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13, Great Marlborough-street. MR. COLBURN'S NEW PUBLICATIONS. I. LIVES of the QUEENS of ITIGLAND. 'Vol. X. By AGNES STItIo3D. IL LORD CASTLEREAGH'S JOURNEY TO DAMASCUS, &e. 2 Tole., with numerous Engravings. 111. lIIIMOIES of LADY SUNDC.C: and of the COURT of QUEEN . .AIZOIAVE, Consort of George IL By Mrs. THOMSON. 2 vols. IV. ZENON the MARTYR. By the Bet. RICIIIRD COBBOLD, M.A. 3 ♦ale. 9.OOLOGICAL RECREATIONS. By W. J. BRODERIP, Esq., T.R.S. 1 Tot., 10s. 6d. bound. VI. TA.NCRED. By B. DISRAELI, M.P. SECOND EDITION. a Tols. VII. Sir OEOROIII SIMPSON'S OVERLAND JOURNEY ROUND TAE WORLD. 2 vols. Svo. LORD LINDSAY'S LETTERS on the 110 LY LAND. Fourth Edition. 1 vol., 10s, 6d. IX. TIM JESUIT at CAMBRIDGE. 1 Sir GEORGE STEPHEN, 2 vol s. IrOCVELAGA ; or, ENGLAND to the NEW WORLD. Edited by ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq. 2 cols. XI. MADAME D'ARBLAY'S DIARY and LETTERS. VOLS. TI. and VII., completing the Work. XII. • lIORACE WALPOLE'S MEMOIRS of the REIGN of GEORGE THE SECO). Second Edition. • 3 vols. Bco., with Portraits. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough. street. To be had of all Booksellers. RAILWAY SIIARF.S BY PUBLIC SALE. ESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAT LY.A. S rAARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the Mlle for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., tyke place every TuzsDAT and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle -street, London, to which place, fivoars, containing instructions with e a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be Enwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds bnme diately disposed of according to instrixtions. Offices, Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street.London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS BYEITING, Tuesday, .(by the Queens command), will be represented Belll/21's opera of NORMA. Worms, lidlle. Jenny Lind ; Adalgisa, Mdme. Barrozil ; Polllone, Naylor Frani:MA ; Oroyes9, Signcr Lablache. conclude with a Selection from the admired ballet of LA ESMERALDA. La Esmeralda, Mdlle. Carlotta Grist ; Pierre Gringoire, M. Perrot ; Truand, Venafra ; Clopin Trouillefou, M. Gouriet. In the Ballet a Pas by Mdlle. R,sati. The full number of Tickets of Admission to the Pit having been disposed of, it is respectfully announced that no money will on this occasion be taken at the Pit doors. The doors open at Seven. The Opera to commence at Eight. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re- Spectfhily informed, that there will be a grand EXTRA NIGHT oft THURSDAY neat, when will be presented A Grand Dramatic and Miscellaneous Entertainment, comprising She !Went of Mdlle. Jenny Lind, Mesdames Vietti. Montenegro, and Ca.teflan ; Signori Lablache, Staudigi, Coletti, F. Lablache, Corelli, &ache, Superchl, Fraschini, and Gardoni. Including Selections from Haydn's oratoria of the CREATION, and Cimarosa's opera of IL MA LRIMONIO SEGRETO, and from the works of Mozart, Mendelssohn, Spohr, Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi, Neyerbeer, and Beethoven. On this occasion also will be sung Bstect SIVEDISHMELODIES , by Mdlle. Jenny Lind. The Entertainments in the Ballet will comprise the talents Ca rlotta Grist, C. Rosati, and Cerito, M.M. St. Leon and PerrotofMlles.. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT•GARDEN. THIS EVENING, June the 15th, will be performed Rossiare opc ra buffs IL BARBIEEE DI - SEVIGLIA, Principal ctaracters by Madlle Alboni, Mdlle. Benin!, Signor Maly', Signor gonconi, Signor Rovere, and Signor Marini. conclude with a new gran N d ballet LESCIUT.four tableaux, entitled MANO 'Zenon Leseaut, Mdlle. Fanny Elssler ; M. de Grienx ; Sig. Cants; Le Marquis du Granville, M. O'Bryan. Also a Pas de Trois, by Baderna, Bertin, and Demelisse. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes to be obtained at the Box-oMce, Bow street ; and at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. The Doors will be openedlat Eight o'clock, and the performance commence at half past Eight o'clock. GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE, ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN, On FRIDAY, June 18, when will be performed Rossini's S lABAT MATER; On which occasion Madame Grisi, Madame Persian[, Signora Corbari, and Mdlie. Alboni ; Signor Mario, Signor Salvi, Signor Tamburini, Signor Roneuni, Signor Tagliatico, and Signor Marini will sing. A MISCELLANEOUS CONCERT. la the muse of the morning Roesinl's La Carita, by the whole Strength of the company. Beetkoven's Grand Battle Sinfonta will be performed by the Orchestra, under the direction of M. Costa. PRICES OF amtissiow. Pit and First Amphitheatre Tickets •• • ..... £0 7 0 0 15 0 First Amphitheatre Stalls .... ••.. • • • • •• 010 6 Second Amphitheatre Stalls .. •• .. • • •....... e 5 0 Grand Tier Boxes .... •••• • • • • ••••• • • • • • 4 4 0 Pit and First Tier Boxes •• .. •• • ......... 313 6 Second Tier Boxes ........................ 2 12 6 Third Tier 80xe5.... ..... ............... 2 2 0 Fourth Tier Boxes ............... ..... 1 11 6 Second Amphitheatre Tickets .............. 0 3 6 Gallery Tickets 0 2 6 Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes, at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street; and at the Box-oillce, Bow-street ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. The Nobility, Gentry, and Subscribers are respectfully informed that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY next, June 17, when will be repeated Bellies opera of NORMA, Norma, Madame Grist; Adeigisa, Mdlle. Corbari; Pollione, Signor Sal yi : OmA - ea), Signor Marini. To be followed by the First Act of Rossini's Opera IL BARBIERE DI SEVIGLIA. _ The Principal characters by Mdlle. Alboni, Mdlie. Bellini, Signor Bahl, Signor Ronconi, Signor Rovere, Signor Polouini, and Signor To conclude with the new grand Ballet, in four tableaux, entitled MANON LESCAi3T. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes, for the night or season, to be obtained at the Box-office, Bow-street; and at Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under tho Ilana , .:ement of Mr. I. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be perforraed the new Comedy, called TEMPER. Sir Manna duke Topple, Mr. Farren ; Sir Charles Tempest, Mr. Hudson; God frey. Mr. Tilbury; Emerson, Mr. Webster; Cyril Tempest, Mr. Mona; Lady Tempest, MS. Seymour ; Mrs. Herbert, Mrs. Glover ; iloreneeNilmot, Mrs. Fortescue; Miss Filding, Mrs. Humby. After which The MAGYAR 311.7LATSAG; or, Hungarian Fetes. By the celebrated Htingarian Dancers and the Hungarian Instru meqtal Vocall,ts. T be followed by a new comic drama, called THE JACOBITE. Slr Richard Wroughton, Mr. Stuart; John Duck, Mr. Buckstone Lady Somerford, Miss Fortescue. • To conclade with en entirely new and original farce called 11 - 110 DO THEY TAKE ME FOR? Colonel Templeton, Mr. Howe ; Terence O'RAilly, Mr. Hudson ; Mrs. Dorrington, Mrs. Seymour; Xlss Prudence Pickings, Mrs. Humby. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed the original Drama, called THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST ; a Gipsy Story. Cheap John, Mr. Wright; ' , Unite!, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, ➢dr. P. Bedford ; Leybourne, Kr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar; Star! lght Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. After which an entirely new Petite Comedy, entitled FLYING COLOURS; or, Crossing the Frontier. Captain Sans- Moue], Mr. Webster ; Margaret, Miss Woolgar ; Helen de Montereau, Ma lame Celeste ; Justine, Miss Ellen Chaplin. To be followed by the Opera Bed's Sketch, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, Rblby, Cullenford, and Miss Woolgar. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. TO-MORROW EVENING Second appearance of Monsieur Bouffe, Will be presented a new vaudeville, entitled LES FLEURS ANIMEES. :haracters by MM. Pascal, Tourrillon, Priston, Mdlles. Duv , .rg,er, Vallee, Leyder, &c. After which the comedic of LE PERE TURF UTUTU. Rigaud, M. pouffe, Rose, Mdame Grassau ; Adele, Mdlle. Vallee. To conclde with LE G A,M IN DE PARIS. Joseph, M. Bouffe ; An:n(le, M. Rhozevil.; Eliza, Mdlle. Vallee. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3e. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3.. ; Gallery, es. Tlaxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal. Library, Itond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which le open daily front Eleven till Fire. '.TIIIOPIAN i.E.R.ZNADEKS, ST. JAMES'S TilEAkTut," lin consequence of the increasing success which attends every re presentation givemby the celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, W bite, Stanwood, and Germon, they will repeat their usual ENTERTAINMENTS at the above Theatre, THIS ETENING, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evening. Doers wen at Eight o'clock. They will also give a DAY TERFORMA NCE on Wednesday Morning next, commencing at Tv...). Thursday next will be for the Benefit of Mr. White. B 'xes and Stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre. I'RINCES3'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREEi. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING. ' ill be presented GUY MANNERING. Henry Bertram, Mr. Barker; Dominic Sampson, Mr. Compton; Lucy Bertram, Miss Anre Romer ; Julia 3lannering, Miss Emma Stanley. After which a new comic drama, entitled "LADIES BEWARE !" Colonel Vavasour, Mr. Granby; Sir Charles Vavasour, Mr. James Yining; Matilda, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with a Drama, entitled THE KING AND THE 1 1 1P411. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Walton, Barker, Wynn, Delavanti, Granby, Miss E. Stanley, Miss G. Smithson, and Miss MarshalL ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, P;uprietor and Manager. Mr. William Batty. Meer the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Fimi ly. Splendid combination of Nove l t i es, in addition to which Mr. Batty has engaged Mdlle. Laurina. the Female Equestrian. THIS EVENING (First appearance of Mr. West, late of this Amphitheatre.) Rill be presented a gorgeous Peruvian Drama, to illustrate the lilstorical events of the Spaniards' corost of Peru, arranged from the original text of Brinsley Sheridan ay of " Pizarro." entitled THE STORMING OF QUITO ; or, the Warrior of the Sun. Rolla, Ift. W. West. Coe( nailed SCENES in the CIRCLE, with a brilliant display of IR Orwil,anship, introducing the Foreign and British Artistes. ' To conclude with the Equestrian Magical Sketch, THE GOLDEN FOOTED STEED; or, The Charmed Horse of the Black Valley. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. galls, `Ts. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 33 ;. Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Commence every evening at Seven o'clock, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Daridge, Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be proseinted Anber's opera, entitled FRA DIAVOLO. Lord AlleAsh, Mr. Hornefuttle ; Fra Diavolo, Mr. Harrison ; Zerlina, Miss Itainforth. After which Dibdin's emedietta of TIIE QUAKER. Steady, 7ar. Leffler ; Lnbln, Mr. llorncastle ; Gillian, Miss Isaacs. _4 ti ;dude with th e nau ti ca l d rama o f BLACE.EYED SUSAN. '' ,Z"nl! - Mr. Scott ; 11!ue Peter, Mr. Honmastle ; Susan, blrs. H. vi!! , 713 e , 5 Dolly Mayflower, Miss Terrey. K • 4, •, Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Six, commence ii_u.:2L.-1.3e ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THISVENING Rill be perform e d a splendid E drama, by Fitzball, called JANE ?ALL ; or, the Victim of Persecution. Jane Paul, Miss Vincent ; Micn leael Patti, Mr. Hi c k s; Necker, Mr. Bird; Hedgehog Jack, Mr. B o a . Aiter Which THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM. T conclude with the celebrated drama of THE SLAVE. Gambia, Mr. liCks • Zelinda, Miss Boroughchffe. 1 ' Boxes, Is.; Half P r i ce, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICATLENs. Under the patronage of her Majesty, his Royal Hi Albert, the Queen Dowager, e se . g Prince Open every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursd ay. AltiliSSiOrl. One Shilling . THIRD WEEK OF 3f. JULLIEN'S ENGAGEMENT, No Extra Charge ! THIS EVENING, June 15. The Proprietor has much pleasure in announcing to the Subscribers, Amateurs of Music, andthe public, that he has succeeded in re-engsg. , I. JULLIEST and the Principal Solo Performers of his unrivalled ,t , inelnding Richardson, Baumann, Barret, Lazarus, Prospere, • t net, end Her Koenig, for a limited number of nights. Which, with Mr. GODFREY'S Splendid Band, aided by a selection from the principal bands in the Metropolis, will form an orchestra of One Hundred 'Performers. The Proprietor begs to announce that he has, at a considerable Slipcase, erected a new Entrance, anti a magnificent Walk, with flower borders, statues, and a Central Fountain, in front of the rand Pictorial Reprevlntation of THE TOWN AND BAY OF GIBRALTAR. The m e nagerie contains many specimens, including the Giraffe, Gazelles, trx. The Promenade Concerts. conducted by Godfrey. A on of the Porcelain Tower of Nankin. The Gothic Bridge Iligersnd Pyrotechnic Display, representing the ' 4 -AGE OF GIBRALTAR. ~hem -tbit ent of the Bombardment, partial destrue '3 4 . • t„ :-.;;:;',?:•-(. ' ( lowing up Of the Battering Ship s . I \ P-- ,- t 4!--71 ;fr4 i. t g ;- titninff o ` *"' int LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1847. Gladly do we announce the amendment introduced to the attention of Parliament last night by the Hon. ' k Gentleman the Member for Finsbury, in reference to the conduct pursued by Government towards the people and the SOVEREIGN of Portugal. The amend ment suggested by Mr. DUNCOMBE is one precisely in accordance with the spirit of Mr. HUME'S motion, and in every way compatible with the principles enunciated by ourselves as to the propriety of an armed interference. According to the word ing of this amendment, the House of Com mons will pronounce it to be " the duty of the British Government to endeavour by every just means in their power to secure to the people of Por tugal the full enjoyment of their constitutional rights and privileges." Beyond the gratification experienced at the introduction of a proposition like this, a pro position which will afford a brilliant testimony of the sympathy with which the Legislature of these islands regards the blessedness of a liberal and mode rate sovereignty, we are in a particular manner re joiced at Mr. DUNCOMBE'S proceeding, as it elicited from the lips of Mr. MACAULAY an explanation of the sentiments by which his colleagues have been ac tuated throughout towards Portugal—an explana tion at once so comprehensive, so terse, so masterly in arrangement, and so conclusive in argument. If the Right Honourable the Paymaster of her Majesty's Forces does not absolutely vindicate the necessity for the subjugation of the insurgent forces of the Junta by our squadron of surveillance, he, at least, testifies in an unanswerable manner to the humanity of the views by which the Cabinet of England has been instigated to the adoption of such violent mea sures; he confirms the opinion we expressed on Thursday evening, that the Ministerial arrangements have been characterised throughout by the most perfect good faith and simplicity of intention. In the speech delivered last night by the Right Hon. THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY it was elo quently explained that the relations subsist ing between England and Portugal are of un usual antiquity—dating as far back as the days of the BLACK PRINCE—and, in like manner, have continued for centuries of a character so earnestly indicative of a common friendship, as to be invested, according to the felicitous expression of CANNING, with a sort of romantic colouring. Rendered remarkable by this venerable and ardent complexion, the cordial understanding between the two countries becomes in a manner more entitled to be considered as a matter of the most delicate and estimable importance. It is scarcely, however, by allusions to the pageantries depicted in what may, without extravagance, be termed the emblazoned chivalry of the Chronicles of FROISSART, that any extenuation can be discerned for the employment of military or naval armaments for the reconciliation of a foreign people and a foreign monarch. It is scarcely by:reminiscences of the gorgeous reception of the Portuguese ambassadors in the fifteenth century at the Court of the King of ENGLAND, in the pre sence of the renowned JOHN of GAUNT and of the puissant EDMUND LANGLEY, that any satisfactory reason can be discovered for the extraordinary course adopted by the present Government in empowering Sir WILLIAM PARKER to impel the revolted popula tion of Portugal to a pacification through the iron logic of his vessels• of-war. Had Mr. MACAULAY restricted himself to such a line of argument, how ever brilliant or heroic it might have been in its abstract bearing upon the discussion, it would have left the disputed principle as questionable in point of justice or propriety as it had appeared to many to be from the very commencement. But the Right Hon. Gentleman the representative of Edinburgh assumed a more cogent and comprehensible ground of argument, and by the earnestness with which in his exordium he stigmatised the Government of the Cabrals and their creatures as despotical and as in famously subversive of the natural and constitutional rights of the Portuguese, he prepared even those who were most disposed to regard the British Ministry as reprehensible, to coincide with the abstract principles which had animated the official dispatches of Lord PALMERSTON. Cordially and readily do we acknowledge the speech delivered last night by Mr. MACAULAY to be conclusive ; and in uttering this acknow ledgment we are by no means waiving a single one of those liberalising principles Ns hich we have all along endeavoured to advocate as the only ones consonant with the enlightenment of this generation and the generous character of our glorious constitution. Mr. MACAULAY, indeed, maintained the sanctity of the very principles to which we are alluding with the recapitulation of sincerity and in the language of unaffected eloquence. Speaking of the sentiments by which all representa tive Governments should be influenced in similar cir cumstances, the Right Honourable Gentleman de clared that no doubt whatever could exist but that the rule condemnatory of interference in the internal concerns of a foreign country is a sound general rule ! He maintained that the Minister who so interfered would invest himself with a terrible responsibility ! that the throne of Portugal had unquestionably been encompassed, for a considerable time past by evil coun cillors ! that acts which he was compelled to designate as cruel had disgraced the Portuguese Go vernment ! and that no human doubt could exist but that " circumstances had occurred which justified the Portuguese people in receiving with distrust the as surances of the Portuguese Government !" In a later portion of his harangue Mr. MACAULAY asserts yet more distinctly, " If I be asked what the origin of the Portuguese war was, then, Sir, I do not hesitate to say that I believe it was caused by the acts of the Portuguese Government." Coupling this declaration with the fact of Mr. DUNCOMBE'S amendment (that it becomes " the duty of the British Government to endeavour, by every just means in their power, to secure to the people of Portugal the full enjoyment of their constitutional rights and privileges"), having been cordially welcomed by the Paymaster of her Majesty's Forces, we cannot but augur happily for the consequence of what very naturally appeared (before the utterances of those avowals) to be a most ominous proceeding. From the threatened interference of France and Spain in the disturbances which had continued so long to desolate the Portuguese provinces, Mr. MACAULAY maintained that the matter had changed from a purely internal question to a strictly international question, and that therefore the Ministry are justi fied in resorting to an armed intervention. Upon the inflexible humanity of England during her di plomatic correspondence with the Cabinet of Lisbon Mr. MACAULAY spoke most effectively and forcibly. Observe, he exclaims, the process of the arrangement about the amnesty promised to the insurgent chieftains. First, MARIA DA GLORIA says, " Agreed that there shall be no capital punishment, still some persons must be sent out to the colonies ?" England replies to that, No ! " They shall not be consigned to a cruel and miserable exile; they shall not be sent to Africa ; they shall be sent to Paris ; they shall have their milreis regularly transmitted, and Government will add something itself to their incomes I " Not one mile out of th e P ortuguese territory ! months ? " Not i?no,a,n‘tieiLot.ni‘est,o`them onrt be exiled for eight een m fourteen?" Not one! "For only one ! Those are the humaned l e y t e t rm en which th e e Chaabveinentohwavaegaulraeraadnytepe that th e M inistry r oeeeded. Beyo n d * those,will illn e d ea vour to secure to the Portuguese peopi", w the full enjoyment of their constitutional r i g h ts and privileges. The speech of the Right Hon. THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY is the eloquent vindication of the Government. The intelligence which we published yesterday from America, in regard to the prominent political topic, the Mexican war, entirely corresponds in its character to the prediction we made some time since touching the probable issue of the belligerent opera tions then being carried on in that unfortu nate country. Divided in their councils, with an army badly disciplined, and destitute of the most ordi nary means requisite to ensure success, the Mexican forces have, in every pitched battle with their enemies, sustained throughout successive defeats. The ordi nary tactics of war have been consequently aban doned ; all further resistance to the invaders will be based upon the guerilla system. Of all methods of warfare this is the most frightful. When fanned by the flame of patriotism, it drags its slow length along, with its invariable adjuncts of indiscriminate mas sacre and heartless and wholesale plunder, without producing any decisive result, unless, indeed, the power of the invader be overwhelming, his judgment and energy of a superior character, and the union among his forces unequivocally firm. The armies of the United States are far from commensurate in strength to the object they seek to attain—the virtual subjugation of the immense territory of Mexico ; and the American Generals are already feeling the serious inconve nience of being deserted by large numbers of their volunteers at the critical moment when they require a judicious concentration of all their available strength to pursue their progress triumphantly to wards the Mexican capital. Union, the chief ele ment of success, is therefore wanting to them ; and though they will, in all probability, possess them selves of the metropolis, it will be then that they will find the commencement of their real difficulties. Then only will they learn the force of the saying, le commencement de la fin. SANTA ANNA and CA xeLes have issued proclamations, commanding the male population, from 12 to 50 years of age, to range themselves into guerilla bands for the purpose of putting to the sword every American, of whatever age or condition, wherever and whenever he may be discovered within the frontiers of the Mexican coun try. The Americans will, of course, retaliate in the same way, and the utmost horrors be mutually perpetrated. A reign of terror will super vene. Insubordination and plunder have marked the proceedings of the American volunteers, who, satiated with their predatory gains, and their term of service being expired, are flying homewards, after having created the bitterest feelings of revenge by the cruelties they have practised. Meanwhile the Mexican Congress are averse to all overtures for peace, and have, it is said, rejected a proposition for requesting the mediation of England for terminating the war. This argues confidence on their side that the Americans will yet regret the unprincipled inva sion they have made, in consequence of the detestation in which their conduct is held throughout the Mexi can provinces. Should the war not be speedily concluded, Mr. POLK will be called to a severe account at the re-opening of Congress. The origin of the dispute being so disgraceful in itself, the cost already incurred, and the immense outlay that would be required to secure anything like a decent military occupation of the conquered country, would constitute national evils of sufficient magnitude to induce Jonathan himself to re-consider his ways. The sympathies of Europe are with the Mexicans. Any reverses which may await the policy of America in the prosecution of this war, would be regarded as a just retribution for as iniquitous a proceeding as ever was taken by one nation towards another. Were any country, or colony, desirous of manual labour for the purpose of developing its resources, to apply to any well-organized State to supply their deft• ciency, and to receive a reply that they were welcome to numerous bodies of convicted felons which they were yearly in the habit of transporting to some portion or other of their remote possessions, there can he little doubt that the country or colony would feel itself not only averse to embrace the offer, but insulted by such a proposal. People would naturally, and in stinctively dread the contaminating evils that would inevitably attend any attempt to supply their want of labour from such polluted sources ; and yet how op pressive would it not appear if the mother country should insist upon its colony receiving, nclens volenA, the scum and criminal dregs of its own population. Such, however, is actually the course which humane and enlightened England has pursued unchecked for years ! Viewed in the abstract, every nation is bound to punish, and particularly to reform, its law-breakers in the best way it can within its own territories. It has no right to palm off upon another the offscourings of its criminal besom ; and this remark becomes all the more consonant with justice when it is re membered that the amount of crime is, in every country, more or less attributable to bad laws and gross neglect, on the part of the State, towards the wants, physical and intellectual, of the humbler classes, which always constitute the great body of the community at large. Are we ourselves free from such imputations ? Assuredly not ; and that this is the truth is fully borne out by the anxious desire at length evinced to contribute in a variety of ways to the promotion of the educational and moral neces sities of the people, and to introduce an extensive reform in our prison discipline. For though it has been sufficient to punish, the State has entirely failed to correct or improve the moral condition of the prisoner, when he is thrown back upon society at the expira tion of his term of incarceration. The contrary is notoriously the fact, viz., that in consequence of the absence of proper buildings, and regulations essential to a due classification of prisoners conformable to their respective degrees of mental turpitude, the last state of the prisoner has always been found to be worse than the first. Our system has been in this wise : we have first been neglectful, and then we have been severe, and not only so, but we have exercised our severity in the most selfish manner towards other and unoffending communities. We have inverted the order of nature, and violated the first principles of humanity. We have suffered people to grow up in poverty and ignorance; crime has followed, extreme punishments have been resorted to, and, to wind it all up, we have sent the felons by ship loads to become a contaminating curse to lands whose inhabitants, because they are so remote, should, as subject to the British Crown, be treated with greater circumspec tion and national solicitude for their future welfare. Captain MACONOCHIE, R.N., has just informed us, in a pamphlet, of the system he pursued whilst in com mand as superintendent of the penal settlement of Norfolk Island. When he first went there, the ap pearance of the convicts he describes to have been the most demoniacal looking that could possibly be con ceived. In three years he completely changed the condition of the convicts, tG the astonishment of the Governor himself, Sir G. Girrs. lie gives a general outline of the plan he successfully adopted in the fol lowing terms : " Besides introducing most imperfectly my own sys tem of management among them (for my marks never had a fixed value towards liberation assigned them, which could alone make their accumulation really im portant), I sought generally by every means to recover the men's self respect, to gain their own wills towards their reform, to visit moral offences severely, but to reduce the number of those that were purely con ventional, to mitigate the penalties attached to these, and thus gradually awaken better and more enlightened feelings among both officers and men. I built two churches—got a catechist added to the establisnment to assist the chaplain—almost every Sunday during all my four years read the service myself, with a sermon at some one or other out-station—established schools—dis tributed books—gave prizes for assiduity—was un wearied myself in my counsels and exhortations wher ever I went—and went everywhere, alone and un attended, showing confidence, and winning it in return. I also gave every man a small garden, which was a boon to the industrious, but none to the idle." Very much of what Captain MACONOCHIE en forced in Norfolk Island to reform the convicts should be pursued in this country by adequate insti tutions. Once imbue with self-respect, and you do more than anything else to lay the axe at the root of crime. When, however, crime is nevertheless per petrated, we should endeavour to reclaim the criminal in the manner above adverted to. And seeing that the Government have evinced their anxiety to establish their convict discipline upon a similar basis, we hope and believe that the results will prove commensurate with the humanity and wisdom by which their efforts are at present characterised. Madrid papers of the Bth have arrived. The Faro states that a plan bad been formed to organize a Carlist outbreak on a large scale in all the provinces of Spain. The plans of the Carlists have, however, been effectually thwarted by the arrest of General ALZOA at Bayonne. It is rumoured that negotiations have been entered into with the KING, the object of which is to induce him to join the QUEEN at La Granja. Letters from Catalonia state that the sudden return of General PAVIA to Barcelona was caused by the discovery of a Carlist conspiracy in that city. Since his return seven persons have been arrested and con fined in the citadel. MADRID BOURSE, JUNE B.—Three per Cents. 30?,-; Five per Cents., 181. Exchange on London 49f. 10c. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. A second edition of the Commerce states that Queen CHRISTINA had just arrived in Paris. The Journal des Debats states that the Committee on the affair of M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN were to meet on Monday to consider the report of M. LA VILLE, that the report would be printed and distri buted to the Deputies on Tuesday, and discussed in the public sitting of the Chamber on Thursday. The National expresses a hope that the debate on the affairs of Portugal will not be permitted to pass over without a demand for explanations from M. GUIZOT on the subject of the contemplated interven tion of France in the affairs of Switzerland. "In Switzerland," says the National, " the designs of the Ministers may yet be prevented, and we must repeat how important it is to the honour and the interests of France that the Chamber should interpose to detach M. GUIZOT from the policy of Austria." After denouncing the intervention in Portugal, the National proceeds :—" But intervention in Switzer land would be treason and infamy of, if possible, a deeper dye. The guilt of this intervention is aggra• vated by everything that is culpable in the choice of accomplices. What the Minister dares to accomplish in Switzerland is to act in concert with Austria to forward the views and promote the interests of the Absolutist Powers. Is it not suf ficiently disgraceful to have delivered to the Cabinets of Vienna and of St. Petersburgh, Poland, Cracow, and Switzerland ? It is impossible that the Chambers, whatever may be their composition, can permit M. GUIZOT to force France openly to enter into this Holy Alliance of hangmen." The report of M. RENOUARD on the Cubieres affair was to be read in the Chamber of Peers, and distributed among the Members on Monday. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIIE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 14. East Indian, 1 / 2 —Namur and Liege, 3 1 / 2 —Northern of ' France 12—Orleans and Bordeaux, 64—Paris an d Stras bourg, 4%—West Flanders, 334. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) Their Lordships sat in a Committee for Privileges today. The Peers in attendance were, the Lord Chan cellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Brougham, the Marquis of Bute, Viscount Strangford, the Earl of Radnor, and Lord Sudeley. TO CORRESPONDENTS. In reply to a Correspo;;SenCinth;TsletiiVight, we beg to observe that no actual decline took place in the value of Wheat at Mark-lane on Friday last. THE WEATHER.—S OFFICE, Jura' 15. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 49 ; Highest, 66 ; Noon, 59 BAROMETER, 29.6.—Wmn .S.W.; heavy showers. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TEM DAY. Morning .. 16 minutes after 3. 1 Evening .. 34 minutes aftet 3. •,„‘ WY g ; . SECOND EDITION. THE TRACEY PEERAGE. The examination of witnesses on behalf of the claim ant to this peerage was resumed to-day, and occu pi e d their Lordships the whole morning. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster, before Mr. Jus tice WIGRTMAN and Common Juries.) LIBEL.—HOUGHTON V. SILVERLOCK. Mr. Huinfrey, Queen's Counsel, and Mr. Charnock, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Talfourd for the defendant. Mr. IIUNFREY stated the case to the jury. Ile said this was an action brought by Captain Houghton, a half pay navy officer, to recover compensation i n ,damagesfrom Mr. Silverlock, proprietor of the Nautical Standard and Steam Navigation Gazette, for the publication of an anonymous letter signed " Camperdown," which made serious and utterly unfounded charges against him. It was right that be should state that the plaintiff would rather have brought his action against the author of the document, but as the defendant refused to give his name up, he had no other alternative than to bring it against the defendant, whom he admitted to be a respectable gentleman. Captain Houghton had been upwards of forty years in the navy—he was a subscriber to a so ciety- called the Royal Naval Charity, a society of the most exemplary and excellent kind a society to which all naval officers, from the admiral down, he believed, to the lowest officer, subscribed. It had been established for the purpose of affording assist ance to the widows and orphans of naval officers, and even to naval officers, in the hour of need ; it could not, therefore, be called a charity, but a mutual assurance (3ciety, as it was supported by mutual subscriptions, the officers paying a certain sum, according to their rank—some paying 55., and those in the higher ranks a larger sum. lie might also mention that some of the highest officers of the navy had not felt themselves de meaned by seeking aid from its funds. A Miss Hoare, the daughter of a distinguished naval officer, and a lady of highly exemplary character, sought aid from the funds of this society, and her case was supported by Sir Sir Edward Codrington, Earl Cadogan, and p ar ti cu l ar ly by the plaintiff. In the majority of eases of this kind there were generally rivals, who sought, for the purpose of promoting their own aggrandisement, to depreciate the merits of their opponents ; and much on such occasions was written which the authors subsequently regretted having penned. (The Learned Counsel then read the alleged libel, which extended to great length. It simply impugned the mo tives of Captain Houghton in advocating the cause of Miss Hoare ; charged him with having subscribed to the society but "five annual shillings;" of having re ceived charity from it in the season of adversity, and called it " no bad speculation," as he had received pounds for every shilling he had subscribed, and expressed stir prise that the managers of the institution should allow a person who had been a recipient of its funds to sit by their sides and vote away its money ; and, further, that a petition which he had presented with respect to Miss Hoare had been refused. It was dated the 23d of August last year, and was headed "The Royal Naval Charity and Commander Houghton," and was signed " Camperdown.") Now the plaintiff had sought the name of the writer—he had said, " Give me the name of the writer, justify; the charges, or make an apology ;" but when his application had beet; refused, he considered it due to his character, due to 1 - is friends and to his messmates, to institute these proceedings. It appeared that Miss Hoare had during the last four or Live years been an applicant to the society, but that she had up to the time the letter was published been unsuccessful. The sub scriptions were arranged on a graduated scale according to the rank of the officers, in order to prevent any invi dious distinctions. It was true that the plaintiff had re ceived aid from the funds, but it was under the following circumstances :—Upwards of 20 years ago he lent his yacht to a friend, who steered to a foreign port, where he took on board a quantity of smuggled cigars, but it was captured by a revenue cutter and condemeed, and a sum of 201. was voted by the society to the plaintiff for the purpose of redeeming it, but no imputation could rest upon him in this respect--in fact, his promotion, and his long standing and unblemished character, were a sufficient answer that no imputation rested upon him. It was most discreditable for the editors of newspapers to publish anonymous charges of this kind, and to re fuse to give the names of the writers; it was equally dis creditable to publish charges which he was not in a po sition to justify. The Learned Counsel having proved the publication of the paper, and that the defendant was its registered proprietor, called Captain Redford, RN., who stated that he had been fifty years in the navy, that he was an old subscriber to the institution, that he had met the plaintiff at its meetings, and that he was an active member of it. He was not acquainted with him privately. Mr. Eardley Hathray, clerk to Mr. Chard, the naval agent, proved that his employer had paid the plaintiff's subscription to the society for some years; it was now los. 6d. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD then addressed the jury on behalf of the defendant. He said no evidence had been adduced to show that any application had been made to the defendant to deliver up the name of the writer of the letter, or that he had refused to justify the charges it contained, or to apologise if they were devoid of truth. It appeared that the lady, notwith standing she had the support of Lord Cadogan, Sir Edward Codrington, and the plaintiff, had been unsuc cessful from year to year ; and as the plaintiff took part in a disputed question, he must expect to be prepared to bear critici sm ; but the letter complained of was simply a reply to a letter which had appeared in the paper from Captain Houghton, referring to the case of Miss Hoare : he had invited notice to himself as the supporter of the claims of that lady, and ought not to Piave been too thin-skinned, when his motives were canvassed. He had styled himself as one of the oldest and most benevolent of the subscribers, and from what had occurred it seemed that he was not so much entitled to such a reputation as he himself seemed to believe. Surely there could be no thing very wrong in stating that he had! received aid from a fund n hich he had himself assisted to create ; and it was true that he had received far more from that fund than he had contributed to it. Then, no doubt, the writer of the letter had seen a list in which the name of the plaintiff appeared as a subscriber of 55., for at a former period he had subscribed that sum. Why, if every publication of this kind were to justify an action, an action might be brought for libel against the printer of every placard or squib published at the ensuing general election. He did not justify an editor with holding the name of the writer of a libelous article, but if ho refused to do so, or was unable to do so, he was the person who should be held liable, and therefore he did notcornplain that he had been proceeded against as the responsible manager of the paper. The letter, how ever, did not appear to have been written by a person of education, as it contained grammatical mistakes—the word " adverse" being used for " obverse," for instance —showing that the editor had not given it that attention which it demanded, and that it was inserted inadver tently. Mr. Justice WIGHTHAN having summed up and ex- , plained the llw to the jury, they, after a few minutes' consideration, found a verdict for the defendant. BANKRUPTCY.-(T HIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner HoutoyD.) DEEDS OF COMPOSITION AND BANKRUPTCY.-IN RE CLA- RIDGE. This bankrupt, who hadcarried on business as a wine merchant in Southampton-row, came up for his certifi cate. Mr. LAWRANFE, who appeared on behalf of the bank rupt, said that although the debts appeared in the sche dule to be very heavy, yet, as regarded 6,9001., they could hardly be deemed debts. In 1844, Mr. Claridge, finding himself to be in difficulties, made an assignment of all his property to trustees for the benefit of his cre ditors, and under that deed the }mines was dis posed of, and the estate paid 13s. in the pound, but as Mr. Claridge had not got a release from his creditors it had been deemed advisable that the dif ference between the 13s. and the 20s. in the pound should be put to the bankrupt's debt. It was clear that the creditors were at that time satisfied with the back rupt's conduct, and not one of those creditors or as signees appeared to oppose. He (Mr. Lawrance), there fore, had with confidence to submit that this was a case in which his Honour would feel it just to allow the certificate. his lloNoua said that, although thers was no opposi tion, there was matter on the face of the balance-sheet which precluded him from granting the certificate in stanter—the bankrupt's expenses had been treble the amount of his means. Mr. LAwueNcE said that, unfortunately for the bank rupt, he had entered into the assignment. Under a bankruptcy it would have bees different. The expenses, certainly, were high, but not higher than the bankrupt thought justifiable, for he bad joined a Mr. Day ; but as it was a matter of doubt how far the old debts might be brought against him, it was deemed advisable that he should only appear in the capacity of clerk, although, at the same time, he was, in fact, to receive his share of the profits, which he might reasonably anticipate to have been 1,0001. a year ; but circumstances overturned his hopes. A tradesman opposed for a small debt of 61. ; and another, who was a creditor for 350/. under the same circumstances, said he sympathised with the bankrupt, who, he thought, had been painfully deceived in his expectations. His HONOUR said that, notwithstanding what had been urged in favour of the bankrupt, he could not grant the certificate immediately, and must suspend it for six months. Mr. LAWRA.NCE—Under the circumstances, there being no opposition, your Honour will grant protection? His HONOUR—For a month, with liberty to apply again. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY. OLD COURT. (Before the RECOADER,) CUTTING AND WOUNDING.--James Loftus Brock, aged 57, a lieutenant on half-pay, was placed at the bar, charged with feloniously cutting and wounding Ann his wife, with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. The principal witnesses against the prisoner were his wife and two sons, by whom the offence was fully proved. The prisoner, who displayed considerable acumen through out the examination of the witnesses, at the conclusion of the evidence, made an incoherent statement, and spoke a great deal concerning St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans. The RECORDER summed up, and The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty, on the ground of insanity. The prisoner was ordered to be confined during her Ma jesty's pleasure. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) Richard Benningham, a diminutivive urchin about twelve years of age, was placed at the bar charged with stealing seven pounds of flour, the property of the go vernors and directors of the poor of the parish of St. George's, Hanover-square. William Sullivan, task-master at St. George's Work kouse, stated that the prisoner was an inmate of the workhouse. On Saturday last he received information that some flour had been stolen from the bakehouse, and that the prisoner and another boy, who has since ab sconded, had been seen with a bag of flour in their pos session. An inquiry was instituted, which led to the flour being discovered concealed in the coal-box, in the tailors' shop. The prisoner was then given into custody. James Filby, a pauper employed in the tailors' shop, proved finding the bag of flour produced, concealed in the coal-box amongst the coals. William Mills and John Rust, inmates of the work house, proved seeiog the prisoner coming from the bake house with the flour in his possession, they followed him to the tailors' shop, and saw him conceal it in the coal box. The prisoner denied taking the flour, the other boy took it, and gave it to him to hide away. Mr. BINGHAM committed him to the House of Cor rection for one month, with hard labour. Benjamin pebble was charged with assaulting Mr, Thomas Medhurst, 1, Denmark-street, Soho. _ It appeared that on the previous night the complainant was walking up the Quadrant, when the defendant rushed from behind one of the pillars, and, without the least provocation, struck him a violent blow on his chest. The defendant was proceeding to further acts of violence, when a constable arrived and put a step to his pranks by taking him into custody. Police-constable Mould 123, said he was on duty in the Quadrant on the preceding night, when his atten tion was called to the defendant, who was annoying every person that passed. Witness watched him, and seeing him strike the complainant, took him into custody. A fiiend of defendant's informed the magistrate tha the defendant was not right in his mind, and had late]) been discharged from St. Luke's Hospital. Mr. BINGHAM said the defendant must find two sure , tie► to keep the peace for three months. TIIAMES.—(THIS DAY.) William Balls, a cab driver, and Margaret Balls, were charged with having attempted a felony and with assaulting the police in the execution of their duty. Police•constable 11 199,• stated that last night he was on duty at Cannon-street-road, St. George-in-the-East, and as he was passing the Red Lion Tavern, he was in formed by a Mr. Jervis, a respectable cheesemonger, re siding in the Commercial-road, that the two prisoners whom he pointed out had attempted to pick the pockets of an old man who was drunk standing outside the tavern. Witness went up and told them to go away and lease the old man alone. They declared they would not let him go, and when he endeavoured to sepa rate them from the old man, they attacked and kicked him severely, but another constable coming up they were ultimately conveyed to the station-house. This evidence was corroborated by H 18, who as sisted in taking them into custody. Ile added that Mr. Jervis was not present. Mr. BALLANTINE said he should remand the case till Thursday next, and directed the officers to take two summonses to require the attendance of Mr. Jervis and the old man. He inquired if the prisoners were known? Roach (the gaoler) said the woman had been at this court before, charged with having attempted to stab the man ; and the man had also been in custody charged with biting off a sailor's ear.—The prisoners were then locked up. Margaret Mahony, who was charged on suspicion of having robbed Mr. Enfield, landlord of the City of Car lisle public-house, Rosemary-lane, of 35 sovereigns and some silver, the particulars of which have already ap peared in The Sun, was again brought up for exami nation. _ _ The only additional evidence was the fact that the prisoner had been seen with a purse similar to the ono of which Mr. Enfield had been robbed. She was again remanded for a week. THE GRAND REVIEW IN HTDE-PARY.—To-mor row morning a review will take place in llyde-park, which will be honoured with the presence of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and Prince George, their Serene Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Weimar with Prince Edward and their respective suites, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and a very numerous and brilliant staff of k,eneral officers, &c. Amongst the regiments on the ground will be the Royal Horse Guards (blue) from Knights bridge-barracks ; the first regiment of Life Guards, from Regent's-park barracks ; the s econ d reg i men t of Life Guards, from Windsor ; six battalions of Foot Guards, consisting of two battalions of Grenadier Guards, two of Coldstream Guards, and two of the Scotch Fusilier Guards, the 61st Foot (Rifles), &c., with a strong detach ment of Horse and Foot Artillery from Woolwich, and several pieces of cannon. The ground will be kept by the metropolitan police, assisted by the 12th Royal Lancers, from Hounslow barracks. The police wilt assemble in the Park shortly after eight o'clock, and the troops at nine o'clock. The review will commence at ten o clock. Yester day afternoon the regiment of Rifles, 800 strong, from Chi chester, marched into the neighbourhood of the metropolis, and were billeted at Kensington and Hammersmith, where they will remain until Thursday. Other regiments are ex pected to arrive in the neighbourhood of the metropolis in the course of this day, it being intended that the review shall exceed in splendour any that have taken place for several years. CANTERBURY.—During the past week, the wind having been E. and N.E., has prevented the hops from show ing so good an appearance as they did a week back. We hear of honey-dew, &c., having visited them, but the planter is anxiously looking forward for genial weather, when the plant no doubt, will resume its healthy colour. BOSTON, STAMFORD, AND BIRMINGMAM RAIL WAY.—At a special meeting of the shareholders in this com pany held at 18, Abingdon -street yesterday, Mr. T. Ma caulay in the chair, the following Bills were submitted and approved, viz. :—To make a railway from Peterborough to the Stamford and Wisbech branch at Thorney ; a railway from Wisbech to Wisbech-harbour, and to construct works in the harbour ; a branch from Wisbech to Sutton-bridge, and another to Sutton St. Mary, and to improve the harbour at Sutton-bridge ; also to enable the G rea t Northern Rail way Company to ease or purchase the East Lincolnshire ; the Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham ; and the Amber gate, Nottingham. and Boston Railways. GAMING IN THE ARMY.—We have been informed on competent authority that his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, commanding the troops in the Dublin district, lately intimated his intention of withdrawing his name from the list of members of the Hibernian United Ser vice Club, unless an immediate stop was put to the gam bling which had been carried on there for some time, and which had led to the ruin of several officers. His Royal Highness also stated, that every general officer serving in Ireland intended to follow the example set by himself in this matter. It gives us sincere pleasure to be enabled to add, that the committee of the Hibernian United Service Club promptly acceded to the Prince's wishes, and have deter minedte to discountenanc e ga mbling within the walls of h club by every means in their power. The decision of Prince George on this occasion aredeserving the highest praise that it is in our power to bestow.— United Service Club. THE HAWTHORN.—The bloom of the hawthorn was never known to be more beautiful than is the case at the present moment. In many instances the trees are one mass of bloom, throwing around a perfume o f b 9 moo t d el icious character imaginable.—Perby Mercury'. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THILEE. There was a firm market for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday, with prices unchanged. Sales 5,000 bales, of which 700 American were on speculation. The sales included 4,000 bales American, at 6.}d. to 7id. per lb. There was an animated demand for Shares, princi pally for Midland, North Stafford, North-Western, York and Newcastle, and Dover half. The advices delivered yesterday afternoon, and brought by the Britannia, serve to show what inter ested speculation v7ill do, in inducing people to form opinions. The American journals by the previous ar rival, generally represented that upon the re-opening of the navigation, abundant supplies of grain would be forwarded to the sea-board for shipment, but the private letters written by several leading firms, threw consider able doubt upon this view of the question, and we have to thank them in part for the subsequent rise in corn. Intelligent and impartial Americans, however, with whom we have had the pleasure of conversing, inti- mate generally their belief that we shall receive very large supplies of food from the opposite shores of the Atlantic; and as freights ruled lower when the Britannia left, shipments will be facilitated. The accounts from Canada are satisfactory also in reference to the supplies we may expect, especially as American grain from the in terior will be allowed to pass duty free through the British possessions if re-exported IN ithin six months. This will attract a carrying trade of some im portance to Canada, and benefit both the merchants and the shipping interest, without, as is hoped, damaging to any extent the position of the Canadian agriculturist. Some effect upon prices appears, however, to be likely. The Canadas, however, must look for strength and growth to the development of every branch of industry, and, assuredly, its shipping interest ranks high. The Upper Canada Mining Company is said to be commencing operations on the Canada side of the Lakes this spring, under most favourable auspices. The loca tions upon Lakes Huron and Superior are known to be very rich in mineral wealth, and strong hopes are enter tained of the presence of coal on Lake Huron. Exploring parties have already gone forward. There are late accounts from Australia. The Sydney advices are to March 2, at which period the weather was brilliant, trade steady, agriculture flourishing, and the whole colony looking more prosperous than for a long time past. There is rather less doing in Stocks to day, but the quotation are firm, and have even further improved a little compared with yesterday. The beautiful weather, increasing supplies of foreign grain, ease in the money market, and the anticipation that trade will gradually expand, all conduce to excite a buoyant feeling, and an impression that nothing but a good harvest is wanting to bring us back to a state of confidence and pros perity. Consols have been 88 to 884 for July, and Exchequer-bills have touched 7s. and 10s. premium. Bank Stock has been at a rise to 196 and 197. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been quoted 89i to 90. The Foreign Stock Market has been very dull, but looks firm. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 32 to 33. Spanish, Mexican, &c., are merely nominal. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 58/ to 581, and Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents, 95. Railway Shares have been higher again. BRITISH FUN DS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock .: .. • • • . .. 196 197 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • 88 88 88 1 A New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Antis. 89% % 90 Long Annuities, Expire Jail. 5, 1860 .• 9 1-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. .• 8% 15-16 India Bonds, 1,000/. • • .. 6 Ditto, under 1,000/. .. 6 3 Consols for Opening, July 16 88 1 A Three per Cent. Consols, Scrip.. •• •• par Exchequer Bills. I%d. 2d. 1,0001. .. .. • • 710 p 500/. •• •• •• 11 14 p Ditto, Small .. • • .... 12 18 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Portuguese Bends, 5 per Cent. • • Ditto, Four per Cent .. .. 33 Ditto, for the Account .. .. 32 Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Four-and-a-Ilalf per Cent. 95 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 58% % Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 90 89% Ditto. Bonds • • • • 89% BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham altd Oxford Junction • • 10 16 %8 .... to Iluckinghamshile .. • • .. • • 6/. 4s 1 dis... to Caledonian .. • • • • .. 35 3014 .. ••to Ditto, Half Shares .. • • • • 214 l3s .. • • to Chester and Holyhead • • .. • • .. 27% 21 .... to Eastern Counties .. .. • • • • 20 20%%% to Do., Perpetual,s per Ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d Ditto, ditto .. N 0.2, 61. 13s. 4d l4 p.. to Ditto, York Extension • • • • 7%•• .... to Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. •• 50 Ditto. Half Shares .. .. • • • • 15 .. .. • 2114.... to Ditto, Quarter Shares • • • • •• 12% 16K to Exeter, Yeovil and Dorchester • • .. 2% .... I •. to Great North ern .. .. . . 314 .... 2 .... to Ditto, London and York Extension.. .... 1%% . • to Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 30 .... 24% .• .. to Great North of England .. —lOO .. •.to Ditto, .New .. • • 1% • • • 18%.... to Great Western .. 85 ....115 .... to Ditto. Half Shares .. .. • • • • 50 .. • • 68 • • fe Ditto, Quarter Shares .. • • .. 123 17% IA ••to Ditto. Fifths .. • • .. 20 .... 26% • • to 28 14 Hull and Selby .. .. • • .. • . 50 ....104 .. • • to Ipswich and Bury Edmunds.. •• 14 •• •• 10 •••• to Leeds and Bradford .. 40 .. • • 89 to 87 Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester .. 32% .... 33% to Leeds and Thirsk • • . 2 .. • • • • 26 •• • • 19S •• • • t. Do., do., Preference, 6 per Cent • . 3% .... 3 .... to London, Brighton, and South Coast • • 50 .. •• 54% • • to London and N orth-Westerti • . • • .. 100 ....150 .... to 179 Ditto, Quarters .. .. L. and B. 7 .. • • 23% .. • • to Ditto ditto New ............to 13 London, Oxford, and Cheltenham .. 2 ... 1 to Manchester and Leeds . • .. 82 ....103 .• .. to Ditto, Half Shares .. • • • • 38 .. • • 45 1 ,E %.. to Ditto, Fifths .. • • 10% .... to Ditto, Sixteenths .. .. 611.... .. ••to Dit to, Thirds (Reg.) •. ..71. 45..... 14 dis... to Ditto % (tate Rudders. & Sheffield, 28 .. • • 29 to Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock. . 425. .. • • % dis.. to Midland • • • • • • .. ..100 •.121 .... to 124 Ditto, New .. .. • • • • • • 36 41 40% to 41 1 a Ditto, New • .. • • .• .. 6 .... to 9% Newcastle and Bet wick .. .. 20 .... 28 .... to 27% Ditto, New .. • • • • .. 5 7%11 .. to Norfolk .. .. • • .. • • ..100 . • . 1261 '4 .... to Ditto, Extension .. .. • • .. 10 .• .. .... to North British • • .. • • .. • • 25 ... 32%%.. to Ditto, Extension • • • • • • . .• .• %% 8 .. to North Staffordshire .• • • • • • • 7 .. ••10 % .... to 10% North 'Western .. .. 4 .. • • 2%.... to Oxford, IVorcester, & Wolverhampton 22% .... 14 .... to Reading, Guildford, and Reigate • • 5 •• .. 5% 14 .. to Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) .. 3% •• • • 3 %k.. to Shropsnire Union • .. .. • . .. 4 .... 2 % .... to tioutti Eastern and Dover • • • .33/.23.4d. 36% to Ditto, New (do. 331. 6s. Bd.) No. 2•• 12 .• . 11% to Ditto, New (do. 15/.) No. 4 • • • • 5 •• • • 4% .• .. to West Riding Union .. .. • • • • 4/. 25.• •• • % dis .. to par Windsor, Staines, and South-Western 425. .• .. 1 p• • to Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth• •• . 20 .... 11% to York and Newcastle .. •- .. 25 .• .... to Ditto, New .. . • .. •• .• 10 •• •• 15 .. to Ditto, Preference .. • • .. 8 .... 111 , i .. to York and North Midland 50 •• .. 85 .... to Ditto. Extension .• •• 25 •• •- 42 .-to Ditto. Preference •• •• 6 •••• 15 .• .. to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Luxembourg •• • • • • .. .. 6 •• • • 11%; •• • • to Namur and Liege . 10 .• 3 .... to Sambre and Meuse •• •• 14 •• • •.. to MINES Real dcl Monte. Unregistered • • • • •• .. 336 to LLOYD'S SHIPPI.NG—(THIS DAY). LONDON, JUNE 15.—Wind S.W., light breeze, with passing clouds and rain. DEAL, JUNE 14.—Wind S.W. to S.S.W., fresh and squally.—Arrd. Vixen, Douglas, Port Philip; Marlborough, Webb, Calcutta; Helen Mary, Winn, Ceylon; Urania. Bergh, Jamaica; Ceres, D'Auvergne, Honduras. Arrd. from the River and std. Wellesley, for Madras; Renown, Laun ceston. Cowan, JUNE 14.—Wind S.W.—And. Malcolm, Watson, Pernambuco. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 14.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrd. 13, Martha Harrison, Cole, Newfoundland. 14, William Russell, Pernambuco. Sd. Ninfa, Havannah; Victoria, Grisley, Havannah; Commerce, Bailey, Savanilla ; Magnificent, Verrill, New Orleans; Envoy, M'Ket terick, ditto; Bridgtown, Wilson, ditto. Sld. Luna, Grenada; Madonna, Moulmein; Rockshire, Montreal. The New York, Cropper, from this port, put back to New York 21st ult., after being on shore on the S.W. Spit, but without apparent damage. The Yarmouth barque was fallen in with, 19th ult., off Cape Henlopen, a derelict; and subse quently went on shore and bilged. The Alhambra, Lock hart, of Dublin, hence to Valparaiso, foundered 7th April, lat. 38 long. 20; crew saved by the Queen Mab, arrived at New Orleans. The cask of palm oil picked up yesterday is said to have belonged to the Oberon, from Sierra Leone, 20th Nov., to this port, and not since heard of. SHIELDS, JUNE 14.—Wind S.W. — Sid . Adeline, Q u ebec. OFF P O RTSMOUTH, JUNE 14.—Northumberland, Greswold, New York. EXMOUTH, JUNE 11.—Arrd. Eleanor' Barbara, Rio Granee. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 14.—Wind S.S.W.—SId. her Majesty 's steamer Growler, Coast of Africa. FALMOUTH, JUNE 14.—Wind variable.—Off port, Grace, Lima for Hull; Commerce, Manilla for Liverpool. BRISTOL, JUNE 14.—Wind W.—Arrd. St. Vincent, Fur low, Jamaica. B ELFAST , JUNE 12.—Wind S. — Acrd. Warrior, Tiernan, Baltimore ; John Eddy, New York ; Revenge, Gardiner, ditto. Sid. Coverdale, Quebec; Glide, Halifax, Nova Scotia. DARTMOUTH, JUNE 14.—The Julia, of Hull, was pa sse d on shore on the Spanish coast by the John and Mary, ar rived here. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS SMITHFIELD.-11eacTow Hay, 215 s to 3/ 14s; Clover ditto, 315 s to 4/ 14s; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 12s per load. Both Hay and Straw were in good supply, and heavy demand, at about last week's quotations. 11 85 to 11 13 s per l oad. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 16s; Cl over A d ditto, 3l 8s averageto 41 14s; and and aStdrualT, trade. WHITECHAPEL. — Meadow Hay, 21 55 to 3/ 143; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 4/ 17s ; and Straw, 11 Gs to 1/ 12s per loal Trade dull at the above quotations. COLONIAL. St:GAIL—The market for British Plantation is firm, about 750 hhds havirg been sold at steady prices. The public sales have comprised 1,030 bags Mauritius, which sold at full prices, viz.. 40s to 46s for low to good grey. The quantity of British Plantation landed in the Port of London this year, has been 31,969 hhds 3,970 tierces, against 24,692 hhds 2,583 tierces last year. This return is to May 31. The imports of Havannalt, Porto Rico, Brazil, and East India, have all greatly increased. The home consumption of British Plan tation has fallen off this year, but in Mauritius and East India there is an increase. The stock of British Plantation in London on the 31st ult. was 17,582 hhds 2,237 tierces, being more than double the quantity held at the same time last year. The stocks of Havannah, Brazil, Mauritius, and East India are much larger than last year. COFFEE.-1,450 bags Ceylon realised 37s to 37s 6d, for good ordinary native, being 6d lower. The iutntity of Bri tish Plantation landed in London to the 31st nit. WO 1,05 hhds 958 brls and bags, against 1,216 hhds 788 brie and bag; to the corresponding period of last year. The quantity bag; Foreign has fallen off, as well as that of East India. I ',. e fl u home consumption generally has increased a little. i stocks are below those of last year. RUM—The quantity landed in London this , year, to ti 1 , 48 31st ult., is 8,072 puns 3,106 idyls, against 7, 544 p uns 3P" bhds at this time last year. The home consumption tog been 5,910 puns 1,461 hhda, being an access of a bout 8 . 0 ° 04 puns and 300 hhds compared with the corresponding Pefi,t of 1846. The stocks are 11,7 51 puns 3,473 hhds, again pie 12,157 puns 3,030 hhds at the same period of last year market is buoyant, owing to the contract announced. v u y ,, SA LTPETRE.-230 Bengal realised the previ ous value, 28s m 6d to 29s for 8 per centlac. refractn. Scvis.-100 bags Black Pepper io sold at 3d for good sh° t Malabar. and TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 50s 9d to 51 s per c wt on the spot, Town 535. TEA.—The demand is moderate, and prices vary but littl e ' COTTON.—There is rather a good market still. RAILWAY COMMITITES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Boom B. Their Lordships met this day a t eleven o'clock, an proceeded with THE CALEDONIAN (GLASGOW, G il , A T, KIRK, AND COATBRIDGE, BRANCHES TO Mr. 11PG::ffi, railway con t ra ctor, and Mr. A.lexantr Black, surveyor, Falkirk, were called to sp eak to uor„ r borings on the railway, for the purpose of shawl , the strata was of such a soft and friable, c haracter, a danger would e incured if the company were allowT to execute their b works r on the Glasgow and Edinburgh Railway's tunnel. , r , hint kost , ktth b er tr. Ce ~731 o ......... I _ V . HOUSE OF COMMONS. GRO XXX. The Committee met this UP morning at Mr. t w elve o'c lock; Corrie in the chair. OLTO S GREAT NORTHERN (ISLE or EXTENSION). couns el H Mr. Sergeant W RANGAM suggested that the at on the other side ought to be called orussent he this stage to say whether they bad got the a of the Admiralty for their crossing t river 11" with the competing line. Mr. said it was emture. then going JANES on with the Admiralty, stiCndeg°tth: itri°n°sl wen th e r l would be produced in th e cou rse of the evidence t ° competing Bill. The CHAIRMAN decided that the s hould continue their evidence in favour of the DU I ' land t° Mr. J. Blackburn, farmer of about 700 acre s 0 " 900 the neighbourhood of Stainfirth, said there w er fse od inhabitants in the township on about 2,00 0 acre s °jos alluvial soil, productive of grain, Sec. Their roa r " ti titi Doncaster, which was reached by the P e ue t .' ne ley, was attended by factors from Wakefield, P a -mill promoters Sheffie!d, and other places. These factors sold th!: jor by weight, 601bs. to a bushel, and bought it by as the penal measure, whatever it might weigh; en tha t corn there weighed considerably more then 60 1133 r, or went to the middleman as his profit. The far ta l e ine to the public were thus losers by the difficulty of direct the markets of Wakefield and other place s *, eu ghts s line was required in the district, as produce was i'l.""rsiessf present at an expense of 3s. per ton, bu t the . to a would effect a saving of 2s. a ton on 1,200,00'04 year. Very much injury was sustained by won ie be their fat cattle to market. A saving likewise w hich ffected by the railway on the carriage of gals fieldhe s' were brought from be Barnsley- and Silkstone_to Altogether, upon the matter of carriages, there w s u whe t a saving of 14 per cent. on the lentil, bes ide might be saved in tratelling. Similar evidence in detail was called the other townships in the district of the line. in reference TE 1 1 I f ' POLISH BENEVOLENT r ely The Poles inhabiting London, sensible of their hole painful position, which increases more and rola to materially and morally, and desirous of airergirpoli• each other a mutual succour, having put wide t ",jees tical differences, have formed amongst theta-- benevolent society.the ° ill The Polish Benevolent Society takes care of on) of dren, of the orphans, widows, aged, lame, and e i r e decs • their brethren • and it has principally in view " I ' , e of tion of the ehildree, in order that with a knowletage the English language they may also acquire a keen j e t of their paternal tongue, know the nation frost disasters, as also to prepare them for some t ra il they may be enabled to support themselves an of of aged parents honestly. ' e a This society has elects a commission compos so. five members— The Rev. Dr. Zienkiewice, theewher Dr. Vwainski, M.A., the Citizens Pruszeynski, fnee• z l .ewiez, and Ruzynski. It has authoris ed, by 5 , pd to date, the persons aforesaid to act in their name , bet e is appeal to all those who may feel disposed to aid the realisatio of this (eject. The commission, in executing the orders of Illifc; ciety, has teen at first the necessity of making T i e d, ° s r statistic of the Polish refugees residing in Jeag' d - , r . their marriages, children, orphans, widows , e tt be After having brought this labour to a close, 1 , n isu v mission has found that there are in England sevi° Polish refugees, 160 married, 317 children, i n _ age of alone 209 childree, forty of whom up to tbridreo e ten years are not baptised, and those sire the ch i oat h, gentlemen and enemies of the faith of their jJoag l'here are beside:, 13 orphans, 20 aged, and and infirm pet sons. by tile This Polish Benevolent Society is honotnee obo names and patronage of eminent individuals, a'",„tt possess influence. The commission is emel ( ?; t y; it executing the will of the Benevolent Polish So ° i • t he ilo ° colletos funds for the school, and for the wel 0 ft° on hans, widows, aged, and sick. We ar e of 01 ) ° so d 0 1 it will ere long publish its ulterior proceedings, it will persevere in its noble efforts.— „See SCULPTURE FOR TILE BRITISH MUSED ''' _it ill °- packages of Assyrian sculpture, intended for deP e e s e se l Gre' British Museum, have arrived at this port in the c . m poili sg clan, front Bombay, and have been landed from the I ,,, ros er; • • ship and delivered, by the special directions of the Th e tree of duty. l ei E THE LATE EXTRAORDINARY SV-- -n • h Herself young woman who committed suicide by t brow!.n i g s ,.. e esr under the express train of te South -Western Eau s gee t IVandswortle on Wednesdaymorning, was 19 y ear eesid e a t Iler name was Frances Arnese Ber Pre i : o ls Barton, near Gosport. She left borne t° relay Is st e sb : Southsea, about three weeks since• ' i es S a m a u nd her boxes was suspected of having robbed her e uspiei""E n t 'ib e a were searched, but nothing was f s o h n e r'l l eft t h e houseunicer leis upon her mind, and on Sunda ' pretence of going to church, b ) ut in w hich sh° eto tress received a letter from her the eext (I nei e s her bt, se said that she had been disgraced by e e '" 6 her P' - io searched ; that she would never return either inqu ot s or family, but that she would take arsenic. The Pei B ervic e ri ce•• uri - • held, when the above facts came out in eviden returned a verdict, "That the deceasud died front I I L o r tb the ir i ;, ia s a locomotive engine striking her, she being on did not reta in by London and South- Western Rail , way, being at the t' state of temporary mental derangement." iet tirl SHAKSPEARE S HOUSE.—The present Pr ° =_ r con? of the place of our great poet's birth are, it Appear., icoer• pelted to sell it, by the terms of the will of a forine t° , lik The house is a freehold, and is valued at omething 2,0001. This valuation has been formed on Le n er,a er o o° , visitors. In 1846 it was calculated that something g 4 5 4 / 1 " people had v'sited the house, though not more then ; 0 00' had entered their names in the bo,k kept for . the P . ', 0 1 ' The house will be sold by auction in the course of th e -Il e arrivedme r, an fg d rolm o t n a e tna o ly r e.ri t: al 7 l(ei e e i tt i ie t i l ir i im u b s ei i ur a : s : t ii i t c t Jona t h ans have ply do in taking icu t matter ios tssoeacsi sa id, it would be no very del' • l make an - • exhibition of it. We hope and trust that O a " 0 t desecration awaits it. Wholly irrespective of ShaksP e i li ' re" l a ' i a r t e t o ( a n i° ll l , :s . a O h r i e nes :t gi co c tl o , (l4 one of the few existing examples of an English yeora a- ° ore' sidence of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, it merits to be ' served and retained among us. • W ell Asti nußTON.—Election matters appear to 1 ., 13 the inhabitants of this borough but very little. Alstl.' we believe, will pass away before such scenes as We' d r , nessed at the elections of Charles Lushington, a t % ho tli Jardine, opposition at that period being very great Ow e ,' ge Whigs and Conservatives. This borough has se„t u r, f ! refir e ; formers for many years, and now in the person "7. corn w sentative, James Matheson, Esq. Let the when it may, his return is sure. Ashburton 1110 ' ser e ' proud in having such a man as Mr. Matheson for tbeLiortfelS sentative. Long may he continue, we believe, is the a ° c e ets' wish of all classes of persons in the town.—Rem electionweg _ spondent. -.------ Mr o s. n T th . I; flex BIRTHS. Professor liege, of a son. o.j, of Materia Modica at Ring's Co ... . _.,, 0 r On the 11th inst., at Brunsfield House, kinchiey ej.BtAliiiiiniesrt.,,oaftaßsuolns,tr:diielisbtorrene.t, the wife of Dr. — 0 S s I' On the 11th inst., Mrs. David Edwardes, of Great IN lady Of lb. street, Covent-garden, of : a son. On the 12th inst., in Upper Harley-street, the Rev. Alexander Douglas, of a son. - MRRIED. RO' tr On the Bth inst., at St. James's, Paddington• the 4 - M. Bonuor, Vicar of Ruabon, Denbighshire, to Ellen , ~ gull ter of the late John Wood, Esq., of Worthing'. Phil itt On the 12th inst., at St. George's, Bloomsbury, poi Walton Harris, Esq., to Ann, relict of the late Thomas E d• Cocksedge, Esq., of The Hills, Bury St. Edmunds. , 0 , On the 12th inst., at St. James's Church, Paddins.inisr ward Lawson, Esq., to Mary Ann, only daughter Miskio, Esq., surgeou, of Broad-street, St. John's, ..° 01 DIED. Lpua o dis i ll : ely t g h ß e caa l c l rin t a h ackn i sn n . st., at Paisley, Mr. John Gibson, Cs° On the 6th inst., at Hammersmith, near 1•° 1111°' lit. aged 41. le An] re life oOn the Bth inst ' ., at German-place, Brighton, •-•-tie,lieVOL of Major-General Sir Patrick Ross, Governor of Sf- i' - f ielek On the 10th inst ,at Hampton-court Palace, All$ 1 1.: - 0. d so it n h, ot the late Lieutenant - General Sir J. Maclean, 5- ', l b+re i ' e. Edo : :: the 10th inst., at Peckham Rye, Mr. Alfred l' inie rr 10th inst., Susannah Mann, the wife cf J. P' ~ ell IP/ I l t zi l s i- y e D ., formerly iubin age o d f 3 C 8 1 . i 11 b rd, Heretbrdshire. On the llth inst., at Gerrard's llall, Basing-1313e' c c° W t Wri On the 1 lth inst. at Hyde-park-place eI- I Smith, the widow of tile Rev:Henry Smith. ~,,. ..,, Gilie rti On the 11th inst., in Bishopsgate-street, w 'gi ll "' o f th e Hawkins, aged 35. . On the 11th inst. , at Tonbridge-wells, Mary, w l-1° E ,., • late Rev. John Thornton. On the 11th inst. , at N ew- g rove, William Berle f3l ' e Magistrate and Deputy - Lieute nant of the count,' ° al Y • sex i aged 86. ~ PP Brt)idngritihaen, E l 2 s t q h . , surgeon.his t., at Ham-common , Sur rey' f saol 3. On the 12th inst., Sir Richard Plal.-ket, N.M. G " o ton House, near Torquay, Devon. val. J. On the 12th inst , in Gray's Inn, John Perry. --:ciusre, Oa the 12th inst., in North ag e -crescent, Bedford; 0. Matravers, only child of James B ars tovt, Esq., l a 0 Loryon i'Tinted and Published by MUBDO IrOVO7'sbie sr. and, Printer, at The Sun Mee, N 0.112. Straid. + to o - of the Savoy, in the Conlll7 of Diaddi" 4l4 11144- 1847. 82 rtepe, friend, r ot , kik * I ttea D , Ann tirrn Ate. N Itte h 1;4, 0 44 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY VENI E & G, JUNE 15, 1847,