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HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 2 minutes after 8. 1 Evening .. 38 minutes after S. 1 4 , - _0111•111.4, / i4r •• temb..:lll Alt, - • - 4 11 1. 6 - 1 ' ox , gb ,:tt a 4 • FR ASER'S MAGAZINE. Subscribers and the Public are respectfully informed, that the next and succeeding Numbers of " Fraser's Magazine" will be Published by Mr. Parker, West Stranded to whom Communications for the Editor, Books for Iteview, a Advertlsements, are re quested to be sent. THE REY. R. COBBOLD'S NEW WORK. • New Ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., ZENON; THE MARTYR By the Rev. RICHARD COBBOLD, M.A., R.D., Rector of Wortham, Suffolk. Henry Colbarn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. To be had of all Booksellers. Now Ready, L IVES OF THE QUEENS. VOL. X. By AGNES SRICELAND. Henry Colburn. Publisher, r, Great Marlborough-street. To be had of all Booksellers. 8, New Burlington-street. MRS. GORE'S NEW NOVEL, CASTLES I N THE AIR, IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. BlehArd Bentley, New Burlington-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, Tuesday, will be performed the OPM's LA SONIiAMBULA, Judos. denny Lind ; Lisa, Madame Solari ' Count Rudolph , Signor F. Lablache ; and Elvino, Signor Gardoni. Between the acts will be presented the Second Act of the admired ballet of GISELLE. Giselle, Mdlle. Carlotta Grist. To conclude with a Selection from the admired ballet of ONDINE. Comprising the Fete de la Madonne , Pas de l a Corbeille, by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon, supported by Mdlles. Cassan and Honore, and klla celebrated Pas de l'Ombre by Mdlle. Cerito. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re spectfully informed, that there will be a grand EXTRA NIGHT en THURSDAY NEXT, on which occasion Mdlle. Jenny Lind will appear in one of ker favourite characters. he doors open at Half-past Seven. The Opera to commence at It o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed the new Comedy, called TEMPER. Sir Marma duke Topple, Mr. Farren ; Sir Charles Tempest, Mr. Hudson ; God- Mr. Webster ; Cyril Tempest, Mr. frey, Mr. Tempesterson, How' e ; Lady , Mrs. Seymour ; Mrs. Herbert, Mrs. Glover ; Florence Wilmot, Mrs• Fortescue; Miss Fielding, Mrs. Hamby. To be followed by a Miscellaneous Concert, in which the FOUR HUNGARIAN INSTRUMENTAL VOCALISTS will give their imi tations of various instruments, with the Lips only. To be followed by an entirely new and original farce called WHO DO THEY TAKE ME FOR? Colonel Templeton, Mr. Howe ; Terence O'Reilly, Mr. Hudson ; Mrs. Dorrington, Mrs. Seymour ; Miss Prudence Pickings, Mrs. Hamby. To conclude with THE INVISIBLE PUMICE or, The Island of Tranquil Delights. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. tinder the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be performed the original Drama, called THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST • a Gipsy Story. Cheap John , Mr. Wright ; Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Einchin, Mr. P. Bedford; Leybourne, Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar; Starlight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. After which an entirely new Petite Comedy, entitled FLYING COLOURS; or, Crossing the Frontier. Captain Sans song', Mr. Webster; Margaret, Miss Woolgar; Helen de Montereau, 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, Selby, Cullenford, and Miss Woolgar. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. (Last Night but Four of the present Management and CompanY•) THIS EVENING Will be performed the Draraa, TO PARENT% AND GUARDLANZ. In which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear. To De followed by the now occasional Dra,:citic Sketch, called JENNY LIND AT LAST ; or, The Swedish Nightingale. Charac ers by Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Turner, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellingham, lir.Bender, Mr. Yarnold, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the new Burlesque Extravaganza, called THE WOOD DIEMON ; or, One o'Clock, In which Messrs. Keeley, A. Wigan, 1. Matthews, Bellingham, Kinloch, Silver, Miss Dickinson Ails* Daly, sad Mrs. Keeley will appear. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING will be peribrmed the vaudeville of UN MONSIEUR ET 'UNE DAME. Monsieur, M. Dumery ; Une Dame, 3ldlle. Rhin. After which, UNE FEMME QUI SE JETTE PAR LA FE XETRE. The characters by M. Dumery, 31. nhozevil, Mdlle. Vallee, Mine. Grassau, and Mdlle. Duverger. To be foll•wed by a vaudeville, entitled L' ARTICLE 213 ; ou, Le Mari dolt Protection Characters by MM. Dumery, Langeval, David, Dorgebert, and • Mdlles. Duverger and Vallee. To eonclude with the Vaudeville, entitled L'IMAGE. De lie randal, M. Dumery ; Leopold, M. Rhozevil ; Mauclerc, M. Priston ; Madeleine, Mdlle. Duverger. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3i. ; Gallery, 2s. Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 53, Bond-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. I,THIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. In consequence of the increasing success which attends every re .presentation given by the celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, they will tepeat their usual ENTERTAINMENTS at the above Theatre, TO MORROW, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evening. Doors of en at Eight o'clock. They will also give a DAY PERFORMANCE on Wednesday Morning next, commencing at Half-past Two o'clock. Thursday Evening next will be for the Be• tient of Mr. Stanwood. Boxes and Stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre. i'IIINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENDtG. Will be presented Shakspere's tragedy of MACBETH. Ms.cbeth, Mr. Macready ; Macdaff, Mr. Creewick; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. Warner. To be followed by a new comedietta, in two acts, entitled RO MANCE AND REALITY. The Hon. Captain Montagne, Mr. J. Webster; Vincent Dunbar, Mr. Vining ; Florence, Mrs. Stirling ; Miss Emma Stanley. To conclude with the new Farce, entitled THE SLEEPING DRAUGHT. Vincolo, Mr. Granby; Bruno, Mr. Walton; Rinaldo, Mr. Fisher ; Popollno, Mr. Compton ; Gabriotte, Mr. Cowell ; Yaldo, Mr. Smith ; Signora Francesca, Mrs. Hughes ; Nonna, Miss Stanley. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager. Mr. William Batty. thuler the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the yal Fy. Splendid combination of N Ro ovelties, . upi l in addition to which Mr. Batty has engaged Mdlle. Laurina, the Female Equestrian. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Equestrian Magical Sketch, THE GOLDEN TOOTED STEED ; or, The Charmed Horse of the Black Uneivialled SCENES in the CIRCLE, with a brilliant display of orsainamship, introducing the Forsign and British Artistes. To conclude with Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of THE BRIDE OF AB MOS ; or, The Corsair. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 3s; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 1e..; Upper Gallery, 6d. Commence every evening at Seven o'clock, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. der the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be presented a new ballad opera, the libretto by Mr. E. Fitz ball, the music and overture by Mr. J. H. Tully, entitled THE FOREST MAIDEN AND THE MOORISH PAGE. Philip of Spain. Mr. Leiner; Francis Huntley, Mr. W. Harrison; Sir Edward Cop ley, Mr. .M'Mahoa ; Queen Mary, Mrs. Henry Vining ; Alice Copley. kiss Rail. forth ; Leon, the Moorish Page, Miss Rebecca Isaac To conclude with Shak.spere's tragedy of MACBETH, with the whole of Locke's music, Macbeth, Mr. Scott; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. Henry yin lug. Bow. 4' 3., Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Six, commence Half -Prz t Six. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be presented, a drama, ✓ in three acts, called THE MOLT 3— TAIN JUDGE ; or, the Patriot's Grave. Characters by Meson.- Dale, Bird, Searle, Howard, Gartner, Mrs. G. Lee, Mrs_ Nicks, &.e. After vrhieh WILLIAM THOMPSOI".7 ; or, the Sleepwalker mid_ hit Rival,. To conclude with PIZARRO ; or the Death of Rolla. Rolla, M.:_ Hicks ; Pizarro, Mr. Dale. Boxes, le.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. "Under the patronage of her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, &c. _Open every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Admission, One Shilling. SECOND WEEK OF M. JULLIEN'S ENGAGEMENT. First Week of the Army Quadrilles. No Extra Charge ! On MONDAY, June 7. The Proprietor has much pleasure in announcing to the Subscrib( ill Amateurs of Music, and the Public, that he has succeeded in eng. ag - ling M. JULLIEN and the Principal Solo Performers of his unrlva' de d band, including Richardson, Baumann, Barret, Lazarus, Prosp, !, Collinet, and ller Kcenig, for a limited number of nights. Whi cb , with Mr. GODFREY'S Splendid Band, aided by a selection fr or I the principal bands in the Metropolis, will farm an orchestra of 0 n e llundrld Performers. The I"roprietor begs to announce that he has, at a considerabb • expenso, erected a new Entrance, and a magnificent Walk, wtts flower borders, stapes, and a Central Fountain, in front of tb grand ipictorial ReTresentation of THE TOWN AND BAY OF GLBRALTAIt. The 2 tenageria contains many specimens, including the Giraffe, Gazelle s, &c. The Promenade Concerts, conducted by Godfrey. A reprosei station of the Porcelain Tower of Nankin. The Gothic Bridvp of Statues. The grand Pyrotechnic Display, representing the SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR. Showing the commencement of the Bombardment, partial destrrri tion of the Town, and Blowing up of the Battering Ships. THE WEATHER.—Strzi OFFICE, Jura 6. TSEIIMOMETER, Lowest, 50; Highest. 63 ; Noon, 6.). BAROMETER, 30.—WIND N.; cloudy weather. JUNE 7. TUB RMOMETEIt, Lowest, 45 ; Highest, 62 ; Noon, 63; BAROMETER, 30. 1 6.-WIND N.N.W. ; fine. 11 UM ;$ LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 7,' 1847. Throughout the whole of his Parliamentary care sr TMONLMI SLINGSBY DUNCOMBE has proved himse df to be—in word and act, in heart and soul—a Tribur ie of the People. Among all the distinguished R formers of our generation he is conspicuous as shot it the most consistent and the most chivalrous. Hence i t is that Mr. DURCOMBE has acquired such universaa popularity ; hence it is that in all the mutations off poli ; bical partizanship, in all the fluctuations of public sympathy, and in all the changes of the supremel.`,, Government, his name has continued to be the objetet of national respect, and in a great measure too of na:ional affection. Even the nickname which has fall en 1 j upon him in the excitement of e l ect i oneering enth, a skim, an d which sticks to him like a burr, is in sot le .sirt a tolerable indication that he is a favourite wil h the multitude. " The Finsbury Pet." But Tuoiii,a DinlcomnE is more than the Finsbury Pet: he ha s ,, T y his courageouA and unflinching conduct as a. itberal l eg i s l ator, ensure d f or himself the admirat i on of every sincere and earnes t lover oir constitutional Ref orm . B o th as a parliamentary ' P debater and as an advocate of those whose extreme lowliness denies them all except such generous and . -spontaneous assistance as that continually afforded by - 1 the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Finsbury—as an • assiduous committeeman, and as one whose name is • perpetually recurring in the division lists, Mr. Dux- . , COACEIIII is eminently entitled to the enviable consi- • deration he has now for a considerable period enjoyed. On Thursday evening last, in the course of his THE 4; SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, 1847. constitution, to elevate its character in the public eye, , states of the Zollverein at 20 per cent. less than it and to lead to a wise appreciation of the importance pays at present. of the objects for which it was embodied. The society li .sss A letter from Rome of the 22d ult. says— has been accused of encouraging hasty legislation " I should in vain attempt to tell t he the painful effect This is a bare assertion, without a fragment of proof to , caused here by the intelligence of the death of the Li eon firm its veracity. Supposing, however, the allegation berator i ( i ) i f m l s r e e l l f aT o d i , vn s t l o r. ti ? e C lo on w n e e s l t % nha F b r i o ta m nt the Sovereign 4eeo could have been partially supported, to what would r t iff City, all hearts are profoundly sad. On 15th June a solemn it have amounted? The society does not pretend to I mass of requiem will be t celebrated f in one l of the principal the art of divination and of infallible foresight. Ve u v r s Father of Ventura, d will e p ro r n s nc oue t he la f n une ' r r a e l ac o il ra e t r iOn h i o e f Laws framed under the auspices of the most talented the great man who has rendered so many services to the legal advisers of the Crown, and which have subse- Catholic t i c N h vo u r r l c d h . of T !e heart sit. Agatha,(f ) which O'Connell served s now b p y l placed n e d r e t s h t e s quently passed through the ordeal of legislatorial of the Irish College. They are to celebrate a solemn service inquiry, have been frequently found to be seriously for the i f llu ( vjio n u n s e i: i l l ec t eLsed ve u n e e x ra t bl M e oVayr i l i d en it N s v o ill e bz or th o e f defective within a short period of their enactment. ,friend tnispio o us and learned community who r. will officiate." But this society not only stands free from the impu- Cardinal MICARA, Dean of the Sacred College, tation thrown out, but it has already established its died on the 24th ult., at the age of seventy-two. merits to public approval for the good it has actually accomplished, as well as for the beneficial course in which it is progressing. "In consequence of the efforts of the society," observed Lord BROUGHAM, at the meeting on Saturday, " some important measures had been introduced into Parliament for the improve ment and amendment of the law ; some of those measures had been completed, and others were in progress." A mere glimpse at some of the names of those who take a prominent interest in the welfare of the society will suffice to satisfy every dispas sionate mind that precipitate legislation is a result the least likely to flow from its laudable endeavours. Lord Brougham, Lord Lyndhurst, the Earl of Devon, Lord Ashburton, Mr. Bethell, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. James Stewart, the Duke of Richmond, Lords Radnor and Ebrington, Mr. Hume, M.P., Mr. Ewart, M.P., Mr. Wyse, M.P., Mr. Roebuck, M.P., &c., besides many gentlemen of distinction in the various branches of the legal profession, take an active part in furthering the objects of the society. The evils of the enormous expenses attendant upon the transfer of land we have frequently alluded to ; they were expatiated on at great length at the meeting in question, and facts were stated which show the science of conveyancing in this country to be both disgraceful and oppressive to a civilized community. In France and Italy, and other parts of the continent, land was worth (forty-five years' purchase, which in our country would not realise more than thirty years' purchase, by reason of the vexatious expenses incidental to its transfer. The expenses, moreover, are not ad valorem. In one case it cost a party 5501. to come into an estate of 1,5001. The system tells most severely upon the capitalist of slender means, for, if he desires to purchase a small property, he is subjected to as heavy an expenditure for its acquisition as the man whose purchase money for an estate amounts to 150,0001. This is a social evil of a most disheartening character. It is a leading object of the society we have no ticed to emancipate us from this vexatious thraldom of legal prolixity. Another is, to suggest the means for having our Acts of Parliament drawn up in a uniform and intelligible manner. The loose and confused shape in which many of our laws are passed is truly reproachful. The judges of the land are themselves among the first to be constantly adverting in terms of merited severity to the lax method in which laws are concocted for their admi nistration. Respecting the criminal law, the atten tion of the society has been drawn by the Duke of RICHMOND to the question, whether "its principal object should not be the reformation of the criminal, and not be confined to the deterring from crime." A more philanthropic inquiry could not be entered upon, and happily, too, it is one which we rejoice to think is just now engrossing a great deal of public attention. We congratulate the country upon the prosperous manner in which the Society for Promot ing the Amendment of the Law is proceeding in its searching and unbiassed investigations into the evils and anomalies which have so long and so per niciously characterised our legislation. The account of the meeting of the Royal Agricul tural Improvement Society of Ireland, which will be found elsewhere in our columns, will be perused with melancholy interest. It proves that the gloomy fore bodings with respect to the potato crop have been but too well founded. It establishes incontrovertibly the fact, that the fatal disease—which, by destroying the article chiefly in use for the national food, subjected the great majority of our Irish brethren to the horrors of famine, and subsequently of pestilence, induced by the previous destitution—has again set in, that we can indulge no flattering hcpes of an exemption this year from a visitation similar to that which has de populated the Irish shores, and paralysed British in dustry—that has led to distress and monetary embar rassments is every class in either kingdom—that has quadrupled the interest of money, and forced the State to become a borrower of no less than 8,000,0001. sterling, after a prolonged period of profound peace and tranquillity, and of great national prosperity. It is, however, in one respect satisfactory to know that we are forewarned in good time, that the disaster is not altogether reme diless. The indications by which the existence of the taint can be recognised are clearly pointed out. It appears " that it is chiefly to be found in that part of the stem which lies under ground, and that it may exist, although the leaf appears perfectly healthy ; that it is shown some times on that portion of the stem near the surface of the ground, but more frequently near the seed or set, and presents the appearance of a bruise or dark mark upon the surface." It is more than probable that similar appearances were manifested at an equally early period last year, but that an equal vigilance was not exercised, and that consequently the sad discovery was not made until it was too late to obtain a substi tute for the infested crop. This is, fortunately, not at present the case ; there is yet time to sow Swedish or Aberdeen turnips, mangel wurzel or cabbage plants, which may be placed in the drills between the potato stalks without any additional manures and at a small, expense. Wherever the disease has manifested itself prompt and vigorous action therefore is essentially necessary. The closet scrutiny should at once be made by every one who has ventured to plant the precarious and treacherous root in his lands into the condition of the tubers. If they should be found marked with the plague-spot, not an hour should be lost in having recourse to the most active measures. By so doing a great portion of the mischief and suffering otherwise inevitable will be avoided, and famine, with all its attendant evils, will be driven from our shores. Happily, too, this year a greater portion of the soil than heretofore has been devoted to cereal products, and there has been a corresponding diminution in the quantity applied to the growth of the potato. The class of persons, too, by whom it has been planted are those who will be better enabled to bear the loss, and who can more readily provide a substitute in the in fected fields. For these reasons, therefore, there is little cause to dread a repetition of the har rowing scenes of the past and of the early part of the present year. We can depend on the energies of our countrymen, when fully apprised of the nature, extent, and character :of the emergency they have to encounter and the difficulties they have to overcome. The real _evil is generally fearfully aggravated by any undue panic; that should chiefly be avoided. There is not the slightest occa sion for any such fear; we are no longer dealing with a secret and insidious foe; we know his strength ; let us nerve ourselves for the contest ; let us not cast away a chance from apathy or negligence, but boldly and: manfully face the danger, and there can be no doubt of the final success of our efforts. In the meantime we trust that the Agricultural Improve ment Society will continue to instruct the public as to the course to be adopted, and that all competent persons will furnish the result of their investigations. Madrid papers of the 30th and 31st ult. have been received. A letter from liamburgh dated the 29th ult. states that the dearth of provisions has occasioned a frequent interchange of notes between the states composing the German 'Customs Union, vad that delegates are named to meet in congress lit Derliu, to agree upon new re gulations, and a env tariffc f Au.ties upon .corn and the other necessaries of life. M. BRUNELLI, the Pope's Nuncio, arrived in Madrid on the 29th. Senor PACHECO has given his sanction to the pro tocol agreed to in London between the representa tives of the four powers, authorising intervention in Portugal. _ _ Count MELLO, it was reported, had separated him self from SA DA BANDEIRA, and retired towards the Spanish frontier, where he was organizing a force for the renewal of hostilities. The rumour of the "restoration of ESPARTERO to all his honours has been revived. -- - MADRID, BOLSA, MAY 31.—The Three per Cents. were done at 29i for cash ; the Four per Cents. at 18 ; the Five per Cents. at 181 ; the Debt without Interest at 5 ; and the Coupons at 15. We have received the Paris papers of Friday and Saturday. The affair of the Chamber of Peers and of M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN is the great subject of comment. The nature of the charge made by M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN, and for the bringing of which N. DE PONTOIS moved that he be summoned to the bar of the Chamber, ap pears from the following article in the Consti tutionnel "It is this day that the Chamber of Deputies will examine in the bureaux the decision by which the Chamber of Peers has summoned to its bar M. de Girardin, Deputy, the respon sible editor of the Presse. Before according or refusing the authorisation to proceed against that gentleman, the Cham ber of Deputies ought to be informed of all the facts which may affect its vote. The Chamber is guardian of the in violability of all its Members, and ought not on slight grounds to deliver them up to any tribunal whatever. The higher the tribunal which summons a Deputy to its bar, the more circumspection ought the Chamber of Deputies to exercise in the previous examination which it makes of the case. This is the state of the question. The Presse as serted that the Epoque had existed by the traffic of promises of peerages, which were sold for 80,000 f. each. It was asked in the Chamber of Peers whether that could be considered an insult to the Chamber, and whether consequently, art. 15 of the law of March 25, 1822, was applicable. It is certain that there is something obscure, and which ought to be cleared up, in the assertion of the Presse. If we are well informed, M. E. de Girardin said on Thursday in the Chamber, in the midst of a numerous group of his colleagues, that he had in his possession proof that a sum of 80,000 f. had been paid into the office of the Epoque, in exchange for the promise of a peerage—such promise being besides made with the knowledge of a Minister ! However the individuals who treated with the Epoque did not, it appears, obtain a return for their sacrifice, the complete execution of their bargain, since they were not afterwards nominated peers. If the facts have passed in that way—if M. E. de Girardin can give proofs of it, or even if there are strong presumptions in favour of his allegation, it is impossible that the Chamber of Deputies can authorise the proceedings. In fact-Ist, the consideration of the Chamber of Peers is not involved in the question, since none of its Members is designated, even in directly by the journalist; 2dly, the true culprit, in that hypothesis, is the Minister who was aware of the shameful bargain, and not the journalist who denounced it. If it is true that a journal was able to sell privileges of theatres, titles of nobility, promises of peerages, &c., the offence consists in having authorised such bargains, and not in revealing them to the world. We can, therefore, only consider the resolution of the Chamber of Peers as the beginning of an investigation. The Chamber of Deputies has the matter now before it, and it has a right to interrogate that one of its members who is concerned in the matter, and to arrive at the truth." From a long article in the Presse we quote the following : "Did the Presse say that the peerage has in its ranks peers who have purchased their nomination by money? No; the Presse said nothing of the kind ; it only said that pro mises of the peerage were sold for 80,000 f. 1 It said nothing more. The Chamber of Peers admits the peers, but does not nominate them ; and it only admits them after an investiga tion into their lives and conduct. Thus, as Vice-president Barthe and M. C. Dupin justly observed yesterday, in no case can the enunciation of the Presse be considered as ad dressing itself to the Chamber of Peers. Far from seeing in that enunciation an offence, the peerage, on the contrary, should have considered it as the cry of a sentinel watching over its honour, especially when it was uttered by the only journal which has constantly defended it." After alluding to some analogous cases in which a different course was pursued, the Presse says— " Would not M. de Girardin, as a deputy, have had the right, in the sitting of the 11th February, to ascend the tri bune after M. Gustave de Beaumont, and to say: The Hon. Gentleman who has just en umerated several facts relative to the publication of a journal has declared to you that he would not add others because the Chamber is too much fatigued. Let me, however, add one : a promise of the peerage has been made to a person worthy in every respect to be promoted to that dignity; but that promise was made on the condition that he would assure the prolongation of the existence of a Ministerial journal about to die, by means of the payment of a sum of 80,000 f rancs ?' Would M. de Girardin, in expressing such a fact at the tribune, have been more exposed to be called to order than were M. Dupin and M. Luneau in speaking of places in the Cour des Comptes sold for money, or than M. Gustave de Beaumont in recount ing how much the concession of a certain privilege for a theatre had brought to the cash-box of a certain journal? Would not M. de Girardin have been in the plenitude of his right? Assuredly. Explain then how a fact, which he would have been allowed to declare at the tribune without being called to order, can transform itself into an offence, because he printed it before saying it, instead of saying it before he printed it? The Chamber of Peers, which at first had only the desire to enlighten itself with respect to a fact, when once on the incline, allowed itself to follow without clearly perceiving it, the attraction of an unreflecting sus ceptibility. That is what will cer t a i n ly b e s h own t o i t b y the discussion which cannot fail to take place at the ti ibune of the Chamber of Deputies, which M. de Girardin is impa tient to ascend, not to excuse himself, but to reject indig nantly the offence done to his character,lis principles, and his convictions, by those who have supposed that he could have for one single moment the intention to cause the slightest injury to the consideration of the peerage and of its members." On Saturday the Chamber of Deputies met in the Bureaux, to appoint a committee to decide on the ex pediency of acceding to the request of the Chamber of Peers for the appearance of M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN at their bar. In the first bureaux M. DE GIRARDIN declared that he intended no disrespect to the Peerage, his only object being to unmask the Ministry. The Committee chosen consisted of MM. PAILLET, LEON DE MALEVILLE, LAVIELLE, MeRNT, GILLON, DELANGLE, ST. AIGNAN, COU STORE, and D'HAUSONVILLE. Of these all, except the two first, have declared that the request of the Chamber of Peers should be granted. The Journal des Debats has a long article demon strating the necessity of the immediate adoption of free-trade principles by France. It is a homage to the truth, and a proof of the correctness of the principle of our free traders, that the adoption of free trade by England would force other nations either to become free-traders, or to cease to be traders at all. " We must admit (says the Journal des Debats) that the adoption of free trade by England influences neighbouring nations, and France more than any other, to adopt the same system. In fact, England, where the prices are high, is about to become the receptacle of the overplus of all pro ducing countries. It is always to her that any overplus will be sent, inasmuch as she pays better, and is able to consume the whole. Thus the free trade in corn in England is a guarantee against too great a fall in prices in other markets. Still more, we believe that a part of the grain from our north-western provinces will be exported to England. In that respect likewise we shall suffer a loss, and as France on an average produces scarcely sufficient grain for her consumption, we must apply to foreign coun tries for a supply, and we must attract them by establishing freedom of commerce, and not repel them by the sliding scale. With respect to the stock of corn to be derived from countries denominated productive, we must remark that we experience much disappointment with respect to the United States. We flattered ourselves that the opening of the Erie canal would bring a considerable quantity of wheat and flour to New York, but as yet we have been disappointed. We read in a circular issued by one of the most eminent houses in New York, Prime Ward and Co., dated 015th of May , that at Buffalo, which is the harbour of Lake Erie, notwithstanding the facilities afforded by the season to col lect large supplies --notwithstanding the attraction of high prices in New York —notwithstanding it was known that several ships were waiting in that city to load corn for Varope, there was but a trifling supply of wheat and flour arrived. The boatmen on the canal who had assembled at Buffalo in expectation of finding a good freight for New York were offered a reduced price for their labour. Wheat was quoted at a high price at New York; and a barrel of flour, which generally sells at 4i to 5 dollars, was worth 8 dollars. Thus the experience of this year gives every day a formal contradiction to all the fears manifested on the subject of the competition which might be raised against our agricul turistsftrheee by foreign produce if it was admitted free into our mar kets. On the one hand,it has become evident that the quantity to be 4rawn from countries termed productive is limited ; on the other hand, it has been ascertained that when the markets of the great .sakka of western Europe were brought into tree ecimmunication with the productive countries, it was not our Vice • which was rednced f to tb.eirs, but theirs, on the contrary, whiela ,was ,raised to ours. The" experience of this year is, system m that f the rti c u s IL 4h.e trad r e e f ,i o i;t r e p , ir p ck e v r i4 tt t l:, 3 7 , gconclusive in demonstratesfou r o p / a ' system 1; . ,y which We Ive . ao 4:4eavour.to prevent that liberty pro•visinualii during ,the ,entire t gpbable duration of the scarcity, and ;t4.,i3ten4i the _same :syst4W Alt . I;TphibitiOn ge- i nesaliy to all arteleSdf9o4l, admits 9 f n 6 The Co ounitMe .of e &44tIlbetr •of Pulitiq; 41 3 . - Pthrited to e-z4=Like tiAv p.r9igoP .of AO.W.t4r ,renewitig, until the Si 0 .; ( e oiler ? *a authorization t 9 AnpOrt freely into Frarica Arte 3 9, §i in. bad With . the - • The Treaty of Commerce and NEriigttioss :be tween Naples and Prussia, acting in the name ,of the Zollverein, which was concluded the 27th January last, has just been ratified. It establishes F,erfect reciprocity, and enacts, first, that merchandise and products coming from Prussia and the states ofl the Zoilverein shall pay 10 per cent. less than the ,merchawlise and products coming from other states now pay according to the Neapolitan tariff; and next, that Prussia engages itself to obtain the consent of the Zollverein to the importaaon of oil in casks to the ...., :~. luminous and masterly speech uponConvictDisciPline, Sir GEORGE GREY paid a deserved tribute at once to the judgment and the humanity of Mr. DUNCOMBE. We were ourselves particularly gratified with these observations of the Home Secretary, from a vivid recollection of the circumstances to which they re ferred, as well as from a consequent remembrance, that in regard to those very circumstances the Ho nourable Representative of Finsbury had received a rather churlish and supercilious rebuff from the Government. Indeed, the complimentary allusions of Sir GEORGE GREY can scarcely be considered as other than an act of expiation, or, perhaps, we should say of compensation, for the un merited manner in which his original proposition was received. It cannot be forgotten that we are refer ring to the terrible narrative of cruelties and brutalities detailed in the House of Commons by the Hon. Member for Finsbury several months back, and which narra tive he declared to be a by no means exaggerated description of the conduct habitually practised by the subordinate officers to the wretched criminals incarcerated in the hulks. It cannot be for gotten, because the miseries depicted by Mr. D UN COMBE on that occasion produced throughout the country the liveliest feelings of horror and indigna tion, nor cannot by possibility have escaped the recollection of the public that, notwithstanding the Hon. Representative for the metropolitan borough ad jured the Government to investigate thecircumstances which be had declared to be of continual recurrence in the hulks, and to discover, by the inquiries of intelligent commissioners, whether or no his allegations were founded in truth or misrepresentation, his demand was rejected, his assurances were slighted, and it was even determined that no Hulks Committee should be constituted, because it was maintained, for sooth, that inquiry implied an anticipatory conviction of guilt,! Upon these frivolous and erroneous grounds Mr. DUNCOMBIefi very rational and hu mane demands were rejected, and so the matter con tinued apparently in abeyance until her MAJESTY'S Secretary for the Home Department explicitly ac knowledged, on Thursday evening, that the fullest investigation had been made into the declarations of the Hon. Gentleman, and that after a cursory glance at the volumnious reports transmitted for his examination by Captain WILLIAMS, " he had no hesi tation in saying that there was ample ground for many of the statements which had been brought forward as to the abuses existing in the hulks." With such an amende honorable Mr. DUNCOMBE must be personally satisfied ; but we doubt not but that in his generous estimation the parties principally aggrieved in the transaction are the convicts themselves, and that to those convicts, therefore, the administrative assistance should be immediately directed. Reflecting for a moment upon the simple words quoted from the lips of Sir GEORGE GREY, what abysses of misery are revealed by their utterance 1 " The allegations as to the abuses in the hulks are correct," and let it be remem bered that those allegations were deleniative of the most sickening acts of inhumanity, perpetrated upon a body of helpless and manacled criminals. Nothing, indeed, could be more calculated to enlist the sympathies of the true philanthropist in behalf of the condemned than such a superabundance of punish ment. Here, indeed, we would remind Lard Matiox that the explanatory words of CICERO are immeasurably more applicable than to the arrange ments expounded by the Home Secretary. Here, indeed, we are very far from discovering that the in tentions of penal legislation are being carried into operation—Ut pcena in paucos perveniat, metals in omnes. According to the execrable system hitherto adopted on the hulks there has been a superfluity of the pana in paucos, but the very revelation of that circumstance has rendered the metus in omnes impos sible, as the sentiments which might under ordinary regulations have been those of awe and trepidation naturally merge into those of wrath and abhorrence. The transition is inevitable, and it is as morally de structive as it is inevitable. Thanks, however, to the comprehensive reformation proposed by her MAJESTY'S Ministers in reference to the treatment of criminals, there is now every reason able hope that such grievous abuses of authority as those recounted by Mr. DUNCOMBE will be Ihenceforth prevented. Instead of being shipped i off in hundreds and conveyed to penal settlements in the very ripeness of their in famy, criminals will be reserved at home until their characters have in some measure been cleansed from their moral leprosy, until, in short, by a wholesome plan of reformation, they have been drilled into so briety and self-respect. Then, and not till then, of fenders against the laws will be deported to our colo nies, not to enhance the atrocities of their predecessors at Sydney, at Botany Bay, or at Norfolk Island, not to pollute our antipodes with congregated crimes, such as in Gomorrha drew down the flaming thu 1- derbolts of Heaven, but to swell the numbers of an orderly and industrious population in some embryo state, presided over by the accredited agents of the British Legislature. Already we have indicated the advantages which must accrue from the scheme of probation chalked out by the Government, whereby the persons condemned in the criminal courts will be trans ferred to such establishments as the model prisons of Milbank, cf Pentonville, and of Parkhurst, until by the evidences of good conduct they have entitled themselves to the lenities of the judicial power, and are employed upon certain descriptions of public works, remunerative or otherwise. Coupled with the extension of the blessings consequent upon national education, these beneficent arrangements cannot but effect a visible and marvellous improvement in the character of the community. Instead of being ex peditiously and economically struck down by the avenging brand of the law, the criminals will be reclaimed and restored in an elevated condition to the comforts of social existence. Instead of being ab ruptly strangled by the hangman, or whipped by the turnkey, or tortured by the medical inspector of the hulks, or worked to death in fetters at the brutalising toil of Norfolk Island, they will be lured to orderly behaviour by instruction, they will be tempted to virtue by rewards and immunities, they will be afforded an opportunity of expiating their pre viously atrocious proceedings by their subsequent subordination and propriety of demeanour. In all this there is apparent on the part of the Administra tion a very ennobling aspiration—an aspiration to become corrective, instead of continuing, as hereto fore, destructive. And, what increases our satis faction at the endeavours of the present Government, these aspirations are proved to be capable of actual 1 realisation by the practical and admirably consecutive explanation of Sir GEORGE GREY. Government is hereafter to be characterised by that amenity and gentleness which time out of mind have been its antitheses. Ultimately the hornbook and the grammar must, we are satisfied, supersede the manacles and the tread-mill. Nay, before a very long period has elapsed we are persuaded that the schoolmaster will be receiving the salary which was formerly among the perquisites of the gaoler. Until these vast alter ations, however, have been definitively accomplished we shall be satisfied with the promising indications of our general moral progression ; such indications as are daily being afforded by the innovations upon the criminal system, and the humanizing tendency of each of those innovations. Beyond the gratification, therefore, that must be experienced by the Hon. Gentleman the representa tive of Finsbury, at the prospective prevention of the cruelties inflicted upon those unfortunate wretches whose temporary homes are the hulks, must he the consolatory reflection that in time those hulks may be altogether tenantless. Earnestly, then, do we a.'ngratulate Mr. THOMAS SLINGSBY DUNCOMBE upan the eulogistic remarks which fell on Thursday evening from the lips of the Home Secretary. Those expressions embodied in their very brevity and sim plicity a panegvic upon the: Parliamentary career of the Member for Finsbury ; and in such a panegyric we are certain that the multitude will coincide with c d o e r st al ,, i i t s y, for THOMAS tobe _ anatio S nal m fa N B v a o S ur Y it D e. LINCOMBE is—and The Society for Promoting the A men dment of the Law held thei r second Saturday, Lord BROUGHAM anniversary meetiDg on Presiding. As is usual w ith all public bodies associated for the reformation of public abuses , this society has not escaped censure; but, inasmuch a s the char ge preferrede as against it was l w h o lly groundless, the effect has been, generally the case where pub lic societies are carped atin unpnerous spirit, to impart increased vigour to itsl •onsent of the Government, extended it until the 31st of January, 1848. The report of the recal of Marshal BUGEAUD fruni Algiers is confirmed. The Duke of MONTEBELLO took the oaths of office as Minister of Marine on the 3d instant. The Reforme has the following on the subject of French intervention in Portugal. " What," it asks, " Was the result of the French intervention in Spain ? What did it found, maintain, or protect in the country ? The monster it was intended to defend was enabled to glut at his will the blood of the noblest victims. Riego was dragged to the scaffold in a basket. The most generous pa triots were offered as holocausts to the Royal hyena. To this very moment Spain is a prey to factions; revolutionary ideas are still all powerful, and Royalty is more feeble, more degraded, and more detested than it was in 1823. What the restoration achieved in Spain the juste milieu is anxious to repeat in Portugal. We will not charge M. Guizot with be traying the dynasty he serves and driving it to its ruin. That is there own look out. But, being attentive spectators of events which crowd upon us, we find the history of the future written beforehand in that of the past, and, instead of seeking to predict, we confine ourselves to narrate. When foreigners attempted to interfere in the intestine struggles of France, their intervention was fatal to royalty. When French royalty intervened in the intestine struggles of Spain it lost itself. The road to Madrid brought Charles X, to Cherbourg. Has M. Guizot inquired whither leads the road to Lisbon?' General Don JOAQUIN JULIAN DE ALZAA, whose arrest has been mentioned, has been sent, by order of Government, to Limoges, where he is to reside. We find the following in the Courrier du Havre:- " According to information, which comes from a sure source, the Committee charged with the examination of the Customs' Bill has been struck, like every one in the com mercial world, with the insignificance of that work, and not being willing to join in a measure without effect for the shipping interest, has, on the proposition of one of its members, whom we are assured is M. Thiers, adopted almost unanimously the following series of measures :- I. A reduction in the duty on coffee. 2. A reduction in the duty on all kinds of sugar, indigenous and colonial. 3. A reduction on the over-tax on foreign sugar; and 4. The establishment of a duty on English copper ore, in order to encourage that coming from South America. In support of these propositions, M. Thiers, we are informed, demonstrated the necessity of doing something worth speaking of for the seaports and the merchant shipping, the basis of the state navy; in fact, the adoption of these measures would give nearly 80,000 tons of freight to our vessels trading to a distance, employing 200 vessels of 400 tons each. The Com mittee, by a majority of 7 to 2, requested M. Thiers to draw up the report; but M. Thiers, for private considerations, declined that honourable task, promising, however, to defend with energy in the tribune the views of the Committee. The report will be presented this session, to be discussed in January." The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Saturday at 79f. 15c. ; the Five per Cents., 117 f. 25c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,265 f. ; Rouen, 973 f. 75c. ; Havre, 662 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 607 f. 50c. ; Avignon, 747 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 596 f. 25c. ; Bordeaux, 508 f. 75c. ; Boulogne, 405 f. ; Basle, 190 f. ; Dieppe, 317 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 427 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 413 f. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 440 f. ; Cette, 447 f. 50c. ; Spanish Passives, 4%. LYONS, JUNE 3.-Paris and Rouen, 960 f. ; Avignon and Marseilles, 756 f. 25c. ; Northern, 610 f. ; Paris and Lyons,43sf. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 5. Namur and Liege, 3 1 / 2 -Northern of France, 12-Paris and Rouen, 38-Paris and Strasbourg, 4%-Rouen and Havre, 25%-Sambre and Meuse, 73A. LLANELLY RAILWAY and DOCK COMPANY.-(THIS I)AY.) The annual meeting of the proprietors'of this com pany was held today, at their offices, 9, Old Jewry. chambers, City, but reporters were not admitted, the reason assigned being that matters were to be discussed which were not intended for publication. ALARMING FIRE.-THREE PER- SONS FRIGHTFULLY INJURED. (THIS DAY.) This morning, shortly before five o'clock, the greatest consternation prevailed in the vicinity of the Surrey Theatre, Blacktriars-road, in consequence of an alarm ing and destruction fire on the premises known as the "Surrey Cole Hole," for many years the favourite re sort of the members of the theatrical profession on that side of the water. At the time above-mentioned, Mr. J. W. Tabernacle, the landlord, with his family, who were in bed, were alarmed by a suffocating smoke enter ing their bed-rooms, and such a fearful hold had the flames got of the upper part of the building by that time, that they were compelled to make a precipitate re treat by the windows. Mr. Tabernacle leaped out at the side window, near the stage-door of the theatre, whereby he received a fracture of the arm and several contusions. Mrs. Tabernacle was caught in a sheet by the neighbours, but was not so much injured as her husband, although most dreadfully shaken. The female servant followed afterwards, and by the fall broke her back. They were severally taken into the Surrey Coffee house, where they promptly received medical assistance. In the meantime the police and others were sent to the various engine stations, and in a few minutes the one from Waterloo road, and that from the Southwark Bridge road, at tended, followed by the West of England. The whole of the firemen set to work in a most courageous manner under the judicious management of Mr. Henderson, the foreman of the district, and with an abundant supply of water succeeded in confining the flames to the house of Mr. Tabernacle, but not before the latter was totally destroyed and the contents of the building wholly con sumed. Too much praise cannot be awarded to the firemen for their unceasing endeavours to save the pro perty of Mr. Tabernacle, and likewise that of Mrs. Davidge, which for a considerable time seemed doomed to destruction. During the raging of the fire a great number of the actors and various officials connected with the theatre were to be seen most actively engaged for the best. The roof of the Surrey Theatre is much damaged, but the interior has sustained little or no in jury. The Equestrian Tavern, on the other side of the theatre, is much injured by water, &c., but all parties are fortunately insured, Mr. Tabernacle in the Licensed Victuallers' Office, Mr. Harris in the Westminster and Sun offices. Mrs. Davidge is likewise insured. Great praise is due to the police for keeping back an immense multitude. The origin of the fire is at present unknown, but it is generally supposed to have broken out in one of the upper rooms. FINE ARTS. EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF HER MAJESTY. By Count D'Orsay. We have had the pleasure of inspecting this remark able production of art, and can testify to its singular beauty. The marvel is how so faithful a likeness could be produced entirely from recollection. Her Majesty is represented on horseback, clothed in a riding habit of brilliant scarlet velvet, wearing a Lincoln green cap, with a plume of ostrich feathers " scattering" about in the breeze. Perhaps the most conspicuous characteristic of the composition is its extraordinary animation. The charger, a beautiful creature, worthy of its Royal Mis tress, seems to be bounding at a canter out of the can vass. Among the almost innumerable representations of our beloved Sovereign this is certainly about the very best as a correct portra4ure of the features, and it is unquestionably the most striking for effect and general invention. As we looked at the painting we were irresistibly reminded of the graphic and Buffonic de scription by Milton of the creation of the lion— " pawing to get free its hinder parts, Then springs as broke from bonds, and rampant shakes His brindled mane." There was the same visible glorying in the horse before us, whether it was indicative of his love of freedom from the loosened reins, or of pride at his costly burden; for, as the adage saith, " the horse knoweth his rider." If we wished for a text for a churlish disparagement we might say that in the forelegs of the animal there is somewhat of the clumsiness of Wouvermans. Otherwise the drawing appeared unexceptionable. The colouring is ingeniously modulated, notwithstanding the brightness of the riding habit and the almost gaudiness of the insignia of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. With much care, however, in the employment of the palette the contrast of hues is toned down admirably. Count D'Orsay has most assuredly earned for himself the magnificent soubriquet of the Admirable Crichton. CONSECRATION OF LAMBETH NEW CHURCH.— This day the Bishop of Winchester, attended by the diocesan clergy, consecrated the newly-erected church of All Saints, New-cut, Lambeth. The church was very respectably attended, no person being admitted without tickets, and a body of the L division of police-constables, under Inspector Arnold, preserved order among the crowd assembled. This consecration sets at rest the line the intended railway will pass to its new terminus. VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON'S ASSEMBLY.--On Sa turday night Viscountess Palmerston had an assembly at the family residence in Carlton Gardens. His Royal Highness the Hereditary Prince of Lucca, attended by the Marquis Provenzali, and his Royal Highness Prince Oscar of Sweden, accompanied by Baron Rehausen, the Swedish Chargé d'Affaires, and attended by Colonel Berkeley Drummond, and Captain Haffner, honoured her Ladyship with their presence. The Admiralty have officially announced that Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K. 8., is to command a squadron of exercise during the ensuing summer, the ships to consist of the St. Vincent, 120; Howe, 120 ; Caledonia, 120 ; and Queen, 110. Not any steamers have yet been name& but it is expected those fitting and nearly ready for sea, viz., Amphion, Avenger, Dragon, Odin, Terrible (en her return from the special service on which she is about to be employed), Centaur, and Retribution (the two last not yet commissioned), will also be placed under Sir Charles Napier's orders. The Admiralty have directed the Rear- Admiral to.receive and distribute on board the squadron such half-pay officers as may wish to go, and are desirous of gain ing experience by the cruise. They are to be victualled as usual, but to arrange in other respects with the officers of the mess which they may join. —Hamp s hi re T e l egrap h . THE KING OF HANOVER.—Saturday was the birth day of his Majesty the King of Hanover. His Excellency Count Kielmansegge, his Majesty's representative at the Court of Great Britain, gave a grand dinner in honour of the day, at his residence in Grosvenor -place. LYCEUM THEATRE.—We perceive that to-night's performance is for the benefit of Mr. and Mrs. A. Wigan. Mr. IWn has achieved a very high reputation in a taiort time, and his wife has made much of everything entrusted to her at this theatre. We hope that their high position in the esteem of their friends and the public will ensure them a full house on the occasion. Mr. Wigan plays his original part of Mons. Tourbillon, in To Pa r ents and Guardia n s, in w4Aeh is made so great a hit last season. The Oftio of Collector h of Customs at the p ort of 411311auth, Jan d aaica, has become vacant b y the death of T. Ashby, and tho following promotions G have taken , . • p ?.qp itt consequence ;— . Mr. Robert ordon, Falmouth. to be collector at tor,Milizarit B4y, Kingston, to be col- 4t.,Qwe now wjaarm9haolucasmekre.eper, . T. Heron, now assistant i lector ,i.t orAllt Bay. tioungeep . ho Peri te be " re • - ttlii T tcee TM!. ~,.. . 40; MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. cITY, QUA.RTEI? TO THREE. Cue Cotton-market at Liverpool on Saturday was firm. S . I ,!s. 3 etai bales. American, 2,500 bales, realised 6d. to ,1. ptr ih. t _iii. Surat, 4d. to 4%d. per lb. Railway shares w-ale firm, with a tendency to advance. Heavy stock was in demand. Wheat is up Ba. per quarter, some say more, in Mark-lane this morning. The quantity brought to market is small, and such of the holders of home grown as are known to have large quantities in hand still evince a determination to defer sales. Later accounts have come to hand from the Cape of Good Hope, viz., to April 6. There had been no fighting on the irontier up to the latest date; but at Natal Umzimculu had been defeated with decided 10 3 s, by the settlers. The plan for the campaign against the Kafirs was evidently being laid in a very business like and steady manner, so as to strike the enemy when we do begin, with a due sense of our power and resources. There were complaints of the scarcity of money at Cape Town, and the Governor had been requested to permit, commissariat drafts to circulate as a legal tender. His Excel lency declined, however, and stated that specie would no doubt shortly be received out. A failure which has occurred in the sugar trade is not expected seriously to affect other parties, because, although the debts are between 40,0001. and 50,0004, the assets will cover nearly the whole amount. The following is a satisfactory statement from Aria's Bir mingham Gazette, upon the subject of the iron trade : " Though this improvement will necessarily have less im mediate effect upon the iron trade than many others, yet it has participated so slightly in the general depression, that its interests will not remain unbenefited. Prices have all along been well maintained, and if the ironmaster's capital has not realised so liberal a per centage of profit as formerly, and, as in the opinion of some, might again have been obtained at the close of the last year, still a steady remuneration has been returned through the increased quantity of business done, and the punctuality with which payment has been obtained. Thus provided with the means of meeting present necessities, and influenced by the better tone of feeling in the com mercial world, as well as the encouraging prospect of fur ther improvement, few would be found disposed to undersell, even should the briskness of demand be suspended till the renewed activity in railway enterprise again calls forth the full energies of the trade. But if, on the other hand, any considerations of our relationship with other countries and the state of foreign competition, should force upon us the policy of a temporary reduction, the low prices of provisions which will follow an abundant harvest will afford an opportunity for such an equitable adjustment of wages as would ultimately prove rather beneficial than other wise to the interests of the trade, and might be establised without exciting bitterness of feeling among the work men, or distress in their families. The limestone getters, who were standing for an advance, as we ventured to predict, have already seen the unreasonableness of their conduct, and have returned to their work. The arrival of orders has not varied much during the last month, and sufficient are now on the books, and on hand at almost every work, to afford full employment for a longer period than is generally the case at this season. A rumour had reached us that the chain-makers in the neighbourhood of Dudley and Stour bridge are endeavouring to enforce higher wages; but an understanding has been entered into between their masters and the merchants that their demands shall be resisted—the wages now given being more than thirty per cent. higher than they were a short time since." There has been a flatter market for Consols this morning, as usual, when corn takes an upward course. The business done has not been large, but prices range about % per cent. lower than on Saturday, and there have been a few money sales. Consols for transfer have realised 88 1 / s to 87%, and for July 88% %. Exchequer-bills have been 6s. to 4s. pre mium, being firmer. The New Three-and. a- Quarter per Cents. have been marked 88 3 / 1 / 2 , and the Three per Cents. 86% to 87. East India Bonds have been 3s. premium for those of 1,000/. In the Foreign House transactions have been again very limited. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 22 to 21 3 /, and the Three per Cents. 33% %. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been quoted 32. Grenada Bonds were at 19%, and Venezuela, 38%, Russian Stock brought 111 ; Belgian Two aad-a-Half per Cents. were 52%; and Dutch Four per Cents., 89 1 / 2 . The business done in Railway Shares has been limited, and pr • i-e have gone back a little with the funds, although sellers do not press upon the market. BRITISII FUNDS. ONE CLOSII , G O'CLOCK. PRICES. Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 86% 87 86% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 883 8 88 87% 87% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 88%34 88% New Five per Cent. Annuities .. 113 113 Long Annuities, Expire .fan. 5, 1860 .. 9 1-16 8 15-16 8 15-16 India Bonds, 1,000/. .. 3 p 3 p Ditto, under 1.0001. „ .. 5 1 p 1 p Consols for Opening, July 16 .„. 88%34 88 Exchequer Bills. i % 1,2 d. 1,0001. .... 5 6 4 p 3 p 500/. 6 9p 9p Ditto, Small .... 8 2 p 12 p ONE CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 83% Grenada, 1 per Cent .. . 1934 19% Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. 20►4 Peruvian Boucle, 6 per Cent. 36 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, 4 per Cent .. • • .. • . Ditto, for the Account - • .. .. 32 30 Russian Bonds .. 111 109% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 22 21% 21 Ditto, Three per Cent .. 33 , 4% 33% Venezuela Mom's, 2 per Cent .. 38% 3834 Dividends on the above payable in Lendon. Belgian Four-and-a-Halt per Cent .. Ditto, Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 52% 52% Dutch Two-and-a-lialf per Cent .. 58%% 58% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 89% 89% Ditto, Bonds .. • • .. • . 89% PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING RAILWAY PAID. DONE AT SHARES. PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen.. .. .. .. .. .. 35 .... Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. % .... 116.. ••..• • • • 1 1 ,4 Caledonian Eastern Counties .. 20 .... 19%%........ 19% Do. I'erpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 61. 13s. 4d. % p........ % p Ditto, ditto. .. .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. 16 p.... p Ditto, York Extension 7% .... 6yy ........ • • East Linc01n5hire........6k.... .. • • • • • • .. 7 3,4 Edinbur g h and Glasgow .. 50 • - Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. •• 16 y 2 Ely and Huntingdon .. .. 15 ~ 14% .. ••• - • ... 14% Great Northern .. .... 1 2.• • • .... 2 Do., London & York Extension 2 .... 1 3Q • • Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 30 .... 23% 23 .. •• .. 23 Great North of England . ..100 ....232 231.... •• .. 231 Great Western .. 85 ....113 114.... •• • 114. Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 50 .... 67% 68 ...... 67% Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12%..... 17% • • ...... 17►4 Ditto, New 41/ .... 8 .. • • g Leeds and Thirsk .. 26 .... .... • • .... Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent. .. 34 .... 3% 3% London and Blackwell .. 161. 138. 4d. 7... ...... •• London, Brighton, & South Coast 50 .• • • 53% ••.. • • • ... 53 Ditto, Guarant. Five per Cent. 9 .'... 9% •• . ••• • •• 91 A London an North-Western ..100 ....176 175........ 175 Ditto, Quarters L. and B. 7 .... •• •• •• •• Ditto ditto, New Shares .. .. 2 .... 12 •• • • .... 12 Ditto, 10/. Shares 31. &B. (A) 5 •• 10% •••• • •. 103/3 London and South-Western 411. 68.10 d... 65 .• •• • • 65 Ditto, New Consol. Eighths .. 40 .... ..... • • 47 Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) .. 50 .... 55 54% ...... 54% Lynn and Ely .. .. 25 .... 25% .... •• • ... 24 Lynn and Dereham .. • • 20 .... 19% ••• • • • .... 18% Manchester and Leeds .. .. 82 .... • .. • • .... Ditto, Fifths .. .. 5 .... Ditto, Thirds (Reg.).. 45..... di5..... •• •• % dis. Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... •• • • .... Ye Nlidiand ..100 ....119 1184 1181,4 Ditto, New 36 .... 39,4 40 •• • • 40 Ditto, New .. 6 .... 874% 98% • • 8 Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 .... 93 •• .. ...... 93 Newcastle and Berwick . • .. 20 ••. • ••••• • • • .. 26 4 Noriolk .. .. —lOO ....126 127.• ••.. • • 127 Ditto,Extension .. 10 .... .......... 10% Northern Counties Union .. .. 4 .... ........., 1 1 4 North British • • .• • • • • 25 .. •• .. 31% ..••• • • • • • 31% Ditto, Half Shares .. ....... Ditto, Thirds .. - 1 .... 214 .......... 2 North Staffordshire . 714 9%,1i .. •• • • 9 3 4 Preston and Wyre.. .. 25 .... 36 1 4 Scottish Central •• . . • 17 k 45,2 Shrewshary and Birmingham .. 3k.... 3 3.• • • ...• 3 Ditto, Class B .. 3 .... 2%.... ••• • • • 2 1 ,4 -4 , nth Wales .. 10 .... 7 1 ,4 .. •••• • • • • Wet Riding Union .• —41.28..... % dis• •.. • . Ude York and Newcastle .. .. 25 .... 375¢ 37 ...... 37 Ditto, Preference .. .. 4 ..'.. 6%74 .. •• • ... Ditto, Extension • . .. 25 .... 42 .•••••.... 42 Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten •• 10 .• • • •... 20 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Namur and Liege .. •. • • • • 10 •• • • 34 i %•••• • • • • Northern of France • • .. • • 8 •••• 11%•••••••••• 11% Paris and Lyons •• • • .. 8 .......... JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Colonial .. . .. .. 25 .... 15% 15% London Joint-Stock • • .. . • 10 .. • . —.........164 • Union of London • • .. .. .. _lO •• • • ••••• ....... ...123„ 4 MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered .... 3 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JUNI. 7.—Wind N.N.W., light breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, JUNE s.—Wind N. ; 6, N.E., fresh and squally.— Arrd. Jeannette Phillippa, Rademaker, Batavia, and sailed for Amsterdam ; Meevo Campeador, Havannah, and sailed for Christiansand. Sld. Mercator, Havannah ; Centurion, New York; Australasia, Hobart Town; Plumstead, Algoa Bay ; CHsaria, Rio Janeiro ; Lancashire Witch, Porto Rico; Mary Ridley, Santiago de Cuba; Kilblaine, Quebec. OFF DOVER.—Eliza, Warwick. Ce3lon. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 6.—Wind N.N.E.—SId. American Eagle, New York. FALMOUTH, JUNE 6. Wind N.N.E. Sld. Seagull packet, Brazil. Off port, H.M.S. Frolic, San Blas, left 15 Dec., Valparaiso, 11th Feb., Port Famine, 22 March, and Rio Janeiro, 18th April, on freight about 2,000,000 dolls. ; Van dernaerf, Van Dieyrenbooder, Sourabaya, for Amsterdam ; Meranda, Leonard, Antigua; Guineaman, Thompson, Coast of Africa ; Heroine, Hobart Town ; Countess of Durham, Pe nang Isles; Chedun, Rio Grande, for Havre; Westbrook, Tobago; Black River packet, Baker, Jamaica; Amelia (of Havre); Colenza ; and Rob Roy. WATERFORD, JUNE 4.—Wind E. to S.E. ; 5. N.N.E. —Arrd. Robert G. Shaw, Mathews, New Orleans ; Sarah Maria, Oldridge, Norfolk. Sld. Alert, Quebec. Off port, 4th, Alice, Aysford, Barbadoes. SCILLY, JUNE 4.—Wind E.—Arrd. National, Sikkas, Rio Janeiro. for Antwerp. Off port, Symmetry, Finch, Cape of Good Hope. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 6.—Part of the wreck of a fir-built t v b e e s s w e l a , t o e f r, a b b o a u s t b 3 e o e o o t t o o w s e o d o t io o n b s e , r a e p . par Severallyen t a pieceslong o t f i mon e timber Bayley, and deals have been brought in during the last days. BRISTOL, d J ti ti N N E E Guatemala , 65.—Wind E.A rrVd.a Caroline, Nevis; Nora Creina, Tinmout h, Anti g ua. Sld. J ane , HaIifax. NEWPORT, JUNE 5. e Free bt tdoo them, of w e S s u t n w d a e r r d l a o n f d D , wo Duna with s a barque las t in N contact EWI AV n i g EN, JUNE 67— i r rn- s.—Wind E.—Sld. Ann, Smith, Grenada. g ex e 'ander Stuart a n d Oh ! N o, Quebec ; Eagle, New York ; Rosa , Richmond. g en LIMERICK,ess, a Loth u h NE received 3.s 3.—Sld. m A a l NEwRY.—SId. Apollo and Frances, New York. SWANSEA, J UNE 2.—Sid. Lady Price, Cuba. BELFAST, JUNE S. Wind N., fresh. Sld. Imperial, Norfolk. LIVERPOOL, JUNE s.—Arrd. Bellairs, Webb, C a l cutta and Demerara. 6th, Mersey, Jamaica ; Ch ar l es Ch alloner, New Orleans. Off port, Caledonia, Brander. Sld. sth, Belle, Bahia; Duchess of Clarence, St. Thomas; Scotia, Baltimore; St. Lawrence, Philadelphia; Perseverance, St. John's, New B runs wick; Manchester, Quebec; Wave, Newfoundland. The Nymph, from Christianstadt, has been towed in here to day, w ith loss of fore and main masts, and nearly full of water, and part of cargo thrown overboard, having been aground on Taylor', Bank. OFF TORBAY, JUNE I.—Somme, Maestrue, ',wan for Haniburgh. A bottle was p i c k ed up this morning,- off ' the " s Schooner tresa t . T 4 a 6 m s a o r , N G , o v l e o r o , with Sputamrtp,sccoiniotakienlinagn and in n n g o r t e e a — t d ‘ i W.-25,h Oct.. 1847," (Q uery 1846?) PENZANCE, JUNE 4.—Off port, Anna Elizabeth, Harker, Surinam ; Miranda, A ntigua. CLYDE, JUNE 4.—Arrd. Alister, Kerr, Trinidad. Sld. 3, Vixen. Jamaica. 4, Diadem, Demerara; Cingalese, Porto Rico. DUBLIN, JUNE 4.—Wind E.N.E. to W.N.W.; 5, N.E, to E.N.E.—SId. Lady Campbell, Quebec. MARKET NEWS.---(THIS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE—IVIOND AY • The past week's arrivals of English Wheat for our market were on a very limited scale, while those of all other grain of home produce were small. Of Flour the receipts were tolerably good. From Ireland and Scotland a few cargo of grain came to hand, and from abroad upw ards of 19, quarters of Wheat, 6,000 ditto of Barley, and of Oate, together with about 8,000 barrels of Flour, Tiers. reported. Fresh up, an unusually small quantity et English Wheat came to hand from any quert er .' consequently, the show of samples of that grain, was trifling. The limited state of the supply English Wheat, together with the large attendance_ of both town and country buyers, caused the demand to cult very brisk, and an improvement in the quotationstbt ainee _ 32,000 dittO On Monday last of from SIX SHILLINGS TO EIGHT sinew:o;l. per quarter, and at which a clearance was speedily effect Notwithstanding the show of Foreign Wheat was goods sale for all kinds was very active, and a large business "Li! doing, principally for the country trade, at a rise in Vele; of from FOUR TO FIVE SHILLINGS per quarter. For expert 1 1 , • ie. transactioustook place; but most of the supply Wee dieneee d best There was a fair demand for all inds of Barley. The grinding qualities were a trifle hi g her;g but in the value o f . malting and distilling sorts no alteration took place. Althone the quantity of Malt on offer was somewhat ow the incorlte; the malt trade was very steady, and most of the larie h 1 " , would not sell except at a trifle more money. a better inquiry for Indian Corn, especiallylfhorerefl;Ff. ing cargoes, at is to 2s per quarter more money We had a very large supply of foreign Oats on show, but of English, Irish, and Scotch was small. The Oa t trade irf; in a very inactive state, at barely stationer)? Pric,e/'„,ers Beans very few saes were concluded, yet the curren cies supported. Peas moved off slowly, at about last week's Ci f' rencies. The Flour trade was firm, and prices had an up' ward tendency. CURKENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE 780 tO Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier.• • • • • Red, New.... 868 to 92s Oats—Yorkshire and Ditto,White, tcew 89s 100 s Lincolnsh., Feed. ... 3•6 .. Norfolk and Lin- Potato ........ 363 coin, Red..... 84s 92s Youghal and Cork. 8.50 Ditto, White ••• • • • 90s 96s Black. •••• •• • 36, 20 310 Irish, White • • • 400 Ditto, White. •• —8 —8 Scotch, Feed. •• • as , 500 Rye—Old •••••••• • • • • —s a Beans—Tick .••• • " ". 6 - 6• 5 95 628 655 Barley—Grinding 5 4 8 8: 50s 6 Peas — Grey Pigeons Maple. ••• •: 6 6 9 1 .0 . Malting • Chevalier 6os 61s White 6 48 5, If alt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers •••• • • • • 70 , folk ...........• 74s 78s Flour—Town - m ade • • en . OS Brown ...... ••• • • 688 708 Suffolk • • ...... • • ;v 5 , 650 Kingston and Ware 75s 76s Stockta & Norfolk SMITHFIELD. A L Wer e on Fr a ve omw ry h e e x ne te e t . isiv o e x s e c n a . le, C a o s w fo s l . The imports of foreign stock into London last W c a lve& lows Sreep. Lam es * 98 Rotterdam 100 ... 344 900 ... 180 --- Harnburgh 6O ... ... 40 Harlingen Nieu Diep Flushing — ... 200 ... 30 Total .. 374 764 1,820 230 the At Hull, Newcastle, and the various other ontPt7, 400 arrivals have amounted to about 150 Oxen and Ce`ndeet Sheep, 30 Lambs, and 40 Calves, in, for the most Piz we condition, and which have commanded a The in the local markets at improved quotations. fee supply of foreign stock on offer here this mornie v g , 800 comparatively speaking small, viz., 200 Oxen and C° buyer Sheep and Lambs, and 20 Calves. The whole found wide at advanced quotations. Froth our own greei n g,i d etud' the arrivals ofßeasts fresh up to-day were small and - op plly dling quality. This falling off in the Bulle ek e d together with the large attendance of buyers, Stre• stye siderable excitement in the Beef trade, an 3 . 4 .M . cet4 advance took place in the quotations. In some sibs , primest Scots produced as much as me snmulecie Pe r Blbeo but the more general highest figure was 55 Od which figures are quite 6d per 81bs above those 0uw . .,.„ -- eet_: this day se'nnight. Previously to the close of the , r ra s total clearance of the beasts had been effected. ~,.„'— r a tred decidedly one of the dearest markets on record. tew-tojetie with those of the corresponding period in 1846, the clg o ° f Looho of Beef ranged from Is 8d to 2s; of Mutton, le per 811}6 ,.. 8d to 10d ; of Veal, 6d to 8d; and of Pork, 2d to su r ot e se higher than at that period. And these high rate!, Preyed most instanees obtained with very little diffictlitr oc ei . ve" Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire . about 900 Scots, home-breds, and short-horee' r ot* the western and midland counties, Downs, &c. • from other parts of England, 6 0 °„ 4 ,1 5e 0 1; . kinds; and, ' from Scotland, 300 horned and IX" - SW " There was a full average number of Sheep on offer' c ol however, the Mutton trade was steady—though We b e et e l d call it brisk—at last Monday's currencies. Th e pll Downs, out of wool, realising 5s SPd per Blbs. The eg o g eOa t Lambs was tolerably extensive. rime breeds request, at extreme figures, viz., 6s 10d to 7e Pet '/ priCT„, other qualities were a slow inquiry, at last Friday_ With Calves we were scantily supplied, yet the: in ciagi 800 Herefords,loo66 was dull, at the late decline in value. We had a elel f ,, te d. for Pigs, yet, in most instances, late rates were suPP° , l• Per Sibs. to sink the offal. e. 4 - )0 Inferior Beasts ..... 44t0 4 8 Second qualityd itto 4 8 0 • Second quality ... 410 5 2 Coarse-woolledditte 6 5 - Prime large Oxen •• 5 4 5 6 Southdown Nether 5 Prime Scots ......5 6 5 S Ditto out of the Wool 4 0 4 0 Large coarse Calves 4 4 410 Large Hogs ••• • •• 8 ~ 0 Prime small ditto •• 0 5 4 Small PorkerS •• • 0: Suckling Calves ..21 0 31 0 Quarter old Pigs $ ' Inferior Sheep .. . 4 6 4 8 Lambs •• ••••• • •• - SUPPLY AT MARKET. Tit Beasts. Sheep. I Calves. I 30 0 I 2,630 24,910 211 NEWGATE AND ZEULDENEt AS," eked' The arrivals of country-killed Meat for these bat since our last report, have been on a very lim ited sceiUoo:, the supplies slaughtered in the metropolis continue ;d., oe ably extensive. Prime Beef, Mutton, and Lamb We; coor readily at very full prices; but all other kinds of hieeL re e mend very little attention. About 1 , 200 carcases of e Beef, Mutton, and Veal have been disposed off durieg week. _ _ At per atone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. tO 3. cl• 4 Beef, inferior• •••• • 3 8 310 Mutton, inferior 4 4 0 • -- middling ••• • 4 0 4 2 ----- middling.. 410 - prime large 4 4 4 6 prime .... 5 2 6 - prime small 4 6 4 8 Pork, 1arge........ 310 ; 0 Veal •• • ••• • • 4 0 5 2 - small •• • • 4 8 Lamb. 5s 8d to 6s 10d BOROUGH AND SPITALPIELDO.,, 004 A few arrivals of Potatoes have taken place from Jo since Monday last, but the supply on offer is ex to small. All kinds move off heavily, at next to nominflos rencies. York Regents, 250 s to 2808; Ditto, Reds', este 2605; Ditto, Shaws, 200 s to 2205; Lincolnshire as 18051° bridgeshire Regents, 250 s to 280 s; Ditto, Kidner , 2205; Dutch, 100 s to 180 s per ton. • • 33 OR.OUGEC HOP M.A.RZET. tc-ds/ Although the accounts which have come to hano,oolo, speak of an increase of blight in many of the best very little speculative feeling exists in our matlier;„coeit however, selected qualities are held at a trifle more 'goof, but all other kinds command very li tt l e attention: A . to P i pockets, 31 18s to 41 6s ; Weald of K en t ditto, 4 ' ,T it . 12s ; Mid and East Kent ditto, 41 12s to 61155 p er WOOL. Lon o n ROO Since Monday last the imports of Wool into „„d been large, viz., 2,000 bales from New Holland , _ n ileit: do. from various other quarters. Although the ern e , tor offer in the private contract market are not today trade is heavy, at barely stationary prices. it TALLOW. e is3P r° o 6 This market Is very firm, and the quo t a tions hal' oa from is to is 6d per cwt since Monday last. PS . v i A llof spot is held at 50s 3d to 50s 6d per cwt. Town 49s 6d. net cash. Rough fat 2s 9%d per 8114. IS 1 "' HOUSE OF. LORDS.—(TH Peer prl,ra The House sat to-day to hear appeals. Th e ir id were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brought' ll2 ' Dunnelly. 0410 RAILWAYco RANGER v. THE GREAT WESTERN RAI LWAY Mr. S. TURNER resum e d hi s argum ents tv" --- t apr t 0 appeal, following Sir Fit zroy K e l ly on b e half et . .. 0 Dr at ! lants. The case, as we h ave a l rea d y s tated, 'be their Lordships upon appeal from the decision o , anc eller r g Chancellor, overruling a d ec i s i on of the Vice --Welt England allowing a de murrer put i n b y t h e G reat ejt Railway Company to the bill of the plaintiff. „ n cuPi The arguments in th e appeal will doubtless '— Lordships for several days to come. ROLLS' COURT.—( ) This cause came on upon further direction. had reference to the will of Thomas Cross, 0 40 CROSS V. CROSS. THIS I le VII 1 / I°. • filed by his infant daughter, Adelina Cross. V ie t- 0 113 ,7 6 by his will, left an annuity of 801 . to a worse' ) bo te,P" a nd the Hannah Bush, with whom he had cohabited, 11 had three children living, to each of whom be left J e t t a but these, as well as other bequests, were dec lared to 00 and void in the event of his having issue by his wife. facts had been found by the Master's report. 40 The case came on on Saturday, and the argumente, resu med and concluded to - day , but some points vireP served for further discussion on W , ednesday. • VICE-CHANCERY -- (TH IS DAlt ) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND3OOOI THE EXETER AND CREDITON RAILWAY COMPANY 0 3 c op i r His Honour the Vice - Chancello r of England vitts,o the whole morning with a motion in this case forre...eterll si s t d an injunction granted ex parte , res trainin g . the ,r. r Crediton Railway Company from constructing tfo''' the broad gauge. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS Ay') (Sittings in Banco.) ar 0 0 ; 0 0 0 CONSPIRACY—THE QUEEN V. SELSBY AND -- A p W am as es a o p f ro Q ce n e n di rr n e g n ata h in ee s s t e t m h a e n d e f e ndant e a la io ;c ri d p el e ".:o of T th h e is n of tßi intimidate, Liverpool,mmm manufactory feFa,feribtroyoti from yt , hp D oruef a ra w s tuA rs s ii o nea n gsn , sar W s. theiri otherl soolnna,ewmsa lawful means, and Potts, others,oppeelorton .r s s .ne e : l e t e p: P ipe ee irp that the defendants, who were employed by PS.O I-66° to dissatisfied because they employed inexpene a $ 8 7,0 of perform the work of journeymen at reduced relepeaciriel. the journeymen struck in consequence, and th e s ot were appointed a picquet to prevent the contented befor e O f f' from pursuing their labour. The case was trie d h P 6% Baron Rolfe, at Liverpool. The indictment en I —c e nci - ti were arraigned contained upwards of twenty counTofeonw jury found them guilty on the whole of them. The " now appeared on the floor of the Court, and n tbe° . d i. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL prayed judgment 11 0 - alier% 0 Mr. KNOWLES, who appeared for SelsbY on - 0 moved for an arrest of judgment and a new to w o o s if ground that the verdict' as against evidence, a s it the °I3 on the whole of the counts, which were inconsistent, with the oth. tioo Mr. BAINE S and Mr. WArsois m ade similar Joe 0 behalf of the other defendants. rt. an l i ft% Lord DENMAN deferred the decision of the Cou.-,ria Learned Judges had had an opportunity of con sul Baron Rolfe. 1/ 4 CORONER OF THE BOROUGH OF WIGAN:THIS - • GRIMSHAW. T 1 a e sunl a following inry of wasvinthicenjuadpgpomaernedt o in f the onr C nn eil p rt r „... g io/ 3 case, 11 Saturday : Wee P 5l Lord D E Nstax said the election of Mr. Gr imsby i 0 Under any circumstances the council had no r igq ed be him at an adjourned meeting without notice. -1 11 _ . f i 050 6 „4 objected that the election took place before the itet l4 7 007 the letters patent, and that Mr. Rogerson wall iwt• 'toe under seal, but if anything was wrong at the tbe t the election, everything was afterwards filOne c dociev_." could do to make it valid. The town-council ware _, te r informed of the grant of the perm ission toe bold qwm:,, e ivii!!„: lions. They then met and made the appintmen/ tiol do pe' clearly that they did it bona-fide; and from th at his 1842, more than six years, Mr. Rogerson p erformed and received the fees. Nothin* was more dangerlod, call this a void act. His appointment wasreCnr Ogn_,, i s so was valid. The judgment upon th e first and fou r °e must be for the Crown. r d DO Mr. Justice PAITNSON concurred with Le.- 19' _ ~•