The Sun. — London, England, 1850-07-09 00:00:00

much amusing and useful matter may be found in its pages. The present number contains the autographs of distinguished women, and an essay on " Woman's Mission."—The Family Herald is co mposed of an infinite variety of subjects, and is trul y , as it says on its cover, "interesting to all, offensive to none." —Le Follet is, as usual, charming. NEW NOVEL BY MRS. TROLLOPE. Just ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., PETTICOAT NOVEL.GOVERNMENT. A By Mrs. TROLLOPE. Author of " Father Eusta.ce," " The Lottery of Marriage," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, la, Great 3farlborough-street. Orders received at all the Libraries. _- Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., post Bvo., A NOVEL. 0 0 D. " The author, we are convinced, is young, otherwise we could hardly see displayed such fresh and enthusiastic sympathy in be half of his heroes and heroines. He is a writer of genius, inspired by a high standard of morality and religien, and by a laudable love Of the purest sort of fame. We gather this from the glowing lan guage in which he expresses his feelings, sentiments, and opinions on the subjects just mentioned. There are several chapters, in which links of the story are dropped, containing most eloquent essays on matters that are the prima mobilia of the actions which cha racterise nature's nobility. The writer evidently belongs, though he has marked per se peculiarities, to the school of the Dis. aells, Man aeries, and Smythes."—Observer. " ' Silwood' is no ordinary work ; it contains passages of exceed ng beauty, and is written in pure and forcible language, with great good taste and power. It is one of the most interesting and en gaging novels which the present season has pro,iuced. Of the cha racter of Amelia Ross we have already spoken, and the extract we have given above is the surest voucher of the truth of what we have said. The other ladies who play co7ispicuons parts in the tale are Flcrence Howard, an intellectual beauty; Jessie Gordon, a wild and impulsive genius, passionately fond of music and poetry; and Julia Maitland, the noblest and best of them all."—Morning Post. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. MADAME PASTA.. It is respectfully announced, that in compliance with the wishes of her numerotb friends, a GRAND EVENING FAREWELL CON- Cat- T (it being her only Concert previously to her leaving England) will be given THIS EVENING, July 8, in the Great Concert Room of her Majesty's Theatre, and will be for her exclusive BENEFIT. She will be supp.oted by all the artistes of the establish ment, who have in the kindest manner consented to give their sup port. Amongst other novelties Madame Pasta will sing "Di tanti Cos-mi ; " Che faro senza Eurydice," Gluck ; and "I tuol frequenti Pacini. Conductors, Mr. Ba'fe and Signor Schira. Stalls, 2I s. ; Orchestra Seats, 159. ; Tickets, 109. 6d. ; Boxes 4 and b guineas each. Doors open at Eight, Concert to commence at Half-past Eight. Applications for Tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, and of Madame Pasta. 11, Brotnpton-square. - IFT ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. MADAME PASTA. A GRAND EXTRA NIGHT LA TEMPESTA—ANNA BOLENA. It is respectfully announced that a Grand Extra Night will take Saco On THURSDAY EVENING, July 11, when will be presented the highly successful new grand Opera, by Halevy, the Poem by Scribe, founded on The Tempest of Shakspere, and composed expressly for her Majesty's Theatre, LA. TEMPESTA. The Incidental Dances by M. Paul Taglioni. The Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall. Alfonso, Sig. Lorenzo ; Prospero, Sig. Colletti ; Antonio, Sig. F. Lablache ; Ferdinand. Sig. Baucarde ; 'rrinculo, Sig. Ferrari Ste phene, Madlle. Parodi; Sycorax, Madlle. Ida Bertrand; Spirit of Air. Madame Giuliani ; Ariel, Madlle. Carlotta Grisi ; Caliban, Sig. Lablache ; Miranda, Madame Sontag. Director of the Music and Conductor, Mr. Belie. Tcf be followed by a selection from Donizetti's Opera of ANNA BOLBNA. Anna Bolena, Madame Pasta (her only appearance on the stage); Jane Seymour, 3ldlle. Parodi. - With various entertainments In the Ballet Department, In which Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlle. Amelia Ferraris, Mesdames Rosa, Ju lien, Lamoureux, and Aussandon ; and M. Charles will appear. Applications tor Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be male at the Box Office of the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- THE L IST GRAND CLASSICAL AND DRAMATIC CONCERTED MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, Selected from the following authors : Mozart, Beethoven, Mercadante, raesiello, Fioravante, Spohr, Rossini, Weber, Cherubini, Gretry, and Mendelssohn, Will take place TO-MORROW MORNING, July 10, And will unite the talents of Mesdames Sontag, Catherine Hayes, Giuliani, Ida Bertrand, And Frezzolini ; Signori Coletti, Belletti, Lorenzo, F. Lablache, Lablache, Gardoni, Calzolari, Baucarde, ani Mr. Sims Reeves. The valuable assis.ance of M. Thalberg has been secured, who will execute some favonrit, pieces, and, amongst others, an admired Concerto of Beethoven, accompanied by full Orchestra. Conductor, Mr. BILFE. Part I. Syrsipkeny Parodi, - Marcello. - Beethoven. Duette., Miss C. Hayes and Mme. Giuliani, "Qual ane lante" Grand Aria, Sig. Beletti, with chorus (Fidelio) Quartetto, Mme. -:ontag, bidlle. Parodi, Signori Ban carde and Colett!, " Come ohime" (Nina Pazza) Paesiello. Duetto, Aliss C. Hayes and Mr. Sims Reeves, " List, dearest, list" (Keolanthe) - - Bal. " Concerto in C minor, first movement, Thalberg - Beethoven. Duetto, lime. Sontag and Sig. Lablache (La Lezione di Canto) - - - ---- - Fioravante. Chorus of Prisoners (Fidello). Thl solo parts by Sig. Calzolari, Mr. Sims Reeve', and Sig. Lorenzo - Beethoven. Aria, " The Soldier Tired," Madame Sontag (Artax erxes) . -- --- - Selection from Requim. Mmes. Sontag, Elrod', Giu liani, C. Hayes, Ida Bertrand, and Frezzolini ; Sig• nori Garton', Calzolari, Baucarde, Sims Reeves, Co lett!, Beletti, Lorenzo, F. Lablache, and Signor La blache . Dr. Arne, - Mendelssohn - Curschxnwin. ... HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tian DAY —Morning 3 min. after 1 I Evening 30 min. after 1 To-Moasow— Morning 56 rain. after 1 I Evesing 21 Mill. after 2 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, JULY 9. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 66—highest since noon yesterday. 46—lowest this morning and during the night. 64—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30'06. WIND S.W. fresh breeze and fine sunshiny weather. Part IL Scherzo and Wedding March (Midsummer Night's Dream) - - - Trto, for three tenors, Signori Gardoni, Calzolari, Ban- carde, " Viva Sacco" - - Duetto. Mme. Sontag and Sig. Gardoni," Bella ..Ninfo" (Jessonda) - . - - Spohr. nartetto, Miss C. Hayes, Mme. Giuliani, Sig. Coletti, and Sig. Lorenzo, " Vien d'Aurora" (Siege of Ro chtlle) - - - - - - Balfe. Variations on the airs from L'Elisir d'Amore, M. Thal berg ----- - - - Thalberg, Swiss Air with variations (by desire), Mine. Sontag and Chorus - - . - - Eckart. Duetto, Mme. Fr. , :zolini and Mdlle. Ida Bertrand, " Ferma mat d'Ascolto" (Tancredi) - - - Rossini. Scena, Madlle. Parodi (Faust) - - - - - Spohr. Terzettn, Mme. Giuliani, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Sig. Coletti, "'Cremate empj tremate" - - - Beethoven. Grand k inate (Fidetio), ;Mesdames Sontag, Parodi, Giuliani, C. Hayes, Ida Bertrand, and Frezzolini ; Signori Gardoni, Calzolarl, itaucarde, Sims Reeves, Cairn], Bellettl, Lorenzo, F. Lablache, and Sig. Lablache - - - Part - Beethoven. Overture (Egmont) - - Aria, Sig. Coletti, Liete voci" Polacca, Madame Frezzolini (Fantasma) - Duetto Buffo, Sig. 1. Lablache and Sig. Lablache, " Maitre Francesco" (Carlotta e Werter) - Coccia. Aria, Mme. Sontag, "L L Fauvetta" - - - - Gretry. Aria, Malik, Ida Bertrand " 0 Saiutaris hostia" - Cherutdni. Duetto (Der Freischutz) Mme. Frezzolini and Madlle Parodi Grand Fugue, from Mass in C, Mmes. Sontag, Parodi, Giuliani, C. Hayes, Ida ,:ertrand, and Frezzolini ; Signori Gordon', Calzolari, Baucarde, Sims Ite.ves, Coletti, Beletti, Lorenzo, F. Lablache, and Signor Lablache - - - Beethoven. - Mercadante. - Persian!. - Beethoven Prices of Admiss'en Boxes, 2 guineas ; Pit Stalls, 12s. 61. ; Pit, ss. 6d. ; Gallery Stalls, be.: Gallery, 2s. 6d. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the Box office of the Theatre. The Concert will commence at Two o'clock precisely. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. First Appearance of Dona MARIA LORETO MARTINEZ. THIS EVENING, Will be presented Bellini's celebrated Opera, I PURITAN'. - --.----_._. Between the acts a Divertissement, in which Mdlle. Carlotta Cirl , l will appear. To conclude with a Divertissement, entitled LES DELICE DU SERIAL. _ Principal Dancers Madlle. Amalia Ferraris, Madame Petit Stephan Mesdames Rosa, Julien, Lamoureux, and Aussandon; and M. Charles A ,new grand Pas, entitled " L'Aogovienne," by Madlle. Amalia Ferraris and Madame Petit Stephan, and in which la Senora MAR TIN Z, surnamed the Black Malibran, who will sing some of the characteristic airs of Spain and the Havannah ; and, amorhst others, "M a Belle de Triana," "El Contrabandista," "El Tango Ha vanero," " 0 la Lamenta. ion de to; Negros." Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Second Night of OTELLO. ve.sists Will be performed (first time) Rossini's Opera, OTELLO. Desdemona, Madame Grist ; Emilia, Madlle. Cotti ; Otello, Signor Tamberlik; Rodrigo, Signor Maralti; lago, Signor Itouconi ; Elmiro, M. Zelger ; Doge, Signor Polonini. Alter which the Second Act of Weber's Dramatic Opera of DElt FItEIsCIIUTZ, Including the principal music of the Opera, and the grand Incantation Scene. The whole supported by Madame Castellon, Madlle. Vera, Signor Enrico Maralti, Herr Doering, and Herr Formes. The Overture to Der Freischutz will be played between the Operas. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Doors will be opened at Halt-past Seven. and the performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Tickets for the Boxes, ,4t.alls, or the Pit, may be had (for the night or season), at the Box-office of the Theatre, which iS epen from Ten till Five. THEATRE ROYAT., ADELAPIII. Under the direction 01 Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be reproduced the celA: - )rated Drama of TIIE WEPT OF THE WISH-TON-WISH. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Cut• lenford, Wright, 0. Smith ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which a new Terpsicorian Burlesque Entitled ESMERALDA. Characters by Messars. 0. Smith, Wright, P. Bedford ; Madame Celeste. Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. fitzwilliam. To conclude with a new and original Farce, in the Vulgar 'longue, to be called JACK IN THE GREEN ; or, Hints on Etiquette. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Flail Appearance of Madlle. RACHEL. TO-MORROW EV ERIN t. The Entertainments , win commence at Eight o'clock, with ADRIENNE - LECOUVREUR. Adrienne, Madlle. Rachel. Boxes and Stall:t may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which !e open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock. AsTLEY's ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The best ventilated Theatre in London. Mr. Batty begs to Inform his patrons that the Tournament at Vaux hall does not interfere with the amusement at Astley's, as the com pany leave the Gardens at Six, to enable them to open at Seven, at Astley's every evening. In consequence of the numerous aprlications daily at the Box ce for the revival of, he favourite piece of Mazeppa, Mr. Batty, wih. is always anxious to comply with the wishes of his Patrons, THIS EVENING, Will be produced Lord Byron's gorgeous Spectacle of MAZEPPA and the WILD MORSE. To be succeeded by an inimitable Display of Batty's Feats of Equitation in the Cirque Olympique, with Mane. Gardoni on the Tight Rope. To conclude with a Melodrama. 11oz-office &pen From Eleven till Four Stage Manager, Mr. W. west. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, his Eoya Highness Prince Albert, &c. &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. OPEN every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY. Re-Engagement of M. JULLIEN. THIS DAY, July 9, A Grand Fete and Fancy 'Fair and Bazaar, in aid of the Funds of the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum. A Marquee has been erected, where a Ball will take place, under efficient direction, and various novelties will be given, in addition to the numerous attractions of the Gardens. Promenade Concert, conducted by M. Jullien and Mr. Godfrey. Choice Selection of Ancient and Modern Music, ineuding Jullien's last Compositions. The new Irish Quadrille, the " Hibernian," composed by M. Jullien. s' The Derby 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,n peserforme Am d for the first time before the Ne baesador. Prodigious Saccafs of the entirely new-modelled Dioramic Pic ture representing the PASSAGE of the ALPS by Napoleon and his ArmY I the largest Picture in the 'World! with innumerable moving Figure* the size of life. Modelled, painted, and produced by Mr. Denson and Son, assisted by Messrs. Adams, Wilson, tec. &c. The Picture has occupied the Messrs. Denson for many months, and it is sonedently submitted to the Public as a ehee.4e 4w4 . o con, aud aot "4" $0 411 V AvoluaLia of the day. Adllolo4 401 euttttall LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1850. The chosen representatives of the people will, this evening, be enabled to give expression to their delibe rate opinions with respect to the recent illegal and impolitic Postal regulations, prohibiting the delivery of letters and newspapers on Sundays throughout the entire country. It will be utterly impossible to shirk or evade the question ; they must be prepared to select the banners under which they will serve, to take one side or other in the contest about to take place. The puritanical faction are striving to desecrate . the Sabbath, by changing it from " a day of rest, of innocent enjoyment and tranquil happiness, to one of gloom and seclusion—of Pha risaical observances and ascetic formality ;" while their opponents, believing that " the Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath," would afford the greatest liberty to all, and obtain " the greatest good for the greatest number." The religion of the one is mere form. It is that of the hypocrites, " who strain at gnats and swallow camels," while that of the other is of the hart, in the true spirit of Christianity, desiring the happiness of all mankind. The former decision was obtained by surprise. The Agnewites, " wise in their generation," had evinced considerable cunning in the opportunity which they selected for their insidious attempt. The House had adjourned over " the Derby day," in order to enable Members to attend " the national fete," as it has been well termed. The majority of those who might be expected to offer - the most strenuous opposition to the motion had not returned to the performance of their Parliamentary , duties: Some degree of rest and quietness was ne cessary after the excitement of the consummated Derby and the approaching Oaks. The friends of Voltigeur were rejoicing in their gains, his opponents, hoping to retrieve their losses. None supposed that their absence could have produced a result so extraordinary. The Sabbatarians, how ever, mustered in extraordinary numbers. None of the sanctimonious clique were found wanting, and they received unexpected support from many, who voted in support of the motion from mere want of thought, or a desire to obtain a character for sanctity at a cheap and easy rate, or, more probably, from a wish to damage her MAJESTY'S Ministers. The address to the Crown was thus carried. None supposed that it would have been so speedily acted on, or that such prompt and willing obedience would have been yielded by those who must have been well aware of the impolicy and illegality of the required change. To the surprise and astonishment of all, no less of those who voted in the majority than of the parties through whose negligence and apathy the pro position obtained a temporary success, her MAJESTY'S advisers recommended 'their toyal Mistress to carry the crude suggestion into immediate execution. It was done. Barely three weeks have elapsed since the new regulation came into operation, and already complaints, both loud and deep, are poured forth from every district. There is no locality throughout the length and breadth of the land where some of the inhabitants have not sustained serious inconvenience and annoyance from the novel obstructions offered to the dissemination of intelligence. Some labour under the deepest anxiety respecting the condition of dear friends or relatives, whose fate may be trembling in the balance ; others, perhaps, may have some matter of considerable tem poral interest, by which their future fortunes may be seriously prejudiced. Neither can compose their minds to a fitting state for attending to devo tional exercises, or offering to their CREATOR the tribute of praise and thanksgiving. Many others, although not so deeply af fected, are yet irritated at being deprived of their accustomed indulgence in the shape of their weekly journal, to which they have been in the habit of looking for a condensed summary of all matters of local or general interest on the only day when they have leisure time to devote to its perusal ; while many thousands, who previously enjoyed ex emption from labour through the organized and well-disciplined exertions of the Post office subordinates for a few hours on Sunday mornings, are obliged to give up their entire time to supply the hiatus occasioned by the cessation of that trifling labour. Even the provincial letter carriers themselves are the loudest in their complaints, because a significant hint has already been given of a proportionate abatement of their salaries. All are discontented, except the authors of the change, who rejoice in the evil they have occasioned, and deprecate any revision of the new system. Mr. LOCKE, however, has fairly " taken the bull by the horns." The Hon. Gentleman has taken the ini tiative ; he has filled the vacuum left by the un warrantable sloth and apathy of Ministers, and he it is who will receive the credit and honour of the change. He has on his side the voice of public opinion. Justice , expediency, Christianity, alike demand that the obnoxious rule should be rescinded. The meeting held last night at the London Tavern, presided over by the straightforward and independent WILLIAM WILLIAMS, the consistent and enthusiastic reformer, and the decisive defeat sustained by the Sabbatarians, sufficiently show the state of public feeling an the question, and afford a significant warning to those who may absent them selves from their duties this evening. Honourable Gentlemen will please to recollect that the feeling of the country on the present occasion is, that " those who are not with us are against us," and that if their names do not appear in what we hope and believe will be a decisive and overwhelming majority this night, they will be reminded of it when rendering accounts to their respective constituencies of the manner in which they have discharged the important trusts confided to their hands. On Friday evening the .Hon. Member for the North Riding of Yorkshire brought forward his annual motion f o r the repeal of the malt-tax. Ac knowledging to the fullest extent the enormous evils incident to that onerous and vexatious impost, in common with almost eaot every other species of indirect taxation, arrived a tw bye nn the Howe feel surpr o i f se l2 a 4 t , o t r he som de e c t i h s i i n o g n in refusing permission to bring in the Bill by a majori ty The uo more than two to one, th e r e bei ng against the mo ti on 2 w 4 a 7 s , unfortunateand i n its i favourn the l time 2 3 and the circumstances . Gentleman under which he appealed to the representatives of the people for a remission of the charge, which produces no less a sum than 5,000,000/. sterling to the national Exchequer. His application was not made until after the financial arrangements for the year had been con cluded, until the national expenditure, and the sums necessary for the efficient maintenance of our naval, military, and civil establishments had been sanctioned in the popular branch of the Legislature, and the ne cessary credits voted. The surrender of 5,000,000/. sterling, under such circumstances, must in some de gree endanger the national credit and the faith that must be observed with the public creditor. It is true that Mr. CAYLEY did not propose that the tax should be forthwith abolished. Lie did not desire that his contemplated Bill should come into operation until the sth of April next; but it must be obvious that if it were now passed, and that the trade were certain that the duty would be altogether abandoned from and after the period in question, the stocks in hand would be worked out, and" comparatively little, if any, new malt would be made during the ensuing season. All persons would avoid the risk of having any stock, either of malt or beer, beyond that re quired for immediate use. The consequences, there fore, in the first instance and during the interval " 1114 b. 01 31 7 to the II:WM Who Would' have no present demand for their barley, and to the ' maltsters and brewers throughout the United King dom, whose establishments would be closed and labourers discharged until they could resume opera tions with a fair prospect of profit. It is impossible to calculate the loss and misery that would arise from this source, from the enactment, at an exceedingly in convenient and ill-chosen time, of what might other wise prove a salutary measure. But there was another cause, which operated no less powerfully against Mr. CAYLEY'S proposition, and which induced many enthusiastic and consistent fiscal reformers to support the Chancellor of the Ex chequer in his opposition thereto. The Hon. Gentle man did not ask for a general revision of our fiscal system—he left the most glaring evils, the most in tolerable grievances, still untouched ; he brought it forward as a class measure, for the benefit of a par ticular body. Its success would have prevented the possibility of the remission of the taxes on light and air, on education, knowledge, and cleanliness, on in tercourse and employment, on marine and fire insur ances, on railway passenger traffic, on carriages, hops, post horses, and a variety of other imposts not less objectionable in their character or oppressive in their collection. It would have rendered permanent the tea duties on the present impolitic and inequitable scale, withheld from the struggling sempstress the re lief to which she is so justly entitled, on her only luxury, an article which has become almost a necessary of life, and would practically prohibit any material extension of our commercial relations with China. All these untoward results would be produced by the abolition of the malt-tax, taken per se, and without being part of a large and comprehensive measure t f fiscal amelioration, that would place the entire taxa tion of the country on a new basis and substitute a direct charge upon every description of accumulated and realised property for the present unjust, unequal, and oppressive system. If Mr. CAYLEY be really anxious to remove the evil of which he drew so lively a picture on Friday evening, and we are fully convinced of his sincerity, let him again bring forward his proposition at the very commencement of the session ; let him not post pone his just complaints until its very conclusion, when it would be too late .. to hope for any practical legislation on the subject. Above all, let him not re strict himself to a single grievance, or seek to afford relief to a single class. Let his benevolence be uni versal, and his motives be placed beyond the possibi lity of doubt or suspicion. Let him demand geperal inquiry into all the taxes that press unduly upon industry, with a view to their remission and the substi tution of others, which will be at once more just and equitable, more politic and expedient. If he adopt this straightforward and statesmanlike course we promise him that he will obtain the support of many enthusiastic reformers, which was withheld on Friday last; and, what is still more valuable, that he will carry with him the prayers and sympathies of the people. The voice of public opinion will speak trumpet-tongued in his favour—the power of " the many," in its irresistible and mighty strength, will be arrayed on his side—and be will attain a tri umphant victory , a success surpassing even his most sanguine anticipations. We refer our readers to our advertising columns, where a notice will be found of a public meeting, convened for the purpose of marking by a suitable testimonial the services rendered to sanitary reform by GEORGE ALFRED WALKER, Esq., the gentleman who has so manfully brought about the ABOLITION OF INTERMENTS in towns and cities. We have from time to time laid before our readers the urgency of watching the progress.of the Bill to regulate inter ments whilst in its different stages through Parlia ment, and have remarked upon the clauses of the measure, which is now about being passed into a law The medical profession, of which Mr. G. A. WALKER is a member, ought to be proud that one of that profession has rendered to the community at large so lasting a benefit as that of the Abolition of Interments in towns and cities. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Journal des Dibats gives the fullowing parti culars relating to WALKER, the would-be assasiin of Louis NAPOLEON : " On Friday, about two o'clock in the afternoon, the police agents on duty in the neighbourhood of the Pa lace of the Ely:6 Rue du Faubourg St. Honors, re marked a young man of 17 or 18 years of age, whose pre-occupied air, his marches and counter-marches, in spired them with suspicion, and induced them not to lose sight of him. A few instants afterwards a carriage, in which were Colonel Vaudrey and some other gen tlemen, having left the court of the Elysi3, the person in question approached rapidly, and endeavoured to recognise the persona in the carriage, at the same time making a sharp movement with his right hand, as if searching for seme weapon under his coat, but immediately on being perceived he made a re trograde movement, and allowed the carriage to pass. One of the agents who was a witness of this manceuvre, no lot.ger doubting that this young man was there for the purpose of executing some criminal project, ap proached him immediately to question him and to secure his person. The suspected pt-rson, on seeing the agent approach, went up to him, and, without giving him time to interrogate or put any question, said, You are an employe ?' On the.affirmative reply of tke agent, he added,' That is unlucky; but it does not signify. I must admit that I have come for the purpose of killing the President of the Republic.' That declaration, made without hesitation, and with great sang froid, was fol lowed by the arrest of the young man, who was con ducted to the office of the commissary of police of the palace, where, on being searched, it was found that he was the bearer of a pistol, which was primed and loaded. " On being interrogated by the Commissary of Police, be declare 1 that his name was George Alfred Walker, aged 17 years, an apprentice compositor in the printing office of M. Briire, and living with his parents at 3, Rue Cherubini. He Wed that he had for a long time past conceived the project of assassinating the President of the R-public, and that for that purpose he bad taken the pistol found in his possession from one of his friends, without his knowledge, and that he had got it loaded on Wednesday evening at the shop of M. Lefaucheux, a gunmakor in the Rue de la Bourse. He maintained that he had no accomplice, and that he had never told any one of his criminal project. On being interrogated as to the motives which had led him to attempt such an action, he replied nearly in the following terms :---‘ It is dissipation, it is misfortune that has driven me to this crime. I have for a long time had the idea of committing it ; it was with me a fixed idea, a fever, hallucina tion. I have often had dreams which pursued me in my sleep, but fate seemed to take pains to protect the President of the Republic. To-day two carriages left the Elyria, neither of which contained the person for whom I was waiting. I then thought myself vanquished by fate. I thought that it was not in the destiny of the President of the Republic to die assassinated; and in my impatience to struggle against destiny I surrendered myself in order to disembarrass myself of the thoughts which oppressed me. When the first carriage passed, I had already cocked my pistol under my redingote.' " Walker added that he had frequented the most rabid clubs and political unions. A search made at his residence, is his father's house, produced no result. We must add that his family, composed of father, mother, and four other children, of whom he is the eldest, enjoys the best reputation for probity and morality, and is loved and esteemed by all the per sons who know it. The father is so seriously ill at the present moment that his life is despaired of. Forgetting the good example which he received from his family, and disdaining the honest reputation which it had justly gained, the young Walker has been no ticed for a long time as a bad subject; he was re proached with having none but disreputable acquaint ances, and with giving himself up to debauchery, which appears to have altered his reason. He has been al ready condemned to two months' imprisonment by the correctional police of the Seine. His condemnation is dated the 12th of February last, and was on account of the following fact:—On the 21st of January of the present year, about four o'clock P. 31., he was in the Passage Joufroy Boulevart Montmartre, where, after having made some disturbance, he drew out a double barrelled pistol, loaded with ball, and threatened to blow out the brains of the passengers. The police having seized upon him, he was disarmed, and carried to the police•office after a violent resistance. " On Saturday Walker was brought before the Pre fect of Police, and interrogated on the different circum stances of his intended attack on the President. He replied with the same coolness that he had shown on his previous examination, and the result of his answers is that the authorities considered him deranged. A little f i e n c g t u u i r r e y a i n m d m e e x d a i m a t i e n l e y d c h o i m m in , e a n n c e d later the Pr ocureur o f the Republic went to the pre i n i b tai nt e d the i at e p l y r 0 a c f u t r e eruwra has d a s s the prefect placed hi m at hi s disposal. The judicial the same doubts as the Prefect as to his sanity. A me dical man has been instructed to give in a report on his case. In short, up to the prese n t time allthe probabili ties are that the reason of this unfortunate man is de ranged by frequenting infamous society, by his bad com panions, and especially by political and anarchical ex citement. It appears that Walker has been always ccnsidered by the men at BriAre's as weak of intellect. Last year, after some dispute with some of his fellow compositors, daring which he displayed extraordinary violence, he went out, as he afterwards narrated, for the purpose of committing suicide. He procured a pair of pistols, and, charging them, entered a ba th , determined to put an h w ich he declared he was end to the annoyan ces to daily subjected here below. heart, His however, failed G ad, dog la TAW album/ill ti) wow Ilk courage np to the proper point, he left the bath and thought fit to live. Shortly after, he desired to list in the Foreign Legion doing duty in Algeria, but was re fused from being under size. Within the year he sud denly shot up to the height of five feet ten or eleven inches, and again presented himself, but was refused, from being so weak and thin in appearance, as not to give promise of sufficient stamina to bear the fatigue of a soldier's life." The Siecle declares that the sailing of the Russian fleet for Cronstadt has nothing of a political charac ter ; it is merely for the sake of going through its annual evolutions that it has gone to sea. The Pouvoir says— _ " It was positively stated yesterday, that in conse quence of the unanimous protestations of the moderate press, several Members of the majority would demand from the Assembly the adjournment of the discussion on the Bill on the press until after the prorogation. The Ministry will not, it is thought, be averse to consent t.) this delay, which, moreover, would follow as a matter cif course, if the law on the mayors be discussed." The Credit, in allusion to LEDRU ROLLIN'S letter in the Proscrit, proposing "to conduct a rebellion from London," reminds the chief of the Reds that he is imitating the Emigres, instead of copying the tradi tions of the Mountain. On Sunday there was a balloon ascent from the Champ de Mars, the aeronaut being mounted on a horse, which was slung from the balloon. The Assembly yesterday voted urgency on the law :elating to the stamp and caution money of news papers, by a majority of 368 to 251. PARIS BOURSE, JULY B.—Latest Prices.—Five per Cents., 95f. 45c. ; Three per Cents., 57f. 50c. ; Bank Actions, 2,265 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE L •NDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. JULY 8. _ . Boulogne and Amiens, 7 3 4—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 104 — Eat Indian, 7►,4—Luxembourg, 2% Northern of France, 14'4—Orleans and Bourdeaux, Pars and Strasbourg, 6 1 4—Rouen and Havre, 9%—Tours and Nantes, 2%. 4041.* q ts 4 ,„f: --r--,),i, - 444 \ A - ? 4 ...11, iir,z , ; a:. " 1 ~..„7 . , . 5 .... ,_. , ~,.., , ,tom 4 „ 40% - , ' 1, iii .' 1 , v ... 4 r•MOS ~,... bßott EC tk 156,4, .. ~, ti . . SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 3d inst. have arrived. Their contents are unimportant. MADRID BoLSA, JULY 3.—Three per Cents., 321; Five per Cents. 12 1346 money. Exchange oa London, 50 40 paper. GERMANY. A sitting of the College of Princes was held at Berlin on the sth. The negotiations with the view to a new interim have completely failed. The Austrian army is to be reduced by 80,000 men of infantry and artillery. The French Journal des Dibats publishes the fol lowing correspondence from Vienna on the subject of the relations subsisting between Austria and Russia. It is dated June 30th : " For some time past the Government appears to as sume a more independent attitude towards Russia; and the opinion that the co-operation of the Czar in the pa cification of Hungary no longer exercises any influence on the Cabinet of the Court of Vienna gains ground more and more every day. The negotiations which will shortly be opened on the subject of the renewal of the convention entered into in 1840 for ten years between Austria and Russia, relative to the navigation of the Danube, will be the means of testing the accuracy of this idea. Taking advantage of the ignorance of the Turkish diplomatists, and the carelessness of the Aus trian Ministry, Russia, in 1828, obtained for herself by the treaty of Constantinople the Soulina branch of the Danube, the only navigable one of that river, and in 1833 she by the treaty of Unkiar Skelessi made herself mistress of the Bosphorus. By the convention of 1840, Austria sought to remedy her previous oversight by in sisting on Russia clearing the Soulina branch of the Danube of the sa n db an k s w ith which the navigation was impeded ; but, notwithstanding the solemn engage ments stipulated, the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh al lowed all the obstacles to the navigation to con tinue, and eve,p to increase to such a degree that it became totally impracticable for large vessels, and even small ones were obliged to land their cargoes in Russian entrepots, and, after passing over the shallows, re-ship them at another place. Russia hoped by this means to close the river to every other power, and thus the commerce of the rest of Europe, as well as that of Austria with the Danubian provinces, and the steam navigation of that power supplying Tran sylvania and Hungary, would no longer exist, and Russia would have undoubted sway in the Black Sea , on the Bosphorus, and to Constantinople. Wallachia and Moldavia, whose independence and prosperity de pend cn their commercial relations by the Danube, would henceforth become part of the empire of the Czars. It has been therefore decided on b y the Austrian o C f ab th in e et co to nv convention o impose, asf 1840,th efi therst condition imin ed i at e o f execution u t rene wal ion o f the measures for clearing the navigat ion of the Soulina, and the abolition of the quarantine, and the other obstacles, which Russia makes as the pretext for closing the river. The negotiations which are about to be opened on this subject interest, not only Austria, but all the other maritime powers, and the Cabinet of Vienna appears inclined to adopt a policy which will be in no way pleasant to Russia." ITALY. The Chamber of Deputies of Turin having ter minated the general discussion on the Bill concern ing the emission of six millions of francs of rents s, commenced the discussion on the articles in its sitting of the 3J. Sig. LANZA proposed an order of the day tending to impose upon Ministers the ob ligation of presenting the budget :or 1851 before the 15th of October next. This was opposed by the Minister of Finance and ultimately rejected. Sig. JACQUEMOND upon this withdrew an order of the day he had given notice of, the object of which was to invite the Cabinet to reform the financial system. Sig. RICCARDI then moved that the six millions should be reduced to three, that b e i ng a sufficient sum for the present year, particularly to prevent the reacti onar y p a rty from finding the public coffers full in case it should come to power. The Minister of Finance opposed the motion, and explained that he demanded the whole sum necessary for 1850 in order to be able to dispose of the rentes at proper times and to the best advantage. Sig. CABELLA supported the motion, and concurred in the fears of re ac ti on expresse d b y the mover. The Marquis nAzecuo, President of the Council, then rose to explain the politi ca l v i ews o f the Cabinet. He admitted that reaction was abroad in Europe at the present moment, but maintained that it was in the power of every nation a n d G ove r n ment to steer clear, of it ; and th at t h e pr i nc i ple t h e Piedmontese Government had adopted for that purpose was to strengthen the executive by inspiring the people with confidence. He declared that it was the duty of a statesman to endeav our t o di scover t h e state of public opinion, and then to obey its impulse; the British Government d o so, and th e Pi e d mon t ese Government was firm i n its resolution of doing the same. This speech of the Prime Minister was re ceived with loud applause by both sid es o f t h e H ouse , and the Chamber then adjourned. The Genoa Gazette states from L eg h orn , 28th ult., that the garrison of that city has been sum moned by telegraph to march to the Romagna, in order to put down the system of brigandage which desolates that part of the country. We have authority to state, that in consequence of the demise of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the ball proposed to be given to the Nepaulese Envoy this even ing by the Peninsular and Oriental Navigation Company is postponed.— Times. The Dinner at the Reform Club to be given to Lord Palmerston is, we understand, postponed on account of the death of the Duke of Cambridge. Tim LATE SIR ROBERT PEEL.—The remai ns o f the late Sir Robert Peel will be interred in the family vault in Drayton Bassett Church this afternoon. Sir Robert Peel (the present Baronet) arrived in town on Sunday afternoon, from Geneva, where he was staying when the m e l anc h o l y news of his father's death reached him. Mr. Peel (his cousin) left I, ndon on Tuesday, at midnight, to communi cate the unwelcome intelligence. Ile reached Geneva on Friday morning, and returned with Sir Robert Peel imme diately, the journey out and home having been accomplished in little more than 100 hours. .Sir Robert Peel, immediately on his arrival in Whitehall-garclens, left town for Marble hill, near Twickenham, to visit his mother (Lady Peel) and the other female branches of the family. Sir Robert has since visited Tamworth, but returned to town yesterday. Viscount Kardinge, Sir James Graham, Mr. Goulburn, and all those friends who were invited to attend the obsequies, left town this morning, at nine o'clock, by special train for Tamworth. Sir James Duke, M.P , has left town for Edits burgh, to attend a banquet to be given to him by the Lord Provost and magistrates. ADELAIDE LINDSAY, edited by the author of " Emilia Wyndham," &c. The new novel, " Adelaide Lindsay," which has been brought before the public with the recommendation of a name acknowledged to be the most popular among modern novelists—the author of " Emilia Wyndham"- is said to relate the real adventures of the daughter of an extensive West India proprietor, and not only illustrates domestic life in the tropics, but, as in the course of her career she is brought to England, and moves under peculiar circumstances in English society, conveys some equally graphic pictures of social manners in this country. As an exposition of the trials to which human nature is exposed, this most touching and pleasing tale will doubtless gain the approbation of the best judges. DOVER, JULY 9, 2 5 A.M.—The Duchess of Mock lenhurg-Strelitz arrived at Dover by the Iris id at Ih. LOns. A.M., and left by the 2h. A.M. train for London. At a meeting of the Bury Improvement Commis sioners, it was resolved unanimously—" That the Bury Im provement Commissioners, deeply deploring the sad and fatal accident which has brought to an untimely end one of the greatest statesmen of this or any other country, the late lamented Sir Robert Peel, a native of this town, do resolve earnestly to request the professional men, shopkeepers, &c., of Bury, to close their offices and shops from eleven o'clock A.M. to one o'clock rat. on the day of his funeral, as a token of respect for the memory of so great a man." Ma. OxBERRY'a BENEFIT.--The benefit of this very amusing actor takes p l ace to-morrow at the Lyceum , and we doubt not but th at th e public will give him substan tial proofs that he is s till t h e i r o wn a Dicky Darling." The Commis s i oners f or the Reduction of the National Debt held a uarterl official residence o f the Chance llor of the Exchequer, in Downing-stree meeting yesterday at the Downing -street. Th ere were prevent the Chancellor of tl e Exchequer, the Governor of the Bank of England, and the Deputy-Governor. Mr. J. Higham, Asiati,Uat-beciotary to the Coratalaionen, wig DI OttgAiliaGet, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday closed firmly, and prices were tending upwards. The sales were estimated at 15,000 bales, of which 5,000 were taken on speculation. The sales comprised 9,000 Ame rican, 2,500 Brazil at 74d. to 8-4 d., 1,000 Egyptian at lid to 93-0, and 2,500 Surat at 31c1 to 61d per pound.— Railway Shares were steady, with little or no alteration in prices. The sales announced in the Colonial Markets are to a fair extent this week. We are informed by a broker in the trade, Mr. W. Short, that there is no change worthy of remark in the metal market since last month, except in the article East BACC3 Tin, which has been done at 735. per cwt. for Bemca, and which price is still offered, there being no sellers under 755., and very few at that. A writer in a Birmingham journal states:—" We con sider it to be our duty to put our readers and the public on their guard against the liability of being again swin dled out of their goods and property by vendors of notes forged on various local banks, in the same manner as they were about this time last year. We have reason to believe that the same gentry are out on their circuit; and in one instance, which has come to our knowledge, they have succeeded in passing a forged note. The banks have very justifiably resolved not to relieve the defrauded party any part of this loss, contending that they have taken every precau tion that could be devised to warn the public of the re sponsibility attaching to themselves in the exercise of proper discre:ion in their dealings with strangers." Accounts of April 20 from Buenos Ayres have been received by the Crane packet. It will be remembered that indirectly advices of a few days later date were given yesterday, and the only additional item of intelligence is that the negetiations between the Argentine Government and the Plenipotentiary of France had been conducted with such reserve that no• thing positive was known as to the probable result. The number of ships in port was 118, of which 32 were British. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company will early bring into play their new arrangements for establishing a communication with California and the Pacific direct from England, but there are other places with which steam communication must be opened as early as possible, and especially Brazil and the Australian colonies. In re ference to the latter, a petition is now in course of sig. nature by the merchants interested. The Funds have been very well supported to-day, although quiet. Consols for present transfer have been quoted 96± to 97. and for August are 97 to -I. The New Three and-a• Quarter per Cents. have .been quoted 98± to 99, and the Three per Cents. 972 . Exchequer bilis have realised 675. to 70s. premium. In the Foreign Market there has not been much acti vity. Peruvian Bonds have realised 824 to 82± for the Active, and 352 to 36 for the Deferred. Mexican have been 30k to e. Buenos Ayres Stock has been 58±, and Brazilian 90±. Russian Bonds are 112; Belgian Four and- a-Half per Cents. 904; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 57. English Railway Shares are hardly so good, and there has not been a great deal doing. Midland, South- Western, and Great Northern are in favour of buyers. Foreign Shares are rather higher, and in request. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols 96± 97 Ditto Account ... 96± 97 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 971A% 8 per Cent. Consols Anna New 3 1 4 per Cent. Amis. 99 98% Long Annuities. Exp. Jan. sth, 1260 Bl D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1859 — Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5,1260 8 1-16 India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 B7 p Consols for Account 96% 97 Exchequer Bills. 1 1 ,4 d. 21. March. June. 67 70 p 67 70 p 67 70 p 1,0001. 5001. — Small — PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto for the Account Buenos Ayres Bonds. 6 per Cent 58% Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent 75 Ditto, 5 per Cent Mexican Bongs, 1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent B 2 l /2 Ditto for the Account Ditto Deferred Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent ll2 Ditto 4% per Cent 96 x d. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto Passive Bonds 4 Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4% per Cent. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates WIRINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE OCLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID, PEA SLAM Birmingham & Oxford Janet., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Caledonian Chester and H01yhead......... 50 ..... Ditto, Preference Eastern Countes Do. 5 per cent. ... 50 . 59 Great , :Northern . .4t. South. & West. (Ireland) 50 Great Western .... 100 ..... 89 1 4...... to • .ancashire and Yorkshire ...100 ..... 36 1 / 2 .. to Leeds and Thirek ...—... ...... 50 Ditto, ditto... Lond., Bright., & South Coast 100 Do., New Guar. 6 per cPnt.l(o London & North Western.....loo 10 9 3 /4 io Do. New Quarters. Do. Fifths l2 .... 127 , 8 Loldon and S. We5tem.......109 ..... 57% to 9lidland Ditto. 501. Shires ..... ...... 35 NTorth Staffordshire........... 17% Reading,Guildtd.,& Rei&_ to 20 Royston and Ilitchin ..... .. 412..... . Do. Shepreth Extension... 34 ..... 3‘..... to south Eastero .... _ _ ...... ....... 33 % ...... 14%.. . __ .....• to ..... York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25' Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref.. 9 York and North Midland ... 50 Ditto. Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. inglo Italian (late Italian and Aastrian) 5% — to doulogne and Amiens ...... —. 20 ..... 7%.., to 8 Luxembourg ......... ......... 8 ...... is Ditto Northern of France l6 ...... 14% 1 4. to Orleans and Bordeaux ... Rouen and Havre 20 Tours & Nantes .... ~.. .. 14 MINES. Anglo Mexican OOO 100 ". O. . .11 to .... Asturian ............ " ... ..... 15 ..... 2 Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 24%...... ..... to "- Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 3A Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 . 13%A.. to JOINT STOCK JUNKS._ Union of London. ..... ... ....:. 10 Union of Madrid ......... ...... 40 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JULY 9.—Wind at noon W. to W.N.W., light breeze and fine.—The Lerwick of Dundalk, from Sydney, N. 8., to Fleetwood, was abandoned 28th June, in let. 46 N., long. 42 W. The crew taken off by the Camerton for Quebec, and the master subsequently by the Northumbria, arrived at Bristol. DARTMOUTH, JULY B.—Wind N.N.W.—SId. Swift, Cape Coast Castle. FALMOUTH, JULY 7.—Wind N. to N.N.E., strong galesand squally; 8, N., fresh.—Arrd. Lymorn, Doane, Havannah; Countess of Musgrave, Custace, Quebec; Camilla, Goldworthy, St. John's, Nefoundland. Sid. her Majesty's ship Sealark, Coast of Africa. PADSTOW, JULY 7.—Wind N. —Arrd. Voluna, Bul man, Quebec. GLOUCESTER, JULY 7.—Arrd. Briton, Lightfoot, Quebec. Sld. John, Quebec; Weickleman, ditto. NEWPORT, JULY B.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Suomi, Quebec. CARDIFF, JULY B.—Wind N.N.W.—SId. Clydesdale, Cubs. OFF DOYER.—EIIen, Heppell, New York. PLYMOUTH, JULY B.—Wir d N N.W.—Acrd. Sperma ceti, Moon, Quebec; Dahlia, Eddy, ditto. Sid. Mercia, Calcutta; Zenobia, Capo of Good Hope. IN THE CHANNEL AND BRITISH ISLES.—Demerara. HOLYHEAD, JULY B.—The buoy drifted from the Coal Rock during a gale at N.E. yesterday. To-day there is a fresh breeze at N.N.W. OFF MARGATH, JULY B.—Trinity yacht, Nassau, Margaret Rait, Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, JULY B.—Wind N. to N. by E.—Arrd. Phoebe, Dunbar, London, for New Zealand. EASTBOURNE.—Arrd. Kingsdown, Nicholson, Cape of Good Hope. CowEs, JULY B.—Wind N. to N. by W.—Arrd. Marianne, Rees, Maceio, and sailed for Hamburgh; Sarah Hand, N ickols, Matanzas; Marmion, Jackson, ditto. DEAL. JULY B.—Wind N.W. to S.E. and E.S.E.— Arrd. Louise, Kindleblad, Batavia, for Stockholm ; Caesar, Montz, Bahia, for Stettin ; Mary Hudson , Graham, St. Joh n ' s , New Brunswick, for Lynn ; Emma Smith, Port Philip ; Sophia Moffatt, Poale, Bombay ; Heram, Schroeder, Bahia, for Copenhagen ; Blanch, Alarm, Ceylon ; Brothers, Flere, Bahia ; Cresswell, Algar, Buenos Ayres. PORTSMOUTH, JULY B.—Wind N. by E.—Arrd. Maidstone, for Cape and Calcutta. PILL, JULY 6.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Era, Patterson, Nevis ; Hayle, Sampson, Jamaica ; Northumbria, Thompson, Quebec ; Countess of Durham, Hogg, ditto. LIVERPOOL, JULY B.—Wind W.N.W., fresb.—Arrd. Providence, Davis, Old Calabar; Fidelia, Peabody, New York. Off port, Eliza Stewart, Empire State, John Ravens). The Bling, for Vera Cruz, and the William Russell, for Pernambuco, got in contact and returned into dock with slight damage. The latter has repaired and proceeded. The Flint, for Pernambuco, and the Mary A. Johnstone, for Calcutta, were also in contact and have put back with damage. DOVER, JULY B.—The Defiance of Cardigan, Liver pool to Dordr, sprang a leak off Beachy Head yesterday and foundered; crew saved. TIIE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.—Among the Par liamentary papers, which were yesterdayissued, was one giv ing some useful information respecting the Australian colo nies. The population of the colonies (omitting New Zealand) in 1839 was 170,676, and in 10 years (1839 to 1848) it had reached 333,764, being an increase of 163,088. The imports had decreased in the 10 years, having been 3,376,673/. in 1839, and 2,578,4421. in 1848. There was an increase in the exports in the 10 years of 1,008,387/. They amounted in 1839 to 1,845,428/., and in 1848 to 2,854,815/. The shipping inwards was 267,353 tons in 1839 , and 353,321 i n 1848, being an increase of 85,968, whilst the shipping outward was 267,133 tons in 1839,-and 34 1 ,583 in 1848, showing an in crust) of 71,450 tow. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) BAY DIAILKETs. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2112 s to 3110 s; Clover ditto, 31 3s to 41 8s; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 lOs per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.--MCadOW Hay, 21104 to 31103 Clover ditto, 31 Os to 4/ 4s ; and Straw, 11 Ss to 1/ lOs per load. Trade steady, at full prices. WHITECHAPEL. -- Meadow Hay, 21 8i to 3/ 105 ; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 4/ 104; and Straw, 11 24 to 1/ 104 r load. Supply good and trade dull. New Meadow Hay was selling at from 215 s to 21 lOs per load. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation is firm, the difference of duty being, on an average, equally divided between buyer and seller. Ot West India the sales have been 152 hhds. The other transactions in Colonial comprise 5,378 bags Mauritius, 3,200 bags Khaur Bengal, 3,300 bags Madras, 538 hhds and 137 barrels Porto Rico, went off with spirit, nearly three fourths fieding buyers at fully f firmer rates for the finer descriptions, the importers gaining the whole difference of duty, and on the lower sorts about one-half ; low to fine brought 36s to 43s per cwt. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1.836 hhds 241 tierces 121 barrels; there were taken. for home con sumption 958 hhds 124 tierces 342 barrels. The stock in the same places is 1,399 hhds 1,720 tierces 3,526 bsrrele. COFFEE.—The market is dull. Native Ceylon con tinues in request at 43s 6d, but little business bas taken place, owing to the unwillingness of owners to sell thereat. Rom.—The quantity landed last week at the East arid West India Docks was 331 puns 2 hhds; there were taken for home consumption 118 puns 1 hhds, and ex ported 17 puns 149 hhds. The stock in the same places is 15,125 puns 1,359 hhds. Rica:.-2,178 bags and 448 pockets Bengal were offered, but the greater portion of the former was with drawn above the value ; the remainder sold steadily at 8s 6d to 10s 6d for broken to good white. SALTPETRE.—Of 1,800 bags Bengal offered, about two-thirds were disposed of at rather easier rates; 131 to 2i per cent. refraction at 25s 6d to 27s 6d per cwt. SPICES.-780 bags half heavy Malabar Pepper sold at the previous value of 3id to 344, and 30 bags White at 6-0 to 6id. 160 bags Pimento sold at sid to 61c1 per lb. TALLow.—P. Y. C. is 36s 9d per cwt on the spot, and Town 38s. TEA.—The market is firm with fair deliveries. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The House sat to•day to hear appeals. The Lords present were Lord Brougham, the Earl of Roden, and Lord Gage. GIBBON V. TOPHAM. This appeal from the judgment of the Vice-Chancellor Wigram occupied their Lordships the whole day. CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the Lords Commissioners, Lord LANGDALE and Mr. Baron ROLFE.) The Lords Commissioners sat in the Old Hall, Lin coln's Inn to-day, to hear appeal motions. INDERWICIL V. SNELL. The further arguments in this part-heard appeal mo tion occupied their Lordships the whole day. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before Lord CAMPBELL and a Special Jury.) WHITMORE, ASSIGNEE, V. SCHNEIDER AND ANOTHER. This case was part beard yesterday. The plaintiff, as assignee of the estate of the late Benjamin Smith, a bankrupt in March last, had brought an action to re cover 4,1471. odd from the defendants, the value of cer tain copper delivered by the bankrupt to them between the 26th February to the 4th March last. On the part of the plaintiff, it was contended that the copper had been delivered by way of fraudulent pre ference to the defendants over the other creditors, and that the action was brought to obtain a sum of money for the purpose of dividing it among the creditors. The defendants, it appeared, carry on copper and smelting works at Swansea, and were in the habit of purchasing copper from the Lankrupt, who manufactured it under a patent. In February, the bankrupt having been taken ill, his son Stephen took upon himself the management of the business. There was a large sum due to the defendants for several trans actions, and one agreement was entered into on the 12th of February between the bankrupt and the defendants, by which the latter agreed to give an acceptance for 4,4471. 15s. 7d. for 150 tons of copper. The bankrupt .topped iDayment on the 4th March. There was a de livery of copper to the defendants on the 26th of Fe bruary, and similar deliveries were continued up to the time of the bankruptcy. It was contended on the part of the plaintiff that all those deliveries were fraudulent, in that they showed a preference to the defendants over the other creditors. For the defendant, on the other hand, it was submitted that this was not the case of a fraudulent preference, but that the goods were supplied upon a contract pre viously entered into between the bankrupt and the de fendants. Lord CAMPBELL told the jury, that if they were of opinion the copper was delivered in the fair and bora fide execution of a fair and bona fide contract, they ought to find for the def±ndants. The jury gave a verdict for the defendants. - --- Lord aimiBELL, on calling on the last cause, told the jurymen not in the box, that they might take their de parture, adding that he was happy to state that by the valuable assistance of the jury, every cause that was standivg for trial in the Court of Queen's Bench, at Guildhall, and Westminster, was now disposed of, so that it could not be said there was any delay of justice in the superior courts of Westminster Hall. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Guildhall at NibiPrius, before the Lord Chie, Justice WILDE and a Spt cial Jury.) The Court was occupied this morning witn'the case 6f Jones and another v. Lord A. Denison, which occupied ,t part of yesterday. The proceedings were not termi nated when our report left the court. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY. OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER and Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL.) Alexander Moriarty, 19, described as a cabinet maker, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing ten sovereigns and 195., the moneys of Maurice O'Connor, in the d house of William Parker, and was sentenced to seven years' trasportation. Joseph Bailey, aged 45, described as a gilder, and John Lawler, 26, a printer, remanded from last session, were indicted for a conspiracy to defraud one Thomas Bland of his moneys. . Mr. Clarkson conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Parry defended the prisoners. M. CLARKSON, in opening the case, told the jury that in popular language the prisoners were charged with conspiring together to cheat the prosecutor at a game of skittles. The prisoners formed part of a gang of fellows who frequent skittle-grounds, and " pick up ' any stray but unskilled player they may hap pen to meet. Their mode of action was this: one of them either pretended to be drunk or assumed the character of a countryman who knew little or nothing of skittles, and being challenged by another of the gang to play, it invariably happened that he lost money to a serious extent, which induced unwary bystanders to join in the play. The powers of the drunkard or countryman, however, now begin to develop themselves, and he wins with the stranger as fast, nay faster, than he lost with his confederate, till the eyes of his dupe are opened to the fact that instead of playing with a novice he is vainly contending against a practised skittle thrower. Now, on the 3d of April last a man named Ward, with whom the prosecutor had a alight acquaintance, called upon the prosf tutor, who is a butcher carrying on business in Rufford's-buildings, Islington, and invited him to go and have a glass of ale. The prosecutor consented, and accordingly they repaired to the Peacock public. house, in Brewer. street, where they found the prisoner Lawler drinking brandy and water. While they were drinking the ale the prisoner Lawler managed to get into conversation with them, and almost immediately afterwards in came Bailey, who appeared to be very much intoxicated. A general con versation then ensued about the price of meat, in the course of which Bailey voluntarily told them that he had been waiting for a lady at the Angel, who had disap. poiutcd him by not keeping her appointment, although he had the night before paid six guineas for a dress to present to her. He added that he had just come into an estate worth 3001. a year, and as Bailey, the butcher, had given him some wholesome advice about the value of meat, he had no objection to treat him to a glass of brandy and water, which the prosecutor declined to ac cept. Lawler then asked Bailey if he understood " Knock-'em downs." Bailey said he did not, for in his part of the country they only played at bowls. " Oh," replied Lawler, " if you understand bowies, you can play at knock-'em-downs," and agreed to adjourn to an other public-house, the John Bull, and play a game for a bottle of wine. Of course Bailey lost the bottle of wine, and not only that but several five-pound notes too, when Lawler, thinking ho had won enough money, gave way to allow the prosecutor "to go in and win." No sooner had the prosecutor joined in the game than, strange to say, for tune turned the tables in favour of Bailey, and he won all before him. If the prosecutor knocked the pins down in six goes, Bailey floored them in five; if the prosecutor scored five, Bailey chalked four; in fact he was always one under the prosecutor, and ultimately the prosecutor found himself minus 581. and an I 0 U for 251, when it naturally struck him that he had been realising the idea conveyed in the well-known print of a flat between two sharps. Finding that the prosecutor bad no more money, Bailey suddenly remember, d that he had an appointment t) keep with his " dear Mary," and seemed anxious to get away. The prosecutor, how ever, challenged him to another game, and he said he would accept the challenge, but he must first retire to perform a necessary act. Bailey then walked out into the street, and in a few minutes after wards the prosecutor and Lawler followed, when they found Bailey had taken to his heels and was a long way up the street. The prosecutor was about pursuing him, hut Lawler said, "Bland, you had better stop here, and I'll go after him and fetch him back." Accordingly, away went Lawler, and from that time till the time they were taken into custody, the prosecutor never saw the prisoners again. Subsequent inquiries, however, satisfied the prosecutor that Ward, Bailey, and Lawler who were confederates, had conspired to cheat him, and he deter mined to indict them, but ever since the transaction Ward and another party who was present during the games had been non est. The case was proceeding when the report left. NEW COURT. (Before the C.DIMON SERGEANT and Mr. Aid. GIBBS.) OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENCES. Anig Maria Tolfrey, a respectable awl ladylike look• ing woman, was indicted for obtaining, under false per tences, from Wm. Henry Richardson, the sum of 3 54 a Mr. Huddlestone appeared for the prosecution, 530 Mr. Ballantine defended the prisoner. Our reaiers will, doubtless, recollect well the fan" () o f this case. The prosecutor is a shoemaker, carrying ° Ol business at 19, Sun-str e et, Bishopsgate, and e b° i. eighteen months since becam e acquainted with the Pre Boner (who resided at that time in the house of S * 1 o 0 merchant in Coventry-street), through the introdn eti b e of his sister. It appeared from the evidence of der prosecutor that Es had lent his sister 50/, in or, to carry on an action for a breach of pro ,1531 of marriage, in which she obtained 2501. damages ; tu er upon the repayment of that 50/. to him the Pr is°il n ia told him if he would give her that amount she Wv,i obtain him a Goverament situation, as she Was known to Lord Alfred Paget a n d severa l other Ow n , men and gentlemen who had interest with the Govbeerbo ment. The pr,secutor, who does not appear to thei brightest individual in the world, was caught i n t . snare, and after one or two interviews with the priseseio; sent her, by his sister, 15/. After the receipt of Ang money the prisoner wrote to the prosecutor, reque',,,i to see him and stating that she had good De be for him. On the prosecutor calling upon her 5.0, stated that she bad obtained a situation for b l o f as a porter at the Home-office, through the interee„ Lord Alfred Paget, who was a personal friend of n'o. late huiband, and to whom she was personally he ° „ ci te , In order to carry on the deceit, she produced 8 to purporting to be written by Lord Alfred Paget, in w"h-er, he stated that he bad procured the situation tor From the prisoner's representation and the note duced by her, the prosecutor was induced to give he r ,, - i s other 101., shortly after which she told him that he, „ e j to go to his siwation on Monday week. This him to give her another 101., but finding that the Pi o Boner was continually putting off the day on whi ch „ so r was to enter upen the duties of his office, the prose e n ", i er refused to let her have any more money, and the pro s decamped. r ye Lord Alfred Paget, who had been in court all morning, denied any knowledge of the prisoner. t o Mr. BALLANTINE having addressed the jury fe t prisoner, and The CoNistoN SERGEANT having shortly suraraed The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and eig h ts months' The CoslatoN SERGEANT sentenced her to tog months' imprisonment and hard labour. MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS A NOVEL THEFT.—Charles Crisp was placed 5t bar before Mr. Bingham charged with stealing a„ es : containing a blackbird und e r th e f o ll ow i ng eireucostet - is t Police-constable 39 C stated that about a quart o, four this morning he was on duty in King-street, be r when he saw the prisoner join t wo l ong p o l e s toge l 0 , and go up to a house , in the front of which a cage q o ¢ taming a blackbird ' was hanging.' 'After MO ; stealthily round, the prisoner put the pole up to the O r , l be floor window of the house and lifted the cage freeli hook where it was hanging. Witness rushed forwa r d to u collar the prisoner when the latter dropped the cag e 6od to ran away. Witness pursued him as far as Newe market, where he came up with him and took hire loto custody. t he Mr. Frederick Meyer, 36, King-street, proved tha„ t t . cage and bird was his property, and worth ten shills A constable stated that latterly n u m e ro u s corePi ti h i e ir had been made to him by p ar ti es w h o h a d lost tm bs birds, and no doubt the prisoner had stolen them, b oor (the constable) had frequently m e t hi m a t an early '7," 0 1 , in the morning with the p o l e s in hi s p osse ssion* ', ie . thinking he was a bill-sticker, he took no further 1 0 " of him. ftd i f The prisoner, who did not deny the charge, wall committed for trial. [MPERIAL PARLIAMENT' (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after w el o'clock. CONSIDERATION OF LORDS' AMENDDL--„, er a The Lords' amendments to the following Bills '— considered and agreed to:— Heronsyke and Eamont-bridge Turnpike-road. Tyne NavigAion. road' Ulverstone, Milthorpe, and Lancaster Turnpike-ro BELFAST IMPROVEMENT BILL. This Bill as amended was considered and agreed lc" PETITIONS. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from B r i ii ; tol, signed by 1,473 persons, praying for an altera tio n in the pre ,ent postal arrangements; also three W ill a ° y from Wesleyan congregations in Bristol to the cont r effect. Mr. BUCK presented a petition from a pla cee ihe Devonshire against the admission of Jews into Fo r ' went. A 61 A great number of petitions were presente various Members for and against the present P°' arrangements. _ 1 Mr. HILDYARD presented a petition from a pa -0111 Cumberland against the Jews Bill. r/ Mr. HAYTER presented a petition from Glastonro against the present postal arrangement ; also Pe sit.° 4o from various parts of the metropolis in favour a • Marriage Bill. MERCANTILE MARINE BILL. rye The House then resolved itself into Committee 00 Mercantile Marine Bill, Mr. BERICLI. in the chair. On the interpretation clause being proposed, Mr. WAWN moved to strike out th e words s - f r t. "man, " for the purpose of adding " an d the P ° " 4 § of the continent of Europe, situate between :0 and 63 degrees of north latitude." His object to the amendment was to give the same facilities er ships in the Baltic trade as was already given to o tb vessels. ful• Mr. LABOUCHERE felt bound to oppose the sto e- of ment, because its object was to alt e r the deduiti ol %; the coasting trade which was to be found in od a° Acts of Parliament. iv After a short discussion the amendment was n eg tived without a division. The interpretation clause was then agreed to. Clauses 3,4, 5, 6 were also agreed to. In clause 7, Mr. MOFFATT proposed to omit the words' ships ordinarily employed as foreign going ships.", ot, Mr. LABOUCHERE object:A to the ameno° 3- t bs He thought that the re wou ld b e no difficulty i° practical working of the clause. A somewhat lengthened conversation took phlor. which Mr. Moffatt, Mr. Wawn, Mr. Anderson , Cardwell, and Mr. Labouchere took part. The gallery was then cleared for a division. V ib there appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority ... Clause 7 was then agreed to. Clauses from 8 to 17 inclusive, after a short discUssi°P' was then agreed to. On clause 18, which gives power to the Board of o ,‘, aminers to give certificates of competency to the c ° to minders of merchantmen, some discussion arose ° s y whether or no it would be right to impose upon t te r examiners the duty to inquire into the moral charaeio of the eandidatf s for certificates, with th e v i e w to deP r e , habitual drunkards of the means of obtaining the deg re ho Mr. LABOUCHERE ultimately p u t a s top to ea t discussion by promising to r ec o ns id er t h e w h o l e seui e s of the clause, and see if it could be so framed as to the the point which had been raised. oia Mr. HiLDYARD told the Committee that marl . n o, masters of merit, who had long had the charge of sh A l r e t would decline to submit to the examination provis o for by this Bill, and he tlirefore hoped the Commi t !, g would have no objection to insert a proviso exeroP ti l il masters who had already attained a certain elevalio ° , the merchant ser v i ce f rom t h e exam i nat i on. He P r o , posed the insertion of words providing that the exel r i nation should not a p p l y to parties who, for fi ve ye ea previous to the passing of the Act, had been entre 6 t with the command of yes& ls. 70 -63 (LEFT SPEAKING.) 11011,0Utili Üb' DhttliY. FUNERAL OF TUE LATE SIR R. PEEL. tg Of It having been notifi e d t o me t h at t h e inhabitan— many important towns purpose paying a mark of reslt e to the memory of the late Sir Robert Peel, whose loss . 4 " all so deeply deplore, by pa r ti a lly c l os i ng their sbuiteh' from eleven until one o'clock, on Tuesday, the 9th jo s k " iu compliance with the wi s h es o f some of the isbliv i cants, recommend that the examp l e b e genera lly fo . lowed in this borough. July 8. 1850. JAMES HAYWOOD, Mart' OF A SON. On the 25th June, Mrs. John Cameron MacPhee. Joseph On the 26th ult., at S t. Peters b urgh, the w i fe o f Jose, Shelisbear, Esq. On the 2d inst., at Longbridge, Barking, the wife of / °/111 Pickering Peacock, Esq. On the sth inst., at Torbryan-parsonage, Devon, 1%111. Hine. FA . • On the 2d inst., a t the Cottage, DAUGHTER Prospect-hill, near Re ad log, the wife of Philip Lybbe Powys, Esq. ; / A On the sth inst., at Upper Gower-8 reet, the vir-- Stephen Temple, Esq. On the sth inst., at Chester-place, Regent's-park, the vri f6 of C. E. Rashleigh, Esq. At ARMED. On the Gth inst., at Epworth Church, Mr. Jos Thorley, merchant, of Hull, to Hannah Penrose, 1L " daughter of Wm. Read, Esq. Epworth. On the 27th ult. ' at Aikenhead- house, Lanarkshire' T S. George Deane, Esq., of Berkeley-forest, county of We to ford, Ireland, to Catherine, youngest daughter of the la John Gordon, Esq., of Aikenhead. a' On the 3d inst., at Upton, the Rev. D. M. Stuart, o f to stone, Northumberland, to Janet, eldest daughter of the il l ' l Thomas Robertson, Esq., Upton-park. On the 4th inst., at Ringwood, Hants, William Noro Taylor, E-q., Commander Ro7al Navy, to Caroline En lls a.; daughter of the late William Taylor, E sq ., o f P ar k- field,l l " Portsmouth. DIED. .141 igi On the 6th inst., at the Ch a t eau E c hi ng h en , P as de Ca the Right Hon. Lord Dunboyne, aged 70. On the sth inst., accidentally drowned, at Banks ; l e : Richard, only son of George Winter, Esq , of Banksiu" Southwark, aged 21. On the 13th of March, off Sydney, Captain Owen Stanl e y' R.N., of 11. M.S. R a t t l esna k e, e ld est son o f t h e late Bisti°` of Norwich, aged 39. On the 29th ult., J o h n Willi am A pp l e f or d , o f Swiss —`)t' tage, Hammersmith, aged 62. On the 2d inst., at Grosvenor-row, Pimlico, Mrs. Elizabe th Vardy, aged 91. On the 4th iust., at Addlestone, Surrey, Miss Ann Frances Diggs, aged 76. London: Printed and Published by MIIRDO YOUN (1 ;1 w g, NO 112, tltrand, Printer, at 77u Sun Office. Na s t strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, 1 the G* ll4l 1 11 0 11 71 4 71a 1 7 9 0 1650.