The Sun. — London, England, 1847-06-22 00:00:00

RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends *ld the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., tAe place every Ttrasnair and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, Loudon, to which place, f ,vours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully sAuestcd to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day reilous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be f a - warded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds Mime d atgly disposed of according to instructions. Clitices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Tuesday, will be performed Bellini's opera NORHA. rogaa, 3ldlle. Jenny Lind ; Adalgisa, Mdme. BOrani ; Pollione, Byppr Fraschtni ; Oroveso, Signor Lablache. To be followed by the Second Act of the admired ballet of 15118 ELLE. Giselle, Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi. Pas de deux, by Mdlle. Cariptta Grist and M. Louis Dor. Pas de Wiles by Mdlle. Bancorril and the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with the Ball Scene from ALMA, ou, LA FILLE DE FEU. Polka General by the Corps de Rallet. Pas de Trois by Mdlle. Mdlle. Y. Stephan, and M. St. Leon. l'as de Deux by 3ldlle. Rosati and M. Louis Dor. The Doom will be opened at half-past Seven o'clock, and the per ibrmance 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, pi ice 103. 6d. each. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re spectfully informed, that there will be a grand EXTRA NIGHT THUBSDA.Y NEXT, June 24, when will be presented Bellini's opera of 13, Great Marlborough-street. NOTIC E.-LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND. By AGNES STRICKLAND. VOLUME X. IS NOW READY. Henry Conurn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. To be had of all Booksellers. SPANISH DEFERRED DEBT. - The SPANISH COMMISSIONERS beg to announce to the holders of the above Stock that the following are the numbers of the Bonds which were DRAWN at Madrid on the let May last. Orders have been given to prepare the New Active Stock, and the Exchange of the Bonds will be made by Messrs. ARDOUIN and Co. at Paris, and Messrs. J. and S. RICARDO and Co. In London. T en th D r awing of the Deferred Debt at _Madrid let May,lBl7: Amount of eack Series. Bends drawn. Numbers. in dollars. Total dollars. A 751 752 to 1,502 200 150,200 B 1,084 3,253 „ 4,336 400 433,600 C 417 1,669 „ 2,085 800 333,600 D 333 8,333 „ 3,667 1,200 399,600 B 584 2,337 „ 2,920 2,400 1,401,600 F 514 3,599 „ 4,112 4,800 2,467,200 3,683 5,185,800 SPANISH DEFERRED DEBT.—Messrs. J. and S. RICARDO beg to apprise the holders of the Numbers of the Deferred Bonds winch have been drawn as above mentioned that they will be ready to exchange them so soon as they receive the New Active Bonds from the Commissioners, of which due notice will be given. Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, June 21st, 1847. LA SONNAMBIJLA, Amina, Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Lisa, Madame s'olaid ; Count Rodoiph, Signor F. Lablache ; and Elvino, Signor Gardoni. To be fbllowed by various Entertainments in the BALLET DE PARTMENT, combining the talents of Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Ildlle. Rosati, and Mdlle. Cerito, M. Perrot and M. St. Leon. The Select SWEDISH MELODIES will be repeated forthwith. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT. GARDEN. (.Mlle. Fanny Elssler's last appearance but two.) THIS EVENING, Tuesday, June the 22st, will be repeated 'mi'di's celebrated tragic opera I DUE FOSCARI. Principal characters by Madame Grisi, Madame Bellini, Signori Ronconi, Mario, and Tagliatico. To conclude with a new grand ballet, in four tableaux, entitled MANON LESCACT. Itanon Lescaut, Mdlle. Fanny Elssle r ; M. de Grleux; Sig. Casati ; Le Marquis de Granville, M. O'Bryan. Also a Pas de Trois, by 11,111 es. Baderua, Bertin, and Demelisse. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes to be obtained at the Box-office, BOw street ; and at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. The doors will be opened at Half-past Seven o'clock, and the performance commence at Eight. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. nit isobuity, Gentry, and Subscribers are respectfully informed that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, June ii, for the BENEFIT of Nfdlle. FANNY ELSSLER, awl her last appearance but one, on which occasion will be performed muzart's celebrated Opera, IL DON GIOVANNI. Combining a triple orchestra and a-double chorus. The principal characters by Madames Grisi and Persiani, Mdlle. Corbari, Signors Mario, Tagliafico, Rovere. and Tamburini. Mdlle. Fanny Elssler and Mdlle. Maderna will dance in the Minuet. To conclude with the new and successful Ballet, entitled MANON LESCAUT. In which Mdlle. Fanny Elssler, V Atdlles. De Melisse, Delachaux, Stephan, M. Mabille, &c., will perform. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes, to be had at the Box-office, BOW- Street ; and at Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. The doors will 14s opened at llalf-past Seven, and the performance yonmence at Eight o'clock. TV:ZATRE ROYAL, HAY3IARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed the new Comedy, called TEMPER. Sir Marrna duke Topple, Mr. larren ; Sir Charles Tempest, Mr. Hudson; God frey, Mr. Tilbury; Emerson, Mr. Webster ; Cyril Tempest, Mr. Howe ; Lady Tempest, Mrs. Seymour ; Mrs. Herbert, Mrs. Glover ; Iflorence Wilmot, Mrs. Fortescue; Miss Fklding, Mrs. Humby. To be followed by a new comic drama, called THE JACOBITE. Sir Richard Wroughton, Mr. Stuart ; John Duck, Mr. Buckstone La ciy Somertord, Miss Fortescue. congj.ude 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 Frm , lence Pickings, Mrs. Humby. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will bl produced a new and original comedy, in three acts, called TLIE TITLE DEEDS. Principal characters by slessrs. Lambert, Wright, Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, Boyce, Munyard, C. J. Smith, 'RhTrrell ; Mrs. Yates. Miss Woo!gar, Miss E. Harding, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, &c. After which The MAGYAR MULATSAG; or, Hungarian Fetes. lity the celebrated Hungarian Dancers and the Hungarian Instru mental Vocalists. After which an entirely new Petite Comedy, entitled FL TING COLOURS; or, Crossing the Frontier. Captain SAILS gonO, Mr. Webster ; Margaret, Miss Woolgar ; Ilelen de Montereau, Aindaime Celeste ; Justine, Miss Ellen Chaplin. To be followed by the Opera Buffa Sketch, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, Kerby, Culleniord, and Miss Woolgar. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be presented the comedle.vaudeville of MICHEL PERRIN. Michel Perrin, M. Bouffe ; Bernard, M. Rhozevil ; Therese, Mdlle. To conclude with a new comedle-vaudeville, in two aets, entitled LE MOUSSE. Julien, Mousse, M. Bouffe; Jenny Laroche, Mdlle. Duverger ; Madame Moran, Mdme. Grassau. Boxes, Gs. ; Pit. 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 13, , , Bond-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open dilly from Eleven till Five. ETHIOPIAN *ERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS' performances must Terminate at he End of the Present M.a,th. They will repeat their Inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS at the above Theatre THIS EVENING, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evening. Doors of en at Eight o'clock. They will also give a DAY PERFORMANCE on Wednesday Morning neat, commencing at It if-past Tao. Thursday next, for the Benefit of Mr. Harrington, •n• which occasion every visitor to the private boxes or stalls will be presented with a portrait of the Beneticiare. Boxes and Stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, amt at. t ite Box-office of the Theatre. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING (Second night of Madame Vestris and Mr. C. Mathews.) Will be presented a con* drama, entitled LOVE'S TELEGRAPH. Arthur de Solberg', Mr. C. INEathews; Count Theodore, Mr. Vining : Princess Blanehe, Madame Vestris. To be followed by THE BARBER BRAVO. After which a new comic drama. entitled "LADIES BEWARE I" Co'onel Vavasour, Mr. Granby; Sir Charles Vavasour, Mr. James Yining ; Matilda, Miss Cooper. 'To conclude with A CURIOUS CASE. Mr. Aubrey, Mr. James Vining; Twiggleton, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mrs. Aubrey. Miss Cooper. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager Mr. William Batty. pm ler the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal :splendid 'Midsummer Holiday Juvenile Fetes. THIS EVENING Will be presented a gorgeous Peruvian Drama, to Illustrate the hinorical events of the Spaniards' conquest of Peru, arranged trom the original text of Brins'ey Sher,dan's play of " Pizarro," entitled THE STORMING OF QUITO; or, the Warrior of the Sun. Rolla, Mir. W. West. Unetrialled SCENES in the CIRCLE, with a brilliant display of nos 421:Anship, introducing the Foreign and British Artistes. To conclude with tile CHARMED HORSE OF THE BLACK VA L LEY. _ _ _ - Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Mrllls, '5. ; Boxes, 45.; Upper BOICS, 34 ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Commence every evening at Seven o'clock, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Tinder the 3fanagement of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. In consequence of the success attending the Eminent Englls'i * Vocalists, they have been re-engaged for Twelve Nights more, and wi.ll appear in "Maritana," as played at Drury Lane 100 nights. THIS EVENING Will be presented the opera of MARITANA. Charles the Second, Mr. McMahon; Don Cxsar, Mr. Harrison; Don Jose, Mr. Stretton; liaritana, Miss Rainforth ; Lazarillo, M!ss Isaacs. Co conclude with 3hakspere's tragedy of MACBETH, with the ►hole of Locke's music. Macbeth, _+ir. Scott ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. Henry 80xe,3, 43. , Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Six, commence •t Hail-pc-Ft Six. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING aebe performed a splendid d rama , b y Fit z b all, called J A NE ; or, the Victim of Persecution. Jane Paul, Miss Vincent ; Meow' Paul, Mr. Hicks ; Necker, Mr. Bird ; Hedgehog Jack, Mr. Boarle. After which Shakspere's tragedy of OTHELLO. Othelo, Mr. Hicks ; Casio, Mr. Osbaldiston ; lago, Mr. Dale ; Desdemona, Miss ♦incent. To conelp(le with the farce of POPOLINO ; or, the Sleeping Draught Baxea. la.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Under the patronage of her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, &c. Open every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Ad,nlssion, One Shilling. FOCRTH WEEK OF M. JULLIEN'S ENGAGEMENT. No Extra Charge ! THIS EVENING, June 22. Tl o Proprietor has much pleasure in announcinz to the Subscribers, Arruteurs of Music, andthe public, that he has succeeded in re.engag- W. Jli LLIEN and the Principal Solo Performers of his unrivalled 1, Includin4 Richardson, Baumann, Barret, Lazarus, Prospere, hnet, and Her Kcenig, for a limited number of nights. Which, W 1 Mr. GODFREY'S Sp endid Band, aided by a selection from the principal hands in the Metropolis, will form an orchestra of One Itundred Performers. The Proprietor begs to announce that he has, at a considerable esterase, erected a new Entrance, and a magnificent Walk, with Ila%ser borders, statues, and a Central Fountain, in front of the Stand Pictorial Representation of THE. TOWN aND BAY OF GIBRALTAR. '_', l t %' l , ePagerie contains many specimens, including the Giraffe, us me. The Promenade Concerts, conducted by Godfrey. A ,representation 01 the Porcelain Tower of Nankin. The Gothic Bridge of *Mates. The grand • Yrotechnic Display, representing the STEGX OF GIBRALTAR. Showing the commencement of the Bombardment, partial destruc tion of the Town. and Blowing no of the Battering Ships. Royal South London Floricultural Society will hold their The Second grand eFLORAL.B Plants, for Flowers and Miseellan. on WE DNESDAS June 23. ou t is a neral remark am on; our market,. that the potato er o '', THE POTATOE persons frequenting newt- looked more healthy or in any respect more - tworais t: t, nothin g ingly. It is evident whatever may be the urounoAs of fears exiting in other localities, that here, at lee.. ? has appeared calculated to indw!e those, fears. The weather we have recently had has been t . he most favour able that could be desired ; copious sowers have fallen which thoroughly moistened the before almost arid soil, and the fine weather which now seams about to settle in will have a doubly bountiful effect. In fact, we rejoice to say everything promises well, not only with respect to the potato but the wheat and fruit crops. Independent. —Devonport THE LATE FIRE AT AIAUDSLAT AND FIELD'S. A large and influential meeting was hold in the Vestry Hall, Church-street, Lambeth, last evening, at which donations and subscriptions amounting in all to near 9Q.0/. were contributed for the purpose of replacing the valuable tools lost by the workmen in the above destruc dYo conflagration. THE SUN LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 22, 1847. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Jurm 22. THERBIOXETER, Lowest, 53; Highest. 67 ; Noon, 66. BAROMETER, 29.77.—W1ND W.S.W.; fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. M,rning .. 20 minutes after S. f Evening .. 53 minutes after 8. care that the proceedings are conducted in an efficient and proper manner. From the answer given last night by the Secretary of State for the Home Department to the question of Mr. STUART WORTLEY, we are led to hope that a great improvement in this respect will speedily take place. He stated " that an arrangement was in pro gress which he hoped would obviate the inconve nience." He, however, added, " that he could not say that fees would be given in every case, as the expense now fell wholly upon the public." Now, with all possible respect for the Right Hon Baronet, we must ask on whom should that expense fall ? And how will it increase it, if it is in the first instance defrayed by the State, or by a private individual who is afterwards reimbursed out of the public purse ? By the one mode of proceeding there is a security that everything will be conducted in an efficient and proper manner, worthy of this great country, and the magnitude of the interests involved. In the other there is no such security. The party selected for the duty may be wholly incompetent to the task ; or, under the most favourable circumstances, sup posing him to be of tried ability, he will necessarily be influenced by a feeling of partisanship, an anxiety , to succeed for his client, and cannot possess that im partiality which should distinguish the public prose cutor, whose sole object should be to elicit truth, and not to gain a favourable verdict from the jury. In Scotland things are much better managed in this respect than in this country. Attached to the Supreme Court and in every district throughout the kingdom there is a public pro secutor, at whose instance all crimes are pro secuted at the public expense, before the Court in which he officiates. To those functionaries is left the whole responsibility of determining whether any par ticular criminal charge shall be prosecuted or not. The strictest investigation takes place, in the first in stance, and unless there is a fair prospect of conviction, no party is subjected to the disgrace, the inconvenience, and expense of a public trial succeeding to a pro tracted imprisonment. If the case is so strong as to afford a fair presumption of his guilt, founded on legal evidence, he is committed for trial, but in every case (not capital) he is entitled by the statute law to his liberation on giving good and sufficient security e. nalLl 61.1 c ir5Llll,; ana let us here say that there is scarcely ever an abuse of this pri vilege, or an instance where a criminal escapes from justice by reason of the indulgence so afforded. He has every opportunity of preparing for his defence. If guilty, he meets with deserved punishment ; but it is seldom that an innocent man is subjected before trial to an imprisonment, which would be a more than sufficient expiation for the im puted crime, were it even established against him. Here, although the liberty of the subject is spoken of ore rotundo, how often do we see it unnecessarily taken away in practice ? How often do we find judges directing the juries to acquit prisoners on the ground that there was no evidence against them ? Within the past week we have seen cases of parties :detained on coroners' inquisitions, although the magistrates refused to send them to trial. Surely there is no subject of greater importance to the people in general, or more urgently demand ing a revisal and alteration of the system. The Journal of St. Petersburgh publishes a letter from the Caucasus, dated Bth May, which states that on the sth of May Colonel STEPSTOFF defeated SCHAMYL on the banks of the river Assa, and forced him to retreat to Fortanga. Madrid papers of the 15th inst. have arrived. A letter from Zamora announces that a division of the army of General CONCHA took possession of Bra ganza on the 11th inst. It was rumoured in Madrid that a change in the Ministry was about to take place, and that General NARTAEZ would be the new President of the Council. The Three per Cents. closed on the Madrid Bourse on the 15th inst. at 304 for cash; the Five per Cents. at 18; Passives, 54; and Coupons at 15 for cash. We have received the Paris Papers of Sunday. Both the Constitutionnel and the National, confirm the rumour to which we alluded yesterday, that the Committee of the Chamber of Peers, have recom mended that M. DE PALEPRAT, M. PARMENTIER, General CuzienEs, who was a member of the Cabi net of M. TRIERS, and M. TESTE, the late Minister of Public Works in the Cabinet of M. GUIZOT, should be impeached for swindling, bribery and cor ruption. The Chamber of Deputies was occupied on Satur day, in discussing a Bill introduced by the Govern ment for the better organization of the Courts of Justice in the Colonies. The object of the Bill is to render the judges in the French Colonies, indepen dent of the slave-owners, so that they may he in a position to administer impartial justice in cases in which slaves are concerned either as accusers or ac• cused. The Journal des Daats says that the Bill, which seems well calculated to effect the object, will be voted by the Chamber on ~ onday. The Count and Countess DE ST. AULAIEE left Paris on Saturday for London. The Three per Cents. were done in the Passage de I'Opera, Paris, on Sunday, at 77f. 70c. MARSEILLES, JUNE 16.—Marseilles and Avignon, 738 f. 75e. ; Northern, 597 f. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 21. Ceylon, %—ltalian and Austrian, 2—Northern of France, 11 1 ,4—Rouen and Havre, 25 3 4—Sambre and Meuse, 7%. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—The steam-ship Pekin, rived at the Cape on the 6th of April, and left for :be Mauritius and India on the 9th of April. The scam. ship Pottinger arrived at the Cape on the 9th of April, and sailed for the Mauritius and India on the .Bth of April. Her Majesty's ship Nimrod left Tabu. Bay on the 13th of April for Algoa Bay, taking Sir Hen l; F. Young to that place to assume the duties of hi Vie vernment. Her Majesty's ship Rosamond arrived at the Cape on the 12th of April; her Majesty's ship Helena arrived on the 17th of April; and her Majesty's ship Media arrived on the 18th of April. David Leahy, Esq., one of the New Court judges, died yesterday morning at half-past ten o'clock. Ho was judge for Lambeth, Greenwich, &c. ALARMING SINKING OF THE VIADUCT OVER THE RIVER AVON.—SALISBURY, JUNE 20.—This morning, by four o'clock, a great number of labourers were set to take down the stone coping and brickwork of the viaduct over the river Avon, about half a mile from Salisbury, it having been discovered that the stupendous walls were giving way. Fortunately it was timely discovered, or something awful and disastrous might have been the consequence. A number of carpenters were also busily engaged putting four large pieces of timber, one under each, to support the four linos of rails at the top. It is therefore hoped that the rebuilding of the arches may be carried on without obstructing the general traffic over the same, or any serious accident happening. Many complaints are made against the works on this branch line of the South-Western from Bishopstoke to Salis bury, twenty-two miles. At the present time the large building intended for the reception of goods in this city, 240 feet long, 40 feet wide, with a further span of 10 feet each way, cov ere d with at least 60 tons of slate, has been carried up in so shameful a manner as, even before its being finished, to require at least 50 pieces of timber to prevent this ponderous mass from falling. A few days since this ill-built place was examined by Mr. Locke, the company's engineer, and other gentlemen connected with the company, when the works were con demned, and all the men ordered off, Mr. Fisher, the respectable builder of Salisbury, having been appointed to either rebuild or so far to strengthen the works as to make them safe. Many are of opinion that all must come down.—Post. DEATH OF MR. EMERY.—Mr. John Emery for merly proprietor and editor of the Guiana Times, and latterly of the journal bearing his name, published in George Town, British Guiana, and well known as a powerful political writer, died on board the steamer Trent, on his passage from England to Demarara. His remains were interred at Barbadoes.—Jamaica paper. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The in defatigable Jullien brought out last evening at these gardens a new waltz, which he has named the "Swedish Nightingale," being composed on airs sung by Jenny Lind. It is, we should say, a decided hit, and likely to become very popular. The gardens wero crowded, and the representation of the Siege of Gibraltar seemed as attractive as ever. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST.—From the occasional record just published, it appears that the legacy from the late Rev. Henry Campbell has been invested in Government securities, to which sum a legacy of 200/. from the late Miss Churchill, and 1001. from the late William Praed, Esq. and a further sum of 2001. from Miss Catherine Lee,"of Knightsbridge, will, when received, be applied to the funds devoted to the purchase of the ground at present occupied by the hospital. Tim LATE . TWEED.—The Nassau Observer says that two Harbour Island vessels arrived at that place with between two and three hundred jugs of quicksilver, saved from the wreck of the British steamer Tweed. They would have saved much more had they not been driven off by Spanish men-of-war, after having worked lAA c day, PORTUGAL. The Madrid Gazette publishes, from the Diario do Governo of Lisbon, the following proclamation, addressed by her Majesty to the Portuguese people:— " Portuguese,—Our country has presented to Europe the deplorable spectacle of the effusion of Portuguese blood, the destruction of property, the dissolution of social ties, and all the evils caused by civil war. Love of country and of liberty could not triumph over those fatal illusions which have been inspired in the design of leading Portuguese to arm themselves against my royal authority and against the constitution of the state. In order to obtain the submission which is due to me, and to re-establish public order, I have resolved to adopt every measure dictated by humanity and the public safety, such as according a very extensive amnesty, and the restitution of all employments and of all honours. I have also resolved to convoke the Cortes, and to proceed to the elections, after submission shall have been duly made, and public order restored in every point of the kingdom, in maintaining in all its plenitude the liberty of elections, the free exercise of all rights, and the scrupulous and im partial execution of the constitutional charter, in all its provision 3. The Governments of Spain, France and Great Britain, decided on the adoption of efficacious means to assist me in putting an end to calamities so dis astrous, and which sot such a dangerous example, not only gave notice of those measures to the chiefs who pro voked and directed the resistance, but secured their ex ecution by demanding the immediate submission of those chiefs to my royal authority. The chiefs refused to submit, feigned to dcubt the stability of the guarantee offered by the allied powers, and preferred combatting against the laws of their country to relying on my royal word, as well as on the faith and power of my august allies. " The true motive of illusion has now ceased, and the impossibility of prolonging the civil w ar i s ev id ent, a f ter the services which the foreign powers have commenced to render me. My tentiments of generosity, however, remain unchanged, . tnd I have resolved to grant to all persons implicated the fatal dissensions, without any nefi e tsthe same ext ens i ve amnesty up publication of thi s ro y a l d ecree exception, to the periodth samewh when te th begins to produce its legal effects, assurin g equa ll y t h e execution of all our Loyal decisions for the observance of the constitutional charter of the monarchy. Portu guese, it is impossib e that you can misconceive the kindly sentiment which dictates these measures, and the necessity of a prompt re-establishment of peace, concord, and obedience to the laws. Whatever may be the difference in political opinions, the first duty, the first want, is the due observance of the constitution. " My most sincere desire is, that all my subjects should profit by my kind intentions ; but when they safety of the state, demand that those who should refuse to submit, and should attempt to prolong the evils now agitating the country, shall be subjected to the action of the laws." This proclamation is followed by a decree, proclaiming a general and complete amnesty for all political crimes and offences committed since October 6 ; the whole to be buried in oblivion, and stating that all persons deprived of their honours and distinctions shall have the same re stored to them. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was animated. Sales 10,000 bales, including 1,200 American and 800 Surat for export, and 500 American and 1,000 Surat on speculation. There was an animated market, and prices of American under 7d. were id. per lb. better. Surat and Macao was /d. per lb. dearer, and all other sorts were id. per lb. higher than last Friday. The sales included 6,000 bales American at 6/d. to 7id., 100 Bahia at 71d., and 3,000 Surat at 4d. to 5/cl. per lb. There was a firm market for Railway Shares, with a tendency to improvement, but the buying orders appeared to be but few. We stated a day -nr two since our belief that there would be further unpleasant occurrences in mercantile circles connected with corn and other speculation, and the fall at Marseilles of the great house of Forbin, Janson, and Co., for an amount estimated at about halt a million sterling, but little of which, however, will be due to English merchants, serves to strengthen our statement. As regards the house in question its chief connexion was with the sugar trade. The auspicious weather, and the prospects of progres sive advancement in the growing crops increases the disposition to do business, but as yet we cannot report that activity either in the produce or manufacturing markets which appears to be desirable. Symptoms of confidence and augmented consumption have indeed manifested themselves at Liverpool and other places, and all that seems requisite is that this should " ripen," as it were, until the fruit is perfect, or in other words, until buyers operate liberally upon their conviction. The only ship arrival from abroad with late intelli gence of interest is from Monte Video. The inhabi tants were all on the qui vive respecting the mission of the English envoy, which it was hoped would prove successful. The English Funds opened rather firmer this morning, but have receded a trifle since. Consols have been 881 and are now 85i 4 for Account. The New Three -and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 90h to ?,; and the Three per Cents. 881 Exchequer-bills have been again quoted 7s. to 10s. premium. There is not the least animation in the Foreign mar ket. Portuguese Four per Cents. are quiet at 32 to 321. In Spanish no dealings are reported. Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. have been 581. Railway Shares are looking firm again, but with a BItITISII FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • 88%3l New Three -and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 90% %lA% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 • • 9% Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 8% India Bonds, 1,000/. .. Ditto, under 1,000/. Consols for Opening, July 16 .• • • 88%%% Exchequer Bills, I%d. 2d. 1,0001. .. • • 710 p 500/. •• • • 14 9p Ditto, Small .. • • 19 13 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'C LOCK. Portuguese Bends, 5 per Cent. Ditto, Four per Cent • • .. _ . Ditto, for the Account •. • • 324 Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 110% Dividends on the above payable In London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 58% BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Bristol and Exeter .. .. • • .. 75 •••• to Ditto, New .. .. • • • • .. 15 • • 14 to Eastern Counties • . .. • • • • • 20 .. • • 20% to Do., Perpetual,s per Ct. No. 1,6/. 133.46 Ditto, ditto .. .. N 0.2, 6/. 13s. 46. • p. •to Ditto, York Extension .. .. • • 7% 6%.... to East Lincolnshire .. .. • • • • 6% • • 7%.... to Great Northern .. .•• • .. .. Great North of England .. • • • • 100 .. • • 234.. ••to Ditto, New.. • • • • • • .. • • 5 •• . . 60 .... to Great Western .. .. • • • • .. 85 .... to Ditto. Half Shares .• .. • • • • 50 .. • • 70% •. • . to Ditto, Quarter Shares .. • • • . 12% Ditto. New .. • • • • .. 4% • • 8% •• .. to London arid Blackwall • • 161. 13s. 4d. .. • • 7%• to Ditto, New, No. 1 • • • . 5 ...• 5% .. • • to Ditto, New, No. 2 .. 2/. I3s. 4d. . yQ p.. to -- London, Brighton, and South Coast • • 50 .• •• 55 54% to 55 Ditto, Guaranteed Five per Cent... 9 .• • 9%„ ••to London and North-Western.. .. ..100 .• 180%.... to Ditto, Quarters .. • • L. and B. 7 .. • • 94 ..•• to 23% Ditto ditto New .. .. • 2 Ditto, Fifths .. • • • • . • 2 •• 17 .... to London and South-Western 411. 6s. 106. Ditto, New Consolidated Eighths .. 40 Ditto, New .• .. • • • .• • • 30% to 3114 Manchester and Leeds •. • .• 82 lO3 to Ditto, Half Shares .. .• . • .• 38 •• • • 45%.. • • to Ditto, Thirds (Reg.) • • • . • .7/. 4s par .... to Midland Ditto, New .. .. • • .• • . 36 41% .... to Ditto, Consol. Bristol & Birmingh. 6 per cent. .. • • • . ..100 .. 127% .... to Newcastle and Berwick .. .. •• 20 Ditto, New . .. • • • • .. 5 •• • • 7%% .• to North British .. • • .. • • 25 •• .. to Ditto, Extension .. • • • % to Ditto, Thirds .. .• .. • • 1 North Western .. .. • • -. .. 4 .. • • 2% .... to Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 22% 13%...• to Preston and Wyre • • •-• • • 25 Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) •• 3% • • 3% .... to iouth Eastern and Dover .. • • • .331.25. 4d. •• • • to Ditto, New (iss. at 321.) No. 1 •20 . 20% ••to West Riding Union .. .. • • • • 4/. 25....• par.• .5 to Windsor, Staines, and South-Western 425. .. • • 2% p.. to 2 p York and Newcastle .. •• •• 25 •• • • 37% 38 to 37% Ditto, New • • .. • • • • •• 10 .. ••15%•• • • to Ditto, Preference .. .. • • .• 8 .. • • 11% .... to York and North Midland •• .. 50 Ditto, Preference .. • . • • • • 6 .. • FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Louvain ala Sambre .. .. 6 Luxembourg .. •• .• 6 .. • • 1%% • • to Namur and Liege .. .• 10 .. •• 3% .... to Northern of France .. • • 8 .. • • 11 1 4 .. • • to Sambre and Meuse •• • • •• 14 • • 71% .. ••to JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Commercial of London • • • • •. 20 MINES Real del Monte, Unregistered •• 3y .. ••to Erratum in Yesterday's List—Read Ceylon blank, instead of 1 ,4 %. LLOYD'S SHIPPING —(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JuNE.22.—Wind S.W., light breeze, and fine. DEAL, JUNE 21.—Wind S.W., moderate ; p.lll. S.W., fresh and squally.—Arrd. Nile, M'Farlane Calcutta; Gil bert, Munro, M a d ras; C at h er i ne Greene, Holmes, St. Mitt's; Constance, Foster, Norfolk, Virginia; Augusta, New York, and sailed for Antwerp ; Great Britain, Hume, St. John's, .New Brunswick. Arrd. from the river, Aurora, Calcutta; Clio, Demerara; Tropic, Barbadoes ; Codrington, Antigua; Waterlily, Jamaica. Arrd. Cato, Scott, St. Vincent's. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 21.—Wind W.—Arrd. Minstrel, Simp son, Monte Video. Off port, Neptune, Stuart, Sydney, New South Wales ; Bull, New York, for Gothenbur. FALMOUTH, JUNE 21.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Narcissus, Bally, Rio Grande; Rainbow, Scott, Pernambuco. MUMBLES ROADS, JUNE 21.—Arrd. Circassian, Cuba. CORK, JUNE 19.—Wind N. W.—Arrd. Dryope, Moffat, Belize; Mecca, Hall, Trinidad • Mysore, Blyth, Matanzas; Salisbury, Smart, Baltimore ; Lithe, Richards, Baltimore; Swanson, Wood, New York; Mary, Thomas, St. John's. Sld. Guiseppe, Baltimore ; Riga, Quebec. MARGATE, JUNE 21.—The Diligence, Llanelly to London, grounded on Margate Sand to-day, but got off; and will proceed. _ _ . LIVERPOOL, JUNE 21.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Peru, Smith, Demerara; Maria Eulalia, Gortz, Havannah ; Laura, Snow, New Orleans; Importer, iNPLaren, Mobile; Diadem, Frost, New York ; Ceres, Mortimer, Prince Edward's Island ; Co lumbia, Bridge, New Orleans; Samuel, Mobile; Gennessee, Watts, Baltimore. Std. Princess Helene, Ceylon and Ma. Bras; Jane, Monte Video; Joseph Meigs, New York; Chal lenge, Halifax. Off port, Mischief, Ellen, Kitty, Rich mond packet, British Monarch, Mathilda, Chieftain, and Gleaner. FALmourtt, JUNE 20.—A vessel, of about 60 or 80 tons, was seen bottom up, lat. 48, long. 12, by the Edmund, arrived here. SurroN WASH, WISBEACII, JUNE 19.—The Ida, Wheat hill, Commerce, and Emblem, all ran foul of the bridge this morning, and each received considerable damage. 41,';fit"- • .-- ~. t - 1 r. , -- J ..,.. _ . ."%eil k i Zif_:-. ~...s'' jire .... • '1%., - Alli io — it , . "r. 0421. t. "s- /4.. 1 . , /to • , .;•%7 4. 1.•!: , ;, - - - ." - • , , ~_ s - SECOND EDITION. kq - Wining LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 2.2, 1847. A more inj udicious, or, strictly speaking, a more indecent proclamation could not by possibility have been penned than the one addressed to the Portuguese, on the ninth instant, by Queen MARIA DA GLORIA. Had her Most Gracious and Most Faithful Majesty been desircus to render a reconciliation with her subjects odious beyond all description, she could not more effectually have compassed her intentions than by the publication of such a manifesto as the one we have mentioned. In the very construction of her sentences there is visible the partially-suppressed malice of a domineering but conquered Sovereign. Principles of liberality are there enunciated by the lips of a woman whose career has, from the moment of her accession to the throne of the Braganzas, been subversive of every national right and every constitutional prerogative. Those sacred principles are glozed over with the lan guage of the most insidious hypocrisy, and the patriotic insurgents, by whose loyalty to the Charter she has been alone driven to the acceptance of a liberal convention, are treated withal as culprits emi nently worthy of her royal displeasure, and are inso lently alluded to as the recipients of an unparalleled generosity. We cannot indeed find expressions of sufficient earnestness to indicate the disgust and in dignation with which we have perused this miserable document. Its very introduction is a mockery, the most gratuitous and the most reprehensible. Queen MARIA reproach hPr people horaueo of the aaa auf " effusion of Portuguese blood "—when the homicidal spillers of that blood were the tools of her malapert despotism ; because of the recent " destruction of pro perty "—when the pillagers and incendiaries were none other than her own mercenary supporters ; and because of the " dissolution of social ties "—when she herself was the one who snapped the bonds of affection asunder by abetting the cabal of the Cabrals instead of promoting the happiaoss by securing the liberties, of her loyal and taoffending people. What, we ask, is the sequel to this ab horrent induction ? It is a sequel eminently worthy of a QUEEN who throughout the whole of her ill-omened reign has huckstered the privileges of the nation for the emolument of an unprincipled favourite. "Fatal illusions," says MARIA DA GLORIA, have caused some persons to take up arms against ray Royal authority, and against the constitution of the State." Fatal illusions ! forsooth. Why, if any one thing is notorious throughout the length and breadth of Christendom, it is that the guilty proceedings of the Court of Lisbon have goaded the population of Portugal to a manifestation of their august wrath, it is that the people of that land have been justified in taking arms against the Supreme Government, it is that the royal authority and the constitution of the State have been leagued one against the other in con sequence of the policy adopted by the ruler of Por tugal. This has been proclaimed in Parliament ; it has been acknowledged by that very Adminis tration through whose generous interference Queen MARIA has been alone preserved from the possibility of a speedy dethronement, and an ignominious expa triation. Mr. MACAULAY has proclaimed the late revolution in Portugal to have been most justifiable on the part of the insurgents, and most reprehensible on the part of the Cabinet. And yet MARIA DA GLORIA speaks thus contumeliously of the Junta, as having assailed at once her Royal au thority and the constitution of the State ! Neither against the authority of their Sovereign nor against the articles of their common constitution were the soldiers of the Oporto Junta arrayed. The Por tuguese had armed themselves especially for the pro tection and vindication of the constitution, and for the restriction of the royal authority within reasonable and legal limits. Heartily do we confess that we have not the inclination to analyse either the language or the sentiments of this odious manifesto. After the oriental fashion, the QUEEN has thrown a peace offering to her people, but the peace-offering is nothing better than a poisoned cake. The gorge Of the nation will rise at this ungracious recompense of a loyalty which has survived all the throes of civil contention, and all the incitements of popular success. The peace-offering of MARIA DA GLORIA will be spat forth derisively as it deserves, and a significant assurance will thereby be conveyed to her councils that the scorn of a virago is not compatible with the dignity of a Princess, and that the diction of a des pot is no way suited to the mouth of a constitutional Sovereign. If ever there was a manifest necessity for the reformation of a Cabinet that necessity is at this moment conspicuous on the banks of the Tagus. Let her Portuguese MAJESTY take warning by the insane measures adopted in 1814 by the obese reviver of the ancienreginte—let her bear in recollection the consequences of the abor• tive projects born in the effete imagination of King Louis XVlll—let her remember the calamitous effects of the Ministerial treason and the legislative crimes of King CHARLES X.—let her draw the obvious analogies which are discernible in the revela tions of history, and trace out her course in ac cordance with the deductions derived therefrom. Her destinies are now at her own disposal as far as human destiny can he controlled by human judgment. Whether her reign is to be branded as infamous among the records of the land she governs, whether her name is to be handed down to the execration of posterity, or whether, in obedience to the dictates of a purer pur pose, the assertor of the national liberties and the object of national gratitude, is a consummation still hidden in the womb of futurity. As yet not even the glimmer of a hope has gilded the gloom of her sovereignty. Still there is no reason to despair for Portugal. According to the practice that has heretofore pre vailed in the administration of public business, it is in vain to hope for any improvement, however glaring or obvious the defects of the system may be, until actual inconvenience has been sustained by persons of sufficient influence to give weight to their remon strances, and to enforce a patient consideration of the grievances. The principle adopted with respect to the prosecution of offenders has long given occasion for many well-grounded complaints, has frequently led to a failure of justice, to the escape of criminals, and to a vast additional incon; enienee and expense to those who, having already been sufferers by the acts complained of, are further obliged, either to advance the costs of the prosecution —an expense which they can ill afford—or to abandon the duty they owe to the public, and suffer the accused party to escape, and to persevere in his vicious courses, until he shall have injured some person of greater wealth or energy. Private prosecutions are in every respect objectionable. They appear to be founded on feelings of individual resentment in place of, being carried on for the vindication of the ma jesty of the law. They induce parties to suppose that they can escape by means of a private arrange• ment with the person who is prominently put for ward as the claimant for redress, and too frequently inquiries are smothered, the aggrieved party accept ing compensation fur the injuries sustained, and an indemnity aga i nst any l oss that may possibly be oc casionedand vindictive by the forfeiture of his r ecogn i zances ; while in o th ers they enable parties to gratify mali ciousve feelings, and to persecute a n d op press other s under the cloak ' of law. A private per son has a right to institute proceedings to obtain re dress for any injuries that may be inflicted on him; but the moment they assum e a criminal character, the private injury is merged i n the public wrong.' Public justice has been outraged, and the State which aggrieved tak e takes upon itself to afford protection to th e person and property o f its in citi e z d en ia s te b ly eco in m te e r s p t o h see, and party, and should iru SPAIN AN]) PORTUGAL. The French Government has published the following telegraphic dispatch : " A letter from Zamora states that the Spanish Gene ral Concha occupied Braganza on the 11th with a divi sion of his army." MONTE VIDEO PLYMOUTH, JUNE 21.—The merchant bark Minstrel, Captain Simpson, belonging to Plymouth, came in this morning from Monte Video, with 700 hides and 300 pipes of tallow, for the owners, Messrs. Haycroft and Pethick. The Minstrel left on the 16th of April, in company with the barque Caroline, brig Belgrano, and screw-steamer Fletcher, bound to Liverpool, and the barque George IV., for Havre-de-Grace. About 150 merchant vessels were at Monte Video, only three of which, the Melody, Ipswich, and Clio, were English. The Anastino, an American barque, under Monte Videan colours, was to sail in ten days for Liverpool. Freights—Hides, 4/. 10s., and tallow, 5/. 10s. per ton ; current dollar, 45d. Beef, ls. per lb. Bread scarce ; the American barrel 255. General Oribe continued to invest Monte Video, whose inhabitants were occasionally shot by his forces. About a fortnight before the Minstrel left, an English quartermaster was murdered, and the carcase of his horse sold for beef in the market-place. Various opinions exist as to the intervention of the British and French authorities. A very general impression now prevails, that if those Governments had not interfered, the troublesome affairs of the River ?late would have long since been settled. The French are much disliked by the inhabitants of Monte Video. At Monte Video—Her Majesty's frigate Vernon, 50, Captain John C. Fitzgerald ; her Majesty's frigate Raleigh, 50, Commander Sir Thomas Herbert ; her Majesty's 18-gun brig Satellite, Commander Robert H. B. Rowley ; her Majesty's 16 gun brig Grecian, Corn mlnder Alexander L. Montgomery, and a number of Government steam-vesseli. Her Majesty's steamer Rattler, Commander R. Moor man, with Lord Howden, had not arrived. Great hopes of an amicable arrangement were anticipated from the presence of his Lordship. Several English and French men-of-war steamers were cruising about, conveying troops, &c., between Maldonado and Colonia. The united forces of England and France still kept Buenos Ayres under blockade. All her salderados (salting houses), were in full employ, trade was very brisk. There was an immense store of produce at Buenos Ayres, large quantities of which were conveyed by small craft to Monte Video. The Min:trel brings passengers Mr. John and Mr. Peter Jackson, residents at Monte Video, Mr. Ridley, of Plymouth, his sister, and child. On the passage home spoke the American barque Baltic, from Cork, for Llavannah, out 56 days, short of water ; and the brig William Flitton, or William Pitt, out twelve days from Newfoundland, bound to Demerara; all well. GREECE AND TURKEY. The following telegraphic dispatch has been received by the French Government:— " MALTA, JUNE 13. " The Porte has accepted the proposition of Prince Metternich fur settling the difference between Greece I,rid Turkey. The Grand Vizier's letter has been handed to the English Minister, and by him forwarded to Vienna. The difference is regarded as settled. M Mussurus will return to Athens, but will not, it is thought, long remain there. The English vessels, the Vanguard and the Albion, would soon return to Malta. The Rodney was to remain at the Pincus. The Egyptian Government steamer, the Nile, touched at Malta on her way to Tripoli, with 800 soldiers." PORTRAIT OFPISNIIPII by Henry Moseley. Li t h ographed by Thomas Fa i rlan d . A portrait of the hero of Miwai, Major-General Sir A iß it li T y S. S MITH. Painted harry Smith—and, what is mere, a faithful and charac teristic portrait—must be peculiarly acceptable to his ad miring countrymen. Such a portrait has come from the easel of Mr. Moseley, and has been excellently pencilled, from the original painting, upon a lithographic stone, by Mr. Fairland. The countenance of the gallant officer is indicative of that intelligence and audacity which might have been anticipated in the features of the con queror of Aliwal. The engraving is as simple and natural as a daguerreotype. ERRATTIIIT.—Tn the concluding paragraph of Mr. Samuel Browning's letter on the Navigation Laws, pub lished in our impression of yesterday, for "minor ad vantage" read "minor disadvantage." REDUCTION OF SHIPPING RATES IN LIVERPOOL.— A special meeting of the Liverpool town council was held at the Town -hall yesterday, for the purpose of taking into consideration certain reductions on cotton, iron, coal, and shipping, recommended by the dock com mittee. The mayor presided. The sub-committee re commended reductions as follow, namely :—On goods, 24,580/. ; tonnage, 14,1361. ; total, 38,716 1 . A schedule of the proposed reduction was produced and approved of, as also a reduction of tonnage duties charged for certain classes of voyages. CALLS TO THE BAR.—INNER TEMPLE, JUNE 11.— C oeu id e. The followi ng gent l emen were this day ca ll e d to t h e b ar by the lion. Soci et y o f the Inner T em ple, viz., Willi a m Henry Leathl e y, E sq., of Trinity C o ll ege , C am b r id ge , B .A l l .; g e C , ha a r m le b s r Frith, p g the hen Bateson, Esq., Trinity d er i FrederickCa- a d, , gan, of Oriel C o lle g Thompson, o E , o s q ux , roon o r . E d f h l a a g iri e e west, Re gent's-park; S amuel Ste Esq., of St. John's College, Cambridge, 8.A.; Elliott Grassett, Esq., of Em anue l C o llege, Cambridge; and Y College, Edward lloare Si rr , o f T r i n i t Dublin. B.A. An experiment took place yesterday at Woolwich dockyard by Mr. Bennett, of the Hon. East India Com pany's service, at the request of Commander Ryder, who recently commissioned the Vix- n, to ascertain the capa bilities of the Nautilus as a life preserver when attached to boats. Two of the Nautilus were attached to the commander's gig, and ten men put on board, and the plug withdrawn ; but the upper part of the boat remained above two inches out of the water, and although the yes ,el had been glled by any surf she would not have upset, being still capable of conveying that number of men oa shore. THE CONSTABULA RY FORCE OF IRELAND —The effective strength of this force in the counties, cities, and towns of Ireland on the Ist of January last, was 10,639 (general force, and 372 reserved force). The expendi ture upon the said force for the whole of Ireland in the year 1846 amounted to the sum of 483,6461. Tho total amount of the force employed on the Ist of January, 1847, was 11.404, and its total expense 492,8811., of which 340,8331. is the proportion borne by the Consoli dated Fund, and 152 , 0471, , t h e amou nt borne by coun ties, cities, and towns, MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS SMITIIFIRLD.--Meadow Hay, 215 s to 3115 s ; Clover ditto 315 s to 4/ 15s ; and Straw, 1/ 105 to 1/ 14s per load. Straw sold steadily, at more money; but the sale fur both Meadow and Clover Hay was dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 16s; Clover ditto, 318 s to 4/ 12s ; and Straw, 1/ 115 to 11 15s per load. A full average supply, and a steady trade. WHITECHAPEL—Meadow Hay, 2/ 55 to 31 15s; Clover ditto, 3/ 8s to 41 17s ; and straw, 1/ lOs to 1/ 14s per loal. Supply good, and trade rather dull. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The attention of the trade has been principallr directed to the pehlie c.d.:, of Mauritius, consequently only a limited business has been done in British Plantation, the transactions in which only amount to about 350 casks, in cluding 115 hhds Berbice, and 97 tierces of crystalised St. Vincents, offered by auction, which brought respectively 38s to 39s 6d ; for low to mixed middling grey, and 42s to 508 for low soft to good yellow being about the previous cur rency. The public sales have likewise offered 9,100 bags and 33 casks Maui itius, and 1,240 bags Bengal, which chiefly sold in some instances at rather easier prices, the former brought 40s for very low soft to 47s for fine bright: yellow, and 49s to 53s 6d for good to fine ditto crystalised; Bengal, low to fine ditto, 43s 6d to 51s 6d. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 2,300 hhds 802 tierces 424 barrels; there were taken for home consumption 1.676 hhds 157 tierces 419 barrels. The stock in the same places is 13,379 hhds 1,9 9 9 tierces 3,274 barrels. COFFEE.-153 bags East India at auction sold readily at 26s 6d to 27s 6d for ord mixed Batavia. RUM.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 350 puns 85 hhds. There were taken for home consumption, 297 puns 38 hhds, and exported, 65 puns 74 hhds. The stock in the same places is 9,933 puns 1,556 hhds. Rici.-790 bags and 960 pockets Bengal, and 6,750 bags Java, only partly sold at a further decline of is per cwt. SrtcEs.-1,575 bags Black Pepper were chiefly taken at the full value, viz., 2 t, d to 2:Y 4 d for fair Eastern. TALLow.—P. Y. C. is 50s 9d per cwt on the spot, and Town, 535. TEA.—The market is quiet, but with a fair consumption. THE CROPS.—The late rain has had a visible effect in the improved appearance of the crops in this neigh bourhuod, particuhirly the wheat. In the gardens also its beneficial effects arc experienced, and pears are now plentiful (Thursday), at 9d. per peck, and on Saturday (this day) there is no doubt they may be readily pur chased at 6d. Many samples of new potatoes from dif ferent parts of the county have been shown of good size, very clear, and perfectly free from disease. There is a good sprinkling of fruit —certainly not the abundance of some seasons—which, we understand, in some other counties is deficient, except that useful and pleasant fruit, the apple, which, we are glad to state, is generally reported to be abundant.—Bedford Mercury. A tradesman in Bath has the following printed upon his shop bills:— " My books are so crammed, and bad debts I've so many, I'm resolved that in future I'll not tru l ,t a penny ; Giving credit to friends often friendship endangers. And I hope ne'er a gain to be cheated by strangers. , ' HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) COMMITTEE FOR PRIVILEGES. Their Lordships sat to-day in a Committee for Pri• vileges. The peers present were, the Lord Chancellor the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Brougham, Lord Lynd hurst, the Marquis of Headfort, the Earl of Scarborough, the Earl of Falmouth, the Earl of Caledon, the Earl of Wicklow, the Earl of Runfurly, and Lords Beaumont and Bolton. THE CRAWFURD AND LINDSAY PEERAGE. Counsel were further heard and witnesses examined in behalf of the claimant to this peerage, and the further consideration of the claim was adjourned sine die. MARQUIS OF TWEEDALE V. MURRAY AND OTHERS. JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave the judgment of their Lordships to-day in this appeal, which came before their Lordships yesterday. The case came before the House upon appeal from the decision of the Court of Session. The question in the case arose upon the construction of a lease of the farm of Conbie, in the county of Berwick, belonging to the appellant, and of which the father of the first named respondent had been during his life the tenant. The question was, whether the respondents (the son of the late tenant, and the personal representatives) were entitled, under the terms of the lease, to regain possession of the farm from the death of the tenant, which happenPd in March, 1845, until the Whit Sunday after his death, and, in conseqUence, to plough, sow, and cultivate it, and to reap the crop of that year. The Lord Ordinary decided against the respondents, who took the case to the Inner House, where his Lordship's decree was reversed. The appellants then brought this appeal against that reversa l. Th e Nbble and Learned Lord, after going shortly through the facts of the case, recommended their Lordships to reverse the decision of the Court below. Judgment reversed accordingly. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY. lIILTON V. LORD GRANVLLLE. This case was resumed at the sitting of the Court this morning, and occupied the whole of the day in hear ing evidence with respect to the working of mines, and in hearing cases cited in which parties had recovered compensation for injuries caused to their property from the working of mines. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner FoNBLANQuE.) IN RE SIPPINGS. _. _ _ This bankrupt, who had carried on business as an hotel keeper at the Hotel do Paris, at Cromer, came up for his certificate. Mr. LucAs appeared to oppose, principally on the ground that the bankrupt had attempted to conceal a great portion of his property. In the course of the Learned Counsel's address he said that the opposing a: Loa i..a difßo„lt) in making out a case in conseqnence of the expense of bringing up witnesses from Norwich and elsewhere, but when they had done so at their own expense, and made out a prima facie case, his Honour had ordered the assignees to take up the case; and although ultimately his Honour appeared to be of opinio❑ that the bankrupt could hardly be con sidered liable for the attempted concealment, as he was not proved to have been present, yet his Honour thought it a case in which the costs of the opposition should be allowed. He (the Learned Counsel) would take the liberty of mentioning to the Court a suggestion of the members of the Chamber of Commerce at Norwich on this point. The Chamber of Commerce was com posed of bankers, merchants, and gentlemen of the legal profession in that city, and they had come to the con clusion that the object of the Act was frequently frus trated by throwing the expense on individual creditors, where they had to take witnesses a distance to London, and they had urged on the authorities that it would facilitate the proceedings, and lessen the expense, if in certain cases, such as inquiring into concealment of property, the Commissioners of this court should have it in their discretion to appoint the judge of the county court, or some other compe tent person, to act as their deputy, and take the examination of witnesses, except in large estates, and when the subject was intricate. The Chamber had, he was informed, made a communication to the Lord Chan cellor on the subject, and had entertained hopes that in the new Act some clause giving such discretion to the commissioner would have been inserted. His HONOUR said, that as the matter had been men tioned he would remark that seven years ago he had taken a great deal of trouble at Norwich to impress this on the minds of gentlemen there, but as the evil was only then coming they had not then thought it necessary to take any steps, and they were now feeling the conse quences of their neglect. Many of those gentlemen were wholesale dealers and large warehousemen, and if they did not continue to look into the matter they would still continue to have a very indifferent legislation. The subject was then dropped, and the case was proceeded with. CRIMINAL COURT.--(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the COMMON-S ERGEANT. ) EMBEZZLEMENT.—Thomas Freeman, aged 39, de scribed as a wig -maker, was charged with embezzling a sum of 481. 18s., the property of the overseers of the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner was one of the poor-rate collectors, and in that capacity ob tained the money in question, for which he neglected to account. Mr. Robinson conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Huddlestone the defence. There was nothing of interest in the case, but during the examination of one of the witnesses a question was raised as to the correctness of the indictment, it being contended by the counsel for the defence that the money in question was not the property of the overseers, but of the guardians, whose servant the prisoner was. In this opinion the Common-Sergeant concurred, and con sulted Mr. Commissioner Bullock, who took the same view of the law on the question. The case, however, was permitted to proceed, and the prisoner was found Guilty, but sentence was not passed, the pint contended for by his counsel being reserved for the decision of the judges. This being the last case on the calendar terminated the business of the court. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) The June adjourned sessions commenced this morning at the Court House, Clerkenwell-green, before the As sistant-Judge and a full bench of magistrates. The calendar was unusually heavy, owing to the length of time intervening since the last session—no less than 150 persons being for trial; of these 23 were charged with misdemeanours, and the remainder with felony. Of these 45 were described in the calendar as unable either to read or write, 104 as reading and writing im perfectly, and one only out of the 150 was able to read and write well. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE, in charging the grand jury, referred to the number of prisoners for trial at the pre sent session, but said he was glad to find that they did not exceed the average as far as the time elapsing be tween each session went. After alluding to the measure now before the Legislature upon the subject of criminal jurisprudence, he said he was happy to find that, although he could not approve cordially of many of its provisions, yet that it still was a step in the right direction. During the course of his address he dealt a smart lecture to those tradesmen who were in the habit of exposing goods outside their shop doors, and t. young o3s, and htisthro b winga , u uncalled-for temptation in the way of concluded by saying that he for one would most gladly promote a low which would compel all such persons to bear the whole expenses of the prosecution. An snplication was made by a sergeant of the B divi sion of police to have the evidence of a witness in a very important case taken as speedily as possible before the grand jury, under the following circumstances:--The witness was a female, who was daily and hourly expect ing her confinement, and there was no place for her to wait in except the common hall, where there was no seat to sit down upon, where she was jostled about amongst 300 or 400 persons, and which, for persons even in ro bust health, especially in winter, or the warm months of summer, was almost unbearable. The Learned ASSISTANT JUDGE said it was a most scandalous case that no accomodation could be afforded to a witness under such circumstances. The arrange ments for persons in waiting on the Court, as prosecu tors and witnesses, was an actual disgrace to the country, and he was glad the Chairman of the County Magis trates (Mr. Pownall) was present. Mr. Pownall said it it rested with the Chairman of the Court, the proper and much required accommodation should be afforded as speedily as bricks and mortar could be run up, hut he was, unfortunately, wholly powerless in the matter. James Squires, convicted at the last sessions of steal ing a pocket book from the person of Captain Archdall, M.P., at the Hungerford Pier, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) GROSS ATTEMPT AT EXTORTION.—Edward Fox, a stonemason, was brought before Mr. Bingham charged with endeavouring to extort money from Thomas Hill, by charging him with attempting to commit a nameless offence. The prosecutor stated that he was a waiter, and resided at No. 9, Orford-place, Marlborough-road, Chelsea. On the 16th instant he went into Hyde Park to see the review, which he found was put off till the following day in consequence of the wet. He left the park and proceeded towards 113 de Park-corner. Oa arriving opp o . site St. George's Hospital he entered one of the screens for a certain purpose. Ho had not been there m any minutes when the prisoner and a third person came in. After witness had adjusted his dress he left the place and proceeded towards Knightsbridge. He had not walked many yards when the prisoner came up to him, and entered into conversation with him about the unfavourable state of the weather. By this time prose cutor had arrived opposite the White Horse public-house, where he had a pint of porter ; and as the prisoner had stated that he was out of work, witness invited him to partake of it. They afterwards left the house, and had another pint of porter at the Clock•house, Knights bridge. Witness, after leaving the latter house, walked towards Piccadilly. On arriving opposite the Green Park, the defendant said he was not going any further. Wit n ess replied, that as he underst oo d t h at he (prisoner) was residing at Pimlico, the nearest way would be across the Green Park. Witness was about leaving the prisoner, when he (prisoner) said "I must have v some thing before you go." Witness asked him what he mean t? The prisoner rejoined Witness " replied that h e cou ld not him have any from You know w h at I mean. I want some money. as he had none about him. The ," pfellrisoner rthen monthssai d, this i T s b ui a o t ru be ing d -1:11,ru d. ddh I _edthoalvde given m e that giveh ehaydeunothmreoenemyoaabths outallisiemw, iatiahil;ut you give ul ifl e d a o em n e o ., t , Witness said that he (prisoner) must be a bad base fellow to make such a threat. The prisoner replied that he wanted the money for indecently assaulting whilst in the screen, and said he should give him (witness) in ch,irge to the first constable that came up. Witness then walked towards Berkeb'y street, and was about turning the corner when the prisoner came and stood in front of him, and would no t let him pass. Witness then took him by the collar and told him that he would not let him go till he had given him in charge for attempting t o e xtort money from him. The prisoner then said , " Now I will give you another quarter for collaring me," and added, " that he (witness) might bounce and tell the magistrate, as the other fellow did, but it would be of little avail, as the magistrtite would not listen to him at all." Subse quently a police-constable came up, when the prisoner called out to him, " I give this man into custody, for indecently assaulting me." When the con stable was about to take witness in charge, the prisoner said, "I have not charged him yet." Wit ness then reuested the constable to take t he p risoner in charge for attempted extortion, and that be (witness) would accompany him to the station. The constable then proceeded towards the station in Vine street, but before they arrived there the prison er wished the constable to let him go to Pimlico to speak to Th his " mates," and then he would come to the stati on. constable told him if he attempted to go away he would take him into custody, as he would not be trifled with any longer. The prisoner then went to the station, end gave witness in charge. On the following morning ness was brought to this court, and was discharged in consequence of the non-attendance of the prison er ; Witness met the prisoner in Castle-st ree t last night and gave him into custody. Mr. Emanuel, artificial florist, residing in Hounsditcb, proved a similar charge against the prisoner. the The prisoner, with the greatest etfrontry, denied charge, and said the statement of the first witness was false from beginning to end. He hoped the magistrate would look over it and let him go. Mr. BINGHAM said that he (prisoner) was likely to be kept in pretty safe custody for some time. Ile should remand him till Wednesday next. THAMES.—(THIS DAY) Thomas ,Jones, a tall, powerful, young fellow, . W I charged with the following assault on a ma n sixty fo years of a J Trus:— From the ge, poor named man's ames statement ty , corroborated by his fternvlb°n son and daughter, it appeared that yesterday a the prisoner followed the prosecutor's daughter, oo Buckle: he had never seen before, to her residence, No. 6, street, Whitechapel. Of course her father remorastratee:. with him on such a proceeding, and at last her brothe told him if he did not leave the house he would be give h u into custody. After some persuasion he left, 50d after old man and his son also quitted the house s hortly a" e t tree , together, and as they were passing down Alie -s onset Whitechapel, the prisoner rushed out of a public -11 knocked the old man into the gutter, and then head about. : Ihd In his defence the prisoner declared that th 9 gi r ' -5 Her fatbert been drinking with him all the afternoon. abused him shamefully. He certainly struck him, bu it was in his own defence. 'otts ' Mr. BALLANTINE said, that for such an atrom outrage he should inflict the highest punishment thee boat bia law allowed him. His sentence was that the prison; for t ° pay a fine of 5/. to the Queen, or go to gaol months. lie was locked up in default. RAILWAY COlllmirrEEs• (THIS DAY•) HOUSE OF LORDS. G R OUP A. Tx eleven , Ai* WATERFORD AND LIMERICK RA= at Committee on thi s li ne met to-day o'clock; Lord Camoys in th e c hair. oter Mr. WHEATLEY op ene d th e ca se for the promld bt and pointed out the great a d va ntages which w°u conferred by the deviation s . fyth Mr. Osborne, C.E., was th en e xamined at great len o on the engineering peculiariti es o f the deviatio ns. at GROUP B. The Committee on this Group met to-day . at e leven o'clock ; the Marquis of Westminster is the enair. GLASGOW, numrnams, AND CAIZZIOZIS (No. I.) Evidence in favour of the Bill was continued by Mr. Sawyer, Provost of Annan, who deposed the!, large meeting was held at Annan, a t which a r esolution was passed against leasing this line to th e Caledonian Company. This closed the case for the prom oters. alf Mr. Errington, C.E., was then e xamined on behalf n f the opposition—the Caledonian Company — an d ga n " evidence at great length to show the advat; tages which the portion of this line from A n Springfield would give to the Caledonian Companak q? a. acting as a traffic feeder, and making up for the ness of the main li ne . H e also showed that the sorting of the trains, and th e general business of transerrir?q traffic from one scheme of railways to the other, wou!ct be much better effected at Annan, a comp arative large town, than at a small hamlet like Sp ringfield :l; no local traffic. He also showed that it would be to interest of the Caledonian Company to give every 3C : commodation to the traffic of the Dumfries Comp and that the public and Parliament would not te allow ani obstruction, such as that alleged by the p romors this Bill. jest Mr. Locke, C.E., corroborated the evidence of witness, and said that he believed the Caledonian C° r ` i , piny would never have invested their capital in the lib° if they considered the Dumfries C ompany wou ld have got the Bill. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP VI. TAUNTON AND CASTLE CA.R.Y lIRANCU° AND ILLEA.DER. TO WELLS, df,c. The Committee met at the usual hour. Mr. Gregory, C.E., engineer to the line, was 0- amined—The length of the proposed lin es was about 00" ou, t forty- five miles, the total cost of the lin es was .582,0 The gradients upon the line were very favourable, and, the line such a one as could be made economically and speedily. By the proposed branch the distance between Exeter and London would be reduced from its resent distance by the existing route via Bristol, which vests 1934 miles to 172 miles 51 chains. GROUP XXX. scheme. I A . 1 1% A E R D ( P o I e e M d thLeEcEasne of and proceeded to call evidence in support of' the ADELPHI T HE veter theoke, A new three act comedy (or to melodrama) from the practised pen of t h most was produced here last evening, l t w ' Title Deeds," complete success. It is entitled the turns upon and the interest of the piece . title tho loss and the recovery of certain, rcor deeds, the property of Mr. Morant (Mr. e t a,) a West India merchant, who is about to proceed speaki more correctly O Jamaica, and who leaves the box containing the ti tle deeds and a large sum of money in a cab, of which he knows not the number. The driver of the cab, Hutu phrey llaywisp (admirably acted by Mr. 0. 513 1410 ' finds the box. He is miserably poor, but he resists the temptation for a time, and had it not been for his mother he would have resisted it altogether. She urges him to break open the box and appropriate its contents, and notwithstanding the entreaties of his tNaav and ofldea hisrwBg i a e t l ho l ) w s ' h u n ( i m s ; i i : s l purchasesmWooiloel y g airn) the h a e cb g oo i tx v t a, e g s he e w aa a pt y p , and oipars ao fi tne n bs d u itrnhy , ding a, friend Pettr Hush (Wright), a ci-decant author and actor, whom he engages as t utor to hi s ,chil dren, retires into the count r y, w h ere he . -- comes a sporting man, a n d as such be comes acquainted with Turfy Goodwood (Mr' ► Bedford), a blackleg, and Mr. Philip Fustic (Mr. Boy ce) a pigeon, and the partner of Morant. He has saved sal; , cient money to replace the sum he had found in th e i ho tte and is anxious to discover the owner. Conscience has 010 its work with the mother who hasbecomeidiotic. Afort".4 comes forward to claim the box containing the title -d for without which he will be ruined. H u mphrey . seek s Z r the box—it has disappeared. The old woman, in a cra fit, had removed it, and concealed it she knovvS'l°, where. There is a Mrs. Evergay (Mrs. Yates) rest,: in the town with her two nieces (well acted by DILA of Ellen Chaplin and Miss E. Harding). O ne h iiip these young ladies, who is betrothed to r Fustic, is fond of drawing, and in sketching a she of the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey by m oonlight' ha observed an old woman prowling about—struck h o Y, the picturesque appearance she introduced the figure ; cog . old woman into the sketch. S a lly IlaywisP Se nises it as that of her mothn-law. S is made among the ruins, and the box containing 1 e ( . title-deeds is found, and all ends happily. Tile ' an d was capitally acted and admirably put on the stage l ; Peake has furnished th e manage ment With A deeds for a run of a hundred nights. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Madame Vestris and Mr. Charles Mathews Oraci e menced an engagement here last evening, and appea,r,.,.. in Love's Telegraph, A Culious Case, and 7fie rn Their reception was most enthusiastic, ' and they b ur , e' soon. all the better f or th e i r re cent provincial •x slop. The house was crowded. MR. WILSON ' S ENTERTAINMENTS.--Last night the Music Hall, Store-.treet, was filled by a hearty an d t a b i l e . plauding audience, who had assembled to hea r s in minstrel's last budget for the season. Wils on fine voice, and gave the songs with, if possible, /nor; than his usual excellence ; the result was, abundance °it encores. He sang " The Skylark," by request, whit;, again produced as great an effect as when he eve ois eerinment on Hogg's ongs. We perceive that n the concluding night of the s seaso n, on Monday ne/c., he is to give his popular entertainment of " An hour Burns," when he sings some of Burns's finest songs, 1 11 ,, recites th e h umorous p oe m of " Tam o' Shanter, whic." he gives with great gusto. PIEBALD M I C E .—Row, a mechanic, in W i l' ite Lion -court, Taunton, has in his possession several beatr tifully mottled white and black mice, from one of which he lately had the extraordinary progeny of sixteen in one litter. The breed is common in the Austrian States' and has been imported by the Italian and Swiss Wan rants.—Salisbury Harald. RAT-KILLING EXTRAORDINARY.--011 the 11 tij inst., Mr. Joseph Jenkins, or Blaenplwyf Ystrad, lac° Lampeter, and his two brothers, both under twelve Yea rs of age, killed no less than 107 rata in less than halloo hour. The modus operandi was as follovvs:—Th c brothers io poured boiling water, or cold wate r and quiel‘ lime, into the rats' holes, and on their attemptg t°s escape they were knocked on the head with the hat?n which the youths held in their handc iiiivi.,..., We q i hav 2 1st o f Ai that the E tobtlud, warfare, tc Illus. IV (Prom the There i t 3 tri det a i 4 4 o n t i ken have Governor °t ilers h a ebernies. Fro m 3 , 4 I,,4tnentalDl son ( !al Isl e at Sio' , a fi and t 13 t b f artber ." body Gu The Sc feral, w „/ the ;net 1 1 , 1t gola tra tic such a s 0 e11:1 . Ab C h Pingo tve tried N IL , I .y