The Sun. — London, England, 1847-06-30 00:00:00

OVERLAND MAIL TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES. The French Government received on Sunday the follo%%ing telegraphic dispatches:— " MALTA, JUNE 22. " The India mail brings accounts of the 12th and 19th of May. " Tranquillity prevailed in the Punjaub. Lord Rarainge and the Commander-in-Chief were at &all a. " The disturbances continued in the dominions of the Nizam. A mutiny having taken place= among the troops, in consequence of an attempt made by the Minister to deprive them of fifteen months' ar rears, the contingent was ordered to march, and for the first time a body of English troops entered the city of Hyderabad to protect the Minister. " The Indian journals state, on the authority of letters from Teheran, that the Shah of Persia had renounced the intention of commanding in person the expedition against Khorassan." " MALTA, JUNE 22. " We have received at Malta no Canton journal. * The liong-Kong Register publishes an account of the expedition against the city, together with several official documents. " General d'Aguilar had left Captain Graves at Canton in command of the troops and volunteers, who were daily drilled. _ " All business was interrupted at Canton, and the Merchants were removing all their property, being apprehensive either of a rising of the people, who liitiiret plunder them as well as the foreigners, or of Yew attack on the part of the English, who, they Supposed, were expecting reinforcements from India. " Menacing placards against the English and Go 'vernor Ksyttig had been posted up through the city. " The journals contain no news from Cochin 'China." INDIA AND CHINA. We have received papers from Bombay of the 20th 'May, and Calcutta of the Bth May. No further in telligence from China. This mail has followed so closely that of the 12th, that little news could be 'expected, and therefore we are not disappointed at the fey, matters of interest which the present arrival ispplies. We have g reat pleasure, however, in stat g that tranquillity continues to prevail nearly throughout India, and that the improved condition of all classes connected with that empire, is daily and hourly manifesting itself. Instead of war, bloodshed, ,_tAnd death, we read of balls, gaieties, and festivities. We must, however, mention that the Nizam's domi nions are an exception ; for we learn that the King's €egular troops having been defrauded of fifteen months' pay by one of his ministers, mutinied ; and in order to suppress the serious consequences likely .to arise out of such a state of things, a British force Was called in, which marched through the town of -Hyderabad, to secure the safety of the obnoxious officer of the Government. Commercial matters both at Bombay and at Calcutta present no feature of particular importance. In fact, little or no change had taken place since the Previous mails were dispatched from those Presiden ties. The exchange at Bombay on London was 2s. -* 2s. Op. per rupee, six months' sight ; that at Cal cutta, 2s. did. to 2s. 0,1(1. for ten months' bills, We subjoin extracts : (From the Bombay Times of May 20.) The clustering of the mails together just before the setting in of the rainy season—to allow for the delay expected to be experienced by the steamers, from the strong and adverse winds betwixt this and Aden— reduces the time over which our observations extend to a week ; and unusually short as the period is, it is still more unusually newsless. No mail from Eng land has reached us since last dispatch. The present packet is that which but for the season would have eeen sent off on the Ist of next month; those of 19th June, 19th of July, and 27th of August, respec tively belonging to the Ist of July, August, and eptember. The 15th of October will bring all right again ; till then we shall have only one dispatch month. Our dates from Sinde, formerly extending to the Btb, now come down to the 16th. The general good health of the troops is the only item which is de serving of notice. The Governor continues at Kur rachee, in the enjoyment apparently of excellent health and spirits. The only news we have from the Punjaub assures Us of the continued tranquillity of the country, and the improving prospects of the policy of Lord Hardinge being carried out successfully. Lieutenant Nicholson had returned to the capital. The Dewan Hakeem Rae had had the Governorship of Peshawur con ferred on him. The Maharaja Ghoolab Siugh continued in Cashmere. He had issued a proclama tion intimating that throughout that province the coins of Jamoo were from henceforth exclusively to pass current. There had been some disturbances on the Rawul Pindee borders, which required the inter position of force for their suppression. The rumours of the dangers likely to arise from the insubordina tion of the disbanded Seikh troops, the duplicity and dishonesty of Ghoolab Singh, and the advance Qf Dost Mahomed on Peshawur, like all the other tales of terror consequent on the recent arrange 'meats that have been circulated, have proved with out the shadow of foundation. The prospect of difficulties darkening the horizon now becomes so dim and distant that it is hoped it may have alto gether vanished long before Lord Hardinge takes his departure, still supposed to be in the month of January next. Details of balls, gaieties, and festivi ties of all sorts take the place of news from the British section of the Seikh dominions. In Rajpootana the pursuit of the notorious bandit Chief Doongjee and his followers had been abandoned, in consequence of the advanced state of the season ; ;nothing of a very satisfactory nature having as yet `been effected. Colonel Sutherland, the Resident, with a larg e cor tege of followers, had arrived at ount Aboo, where they were to reside for the season, for the benefit of change of air. The Nizam's dominions present a worse view at l i Present than they have for along time past. The whole of the regular troops of the King have mutinied, Consequent on an attempt made by the Minister to defraud them of, it is said 15 months' arrears of wages, the troops of the contingent were called on, on the night of the 3d instant, to prevent the disturbances feared to be about breaking out, and for the first time a British force marched through the town 'of Hyder abad to the protection of the Minister. Preparations for resistance had been made at one gate of the town by w hich the mutineers thought our troops would have entered, ,but luckily they had gone in at another, and thus prevented the bloodshed which Would inevitably have been occasioned had they come in contact with the irritated irregulars. A portion of the troops have continued in the town ever since ; And measures are being taken to rid the state of the mutineers—it is said much against the will of the Nizam. Singular disclosures have just been made in refer ence to the Mysore country, where we are, it seems, maintaining a commission, in the hand of which are reposed the whole functions of government, after we are bound by the terms of our treaties with the ;Raja to restore it to his possession. The new system resorted to in the Goomsoor coun try is said not to work satisfactorily at all ; and the Practice of human sacrifices, for a time put down, is understood to be once more returning. Much excitement has been occasioned by the deci sion of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Madras in the case of a Hindoo girl, of twelve years of age, who had become a convert to Christianity, and desired to reside with the family of one of our missionaries. Her parents having appealed to the Supreme Court for the recovery of the child, the Court decided that she was competent to select her own place of resi dence, and she accordingly remains at the house of the Rev. Mr. Anderson. The judgment of the Ma dras Bench is in direct opposition to that of the Supreme Court of Bombay, in a case precisely simi lar, which came before them in 1843; and in the report of the judgments first given in the Atlas, Sir Mr. Burton seemed to have reflected in very unbe coming terms on Sir H. Roper and Sir E. Perry. It turned out that the address of the Learned Judge had been altogether misapprehended by the reporter, and that he in reality cast no imputation whatever on his brethren. The last detachment of her Majesty's 51st Foot had reached Madras by the steamer Precursor on the 9th May, having lost a number of men, women, and children, by cholera, while quartered in Fort William. The Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief continue at Simla. The Hill Chiefs were coming in in numbers to pay their respects to Lord Hardinge. The Honourable Mr. Thomason, Lieutenant-Go vernor of the North-west Provinces, had arrived at the station on the Ist of May. General Tapp was, it was said, to take his tour on the Divisional Staff on the expiration of General Cartwright's command in January. The Pouthay Governor and CommfAnder-in-Chief take their d e p ar t ure f o r th e Deccan about the 3d of June, accompanied by their personal and general staff Sir W. Cotton afterwards visits the hills, and purposes making the grand tour - of our principal military stations. The Irish and Scotch Relief Fund in Bombay has reached the sum of 9,5001. ; the total subscriptions throughout India amounting to nearly 26,0001. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Casualties by death in the armies of India reported since the departure of the mail of 20th May : BOMBAY.—Lieutenant-General H. N. Robertson, sth Regiment, at Deesa, on the 10th May. MADRAS.—Lieutenant-General T. Marriott, in Eng land, on the 18th March. INDIAN NAVY.—Acting Master H. Blrron, steam'. Berenice, at Kurrachee, on the 6th May. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. BOXBAY MARKET, MAY 20. IMPORTS. Our readers will have been prepared, by the nature of our last two or three reports, to look for very little, if any, novelty from us on the present occasion, a week only having elapsed since the departure of the last overland mail to Europe; and as the season for sales of imports is now completely closed, they must expect that very little of interest can occur for the next two or three months, during which transactions will be confined to the supply of local wants, which are but trifling. • COTTON MANUFACTURES.—The inquiry from dealers has been confined to Grey and Bleached Jacconets of low to middling qualities, but the sales in them have been very trifling, and the demand has now dropped. Some sales have heen effected in a few other descrip tions of goods, but at very low prices, for the purpose of clearing off remnants of shipments before the rains set in, and their cheapness has been an inducement to the dealers to purchase on speculation. The following are the sales that have been reported to us:— Pieces. RA. R. A. 11,000 Grey shirtings, 40 inch, 38 yds, at 4 0 to 4 4 4,500 Grey jacconets, 40 inch, 20 yds 1 2 21 3,100 Grey madapollams, 33 in., 24 yds 2 1 ... 2 12} 100 Grey sheetings, 36 inch, 60 yds 0 0 ...10 8 250 Ditto, ditto, 32 inch, 48 yds 0 0 ... 8 4 300 Grey drills, 30 inch, 30 yds 0 0 .. 6 0 4,200 Bleached shirtings, 36 in., 40 yds 4 6 ... 6 10 100 Ditto, ditto 1,100 Bleached jacconets,4o in., 20 yds 2 4 ... 2 6 4,700 Bld. madapollams, 31 in., 24 yds 2 1 ... 2 3 300 Bleached mulls, 40 inch, 20 yds 0 0 ... 4 8 700 Ditto, ditto (Swiss) 800 Turkey red plain cloth, 24 inch, 28 yards 3,000 Prints (neutral sets), 21 in. 28 yds 0 0 ... 3 4 Cotton Yarn—Nothing appears to have been done in " grey," and prices are quite nominal. In " dyed" there has been a sale of 1,200 119 F. of Turkey red average 50s. in 191 b. bundles, at rs. 1 : 11 as. per lb. Woollens—remain quite neglected. Metals—lron : Since the sales published in our report ' of the 12th inst the following have been communicated to us, but the inquiry that we mentioned as having re vived for British bar has again died away. Sheet has slightly advanced in price. 450 candies British bar at Rs. 32 8 per candy. 700 ... ditto ... " " 32 2 460 ... ditto ... " " 32 6 It 300 ... round nail rod " 43 0 90 ... square ditto " 42 0 1,000 ... bundles sheet " 614 per cwt. 75 Swedish bar (very ordiaary) rs. 32 per candy. Copper has continued in fair request, but the value of sheathing has slightly declined. The sales of the week are-600 cwt. brazier' s, at Ors. • ' 575 sheathing, 571 58; 200 tile (in small lots), 52; 190 ditto, 50t. Lead—A sale of 300 cwt. pig has been effected at 102 rs. per cwt., which was our last quotation. In sheet nothing has been done. No transactions have trans pired in spelter, Swidish steel, or tin plates. Cochineal—There has been no arrivals of this article since the date of our last report, and the market being quite bare of it nothing has been done; the price is nominally sirs. per lb. Saffron—A sale of 100 lb. first quality has been made at 16irs. per lb., and as there is a little inquiry for it, a similar parcel might, at the moment, fetch 17rs. per lb. Beer—" Allsopp" continues to be disposed of at 75rs. per hhd., but we have not been informed of any trans actions in other brands. Spirits—A slight demand for brandy has improved its price 4 annas per gallon; about 50 hogsheads of brown have obtained this advance, having been sold at 3rs. per gallon. Marine Stores—We have no change to notice under this head, either as regards demand or price. EXPORTS. Cotton Wool—The excitement that prevailed during the early part of this month amongst purchasers for China appears to have subsided, as we hear but of very few purchases having been made during the week, and the prices of the staple are exhibiting a downward tendency. Present quotations are:— Broach and Surat ... Rs. 93 per candy. Dhollera „ 82 to 86 do. Oomrawuttee „ 85 to 86 do. Compta The new crop has continued to arrive freely. Sheep's Wool—We have not heard of any transac tions in this article since the last reports, and prices re main as then quoted, say— Khorassan... Rs. 105 to 110 per candy of 588 lb. Marwar „ 90 to 100 ditto Mekran „ 80 to 90 ditto Cutch „ 100 to 110 ditto Persian Opium—A few transactions are going forward as be fore, at 1,075r5. to I,loOrs. per chest, the latter figure being the price of the best to be had on the spot, but of which there is very little indeed offering. FREIGHTS. There is much less doing in shipments to Great Bri tain and to China than there was earlier in the month, and the vessels on the berth for the former country load but slowly, and cannot obtain at present above 61. to 61. ss. per ton of fifty cubic feet; while to China the rate has receded to 21rs. per candy, though for small parcels of cargo going ships obtain 22rs. to 23rs. EXCHANGE. The operations for this mail on London have been effected at 2s. to 2s. Old. per rupee, six months' sight. The rate on Calcutta is rs. 98i per cent. for 60 d. s. bills, and the same on Madras. On China, rs. - 208 per 100 dollars, 60 d. s. Bombay Times Office, Wednesday, Five o'Clock, May 19. Freights—To London, per ton 6/. 55.; to Liverpool, 61.; to Clyde, no quota tion ; to China, per candy, rs. 21 to 23. Exchanges—London, at six months' sight per rupee, 2s. to 2s. Old. ; London, at three months' sight, per rupee, Is. 11 1 0.; China, at sixty days' si g ht, p er 100 Spanish dollars, 208 rupees ; Calcutta, at sixty' 'days' sight, per 100 rupees, 284 rupees ; Calcutta, at thirty days' sight, per 100 rupees, 98i rupees ; Madras, at thirty days' sight, per 100 rupees, 98f rupees. Price of Bullion —Sovereigns, each, rs. 11, 3 annas ; sovereigns, dragons, each, is. 11, 4 annas ; Bank of England notes, per £, rs. 10, 12 annas ; Spanish dollars, per 100, 224 annas ; German Crowns, per 100, rs. 220; Sycee silver per 100 toles, rs. 1041 to 1041 ; gold leaf, per tole (range of quality), rs. 16 to 17. Bank Shares—Bombay Bank, rs. 36 a 37 per ct. pm.; Oriental Bank, rs. 1,000 each (500 paid up), 14 do. ; Commercial Bank, rs. 3 do.; Agra Bank (rs. 500), rs. 50 per et. pm. nominal ; Bank of Madras (rs. 1,0001, rs. 16 per et. pm. nominal. Government Securities—Five per Cent. Transfer Loan, 110 rs. per 100 Sicca, nl.; Five per Cent. Loan 1825.26, 103 rs. at 1031 per 100 Sicca ; Five per Cent. Loan 1829 30, 103 rs. per 100 Sicca ; Four per Cent. Loan 1832-33, 91 rs. per 100 Sicca ; Four per Cent. 1835-36, 89 rs. per 100 Co.'s ; Five per Cent. Loan 1841-42, 98i rs. per 100 Co.'s ; Four per Cent. Loan 1842 43, 89 rs. per 100 Co.'s. CITY OF LONDON ELECTION. Lord John Russell has issued the following address to the electors of the city of London:— " Chesham-place, June 28, 1847. " Gentlemen,—Having twice received from you the important trust of representing this great city in the House of Commons, I think it due to you to state my intentions in the event of a dissolution of Parliament. " I aspire to the honour of being again your Member. " Engaged as I am in the daily discussions of the House of Commons, I have no need of making declara tions of my political opinions. " With respect to questions which may come before the next Parliament, while I claim to be at liberty to consider and to decide for the welfare of the community without the fetter of pledges, I shall be ready on the day of nomination to explain and defend the principles on which I have acted, and shall continue to act. " Should I then be thought worthy of again repre senting you, I shall feel price in the confidence of so large, s owo perful, and so intelligent a body of electors. " I have the honour to bo " Your obedient and faithful servant, " J. RUSSELL." SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO TUE MARQUIS OF LONDON- I DERRY.—We regret to state that an accident of a serious nature, and which might have been attended with the most lamentable consequences, occurred to this noble arid gallant officer while riding . on Sunday evening. It appears flat the Noble Marquis returned to Holderness House in the early part of the Sunday last, after a drive, during which he was accompanied b'r Lady Alex andrina Vane, and that shortly before Ave o'clock he rode out on horseback, followed by a groom, taking from Park-lane the direction of Belgrave square. His Lord ship had ridden as far as the residence of Lord John Russell, in Chesham-place, which adjoins that of his eldest so n , Vi sc ount Castlereagh , when the animal which he rode stumbled and fell, rolling for an instant over the noble rider, w ho came on his le ft side. The acci dent was witnessed by the policeman in attendance at the Premier's mansion, as well as by the groom and some passers b who rendered e ver y possible assistance andimmediately conveyed him to the residence of Lord Castlereagh. B e f ore many minutes e la p sed several medical gentlemen were in attendance, and it was ascer tained that although his Lordship had received some severe bruises no fracture had taken place. After some time he had so far rallied as to be in a condition for re moval to Hold erness H ouse , w here he was atten ded b y Mr. Liston, the emi nent; surgeon, and other gentlemen. In answer to inquiries made on Monday, it wa s stated that his Lordship hud passed a quiet night, and was not worse. LAMBS NURSED BY A DOG.—A few days since some sheep died on a farm near Coventry, and seven lambs were left without their p aren t s . About the same time , a large bitch, of the sheph er d b ree d, had a litter of woelps, which were immediately drowild ' e and the lambs were placedw charge, and now suckl es under ne her care. Theb c i k tc l h s andimineately adopted her nurses them with the greatest fondness. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 28. The British and North American Royal MIR steam ship Hibernia, Captain Ryrie, arrived in the Mersey, as anticipated, at nine o'clock this morning, after a rapid run of less than 12 days from Boston, bringing the usual mails of the 16th and 18th inst., from Bos ton and Halifax respectively, and upwards of 120 passengers. Our accounts from New York by this arrival ex tend to the 15th instant. Politically they are highly interesting. The aspect of the war remained un changed. On the one hand the American forces were advancing successfully from Puebla on the capital ; and on the other, the Mexicans were involved in ig nominious intestine broils. Santa Anna had been pelted by the populace of the city of Mexico, and the operations of the troops of the republic were confined to petty and contemptible attacks on small escorts and convoys. Commercially they exhibit a tendency to decline in the exchange on London. Advices from Vera Cruz to the Ist of June had been received. General Scott left Jalapa at the head of 6,000 troops. General Twiggs and his division entered Puebla on the 29th. It was believed that General Scott would advance on the capital without delay. Authentic news had been received that Santa Anna had resigned the Presidency on the 28th ult. He is stated to have taken this step in consequence of oppo sition to his views as to the defence of the capital, and defamatory articles in the public prints. He had commenced fortifying Guadaloupe in person, and a place near the suburbs; but unusual disapprobation was manifested, and his resignation followed. It was believed that his resignation would be accepted, and Herrera nominated. On his arrival in the capital the populace pelted him, and he narrowly escaped. About 3,000 troops were colltcted at the capital. The American army was generally expected to reach Mexico on the 15th of June, and but slight resistance was anticipated. Suspicions were entertained at Jalapa of an at tempt to retake the place. Further robberies have been perpetrated between Vera Cruz and Jalapa, and the Ranchero force on the route was estimated at 500 men.• Reinforcements were being rapidly sent forward to General Scott's support, to replace the twelve months' volunteers withdrawn from the army. "It is calcu lated," says the Union, " that nearly 7,000 regulars, old and new regiments, will soon reinforce the main army, via Vera Cruz, of which between 2,000 and 3,000, doubtless, have arrived at Vera Cruz in April and May ; and, of the residue, a large portion will reach that place, it is suppo3ed, by the middle of June." Tampico letters of the 27th May give a deplorable account of the state of affairs. Intercourse with the interior had been cut off the roads being invested by small guerilla parties, detached from Urrea'aatta lion, consisting of some twenty men in each company, under the command of a petty officer. From Saltillo we learn that General Taylor's ad vance upon San Luis da Potosi was daily expected.. His force would not amount to 2,000 men, and the journals of the United States, friendly to him, charge the Administration with sinister attempts to cloud the fame he has won in the war by thus cramping his energies. From the Rio Grande we have intelligence of the arrival of the command under Colonel Doniphan, from Santa Fe, at Parras. The force consisted of 1,000 men and 16 pieces of artillery. The march was 1,500 miles, and en route they attained several trifling successes. The advances subsequently reached Sal tillo, and the whole force was daily expected. A letter from San Luis da Potosi, published in the New Orleans journals, states that the hospital there was crowded with Mexican soldiers, who were dying by scores of starvation and neglect. Even the citizens were suffering from the want of the common neces saries of life. The troops had all left. The general aspect of relations with Mexico had undergone no change of moment. The prospect of peace by negotiation, so far as any direct evidence is yet afforded to us, was as doubtful as ever. The spirit and hatred of the Mexican people appear to have been unchecked by their repeated defeats; and, unless we accept the reported elevation of Herrera to the Presidency as an indication that the peace party in Congress is gaining strength, the arrival of peace would almost appear to be attainable only in conjunc tion with the final prostration of the weaker republic. At the same time, however, there are rumours cur rent in the American journals, to the effect that ne gotiation is being actively attempted to arrange dif ficulties. These rumours strengthen with every arrival ; and it is likewise stated, that one of the terms of peace will be the establishment of railway and water communication across the isthmus of Tehuantepec, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Ge neral Scott is said to have expressed confident hopes of a happy result. A well-informed Washington correspondent of the New York Courier and Inquirer writes thus : " Washington, June 14. " The proclamation issued by General Scott in con formity with the views and wishes of the Administra tion is producing most extraordinary effects in favour of peace among the Mexican people. You will have seen the denunciation of it by Santa Anna ; but you are probably not aware that the most extraordinary efforts were made by him to prevent its reaching the capital. He succeeded with the first edition ; but a second was issued in Spanish by General Scott, and the sensation produced in our favour both in Puebla and in the city of Mexico surpassed even the most sanguine expectation. The prospect that the Mexican people will compel their military rulers to agree to a peace is now brighter than at any period since the war commenced. The projector of the treaty, which was taken out by Mr. Trist, has been shown confidentially to several persons at Jalapa, and is in conformity with what I heretofore stated to you, and I even again assert most positively, upon evi dence from Jalapa and New Orleans, which admits of no mistake, that the treaty prepared to be signed by Mr. Trist, as Commissioner, has been seen at Jalapa, and that Mr. Trist is clothed with the fullest diplomatic powers to conclude a definite treaty of peace, upon the terms and articles set forth in the project as exhibited at Jalapa ; and that he need not wait for any further instruction from Washington, but can have the treaty as it is signed by him ratified at once by the Govern ment of Mexico. I assert further that General Scott is to co-operate in the negotiation and in carrying the treaty into effect." Some important modifications of the tariff imposed upon Mexico by the United States Cabinet have been announced. They are to the following effect : (Official.) " Treasury Department, June 10. " Sir,—ln compliance with your directions, I have examined the questions presented by the Secretary of War, in regard to the military contributions proposed to be levied in Mexico, under the tariff, and regulations sanctioned by you on the 31st of March last, and re spectfully recommend the following modifications, viz.:— " 1. On all manufactures of cotton, or of cotton mixed with any other material except wool, worsted, and silk, in the piece, or in any other form, a duty, as a mi litary contribution, of thirty per cent. ad valorem. "2. When goods on which the duties are levied by weight are imported into the said ports in the package the duties shall be collected on the net weight only ; and in all cases an allowance shall be made for all defi ciencies, leakage, breakage, or damage, proved to have actually occurred during the voyage of importation, and made known before the goods are warehoused. "3. The period named in the eighth of said regula tions, during which the goods may remain in warehouse before the payment of duties, is extended from thirty to ninety days ; and within the said period of ninety days any portion of the said goods on which the duties, as a military contribution, have been paid, may be taken, after such payment, from the warehouse, and entered free of any other duty at any other port or ports of Mexico in our military possessio❑ ; the fact of the case, with particular description of the said goods, and the statement that the duties thereon have been paid, being certified by the proper officer of the port or ports of re shipment. "4. It is intended to provide by the treaty of peace that all goods imported during the war into any of the Mexican ports in our military possession shall be ex empt from any new import duty or confiscation by Mexico, and in the same manner as if said goods had been imported, and paid the import duties prescribed by the Government of Mexico. " Most respecttully your obedient servant, " R. J. WALKER, Secretary of the Treasury. " To the President.° " June 11,_ 1847. " The modifications, as above recommended by the Secretary of the Treasury, are approved by me; and the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy will give the proper orders to carry them into effect. " JAMES K. POLK." The commercial accounts, the chief feature of which, the decline of exchange, has been alluded to above, will be found detailed below. The New York journals continue to notice the arrival of fever-stricken emigrants from Europe. The Americans, however, were applying the labour thus placed within their grasp to the formation of their rail ways, canals, &c. Letters from New Orleans state that an American line of steamers to run thence to this port is about to be established. The first vessel of the line had been contracted for, and probably the first ship of the line would make her start in October next. Our Montreal accounts extend to the 12th ultimo. The Assembly had been occupied in discussion upon the Address; and the division thereon left Ministers with a majority of one only. The journals teem with notices of the spread of fever amongst the immigrants from Europe. The commercial accounts of the 11th state that from the 28th of May to the morning of the 4th the market ruled steady at 375. to 375. 6d. per barrel for the best shipping brands of " fine." On the sth the English mail arrived, and sales occurred immediately afterwards at 425. to 435. 9d. per barrel for the best fine, and at 40s. and upwards for second-rate brands, including 2,000 barrel 3 of a first-rate brand at 405., for July delivery, but cash " now." In that state the market remained till about the 9th inst., when it gave way, and the best brands changed hands at 41s. with a dull sale. On the 11th the price opened at 40s. for the best brands, which resulted in operations which cleared the market of almost everything that offered at and under 415., which may be noted as the closing price of the day for the best fine. Wheat had ranged during the fortnight from Bs. to 9s. 3d. per 601 b. :for Upper Canada mixed, and about the same rates for Lower Canada red per minot. A small lot of Upper Canada white, of prime quality, was placed at 18s. per 601 b. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the New York Courier for Europe.) NEW YORK, JUNE 15. Money market easy, firm, and buoyant. It is estimated that the value of agricultural produce alone (excluding cotton and tobacco) shipped to Great Britain and Ireland from this port since Ist September last, amounts to the enormous sum of 32,000.000 dollars. The rise which occurred in the rate of Exchange bills on England early in May, and was sustained to' within the last few days, is now giving way the tendency is again to a decline ; and as shipments of breadstuffs will coninue as long as such high prices are paid in England, and orders for manufactured goods will not increase in proportion, we shall again see rates at which it will be profitable to bring coin to this country. 6,000,000 barrels of flour and corn meal have already been sent in a little over three fourths of the year to Great Britain and Ireland. All that can will be sent in the remaining quarter; 1,250,000 barrels meal, or the equivalent thereof, will be sent. There are 38 vessels on the berth, loading for Great Britain, and, as freights have rather a tendency to rise, shipments will be hurried. The river and canals are taxed to their utmost to bring to the seaboard the surplus of the interior. Already we have received flour and wheat, reducing it to flour, near 274,000 barrels more than in any preceding year at this time; and of Indian corn an excess of 1.000,000 bushels; and this will go on. The wheat harvest has already begun in Virginia, and in the course of a fortnight or three weeks will be in progress in this region. It looks well generally, but the grain will not be dry enough for shipment before Sep tember or October. The United States ship Macelonia sailed this morning. Iler cargo, contributed by private benevolence, is composed as follows : —Clothing, 30 packages; rice, 200 tierces; peas, 6 bags; oats, 1,132 bags; corn, 1,115 bags, 85i barrels; beans, 2,103 bags, 122 barrels; meal, 1,047 bags, 5,179 barrels; rye, 8 bar rels; potatoes, 7 barrels; beef, 4 barrels; pork, 6 bar rels; flour, 14 barrels; tea, 10 chests. Exchange on England to-day is somewhat firmer, and 6i is obtained for bills on England. TUESDAY, 1 P.M. Nothing of importance has been done in cotton to day. Shippers show no disposition to purchase at present, and holders are nut pressing their lots upon the market. The arrival of the steamer of the 4th instant is now looked for. The sales since the 29th ult. are estimated at 6,500 bales. Western Canal flour is in fair demand at 8 dolls. 75e.; prime Genessee is held at 8 dolls. 87fc.; a few lots of Michigan, &c., which have been exposed to the weather, have been sold at lower rates; sales Georgetown and Baltimore Howard-street have been made to arrive at 9 dolls. 25c. Meal is rather dull; 300 barrels sold at 5 dolls. 624-c. 7,000 bushels wheat sold at 1 doll. 99c. to 2 - dolls. for Ohio, and 2 dolls. Bc. to 2 dolls. 10c. for Genessee. 5,000 bushels Ohio corn, 115 c. to 1151 c.; 6,000 ditto round yellow Northern, 118 c. to 120 e. Rye is dull at 130. Oats, 60c. to 63. Provisions are steady; mess beef is held at 13 dolls. 75c. to 14 dolls.; prime, 9 dolls. to 9 dolls. 50c.; pork, 17 dolls. 124-c. to 17 dolls. 25c. for mess, and 14 dolls. to 14 dolls. 25c: for prime; lard, in barrels, Sic. to 9ic. and kegs at lOic.; cheese 6ic. to 7i. The rates of freights are to Liverpool, for cotton, 3-16 d. per lb.; flour and turpentine, 3s. 6d. to 4s. per barrel; grain, I Id. to 12d. per bushel. To London, 3s. 9d. to 4s. per barrel for flour, and other articles in proportion. To Havre, nominally, for cotton, c. per lb.; flour, 75c. per barrel; ashes, 6 dolls. to 8 dolls. per ton. COTTON CIRCULAR. New York, June 15. (Liverpool Classification.) New Orleans, Uplands. Florida. Mobile, and Texas. Ordinary ~. 10 to 10f ... 10 to 101 ... 10 to 10* Middling 10e to 104 ... 101 to 10i ... 104 to 11 Good middling . 10 to 11 ... 11 to 11/ ... 11* to 114 Middling fair 11* to 113 ... Ili to 12i 12 to 124 Fair Ili toll* ... 12 to 12i ... 12/ to 123 Fay fair... ... 12* to 12/ ... 12/ to 1 24 ... 124 to 13 Good fair... ... 12/ to 13 .. to 13/ to 14 Receipts since Ist inst. ... ... 6,000 bales. Exports 1,500 Taken by spinners ... .. 6,000 „ Taken on speculation ... 'l,OOO „ Stock in city ... ... 97,000 „ Amount on sale ... 10,000 „ Receipts at ports of the U.S. since Sept. 1, 1846... 1,720,119 If f, same period last year .. 1,992,408 ff 91 ft year before... 2,347,926 Exports from United States since Sept. 1, 1846... 985,713 f ft flt same period last year... 1,288,327 ft ft year before... 1,916,403 EXCHANGES. FREIGHTS. Paris ~. 5 31i to 530 Liverpool ... —d. to id. London ... 6to 6* 1 Havre .. nominal. On Wednesday morning, the 2d inst., we were placed in possession of four days later news from your side by the ship Rainbow, which was reported below the day before, and early on the next day a summary of the ac counts by this packet to the 19th ult., from Liverpool, were received from Boston by the telegraph, and, being directly the reverse of the expectations of holders, created much surprise. The market opened at half a cent. decline, and atter the letters were delivered next day prices became still easier, and on the following day fell off as much more, making the total decline lc. per pound, at which it became steady, as the pressure to sell ceased at that reduction. As the amount offering for bids at this time was considerably larger than heretofore several purchases were made for export. During the last four business days the disposition to sell has visibly decreased, the larger holders declining to offer any por tion of their stocks, and one quarter of the decline has been recovered, and the market now presents a firmer aspect at a general reduction of three-quarters of a cent. from the dates of my last circular, to which my quota tions conform. The sales have averaged about 700 bales per day. At the date of my last the falling off in the receipts of cotton at the ports, as compared with those of the same dates last season, was 961,000 bales; now the discrepancy stands at 272,000 bales. NEW ORLEANS, JUNE 7. The cotton market continued dull. The sales amounted to only about 1,000 bales, without change in prices. Sales of flour were less extensive. The sales of Ohio, Illinois, &c., part ordinary brands, reached about 5,000 barrels, at 6 dolls. 25c. to 6 dolls. 50c., with some small parcels at 6 dolls. 75c. Corn continued to move pretty freely, and sales of about 10,000 bushels mixed and yellow Western were made; the former at 70 cents. and the latter at 80 cents. Provisions continued firm, with moderate sales. Sugar continued inactive, and prices unchanged. Exchanges on the sth were very dull. Sterling ranges from 3if. to 5f., sf. 371 c. to sf. 42ic. Freights—Foreign, a few hundred bales of cotton for Liverpool to fill up, at id., prevailing rate 9-16 d. Corn to Liverpool, 15d. to 16d., and flour ss. 6d. to 6s. Some tobacco shipping, at 475. 6d. to 50s. A barque and a brig for Cork, at 21d. for corn. BALTIMORE, JUNE 14. Our market to-day varied little in its general features from those which characterised it on Saturday. We report sales of 1,000 barrels Howard-street flour at 8 dolls. 50c. to 8 dolls. 621 c. Wheat was steady, and sales, 2,000 bushels of red, were made at 1 doll. 90c. Corn—Sales of 4,000 to 5,000 bushels were made, in cluding mixed and yellow; the former sold at 110 c. to 113 c. and the latter 116 e. Meal was in better reuest, and sales of 600 barrels were made at 5 dolls. 3 lic. to 5 dolls. 37ic. Provisions continued firm. Fine showers. Crops promising. CHARLESTON, JUNE 12. There is no such thing as effecting sales in cotton, unless at great sacrifices, and factors during the past fortnight have been shipping, chiefly coastwise, to relieve their necessities. The receipts since our last reach 1,121 bales, against the sales in the same time of only about 400 bales, at prices ranging from 9c. to I 11c. per lb. Prices in rice are up to i per cwt. above those paid at the close of the previous week. The sales reach some 1,500 tierces, at extremes, ranging from 4 13-16ths to 51 dolls. ; but a very large portion of the sales em brace the range of 5 dolls. to 54 dolls. per cwt. Freights to Liverpool:—Cotton, in square bags, at 7-16 d. PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 14, P.M. Stocks were quite active, with a further advance in prices. There was rather more inquiry for cotton, and holders more firm. Holders of flour were pretty firm, at 8 dolls. 50c., at which 500 bbls. of Western were taken, and the same offered for more ; 400 bbls. of corn meal sold at 5 doll. 37ie.; rye flour is offered freely at 6 dolls. 75c. ; 3,590 bushels of Pennsylvania wheat sold at 208. for white, anil 200 c. for red; yellow corn sold a or t I p 2 r C o e vis . h.Tmhse;repri:s"esnocsPecial movem ent i n groceries steady. Whisky held at 36c. to 37c. The weather has been quite cool, with frequen` showers of rain. PITTSBURG, JUNE 14. The receipts of flour are large, but buy ,rs are holding back ; no transactions to base quotations upon. Pro. visions are without any change. Nothing doing in cotton. Large shipments are made of tobacco. Hemp has advanced. The supplies of fish are large. SAVANNAH, JUNE 11. Cotton Market.—No change to notice i n prices in this market, which continues in a very depressed and unsatisfactory condition. Holders are not offering their stocks, and purchasers show no disposition to touch the article. In a word, we have no market. ];lice —Nothing doing in this article. Exchange—Sterling bills at 6to 6i per cent. premium. Domestic remains as last quoted. Freights—Liverpool at * to 9-16 d. per pound for square and round bales. New York at i per pound for cotton, and 1 doll. 50 c, per tierce for rice. ROYAL OLITHOP,EDIC HOSPITAL.—A ball on behalf of the funds for the support of this excellent charity took place yesterday at Willis's Booms, and was remarkably well attended. By the help of M. Jullien's band dancing was kept up with great spirit to a late hour, and whether in the rapid valse or the more subdued and stately quadrille all present seemed bent on enjoying the free use of their limbs, and on illustrating by contrast the claims of their less fortunate fellow-creatures who by disease are deprived of that blessing. We think that there is more than ordinary aptitude in the idea of a ball for the benefit of an orthopaedic hospital, and we d ou bt whether even the Bishop of Exeter, with all his scru ples, could raise any objection to the collection of charity iu such a form. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 29. The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack shortly after Five o'clock. QUALIFICATION OF PEERS (SCOTLAND) BILL. This Bill went through Committee, on the motion of the Earl of ROSEBERY. POOR-LAW ADMINISTRATION BILL. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE then rose to move the second reading of the Poor-law Administration Bill. The object of the Bill, as their Lordships were doubtless aware, was to have the Poor-law Bill, which all, he thought, would agree was an excellent measure, pro perly carried into effect. Hitherto certain individuals only had been entrusted with carrying out the provisions, but the present measure proposed to increase the means of carrying out its administration, by increasing the re-• sponsibility and number of the public functionaries under it. It was maturely considered whether the power to be exercised under this Bill should tie vested under three Commissioners, or under one; but it was even tually thought that it would be better to vest it in the individual, and to have others joined with him in carry ing out the details of the measure. Another improvement suggested was, that the head of the board should have a seat in Parliament, and by that means every explanation asked for would be given by a person who was competent to supply it, and so assimilate it to the Board of Control. The Noble Marquis concluded by moving that the Bill be read a second time, and on an early day, should there be any objection to the details, an opportunity would be given for considering them in Committee. Lord BROUGHAM said that he adhered in all essen- tialpoints to the great law of 1834, and he believed the present Bill was an improvement in the machinery for carrying the Bill into effect. The Poor-law Commis sioners and their secretary, no doubt, were very ob noxious to those who were agitating the country by demonstrations and by invectives through the press, and it, therefore, was the duty of Par liament to see that they did not suffer the law to be carried out improperly. He re gretted, however, that the Commissioners had not mani fested the firmness for which Mr. Chadwick and Captain Nicholls had been remarkable. The law had thus, in many instances, been improperly administered, or it had not been carried out in the sp i r i t in which was passed. The Commissioners had not had the moral courage to stand up for the pure administration of the law, owing to the severe censure of the press. It was a most lamentable thing that the Commissioners had beet► dismayed by public clamour. If a man or a public body were innocent, those censures would pass them by innocuously, and as they had but a public duty to per form, they should not have heeded those censures. The law was not framed to benefit the rich, but to benefit the poor, and the man who would carry out the law in its in tegrity was the best friend the poor could have. They should have allowed these " paper-pallets," as Cromwell called the attacks of the press, to pass over their heads un heeded, and not have succumbed to the clamour of anti poor-law demagogues and vituperative diatribes. When they came to debate the measure he should he ready to fully discuss the measure—he should then be ready, as now, to condemn the conduct of those who had flinched from carrying out the principle of the law, whilst, at the same time. he should be ready to bear his testimony to the merits of those who had performed the duties assigned to them in the proper spirit. Lord REDESDALE protested against that portion of the Bill which provided that the Commissioners should sit in Parliament as he considered no good would accrue from it. He should say not content to the Bill. Lord CAMOYS advised ithe Government to well consider the 23d clause. After a desultory conversation the Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed on Friday. BATHS AND WASHHOUSES BILL. The House then went into Committee on the Baths and Washhouses Bill. Lord CAMPBELL stated that the object of the Bill was to provide baths and washhouses of such a cha racter as should be accessible to all classes of the people. The maximum charges, under the Act, would be 6d. for a warm, and 3d. for a cold bath. The Noble Lord ridiculed the idea that the baths and washhouses to be established by this Bill, would enter into competition with the baths at present in existence, which were only intended to be used by the wealthier classes of society, and urged their Lordships to adopt the clause. Lord MONTEAGLE opposed the clause on the ground that it was contrary to every just principle of economical science. The Bishop of LONDON supported the clause. He thought that a few private interests ought not to be allowed to interfere with the interests of the public at large, more especially with such advantages as were proposed to be conferred by this Bill. After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM, Lord STANLEY said that the establishment of public baths was of great public advantage. With regard to the erection of two classes of baths, it had been defended by the Noble Lord who brought forward the motion on the same principle as lunatic asylums, where one class of patients were charged, and the pro fits from them went to defray the chargo of the poorer class of patients. He was prepared to support the clause as it stood, but would suggest the propriety of fixing a minimum as well as a maximum price. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE made a few obser vations which were inaudible in the gallery. Lord MONTEAGLE said that nothing had occurred to change the opinion he entertained, and being satisfied that he had done his duty, he would not press his objec tions further. The Bill then went through Committee. QUALIFICATION OF yEERS (SCOTLAND) BILL. This Bill also went through Committee. Their Lordships then adjourned. ROUSE OF COMMONS. June 29. There being only sixteen Members present at Four o'clock, the House stood adjourned till to-morrow at Twelve o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, JUNE 28. RAILWAYS (IRELAND—No. 2) BILL. Order for Second Reading read; Motion made, and Qees tion proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :" —Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day three months :"—Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the Question." The House divided:— - MAJORITY-AYES, 175. Aldam, William Fuller, A. E. O'Brien, C. Anson, Colonel Gibson, Thomas M. O'Brien, J. Archdall, Captain Gore, Montague O'Connell, M. J. Austen, Colonel Gore, W. 0. O'Conor, Don Bailey, Joseph Gore, Robert Ogle, S. C. Baffle, Walter Greene Thomas Ord, William Baldwin, Barry Gregory W. H. Osborne, Ralph Baring, F. T. Grey, Sir G. Paget, Colonel Baring, Thomas Grogan, E. Paget, Lord A. Barnard, E. G. Grosvenor, Lord R. Palmerston, Viscount Bateson, Thomas Grosvenor, Earl Parker, John Beckett, William Hallyburton, Lord Perfect, Robert Bellew, R. M. Malsey, T. P. Philipps, Sir R. Bennet, P. Hamilton, J. H. Pinney, William Bentinck, Lord G. Hamilton, G. A. Polhill, F. Bentinek, Lord H. Hamilton, Lord C. Ponsonby, C. F. Berkeley. Craven Hanmer, Sir J. Pusey, P. Berkeley, Captain Hatton, Captain Rashleigh, William Berkeley, Grantley Hawes, Benjamin Repton, G. W. Bernal, Ralph Hayes, Sir E. Rich, Henry Blackburne, J. I. Hobhouse, Sir John Ross, David R. Blake, Martin J. Hodgson, R. Round, John Bodkin, J. J. Howard, C. W. Russell, Lord J. Boldero, H. G. Howard,fE. G. Russell, Lord C. Borthwick, P. Howard, Sir R. Rutherford, A. Bowles, Admiral Hudson, G. Scrope, G. P. Brisco, M. Hurst, R. H. Sheil, R. L.' Brotherton, Joseph Hutt, William Shelburne, tarrof Browne, W. Jervis, Sir John Somers, J. P. Buller, Charles Jocelyn, Viscount Somerville, Sir W. Burke, T. J. Jolliffe, Sir W G. 11. Stanley, W. 0. Burrell, Sir C. Jones, Captain Staunton, Sir:G. Busfeild, William Kemble, H. Stuart, Lord _J. Byng, G. S. Labouchere, Henry Stuart, J. - Callaghan, D. Langston, J. H. 'limit, Edward Carew, R. S. Lawless, Cecil Talbot, C. B. Castlereagh, Vise. Lawson, Andrew Taylor, E. Cavendish, C. C. Layard, Major Thornely, Thomas Chapman, B. Lefroy, A. Towneley, John Chichester, Lord J. Le Merchant, Sir D. Trollope, Sir J. Christie, W. D. Liddell, Hon. H. T. Turner, Edmund Clay, Sir W. Lowther Colonel Vane, Lord H. Clifton, J.T. Macaulay, T. B. Vesey, T. Cole, H. A. M`Carthy, Alexander Villiers, Charles Colebrooke, Sir T. M`Donnell, J. M. Vivian , J. H. Collett, W. R. M`Taggart, Sir J. Vyse, H. Courtenay, Lord Mangles, R.:D. Walker, Richard Cowper, W. F. Manners, Lord J. Wall, C. B. Craig, W. G. Maule, Fox Ward, H. G. Dalrymple, Captain Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Watson, Henry Darner, Colonel Monahan, J. H. Wilshere, T. IV. Dawson, T. V. Morpeth, Viscount Wodehouse, Edmund Denison, J. E. Morison, General Wood, Sir Charles Disraeli, B. Mostyn, E. Wynn, C. W. Dundas, Admiral Napier, Sir Charles Wyse, Thomas Dundas, Sir David Neeld, Joseph Ebrington, Lord Newdegate. N. TILLERS. E,monde, Sir T. Newport, Viscount Tufnell, H. Ferguson, Sir R. Norreys. Sir D. Hill, Lord Marcus Frewen, C. 11. O'Brien, A. S. MINORITY-NOES, 62. Antrobus, Edmund Entwisle, W. Pechell, Captain Arkwright, George Goulburn, Henry Peel, Colonel Barclay, David Graham, Sir James Ricardo, J. L. Barrington, Viscount Hall, Sir Benjamin Sheppard, T. 3odkin, William H. Hastie, Archibald Sibthorp, Colonel Bouverie, E. P. Hervey, Lord A. Smyth, Sir H. Broad wood, H. Ilogg, Sir J. Spry, Sir S. Brown, W. Hope, G. W. Stuart, Henry Cardwell, Edward Hughes, W. B. Sutton, H. M. Carew, W. P. Hume, Joseph Tollcmache, John Clerk Sir G. Humphery, Ald. Trelawmy, J. S. Clive, Viscount Lincoln, Earl of Trotter, John Cripps, William Lindsay, Colonel Vivian, J. E. Deedes, W. Lygon, General Wakley, T. Dennistoun, J. Marshall, William Williams, W. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Masterman, J. Wood, Colonel T. Douglas, Sir C. Mitchell, T. A. Wortley, J. S. Douglas, J. D. S. Moffatt, George Yorke, R. H. Duke, Sir J. Morris, David Duncan, ;Viscount Mure, Colonel TELLERS. Duncan, George Neville, Ralph Molesworth, Sir W. Duncombe, T. Patten, J. W.I Roebuck, J. A. RAILWAY COMMITTEES, HOUSE OF LORDS.—(YESTERDAY.) Room A. Their Lordships forming this Committee assembled to day at eleven o'clock. EASTERN COUNTIES EXTENSION. Witnesses were further examined to-day on this B and The Committee adjourned till to-morrow. Room B. MANCHESTER, BUXTON, AND MATLOCX AND MIDLAND JUNCTION DEVIATION. The further evidence on this line occupied their Lord ships the whole day, and The Committee, shortly after four o'clock, adjourned till to-morrow. Room C. BSRIVIINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND STOUR VALLEY (No. XX.) BRANCHES. Their Lordships met this morning at eleven o'clock. The first witness called this morning on behalf of the opposition to *his line *yas Mr. Gorbett, of Birmingham, who stated that. Aismedi,ltely on the Oxford. Worcester, and Wolverhampton' RailO'ay beirsig: promoted, the Lon don and Birmingham listilwl:-V had *educed its tolls, bat since the Ist of April the tolls had been raised to the usual high rates; and no goods conk l now be sent to London, except they passed through the ,hands of Messrs. Pickford and Co. and Messrs. Chaplain and Co., the company's agents. Mr. WHATELEY, Q.C., then proceeded to a'ddress the Committee on behalf of the Oxford, Worce.iter. and Wolverhampton scheme, contending that the district to be accommodated by the proposed line would be much better served by the broad than the nawow gauge schemes. Mr. TALBOT, Q.C., addressed the Committee on behalf of Mr. Grazebrook, through whose property the proposed line would pass, and contended that the district was already amply supplied with the means of transit by existing canals or railways already sanctioned, and that there was not, therefore, any necessity for the construc tion of the proposed line at an expense of half a million of money. Mr. SMITH also addressed the Committee on behalf of the petition of trustees of the church and parsonage house at Lye, through the ground belonging to which tho proposed line would pass, and urged upon the Committee that no case had been made out to warrant the proposed interference with that property. Mr. HOPE replied on behalf of the Stour Valley Rail way Company. The room was then ordered to be cleared, and the Committee decided that the preamble of the Bill was not proved. Room D. The Committee resumed its sittings to-day; the Duke of Cleveland in the chair. MOLD RAILWAY. Their Lordships passed the preamble of the Bill, and the Committee then adjourned. Room E. The Committee sat for the first time to-day. ST. HELEN'S CANAL AND RAILWAY. The examination of witnesses on behalf of the Bill occupied their Lordships the whole day. Room G. CALEDONIAN (BRANCHES). The case of this railway occupied the Committee the whole day, and had not concluded when their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.) GROUP VI. EXETER, YEOVIL, AND DORCHESTER. The Committee met at the usual hour, and proceeded with the case of Mr. Frampton, a petitioning landowaer against the scheme. Mr. AUSTIN replied at considerable length on behalf of the promoters of this line. The Committee adjourned till twelve to-morrow. GROUP XXX. AIEHOLWIE (FROM LEEDS AND SELBY). The eommittee wet at the usual hour. and were occu pied the whole of the day with the examination of Mr. Birkenshaw, the engineer to the line. At the conclusion of his evidence the Committee adjourned till twelve to-morrow. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. Lord SHAFTESBURY passed the following Bills yester day : Wear Valley Railway. Edinburgh and Northern, and Edinburgh, Leith, an d Uranton Railways Amalgamation. Rathmines Improvement. Chester and Holyhead Railway (Extension at Holyhead). Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Branch from Burnt. island to Dunfermline Branch, &c.) No. 2. COMMITTEE on the NAVIGATION LAWS. The Select Committee appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into the operation of the navigation laws re-assembled on Thursday. The following mem bers were present:—Mr. M. Gibson (chairman); Mr. Liddell, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Ricardo, Sir Howard Douglas, Admiral Dundas, Mr. Hume, and Mr. Lyall. Mr. Robert Anderson was examined. By Mr. Liddell-He was a shipowner resident at South Shields, and was chairman of the Shipowners' Society at that port. He had been engaged in the North American, the East and West India, the Medi terranean, the Baltic, and the coasting trades. He had a general knowledge of the operation of the navigation laws, and he considered that they afforded employment rather than protection to British shipping. The witness handed in a statement of the average rates of freight from 1817 to 1846 for timber from Quebec, deals and tallow from St. Petersburgh, and coals from Newcastle to London. In the first four years from 1817, the average rate of freight for timber from Quebec was 21. 16s. 31 per load; in the second four years it was 2/ 7s. 6d. per load; in the third four years, 2/. 9s. 4id. per load; in the fourth four years, 21. Is. 1 Oid.; in the fifth four years, 11. 18s. 9d.; in the sixth four years, 21. Is. 3d.; in the seventh four years, 2/. Is.; in the eighth four years, ending in 1845, 1/. 14s. Bd.; in 1846 the average rate was 11. 19s. Id.; and at present it was 21. ss. per load. The average rate of freight for deals from St. Petersburgh was, for the four years com mencing in 1817, 41. 3s. lid. per load; for the next four years, 41 3s. 9d.; for the next, 3/. 12s. 6d.; the next, 3L Bs. 10id.; the next, 3/. 9s. 6d.; the next, 3/. 65.; the next, 2/. 1 ls. lid.; the next, ending in 1845, 21. 198. 4d.; and the average rate at present was, he be lieved, 4/. 2s. 6d. per load. Mr. Mitchell-It appears from your statements that the rates of freight in the Canada trade, which was pro tected, have fallen since 1817, while the rates in the St. Petersburgh trade, which was not protected, are the same now as they were in 1817? Mr. Anderson-It is so. By the Chairman-At present England had the whole of the Russian trade; but in consequence of a late treaty of reciprocity with Russia he apprehended competition with the vessels of that country, because the Russians allowed their new ships to trade to the Russian ports for the first three years without paying port charges, and they were allowed to come to this country on the same terms as British ships. By Mr. Liddell-The various treaties of reciprocity which had been entered into with foreign countries by successive Governments had proved very injurious to British shipping. He had before him a statement, which showed how these treaties, and the many other relaxa tions in the navigation laws which bad been made from time to time, had affected the trade of Newcastle. The statement included the amount of shipping engaged in the import and export trades between Newcastle and Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Prussia, Mecklenburg, Hanover, Oldenburg, the Hanse Towns, Holland, and Belgium ; in short, every country, north of France, ex cepting Russia, the trade with which he had stated Eng land already had. Taking the average of the years 1820, 1821, 1822, and 1823, which was previous to the dates of many of the treaties with those countries, he found that there were entered inwards 99 British vessels, and 92 foreign vessels ; and that 330 British and 218 foreign vessels cleared out with cargoes. In the year 1844, 113 British and 332 foreign vessels were entered inwards ; and 587 British and 1,068 foreign vessels cleared cut with cargoes. In 1846, the number of British vessels entered inwards was 102, and the num ber of foreign vessels was 449 ; the number of British vessels that cleared out with cargoes was 629, and the number of foreign vessels that cleared out was 1,379. The result of the 23 years was, that British vessels trading between the port of Newcastle and the foreign countries he had named had increased only 70 per cent., while foreign ships had increased 489 per cent. By Mr. Ricardo-During the last 30 years there had been an increase in British shipping, but not at all in proportion with the increasing trade of the country. The increase of sailing tonnage, exclusive of colonial, during that period, would amount to about 500,000 tons. Mr. Ricardo-Mr. Porter states that the sailing ton nage has, since 1824, increased 618,000 tons, and that the whole British tonnage has increased 1,500,000 tons. Examination continued-He would say that ship building has increased generally in the ports of the north of England since the passing of the reciprocity treaties with foreign countries. It had not increased in Newcastle, hut it had in Sunderland. By Mr. Mitchell—He was aware that sugar was allowed to be imported into Prussia, in English ships, from Havannah and Cups, but be did not consider that a proof that the Prussians treated us with more liberality than we treated them because it was a mere nominal trade. By Mr. Liddell—He believed that the shipping of the ports in the Adriatic was increasing in their trade with this country. By the Chairman—He thought that Parliament was right in adopting any measures which it thought calcu lated to benefit the people in the way of providing food for them or otherwise; but he did not think that the navigation laws hindered the importation of corn when there was no duty on it. By Mr. Liddell—He did not believe that freights had been lkwered Is. a quarter for corn since the navigation laws were suspended. The Committee then adjourned. FRIGHTFUL OMNIBUS ACCIDENT.TIIesday after. noon, between the hours of four and five o'clock, an ac cident of a most frightful character, which, besides in volving the life of one poor child, has inflicted such severe injuries on two others, as to render their ultimate recovery extremely dubious, occurred in Trafalgar square, under the circumstances subjoined. It seems that at the hour alluded to a railway omnibus was pro ceeding from the Great Western station along the southern side of the square, next Charing-cross, driven by the conductor, in the absence of the regular coach man, when three children, named James Pottinger, aged seven years, John Pottinger, aged six, and Charles Wilkinson, aged nine, were playing in the road, and although the driver, who was proceeding at a moderate pace, cried out, none of the unfortunate lads were able to retreat before the horses came upon them, and the de ceased James, brother to John Pottinger, being the first knocked down, the wheels passed over him, and he was killed on the spot. John, living with his parents, in Newport-market, was likewise seriously injured, having sustained a broken leg and a dislocation o f t h e collar bone, besides other extensive injuries. Wilkinson was also severely bruised in several parts, and sustained a compound comminuted fractur e of t h e l eft arm, with an occipitalinjury. The little sufferers were all taken to the Charing-cross Hospital. TiE IRISH CHIEF SECRETARYSHIP.—The Dublin Freeman's Journal of Thursday states, it has been settled that Sir Willi am S omerville will succee d to the Irish Secretaryship, which Mr. Labouchere vacates for the Board of Co n t ro l , i mmed i ate ly after the dissoluti on of Parliament. ANNIVERSARY of her MAJESTY'S CORONATION. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 28.—The anniversary of the Queen's Coronation was kept on Monday at Portentoutht with all the due observances and marks of respect. Thee people of the dockyard, and all persons connectedt with the public departments, bad a holiday. The shops; ar the three towns, Portsmouth, Portsea, and Gosport, we.te all closed, and the inhabitants, generally, also kept I A t daylight the bells rang forth their cheering sounds, anti at eight the Royal Standard flags were displayed at the—rarious flag-staves, and the squadron at Spithee,d, and t he ships in harbour, exhibited the usual quantity of co loured bunting. At noon the Excellent, bearing the fla tg of Rear Admiral Hyde Parker, Commander in-Ch ief pro tem, led off the general salute, which ship was rollowed by the St. Vincent, the Victory, the Howe, and Lily. So soon as the guns had ceased booming, the fine peal of bells of St. Thomas's Churc h repeated the fi.-e, and afterwards struck out merrya peal. The streots were thronged by holiday keepitig and well-dressed people, and the scene was further enlivened by Cook' equestrian troop, who, with their superb horses, were at the time making a tour of the principal thoroughfares. THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR- THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 011'0 RD, JUNE 28.—The proceedings in the various sections this day were enlivened by the presence of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who, accompanied by the Duke of Saxe Weimar, arrived by a special train from London at abont eleven o'clock. His Royal Highness was received at the station by the Rector cif Exeter, and conducted to that college, whence the ro•yii visitors proceeded to visit the several sections, in which they v:ere eeceived with respectful enthusiasm. In the geological section his Ro) al Highness arrived just as Sir Roderick Murc,hison was calling the attention of the audience to several N'ery elaborate maps, executed by the handl of the Crown P.rince of Sweden, in which the sciences of statistics and geography were combined, each map being painted in djffe rent colours to distinguish the several districts of Sweden in which the various pro ductions of the country are derived. His Royal Highness next proceeded to the ethnologi cal section, and arrived at the mom ent when his Excel lency Chevalier Bunsen was about to commence a most elaborate paper on the relation of the ancient Egyptian language to the other great divisions of language. His Royal Hi ghness listened throughout with great attention to the \eery eloquent discourse of the distinguished diplomatist, and atter its conclusion took his departure for some of 02 other sections, as well as for the horti cultural show in Trinity-gardens. From Trinity the Royai visitors returned to a dejeuxer at Exeter College, at which many of the distinguished foreigners who adorn the various sections of the Asso- ciation were presented to his Royal Highness. Among these we may specify Professor Sturve, Imperial Astrono mer to the Emperor of Russitl, and M. Leverrier, the famous discoverer of the new p;anet Neptune. His Royal Highness returnca es, 1 uUou oy special train at half-past four o'clock, and seemed to have bees much gratified by his visit. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN CHELMSFORD. (Abridged from the Essex Herald.) The most destructive conflagration witnessed in this town for many years occurred at an early hour on Satur day morning ; but though a large amount of property has fallen a sacrifice, we have happily not to add the loss of human life to the calamity. The fire broke out about two o'clock on the premises of Mr. Bancroft, a t inman, jumped Out Conduit- s t reet: h ear i ng a crac kli ng no i se , he Out of bed, and proceeding down stairs found his sitting room full of smoke, and on opening the door, which to a large and lofty workshop behind, he saw the flames'. at the extreme end rushing upwards and running along the ceiling ; he immediately returned to his wife, and both in a very terrified state mad e th e i r escape b y ' the, front door. The house being timber-built, as well as all those adjacent, in a few minutes Mr. Finch's on the left and Mr. Mison's on the right were also one mass of fire; the former with his wife escaped in their night clothes, after throwing out two beds, and Mr. Mison had great difficulty in getting out his five children in safety. The fire had been early observed by a lad named Overty, who slept during the night under a dog-cart, opposite his grand-father's cottage, in Union-yard; he states that a few minutes after two o'clock, he heard a crash of glass falling, when a dog barked, and on going into the yard he saw a blase issuing from Bancroft's side, window, which is in Union-yard; be cried " fire," and then aroused his grandfather and his neighbours. The cry was suickly taken up and conveyed along the streets, bringing the engines and vast numbers of the townspeople by degrees to the spot. In the rear of these houses a workshop occupied by Mr. Dowsett, cabinet maker; Mison's bake-office; and a cottage tenanted by a washerwoman named Baker were also on fire; and at the same time Overty's cottage on the opposite side of the yard was in flames, which communicating to two warehouses behind and contigu ous to Mrs. Sorrell's in Conduit-street, threatened anni hilation to Mr. Dutton's printing-office and all the neighbouring property. The engines before this had got into active play—first the Economic; and about half-past two the Essex Equitable arrived, the Sun and the Royal Exchange following. The Royal Exchange engine was stationed in Bell Mead by the river side, the hose attached to it being one thousand feet in length. Notwithstanding this, it poured', forth copious streams of water, and continued working: until the fire was got under. The Sun office engine, which fortunately stood in. Union-yard, was supplied by a double line of persons from the river, and preserved much property in the rear. At an early period the telegraph announced the disaster at Ingatestone, and in a very short time the small but powerful engine arrived from that town, which was es sentially useful. By the united efforts of the firemen and others—by the falling in of portions of houses and the nulling down of burning rafters, which tended to smother the fire—in about au hour and a half it had evi dently received a check, and in another hour it was gre. dually overcome, though not before the whole of the pro perty we have named was, with the exception of a few walls and chimneys, levelled with the ground. Though the fire was effectually subdued by six or seven o'clock, the engines continued to play for some hours upon the burning ruins, which covered a very large space, extending in front about 70 feet and 100 feet in depth. We cannot with certainty estimate the extent of the damage, but we imagine it will exceed 3,0001. The following will, we think, be found a pretty cor rect summary of the property destroyed : Mr. Finch, green grocer—house destroyed ; all the furniture destroyed—not insured. Mr. Bancroft—house destroyed, with furniture and stock; the latter insured for 2001. in the Economic. Mr. Mison—house, stock, and furniture destroyed; the latter insured for 100/. in the Economic. The above premises, with several cottages behind, ene of which (Mrs. Baker's) was consumed, belonged to the representatives of the late Mr. R. S. Cooke, and are insured in the Essex Economic, in the names of Capt. Stone (who married his daughter) and Mr. Wenden, the trustees. Mr. Wenden has also a separate in surance in the same office, to cover his interest in a lease for 1001. Mr. Drake—front and side walls only standing—fur niture destroyed, not insured. Mr. Bond—walls and part of roof standing—furniture and stock damaged in removal—insured in Essex Eco nomic for 1501. . Mr. Barnes—walls and part of roof standing—wash house behind, with two coppers, destroyed—bake house and oven partially injured-7 sacks of flour, a quarter of pea-meal, and two tons of coal burnt—furni ture much damaged—estimates loss at nearly 2001. not insured. The three last-mentioned houses belonged to Mr. Thomas Wackrill, and were uninsured. In Union-yard, the property destroyed in the rear of the above-named premises consisted of a nearly new oven, built for Mr. Mison, and which cost upwards of 601., insured ; a workshop in the occupation of Mr. Dor sett, cabinet maker, and partly over the above, in which were goods valued at 2001, but Mr. D. is covered by in surance in the Royal Exchange ; these were all burnt, together with the tools belonging to three workmen, valued at upwards of 601. ; a cottage occupied by Mrs. Baker, who lost nearly all her goods, and among them a mangle, by which she gained her livelihood ; and an un occupied cottage much damaged. On the other side of Union-yard two cottages were nearly consumed, one occupied by Overty, a pensioner, and the other used as a warehouse by Mr. Duttan ; in the latter, a billiard table and a mangle were burnt, not insured ; two warehouses adjoining were completely destroyed, with their valuable contents, one occupied by Mr. Eagle, chemist, in which was deposited a large quantity of resin, oil, pitch, and drugs, valued at nearly 8001., insured in the Essex Equitable for 2001. the other, by Messrs. White and Sandtord, curriers, who lost a large quantity of goods which had just been re ceived, besides goods in manufacture, trade implements, &c.; damage estimated at 1001., insured in the Economic for 501 only; the back part of Mrs. Sorrell's was the only other property destroyed in that direction. The cottages and warehouses, with Mrs. Sorrell's premises, are insured in the Essex and Suffolk Equitable. The origin of the fire is involved in some obscurity. Mr. Bancroft had erected a small furnace in his work shop which was officially inspected, and allowed by tho Essex Economic-office, but Mr. B. states that it was not used later than seven o'clock on the evening previous to the fire, and when he retired to rest early the pre mises were quite safe. The ruins are still in a smouldering state, though an engine was playing upon them ou Saturday and Sunday nights until a late hour. THE LATE Da. CHALMERS.—It will, we are sure, afford pleasure to a ll our readers to learn that the Queen, on the advice of Lord John Russell, h a s settled on Mrs. Dr. Chalmer s an d h er family a pension on the civil list of 2001. a-year. It is highly c reditable both to the monarch and h er a d v i ser , that the act, alike unsolicited and unexpected on the part of Mrs. Chalmers and her friends, takes the form of a spontaneous expression of sympathy with the bereaved widow,. and of r espect for The by orocridal John's letter own of h i nt imation eed, ie es t o the Mrs. illustrious Chalmers, hesham-place, June 22, 1847. Madam—l n . of informing you, that the Queen, dead. r tte n takingfo have lowt the into e— " h r consideration the piety, eloquence, and learning of the late Dr. Chalmers, has been pleased to command that a pension of two hundred pounds a year should be settled upon you and your daughters, out of her Majesty's civil list. Allow me to add, that I trust that this act of the Queen may render the remainder of your life as tolerable as the loss of so eminent and excel lent a partner will permit. I have the honour to be, Madam, your obedient faithful servant, J. RUSSELL"— Edinburgh Witness. I I T II ~. ~ LO N EDNESDAY MORN ING, JUN 30,