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S 13, Great Marlborough-street. NO TICE.-GER MANIA ; ITS COURTS, CAMPS, AND PEOPLE, By the BARONESS BLAZE DE BURY, Will be ready on the 12th of August. Orders for copies on the day of publication are requetsed to be sent immediately to the Bookseller.. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATKE. The Last Time but Three of the Season. Medlle. CARLOTTA GRISI has the honour to announce that her BENEFIT, ant last appearance but one, will take place TO-MORROW EVENLYG When will be presented (for the last time) Bellini's celebrated Opera LA SONNAMBULA. Amin4, Madame Sontag; Count Rodolpho, Signor Belletti ; and =vino, Mr. Sims Reeves. In the course of the Evening the second act of the admired Ballet, LA:GISELLE. La Ginlle, 3fadlle. CarTotta — arlia — iTthe Prince, 11. Charles ; La Reine des Niles, Iladlie. Rosa; Niles, 3ladlles. Assaadon, Lamo :tux, Julien, &e. Selections from the admired Opera of ERANI. The principal parts by Madame Parodi, Signori Gardoni, and Lablache. - -" Also a favourite Divertissement, combining the talents of Madlle. Amalia n.rrai is, Madlles. .Julien, Rosa, Lamoreux, Aussandon; MM. Charles, Venafra, 3tattia, Gouriet, &c. To conclude with Selections from the admired Ballet of LA ESMERALDA, comprising the celebrated Truandaise, by Madlle. Carlotta Grisi and M. Charles. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Mace of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. COVENT-GARDEN. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed Meyerheer's Grand Opera, LE PROPHE EE, Fides, Madame Viardot (the original representative of the part at the Grand Opera in Paris) ; Bertha, Madame Castellan (the original representative of the part at the Grand Opera in Paris ; Jean of Leyden, Signor Mario ; Count Oberthal, Signor Tagliafico ; Sergeant, Bginor Lavia ; Peasants, Signori Rommi and Soldi ; Giona, Signor Maralti ; Maithisen, Signor Polonini ; Zaccaria, Herr Formes. The Choir in the grand Coronation Scene in the third Act will combine the powers of a full Orchestra, the Military Bands, the Chorus, and Organ. The incidental Ballet in the Skating Scene will be supported by M.,Aleaandre and Madile. Louise Taglioni (as danced by them at the Grand Opera at Paris), and comprises the celebrated Quadrilles des Patineurs. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, M. Costa. The Performances will commence at night o'clock. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 33, Old Bond-street. MRS. FANNY KEMBLE. READINGS IN sHAKSPEARE. Last Night but One. Mr. MITCHELL respec:lully announces that Mrs. FANNY KEM BLE is engaged for SIX READINGS of SHAKSPEARE. The Fifth Reading will be given THIS EVENING . _ and will comprise Shakspeare's Play of " Much Ado about No thing." On Friday, " The Merchant of Venice." To commence at half-past Eight o'clock precisely. Stalls, 75. ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 35.; Amphitheatre. 2s. Private Boxes One Guinea, One Guinea and a-half, and Two Guineas. Boxes add. Stalls may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams' Royal Library, TAt. James's-street ; lilleisra..Ebere,Andrews', Hookham's. Allcroft's, Leader and Cock's, Chappell's, Hammond's, and 011ivier's Libraries, Bond-street; Cra mers, arid the Cifrlton Library, Regent-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till. Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. • Mr. K. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Rrnmp For a few nights only,Adelphi Company and Adelplll Pieces. 'ru EVENING, Will be performed TUE WIILOW COPSE. To be followed by a new and original Farce, in the Vulgar Tongue, to be called JACK IN TUE GREEN ; or, Hints on Etiquette. To conclude with THE DOIIBLE-BEDDED ROOM. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The best ventilated Theatre in London. Crowded Houses to witness the attractive and magniSeent Spectacle of Mazeppa, which, with brilliant novelties in the Wonders of the Arena, form the most varied and attractive Entertainments in the Metropolis. THIS EVENING, Will be produced Lord Byron's gorgeous Spectacle of MIZEPPA *M the WILD HORSE. Mazeppa, Mr. N. T. Hicks. To be succeeded by an inimitable Display of Batty's Feats of Equitation in the Cirque Olympique. To conclude with the Belle of THE CHAMOIS HUNTER. Box-office open From Eleven till Four Stage Manager. Mr. W. West. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert., &c. &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN'S. OPEN every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THUR6DAY. Last Week but One of M. Jullien. Another splendid Elephant. Promenade Concert, conducted by M. Jullien and Mr. Godfrey—Se lect Programme of Ancient and Modern Music—Jullien's Nepaul ese Quadrille. The new Irish Quadrille, the " Hibernian," composed by M. Jullien. " The Derby-Day Galop," composed expressly for these Gardens, is one of the most successful of Monsieur Juilien's compositions, and in consequence of the nightly encore, will be repeated till further notice. The Grand Ghorka March, performed for the first time before the Nepaulese Ambassador. Prodigious Success of the entirely new-modelled Dioramic Pic ture representing the PASSAGE of the ALPS by Napoleon and his Army ! the largest Picture in the World! with innumerable moving Figures the size of life. Modelled, painted, and produced by Mr. Denson and Son, assisted by Messrs. Adams, Wilson, &c. &c. The Picture has occupied the Messrs. Denson for many months, and it is csnfidently submitted to the Public as a chef-d'eeuvre of art, and not inferior to any production of the day. The Splendid MENAGERIE has lately been enriched by several valuable Presents tom the Queen. The Musical Department will be conducted by Mons. Jullien and Mr. Godfrey. It will be the airs 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. Kamig, Lazarus, Prosperre, Colinet, Pratten, Jarrett, Sonnenberg, Sommers, and Winterhotham. During the evening a grand Colossal, Scenic, and Pyrotechnic Tableau illustrating the celel.rated Picture by David, of Buonaparte Crossing the Alps! Showing a general view of the Region of the Aips, 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-tamed 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 sammence the Ascent. The Soldiers are seen dragging the Artillery in Trun:cs 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 east's. Sonthby, diatreducing, arnougst various novelties, the most admired feux d'artifice of former seasons, jets d'eau, water rockets, revolving pieces, a magnificent Transparency fifty feet in height, painted by Kessrs: Denson, representing Buonaparte on Horseback cheering on his Troops, surrounded by warlike emblems, insignia of honour, flags, trophies, &.c., amidst a cerruscation of various coloured fires. The complicated and difficult machinery, and the erection of the picture under the uirectio►i of Mr. Thos Lowe. The extensive gas fittings by Messrs. It.tcherby and Dixon, 23, Ring-street, Covent isi*de. Two Days' Fete in aid of the Funds of the Licensed Victuallers' School, on Monday and Tuesday next. Admission. Is. ROBBERY OF NEWSPAPERS. A correspondent suggests that if an order were issued by the General. Post-office that no mail-bags be opened at the provincial post-offices without the presence of two persons, a check would thereby be applied for the better safety of newspapers, more especially on extraordinary occasions. —[The moral consciousness would tend to keep itching fingers off other people's property. Let it be tried, if only by way of experiment.—En. Sun] HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY —Morning 52 min. after 12 I Evenins 20 min. after 1 To-Moisow— Morning 47 ram. after 1 I Evening 11 ann. atter 2 TUE WEATIIEII.—SUN OFFICE, AuGuerr 7. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 71—highest since noon yesterday. 54—lowest this morning and during the night. 71—this day, at noon. BAROMZTER, 29.96. Wrap S.W.—light breeze and fine sunshiny weather. t. :4 *9 - 4 , \ . r. - no ~i:~~sc~ ~nb~ LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1850. The last vote of the Committee of Supply for the present session is one deserving of serious considera tion. Just before the close of its labours a sum of 30,0001. was granted to enable her MAJESTY to afford relief to the depositors in the Cuffe-street Savings Bank, Dublin. It will naturally be inquired on what grounds a vote of so very unusual a character could be justified. Was it given as a matter of favour or of right—as an act of liberality or of common justice It is indeed difficult to understand the motives by which the Chancellor of the Exchequer was influenced in arriving at the conclusion. If the much required aid was afforded merely as an act of charity, why should not the other sufferers, whose Cases were brought under the notice of the special Committee, be allowed to participate in the boon ? Why should the peasantry of Kerry be deemed less worty of assistance than the small house holders and room-keepers of Dublin ? Should not habits of forethought and self-control be encouraged in Munster as well as in Leinster—in the rural as well as in the metropolitan districts P The depositors in the Tralee and Killarney Savings Banks have suffered as severely by the potato blight and the general distress to which all clas'ses in Ire land were exposed, as the parishioners of St. Peter's, They had exhibited as much self-denial in laving by that which they fondly hoped would be a provision for future days, and had, as they supposed, adopted every necessary precaution in lodging their humble savings in establishments, the solvency and security of which were almost universally believed to be guaranteed by Governmentz--a: belief' Which was by no means discountenanced throughout the country. Had they not then as valid claims on the sympathy and compassion of the Imperial Parliament, of the community in general, as any other per sons similarly circumstanced, who had lost their all, their provision and dependence for - •• • _ THE SUN, to many serious privations ? The painful facts can not be controverted or denied ; and as they have been deliberately excluded from the benefit of the grant, it is plain that the Cuffe-street depositors must have some peculiarly strong feature in their case to soften the obdurate heart that remained steeled against the complaints of the sufferers at Tralee and Killarney ; that, in fact, they must have some legal or equitable demand on the national Exchequer. But this supposition is as difficult to be sustained as the former. The sum granted is but 30,0001., while the losses are nearly 64,7001., the liabilities when the bank stopped payment in 1848 amounting to 64,7441. 3i. 6d., and the assets to the ridiculously small sum of 901. 16s. 6d. There will, therefore, be only sufficient to pay about 9s. in the pound, less than half of the actual demands; and we cannot conceive how the Government of a mighty nation, which prides itself on the scrupulous observance of public faith, should enter into a composition with those whom it admits to have some description of claim upon the national Exchequer. By the inconsistent course adopted by Sir CHARLES Woon, the Government of which he is a member is involved in this disagreeable dilemma : it is either an act of charity or an act of justice. If the former, the depositors in the Banks of Tralee and Killarney should participate, if the latter, 203. in the pound should be paid to the Cuffe-street depositors, and nut a paltry and beggarly composition, such as might be realised from a bankrupt estate, but not what could be expected from the wealthiest nation in the world. In either case Minis ters have been deceived by their colleague, and in duced to adopt a very undignified and impolitic course. The facts elicited in the inquiry before the Committee with respect to the Cuffe-street Saving! ! Bank, and which are briefly set forth in the report of that Committee, are such as to render the Govern ment clearly responsible. It should not be forgotten that the investigation which was so loudly demanded by the injured parties was strenuously resisted by the Government, and it was not until they had twice been left in decisive minorities that the inquiry was con ceded, and even then, contrary to the usual practice, the nomination of the Committee was taken out of the hands of the Honourable Member who had suc ceeded in his motion, and usurped by the Chancellor of the Exchequer notwithstand ing his defeat. The course adopted before the Committee was, if we are to credit one of its most active and intelligent Members, the Honourable Representative for Kerry, worthy of the commence ment. Mr. HENRY HERBERT declared that " the whole course of the Government was to screen indi viduals from the punishment which ought to have been meted out to them for the worst of all frauds— frauds committed against the poor." Notwithstand ing this conduct on the part of Ministers, some startling facts were elicited which clearly and dis tinctl y established, if not the legal liability of the national Exchequer, at least so strong and equitable a claim that we cannot conceive how it could be for a mOmen t disputed. It appears, then, that the insolvency of the Cuffe street Savings Bank is not of very recent date. Nineteen years ago, in 1831, a large deficiency was discovered arising from the fraudulent conduct of the registrar, a Mr. DeNNE, who absconded in the early part of that year. The question of the bank was then brought under the notice of the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt. It does not ap pear, however, that any very energetic course was adopted, or the stringent and searching inquiry instituted which the importance of the case required. Mr. TIDD PRATT was sent over to Dublin, and that Learned Gentleman adjudicated on certain cases brought under his notice, and pronounced in favour of certain claims to the extent of 7,5891. Bs., which he directed to be paid forthwith, and against others to the amount of 4,2741., which, however, he recommended to be paid out of any future surplus that might accumulate in the funds of the bank. He did not, however, fully byes. tigate the affairs of the bank, and, placing confidence in the integrity of the trustees, a confidence which un fortunately was altogether misplaced, he recommended that the bank should be kept open. This unfortunate decision enabled the then trus tees, many of whom were perfectly solvent, to evade the liabilities for which they were held responsible. They did not pay any portion of the 7,5891. Bs., but satisfied these claims, as well as the 4,2741. (pro nounced to be illegal), out of the new deposits, and even considerable sums that were subsequently brought to light, which had been plundered by Mr. DUNNE out of the new deposits. All this time the Commissioners of the National Debt took no notice of the continually increasing deficiency, until, in 1838, when it appeared that there was no less than 25,3711. 12s. 2d. unaccounted for, when the Commissioners recommended a thorough investigation of the accounts, which the trustees refused to allow, and the Commissioners at once yielded. In 1845 the state of the bank was again brought under the notice of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who recommended that the bank should be closed ; but again the trustees refused to obey, and the Government at once yielded, being, as it is alleged, " unwilling to run the risk of creating a run of these institutions." How do these un- questionable facts speak in favour of the Govern ment audit that is demanded for railways ? Let shareholders see the value of such au audit in the case of the savings banks, and be satisfied with guarding their own interests, without inviting an extraneous interference, that will only lull their own vigilance. But, revenons a nous moutons, in 1848 the crash that was long inevitable arrived ; the bank closed with liabilities to the extent of 64,7741., and assets 901. There had been 1,9501. in hand, but the excellent, worthy trustees (!) paid the entire to their own friends, who had not given notice of with drawal, while those who had served the necessary notices were altogether refused. In the interval all the solvent trustees had withdrawn, and none re- mained but men of straw, not worth powder and shot, and utterly unable to satisfy deficiencies fur which they might be held liable. This simple statement requires little comment. The public can judge for themselves whether Minis ters acted worthily in offering the sufferers a com position of les3 than 10s. in the pound. Under the British Constitution, as well as all other systems of civil polity not strictly despotic, true liberty consists in doing freely whatever the laws allow. The property and person of every subject of these realms are under the guardianship of those laws which have been framed for the benefit of all, and in the preservation of which every good citizen should feel deep interest. Rules of civil policy based on the sacred principle of " the greatest hap piness of the greatest number" should be sur rounded with every safeguard consistent with ra tional liberty. And we might go farther and say, that should any sudden emergency arise, for which the ordinary l aws are insufficient, it is no violation of the Constitution to grant to the executive of a free state extraordinary powers to meet extraordinary occa sions, taking care that these powers should be li mited as to time and extent, and that they should not survive the occasion which called them forth, or, at the utmost, that period up to which there could be entertained any reasonable fears of its recurrence. These remarks have been suggested by the propo sition submitted to the House of Commons on Fri day by the Government to continue to the Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland certain extraordinary power & granted to him by a Bill passed—" The Crime and Outrage Bill"—in the last session of Parliament, during the disturbances in the sister country. On reading the intention of Ministers to ask for a continuance of this Bill, our first impression was to cry out "Volumes leges Anglia mutare ;" we were disposed to think that in the present comparatively tranquil state of Ireland the ordinary laws would be sufficient, and we were most unwilling to give our assent to any measure granting powers beyond those which the ancient laws and the Constitution con (erred, and which perchance, in the hands of a bad . Minister, may injuriously affect the rights and liber ties of a large portion of our fellow-subjects. If some monarch like the first CHARLES, whose vacillating and unconstitutional conduct led at once to the less of his head and Crown, wielded the sceptre of England,—if the monarch were represented in Ireland by a Minister as unscrupulous, and unprin- LONDON, those who composed the " Cabal" of CHARLES the Second,—if popular liberty were but a name, and public opinion powerless, then indeed might such a measure be dangerous to the rights and liberties of the people, and under such circumstances should receive no assent from us. But when this empire is ruled by a con stitutional SOVEREIGN, who reigns in the hearts of her subjects, when she is represented in Ireland by a statesman who has so fully proved his wisdom and trustworthiness, and when that wise statesman is aided by an able Chief Secretary, in whom the people have confidence as an honest and straightforward Irishman, we entertain no fears in conferring upon Lord CLARENDON the powers sought for by this Bill. We believe this Bill will lie as much a dead letter as any remnant of the penal code which still disgraces the statute-book, unless some pressing exigency shall arise to call for its exercise, and that even then it will be used, as it has been hitherto, with prudence, moderation, and wisdom. The objections mide to the introduction of this Bill would rather lead us to the conclusion that some such Bill may become necessary before the next meeting of Parliament. Those gentlemen who op pose this measure say, " You raised the hopes of the Irish people, you promised that you would redress their many grievances, you led them to believe that you would settle the land question by an adjust ment of the relations between landlords and tenants. True, the country is now tranquil, but you have disappointed the just hopes of the people, you have sown the seeds of discontent by allowing another session to pass without settling that question which has been the cause of so much crime and blood." Now the leaving unsettled this and other questions affecting the interests of Ireland form, in our opinion, strong grounds for the necessity of this measure. Irish discontent frequently leads to turbulence and crime, and the social elements in that unfortunate country have not as yet settled down to such a state of quiescence as would warrant the refusal to the Chief Governor of Ireland of the powers conferred by this Bill, powers which his greatest enemies can- not say he has abused, but, on the contrary, which he has used with prudence and wisdom. Through the instrumentality of this Bill th e country has been brought from a state of disorder and turbulence to one of comparative peace and order, at least it was one of the chief instruments in enforcing obedience to the laws ; and it has one quality of great importance in our eyes; it not only has the power to punish, bity to serve as a preventive. And, after all, what are the powers granted lay this Bill ? What class of her MAJESTY'S subjects will be affected by the exercise of them? Which is of greater im portance—the violation of what is called a consti tutional principle, or the peace and happiness of Ireland ? The Bill now before the House is not one for the suppression of public discussion ; it is neither an Algerine nor an Insurrection Act. It is not a Bill indiscriminately to affect the innocent and the guilty. The peaceful and orderly portions of the country will be entirely free from its operation. It can wily be put in execution where crime and outrage prevail the honest, the peaceful, the orderly will not be affected by it. The reckless incendiary, the mid night assassin, the evildoers alone need have any dread of its operation. Under these circumstances, we conceive the opposition to this Bill on constitu tional grounds untenable, and on social grounds unwarrantable, and we trust the Government will not be deterred from going •on with this Bill, as we conceive it necessary for the well-being and peace of Ireland, at least till the land question be settled— as we sincerely trust it will be in the next session of Parliament—and some remedial measures be applied to the many other social and political evils of that country. The discontinuance of the Arms Bill was productive of much mischief, the discontinuance of the Party Processions Act led to the murders at Dollys Brae; we trust then the Government will take a lesson from the past, and not allow the session to pass without arming the Lord-Lieutenant with the powers he requires to prevent or punish crime and outrage in Ireland. AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The! steam-ship Atlantic, which sailed from New York on the 27th ult., and has brought advice& to that date, arrived at half-past one o'clock, in ten days eight hours and a half, the quickest run ever made. She brings 100 passengers. We are advised that the Compromise or Slavery Bill was certain to pass Congress before the Ist of August. General Paez arrived at Philadelphia on the 26th of July from Sc. Thomas. Pearson was hung at Boston on the 26th of July for the murder of his wife and two children. He confessed that he committed the crime. The British steamer Tay arrived at Mobile on the 20th, with 'Vera Cruz dates to the 20th of July. The cholera was still raging in Mexico. The Indians continued troublesome near Brownsville. The Hon. D. P. King, Member of Congress, died at Washington, on the 25th of July, of dysentery. General Lopez arrived at Washington on the 25th of July. The commercial intelligence represents business as being in a satisfactory condition. Money was plen tiful, and trading prospects good. The quotations for securities are unchanged. The market for breadstuffs is quiet and without change in prices. Western Canal Flour, 5 dolls. 12ic. to 5 dolls. 25c. ; Genne3see Prime Wheat, 1 dull. 46c. to 1 doll. 48c. per 60 lbs. ; Indian Corn, round yellow, 64c. to 66c. per bushel; ditto Flat Yellow, 62c.; Indian Meal, 2 dolls. 87ic. to 3 dolls. per barrel. The Cotton market was 'brick, with a good average amount of business doing. Prices have advanced slightly. Freights unaltered. Provisions dull. Exchange on London, 1104 to 110} ; Paris, 5 21. SMALL DEBTS COURT, GUILD HALL.—(THIS DAY.) • (Before A. RYLAND, Esq.) CAUTION TO TALLY3IEN—ICCALLA V. NAT. The plaintiff is a tallyman, residing in Fountain terrace, St. George's•road, Borough, and sought to re cover the sum of Bs. 6d. fur goods sold. The plaintiff's agent proved the delivery of the goods. The defendant's wife, who appeared to the summons, said when the man applied to her she refused for some time to have the goods, and said that if she took them great words would be caused between her sad her hus band, but sbe was at last induced to take them on a pro mise that her husband should not know it, and that she should not be pressed. The Learned JUDGE said that it was a very wicked mode of carrying on business without the knowledge of their husbands, and every endeavour ought to be made to suppress such a mischievous system. He considered that in such cases they wore not entitled to recover, and he should nonsuit the plaintiff. In several other similar cases plaintiff was also non suited. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS.) The Court sat this morning at the Sessions-house, Clet kenwell•green, and resumed the trial of prisoners. Mary Ellis pleaded guilty to stealing. a washing-tub, and was sentenced to six weeks imprisonment, with hard labour, in the House of Correction. Patrick hay was found guilty of attempting to pick the pocket of some person unknown, and of assaulting the same person, on the 17th of July, in Queen street, Drury Jane, and was sentenced by the Court to six months' imprisonment in the Westminster House of Correction, with hard labour. Several prisoners were convicted of pot stealing. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) COMMENCEMENT uirT th aE is m PAS o S r E ni NG ng Eh o T e nAFFrC. From a veryearly hour dof Ring's-cross was the scene of much excitement and bustle occasioned by the public openin of the Great omnibuses Northern R a il way . C a b s and g crowded with travellers coninaenced arriving at Maiden-lane, King's-cross, shortly alter five o'clock, and on the opening of the gates there was a complete rush to the ticket office. The first public train was appointed to start at six o'clock A.M. and consisted of fi rst, second, arid Parliamentary class for Barnet and the other sta tions on the line. The appearance of the train of car riages was exceedingly novel. Precisely at the hour ap pointed a large and splendid engine came panting up to the train of carriages, and on being attached the train left the station for Peterborough, a distance of seventy six miles. •An immense crowd of. people had assembled to witness the departure of the train. The greaternum ber, not satisfied with witnessing the first train leave the Station, Waited to witness the second. LONDON AND isTORTII4VESTERN RAILWAY.—This company are carrying out some extensive experiments in the way of a reduction b f fares, with the view of testing the productiveness of the local traffic. Hitherto the price of day tickets, for certain distances, has been two-thirds less than .___ ......._ -5..... i... .....i..-4;i n norm whinh. in Lila extent of WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1850. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 5,000 bales, of which 500 American and 500 Brasil were taken for export, and 1.500 American and 2,000 Surat on speculation. The market was firm, at previous rates.—The Share Market was quiet, but firm. The Corn trade is dull this morning; but fully pre vious rates are supported. There was no English Wheat at market. but a full supply of Foreign. The com plaints relative to the Potato disease seem to increive, and the Wheat crop at the westward is said to be more deficient than was expected. We must receive these statements with caution. Upon the state of the metal markets we are advised by a broker, Mr. William tshort, as follows :—" A fair business has been done in Welch and Staffordshire iron, but with scarce any change in prices. In Scotch pig iron there has been a limited business, and notwith standing that a large proportion of the furnaces in Scotland continue out of blast, the price is full is. per ton lower. English tin was advanced on the 15th ult. 4s. per cwt.; a corresponding rise took place in Foreign, and Banca was done at 80s. The price has since been nominally lower, but we are without business in the article, all parties waiting the result of the sale of 117,766 slabs by the Dutch Trading Company, which was to take place yesterday at Rotterdam. Tin plates continue in demand. Speller has risen about 10s. to 15s. per ton. The present stock here is 3,681 tons, aesinst 1,536 tons at this period last year." There are Cape of Good Hope papers of May 25. The repeal of the order in Council making the Cape a penal settlement had afforded much satisfaction. The official estimate of the losses during the Kafir war, sus tained by the colonists in regard to their cattle, &c., had been published, and it is shown that there was a great deal that could not be recovered. Of the claims admitted, however, 406,002 L were awarded. Locusts had ap peared in great force in Kat River, and bad devoured the pasturage on the Fish River. From Natal, the advices by this opportunity are un satisfactory. Nothing had been settled, according to the statement in the public journals, with regard to the lands of the emigrants, and it is alleged; that among them, and especially : those who bad arrived more re cently and remained in the division of D'Urban, con siderable distress was beginning to be felt. Another party, writing, censures the supineness of the local government; but it is impossible for us at this distance, without more ample details, to decide who is to blame. From the United States we have another arrival at Liverpool, with four days later news; but the letters are not delivered in town up to the hour of our writing. Breadatuffs were quiet, and there was no change in prices. Money was plentiful. Cotton was brisk, with a good average business. Freights were unaltered. The rate of Exchange was firm, at 1 loi to 110 1 / 2 . We learn from Brussels that the total circulation of the Sociite Gendrale and the Bank of Belgium was 40,777,170 francs. The amended Stamp Duties Bill proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer seems to give satisfaction, and it is hoped that the revenue will not suffer so much by the reduction as is calculated by Government. The Honourable East Company, during the fortnight to yesterday, drew bills to the amount of 44,0271.45. Bd., of which 36,0671. 14s. 6d. were on Bengal, 6,859 L 10:. 2J. on Madras, and 1,1001. on Bombay. The Funds have been very quiet, and there is still money stock on offer. Consols have realised 961 j-, both for Transfer and lime. Exchequer-bills are 66.. to 695. premium. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 99i India Stock has been quoted 269 to 270. Very little has been done on speculation. In the Foreign Market there is the same listlessness. Spanish Three-per Cents. are nominally 33 to Pe ruvian Bonds have been 82i, and Mexican, 30. Buenos Ayres realize 58 to Venezuela Stock has been marked 35 to Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 57i I. Railway Snares have been very dull, and prices are slightly in favour of buyers. The South Devon Railway Company, in the view of the directors being in a sufficiently prosperous condition to allow of their paying the dividend on the preference shares, the announcement was made accordingly of their intention to pay it forthwith, but Mr. Charles Stephens, a holder of 70,0001. in the ori ginal stock, having applied to the Vice-Chancellor for an injunction to restrain such payment, on the ground that there is a small floating debt still owing, which ought first to be liquidated, the directors have agreed upon the withdrawal of tlie motion, and not to make any division of the money at present. This is understood to be preparatory to an arrangement between the original and preference shareholders, in terms of which both may receive a dividend, the validity of the preference shares being questioned. QUARTER TO THREE. ... 96 I , ... 964 Consols ... Ditto Account BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities . 97 i 4 % 8 per Cent. Consols Anus New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns. Long Annuities. Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 B im D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1859 8 1-16 India Stock 269 270 Do. Bonds, 10001 ... ... 88 p Ditto under 1.0001 Consols for Account 96 % 3 /4 Exchequer Bills. 1% d. 2d. Llarch. June. 1,060/. 500/ Small — 66 69 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent fib 58% Mexican 80ti45,1846,5 per Cent., (knipons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent B2 Ditto Deferred Russian Bonds. 1822,5 per Cent... Ditto 4% per Cent. 9 '34 Venezuela Bonds ... Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 ner Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAY!). PAID. PER SHARE. Bristol and Exeter ............100 ...... 63 1 ,4 to ' laledonian :311 D e s i t t t e o r , an dl ra H f e o r e l y o h e o e aid . .. .. .. .. .......... 5 1 5. 5 0 0 .. ....... . 9 9 7 : 11:1 11 ... . .. t o t to o . _--- Eastern Counties ..... 2O • 10.ast Lancashire ..... ......... 25 East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent....... .•••.•.........,.. 25 Great Northam . ............. 24 Do. % A Deferred ..... ... 12% 2A, to Jo., 5 per Cent. Pref..,.... 12%...„.. HI% 34 qreat North of Eng1and......100 ......249 Great Western London & 81ackwa11.....41L 68.5 d...... 4A, ...... to London h North Western...am) ......111 1 .4 1 / 2 ... ro Do. New Quarter 5,,......... 17 Do. Fifths «.......... 12 ..... 13%. t ' Midland •• -- -- ...... ..100 Ditto, 50/. Shares ..,.. ...... 35 ...... 9% Lo _ Mlaland, Consol. Bristei and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 ...... 121 North th ß w r a it tes ish ....... ....... .... ... ... . 5205 ...... _ Ditto,Rea di o, Vu e i f l e d r t e d n . , c ec e ............. t . e . 18 5 - St i tt ED:Leo% ................. ....... VI A 3-.... 1 1 4 77'9 - t tt o oo L .: Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 - -t" - soti York, Newcastle:. and Berwick 25 Do. G. N. E. Fur. or Pref.. 9 ..... 2 14 0 4:1,A3 !! .. 2 .. 1 .. tt t oo o 20_ 4 York and Nor*Midland ... 50 Ditto. Preterenc e ............ 10 . 7 3; 1 1 / 2.....• i. FOR EIGN RAILWAYS. Central of France ((, le ans and Vierzon ) ..... . ...... 20 Northern of France... . .... 16 •• earls and Konen .. ...•.- ..... 20 Paris and Strasbourg ...... 14 ..... 8% x. Lto • 1 ONES. - Brazilian Imperial, .-- to -.- Dit to St. johiallei Rey ... 15 ...... 14 1 4 to JOIST STOug British North American .... 60 424 4 .. to Union of Australia . . ..... 25 ...... 32% x.d to COURSE. OF Amsterdam .12 .1 Ditto, three months..: 2 2 % itottcrdam ......... ,12 2y, Antwerp.......... 25 60 , 25 60 Hamburgh „la 11 &tone. ..... •• •••••• ••• Paris, 3 days'sight .. •• 25 647 " Ditto, 3 months .... 15 60 !Marseilles 25 60 Bourdeaux • frankforton " 1 " 72 ' EXCIiANGE. Gibraltar.. .... • • ...... Leghorn .... • • •• 80 65 Genoa • • • • • • .. 26 0 Sfllan Venice.... Naples ...• • • • • ...... 40% Palermo, per0z........ 121 Messina . . ........ 122 63% 0p0rt0.... • • ...... • • .. 53% Rio Janeiro Buenos Ayres New York, 6o days'slght Phlladelphla .......... PRICED OP BULLION, Pz Of. Foreign Geld in bars.. X 8 17 9 eortimal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars .... • • 0 4 1014 Silver in bars •• •• 0 4 llyi Vienna, effec. 11 48 Trieste, ditto.... • • 11 48 Petersburgh, Sil. Rble.. 3 7 % Madrid ..... 49% Cadiz .• 50 Barcelona •• • •• •• •• •• Seville... - . •. •. :: :: :: •-. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Arc. T.—Wind at noon W., light breeze and fine, clear weather. COWES, Arc. 6.—Wind W.—Arrd Amata', Feyen, Hobart Town; Elizabeth, Smith, Havannah ; T -ryphen a , Garrick, Matanzas. OFF CAPE CLEAR.—lndex, Quebec. SHIELDS, Arc. 6.—Wihd N.—Arrd. Patriot, Quebec. SUNDERLAND, AUG. 6.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Caroline, Brunker, St. John ; Adolphus, Wuodruffe, Quebec; Nina, Lawson, ditto; Mary Bulmer, Mathew, ditto; Sprite, Stewart, ditto. G RI MSBY, Arc. 6. —Wind N.N.E . — Arrd. Ann Clark, r Berry, unsw i l c i k i c ; h i Hermes,b uc t o; D Li e a b n o n i t e st yy , Jansen, ,d io: Desse, Quebec. St. John's, New B REDCAR, AUG. 6.—The Dart, of and from Shoreham to Hartlepool, got on the rocks off here yesterday, was assisted off on the following tide, and proceed* d. OFF THE START.—Lucie, Schuft, Batavia, for Am. sterd3m. FALMOUTH, Arc. 6.—Win3 variable.—Arrel. Martha, Andris, Quebec. Sid. Woodbir,e, Quebec. SCILLY, Arc. N.—Arrd. Minatta, New man, Bu e nos Ayres. Off port, Jane Thompson, Frew, Richiknicto. NEWPORT.—SId. Lexington, Portland, United States; Arius, Rio Janeiro; Prosper, St. Thomas; Lady Sale, ditto. ABERYSTWITH, AUG. 6. Wind S.---Sld. Criedo, Quebec. FLEETWOOD, AUG. 6.—Sld. Eleanor, Valparaiso; RoPP, Quebec. WATERFORD, AUG. 4.—Wind W.S.W. to 5.W....-. Ara Thi st l e , T homas, Q ue b ec . QU E E a N w B k T W p N u w A: . s.—Wind t S. NN Elizabeth,. A Thomas, a ry , D' , uglas, , uglas, St. Stephen's, and sailed for Liverpool; Gar land , H Buceo, from Liverpool, —W;nrl W—A TM_ Matilda. WARRENPOINT, AUG. 5. —Wind E.—Arrd. Benjamin, Hall, Tatum GLOUCESTER, A uG. 6.—Arrd. Fa'con, Hutchings, Quebec; Ann 11'Lester, Evans, ditto. Sailed, Cornea, Quebec. DUBLIN,AUG. s.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Dodson, Sal mond, Prince Edward's Isla! d; James Fagan, 11.`Coma chie, Quebf c. TRooN, AuG. 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrd, Chine, Cum mings, Quebec. CLYDE, Auc, s.—Wind W.—Arrd. Admiral Crisp, St. John's, N. B.; Caspar, Eldred, Java; AvalarLetw, Hawkins, Quebec. Sld. John lierr, Quebec and Mon treal; Peerlese, Netlyundland. LEITH, AUG. s.—Wind W.—Arrd. Cape Breton, Reed, Callao; Thames, Bell, Quebec; Cygnet, M'Quail, ditto. SHEERNESS, Aua. s.—The Sir John Newport, Water ford to London, got on the Nore Sand, was assisted cif and proceeded. TORQUAY, AUG. 6.—The Wanderer, for Monte Video, was in contact, 3rd inst. off the Start, with a light brig, and received some damage. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 6.—Wind S.W. to W.N.W.— Arrd. her Majesty's ship Apollo, Hong-Bong. LIVERPOOL, Aua. 6.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Asia, Hannah, Shediac; Robert Whiteway, Whiteway, Callao; Henry Gardiner, Harrison, Valparaiso; Radiant, Strong, St. Andrea's; Elizabeth, Modsell, ditto; Mary, Moses, Wallace, United States; Washington, Wilkie, Qtebte; Carrack, Snow, ditto; John Campbell, Hall, Bombay; Anna Alary, Forest, Ichaboe; John citron, (.30bija; Sophia Margaret, Valparaiso; Choice, Ogler, Buenos Ayres ; Zinte packet, Fudge, ditto ; Wilton Wood, Russell, ditto; William Patten, Dieker, Now Orleans; Gossypium, ditto ; Bombay, Calvert, Mobile; Mary Pleasant, Meehaeels, Philadelphia; Colchester, Pitcairn, Richibucto; Helen, Jackson, Quebec. Sid. Tipperary, Africa; John Dugdale, Shanghai ; Adriana, Africa; Princess Victoria, Maranham; Scotsfield, Matansts; Scotia, Baltimore; Berlin, Philadelphia; Spray, New foundland. 7th A.m. Atlantic, steamer, New York, left 27th July. MARKET NE WS.-(THIS DAY CORN EXCHAN Gi-WEDNESDAY Although the supply of English Wheat on sale in to day's market was very small, scarcely any fresh arrivals having been reported since Monday, the demand for that grain, owing to the prevailing fine weather for har vest work, whicti is becoming pretty general in some quarters, ruled extremely heavy, at almost nominal cur rencies. Upwards of 13,000 quarters of foreign Wheat have arrived this week. Fine dry parcels were held at full prices, but the middling and inferior kinds were dull in the extreme, at barely late rates. No English Barley offering, and the supply of foreign was not larger. A moderate business was transacted in most kinds, at fully last week's quotations. We had a very slow inquiry for Malt at last Monday's prices. Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour were mostly held at late figures. _ _ ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Malt. I Flour. Qrs. 1 Qrs. 570 English •• •• •• Scotch• • ...... Irish •••••• •• j , Foreign •..• •. 1 13,180 7,220 120,750 730 -KoUGH xsop In.a.kOLET. The plantation accounts boing very favourable, the demand here is heavy, and the duty has advanced to 200,0001. Qrs. I Qrs. 20 870 Sacks 710 WitITECHAPEZ. Scarcely any business was transacted to-day, and late rates were with difficulty supported. Beef from 24. 41 to 3s 4d ; Mutton. 24 10d to 33 10d; Lamb, 3s 61 to 4s 6d; Veal, 24 10d to 33 8d; and Pork, 3s to 34 10d per 81bs by the carcase. LAMBETH ELECTIoN-THIS DAY. OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF THE POLL. Agreeably to announcement,,the official declaration of the poll was made this morning, at the hustings erected on Kenningtorecemmon. A large number of persons were assembled at an early hour, and the com mon itself still retained the festive appearance which i; has borne for the last few days, being covered with stalls and itinerant vendors of all descriptions. Admiral Napier was the first to nrrive, Mr. Williams the next, who was seluttd with loud cheers, and lastly Mr. Palmer. Mr. ONSLOW, the returning officer, then said that it was his duty to declare the final state of the poll. Upon examination of the books he found that fur Mr. Wil liams there had been polled 3,834 votes—(Loud cheers). —for Admiral Napier I,lB2—(Cheers and hisses)—and for Mr. Palmer 585.—(Laughter.) He then fore de clared Mr. Williams duly elected to serve in Parliament for the borough of Lambeth.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. WILLIAMS then proceeded to address the elec tors. He stood before them - now in the position of their tepresentative, for which he was indebted to their en thusiasm in his cause. Since he bad had the honour of coming before them ho had made Many - promises, and he would fulfil those promises to the letter as an honest man.—(Cheers.) He would do for them what, perhaps, no other man in the House would do—he would come before them every year and render an account of his stewardship, and if they did not approve of his conduct he would retire.—(Cheers.) They had done their duty to their country, in this election they had shown that the principles of reform were deep-seated in • their hearts. Lord John Russell had twitted the reform party that the country waisted no more reform, he had treated forty of them as being equal to one of the Whig constituencies. The strength of the Whig party was shown in his late opponent, Mr. Palmer, and that was more apparent because he was a gentleman of high character and of long connexion with the borough. Then they lad the Gallant Admiral, still in his prime and vigour, not yet reduced to th e con di t i on o f t h e o ld COMMOdure, Rot fit to go to sea any more. He was the represewative of the Tory party—(Gre ans)—and of the half-and-half—and yet he could only number 1,182. They had st t a noble example to the constituencies of the United Kingdom, and upon many a hustings in the next general election, which perhaps might not be far distant, the constituency of Lambeth would be set for ward as a prominent example. They would not find him a man in the House of Commons ready to sneak away when the Minister wanted him, nor ready to be shut out from a division. He invited them all—(Admiral Nae pier—" To dinner")—(Laughter) —to look sharp after him, and if any one of his constituents disapproved of his conduct at any time he hoped that he would commu nicate with him, and he should be ready to give his reasons for his conduct, and hoped that he should be able to show that it was an error of the head and not of the heart. In conclusion, he begged to thank them sin cerely. • To-morrow night he would go to the House of Commons as their representative, and would oppose every job, and do his best to keep the tax-gatherer's hand out of their pockets. Sir C. NAPIER then came forward amid mingled cheers and groans, and cries of "Fair play now the election's over;" "Go it old Charley." He stood before them as a defeated candidate, but he did not consider it a disgrace. It was only last Tuesday that he heard of the vacancy, and be bad found 1,182 to vote for him.—(A gang of Tories.) He should not have presumed to have come forward bad there been in the field a man of truly constitutional principles.—(Laughter, and cries "Oh you cld Tory.) He hoped they would give him fair play now all was over. When he saw the address put forward by Mr. Wil Hams, promising impossibilities of every descrip tion, when he saw that the whole taxation of the country was to be taken off entirely, without any thing being left to the Chancellor of the Exchequer; when he saw by that address that the inquisitorial in come-tax was to be taken off, he wanted to know how the government of the country was to be carried on.—(How are the admirals to be paid, you mean.) How was the intesest of the national debt to be paid? and if that were not paid--( What's to become of half-pay ?)—he would like to know what would become of the working men-?—(Oh, they'll get on.) Well, he should like them to have been in France at the revolution and seen how the working man got on there.—(We don't want France; never mind that.) He had no hesitation in saying if the Hon. Gentleman who was now their re presentative found a majority in the House of Commons of his way of thinking, the whole constitution of the country • would speedily be destroyed. (So much the better.) The Honourable Gentleman boasted that .he was an honest man. Well, he must say that he was very fond of blowing his own trum pet—(Laughter)—and when he beard a man talking so much in his own praise he began to doubt whether his honesty were true or not.—(Oh, he's proved it for thir teen years.) He had no objection to give the Hon. Gen tleman credit for being an honest man, but he thought when he talked as he did be must have a weak head in -deed.--(Confusion.) He thought he must have a va cancy in his head; when he said he was an honest man, he was bound to believe him; but he thought he might have a vacancy in his head, which would do more harm to the country than if he turned out not to be honest. The Hon. Gentleman had told them that he had made many premises, and so indeed he bad; but he (Sir C. Napit•r) would tell them one promise he had made at Coventry. Ile took it from a printed speech, and if he were wrong the Hon. Gentleman would correct him. After recounting his qualifications at Coventry, just in the same way as ho had done here—(Laughter)—he ob served that the Hon. Gentleman said he was friendly to free trade and all manner of things, except free trade in Coventry ribbons, and that be should do his best to get. protection for those.—(Confusion.) So they saw that man, as honest as the Hon. Gentleman proposed to be, even might make an occasional slip, which would be remembered against him. He would give them another instance. The Hon. Gentleman had charged him (Ad miral Napier) with being a Tory, and with having said at Hawkstone Hall that he would retire if a Tory came into the field.—(Cries of "So you did.") That just showed bow things might be misrepresented. He had said there, having bean charged with weakening the Liberal cause by °pp sing Mr. Williams, that sup posing that a Tory were put up he would forthwith re tire, not wishing to injure the the Liberal interest. They would see how different his version was from the version of the Hon. Gentleman. The Hon. Gentleman had said that he (Admiral Napier) was supported by the Tories.—(So you were.) He could only say that be did not know one Tory in Lambeth. He had not visited one human being in Lambeth. The Hon. Gen tleman went to Parliament pretty tightly pledged. There was no one pledge t f any description on the face of the earth that he had not taken, or would not take; and he did think that there was no pledge which they could have thought if or invented, or dreamt of, which if they had brought it forward and presented, the Hon. Gentleman would not have taken. —(Great lauehter.) The Hon. Gentleman had said that he (Admiral Napier) was arriving at the point of the Old Commodore; but he could tell them that there was stuff in bim yet, whether as a commodore or as their rt presentative.—(Go it, John Bull.) As for the Hon. Gentleman himself, let it be remembered that in for preparation, and with so much money as must have beenspent—(No, no; we bad no Treasury to go to, You spent more old fellow.) The Hon. Gentleman had managed out of 16,000 voters to obtain 3,834.—(M0re than you did ) he rest of the electors stayed at home. He did not mean to say that they would have voted for himself, but he thought it was bt cause they did shriek to show themselves supporters of the Hun. Gentleman. Ile did not mean to say they would have supported him, because he was an utter stranger to there. The Hon. Gentlemen went into Parliament tied neck and heels.— (Lsughter.) They might argue there as much as they liked, but ull the Hon. Gentlemen could say is ould be, " It's no use, - Pm pledged." Let them see what would be the case if all Members went there pledged. There would be an end of all discussion, all that a Mem ber could say would be, " I'm pledged," and all the Mi nisters would have to do would be to introduce naea sures, with which arguments would have nothing to do. —(Great confusion.) He had now done for the pre sent, and he begged to return to those gentleman who had thought proper to vote for him his most sincere thanks for the support which they had given him.— (Cheers.) He did not mean to come forward again without an invitation.—(That's right, old boy, don't.) He begged to thank Mr. Palmer and his com mittee for the generous, straightforward, and ho nourable manner in which they acted towards hite.—(Cheers.) He was sorry that he could not say the same of Mr. Williams.—(Laughter.) lie should have thought that the first act of a reform party would have been to have acted with fair play.—(Cheersand laughter ) Mr. PALMER nwxt addressed the electors. Though he stood before them in the position of a deteated can didate, it was attended with no degree of disgrace—it was some degree of satisfaction that he was accompanied by so gallant a commander. The grounds upon which he, sought their support had been his local attach ment to the constituency, and a desire to devote all his powers and talents to their service, and although he was not placed in the position of their representative, yet, in the position which he did occupy, he would still continue to co-operate with them in the cause of civil and religious liberty. He could not help feeling, from his past experience, that besides those who had voted for him there were many who entertained for him u feeling of esteem, on which he would on some future occasion rely. He wished it to go forth that he did not believe that the present poll was a criterion of the real feelings of this borough. He had one sub ject of great congratulation to him, and that was, that having fought with them for twenty years in the ranks of popular freedom, the result of the present election showed how strongly those principles were seated in their minds. He could assure them of this, that with regard to those who had not voted for him he had to acknowledge his gratitude for the kind and cordial manner in which they had received him. He differed from many there on the principles upon which he came forward, but he was sure that they would give him credit for sincerity. He had a firm conviction that the objects which they all sought were to be attained by safe and constitutional ratans, and no other. There was a great majority in this country who were to be led by reason, and not passion, and on that account it was by argument that they ought to enforce their opinions, and not bypassion. In carrying great measures of reform they could not do without all classes, and they must therefore strive to rally with them, and not against them all, those classes which mast necessarily have great influence in this country. His creed was progress, without retrogression, but it was progress upon safe and constitutional grounds. lie thanked them for the patience with which they bad listened to him, and they might always rely upon his co-operation in the cause in which they were all embarked—the cause of civil and religious liberty. Mr. WILLIAMS moved that the thanks of tha whole body should be given to Mr. Onslow, the returning officer, for the excellence of his arrangements and for his impartial conduct. Sir CHARLES NAPIER heartily seconded the motion. Mr. PALMER adds d his cordial concurrence to the vote, which was carried with loud cheers. Mr. ONSLOW acknowledged the compliment, and the electors then separated. THE DIORAMA, REGENT'S PARK.—Yesterday, Mr. Leifchild offered for sale, at the auction Mart, the exten sive and valuable property known as the Diorama, .Regent's Park, and which, for the last twenty-seven years, h,as been one of the most prominent exhibitions of science avd art. There were included in the estate the two grand pictures now on view, viz. :—" The Castle of Stolzenfels, or; the Rhine," and the " Shrine of the Nativity, at Bethlehem," together with all the costly and novel machinery . connected with the exhibition (the invention of M. F, a guerre), and the fourteen valuable pictures which have been exhibited in former years, among which w ere " Pa r i s ," " Mount Etna, with an Eruption," "Interior of Rheims Cathedral," " Cathedral of Notre Dame, at Paris," " Basilica of St. Paul, near Ronne," &c. The pictures are severally rolled on large cylinders. Above 10,0001. had been expended in the erection of the building, which contained an extensive saloon or gallery, the exhibition-room, &c. After some competition, it was knocked down for 3,0001. POETRY OF AFRICAN LANGUAGES.--Among the Mongwees, thunder is called " the sky's gun ;" the morning, "the day's child ;" and one who has become intoxicated is said to be "taken captive by rum." The Zulus call the twilight "the eye-lashes of the sun ;" and they say of a man who has defrauded them, "he has eaten me up." The Mis sionary Adrecate tells of a native of Western Africa who visited America some years ago, and when asked what he would call ice, which he had never seen before, said, "Him be water fast asleep ;" and while riding in, a railroad car, when asked what name he would give to the vehicle, replied, after some thought. "him be one thunder mill." REPRESENTATION OF ROCHDALE.—The Committee of the Reform Association have received a letter from Mr. Sharman Crawford, M.P., stating that his health is much better, and that he shall not resign at present. Roger Fen ton, Esq., barrister, who was canvassing the borough last week, has now issued a placard, stating that, owing to Mr. Crawford's health being improved, he shall not at present offer himself as a candidate.—Liverpool Mercury. THE GREAT BRITAIN STEAM-SHIP.—It is reported that the steam-skip Great Britain is about to be purchased by a firm in this Town connected with the emigration trade, with the intention to fit her up for the conveyance of passen gers on the Pacific, between Panama and San Francisco. 25,0001. is mentioned as the suns demanded, and it is stated that the command will be given to an officer now engaged in the Halifax squadron. We are not able to guarantee these reports, but we believe some ground exists for them gene. rally.— Liverpool Albion. ENTOMOLOGIAL SOCIETY.— The usual monthly meeting of this society was held on Monday evening, G. R Waterhouse, Esq., president, in the chair. Mr. F. Smith was balloted for, and elected a member. The president read a letter from William Spence, Esq., containing inti mation of the decease of the Rev. W. Kirby, honorary pre sident of the society; Mr. Westwood moved, and Mr. Ste phens seconded, that Mr. Spence be requested to have the goodness to draw up for publication in the Society's Trans actions a biographical memoir of Mr. Kirby. The president then suggested that all scientific business be adjourned out of respect to Mr. Kirby's memory, which was unanimously agreed to. RIOTS IN FLINTSIIIRE.—The Talergoch miners have been committing serious disturbances, having made a forcible entrance into the residence of Captain Francis, the agent of the Milwr Mining Company, at tialkin, threatening to murder him if they could find him. The aspect of things grew so serious that it was determined o n Monday to send for the military fiom Chester, and a detachment of the 3Sth Foot, under Captain S mi th, have taken up their quarters at Holywell. True bills have been found a gainst six of the rioters, but the only two who were in custody have been allowed to traverse till next assizes. Tt ap pears that Cap tain Francis enforces the eight hours' system, and the Taler goch men have expressed a determination to allow only six hours labour a day. Lady Morgan bas left town on a tour of visits. ITER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO EDINBURGH.—The Lord Provost of Edinburgh has now received a letter from the Secretary to Prince Albert, intimating that her Majesty will visit Edinburgh on the 29th of August, and that on the following day (Friday the 30th) Prince Albert will lay the foundation-stone of the National Gallery on the Mound, the grant to which was voted by the House of Commons on Thursday last. GREAT INDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY.—A call of 15s. per share has been made by the directors, m iking a total of 1/. 15s. called up to construct the undertaking. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.--The branch between Halifax and Bradford, which will materially shorten the route between those points and Liverpool, Man chester, and the manufacturing districts, is to be opened for traffic this day (Wednesday). Money is a good servant, but a bad master. It may be accused of injustice towards mankind, inasmuch as there are only a few who make false money, whereas money makes many men false.— Eliza Cook's Journal. The Midland Railway Company have reduced their fares, and have assimilated them to the scale adopted on the Great Northern Railway. tWESTMINSTER BRIDGE. -- With our present im proved knowledge of bridge-building, let us suppose that a new bridge be constructed at Westminster, consisting of five openings, each about 160 feet wide, the piers of granite or some other equally durable stone, the arches of well-seasoned timber covered externally with ornamental cast iron of suitable Gothic design, and well painted-- such a structure might be made of great beauty of design, and of sufficient durability to last for centuries, with a little ordinary repair: its appearance would far exceed anything of the kind in the metropolis, and its entire construction might be effected for about 200,0001., and completed in three years, while the stone of the present bridge would amply repay the expense of the temporary one, which would be requisite bile the new bridge is building. That a bridge of this description would b• much cheaper and lighter than one built entirely of stone, and much safer and more durable than a suspension bridge, there can be no doubt; and if a plan similar to the one here suggested were adopted, it would effect considerable saving of the public money, and adorn London with a novel and beautiful structure.— Builder. LORD WARD'S PICTURES. About 120 pictures, collected i❑ Italy and elsewhere by Lord Ward, have been placed in the great room of the Egyptian Hall. We believe it is Lord Ward's intention to make them accessible to the public. —Builder. _ . People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy... Eliza Cook's Journal. ATTEMPT TO MURDER A POLICEMAN.—Ou Wed nesday night last, at Cuckfield, Police-constable Pocock suc ceeded in apprehending two well-known burglars, having with them a cart load of goods. The next morning he pro ceeded to convey the prisoners from Turner's-hill, w h ere they had been locked up for the night. Having handcuffed the two men together, he placed them in a cart, in which be also rode himself; and entrusted the parish officers of Worth to conduct the cart containing the stolen property. When they had arrived within half a mile from the Norfolk Arms, on a signal being given, the two prisoners threw the constable out of the cart, and a third party coming up a desperate battle ensued. The constable, whilst on the ground, was struck , repeatedly on the head with a heavy soldering iron. The parish officer, instead of tendering-any assistance, was so frightened that he ran away, screamin " Murder." The policeman thfended himself as l ong as he was able with his stall and t.istol, but was overcome, and they escaped. A reward of . o/. has been offered byathe Go vernment for their apprehension. LORD Gouou.—On Thursday last the town coun cil of Edinburgh voted the freedom of that city to Lord Goonh. for his distinguished military services. ._._._._.---...., --------,,,, EN iMPE.GIAL PARLIAIYI (TH: IS DAY.) 1-10 USE ( The fi n , , :.,e s'it this to :irning at Twelve labs ~ new ehatube 7' the Le on' orary roof of 0 ,l ("aside, 0,1 . filtered tin , a) :4 1: pCr roved since w O hi:.c)b,hei. oc. i i_ au; Y .hriailwr The ceihvgno the Houso sat in P is et ( . ' . "esel3sstarvive' el v, : i t t i b i4e thin r : s. l e:i i- l i ei p ll3 lL '37.: h tt ut stied 'Olt " ( I ~ , • tippet Jamey. d a ttiloi r eit i o,er d ocmcsm w ,tb t uci A t c ( nr - hs n het; t eoebl i ip,u s s:::, l i s i t od 1 ' i ' 1 k t,O toi-bartllOni'e Wa' will be re pla ced is ' i i n kta'al t: sodi n us T d s ea c i : ( d ).lel:;l° a rYrw l ' s vDt e lf°ecii: t oeoc;•:::(l°:ihr:lll rest of the building. ~ `o increase the space devotedr side gallarie:3, so as I II these changes arid site Brent g interieres wi,h stwili t l report CI'S t h h ae d e tiisle. 1 g u r i e n e g s . b . l e le;iii?le:ryt.iCll_oll:eb an the en Speaker e t ti h k e el 's,oeshitsioirn,anodr tahemtsinbi!se;eil when a Member of the Opi , it visible ill ib e g ale - r i addrestiing the House, he is n -e. while alterstiouts;; _u i nltss you look over. 'Thereto. old perhsrs ° A n ; 0) t eing made in the gallerit.s, it we oppropristf., fitl advisable to ascertain, if the one and 1000 press could not be thrown back advAntacre. „ The SPEAKER took the Chair aho. o'clock. -tly after Veil' 'S. ,IN di LORDS' AMENDMENI. -sebeso The Lords' amendments the Bill .t. Trustees Bill were considered end agreed I , .„, :t r,4 SECOND READINGS. . 6 Id a 1 '' Tie Earl of Gleegall's Estate l3ill a ss 1 , ~rei time find ordered to be committed; and ~0 , .; 00 pied On the, motion of Mr. HAMILTON it lc f . 6 0 10 ~ 0 f that it Its an instruction to the Committee o,l_,tieti; loor that they have the power to appoint the fir , st: se Bil considered motioonn the Con mittce on the Earl of Glengall's Ds' a eel Thursda y next. or cledf , 3 WO - 0 that the Duke of Buckingham's Es:ate 1 3 lie - be M DIVORCE BILLS. ~,, 000 ret J O On tl le motion of Mr. 13ROTHEKTOef it fe lon 10/ that the Select Committee on Divorce Bills upono moor of sit and proceed on Mr. Hall's Divorce Bill i m., 101 OTHERTOIs'I, seia next (p rovided that the service of the Bill 0 0 0 7 do, Hall, 1 old notice of the Committee ler I I proved) and to make their r forthei tb. report ore PETITIONS. 010 19 Sir R . INGLIS d Ction f r om 11 presente ape i _„ t . • , against t he admission of Jews into Parlien7mhese 0' Mr. II INDLEY presented petitions fl 10 $ Manchu 1 ter in favour of international sant „ g o 1 Mr. •0 '. BROWNpresented . similar Pe"' to iJit 64 Stockp. il .t. - Mr. IS OHOLEFIELD presented petition 1301. , pr . inghan , in favour of the Friendly Socil,ie!,,,,floll,tbi' Colo n el THOMPSON presented 10 1 " 1- 000 9 ' - cashire ;and Cheshire praying for the Wain tration :in the case of national disputes. 110 4 RETURNS. ,s oaf° ,o , On th e motion of Mr OTHER Tu her O' t oo , . BR returns were ordered:—Return of the OO' del me b efit , do , on w ' • bi cis the House of Commons sat in "", h OP ' - ,111 0. stating i. for each day, the date of the 005 boated io : the iveek, the hour of meeting, an,. cl t ail 5i1 9°1 )°urnbl' nt; and the total number a hl-oearsideb 00 the sittings of the House, and 1 " - on fret° Illicji and alsso showing the number of boor s tirA totes 0 0- House sat each day, and the number of b 1 : 110 ,,,./0 / 1 ,00 0 night; and the number of entries in eac h f eted of ti i ' pr e ocess hogs (in continuation of Pedlar:10000d OS N . 61.5, of Session 1849. Return of t he bic et • 1 the °II "ori g i ill visions •in the session 1850; stating. bef es j , Jet division i and the number of Members In t . A te % r tli fV minority, tellers included; also the Italia :Sodl •100 the He use on each division; distinguis ,„` i sid' tiva"' Eger at sions on public business from pane, d afor t the number of divisions before d 1 eat night (in continuation of ratlialtabee 0 due ° No. 616, of S s • s AIP - rota ,5501 Session 1849 i. o b ee° 0 Obe ell of th,. - public Bills which bar . the s e sre keit into the House of Commons during Whichthe bed hoesthe bywhom introduced, or doei 1 , it , brought from the House of .Lords,%W?„„oist•`%f f`/.0 sev,ral stages in the House, and nist,l"stio I setu r r , I ' T., COnt iliti .49) ' 0 1°C which have since bet ‘ome taw 0- le wit o tto liameut ary Paper, No. 617, of Sessioo bel s i cal ef of the este! number of Acts passed in e m tic ber „ 10,01 the ye: sr 1800; distinguishing the n u- n d tll ao d - private, and local and ersonal Acts , A a"sCot O. relating. to Great Britain, Eng,„,.1913,%i' 100 in, CO ° Ireland, and those relating to the Uni ted if ie do THE SEWER6* ot orr t ' iirg e rs Mr. 71.IACKINNON postponed till to- rnr , exitstot,.oo.o sequen:se of the absence of the Noble. 9 S o or ° o b ' following questions of the Chief Co03 016 ,„,1 1111 1 ;c1 006s „ bf of which he had given notice for to-dsf and,sttE noeutAs not the fact, that five or more officers :i Id 1 : , 0 0 l'7o tills 13 ouse have of late been serionsibop tobjeli co mplt ints such as usually arise front e 0 10: 1 0 tlif ° o %rains or graveyards? ‘Vhetber thers ed a d ter eV t 9 . 11 e w DO drain or cesspool to be 10 0 Go S i e n it du v r"21; the present operatiOns in abi i lje Ct •0 11 w o h ttil eted in the manner introducee 00iSie00190010 ~ eller the Chief Commissioner d iti cp . 101 44 dthUrri , that in all operations condlie!eo 01 1 .0 1 1 ) ; I °l o l shoulill! ; the remainder of the 069 ' t ° 9 - ic ' e 6 ;0 .'iliti' be given to Dr. Reid to 0 0 fia deems d requisite,h e0 0 !,0 10 A O to prevent stl e- i , o o'" fel;P last ni e , l , t, trom the impure atraosp.- .0 this H ,use. A sl) „, tiot NO'f1:1 3E OF AI VIV `- . "-° 0 1 ' OTION- CR ,/ . 1, 0 1V a (i 1 , (IRELAND) - 13 • 1 `' eat ° t ro4`,oo , Mr. S. CRAWFOI °lice I dll t'i it) ill gave is to 40 0, for the • second reading of the Crio „ no te : ; del land) C• aitinuance Bill, he should, ,7, e tP i ~. l e went th at the Bill be re ad au -al IL '00" a seco 115 / ji P ° l'° l months.- -([liar, hear.) , nv.. ~, ;a o.„# CC,'l44 POUND sIotHOUSEIIOP• h i s seffoje Sir W . CLAY stated that it 06tipt proceed ;a her Wu ) t his B a in th e e l ) , OS' that he should l a t his --' d '*"° it at an early period I f ,110,.,' 0 11 1 ,' ' similar mes.sure.—(hear, hear) Co , ow isli jil e i v ~a ~ ~ SAVINGS BANKS k . e. ls.OP et 0,,, The CHANCELLOR of the P lay er I 0 tr d II ore 1 0 0 . answer to a question of the Lo l',, oe 4 .0 4 , $ lO l said that it was his intention to n 'Ply a r e ' ,4 1 ,0 I f us depositors in the St Peter's/ ' i ri,,ossegeool 00, Cufte-street, D u be * could n 4.4 est bo aolv on. He - . ec t 0 oc y course he should adopt on the sub .1.. 8 0 0 .01 0° , Mr. REYNOLDS » °l36 .00" I,P then gave larsti DI brine; the ' subject before the consist: 1 49) OIL/ at an early period next session . .- r ' gOb,,/ tbi°oll,),o ENCUMBERED EST.A TES ( ~.. ,iog „Yth.„ ° st ° ;; On the motion for the SeCOnd rt '..- g e ". ofr e le, 1 0 Mr. HAMILTON, who bad D ente i r tit 9e h , lii!„A 0 nounced his intention to accede to e PO sod e er 4 might be proposed in Committe, 1 00 i he ~ i hope of carrying the Bill through 96 'ld o( vi , boo b( session. 0 0 01- :se a l s The AT FORNEY GENERA') tel'ii o° ths of objecti;•n GENER A ' Je il t - ow , able both in principle an ~0 0 0 o ti ,t therefore move that it be read a se ° ' ed ~ b 10P ..., ,ho , n it)tt six months. It was constantly as6U ., ir - fa Or lati,,ii under the Encumbered Estates 1 03 ,ra"" ifi'. bbl dolt, , ( let 01 0 , 11 place at an under value. His „ ,es l, s Ai that no sales had taken place at 9 ,,, v , '0 0 ,40 17 6 ,4 1 ;be! he stated that upon examination 4)l ' , 1 ,0 r peP rl iii ci it bad been stated such under vel° 9 " s - 0 ,1 .bet'' 0 40 1 ' 'st ll' • so many years'purchase was talked oi , 0 01 1 ; 0 , impossible fur Hon. Members to kfl °W s; 1 : 0 1" 0? el l i l i a, 0 JP, , were talking . of, whether it vves 1- 0 ,, ri 1,1 0 0, , i the sum of money which was actual i' v b i' ° ,,j g i ° o 4eti ° J hear.) This was f things ti ' 0 i f& a state 0 . o id pi h , i A Ireland, and which this Bill w° to t l i l 'eV& Nothing .. could be more injurioila 0 , 1 0 il 40 o pt * ofciltion of Ireland than that there ,„ I im i ji, o ° ,oo' tenants of the land Promising `",,, l 101 P o p more rent than the property was •e ' or 1 0 n etts yrt If ,he of which , l was simply to Pa n sill I v eon tO. i i ti o f.te That had • existed to a very o ft . t IN F A and with great advantage to th°,l9l ale ,rspli ii i r j perty were let for double its newl,rni; l e P a l' „io; r came to borrow money on doutege C h et th`pii.vrorto, House would boar io mind that from 6-• if of Ireland, and the small nature of t o , to sl° by no means difficult to get Cou l dti be 1 ,ion of rent, provided b e " f I, +‘ ion of the land. ,dr140.) . V (" Fl d w i i ., .j. , ----"„ ail 1 ,ie P 1 A GIRL I --- S IDr iiilJ )1 0 ' t i, I A —On a William IMPALED.._ , Dol., ,I) P e p Iv; a . Parker, living in Feu of 13 ` .- 1 / f I ° I f O r !armed by bearing screams in front , au t . e., pg ctid meciiately ran out and found a g irl 1`;' 0 0 111 5t . , 0 0 1 0 , P, hanging head downwards on some .i 1 . 1 ,0 Wild' r o tllil," one of the adjoinin houses; the g l ! tswe e 0 { itlinoete, .55 15 , tgli side of the T g . rai ings. With th e - sad osse,a:t the poor creature was lifted dow' lig -t d o :ip i e' l Oa b ej • 0 ill • d 0 Infirmary; she bled freely. , co tio ~,,0 ,c 0 A t .., found that she had sustained a J 3c . rid ou di i.s• ot i o r/ of the right thigh. The wound wa' rj, a rid ' w e.; 0 one, but irritative fever wasp roduce so , so ,i. . 9 On Til eci iho C ni l "P in the course of Monday. s tated w ere .4 I on the body; when Mr. Parker • a ~ 01 . 4 r which he found the deceased bar l4 o l bounci 7 such as were ordinarily placed befor hoo se, . 0 % 1 0 had caught against the front of 0 9 , 0 01 • appeared to have slipped while et7etartie verdict of " Accidental death" W3s il / ipz O rgv n he e t s s h , ~ 4the AElasig. . in s t a t Soßultfib:t-6 Julius H. Thompson, of 0 OF A S CPS I; Wif° 1 e „ On the 4th inst., at Park -1014 1 th e 0 1 ~ ISPllialli' IP 0n the 4th inst., at Parsons -oe' st , Jo i OP t , 0 TOO" d 0 7. or A D AUL' d, CO/ .J_ 0e orof Brigade . " . a Esq. _ On the Of Y ), *.r sth inst., at lrini 10 0, f• 0 iv, s. Brooks. Cg 10 flif'il On the Ist inst DI Jolla F. C ~ I'S. 0 terrace, South ~ Lambeth. 'or f°jl : ' (`I I , Utah boil, ›, s all A i • of' On the 3d inst., at Wallingtoll; so , ' ,itivjp . the w if e of the lat Robert Peel, Peg 0 Wilor ,ar Sir Robert 1 Po sir fir Pcel, Bart. ed $ ~. P r 1,0 On the 28th of June, at Pest , fig a j ~Ir 10 second son of the late Major-eller joll• c eir of MacGregor, Bart. ale fl e ,I On the ad inst., at Stratford-pi4ee" lor ° v P 5. 11 field Stratford, aged - iB. ~ e 416. 4 1 10 IP Oa the 4th inst., Jeremiah OWe'',lBo D er 0 0 ~ ty-COttSgel coor her Majesty's Dockyard , be _ CalV 6 y. ,Ps r' On the 4th inst., at tbe Terri've'or,ece sew Ltitison, Esq., formerly of Drig b !f ° , 'of t h e fi 10 , ,,4 0 ' 11 4 1 On the `,:d inst.. Caiharine, w' ",,iite qts.tre ~I(Co'' Talbot, rector of Newton Blos=ors , j,o ' llii s q. r tolpti o Oileixgeooefno,nnrr)fitii,:iasseeitolrene,33te,odhlt)f,ajai.rtnn3hBs.s.eett.d.,,,a t a e td; a n i i r a - ro l i e , 1 :0 1 i w t o c % J . r o , t i f . illif t : o 1 9 : -On the 4th inst.. at Tunbril34o Ft . ty.s` , eldest daughter of W. Eropsor'' ,40it ly o r . . John Iferri''°:,- jor-avp,..ol,):°:":oo'‘' London: Printed and Published f b / i l i 4'r, 10 ill 41 .! . 40. 112, 6trand, Printer,` ; .ha SLIO, strand, in the Precinct 0, ' 7, 1 k ust Middlesex. Wednestlai. o. / / ,