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trop with a con3tahle who was in plain clothes, when the Prisoner came up and said," That is Kiddy Harris, a d—d perjured scoundrel; he has sworn away many men's lives." Mr. CumnE—Had von said anything to him? Harris —Not a word, your Worship. He continued calling me names until a mob of 30 or 40 persons came about me, to whom he pointed me out as a d perjured scoundrel, and I then told him that if he did no; go away I would certainly take him to the station-bowie. He retused, and I therefore took him into custody. Peck, the other con s table, bad several times told him to go about his busi ness, as I had spoken to him before I interfered with him. Mr. COMBE (to the prisoner)—You may ask the wit ness any qnestion. Prisoner—Now, Mr. Kiddy Harris, have you recovered yet from the Ulow you swore I gave you? Mr. COMBE.—What dies he mean by Kiddy Harris? That is not his name. There was a man o f th a t name hanged at the Old Bailey some years ago, I think, -- Waddington, the gaoler, said there was, and explained that the term " Kiddy" wal slang for thief, &c. Mr. COMBE then told the defendant that he would not permit him to question Harris in such a manner. Defendant (to witness)—Well,l will now ask you, Mr. Harris, whether you have been rewarded for the perjury you committed against me? Mr. CO3IDE—I will not allow you to insult the witness. Defendant (violently)—But I have a right to ask him. Mr. COMBE—You shall not put questions which are insulting and have no reference to the charge. Defendant—Then I can tell yea all is a mockery and a farce. Mr. CO3lBE—You may ask him any thing bearing on the charge, but I will not allow you to speak in such a way to the witness. Defendant—Well, then, I have done, and I repeat it is a mockery and a farce. George Peek, 71 G, said he was with the last witness when the prisoner addressed him, saying, "That's Kiddy Harris, the d—d perjured scoundrel." He (witness) re quested him to move away, but he persisted in his con duct, saying he would do no such thing, adding that he was a d—d villain, and be would annoy him as long as he lived. Mr. COMBE (to threndant)—Do you wish to *ay any thing to this witnes? Defendant—No, after the manner in which you have interrupted me. Mr. COMBE—Have you any remark to make to the charge? Defendant—l shall ask nothing, and say no thing more; do what you like. Mr. COMBE—Then I orthr you to pay 10s., or be im prisoned a month in the House of Correction. - He was then conducted to a cell, and in the course of the day was conveyed in the police van to the House of Correction. NEW, ENLARGED, AND CHEAPER EDITION. With the Omitted Passages Restored, numerous additional Notes, awl a General Index. Now ready, complete in 5 vols., with Ulu train" 10s. Gd. each bound, pEPYS' DIARY and CORRESPONDENCE. Illustrative of the REIGNS of CIIARLES 11. and JAMES 11. Edited by LORD BRAYBROOKE. " The most remarkable production of its kind which has ever been given to the worrd."—Edinburgh Review. " A work of standard importance in English Ilteratare."— Athenwnm. • henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA N.GIIT It Is respectfully announced, that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT will take place THIS EVENING, When will be ;resented (the first time tnese two years) Donizeta Opera, LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO. Marie, Madame Sontag; Suipizlo Sergente, Signor F. Lablache; Corporate, Signor Ferrari ; Tonto, Signor Gardoni. After which a Divertissement, in which Madße. Carlotta Grisi and 31.14111 e. Amalia Ferraris will appear. To be followed by Gnecco's celebrated Opera Buffa, entitled LA PROVA D'UN OPERA SERIA. Corilla, Madame Frezzolini ; Frederico, Signor Calzolari ; Cam panone, Signor Lablache. To conclude with a Divertissement, entitled LES DELICEs DU SERIAL. Principal Dancers Mathis. 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 TINEZ, surnamed the Black Malibran, who will sing some of the characteristic airs of Spain and the Havant:tali. .Applications 'or Boxes, Stalls, aua rickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. COVENT-GARDEN. EXTRA NIGHT. TO-MORROW EVENING Wlll be performed with the following powerfill cast, Meyerbeer's grand Opera, LE PROPHETE, Fides, Madame Viardot (the original representative of the part at the Grand Opera In Paris) ; Bertha, Madame Castellan (the original representative of the part at the Grand Opera in Path ; Jean of Leyden, Signor Mario ; Count Oberthal, Signor Tagliaflco ; Sergeant, Sginor Lavia ; Peasants, Signori Rommi and Soldl ; Giona, Signor Maralti; 31althisen, Signor Polonmi ; Zaccaria, Herr Formes. The Choir in the grand Coronation Scene in the third Act will combine the powers of a full - Orchestra, the Military Bands, the Chorus, and Organ. The Incidental liallet in the Skating. Scene will be supported by M. Alexandre and Madlle. Louisa Tagthird (as danced by them at the Grand Opera at Paris), and comprises tin celebrated Quadrilles des ratineurs. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, M. Costa. The Performances will commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be produced a new Domestic Drama, entitled TEE EMI GRE'S DAUGHT. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Boyce, 0. Smith, Wright, Cullenford, ; Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Fits- After which a new Terpeicorian Burlesque EntitIedESMERALDA. Characters by Messsrs. 0. Smith, Wright, P. Bedford ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Fitzwilliain. To conclude with a new and original Farce, in the Vulgar Tongue, to be called JACK IN THE GREEN; or, Hints on Etiquette. FLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATitt. Eighth Appearance of Madlle. RACHEL. 'fo-MORROW EVENING, • The Entertainments will commence al Eight o'clock, with Corneille,'s celebrated Tragedy of POLYEUCTE MARTYR. Pauline, Madlle. Rachel. To conclude with a new Comedy, entitled LE MOINEAU DE LESHIE. Lesbie, Madlle. Rachel. Boxes and Stalls may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's 'Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-ofllce of the Theatre. which is open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock. ASTLRY's ROYAL AMPEUTREATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The beat ventilated Theatre in London. Mr. Batty begs to inform his patrons that the Tournament at Vaux hall does not interfere with the amusement at .Istley's, as the com pany leave the Gardens at Six, to enable them to open at Seven, at Astley's every evening. Crowded anuses to witness the attractive and magnificent Spectacle of Mazeppa, which, with brilliant novelties in the Wonders of the Arena, form the most varied and attractive Entertainments in the Metropolis. THIS EVENING, Will be produced Lord Byron's gorgeous Spectacle of MAZEPPA *iW the WILD HORSE. To he succeeded by an inimitable Display of Batty's Feats of Eluitation in the Cirque Olyinrique. To conclude with I'HE LONDON CARRIER. Box-office open From Eleven till Four Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Later the Patronage of. her Most Gracious Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. OPEN every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY. Re-Engagement of M. JULLIEN. VISIT OF THE NEPAULESE AMBASSADOR. . , TO-MORROW EVENING • Special Performance, by desire, and under the Patronage of the Nepaulese Ambassador, his Brother and Suite, who will honour the Gardens with their presence. M. Jullien has composed a new Quadrille for the occasion, dedicated to his Excellency, which will be performed- for the first time this Evening. A new and appropriate Oriental Device, by Southby, for this Night ' only. • The new. Irish Quadrille, the "Hibernian," composed by M. Jullien. The Derby Galop," composed expressly for these Gardens, is one of the most successful of Monsieur Jullien's compositions, and in • consequence of the nightly encore, will be repeated till farther notice. , The Grand Ghorka March, performed for the first time before the Nepaulese Ambessador. Prodigious Success of the entirely new-modelled Dioramic Pic ' tune representing the PASSAGE of the ALPS by Napoleon and his Army ! the largest Picture in the World! with innumerable moving Figures the size of life. Modelled, painted, and produced by Mr. Denson and Son, assisted by Messrs. Adams, Wilson, &c. &e. The - Picture has occupied the Messrs. Danson for many months, and It is , confidently submitted to the Public as a chef-d'oeuvre of art, and not inferior to any prodectlou of the day. The Splendid MENAGERIE has lately been enriched by several valhabks Presents Porn the Queen. The Musical Department will be conducted by Mons. Jullien and Mr, Godfrey. It will be the aim of the Establishment to offer for the gratification of the Subscribers and the Public, the Most Splendid Military Band in the Kingdom Selected • front the Bands of her Majesty's Horse and Foot Guards, and the most eminent Artistes in the profession. . • The following list of engagements will, it is hoped, convince the Public, that the long-acknowledged excellence of the Band of this Establishment will ho Mils , maintained .The Repertoire of Music ; . will be most extensive and varied, arranged from the most Popular Operas In this and other countries. Solo-Players—Messrs. Koeni g ,Etzarus, Prosperre, Colinet, Pratten, Jarrett, Sonnenberg, Sommers aricilirtntetbotharn. " • • ; During the evening a grand Colossal, : Scenic,. and Pyrotechnic . Tableau illustrating the celetsrated Picture by David, of Buonaparte Crossing the Alps! Showing a general view of the Region of the Alps, stretching from the small mountain lake in the foreground to the distant snow-clad mountains, crowned by the stupendous Mount St. Bernard and its far-famed Monastery. A portion of the French Army is first seen " en bivouac," presently the drums beat to arms, and amid the clash of Military Bands and Martial Music, the Troops commence the Ascent. The Soldiers are aeon dragging the Artillery in Trunks of Trees, now ascending almost Perpendicular Heights; and • traversing the Most Terrific Ravines, but all difficulties are overcome, ad the Gallant Array is seen pursuing Its course to the Fertile lain ief Italy. • •, The whole toseone,lude with a Gorgeous Display of Fireworks, by Messrs. Southby, intr , ducing, amongst various novelties, the most admired fens d'artifice of former seasons, jets (Perm, water rockets, revolving pieces, a naaprificent Transparency fifty feet in height, painted by Messrs. Denson, representing Buonaparte on Horseback cheering•on his Troops, surrounded by warlike emblems, insignia of • hononr, flags, trophies, &c., amidst a cerruscatiou of various coloured fires. • - .the complicated and difficult machinery, and the erection of the picture under the direction of Mr. Thos Lowe. The extensive gas fittings by Messrs. Botcherby and Dixon, 23, King-street, Covent garden. On TUESDAY, July 23, the Royal Smith London Floricultural Society - will hold their Third Grand Miscellaneous Flower Show, on ;which occasion an extra Brass Band, with all the other attractions of the Gardens. Doors open at One. AdiniaSion, Is. LAMP-LIGHTING BY ELECTRICITY.—AS many of Our readers may recollect, we some time ago suggested means for simultaneously lighting, and subsequently for extinguish ing, the gas-lamps of a whole town or district, the lighting to be effected by galvanic action, and the extinction by the electro-magnet, arranged in the same apparatus, so as turn off' . ,as well as turn on the gas. In quoting the following par , ticulars by the Paris correspondent of the T :rates, we think it worth while noting thess preliminary facts :—" A rapid and scientific mode of lighting and extinguishing public gasburners has been invented by a person named Villatte. The opening of the burner of each lamp is covered with a piece of soft iron, mounted upon a hinge. In connexion with this is a wire extending from a galvanic battery the entire length of the service of the gas•lamps, and close to the orifice of each burner is a small slip of platina. The ~ soft iron, becoming a magnet when acted upon by the electric fluid, opens or closes the orifice according to the motion Imparted to it; the platina ignites when it is neces sary to light the lamps; and thus every lamp in a large town may be lighted simultaneously, or extinguished in the same way by a different action on the magnetized iron."— •Bwr7dsr. C 81141911 FinEWORKS.—A vessel, which has just arrived in the docksfrom Canton, has brought several cases of fireworks as a p o rti on o f h er cargo, consigned to order. The importations from that quarter are now much more vanous than was formerly the case, bat this appears to be novel arrival from the Chinese empire. lIIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tula DAY —Morning 55 min. after 8 I Evening 27 min. after 9 To-Moaaow— Morning 52 min. after 9 I Evening 32 min. afte^ 10 THE WEATHER.—Suzr OFFICE, JULY 18. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 4—highest since noon yesterday. 62—lowest this morning and during the night. 70—this day, at noon. BARO3IETEE, 30.04. THE :S'ITN, th a million the duty of evincing their g - tatituda to great public benefactors before aeir words of homage and sentiments of affectionate recognition fall unheeded on " the dull, cold ear of death." We are solicitous that the almost simulta neous, lamentations which are rising up around us from so many different classes and professions should inspire society at large with a greater readiness to acknowledge before it be too late the services ren der ed to the world by the great and good, the bene vo?.ent and intellectual. According to an old adage of such universal ap plict ttion that it has become proverbial in all languages —" .No man is a prophet in his own country." With eqrtal accuracy we might say that no man is great to his own generation. Before any resplendent mind can ,')e duly appreciated it must have passed through the a.'embic of dissolution. It is as if we refused to rec cgnise the beauty of any architectural master piece xt.ntil such time as it should have partially crumbled away, or until it should be partially clothed with the ivy of sepulchral recollections. Undoubtedly there are divers exceptional instances which might be adduced of men whose glory has been seen and reverenced before their beams have been multiplied and refracted by the haze of the tomb, before their sun has sunk below the horizon of life, before their names have been sanctified by an apotheosis of intel lectual immortality, and the splendour of their careers illumined by the everlasting sunset of memory. It was so with AROIIET, when in his eightieth winter he was borne triumphantly from the theatre on the shoulders of the Parisians. It was so with the monk of Vaucluse, when he was crowned with bay leaves in the capitol. It was so with the Stagyrite when honoured with the friendship of the Macedonian conqueror. But in the vast majority of cases it has been deplorably otherwise. Insomuch so that we have lingered with a sense of consolation over those ejaculations of egotism through which we fancy we may recognize the self-consciousness of greatness on the part of the most illustrious. With this feel ing of joy the student of HollAcs may exult over the vanity and ostentation perceptible at times amidst the music and pomp of his epicurian verses ; while a similar emotion of plea sure may be derived from the self-laudatory phrases audible at intervals among the melodious sonnets of SHAESPERE. "And you too, BOURRIENNE, you too will be immortal !" "How so, General ?" "How ? —Are you not my secretary ?" It is not always thus, however. Genius, the truest genius, is as re markable for its humility as fur its inspiration. Nor would we have it otherwise. The child-like simp city accompanying the loftiest order of intellects en dears to the hearts of mankind what must otherwise be the subject of a cold and awful veneration. It is consequently pleasant to bear of the great VERULABeB almost infantine fondness for the flowers of the field and the garden. Hence also, humanity loves to think of NEWTON (of that wonderful NEWTON of whom POPE wrote— "Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night, God said 'Let Newton be r and all was light;") according to the shape in which be depicted him self, namely, as a child picking up pebbles on the shore of the infinite ocean of Truth. A congenial simplicity of character is obs;:rvable among the more conspicuous traits of perhaps the most extraordinary philosopher now living, a peculiarity which, not less than the depth and scope of his wisdom, entitles him to the fulness of contemporary admiration. Neither, we repeat, would we by any means have it otherwise. What we acknowledge ourselves solicitous to behold assuming a different position is, not the estimate in which the illustrious benefactors of humanity hold themselves, but the estimate in which they are held by their contemporaries. We would see the State elevating its own character by acts tending less to what might be called the reward than to what should be more appropriately termed the re cognition of genius. We would see the re cognition manifest itself substantially before the death of these distinguished ornaments of all classes and of all professions. It was the glory of the magnificent LORENZO (as it was that, more or less, of all the MeDicts) that from his princely mu- nificence, the painter and the sculptor, the poet and the architect, derived solace and encouragement. It is not less honourable to say of the most extraordinary man of modern and perhaps of ancient times, that he was the friend of TALMA and CANOVA, than to record of him that he constructed the road of the Simplon and compiled the Code Napol6on. Why cannot the Government of England in its popular form, and as the expression of free and popular institutions, by thus fostering genius in all arts and in all professions, emu late the glory of -NAPOLEON the Great and of LORENZO the Magnificent ? We should then hear somewhat less frequently of great minds perishing in poverty, and almost in destitution. We should see the cares of a public benefactor solaced and his sufferings as suaged, instead of seeing his exertions recompensed by the tardy homage of an epitaph and a monument. His powers might then be celebrated more frequently by the household gods, and less frequently by the *unereal divinities : while the national sentiments of approval would find a more agreeable expression in the words of gratitude than in those only of grief and lamentation. Must these things always remain as hitherto Is genius doomed for ever to misfortunes ? Are the good and the great to receive only a crown of cypress in death, and to be passed by with merely petulant depreciation when living? A change might readily be effected, and such a change is due to the humanity, the generosity, and the munificence of England. ATTEMPT OF THE UNKNOWN CHARTIST TO ESCAPE FROM THE CITY PRISON. This forenoon shortly - before twelve o'clock a daring attempt to escape was made by the Chartist prisoner, who has just been sent to the City Compter from the Guildhall Police-court, for failing to find securities for him to keep the peace towards her Majesty, her Ma jesty's Ministers, and her subjects for the space of twelve months. It will be remembered that the prisoner in question boasted to no small extent of his being a deter mined Chartist, and that he always abstained from giving his name, address, or occupation. It appears that he has been in the prison about a week, and during that period he has behaved himself very well. Yesterday, however, he commenced haranguing his fellow-prisoners whilst at dinner upon the Charter and its six points, and advised them to work strenuously on their liberation fur its attainment. His place of contieement was in the second floor of the right hand wing of the prison, in that portion nearest Newgate street. The window of his cell looked into Giltspur street, and was about thirty-five feet from the ground. The prisoner had succeeded in removing two squares of glass from his cell window, and was on the point of re moving the middle bar, when he was noticed by those passing below. An alarm was instantly given at the door of the prison, and messengers sent up to prevent him carrying his scheme into execution. When they reached his cell they found a leather bag, something like those used by the Post-office for newspapers, attached to a long piece of strap, with which, no doubt, he intended to let himself down. When he discovered tbat he was found out he grasped the iron railings at the window of ' his cell and delivered a very touching appeal to those be low. lie swore that he was wrongfully imprisoned, and would one day be avenged. It required three men to remove him from the gaze of the spectators, who could nut have numbered less than 500. The excitement was very great. DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY AND THE COURT Queen and his Royal Highness the Prin c e Pri n ce Wales, t he Pr ince s DAY.)—The accompanied by the e ed Princesses Roya l , by the Countess A m lf ie ce e d , f iT ie d n A a, r a t e h d ur Lo P u a is tr a i , c a k r , id a of Desert (Laly in Waiting), the Hon. Miss Paget (Maid of Honour), the Hon. Colonel Gordon (Equerry a nd tten th d to the Prince),and the Master of the Household (Major- General Bowies). left Buckingham Palace this afternoon, escorted by an officer's party of the 16th.Laneere, for the Sovereign and family Nine Blurs' Station, where a special train of the South ac I . l i d v eedm embarked e d the in u t s h u e a t ol:uhro;ns Gospor t . : honour s Western Railway was in readiness to convey the Com mander Welch, attended by th e E t li T t fi eh a n re ch n C r, L l , a i y ‘ Majestywas li r a e a l u at e d e e r i s . i Yard, and a of tta theirxee course o visitwc e u s b , t , i eir ghr e r e o ra u t nn Majesty,t d e d t et o ehp O e s i Ce b ae o onu r ud n rnn e triane tgum.l The ue nits : ord l i l oit u i hrc s, nee - . hL t b r: e i v f: oe t u p s oc f li p o do a r s r et t ,d E y t, continent. C tinti o r L sb o e s , ;E p r e m rso e n N s D vi e s J e cr n a l : m c A.— oloss T eu h m e followingduring g is the d ias; I west::—Countess of Lichfield and party, Countess of Shrews ' bury and party, Lady Grenville, Lord Saltoun and party, Lord Sudeley and party, Lady Wilson, Lady Lake. Lord Vivian and party, Lady Rosa, Hon. Mr. H. and Mrs. Tracy Lady Hood and party, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Gage, Lady Kaye, Lady Palmer, Lady Ross and party, Sir H. and Lady Lam bert, airs. Hind and party, &c. TIIING AND REIGATE RAlLWAY.—Yesterday the Master in Chancery Dowdeswell placed on the list of contri butories, as liable to pay off debts, the majority of the forty two members of the provisional committee to this company on the ground, as proved in evidence, of their having acted, signed consents, made payments, or given guarantees to bankers on behalf of the company. Fran S.E.— Morning, rain ; Afternoon, cloudy. "1 -7 4 e ‘ . 4S I J. • " • 4 DIRU r - ma 9-1 46 IT 11 CS . g , vninil ,2itit LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1850. On Monday evening the Marriages Bill passed the House of Commons, and not withstanding the vexatious delays and obstructions to which it was sub jected during the twenty-throe weeks of its progress, finally received the sanction of the representative branch of the Legislature. It will now have to en counter a new ordeal. The Peers of England will, for the first time since 1835, have to express their views and opinions on this great question of civil and religious liberty. They will have to decide whether there shall be retained on the national statute-book a law which has notoriously " failed to attain its ob ject," and which may therefore be regarded as a mere brutum fulmen, the only parties really punished being the innocent offspring of these marriages—of marriages which her MAJESTY'S Commissioners have told us " will take place when a concurrence of circumstances give rise to-mutual at tachment," which "are not dependent on lekislation." The Commissioners have also expressed their decided opinions that such attachments and marriages would not be extensively increased in number, were the law to permit them, "because it is not the state of the law, prohibitory or permissive, which has governed, or, as we think, ever will effectually govern them." This would appear to bear strongly on the ques- tion of " social convenience" on which some of the most formidable opponents of the just and salutary measure now before Parliament have chiefly, if not altogether, rested their case. The "re ligious ground" is manifestly too untenable to be relied on by any persons possessed of ordinary rea soning powers. The prohibition against marriage with a wife's sister, in the 18th Leviticus, 18, being expressly limited to the lifetime of the first wife, is a distinct permission of such unions. Nay, the very cause and reason for the temporary prohibition is set forth—it is the vexation to the first wife that must necessarily arise at seeing her sister preferred before her. And as that vexation cannot occur after her death, the restriction will be wholly re moved on that event, according to the old and well re cognised principle, " Cessat ratio cessat lex." Indeed there is no portion of Scripture, either under the old or new dispensation, where such connexions are for bidden, either directly or by inference; but, on the contrary, the inference deduci ble from the 18th Leviticus is altogether in favour of their perfect validity, according to the true interpretation of the Divine law. We do not, there fore, thank those who have given up an argument so inane and futile, any reliance on which must exhibit the real weakness of their cause in the clearest light. But, in truth, though the religious part of the question has been in many instances formally aban doned, it is really the exciting, although unavowed, cause of the entire opposition to the Bill. The feel ings would not be so very strongly excited on a mere question of doubtful "expediency," more especially when we are told, on unquestionable authority, that the law has "failed to attain its object," and where its effect, in fact, is either to induce persona, who are justly described as of " moral and religious character," to set the unjust and impolitic enactment at defiance, to despise the vain prohibition, and to refuse to be bound by restrictions on their most sacred privilege, which are not based upon any religious or moral objections, or to make less scru pulous persons dispense with the ceremony altogether and to cohabit openly together without going through any form. The attempt to rest the question on the " social inconvenience" is then nothing but an im- pudent attempt to divert attention from the real issue, which could not long remain doubtful in the present age of universal toleration, viz., whether one class or sect in the community are to make laws to bind the consciences of their fellow men, by prohibiting marriages which are by many believed to be not only not interdicted by Scripture, but to be very laudable in themselves. We cannot conclude our observations on this sub ject without protesting in the strongest and most un equivocal terms against an erroneous statement which appeared in the Times of Monday last, the lith inst., and which supplied to that journal an argument for the rejection of the measure. It asserted that the Bill " having, during the session of last year, been passed by the House of Commons, it was submitted to the House of Lords ;" and again, that " the House of Lords, in the exercise of its most useful function, determined to give the represen tatives of the people the opportunity of reconsideration and more careful argument. They rejected the Bill." Now what will be thought of the accuracy of a " leader of public opinion" when it is known:that the above statements are pure fictions, that tile Bill was never before the House of Lords, and that it was consequently never rejected by the Peers of England for any reason whatsoever ? The truth was that the " Fabian " policy proved but too successful last year, and that although on every de cision in the Commons large majorities decided in its favour, it was withdrawn before it received the final sanction in consequence of the rapidly approaching termination of the session, which was hastened on account of the Royal visit to Ireland. If we were to adopt our Contemporary's own style, we might feel disposed to borrow from the article now under notice, and say that such statements "re quired ' no small degree of ingenuity, no common powers of assertion, no ordinary eirrontery." But we shall not do so, we do not believe that the false hoods were wilful. It most probably fell into the error unintentionally, but we would beg it for the future to use greater care in avoiding similar mis takes, and we would again quote its own words from its second article of Tuesday, that "no man is 80 mischievous as a conscientious bigot. A judicious mixture of philanthropy, error, obstinacy, and power, forms a very powerful combination for the infliction of l evil upon the human race." Death has been latterly decimating, among all classes of the community, some of the more prominent celebrities of our generation. Scarcely has the nation recovered from the first severe shock experienced in consequence of the dissolution o f the gre a t s t a tesman, Sir ROBERT P EEL , when the plunged into mo urn i ng b y theroal dynasty becomes demise of his Royal Highness the Duke of Csatnam Almost simul taneously with the depart ure of that illustrious Prince the world of science is affected by the death of Mr. STEVENSON, and the world of art, the world of the histrionic and dramatic profession., by the death of Mrs. ChovEn. Shortly before these occurrences literature had been deprived of the lives of the minor poet BOWLES, and the bard of idyllic meditation, WORDSWORTH. At Rome had expired the cultivated powers of WYATT, the sculptor, and in America the untutored genius from which had emanated the marble form of Tam O'Shanter. Among the more distin guished artists who constitute the group of our Royal Academicians we are compelled to look in vain for the large and sensitive capacities of ETTY, the Titian of Great Britain. SitanoN ItettisEa bas passed away from among the small but glorious conclave of our living historians. All sections of the community, all divisions of the State, all portions of the social popu lation have experienced the evanescence of that physical vitality which is as frail, if it be not frailer, among those who are endowed with geniu , , than among the masses distinguishable only for their prevailing me diocrity. Our intention in directing the notice of the multitude to this circumstance is not that of merely uttering a few bootless regrets at the calamities which have thus fallen more or less heavily, and more or less recently, upon the in habitants of these islands. It is with a view to im press, with as much energy as possible, upon the public mind the duty incumbent upcn LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1850, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. They all comment on the remarkable speech of General LAMORICIERE, delivered on Tuesday ju-t before the close of the discussion of the Law on the Press. The General in the course of his speech thus described the parties into which France is divided : " There were two great parti es t h ere present: one, when the day of revising the constiturion would arrive, would propose legitimacy, surrounded with constitutional institutions—would it not? "Several Voices—Yes! " General DE LAMORICIERE. continuing —And the other would propose the Monarchy with republican in stitutions springing from the revolution." After stating that he himself preferred the Repub lican form of government but that all wished for liberty and parliamentary government, the General thus proceeded to warn the Assembly against the machinations of the Imperialists :—" Let not the As sembly come to the assistance of aparty which neither wished for those who thought, who spok", or who wrote, and which had excited a war, which he re gretted, between the press and the tribune, and which wishing to have neither one nor the other, had placed them in presence in order to get rid of them both.— (Prolonged applause on the Left.) That party would, on the day of the revision, propose the Empire, but the Empire without its genius, its grandeur, and its glory." This denunciation, which seemed to give utter ance to the thoughts of almost all present, was re ceived with a triple salvo of cheers from all parts of the Assembly. 'the G-mera I proceeded, "It is im possible to imagine a greater humiliation for France." Again he was interrupted for some moments by ve hement cheering; when it had subsided he thus con cluded the most telling speech that has been ever delivered in the Legislative Assembly of France : " Beware, then, lest yon labour for that party. The day of the revisi on o f the Constitution, that party will be in power, it will be armed with all those la ws w hi c h you h ave so imprudently given it, and may it please GOD that you may not have to repent having given them ; for everything that you have done, or that you may du against liberty, will on that day be turned against y ourselves." M. BAROCHE, who was totally unprepared for this attack, merely observed in reply, that the period for revising the Constitution would not arrive for 18 months. He thus left the honour of the sitting en tirely to General LAMORICIERE. The Ministry is very weak in debating power, there is not a single man who can improvise a reply. The Journal des Dibats thus speaks of the passing of the law of hatred against the press : " We were prepared for this result: what we said of the Bill during thr discussion we persist in saying after the vote. The Bill is destined to strike not only the bad press but the good one. Let the enemies of liberty triumph; they have attained their- end. During fifty years the press has passed through many regimes, more or less hostile. For the first time during fifty years the ene mies of every colour have discovered the secret of its strength and ita power, and they have believed that they struck it to the Lean in striking it is its collective organization. The instinct of hatred has served theta well; they have not failed in their blow. Yes, the law which has just been voted is perhaps the most fatal blow which has been given to the liberty of the press during the last fifty years. The Republic will have the glory of having accomplished the work of destructien before which the worst regimes had recoiled. There were not as yet sufficient ruins accumulated about us ; to the ruin of the institutions which for thirty years have constitu , ed the prosperity of our country, the Republic will have the honour of adding the ruin of the press, the ruin of that liberty which in better days was respected as the most vital of our liberties. That which M. Ledru Rollin and Pascal Duprat had dreamt of in the days of their power, MM. de Tinguy and de Laboulie will cave the honour of having ex ecuted. MM. de Tinguy, de Laboulie, and the majority of the Legislative Assembly have merited well of their country. Now that the blow is struck, we will not be so weak as to complain or give in our resignations. The answer would be' So much the better, that is what we wanted.' No, we will continue to exercise as much of our rights as are left; we will fulfil our mission to the end. We know what wo owe to ourselves, to our cause, to our principles, to the traditions which our pre decessors have bequeathed to us. The law which wounds us in our rights, in cur legitimate interests, we will exe cute it legally and without evasion; we will not attempt to elude it in anything. We have been allowed two months to conform to the prescriptions of our new code; in two months we shall be ready.'L . A The editor of the Pouvo i r , AUGUST E LAMAR TINIERE, has engaged M. CHAIX D'EsTANGE to de fend him at. the bar of the Legislative Assembly on Thursday. PARIS BOURSE, JULY 17.—Latest prices : Five per Cents., 96f. 15c.; Three per Cents. 57f. 95c.; Bank of France, 2,330 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JULY 17. Boulogne and Amiens, 7—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 14 1 ,4 cx in.—East Indian, 7T I ex in.—Namur and Liege, 7—Northern of France, 14 1 ,c, ex in. and ex div.— Orleans and Bourdeaux, 25 3 ex in.—Paris and Rouen, 23!.1 —Tours and Nantes, 4 1 4 ex in. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 12th have arrived. There have been violent quarrels between the KING, CHRISTINA, and NAILVAEZ, on the subject of the title of Prince, proposed to be conferred on the latter. CHRISTINA demands the same title for her husband and bis children, and this the KING-CON SORT refuses. GERMANY. The Cologne Gazette publishes a letter from Vienna of the 12th, which ss y s: — " By command of the Emperor Field• Marshal Count Wallmoden Gimbel% has undertaken, pro tern., the com mand of the 3i corps d'arrnie of the pensioned Baron Von Haynau. The Lloyd states that Baron Ilaynau is already on his way to Gratz ; and in regard to his sum mary dismissal it states that he very frequently sha gs appears, oft en only half carried out the om tered himself under the extend e d f ull powers committed commands mima'n and, n d of the Ministry —sometimes not at all, and at other times deferred them to such a time as appeared to him more opportune. He is said to have carried on pro ceedings against persons in Hungary after their pardon had been pronounced at Vienna, and in other cases to have extended grace where he had been specially di sired to wait for the decision from Vienna. Among the in stances given of following his own will instead of that of the Ministry is that of the tax imposed upon the Israelites. The Lloyd, nevertheless, regrets that the same favour was not extended to Haynau that was shown to Windischgrate. The affairs of the Duchies was the subject of a warm discussion in the Second Chamber of the States of Hanover on the 12th. Al. LANG read a declara tion in favour of the Duchies, and against the treaty of peace concluded between Prussia and Denmark. The declaration states that Germany would dishonour herself for ever in the eyes of all nations if she did not put all her forces in movement against any foreign intervention. The Minister, M. STUVE, observed that the affair was too serious to be decided on without a formal proposition. N. LANG said that, for the present, he should make no further remark on the subject. The affair was then brought under discussion. M. Ihtugis said that the treaty of peace would inevitably lead to war, and he trusted the Government would know how to protect the ho nour and interest of a state belonging to Germany. The majority of the Members of the Assembly rose in support of this observation. is announced. It i s sa i d that the A letter from Berlin, of the 12th, says —g. A as well as 111• DE LADBNBERG, the Mi n i ster o f c. 5121 Minister y who is found too Prot es t ant, and g st e er of of M F in o i re t i r gyn Affairs, M. DB S CHLEINITZI, re tires,Commerce, M. VON D ER 1-1 8vDT, is the landed propriet ors . M . thePwuh o b n l in V sot o et r r s b l io i k p fe , d by MANTEUFEL appears to wish to attach himself t o t h e new combination. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Independance Beige says — " Our Hamburg correspondent announces to us to-day an important fact. A Russian fleet of eighteen vessels has cast anchor before the port of Kiel, and it is expected that it will force the passage of the port, at the same time that it lands troops to take in the rear the Schleswig-Holstein army. This aid accorded by the Emperor of RUSSIA to the King of DENMARK would be of 'a nature to abridge the struggle, and would leave scarcely any doubt of its issue. The Duchies, however, continue to or ganise an energetic resistance, and societies are being formed in a great part of Germany to send them aid in troops and money. Men are already speaking of a protest from Denmark to the Prussian Government found on this fact, that peace having been concluded by the Cabinet of Copenhagen, and that of Berlin, as well in the name of Prussia as in that of the Confe deration, the German Governments cannot permit their officers to take service in the Schles wig- Hol stein army. It appears. besides, that at Berlin the most decided partisans of Schleswig declare that it was impossible to obtain from Denmark a more ad vantageous peace than has been concluded." Accounts from Hamburgh state that the bead quarters of the Schleswig-Holstein army are to be at Schleswig. ITALY. The POPE has consented to grant the dispensation ft)r the marriage of the Count of MONTEMOLIN with his cousin the Princess CAROLINE of Naples. It is thus organ, King . BOMBA revenges himself for the affro nt put upon him three years since, w hen the Orlean ist intrigues by the warm t . prevented . the marriage of his brother Count TRAPANI with the Quee n Of SPAIN. The French Orleanist the Debats thus speaks on this subject .: "The marriage Of the Count de Montemolin wish the sister of the King of Naples is for the moment imps ded Ferdinand can be readily opposition o conceived that the projeate I alliance of a Pretender,. like the son of Don Carlos, with the sister of • ' f the Spanish Mi: ist..r. It IL, Cannot be very agreeable to the Court cf Tt,e Duke de Rivas has declared to the Nea polion Goverem,lit, that he was determined to remove fri,m the gate of his hotel the arms of his sovereign, and to demand hie passport!, if the marriage was concluded. WV►ll this incident lead to the definitive abandonment of the marrag, ? The general opinion is that it will not; and if, es there is reason to bdieve, this marriage is de cled upon in the mind of the King, after a certain time ► given for the exchange of explanations, it will take place. War cannot arise out of it, and the relations existing between the two powers, exchanging appear ances of friendliness for those of coolness, will very in form without varying in the groundwork." The Conservatore of Florence, of the 10th, quotes a letter from CivitaVecchia, stating that to judge from the fortifications erected by the French in that port, it would seem they were to occupy that position long after the evacuation of Rome. Independently of the cannon placed in the forts of Bicchiere and Michael Angelo, they have erected works on the land side as if they expected a siege. Between the Porta Ro mana and Porta Corneto, they have crowned the bastions, with a double row of gabions, and also placed gabions on the town-side. Captain BERANGER of the navy, has taken the command of the port. A large number of French non-commissioned officers, picked from various regiments, have arrived at CivitaVecchia to undertake the drilling of ti e Pontifical troops. Cardinal VANNICELLI CASONI, Archbishop of Fer rara, left Rome on the Gal, for his diocese of Ferrara. General KALBERNIATTEN, Minister of War at Rome, his issued a notification, dated the Gtb, in which he announces that his HOLINESS has ordered the creation of a police force of 8,000 men, divided into four legions. He adds that a number of picked men, who have ,seen service in other carps, have al ready been enrolled for the purpose, and invites young volunteers to present themselves for enrolment. The members of the Chamber of Deputies of Turin have been specially summoned to attend the sitting of the 15th. It is believed the royal decree of proroga tion will be read on that day. LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK (THIS DAY.) The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders in the London Joint Stock Banking Company was held this morning, at the bank in Princes -street, Mansion house.; Mr. Taylor, chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. The advertisement convening the meeting, and tho minutes of past meetings having been read, the following, being the twenty-sixth, report, together with the ac counts of the bank, were submitted to the proprietors. By the accounts which the directors have the pleasure of rendering to the shareholders on the present occasion, it will be perceived that the net profits realised by the bank during the six months ending the 30th Juno last, amount to 26,939/. 18s. 11d., which after the appropria tion of 18,0001. to payment of the half-yearly dividend 2t the rate of 6/. per cent. per annum, will leave a balance of 8,9391. 18s. 11d. undivided profit to be dis po,;ed of at the end of the fear. The dividend, free fromincome-tax, will be payable on and after Friday, the 26th inst. LIABILITIES AND ASSETS, ON THE 30TH JUNE, 1850. Dr. To capital p2id-up, viz., 60,000 sharez at 10/. each ... ... To amount due by the Bank To amount of " the TIIE LONDON JeINT STOCK DANK. X. a. d ... 600,000 0 0 ...2,908,149 4 10 guarantee fund," 31st December, 1849 ... £132,723 3 8 To six months' interest on ditto. at 34 per cent. per annum ... 1,990 16 11 To amount carried to profit and loss ac count ... .1.11 00.0 .0 8 134,714 0 7 ... 48,495 16 5 3,691,359 1 10 Cr. X. s. d. By Exchequer-bills, India Bonds, &c. 637,111 15 4 By bills discounted, loans, and cash... 3,026,497 6 6 By building, furniture, Princes.street £lB,OOO 0 0 By ditto ditto ditto in Pall-mall ... 9,750 0 0 27,750 0 0 £3,591,359 0 10 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT OF THE LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, FOR THE HALF•YEAR ENDING 30TH JUNE, 1850. Dr. To current expenses, proportion of building expenses, directors' remune ration, bad debts, income-tax, &c To amount carried to profit and loss, new account, being rebate of interest on bills discounted not yet due To dividend account for the payment of half-a•year's dividend, at the rate of 6/. per centum per annum, upon 600,0001., amount of paid-up capital upon 60,000 shares To balance, being undivided profit for the half-year .C. r. d 14,328 11 5 7,227 6 18,000 0 0 8,939 18 £48,495 16 5 Cr. .E. B. d. By balance brought down £48,495 16 5 The CHArnmAx then declared the dividend payable according to the report, and afterwards moved the adop tion of the report, which was seconded by Mr. Deputy CORNER, who considered the report was highly satisfactory, and he had much pleasure in sup porting the motion for its adoption. Mr. JOSIAH Wu.sort reminded the shareholders that their rest was now a very handsome olie, and he would suggest to the board the propriety of discontinuing the practice of giving bonuses, and increasing the dividend. The rest was established for the purpose of accommodat ing the dividend, that was increasing it when it should fall below 61. per cent. Now, it was not likely that such an event would ever arise, and as the rest was in jured by increasing, he - thotight it was desirable that the bonus system should be abolished, and a permanently increased dividend adopted, say 7f per cent., which could be augmented whenever occasion should arise, by taking from the interest of the rest. Mr. HODGSZINS did not think it would be a wise pro ceeding to carry out the proposition of the Hon. Pro prietor, because on three occasions, at no remote period, the directors were compelled to have recourse to the rest to make up even the 61. per cent. dividend. The guaran tee fund he admitted was quite large enough, but still he did not wish to see it reduced, nor was he desirous of having the bonus system abolished. Mr. WILsoN insisted that his plan would not reduce the rest. At present they divided a bonus annually, and all he wanted was that the bonus should be added to dividend to make it fixed and certain. Captain PALENTIAN hoped the directors would let well alone. He had recently returned from Italy, where the bank was held in high esteem, solely he believed from its always maintaining a handsome rest. In his opinion 6 per cent. was not to be sneezed at. It was more than could be got from the Government securities, and he for one thought they would best exhibit their wisdom by remaining contented with their present position. The resolution for the adoption of the report was then put and carried nem. con., after which thanks were vot e d to the directors and r. Pollard, the manager of the bank, and the meeting terminated. MASTER BOOT AND SHOEMAKERS' PROVIDENT AND BENEVOLENT SOClETT.—Yesterday evening a meeting of the members and committee of the above society was held at the Freemasons" Tavern, for general business ; Robert Taylor. Esq., president, in the chair. The annual statement showed that there are at present ten annuitants on the fund, viz., eight men at 201. and two women at 15/. each per annum. The receipts for the last year from all sources amounted to 3,9721. Bs., the expenditure, including the stun expended on account of the building, the new asylum at Mortlake, surrey, left a balance for the current year of 6211. 14s. 4d. The asylum has been completed. and will be opened for the reception of inmates in August next. EXHIBITION FOR 1851.—We understand that the Building Committee has accepted the tender of Mr. Paxton to erect in ilyde.park a building composed chiefly of iron and glas., similar to the plan given in the Illustrated News. To the height of eighteen feet from the ground the erection will be const ucted of wood work, and arrangements have been made to provide complete ventilation and secure a moderate temperature. The building will be commenced in about a week's time. STANIFORD•HI LL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. - The second flower show of the above society took place yes terday afternoon in th e groun d s o f A rt h ur C raven , E sq ., an d the visitors were b o th numerous an d f as hi ona bl e . Th e ex hibition itself was not remarkable for the numerical extent of the specimens, but those which were on view were ex tremely fine, and quite equal in character and beauty to any that have been recently displayed at the more pretentious shows in the Regent's -park and the Chiswick-gardens. The awards were granted for pelargoaiums, fuchsias, ericas, verbenas, oleanders, cockscombs, roses, greenhouse plants, and cut flowers; besides various fruits and vegetables. The company, however, seemed to care less for the horticultural show than for the pleasure of walking about the grounds attached to the mansion of Mr. Craven, whose domain is probably not equalled for scenic beauty and variety of effect in the neighbourhood of London. Ihere are some fifty or sixty acres of lawn and shrubbery laid oat in the most charming manner—every artifice that good taste and inge nuity could devise having been thought of to produce a series of picturesque ensembles: The band of the 2d Regi ment of Life Guards were in attendance under the direction of Mr. Grattan Cooke. AMUERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, BOSTON, AND EAST. Els Jusierros: ItArr.walr.— The opening of this line took place on • „or Mdav a distance of 2:3 miles, 20 of w hi c h are tnila new line of rails, the remainder on the Midland Coun es. The directors have arranged that four trains up and down on week days, and two trains each way on Sundays, should run till further orders. The first train from Gran tham left at Bh. 40m. A.M. ; on its reaching Bottesford and Bingham crowds of well-dressed persons had assembled to witness the first passenger train arrive, flags flying, mu s i c playing, and everywhere preparations making for a general day of pleasure and festivity. At Grantham dinners were given to the directors and friends, as well as to the various workman, the chief one being at the Town. hall, the Mayor of Grantham in the chair, at which more than 200 sat down. AstERICA.—LIVERPOOL JULY 1 7.—The American mail steam-ship Pacific, Captain Nye, arrived h ere this g left that p or t on t h e 6 t h morning from New York, Navin instant. He! advices have been anticipated by the tel gra phic news, rid Halifax, received yesterday morning. The Pacific has brought 55,0001. in specie on freight. SuUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The United Stales mail-steanfer- Hermann, Captain Crabtree, arrived here this morning .from Bremen, en route :to New York. M 4 iNEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. --- The Cotton Market at Liverpool was steady, and a good hu.iness %Ai done, the sales being estimated at from 18,000 to 20,000 bales, of which 1,000 Am.-titan were taken for export, and 3,000 American, 2,000 Bra zilian, 500 Egyroi4n, and 2,000 Surat on speculation. Prices of all kinds are id. p,r lb. higher than on Friday last. The sales cornprii,d 3.000 Pernam and Maran had at 'lid. to Sid., 500 Bahia at Bkl. to 8-IJ., 1,000 Egyp tian at Bd.•to 9d., 3,000 Surat at -lid. to 6F1., and 150 Sea bland at is. 2d. to Is. 11d. per lb.—Railway Shares were fist, with the exception of Midland Stock, which was rather firmer. The sales of corn in the market which govern the offi cial averages continuo small. The six weeks' average price is 40 , . 6d. per quarter for wheat. The following are some particulars of the corn trade in the United States, as furnished in the latest xdviecs : `• From the knowledge dealers have cf the present re sources of the country, they can calculate with some degree of certainty how near the receipts of the en suing months will afproximate to those of 1848 and 1849. Much, however, depends upon the harvests. Late accounts from the south and west are more satis factory in relation t ) the growing crops, and the prospects at present are certainly very favourable for a full yield. " Up to the Ist of July the receipts of breadstuffs at tide-water were much b•SS than those to the corre sponding period in 1849; and it is very probable that fur the remainder of the season the arrivals will be correspondingly less, even in the cleat of the harvests provieg more abundant than those of last year, from the fact that the Western country has been so com pletely cleaned out of all surplus stock, that larger quantities of the new crop will be required to supply the consumption of the grain growing sections of the country. The producers will not be able to sell such a large portion of their crops as usual. The table of imports at Buffalo, via the lake, from the opening of navigation up to the Ist of July, in each of the past three seasons, exhibits the scarcity of flour arid wheat in the country west of that port. " The receipts of Indian Corn were in excess of those last year. Reducing the wheat to flour, and the falling off this year compared with last, to the Ist of July, was (lust to 566,181 bbls. this gives a pretty correct idea of the condition of the west, so far as a supply of bread stuffs is concerned." There are private accounts from the Dardanelles, which state that the locusts along the whole coast of Asia Minor, from Smyrna to Broassa, had destroyed the crops, and that the farmers had been compelled to gather in the corn before it was ripe, for the sake of the straw. Upon former occasions we have adverted to the im portant benefits to be expectei from the extension of the system of joint-stock banking, so as to accommodate a class of persons who had no opportunity of depositing their small balances where they could withdraw thew when required. The Royal British Bank having offered this accommodation, its success is a matter for congratu lation, and the publicity which it gives tp its operations is an excellent guarantee of bona fide management. The last gazetted return is as under:— LIABILITIES. To capital stock ... „ Deposits and other liabilities ... „ Balance, after payment of salaries, rents, rale3, taxa], and inci dence, carried to profit and loss account ... ... £lOO,OOO 0 0 243,880 3 7 4,555 5 11 £348,435 9 6 A SSETS. By securities for loans; advances on cash credit accounts, &c ; bills of exchange; balances due by other banks, &c.; preliminary expenses, and property of the bank in build ings and furniture at head office and three branches, &c.; uncalled for stock; and cash in bank and in the Bank of England £346,435 9 6 £348,435 9 6 By balance carried to profit and loss £4,555 511 A statement of the amount and nature of the capital and property of the bank, and of their present estimated value—of the amount of the bank's negotiable obliga tions in circulation—and of the monthly balance, is open to the inspection of the shareholders, and this is an example that all joint-stock companies should imitate. This is " pay-day" in the Stock Market, and the dif ferences appear to have been fairly met. Consols have realized .964 to 97 for Transfer, and 97 to k for Ac count. Thu New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 98i to 99. and the Three per Cents. 97j to -a. Exchequer-bills have realised 675. to 70s. premium, and India Bonds 88s. to 90s. premium. South Sea Stock has been 1071. The Foreign Securities have been very dull. Spanish Three per Cents. are 371, Mexican Bonds have been 29i to 30, and Peruvian Active 811. Russian Bonds have been 1111, and Dutch Two•and-a-lialf per Cents. 57i. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under:- 1850. 1849. Greet Western .. North-Western 50,575 47,054 South-Western 13,325 ... 12,817 Brighton Midland 23,341 ... 22,463 S tern Railway Shares are rather fluctuating, but no decided or uniform alteration can be noted, and in some cases there is more buoyancy. QUARTER TO THREE. ~ ... ... 96i 97 ~. ... ... 97 * Consols ... Ditto Account ONE . CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3 per , ent. Reduced Arms ... 97 %%% 97% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities........ 96% 97 96 3 / 4 97 97 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anna.. ....- ...... 99 98% gg % Lne Anne. to expire Jan.lBFo ...... 81 8% Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10. 1859 ...... 8 1-16 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860. 8 8 !Tiflis Bonds, 1,000/ 9O 88 p 88 p Ditto under 1,000/......... . 91 p 91 p gout]] Sea Stock 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 ... Consols for Accoun• 97 97% 97 xcheoner Bills. 114 d. & 2d 1,0001. June 500/. June .. ..... .... 66 70 p Small. June 66 70 p CLSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK ONE . PRICES. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.... Ditto, Account Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons .... Ditto, Account ... 30 30% 30% Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent— ... Ditto, Account Ditto, Deferred Russian Bonds ..... 11114 111 1 4 Ditto, 4% per Cent Spanish 5 per Cnnt. 1840 .......... Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto. Account ......... Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 ' per Cent.. 12 Guild. Ditto. 4 per Cont . C er tifi cates BB% 57% 83% PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSINI D. RAILWAY SHARES. PAI AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE.; A berdeen Do. Preference B} ...... 1% dis. ..... ... 1% die. Pinzkinghamshire Caledonian 5O — Do. New 10/. Pr0f..... 10 ...... 4% 5.. .. Chester and Holyhead... 50 — Ditto, Preference : astern Counties... ..... 20 •..~• 6%7/ 8 ...... Ditto,Extension, 5 p er Cent., No. 1. 64 13 . a.4d.... ....... ...... % x.i. Ditto ditto. No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... p... ..... % P E set Lancashire ...... ... 25 ...... 6% 6% East Lincolnshire, guar , 6 per Cent. :ireat Northern Do., 5 per Cent. F re f. 12%. ..... 10% 1 / 2 lO% .rent South. and W est . (Ireland) raw Western ............100 ...... 57% 57 ... Ditto. New 171........ 15 ... . 7% 7 Hall and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares 48 1 ,1 3' 3 / 4 91 44 ~„ „...... __ .25 ...... . Lancashire& Yorkshire 100 ..... 35 3 : 1 Do. Thirds ... - ........ 18 ...... 844 Leeds and Bradford...... 50 ..... 91% London & Black wa11...111. 6s. 3d... 4) ... ....... ... London, Brighton, and South C0a5t...... 100 6 per Cent .. ........100 ..... 140 ... . ........ Londi,n and N. Western 100 ~....109 108%.....,, 10;% Ditto, New Quarters 17 ...... 17 %%...... London & S.W-stsprn leo ... 55 ...... .... Manche ;ter, Sheffield, 55 D , nd Lincolnshire ..100 itto, New le/. Pref... 10 Midland . Do~ 50/. Shares Do. Consolid. Bristol & Norfo Bi l rm king., 6 per ct 1 ... 119% 120% x. i . 120% x.l Do. Ext. Gu ar . 5 ... ... 1 0 0 0 0 ...... -- ... •.• — North British p. ct. 20 ...... 17% x.i...... 17% x.i. ......... 25 ...... 5% !,‘ Ditto Preference ..... 5 . ..... 5 North Staffordsh ire ... 17% ...... 6% 6% Shrewsbury & Ch ester (Nor. W. Min.) ...... 20 .... .. Ditto Oswestry ...... tO ........ 5 , 4 cutti = , .4st-r `'.. ..... ... 33 % ••••• l) , ).. Regist ere d No. 4 10 .... 4% 3 / 4 - •••••• 4 % 20 So ith Wales ........... 10 Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Gnat-spread ... .. ...... 50 Do. do. d e . ... 25 WI lts, mersat,& Wey mouth ‘ ork, Newcastle. ano , Berwick..... ~ 8% 7. 0 ,... „ B, V3 Do. Newcastle Exton . 20 4 x.i __ 144 . 7 , 4 x i Oat., P: a 'Jenne ...... 10 Yo p r;..an G d .N Port P 'o re M t 7.ll en an7l 5t 9 ) ........•• 7 1 v2. 4- 1% 15 2 . A . .» ...... .. FOREIGN RAIL WA YN Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Great Indian Peninsular ö - 514, 26 1 / s ... Do. Do. .. ...... 1 1 . 1 Northern of France...... 16 Paris and Rouen 2ll .. 23c, Paris and Strasbourg ... 13 Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... ..............2142 MINES. Australian Brazilian Imperial Do. St. John Del R e y 15 Cobre Copper United &lexicon - ) LT4 0 - vTi 6 ' s HippiN G.._.. (T fIIS DA. IT ' . W.• LOND,N, JULY 18 —WiLd this di;,y at noall, . .` Lght ,ir, a!!;! buz . LIVERPOOL, JULY 17.—Arrd. Pacific steamier, 6w. Ycl 11. Sid. Ban , Dono rars, lit,, ex, Queh,c; gr i a l ; p o l 7 3 , ,, H p ( A .n n g aw li ti o . og•; I a rker, l r aim, DEAL. JULY 17.—Vinid E. t., V.E.—Arrw s' s w iled, _SYtiod A ard. Quebt C. Arrd. from till , River sod ia. Bengal Meichant, Bombay; Caroline, Callao; Ag court, Cape and Gileutta. Sld. Cdphurneu. Calcuttlao, ve l r ) ov c E r a u , z .!n a L lt v er l7 r . e — pa W iri i n n g d . N. to E.S.E. Con' PLYAI . °trill, JULY 17.—Wind variable. —Sid' stance, Adelaide, South Australia. , , llit BRISTOL, JULY 17. W• W ' Ind .N. . W —Arrd. uulter Kerr, Havanna!). . 1 ,4 port; HARTLEPOOL, JULY 17.—The Friends, of ~-, ; 0 1 —Std. Christi from Shoreham, was abandoned 9th inst., the 1" e Wight bearing N.W.; crew saved. NEWPORT, JULY 17. • St. Thomas's; Luria, Quebec. -er nnt• MILFORD, JULY 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. v t d ,. Wind li.E.—Sld. Arica, qy. Vivid, Menour, Bristol from Demerara, wit'," wage from contact with a schooner in the Channel. ~, Q ue be. SHIELDS, JULY 17.—Wind E.—Std. Amity, MARKET NE VCS.—('PHIS DA" NEWGATE AND MEADENZULZII" T or. Only a limited b us i ness was transacted in these -Deer, kets to-day, yet prices were mostly supported. b ob, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; M u t ton , 2s 6d to as S d ; - 3 0 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Veal, 2s 6d to 3s 4d; and Pork', "s 3s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. NAT trEJLICKETS. 31 100 SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow Hay, 21 103 t° /64 w ditto, 2/ 5s to 31 Os; old 31 0 1 C° 4 1 1 ss new ditto, 2/ lOs to 31 Os; and Straw, 1/ 25 w ' load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. ,123 CumeEnrAND.-Old Meadow Hay, 2 / 12s 10 2 1/ 4s; new ditto, 21 8s to 3/ Os; old Clover, 3 / Os to 4 ', / 90 p new erwditto, 21 105 to 3/ Os; and Straw, 1/ 23 t° load. A moderate demand, at the above quotat l l 0 ,. WHITECHA.PEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 2/ 123 t( ) , 4 / s' now ditto, 2l 5s t o 31 O s; old Clover, 31 39 to Si new ditto, 2/ 105 to 3/ 35; and Straw, 1/ 2s per load. A full average supply, and a heavy de r " MEAT MATS fold/ SOUTHALL, JULY 17.—Our market today bald' supplied with fat stock, i n w hich on ly a moder ato t 35 ness was doing, at d roop i ng prices. Beef frotn2ogefisi,°. 8d; tton, 3to 3s 10d; Lab, 4s to 4s 8o• 10d to Mu 3s 4d; s and Pork, 3s m to 33 8d Par Sibs ' t°sl°' the offal. S ROMFORD, JULY 17.—The general demand s Lort;" very inactive state, and prices were not g lot" Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d • Mutton, 2s 10d to Sr o rk. Lamb, 4s to 4s 10d; Veal. 2s 8d to 35 4d; and 22 0 ; 3s to 3s 8d per Sibs. Suckling Calves. Mich Cool' Quarter old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s; told S ikh with their small Calf, 141 to 181 each. d Sbe e P HAILsHAM J ULY 17.—Prime Beasts an . l 0 00 moved off steadily. at full prices. Otherwcon, go trade was heavy. Beef from 3s to 3 s 10d; 51 °,,, t , 30 44 2 d to 4s; Lamb, 4s to 4s 6d; and Ve al, 3s '''' 114 per Sibs. ARUNDEL,JULYI6.—For each kind of stock al e d ,. e foe fl ia n was . in a sluggish state, but we have no material ch° Mutton, 9tice in 3s th t e n Ats; Lamb,quotations. Beef, l o to o rom 4s 7 a; sou to ,3 3 3s to 3s 48 per Sibs. 3o a ntive CHICHE STER, JULY 17.—Our market was = O - 3 . 1 00; day, on the following t erms: —Beef, from eachr 1 0 d Mutton, 3s 2d t o 4 s; L am b, 4 3 to 4s 8d; part to it 3s 4J per 81b s . S uc kli n C a l ves , 185 to 233; w h t heir old 20s; Store Pigs, 16 s t o d Mich Coca' small Calf, 161 to 18/ each. an 1 CORN AVERAG BRIT'-88S0 COB {tl' GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF ig etorul:ol For the Week ended July 11, 1850, made up f r lg th g e lAn d sUld Inspectors in the different Cities and ToWns TO per Imperialgulrter. 111 0/ ' 126 s I WHEAT. I BARLEY.' OATS. 1 23 5 216 275 2d PRICE .. I 41s 3d 21s 5d I I6s Ild 3d 0 1 ° . DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN' • 110 01 wiIEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. AYE. Is Od Is Od is Od Od I IS s DAY.) ------ SHERIFFS' COURT,(TnI S (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff Buacogii"/ ,eof er COLES V. MARSHALL —Cap'. C o n t o This was a new trial of an action broug?': if fr, damages for criminal conversation with plu la` o f 111 1 A °9 0 . The plainti ff is a porter in the emP l qd defer t i a Lunham, cheesemongers, in the Borough . , 513 Ol e 0 /, is traveller to the same firm. The action a'',. ol . I short time since, when the jury gave a verdict tiod that but a new trial had been obtained on the g r° t he fi r et t damages were excessive, as the plaintiff ha d - hod v 46 instance turned his wife out of doors, and S B I obliged to resort to the parish for relief, and plaid a o j 0 having applied to defendant for assistance, 613 o stan macy arose between them which led to the circa alleged in the declaration. qe The case stood over from a former day in Co lig of the absence of counsel. t ooti_ car Mr. PARRY now appeared for the pl a i n tiff, bu m , ca r of trial not having been given it is u n derstood (" will be again adjourned. WOOBURNE V. LUCAS. °1 ; This is an action to recover the amount o' 11 ,00 .; ; torney's bill. The case is not of the slightest o f interest, and has lasted all the morning, and s" finished. THE NEW POSTAL IR REGULATIOV°. AN ELECTRO COLLOQUY. Telegraph.—Jack, have you heard the newb? No; how should I? What's up? Telegraph.—Rowland Hill, having g ot 3 ' 05 like the Post all Sunday. Anything else? hear d to a Telegraph.— The no-letter Lord has been to himself, " I'm as soft as a Bath brick. IMPOMPTI7. " Le ters oft have caused the writel l o,... To curse the day they were inditers; So Butler wrote, but wrong or righ t ' We're now forbidden to indite. EPIGRAM. I dreamt a dream, and thus narobe it''. Lord Rashley bound in his Post obit A nation's claim for loss, delay- - A debt the Premier ought to psi• July, 1850. at t Courtth e JUDGES'ocf Commonom m e o n u P A o'clock, to hear summonses, until further notice. ot h itlP e ; t the 9 ' • 10 ° THE REGISTRATION.--Saturday next, t heir pit' Pleas, in hsina.—maabOdersiatieoenovftenrytthhee jtfciagseteiritii 102 is the last day allowed for parties entitled to have o to o ,r inserted on any list of voters in the return of bier's 00j:rile liament for the cities of London and Westminster' 0 i be tropolitan boroughs of the Tower Hamlets, Fi n sbu d il o l s o is o , of • bone, Lambeth, Southwark, and Greenwich, a ri coaa ti the lf election of a knight or knights of the shire for sera.ia 600 Middlesex, Kent, Surrey, g m If t h e y do rivi i c r ie , claims on or before that day they will forfeit theirbeelo 0, mo rniole ~ electors for the ensuing year in the lists about to coo ? of n r A IV .d FIRE AT BRIGHTON AND BURNING -In the front parlour of No. 18, Cavendislrstre7o i t „4 0 0 the body of Mr. Jeffery, the late occupier, ka. v . „. o 'clefoitc li , on Saturday night. Between three and lor i oes , a fil; Sunday morning the room was found to be i n l o ur s e o gis' were rapidly cemmunicating with the back Pa r tite -e ,,ilfili other parts of the house. At half-past four th e 0 0 1 ,Wi„ . were sent for to the Town-hall, and in the cou rs e, ,' o f psi' hour they were on the spot and had aornmeocem we' coll e ; lour The f o r f on l t , a w nd er b e ac b k urn pa in r g lou fi rs et o e f el3 N .. o. ITBh,eancdu,=_&et T ee li ti i_A „de 10 sumed. and the body partly reduced to asi les ,,,. fbnatee,,a and furniture were destroyed, and though '",,-, so .- d Pj not ascend beyond the first story, the heat o ," o harr e a , aa s that the upper parts of the house were all eog itielfa,e blackened. But for the timely arrival of the hou s6 igfri r the fact of there being scarcely any wind, the 4. ,,,,P the ( ntire street, must have been destroy e Of P Guardi an . 1 0 of ADVANCES OF P UBLIC M O NET " 11 el titt V I I for n drainage and the improvement of lcc.—Tbe new Act to authorize further advallereetio o ec a U dv i a te n d ce l s i , m w g as dom ye , st a e n rd d ay to p a r m in e t n ed d . the ßy l A an t e b dta t e , d , r a ePi cd ra t„ tr rl„ l : Gi dV o r ris‘ l3 ?o tains 14 sections, the Treasury is eloPe we Lt e rt94l l oo ° , v iro, fora2t,dO i o td O ari , a f ni o ,na :/ igl defl2)aronotdhmelvocioTr. Ireland.kpfsrnorNofem public pri s; p a e n t c ty ed e . ith l e t r Ins u pr t o e v a i t d p ed rit t a h in at or lo i a r n e s ia t o_r o d t s.. h bci e ss ! , ll b r : i re to 5,0001. The Act took effect from Monday ceiv s e ( d )C t l l l ie T ß y oy r a o l it asse n t. me ot afternoon t e h e ii o n . ,<sum, / 1 4 0 0 '. ,;•igt P id inn-road; yesterday president LEDGE ter WALES.—By direction of the Ea rl flora vl rs6 s ubs,er ioo l, , r . ;, 0 society,cao tlaot D nhmee f le r epw F t eiunnesgsn:aoonfNttioerf Charity enri 3 3, n , :toi. f oc ; b e t., : eig oto l; siding. After the minutes of the former Tn e- te otle" , o l3 e read and approved, the Chairman called at t ,,, , 1 0 1 14 draft of the rules and regulations for the soc ie oi l e etiligLts l o % been drawn up for the consideration of t he (ion* /13 0 ,0 1 0 draft was read, and, with a few trifling e lterfq - tee , co il e ra the approbation of the subscribers. A com p:11 0 d, foreoo of fifteen influential gentlemen, was nonlin e fd be te,llale to add to their number, whose duty it o bou ho bow 0 by all means in their power the objects a til iv olta 1 t and to report at a future meeting. A vote 0 S e`f t chairman concluded the proceedings. a ° eel , The Lord Bishop of London has lice no the th e f 0 Anthony Lefroy Courtenay, M.A., Chapla in tbarelj' f , Hardwicke, to th e i ncum b ency o f St. Jame s's a I tonville-hill. u Oil: t4l3 c f eej r; THE IRISH VICE-ROYALTY. —A 11 , - , lin gi e J e r t sli e ~.e" l 'r fluential meeting of Irish members, and e o , -11 r r_Ali took place at Holderness House, the residelletehe pa d pi quis of Londonderry, yesterday morning , fe!,,i n g t e . l3 oO re ' adopting measures for petitioning and organ i , o , ag", h 'e ~,ef sible legal opposition during the ensuing ec y o of ''" I , I' renewal next session of the Bill for the Abolitio f t he o v Royalty of Ireland. Among the Mem berg r o ° oo tijegr' E d / House present were—Sir Henry Winston Ba r- Goret„ o e,,, o o man Mahon, Colonel Chatterton, Mr. Ormsby ; Da",be ' " . ,lo ward Grogan, Mr. Fttzstephen French, Color° but * to„' o ll Dickson, &c. Several members sent escose e ',4l $ 5 0, 1 00 perfect unanimity was stated to prevail ame e lbe Pe r o i'w necessity of the most vigorousexertions eli ne cial i f . Or opponents of the measure in Ireland, and es ' C 4 resident in the city of Dublin. ....-P' el'',",r , „ II 01;,, fell ° , ~ SIR ROBERT PEEL IN C 11 1. •- -% tuv 010 ow respondent of the Manchester Guardian tel i: ,..° 0 of be anecdote respecting the late Sir Robert Pe e h is OAP ,f' Robert was extremely solicitous in advancing to fil o: O0 P # tender years. To this ead, he requested ilia' c h, ariot l 'ief C OOO c ol f t heaJs' of the sermons he heard at Bull 000 e.ge °JO', riving home from Divine service. Oa to part' re efrok' stranger having to officiate. he was invited ~,, iota pe i d hospitalities of Chamber Hall. As usual, tnybelogalre man was called upon to go through his clU t P te r ari d , lJ t ' f aid completed, his father turned to the mill 0 , sir v et ) whether he had given a proper account. _ th an ° f,l plied, 'he has preached a much better s ermon It 0 1 . 0, o Ilk in my lif e .'" O.'" T Alain 0- CHASTER AND HOLYHEAD ..- • - d 0. i.. 7th the Week ended July 14, 1850:- C. e t te anyw v 3,0281. 18s. 4d.; Mold, 100/. Os. Od.; Us. 4d. ; Total, 3,3844 3s, Bd. kb 70 p 70 p 70 p - 37%