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Nava been 675 L, against 5,679/. in the corresponding period of last year. The amount of authorised capital and loan is 500,0001., of which 207,7721. 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 which 171,9621. had been expended at the date of the last report. The dividend paid in 1849 was 1 per cent. TORR. NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK. 2901 Miles open.—Week ending Jane 2:— Passengeri, Sce. £4,808 13 11 Goods, 840. ... 9,664 910 Total £14,473 .3 9 Correspoading week of last year (270 miles 0pen),12,7951. The total receipts of the fear, np 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-thismoropany. YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND. 256 Miles open.—Week ending June 2 : Pasl.engers, &c. £3,075 5 3 Goods, &c. ... 3,920 17 4 Total ... £6,996 2 7 Corresponding week of last year, 7,044 /. The total receipts of the year, up to the present time, have teen 144,036/., against 145,5491. in the correspond ing period of hat year. The amount of authorised capital ikd loan is 6,295,0001, of which 4,875,682/. had been expended - ot the date of the last report. The divi dend paid in 1849 was 1 per cent. FOREIGN TRAFFIC. Arnieni and Boulogne—Week ending June 2, 1,3491.; corresponding week of last year, 1,0901. Ceutrarof France—Week ending May 26, 2,577/.; corresponding week of last year, 2,272/. Montereau and Troyes—Week ending May 13, 8961.; corresponding week of last yew', 5691. Northein of France—Week ending May 27, 17,546/.: correspondinr4 week of last year, 13,024/. Paris and Lyons—Week ending May 25, 6,120/. Paris and Orlentiv;—Week ending May 26, 7,6391.; corresponding week of last year, 7,6221. Paris and Rouen—Week ending June 1, 5,9731.; cor responding week of last year, 5,3391. ' Paris zod Strasbourg-- Week ending May 26, 4,0471. R- den and HatTe—Work ending June 1, 2,5441.; corresponding w:e% of last year, 2,4341. Strasbourg and Basle—Week ending Llsy 26, 1,4331. Touss and Nantes—Week ending May 24, 67314 cor responding week of last year, 645/. Dedicated by' Permission to the. Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of Digland. .. . • . _Nov: ready, in deiny Bvo., with Portraits, 165., .A HISJ:011r 01? BANKING;with a Comprehensive .lecount'd the Origirt, Blae, and rlO - of the Bat'P.s of Eugland, Ireland, anl'Seotlaud; and Anecdotes of tae most eminent Bankers. .uy WILLIAM -JOIIN LA,IySON, Richard Bentley - , Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. • THE NEW ROMANCE. • Npw ready, in one vol, Yost Bvo., IN. bound, B . B_A.. T ASS I, THE - GLIEEK PA.TRIOT. . , . • A I.tomancf!.. .41chard: Ee4tlty.. New Burlington-street. . • IT E ' i‘ u l ii p, er J ui E o T r Y S TII EATRE— a ' Patronage of Mr oet Gialciou ' r . 3 ( l ' aj t e e stythe Queen, Ills Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, II:R.II.4116 Duke of Cambridge, • 11,1t.11. the. Duchess . of Cambridge. A (rant Classical, Dramatic, l\liscedancous, Concerted MUSICAL EN'PERTAiNMV.N'T ti•oires.the following autho Mozart, Spada, iscethoven, Ricci Ropini, Adolphe Adam, Doilizetti, nud 31endelssohn, will take place on 2'..)-.IkIORHOW MORNING, June 21. The Cos gert gill eoitunence at TwO o'clock precisely, On which occasion the following eminent artistes will iffaiwart - ' ill'adauld Sontag. Mdlle. rarodl, Miss Catherine Mayes, Madame Mdlle. Ida Itortrand. and Madame Frezzolini , Maulle. Charton. StriOrl Gardoai, Carzolari, and iaucarde, • Signori Coletti and Relletti. S!gnori F. Lablacho, and Lablache Sepported by all the ingtrunictital and Choral resources of the • . Theatre.. The whole under the direction of Mr. Balfe. Piano—Messrs. lialle,.osborne, L. Sloper, and Benedict. • Harp—Mr....Alp—Thomas. Violin—Mesars. Ernst and Mollque. Violoncello-Signor Piatti. French • , 71..Auzolig other novelties, The celebrated., Trio for ; Three..Tenors,— . -Signori GardOni, Caizolari, ' awl taiicarde. • Duo for Two Soprhnos'—Mesdainee Sontag and . Frezzol ini. The celebrated Variations of Adolphe Adara—M aclaine Soot ag. The admired Russian Ballad " Zoloyoi ; ou, le itossiguol," ' 31Itidame Frezzolinl. • • - • PROGRAMME. • 4 . Part I. Overture, Der Berggeist - -•- - Terzetto, " Coraimio, or nt del tit* vigor," lldddle. l'arodi, Maclaine Giuliani, and signor lielletti (Fidelio) L - - - - - I3eethoven. Aria, "Il Mio Tosoro," jailor Calsolari (Don Glo- _ _ - Spohr. vanni) - - • - Mozart. Fantasia, Violin, on FaVourite English Nation 1 Airs, Herr Moiirine (first time of performance) - Malting. Beene irom Aranda,. assisted by Aidlles. Charton, taultsuai.p. Ilayes, Ida Bertrand; Sig nori Gardoni;talzolaiL taucarde, Colletti, Bel letti, F. Lab!mild, Lab Jackie, and Chintti - Gluck. Concet tante, hay Two .1-lanofortes t with orchestral aceompanimaritsr.Messis. Halle and Benedict Variations (by cg tire) " Aft, vows dirai.je," Madame SO:itar„ FlutevOtiligato, Monsieur , - Rema.sitt (Le Terreador) , - - - , - -•- A. A:ain. Adelaide, Signor Gar.lciii (his first appzarance in London this steision)" - • - - • Solo, Violoncello,„signor l'iatti, on favourite Russian Airs (first time of performance) - - - Platt'. Aria, " laorgi amore,"ParOdi (Nczze di Figaro) - - - - • - Mozart. Trio (three basses); " Veal quell' nom'," Signori Coletti, Belled% and .Lablaclic (Chian di ReSen- 4 Air, "Da page,", Paroles de .M. Scribe; arranged, for, and sung by Mdlle. Charton (MS. Opera) - - Benedict, Finale, "Ave Viniun," Mesdames' Sontag, .Parodi, C. Hayes, Charnin, Giuliani, Ida Bertrand, and Frezzolini ; Signori e. ardoqi, Calzolari, Baucarde, Coletti, P. Lablache, and Chorus -, - • - - Benedict. - Beethoven. - cc!. - MozArt. , • PART IL New Festival 0v ire (first time of performance in London) - -- • - - - Terziitto, for three-, .tenors, "In Turtle aspotto im-. belle" (by ,generattlesire), Signori Gardoni, Calzo lari, and llautirde (Annida) - - - - Rossini. Andante, French born, M. Vtvler - - - - The Morning Syng (first time), toe poetry by Barry Cornwall, Madame Sontag, composed expressly for her by .• 7 2 - - - - - Benedict. Barcarole, " Suna popes del nalo•brik," Signor Bel- Sethi (La Prigione d'Edhiburgo) - - Andante, from the sonata tor piano-forte and violin, dedicated to licrtitaer,perfortned. by Messrs. Dent diet and Ernst licit , ballad, "The Joy of Tears," Miss C. Hayes (by general desire) • ' - - - - Balfe. Bowls, "In quesiO semplice," Madame Frezzolini (Betly)- - - - • " Quanklo sift 4ingite tinto," Signori Bau carde and Coletti ( - - - • Trio, "Lift thlat, eyes,". Mdms. Sontag, Mdlle. Charton, and tfile.lda. Bertrand (Elijah) F.nale, " Alla TrinitA Peata," Mesdames Sontag, farodi, Caiherintellayes, Charton, Giuliani, Ida Bertrand, and tret.zoliiii ; :11nori Garooni, B.tu carde, Calzolarr; Coletti, telletti; F. Lablache, La-' blache, and chorus (i..audi Spirituali, A.D. 1o46). l'anT 111. Quartatto, for four Performers, on two pianofortes, (composed ex,pressly• for this occasion), Messrs. Ilalle, Linthay Sloper, Osborne,. and Benedict) - Osborne. Duetto, " A figlia incauta," Mesdames Sontag and Frezzolini (11rst tithe of their"appearing together) (Maria - - ' Donizetti. Fanta,ia, harp, lr. Ap-Thomas • - - - - Parish Alvars. Duetto• ."Un segreto," signori F. Lablache and Lablache (CerterOitola) -'• • - Russian Ballad," Zolovei ; eu le Rossignol," Madame Frezzolini - - - - - Aria, " Meal tut Madame-Giuliani (Maria di Bohan) Mdlle. Ida Bertrand (Lucrezia Borgia) "Le Dieu de Tailficis" "("Siecond time of performance in this country), by all the principal Artists and the Chorus - - - - - - Overture (Le Nozzo di Figaro) PRICES OF ADMISSION. Boxes—Pit Tier- , 41. 4 0 Pit stalls .. •... -- • • IL 1 0 First ilittos, 4/. 4 0 Pit Tickets Second .ditto 31. 3 . 0 Gallery Stalls.— 0 5 0 Thirclattto.. 21. 2 0 Gallery A tew boxes coitielellttrand Tice at 6/. 63. may be had by imme diate applicati be made at.the principal Libraries and Music ifarehoutcs'• at may e y ßox-office of the Theatre ; and to M. Denedict, 2, Mallet:ester-square. Benedict. - Ricci. Donizetti. DonizottL - Mendelssohn, • Rossini. - Donizetti. - Donizetti. - Gluck. - Mozart. ALA JF.grY'k'TILEktRE Nlcair • • *. Tt is res p e ctfifflf announced that a Gr an d E xtra Night will take place . THIS ViiEjsurG' ' • • grand Opera, by when will be pradrited the highly successfal new Idalevy, the Poem by'Scribe; founded on The T empest of Shakspere, and composed expressly for her Majesty's Theatre; . IA TEMPESTA.. The incidental Dan ces by M. Paul Tagnoni. The Scenery` by Mr. Charles Marshall. Alfonso, Sig. Lorenzo ; Prospero, Sig. Colletti ; Antonio, sng • p Lablache; Fen:4 '' ImA. Sig. Bauc arde ; Trinculo, Sig. Ferrari; Ste phano, 3ladlle. _iu*odi; S yc orax, Madlle. Ida Bertrand; Spirit o f illast Madame dullani ,' "Ariel, Madne. Carlotta Gr isi ; Caliba.n, Si g. Lablache; Miranda, Madame Sontag. Director of the Music and Conductor, Mr. Balfe. With various ihtertainithOsiti in the Ballet Department, in which Mdile. Carlotta Giisi, lidli. Marie Taglioni, and 31011 e. Amalla Ferraris, M. Charles, attd-M. Paul Taglioni will appear. Applications for Boxes; Stalks, all 'tickets to De made at the Boa-office of the Theatre. - . ROYAL ITALFAti OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. • -EXTRA•ICIGHT. First sight of Iladame Viardot. Filet Night of Le Prophete. THL EVENING Will be performed with the collow.i:z powerful cast, Me,yerbeer's grand Opera, LE PROPH ETE, In which Mdme. Viardot make her firAt appearance this season. Fides, Madamo.Viezdot i,the original rokifesentative of the fart at the Grapd Opera in. Paris) Madame Castellan (ths original representative of the part this Ffr,:,..:4 Opera in Paris, her first ap pearance in that characte'r In Pl:gland) ; Jean of Leyden, Signor Mario ; Count Oherthal, S ,,, ,fitar:Toellatle6; Sergeant, Signor Lavia ; l'easants, Signor} itomimi auds9eiiic.__ lona Signor Illaralti (first appearance in that character); .~taltk►isan , Signor Polonini ; Zac caria, Herr Formes (first a.ppeaiiinco In that character). The Choir in the grand Cohination Scene in the third Act will combine the plr crs of a full Orchestra, the Military Bands, the Chorus, and OMin. The is Ballet in the Skating Scene will ha supported by M. Alexandre and Madile. Louise Taglioni (as danced by them at the Grauil Opera at Paris), and comprises thi celebrated Quadrilles des Patineurs.. Composer, Director of' the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. . The Doors will be opened at Halt-past Seven. and the performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Tleketo for.the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit, may be had (fo r th e night or season), at the Box-ollice of the Theatre, which is open f rom Ten till Five. Ito YAL LYC EU sr TU. E _ TII I S EV - EN Will be nerfanTel pIt. , .CTICAL DIAN. Alter vr,llichl7SED ti e To to followed by an entirely new and original antici pation of what may possibly occur one of these days. entitled NOVELTY FAIR; or, Hints tor Iflsl. Characters by Mess's. C. Iklathews, 1 7 . Matraews, Mug% Bellingham, Cooke, and Clualcs ; Miss St. Geor,e, tiss Renwortily, Miss Glover, Miss Oliver, Miss Eardier, and Migs Al! ap2licatkino for f'r, r ate Coxes must bo made to Mr. Alicroit 15, New Bond-,trcet. The Box-office, a.ljoining the Theatre, in .Wellington-street, Is open daily from Ten to Six o'clock, under the superintendence of Ur. T,l'. Bennett. . THE SUN, THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARICET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENINt , Will be Performed 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 Tremolo, Mr. Buckstone ; Don Rococo de Fria% Mr. C. Selby; Isabella, Miss ncyrrolds. After which TIIE ENCHANTED ISLE. To conclude with the successful and laughable Farce, called an 4LARMING SACRIFICE. Bob Ticket, Mr. Buckstone ; Susan gweetapple, Mrs. Fitzsilliam. The &a-office Is under the direction If Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, AuELriii. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS :EVENING, Will be reproduced the celebrated Drama of THE WEPT OF THE leuford, Principal characters Hughes lg, l Wright, 0. Smith ; Madame Celesteand Miss Wooar.Cul- After which a new Terpsicorian Burlesque Entitled F,SMEBALDA. Chdracters by Messsrs. 0. Smith, Wright, P. Bedford ; Madams Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Fitzwilltam. To conclude with. a new and original Farce, In the Vulgar Tongue, to be called JACK IN THE GREEN ; or, HMIs on Etiquette. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, The Entertainments will commence at Eigtt o'clock, 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 open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock. ASTL E 1"S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. 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 orand Military Spectacle of the Affghanistan War. Brilliant Display of Equestrian Wonders in the Scenes in the Arena, by the tirst Artlites in Europe. THIS EVENING, The Entertainments will comm , mee at Seven o'clock, with the immensely successful grand National Military Equestrian and Dramatic Spectacle (in three acts) entitled THE AFFUHANISTAN 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 carrefsly for the .occasion, and a host of Auxiliaries. To be succeeded by an Inimitable Display of Batty's Feats of Equitation in the Cirqde Olympique. To conclude with the BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Boa-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. Fifth week of Moos. JULLIEN. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. OPEN every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY. . • THIS DAY, Jane 19th, the Royal South London Floricultural Society will hold their second GRAND MISCELLANEOUS FLOWER SEIOW, on which occasion an Extra Brass Band will he in attendance, with all the other attractions of the Gardens. Doors open at One. Prodigious Success of the entirely new-modelled Dioramic Pic ture representing the PASSAGE of the ALI'S 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 Messrs. Adams, Wilson, Ice: &C. The Picture has occupied the Messrs. Danson for many months, and it is confidently submitted to the Public as a chef-dtauvre of art, and not inferior to any production of the day. . . . . . . The SpIendid ‘ MENAGERIE has - lately been enriched by savera ralunble Presents Lout the Queen. Tho Musical Department will he conducted by Mons. Jullien and Mr. Godfrey. It will be the aim of the Establishment to offer for the gratification of the Ribscriheis and the Public, the most Splendid Military Band In the Kingdom ! ! Selected from the Bands df her Majesty's Horse and Foot Guards, and the most eminent Artistes in the profession. The following List of engagements will, Itas hoped, convince the Public, that the icing-acknowledged excellence of the Band of this Establishment will be Tully maintained!. The Repertoire of Music will bo most extensive and varied, arranged from the most Popular Operas in this and other countries: Solo-Players—Messrs. Keenig, Lazarus, Prosperre, - Colinet,Tratten, Jarrett, Sonnenberg; Sommers, and Winterl)otharn. `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 INench Army is first seen " en bitouae," presently the drums beat to antis, and amid the clash of Military Bands and Martial Music, the Troops commence the Ascent. The Soldiers are aeon dragging the Artillery in Trunks of Trees, non ascending almost Perpendicular Heights, and traversing the most Terrific Ravines, hut all difficulties are overcome, and the Gallant Aimy is seen. punning Its course, to the Fertile Plains of Italy. The v►hole to conclude with a Gorgeous Display of Fireworks, by Messrs. Southby, intioducing, amongst various .noveltiesi the most admired 'bo= d'artiflce of former seasons, jets Wens, water rockets, revolving pieces, a magnificent Transparency, fifty feet in height, painted by Kessrs. DttiSon, repreSeriting Buonaparte on Horseback cheering on his Troops, surrounded by wariike emblems, Insignia of honour, flags, ttophies, &c., amidst a cerruscation of various coloured tires. rhe complicated and difficult machinery, and the erection of the picture under the direction of Mr. Thos Lowe. The extensive gas fittings by Adessrs..llotcherby and Dixon, 23, King-street, Covent garden. . . . Admission. la. MGR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. True DAY —Moining 39 min. after 10 I Evening, 10 min. after 11 To-Moattow=3lorning 39 min. after• 11 I Evening 0 min. after 0 TUE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, Jusic 20. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 73—highest since noon yesterday. 53—lowest this morning and during the night. 70—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30.33. WIND S.E.—light breeze and fine sunshiny 'veather. 4,-•"e (.. S7, s• :;,.,-. .. -,z. . , ~,-;", cv , • ee e ,. •••,,, •-p' %:, .., 4- IT---,.....??..,)-I,:\ ri,..." ....,„ . ..a t i,-4, , - . x,- 11,,5,' , 7 ,t..l64,,tpitt ( V I 44, 1 t4,1( 44i/NA+A i :t '.44/Agto LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1850. It was quite unnecessary for the Honourable Member fur Manchester to offer any cpology for bringing under the notice of the House the impor• tent 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 &cm an inadequate supply of the raw material of our cotton manufactures. Thousands -and tens of thousands cf men, women, and children would be de prived of employment, and wculd 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 suinred so severely in 1847 ; many firms of high respectability and undoUbted solvency would be re - duct.d to a state of bankruptcy ; the national re venue would fail, and ruin and almost unparalleled distress would prevail oa every side. We should no longer heve the purchasing p ower to pay f or 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 j fabric's ; and, in addition to ass 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 evince I 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 cultivation should take place, we should too late deplore the fatal consequences of our own blindness and fatuity. Should these contingencies not •reach to the total ab sence cf the raw material, but 'merely" in increase in the cost ptice therecf, to the eatent of 2d. or 3d. per pound, the consequences, although not altogether in surmountable, w ou ld s till b e very ser i ous, and such as no man of ordinary prudence and foresight would be willing to encounter. c b o e ul e d on b If no adequate remedy possible evil we Should t e e n provided t for this " hazard of the die" —to meet the danger we could 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 to the cultivators, and that the obstacles which at present impede its production were removed by w i se and judicious regulations, we should be rendered in dependent American States, and fr om of the any undue or unreasonable increase of price. Why th en t. •tv neglected ? Why do we is the golden oppor,a2m. omit, while there is yet time, to adopt the necessary precautions against any possible failure ? The time may arrive, and that speedily, when we shall bitterly rue our criminal negligence. • I. It appears that the climate and coil of Australia • ' are well adapted to the cultivation cf cotton, as also those of the West India islands. Indeed, a con siderable qua n tity of cotton, about 60,000 bales, was . a annually imported from thence in former years, quantity which hn, however, latterly fallen off ma terially, so that we now receive an average of 8,00 1 0 hales per annum only, or about one eighth of tee former amount. This deficienfy has been occasioned partly because sugar and coffee were found or be lieved to be more profitable, but chiefly from the de. 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 Australia. 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 bad 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 thenative 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 adclillegal 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 season. When the next general election is about to take place a greater importance will be attached to the cpinions of candidates on this deeply interest ing subject than was the case on any former occasion. Oa 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 fir 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 arc 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 poll. 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 grees. 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, seeundum statum et jacultates —accord ing 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 21. 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 up 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 vexatce questiones 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 Itey. Henry Fyffo, 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. LIE 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 Planet:l6's Charles the Twelfth. WEST CORNWALL RAILWAY.—The Committee on this company's Bill for a branch at Hayle, modifications of agreement with the liavle shareholders, and for alteration of gauge, have declared the preamble proved. COMMERCIAL GAS AND POPLAR. GASLIGHT COM" nmEs —The Committee report that the standing orders in thec cases have been complied with. • - ------ OSTEND. JUNE. 7.—The - Mr. 'Walpole, Lidy Neville, 11. R. Neville ' lisq , and Clptain R. Carlyle, ariived on Saturday, by the General Steam Navigation Coln panY'd Stem:la-ship Sir Edward Banks, from London. THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 20, 1850 THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. If any additional evidence were needed to prove that the vote of the Hoyse 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 new Ministry, nominated by the Absolutist Powers of Europe, and bound to betray English to Absolutist interests en all occasions, it would be found in the official announcement . of that division by the French reactionary Ministry in their official journals. The Patrie has the following : " THE BRIIISH MINISTRY IN A MINORITY. " The Government has received the following tele graphic dispatch, dated London, this day, 18th Julie, four o'clock in the morning:— " THE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES OF FRANCE TO THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. " The motion of Lord Smalley, relative to the affairs of Greece, bas just been adopted, after a sitting of eleven hours' duration, by a majority of 37. " The mutt 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 .mithberthede that the same To r y party Opposition in P a rliament. in timate awill r e l b a e t i o r n e s ta m e wasted a vast deal of virtuous indignation ' some two ' years since, on Sir Ham BRAVER and the Pro gresistas of Spain, when it was supposed that some such Russiah relations Tory Opposition and the Embassies of France and adbe a e s n tho e s s e tab n li n s w he: between,subsisting between the the English Minister and the Spanish Opposition at Madrid. The Orleans journals, the Debars and 0 rdre, exult in this vote " as the commencement 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 Sovereigns 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 co s t, while the Bourbon family reap all th e advantag e . The. Constitutionn,el, the organ of the Elyf6 , , 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 the success of Lord STANLET'S motion. The Pcerie has the followirq on the subject of the Rotation Bill '6 The report of M. Pitndin will probably be read to the commit•e3 to-morrow (thi s day), 1f .any modifica tions in it should be considered necessary, the report, instead of being deposit e d on Thursday, wilt only he deposited on Friday, and,. in that case, the discussion will COME9CIIet3 on Monday. I n the not very problble event of the report of M, Flaudin being adopted to morrow by the courimit'et; the discussion will commence on "Friday." The same journal slys— " The five members forming the minority of the com mittee have resolvel to cause to be inserted in the report a statement of the opininos they expiNieied in the coon° of the deliberation:. One of them, M. Lefebvre Durutle will state in the tribune the nruives which have induced them to support to the cud the Government Bid, and will support the amendment against the resolution of the majority of nine. M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN has announced that, in consequence of his election as representative for the Bas Rhin, he' has resigned the directorship of La Presse. The Assembly on Tuesday rejected the first clause of the proposition t,f 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. bathe 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 !um demanded shall be voted, either for the payment of the expenses of installation, cr 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 18.—Five per Cents., 94f. 10c.; Three per Cents., 56f. 50c.; Bank of France, 2,240 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE • LONDON S WOE-EXCHANGE:. Juxx 19. The only sale to-day was—.Sambre and Meuse, 2%. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TIY 0 O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at nearly 5,009 bales, of which 700 American were taken for export and 300 on speculation. The market closed steadily without al eration in prices. The sales comprised 4,000 American, 15U Egyptian at 711 to 811, SUO Surat at 4id. to sid., and 100 Sea Islands at is. lid. to is. 7d. per lb.—Railway Shares were quiet without any material alteration in prices. The six weeka 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, Ft each, Russian, and Austrian being very animated. Mexican were good. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. brought 57 13.16. No ship arrivals have been announced, but we have the remaindLT of the Overland Mail by the steamer. The most stringent directions lariv;rri, been issued by the Post-offiee authorities fur the entire suspension of the delivery of letters on Sunday, great curiosity is ex pressed in the City to learn bow 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 i 5, and that the locality was, nevertheless. down in the chaste 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 knoalsdgo of this rock, acquire.! during his service as a naval-packet commander, should not have communi cated it at once to the Admiralty. There can ba but one consolatory reflection in this case, viz., that it may lead to inquiry and to the remedy of the evil com plained ot. 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 We stern No, th- Western South-Western 12,053 11 904 _ _ , The English Funds have teen higher again, bur 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 htive hai ra'her a depressing effect upon prices, be elute uncertainty is always made avaitOle by specu- Liters; 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 961 for Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 9RI -a. Bank Stock is firm at 208 to 209. Exchequer bills nave Lem prem. The Committee of Mexican Bondholders have given notice of a further amount of dollars having been re coived by the Severn for the dividends, and also of the duties pending, but this has not benelit:ed the Bonds, which area heavy at 29i to 30. Grenada Stock is 18i. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 17i. Dutch Fuur per Cents. are 881 4. Shares are rather dull, and the turn in favour of buyers. QUARTER TO THREE. Cons9ls shut. Ditto Account 96 96/1- PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS Ilk tock. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. . 209 208 208 _ ... 1. , . Cont. Iteductul dens ti 'IY 3 1 ,4 per Cent. Anna... ......... .. 98!/ % 98% Long Anne. to expire J an. 1850 ...... 5 3-16 81 .4 n lia Bond.', I,CXXE. - 'B5 83 p 83 p Ditto under 1,0(X) ..... . ..... -88 p 88 p south Sea Stock Ditto Old Aunuitics Consols tor Account • 961;3.1_ 95% 96 1143 xehequer Bills. 1 1 ,cd.6; zd _ 1,000/. June. ..... .......... ........ 67 p 67 p 500/. June •• 67 p 67 p Smile June - --- 67 p 67 p ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. l'razilinn Limas Ditto, New, 1813 . Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 tier Cent.— Danish 80nd5,1625,3 per Cent. 73 Ditto 5 per Cent .. 994% 993 A 85% Ditto, Scrip. l O. p - 10 ii Grenada Bonds, 1% per Cent. 1 8 ,4 18 1 4 flaxican ' 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons— IMOOM Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ......m Ditto, Account Portuguese 5 per Cents. itussian Bon& lO9l 109% Ditto Scrip 4% p Fpcmish 5 per Can,. 1840 17% 1774 Ditto .. . ..... . lB4O 14 3 4 Do. 1844 13% 13; ' 1 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 VA per Cent., 12 Guild: .. Ditto. 4r cr Cont. Certificaten... 83:-,i% 88% I RICES CIF PAID. TlU•6lNi"ltiti DOICE C I.OF 1N , 4 1:AI ,WAT SHARES. AT UNE O'CLOCK. PRIuE. 6uekinghamsliire . 1 7 1,% Calzdonian Do. New let Pr0f..... 10 Eastern Couxtios... ..... 20 Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 6/.135.4d.... p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... p. ..... Great No Ahern Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12% Great Western 100 Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... .. 714 7% Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... 97 . 97 Lanesznire & Yorkshire 100 ...... 40 Do. Fifths.... ....... .... 11% Do. New, Gua.6 perct. 10 Do. (W. Riding Union) 11 1 4 3 I,E 3LA Leeds and Bradford London & Black wa11...11/. 6s. 3d... ... Landon and N. Western 100 ......109% Ditto, New Quarters 12 London &S.Westqrn ..190 Midland . Do., 501. Shares ..... 30 ...... 4 3 7 / 4 .. Du. Consolid. Bristol & _ ___. ...... Birming., 6 para.... 100 . North B:ritlill ..... 25 Korth Strdrordsh .. ra ... 17 Oxf. , rd, Worcester, and 'Wolverhampton ...... 110 Preston & Wyre 25 ... .. 41 Yowling, Guildford, And Roigato 2O ..... 15 ( 4 ......... ...... 15‘,4" Szotti.;tl Central Shrewsbury and Birrn... 13 1 1 1 — dis. ... „ this Ditto ditto. Class B. 9 -2% Slirewsbm7 & Cheoter (Nor. W. Atin.) Do. 3 per Cent. Pref. i 0 South E.vtiri. Du., Reg.istered No. 4 10 - 6 I/ 6 York, 1 cwcss:le, and Borwick. ...... Do. Newcastle Emten, 20 ..... D. G.'N.F. Pretorence 8 .., York .irld North Midlqud 50 ...... 17 16T4 ..... 1),tt , 0 Pr4erencuo FOREIGN RAILWAY-6. Boulogna and Amiens... '2O - 6 1 ! , ii Est Indian ........ . 7 ****** " 761/2 l'Aris and Rouen"— * 2 2) l' •• Sarabra and neusl 2O •••• .. 3 2% 2 %s MINES. Australi.an - •• • • ••• eeeeeeeee 3% JOINT STOCK BANKS. Commercial of London 20 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JUNE 20.—Wind at noon S.E., light breeze and tine weather. DEAL, JUNE 19.—Wind N. to . E.—Arrd. from the River and sailed, Stratford, Mauritius ; Prince Albert, Sag Francisco ; Catherine Green, St. Kitt's ; Brisk, N3ssau. Ski. Kate, Sydney, New South Wales; Sir Bovois, Hong-K-ng; Nile, Port Natal. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 19.—Wind N.N.W.—Acrd. John Garrow, Hamilton, New Orleans; Creole, Every, Buenos Ayres ; Mercutin, Sewell, ditto. Off port, Kitty Cordes, Mobile; Parker, E!lerslie. Sld. Elizabeth and Spectator, Calcutta; Sarah Home, Africa; Arab, Lima; Isabel, Jamaica; Pacific steamer, New York; Hope, Boston. The schooner Ellen, Evans, which sank 12th December in Moelfre Roads, has been raised and towed in here. A large ship, with main and mizsn masts gone, was seen on shore on the Carysfort Reef 16th May. 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 _ ALG ECIRA S. GIBRALTAR, JUNE 6, 1860.—The fullowing 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 batch at Algeciras has been removed to Green Island, bearing S.S.E. about one mile from its former position, %% here 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. SNedish and Norwegian General Consulate, 2, Crosby square, 19th June, 1850. Sir,—l have the honour to hand you tho annexed translation of an ordinance hatted by the Royal Navy Beard 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 barn erected upon the highest point of the Island of Nordkoster, likewise called Kosterkullen, situated on the northern shore of the county of Bohus, 200 feet above the sea, anti in 58 deg. 54 min. 12 see. north lati tude, and in 11 deg. 4 min. longitude east of Green wich, and 29 deg. 13 min. 45 sec. oast of Fe:oe. no 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 he seen on a clear night from the deck of a vessel at a distance of from four to five geographical intics. The towers are 240 feet north and south upon the counpass distant from one another. On the t Deed a tlta!i-nry IF;;Ft of ;Ale third end on the no thernmost out 3 as rotary light, its revolution occupying two minutes, during which it exhibits short but rapid flashes of light. They will be lighted for thefirst time on the Ist of September, and will continue to be lighted regularly during the times of the year appointed for the other lighthouses iu the kingdom. ti-1964—te HAMPTON RACES, (THIS DAY.-BY EXPRESS•) Handicap of 3 stmts. each, and 25 added. Hind of tho Forest ... Marquis of Conyngham Lady Frances ... Tho Richmond Stakes cf 10 sovs, each, &c. Mouse ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Bacchanalian ... ... ... ... 2 Seignor of Holdcrness ... ... MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NEW VITGATE LIWIIDENECALL. Our market has ruled heavy to-day, at drooping prices. Bad from 2s to 33 Od; Muttln, 23 6d to 3s Sid; Lamb, 3a 10d to 43 4d ; Veal 23 8d to 3s 4d ; and Pork 33 to 4i per Sibs, by the carcase. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 14th have arrived. Largo 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 commitwo 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 prismt position of their affo.ir6 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. MADRID, BOMA, JUNE 14.—Three per Cents., 34i 3-16 ; Five per Cents., 13121. Exchange on London, 50 30 money. GERMANY. The Cologne Gazette has the following from Frankfort, 16th instant :—" We learn that the Go vernments of the two Masses 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 supporlE the o bj ec ti ons o f t h ese 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 HEUBNER, BAROUNIN, and ROECKEL, into" imprisonment, for life in a fortress. BAKOUNIN, as we have already announced, has been given up to tho Austrian Government, ROECHEL has been sent to Waldheim. At the sittings of the College of Princes at Berlin on the 15th the cred , lntials 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 arbitrul tribunal to prepare a new law as to the course of procedure in cases of high treason against the union, and to fix the punishment for such crime, the Council of Administrwion 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 refuting 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 a service which had been celebrated at Prato in honour of the return of Pius IX. The Concordia of the 15th gives the follo►ving ac count of the - state cf Rome : " All the Roman youth have either emigrated, are imprisoned, or under suspicion, and are not allowed to be abroad after sunset. The perquisitions are no longer confined to men, wome n , an d c h i ld ren , but extend to cravats and hats. Y es t er d ay a F renc h m an's hat was searched, and he had t o wa lk h ome b a reheaded. All the letters of the E ng li s h consu l ( exce pt official ones), aro also intercepted and examined." Accounts from Naples of the 10th mention the great joy expressed by King BOMBA at the passing Tories boasts the French Elect ora l L aw. Thi s pet of the boasts that the Fr enc h fl ee t w ill drive Admiral PARKER out of the Mediterranean; that Russia will put down Lord P ALMERSTON , send all English subjects from the conti nen t, an d destroy every Consti tutional Government in Europe. LOSS OF THE ORION. Tho following telegraphic message has been received at Lloyd's this morning, from Glasgow :-- " The foll ow i ng passengers arr i ve d from Stranraer at Greenock thi s a f ternoon, by the Albi o n, which left Loch Ryan shortly aft er 8 A.m.: —Mr. and Mr s. Samuel H. Napier, Major M ann, Mr. Drys d a l e , Mr. Rennie, Mr. Junot, Mr. Gl equ i en, Mr. J. 8.. Campbell; Dr. and Mrs. Nichol, with oue son and daughter, went on shore at Girvan (they lost ono daughter); Mr. W. Paton. "The following are reported drownel :—Mr. F. Ben nett, Captain Mac Neil (brother of the Lord-Advocate), Mrs. Mac Neil, and two daughters (two sons saved). "A Mr. Splatt, on his way to Australia, with his wife and three daughters, lost entire family and 7001. in money; he was left a t P ort P atr i c k in a most distracted state of mind. . . . .6 The niece of Dr. Burns, who was r. ported missing, is saves, and Also Mr. M oss of Liverpool." EXTRAORDINAR Y R APID C ONINI IINICATION.--The Peninsular and O r i en t a l C ompany ' s s team-vessel, Indus, which left Southampton on the afternoon of the 20th of May, reached Malta on the 30th with the outward India mail, left with same for Alexandria on the 31st, and g)t back to Malta, en r ou t e f or S out h amp t on , with the homeward Bombay mail of the ll t h o f M ay, on the evening of the Bth of June. The Sultan, b e l ong i ng to the same company , which left Southampton on the 9 9th of May, reached M alta en the Bth of June, and left f or C onstact i no ple on the saute , day at noon. At Renni9:)* z s L at h F , B,istol, ceitkruted diver, last week, jumped from an elevation of 80 feet, with a pair of boots in his hami.3, which, before rising to the surface of the water, he had pulled on to his feet. r..wr SMITIIFIELD.—Mersdow Hay, 21 103 to 31145; Clover ditto, 31 33 to 41 103 ; and Straw, 11 23 to 11 93 per load. A fair average supply, and a steady trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2110 k to 31155; Clover ditto, 31 03 to 4/ 8s; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 103 per load. Supply good, and trade dull. . WRITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 2/ Si to 31 143 ; Clover ditto, 315 s to 41145; and Straw. 3? 2s to 1/ 9 j per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off. slowly, yet prices were firm. MEAT M ItILNETS. SOUTIM,L, JUNE 19. 7 - 7 Our market to-lay was well supplied with each kind of fat stock, the .demand kir which ruled heavy, at drooping prices.—Beef from 2s 10cl to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 33 to 45 ; Limb, 4s to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s to 3s 4d; and Pork, 3s to 35 61 per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, JUNE 19.—The general demand was in a very inactive state, and , last week's currencle3 Were not supported.-13eof, from 2s 10d to 3i lOd ; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s; Lamb, 4s to 5s ; Veal. 33 to 35 4d; and Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per Sibs. . Suckling Calves, 18s to 223 ; quarter•old Store Pigs, 168 to 203; and Mulch Cows, with' their small Call, 141 to 181 each. HAILSHA3I, JUNE 19.—Our market was very fist, and the general quotations were lov.er. Beef. from 3s 2d to 32 10d; Mutton, 3i 6d to 4s Od; Limb, 43 4d to 4s 8.1; Veal, 35 to 3s 4d pvr 81b5. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL A.VERACIE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN' For the Week ended June 13. 1850, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Citlesand Towns in England and Wales per ImpuialQuarter. WHEAT. lIIARLET. I OATS. I RTE. I RA NS. I rEss,. PRICE •• 31s 10,1 21s 8d IG'i 10d 22s 8d 1 263 101 I 27s 3d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. OSAT. BALLET. I Is OATS. I Is OJ I LEANS. I PEAS. Is Od Is Od Od Is Od Is 0.1 CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) Shortly after tt n o'clock, Lord Lanzdale (the Master of the Rolls), the Vice• Chancellor of England, and Mr. Rolf:, took their :seats in the Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn, as the Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal. Immediately upon their Lordships taking their seats the usual oath was administered to them by Vac Clerk of the Crown (Viscount Crowhurst), the eldest. son of the Earl of Cottenhan.. 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 (pity bar, the oath their Lordships had taken was ordered to ho 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 HoPe proceeded to hear appeal motions. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE CILANCELLOR Of ENGLAND Hie 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 subimnacd to give evidence in an action brought in the Queen's Bench by Mr. Dimes against the Earl of Cottenhain, which is specially appointed for to morrow. (Before the Vicr-Chancallor KNIGHT BRUCE.) His Hosoua did not sit till eleven o'clock to-day. His Honour heard motions, but no case calli►tg for a special report came befire him during the morning. QUEEN'S BENCH.-:---(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Westminater,infore Mr. Justice WAGHTMAN and a Special Jury.) TILE COUNTESS DE SALIS V. BAGLEY. This was an action ter a breach of covenant. The defendant is the lessee of nn cstat•; 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. THESICEII (with whom was Mr. Sergeant Shee) opened the case of the plaintiff, and was about to call witnesses in'support of it, when Tho ATTQRNEY•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 ease of Doe dem. Goodwin v. Joyce this morning, which occupied the whole of yes• terday's sittings. The proceedings were not concluded when our report left. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY. (Before Mr. Under• Sheriff BUECHELL.) WHALLEY V. BURNS AND OTHERS. This was en action bought on a replevin band given to the Sheriff of Warwickshire and assigned to the piaintiff The case was before the Court on the last Court day but withdrawn, the plaintiff not being prepared with evi dence. Defendants bad in the first instance denied till execution of the deed, but nuw admitted it under a judges order. The que3tion 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 talon f.e double the value of the goods, the penalty being 12.1. The Learned .UNDER SHERIFF hold that the plaintiff could only recover the valtto of tue goods, and evidence was now adduced to show that they were of the value of 12/., and a verdict was given for that sum. The other cases heard this morning ►ere on bills of exchange, and undefended. COURT OF COMPENSATION, GUILDIIALL.-(THIS DAY.) COMPENSATION FOR THE DEATU :or A WIFE.— LAVE v. GRAHAM. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, to recover compensation for loss sustained by him by ►he death of his wife, occasioned by the negligence of the defendant. Deceased fell into a cellar of defendant's house, in con sequence of the flip of the cellar being left open, on the eveuing of the Ist of .January last ; ; the cap of her knee was broken, and she died in a fortnight. Fur the defence it was contended--first, the accident occurred through the carelessness of the deceased; and secundly, that deceased did not die from the actual injury, but from other causes. The jury, after a short consulisttion, gave a verdict for 201. 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 tut 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 put 'lie-house he tcok her to another house, were ho wished her to stop with him all night, and on her refusing so to do ho struck her several times in the face with his fists and knocked her dawn. While lying on the floor he again struck her, knocked two of her front teeth out, and blackened both her eye 3. 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 pas sing at the time. She was still suffering severely from the injuries she had received. Mr: BINGHAM commented strongly CO 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 NOTI CE. 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 233 instant, there will be no delivery of lettere throughout the United Kingdom on Sundry, 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, as at present, at the receiving offices, whether in towns or in the country, and at the chief offices in towns, &e., it being clearly understood, that letters deposited in the receiving boxes shall remain unsorted and untouched until the Monday, ,wd 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 poLteit on Saturday, until the dispatch on Sunday, will be di:At:TWO, with the ex ception that the b . ;gs contiining such letters most Ue closed on Saturday right, and as the mails will be transmitted on Sunday iu the tumal manner, it .willttt c Lecessnry that some per:on shall attend to dispatc h d 110 , e . bags alluded to as well as t , -.) rewire or terw,,i.r t. '7' ri rostamtera talcino• ti , un thvin,eivog 10 deliver letters to any parties whatsoever in contravention of these orders, will be most severely punished. FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE ON THE GREEK AFFAIR. No. 1. THE MARQUIS OF NORMANDY TO VISCOUNT PAL3IERSTON. Paris, June 13; 1850. My Lord,—l this morning communicated to General de Lehitte your Lordship's dispatch of yesterday's date, and read to him the inclosure from Mr. Wyse. I pointed out to him the importance of the facts here detailed upon those results cf which the French Government had com plained, and which we had ourselves regretted. 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 mattee, in which there had been so much confusion on all sides, distinctly to a 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 ho had himself made in his letter to M. Drouyn de Lhuys of the 14th of May, afterwards read to the Assembly, to the effect that this had been done at a moment when a 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 ail 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 iu his (Mr. Wyse's) estimation a serious imputation that, in the possession of such knowledge, ho had refused, as bad been supposed, to await the short necessary time for its confirmation, on the other band it must be considered a 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 assumei to be in confidential communication; and if this was really so, upon him and him alone should fall all the responsibi- . lay 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 ac:uatcd 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 he ' wrote upon the receipt of the Vauban? Did he not ask Mr. Wyse to come and reid his dispatches? This had teen declined, and the mischief had arisen from his never having been met in the same spirit by Mr. Wyse. I observed tnat the offer to come .and look at his dis patches was of value according as, in alluding to their contents, he had accurately stated what they were; but how could any one suppose, in reading this letter, that he had any knowledge of a proposed convention nego tiated in Londoi, 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 beat mode of clearing up this matter with General do Lohitte was to go over with him all the dispatches which had been carried out by the Vauban, which could bear upon this part of the 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 dispr.wh to LI. Drouyn de Lhuys, that the essential bates 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 wai evident now, that the blame imputed to Mr. Wyse for having acted in the face of such knowlidge could not be sustained; either that knowledge had been concealed from him at Athens, or it had not been in the power of Baron Gros to cern.. municato it; and if so, I was su:e he would, with the candour which I had always experienced on his part, be ready to admit that ho had put some very incautious expressions into a very grave document. _ ...Cite General said that it was easy to explain what be had meant, that the alterations in the original project of Mr. Wyse and M. Gros bad formed the bases of the con vention of London, and this had been in the progress of cegotiation. I begged the General to remark that if he would read c sretully this letter of Baron Gros, be would find that he had not succeeded in convoying any such idea to the mind of Baron Gros, or if (as it now ap peared certain) there had been no wilful concealment on the Baron's part, had he derived the same impression from the dispatches by the Vauban, which had been con veyed to M. D:ouyn de ',Lugs in the dispatch of the 14th May, which I now remembered with increased regret had been read from the tribune of the Assembly, an unusual proceeding, which demanded peculiar care in the ac 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 se) s Baron Gros on this head? What does he propose to Mr. Wyse? That be should submit M. Gros's proFosititious 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 ? Ii Baron Gros was sincere, the General then must adroit that that assertion was in accurate. I was sure I might trust to the General's known good faith to allow that he had been in error here. The General said that he would examine carefully into the question; that even if he had not expressed himself very correctly in this respect, the complaint which the French Government had against that of En gl tnd remained still in full force, and was pointed out in this very loiter of M. Gros, where ho alludes, as I had quoted, to the reference home, and the suspension in the interval of coercive measures; that four times at differ ent intervals your Lordship had promised M. Drouyn de Lhnys that such instructions should be sent out to Mr. Wyse; that, from the Ist of March they hat been acting on the faith that these promises had been exe cuted, and it was to the omission in that respect that these results were to be attributed. I told the General that I thought what hal passed upon the principal subject of our conversation this morning would show him that it was better on neither side to impute supposed omissions or mistakes in the conduct of complicated efiltirs of this nature to want of good faith ; that if the question was still approached in a different spirit, as I had always wished to treat it, I hoped in consideration of the great interests at stake, this matter might be brought to a satisfactory conclu sion.—l have, &e., (Signed) No. 2. NORMANDY. THE MARQUIS OF NORMANDY TO VISCAJNT PALMERSTON. Paris, June 14, 1850. My Lord,—l have again seen General de Lehitte, ag wished to have some conversation with me efter he had bad an opportunity of considering the contents of Air. Wyse's dispatch of the 31st of May. lie began by stating that the phrase quoted by Mr. Wyse, and to which I bad so specially called his attention yesterday , was not the part of that dispatch of the 14th of May, en which the French Government had founded their com plaint of the conduct in this affair of her Majesty's Go vernment. It was to be found in the earlier portion of that dispatch, and consisted in the fact that no instructions to carry out the promises given, and to prevent the renewal of coercive measures in the event of a difference of opinion between the negotiators, had ever been sent to Athens in time to avert the mischief r. hich had occurred. As to the next paragraph, I nsigh t observe that it stated what had been the consequence of such an omission. With respf ct to the statement made by him, and by which Mr. Wyse had supposed hinself aggrieved, that the essential bases of the proposed COn: veution of London were then known at Athens, he bad meant that all the essential changes which had been made in the projects sent home, on which changes was founded the subsequent convention, were detailed ia M. Drouyn de 'Ultra's dispatch of the 9 h of April, which had been sent out by the Vauban, and therefore, if Mr. Wyse was left in any error as to what was really brought out by the Vauban, it was his own fault, as he had re' fused the candid and friendly offer made by M. Gros V ) show him all his L,dispatches. Had he accepted that, offer, he would have been in full possession of the aettl,s; state of the case. I told th e G enera l th a t I was al obliged to repeat what I h a d sa id y ester d a y, that thought the phrase he had himself used was ca lculate to lead Mr. Wyse into th e error i n t o w hi c h he bad fallen; that the gener a l i m p ress i on d er i ve d from t" e phrase must have been, and indeed I knew had been , that the bases of the convention of London bete/ then and there known, and its p r o x i m ate arriva l being at the same time spoken of, it was with du e cognizance of these facts that the coercive measures were resumed. Now, this was directly the reverse of the: d truth; not only Mr. Wyse did not, but M. Grog d not, know of the proximate arrival of any further iet7 d. ligence of a convention agreed to in London, as- 1 k shown yesterday; because, on the contrary, he PrO e ;j r , to send their projects to London. Yet I had heard . d Wyse attacked is many quarters for not having Wa i , l ., e s the two or three days necessary for receiving the aci: a convention, the essential provisions of which were 1 ",, e known. This accusation was founded on the Geoe L r e eet words. I was convinced he did not mean them to b oa any such signification, but this was an additional Pr a to of the disadvantage of giving premature publlatYeee documents of that grave character, when all the sap i siona might not have been very well weighed. °s i n g The General said I was certainly right in suPP,,, to he had no such intention. He could not have p° kn own e:h r t " % v t se say anything so obviously inconsistent with dal; as an wean to everybody. Ile was perfectly ready to t sta te ' ever be had occasion, that ho had never ho aggravation of their complaint, to impute to " I ' h a ling that he had refused to wait two or three day t ' cons at the time any knowledge of the existence of entered into vention of London. The General then ea t ed gr. some criticisms of the reasoning which ho staeosetiew, Wyse t) have founded upon the erroneous supnpo. hut as this has now no practical bearing, Ih do it necessary to trouble y ou r Lordship wit &c. (Signed) NORMANDY. LOCAL SELF•GOVERNMENT.—"Yesteraay a meeting was held at the Kings' Arms Hotel, Bridge street, West: minster, of the Society for Maintaining and Extending Local Self-Government in opposition to Centralization; Mr. J : tinea , of Birmingham, in the chair. The proce edin g s p rincipally related to the progress of the Pub li c Health Act, and to the resolutions come to at a late meeting in the same place called for the special purpose of cons i d er ing the c lauses of that At; Mr. Toultnin Smith, who was one of a committee norninnteu at that meeting, spoke at considerable length u p on the lin' portance of oppoing the alleged tendency of Government to ce ntralization, and showed that the society had in a qe at measup been the means of preventing the totNns of " 1143 1 and olverhampton being included the towns affeet e by the Bill. He concluded by moving a r,tsolution to th e effect that tr, was highly impoitant that seine united 8 1 9 )3 should be taltaii to oppo - se the course by which, in violation of the constitutional protection afforded by the standing order of both Houses ot P.rliament the Public Irealth Ac was , now being attempted to be introduced ' into many PLi ces iii England and WaleA. Other resolutions referring totl'Lle r.ter:a! erg:l7 iza`ion „f the sec,: :.tud hc the funds necessary to carry 0,1 ty oqition to the Publl.o Health or oth er Acts were to be obtained, were then unani mously carried, and after a vote of thanks to the chairman' the meeting dispertad. -~,~."' The attend Lord of the Poreigi of the Control the 1% Stole tc The - Lord - Chancel I'Vere CeiVed t CUStedy The Lord L, n The 1 "1/4)lincil Thep Queen. , The te r d ay a At th . r . d)Etraor c Sicilian audience de Pcl nu traortlim