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swealowwwft , No .v ready, cheaper edition, bound HE in 1 vol., BACKWOODS with Plates, 103. 6d. T ECHOES FROM ; or, SKETCR By captain LNGE, " This is one of the pleasantest books of travels we have read for many a day—full of curious facts, vivid impressions, judicious re marks, and well-told stories. Captain Levinge sees everything that is to be seen, and shoots at or angles for everything that is to be kills! or caught, from a moose or salmon to a colonial beauty."— Examiner. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough• street. Just ready, in one Vol., post Bvo., 10s. 6d., F ACTS and F I G U R E S, From ITALY. By Don JEREMY SAVONAROLA, Benedictine Monk. ADDRESSED DURING the TWO LAST WINTERS to CHARLES DICKENS, Esq., Being an Appendix to his " Pictures." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re spectfhlly informed, that there will be a grand EXTRA NIGHT THIS EVENING, when will be ➢resented Bellini's opera of LA SONNAMBUL A, Amino, Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Lisa, Madame Solari ; Count Rodolpb, Signor F. Lablache ; and Elvino, Signor Gordon!. To be followed by various Entertainments in the BALLET DE PARTMENT, combining the talents of Mdlle. Carlotta Grist, Mdlle. Rosati, and Mdlle. Cerito, M. Perrot and M. St. Leon. The Doors will be opened at half-past Seven o'clock, and the per formance commence at Eight o'clock. The Free List is suspended, the Public Press excepted. Pit Tickets may be obtained, as usual, at the Office of the Theatre, price 10s. 6d. each. The Select SWEDISH MELODIES will be repeated forthwith. GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. The Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, are respectililly informed that a Grand Morning Concert will take place on FRIDAY, July 2, when will be performed (for the last time) UMW! STABAT MATER; After which Beethoven's Overture to Leonora. A MISCELLANEOUS ACT. In which all the principal Artistes of the Theatre will sing. To conclude with Beethoven's Grand Battle Sinfonia. for the per fect performance ef which two additional Military Bands will be engaged. Conductor, M. Costa. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes to be obtained at the Box-office, Bow atreet ; and at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. The doors will be opened at One o'clock, and the performance commence at Half-past One. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. (Tor the BENEFIT of hidlle. FANNY ELSSLER, and her last appearance but one.) The Nobility, Gentry, and Subscribers are respectfully informed that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT will take place THIS EVENING, June 24, on which occasion will be performed Mozart's celebrated Opera, IL DON GIOVANNI. Combining a triple orchestra and a doable chorus. The principal characters by Madames Grisi and Persiani, Mdlle. Corbari, Signors Mario, Tagliailco, Rovere, and Tamburini. Mdlle. Fanny Elssler and Mdlle. Baderna will dance in the Minuet. To conclude with the new aad successful Ballet, entitled MANON LE SC AUT. In whioh Mdlle. Panay Elssler, 3ldiles. Do Melisse, Delachaux, Stephan, M. Mabille, &c., will perform. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes , to be had at the Box-oftlce, Bow- The street ; and at Messrs. Cramer Beale, and Co.'s, 201, performance commence will b opened at, Il a lf-past Seven, and the performance commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 'Under the Management T HIS EVENING Webster, sole Lessee. Will be performed the Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, P r i nc ip a l characters by Mr. W. Faryen , Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Hudson, Mrs. Glover, and Mrs Nisbett. To be followed by a new comic drama, called THE JACOBITE. Sir Richard Wroughton, Mr. Stuart; John Duck, Mr. Buckstone Lady Somertord, Miss Fortescue. To conclude with 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. Humby. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will ba produced a new and original comedy, in three acts, called THE TITLE DEEDS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Wright, Paid Bedford, 0. Smith, Boyce, Munyard, C. J. Smith, Worrell ; Mrs. Yates, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Harding, ➢liss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, &c. After which The MAGYAR MULATSAG ; or, Hungarian Fetes. By 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 Sans mug:, Mr. Webster ; Margaret, Miss Woolgar ; Helen de Montereau, Madame Celeste ; Justine, Miss Ellen Chaplin. To be followed by the Opera Sulfa Sketch, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, Selby, Cullenford, and Miss Woolgar. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS' performances must Terminate at the End of the Present Moith. They will repeat their inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS at the above Theatre TIIIS EVENINC, Thursday, for the Benefit of Mr. Harrington, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evening. Doors: of en at Eight o'clock. They will also :give a DAY PERVORMA NCR: on Wednesday Morning next, commencing at Half-past Tau. Boxes and Stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING. Will be presented a comic drama, entitled LOVE'S TELEGRAPH. Arthur de Solberg, Mr. C. Mathews; Count Theodore, Mr. Vining : Princess Blanche, Madame Vestris. To be followed by USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, 3lr, C. Mathews. After which a new comic drama. entitled "LADIES BEWARE !" Colonel Vavasoar. Mr. Granby ; Sir Charles Vavasour, Mr. Jame s Vining ; Matilda, Miss Cooper. To concludevriththe farce of THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager. Mr. William Batty. Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family. Splendid Midsummer Holiday Juvenile Fetes. THIS EVENING Will be presented a gorgeous Peruvian Drama, to illustrate the historical events of the Spaniards' conquest of Peru, arranged from the original text of Hensley Sheridan's play of " Pizarro," entitled THE STORMING OF QUITO; or, the Warrior of the Sun. Rolla, Ur. W. West. Unetpialled SCENES in the CIRCLE, with a brilliant display of il3rsemanship, introducing the Foreign and British Artistes. To conclude with the CHARMED HORSE OF THE BLACK VALLEY. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. !tails, r,s.; Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 33 ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Upper Gallery, 6d. Commence every evening at Seven o'clock, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Daridge, Lessee. In consequence of the success attending the Eminent English Vocalists, they have been re-engaged for Twelve Nights more, and will appear In "Maritana," as played at Drury Lane 100 nights. THIS EVENING Will be presented the opera ofMARITANA. Charles the Second, Mr. McMahon ; Don Cmsar, Mr. Harrison ; Don Jose, Mr. Stretton ; Maritana, Miss Rainforth ; Camarillo. Miss Isaacs. To conclude with a drama, in three acts, and a Prologue, of the Most extraordinary and novel interest, entitled The RAG-PICKER of PARIS and the DRESS-MAKER of ST. ANTOINE. Jean, Mr. Webb; Perre Garouse, Mr. Neville; M. Bervillc, Mr. Frede ricks; Count St. Antoine, Mr. Tindell ; Marie Diddier, Mrs. Henry Vining ; Marie Hoffman, Mrs. Ware. 'loxes, 'al., Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Six, commence it ITalf•prst Six. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING (For the Benefit of a Charitable Inltitution.) Will be performed a splendid drama, by Fitzball, called JA.NE. PAUL ; or, the Victim of Persecution. Jane Paul, Miss Vincent ; Michael Paul, Mr. Hicks ; Necker, Mr. Bird ; Hedgehog Jack, Mr. Searle. _ Alter which THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. Osbaldiston ; Mrs. Haller, Miss Vincent. To conc►ade with WILLIAM THOMPSON; or, the Sleepwalker and bis Rival. Boxes, Is.; 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, &e. Open every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Ad,nisaion ' One Shil li ng. FOURTH WEEK OF M. JULLIEN'S ENGAGEMENT. No Extra Charge ! THIS EVENING, June 24. RIME WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE. THIS DAY. Morning .. 25 minutes after 10.1 Evening .. 57 minutes after 10. The Proprietor has much pleasure in announcing to the Subscribers, Amateurs of Music, andthe public, that he has succeeded in re-engag ing M. JULLIEN and the Principal Solo Performers of his unrivalled bani, including Richardson, Baumann, Barret, Lazarus, Prospere, Oollinet, and Her licenig, for a limited number of nights. Which, wills Mr. GODFREY'S Splendid Band, aided by a selection from the principal bands in the Metropolis, will form an orchestra of One Llundred Performers. Tae Proprietor begs to announce that he has, at a considerable liponse, erected a new Entrance, and a magnificent Walk, with flower borders, statues, and a Central Fountain, in front of the Vaud Pictorial Representation of THE TOWN AND BAY OF GIBRALTAR. The Menagerie contains many specimens, including the Giraffe, liaselles, &A. The Promenade Concerts, conducted by Godfrey. A representation of the Porcelain Tower of Nankin. The Gothic Bridge of )ittatues. The grand Pyrotechnic Display, representing the SIEGE OF GIBICACTAIf. Showing the commencement of the Bombardment, partial destruc tion of the T'own. and Blowing up of the Battering Ships. The Royal South London Floricultaral Society will hold their Iscolul grand THE WEATHER.—Sux 07710 E, JUNE 23. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 47; Highest. 67 ; Noon, 61. BAROMZTER, 29.72.—W1ND S.S.W.; showery. 0 1 1 ' ..-., , 4 \ -fli I . , 1 auf 74.4 A + ' r; -. . , ' ,''''. './ ' a ' .411111111111011 \. '• ... I .' 4, , ---.• ..... , v 2, • gel' - '"..,,, • it° '''' N.., ,•• ',."" - - .....,,:- -cf. , : ,-..... , • 4ft. o 11 Jrlll t AUL LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1847. Intelligence of a somewhat unexpected and cer tainly of a very satisfactory orycharacter has just been received by the Overland Mail from Calcutta. A detailed narrative of occurrences in the vicinity of Canton is published in another part of to-clay 's im pression, explaining—thou g h on l y partially explain ing—the origin of some extensive disturbances in that portion of the dominions of the Celestial En neßOL Whatever may have been the immediate in ducement to the assumption of arms by our forces, it is certain that the result of that assumption h as proved eminently satisfactory, inasmuch as it has testified the overwhelming energy of our maritime armament, and has compelled the Chinese Govern ment to yield to our reasonable requisitions without bloodshed, and even without any prolonged oppo sition. Within thirty-six hours the English under the direction of Major-General GEORGE D'AGUILAR and Captain MACDOUGALL, appear to have assaulted and captured the whole of the Bogue fortifications and the other places of defence scattered along the Canton "Liver, besides demolishing the gateway, blowing the magazines into the air, and spiking cannon to the ?lumber, according to one account, of 827, and, ac cording to another, of 879 pieces. All this was accomplished, moreover, without the loss of a single individual, and the successes of our forces were fol low.ed up with such activity that within forty-eight hours from the commencement of hostilities the city of Ca.nton was itself threatened with instant destruc,tion. As might be anticipated from a naturally pusillanimous race like the chil - LL - - THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY _WORN ING„JUNE 24, 1847. ardour was productive of a speedy submission. The Chinese authorities yielded to the various demands made by the Plenipotentiary of her Britannic MA JESTY, Sir JOHN FRANCIS Davrs, and yielded to them without any reservation whatever, thereby re storing instant tranquillity, and saving Canton from the perils of bombardment. I Although little glory can possibly accrue to those who have triumphed thus easily over their Asiatic an tagonists, it cannot but be most creditable to the offi cers and men engaged in these transactions that so much was performed in so brief an interval, and with out the occurrence of the smallest casualty. To the honour of those who conducted this successful expe ! dition, be it observed that thei r p roce e din g s were of I ' singular moderation notwithstanding the te m p tin g cir \ c umstances of their superiority. His Excellency Sir J. F. Davis has evinced a generosity in the enforce ment of his demands which must effectually exalt ' i the character of his country in the eyes of the Chinese population. Instead of goading them on to a further evidence of their dis inclination to submit to British requirements by sure ; the extraordinary pressure of business, during the present sitting, compelled them to postpone that intention, but we have no doubt that due advantage will be taken of the recess, and that we shall be pre. sented with a Bill well matured, and fully equal to meet the difficulties it is desirable to overcome. The Swiss Catholic Gazette contains the following, under date Lucerne, 14th instant " The Committee charged with preparing the instruc tions to be given to the Diet agreed yesterday to pro pose the following resolution to the Grand Council: — The deputation will declare to the Diet that the Can ton of Lucerne is opposed to all intervention on the part of a majority of twelve cantons in the affair of the Ca tholic League and the Jesuits, and will resist with arms all attempts to enforce the execution of any decree the may issue on the subject."' In its sitting of the 16th the three states of the Prussian Diet adopted, by 220 votes against 115, the Bill for the admission of Jews to all places, except such as are connected with the exercise of other forms of worship, or with religious instruction. The Government communicated on the 16th an order for prolonging the session of the States until the orders of the day shall have been got through. The session is expected to terminate at the end of the present month. The Committee of the first Order has voted by seven votes against three in favour of the periodi cal meetings of the Diet, and it was stated that it had also voted by the same majority against quadrennial committees, and against the deputation. It was even added, that the KING had renounced the right of nomi nating such committees. It was stated that his MA JESTY would close the session by a speech, in which he will reply to all the representations that have been made to him relative to the constitution of the States. In the sitting of the 17th, the Diet voted by 254 votes against 212 the admission of Jews to political and municipal offices, by 222 against 183 for their admission as professors of mathematical, medical, and natural sciences in the Universities, by 223 to 156 votes for the creation of a Jewish theological chair in the stringency of the articles in the new agreement, he has, in a distinguished manner, displayed the moderation of his Government in the conditions of that reconciliation. According to the minor treaty, signed on the 6th of April, it would appear that the several stipulations are as follow :—Firstly, that within a period of two years, dating from the morning upon which the agreement was made, Canton should be opened uncon ditionally to the subjects of her Britannic MAJESTY. Secondly, that the subjects of her Britannic MA JESTY should be permitted to wander at pleasure in the vicinity of that city, returning towards evening, as at Shanghae, and that every act of molestation should be considered as severely punishable. Thirdly, that the assailants of the two English seamen during the preceding October, and of Colonel CHESNEY and his companions during the foregoing March at Fu shan, should expiate their offences ; and that the last mentioned culprits, being already in custody, should be conducted to Canton, there to be punished in the presence of the representatives of the British pleni potentiary. Fourthly, that a sufficient area should be afforded to British merchants for the construction of suitable tenements and warehouses on the Honan side, his Excellency to ascertain the particular site and the precise extent of those areas before leaving Canton. Fifthly, that besides an adequate piece of ground for the erection of a church in the quarter already occu pied by the foreign factories, a certain portion should be parcelled out for burial-grounds in the district of Wampoa. Sixthly, that the Flying Bridge and other structures situated between the gardens should remain in the several conditions desired, and that no sheds should henceforth be raised in the neigh bourhood of the walls; and, Seventhly, that the Canton river immediately fronting the English and foreign factories should, for the better preservation of quietude, and for the general convenience, be entirely cleared of boats. We have catalogued the foregoing conditions as the most signal evidence that could be afforded at once of the preponderance of British influence on the shores of China and of the moderation of the Plenipotentiary of her Britannic MAJESTY. one of the Universities; but the Diet determined, by 260 votes against 180, that Jews should be excluded from employments connected with elementary in struction, and by 220 votes to 219 against their being allowed to be elected Deputies of the general or pro vincial Diets. The Observateur of Brussels states that orders have been given that the Prussian State Gazette shall not be allowed to enter Austria. The High Court of Justice of Vienna lately pro nounced judgment in a case of 33 soldiers, accused of high treason, for participation in the Polish conspi racy of 1835. It acquitted 17, reserving, however, the right to prosecute them again if circumstances should render it advisable. The other 16 were de clared guilty, and condemned to death. The EM PEROR, however, remitted the penalty of death, and ordered the Aulic Council of War to fix other degrees of punishment. This it has just done, by condemn ing the prisoners to hard labour in fortresses for 18, 15, 12, and 10 years. The Madrid mail had not arrived in Paris when the post left on Monday. The House of Commons was again counted out on Tuesday while Mr. POULETT SCROPE was bringing forward his motion with respect to the waste lands of Ireland. The present advanced state of the session, and the approaching dissolution, render it almost an impossibility to retain a house, save on some question of general interest, on which a practical result may be looked for without delay. The individual Mem bers are now more intent on the manner in which they will meet their respective constituencies, and the prospects of again obtaining their " most sweet voices," than on receiving information on any point, the decision on which must be referred to another Parliament, in which they may not be so fortunate as to obtain seats. To such causes, therefore, and not to a want of sufficient importance in the topic, the apparent apathy may be ascribed. We have long felt the deepest interest in all relating to the re clamation of those lands in the sister kingdom which are now suffered to remai❑ idle and unproductive, but which might be made the means of affording use ful employment to a vast quantity of labour that now consumes, in place of increasing, the national wealth, which, if brought into cultivation, would yield a great additional quantity of food for the sup port of the British people, and which would render wholly uncalled for the system of banishment, which, under the name of emigration, is so urgently de manded by certain classes of Irish landlords, who seem to think that the permanent prosperity of Ire land can only be attained by the expatriation of not merely thousands, but even millions of her children. While such persons are declaiming on the evils of a surplus population, on the necessity of Government interference, and the application of the State funds to a wholesale deportation of the people, is it credible that there should be contained within their country no less than four millions of acres of land which might at a moderate expenditure be rendered fer tile, and which, according to the estimates of competent persons would yield a dividend of at least ten per cent. on the necessary outlay ? Why should there be national distress, and an insufficient demand for labour, while such mines of wealth re main uncared for? In no other country, where the population was at all proportioned to the extent of territory, would such a state of things be suffered to exist. But many causes have contributed to render Ireland a sad exception to the general rule. The proprietors of the soil are generally burdened with heavy encumbrances, the interest on which absorbs the greater part of the incomes derived from their properties. Indeed it has been calculated that fully one half of the rental of that country is taken from the landlords by mortgagees and other claimants. They are, therefore, without the means of improving their properties, however beneficial the consequences would be to themselves and to the people in general. But this is not all, the inducement to do so is also withheld. By far the greater portion of these properties are secured in strict settlement and by binding entails. The needy owner, who may have a large family of younger children, comparatively portionless, will not seek still further to enrich his eldest son at the expense of the remainder of his family. He cannot charge the inheritance of the lands with the sums expended on their improvements, not withstanding that inheritance may be thereby ren dered far more valuable. He cannot alienate the useless acres to others, who would be ready and willing to convert them into rich arable and pasture, he cannot even grant a long lease, being tied down in the strictest manner by powers, apparently framed under the supposition that he would, if possible, rob his successor in the most barefaced manner. By these means he is rendered utterly helpless, and unable to take any efficient steps for the introduction of a better system. Of course there are many who form striking exceptions to this class, who well and efficiently discharge the duties incidental to their po- sition. But, unfortunately, the great majority are such as we have described, and improvements in such cases are wholly impracticable. But even had the owner the absolute property in his lands, there is a great, although not an insuper able, difficulty interposed, by reason of the compli cated character of the law of real property. Should he desire to borrow money, in order himself to take the necessary steps, or to lease the land to others for that purpose, it will be necessary for him to make out his title th ere t o , i n th e fi rs t i ns t ance , an d an y on e who an is at a ll acqua i nte d w i t h t h e delays, difficulties, a p s h u e c h surprised t)r proceeding hearing in the that h Green a t it Island,ex i lv n i s ll es not of ed at ig n operates as an effectual instances to e any step being taken in the great maj or it y of i We have thus stat e d the * causes of this singular neglect and apathy—they are not merely the want of capital, but also the want of means, by which the m peadersons certain effectinof enjoy;ngg the improvements - may b e the f • rults thereof, or at least of bein g reco mpensed for th e amount of their outlay, if deprived_ of the lands themselves. Extensive leasing powers should be granted to every person possessing even a life interest with respect to lands of less than a certain value. A compulsory law should be introduced by which every man, unable or unwilling to bring his lands into cultivation, should be obliged to dis pose of them at the fair value to those who would do so. The Government are fully alive to the ne na.sitv of intrndlicinct a lust and comprehensive mea- tion at the end of the month. THE CORN EXCHANGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In reading your account of Mark-lane Corn market of yesterday, I was struck with perfect disgust by the reasons assigned for keeping up the price of grain, but more especially that of wheat. We are told, " the arrivals of all articles of home pro duce up to our market, last week, were on a very li mited scale, especially those of corn ; but from Ireland nearly 5,000 quarters of wheat and a fair quantity of corn came to hand, while the receipts of those articles from Scotland were tolerably good. The imports of foreign wheat exceeded 20,000 quarters, and of flour 33,000 barrels, which latter may be considered a fair supply. Fresh up, the receipts of wheat of home pro duce were but moderate, and the show of samples was by no means extensive. Several unfavourable accounts respecting the potato crop having come to hand this morning from various parts of the country, and the weather during the past week having been showery, the factors and holders in the early part of the day were very firm in their demands, and in some instances they succeeded in obtaining 2s. to 3s. per quarter more money, for selected parcels of both red and white. " We had an extensive quantity of foreign wheat on offer, certainly over 30,000 quarters." With respectful submission to you, and regard for the tone of your consistency and reasonable sentiments, generally, I would beg leave to submit a few words to your impartial columns, which, as a considerable agri culturist: and grower of corn, many years ago, I claim to have an opinion in regard to the present and long continued famine prices. The murrain, or potato disease, may have affected that useful vegetable in some degree in England, and perhaps more so in Ireland ; but the deficiency, with good and careful management, might have been easily made np with a great variety of other cheap and whole some food, especially when we find such an immensity of foreign imports of provisions ; and I am positive that there has not been any just, reasonable, cr honest ground for running up the price of the common staff of life in the manner that it has. There may have been, under the circumstances, some slight reason for a little advance, in the wheat wheat market, of Bs. or 10s. the quarter over the price of last Michaelmas time, and, I would say, not more — perhaps not that. When had we a more abundant har vest, throughout the United Kingdom, than last year, or more favourable weather to secure it ? But the pota toes—the potatoes in Ireland was a failure ; famine sprang up in the land in consequence, and, like light ning, spread and flew throughout her Majesty's &mi nions. Oh, there is and shall be a famine ! A new light instantly springs up—a wicked system of combina tion and speculation, in regrating, forestalling, keeping back, and perverting the free and regular course of the markets naturally produces the selfish effect which every dealer soon becomes alive to ! And the starving poor, and the community throughout the land, have found, to their sorrow, that the potato disease extended to every production of the soil, and principal nece.saries of life. It appears to me, now, that such is the organised sys tem of the corn trade, that factors, dealers, and holders, can, by the help of railroads, to travel, and electric tele graph, to discern the signs, raise or fall, or do what they please at pleasure. The question is—how are the people to help themselves out of such a wicked pressure, and avoid the dismals of accursed combinate n ? Who will read the report of the Corn Exchange (which I have quoted) and say, and feel, that the system is not so ? Who contrives, at home, to send a moderate supply ? Who takes care to place accounts in the markets unfa vourable to the growing crop of potatoes ? From my daily perusal of newspacers the accounts rendered, from all quarters, of the potato crop, is favourable ; and I imagine that few, if any, really do not know whether there is any disease at all—and from every county there never before was heard such unanimous expression in favour of the health, vigour, and abundance of every kind of growing grain. Yet, all statements are of no use. Large imports are of no use. Ireland sends her corn and provisions in abundance. All is of no use—the people must be pinched and starved, at will, in the midst of plenty ! Surely our Government has had a pretty picture to look at, but who can say, or tell, how they can legislate to make man honest.—l am, Sir, your obliged and obedient servant, one who has been Leamington, June 22, 1847. A FARMER. P.S.—ln my time, I well remember, that wheat stacks, at this season of the year, were usually very scarce, and seldom seen or found at all, except in the stack-yards of broad-backed or wealthy farmers ; and, so fur as op. portunity has served me, I have noticed an equal pro vision in store at the present time ; and if a Parlia mentary return were made this week of all the stacks and store in the farmers' hands in every parish throughout the empire, I doubt not but plenty would be found, if not entirely an equal quantity of any year, rich in abun dance, and the usual way. We have received the Paris papers of Monday. The Court of Peers met on Monday to hear the report of the Committee on the CUBIERES affair. After hearing the report read, the Peers, of whom 202 were present, proceeded to consider whether there was sufficient ground to place MM. CUBIERES, TESTS, PARMENTIER, and PALLE PRAT on their trial. The proceedings are to remain secret until the Court shall have decided on this point. It is said that in the case of M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN a different sort of justice will be dealt out, and that although General CUBIERES has been permitted to expose the corruption alleged to have been practised by M. TESTE, M. EMILE DB GIRARDIN will not be permitted to expose the corruption alleged to have been practised by MM. GEIZOT and Du- CUATEL. We can scarcely credit this assertion, which is made by the Union Monarchique. On this subject the Courrier Francais says — "If the disclosures of MM. de Girardin and M. Thi baudeau do not produce for MM. Guizat and Duchatel a situation exactly similar to that which the disclosures of General Cubilees have produced for M. Teste, we do not know what logic is—we cannot comprehend what ho nour is! M. Duchatel protests with force, cries out calumny, and meets all these grievances with the strongest denials. But what matter the denial of M. Duchatel ? Has not M. Teste also thrown back the accusation from the first moment that it was brought forward? Has he not strongly defended himself in the tribune? Is he the less obliged to appear at the bar of the Court of Peers? We do not say that M. Duchatel is culpable; we merely wish to see him establishing his iunocence as clearly as possible. Do you suppose that M. Teste has allowed himself to be guilty ? Do you suppose that at the pre sent moment he is not endeavouring to justify himself completely? And is M. Teste on that account less obliged to appear at the bar of the Court of Peers ? Once more, we repeat, we do not say that M. Duchatel and M. G uizot are guilty; it is sufficient for us now to declare that they are accused! And of what offences? Our pen hesitates to state them, so difficult is it for us to restrain our disgust. They are accused of having wanted to sell promises of peerages! of having wanted to sell laws! of having sold a theatrical privilege for 100,000 f.! If the accusers are to be credited, nothing is sacred for our Ministers, neither the fortune of the citizens nor the public revenue! nothing, not even the law! nothing, not even the character of the legislator! And you suppose, gentlemen, you shall get off for the vague denials which you have uttered in the tribune of Palais-Bourbon! You are innocent, you say. So much the better; we shall be happy if such infamies did not take place under our con stitutional regime. But let your innocence be shown clearly in the open day! It is your interest above all that it should be so! It is your interest that a minute inquiry should remove from your foreheads even the shadow of a stain, the appearance of a suspicion." An active intrigue is going on in Paris to bring THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sne,—l know you will be glad to hear good news relating to the prospect of the potato crop. A party in this neighbourhood, last week, on examining his, found them to all appearance diseased, but since which time, as if by magic, they have entirely recovered, and cannot possibly look better than they do now. The crops of all kinds with us look wonderfully well, and promise abun dance. May Providence bless us with a good harvest. I remain, Sir, yours respectfully, A CONSTANT READER. Bristol, June 22, 1847. P.S. The corn market to day here has been very dull indeed, nothing doing. , We have now had a stretch of excellent summer wea ther—the last fourteen days having been particularly favourable to vegetation, which, under the fine solar heat and refreshing rains, has proceeded with tropical celerity—all garden plants growing as it were by inches. The fruit trees, which generally owed a very abun dant blossom, have had fine weather for setting, so that there is every chance of the crop being a much superior one to that of last year. The wheat and oat crop, and also beans and potatoes, are looking healthy and lux uriant. We would particularise some fine potatoes at Craigneil and Almont, in Colmonell parish, and at Ard well and Girvan, which are very well forward. There seems to have been more potatoes ventured than was expected; and in almost every case they have brairded successfully. We are sorry to hear that the worm has been ravaging the oat crop on some farms on the water of Girvan; and also, that the braird of winter wheat was so poor that it was ploughed down and re-sown with bere. From the hills the news are of a chequered de scription. The backward, cold, barren, unkindly spring led to many deaths of lambs, and the frosty mornings induced braxy in the old sheep. But now that there is fine warm weather and plenty to eat, the stock is im proving rapidly, and several farmers have already their " cutting ' well past. For this critical operation warm moist weather is the best, and it Inuit also be entirely free frost which sometimes, even in June, will appear in the wet and high-lying hill country, and prove often highly fetched yinj injurious o pre theiccus.t—lAr O bserver. amybs. Sheep seldom or n i IClLmAl locK. — Mr. Lang, nurseryman here, has sent to our office samples of diseased early potatoes grown in his own garden. The same g ent l ema n also informs us that he saw them dise a s e d i n Ayr on Tuesday last.— Kilmarnock Herald. GREENOCK. —W e would strongly recommend all who are growing potatoes at once to examine their crops. There is not a doubt that the disease extensively pre vails in this neighbourhood. Plants of every variety and from seed from all countries are equally affected. The leaves generally appear green and healthful, but the part of the stem under the ground, and generally nearest the set, presents the appearance of bruises on 1 the surface. —Greenock Advertiser. about the downfalof the Pacheco Ministry in Spain,and to raise General NARVAEZ to the post of Prim Minister. The General, it is said, is in hourly expectation of a telegraphic dispatch, requiring his presence at Madrid. The Semaine says that a few days ago M. PLINANT, an Attache of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, left for Madrid with dispatches. Three days afterwards M. DECLERCQ, Consul at Corunna, returning to his post, was charged with a private mission for M. DE GLUCKSBERG, and yester day (Saturday) a Cabinet courier started from the Foreign-office for Madrid." The boiler of a locomotive employed on the Amiens and Abbeville Railway burst on Sunday last, and killed the engineer and the stoker. The Presse publishes the following letter from Arles, detailing the prospects of the harvest, and the success of the experiment of growing rice in the south of France. It is dated June 16th : " The growing ninamely,fice nt appearance, t w h h a e t a o t f r i i n e our — a but n neighbourho od grain, which hc has hroa p a s m stil s l t in m e a r g , been sown in the salt marshes watered by the Rhone, and which has succeeded beyond the most sanguine expectations. The Italian farmers, who came here last winter to superintend the cultivation, state that they never witnessed such a magnificent crop. They believe that the produce of rice this year will not be less than 4,000 pounds weight the hectare (24 acres), and that it will be increased according as the cultivation shall be improved. In Lombardy rice, which is a grain the least liable to injury from a variation of the;temperature, yields 25 for 1, or 7,000 pounds weight per hectare. But it is not necessary for us to carry our pretensions so high, as interest of annual expense of cultivation, including the of the capital employed, is not more than 300 f. (121. sterling) the hectare (24 acres), whilst, calculating the produce at 4,000 pounds weight, at a rate of 30f. for 200 pounds weight, the net profit would amount to 3,000 f. (1201. sterling) the hectare." It is decided, says the Constitutionnel, that there shall be a camp formed this year at Compiegne, and contracts have been made with the farmers for the use of such parts of their fields as will be required for its site. Orders relating to the encampment were sent off on Saturday to the Palace of Compiegne. The Moniteur de r Armee announces the following appointments :—General SEBASTXANI to be Inspector of the Fire Brigade at Paris; Lieutenant-General MOLINE DE SAINT Yox to be Inspector of the Poly technic School, and of the special military school of the Royal Military College; and Lieutenant-General 'Mown to be Inspector-General of the Staff School, of the staff officers employed in the Map-office, and :if the Department of Works in the office of the Minister of War. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWCASTLE RACES. —(Tu ESDAY.) The Produce Stakes of 50 sous. each, h. ft. for two yrs olds. Three-quarters of a mile. (13 Subs.) ➢ir. J. Scott's The Stinger (F. Butler) Mr. Allen's Camphine 4 to 1 on the Stinger.—Won easily by four lengths. _ The North Derby of 25 sous. each, p.p, with 100 added ; the second to receive 50 sous. Once round. (18 Subs. ) Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp (J. Marson) 1 Lord Zetland's Helias ... 2 Mr. J. Taylor's George Hudson Mr. W. Scott's Christopher 4 3 to 1 on Van Tromp, 6 to 1 agst Helias, 8 to 1 agst George lludson, 10 to 1 agst Christopher. _Won cleverly by a length. The Tyro Stakes of 10 sous. each, and 50 added, for two yrs old. From the Newcastle Turn-in. (23 Subs.) Mr. Pedley's L a dy M ar y ...... (Bumby) 1 Mr. W. H. Johnstone's Black Ball Mr. Dawson nd The Spaniard The following also ran but were not placed :—Mr. S. L. Fox's Lecomte—Mr. Meiklam's Bellenden—Mr. Hobson's Hatherlsy—Mr. Merry's Jock-o'-Hazeldean—Mr. Moore's The Prince, and Mr. J. Scott's Miss Cobden. sto 2 agst Jock, 7 to 2 agst Spaniard, 4 to 1 sgst Black Bull, 5 to 2 sgst Prince, and 8 to 1 agst Lady Mary. Won by a head after a fine race. The Hunters' Stakes were won by Mr. Merry's Pilot, beat ing the Falcon and Rough-and Ready. The Maiden Plate was won, in four heats, by Lord Glas gow's Miss Whip filly, beating George Stephenson and four others. abl E efo T T ir thh N ies HARCOURT, A NOVEL. By MRS. GAS cpIoNE, Authoress of " Temptation ; or, a Wife's Pe rils."vsitgoer y e r o e f n fashionable f life i s s t e y q l e n a i l n ly w r e h m i e a h r k i t is written, the ingenuity and completeness of the plot, theinterest of the denouement, and the excellence of the moral which every reader must inevitably draw from thB narration. The fashionable world in no way differs from the rest of mankind ; the lights and shades which make up the picture of life, are often found there in stronger contrast than in the more retiring grades of society ; and while Mrs. Gsscoigne has not failed to portray, with an unsparing hand, the selfish ness which is often engendered by a lite spent in the whirl of fashi ona bl e gaieties, she shows that deteriora tion of the heart's best feelings does not inevitably re sult from contact with the beau monde. We doubt not that " Evelyn Harcourt" will t e a favourite with Mrs. Gascoigne's numerous admirers. —Morning Post. CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE. —In the b irn-yard of L. - toch (Mr. Alorrison's farm), near auly, a hen and a hen partridge are 117 ng their eggs B one nest. Poor chuckie is robbed of hers every morning, but of course, the partridge eggs are left in t he nest, and quite a little forde thedoor hen privilege bri iun of w sittingar i s upon pwean them . g ing e t w x o t u l t d h the phant, it will be interesting to noti ce how she will treat t the young birds, and how the young will treat her. Should the h w e l s v Mr. Morrison has taken every precaution to secure the nest and the hens from marauding enemies.—lnverness Courier, The Duke DE BROGLIE, Ambassador of France at London, is, says the Debats, to leave for his destina- The Three per Cents. closed at 77f. 70c. •, the Five per Cents., at 118 f. 15c.; the O r l eans R a il roa d Sh ares , 1,276 f. 25c.; Rouen, 970 f - Havre, 660 f.; Great Northern, 58.5 f.; Avignon, 715 f. ; Vierzon, 615 f. ; Bordeaux, 5101. ; Bou logne, 407 f. 50c. ; Basle, 1871. 50c. ; Dieppe, 3151. ' • Paris and Strasburg, 428 f. 75 c . ; P ar i s an d Lyons, 4471. 50c.; Lyons and Avignon, 4481. 75c.; Bordeaux and Cette, 455 f. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 341; ditto, Domestic Debt, 291; ditto, Passives, 41. MARSEILLES, JUNE 17.—Marseilles and Avignon, 7270 50c.; NortherDl 095 f• BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIIE MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 22. (From The Sun of Last Night.) Ceylon, %—Louvain a la Sambre, I—Luxemb;Jurg, The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 —Namur and Liege, .31i—Northeri. Frauce, 11 4-2anibre and Meuse, 74. bales, of which 500 were American for export and 1,000 _ _ on speculation. Of the whole quantity 4,000 bales were American at 61 to 7id., and 300 Surat at 44d. to bd. per lb. The market was firm throughout, but without excitement, and prices were steadily supported. There was a better inquiry for Shares. The arrivals of corn in the principal ports of the conti nent continue on a scale commensurate with those which are noticed here and in Ireland. At Trieste forty corn laden stilts reached the port in one day, and this, with the prospect of magnificent crops, bad caused a fall of one florin per stojo in wheat. At Ypres seven vessels arrived in a few hours, with 40,000 kilogrammes, con signed to the municipal administration of Antwerp. But for this timely supply, the dealers would have runup prices. The exports of grain from Cronstadt, from the open ing of the navigation to the sth June, were 295,03 chetwerts. The news by the Overland Mail from India does not read very encouragingly in reference to the markets, though-satisfactory in its political bearings. The im portant doings at Canton are highly approved of, as affording the readiest plan for compelling the Celestials to " stick to their bargain." The Funds are flatter to-day, but with an unusually limited business doing. Consols have not been higher than 88-1- to 4. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 90A i ; and the Three per Cents. 84 4. Bank Stock is firm at 197. Exchequer-bills have receded to 9s. and Gs. premium. The Foreign Securities attract less attention than ever, Portuguese Four per Cents. have been quoted 32 to 324. Equador Stock is at 24. Belgian Four-and-a-Halt per Cents. have been 94; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 584. Railway Shares have been rather quieter. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock .. .. 197 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 83% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 90% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9 1-16 9 Ditto. 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. ludia Bonds,to. under i ; onn 1, 1. 00 . 0 . 1. : :: :: : -- Consols for Opening, July 16 .• •• 88 34 l A Exchequer Bills. 114 0. 2d. 1,000/... 6 9 p 5001, .... 13 10 p Ditto, Small .... 19 13 p ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSING PRICES. 196% 88% 8 15-16 8 p 3p 88% 1 0 i) 13 p CLOSING PRICES. FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent - .. Ditto, Small • • • • • • • • •• 83 Equador Bonds .. 2X Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, 4 Der Cent .. .• 325{ 32 Ditto, for the Account •• 32% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account .. Ditto,..•• Three per Cent .. .. Dtvidendl on the above payable in London. Belgian Four-and-a-Halt per Cent .. 94 94 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent •• 5 S Sy 59% BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Wolver., and Dudley.. 10 .... 14 . • .... • ... 14 Caledonian 35 .... 29% 30, .. 30,8 CRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. Ditto, Half Shares .. 2%.... 2 .• • • ...... Chester and Holyhead .. 27% .... 214 22 •• .. • • Eastern Counties .. 20 20% % ...... • • 2 22 2014 % P 7% 68% Do. l'erpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. .... Ditto, ditto.. .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. 1 4 p•• . • • East Lincolnshire 6% .... 7%•••• • • • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 •• .. • ..• ••• • •• Ditto, Quarter Shares .• 12% .... 17 Great Northern .... • • .... Great Western .." .. 85 .. -- ••.•• • •• • Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% .... 17% • • [lull and Selby .. 50 .•..105 .......... Ipswich mad Bury SLEdinunds .. .14 .... •••• • • • • • Ditto ditto, and Norwich .. 8% .... 4% • . 4% Leeds an. 4 Bradford .. .. 40 .... 88 .... • • .... 88 Leicester and Bedford .. 16s. % dis dis. Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manchester 32% .... 34 .....• 31 London and Blacriwall 161. 13s. 46. • • • • Ditto, No. 2 .. 21. 136. 4d. % p.. ....... % p London, Brighton, & South Coast 50 55% 54% •• 54 3 4 Ditty. Consol. Eighths • • .. 10 .... • • ........ 13% London an North-Western —lOO .... 180 182 180% .. 180% Ditto, Quarters L. and B. 7 .... 23 3 4 •... 23% Ditto ditto, New Shares .. .. 2 12 3 4 .. •• • . 12 3 % Ditto, 101. Shares M. &B. (C) 1 .• .. 7% .•••• • • • • 7 4 London and South-Western 411. 6s. 10d... 66 .. •• • • 66 % Ditto, New 27% .... 31 • •• •• • • 31 Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) •• 50 .• 561 •.•• .. • 56% Ditto, Scrip.. .. • • .. 5 .... 4% • • Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. ... 34 '4 dis. Midland ..100 ....125 1251 Ditto, New •. •• •• •• 36 .• 42%...• 4 2 ,4 Ditto, New .. .. 6 .... 9% .• ••••• • • • 9 1 4 Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 .... 97 • ..... • • Newcastle and Ber wick • • .. 20 .• • . 28% k, • • Ditto, New .. • • .. .• 5 •• .. 7% •• .• ...• 7% Newmarket and Chesterford 13% • • Norfolk ..100 ....126 North British •. .. 25 .• .. 32% .. ••• • • Ditto, Quarter Shares •• •. • . 4% ••••• • •• 4% Ditto, Thirds .. .. 1 ..... 2 % North Staffordshire .... 10% 10 .. •• • . 10 Oxford, Wor'ster, & Wolverhamp. 22%.... 14 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .• .• 5%.. •• • Royston and Ilitchin . • . 1% ••••• • • . • • Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 334.... 3t,4 3• • 3 Shropshire Union .. 4 .... 23414 •.•• •• •• •• 2 34 South Staffordshire .. 2/. 125... % dis.. • dis, South Eastern and Dovor .. • . 33% .. • • .. Do., New (do. 101.) .. No. 4. 5 4%... South Wales .. .. 10 .... 7 .. •• .... • . 7 South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and West Riding Union • • .. ..4/.25..... dis par York and Newcastle .. 25 .... 371 38 • • Ditto, New.. .. 10 ... , 15% 15% Ditto, Preference .. .. 8 .... 11% .. • • York sad North Midland .. .. 50 .... 8614 .. ••.. •• 8634 Ditto, Extension .. .. 25 .... 421 a %...... •• 42% Ditto. Preference • • .. 15 4..••• • • • • 15 % :FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. .... 16 .. •••• • • • . Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon) .. • • • . .. 12 .. • • 16 Louvain ala Sambre .. .• 6 .. • • '7 6 .... •••• • • Northern of France .. .. • • 6 •• • • 111434 Paris and Lyons .. .. 8 .... 514 %•••• • • • • Paris and Strasbourg .. 8 .... 5 ........ • • JOINT-STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster .. 20 .... 26% ••..•• • • • • MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered .... 3 ......•• •• COURT CIRCULAR. 17% 105 1,6 11% 5% 5 LITERATURE. THE POETICAL LANG UAGE el FLOWERS. By 7 komas Miller. Beautiful Annuals, and keepsakes, and Drawing room Scrap-books, we have seen in abundance, but a little volume more dainty in its conception, more exquisite in its embellishment, more delicate in its binding, or more unaffectedly poetical, and natural, and graceful in its literary contents, we cannot call to our remembrance. Thomas Miller has recounted his Pilgrimage of Love with a heart alive to the sweets and glories of that Nature which he has so often apostrophized in verse. Herrick yearned over the blossoms of the field, and so does .aailler. Burns sighed for the daisy " crushed among the stour," and cried out, as if in the sorrow of his soul— " To save the now is past my power, Thou bonny gem ! ' Miller would have leaned over the shafts of his plough as pensively had he been a working farmer. Perdita laments in the Winter's Tale -0 Proserpina, For the flowers now that, frighted, thou let'st fall From Dis's waggon ! Daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty ; violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes, Or Cytherea's breath ; pale primroses, That die unmarried e'er they can behold Bright Phoebus in his strength ; bold ox-lips and The crown-imperial ; lilies of all kinds, The fleur-de-lis being one ! 0 these we lack !" Thomas Miller would have sympathised with Perdita, and we would have hearkened tenderly to the mad song of Ophelia—" There's fennel for you, and columbines :—there's rue for you, and here's some for me." Robert Nicoll in a similar strain, though not so melancholy withal, carolled thus of the wild flowers — "Beautiful children of the woods and fields! That bloom by mountain streamlets 'mid the heather, Or into clusters 'neath the hazel gather — Or when by hoary rocks you make your bields, And sweetly flourish on through summer weather— ./ /eve you all !" Those words we feel are echoed in the heart of Thomas Miller. So-earnest indeed is the affection of our author for flowers that we suspect he draws from them a subtle philosophy, such a philosophy as that of Herrick when he lamented to the daffodils— " We die, As your hours do ; and dry Away Like to the summer's rain, Or as the pearls of morning dew, Ne'er to be found again." Finding sermons not in stones, or books . in the running brooks but in the green leaves and the young buds, we can fancy the joy poor Thomas Miller had before his eyes failed him and he grew blind, in wandering through the lanes and among the brambles, seeing may-be the sweet verse of Bryant realised— " When beechen buds begin to swell, And woods the blue-bird's warble know The yellow violet's modest bell Peeps from the last year's leaves below." Stumbling now about the meadows he might think like Thomas Campbell of the days— " When daisies and buttercups gladdened his sight, Like treasures of silver and gold." As the utterance of the author's love of flowers, this book is touching and grateful to us ; the thoughts it contains have a perfume about them of poetry. And of the graceful manner in which Thomas Miller defines the origin of the symbolic language of irs favourite blossoms we cannot speak too highly. Here is one description :—tracing the attributes of humility to " broom, of constancy to " blue-bells," of purity to " water-lilies," and of remembrance to " rose mary." " Who can tell what sad feelings hung about the heart of the fair Saxon Princess Bowena, when standing in' the twilight on the broom-covered steep hill side, she saw from the distance the fires kindled by the hands of e desolating Dane, and beheld the flames which devoured the home of her childhood reddening the evening sky ? It might be, that whilst she found a couch amongst the waving gold of the wild, surrounded by her houseless attendants, and pillowed her beautiful head upon the broom, she selected it as the emblem of humility. And when she saw the waving blue-bells spring up on the very spot where the stormy sea-kings had encamped, where the tide of battle had raged, and swollen and subsided, leaving no other trace of its course than the silent ridges which had heaved up over the dead. She selected the blue-cupped flower as the true image of constancy, which, though crushed, and bruised, and buried, for saketh not the chosen spot where its beauty first bloomed. That, when she sat mournful beside the moorland lake, wearied through carrying water to quench the thirst of the brave Saxons, who had been wounded in battle, she saw the pale water-lilies sleeping upon their darkgreen velvet leaves, spotless as the clear ele• ment upon which they floated, and leaving no vestige of the gross earth from which they sprung ; and she thought how the heart of a woman, ennobled by virtuous deeds, might become so purified that, if looked into by the eye of an angel, he could not discover within either blot, or blemish, nor aught that varied from his own divinity but the fond humanity of love. Musing, she might conjure up some old grey Saxon abbey, nestling amid the silence of a green sequestered valley, with its quiet graves, around which the rosemary grew, hal lowed the more in its remembrance through having been brought by holy men across the pathless sea ; and she might think that, even as that plant put forth its flowers in the dead midnight of winter, so titiough the deep clouds which hung over and darkened her native land the morning of peace might yet break, and see many a battle-field again overgrown with flowers." The plates, drawn and coloured by James An drews, are exquisite compositions ; they cannot be mentioned in language of too much eulogium. From the frontispiece—a dainty conceit, expressively en tirely of the purport of the volume, being a sketch of the antique group of Cupid and Psyche exchanging the hymeneal kiss, and partially concealed in a maze of honeysuckles, blue-bells, lilies and roses—down to the final embellishment—a bunch, consisting of the crocus, the pimpernel, the Lancaster rose and the cowslip, and representing the sentiment, " Your youthfulness causes me to fear that you may change : once united I shall be no longer pensive"—every line has a graceful truth, every line is brilliant as in na ture. For the satisfaction of our lady-readers, we will catalogue a few of the most usual flowers in our parterres and orchards, so that, without having robbed the book in any flagrant manner through our columns, they may be enabled to talk very prettily without speaking when roving in their gardens, or when strolling through the meadows " when the bloom is on the rye." Apple-blossom Preference Apricot-blossom Doubt Balsam Impatience Bindweed Insinuation Bramble Envy Buttercup Ingratitude Canterbury Bell. Constancy Convolvulus Repose Cowslip Pensiveness Crocus Youthfulness Daisy Dandelion Foresight Eglantine or sweet- briar Poetry Fuchsia Taste Harebell Happy retirement Heath Solitude Ivy Friendship Jasmine Amiableness Jonquil Desire Lilac First emotions of love Lily of the Valley Return of happiness Marigold Grief or pain Mignionette Unconscious beauty Myrtle Love Nettle Orange Blossom Chastity Pansy Pimpernel Assignation Primrose Forsaken Rose Beauty Rosebud, Moss Confession of love Snapdragon Snowdrop ............. . Refusal Youthful hope Pleasure Sweetpea Tulip ........................... Declaration of love Violet, Blue Mo dest y Violet, White Candour Wal:flower Fidelity in misfortune Wild Plum Blossom lndependence Withered Leaves. Sadness Yellow Day Lily Coquetry Knowing these rudiments in the science of the symbolism of flowe rs, it ma y become a q ues tion at law possibly whether the presentation of a particular nosegay does not render a man liable to an action for breach of promise," especially if the nosegay should consist of myrtle, a moss rosebud, a white violet, a snowdrop, and a tulip. It may become a question, again, whether a scrap of pimpernel may not signify half-past seven in the Temple Garden ;" or whe ther a presentation of ivy, retorted by a sprig of fuchsia, m ay not justify the offering of a y e ll ow d ay lily ? This charming volume by Thomas Miller is suggestive of a multitude of similar conjectures. As a pocket companion in the green fields, as a favourite decoration of the boudoir, as the resource of continual amusement, this book, explanatory of the "Language 'ar- ; i of Flowers," is one of the gems of the season. Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, attended by the Lady in Waiting on her Majesty, Major de Moerkerke, and Dr. Carswell, landed at Woolwich Dockyard from the Garland steaai•packet, from Ostend, at twenty-fire minutes before eight o'clock yesterday evening, and were received by Lord Byron, Lord i❑ Waiting to the Queen, and Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting to Prince Albert. The august party entered three of the Queen's car riages and tour which were in readiness in the dockyard and proceeded to town. Their Majesties and suite arrived at Buckingham Palace at twenty minutes before nine o'clock. The Queen and Prince Albert received their august visitors on arriving at the Garden entrance. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were attended by the Marchioness of Douro, Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Paget, Baroness de Speth, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Household, Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel Bouverie. The Queen end Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday, attended by the Hon. Miss Stanley, Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel Bouverie. A deputation, consisting of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Chairman of the Gresham Committee ; Richard L. Jones, Esq., Chairman of the Building Committee ; James Watney, Esq., Master of the Mercer's Company; James Sutton, Esq., Prime Warden of the Company ; and Mr. H. E. Barnet, Clerk to the Gresham Com mittee, had an audience of his Royal Highness Prince Albert yesterday, at Buckingham Palace, to present silver medals to his Royal Highness. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal walked and rode on ponies yesterday in the royal gardens. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four. His Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar, attended by the Count de Beust, visited the Plate Manufactory of Messrs. Hunt and Roskell yesterday, and inspected the models, and many exten sive services of plate in the course of completion. The Chancellor of the Exchequer gave a dinner to the Cabinet Ministers yesterday evening, at his official residence in Downing-street. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Macgregor Laird and Mr. J. T. Clay, from the Birkenhead Dock Company ; Mr. John Davis and Mr. Haesal from other Frontagers to Wallasey Pool ; Mr. Radcliffe from the Cheshire Junction and Chester and Birkenhead Railway, had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Mac Donnell, from the Gambia, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a committee meeting yesterday. Mr. Morrison, M.P., had au interview with the Right Hon. Edward Strutt, on Tuesday, at the office of the Commissioners of Railways in Great George-street. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday, and heard a number of motions and petitions from New South Wales, Bengal, and Bombay. The Lords present were the Master of the Rolls, Lord Brougham, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. —ln addressing the electors of Buckinghamshire, at a meeting held on Tuesday at Amersham, Dlr.Disraeli, in his usual emphatic manner, recalled to the recollection of his future constituents, the important part which the county of Buckinghamshire has played in the political history of the country. " The county of Buckingham shire," observed the Hon. Candidate, "has always taken a lead in the political fortunes of this country. The PI liamentary constitution of England was born in the bo som of the Chiltern Hills; as to this day our Parliamen tary career ii terminated among its hundreds.—(Cheers and laughter.) The Parliamentary constitution of Eng land was e.Aablished when Mr. Hampden rode up to Westminster surrounded by his neighbours. Bucking hamshire did that for England. It has done more. It gave us the British constitution in the seventeenth cen tury, and it created the British empire in the eighteenth. All the great statesmen of that century were born, or bred, or lived in this county. Throw your eye over the list—it is a glorious one—from Shelburne to Grenville. Travel from Wycombe to Buckingham, from the first Lord Lansdowne, the most accomplished Minister this country ever produced, to the last of our classic states men. Even the sovereign genius of Chatham was nursed in the groves of Stowe, and amid the templa quam dilacta of Cobham; and it was beneath his oaks at 13eacontield that Ali. Burke poured forth those divine effusions that vindicated the social system, and reconciled the autho rity of law with the liberty of roan." THE BATTLE OF MARENGO.-011 the 14th, being the anniversary of the battle of Marengo, a colossal sta tue of Napoleon was in augurate d on thefield of this great victory, by M. Jean Delavo, of Alexandria, a pas sionate admirer of the Emperor, who had purchased the ground, and with it the cottage in which Napoleon rested sad wrote to the Emperor of Austria. This humble dwelling has been restored, and in it M. Delavo has carefully collected all the fragments of arms and other relics of the great fight that could be found. The statue, executed by one of the first artists of Italy, is placed oa a spot facing the road from Turin to Genoa, and commanding the whole of the field. The cottage is surrounded by a richly cultivated garden. ERRATUNI.—The last sentence but two in our first leading article of 3 esterday is incorrectly printed ; it should have ended thus:—" Or whether, in obedience to the dictates of a purer purpose, she is to become the assertor of the national liberties and the object of na tional gratitude, is a consummation still bidden in the w•Rulb of futurity." I II:E LAND. DUBLIN, JUNE 21. THE liIISH FISHERIES. Colonel Jones, Chief Commi , tioner of the Board of Works, is now making a tour of the coast of Ireland, with a view to the adoption of measures for improving the harbours and fishing stations. The Gallant Officer is to be in Cork on Thursday next. Parliament has made a grant of 40,0001. for this object. FEVER AND DESTITUTION. There is still a great extent of suffering, notwith standing the general e,,tablishment of relief com mittees, and the immense amount expended on the out-door relief system. The Sligo Champion gives the following account of the dreadful state of that district : "The town and its environs are in a truly awful state. Out of all the houses upon ten tow niands in the district of Ransborough, not a single house is free from infectious distemper. In Sligo we are in a con dition which people would not credit. We are sur rounded upon all sides with fever —it is everywhere, and it is growing hourly worse; it is not only increas ing, but it is assuming a more malignant character. The fever hospitals are crowded, so are the fever sheds, and outside of the doors, on the cold earth, may be seen a number of fever patients, varying from ten to fifteen, every day and every night. The weather, too, is becoming intensely hot, aria we have, there fore, no rational grounds for hoping that the dis ease will be mitigated. One very curious and he portant fact has been noticed respecting the prevalent fever, which is deserving of considera tion. We think it establishes beyond dispute the necessity of thorough ventilation where fever pa tients are confined. ‘Vhen the fever hospitals were Icrowded, tents were speedily erected in the open air. They could scarcely be called covering ; the wind had almost free access through them. All the patients confined in those tents are recovering, while the r ich, who have comforts and attendance, are, when attacked, dying like rotten sheep." There are also very bad accounts from GalwaYt Athlone, and from some parts of the county of Cork- A letter from South Reen, in the latter county, ear ' I have now to mention the lamentable fact, that out of 62 houses and 320 inhabitants on the farm ef South Reen, two years since, there now remain,after the ravages of disease and poverty, but 8 hoveland s a about 50 people—the houses were pulled down for firing, and the people carried off by fever. At this moment I have no doubt but dead bodies are futrifr ing beneath the remains of the deserted huts. s d The poor-law guardians of Galway have P i _a s- , e it • resolutions to the effect that they owe 5,000/. ; is hopeless to collect a rate, and that unless the Ge' vernment make an advance they must clo se the wor house. THE PROVISION FLEET AT COVB. „ T h e The Cork Reporter of Saturday says :—noble supply of food still continues to pour into our noble,. the harbour. On yesterday (Friday) number 01 on vessels that entered the port was fifteen, having board 1,528 tons of maize, 1,296 tons of w h e at, 45 total _ tons of flour, and 218 tons of barley, making a of 3,500 tons of bread-stuffs. Since our last a larg! number of vessels, that had previously arr ived, le!! mucr! r Cove for various parts of the kingdom , bearing the ir wished for quantities of food to plac es where arrival will be most seasonable. We are much re arrival to learn that the reports circulated with respe..c: to the damaged condition of many of the cargoes a, greatly exaggerated. Some have slig htl y suffer eut but not to any serious extent." IRISH LANDLORDS.—RMLWAYS of to. ,e In the Rolls Court on Saturday, in the case Great Southern and IVestern Rail wa y Compaq th Patrick Carey, Mr. D. Lynch, on behalf of Carefl applied to have paid out of Court a sum of 20%1 lodged by the Company in bank, being the amen._,„ of purchase money awarded him, his title c l e are d been found defective, and he having since cleare" it up. Mr. Scully, on behalf of Thomas Bennett, the land' lord of Carey, moved that the money should be °P o i plied, in the first instance, in payment of an arrearo rent, amounting to 1741., due out of the whole I.alie: demised by lease from Bennett to Carey, of Whi n portion was taken by the company. The Master of the Rolls refused t o appropria bte 11 .0 1 1 . portion of the purchase - money a s applied for ' means Scully. The landlords in Ireland had ample afforded them for recovery of their rent, and ; in that most every instance which came before him . 11 hie court he found they had got, not only the full v ale e , but in some instances more than double the va, l i ti pav e their lands from railway companies. He woula •.„ s t Mr. Bennett to recover his rent by ejectment egal-in, the remainder of the lands not taken by the be pany, or by action against his tenant, as he l II. ° advised, and ordered the money to be p aid to Carey" EVICTION OF TENANTRY. The Sligo Champion states that a nobleman pre; sessing an estate in that county is carrying n y n e -.' ,1 extermination system—that "he lately le . _ ll O 7 l several houses—the houses of widows too—anu he has served several hundred processes of ejectors" ARRIVAL OF TILE BIRKENHEAD Wi" STEAMER. KINGSTOWN, SUNDAT.—One of the largest if fh ri e men-of-war in her Majesty's navy—perhaps in I ' l world— arrived in Kingstown Harbour yesterday°, moored two o'clock, and in half an hour afterwards ro_Te._`' alongside the wooden jetty, where she now l . ies. a l i r y chance visit is for the purpose of conveying a troops. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The weekly meeting of the .Association WAS held this day, Richard Kelly, Esq ., in the the reading chair. The business of the day was commenced by of various addresses of condolence from different parts of the country to the family of the late ir. O'Connell. _ Mr. John O'Connell sub mitted to the meeting tbe following letter from the right r everend Dr. Cantwell, Bishop of Meath:— "Mullingar, June 19, 1847. _ dear Friend,—l request you will do met i' honour to hand in to the association my subscription for 51. for the year 1847. At no former period could the association hope to enlist such warm co-operation ing, are \ i liimoaa, e ismr y ce v tehn e e r ttnso y otuwu ffitdrhartlicu,lcriehei during friends she unfortunate e has of f s Ireland.crocue received itvreyd is f T r oh reduced,me s a a d n conditionEanildgthe . sense i ofs arouse r s on e u a a s s t e o i on everyn o a l f unexampled Irishman,honour o rn .whoas u t i fl o . e n li f i ft:ll. s n.orn a oaoeg f ‘trw e am‘ ty, into the eg m tne e tt st determined exertion to repel' the miscalled actsof union. While the proceeding s ° , l the Conciliation Hall_ are conducted on the loY al ' Christian, and peaceful principles on which it 'I founded by the illustrious and ever to be larnel' te :t Liberator, you may calculate on the steady su P P°`" of the faithful clergy and people of this diocese. h , ' The scene of unparalled wretched ness by whic" we are everywhere surrounded--the inhuman course} pursued by the present Ministry —the inadequacY°l, their measures , to save the live s of the famishing 0)2 lions—the prosent Legislation tending , or relied producing the. certainty of be gg arin g the rich nvisb starving the aes.:titate—the utter disre gar d of Irish feeling, the total ignorance of Irish wants, and the' rough indifference of Irish interests evinced by Pc land, whether W hig or Tory—these extinguish inu every hope for our oppressed and rnisgovered coon' try, save what i s to be derived from a domestie Var liament. nd " I cannot b 3tter convey to you my feelings s . wishes than by assuring you that I echo every . senti: men t expressai, and most cordially admirable concur iletter n w_ practical suggestions con tained in of my venerated friend the Bishop of Ardagh. ._ " May the I Li-mighty bless you and your patriotwi colleagues with -the spirit of wisdom, prudence, al'u., peace ; may he' guide your councils, and strength.,,e; you speedily to. accomplish an event involving lt,'`. the safety of Ert,gland and the prosperity of Irelsina " I have the b o nour to remain, my d ea r friend , " Your ever faithful and devoted servant, " JOHN CANTWELL' " To John O'Connell, M.P., &c. &c." Mr. O'CONNEXL moved the insertion of the fer,e; going document . • in the minutes, and then read ~ annexed letter :Cr om the Hon. Cecil Law less, 31-.' enclosing his sub icription : "My dear O'( lonnell,—ln writing to you il t pure moment, moment, I must ijegin by expressing what I am -I;ti you will know isi sincere, my earnest sympathy "_loj you and your family in the irreparable private 0 public loss you bt ,ve sustained. nes"slodfohaoswsurteo,tiyaolyu tubnaetqunaolthlingambuttotltiheecotnasSohpuiosi: hitherto prevent ..et I my calling on Parliament for n 1: 05 bate of respect to the illustrious departed, but i t , o do been with the hop?, that some one better qualified ',.,t, justice to the then to should do so. It will be a '",,, ing disgace to thei r highly gifted ones if thef u lop f tinue to maintain their present silence, but Pero. they all, like mys elf, feel themselves unworthy °.' pr o aching such is subject.ol;o "I think that t his is a time when every onto approved of his -peaceful policy, and who Inel i 0 0 continue, by the :sam e means, to strive for inlsot dente, should d‘ !elare it b y more than words, and 0 acting upon this opinion, I send you ten poll ° fO 5 my extra subset iption towards the maintenance ° Conciliation Hal J. "I am, my dear John O'Connell, Very faithfully youLrs,AWLVS , "' 3, King-street, St. James's, June 16." l i, 1 0 The meeting was subsequently addresseu ooh the MAATILICE O'CONNELL, Mr. REYNOLDS, and r tl 3B at the termination of the proceedings the rent le week was announced to be 281. 16s. The meeting then adjourned. rov Donizetti, the composer, i. • v.' u asylum where he has some time been confined, :PO I ' • heacefoilh reside in Paris, under the care of bl s about