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hare been 6751., against 5,679/. in the corresponding period of last year. The amount of authorised capital and loan is 500,0004, of which 207,772/. had been ex pended at the date of of the last report. WHITEHAVEN JUNCTION. 12 Miles open.—Week ending May 26: Total traffic ... £2OO 19 1 Corresponding week of last year, 2431. The amount of authorised loan and capital is 200,0002, of wkich 171,9621. had been expended at the date of the last report. The dividend paid in 1849 was 1 per ent YORK, NEWCASTLE, AJD BERWICK. 290 1 1 - Miles open.—Week enaing Jane 2:— Passengers, &c. £4,808 13 11 Goods, &e. ... 9,664 910 Total ....£14,473 3 9 Corresponding week of last year (270 miles 0pen),12,795/. The total receipts of the year, tip to the present time, have been 275,2561., against 254,7501. in the correspond ing period of last year. The amount of authorised ca pital and loan is 7,064,4001., of which 6,301,3071. had been expended at the date of the last report. The di vidend paid in the year 1849 was 1?,. per cent. The Great North of England line is leased to this company. YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND. 256 Mile.; open.— Week ending June 2: — Passengers, &c. ... ... £3,075 - 5 3 Goods, &c. ... ... ... 3,920 17 4 Total £6,996 2 7 Corresponding week of last year, 7,0441. The total receipts of the year, up to the present time, hare beim 144,0361., against 145,549/. in the correspond ing period of last year. The amount of authorised capital dad loan is 6,295,0001., of which 4,875,6821. had been expendecfat the date of the last report. The divi dend paid in 1849 was 1 per cent. FOREIGN TRAFFIC. Amiens and Boulogne—Week ending June 2, 1,3491.; corresponding week of last year, 1,0901. Central of France—Week ending May 26, 2,5771.; corresponding week of last year, 2,272/. Montereau and Troyes—Week ending May 13, 8961.; corresponding week of last year, 5691. Northern of France—Week ending May 27, 17,5461.: corresponding week of last year, 13,0241. Paris and Lyons—Week ending May 25, 6,1201. Paris and Orleans—Week ending May 26, 7,6391.; corresponding week of- hist year, 7,6221. Paris and Rouen—Week ending June 1, 5,9731.; cor responding week of last year, 5,3391. Paris and Strasbourg—Week ending May 26, 4,047/. Rouen and Havre—Week ending June 1, 2,i441.; corresponding week of last year, 2,4341. Strasbourg and Basle—Week ending May 26, 1,4331. Tomes and Nantes—Week ending May 24, 6731.; cor responding week of last year, 645/. Dedicatee by Permission to the Governer and Deputy-Governor of . . the Bank of England. Now ready, h dewy Sao., with Portraits, 16s. HISTORY OF BANKING; with a Comprehensive Account of the Origin, Rise, and Pro gress of the Banks of England, Ireland, and Scotland, and Anecdotes of the most eminent Bankers. By WILLIAM JOHN LAWSON, Esq. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. THE NEW ROMANCE. Now ready, in one vol, post Bvo., 103. bound, j A . RBA T A S S I, THE GREEK PATRIOT. A Romance. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- 'Under the immediate I'atronage of Her Most Onacions Majesty the Queen, ills Royal Highness Prince Albert, H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Cambridge, H.R.H. the Duchess of Cambridge. A Grand Classical, Dramatic, Miscellaneous, Concerted MUSICAL ENTRT AINMENT • Selected from the following authors : Mozart, Spohr, Beethoven, Gluck, Ricci, Rossini, Adolphe Adam, Donizetti, and Mendelssohn, will take place on TO-MORROW MORNING, June 21. The Concert will commence at Two o'clock precisely, On which occasion'the following eminent artistes will appear:— Madame Sontag. Parodi, Mks Catherine Ilayes, Madame Gialiani, Mdlle..lda Bertrand, and Madame Frazolini , Madlle. Charton. Signori Gardoni, Calzolari, and Raucarde, Signori Coletti and Belletti. Signori F. Lablache, and Lablache ; Supported by all the Instrumental and Choral resources of the HER Theatre. The whole under the direction of Mr. Balfe. Piano—Messrs. Halle, Osborne, L. Sloper, and Benedict. Harp—Mr. Ap-Thomas. Violin—Messrs. Ernst and Molique. Violoncello—Signor Piatti. Franck Horn—M. Viyier. Among other novelties, The celebrated Trio for Three Tenors—Signori Gardoni, Caizolari, and Baucarde. Duo for Two Sopranos—Mesdames Sontag and Frezzolinl. The celebrated Variations of Adolphe Adam—Madame Sontag. The admired Russian Ballad " Zoloyoi ; ou, le Rosslgnol,' Madame Frezzolini. PROGRAMME. Part I. Overture, Der 2serggeist - - - - - Spohr. Terzetto, " Ceraggio, or to del tuo vigor," Mdddle. Parodi, Madame GiuliaM, and signor Belletti (Fidelio) Beethoven. Arks, " 11 Mio Tesoro," Signor Calmlari (Don Gio vanni) • - - - - - - Mozart. Fantasia, Violin, on Favourite English National Airs, Herr Molique (first time of performance) - Molique. Sioene irons Armida, ~ssii.sted by Mdlles. Parodi, Charton, Csiuliani, C.. Hayes, Ida Bertrand; Sig nori Gordon', Calzulari, Baucarde, Collett', Bel kW, F. Lablaclie, ',Noche, and Chorus - - Gluck. Concertante, for Tivo Pianofortes, with orchestral ai:companiinents, Messrs. Halle and Benedict 'Variations (by desire) " Ali, vous dirai-;e," Madame Sontag, Flute Obligato, Monsieur Bemusat (Le Torren4or) - - - - - A. Adam. Adelaide, Signor Gordon' (his first appearance in London this season) Solo, Violoncello, Signor Piatti, on favourite Russian Airs (tir3t tium of performance) - - - - Aria, " Aorgi amoro," Dldlie. I'arodi (Nozze di Figaro) - • ------ - Mozart. Trio (three basses), " Vedi uom'," Signori Coletti, Belletti, and Lablache (Chiara di Rosen . berg) - ...... Air, " Du-page," Paroles de M. Scribe ; arranged for, and snug by Male. Charton (MS. Opera) - - Benedict. Finale, "Ave Verum," Mesdames Sontag, Parodl, C. Mayas, Charton, Giuliani, Ida Bertrand, and Frezzolini ; Signori, Gardoni, Cislzolari,Baucarde, Coletti, Belletti, F. Lablaclie, Labtache, and Chorus" - - - - Benedict. - Beethoven. - Platt!. - Ricci. - Mozart. PART 11. New Festival Ov4ll7tre (first time of performance in Lendonl Terzetto, Or three tenors, "In quale aspetto Ira belle" (by. general &calve). Signori Gardoni, Calm lari, and Baucardc (Armida) - - - Rossini. Andante, French horn, M. Vivier - - - The Morning Song (that time), the poetry by Barry Cornwall, Madame Soutag, composed expressly tor her by ' - - - - - - - - Benedict. Barcarole, "Saila poppa del min brik," Signor Bel letti (La Rrigione d'Edlriburgo) - - - - Ricci. Andante, from the sonata for piano-forte and violin, dedicated to Kriitzer, performed by Messrs. Bene dict and Ertlst • - Nevi' ballad, ` The Joy of Tears," Miss C. Hayes Of general desire) - - - - - - Rondo, "In questo sempllee," 'Madame Frezzolini - Benedict. - Beethoven. - Donizetti. (Betly) Duetto, " Wand() di gangue Unto," Signori Ban - Donizetti. •carcie And Coletti (iielisario) - - - Trio, " Lift thine eyes," Mdme. Sontag, Mdlle. Charton, and Mdlle. Ida Bertrand (Elijah) - Mendelsohn. Finale, " Alla Trinity Beata," 3esdames Sontag, Parodi, Cdtherine Hayes, Charton, Giuliani, Ida Bertrand, and Frezzolini ; Signori Gardoni, BALI. carde, Calzolari, Coletti, Itelletti, F. Lablache, La blache, and chorus (Laudi Spirituali, A.D. 1546). • -- Pear 111. Quartetto, for four performers, on two pianofortes, (composed expressly for this occasion), Messrs. italic, Linci?ay Sloper, Osborne, and Benedict) - Osborne. Duette, " A flglia. incauta," Mesdames Sontag and Frezzolini (first time of their appearing togetherl (Maria Padilla) Fantasia,lharp, Mr. Ap•Thomas - - - - Parish Altars. Duetto, "Un segreto," Signori F. Lablache and Lablache (Cenerentola) - Zolovel ; eu le Roseignol," Madame Frezzolini - - " Beryl un Dio," Madame Giuliani (Maria di Ronan) Brindisi, Mdlle. Ida Bertrand (Lucrezia. Borgia) - Donizetti. "La Dieu de Paphos" (s econ d ti me o f performance in . this country), by all the principal Artists and the Chums - • - - Overture (Le Nozze dl Figaro) - Tier _ PRICES OF ADMISSION. • • 4/. 4 0 Pit Stalls I/. 1 0 First ditto.. 41. 4 0 Pit Tickets •••• • • • • 0 10 6 , _Second di to 31. 3 0 G a ll ery Stalls.— • • 0 5 1, Thirdditur: 2/. 2 0 Gallery A few boles an the Grand Tier at 61. Cs, may be had by imme diate may, be made at the p r i nc i pa l L i braries and Mic Warhouses e .Box-office. of the .Theatre ; an d to M . Benedict, 2 e , lalactiester thsquare. • Rossini. - Gluck. - Mozart. lIER 'MAJESTY'S THEATRE GEi4 RXT RA NIGHT Tt is reipectfar allnounceil that a Grand Extra Night will take THIS EVrainiG when will be presented- the hlghty successful e grand,OPera, by ffale'rY, the Poem by S cribe, founded en The Tempe st haks Lad composed expressly for h er 31ajesty's Thcatr e ,P Pere, LA TEMPESTA. The Incidental Dances by M. Paul Taglioni. The Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall, Sig. Collett' Antonio, Si ? ilf°ll6°, .9,renzp Proszero, Lablache; Ferallnlact Baucarde; 'frinculo, Sig. Ferra rt; - ' 3 . 4 • Madile. Parodi ; Sycorax, Madlle. Ida Bertrand; Spirit of -Mk Madamil.Giullani • Ariel, Madlle. Carlotta Grist ; Caliban, Ditliache ; Miranda, Sladame Sontag. Director of the Music and Conductor, Mr. Belle. With Yarious entertainmlnts In the Ballet Department, in which Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, 3ida. Marie Taglioni, and Mdlle. Amalfa rerraris, M. Charles, and M. Paul Taglioui will appear. Applications for Ilexes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Boa-oftles„of the. Theatre. • ROYAL ITALIAN OPElidt, COVENT-GARDEN. EXTRA RIGSLIT. Flrst_Night of Madame Viardot. • s ,F art Night of Le-Prophete. Will be. perfothied q I 'THIS EVENING the following powerfhl Mt, Meyerbeer's grand Opera, LPROPEE, in which Mdme. Viardot we'll make H her T firlt appearance this season. Fides, Madame Viardot (the original repTesentative of the part at the Grand Opera in Paris); liertha, Madame Castellan (the original representative of the part at the Grand Opera in Paris, her first ap pearance in that character in England) ; Jean of Leyden, Signor Mario ; .Count Oberthal, Signor Tagliafico; Sergeant, Signor LaTia ; Peasants, Signori Romnti and Seidl ; Gi ona, Signor Maralti (first appearance in that character); Malthisen, Signor Poloninl ; Zac cuts., Herr Formes (first appearance in that character). The Choir in the grand Coronation Scene in the third Act will combine the puvers of a full Orchestra, the Military Bands, the Chorus, and On. The iaKidental Ballet in the Skating s ceni , will be su pported by M. Alexandre and Madlle. Louise Tagliont (as danced by them at the Grand Opera at Parts); afid comprises the celebrated Quadrilles des Pathieurs. Composer. Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Boon will be opened at Halt-past Seven. and the performances cornms.uce at'Efght o'clock precisely. Ticketli f w the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit, may be had (for the night till w a ve r seasolO . • at the Ito4-6131ce of, the Theatre, which la open f rom Ten ve a ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE THIS EVENING . -. , 1: . , % -- -', Will be DerfOrrnefl A P RACTICAL MAN. l l' ' After vr,hieh USED UP. Qo be followed by an entirely new and original antici pation of what may possibly occur one of these days, entitled NOVELTY FAIR ;O. llhit for 1851. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, linage Miss Kenw , Bellingham, Cooke, and Charles ; ee St. G nd eorge. ardleEy, a Miss Martindaleorthy, Mi sa Glover, Miss Oliver, Mis s. All applications for Private Boxes must be m ade to Mr. Alicroit 15, New Bond-strop..:. The Box-office, adjoining the Theatre, in Wellington-street, is • open daily from Ten to Six o'clock, under the superintendence of it . bir.-T. F. Bennett THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old BrOMptol. THIS EVENINC. Will be Dertrmed SEPARATE MAINTENANCE. To be followed by an entirely new comic Drama, entitled NONE Bur THE BRAVE DESERVE THE FAIR. Don Flores del Caro, Mr. B. Webster ; Don Pachico de Tremulo, Mr. Buckstone ; 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 (LARMING SACRIFICE. Bob Ticket, Mr. Buckstone ; Susan alweetapple, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. The Bb:-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 ESMERALDA. Characters by Messsrs. 0. Smith, Wright, P. Bedford ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with a new and original Farce, In the Vulgar Tongue, to be called JACK IN THE GREEN ; or, Hints on Etiquette. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, The Entertainments will commence at Eight o'cloek, with LE CHEVALIER DE ST. GEORGES. To conclude with a new Vaudeville, entitled LA DAME DE TREFLE. 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 .s open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPRITEIRATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. _ . Astley's Waterloo Fete.—ln commemoration of the glorious 18th of June, will be revived, for Five Nights only, the grand National Spectacle of the Battle of Waterloo. 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 TILE AFFGIIANISTAN WAR ; or the Revolt of Cabul 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 Aulillaries. To be succeeded by an inimitable Display of Batty's Feats of Equitation in the Cirqne Olympique. To conclude with the BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Box-office open From Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Coder the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, hi Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. &c. Fifth week of Mons. JULLIEN. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. OPEN every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY. THIS DAY, June 19th, the Royal South London Floricultural Society will hold their second GRAND MISCELLANEOUS FLOWER SHOW, on which occasion an Extra Brass Band will be in attendance, with all the other attractions of the Gardens. Doors open et One, Prodigious Success of the entirely new-modelled Dioramie Pic ture representing the PASSAGE of the ALPS by Napoleon and his Army ! the largest Picture in the World! with innumerable moving Figures the size of life. Modelled, painted, and produced by Mr. Danson and Son, assisted by Mesirs. Adams,. Wilson, kc. &c. The Picture has ocigpied the Messrs. Danson for many months, and it is confidently swatted to the Public as a chef-d'ceuvre of art, and not inferior to any production of the day. The Splendid MENAGERIE has lately been enriched by.severa valuable Presents from the Queen. _ The Musical Department will be conducted by Mons. Jullien and Mr. Godfrey. It will be the alas of the Establishment to offer for the gratification of the Subscribers and the Public, the most Splendid Military Band in the Kingdom ! I Selected from the Bands of her Majesty's horse and Foot Guards, and the most eminent Artistes in the profession. The following list of engagements will, it is hoped, convince the Public, that the long-acknowledged excellence of the Band of this Establishment will be fully maintained The Repertoire of Music will be most extensive and varied, arranged from the most Popular Operas in this and other countries. Solo-Players—Messrs. Keenig, Lazarus, Prosperre, Colinet, Pratten, Jarrett, Sonnenberg, Sommers, and Winterbotham. During the evening a grand Colossal, Scenic, and Pyrotechnic Tableau illustrating the celebrated Picture by David, of Buonaparte Crossing the Alps Showing a general view of the Region of the Alps, stretching from the small mountain lake in the foreground to the distant snow-clad mountains, crowned by the stupendous Mount St. Bernard and its far-famed Monastery. A portion of the French Army is first seen " en bivouac," presently the drums beat to arms, and amid the clash of Military Bands and Martial Music, the Troops commence the Ascent. The Soldiers are seen dragging the Artillery in Trunks of Trees, now ascending almost Perpendicular Heights, and traversing the most Terrific Ravines, but all difficulties are overcome, and the Gallant Army is seen pursuing its course to the Fertile Plains of Italy. The whole to conclude with a Gorgeous Display of Fireworks, by Messrs. Southby, introducing, amongst various novelties, the most admired feux d'artifice of former seasons, Jets d'eau, water rockets, revolving pieces, a raagnificeat Transparency fifty feet In height, painted by Messrs. Hanson, representing Buonaparte on Horseback cheering on his Troops, surrounded by warlike emblems, insiguia of hononr, flags, trophies, &c., amidst a cerruscation of various coloured tree. The complicated and difficult machinery, and the erection of the picture under the direction of Mr. Thos Lowe. The extensive gas fittings by Messrs. Botcherby and Dixon, 23, King-street, Covent garden. Admission, is. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins Day —Morning 29 in. after 10 Evening 10 main. after 11 To-Moazow— Morning 39 min. after 11 1 Evening 0 min. alter 0 THE WEATHER.—Sus OFFICE, JII3E 20. THERMOMETER, IN TEE SHADE. 73—highest since noon yesterday. 53—lowest this morning and during the night. 70—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30'33. WLND S.E.—light breeze and fine sunshiny weather. THE SUN, i • /, • • r ,, ,A T * 4 •mO atMo . Otentuavtn LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1850. It was quite unnecessary for the honourable Member for Manchester to offer any apology for bringing under the notice of the House the impor• tant subject which he on Tuesday night introduced with so much ability. It related to a question in which every British citizen is deeply interested, and on which the welfare and prosperity of the influential constituency which the Honourable Gentleman re presents in Parliament mainly depends. It is impos sible to estimate the extent of the mischiefs that would result from an inadequate supply of the raw material of our cotton manufactures. Thousands and tens of thousands of men, women, and children would be de prived of employment, and would suffer the utmost privations and misery until they took refuge in the various workhouses. An enormous amount of capital would remain idle and unproductive, and a commercial crisis would ensue, exceeding in magnitude that under which the country suffered so severely in 1847 ; many firms of high respectability and undoubted solvency would be re duced to a state of bankruptcy ; the national re venue would fail, and ruin and almost unparalleled distress would prevail on every side. We should no longer have the purchasing power to pay for the pro ductions of other nations, and we should be con tented to do without many things which, from long usage, have become articles of almost primary neces sity. No less than two millions of our population are engaged directly in the manufacture of cotton fabrics ; and, in addition to the vast quantity of these articles consumed in the home market, the declared value of the cotton goods exported during the pastyear amounted to no less than 26,000,0001. sterling, or four per cent. on the entire exports of the country. But, notwithstanding these undoubted facts, we have hitherto evinced a culpable negligence and apathy with respect to the supply of this most im portant article. We are satisfied to place our chief; if not our entire, dependence on the Southern States of America, where the crop is altogether the result of slave labour. If any unfortunate misunderstanding should interrupt our amicable relations with that country, or if, what we so anxiously desire, slavery should be abolished throughout the entire western hemisphere—if, in fact, any of the numerous con tingencies to which the article is peculiarly liable in its cultivationshould take place, we should too late deplore the fatal consequences of our own blindness and fatuity. Should these contingencies not reach to the total theab apeonucneao,fthe raw material, but merely an i ncrease i n the cost 'n i ce t h ereof, to the extent of 2d. or 3d. per consequences, although n o t a lt oge th er in surmountable, would still be very serious, and such as no man of ordinary prudence and foresight would be willing to encounter. If no adequate remedy could be provided for this meet the d anger we could , p , o h a a si z b a l td e e o v f il the we die s , lL Q u t i o d contented to stand th e not possibly avert. But it is well known that among the colonies and dependencies of the British empire there are districts admirably adapted for the growth of cotton, and that if due encouragement were afforded removed to the cultivators, and t hat the o bstacles which a t Bpresentjudiciousirn ped regulations, its w e should were b by wise and rendered in dependentise of the American States, price. ates Why,aodfrom thenany undue or unreasonable increase of is the golden opportunity neglecteddop?t thel Vhnyecedsosawry precautions against any possible e omit, while there is yet time , w to failureaenwe shall h a ? The bi t t t e i r m l y e may arrive, and that speedily, when rue our criminal negligence. cotton, are lt well adapted a t p h t a e t d the o climate th e cultivation soil also those of the West India islands. Indeed , a con siderable quantity of cotton, about GO,OOO bales, wasof Austral Australia as of annually imported from thence in former years, a quantity which has, however, latterly fallen ma terially, so th a t we now rece i ve an a v erage of 8,000 annum only , bales per off y, or about one•eighth of the former amount. This deficiency has been occasioned partly because sugar and coffee were found or be lieved to be more profitable, but chiefly from the do- LONDON, ficient supply of labour in these islands. The latter cause would also prevent any great supply being ob tained, for many years at least, from Australis. Some stimulus may be applied to the cultivation—the pro duce may be quadrupled, or even more, but still we cannot look for a sufficient quantity from these colonies to compensate for any deficiency in the American supply. But it is otherwise in our Anglo-Indian territories. Everything essential to the cultivation is there—the climate and soil are admirably adapted for the crop, and labour can be had to any extent that might be required at a very moderate rate of remuneration. But certain fiscal regulations have interfered with the production, and led to the very marked decline that has taken place cf late years in this most im portant branch of our Indian commerce. From the heavy charges to which the ryots were exposed, the enormous expenses of the land carriage in bringing it to market, the loss of time in the transit of the cotton, and the de terioration it undergoes in quality from exposure to the weather, the dust of the roads, sweating of the animals, and other drawbacks incidental to the sys tem of conveyance, the fair profit of the producer and of the merchant was so far reduced as to withhold the ordinary inducement for its cultivation. These causes may, however, be removed, and the object of Mr. BRIGHT'S motion was to obtain such an inquiry as would lead to an improvement in the system. For that purpose he proposed that "an address should be presented to her MAJESTY, pray ing her MAJESTY to appoint a commission to proceed to India to inquire into the ob stacles which prevent an increased growth of cotton in that country, and to report upon any cir cumstances which may injuriously affect the econo mical and industrial condition of the native population, being cultivators of the soil within the presidencies of Bombay and Madras." This was, unfortunately, not granted, but the very discussion must be highly bene ficial, and will necessarily lead at no distant period to the ameliorations which the Honourable Gentleman so earnestly desires, and which are so essential to the welfare and prosperity of the United Kingdom. The prospects of fiscal reform continue to brighten. The oppressive, unequal, and—notwithstanding the decision of the Court of Exchequer, to which we alluded last week, we venture to add—illegal assess ment of the land-tax, which has recently been brought to light, has excited a feeling throughout the country which cannot subside until full justice be rendered to the parties so deeply aggrieved under the exist ing system. Inquiries have been instituted into the origin of the impost, the nature of the property on which it was levied, and the purposes for which it was to provide. We have thus discovered the mode in which indirect has been substituted for direct taxation, by which the owners of accumulated and realised property have contrived to shift the burden from their own shoulders and to cast it on those whose only inhe ritance is their labour, and who earn their daily bread by the sweat of their brows. We are thus en tering on the right path. The true questions are being raised for the consideration of the people. The good seed is sown, and will bring forth its fruits in due seaseei. When the next general election is about to take place a greater importance will be attached to the opinions of candidates on this deeply interest ing subject than was the case on any former occasion. On the hustings the matter will no longer be passed over sub silentio ; nor will the people be satisfied with vague and empty declamation, or unmeaning assu rances that the claimants for their suffrages are dis posed to bestow full and attentive consideration on the disputed points. Men who aspire to represent important constituencies, and to make laws for the governance of their fellow-citizens, should not remain undecided on a question of primary importance, affect ing the prosperity and happiness of the great body of the people more deeply than any other that could be promulgated. They must be prepared to express their views clearly and distinctly, without qualification or evasion, to state whether it is their purpose that " the many" should still be plundered for the benefit of the privileged few, or whether they are prepared to advocate honestly and sincerely those fiscal changes which are alike demanded by justice and expediency. Four years since, on the dissolution of the last Parliament, we earnestly called upon the various constituencies to demand an exposition of their opinions on this topic from the several candidates, to make it, in fact, the touchstone for testing the poli tical faith of the aspirants to Parliamentary distinc tion. Unfortunately, however, they remained in different and apathetic. Their recent triumph over protection and monopoly—the abolition of the iniquitous bread-tax, had cheered the hearts of the industrious classes. Free trade, or rather what was termed " free trade," had been obtained. The gre at principle had been affirmed that taxation should thenceforward be imposed for purposes of revenue only, and not of protection. The efforts of the people were directed to consolidate their acqui sitions and to strengthen their position, rather than to achieve new victories—to defeat any convulsive efforts of the reactionaries, than to make further pro gress. Our warnings were therefore unheeded, and no step was taken to reform the " National Exchequer," and to enforce a more equitable distribution of the public charges, so, that every man should contribute his proportion of the State expenditure, secundung statum et facultates—according to his position in so ciety, and the stake he possessed in the country. Since that period, however, a commercial crisis of no ordinary magnitude has occurred. Mercantile houses of undoubted solvency and unblemished reputation were reduced to the verge of bankruptcy and ruin. Many, too many, yielded to the pressure, while those who were enabled "to weather the storm" will long have cause to remember the enormous sacrifices to which they were compelled to submit in order to maintain their position. The working classes sustained their full share of the general suffering. Production, if not altogether suspended, was exceedingly limited ; employment was difficult to be obtained even at re duced wages. The causes of these untoward results were closely investigated, and were ascertained to be chiefly owing to our iniquitous "monetary" and " fiscal" codes—the first depriving the people of a measure and representative of value adequate to the wants and exigencies of the country, keeping back the " very life blood of industry," the latter operating to the prejudice of our commerce and manufactures, and thus restricting employment and reducing its remuneration, so that a " fair day's wages could not be obtained for a fair day's work ;" and also casting upon the scanty earnings of indus try a more than due proportion of the public expen diture—the over-toiled operative who gained by un ceasing labour a pound per week, having to pay about 40 per cent. of his income in taxation, while the wealthy fundholder need not, if he does not please to do so, pay more than 2/. 18s. 4d. per cent., and, even under the most favourable circumstances, give more than 10 or 12 per cent. on his easily acquired income. The admirable publications of the Liver- ' pool Financial Reform Associations, and the ex ertions of the different bodies that sprung u p throughout the country in alliance with that patriotic ' society, have further stimulated the people, and a spirit has sprung up which will lead to the most important results. The light at last is beginning to appear in the horizon. Ample materials for the proper settlement of these vexake questioner are accumulating, and the fiscal code must speedily be adapted to the advanced spirit of the age and the real wants of the community. The Bishop of London has licensed the Rev. A. F. Pettigrew, M.A. to the incumbency of Brompton .Chapel ; the Rev. Henry Fyffe, M.A., to the curacy of St. Paul and St. Barnabas, Pimlico; and the Rev. S. Wood, 8.A., to the curacy of St. Thomas, Charterhouse. THE OLYMPIC THEATRE. •- We understand a fashionable house is expected at this theatre to-morrow, to witness an amateur performance in aid of the funds for the Exhibition of 1851. The amateurs will be assisted by the professional talent of Miss Fanny Vining and Miss Florence Grey. The pieces are Love's Sacrifice and PlanchCs Charles the Twelfth. WEST CORNWALL RAILWAT.—The Committtee on this company's Bill for a branch at Hayle, modifications of agreement with the Hayle shareholders, and for alteration of gauge, have declared the preamble proved. COMMERCIAL GAS AND POPLAR GASLIGHT COM PANIES.--The Committee report that the standing orders in these cases have been complied with. OSTEND, JUNE 7.—The lion. Mr. Walpole, Lady Neville, H. R. Neville ' Esq., and Capt a in R. Carnac, arrived on Saturday, by the General S team N a vigation Com pany's steam -ship Sir Edward Banks, from London. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. If any additional evidence were needed to prove that the vote of the House of Lords on Monday was dictated by foreign Powers, to serve foreign as con tradistinguished from English objects, and to force on a reluctant SOVEREIGN and a reluctant country a now Ministry, nominated by the Absolutist Powers of Europe, and bound to betray English to Absolutist interests on all occasions, it would be found in the official announcement of that division by the French re•actionary Ministry in their official journals. The Petrie has the following : " THE BRIIISII MINISTRY IN A MINORITY. " The Government has received the following tele graphic dispatch, dated London, this day, 18th JuEe, four o'clock in the morning:— " ' THE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES OF FRANCE T 3 THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Y. " The motion of Lord Ste.nley, relative to the affairs of Greece, has just been adopted, after a sitting of eleven hours' duration, by a maj or it y o f 3 7 . " The result surpasses the expectations of the men the most disposed to believe that the Ministry would find itself in a minority.'" The last phrase clearly establishes a solidarite between the Tory peers and the foreign Cabinets. It would likewise go far to show that some of the foreign diplomatic body in this country have established in timate relations with the Opposition in Parliament. It will be remembered that the same Tory party wasted a vast deal of virtuous indignation, some two years since, on Sir HENRY BULWER and the Pro gresistas of Spain, when it was supposed that some such relations as those now subsisting between the Tory Opposition and the Embassies of France and Russia had been established between the English Manliss,h Opposition at Madrid. the Deb u t s a n d O r d re , exu lt co mmencementin of justice and re paration for France," that is to say, as the inaugura tion of a system of policy which shall bind England to aid the Absolutist S overe i gns of the Continent in a crusade for the restoration of monarchy in France, as the recommencement of the coalition of 1793, of which England will pay all cost, while the Bourbon family reap all the ad vantage. The Constitutionnel, the organ of the Elysie, is much more rational than the Bourbonist journals. It observes merely that Lord PALMERSTON must get a vote of approbation from the House of Commons, or retire. The French Ministers take to themselves the entire credit of the success of Lord STANLEY'S motion. The Patric has the following on the subject of the Dotation Bill :—. 6‘ The report of M. Flandin will probably be read to the committee to-morrow (this day). If any modifica tions in it should be considered necessary, the report, instead of being deposited on Thursday, will only be deposited on Friday, and, in that case, the discussion will commence on Monday. In the not very probable event of the report of M. Flandin being adopted to morrow by the com m i ttee, t h e di scuss i on w ill commence on Friday. ' The same journal says— " The five members forming the minority of the com mittee have resolved to cause to be inserted in the report a statement of the opinions they expressed in the course of the deliberations. One of them, M. Lefebvre Durufli, will state in the tribune the motives which have induced them to support to the end the Government Bill, and will support the amendment against the resolution of the majority of nine." M. EMILE DH GIRARDIN has announced that, in consequence of his election as representative for the Bas Ithia, he has resigned the directorship of La Presse. The Assembly on Tuesday rejected the first clause of the proposition of M. NADAUD, the Socialist repre sentative, on the subject of the Association of Work men, by a majority of 296 to 208. The Ordre states that, in the question of the Presi dential dotation, M. DR KERDREL and M. DE DAL MATIE, both members of the Committee, intend to propose that the whole sum demanded shall be voted, either for the payment of the expenses of installation, or for the two years 1849 and 1850: and it adds that it is very probable that one or other of these propo. sitions will be voted by the Assembly by way of compromise. PARIi BOURSE, JUNE ls.—Five per Cents., 94f. 10c. ; Three per Cents., 56f. 50c.; Bank of France, 2,240 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. JUNE 19. The only sale to-day was—Sambre and Meuse, 2X. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 14th have arrived. Large bodies of troops are concentrated round the capital, to be ready in case of any emergency that may arise during the QUEEN'S confinement. The central committee of the creditors of Spain, formed to negotiate with the directing junta of the public debt upon the subject of their claims, have issued a circular to their brother creditors, urging them to unite in their several localities to consult upon the best measures to be adopted in the present positio❑ of their affairs, and to communicate the re sult of their deliberations to them (the central com mittee), who will be glad to receive their advice in carrying the object of their institution into effect. MADRD, BOLSA, JUNE 14.—Three per Cents., 34f 346 ; Five per Cents., 13121. Exchange on London, 50 30 money. THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 20, 1850 , GERMANY. The Cologne Gazette has the following from Frankfort, 16th instant :—" We learn that the Go vernments of the two Hesses have on the most frivo ous pretences opposed the passage of the Baden troops, who are to go to the Prussian garrisons. The Senate of Frankfort supports the objections of these two Governments. The Baden Ministry has sent an envoy to Darmstadt, Cassel, and Frankfort to remove this difficulty." The Dresden journal announces that the KING has commuted the penalty of death declared by the court•martial against HBUBNER, B AKOUNIN , an d ROECKEL, into imprisonment for life in a fortress. Bsicourini, as we have already announced, has been given up to the Austrian Government, ROZCXEL has been sent to Waldheim. At the sittings of the College o f P r i nces a t B er li n on the 15th the credentials of M. MEYSENBOURG, re presentative of the Grand Duchy of Baden, were de livered in. The College then proceeded to other bu siness. The first question was the changing the provisional arbitral federal tribunal into a tribunal for the union, the decision on which was postponed. It was then referred to the arbitral tribunal to prepare a new law as to the course of procedure in cases of high treason against the union, and to fi x th e p un i s hment for such crime, the Council of Administration having withdrawn the law on that subject passed by the Er furt Parliament. A committee was nominated to ex amine the note of the Government, containing its reasons for refusing to send a member to the arbitral tribunal. This latter committee is also to draw up an answer to the Saxon declaration of the 25th of May last. The national Gazette of Berlin states that the ac counts received from Copenhagen are pacific, and that although an army has marched to the frontiers it will not cross it. ITALY. The responsible editor of the Costituzionale of Florence was condemned on the 12th to a fortnight's imprisonment and a fine of 200 f. for an article de clared to be offensive to religion, and relating to s service which had been celebrated at Prato in honour of the return of Pius IX. The Concordia of the 15th gives the following ac count of the state of Rome : " All the Roman youth have either emigrated, are imprisoned, or under suspicion, and aro not allowed to be abroad after sunset. The perquisitions are no longer confined to men, women, and children, but extend to cravats and hats. Y ester d ay a F renc hman's hat was searched, and he h a d to wa lk h ome bareheaded. All the letters of th e E ng li sh consul (except official ones), are also intercept e d an d exam i ne d." Accounts fro m N ap l es o f t h e 10th mention the great joy expressed by King BODIDA at the passing of the French El ec t ora l L aw . This pet of the Tories boasts that the F renc h fl ee t w ill drive Admiral PARKER out of the Mediterranean; that Russia will put down Lord PALMERSTON, send all English subjects from the continent, and destroy every Consti tutional Government in Europe. LOSS OF THE ORION. The following telegraphic message has been received at Lloyd's thi s morn i ng, from Gl asgo w:— , The following passengers arrived from Stranraer at Greenock this afternoon, by the Albion, which left Loch Ryan shortly a ft er 8 A.m. : —Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Napier, Major Mann, Mr. Drysdale, Mr. Rennie, Mr. Junot, Mr. Glequien, Mr. J. R. Campbell; Dr. and Mrs. Nichol , w i t h oue son an d d aug ht e r. went on s h ore at Girvan (they lost one daughter); Mr. W. Paton. "The following are reported drowned :—Mr. F. Ben nett, Captain Mac Neil (brother of the Lord• Advocate), Mrs. Mac Neil, and two daughters (two sons saved). " A Mr. Sp!att, on his way to Australia, with his wife and three daughters, lost entire family and 7004 in money; he was left at Port Patrick in a most distracted state of mind. " The niece of Dr. Burns, who was reported missing, is eared, and also Mr. Moss, of Liverpool." EXTRAORDINARY RAPID Commumcsnox.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-vessel, Indus, which left Southampton on the afternoon of the 20th of May, reached blalta on the 30th with the outward India mail, cleft with same for Alexandria on the 31st, and got back to Malta, en route for Southampton, with the homeward Bombay mail of the llth of May, on the evening of the Bth of June. The Sultan, belonging to the same company, which left Southampton on the 29th of May, reached Malta on the Bth of June, and left for Constantinople on the same day at noon. 1 At Rennison's baths, Bristol, a eelebiated direr, last week, jumped from an elevation of 80 feet, with a pair of boots in his hands, 'which, before rising to the surface of the li water, he had pulled on to his feet. * ' MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at nearly 5,000 bales, of which 700 American were taken for export and 300 on speculation. The market closed steadily without alteration in prices. The sales comprised 4,000 American, 150 Egyptian at 71d. to &id., 500 Surat at 41d. to 51d., and 100 Sea Islands at Is. 1-f:d. to Is. 7d. per lb.—Railway Shares were quiet without any material alteration in prices. The six weeks average price of Wheat is 395. Bd. per quarter for the towns which make official returns. Accounts of the 18th instant, from Amsterdam, state that the home Funds had experienced a decided advance, owing to important purchases made. Most Foreign Securities were likewise in favour, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Russian, and Austrian being very animated. Mexican were good. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. brought 57 13-18. No ship arrivals have been announced, but we have the remaind•-r of the Overland Mail by the steamer. The most stringent directions having been issued by the Post-office authorities for the entire suspension of the delivery of letter& on Sunday, great curiosity is ex pressed in the City to learn how far the measure will be liked by the trading community. The melancholy details of the loss of the steam-ship Orion, have excited not alone grief, but extreme sur prise; the allegation that a dangerous and hidden rock existed in a place so constantly passed by vessels as Fortpatrick is, and that the locality was, nevertheless, down in the charts as " deep water," appearing to justify the conclusion that gross carelessness exists in some quarter, and that it is impossible to say how soon we may hear of like disasters elsewhere; nor can it be otherwise than a matter for surprise that the gentleman who states his knowledge of this rock, acquired during his service as a naval-packet commander, should not have communi cated it at once to the Admiralty. There can be but one consolatory reflection in this case, viz., that it may lead to inquiry and to the remedy of the evil com plained of. - The last week's Railway returns, as ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under:— 1850. 1849. Brighton £10,514 .£10,036 South-Eastern Midland 20,805 20,793 Caledonian 6,248 6,062 Great Western . North-Western South-Western 12,053 11,904 The English Funds have been higher again, but the transactions have not been extensive. The questions which Mr. Roebuck this evening intends to ask concern ing the intention of Government, after the vote of the Lords upon the Greek affair, might have been supposed to have had rather a depressing effect upon prices, be cause uncertainty is always made available by specu lators; but such is not the case, since every one is well aware that Lord Palmerston stands well in the Com mons. Consols have been quoted 96 to 96i for Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 9$ 1. Bank Stock is firm at 208 to 209. Exchequer bills nave been 675. prem. The Committee of Mexican Bondholders have given notice of a further amount of dollars having been re ceived by the Severn for the dividends, and also of the duties pending, but this has not benefittod the Bonds, which are heavy at 298 to 30. Grenada Stock is 18k. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 17i. Dutch Four per Cents. are 881 i. Shares aro rather dull, and the turn in favour of buyers. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols ... ... .. ... shut. Ditto Account ... ... ... 96 96} ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. bank stuck ;icy Cent. Reduced Anna ... 964 A 964 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Ann 5.......... ...... 9814 X, 98 4' ,a Gong Anne. to expire Jan.lB6o . 8 3-16 84 n lia Bonds, 1,000/ B5 88 p 88 p Ditto under 1,000/........ ....... South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Console for Account 96 % 14 96 96 1 4 3 it xchequer Bills. I►,4d. & 2d 1,000/. Juno 67 p 67 p 500/. June Small. June CLOSING ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. krazilian on Ditto, New, 1813 .. 85 1 4 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 oar Cent.... 56 Danish 80nd5,1825, 3 per Cent. .. 73 Ditto 5 Der Cent. Ditto, Scrip . ... 10 p . 10 p Grenada Bonds, 1% per Cent. lB% 18% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ......... Ditto, Account 3O 29% 30% Portuguese 5 per Cents. itussian Bonds Ditto Scrip —4% p F,panish 5 per Cont. 1840 17% 17% Ditto lB4O 14 3 / 4 Do. 1844 13 3 / 4 13 3 / 4 Ditto 1849 12 Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto. Account Venezuela Bonds, 2 , ,,i. per Cent Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates B B 3 / 4% 88% PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSINJ,4 RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE 4. Buckinghamshire ...... 17 1 ,4 Caledonian Do. New 101. Pref.... 10 Eastern Counties........ 20 Di tto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 6/. 13s. 4d.... —p. .. ...... p Ditto ditto, No. 2...6/. 13s. 4d... p 3, P Great Northern Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12 1 ,4 l O 3 /4 ......... ...... 10% Great Western 100 Ditto, New 171......« 15 ... .. 71,4 7% Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... 97 . Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 ..... 40 Do. Fifths.... ....... .... 11 %. 2% ..... Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 10 Do. (W. Riding Union) 11% 3 4 3% Leeds and Bradford London &Blackwall...ll/. 65.3 d... .... ....... ... 4LA London and N. Western 100 109% lO9 _ . Ditto, New Quarters 12 ...... 12 1 A..... London as S.Weetern —lOO ...... 60 60% ...... Midland lOO . 3714 3t ...... 36 Do., 50/, Shame Do. Consolid. Bristol & Birming., 6 perct....100 North British ... ....... 25 North Staffordshire ... 17% 7 7% Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 Preston & Wyre 25 ... .. 41 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Scottish Central .... ..... 25 ...... 12th Shrewsbury and Birm... 13 1 4...... dis.. ...•• dis Ditto ditto. Class B. 9 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Mill.) 2O ••• Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 South Ea3t.lr , Do., Registered No. 4 10 York, I , ,ewcaatle, and __ Berwick..... ........... 25 15 % 1,4 4 ..... ... 15% Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 Do. G.N.E. Preference 8 ... York and North Midland 50 Diu*, Pr' feranne ...... 10 ....... ..... . ..... FOREIGN RAILWAYS. B o ulogne and Amiens... 20 ...... 6%... 6 l /2 7N East Indian 7 Paris and Rouen! 2O 22 22 Sambre and Meuse 2O ••• .. 3 2',% ....„ ...... 2% MINES. -- Australian 4 ••• ••• .... •••• 000000000 33/4 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Commercial of London 20 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JUNE 20.--Wind at noon S.E., light breeze and fine weather. DEAL, JUNE 19.—Wind N. to E.—Arrd. from the River and sailed, Stratford, Mauritius ; Prince Albert, San Francisco ; Catherine Green, St. Kitt's ; Brisk, Nassau. Sld. Kate, Sydney, New South Wales; Sir Bevois, Hong- Kong; Nile, Port Natal. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 19.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. John Garrow, Hamilton, New Orleans; Creole, Every, Buenos Ayres ; Mercutio, Sewell, ditto. Off port, Kitty Cordes, Mobile; Parker, Elleralie. Std. Elizabeth and Spectator, Calcutta; Sarah Home, Africa; Arab, Lima; Isabel, andt R Jamaica; Pacific ste amer , N ew Y or k ; H ope , B oston . The schooner Ellen, E vans , w hi c h san k 12t h D ecem b er in Moolfre Roads, h as b een ra i se d an d towe d i n h ere. onA large shore n the with ca mainrysf o r e m er iz l e 6 n th ma m st a s y g . gone, was seen CRONSTADT, JUNE 10.—The Taylor, from Newcastle, struck! on a rock near Filsand 7th inst., came off, filled, and went down; crew saved. NOTICE TO MARINERS.—LIGHT AT ALGECIRAS. GIBRALTAR, JUNE 6, 1860.—The following change on the light usually exhibited at Algeciras is communica ted for the !information of masters of vessels tacking about the bay during the night, or desiring to anchor in that roadsted. The fixed light hitherto situated on the beach at Algeciras has been removed to Green Island, bearing S.S.E. about one mile from its former position, where it will be lighted after the 15th inst. It is at an elevation of forty-six feet from the level of the sea, and from the S.E. quarter the full light will be seen, from the N.E. and S. W. only the half light, and from the N. to W. the light is invisible. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Swedish and Norwegian General Consulate, 2, Crosby- square, 19th June, 1850. Sir,—l have the honour to hand yuu the annexed translation of an ordinance issued by the Royal Navy Board at Stockholm. (Signed) CHARLES ToTTLE. Capt. G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's. The Royal Navy Board hereby makes known, for the information of mariners, that by command of his Ma jesty, two stone lighthouses of a similar height have been erected upon the highest point of the Island of Nordkoster, likewise called Kosterkullen, situated on the northern shore of the county of Bails, 200 feet above the sea, and in 5E deg. 54 min. 12 sec. north lati tude, and in 11 deg. 4 min. longitude east of Green wich, and 29 deg. 13 min. 45 sec. east of Feroe. The lighthouses are 17 feet high to the tower, and 20 feet to the flame, which is 220 feet above the level of the sea, and can be seen on a clear night from the deck of a vessel at a distance of from four to five geographical miles. The towers are 240 feet north and south upon the compuss distant from one another. On the southernmost tower is placed a stationary light of the third size, and on the northernmost one a rotary light, its revolution occupying two minutes, during which it exhibits short but rapid flashes of light. They will be lighted for the first time on the Ist of September, and will continue to be lighted regularly during the times of the year appointed for the other lighthouses in the kingdom. rl,irXl 92Zattort HAMPTON RACE S. (THIS DAY.-BY EXPRESS.) Handicap of 3 sous, each, and 25 added. Hind of the Forest 1 Marquis of Conyngham Lady Frances ~, . , ... 3 The Richmond Stakes of 10 sovs. each, &c. Mouse ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Bacchanalian ... Seignor of Holderneis ... 3 MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NEVTGATZI AND LEADENHALL. Our market has ruled heavy to-day, at drooping prices. Beef from 2s to 33 Od; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3a id; Lamb, 3s 10d to 4s 4d ; Veal 2s 8d to 3s 4d ; and Pork 3s to 4s per Blbs, by the carcase. SAY !MAXIM TS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31 14s; Clover ditto, 3l 3s to 4/ lOs ; and Straw, I/ 2s to 11 9s per load. A fair average supply, an d a s t ea d y tra d e . CUMBERLAND.—Dioadow Hay, 2110 s to 31155; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 41 8s; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 1/ lOs per load. Supply good, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 14s ; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 4/ 14s; and Straw, 312 s to 11 95 per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, yet prices were firm. MEAT MA.7LICETS. SOUTH/LL, JUNE, 19.—Our market to-lay was well supplied with each kind of fat stock, the demand for which ruled heavy, at drooping prices. —Beef from 2s 10d to 3s 3d • Mutton, 3s to 4s ; Lamb, 4 s t o 4s Esd; Veal, 3s to 3s 4 d; and Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, JUNE 19.—The general demand was in a very inactive state, and last week's currencies were not supported.--Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 31 2(1 to 4s; Lamb, 4s to Ss ; Veal, 3s to 3s 4d; and Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 22s ; Quarter old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s; and Mulch Cows, with their s ma ll C a lf 141 to 18/ each. LIAILsEtsx, JUNE 19.—Our market was very flat, and the general quotations were lower. Beef. from 3s 2d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s Od; Lamb, 4s 4d to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s to 3s 4d per Sibs. CORN AVERAGLES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN Fir the Week ended June 13, 1850, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Citiesand Towns in Eagland and Wales per Imperial Quarter. I wits wr. I BAILLZT.I OATS. I tun. I BLANC 1 MAO. PRICE • • I 39s 10d I 21s 8d I 16s led I 223 8d I 26a 10d I 27s 3d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. I RY E . 1 BEANO. I ?EAR. la Od le Od la Od I s Od la Od la Od CHANCERY. -(THIS DAY.) Shortly after ten o'clock, Lord Langdale (the Master of the Rolls), the Vice• Chancellor of England, and Mr. Baron Rolfe, took their seats in the Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn, as the Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal. Immediately upon their Lordships taking their ■eats the usual oath was administesed to them by the Clerk of the Crown (Viscount Crowhurst), the eldest son of the Earl of Cottenhare. The Old Hall was considerably crowded to witness the ceremony. Mr. Dowds, with the oldest Master of the Court, was in attendance upon their Lord ships, and upon the motion of Mr. Swanston, the senior member of the equity bar, the oath their Lordships had taken was ordered to be recorded. The ceremony having been concluded, the Vice-Chan cellor of England retired, in order to sit in his own court, and Lord Langdale and Mr. Baron Rolfe proceeded to hear appeal motions. VICE-CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE• CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) His HONOUR having disposed of the cases of Robinson v. Hedger and Adshead v. Chapman, proceeded to hear motions, but no case of any interest came before the Court during the morning. His Honour will sit in his Court at Westminster to-morrow, in consequence of having been subpoenaed to give evidence in an action brought in the Queen's Bench by Mr. Dimes against the Earl of Cottenham, which is specially appointed for to morrow. (Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) His Hortoua did not sit till eleven o'clock to-day. His Honour heard motions, but no case calling for a special report came before him during the morning. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Westminster ' before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN and a Special Jury.) THE COUNTESS DE SALTS V. BAGLEY. - _ This was an action for a breach of covenant. The defendant is the lessee of an estate of which the plaintiff is the owner. and the alleged breach of covenant con sisted in the defendant's having cut down a great num ber of timber trees and trees in a cherry orchard on the estate. Sir F. THESIGER (with whom was Mr. Sergeant Shee) opened the case of the plaintiff, and was about to call witnesses in support of it, when The ATTORNEY• GENERAL, who represented the de fendant, intimated his inclination to refer the matters in dispute to arbitration, a suggestion which was eventually acceded to by the counsel for the plaintiff, and the case was withdrawn. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.) The Court resumed the case of Doe dem. Goodwin v. Joyce this morning, which occupied the whole of ye9e terday's sittings. The proceedings were not concluded when our report left. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) WHALLEY V. BURNS AND OTHERS. This was an action brought on a replevin bond given to the Sheriff of Warwickshire and ssiigned to the plaintiff The case was before the Court on the last Court day but withdrawn, the plaintiff not being prepared with evi dence. Defendants had in the first instance denied the execution of the deed, but now admitted it under a judge's order. The question raised on the last occasion was whether the plaintiff was entitled to the full amount of the penalty of the bond which professed to be taken for double the value of the goods, the penalty being 121. The Learned UNDER•SHERIFF held that the plaintiff could only recover the value of the goods, and evidence was now adduced to show that they were of the value of 121., and a ♦erdict was given for that sum. The other cases heard this morning were on bills of exchange, and undefended. COURT OF COMPENSATION, GUILDHALL.—(THIS DAY.) COMPENSATION FOR THE DEATH :or A WIFE.-LAVE V. GRAHAM. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, to recover compensation for loss sustained by him by the death of his wife, occasioned by the neglig e n ce o f th e d e f en d an t. Deceased fell into a cellar of defendant's house, in con sequence of the flap of the cellar being left open, on the evening of the Ist of January last; the cap of her knee was broken, and she died in a fortnight. For the defeace it was contended—first, the accident occurred through the carelessness of the deceased; and secondly, that deceased did not die from the actual injury, but from other causes. The jury, after a short consultation, gave a verdict for 20/. MARLBRO'-STREET._(THIS DAY.) RUFFIANLY ASSAULT ON A FEMALE.—Henry Williams, a cabman, was placed before Mr. Bingham charged with violently assaulting Eliza Penny. The complainant, whose face and eyes were much swollen, stated that about ten o'clock last night she was proceeding down Oxford-street, when the prisoner came up to her and entered into conversation with her. After talking together some little time she was induced to accompany him to a public-house, where they had some refreshments. After leaving the public-house he took her to another house, were he wished her to stop with him all night, and on her refusing so to do he struck her several times in the face with his fists and knocked her down. While lying on the floor he again struck her, knocked two of her front teeth out, and blackened both her eyes. Her cries brought some of the people of the house to her assist. ance, who secured the prisoner and gave him in charge to a constable who happened to be passing at the time. She was still suffering severely from the injuries she had received. Mr. BINGHAM commented strongly on the prisoner's cowardly conduct, and, as a warning to him for the future, fined him 51., and in default committed him for three months. POST-OFFICE NOTICE. STOPPAGE OF THE SUNDAY DELIVERY. The following notice to the public, and instructions to all postmaster, sub-postmasters, and letter receivers, was posted at the General Post-office this morning:— On and after the 23d instant, there will be no delivery of letters throughout the United Kingdom on Sunday, nor will there be any collection of letters, whether by messengers, letter-carriers, receivers, &c., on that day. A collection, however, by means of boxes will still be permitted on Sunday, us at present, at the receiving offices, whether in towns or in the country, and at the chief offices in towns, &c., it being clearly understood, that letters deposited in the receiving boxes shall remain unsorted and untouched until the Monday, and that there shall be no attendance of postmaster or their clerks at the window of the Post-office on Sunday. The present practice of detaining letters addressed to the metropolis itself, when posted on Saturday, until the dispatch on Sunday, will not be disturbed, with the ex ception that the bags containing such letters must be closed on Saturday night, and as the mails will be transmitted on Sunday in the usual manner , . it will be necessary that some person shall attend to dispatc h the bags alluded to as well as to receive or forward those bags that have arrived from other offices. Postmasters taking upon themselves to deliver letters to any parties whatsoever in contravention of these orders, will be most severely punished. ON THE GREEK AFFAIR. FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE ___ _ NO. I. THE MARQUIS OFNORMANBY TO VISCOUNT PALMERSTO N. Paris, June 13, 1850. My Lord,—l this morning communicated to General de Lshitte your Lordship's dispatch of yesterday's date, and read to him the inclosure from Mr. W'ysis. I pointed out to him the importance of the facts here, detail©d upon those results of which the Fren c h G overnment h a d com plained, and which we had ours e l ves regre t te d. Mr. Wyse objects that Baron. Gros concealed from him the intelligence which he had received by the Vauban, in forming him that a convention respecting the Greek question had been agreed to in Paris and London. In order to bring this matter, in which there had been so much confusion on all sides, distinctly to point, I directed the General's attention specially to the fact that the complaint of Mr. Wyse against Baron Gros was founded on the statement he had, himself made in hi s l e tt er t o M. Drouyn d e Lhuys 01 the 14th of May, afterwards read to the Assembly, to the effect that this had been done at a moment when convention negotiated directly and definitively agreed upon in London was on the point of arriving at Athens, where already the essential bases of it were known. I said that Mr. Wyse had read this with extreme surprise, as certainly, if all this had been known at Athens, it had never, up to the arrival of the Solon, been in any respect communicated to him; and inasmuch as it was in hie (Mr. Wyse's) estimation a serious imputation that, in the possession of such knowledge, he had refused, as had been supposed, to await the short necessary time for its confirmation, on the other hand it must bo considered • grave charge against M. Gros that he had concealed such a fact from the person with whom he was in official relation, and with whom he also assumed to be in confidential communication; and if this was really so, upon him and him alone sh ou ld f a ll a ll t h e responsibi lity of the consequences which had followed. The general said that it was impossible to read Baron Gros's report of what had occurred without seeing that he could not have been actuated by any such feeling. What could be his motive? It was as much his desire as it was his duty to bring these matters to a termina tion by the good offices of France. Could anybody sup pose there was concealment behind that letter which be wrote upon the receipt of the Vauban? Did be not ask Mr. Wyse to come and read his dispatches? This had been declined, an d th e m i sc hi ef had arisen from 1115 never having been met in the same spirit by Mr. WY"' I observed that the offer to come and look at his dis patches was of value according as, in alluding to their contents, he had accurat e ly s t a t e d what they were; but how could any one suppose, in reading this letter, that he had any knowledge of a proposed convention !lege' hated in London, when such a most important fact was never alluded to from one end of the letter to the other. I began to think that the best mode of clearing up this matter with General de Lahitte was to go over with him all the dispatches which had been carried out by the Vauban, which could b ea r u p on thi s part o f t h e subject. This the General readily agreed to do, and having finished their perusal, I told the General candidly, that I could see nothing in them to justify the expression used in his dispatch to M. Drouyn de Lhuys, that the essential bases of a convention negotiated in London were at that time known at Athens. I entreated his serious attention to the bearing this point must have upon all future discussions. It was evident now, that the blame imputed to Mr. Wyse for having acted in the face of such knowledge could not be sustained; either that knowledge had been concealed from him at Athena, or it had not been in the power of Baron Gros to coin municate it; and if so, I was sure he would, with the candour which I had always experienced on his part, be ready to admit that he had put some very incautions expressions into a very grave document. The General said that it was easy to explain what be t , had meant, that the a lt era ti ons i n t h e or i g i na l pro j ec t 01 Mr. Wyse and M. Gros had formed the bases of the con' vention of London, and this had been in the progress of negotiation. I begged the General to remark that if be would read carefully this letter of Baron Gros, be would find that he had not succeeded in conveying ant such idea to the mind of Baron Gros, or if (as it novr ap peared certain) there had been no wilful concealment 0 0 the Baron's part, had he derived the same impression from the dispatches by the Vauban, which had been con veyed to M. Drouyn de Lhuys in the dispatch of the 14th May, which I now membered with increased regret .130 1 been read from them ibune of the Assembly, an unusual proceeding, which demanded peculiar care in the pc' curacy of the expressions used. In that dispatch it was stated that the convention, "of which the essential bases were already known," was then on the point of arriving at Athens. But what says Baron Gros on this head? What does he propose to Mr. Wyse? That be should submit M. Gros's proposititions to the British Cabinet, and await his instructions, and he adds, that he will send off the Vauban with one and the other project. How is this reconcileable with the assertion that the convention of London was known to be on the point of arriving ? If Baron Gros was sincere, th e General then must admit that that assertion was in accurate. I was sure I might trust to the General I known good faith to allow that he had been in error here. The General said that he would examine careftilli, into the question; that e v en if h e h a d not expre ssea himself very correctly in this respect, the complai o which the French Government had against that of En' gland remained still in full fore., and was pointed out in . , this very letter of M. G ros , w h ere h e alludes, as I had quoted, to the reference home, and the suspension in the interval of coercive measuros; that four times at differ ent intervals your Lordship had promised M. Drouyo de Lhuys that such instructions should be sent out to Mr. Wyse; that from the Ist of March they had been acting on the faith that these promises had been ex.): cuted, and it was to the omission in that respect tial, these results were to be attributed. I told the General that I th oug ht w h a t h a d Paigea upon the principal subject of our conversation this morning would show him that it was better on u either side to impute supposed omi ss i ons or m i sta k es in the conduct of complicated affairs of this nature to want of , good faith ; that if the qu es ti on was st ill a pproacheL i t in a different spirit, as I h a d a l wa y s w i s h e d t o t reat it, hoped in consideration of th e grea t i nteres t s a t stoke' this matter might be bro ug ht t o a sat i s f actor y conch' . sion.—l have, &c., (Signed) No. 2. THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY TO TISCOUNT PALMERBTOrr. Paris, June 14, 18 50 * g My Lord,—l have again seen G enera l d e L a hitte, e d wished to have some c onversa ti on w i t h me a f ter be Lae' had an opportunity of considering the contents of D r .; Wyse's dispatch of th e 31 s t o f M ay . H e began stating that the phras e quo t e d b y M r . W yse , end 70 which I had so specially called his attention y e sterdsi o , was not the part of th a t di s p a t c h o f t h e 14 t h o f MO , ° which the French Government had founded their co®' plaint of the conduct in this affair of her Majesty's q ° , - , vernment. It was to be fo un d i n th e ear li e r Pe rtl° o of that dispatch, and consisted in the fact that, il to instructions to carry out the p rom i ses g i ve n, en" o f ,' c i prevent the renewal of coerci ve measures i n the even , a difference of opinion b e t ween t h e nego ti a tors, i t .' f ever been sent to Athens in time to avert the reie na h e t which had occurred. A s t o th e nex t paragra ph, I rnig' observe that it stated what had been the consequenc e de such an omission. With respect to the statement re ll o if by him, and by which Mr. Wy se h a d su pp os ed hin s- 1 ,,, aggrieved, that the essential bases of the proposed e n d vention of London w ere t h en k nown at A t h ens , he bit meant that all the essent i a l c h anges w hi c h had b e en made in the project s sent h ome, on w hi c h c h a nges VIO founded•the subsequent convention, were detailed 11: ;,• Drouyn tie l'Huys' di s p a t c h o f t h e 9 t h o f April, W l r , had been sent ou t b y t h e V au b an, and there f ore . it bt Wyso was left i n atiy error as to what was really ho u g re , out by the Vauban, it was his own fault, as he b ad ,„ to fused the candid an d f r i en dl y o ff er ma d e b y M. urft-bst show hi m a ll hi s ;di spatc h es . Had be acce pted offer, he would have been in full possession of the en t at state of the case. I told the General that I wa ° at I obliged to repeat what I had said y es terday, ql_ tec i thought the phrase he h a d • hi mse lf timed wa s celled I s d to lead Mr. Wyse int o th e error i nto w hich he the fallen; that the general impression derived frorteen, phrase must have -been, -and i n d ee d I knew ba d he ieg that the bases of • the convention of Lendoll alg al then and there known, and it s p r oximate . a , b dee being at the same ti me sp o k en ' of, it was Iv" meal the cognizance of these facts that the coercive ree tl of t ee were resumed. Now, this was directly truth; not only Mr. Wyse did not, but Gr0 .0 ; 1 . not, know of the proximate arrival of any further h a d ligence of a convention agreed to in London, heardoied shown yesterday; because, on the contrary, h Mr • to send their projects to London. Yet I had we ited Wyse attacked in many quarters for not havin.g. sous the two or three days necessary for receiving t h e ere th eri convention, the essential provisions of which w Gsu ersra the reverse 9 did known. This accusation was founded on the so bear Tao— words. I was convinced he did not mean th.eonarad any such signification, but this was an a dditl_ blio rty to of the disadvantage of giving premature f il s e e%pres documents of that grave character, when all,: sions might not have been very well weigh!" su pposing The General said I was certainly right e ant ° he had no such intention. He could not b dates known say anything so obviously in c on s istent wit h state , when to everybody. He was perfectly read,' ° thou ght, as an ever be had occasion, that ho had never wre aggravation of their complaint, to impute I %'_" , b a ying that he had refused to wait two or three naY° of th ° _, °°°- at the time any knowledge of the existence tereu into vention of London. The General then se_ isted some criticisms of the reasoning which he a ` pos itionso Wyse to have founded upon the erroneous su I doPnot thiel‘ but as this has now no practical bearing,Tßy, it necessary to trouble your Lordship with &c. (Signed) ORMAI4I3Ir. NORMANDY• LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT•-•. - :YeSter da Y was held at the Kings' Arms Hotel, Bridge street, Wf s g i minster, of the Society for Maintaining and Extending tees, Self-Government in opposition to Centralization; Mr. ja a lly of Birmingham, in the chair. The proceedings princip the related to the progress of the Public Health Act, ,and to resolutions come to at a late meeting in the same place pc t. for the special purpose of considering the clauses of that ed Mr. Toulmin Smith, who was one of a committee notnin° t "trt* at that meeting, spoke at considerable length a rneetivr. upon the t 1 to portance of opposing the alleged tendency of Governnien gre at centralization, and showed that the society had in a . 0 . 0 measure been the means of preventing the towns of w'qci and Wolverhampton being included among the towns the by by the Bill. He concluded by moving a resolution to I , ' s effect that it was highly important that some united stg, of should be taken to oppose the course by which, in v iin g the constitutional protection afforded by the steno order of both houses of Parliament, the. Public Healt b ,„ o 3 was now being attempted to be introduced into many Pil be in England and Wales. Other resolutions referring thick internal organization of the society and the weans by w" h l i i,,, the funds necessary to carry on its'opposition to the Pau Health or other Acts were to be obtained, we re then 1.,..,ni1ar1i., mously carried, and after a vote of thanks to the chit' an the meeting dispersed. The Q tttencled Lord Pre of the 'Fri Foreign, of the Control, the Mac Stole to l The Lord I Chancellc Were swo ceived the custody c The GI Lord Lar Council is n Th e M Queen. ad t teeirThidpy Sicilianaeayrer emar:arti, At the tztraordi audience, traordin r Royal 114 , S-nor I traordinar Catholic , I NR s t tii reat hr 4 ±, I) 41. • "Alt T 4 h t te %t t . Coon _ • tle 3 tio ttl bled"P a 1 4 W11 ". xi\ L , is ex Ills ti a ti cm i , 14, a y ni / Car€