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THE ONLY AUTHORISED ENGLISH EDITION. Translated by D. FORBES 4 AMPBELL. NTO TI C E - VOL. VII. OF THIERS' HISTORY OF ' HE CONSULATE AND EMPIRE, Will be Published on the 15th Inst , p ice ss. Orders received by all Books( Hers. Henry Colburn, Publishe , 13, Great Marlborough-street. ST. MARK'S REEF; OR, THE CRATER. THIS NEW W , )RIC, icy the cele!,rated A uthor of "THE PILOT," "TILE arr." " iI6LAYER," &c., will be published by Mr. BENTLEY in a Jew days. 8, New Bilningtou-street. HER SIAdr.STY'S IciRATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re .pectfully intormed, that there will be a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT TO-MORROW Evening, July 9, 1817, when will be presented Mey , erbeer's opera ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO. Alice, Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Isabella, Made. Castellan ; Roberto, Signor Traschini ; Rambaldo, signor Gardoni ; Sacerdote, Signer Bouchi; and Bertram, Signor Staudiia. To be followed by various Entertainments in the Ballet Depart ment, combining the talents of Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. C. lloseti, Mdme. P. Stephan, Mdlles. Cassan, Honore, James, Julien, Lame reux, and C. Grist, M. Perrot, and M. St Leon. The Free List is suspended, the Public Press excepted. Pit I lc , eta may be obtained, as usual, at the Office of the Theatre, price 10s, 6d. each. Applications for boxes, pit stalls, and tickets, to be made at the Box-office, at the theatre. Doors open at seven o'clock ; the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven. TPEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Manwjernent .4f yr. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be presented Murphy's comedy of ALL IN THE WRONG. Sir John Re 4less, (iryt time) Mr. Webst• r ; Beverley, Mr. Hudson ; Lady Restless, (first time In that character) Mrs. Nlsbett ; Belinda, Miss Julia Bennett. To be followed by MT WIFE'S MOTHER. Uncle Foozle, Mr. Farren ; Mr. Budd, Mr. Hull ; Mrs. Qulckfidget, Mrs Glover; Mrs. Budd, Miss Jalia Bennett. After which the new comic drama, called THE JACOBITE. Sir Richard Wroughton, Mr. Stuart; John Duck, Mr. Buckstone ; Lady Somerford, Miss Fortescue. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING win be produced a new and original cGmedy, in three acts, called THE TITLE DEEDS. Principal characters by Slessrs. Lambert, Wright, Paul Bedford, 0. Smith. Boyce, 3lunyard, C. J. Smith, Worrell ; Mrs. Yates, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Harding, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, &c. After which The MAGYAR MULATS.kG; or, Hungarian Fetes. Ily the celebrated Hungarian Dancers and the Hungarian Instru mental Vocalists. After which an entirely new Petite Comedy, entitled FLYING COLOURS; or, Crossing the Frontier. Captain Sails -80110, Mr. Webster ; Margaret, Miss Woolgar ; llelen 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. (Summer So..ason—Lyceum Company.) THIS EVENING Will be presented a new comic drama. in two acts, entitled MAR GUERITE'S COLOURS. Principal characters by Messrs. Emery, Wigan, Vining, and Johnston ; Mesdames Dickenson, Villars, Arden, and Griffiths. To be followed by the new GRAND BALLET, in which the Spanish Dancers will appear. After which a burletta, entitled THE WATER WITCHES. Principal characters by Mesdames Villars, Dickinson, Daly, Arden, Messrs. Oxberry, Vining', &c. To conclude with THE BOTTLE IMP. In the course of the piece the celebrated Spanish Dancers will appear, in their novel and unrivalled Bouquet Dance. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENIXG Second Appearance of the eminent Tragedienne Mdlle. Rachel. Will be presented Scribe's comedie of VALERIE ; ou, L' Ayeugle. Characters by MM. Rhozevil, Pascal, Touriron, Mdlles. Vallee, and Rabut. After which will be produced Pierre Le Bru'r.s tragedy of MARIE STUART. George Mortimer, M. Raphael Felix ; Elisabeth, Mdlle. Rabut ; Marie Stuart, Mdlle. Rachel. Reserved seats, Dress Boxes, 73. 6d.; Pit, 55.; Amphitheatre, Is. ; Gallery, 3s. The performances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock pre cisely. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole T.v.see and Manager. TIM% EVENING. Will be produced a new drama (with music by Loder) entitled DYING FOR A KISS. The characters by Madame Vestris, Miss Emma Stanley, Mr. J. Webster. Mr. Granby, and Mr. Compton. After which the new farce, entitled A SOVEREIGN REMEDY. Captain Pendragon, Mr. Ryder ; Mr. Bottleby, Mr Granby; Quackit, Mr. C. Mathew 4; Alfred, Mr. J. Webster; Mrs. Bottleby, Mrs. Fosbroke ; Mary, Miss Marsh9ll. To conclude with a comic drama, entitled "LADIES BEWARE !" Colonel Vavasour, Mr. Granby; Sir Charles Vavasour, Mr. James Vining; Matilda, Miss Cooper. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager. Mr. William Batty. Muler the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family. THIS EVENING Will be presented a gorgeous Peruvian Drama, to illustrate the historical events of the Spaniards' cor-quest of Peru, arranged from the original text of Brinsley Sheridan's play of " Pizarro," entitled THE STORMING OF QUITO ; or, the Warrior of the Sun. Rolla, Mr. W. West. The extraordinary equestrian performaLces of La Petite Davidson and the New cenes of the Circle, with the who'e of the Entertain ments, having been attended with the most complete success, n ill be repeated every evening. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. In consequence of the success attending the Eminent English Vocalists, they have been re-engaged for Twelve Nights more, and will appear in " Maritana," as played at Drury Lane 100 Welts 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. Leffler, Francis Huntley, dr. W. Harrison; Sir Edward Cop ley, Mr. M`3fahon ; Queen Mary, Mrs. Henry Vining ; Alice Copley Miss Rainforth ; Leon, the Moorish Page, Miss Rebecca Isaac After which A GRAND CONCERT. To be followed by an INTERLUDE. To conclude with THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Captain Macheath, Ms. Harrison; Polly, Miss Rainforth ; Lucy, Miss Isaacs. ROYAL VIC lORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand historical drama, entitled WALTER TYRRELL, THE SAXON AVENGER; or, The Life and Death of King William 11. William 11., Mr. Dale; Walter Tyrrell, Mr. Ricks ; Ed tha. MiSA Vincent. After which TFIE PALACE OF GENEVA; or, The Spirit of the V a ul t . To conclude with TUE VILLAGE OUTCAST ; or, The Dark Doom of Destiny. Boxes, la.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. ROYAL SCRIR ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Last Four Nights of M. Jullien. —Great Musical Treat. TIIIS DAY, July 7, Thursday , and Friday. Gibraltar by Daylight. Promenade Con , ert by Jullien's unri valled band of One Hundred performers, including Messrs. au mann, Barret, Prospere Lazarus. &c., two of whom will perform a solo each evening. Sulei.did Menagerie. Gothic Bridge. Chinese Tower. View of the Interior Fortifications of Gibraltar. Ulan-dilated Conservatory, and all the attractions of the gardens. Concluding with a grand Pyrotechnic Display, representing the Siege of Gibraltar. Doors open at Nine, A M.; Feeding the Carnlvora, at Five; Peli can and White Bear, Half-pas' Five ; Jullien's Concert, Quarter oast Six; Fireworks, Quarter -past Admission, One Shilling. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. "C. Thomas" is informed that the horses for the Cumberland Plate were, by an oversight, misplaced, but the remarks would tell how they came in. IHE WEATILEK.--bUN /FfiCE. JULY 6. TaERMOMETER, Lowest, 58; Highest. 75; Noon. 75, BAROMETER, 30.19.—W1ND W.S.W.; fine. w k TFtt AT %;0 1 4- - 131211)(VI , Tilos DAY. morning 4 minutes after 8 I Evening .. 21 Tiontuts 9, p. • -, .., at, SI . ,to i t..., • , V 4 4, 'l l 6 -nir, , , so o Wil VA, _ ....--='/ , # ' 1,0 ' 41 -- leitVPr-441111,Z6' 4' e-t-te--. 4 _. , ... 1 , - • •- r-n.- - - - . .... ..;-___... ,„,, 0 ,..i 1 1-- Di E y ~, Nuo , .-, .., •... ~„ • 'oz 1114 miatjj Am LONDON, WEDNESDAY. JULY 7, 1847. Saving a rather stolid allusion to the " lumber of F&OISSART," the speech delivered on Monday evening by Mr. BERNAL OSBORN E was peculiarly felicitous. Felicitous we mean, however, simply in regard to brilliawy of point and jocosity of invective. In its immediate bearing upon the conduct of Government in relation to Portugal it was animated by ennobling principles, but those principles were, from a certain obliquity of judgment, used as counter to the con stitutional course adopted by the Cabinet of Lord JoRN RUSSELL. We repeat it, distinctly and ad- Yisedly, the constitutional course. Did the present Administration evince any disposition to repress that lov e of liberty and loyalty to the national charter by which the Portuguese insurgents have been unde niably actuated we should be amongst the loudest in h at conductte expression of . our ab horrencethe character of a great and independent incompatible with England, so subversive empire like humanity in allegiaoece oft en,ourthe Genius of all those holy instincts of arid so calculated to Freedom, retrogression of the , family of man from the light athed altitudesf of civilisa siohnarbarism. Were tion to the abysses and darknessn the inten we inspired with a similar impression by the lions of our Ministers as that entertainedat? Eonourable Gentleman the representative cotilbe, we should sympathise heartily in his * of I.„VY tion, we should participate in his expressionisnocifi tumely and derision, and endeavour to express it c h " ; much ardour the intensity of our sentiments in an emear gency so remarkable. Coinciding, therefore, i n the abstract truths propounded by Mr. OSBORNE, we are only disposed to quarrel with his distorted represen tation of the official interference in', the Peninsula—a representation distorted rather by his misapprehension of the English Cabinet, than by any dissimilarity of views between the Hon. Member himself and the members of the Ministry. Whether or no M. B ERNAL O SBORNE was in fluencedn speaking as he did speak on Monday, in ihe House of Commons,mply by a solicitude to stiord the Noble L or d, her Majesty's principal Secre tary. for Foreign Affair., an opportunity of pro nouncing his long -reserved explanation, it is cer tain that that act ua l or presumed intention was in a very great measure realised. ear sed. In ' deed there was literally as muc h accuracy the observation of Lord PALmEasTo-s,t a h s at wi A t in OSBORNE appeared not merely as th e rec i ter of a Ir. very able epilogue, but that he had abs o l u t e l y exercised new function, " partaking somewhat of an obstetric TriE_ _§TTN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 7, 1847. j character." So far there was a deserved acknowledg ment of the partial success attendant upon the speech of the Hon. Member for Wycombe. So far, notwith standing his complimentary waiving of the advisa bility of any personal explication, after the argumen tative harangue pronounced several nights back by Sir ROBERT PEEL, the Noble Lord at the head of the Foreign Department acknowledged the skill of his assailant. As far as we ourselves are concerned, the speech " delivered" yesterday evening by Lord PAL, MERSTOX was a superfluous vindication of a Govern ment, whose integrity of purpose in effecting a tranquillisation of affairs in Portugal had been already demonstrated by the arguments of a logician and the utterances of a consummate orator. To many, however, who have heretofore failed to recognise the really constitutional colouring of the policy of the existing Government towards Portugal, the argument of Lord PALMER STON will of itself constitute a conclusive explanation. After the examination of the remarks of this distin guished statesman it is impossible not to discover that both himself and his colleagues are ardent in their respect for the great cause of love to fatherland and reverence to constitutional liberty, which has nerved the arm, and sharpened the sword, and unfurled the banner of national revolt in Portugal. Such, in fact, is the coincidence of opinion between the Mem bers of the Russell Administration and those anta gonists who, like Mr. IlumE and Mr. OSBORNR, have been goaded on to vituperation and invective by the rowels of a mistake, that they have, if possible, employed the most emphatic language of indignation when alluding to the culpability of Queen MARIA DA GLORIA. Not more truly, we are satis fied, does COSTA CABRAL appear to Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE as nothing better than a " JONATHAN WILD of European diplomacy," than he does in the estimation of the Ministers of Queen VICTORIA. Ihe game recently enacted in the Peninsula was difficult and embarrassing beyond description, but despite the obstacles afforded. by antipathy, prejudice, and mis apprehension, the Government have emerged from all their embarrassments unsullied and victorious. May Portugal emerge from the woes of anarchy in like manner ; may her liberty and her happiness beacon Bright through the fl?od Of her tears and her blood. From the statement made on Monday by Lord JOHN RUSSELL as to the iNlinisterial intentions with r,:spect to the Bills now pending before the House, it appears, inter alia, that the Encumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill and the Prisons Bill are to be post poned until next session. The Parliamentary Elec tors Bill i 3 to be read a second time, and, if pos sible, considered in Committee, although it is not desired that it should pass into a law previous to the dissolution ; while the Custody of Offenders Bill, which has been maturely considered and fully discussed, and for which there is a pressing neces sity, the Bill for shortening the period for taking the polls at elections for cities and boroughs in Ireland, the Bill for the further suspension of the navigation laws, the Post-office Bills, and certain other Bills of minor importance, are to be proceeded with, and, if practicable, carried during the present sitting. There can scarcely be a Bill of greater im portance to the future welfare of the sister kingdom than that for facilitating the sale of encumbered estates. It is universally acknowledged that many of the evils affecting that unhappy land are owing to the embarrassments and pecu niary difficulties pressing on the proprietors of the land. We have always expressed our decided con victions that the majority of the Irish landowners would be well-disposed to perform the duties inci dental to their position, but that they are unable to do so from having but limited estates, and also from the weight and pressure of the burdens and encum. brances for which they are bound to provide, in the first instance, before any portion of the rentals can be applied to the improvement of the lands, or even to supply their own wants. Notwithstanding the alleged panic amongst landed proprietors, and the odium that has, to some extent, been directed against them as a body, there is abundance of capital in the country ready to be invested in the purchase of land at fair and remunerative prices, if the extraordinary restrictions and difficulties that have hitherto impeded the free transfer of real pro perty should be abated, and what has been happily termed a " free trade in land itself " introduced and brought into practical operation. It is of the greatest consequence that the measure facilitating the sale of estates, and giving new and summary powers to even the most remote encumbrancers, sh mid proceed pari passu with the other necessary reforms; that the dis posal of the estates may not be hurried on until the contemplated enactments, which must naturally im prove their value, and bring numerous wealthy com petitors into the market, should at the same time pass into law. An inquiry has for some time been carried on " as to the expediency of introducing the registration of deeds, &c., into England." Persons thoroughly ac quainted with the working of the system in Ire land, and well qualified to speak as to its com parative advantages and disadvantages, have been examined as witnesses before the Committee conducting that investigation, practical suggestions of the greatest value have been submitted for their con sideration, and ample materials have been provided to enable them to judge as to the changes which would be likely to prove beneficial to the country, and to pre pare the necessary measures. The subject of the present Bill was naturally enough introduced, and it appeared that many English capitalists, who were the owners of several millions of money placed at interest on the security of Irish estates, entertained the greatest alarm as to the probable effects of the measure, and had stated their intention, if it passed into a law in its present shape, to call in the money due to them respectively. Their views and feelings will be better understood from the following extract from the evi dence before the Committee of Mr. PEIRCE MA.• HONY, a gentleman of more than thirty years' ex perience as a solicitor, of the highest character and of the most unquestionable talent and ability—claims which are as fully known and appreciated in this country as in his native land. Mr. MAHONY says— " To that Bill, as it now stands, I feel strongly opposed; and I am confirmed in my opposition to it, by a very able opinion given on it by Air. Christie, of which I have read a copy; and also because I am aware of the panic created by it in the minds of English capitalists, who have lent millions of money on Irish mortgages. If it passes in its present shape, I have be' n assured by Mr. Bockett that over five millions will be called in which was lent on mortgages in Ireland by English Insurance Com panies; and I do hope that at all events it will be post poned until some remedy is applied to the evils of our registry system, which have endeavoured to point out. In my humble opinion that Bill goes too far in giving power to creditors, whilst it does not even attempt to re medy the defective system of registry, tenure, or title, which causes the greatest ot our burthens; it mai shorten the process of sale, but it will leave behind all the detects and all the expenses of our present system. Should it be pased into a law in its present shape, and be put into active operation, it will operate as a confiscation of a great portion of the present landed property ot through the double effect of creating a panic amongst the English capitalists who now hold It ish mortgages, and exciting a ruinous litigation on bt-halt of the small Irish creditors, as every one of them will become entitled, under the proposed Bill, to present a a sale. The consequence must be the de teriorationpetition f t)ro existed eincatphiatatalonrrU ted by land in s ti e g n ation, greater than Ire land, accompanied by other country, though . 7no re u p s r l e i ha 4 ever this Bill has been recommended to Parliament t as a great in any y, boon to my country. I collect from , . w . a , t I have heard as framed by me would not be objected to. ftrh(e)miaMilir. Bockett and from Mr. Ghristie s opinion, ,, that The objections of a p e rson so thoroughly conver sant with th e subject as Mr. MAHONT, and his opinion as to th e probable o to rende r it incumbent evdence are to justify, b ut ' amply s c onsequences of the measure, as set on the Government to pos t p 1 uffici en t not only tion to a fut ure period -"e its further considera e trust that it may then be successfully introduced i and with th e a ddi t i ons and i the su ggest i ons enulzindatr io n of opnrsovwehdichfortmhe, mature and atte n ti ve cons i derat thus offered may le a d to. Madrid papers of the 29th ult. have arrived. Th e confirm the accounts whi c h we published yesterd y ay of the re-appearance of ABD-EL-KADES in force, and of his victory over the forces of the Emperor ABDERRHAMAN. The Correo publishes a letter dated Tangiers, the 20th, which states that the Moorish Governor of the province of the Riff had been obliged, from ill-health, to resign his command, and to pass over to Gibraltar. He had been replaced by the Governor of Mequinez, who had proceeded to the Riff with only 250 ca►alry. The inhabitants rerolted and expelled him from the province. He then proceeded to Fez, where he re ceived a reinforcement of 1,800 men from the sod of the SULTAN. With this force he returned to the Riff, but the Moori , h camp was attacked during the night by ADD- EL- K ADER, who captured the greater number of the horses, arms, and all the baggage of the Moorish army. The Governor was said to have been killed in the milie. The Emperor of MOROCCO had commanded a considerable force to proceed forth with to suppress the insurrection. The Infante Don FRANCISCO DE PAITLA has ceased to reside in the Palace. The Bolsa was closed on the 29th. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. The Journal des Debats says that, in consenting to have the petition of Prince JEROME BONAPARTE, for permission to return to and reside in France, re ferred to the President of the Council (which is tanta mount to granting its prayer), the Keeper of the Seals took care to state distinctly that the Govern ment did not by so doing enter into engagements to abrogate the laws relating to the Imperial family, but reserved to itself the power of executing them in the most mild and liberal manner which was compatible with the maintenance of the existing institutions and. the public tranquillity. In commenting on the peti tion of the Christians of Lebanon to be placed under the protection of France, the same journal states that the anarchy now existing among them is owing to the fact that they enjoy more liberty under the Turkish rule than they did under that of MEHEMET ALI. The Pasha ruled the Christians of Lebanon as he rules the natives of Egypt, with a rod of iron. " The reign of MEHEMET ALI in the Lebanon," says the Journal des Debats, " was like the reign of ROBESPIERRE in France—it was the reign of terror— and it is precisely because Syria now enjoys more liberty, that there exists more anarchy." According to the Constitutionnel, the municipal authorities of Paris forced the Chamber to vote for the Bill authorising the city to raise a loan of twenty-five millions of francs, by a threat of " the pressure from without." The Prefect of the Seine wrote to all the Ministerial Deputies for the depart ment, insisting that they should vote for the loan ; and declaring that if the Bill were thrown out, the municipality would cease to issue bread-tickets to the indigent, let the consequences be what they might. The importations of grain into Marseilles continue to be immense. the quantity imported within the last few days is so large that warehouse-room cannot be found for it, and sacks of corn have been deposited in some of the best furnished apartments in the town, waiting for the means of transit into the interior. The quantity recently imported into Marseilles alone amounts, according to the Debats, to 450,000 tons. The port is crowded with corn-laden ships waiting to discharge their cargo, and the price of bread has fallen considerably both in Marseilles and at Lyons. At Havre also the importation of breadstuffs has been very large. On the 28th and 29th ult. there were received there, by six large Ame rican ships, 28,523 barrels of flour, 16,601 sacks, or about 1,500 tons of wheat, and 1,435 sacks of rye. The Three per Cents. were done in Paris on Sun day at 77f. 70c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 5. Boulogne and Amiens, 16—Ceylon, 1 / 2 —Dutch Rhenish, 4—East Indian, lA—Northern of Prance, 10 3 / 4 —Orleans and Bordeaux, 6 1 / i—Paris and Strasbourg, 4 1 / 2 —Sambre and Meuse, 7%. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS (Front The Sue of Last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool vesterdtly were about 10,000 bales, and included 3,000 Am rican on • speculation There were 1,000 Pernata and Marhrtham taken at 711., to 71 , 1.. 50 Bahia at 81., 1,500 Surat at 4i I. t 4 1 .. 150 sel I-land at 13d. to 20 and :he rett Aw rican at 61 , 1. to 70 per in. OF the Surat 1,000 'mks w sp-•culatim. Prices were much the same, out with more choice for Ame, jean. Shares were quiet, and, in some instances, scarcely so good. The Share Market has been very quiet to-day, and but little business was done in shares. We subjoin a few of the principal sales of Railway Shares by Messrs. Lamond and Co.:— East Indian £o 6 0 Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast • •• North British, Extension Great Western of Bengal 0 5 0 Barbadoes 0 6 0 Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certificate 0 13 6 North Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and G001e... 1 17 0 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock. ...• 1 18 6 Louvain ala Sambre, ex hit 0 17 6 West Riding Union Shropshire Union and Canal 2 8 0 Royston and Hitchin South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, ex int 4 18 0 There is but little foreign news to -day, with the ex ception of the details from Lisbon, which at the present moment are regarded with very great interest. The comparatively bloodless issue of the contest since the interposition ot England, although considered to be as much the result of luck as of sound policy, is undoubt edly a very satisfactory circumstance, and it may be hoped, that the farther issue may be as promising. The liberty of the people has now to be cared for, and the difficulty of influencing Queen Donna Maria, who can scarcely expect to reign in the affection ot her subjects, is well known, Experi ence may render the task more facile, but there is work enough cut out for our Minister. The Discount Market is expected to be rather easier, as a great portion of the paper running out since the last panic has been now taken up. At the Colonial Bank meeting held this day at the London Tavern, there was a very satisfactory report read, and a dividend at the rate of four per cent, per annum was declared. The assets of the Bank are re presented by 1,537,473/. 141. 3d. The profit for the half year is given at 20,836/. 1 le. 9d. The dividend for the half year at two per cent, was agreed to, and the meeting adjourned. The revenue accounts have pleased every one here; but the late rise in Stocks has been such, it would ap pear, as to anticipate, to a great extent, the further in fluence which the returns might have been expected to have. Consols, therefore, merely remain firm just now at 88i to 89/. The state of the account will partly explain the position of the market. Exchequer-bills have been 9s. to 13s. premium. The New Three-and-a- Qaarter per Cents, have been 91i 4. Bank Stock is worth 197. The Foreign market has been dull. Spanish Three per Cents. are 324 i ; and Portuguese Four per Cents. are rather firmer at 31/ to /. Mexican Bonds have been 19 to 19/. Belgian Four per Cents. have rea lised 94. In Railway Shares business has been rather heavy. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. . .. 197 197 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. • • 89 le I ,‘ 89% ['tree per Cent. Consols Annuities 88% 89 88% xdv 88% New Three - and-a-Quarter per Cent. Antis. 91 1 % ik 914 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9 1-16 34 914 India Bonds, 1,0001. .. •" • '' 5 Ditto, under 1,0001. .. • • • • •• 5 South Sea Stock • • " Ditto, New Annuities . • • • • • 86 % 86% Console for Opening, July 16 •• •• •• 69 88 % 89% 89 89 Exchequer Bills, I%d. 2d. 1,0001... 9 13p 5001. „ 11 15 p Ditto, Small ...• 20 p ONE FOREIGN FUNDS, O'CLOCK. Equador Bonds .. • • • • • . 3 Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent •. 1914 19 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent • • • • Ditto, 4 per Cent .. • • • • • • 31 14 l 4 Russian Bonds .• •• "' • • • • Spanish Bonds, 5 p er C en t • • • • Ditto, Three per Cent • • • • • • Ditto, for the Account • • • • '• 32:74 Dividend,' on the above payable in London. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 94 94 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent • • 57 % %%3 57% riticEs OF PAID. DONE AT BUSINESS CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Birmingham and Oxford Junction 10 .... 17% .......... 17 Bristol and Exeter • • • • •• 75 ••• • ***** • Ditto, New • 15 .... 17 Caledonian •• •• • Dublin and Belfast Junction • • 15 21 1 Eastern Counties .. 20 .... 21 214 Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. ........., Ditto, ditto.. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. 14% p.. East Lancashire .• ••• • 20 .• • • •• • Ditto, New 10 .... 10 Edinburgh and Glasgow ~ • • 50 •• • • • • • • • • " • • Ditto, Half Shar es .. ••15 .... 22 ....... Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 21 1 % .... 16% Ely and Huntingdon .. • • •• 15 '•• "•••• • • • • Ditto, New .. 1 •• .. ...... •• .. Great Northern .. . • - 6 ••' • ••••" • • • • Do., London & York Extension 2 54 •• • • • • Great Western .. .• .. 85 .• .. 1174 116.... . 116 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 15 .... 204% 20% Ditto, New 7 10% 19% London, Brighton, & South Coast 50 •• • • •••• • • • • 55 Ye London an North-Western ..100 .... 180% 180 London and South-Western 411. 6s. 105... 68%.......... 68% Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) •• 50 •• .. 56% .• ..... 56% Ditto, Scrip.. .. • . • • 5 •• • • 5 ••••• • • • • • 5 Manchester and Leeds .. 82 .......... Ditto, 'Thirds (Reg.) ..71. 45... .. %p• • • . .. • . % p Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •. • • 4 dis. ...... 4 dis. Midland .. —lOO ....129 • ........ 129 Ditto, New .• .. 40 .... 48%%........ Ditto, New .. 6 .... 10 10 Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 ....100 101........ 101 Do., Consol. Bristol and Birm. :41x per Cent. .. • • • •100 .. • • 128 ....... 128 Newcastle and Berwick ... .. 20 .... 294 ...... 294 Ditto, New .. 5 .... 8 1 14•,••...... $4 Norfolk • • • • .. • • .. 100 ....125 .......... 125 Ditto, New 5 8 4 Ditto, Extension ..• .. 10 .. 10 - North British .. 25 .... •••• • • • • Ditto, Thirds .. • • 1 .... 2% •. • • North Staffordshire .. • . .. 714 .... 10y, Oxford, Wor'ster, & Wolverhamp. 27% Preston and Wyre.. . • .. 25 .......... Ditto, ditto (B) • • • • 114 South Eastern and Dovor 334 3 , „ Waterford and Kilkenny 13h . , • • • • Windsor. Staines, &S. Western.. 425. • .......... York and Newcastle • • • • 25 38 373( Ditto, New.. • • •• • • • • 1 0 ... 163 Ditto, Preference • • • • • • 8 .... 12 % % ........ York and North Midland • . • • 50 8514 . ........ Ditto, Extension •• •• •• 25 .... 4414 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bord., Toul., & Cette tConstituted) 4 .......... Namur and Liege • • • • •-•- •• 1 0 .• 414 Paris and Havre Lyonsani a .." Rouen 26 Sumbr: and Meuse • • • • •• 14 %.•••.- JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Union of London ........10 • . 12% .... • COURSE OF EXCHANGE. rdam • • g . h . t . 13 13 Maples 4 - 0% P R xs:tano e mprt a titvisi l sett, d eret e5 h....t.. . 1 r2c: U. t e 22 : 115 e 5222 d 995653 Le g horn 30 58 Buenos Ayres .. ••• • • • sills 25 65 Palermo, per oz 120% llamburgh Ditto, • • • • • • • • • • " " Oporto 53% 26 •.. 26 Rio Janeiro 26 New York, 21 days' sight Bol a 10 4 Philadelphia ••• • • • -- 10 5 Trieste, ditto.. • • • • • • • • MUSS OF BULLION, PLC OZ. • • • Madrid ••..••• • • • " • • 47% Foreign Gold in bars £3 17 9 vpi Bl Frankfort f iee a etr u en rr it;n e s a e b i . eu r x . s eg f n : • • c 3• •• Tfl ai . e . .. 122 : Cadiz •••• 46 % New Dollars Bilbao.. •••.••• • • • • • • P ortugal Gold Coin Barcelona •••••• • • • • • • Spanish Doubloons .• • • Silver in bars ...... •• 0 4 111,4 CLOSINt , PRICES. 31 111 U ad P 2 p 3i 4 16% 121., 88 443, As there ~ anaotbe NEW.;.CHEAr - (From the Times.) A respectable Contemporary announced can be no doubt yesterday his ofp übnlnisuhreade, implies r p l l e ie s a s intention of reducing the price of his paper to fourpence in the course of this month. that an interior article will be given, and that our thanthat fivepence, really announcement, paper c Con temporary is driven by sheer necessity to give up his present terms, and take to a lower business. The inci dent of a sudden drop in the world, from a good shop to a cheap shop, or from a first-rate manufactory to deal ing in secondhand goods, is so familiar as to excite no surprise, were it not that hitherto there have not been these downfalls in the newspaper world. But the inci dent is the same, and means the same, in whatever line of life it occurs. If our Contemporary could compete with us at fivepence, or secure enough subscribers at that price to pay his expenses, we have no doubt that he would feel no call whatever to open a cheap shop merely for the good of the public. We beg to ex press our unaffected concern that he should find things going so much against him. There is room for us both in the world, and even for many more such. At the same time we will frankly own that we feel no surprise at the unsaleable character of his wares. In geniously fabricated as they undoubtedly are, they do not take with ns. We can conceive that we might per haps want them or might relish them in some other state of being than that in which it is our fortune, or misfortune, to live . but being men, we can neither use nor enjoy them. Whether the article will be more adapted to the wants of hurnanity at fourpence than it was at fivepence remains to be seen. On a former occa sion we d present - e to our r. aders - some of the fixed items in the cost of one copy of our paper' We beg leave to repeat them:— Cost of paper for each copy of this day's publication ............................. 2d. Stamp ..................... li ...................... Newsvender's profit ........................ li Pricy to the Public ........................ 5 Profit ...................... These thre e - e i g h t h s of a . Pen . n y are all that is left out of the pries of a paper fur the other expenses of its pro duction. There remain to be paid reporters, printers, compositors, correspondents fore i gn an d domestic, repair of machinery, i nterest on ca pital, and the numerous other burd ens to which j ourna li s m is liable. The staff and mate r i a l o f a new s p aper e stablishment ought to be the very b es t o f their kind . and as f ar as th e c h o i ce o f uptionsble manner , but fo r un spotted men is c oncerne d , the discerning portion of the public will rem em b er t h at we have to p a y not only for talent and ind us t r y, not merely for the roan who will do a fort night's work i n an nexce spotted int egr i ty proved by life of service. To render the channels of intelligence p ro of against continual at tempts at brib er y i n one form or another the most liberal scale of paym ent i s requ i re d ; and if once the correspondence or the reporting of a paper falls into the hands of n ee d y and ill-requited men, the pub lie will be at th e mere y the highest. This appil es w i tenfold force to Y the case of tho se who contri to to our lead ing columns. The o f those who will bribe must not onl be above bribes, not only above the suspicion of a bribe and of all private illfitleUCO Pr interested motives whatever, but they muss be assisted and induced to iztv, p (irtu r openings and crap cts, and cli-votti all their energies unit thoughts to a th.k which, v, ith a cerk:On ,-e,ctve c , mmon to all earthly enap'oyme demands and deserves this ab=o- Lite neviition. Interested as we may seem in the affair, we boldly meintain that the public are themselves tote - sted in keepin, .1) ti.e tee of Loudon daily :,,p e r, which, after all, is cheapest thing in the , whWe work ; for nothing else can be mentioned :n you can get so much ti3r your nr•ney. A poverty - stricken journal is sure to be always fishing about here and there for support wherever commercial or political adventurers may haply be found. Watch a "cheap John" through the twelvemonth, and you will find him offering his wares in succession to everybody likely to give him a price. England ought to have a thoroughly independent press—a press that can rebuke and expose Kings, Lords, Commons, Bishops, clergy, magistrates, fusetionaries of all sorts, landlords, manufacturers, farmers, merchants, railway di rectors, speculators, and every other class, even while, by means of its advertising columns, it can turn their folly or their wickedness into gold. England requires this protection to its liberties. Already it is discovered, atm made the subject of a rather unseemly boast, that Go vernment cannot afford to retain for the public use the best talent of the day. It is outbid by private compa nies. A press in the interest of no one class, but aim ing at the common advantage of all, goes far to supply this want. We belong to the public. We are proud to think that England is proud of its Times. It is not very extravagantly taxed for the possession and use of the first journal in the world. But we feel that we are perfectly uninterested ourselves in the scheme of cheap and inferior newspapers. They do not touch us. We have not lost one subscriber, one copy of our sale, or one advertisement, through the ex periment which has now had more than a twelvemonth's trial, even though, as we happen to know, ono of our upstart neighbours has offered to adver tise in some instances for no other remuneration than the presence of a useful and respectable advertisement. It is commonly said thet cheap things do not inter'ere with the sale of good things, but that they rather diffuse a taste for the article, and in that way ultimateiy enlarge the class of consumers. We believe it to be so in our case. They who start with a twopenny-halfpenny, or threepenny, or fourpenny journal, will soon not be sa tisfied with anything under a fivertenny one. 't hey will soon find out that underpaid workmanship is sure to be " scampt." The experience of every class will assure it that there is no such thing as a cheap and a very good article, unless, indeed, by means which the honest por tion of the community will hardly wish to encourage— by defrauding creditors, by plundering dupes, by wasting capital for the purpose of selling things at less than they cost, and thtv injuring those who are compelled to cal culate closely, and who feel an honourable ambition to live on their just and proper gains. On July 5, 1841 ... ~ „ 1842 ... ~ „ 1843 ... „ „ 1844 ... „ „ 1845 ... IP ,/ 1846 ... /, t 1 1847 ... Open Deposit Accounts. Sums invested with Na tional Debt Commissioners 12,881 13,100 13,820 14,638 15,724 16,729 17,939 £260,852 275,072 305,383 340,509 356,265 346,977 319,340 WEST LONDON SAVINGS' BANK. - Comparative statement of progress at specified periods during the last seven years:—On July 5. 1841, 2,509 accounts, 39 501/. deposited; 1842-2.910, 46.150/ ; 1843-3,3972, 62.051/. ; 1844-4,078, 71,4141. ; 1845-4.537, 81,464/. ; 1846 4.770, 87,8431.; and in 1847-4,782 accounts, 83,290/. deposited. RUNAWAY ENGINES.—On Sunday afternoon an accident, which fortunately resulted m. rely in the de struction of a few hundred pounds' worth of property, occurred at the Brighton terminus. As is usual at the .ermini of railways, spare engines, called " pilots" are kaut in readiness to meet emergencies ; and soon after midday the driver of one of these left the station to get his dinner. During his absence, William Harrison, the fireman or stoker, imagining that the boiler wanted re plenishing with water, ran out the engine in order to put the pumps in action ; but instead of immediately re turning to the place where the driver had left the engine, he under a wrung impression that he ought to take an other line of rails, and not seeing a pointsman near, jumped down from the engine and turned on the points himself, and tried to regain his station on the engine. His foot, however, slipped, and the engine with in• creasing velocity dashed forward into the easternmost line of rails (the arrival platform of the London trains) and smashed two luggage vans, one of which was driven through the front of the parcels-office, the spot where a similar accident occurred a few weeks since. The two clerks of the parcels- office had left their desks scarcely a minute before the concussion, and but for this they must have both perished, as not only were the front wall and window of the office knocked in, but the desk and various packages were forced by the luggage van to the back of the office and smashed against the wall The fireman was immediately given into custody, and yester day morning he was taken before Major Willard, Messrs. C. Carpenter and J. Borrer, the Brighton magistrates, on a charge, under the sth and 6th Victoria, chap. 55, of neglect of duty. for which he was fined 101., or in default two months' hard labour. The damage to the vans and I office, including some pi c t ures, f or w h ich the company are liable, is nearly 4001. Yesterday morning a special train arrived from London with a party of the " Foresters." The train was a long one, consisting of 23 carriages, and the driver, tr ijud.ring the strength ne cessary to push the train to the arrival platform, put on too much steam. At the end of the platforms as the very point where th. concussion just described took place on Sunday, a second-class carriage had been placed, and beyond this a " hoarding " had been erected behind which workmen were already engaged in repair ing the disaster. The front carriage of the train ran her buffers through this second-class carriage, which it 'bred again over the pavement and through the hoarding. For tunately,the momentum of the train was now exhausted, Intl no furthn nikehief wonted. STATE OF TRADE. The following is an extract from the trade report, of the Ist instant, of Messrs. Du Fay and Co., of Man chester:— We noticed in our last trade report the beginning of an improvement in the general •.pect of affairs, and we are glad to say that it has been more fully developed during the past month; but the improvement cannot be considered safe until all doubt and anxiety about the harvest here and abroad are removed, particularly as the potato disease has again shown itself in some districts. The accounts from all quarters speak confidently about the appearance and the probable yield of the crops, but we require certainty to render• our position secure. Another failure of crops would be fraught with conse quences so disastrous that no forethought could predict the extent— no prudence nor exertions avert the severity of such a calamity. As the harvest in some of the neighbouring states is near at hand, and on the point of bring secured, we shall not be kept very long in suspense as far as the yield there is concerned; meantime our own crops will, we hope, ad vance rapidly towards ripening, and finally afford ample supplies. The anxiety with which the state of the weather has been watched everywhere throughout the month, and the sensitiveness which all markets without exception ex hibited with every change of the barometer, show how ge • nerallytheconviction is entertained that a good harvest only can restore something like former prosperity. At present the general opinion leans to the favourable side. Confi denco is gradually returning, and money is easier, owing in some measure to the unusual contraction of business during the previous months. This state of things, combined with recent accounts from America, have revived speculations in the Liver pool market ; the article of cotton being one of para mount interest to this immediate district, we beg, before entering upon any remarks about the trans actions of the past month, to say a few words re specting the supply and probable consumption of this important staple under existing circumstances. Next to the food question, none claims more attention, being secondary to no other in its consequences on the welfare and prosperity of a large mass of the population of this country. It is generally assumed that about a million and a half are engaged in the various departments of the cotton manufacture of Great Britain. We minded in our last trade report to the critical and unsatisfactory position in which our spinners and manufacturers are now placed, between the Liver pool cotton market and our own, by a rise in the former without an adequate advance in the latter. The disproportion which then existed be tween the raw and manufactured article has increased since, instead of having bee❑ equalised. It is true our manufacturers look forward to a better state of things— to an improvement in the prices of goods; but will they be better off than they have. been, it cotton continues— as it has so tar done—to precede instead of following an advance in our market? The steamer Hibernia, which left Boston on the 16th ult., arrived at Liverpool on the 28th ult. The letters report a dull and declining cotton market, in consequence of discouraging accounts from this side, and the diffi culty of negotiating bills on Europe The main point. the extent of the crop, remains as before, the entire amount of the crop will probably not be more than 1,800,000 bales. The tlecrease in the c insumption of cotton during the first five months of this year, compared with 1846, amounted to about 200,000 bales. We do not believe that the falling off can be made up during the remaining months, although the consumption of cotton has rather increased in this district since our last report; the num ber of workpeople out of employ being now 8,671. instead of 12,167; and those who work " short time," i. e. who are only partially employed, are now 5,021, in stead of 6,628. It may not be out of place to state that several of the most influential millowners, whose estab lishments have worked " full time," are now reducing the hours of labour to ten hours per day, in order to preparein firee f'o)rt,l and tep to counteracteriodw when the he come if possible, by ing~ nuit}' and Exertions, the disadvantages or enhanceno nt of cost which are inseparable from the working of this Bill. In 'ivies like the present, when the supply of the raw material is short, short hours of labour are in character, but hereafter, when a full expansion of the cotton manufacture may nut only be desirable but necessary, the reaction of about 12i per cent. which the Ten Hours' Bill is likely to effect in the usual production of goods, may for a time cause incon venience and loss. It must be borne in mind that one half of the amiunt of our last year's exports—namely, 25,600,0001., consisted of the produce of cotton articles, 4nd the question may well be asked what have we to make up in the shape of returns for any ueficiency which may arise in our production of cotton manufactures, whether caused by a short supply of the raw material or by legislative interference ? ST. BIARYLZBOXE STREET.—EstabI ment of progress, years. BANK FOR SAVINGS, 76, WELLBECK- Iished July 5, 1830.—Comparative State , at specified periods, during the last seven PENSIONS. A LIST of PENSIONS granted between the 20th day of June, 1846, and the 20th day of June, 1847, and charged upon the Civil List (pursuant to Act 1 Vict., cap. 2): — June 30, 1846—Anna Archer Shee, Mary Archer Shee, and Eliza .Jane Archer Shee (the daughters of Sir Martin Archer Shee, President of the Royal Academy, in consideration of the eminence of their father as an artist, and of his services as President of the Royal Academy for sixteen years. In trust to Martin Archer Shee, of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law, and William Archer Shee, Esq., on the Home Establishment of the East India Company's Examiners' Office, East India House ••• ..• ••• .•. £2OO June 30—Christian M'Caskill, 501., and Jessie M'Caskill, 501 (the sisters of the late Sir John M'Caskill, in consideration of the gallant services of their brother, and of his death on the field of battle) .• 100 June 30—Catherine Taylor (daughter of Briga dier-General Taylor, killed in action in the late campaign of the Sutlej, in consideration of the distinguished services of her late father. In trust to Sir Harry Dent Goring, Bart.) ... June 30—Rev. Samuel Bloomfield, D.D. (in consi deration of his services and acquirements as a scholar and divine) ..• .•• June 30—Bernard Barton, Esq. (in consideration of his literary merits) ... ... 100 June 30—John R amsey M'Culloch, Esq. (in con sideration of his services as the author of many useful publications connected with the finance and commerce of the country) ... 200 July 4—Miry Haydon (widow of the late Benja min Robert Haydon, Esq., in consideration of her distressed circumstances, and the merits, as an artist, of her late husband) ... 50 July 6—Calvin Beaumont Winstanley, 25/., and John Lloyd, 25/. (in consideration of the ser vices rendered by their ancestors to King Charles the Second, in his escape after the Battle of Worcester) August 13—Samuel Wilderspin (in consideration 50 of his services in promoting infant schools) ... 100 October s—Ellen Mary Banim (widow of Jot n Banim, Esq., the author of several %orks of imagination and poetry, in consideration of the literary merits of her late husband. In trust to Joseph Green, Esq., Resident Magistrate of Kilkenny, and the Very Rev. Charles Vignolles, D.D., D ean o f O ssory) ••• 50 October 11—Margaret Turnbull • (widow •of the late James Turnbull, in consideration of the lite rary merits of her brother, the late Dr. Leyden. In trust to Robert Chambers, bookseller, Edin burgh, and John Fisher, writer to the signet, Edinburgh) 50 October 31—Fanny Gurwood (widow of Lieute nant-Colonel Gurwood, in consideration of the literary merits of her late husband. In trust to Richard Henry Cox and Frederick William Cox, Esqrs.) ... 200 ••• 50 £1,200 J. Whitehall, Trea sur y Ch am b ers, Jun PARKER. e 30, 1847. BANK OF FRANCE. The Moniteur contains the following quarterly ac count of the Bank of France, ending the 25th of June ult., published pursuant to the law of the 30th of June, 1840: DEBTOR. 1. c. Bank notes outstanding 233,745,213 60 Treasury account current Sundry accounts current Receipts payable at sight 657,000 Capital of the Bank Reserve Reserve in landed property Dividends payable 6,040,907 25 Drafts of Branch Banks outstanding Sundry accounts 2,361,146 17 454,466,764 92 CREDITOR. f. c. Cash on hand Commercial bills discounted 167,606,510 73 Ditto, remitted by Branch Banks Advanced on deposit of bullion Ditto on deposit of public ecuritics Accounts, current debtor Capital of the Branch Banks Reserve Invested in public securities Due from the sale of Government Stock to the Russian Treasury Hotel and furniture of the Bank Sundry credits 91,631 46 454166,764 92 OPERATIONS REALISED. 1. Commercial bills discounted 338.010 700 Ditto by the Branch Banks l Advanced d o e n p r d i s e i p t o o s i f t p o u f b b n u e l l i securities 2.111.900 curities 107,105,500 4,487,500 Treasury bonds discounted Received from sundry accounts 1,442,732,600 Paid ditto Receised from the Treasury Paid ditto Cash received Bank notes received Cash paid Bank notes issued Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France. COUNT D'ARGOUT. adjourned meeting THE lof the parishioners of Lambeth was LATE FIRE AT MESSRS. MAUDSLAT'S.—A n held last evening in the Vestryt-tehall,pCpohiunrtceldt-stotreceoti,le(t:ot receiv e the report of the corn= s ubscriptions towards replacing the tools of the work menn who had suffered from the late disastrous fire. The Right Hon. C. T. D'Eyncourt presided, in the absence of should 13 1 : 1 make up the Fifty deficiency. per cent. A v u o p te o n o f t their workmen, and it was resolv n e aboutcorn t 065" themeeting I dk o s s t a l lweasatsmhg given es been paid taken to raise the whole amount necessary to the Chairman, and adjourned fora fortnight. (JOUR'! CIRCULAR. Tho,r Royal Higiine,sses the Prince of Wales and the took a carriage drive yesterday. Th Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, PrincetY Alice, and the Princes Helena, rode on poniei and took walking exercise yesterday, in the gardens of Bucking :trir Pat ,co. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cannbridg •1 her Al...jesty the Q, 1 )ow g,Jr yesterd The Aturchioness of D. oohs (m.e Princess Mary of Baden) paid a visit yesterday to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, acd her Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, at Bushy House, Bushy Park. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge honoured the performance at the Royal Italian Ope, a House with her presence yesterday evening. The Commissioners for the Reduction Lit the National Debt had a meeting yesterday at the Treasury. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Governor of the Bank of England, and the Deputy• Governor were present. Mr. Hig,ham, Secretary and Comptroller-General, was in attendance. Lord John Russell left town yesterday for Cambridge, Mr. G. Hayter, M.P., and Mr. Field, had an inter view with the Right ilo:). T. Milner Gibson yesterday, at the Office of the Bo rd of Trade. Mr. Bircharo had an interview with the Right Hon. Edward Strutt yesterday at the Office of the Comini, stoners of Itillw.yn, in Great George-street. Di-patches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office from the Governor otOrJtar. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CARLISLE RACES.—impAr. The Lottery Stakes (hanuicap) of 10 soya. each, p. p., with 40 added; the second to save his stake; winners of handl cao subsequent to the declaration of weights, of 200 soya. or upwards 61b, of two that value 910 extra; the winner of the Derby 91b extra; to start at the Style turn, and go once round (about a mile and three quarters). (13 Subs.) Mr. S. L. Fox's br h Psalmsinger, by Physician, 5 yrs, 7st 1210 .. Lord Eglinton's br m Plaudit, 5 vrs, fist 21b Mr O'Brien': br f The Emerald Isle, 3 yrs, sst 61b 3 Plaudit Kok - the lead, followed by Emerald Isle. They ran thus to the distance, where Psalinsinger passed Emerald Isle, and gained gradually on the inside of the mare to within twelve strides of home, which the rider of Plaudit not seeing, Psahnsinger won by a neck, it being too late fur Plaudit to persevere. The Carlisle Stakes of 10 sovs, each, with 30 added; two year old colts, Est 71b, fillies, Est 31b, three year old colts, Bst 71b, fillies, Bst 31b; winners once in the present year 31b, twice 51b, thrice 71b extra; from the Style. turn in. (4 Subs.) Mr. Taylor's br c George Hudson, 3 yrs ........(Holmes) 1 Mr. B. Green's br f Miss Margrave, 2 yrs 2 Mr. Raft's br ICybele ' 2 yrs Betting—Even on George Hudson, and 6 to 4 agst Miss bl argrave. Miss Margrave and Cybele took the lead, and ran neck and neck to the distance, where George Hudson passed them, and won easy. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gs., for horses of all ages; three yrs old, 7st 51b ; four, Bst 91b ; five, 9st 21b ; six and aged, 9st 71b. Heats, twice round. Mr. Stephenson's b c Sheraton, 4 yrs ...(Simpson) 1 0 1 Mr. Robertson's b g Tom Tough, aged (h b) Mr. H. Johnstone's br g Roughsand.Ready, 5 yrs 2 0 2 Mr. Harrison's ch f La,ly Malorie, 4 yrs.. 0 0 3 Mr. O'Brien's br f Emerald Isle, 3 yrs First heat—Emerald Isle took the lead till about 100 yards from home, when he was passed by Sheraton and Rough and-Reads', between whom a splendid race ensued, Sheraton winning 'by a head. Second heat—Tom Tough and Eme rald Isle went at a tremndous pace all the way, Tom Tough winning easy. Third heat—Sheraton and Rough-and-Ready made play alternately, Sheraton winning by two lengths. The Shakepere Stakes of 5 sovs. each, p p., with 20 added by Mr. Daly, the lessee of the Carlisle Theatre ; three yrs olds Bst; four, 9st ; five, 9st Glb ; six and aged, 9st 81b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs. ; it entered to be sold for 150 sovs. allowed 71b ; 100 sovs. 141 b ; 80 sows. 181 b ; and 50 sovs. 211 b. Heats, once round. (8 Subs.) Mr. Merry's b m Marian Ramsay, by Phy. sician, 5 yrs, (100 50v5.)...... (Holmes) 0 1 3 0 1 Mr. Pedley's ch c Tenais, 3 yrs (100 sovs) 1 0 2 2 2 Mr. Dawson's bin Bretwalda, 5 yrs (50 sovs) 0 0 1 0 3 Mr. Meiklam's br c Daring, 3 yrs (50 sovs) 3 2 dr Mr.H.Johnstone's b h Alilden, 5 yrs (80 sovs) 0 0 dr Mr. J. Scott's b f The Alderman's Daughter 2 dr First heat—A good race with the first three. Won by half a length. Second heat—Marian Ramsay took the lead, kept it all the way, and won easy. Third heat—A good race with the first three ; won by a head. Fourth heat— Marian Ramsay took the lead to the distance, where Bret walda challenged her, and a splendid race ended in a dead heat. Fifth heat—A fine race ; won by a neck. NEWMARKET JULY MEETING. iNTRIES FOR TUESDAY. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 soys. each, and only 5 if de clared, &c. (14 Subs.) Lord Exeter's Cocoa Nut, 6 yrs,Bst 101b—Mr. R. Stephen son's Keeley, 6 yrs, Bst 51b—Col. Peel's Oregon, 3 yrs, 7st 81b —Mr. Peter's Black Cat, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Lord Exeter's Circas sian Maid, 3 yrs, 7st 41b—Mr. Sanford's Kimblesworth, 3 yrs, Est 121b—Mr. Cheshire's Ellen Horne, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b Mr. W. H. Roberts's Mogulistan, 3 yrs, Est 10113—Col. Peel's Vert Vert, 3 yrs, Est 101b—Mr. Wigram's Phlio, 3 yrs, sst 131 b. Four paid. THE JULY STAKES.—Kangaroo, Festus, Nil Desperandum, Mr. Etwall's colt, Lord Lonsdale's two, Red Doe, Dick Turpin, Comet, Amy, and Dacia, are scratched. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 soy. each, and only 5 ft, if declared ; for three yra old old and upwards. New T. Y. C. (14 Subs., sof whom pay 5 sovs. each.) Mr. R. Stephenson's Keeley, 6 yrs, Bst 51b (F.Butler) 1 Mr. Cheshire's Ellen Horne, 3 yrs, Est 121 b Mr. Sandford's Kinablesworth, 3 yrs, Gst 121 b 3 The following also started, but were not placed : Lord Exeter's Cocoa Nut, 6 yre, Bst lolb ; Mr. Ir l eters's Black Cat, 4 yrs, 7st 71h ; Colonel Peel's Vert Vert, 3 yrs, Est 101 h ; Mr. W. H. Roberts's Mogulistan, 3 yrs, 6st 10Ib ; Mr. Wigram's Phlio, 3 yrs, sst 131 b. Betting-5 to 2 agst Vert Vert, 4to 1 agst Kimbles worth, 5 to 1 each agst K. el) and Cocoa Nut, and 7 to 1 agst Mogulistan. Vert Vert and Ellen Horne made the running jointly, followed by Keeley, the others lying up with them, but, after the first quarter of a mile, with no chance of the race, Vert Vert failed at the corner of the plantations, where Keeley went up to Ellen Horne, deprived her of the lead in a few strides, and won by a couple of lengths, Kimblesworth a bad third. Black Cat broke a blood-vessel early in the race. Run in 1 min. 15 sec. The July Stakes of 50 sovs. each, 30 fr, for two yrs old; colt.;, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 51b. New T.Y.C. The second horse to save his stake. (24 Subs.) Colonel Peel's lodine (Pettit) 1 Mr. Payne's Woodcraft Colonel Peel's Teetotum . The following also started, but were not placed : Lord Exeter's 1, by Giovanni, out of' Silistria, Mr. R. Nevill's Hussar, Lord Spencer's Glutton. and Mr. Ste phenson's b c, by Dromedary, d by Mulatto. Betting-5 to 4 ayst Woodcraft, 9 to 4 agst Teeto tum, and sto 1 agst lodine. Colonel Peel declared to win with lodine. lodine made strong running, followed by Teetotum and Woodcraft, nothing else after the first quarter of a mile, having the slightest chance. The three leading horses ran in company to the cords, where they closed, and made a splendid finish, lodine winning by a neck, and the same between the second and third, the rest tailed off. Run in 1 minute 12 seconds. With so meagre a list, opposed, too, by such powerful attractions at Cambridge, it is scarcely necessary to say that the company on the heath was more than usually select, even for a July meeting, or that speculation was dull almost beyond precedent. ERRATUM.—A Correspondent is informed that the horses for the Cumberland Plate were, by an oversight, misplaced, but the remarks would tell how they came in. DERBY COUNTY COURT. The Monthly Courts iorDerbyDistrTet; were held on Monday and Tuesday in last weak, in the County Hull, before J. T. Cantrell, Eiq. The question which has been agitated at Bristol and other places, as to the legality of the plaintiff's splitting his claim when mire than 20/.. and bringing two or more actions, came on here on Tuesday, in the case GREGORY V. WILYINS.N. The plaintiff is a inalsier, and th.• defpndant had been a publican in Debby; the whole debt was 301. fur malt delivered at different times; the plaintiff brought an ac tion for 181. 165., the price of certain parcels of mat delivered, and another fur 11/ 4, the price of the ri - maunder. Mr. Flewker, for the defendant, objected that this was one entire debt, and could not be divi led to entitle the plaintiff to issue two summonses and recover the whole amount in this Court. The Jueige—l am of opinion that this is a running ac count and cannot be divide d; it has been treated a.; one demand in all cases. If every separate quantity of malt delivered had been treated as a separate debt, and applied for accordingly, the amount might have been divided ; but the plaintiff by his bo..k has treated it as a running account, and therefore the second summons must be dismissed. The business of the Court did not °lege until seven o'clock on Tuesday e —belboshite Courier. THE "DUKE OF SUTHERLAND" STEAMER.—The new steamer, Duke of Sutherland, has, since she was placed on the Inv mess and London passage, worthily sustained the reputation of Napier, of Gla-gow, as a builder of powerful and fast, as well as splendidly finished vessels. Blow high or low, she has never been behind her •imii; and on her last homeward voyage she accompli hed the passage from London to Burghead in 52 hours 40 minutes; or, in 59 hours, including stoppages , to Invern ess . This is the quieke4t passage ever made. 'the steamer is un d er t h e com mand of Capt.. Ande. son, who is particularly fitt d for ihe responsible position hr occupies. —Inverness Courier. Edinburgh and Glas- EDINI3URGIi, JULY Edinbuigh gow railway train, which reaches t he the alarming ter minus at half-past two, having broug h t T in telligencevenerable old fabric, the own-hall Of that the o p t a h n e i ehda halt-pa p a a st brigade thr e three situated in front of the church and palace, Linlithgow, I.—The of firemen, was was ill flames, .a n fi tfi r n e t e ly ng a i t n t e Lh a e c r m . down train from Edinbuigh, which reaches Linlithgow at ten minutes past four. We regret to learn, however, tha' ate qua• ter to tive, when the up train from Gies. gow passed the station, the Town- house was still on fire, and the flames had reached as high as the top of the church steeple. The fire commenced early in the fore noon, and is supposed to have been occasioned by the burning rays of tho sun igniting the old wood of the roof where it commenced. The firp•en e ine from Edin burgh was dispatched by order of sheriff Clay. We re ,gret to state that when the down train, which reached Edinburgh at half-past seven, passed Linlithgow, at twenty-five past six, the building was still burning, but almost completely burnt down, and the engines still playing upon it.-IVorth British Mail. The Rev. George Everard was elected evening lecturer at St. Marylebone New Church, at the Maryle b)ne Vestry, on W** i-PARLIAJVIENTARY CAN DIDATES sCOMAN.O W: , the.. for the tie , :ch paper of Mon' in S, day :—The , ar• __Hon. xd..niral Gordon for ; of f o A ..gy - 'e ; %Ir. A. oi , ve.d for Ayc ; Lord Reid 121V 1 ` n tor t?titiff ; Hon. Francis Scott for Ber•tick ; o ars Wortley for Bute ; Mr. Mack, •y o , of Apple cross for Croinacy .11:i ilt) ; ter Dor barton ; ilSr. Hope Johnson fur Dumfries ; Sir Jotia Hope for Edinburgh ; Major Cumming Bruce for E.gi n and Nairn ; Sir Coutts Lindsay for Fife ; Hon. Mr' Charteris for Haddington ; Mr. H. T. Baillie far ; Inverness a, - ,ineral Arbuthnot for Ki ncar di ne ; r ; Lockhart for Lanark; Mr. Baillie, jun., of Polkenctue` for Linlithgow; Mr. W. F. M'Kenzie for Peebles; Mr' Home Drummond for Perth; Colonel .;lure for Renfrew; Mr. A. 14 slkhart, for Selkirk ; Mr. Forbes of Caliendo : for Stirling; and Colonel Blair for Wigton. Th e Liberal county condida:es are—Mr. James Duff for Banff; Mr. Trail; fur Caithness; General Morison far Clackmannan and Kinross; Mr. Matheson of Achani for Ross and Cromarty; Captain Werny ss for Fife; 1 1 ° ) ,; Dou,las Gordon Hali ) burt o n f or F or f ar; Si r David Baird for Haddington; the Solicitor-General for cudbright; Mr. F. Dundas and Mr. Anderson for Orkney' and Shetland; Hcn. J. E. Elliot for R , xnurgh; Sir Davi d Dundas for Sutherland; and Captain .Dalrymple Wigton—Banff, Cromarty, Fite, Haddington, Orkney, en" Wigton, are therefore the contested counties. In Aber deen, Argyle, Ayr, B. reetek, Bate, Caithness, Clack* mannan, Dumbarton, Duni:ries, Edinburgh, Elgi ° Forfar, Inver ness , Kii:cariline, Kircudbri g ht, Lanai' , Linlithgow, Peebles, Perth, Renfrew, Roxburgh, Selkirk Stirling, and Sutherland, no contest is as yet apparent' The Liberal burgh candidates are— Mr. Bannerman fat Aberdeen ; Lord James Stuart for Ayr District; Mr. Ewart for Dumfries ; Mr.„ Duncan for Dundee; Mr. Macaulay and Mr. Gibson Craig for Edi n burgh, (who by the bye are cert a i n o f b e i ng oppo sed —we have heard the names of Lord A s hlett Lord John Manners. &c., men ti one d as like); to be put forward) ; Sir A n d rew L ei th Hay el3`l Mr. Duff for Elgin ; Mr. Wil son , o f D un d yvan , for Falkirk district; Mr. Denistoun, the Lord Provost, . 3 . 1 “ Macgregor, and Mr. Dixon, for Glasgow; Mr. DunlaP and Lord Melif,und for Greenock; Colonel Henry Fel" guson Davie for Haddington District; Hon. P. Bouvert e for Kilmarnock District; Colonel Ferguson :or KirkaltlY' the Lord Advocate for Leith District (an opposition 01 resolved upon, and it is thought Mr. Wallace of Kei t i l may be prevailed upon to stand) ; Mr. H ume for ta ° Montrose District; Mr. Hastie for Paisley; Mr. Fo y' Maule for Perth; Mr. Edw ar d Elli ce , jun., for 7: Andrew's District; Mr. Allison, Mr. J. B. Srifiti" and Mr. A. C. Maitland Gibson for Stirling District; Mr. Loch for Wick District; and Sir John M`Tagg ai4 : for Wigton District. The two burgh Conservative cantkr dates are Lord Lincoln in Falkirk District, and Sire' W. Drummond, of Hawthornden, in Haddington Di es trict. Edinburgh, and we may say Leith, Elgin, F . "' kirk District, Glasgow, Greenock, Haddington District, and Stirling are, therefore, to be the scenes of electia ll contests. Aberdeen, Ayr District, Dumfries, Dunde e ' Kilmarnock District. (perhaps), Kirkaldy, Montrose District, Paisley, Perth, St. Andrew's District, Wift District, and Wigton District, exhibit no symptoms of 6 contest. It is said, however, that Mr. Loch is to be or posed in the Wick District ; and the starting of Si r Coutts Lindsay, Colonel Blair, of Blair, an d Lord Reid' haven for the counties of Fife, Wigton, and Banff bil l ' in the meantime, no better foundation than rumour. JOHN KIN OX'S BIBLE. IRVINE.—We had lately the great satisfaction of il l; specting an d exam i n i ng a re li c of ancient times, till rite a high place in the esteem of Scotchmen, not oUlf from its intrinsic excellence, but from the circumstance its having once appertained to one whose name Sea l ; land, we trust, will never f a il to cherish, as the rtw e ta glorious in her nomenclat ure o f f ame . Thi s was the Bit of John Knox. In writing it contains a signature of RI Knox, the ink and hand writing of which correspoll Kith copious notes written in a cipher on the margiyi in which hand the Psalms are divided into morning SA evening portions. The following affidavit is ill' , inscribed:—" This book was printed by a undergo _ A °' named Richard Camero n , i n t h e year of our 1560, and was presented to the famous John KO"' our Scottish Reformer, in the year of our Lord 151 for his Family Bible, which he kept till his death, 'NM% happened at Edinburgh, in th e y ear o f our Lord 159'1; being 12 years in hi s p ossess i on . I t next fell i nto the bands of his successor, M r . C arson , w h ere i t continitel till his death, and passed into the hands of hi s w idolif whose name was Page, where it continued till the Pr e ; gent year of our Lord 1688.—(Signed) Tnos. PAG S ' This Bible was transferred from th e name o f P age to ti: , name of Housten, on accou n t o f marr i age , and COntintl in the hands of the Houste n ' s till it was next transferre.; by Margaret Housten t o th e name o f Eld er; and at 11, decease, upon the 20th Eebruary, 1807, it came i n to o' o hands of his son, Hugh Elder, now residing in Ed i u ll ; burgh. This Bibl e was purc h ase d from Hugh Elderi% Mr. Wm. Glenny, Edi n b urg h ; and at his decease the year 1844, was sold by Mrs. Glenny to the 1 1 ° n ' Roger Rollo, and is now i n possess i on of his son, <P,,„ B. Rollo, Esq.—lrvine ?'sews Letter. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JULY s.—The following are the ibie at present ordered to form Sir C. Napier's squadron Gag' St. Vincent, Captain Milne, flag of Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B. ... ... ... ... Howe, Captain Sir James Stirling „ • Caledonia, Captain Dixon ... •.• ... ... Queen, Captain Sir H. Leeke ... ••• ••• Vengeance, Captain LuAington ••• ••• STEAMERS. e r •ow Odin, Captain the H on . D. Pelham Horse-p 560 Dragon, Captain Hall ... 560 Avenger, Captain S. C. Dacres 650 Fury, Commander Caffin 515 Vixen, Commander Ryder 250 The Howe changed her berth this morning, an d took up her position in order to form the line of division 1 ° which all the craft will anchor when assembled. Th e 10th is the day named as the day of muster, and it ' 6 stated that the whole squadron will escort the Queen Scotland. The pr e p arat i ons on b oard the royal yac ht to receive her Majesty are continued without intermit' sion. It is expected she will leave in a day or two fo r Woolwich. The Vestal, 26, Captain Charles Talbot, is ordered tg Sheerness to b e p a id o ff , and will most probably saLk this evening, taking supernumeraries. The Lily, 16, Commander Newton, is ordered to W l' p and be paid off without further delay. It does 13 °; therefore, appear probable that any further inquiri g will take Vac() as to the state of discipline on board 01 her. The Rifleman steam gun-vessel has had her v 3044 taken out to-day, preparatory to being docked. PLystottnt, JULY 3.—A court-martial assembled this morning on board her Majesty's ship Caledonia, 1200 Captain Manly 11. Dixon, at her moorings in the Sou , for the purpo se o f t ry i ng J ames P itts, Richard Head' and Frederick Hi scoc k s , pr i vates i n the Royal Marine!. and belonging to her Majesty's troop-ship Resistance, 4 2 ! Commander ;Paley, lately returned from the Halifax station with the 14th Regiment. The Court consisted of the President, Sir John Louis , Rear-Admiral of the Red, and Admiral-Superinteedett of this arsenal; Captain Manly H. Dixon, her Majesty s ship Caledonia; Commander Charles Hall, and Corr mender Charles F. Schoenberg, of her Majesty's ship Queen. Mr. William Eastlake was the officiating Judge' Advocate. The gun for assembling was firsd at 8 its the morning, the court was opened at 9, and sat until half-past 4 o'clock. The charges against James Pitts were, first, for de: sertion on the 30th of June, 1847, at Halifax ; an ti ' second, for stealing from Mr. Richards, clerk, her Ms' jesty's troop-ship Resistance, seven shirts, two waist coat, and two handkerchiefs ; from Mr. Gilpin, mar ter's assistant, a scarf ; from :Mr. Herford, naval cadet! four shirts, one waiscoat, and a pair of trousers, part of which was found on his person, and also a silver watch, and 5/. 14s. 6d., su p pose d to be stolen from a sergeant of the 42d Highlanders. Against Richard Head the first charge was for de sertion at Hali . ax, on the 26th of May, 1847 ; and the second, for sterling the same day from Thomas Cal laghan. first ela-s boy, a blue cloth monkey jacket. Frederick Hiscocks was accused of desertion at Halifax on the 26th of May, 1847. The Court decided, that " having heard the evidence in support of the charges, as well as what the prisoners have offered in their behalf, and very maturely and deliberately considered the same, the Court is of opinion that the charges have been proved against the prisoners, James Pitts. Richard Head, and Frederick llli,cocks, and the Court cloth in consequence adjudge the said James Pitts to recive fifty lashes with a cat nine tails on his bare back on board her Majesty's troop ship Resistance, to which be belongs, at such time or times, and in such proportions as the Commander-in- Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels at Plymouth shall direct. And the Court doth f urt h er adjudge the said James Pitts to be imprisoned in her Majesty's gaol in and for the county of Devon, at Exeter, for th e space of 18 calendar months, and during that time to be kept to hard labour, and to be mul c t o f a ll pay due to him in her Majesty's service, and to lose all the time which ho has served in the Royal Marines." The Court also adjfelged Richard Head to be impri soned 15 months, with hard latiour, to be mulct of his pay, and to lose his time ; and Frederick Iliacocks to be imprisoned 12 months, with hard l a b our, to be mulct of his pay, and 10- e his time ; and they were so sentenced accorringly. The three prisoners are young men, and Rave not been very lone in the service. The Trinity steam-yacl.t, Bailey commander, came in yesterday f: om London, coaled this morning, and pro ceeded forthwith for Padstow and Milford. A great number of merchant 'IN ssels were in the Channel yesterday and this morning. They are laden principally with grain, beans, &c., and bound to the eastward. Loss or LIFE Dr FlRE. — Yesterday a child named George Dsvis, aged six years, whose parents reside at No. 16, New -street., Deptf.rd, expired in Guy's llo , pital, from the effects of injuries received by fire. The child was left, as usual by the mother, playing in a room wher e i n a li g h te d can d le was carelessly left on the hearth, and whilst running round the apartment after a younger child, his clothes by some means ignited, and before assistance arri ve d, th e p oor c hild was burnt and charred by the action of the fire over the whole surface of his body. He was carried in a state of awful suffering to the above hospital, where he died from the burns soon after his admission. GLASGOW COTTON MARKET.—There has been a considerable business done in cotton this week, especi ally American and Surats, several parcels being on spe culation. 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