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T o THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY LONDON. LIONEL DE ROTHSCHILD. Ne , v-court, St. Swithires-lane, 30th June, 1847. Attached as I have been through life, to that party by which, in my judv meat, the civil and religious liberties of the country have been best prometed ; and, prepared as I am to support the present Admi nistration, in the confident hope that by its influence wise and salu tary measures to extend those blessings will be adopted, I shall, nevertheless, endeavour, In every instance , to form a right individual judgment, and to maintain that independence which becomes the Representative of the City of London. I have the honour to be, Your very faithful obedient Servant, GEORGE LARPENT. .A.nstln-friars, London, June 24, 1847 VITY OF LONDON.--GENERAL ELEC TION.— At a MEETING of the MEMBERS or the LIBERAL REGISTRATION ASSOCIATION, held at the London Tavern, on the 29th of June, 1847. On the motion of WILLIAM JOMN lIALL, Esq., seconded by SAMUEL AMoaY, Esq., MATTHEW FORSTER, Esq., M.P., was called to the Chair. A statement was read by the Secretary of the position of the Liberal part , in the City of London, and recommending Lord John Russell, Jaynes P*ttison, Esq., Sir George Larpent, Bart., and Baron Lionel Rotibichild, to the support of the Electors. On the motion of T. A. MITCHELL, Esq., M.P., seconded by HENRY J. PRESCOTT, Esq , It was Resolved— That the statement of the Business Committee be received, and that this meeting most cordially adopts its recommendation to pro pose to the electors four Candidates in the Liberal interest at the ensuing Election, to represent the City of London in the Commons House of Parliament. On the motion of THOId.ON JIANIKEY, Esq., jun., seconded by P. A It was Resolved— TAYLOR, Esq., That this meeting learn with satisfaction the determination of John Russell, an James Pattison, Esq., again to solicit the suf frages of the electors of London, receiv ; with cordial acceptance the address of Sir George Larpent, and hereby invite Baron Lionel Rothschild to present himself as a fourth candidate, assuring him that their sincere goodwill and best exertions will be devoted to se cure his return as their representative in Parliament. On the motion of JOIIN ALEXANDER HARKEY, Esq., seconded by WILLIAM PRITCIIA.RD, ESQ., it N 1 ,153 Resolved— That this Association hereby resolve itself into a General Election Committee, to secure the united return of Lord John Russell, James Pattison, Esq., Sir George Larpent, and Baron Lionel Rothschild, as the Representatives for the City of London. That the Business Committee be requester to act as a Sub-Committee for that pur pose, and that the gentlemen present hereby pledge themselves to use their best services, and to afford their undivided support to secure the joint Election of the four Liberal Candidates for the re presentation of the Metropolis. MATTHEW FORSTER, Chairman. On the motion of Martin T. Smith, Esq., soconded by W. G. Prescott, Esq., the best thanks of the meeting were cordially tendered to Matthew Foster, Esq., for his able and impartial conduct In the chair. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF LONDON. GENTLEMEN, Linder ordinary circumstances, I should on the dissolution of the present Parliament, have preferred retiring from public life, tender ing you my grateful acknowledgements for the many proofs of con fidence I have receivad at your hands ; but in deference to the strongly expressed wishes of many of my old friends and supporters and the flattering resolutions passed this day at the London Tavern, I MU induced again to offer myself as a Candidate for the honour of your suffrages. My long intimate connexion with the constituency, my oft re corded votes on the main passing political topics of the day, render it, I trust, unnecessary for me now to enter into a minute analysis of my opinions, and will be I hope a sufficient excuse for my not under going the severe ordeal of a personal canvass. _ It is well lsnown I am generally a warm supporter of the present Government, reserving to myself a right of individual judgment, and a perfect independence of action. As matters of great importarce must be submitted to the Conside ration of the next Parliament, especially as regards the more exten sive realisation of those enlightened principles of unrestricted com merce which have recently been adopted, I can assure you that all suck measures propounded with a view of benefiting the people at Large. and of widening the sphere of their political power and inn portnuce, will continue to receive, as heretofore, my constant and xmflinching support. _ . _ I ha • - e no Hesitation in expressing my high satisfaction at being as sociated on this occasion with Lord John Russell, the Prime Minister et this country, whose services in the cause of Reform and claims on the Liberal party ought never to be forgotten ; and with two other gentlemen of high commercial and social position, by the return of one of whom especially, the last barrier to civil and religious liberty will, I believe, be removed. In conclusion, should you again be pleased to confer upon me the distinguished honour of representing you in Parliament, I can assure you that your great and numenus interests will ever receive my constant care and attention ; and referring you to my past political life as the best guarantee for my future conduct, I beg to subscribe myself - Your faithful servant, J. PATTISO37. 57 1 ,4 Old Broad-street, June 29, 1847. TO THE ELECTORS AND CITIZENS OF WEST3IINSTER. GINTLEMEN, I find in the, journals of this day, an address to his constituents from the Prime Minister. The Dissclution then is near, and the time arrived for acquainting you that I am again a Candidate, this seventh time, for a renewal of the trust with which you have so long honoured ine. Connected with Westminster for nearly twenty years, it is most gratifying to me to hear, not only that several gentlemen of the Liberal party have already kindly and unsolicitedly canvassed for me—but that many of rather more extreme opinions intend also to give me support. Thus situated, I need scarcely observe that any interference in the contests of others by such Committee as may on the dissolution honour me by conducting my election, may not be conducive to my interests, standing, as I do, on the separate ground of accepted services as your old representative. At four contests, you placed on record, majorities in my favour of 937, 1,060, 1,09.5, and 1,132. Twice also you returned me against the whole weight of Govertimentinfinence. These I take the liberty of reminding you of. as my best testimonies of past fidelity, and best guarantees of future conduct. I will not presume to offer you counsel on the exorcise •f the most important of all political functions that of the franchise. The pre. eminent City of Westminster, ever distinguished by pure and ho nourable conduct, will continue to maintain its elevated position as an example to the constituencies of the empire. For myself, I have only to say that I also will continue my anxious and undeviating efforts to promote the liberties and well-being of all classes of the people. I have tie honour to rema!n, Gentlemen, your faithful servant, Bryanston-square, June 29, 1857. DE LACY EVANS. ABSCONDED. —Whereas JOHN WYBERD, formerly of 144, Park-terrace, Coventry-road, Birmingham, and late Collector to :Messrs. Crowley, Hicklin, and Co., carriers, at 'Wolverhampton, to whom the Guarantee Society had become surety for him, has absconded, retalsing, in his possession moneys belonging to Lis employers, notice is hereby given that TWENTY GUINEAS will be paid by the said Society to any party who Kilt give such in formation as may lead to his apprehension and conviction. Guarantee Society's Offices, 19, Birchin-lane, Corithill, London. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BANKING COMPANT.—Yester day the sixth annual meeting of this company was held at the office in Old Broad -street, City. The chair was taken by E. Divett, Esq., M.P. Mr. Wheeler, the London manager, read the report for the past year, from which it appeared that the commerce of South Australia had been greatly increased by the extended working of the -various copper and other mines found in the colony ; and by the numerous additions to the population, through large arrivals of labourers, with a fair proportion of ca pitalists. The local board and manager had, however, in obedience to the wish of the directors, taken care that none of the capital of the bank should be knowingly risked in hazardous schemes. During the last year a considerable and profitable business has been transacted by the bank. The nett profits of the year's business at Adelaide showed an increase over last year. The nett total of profits at Adelaide and London for 1846-7, after every deduction, inclnding the 1,0001. voted to the directors at the last meeting, was 9,383/. 14s. 2d., the balance of undivided profits on the 31st of May, 1847, - was 11,600/. 19s. lid. The directors recommended that froni this balance the sum of 1,600/. be applied in reduce tine' of . preliminary expenses, and that 1,000/. be added to the re serve f un d , leaving a sum more than sufficient io r a diviciend at the rate of five per cent. per annum. After some discussion the report was adopted. J. B. White, Esq., was elected a director in the pl ace o f t h e late G. Davenport, Esq., and Sir J. Pine, Bare, was also re elected. Al vote of thanks was passed to the 1, directors, to Mr. Wheel er , the London manager, and . to the board and manager at Adelaide, when the meetin separated. g PATAL ACCIDENT ON WESTMINSTER -BRIDGE. — An inquest was held yesterday by. NIL% Bedford, at the .Ree Lion, Princes-street, Vv'e tminster, on the b ody of Charles Barnett, aged 6:3, el' rk to a wine merchant The evidence went to show that about nine o'clock on Yriday morning last a cart laden with timber and drawn by one belonging to Mr. Chamberlain, of the Bel vedere-road, Lambeth, was crossing Westminster bridge, when, in passing a distiller's waggon, the horse became restive, in consequence of a loud rattling of tins on the -veEicsle. The driver, who had hold of the animal's ibrAe, did all in his power to stop and quiet it without *effect, and at length, overpowered. he let go his bold of the animal, which ran on to the footpath on the left hand aide e l f the bridge. The deceased, who was walking al o ng, was knocked down by the shaft, and the off wheel passed over both his legs. He was conveyed to the Westminster Hospital, having received a compound fractuwe of the left thigh; he sank and died on Saturday evening f r om the shock arising from the accident. It 'Was stated this was the second person who had been killed by the same horse, but there was nothing to show that the anie lel was anywise viciously inclined. Verdict, " Accidental L loath." GENTLEmsw, , The resolutions tinsuaimotisly passed yesterday at the Meeting of Pas Liberal party, are of so flattering a character, that I hasten to irdbrrn you of my intention to come forward as one of the Candidates for the honour of representing the City of London in the next Parha- Althongn I have not had many opportunities of taking a prominent part in public affairs, my name has been for many years familiar to You, my life has been spent entirely among you, and should you do me the honour of returning me as your representative, you will find in ir,e an anxious and zealous promoter of the mercantile, commercial, an /A monetary interest of your great city. In 1839, in the petition to l'arliamont, I recorded my adhesion to those principles of commercial ZAberty which have since met with more general favour than they then attained, and which we have now seen carried into successitl, although Partial operation. In the event of my return as one of your repre sentative's, it will be my duty and pleasure to watch over and to pro mote We development of a system, which, under adverse circum stance', altogether beyond Minima foresight or control, has still realised every reasonable anticipation. I tam anxious to extend the blessings of education to all classes of the community, and to remove every obstacle which religious ontAnions may prersent, to a full participation in these benefits. lam naturally, in every sense, a supporter of civil and religious liberty, and rejoice in finding these feelings responded to by so large a portion of my fellow-ceitizens. Should I ",e so fortunate as to obtain, by your favour, the honour of representing you, the great object of my ambition will be realised ; and I shert endeavour to fulfil the duties of an independent Member to the ur.nost of my power, and, I trust, to your satisfaction. I have the honour to be your faithful and obedient servant, 710 THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF LONDON. GENTLEMEN, Having received very flattering assurances of support, I beg to announce my intention of offering myself as a Candidate, at the en suing Election, to represent the City of London. My life has been spent, in mercantile pursuits —my own interests are identified with tho'se of a large portion of the constituency. Commercial question,. of importance must be brought before the new I. , arliament, and I seek upon a wider sphere to promote the trade and commerce of London, by carrying out those sound princi ples of legislatie a which I advocated as an individual before they were adopted tv Parliament. or stamped with popular approbation. It is chiefly epon these grounds that I venture to solicit your suffrages, pled ask you to confer upon me the highest honour to Which a 'merchant of London can aspire. I am a Freeman and Liver Man of the City, and I shall always be ready to attend to the busineess of the Corporation, and to support its interests consistently with the general good. W e have, fortunately, arrived at a period when no bitter party ani- Inc , sities exist, and when we may hope measures intended for the fir,cial improvement of the country will be considered with calmness 'and impartiality, The extension of education shall receive ray warmest support. I admit the right of every class in the community to share in the dis tribution of ttse public funds appropriated to that object; but whilst I am desirotis of acting justly by the members of other religious per suasions, I shall not forget what Ls due to the Protestant faith, to which Z. am sincerely attached. I am prepared to agree to such modification of the details and such imPro . cement in the administration of the poor-laws as experience may dictate, ensuring to extreme want, and to the aged, the young, an'l the infirm poor, that support and assistance to which they are kastly entitled. Internal improvements, directed to benefit thehealth, improve the morals, and to increase the comforts and enjoyments of the great bulk of our population, shall receive my strongest approval, but my aim will be not so much to create new institutions for these purposes as to render those already existing more effective, still pre serving the principle of local self government. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. The last appearance but One of the celebrated Actor Monsieur BOUFFE. THIS EVENING Will be presented UNE FE MME WI SE JETTE PAR LA FENETRE. The characters by M. Durnery, M. Rhozevil, Mdlle Vallee, Mme. Grassau, and Mdlle. Duverger. After which the popular comedy, in two acts, entitled LE CHE VALIER DE GRIGNON. Nogeut, 31. Bouffe; Le Due Arthur de Morangy, Rhozevil ; La Baronne de Shaffenbourg, Madame Grassau ; Cecile, Mdlle. Duverger. • To conclude with a: new vaudeville, entitled LA CAROTTE D'OR. Fromont, M. Bouffe ; Alice, M. Vallee. The performances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock pre cisely._ - Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 23. Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Bond-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open tally frorn Eleven till Five. LTtIIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, FINAL PERFORMANCES. The attractive Entertainments given by the Ethiopian Singers, at the St. James's Theatre, .will be positively terminated at the End of the Present Month, prior to the fixed Departure of the Company for America, on the sth of July. The remaining Performances will take place in the (pllowing order : Wednesday, June 30 .. • • ..... . .. Last Morning Thursday, July 1 ..11's Benefit. And the FAREWELL PERFORMANCE, SATURDAY EVENING, July 3. Boxes and Stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at I lie Box-office of the Theatre. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Loasee and Manager. THIS EVENING. Will be presented a comic drama, entitled LOVE'S TELEGRAPH. Arthur de Solberg, Mr. C. Mathews; Count Theodore, Mr. Vining : Princess Blanehe, Madame Vestris. In the course of the evening Mr. and Miss Marshall will dance the " Pas de Debardeur." To be followed by THE BARBER BRAVO. Atter which A CURIOUS CASE. Mr. Aubrey, Mr. James Vining; Twiggleton, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mrs. Aubrey. Miss Cooper. To conclue with a comic drama, entitled "LADIES BEWARE !" Co7onel Vavasour, Mr. Granby; Sir Charles Vavasour, Mr. James Vining ; Matilda, Miss Cooper. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager. Mr. William Batty. the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family. THIS EVENING Will be presented a gorgeous Peruvian Drama, to illustrate the historical events of the Spaniards' conquest of Peru, arranged from the original text of Drins , ey Sheridan's play of " Pizarro." entitled THE STORMING OF QUITO ; or, the Warrior of the Sun. Rolla, Mr. W. West. The extraordinary equestrian performances of La Petite Davidson and the New cenes of the Circle, with the who'e of the Entertain ments, having been attended with the most complete success, will be reyeated every evening. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Stalls, rs.; Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 13. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Commence every evening at Seven o'clock, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. In consequence of the success attending the Eminent English Vocalists, they have been re-engaged for Twelve Nights more, and will appear in "Maritana," as played at Drury Lane 100 nights. t4p6 L0N13024, WkiD 13, Great Mariborca;h•street. MR. COLBURN'S NEW PUBLICATIONS. LIVES of the QUEENS of ENGLAND. Vol. I. By AGNES STRICKLAND. IL LORD CASTLEREA.GII'S JOURNEY TO DAMASCUS. 2 vols., with numerous Engravings. MEMOIRS of LADY SUNDOX, and of the COURT of QUEEN CAROLINE, Consort of George 11. By Mrs. THOMgON. 2 vols. ZENON the MARTYR. By the Rev. RICLIARD COBBOLD, M.A. 3 vols. V. T.k.SCRE D. By B. DISRAELI, lI.P. 3 vols. NT.',W EDITION. VI. Sir GEORGE SIMPSON'S OVERLAND JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD. 2 vols. Svo. VII. TIM JESUIT at CAMBRIDGE. By Sir GEORGE STEPHEN. 2 vols. VII. ZOOLOGICAL RECREATIONS. I By W. J. BRODERIP, Esq. F.R.S. 1 vol., 10s. 6d. bound. Ix. MADAME D'ARBLAY'S DIARY and LETTERS. VOLS. VI, and VII., completing the Work. X. HORACE WALPOLE'S MEMOIRS of the REIGN of GEORGE THE SECOND. Second Edition. 3 vols. svo., with Portraits. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough street. Orders received by all Booksellers. - HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re pectfully informed, that there will be an EXTRA NIGHT TO MORROW EVENING, THURSDAY, July 1, 1847, when will be ➢resented Donizettrs Opera, entitled LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO. With New Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations. The Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall. Marla, Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; La Marchese dl Berkenfleld, Madame Solari ; Sulpizio Sergente, Sig. F.Lablache ; and Tonto, Sig. Gardoni. To conclude with various Entertainments in the BALLET DE PARTMENT, combining the talents of Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlle. Rosati, Mdlle. Cerito, M. Perrot, and M. St. Leon. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed Sheridan Knowles's Comedy of THE LOVE CHASE, Sir William Fundlove, Mr. Tilbury ; Master Waller, Mr. Howe ; Widow Green, Mrs. Glover ; Constance. Mrs. Nisbett. To be followed by a new comic drama, called THE JACOBITE. Sir Richard Wroughton, Mr. Stuart ; John Duck, Mr. Buckstone ; Lady Somerford, Miss Fortescue. To conclude with HIS LASE LEGS. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. tinder the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Wlll b 3 produced a new and original comedy, in three acts, called THE TITLE DEEDS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Wright, Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, Boyce, Munyard, C. J. Smith, Worrell ; Mrs. Yates, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Harding, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, &c. After which The MAGYAR MULATSAG; or, Hungarian Fetes. By the celebrated Hungarian Dancers and the Hungarian Instru mental Vocalists. Alter which an entirely - •new Petite Comedy, entitled FLYING COLOURS; or, Crossing the Frontier. Captain Sans ion', Mr. Webster ; Margaret, Miss Woolgar ; Helen de 31ontereau, Madame Celeste ; Justine, Miss Ellen Chaplin. To be followed by the Opera Buffa Sketch, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, 4 elby, Cullenford, and Miss Woolgar. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. (Summer Season—Lyceum Company.) THIS EVENING. Will be presented a burletta, entitled THE WATER WITCHES. Principal characters by Mesdames Vlliars, Dickinson, Daly, Arden, Messrs. Oxberry, Vining, &c. To be followed by A MODEL OF A WIFE, in which Mr. Wigan, and Mr. Emery will appear. After which a new grand Ballet, entitled THE CONTRA BANDIST, in which the celebrated Spanish Dancers, Sig. Mariano Camprubi, Sig. Juan Aleman.Y, and Signora Dolores Serral, from Aldan, Berlin, Paris, &c., will appear, aided by Miss Massall, 31d.1e. Blonce, and a numerous Corps de Ballet. To conclude with THE CREOLE; or, Love's Fetters. fFRENH PLAYS.—MDLLE. RACHEL. Mr. MITCHELL C begs respectfully to announce, that the EN GAGEMENT of the eminent Tragidlenne, Mdlle RACHEL, will be commenced on MONDAY EVENING, July 5. The first Six Repre sentations will be arranged in the following order : Monday, July 5. .......... Les braces. Wednesday, July 7........ Friday, July 9.... ...... ••..• • • • Tancred. Monday, July 12......... •••• • • • Polyeucte. Wednesday, July 14. ........... • Britannicus. Friday, July 16. ..••••..• • • • • • • • Jeanne d'Are. M. Raphael Felix (brother of Mdllo Rachel, and of the Theatre Francaise), M. Itrevanne and M. Marius (also of the Theatre Fran caise), and Mdlle. Rabist (late of the Theatre Francais, now of the Theatre Royal, Berlin) are engaged to assist in these representa tions. S'abscriptions for the Six Performances may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and the present subscribers to boxes or stalls who may be desirous of continuing theta during Rachel's engagement are respectfully solicited to intimate their wish, on or before the Ist July, after which date they will be other wise appropriated. St. James's Theatre, June 21, 1847. THIS EVENING Will be presented the opera of M A RITA:Si A. Charles the Second, Mr. McMahon ; Don Cmsar, Mr. Harrison ; Don Jose, Mr. Stretton ; Niaritana, Miss Rainforth ; La.zarillo. Miss Isaacs. To conclude with a drama, in three acts, and a Prologue, of the most extraordinary and novel interest, entitled The RAG-PICKER of PARIS and the DRF:SS-MAKER of ST. ANTOINE. Jean, Mr. Webb; Perre Garouse, Mr. Neville; M. Berville, Mr. Frede ricks; Count St. Antoine, Mr. Tindell ; Marie Diddier, Mrs. Henry Vining ; Marie Hoffman, Mrs. Ware. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THI A S EVENING Will be perform e d, THE SUCY LASS ; or, the Log of a British Tar. Characters by Messrs. Hicks, Dale, Serie, Bird, Gardner ; Miss Vincent, Mts. Lee. Miss Burroughcliffe, &c. Atter which a new burletta, entitled the CROSS-BOW LETTER; or, the Miller of Whetstone. Characters by Messrs. Bird, Searle, and Gardner, Miss Vincent, Mrs. Hicks. &c. To Conclude with THE HUT Or THE RED MOUNTAIN ; or, Thirty Years of a Gambler's Life. Boxes, Is.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. ROYA.T, SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Great Musical Treat.—Second Week of the " Swedish Nightingale, Re-engagement of M. JIILLIEN and the elite of his Orchestra for One Week more. THIS DAY and TO-MORROW. The Daylight View of the Town and Bay of Gibraltar; Splendid Menagerie, enriched by recent presents from her Majesty ; Prome nade Concerts by Jullien's unrivalled band of One Hundred musi cians, including Messrs. Barret, Baumann, Richardson, Coilinet, Lazarus, Prospere, Ciotti, Kcenig, kc., two of whom will perform solos each evening. All the attractions of the gardens in succession, concluding with a grand Pyrotechnic Display, representing the Siege of Gibraltar, which forms a scene of matchless grandeur and beauty. Doors open at Nine, A.M.; Feeding Time, Five; Concert, Quarter past Six; Fireworks, Quarter-past _Nine. Admission, One Shilling. On Friday next a Day Fete of a novel and extraordinary cha racter will be given. 111 E WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JUNE 30. tiERMOMETER, Lowest, 55; Highest. i 0; Noon, 67 BAROMETER, 30.32.—W1ND N.E.; fine. HUM WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGF. THIS DAY. Morning .. 54 minutes after 2. I Evening .. 16 minute■ site, 3. 44t wk . ' .6, • . • , I dr 'l 'l: 4, ',',.,7 M — T ;-:; --,.. 74 ' !.i„„ : ). I CA/ qr TZ....- 0 6 ' ..4104,' 4 01W ' l "' . ,thi ..__ Dip ,:: , ~ •-•`,..; .'3. , mo w, ..,-,- -_,,,. 4111, ":„ . ".,ye_6l*- - , 1701^- , ...... ~ I ,, 'wa;.' ATIII --- - awning .7, - Ant LONDON, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 30, 1847. Political parties are so utterly dismembered that there is the feeblest possible chance of a vigorously contested election on the dissolution of Parliament. A few weeks alone intervene between this moment and the general appeal to the electors, and yet the note of preparation is only sounded at intermittent intervals, and in a comparatively small number of metropolitan and provincial constituencies. At an epoch when there is a greater necessity than ever for exertion and di scr i m i nat i on on the part of the en franchised population, an universal lethargy seems to have abated all the sentiments of division and ani mnsit:( Nvhich th ey h ave been incited to activity. Happily bythere Promis a consolatory prognostic in this very quiescence. Prom theself e - r e el a i a m n o c n e g vs t • h h e i echo con r I perceptibly the prevailing i gd lfi om it is impossibl e no t to behold h prej u di ces and the anti pathiesPerPetual dissen stitlsotfe the conquest United of K in the eh sions which.Duringthe formerly last causedu session, indeed, of this most memorable and most eventful Parliament no Op position worthy of that distinction has confronted the Ministry and the Ministerial supporters. 'We gladly direct attention to the meeting con vened yesterday afternoon at the London Tavern by the Registration Association of this great city, a lengthened report of which meeting is duly published in another column. The course of the metropolitan constituency is thereby mapped out beyond all pos sibility of misconception, and certainly beyond all possibility of failure, providing the Liberal electors are only true to themselves, and earnestly unanimous in the great principles involved in the approaching struggle. Considering that the registered majority of Liberals over Conservatives is something approxi mating to two thousand, there can assuredly be little hesitation as to the result of the election, in the event of a general combination. Nor is there now any uncertainty whatever as to particular candidates deserving of the suffrages of the London constituents --the candidates enumerated by the Registration Association are at once distinguished men and ex treme Liberals : foremost amongst them the Prime Minister of England; secondly, Sir GEORGE LAR- PENT ; thirdly, Mr. JAMES PATTISON ; and, fourthly, Baron LIONEL ROTLISCHILD. Let it not be forgotten that thrice previously has the City of London sent four Liberal representatives simultaneously to Par liament ; namely, in 1832, when the successful can didates were Alderman MATTHEW WOOD, Alderman ROBERT WAITHMAN, Mr. GEORGE GROTE, and Sir JOIIN KEY; in 1835, when the same Members were returned, with the exception of Mr. WILLIAM CRAWFORD in lieu of Sir JOHN KEY ; and in 1837, when the successful candidates of the preceding elec tion were each of them victorious. To London an immense number of the provincial constituencies will look immediately upon the dissolution of .. . . Parliament for an example as to the disposition which should be evinced.. What must not be the consequence of the visible unanimity of the metropolitan electors in the triumphant return of Lord JOIIN RUSSELL, of Sir GEORGE LARPENT, of Mr. JAMES PATTISON, and of Baron LIONEL ROTHSCHILD ? What must not be the contagion of that enthusiastic manifestation of liberality ? Upon the decision of the City of London depends therefore, to a considerable extent, the character of the new Par liament. There can be no question as to the deep and serious importance of the subject to which Lord BROUGHAM on Monday directed the attention of the Upper House. The enormous quantity of business an nually brought forward, the extensive interference with the rights of property, and the weight and mag nitude of the interests involved in what has been termed " private legislation " imperatively demand that the tribunals to whose decision they are to be submitted should be so constituted as to diminish to the lowest degree the chances of an erroneous or un warranted judgment, and to prevent the possibility of fraud or of corruption. The first question, there fore, that naturally arises is, are these points attained by the present system ? and, secondly, if not, and that great and glaring abuses are to be found in its administration, what measure of reform is necessary in order to obtain tribunals in every respect unobjec tionable—suitable for the grave and important duties entrusted to their charge, and responsible for the just and efficient discharge of these duties ? The Noble and Learned Lord gave an interest ing account of the ancient machinery brought into operation, of the " recevours " and " triours" to whom petitions were referred, from whence it is manifest, that the same absurd jealousy as to any interference with the legis lative functions, by persons not members of either branch of the Legislature, that has recently prevailed, had then no existence. The " recevours" were not ne cessarily members of either House, and the " triours" were assisted by the judges and King's sergeants. The Members of Parliament generally would no more have acted in opposition to the judgment of those learned persons than the lay Members of the present House of Peers would interfere with the law Lords in their judgment on a purely judicial question. The cases, however, in which private legis lation was required were comparatively rare, and when brought before Parliament generally com manded an universal assent; in fact, there was seldom, if ever, controversy, either as to the law or the fact. They were chiefly cases for the improvement of pri vate estates, the settling of doubtful titles, and others of a similar description; a greater degree of laxity in consequence began to prevail. The judges or sergeants were not called upon to give their assist ance in questions of such trivial importance and re quiring so little skill or learning to solve their difficulties as those which generally were to be adjudicated upon. The present system, therefore, gradually sprung up, and is continued, although 600 or 700 private Bills are now annually brought forward—many of them, in deed the great majority, involving the decision of disputed facts, the determining the relative weight attachable to the evidence of witnesses of undoubted integrity and of the highest scientific attainments, and, finally, a judgment between conflicting claims which should, if possible, be ever founded on fixed and in variable rules and principles, but which is required from those wholly unacquainted with such rules or principles, and who are in nowise qualified, either by education,:practice, or attainments, for the discharge of the judicial functions. Private legislation had, in fact, the same relation Lord J. RUSSELL presides over the legislative destinies of England without almost the shadowy phantom of a competition. Nor must it be pre sumed from this partial stagnation in the rivalry of statesmanship that the Cabinet of the Noble Lord the Member for the City of London ex ists merely upon sufferance. In an infamous sense, it has recently been said by M. ALPHONSE LAMAR TINE, in his magnificent " History of the Girondists," that ROBESPIERRE was the consummation of the Revo lution—that the Revolution, after embodying itself in a variety of fOrms and personages, ended in ROBES PIERRE. In a noble and humanising sense, it may be said that the prolonged struggle in political opinion which has followed the passing of the Reform Bill, the moral revolution of Great Britain has been consummated in RUSSELL. And it is most fitting that this eminent statesman should be the result of such a diversified and triumphant contest against the abuses of the con stitution ; it is most fitting that the man who had the immortal honour of introducing that renowned mea sure in the House of Commons should be the chief tain selected by the nation for the government of its affairs when the full advantages of Parliamentary reform were beginning to be realised. Contented, however, with the benefits already en sured by the destruction of political party, the consti tuencies of the empire show signs of degenerating into inertness. They seem to be impressed with a notion that the requisite impulse has been given, and that their work is consequently in a great measure accom plished. Probably it may be so. Probably the time has actually gone by when there could be any chance of retrogression. We believe that that time has gone by. We believe that the triumph of liberality is se. cured for ever, that the pathway of civilisation has been trampled smooth in the very struggles of de fence and progression ; we believe that the wedge has been so inserted in the upas of ignorance and Toryism, that it must with every additional blow rive the stem from the crown to the root. Still the deve lopement of the blessings of social advancement will be better secured and expedited by the continu ance of popular activity. Inertness in the electors conduces to indifference in the elected. Quietude out of doors necessitates an abatement of energy within the House. It has become proverbial, indeed, that public opinion is the chief motor in the mechanism of the Government. Without ardour and consistency, and perseverance and precision in the prime motor, the movements of that State machinery naturally relax correspondently. The fire smoulders, the water becomes less heated, the piston flags in its directing force, the rotation of the wheel slackens. This is inevitable. It is inevitable, we maintain, that unless there is an increased ardour among the consti tuencies, there will be a decreased energy among their Parliamentary representatives. It is incumbent, therefore, upon the electors of England, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland, to bestir themselves betimes for the selection of the most competent candidates among those who will solicit their suffrages at the hustings; otherwise the charaeter of the new Parliament must be neces sarily deteriorated by procrastination and careless ness. Precautions and preparations are conse quently requisite in every city, borough, and county. bAY N JUN 1g BO A letter from Berne of the 24th, in the Constitu tionnel, says—" A grand meeting was held on the 21st at Brunnen, in the canton of Schwyz, on the banks of the lake of Lucerne, between the delegates of the seven Separatist cantons. The most violent resolutions were adopted with a quasi unanimity, signifying that the League relies in the last extremity upon foreign intervention. Several Protestants of note were remarked in the meeting. Hitherto, the Conservatives of this creed have been, in general, frugal of their hostile demonstrations on questions which appear to be within the domain of religion. This circumstance is enough to restore to the present crisis its real character—that of an inveterate conflict between the two great principles which divide the political world." A letter from Berlin of the 24th says—" Baron DB CORNELICS, author of the designs of the bas-reliefs which ornament the silver and gold shield which King FREDERICK WILLIAM lately sent as a baptismal present to his god-son, the Prince of WALES, has re• ceived an autograph letter of thanks in the German language from Queen VICTORIA. Among other things her MAJESTY says I hope that one day my son, in whose name I write, because he is not yet able to write himself, will prove by his intelligence, and by his love of the fine arts, that he is worthy of the chef d'oeuvre which his royal god-father has pre sented to him.'" The Breslau Gazette states that a great many persons have lately been arrested in Poland, and the estates of several landholders confiscated by the Imperial Government. Madrid papers of the 23d have arrived. The Correo denies the statement of the Faro, that ESPARTERO has been restored to his rank and honours. There was a rumour in Madrid that a Narvaez-Serrano Cabinet was about to be formed. GoNzALEs BRAVO, having been attacked by a Minis terial journal for his conduct in Portugal, has re signed his post of Member of the Royal Council. The Estudiente, a Carlist chief, has appeared at the head of a formidable band in the neighbourhood of Burgos, and has seized a number of post-horses in the various towns, and burned the telegraphs. The Three per Cents. were done at 291 for cash; the Fire per Cents. at 17i; the Debt without Interest at 51; and the Coupons at 15. We have received the Paris papers of Monday. The consequences of Government interference to keep down the price of bread, and to feed the people of Paris, are now becoming manifest. For a Go vernment to feed an entire nation is manifestly im possible; and if it undertakes to feed any one portion of the nation, it can only do so at the expense of the rest, and those who are thus robbed in order that their more fortunate brethren may be unjustly favoured, will naturally grumble, and from grumbling be led to consider what it is that has caused themselves to be plundered for the benefit of another portion of their fellow-subjects. .I.The provincials of France appear to lae at pr4gefii considering this question. `` Why should Paris 11646 especially favoured ?" ask they. The reply is obvious--" Lest an outbreak should take place in Paris, and end in a revolution. l a It is from fear —and fear alone—that the Govern ment provides for the sustenance of the people of Paris." " Then let us try what fear will do for us," say the provincials ; and accordingly we find that Mulhouse—the Manchester of France—was on Saturday the scene of a food riot of the most alarming description. The Moniteur publishes the following account of the disturbance : " A telegraphic dispatch from the Prefect of the Upper Rhine announces that troubles have broken out at Mul hausen since yesterday morning. The price of bread was the pretext for it. The crowd attacked successively the shops of the bakers and the wine shops, which they pillaged and ransacked. Misfortunes have to be de• plored. During the pillage of a baker's shop, alter several warnings and reiterated summonses had remained without result, the Lieutenant-Colonel of the 18th Light Infantry, who commanded the detachment, seeing him self assailed on all sides, was obliged to order the troops to fire. Three or four persons were killed. The Lieut.• Colonel was seriously wounded in the face. A great number of persons have been arrested." This it is to be feared is but the " beginning of the end," and we shall not be surprised to hear of similar disturbances breaking out in other provincial towns of France. Notice was given on Saturday to General Cu- TamsEs, and to Messrs. TESTE, PARMENTIER, and PALLEPRA, of the decree of the Court of Peers ordering them to be put upon their trial. M PAILLET is engaged to defend M. TESTE, and M' BAROCHE has been retained on the part of General CUBIERES• CHAIX•D'EST-ANGE for M. PEL 'APRA. and M. BERRYER for M. PARMENTIER. It is said in the salons of Paris that the French Government is engaged in a series of intrigues hav ing for their object the elevation of the Due DE .MONT PENSIEII to the throne of Spain. General NARVAEZ, it is said, is only waiting in Paris the completion of the preliminary arrangements to proceed at once to Madrid and assume the dictatorship of Spain, under the protectio n of the Court of the Tuileries. The report that the Duc D'AITMALE is to be appointed Viceroy of Algiers has been revived. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Mon day at 77f. 50c. , the Five per Cents., 117 f. 80c. ; Rouen, 970 f ; Havre, 645 f. ; Great Northern, 570 f. ; Avignon, 683 f. 75c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2721. 50c. ; Vierzon, 5951. ; Bordeaux, 510 f. ; Basle, 1871. 50c. ; Dieppe, 3151. ; Paris and Strasburg, 422 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 405 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 443 f. 75c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 4461. 25c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 4551. MARSEILLES, JUNE 24.—Marseilles and Avignon, 717 f. 50c, BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 29. Ceylon, i4—Luxembourg, I%—Northern of France, 1034 —Paris and Strasbourg, s—Rouen and Havre, 26. The corn looks beautiful ; and of potatoes there is every promise of a beautiful and uncontaminated crop. Carlisle Patriot. o proceedings eiiity that equity had to common law. Our law courts, the Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer were originally the only tri bunals in the country, and they judged according to the common law and the statute law of the country. It was found, however, that they were inadequate for the exigencies of the natlon. They could punish wrong-doers, but they could not interpose to pre vent the commission of wrong ; they could impose damages for a breach of contract, or a violation of an agreement, but they could not enforce the execution of that contract, or compel the specific per formance of that agreement. They had no cognisance of; or jurisdiction over, cases binding on the conscience, or connected with trusts. Necessity was, therefore, speedily felt for the existence of another court pos sessing an extraordinary jurisdiction, and enabled from its constitution to afford relief where it was necessarily withheld in consequence of the strict rules of the common law ; the courts of equity were therefore constituted, and given a jurisdiction over all cases of the latter description. There was still, however, a further want; from time to time cases might and did arise where great hardship was sus tained by individuals, and sometimes by the public generally, and yet no relief could be afforded, either at law or in equity, Such cases could only be dealt with by the highest tribunal of all—the Parliament. Each was to a certain extent to be regulated by its own peculiar features, but, Is we have already said, they were of comparatively rare occurrence, and seldom possessed any points of intricacy or difficulty. Still, it was provided that the judges and sergeants should render their assistance. There is no doubt that if the questions had been of sufficient magnitude or importance to call for or require the constant employment and superintendence of learned and competent judges, that such would have been ap pointed for the Parliamentary as well as for the equity and law courts. Every precaution was adopted to procure the most able, the most learned, and the most impartial men to occupy the bench of justice in the latter courts; men the integrity of whose lives, the purity of whose characters, and whose universally recognised attainments qualified them for the task, and who were rendered inde.• pendent of the Crown, so that no political feeling or undue leaning should be suffered to disturb the even tenor of their way. In consequence these duties are generally discharged in a man ner beyond all praise, and which defy the breath of slander or calumny. Is this the case in Par liament ? and if not, why not? A greater amount of property, more important and conflicting interests now come bqore the Committees than those which are submitted to the courts of law or equity, and surely care zhotarl-be taken to obtain judges of equal learning, ability, and integrity to adjudicate thereon. , t . ..• IMPERI L PA [IMAM ENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF The SPEAKER took the chair at Twelve o'clock. SECOND READING. Dollar Institution (Myltie' or APNabb's) Estate Bil was rut(' a second time, and ordered to be committed. REPORT. The report on the Southampton Gas Bill was brought up and agreed to. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed: —Bingley Improvement ;,j Hodgson Hinde's Estate ; Legh's Estate ; South Devon Railway Extension and Amendment ; Wolverhampton Cemetery ; Constantine's Estate; and Leigh's Estate. LORDS AMENDMENTS. The amendments made by the House of Lords to the following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Railway (Peter borough and Thorney Line). Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway. Dundee and Newtyle Railway. Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan Railway:(Amend rnent, Deviations, arid Branches). Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway and Branch). London and North- Western Railway (Newport Pagnell, Olney, and Wellingborough Breech). London and North-Western Railway (Atherstone and Whitacre Branch). London and North-Western Railway (Coventry and Nuneaton Branchds). London and South-Western Railway (Andcver to the Bishops toke and Salisbury Branch, &c.) Parkgate and Chester and Birkenhead Junction Railway. North Staffordshire Railway (Alterations and Branches). South Wales Railway. THE SURREY -, AND KENT COMMISSION OF SEWERS BILL. Mr. KEMBLE moved the third reading of this Bill. Mr. BARNARD opposed the motion, and moved that the Bill be read a third time that day six months. There was no necessity for the measure, and he did not see why it should pass into a law. Mr. KEMBLE could assure the House there was great necessity for the measure, and he believed every body but the Hon. Member in Committee were unani mous in favour of the Bill. Mr. HAWES said that many of the objections he had entertained to the measure had been removed, and trusted that the Hon. Member for Greenwich would not persevere in his opposition to the Bill. Mr. BARNARD withdrew his amendment, and the Bill was read a third time and passed. SPANISH BONDS. Lord G. BENTINCK gave notice that, on Tuesday next, he would move that an humble address be pre sented to her Majesty, praying that she would be gra ciously pleased to direct such steps to be taken as would secure to the holders of unpaid Spanish bonds redress against the Government of Spain. THIRD READINGS. The Masters in Chancery and the Naval, Military, and Militia Ballot Suspension Bills were severally read a third time and passed. They stood on the list of dropped orders. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord JOHN RUSSELL gave notice that, on Friday next, he would proceed with the Bill for the suspension of the navigation-laws, at twelve o'clock, and as a great portion of the private business had been disposed of, he proposed that the public business should commence in future at half-past four. NAVIGATION LAWS AND FOREIGN CORN. Lord G. BENTINCK said, that on Monday last he had put a question to the Chancellor of the Exchequer relative to a return that had been made to the House with respect to the quantity of foreign corn imported since the suspension of the navigation-laws. That return gave a total of 538 vessels, which were stated to bring in 95,000 tons of provisions. Now it appeared to him, and to the half of the country, to be a most myste rious return, and he wished to have some explanation with regard to it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER defended the accuracy of the return, and read the following ex tract from a letter of Sir T. Fremantle with reference to it We are prepared to maintain that the ships, so far as London goes, do mean foreign ships bringing corn, which could not have brought it but for the suspension of the navigation-laws. The return for London was 136 ships ; tonnage, 8,7.57 ; quarters of corn and rice, 72.846 ; and bags of rice, 9,160." And he believed the returns from other places were equally accurate. He was quite sure, however, that his Noble Friend would not postpone the second reading of the Bill for the further suspension of the navigation-laws till the returns were amended, even supposing they were inaccurate. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK said that the returns might be investigated, and a report made in a few days. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that the object of the return was to show the operation of the suspension of the navigation-laws, but whatever might be the case with regard to the importation of corn, as stated in the return, he did not propose to postpone the Bill for the further suspension of the navigation-laws till the Ist March. ABUSES OF THE RELIEF FUND IN IRELAND. Sir DENHAM NORREYS called attention to the report furnished by the Relief Commissioners, in which it was stated that in some of the electoral divisions a greater amount of relief was actually charged than had been expended. This ought to be looked into, because, if true, it was highly disgraceful to Ireland, and if not true, then he called upon the Government to take mea sures to set this right before the world. He called upon them to lay upon the table full extracts, to show how the relief fund had been expended, in order that they might lay this disgraceful transaction at the door of the proper owners. Mr. LABOUCHERE said that the name of Sir John Burgoyne was appended to this report, and that alone was a sufficient warrant for its authenticity. He re gretted that the fact of these disgraceful transactions should have been so well established, but he denied that the report of the Commissioners was intended to convey a sweeping charge against the gentry of Ireland. So far from that being the case, Sir John Burgoyne and his colleagues, in many of their reports, distinctly wished it to be understood that they believed that the abuses which did exist were the exception, and not the rule. The Hon. Baronet sought a general investi gation into the whole operation of the relief fund, in order that they might understand who had done their duty and who had not. He could not recommend to the Government to accede to this suggestion, the effect of which would be to set neighbour against neighbour, priest against layman, the common people against the gentry. He trusted that his explanation would be satis factory. and that the House would deem it necessary not to sustain the suggestion of the Hon. Member for Mallow. Mr. B. OSBORNE said that if the explanation of he Right Hon. Gentleman was satisfactory to the Hon. Baronet the Member for Mallow, he (Mr. Osborne) trusted that it would not be satisfactory to the House. The Right Hon. Gentleman had tried, with great ingenuity, to prove that the reports of the Relief Cam missioners were intended to compliment the people of Ireland, and the impression which was conveyed to his (Mr. Osborne's) mind was, that the whole was intended as an insult to that country, and sorry he was to see that to these reports an Irishman's name was appended. The Government had acted throughout in a wrong manner, for they had sent down to different parts of the country to report upon them, officers just returned from India, and other parts of the world, who were absolutelyigno rant of the districts they were to report upon. If gen tlemen in Ireland were supposed to be guilty, the Go vernment ought to institute a rigid inquiry into the cir cumstances, in order that those who were guilty of these things might be held up to reprobation. Mr. ROSS was afraid that they were guilty of these practices.—(Hear, hear) There were, doubtless, many gentlemen in Ireland who exhibited great generosity; but there were others who placed their dometic servants upon the funds of the Relief Committee, and for the purpose of securing their rents, exerted their influence to get their own tenantry upon the same lists. Bnt be cause he believed that this was true, he was the more inclined to support his Hon. Friend's motion, and to pray the Government to sift the matter to the bottom. Mr. BERNAL said he could hardly believe that many landowners were in the habit of placing their servants for support on the sums voted by that llouse, still from information he had received he believed that such prac tices did prevail, and he should support any Hon. Member who would move for the production of the names of those who had neglected their duties. Lord CLEMENTS drew a picture of the sufferings of the destitute Irish poor from famine, Red blamed the Government for not having attended to his advice at the beginning of the session--not to entrust the responsibility of selecting who should be relieved and who should not be relieved to a local board and commis sioners. He thought the Government had acted not only improperly but criminally in passing a Bill which did not properly define who should be relieved and who should not. The name of Sir John Burgoyne could not be men tioned in that House without respect—(Hear, hear)-- but Sir W. Rolfe, Colonel Jones, Mr. Twizelden, the Poor-law Commissioner, and Colonel Macgregor, at the head of the police department, who had instituted secret inquiries by the aid of constables, had had more wor k assigned to them in either department than they could adequately perform, and consequently th e y cou ld not g i ve that attention to the starving masses which theydemanded. Far more blame was attributable to the law than to the landed gentry of Ireland. He considered that the Irish poor-law could not be carried out, and would not, there fore, be of the advantage claimed for it. Mr. LABOUCHERE said whenever the Noble Lord thought proper to bring forward any charges against Colonel Macgregor, who was an able and intelligent officer, he should be ready to meet them. Mr. AGLIONBY considered that the Government had acted properly, considering the great responsibility which had been cast upon them. He thought that some further inquiry was necessary, as the charges which had been made should not rest upon mere allegations. He regretted, therefore, that the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Labouchere) had declined to produce the papers. It was but just to the parties that they should b e pro d uce d , in order that the innocent might be discriminated from the guilty. The Commissioners could not be blamed, as they were placed in the most difficult circumstances, and were com pelled to rely upon the statements of subordinates. — (Hear.) The members of many of the Relief Com mittees had been charged with fraud and favouritism, and an inquiry was, therefore, due to Ireland, as well as to England.—(Hear.) -r- - MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 8,000 bales, of which about 2,000 bales were taken on speculation. American sold at 61d. to ;id. for 6,000 bales, and Surat at 4 4 1 d. to sd. per lb.—Railway Shares were very firm again, and there was a demand for North Staffordshire, Great Midland, Eastern Coun ties, and other favourite lines. The Share Market has been very lively yesterday, and the quotations at the sale of Railway Shares by Messrs. Lamond and Co. have, in many instances, much improved. The following are a few of the principal sales:— East Indian £o 4 6 Northern and Southern Connecting Manchester and Southimptun 0 12 6 North British, Extension 0 16 6 Ceylon South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 1 19 0 Shropshire Union and Canal 2 9 6 Great Northern ... ...... North Staffordshire Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 17 0 West Riding Union Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B) 2 11 Great Northern of France . .... 10 18 0 Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston 1 8 6 The Prussian Legislature, it appears, intends to grant the Hebrews various immunities, though not to the ex tent of emancipation, as originally proposed. There are in the Prussian dominions 206,000 Jews. The letters received to-day from Manchester still comment upon the injurious influence of the high price of cotton, but at the same time notice increased firmness on the part of manufacturers, and a growing disposition to buy goods. Accounts from St. Andrews, brought by the steamer from Halifax, state:--There is at present a scarcity of shipping here to carry off the lumber which is fast ac cumulating on the hands of our mill-owners. Good freights to Europe for a few ships could easily be had. Deals may be quoted at present at 8 dolls. to 9 dolls.; W. P. Boards at 8 dolls. to 9 dolls. The Foreign Exchanges were tolerably firm here again yesterday afternoon on the leading continental cities. The Funds have recovered the temporary depression of yesterday, and there is no inclination to depress the market. On the other hand the purchases are mode rate, and there is some caution exhibited. Consols have been 89* to ; New Three-and. a-Quarter per Cents. 91* to -1; and the Three per Cents. 89* to 1. Bank Stock is firm at 197. Exchequer-bills have been 9s. to 12s. premium. The Corn-market is again lower. The announcement of the inability of the Portuguese Government to pay the dividend on its stock, although expected, has sent down the Four per Cent. Bonds to 311 and 30i. Spanish Five per Cents. have been steady at 22, and the Three per Cents, at 34k. Mexican Bonds are heavy at 19 to 19i. Railway Shares are buoyant, and the list subjoined will show a few instances of improvement, although the speculative dealings are not large. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. .• .• 197 197 three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 89% 4 1‘ 89% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 91% 91% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto, under 1,0001. .. •• .. 10 p Consols for Opening, July 16 .. .• .. 89% % Exchequer Bills. 1%d.2d. 1,0001... .... 12 9 p 500/. — 1.5 10 p Ditto, Small .... 20 15 p ONE CLOSINU O'CLOCK. PRICES .. .- •. 87i FOREIGN FUNDS. Grenada,! per Cent .. Ditto, Deferred .. .. .. .. —3% Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. 19U 19 19 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, 4 per Cent .. .. • • 30 35 31% 31% Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 3 135 3t Russian Bonds .. .. .. .. .. 11134 11135 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 22 22 Ditto, Passive Bonds .. .. .. 4% % 4% Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. .. 34 34 3 4 , Dividend"; on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Bah per Cent .. 58% 58% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates ~ 89% 89% BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. •• 2% ••••.. • • • • Buckinghamshire 61. 45 •• di5..... • . % dis. Caledonian .. 35 Ditto, Half Shares .. 17 Dublin and Belfast Junction .. 15 .... 3% 3........ 3 Eastern Counties .. 20 .... 21 21% • • 21 Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. Ditto, ditto.. .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. Ditto, York Extension 7%.... 7% 7........ East Lancashire .. .. 20 .......... Ditto, New .. .. 10 .... 10% . ..... Ditto, ditto New Scrip .• .. It 4• • . • 1%. Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 •• .. 68% • .. • • Great Northern .. 6 •• 4% . ... . .... Great North of England . .. 100 .... Ditto, New .. .. 25 .... 64% 65 64% .. Great Western .. 85 . Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% 1834% Ditto, Fifths •.. 20 .... 29 Ditto, New .. ...• 9 8% Huddersfield and Manchester 19 .... 21% Hull and Selby .. .. 50 .... .......... - Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 25 .... 52 51 Lancaster and. Carlisle .. 50 .... .......... Ditto, New .. 7% .. • 11% • • Leeds and Bradford .. • • .. 40 .... 88% ...... 88% Leicester and Bedford 165.....• % dis • . % dis. Leeds and Thirsk 26 .... 21% ..... 21% Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. ......y s London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d. 71ii %• • • Ditto, New, No. 2 .. .. 21. 13s. 4d. % p.. ... London, Brighton & South Coast 50 .... 56% 56% Ditto, Consol. Eighths .. 10 .... 14% 14 London and Greenwich.. 121. 15s. 4d....• ...... London an North-Western • .100 ....183 185 184% Ditto ditto, New Shares • • .. 2 .... 13% 14 .... • • 141/a Ditto, Fifths .. .. 2 .... 18 ........ • • 18 London and South-Western 411. 68.10 d... 67 68 .... • • •• 67 Ditto, New .. 27% .... 31% ..... 32% Ditto, New .. 22 .... 24% .... • • ... • 24% Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) .. 50 .... 57 • •• .. • • 57 Ditto, Tenths (ditto) • . •• 40 • • • 45%, ....... • Ditto, Set 1p .. 5 5 .......... 5% Lynn and Ely .. 25 .... •• • • anchester and Leeds .. .. • . 82 .... 104 Ditto, Half Shares .. 38 .... 46 .. • .. Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 12 .... 15% 16 Ditto, Fifths .... 113% Ditto, Thirds (Reg.) —7l. 45..... %% p••• • • • % p Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. .... par _ Midland ..100 .... 131 132 130 132 Ditto, New .. .. 36 .... 45% % Ditto, New .. .. 6 .... 10%%%..,, • • 10% Do., Consol. Bristol and Birm. Six per Cent. ~ • • ..100 ....128 129 ..... 129 Newcastle and Berwick .• .. 20 •• • • 29% 30 ...... 29% Ditto, New .. .. • • 5 • • 8%• • • • •• • • 7% Norfolk _lOO ....124% ...... • • 124% Ditto, New . 5 ••••• • • • .. North British .. .. 25 .... ...... Ditto, Thirds .. North Staffordshire .... 10% % 11 .... 11 North Western • • .. • . 4 .. • • 2%.....,..., 2% Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .... ...... 5% xin Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. .... • ......... Ditto, Class B • • • • 3 •• • • 2% ...... • . 2 34 Shropshire Union .. 4 .. • • ' 2 %% •••••• •• 234 South Devon .. .. 40 .... .......... Ditto, Preference • . • • • • 6 •• • . 5 • • South Staffordshire • . • . .. 21. 125... .......... % dis. South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33% .... 38 .• .. Do.. New (d 0.33/. 6s Rd.) No. 2. 12 ..., no., New (do. 101.) .. No. 4. 5 .... ...... South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole .. .. • .. .. 2 •• • • I%la 2.• •• • • 1% West Riding Union • • .. ..41.25.••.. %% p .... • • 2 P Wiridsor. Staines, &S. Western.. 425. 3 - 8 ..... 3t York and Newcastle Ditto, Ditto, Preference .. •- s 12% New.. :.• 2 10 :: •.•. 17 t i3 l 16% York . d p N re o fe rt r h en tidlar . ic . l G 16% • .... 87% 88 Ditto, a i o t . iv t: H% and W. itidiugEsten IL .. R I A O . 1 . v . :i1 2 ,5 3 . % 23 • • 16% 23 FOREIGN Bord., Toul., & Cate (Constituted) 4 21% 2 2 East Indian .. 5s Great Western Bengal ss. Luxembourg • • • • .. .. 6 ........... • Northern of France .. .. • • 8 10% %.. • • Paris and Lyons .. 8 .... .. •• • • Paris and Strasbourg .. 8 .... 5 .......... Rouen and Havre . .. 20 25% ........., JOINT-STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster .. 20 .... 26• X Ditto, New •• .• • • .. 7 •••• 13 ••••• • •• •• Real del Monte, Unrezistered LLOYD'S SHIPPEY G—(THIS DAY.) LOND3N, JUNE 30.—Wind N., moderate breezes, and fine clear weather. DIAL, JUNE 29.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Lvsia, Machado, Rio Janairo, for Antwerp ; Lion, Henry, Savannah, for St. Petersburgh ; Mills, New York, for Hamburgh ; Johan nis, New York, for Bremen ; Anglique, New York, for Amsterdam; Lord Mulgrave, Miramichi, for Hull. Sailed Anna, China; Cranston, St. John's, New Brunswick. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 29.—Wind N.E.—Sailed Bucephalus, Madras and Calcutta. Off port, Switzerland, Fletcher, New York. OFF DARTMOUTH, JUNE 29.—United Kingdom, Cuba. BRISTOL, JUNE 29.—Wind E.—Sld. Prince George, Que bec ; Falcon, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 29.—Wind E.S.E., moderate.—Arrd. Empress, Tarcliff, Boston. Sld. Anna Henderson, Calcutta; Mars, Bombay; P. Dean, Monte Video; William Russell, Pernambuco ; Star, Bahia ; Celt, Havannah ; Duncharton, Philadelphia ; Southener, New York ; Jane, New York; Adrian, Boston; Charles Chaloner, Staten Island; Colonist, Quebec; Frankfield, Quebec. MARYPORT, JUNE 28.—Wind E.N.E.—SId. Terry, New foundland, LEITH, JUNE 27.—Arrd. Countess of Zetland, Watson, Grenada. LEITH ROADS, JUNE 24.—Arrd. Emily, Brook, Calao. OFF HOLYHEAD, JUNE 28.—St. George, Virginia. CLYDE, JUNE 27.—Wind W. Arrd. British Isle, Brown, Tobago. Sld. Lady Harvey and Laurel, Demerara; Marchioness of Ailsa, Montreal. DUBLLN, JUNE 28.—Wind W.—Arrd. 26th, Marqui s of Normanby, M'Mullen, St. John's, New Brunswick. 28th Lady of the Lake, ditto; Sir James M'Donnell, ditto CORK, JUNE 27.—Wind S.W.Arrd. Peru, Harris, Nor folk Island ; Jona, Wilkie, Philadelphia. D U NPANAGIIY, JUNE small board, su pposed to be part of a ship's rail, painted black , the word " Huron" carved on it and gilt, apparently hs:l no ss t o mh l e o ee n n g e oipvntectrkheeded water, has been found on shore inside Gold Island. A grewauittph round the en qu h a a n rn ti a t e y le o s, f andci coast a a n s tk othersi iatnhdi n only tqhe a a lraest short tte m n t b i deary e in the water. (LEFT SPEARING.) GREENWIC H HOSPITAL.—There will be no admit tance of the public to the Painted Hall and Chapel of Greenwich Hospital on Friday next, the 2d July, one of the usual free days. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE—WEDNESDAY. The arrivals of English Wheat for our market, coast wise and by land carriage, hav e b een on a very limited scale; hence, the supply on offer to-day was trifling. Owing to the large imports of foreign, the demand for all kinds of Wheat of home produce was again exces sively heavy, and, to have effected sales, a further decline of from Is to 2s per quarter must have been submitted to. In foreign Wheat next to nothing was doing, and the currencies were quite is per quarter beneath those obtained on Monday. The imports have amounted to nearly twenty thousand quarters. We bad a fair average quantity of foreign Barley on .how, but that of English was miserably small. Lh trade was dull, and prices had a downward tendency. Ia Malt next to nothing was doing, at barely late rates. Ott , , Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour, were to be purchased on easier terms. Wheat. 1,880 qrs. ARRIVALS. I Barley. 20 qrs. 0 its 1 Flour. 30 qrs. I 2,410 ski , . and 16,1u0 7,Boobrls En flish . Foreign .... •• I 19,270 4,700 Malt. 2,590 Qrs . . 1717HITECHAPEL. We had a very inactive demand here, yet prices Were mostly supported. Beef, from 3s 8d to 43 Sd ; Mutton, 3s 10d to ss; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 3s 10 I to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 5s per Blbs, by the carcase. SECONDARIES.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary J A MES.) JOSEPHS V. ENGLISH. The plaintiff in this action is a marine store-dealer in Aldgate, and a well-known bill discounter; defendant is a licensed victualler at Hammersmith. The action was brought to recover the sum of 31. for pewter pots delivered. The case lasted a considerable time, but was of, v 9 ll , little general i m p or t ance , t h e act i on ev idently oei n b for " costs." It appeared by the evidence that the goods were t a k en t o p l a i n tiff, who (hi' puted the price., and refused to take them in. Plaintiff then told a man named Bolton to take the money and give a receipt• on a subsequent day, he did so, but the w r it h a d b e e n i ssue d. Defendant wished the affair to he settled, and paid Bolton and took his receipt. The question was, had Bolton, in taking the money, acted as agent for plaintiff or defendant. 11° appeared to be now in th e p os ition of a stake-holder. The Learned SECONDARY said there had been a great deal of legal acuteness in the affair, but the jury bad simply to say whether the money had been paid by de fendant to an authorised agent. Verdict for defendant. • - - - MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY - ) Edward Cannan, a potboy, in the employ of Mr. C. Payne, of the Feathers Tavern, Warren-street, Fitzroy square, was brought before Mr. Hardwicke, charged with stealing a silver wat c h, go ld c h a in, two coats , o ne pair of trousers, one satin scarf, one silk handkerch ief, and three sovereigns, the pr o p er ty o f M r . Thomas Big' nell; also a pair of boots, the property of his master . The prosecutor stated' that he was lodging in Mr t i Payne's house. Th e p r i soner was t h e pOtllliint was in the habit of calling witness every morn- ing. On Friday morning last witness was aroused from his sleep by heari n g a no i se at his bed room door. Ile got out of bed and looked at his watch, which was lying on the dressing table. At that time it was about half-past four o'clock. Witness find ing that the noise was not rep ea ted, re tired to bed again, and slept till about six o'clock when he got up an d pro ceeded to dress himself. On looking on the table for his watch he was surprised to find that some person bad entered his room and stole it. Witness then looked for his clothes, which he had worn on the previous day, bu t could not find them; on a further search he missed the articles named in the charge, the whole of which be had seen safe when he awoke at four o'clock. From infor mation he subsequently received from the prisoner s fellow -servant, witness was induced to give him into custody. Lucy Scarlett said she was housemaid in the service of Mr. Payne. On Friday morning last, witness an d the prisoner were at br e akf as t i n t h e kitchen. Witness; said to the prisoner that she was sorry for Mr. Bignell s loss. The prisoner replied, " What's the o dds, he, s ,a ll plenty more money, and can b uy more clothes." " 73 " ness fancied by the pri soner ' s remar ks that he knew something about the robb er y, b u t did n ot tell any one of her suspicions at the time. O a M o nday, the prisoner told her that he would r un away, only he was afraid his s master would think be had committed the robbery . subsequently told her that he could tell his master som e ' thing more, if he would be civil to him. She then in formed Mr. Bignell of her suspicions against the pri soner. Police-constable Read, 108 E, said he received charge of the prisoner. H e searc h e d hi m a t th e station, bu t did not find anything upon him that would give a clue t? the robbery. Wit ness h a d s i nce ma d e inquiries , eed found that the p r i soner h a d b een seen in conversa tion li with a man who is w e ll k nown t o b e a no torious bad cha racter. This man was h ear d t o sa y to the prise honer, ad " that he make one f the bery. also ascertained would that the man or was a rob companion of the prisoner's, and th a t s i nce t h e ro bb er y he had purch ased a new suit of cloth es . Wit ness a dd e d that he trace d the man to a coffee-house, where he had offered to leav duplicate of a watch in paym e nt f or a breakfast. If the prisoner was remanded, he had no doubt but that be should be able to take that man into custody. The prisoner, who deni e d a ll k now ledge w hatevere f the robbery, was remanded till Saturday. 10 p 89 !i, 8% 21% CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY') Robert Raymaur, a pot -boy in the service of Mr. G. Morgan, of the Plasterers' Arms, Little Clarendon street, Clarendon-square, was charged with embeZzling various sums of money, the property of his master. It appeared that the prisoner had been some time in the prosecutor's employment, and Mr. Morgan having ascertained that the prisoner had embezzled several sum§ of money, gave him into custy od. At the ment he had only one case in readiness, that of Mr. Wood, 84, Seymour-street, Euston-square, from whom the prisoner received seven shillings and throo-halfpence. If time were afforded, he had no doubt but he should be able to establish several charges of a similar character against him. — Mr. COMBE said he should remand the prisoner to to-morrow, but if the prosecutor could get any of his witnesses to attend before the closing of the court this evening, their evidence would taken. SOUTHWARK.—(THIS DAY.) Ann Callaghan and Mary Bryant, the former with two young children, and the latter with four, were charged with creating a disturbance at the doors of St. Saviour's Workhouse. The porter stated that at ten o'clock last night, the prisoners, with their children, applied for admission into the house; the casual ward and every portion of the house being crowded, they were supplied with food, and told to go elsewhere. They commenced abusing him, and created such a disturbance that he was compelled to give them into custody. In reply to Mr. SECKER, the prisoners said they came from Roscommon, and were compelled to quit th eir homes owing to the fever which prevailed there. Mr. SECKER-It appears you are married—what has become of your husbands? They replied that their husbands promised to meet them in London, but they had not as yet come; and added that if they knew what they would have had to undergo here they would have remained in Ireland, and run the risk of the fever. Mr. SECKER said, the defendants were told the work house was full, and they ought to have gone elsewhere instead of creating a disturbance there. He, howev er, should not punish them this time, but allow them to make the best of their way to the country, where they might be able to obtain some employment at haymaking. The prisoners were accordingly discharged. Some time ago, Mr. Lawson, proprietor of the Hotel Bedford, Rue St. Honors, 323, but who has now a splendid hotel in the Rue de l'Arcade, obtained a. verdict, with B,ooof. damages, against M. Bavoux his landlord, for having caused several adver tisements to be inserted in Galignani's Messenger, stating that the Hotel Bedford was to be let, though, in point of fact, Mr. Lawson's lease did not expire until some months afterwards. The damages were awarded because the court held that the Hotel Bedford was the property o f M r . L awson, t h oug h t h e h ouse i n which the business of the establishment was carried on belonged to M. Bavoux. Au appeal having been made against the decision by M. Bavoux, the case came on for argument on Saturday before the Cour Royale. Bavoux's advocate set forth that Mr. Lawson would not renew his lease of the house No. 323, Rue St. Honore, be cause M. Bavoux demanded 40,000 f. a year, instead of 25,000 f. that had been previously paid; but he denied that in causing the advertisements to be inserted, M. Bavoux had intended to do any injury to that gentleman. T he advocate of Mr. Lawson, on the contrary, contended that the advertisement had done him injury by causing people not to go to the hotel, under the belief that be had retired from business, and produced letters in proof of his statement, The court took this view of the matter, and confirmed the judgment in favour of Mr. Lawson.—Galignani. We read in the Gazette des Tribunaux .—" It is the usage of Parisien tradesmen to address to all persons whose banns of marriage are officially published prose pectuses and circulars, containing offers of merchandise of all descriptions, from the humblest article of house hold furniture up to ca rr i ages an d diamonds. A brace of clever swindlers have just contrived to take advantage of this custom to make a g rea t many v i c tims. A shor t time since a notice was published at one of the dairies of the marriage of the Vicomte Adrian de with the . Countess Hermingarde de K—, a nd the same nOv tice was repeated i n the church by the Cure of th e lad y 's parish. Immediately the Parisien tradesmen obtained the addresses of the bridegroom and bride, and pressed on them their offers of service. The Viscount lived in a splendid apartment in the Rue de Provence, and the fair Countess occupied an apartment in a hotel of the Fau bourg St. Germain, where she was under the tender care of an affectionate mother. After a great many entree• ties the Viscount graciously consented to purchase is splendid set of diamonds and a silver table service from tradesmen in the Pal a i s R o y a l an d the Place Vendome; from other persons he accepted five horses, a c ou p & one of the c a r r i ages called Americaines, household and pe sonal linen, a complete wardrobe for himself and his domestic, and a spl en did cor b e ill e f ur his bride. The l ad y , on her part al so ma d e severa l very extensive purchases. Neither, how e v er , un d ertoo k to pa y before the conclu sion of the marri age , t h e V iscount p l ea ding that, havi n g only a p a lt r y i ncome o f 20,000 fr ., h e first required t o finger the 1,000,000 tr. f ortune of hi s f u ture wife, and the 300,000 fr. which hi s p arents were to advance him, to wards the expense o f set ti ng up an establishment. Bills, however, were offered and accepted. A few days after the tradesmen were much surprised to discover that the Viscount and the Countess, and the mamma of the Countess, had all vanished. Inquiries having been set on foot, it was discovered that the Viscount is a Greek, who had been expulsed from a watering-place for cheat ing at cards, and that the Countess is a simple actre ss, and was lately engaged at the Theatre des Varie The worthy couple are, it is believed, at Baden-Baden or Homburg." FALL OF A GRAIN LOFT.—Some days ago one of the lofts of a granary at Craigie gave way, and fell to the ground floor, with all its accumulated treas ures, In one promiscuous uproar. We believe more granarie s throughout the country have fallen within the last six months than during the previous sixty years—certainly no proof of the s carc ity s o l ou dly asserted to exist in the land.—Perth Advertiser. The late Duke of Northumberland expended the sum of ao,ooot. a year, in annuities and pensions. tine i necte you 1 at yo boron of its of its coma "1 " TO DEN: the'? ' attac of a King state. then rice litan biecol rye 1