LATEST BETTING. via CUP. 3to 1 agst Winesour (t) I 9 to 6 to 1 Milton (t) 20 to 6 to 1 Lothario I 20 to 7 to 1 Trueboy I 25 to 1 agst Rowena 1 - Extravaganza 1 - Little Hampton 1 - Brunel WT. LEGER. 2 to 1 agst Pantasa I 3 to 1 agst Mentor 4 to 1 agst The Baron. _ _ HORSES ARRIVED. Vaudeville, Corrauna, Erebus, Semiseria, Cinizelli, Trueboy, Mid-Lothian, Shadow, Alamode, Lothario, Lancashire Witch, Pug, Extravagana, Princess Alice, Sotades, Proserpine, Luminary, b c by Phcenix out of L'Hirodelle, Andrew Brandy, Birthday, Kismet, Bretwalda, Ada, Triumvir, Frill colt, Jack Palmer, Steam, Chertsey, Mickey , Free, Godfrey, Rowena, Ironmaster, Milton, Egerton, The Dog Billy, Little Hampton, Cock Robin April Noddy, Ambition, The Duke o f K ent, Philip, Quebec, Beaumont, Sweetmeat, Plaudit, Sir Ab strupus, Doctor Husband, Imaum, Miss Holbrook, Sir Henry, Poussin, Doctor Wood, Wolf Dog, Pantasa, Sheet Anchor filly, Ould Ireland, The Baron, Yardley, Queen Pomare, Pluto, Isabella, Burlesque, b f by Jereed dam by Bustard, Dean Swift, Juvenal. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR, — The meeting at Liverpool this week will be slightly under the average, the very small acceptar.ces for the Cup having divested itself of its principal attraction in the eyes of the " betting world." It commences to-day with the Crox teth Stakes, for which about eight start, including Alamode, Semiseria, Corranna, and perhaps the Lancashire Witch. I shall look to the first and third for the winner. The Sefton Stakes will go into Lord G. Bentinck's pocket, with Pug or Miss Elis. The Produce Stakes, a walk over for the Black Prince. The Mersey Stakes will bring a good field together, probably ten or a dozen. I see nothing likely to beat the Princess Alice but th e Pori colt and Willi am Tell, and they will find it extremely difficult. I think they will pass the chair as I have placed them. The Maiden Plate to Steam or Bret welder, with Ada and Triumvir close up. On Th . ursday the Foal Stakes, for which the winter " crack" Clear-the-way and the Connaught Ranger will be brought to the post, with one of the other two, probably Chertsey, will prove, or ought to be, an easy gallop for Mr. Irwin's colt. fhe Tradesman's Plate or Cup will bring out a tidy field, pro bably fifteen, which will, I think, consist of the following : Cock Robin, Nereus, Little Hampton, Corranna, Rowena, Godfrey, Trueboy, Milton, Winesour, Lothario, Mickey Free, Extravaganza, Duke of Kent, Dog Billy, and Brunel ; Ever ton, Lightning, and the Ironmaster, are doubtful. Out of these Brunel, Dog Billy, Duke of Kent, Extravaganza, Ne reus, Little Hampton, and Cock Robin stand but very little chance ; and of the remainder Mickey Free, Milton, and Winesour are the best. I n conc l usion, I shall expect to see Miy 1%-et first, with Wi nesour and Mr. Meiklam ' s lot Sir, yours, Fee., l c t l o o n s e o or Mickey m THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. SECONDARIES.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER. ) CROSS V. REDMAN. This was an action to recover the sum of 5/. 9s. Id., for rent of stables in North-place, Portman -market. The case was de void of general interest, but was another instance of the neglect so continually occurring in the Cours. The first case, Hunter v. Knight, was withdrawn, the parties not being prepared, and in the present, defendant had pleaded that he never was in debted, but was not in attendance. He had alleged that he had a set-off for repairs to nearly the amount, and a witness was present to prove a tender of the balance. The SECONDARY said it was a great pity defendant did not attend in time. If the defence, however, was a set-off, it ought to have been pleaded. It was evident he intended to defend the case, but the jury, as the case stood, could not do otherwise than give a verdict against him.— Verdict for the plaintiff. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. (THIS DAN.) Christian Benninghaus, a Pole, w as c h arge d w i t h annoy i ng Lord Dudley Stuart. The prisoner had been reli eve d by hi s Lordship with thirty shil!tngs out of his private purse on Fri• day last, to take him to Manchester, where he had represented he could obtain employment. He did not, however, go there, but subsequently applied for further a ss i s t ance , an d l ast even i ng he went to the office of the Polish Literary Association, Sussex Chambers, No. 10, Duke-street, St. James's, in a very intoxi cated state, and insisted on an interview with his Lordship, which, being refused, he created a great disturbance in the street, and caused a crowd to assem bl e, cont i nuing h i s dis orderly conduct until he was taken i n t o custo d y b y t h e po li ce . His Lordship, however, declined to press the charge. The prisoner was in consequence fined ss. for being drunk. MARKET NE WS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY. The supply of English Wheat bei ng very li m i te d , t h e de mand for that article was somewhat active, at fully the im provement noticed in the quotations on Monday last. Free Foreign Wheat was held for advanced currencies, but bonded parcels were much neglected. Grinding Barley was quite as dear, but all other kinds v, ere a slow inquiry. Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour ruled about stationary. ARRIVALS. Barley. - Wheat. 1,970 qrs. English • • • • • • Irish ..•••••• Foreign • • • . • • Oats. Floor. 2,590 1,260 10,320 13,160 2,020 I 1,570 Malt, 2,150 qrs. ____ W 7 SITECECAPEL. Each kind of prime Meat was in steady demand, at full prices; otherwise the trade was somewhat inactive. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton ' 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; Lamb, 5 s to 6a ; Veal, 33 8d t o 4 s 8d ; and Pork, 25 8d to 4s per 81bs. The Constitutionnel states that the presence of the Duke de Montpensier at Tunis was the means of reconciling the French Consul, M. Lagau, and the British Consul, Mr. Read, who was present with his lady at a soiree given by M. Legau, to the Prince. The Reins Antilie royal y acht left Brest on the 10th for Treport, where she will be stationed, in anticipation of the arrival of the King and Royal Family at Eu. i oN p o er N so ._ ns Tn BILLIARD AND BAGATELLE TATILES.—In the Bill which has passed th e H ouse of L or d s (now before the House of Commons),keeping billiard g of the or bagatelle. tables shall be lic ense d . UNIVERSITY it s provided OFL thatn great increase in the number of candidates for matriculation in the University of London this year, the chambers of the University at Somerset.hcuse not being sufficiently spacious to accommodate the whole of them, the Principal of King's College, on being applied to, placed one of the lecture-rooms of that institution at the disposal of the Senate during the examination. PEDESTRIAN FEAT.—MATCH rolt. 100/.—On Mon day evening a walking match for 100!. took place at Acton Bolton between Mr. Hall, a surgeon, and Haynes, a celebrated walker. The distance was six miles, Mr. Hall giving his opponent three minutes' start. The walking of each party was exceedingly rapist and fair, and kept the horses of the umpires, &c. on the trot. When within a couple of hundred yards from home Mr. Hall came up with his adversary, passed him, and won easily. Mr. Hall walked the six miles in fifty.two minutes, Haynes in fifty.seven. Mr. Hall is esteemed the fastest walker of the day. GREAT FOOT RACE.—yesterday the foot-race be tween Charles Jenkinsan (the London Stag), and Patterson (the Flying Tailor), came off near the Old Hat Inn, at Ealing. The men were matched for 501. aside, to run over 120 yards of road. In bet.. ting Patterson was the favourite. After several attempts the start was effected, when the Stag bounded off in fine style, and took the lead, his opponent waiting upon him very closely, and, at eighty yards Patterson succeeded in passing him. The Stag then made for the winning mark, but :he Flying Tailor had got victory certain, and, after a desperate effort from the Stag, the Flying Tailor ran in the winner amidst the cheers of his numerous friends and backers. PINE APPLES.—Another vessel, called the Ka tinka, arrived on Monday afternoon at Nicholson's Wharf, Lower Thamea.street, from Eleutheria, with 1,573 dozen of West India pines on board of very fine quality. PRICES or SALMON.—Yesterday morning salmon was sold in Billingsgate market as follows 5d.., full. j grown salmon, 201 b. and upwards, 6d. per 1:N, The rnarlryt was well supplied, and the demand was great. • THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, JULY 16. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 46 ; Highest, 64 ; Noon, 62. BAROMETER, 30.14.—W1ND, W.N. W. Nora.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest stato of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. IIIGII WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAT. Morning .• 39 minutes after 10 I Evening .. 17 minutes after 11. 1 1, 7 1 , . ''a ,ham , 411' • *l4:At •' . •. • :3 " -- ‘4006)1WW4 -# ' , - 011'e*US A/M LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1845. The Lords met at Five o'clock. Lord STANLEY, in answer to Lord MONTEAGLE, said that it was the intention of the Government to introduce several amendments into the Landlords and Tenants Bill, but that they did not intend to press it forward this session. Lord BROUGHAM presented petitions from Mr. HARLOW and his attorney, Mr. HARBIN, who had been committed for a breach of privilege on the previous evening, ex pressing their contrition and their willingness to discon tinue the action which had been brought against Thosiks BAKER. The Noble and Learned Lord then moved that they should be discharged on payment of the fees, which was agreed to, and they were discharged accordingly. The Lotteries Bill passed through Committee. The Earl of CLARENDON then brought forward the motion of which he had given notice, on the subject of the existing commercial treaties with Spain, and con tended that, according to those treaties, it was clear that Spanish colonial produce ought to be permitted to be imported into this country on the same footing as the produce of the most favoured nations. The Noble Earl concluded by formally moving the resolution to that effect, of which he had previously given notice. The Earl of ABERDEEN, in reply, said that Spain had never, until recently, placed this construction on the treaty, and instanced several cases in which Spain had refused to admit British produce on the footing of the most favoured countries, and in which, when Great Britain had admitted the produce of Portugal and France on more favourable terms than the produce of Spain, the Spanish Government had not remonstrated. The Earl of RODEN supported the motion. The Earl of CLARENDON replied, and on a division the motion was rejected by a majority of 14, the numbers being—for the mo ion 14, against it 28. The Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and their Lordships adjourned. The Commons met at Twelve. The Turnpike Acts Bill passed through Committee. The Loan Societies Bill was read a third time. The Highway Rates Bill passed through Committee. The House then went into Committee on the Lunatic Asylum Bill. On the clause nominating the Commissioners being put, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved the omission of the names of the unpaid, or, as he called them, the amateur Com missioners. The amendment was opposed by Lord ASHLEY and Sir J. GRAHAM, and rejected by a majority of 39, the numbers being—for the amendment 6, against it 45. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE again divided the Committee on the clause awarding 1,500/. a year as the salary of the paid Commissioners. He moved that I,OOOL a year should be the salary. On a division the numbers were— for the amendment, 7 ; against it, 31 ; majority against the amendment, 24. The Hort. GENTLEMAN took another division on the clause itself, when there appeared—fur the clause, 31 ; against it, 10 ; majority in favour of the clause, 21. Clauses up to 4 were agreed to, and the House re sumed. At the five o'clock sitting, Sir ROBERT PEEL fixed the consideration of the Scotch Poor-law Bill for Thursday next, and Sir J. GRAHAM said the vote for National Education in Ireland would be taken on Friday. In answer to Mr. LADOECHERE, Sir R. PEEL stated his belief that the report that the Brazilian Chambers had passed a law prohibiting the importation of British cottons, unless the differential duties on the importation of Brazilian sugars into this country should be done away with, was unfounded. Lord PALMERSTON then rose for the purpose ofdirect ing the attention of the House to the correspondence which had recently taken place between the Duke of SOTOMAYOR and the Earl of ABERDEEN, on the subject of the claim of Spain to have her colonial produce admitted to this country, on the same footing as the produce of the most favoured nation. The Noble Lord concluded a very eloquent speech by moving that the House should present an address to the Crown on the question. of the Spanish claim. A lengthened discussion followed, in the course of which the House was addressed by Mr. GLADSTONE, Mr. LABOUCHERE, the ATTORNEY - GENERAL, Mr, BARING, Sir G. CLERK, and Mr, BARKLY, And on a division, the motion was negatived by a majority of 88. After disposing of the other orders of the day, the House adjourned at hall-pst Two o'clock. A privilege question again engages the attention of Parliament, and comes before the House of Lords under circumstances well calculated to exemplify the vast im portance of the considerations which are sure to be in volved in them. It seems to he the fate of this class of cases, in nine instances out of ten, to be raised upon circumstances which are of themselves trivial in the in- verse ratio of the issues which immediately depend upon, or may be immediately determined by, them. The mo mentous character of these results, whether contingent or direct, every one seems capable of estimating. It ap pears to be allowed, with scarcely a dissentient voice, that Parliament, which originates, digests and declares, promulgates and repeals, the laws, should have certain powers intrinsic, as it were, and inherent in its own con stitution, to modify the application of those laws, wher ever their literal enforcement, under exigencies either unforeseen, or not sufficiently considered, where such en forcement might compromise the independent action of its legislative functions. It is easy to see at a glance to how vast an extent any crippling or interruption of these functions may endanger the public wel fare. But it will be difficult beforehand to particularise in detail the points which would be thus perilled. These, in the nature of things, must be inde terminate until the specific exigencies arise which deve- Lip and illustrate them. On the other hand, the rights or property which the exercise of the inherent privileges of which we speak, by Parliament, may atfrct or disturb, are generally of the simplest and most universal charac ter. These are such as there is little or no difficulty, irrespective of the considerations of privilege, in establish ing. Lord BROUGHAM made a masterly speech in some respects, but still it seems singular that a man so astute, and a lawyer withal, should be so forward to abandon and sacrifice the first, as if so to dispose of them were the only means of maintaining the latter. The Learned Lord argued on Monday night, in the discussion on the case of HARLOW r. BAKER, as if the sole and inevitable result of the House of Lords, inhibiting HaaLow from further proceedings in an action brought by him against BAKER fur certain passages in BAKER'S evidence before a S. lect Committee of their Lordships' House, reflecting upon the character of BAKER, must be to put BAKER as much out of the pale of civil and legal rights and protection as if he were a Brahmin of high caste about to be degradt d into a Pariah. Now, what was the case ? Examined by the LORD CHANCELLOR, HARLOW admitted that he had brought an action against THOMAS BAKER for false and malicious language used by BAKER in speaking of him, the said HattLow, in giving evidence before the Select Committee in the House of Lords on the laws rc specting gaming. lIARLOw stated that he had suffered much since that evidence was printed from being pointed out as a gambler ; but that when he brought his action against BAKER he did not know that he was thereby committing a breach of the privileges of Parliament. But it should seem that Mr. PETER HatinwlN, his pro fessional adviser and attorney, did. BAKER, of course, appealed to the House by petition for its protection, and we aro at a loss to conceive how the House of Lords PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Chili= Bonds 6 per Cent..., • . • Ditto. Deferred Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela IS Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ...... Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, Converted 6434 Ditto, Account — Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. Russian Bonds ... - .... 118 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 - Ditto. Account . . 25 1 4 3 / 4 26 Ditto, Passive / 8 Ditto 3 per Cent. ... Ditto, Account 35% 36% 36 1 /, Belgian 4 1 / 2 per Cent. 99!4 99 99 Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 99 A I /2 99u PRICES OF PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES PRICES. Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% 2 1% ... l% Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 135 134 135 Birmingham and Ox- ..,, ford Junction Bristol and Exeter 7O Do. New .... - ........ 2 Caledonian Ditto Extension ...... 2 1 /...... Cambridge and Lincoln 1 1 / 2 ...... 4 3 4 5 Chester and Holyhead... 10 Churnet Valley Coventry and Leicester 1 1 % — Direct N orthern Dublin and Belfast June. 2% 8 Dublin and Galway..... 2, Eastern Counties 141. 165...... 21% 1 4 Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....51.135. 4d — Ditto ditto, No. 2. l3s. 4d... Eastern Union l5 .. ... 22 Ditto Extension . „. 1 1 / 2 2% Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto Quarter Shares 12 1 / 2 _ Ditto New 1 / 4 Shares... 2% B% Great South. and West. 20 . :,i 64 3 A 64% 64' 1171 18 1 / 2 8% 22% 1114 (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great Northof England..100 Ditto New Great Western BO 213% 213% Ditto % Shares 5O ll6 117% ...... ... 118 Guildford, Fare'in, Ports. 2% ... 32% 2% Harwich Hull and Selby Lancaster and Carlisle... 20 London and Birminghm (5t0ck)...244 Do. 4 Shares London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d. 9% % 9% London and Brighton... 50 London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 22% % 22% Lond. & S.Western 411 63 10d...... 81 Do. New London and York 2 1% .... 3%54 % L on donderry &Coleraine 2p. 3 l /2 3 3 A Londonderry and Ennis killen 2 1,4 314 3 l/ Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham l% 2%14 24 Manchester and Birmin. 40 Midland 100 194 Do. New Midland,Birm~ Derby 100 Midland: Great Western (Irish) Newcastle and Darling- 54V, 19 1 4 - 3IA i 11/ ton J unction 25 ...... 54 1 ,4 New,astlf and Berwick 1 1 / 2 19,4 Newry and Enniskillen. 2' _ _ /2 1,6 _ Newark and SLeffield .. 1 1 ,E 2% ... .... 24 North British Do. New North Staffordshire 225....... 2% 2% North Wales .. I IA 2% 2% Norwich and Brandon... 10 ... 2 0 3 /4 Oxford and Worcester... 2 1 / 7% 6% 6% Perth and Inverness .. 2% Preston and Wyre Richmondand West End Junction Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2%..... 3 1 / 9 % South Devon... ls South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 27 3 / 4 Do., No. 2. D0., No. 3 South Wales ...... ..... ... 2% 4% 3 % .. Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Waterford and Kilkenny 1 .. Welch Midland Yarmouth and Norwich 2O York and North Midland 50 Do. Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and A miens... 6 Great North. of France (Laffitte's) Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 Jamaica Junction l% 5 Do. South Midlnd. June. 1 Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... . 5 Namur and Liege Orl"ans and Vierzon ... 6 ...... 15 Orleans and Bordeaux... 4 ...... 10%% 1,4 Paris & Lyons, Laftitte's 2 Paris and Lyons, Gan neron's, 2 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen Royal North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse ..... 4 Verona and Anconi...... 1 West Flanders 114 31 / 4 25 484 16% 4% 1 5 2 3 4 3 zR JOINT STOCK BANKS. Colonial 25 London Joint Stock lO London & Westminster 20 Union of Australia 29: . 4 1514 15 26 3 / 4 26 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LOND.N, JULY 16.—Wind W.S.W., light breeze, and line. DEAL, JULY 15.—Wind A.M., N. to N.N.W.; P. M.. N.E. to N.N.E. ; 8 P.M., N.N.W.—Arrd. Eliz , beth, Quebec, arrived from the river, and sailed for Strutfbrd ; Mauritius. Sld. George Home, Distant, South Seas; Ystroom Detering, Batavia; Honing William IL, Roquette, ditto. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 15.—Wind N. to E.N.E.—SId. her Majesty's ship St. Vincent, Queen, Trafalgar, Rodney, Albion, Vanguard, Ca nopus, Superb, and her Majesty's steamer Rattler, on a cruise; Agin court, Nesbit, Cape and Calcutta. FALMOUTH, JULY 15.—Wind N., fresh breezes.—Arrd. 14th, Sisters, Wilkinson Leak. Off port, Elizabeth, Watson, Quebec ; Helena, Asander , New Bedford ; and Mary Clair, Bayania. -------.---------........------......."—: li• be The d The Committee having then withdrawn and restrained at -e The an hour and a on their return well ° CHAIRMAN said quarter, As it appears that the resolutions co. previously come to are not yet fully understood, th e to re . mit tee are desirous of withdrawing all misapprehension, an d t . e d to peat their former determination. I, therefore, am r e1 1 u ,,, - .De Y lion, etometheettemrthtitesfeiiiiietewriensgtedresthelauttwieenh:_ave, after 'nature "" 1 0 10 ~T hat the Committee, in the exercise of that discretion .4 in them by the House of Commons, have selected frotnrcutguti communication schemes submitted to them for affording t b , te n efra to York, the London and York line and the fil o col ilways made up by a combination of the Cambridge a% or ), the Direct Northern, and the Tottenham Extension, vn' cop existing railway to Cambridge, as the only two schemes wh ic k os pe e t n e inter se. As respects a direct promote communication , othe 0, L don to York, it is not open to the rs of all to bring forward rebutting evidence against either of such ' CI° as tar as respects the through communication. .., „ f i d e deuce, the Committee will take the Cambridge an d Sun •tlth 6' l h i a n v e e next in order ; the promoters of that and other lines W! . _ ej, an opportunity .if bringing forward positive and rebuttrgeito as well inter se, as against such portions e t 00 the two schemes referred to in their former ri dge d as then remain undecided on, and as they m a y then he es- to compete with." that ti's This important decision was followed by an intimation _ c ate• Committee would receive the subsequent evidence, no t I" iieW parative consideration of the merits of the lines, but W it h ° b ° to to give a positive recommendation of one o r other sc Parliament. N IMPERIAL PARLIAMET' (THIS DAY.) - . HOUSE OF COMMONS. The House met at Twelve o'c!ock. TURNPIKE ACTS BILL. , w it° b e The report was brought up, and the Bill was (tree read a third time to-marrow. 11 1° LOAN SOCIETIES BILL. t he Di The report of this Bill was also brought up, an d ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. Or d THE HIGHWAY RATES BILL. ad , This Bill was also reported, and ordered to be r e time to-morrow. BILL' tliil 4 MILITIA BALLOT SUSPENSION - _ A s This Bill was also reported, and ordered to b e re '" time to-morrow. UNLAWFUL OATHS (IRELAND) Blind to b e The report was brought up, and the Bill was ore rc" read a third time to-morrow. LAND REVENUE ACT AMENDMEN • te - b e , The report was brought up, and the Bill order ed a third time on Friday. .. 4 n) ECCLESIASTICAL PATRONAGE (IRELA -- ;0 This Bill went through Committee, and the repot' dered to be brought up to-morrow. LUNATIC ASYLUMS BILL. „: On the motion for resuming the Committee on 01 ,1 4 01 3 ' Mr. DUNCOMBE again objected to the 0" ceeding in the absence of the Cabinet Ministers. , 110 94 Sir James Graham, however, having entered toe r j rl the Committee proceeded. On the clause for granting retiring pensions t v be ob P i retr ; under the Commission being read, Mr. DUNCO)II3' the re 1 that there should be any allowance whatever where , no Lord service H performed. a O w 0 ASHLEY believed that it was but just, wh ere to i re dual had spent his life in the public service, to secure penury afterwards. nrie r r Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD objected to the r to of retiringpensions altoether. esO r i Mr. W Y pe NN thought g that this provision was . ° c- O secure the services of efficient persons. b t ci On t nghe sth clause bei read, Mr WARBURTON --noosed an talent to 6eo 4 ro an aent. A 0' thatall the retiring pensio p ns pose g anted unu m er this o• ct 00) subject to the provisions of the 4th and sth William , 0 ro t( regulated the allowance to all those official persons we o f the public service after the 4th of August, 1629. Mr. DUNCOIII BE said that he thought the all:ilPls:1i 1,5001. a year to the Commissioners was en ormouh bo culated to disgust the country, and he should give t et the opposition in his power. lo a Sir JAMES GRAHAM suggested that the / 3 ' ll be suffered to pass, even though as a temporary.lneirthe-te Sir C. NAPIER said that perhaps the objections,ebt be, Member for Finsbnry to the retiring pensions ii"g o doei r moved, if the allowance to the Commissioners were r c A sta l Mr. CHRISTIE suggested that the age dale A s‘ g. sioners ought to be a consideration. of Mr. VERNON SMITH said that any limitati:nor was unnecessary, tor they might appoint an infirm Y as well as an infirm old man. 0 00t ber ri Mr. WAKLEY said, that in legislating for the to t ec: oo less portion of the community, it was their duty t por e t to efficient services, and he should therefore propose 11' 8 . % t pos te , should be appointed who exceeded the age of 45 by 11 00 0 After a short di-cussion, the Committee divided 0 0 when there appeared— 45 For the clause Against it --4 0 A ftP Majority for the clause d r The clause w a s the n a gree d t o , an d or dered to s'^ co d, the Clauses from 6to 9 were a gree d t o w ith a few ver bal 0 1 ment s. pfta p On clause 10 being proposed, which related to the r the secretary, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE objected to the clause. , g t tbel Mr. WAKLEY begged to enter his protest aga' n " position. te4 Lord ASHLEY defended the dance. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, but no ul t oe r place, and the clause was agreed to, and ordered to I— toi of the Bill. t, ' On our admission to the gallery, we found the „ i d bl O Ol discussing various amendments that had been prer' cli Honourable Member for Finsbury on differee ted, in the Bill, which having in a greater measure adgr up eolo r Committee went regularly through the Bill, Mr, T. 11 . ..„,01. A consenting to postpone an y f urt h er oos ition tin the I j r stfir Clauses from 11 to 56 wer e agre ed to, with °- amendments. (LEFT SITTING.) Theat re l Ol There were present at her Majesty's t l f e i evening, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glonee';oo%l Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridg e, 0 11 0 5 by Lady Augusta Cadogan and Mr. Edmund Mildmay , /30 01°‘ o , Highness Prince George; the Dukes of Somerset a nd o f the Duchesses of Somerset and Beaufort ; the Marquise S the bury, Abercorn, Huntly, Granby, and Clanricarde ; at s; chionesses of Ailesbury, Douro, Aberdeen, and West ° , Earls of Shelburne, Lonsdale, Jersey, Wilton, Hatr' n ; ° V;l l ' Falmouth ; the Countesses of Shelburne, Westmorelans4oo,; Dalhousie, and Harrington ; Baron and Baroness Bru ni ,:v e llr' e l i i, ron Talleyrand ; Lords Macdonald, Cranstoun, Cherie , F. Fitzclarence, John Hay, Alvaoley, Somerton, LefZoiste. Hans Lennox, and George Paget ; Ladies Easthope, %vo"; William Paget, Goldschmidt, Fitzroy Somerset, Alford, `-coil° Hope, Meux, Goddrell, and Maynard ; Count Noa il lbO rti i, Kielmansegge, Count and Countess dc Jarnac; Hon. 0 °,7.044°_, Hon. Mr. Mildmay, Hon. General Upton, Hon. Mrs. N loti el mi vr Hon. Mrs. Carew, and Hon. Mrs. Fitz g ibbon ; Sir a __ ; W f i h i Dl"r - Sir H. Meux, and Sir R. Wil mo t ; M rs . B ow yer S'w Baring, &c. t W ee ; Our gallant townsman, Captain Thurtell, 165 1 /10 . ,,‘ forwarded to the Queen six of his incomparable geranio ni ,i 6 cse . P; her Majesty was most graciously pleased to accept; a n ,'„ sr lP.. meatTh j ur A t o e vf li Ath h e a is d iaßni th iez e 7 ho D n i‘ o eiv u oo r : o pE f oyr r .t ec T e e i l v e i g n r g ap a h n . appropriate 110- " ° 111 1 r va r nt, —A return of J ll.- , 0 1 %c money invested in promissory notes of the Bengal Go As and placed in possession of the East India Company , tinfe t , - s the total amount of the said promissory notes, with t 1 " - E dso e " thereon, to be 46,64,376 12 10 sicca rupees. The P rn t cll lo4 , notes were issued to the prize agents in lieu of bills of e- t ish; drawn by the Lieutenant-Governor of Java, in paymen t inr ,ao t stores, and various articles made over to the Java Govcre•-to 0 the prize agents, and on account of cash paid by then , in Java Treasuries between the years 1811 and 1814. OL JG CONSECRATION OF A NEW ROMAN ‘-' 4 " CEMETERY.—Yesterday the Right Rev. Dr. GrilDtbil, „,eterl' Bishop of London, consecrated a new Roman Catholic ce il '' e ,por o i adjoining the new schools, Cadogan.street, Chelsea. h oer tuary chapel attached to it was consecrated at an earlier s ore , ' the morning. The Earl of Shrewsbury, Lord Arundel an d e set Lord Cameys, the Rev. T. Sisk, the Rev. T. Reardon, thy' Mr. Moore, and a large number of persons, clerical ansl present at the ceremony. 00 000 ACCIDENT ON THE RlVER.—Yesterday a ft , e n , 0/ 4 4 4 about two o'clock, Mr. Edward Whaling, son of J. of the Vauxhall-road, was rowing on the river in boat, when, in endeavouring to adjust the stretcher the l' ° "" o er , ', turned, immersing him in the water. The accident wa s o p to In by a gentleman named Sampson, who immediately pulle d bet d spot, and succeeded in catching hold of young Wisling 00r" sinking for the last time. He immediately conveyed On nndisie be and, after the application of the usual remedies, in a eher' , was sufficiently restored to be conveyed home. t J• Pi MELANCHOLY CASE.—Yesterday Mr. • hod' of held an inquest in the Compter, Giltspur-st r e e t, on the - re' James Crathern, aged 39, a compositor, lately employe d st n °ll , way newspaper office. It appeared that he had lately ix - , Dr, unsettled state of mind, owing in some degree to his hayterilt for some time previously out of work. In the night of 1- 0 0 : week he made many attempts to set some copy, and, finding once' unable, gave it up, and at six o'clock in the morning left tb fbrldif, Shortly afterwards a workman on the pier at Blackfria r ' d . fig" saw him in the water struggling and calling for help, sin mtra te , great difficulty rescued him. He was taken before the Int, is , " at Guildhall for attempting to commit suicide, and reman d ? died' was too unwell to be brought up again, a nd on Monday ! Si t ; go': Mr. 111`Murdo, the surgeon of the prison, said that det _lo°' from inflammation of the membranes of the brain, a c ° ,igtlig" which might have been produced by inten s e anxiety.- - " Natural death." tiolt s THE QUEBEC FIRE.—The Liverpool subser l p for the thousands rendered houseless by the late fire tat amounted on Saturday evening to 9661 The largest un- er iea n during the past week was given by the British and North A n 14 0,1 Mail Steam-packet Company, who contributed 1001.- - l An Albion. 13 0 0 LABOUR.—Not less than 150 able-bodied wen .to gone from the neighbourhood of St. Helen's, in this co un n o 111 work on the French Railways, and from the scarcity of !It the farming districts of Lancashire, wages are rising. Frt - ei t, to 141. a week, with additional pay in hay and corn lou' er e°' now generally given to farm labourers in this county.--L ir Paper. ver ll : LOAN SOCIETIES.—The present Act for the 0 1 : ment of loan societies expires on the lit of October, and s` has just passed the House of Commons to renew the fad another year. EXPLOSION OF GUNPOWDER.—On Tuesday Wocr ing, between nine and ten o'clock, Ann Markland, whilst e.t elt for Mrs. Chudley, laundress, residing a t Kensington Gr ev ;ppe r purchased two ounces of gunpowder, and placed it in the c 0 10 fire, for the purpose of clearing the chimney from soot. S ° T a detil l i elapsed, and the powder not having exploded, she lsoP r : D ett opened the door of the grate, and stirred the lighted coals, "oor' tremendous explosion took place, which blew down the b ric k do' of the copper, and knocked the poor woman to a consider ab ; i ll# Lance, setting her dress on tire. She was found lying PI W e ' amongst the bricks, much burnt about the body, neck, 3°— and was removed to the hosptal, enduring great sufferings . 0 FALL OUT OF A CART —On Tuesday afterrn i o. little boy, five years of age, was riding in a chaise cart al014_::101/ street, Bloomsbury, accompanied by his parents, when h e su fell over the side of the chaise into the road, and fractures old skull. He was carried to a surgeon, who dressed the wound, was afterwards removed to the hospital. an {tic : TRADE OF KILMARNOCK.—The different 111. lio n Wring establishments in town have undergone little el te u r ipl • since last week ; whatever change there has been is to the lave side, and operatives are more numerously employed. ; i votOr t ! ° , TILL LINEN TRADE IN bCOTLAND. —The • r . g tion of flax from Russia this season has as yet not been so I l e rio r in the previous year, arising partly from its comparative ' n po se' quality, together with the enhanced price—evils which ha ve, Jig ° ever been in some measure redressed by the additional sueclter which have arrived occasionally from Ireland and the M for' ranean. The ii.ust of our Kirkaldy spinners were, Isei' de ",loo' tunate in having retained a goodly residuum of their old .001 white they at the same time have been I ept full by the ariV of new flax &tom the markets of Holland, Belgtam, and Pro' ,Scotch paper. tome er DE ers , ec th e la tia ra e at teeei n. r y its At fo, it, for DTI ►hi Ihviai, Al t tkrt, I lot ileF /arch,' D u 44 i irr ki th e tr n An tahn Du i , 1 1 . eturi ro° T, .0, 1 ,. tiv,.. , ' °l, n ik4,t