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- - TO THE HONEST ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF IPSWICH. .1 GENTLEMEN, The decided stepe I have taken agaiu.st those who wished that corruption should be systematically practised by the Reform party In Ipewich would prevent my success at the ensuing contest ; bat none of you can entertain a doubt that a sufficient number of friends remained faithttl to have rendered it impossible for any Liberal to have been returned in opposition to myself. This indeed has been admitted by the bribery party in the most unqualified terms ; it would, however, be a ba d return to make for your uniform kindness were I to be instrumental in causing the return of two Tories for the borough of Ipswich ; and this would muloubtedly be the case were I to proceed to the poll at the ap proaching election. It therefore becomes my public duty to retire, and I need no t assure you I do this with the most grateful remembrance of your kindness. I have the honour to en remain, Gem, Your faithful and attached servant, RIGBY MASON. London. Sane 25, 1847. THE 01.,TLY AUTHORISED ENGLISH EDITION'. Translated by D. FORBES CAMPBELL. N 0 TIC E. - VOL. VII. OF THIERS' HISTORY OF THE CONSULATE AND EMPIRE, Will be Published on the 15th Inst., price 59. Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street ST. MARK'S REEF; OR, THE CRATER. THIS NEW YORK, by the celeb rated Author of "THE PILOT," " THE SY," " THE DE RSLAYER," &c., will be published by Mr. BENTLEY in a few days. 8, New Burlington-street. -- HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re ipeetftilly tntormed, that there will be a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT TO-MORROW ltvening, July 8, 1817, when will be presented Mey erbeeee opera ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO. Alice, Mdlle. Jenny Lind; Isabella, Made. Castellan ; Roberto, Signor Fraso hmi ; Rambaldo, Signor Gardoni ; Sacerdote, Signor Bouche; and Bertram, Signor StaudigL To be coAlowed by various Entertainments in the Ballet Depart ment, cothbining the talents of Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. C. Rosati, Mdme. P. Stephan, Mdlles. Cassan, Honor 6, James, jnlien, Lanao reur. and C. Grist, M. Perrot, and M. St. Leon. The Free List is suspended, the Public Press excepted. pit Tickets may be obtained, as usual, at the Office of the Theatre, price 105. 6d. each. Applications for boxes, pit stalls, and tickets, to be made at the Box-office, at the theatre. Doors open at Seven o'clock ; the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. For the Benefit of Madame Grist. The Nobility, Gentry, and the Public , are respectfully informed that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT will take place TO-MORROW 3EVENING (Thursday), July on which occas ion will be performed Donizetti's Grand Opera ANNA BOLENA. Anna Bolens, Madame Grist; Lady Seymour, Mdlle. Corbari; szneeton, Mdile. Alboni ; Percy, Signor Mario ; Lord Rochfort, Sig. Tagliatico; Hervey, Signor Piaeentini ; Henry the Eighth, Signor Tambnrini. To conclude with L the New ' AMOUR Div ET LA er DANSE., entitled Composed by Signor Cae ati. In which 31dlles. Plunkett, Baderna, Berlin, De Melisse, Deleo halm Stephan, Duval, M. Mabille, &c., will appear. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes, at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201 Xagent-street; and at the Box-office, Bow-street The Doors will be opened at Half-past Seven, and the perform• *nee commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENLNG Will be presented Murphy's comedy of ALL IN THE WRONG. Sir John Restless, (first time) Mr. Webster ; Beverley, Mr. Hudson ; Lady Restless, (first time in that character) Mrs. Nisbett ; Belinda, Miss Julia Bennett. To be followed by MT WIFE'S MOTHER. Uncle Foozle, Mr. Farren ; Mr. Budd, Mr. 801 l ; Mrs. Quickfidget, Mrs Glover ; Mrs. Budd, Miss Julia Bennett. After which the new comic drama, called THE JACOBITE. Air Richard Wroughton, Mr. Stuart ; John Duck, Mr. Backstone ; Lady Somerford, Miss Forte,scne. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Ender the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be produced a new and original comedy. In three acts, called THE TITLE DEEDS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Wright, Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, Boyce, Munyard, C. J. Smith, Worrell ; Mrs. Yates, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Harding, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, &c. After which The MAGYAR MULATSAG ; or, Hungarian Fetes. By the celebrated Hungarian Dancers and the Hungarian Instru mental VorAtols. After which an entirely new Petite Comedy, entitled FLYING COLOURS; or, Crossing the Frontier. Captain Sans magi, Mr. Webster ; Margaret, Miss Woolgar ; Helen de Monterean, .Madame Celeste ; Justine, Miss Ellen Chaplin. To be followed by the Opera Buffa Sketch, called JENNY LIND. rrincipal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, Selby, Cullenford, and Miss Woolgar. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. (Summer Season—Lyceum Company.) THIS EVENING Will be presented a new comic drama, in two acts, entitled MAR GUERITE'S COLOURS. Principal characters by Messrs. Emery, Wigan, Vining, and Johnston; Mesdames Dickenson, Viliars, Arden, and Griffiths. To be followed by the new GRAND BALLET, in which the Spanish Dancers will appear. After which a burletta, entitled THE WATER WITCHES. Principal characters by Mesdames Villars, Dickinson, Daly, Arden, Messrs. Oaberry, Vining, &c. To conclude with THE BOTTLE IMP. In the course of the piece the celebrated Spanish Dancers will appear, in their novel and unrivalled Bouquet Dance. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THE ITRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING Second ♦ppearanice of the eminent Tragedienne Sfdlle. Rachel. Will be presented Scribe's comedie of VALERIE ; ou, L' Aveugle. Characters by MM. Rhozevil, Pascal, Tourillon, Mdlles. Vallee, and Rebut. Allor which will be produced Pierre Le Bry'rs tragedy of MARIE STUART. George Mortimer, M. Raphael Felix ; Elisabeth, Mdlle. .Rabat; Marie Stuart, Mdlle. Rachel. Reserved seats, Dress Boxes, 7s. td. ; Pit, 55.; Amphitheatre, 58. ; CSAllery, as. The performances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock pre cisely. PRLSCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. Tilt% EVENING. Will be produced a new drama (with music by Loder) entitled DYING FOR A KISS. The 'characters by Madame Vestrls, Miss Emma. Stanley, Mr. J. Webster, Mr. Granby, and Mr. Compton. After which the new farce, entitled A SOVEREIGN REMEDY. Captain Pendragon, Mr. Ryder ; Mr. Bottleby, Mr. Granby ; Quackit, Mr. C. Mathews; Alfred, Mr. J. Webster; Mrs. Bottleby, Mrs. Fosbroke ; Mary, Miss Marshall. To conclude with a comic drama, entitled "LADIES BEWARE!" Colonel Vavasour, Mr. Granby; Sir Charles Vavasour, Mr. James yuang ; Matilda, Miss Cooper A. 11,.. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. William Batty. Under. the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal FAmily. THIS EVENING win b e presented a gorgeous Peruvian Drama, to illustrate the historical events of the Spaniards' conquest of Peru, arranged from the original text of Brinsley Sheridan's play of " Pizarro." entitled THE STORMING OF QUITO ; or, the Warrior of the Sun. Rolla, Mr. W. West. The extraordinary equestrian performances of La Petite Davidson and the New = cents of the Circle, with the whole of the Entertain ments, having been attended with the most complete success, will be .repeated eve. ivening. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. 'Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. In consequence of the success attending the Eminent English Vocalists, they have been re-engaged for Twelve Nights more, and will appear In "Maritana," as played at Drury Lane 100 nights. THIS EVENING Will be presented a new ballad opera, the libretto by Mr. E. Fitz ball, the music and overture by Mr. J. H. Tully, entitled THE FORPAST MAIDEN AND THE MOORISH PAGE. Philip of Spain, Mr_ Leffler . , Francis Huntley, Mr. W. Harrison ; Str Edward Cop ley, Mr. M'Mahos Queen Mary, Mrs. Henry Vining ; Alice Copley Miss Stainforth ; Leon, the Moorish Page, Miss Rebecca Isaac After which A GRAND CONCERT. To be followed by an INTERLUDE. 'To conclude with THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Captain Macheath, 21 r . uarriewn ; Polly, Miss Rainforth ; Lucy, Miss Isaacs. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENDIG Win be performed a grand historieal drama, entitled WALTER VYRUELL, THE SAXON AVENGER ; or, The Life and Death of ring William If. William 11., Mr. Dale; Walter Tyrrell, Mr. cks ; Editha, Miss Vincent. A liter which THE PALACE OF GENEVA ; or, The Spirit of the Van. To c onclude with THE VILLAGE OUTCAST ; or, The Dark Doom .of Destiny. Boxes, Is.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. ROYAL. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. :Last Four Nights of M. Juilien.—Great Musical Treat. THIS DAY, July 7, Thursday, and Friday. Glby-altar by Daylight. Promenade Concert by Jullien's unri valled band of One Hundred performers, including Messrs. Bau mann, Barret, Prospere. Lazarus, Kceni4, &c., two of whom will ye.-torn a solo each evening. Splendid Menagerie. Gothic Bridge. Chi nese Tower. View of the Interior Fortifications of Gibraltar. itinated Conservatory, and all the attractions of the gardens. con , [ t iding with a grand Pyrotechnic Display, representing the sup di Gibraltar. Dace's open at Nine, A tit.; Feeding the Carnlvora, at Five; Pell al White Bear, Half-pas: Five ; Jullien's Concert, Quarter ut ; six ; Fireworks, Ad Quarter-past Nine. atission, One Shilling. TEtk WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Jur.Y 7. THE] tXOIVIEIER, Lowest, 65; Highest. SI ; Noon, 7 I BAROMETER, 29.88.—W1ND W.S.W.; cloudy. 1-31(411 'WATER AT LONDON -W:1001 , THIS DAY. .. 47 minutes after S. I Evening .. 21 minutes afte, 9, . , 4 •,.. = 4 , - ' _ . i si ~.," _,,,, 4.T •: .y 6 ,:, 1,•,,,.' 2 .0. ‘ 4. - .. 4 _. • ~,;,112t1 1 •0 4 A(., " 1 ''' ' " tal -• ‘s. .., : 'Clilli2lo' __.l - ,, ...fo ~....:,..- on .0 4 • ''.- SECOND EDITION ;AI K - 4 ang DNDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1847 N, 3 thi ng could have afforded the Government such an 113: answerable justification, or have so entirely re. fated the malignant aspersions of their antagonists, as the in telligence contained in the last dispatches from p or t- R gal. Axt: irchy has ceased throughout that portion of the Pen lln. sula, in consequence of the armed intervention sanc filmed by Lord PALMERSTON. With the realisa tion of this advantage the star of COSTA CA BaAL and his execrable partisans has faded and fallen. It is 013 , rious, therefore, from that single circumstance, that the course adopted by the present Administra tio n 'is one calculated to prove most beneficial to the sub iects of her Most Faithful MAJESTY. L t.ilce E.\WUJEL GODOY, or OLIVIER LE DIABLE, or a ay other parvenu favourite who has risen to offici el eminence by a neglect of all righteous prin ciples:, the Conde DE TIIOMAR has exercised over the d(?stinies of his native land a power as pernicious ;as it was unconstitutional and paramount. In discomfiture there is the best security for the .social improvement and political emancipation of the c ountry in which he has hitherto domineered. The reqentless influence of a will subversive of all na ti( Mal immunities is prevented from any further rnani• festadion, and a guarantp2 is thereby afforded that thost immunities cannot In future be violated, or eveez a so much as threatened. Lord PALMERSTO N has, i n measure, taken example by the conduct of STI reHER LANGTON. When the Barons—afterwards t r i m "'halt at Eunn-ymode—were preparing. the THE SUN, LOWIYON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 7, 1847 clauses of Magna Charta, but were as yet sustained but by a rather doubtful authority against the puissance of King Jowl, STEPHEN LANGTON threw into the popular scale the weight of ecclesiastical, and conse quently of Papal, connivance. Lord PALMERSTON has in like manner secured success to the Portuguese Liberals by affording them the countenance, and, what is more, the encouragement, and, what is more still, the physical assistance of England. The imme diate result of this proceeding on the part of the Go vernment of St. James's is the suppression of those civil dissensions which have so long desolated the provinces of Portugal, and the ultimate advantage ensured by that timely pacification will prove, we earnestly trust, the permanent dismissal from the councils of MARIA. DA GLORIA of men who, while pandering to their own individual interests, have cal lously diced away the liberties of the land, and plunged the national fortunes into a Maelstrom of disasters and embarrassments. Had the discussion which is reported to hare taken place at Granido between the Plenipo tentiaries of the three Powers and the representatives of the 'Junta terminated otherwise than it did ac tually terminate, we should have been compelled to declare that the tranquillisation of Portugal had been bartered for an odious act of injustice, and that the treaty had been sealed with the miseries of two dis tinguished patriots. We allude to the question which is said to have arisen at these final deliberations, whether the insurgent chieftains DAs ANTAS and SA DA BANDEIRA should or should not be excluded from the promised amnesty. Had those eminent, and in no respect culpable, personages been visited by that ignoble mark of vengeance, we should have been disposed to rejoice in the event of their possible liberation and triumph in the place of their expatriation—supposing they had acted with a promptitude and boldness like that evinced by their compatriot BoarriM, now described as the Governor of Angola. In alluding yesterday evening to the circumstance of this moot-question about the two great leaders of the Portuguese people, Lord PALMERS TON declared, amidst the acclamations of the House of Commons, " There is no doubt that both SA DA BANDEIRA and the Count DAS ANTAS are entitled to the full benefit of the amnesty." It was a remark of the Emperor NAPOLEON, that whenever you see the exercise of a rigorous cruelty among the victors on a battle-field, be sure they had been very nearly beaten themselves—be sure they are still in awe of the very men whom accident has enabled them to vanquish. Those words of wisdom would have ap plied with singular felicity to the Royalist party of Por tugal in the event of any such an act of inhumanity and bad faith as was threatened during the delibera tions at Granido. Besides it would have been an extravagant bar barity to have excluded Des ANTAS and SA DA BANDEIRA from the benefits of the general amnesty when preparations were actually making for bring ing back the unfortunate prisoners of Torres Vedras. It would have been tantamount to the brutal jest of the Court minion, that the shores of Africa are only salubrious to the nobler enemies of a crown. With her Most Faithful MAJESTY herself will re main the power of rendering this pacification of poli tical parties in her dominions a permanent blessing to the people. Let her royal title, hitherto associated only with turpitude and dissimulation, be an augury of her sincerity. Let MARIA DA GLORIA be in truth her Most Faithful Majesty. Her proceedings will be scrutinised with the most jealous attention by her subjects, and, consequently, there will be a twofold necessity for the preservation of integrity both in act and appearance. The debate which took place last night in the House of Commons, on the motion of Lord GEORGE BENTINCK, for an address to her MAJESTY, praying " that she might be graciously pleased to take such steps as might be deemed advisable to secure for the British holders of unpaid Spanish bonds redress from the Government of Spain," was indeed remarkable, and must prove in the highest degree satisfactory, not only to the Spanish bondholders, but to all the Eng lish creditors of repudiating or defaulting states. The Noble Secretary _for Foreign Affairs spoke out boldly and manfully. He recognised to the fullest extent the principle advocated by the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn, " that, according to the law of nations, we should have a fair and full right to enforce obligations of this kind with the same rioour as 'Away UL uwerenc cnaracter. impressively warned the various defaulters of the consequences in which they might be involved by a continued per severance in their disgraceful and dishonest policy. Every reasonable indulgence should be afforded to those states who acknowledge the full measure of their responsibilities, and who would gladly de fray ,every just liability, and satisfy the fair claims of their creditors, but for various unforeseen circumstances that have interposed obstacles in the way of the discharge of their undisputed obligations, which for the time being were practically insur mountable. It is not to the honest but impoverished Governments, who are willing but unable to pay their debts, that the observations of the Noble Secre tary are especially directed, but pre-eminently to those who, with ample means, continue to mis apply the funds that should be devoted to the payment of the interest on their respective debts, to what they are pleased to term " the public service," and offer only frivolous and insufficient excuses to their national creditors, in place of. the payment to which in equity they are entitled ; and also to others, who by a rigid adherence to a mani festly erroneous policy, and a ridiculous mismanage ment of the national resources, wilfully sacrifice the resources of the state, and render them insufficient for those purposes which could be provided for if a wiser course were adopted. The Ministers of such states will do well maturely and attentively to consider the significant language of the Noble Lord. He says— " I take this opportunity of reminding those Govern ments whc may be debtors to the British people that the time may come when this House can no longer sit pa tiently under the wrongs and injustice inflicted upon the subjects of this country, that the time may come when the British nation may no longer see with the same tranquillity 150,000,0001. due to English subjects, the interest and principal of which are alike unpaid; and that if more proper efforts adequately to fulfil their en gagements are not made, the Government of this country, whoever may be the men who compose it, may be com pelled by public opinion, aye, and by the votes of Parliament, to deviate from the hitherto estab lished practice, and to insist upon the payment of those debts. Sir, that we have the means to do so I do not for one moment dis pute. It is not that we are afraid of any of these states, or of one or ail of them put together, that we have abstained from taking the steps which my Noble Friend has urged upon us. I trust that we shall always have the means of obtaining justice from any country on the face of the earth, and also of compelling them to discharge their just obligations to us ; and, therefore, let no foreign country that has done a wrong to British subjects deceive itself by the false impression that the British nation and the British Parliament will for ever remain acquiescent and passive under the wrong ; or, that whenever they call upon the British Government to interfere and enforce the rights of the people of England, the Government will not have ample means and power to obtain for them a full measure of justice." The energy and decision of that Minister are too well known, too universally admitted, to suffer them to supp ose it possible that this was a mere that must should arise (and brutum fulmen, an idle threat. They may be well assured that if the occasion line of may pursue), the interference conduct the wholly depend upon themselves, and the may be taken in good trust, will be an effectual y one,promptly and vigorously executed. We shall t however that the hint gra T oo h , a a t n th d own accord, with a good s e t. force of British arms, compelled to do so 1, de termine on doing full y j Bri tish, but to all their creditors 0 , not only to their of every nation; and however, before m ay' t they are their e r that they may promptly taknerndu,cohlsteps as will indi cateanoous determination honourable policy, to the world their firm henceforward to pursue a more ho Another portion of this singularly address of the Foreign Secretary conveys an instructive not merely to the Spanish nation, to whichiveesepaercthi lesson,al ly it was directed, but to all the nations of the the evils incident to, and the abuses and m i schiefs that result from, what has been foolishly termed "protection to native industry," and the adoption of the various prohibitions and restrictions by which it is erroneously supposed that protection is afforded and maintained. The Noble Lord says— "And why is the income of Spain not larger? Be cause Spain chooses to persevere in a system of com mercial restriction and exclusion, by which she positively makes her income inadequate to her expenditure, Why, Sir, Spain goes on to this day, in spite of all the expe rience and example of other countries—in spite of all the lessons which have been read to her—in spite of all the discussions and debates upon this subject which have taken place all over the world—shutting her eyes to facts and her ears to reason—she goes on excluding and pro hibiting a great portion of the commerce which would naturally flow into her ports." And he traces the fatal consequences of the system, by showing that there are no less than 150,000 of the population of Spain employed in one way or another in the contraband trade, the most active part of that population, who, if the labour, the energy, and ability applied to such demoralising pursuits were applied to industrial occupations, would add mate rially to the national wealth. The native industry protected is only that of the native contrabandist, and of the capitalists who conduct large establishments for the promotion of smuggling on a gigantic scale, and for which, in the words of the Noble Lord, " Spain loses all the revenue which she would derive from levying moderate and proper duties on the commo dities now smuggled into the country, and no sort of in dustry is protected and encouraged except that industry of smuggling which tends to demoralise the people, to engender hatred or contempt of the law, and which makes the man engaged today in smuggling become to morrow a robber, and which leads the man who carried the contraband goods over the mountain one day to carry off the unoffending passenger up the mountain the next day, in order to get possession of his property. That is the state and principle of commerce under which the Spanish Government voluntarily sacrifice a large annual income more than sufficient to pay all their foreign cre ditors, and which income might be received without in juring any Spanish interest whatever but that which I have now described." The same argument has repeatedly been urged in our own Legislature, in enforcing the propriety and expediency of reducing the duties on many articles of merchandise, which are of so exorbitant a character as to give encouragement to the smuggler in his illicit career. We trust that when the fitting season may arrive—when the mode of levying and rasing the national revenue is discussed in the British Legislature—the principles that have so ably been expounded by the Noble Lord, and the evils he has so graphically delineated, may not be forgotten, but that a speedy alteration in the scale of the import duties may effectually destroy the system in this country, and banish it for ever, at least from the British dominions. It is said that the Austrian Government, in imita tion of that of France, is about to send a Consul to Calcutta, and that the company of the Austrian Lloyds has nominated agents in the three presidencies of Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay, for the steam vessels which, in the month of August next, will begin to make the direct service from Alexandria to Trieste. Intelligence has been received from Oporto, dated June 30, announcing that the Junta had surrendered on that day, and that the city was occupied by the Spanish troops, under the command of General CONCHA. Madrid papers of the 30th ult. have arrived. The Infante Don FRANCISCO DE PAULA and his daughter, the Infanta JOSEFA, quitted the Palace on the 30th, and returned to their own residence on the Retiro. In the course of a week they are to leave the capital for the waters of Cestona or San Sebas tian. The removal of Don FRANCISCO from the Palace is openly exulted over by the hangers-on at the French Embassy, and is attributed to French in- terference. The plan of the intriguers of the Tuileries appears to be to isolate the QUEEN, so as to compel her to abdicate if possible. The Clamor Publico com ments in very indignant terms on the circular which the Ministers have addressed to the liberal Bishops appointed since the death of FERDINAIID, calling on them to resign. This circular is considered by the Liberals as an act of grovelling servility to Rome. Suspicions having been entertained that General PRIM was organizing a Progressista movement at Cadiz, he has been ordered to quit that city. The Three per Cents. were done at 294 for cash; the Four per Cents. at 171; the Five per Cents. at 17k; the Debt without Interest at .51-,; and the Coupons at 13. We have received the Paris papers of Monday. The Presse has the following on a subject of un versa' interest—the corn harvest : " The harvesting of rye has commenced in the Bas Limousin and Berry; that of barley is about to com mence. This is the end of the food crisis in the centre of France. In the south an idea may be already formed of the harvest; the wheat crops will yield as much as a good ordinary year, and the grain will be of good quality. In consequence the decline in prices gains ffiround every at Bordeaux, 33f. at Bayonne, and 24f. at Carcassone. At Marseilles grain is being amassed in the stores, and only finds rare purchasers. In the north the crops promise abundant products. Speculation seems dis posed to operate in potatoes; it makes considerable de mand of that article for Great Britain, with the hope of realising fabulous profits. We warn these adventurous speculators that their calculations repose on a very contestable hypothesis. The rumours spread by certain English journals of the general return of the potato malady are very exaggerated. Some very limited loca lities seem to be, in fact, partially affected by it, but it is not even proved that the injury done to the plant is to be assimilated to the special malady of 1845 and 1846 ; it is generally attributed to the action of a little insect of the aphis kind. Besides the Mark-lane Express, much better informed than the political papers with regard to all that concerns agriculture, affirms that the vegetation of the potato develops it se lf w i t h admirable vigour in all parts of the United King dom. We can give the same assurance for the different parts of the Continent, and especially for France. No unfavourable n ews h ave as yet reac h e d us on th i s subject, and our person a l i nvest i gat i on i n t h e env i rons of Paris have convinced us that their exists thus far no reasonable motive to suppose a deficiency possible in the potato crop." The accounts from the French provinces more than confirm these cheering statements of La Presse. There is nothing whatever in these accounts to con • firm the rumours which have been industriously cir culated of the re-appearance of the potato disease. On the contrary, finer potatoes were never seen than those now brought to market in France, as the pro duce of the early planting. The Constittitionnel has a long article on the Ministerial scandals which have recently been brought to light, and in the vituperation of which the provincial journals are almost unanimous. The article, which is attributed to M. TRIERS, declares that it is by the press that the Ministry will fall. Certain it is that the Ministry at present has only the Journal des Debats to defend it, and even that journal is no out• and out supporter of the Ministry. "In Paris," says the Conslitutionnel," one paper only, the Journal des Debuts, defends the Ministry. The Mi nisters, after the satuinalia of publicity which they had themselves organized, and after the ruin of their fa vourite organ, returned with dissatisfaction to cast them selves into the arms of their old and sole defender, but at the same time meditating further inconstancy. It is, in fact, well known that the Cabinet is urging its friends to found some new Conservative journal, which would entertain no vain scruples, which would particularly praise their faults, find pleasure in acts which ought to be condemned, brave public opinion, boldly become the aggressor, devote itself without delicacy, and, if neces sary, force the .Journal des Debuts to write favourably, notwithstanding its indocility and ill humour. But whilst they are expecting the new Epoque, the Ministers are defended only by a single journal. But that journal, properly understood, demonstrates by the involuntary concessions it makes to public opinion the profound dif ference which exists between the Government and the French nation. There are few great questions on which that journal has not hinted some fundamental objection to the resolutions adopted by the Ministry. It is true, it disapproves timidity—it contradicts itself from day to day, and frequently in the same article—it sometimes assumes the air of a bravo, and raises a shout in favour of Government ; but it is easy to comprehend that it would praise a better policy, and that it has but little taste for what is doing and for what it is made to say. If the subject be the foreign policy of the country, it is like a partisan of the English alliance—it boasts of it on principle, and even at the ri s k of s ti gmat i s i ng t h e ex travagance and the culpable calculations on which the Spanish marriages were accomplished—it is awure of the sentiment which prevails throughout France as to the oppressors of Poland—it attacks the Emperor of Russia as frequently as it can, and even the murderers of Gallicia ; its language is consequently feeble when it explriesstesesof St. .pe thegra t t e it r u s deo g f the Ministers toward s th e capita bur h, or when it approves th e Vienna, our . G fi o e ve o rn f m t e h n e t n t a o t w io a n r a d l s ity th o e f Cabinet of f Pope, of the independence Switzerland, t o h t e . t c h h e fi p st o i p a u n l s a o ri f ty th o e f' Ea t s h t e , l t e h a e rli l n i g ber ot t ih y ' e o s f aci gw e itz Fride as eithertteostihot itself govern went, o A f us t t h r e i a. h o o f ci ment, it does not accord in opinion Greece,question withtta r b d so o n i t u ihe t e e s t 'Ministers of our system of Customs duties. It sometimes with which es principle e m a n a ltf rn h es o o u g n fua t ers o ta f i so pow of er ridicule c t u t) leb education e the accorded t o th e c l ergy , o the new dynasty wishes to surround itself, and the court clergy whom it wishes to prepare atoSrntoo.bnDiltiehtnmeis. Neither does it dare to justify the derangement of our finances. In Paris, therefore, the Ministers possess but one sup porter, who agn, toi prop os itions. colours ( performipoosu rtsex xs porter, who resembles as much as it can an o ffi c i ous ' advocat e . I n the departments the press is divided into two camps. T he Ministerial journals maintain silence, or are oh l off m ai l s r h e a v d o r th o e s i sr, The ir s y e i r th service n by Opposition uiu supportin gi ity andjournals energy of which we have not for a long period seen an example, the indignation with which all honourable men are filled at the sight of existing scandal, and of the degradation of th - Government. It is particrly the system of corruption, of which the truits are every where beginning to show themselves, that excites the organs of the press throughout the departments." The following article on the relations subsisting between Great Britain and China appears in the Dibats. It is stated that the writer has resided in China for sometime : " It is not yet five years since peace was signed with England, and it is notorious how it has been observed by the Chinese. Blood has been shed several times, and .. _ whenever the execution of anew clause was to be en- sured a recourse to arms was found to be necessary, and each time the inexpressible weakness of the Imperial Government has appeared in a light more menacing for them. Besides this military weakness, this incurable malady of disloyalty and blind pride, which incessantly brings on them the cannon of the Europeans, will not perhaps be as yet the most active cause of their ruin. In ternal anarchy, roused into existence by the effect of so many humiliations, prepares the way for perils of a far more direct character. No doubt, when it is recollected that scarcely 150 years back some bands of shepherds—a mere handful of men—undertook the conquest of this vast empire, and after having succeeded in getting their au thority accepted by so manymillions of men, added in the west new territories to that country, already so immense, it is impossible not to feel a certain admiration for the genius and political talents of the Mantchoux. Unfor tunately, it is also true that their rule has always been exceedingly contested in the south of the empire—that it was never admitted by certain populations of the Yunnan—that it was never much more than nominal in the Fukien—that except in the large cities it has always been exceedingly uncertain in the province of Canton — and that in all thesa districts it has been incessantly opposed by local insurrections, by armed bands, and secret societies plotting the expulsion of the foreign dy nasty. But if this was the case when that Government had in its favour the prestige of force and success, what has it not to fear after so many disasters and humiliations ? It most also be declared wherever the Europeans pene trate they discover all around only symptoms of decadency and approaching dissolution, and in a tour which we (•a) s the writer in the Debate) made through about ont-half of the Chinese coast, from the mouth of Yang-tze-kiang to that of the Choo kiang, from Ning-po to Canton, we beheld nothing but insurgent populations—but smuggling and piracy carried to an extraordinary extent. But if the authority of the Government should fall to pieces —if anarchy becomes definitively mistress of th country—if foreigners behold themselves delivered up without gua rantee to the cruel passions of a stupid populace—will they carry their disinterestedness and their respect for Chinese nationality to the extent of purely and simply withdrawing? Or, even supposing that their ambition does not impel them to it, i s it n o t to be supposed that the foreign powers, forced to provide for the safety of their subjects, will at last establish on these ruins a regular government? Recent facts, indeed, show that England has begun to enter on this course. In conse quence of innumerable acts of piracy, and of robberies committed by armed bands even on the territory of Heng.Kong, where the very habitation of the Governor was attacked twice, Sir J. Davis has just given orders to the English vessels stationed in the river of Canton to visit all the Chinese junks and search them minutely; to arrest and destroy all whose fitting -out causes their destination to be sus pected, and to hand over the crews to the tribunals of Hong-Kong. Nay more, the Chinese Government, in its weakness, favours this tendency, notwithstanding its being so clang( row for itself. Thus we learn from the journals brought by last mail, the tao-tai, the first magis trate of the army in the province of Fukien, not knowing how to get rid of the pirates who were committing their depredations even in the port of the town, at last payed the captain of the English corvette, the Scout, to act in the matter for the Chinese Government. The deference of the English captain had already, at the last departure, led to the arre,t and destruction of several junks. There are still many things to be said on this important subject, but we look to time to justify our predictions." In the Chamber of Deputies the Bill authorising the city of Paris to contract a loan of 25,000,000 f. was passed by a majority of 197 to 36, and in the Chamber of Peers the Greek Loan Bill was passed by 82 to 25. The Paris Bourse wore an appearance of firmness and ease on Monday to which it had long been a stranger, and for which no obvious cause existed except the mag nificence of the weather, and the high state of the tem perature (83 degrees of Fahrenheit). Stock and shares -the latter especially-imprpved in a rather sensible degree. The Three per Cents. closed at 77f. 90c.; the Five per Cents., 118 f. 90c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,263 f. 75c. ex div. ; Rouen, 957 f. 50c. ; Havre, 640 f. ; Great Northern, 570 f.; Avignon, 67011 ex div.; Vierzun, 592 f. 50c. ex div. ; Bordeaux, 505 f. ex div. ; Boulogne, 400 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 272 f. 50e.; Basle, 185 C ; Paris and Strasburg, 423 f. 75c. ; 'fours and Nantes, 402 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 431 f. 25c.; Lyons and Avignon, 4381. 75c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 456 25c. ; Spanish Actives, 29: 1 2 -; ditto, Domestic Debt, 27k. MARSEILLES, JULY 1.-Marseilles and Avignon, 685 f. ; Northern, 567 f. 50c. Lyons, muix 3.-Paris and Rouen, 9571. 50c. ; Avignon and Marseilles, 6701. ; Vierzon, 588 f. 75c. ; Northern, 5651. ; Paris and Lyons, 427 f. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 6. _ • Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Constituted), 2',V,—cev. • Mt. -3 -V o ./ 8 —rans Wall Lyons, a -• • • Roueu and Havre, 25—Sambre and Meuse, 7X3. TERRIFIC STORM this MORNING THIRTEEN BUILDINGS DESTROYED. metropolis, bet ween one an d two fluid struck th e roo fi ng o f t h e This morning, during the raging of the terrific storm o w , h cl i o c c h k a t s h s e e d e o l v , c e t r r i t c h e private dwelling in the occupation of Mr. T. Wisemith, situate in Brewer's-lane, Greenwich, near to the Hospital, and close by the Waterman's Pier at the bottom of Church-street, and set fire to several other dwellings. From inquiries made upon the spot by our reporter as SOOTI as it was possible to reach the scene of desolation from town, it appears that one of the neighbours, being alarmed by the vividness of the lightning and the extra ordinary peals of thunder which succeeded each flash, went to one of her windows for the purpose of throwing it open, when a stream of fire shut from the clouds, and at once illuminated the hemisphere, striking immediately over the rooting of the premises in Mr. ‘Viseman's oc• cupation. For some few moments the female was so alarmed that she scarcely knew where she was, but in a glibou rs , an d she deszr ib es e short time she was awo ke t o consciousness by seeing the roof of the buildi n g on fire. As soon as poss ible she thescene says se whicha aroused followed her of the most appalling c harac ter. Scores of poor people who inhabit this densely cro wded thoroughfare jumped from their beds, and ru shed nom their d we lli ngs a l mos t e r i n n the adjoi n i ng courts as b e i ng in a state o f n udity, and several narrow campus from injury were experienced, this fire travelling with great rapidity from the fact that the cottages of the more humble were chiefly constructed of timber. The autho rities connected with the Hospital at Greenwich being informed of the calamity, ordered the engine belonging to that establishment to be got out without delay, and upon information being sent to the dockyard at Dept ford, the powerful floating engine moored off the yard was speedily manned and rowed to a most available posi tion opposite the fire. So great v.as the light caused by the conflagration that the policemen from Biackfriars and Southwark bridge s g av e intelligence of a dis tant fire to the nearest brigade-stations, and Mr. Henderson, the foreman of the southern section of the brigade, the Farringdon-street engine, the West of England engine, and the engine from the County esta blishment in Regent's Quadrant, were very soon at the fire. The hose of the float being led from the Thames, and the land engines being well supplied from the water works of the Kent Company, vast bodies of water were soon poured upon the burning materials, but the fire, which had by this time necessarily obtained great hold, progressed fearfully from house to house, until it en circled an area of great extent, feeding upon much va luable property. From Mr. Wiseman's private dwelling it extended to the extensive lofts and store-rooms of Messrs. W.•and.R. Fluntly, mast, block, and sail-makers, in Brewer-lane, thence to the warehouses belonging to the same firm which were chiefly stored with salt and provisions, and to the private residence of one of the partners. Several cottages on the same side of the way then became ignited, while those on the opposite side in Coombe's-court caught fire. The e xcitement then became extreme. The poor people were compelled to stand by and see their little allot' furniture and effects swallowed up by th e devouring element, all their efforts to save it being cut off by the f ur y of the flames. And here the use of the police, under the superintendence of Mr. Mallalieu and his inspectors, was signally man ifested in preventing the anxi ous su ff erers from rushing into danger. The efforts of the firemen were directed for some little time to removing some wood partitions, in order that they might, if possible, save the ancient water-side house, known by many of our readers who have visited Green wich by the sign of the Fubbs' Yacht ; but their exertions proved fruitless—the whole of the building and its contents are destro ed. At this p eriod it was apprehend e d t h at the entire of buildings between the Fubbs' Yacht and the Watermen's Pier would fall a prey to the fire; but happily, even when hope itself appeared to give way, sign s of a diminution of flame became apparent. At this critical juncture much judgment was displayed by the directors of the firemen. —the water being copiously distributed from points com manding the seat of the fire, while other men were sta tioned with their branches so as to keep cool the reeking walls of the adjacent buildings. By seven o'clock the fire was so far subdued that no further danger of its etl, and by nine extensicii appcar • o'clock nothing remain( d but a smouldering mass of mini. Seine of the parties : b to of the are insured, but many poor, renting or lodgi ng in t h e small tenements, the loss will b e d their little all great indeed g being taken from them b 3 the ealamit;-. Several leading officers from the Dockyard and Greenwich Hospital were pre sent, aiding tl.e infAitants"'nlicthe firemen in ant assisting the discharge of their ditty. Subjoined is the cflic•areport furnished this day to the several tire-offices' b s; • tcrident of the Londonre ,y the —uperin Lerrinex..4' " stablishrnent:— " July 7, 18-17.--lire upon the premises undermen tioned, situate severally inß r 's n e and Coombe's court, near the Hospital, Greenwich.e 1. " Broke out u p on the premises the occupation of Mr. T. Wiseman (private) ; burned I iseman down; not at present known if insured. " Premises of Messrs. W. and R. Fluntly, mast, block, and sail-makers, building and contents burned down insurance unknown. "Private house and Warehouse belonging to tho same firm, roof off and stock and furniture seriously damaged; not known it insured. " Mr. J3MP, Fi. Ch. BTPWPr ' S-lane (privntr.), all 1-, ut dvstro: f , : • , 4 ir !ht. .! ", " House of Mr. U. Cule, licensed victualler, sign Fubbs' Yacht,' burned down; contents insured in the Phoenix, building unknown. " Mrs. Trucole (private), burned down; not insured. COOMBF'S• COURT. " Mr. S. Welsh (crivatf ! ), burned down; uninsured. " Mr. Burns (private), burned down; uninsured. " Mrs. Taylor (private), fruntdamaed, walls partially pulled down; not insured. " Mr. Lant (private), similarly injured. b' Three houses on the opposite side occupied severally by Mr. Blackman, Mr. Giles, and Mr. Matthews, are also destroyed; cause, electric fluid." Happily no one was injured. ANOTHER FIRE CAUSED BY THE ELECTRIC MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (riip4 DAY.) ♦-~ f~ - Svc sovere;p; • :,:.fir, Lhe prep c, t j of Nlr. George At fluid. It appeared that the prosectito:', on the 30th ultimo, bad been enjoying himself rather freely in several public houses along the City-road, and fell, with his purse in hand, in the street, and the contents of his purse was scattered about. The prisoner came tintl picked up the purse and money, and when asked if he had anything except thct he replied in the negati, but upon being searched, the above money was found upon him. He was found Guilty, and sentenced to six month:: imprisonment, with hard labour. THE LATE HEARTLESS ROBBERY AT THE LONDON floserrae.-111ciry Anne Pedfler was indicted for steatitic , a bead necklace, value 55., the property of Thomas Blyth, from the person of Eizabeth The first witness called was Mary Anne Cripps, who stated that she was the head nurse in the ward in which Mrs. Blyth was brought in in a dying state, in conse quence of an accident by the upsetting of a gig, while coming from Fairlop Fair. The prisoner approached closely to the bed side, and hugging the dying woman in her arms, said, " Poor, dear creature, she was my next door neighbour." Witness said she was sinking fast, and ordered the under nurse to get her some brandy, when the prisoner said give me her pocket, I will go and get her some. No one approached the bed, upon which Mrs. Blyth was (who died in less than half an hour after her admission), except witness, the under nurse, and the prisoner; and the prisoner having left the room the under nurse almost immediately afterwards exclaimed that her necklace had been taken. A policeman even tually brought the prisoner back, when she was searched in the nurses' room, but nothing was found upon her; but as the policeman was afterwards taking her down stairs he heard something drop, and stopping her so suddenly as not to allow her to leave the spot where she stood, he looked down, when he found the necklace at her feet. She could not tell if Mrs. Blyth was alive at the time of the robbery. Mary Townsend confirmed this witness's state ment, which was also borne out by that of the constable. Mr. Thomas Blyth, whose arm was in a sling, and who seemed to suffer deep mental and physical anguish, stated the circumstances of the accident, and deposed that he had never seen the prisoner before the time she was brought to him in the hospital by the police man. The ASSISTANT•JUDGE in summing up said the jury could not treat the case as one of stealing from the per son, because the nurse was unable to state whether the poor woman was alive or not. The jury, without a moment's hesitation returned a verdict of Guilty, and The ASSISTANT-JUDGE in passing sentence on the pri soner said, this was about one of the most unfeeling, cruel, and heartless cases which ever came before him. The prisoner—You are wrong, my Lord, I did know the woman; she and I have often drank together. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE—Nonsense. You want now to belie the woman's character. The sentence of the Court is that you be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six months, six weeks of the term to be solitary. The grand jury having terminated their labours were discharged at twelve o'clock. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Philip Bradley was placed at the bar before Mr. Henry on a charge of stealing 91. in gold, the property of Mary Jenkinson, his landlady. He had been several times remanded. The complainant stated that she kept an eating-house in Little Turnstile, and the prisoner had rooms in her house. On Saturday, the 26th ult., he gave her two shillings in part payment of his week's rent, asking her to allow the remainder to stand over for a few days, to which she assented. On the Monday following she missed 91., which she had deposited in a work-box in her bedroom a few days before. The prisoner passed the door of that room in going to and from his bedroom. No other person had occasion to pass it. Mr. Win Cooper, a linen-draper in Red Lion-street, said that on Monday, the 28th ult., the prisoner pur chased a silk handkerchief of him, and at the same time deposited with him Cl. in gold. Mr. Richard Cooper, a shoemaker, in Red Lion street, said that on the same day the prisoner bought a pair of boots, and having paid for them, asked for an envelope. He put something in it, sealed it, and placed it in one of the boots. He then left. The envelope was found to contain Mr. W. Cooper's acknowledgment for 64 The prisoner reserved his defence, and was committed for trial. WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) ROBBERIES ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. —For some time past the Eastern Counties Railway Company have been robbed to an alarming extent by their own servants. Amongst other purloinings is one not unfrequently practised on the canals and in the docks, commonly called " riding the pony," which means the displacing the bung of a cask containing liquor, and introducing a tube, by which the parties help themselves by means of suction, as bountifully as they please. Certain individuals having been suspected, a watch was set upon their actions, and on Sunday afternoon last, Sparks, the gatekeeper of the goods warehouse, at St. John -street, Bethnal-green, discovered six of the servants of the company regaling themselves in the manner above alluded to. Sparks proceeded to the police-station, and gave information to Sergeant Coleman, the acting inspector ; and sergeant Price, accompanied by several constables, went to the warehouse, and apprehended five of the delinquents, the „„„, imahlson, escaped, but was subsequently captured. They were all brought to this office, and Cooling and Williamson were discharged in consequence of the evi dence not appearing sufficient ; but the others, namely, Bacon, Wood, Allen, and Cherry, were ordered for trial THAMES.—(THIS DAY.) Edmund Mills, who had been a driver in the employ of the London Parcels Delivery Company for the last ten years, was charged with having driven his horse and cart over a boy about four years of age, named Henry Dobson, killing him on the spot. From the evidence it appeared that, between seven and eight o'clock yesterday evening, as the prisoner was driving a cart belonging to the company past Plummers row, Mile-end Old Town, the deceased, with his mother, was sitting on a door-step, when suddenly the poor little fellow darted away from his parent, and before Mills could pull up one of the wheels passed over its head, causing instant death on the spot. All the witnesses concurred in the opinion that no blame was to be at tached to Mills, who tried to pull up, but could not, and immediately got down and rendered every assistance. The cart was not going at a faster rate than seven or eight miles an hour. Mr. YARDLEY said, however deplorable and melan choly such an accident might be, y'et, from the evidence before him, there was clearly no blame to be attached to the prisoner, who bore, it seemed, an excellent character, having been ten years in the employ of a public company, and, therefore, under all the circumstances, he should discharge him. VAUXHALL GA RDENS. A grand fete was given yesterday upon the occasion of the anniversary of the Butchers' Charitable Institu tion. There were upwards of 15,000 persons present. The gardens were more than usually brilliant, and the fireworks went off with great splendour. The great novelty was, however, the night ascent of the balloon, in which were Mr. Gypsum, the proprietor of the balloon, Mr. Albert Smith, Mr. Pridmore, and Mr. Coxwell. After some delay the balloon mounted with great velo city, and some rockets were discharged. It was soon, however, sailing out of sight, and the company in the gardens believed that the aeronauts had a pleasant voyage before them, when they w ere frightened from their propri e ty b y t h e report t h a t an a c cident had oc curred, as the balloon had been seen rapidly descending about a mile from the royal property. The most painful anxiety reigned for some minutes, which was, however, agreeably dispelled by the arrival of Mr. Albert Smith in a cab, to whom we are indebted for the following account of the occurrence :—As soon as the fireworks from the car had been discharged, word was given to Mr. Coxwell, who was on the hoop, to open the valve and relieve some of the gas, as the balloon was getting tense from the elevation it had attained. A report resembling a rush of air was instantly heard, and the whole of the lower part of the balloen suddenly col lapsed, surging backwards and forwards as in a high wind, whilst a voice cried, " The valve has burst —we are all lost !" Immediately it began to descend with terrific rapidity, the elevation at that moment attained being, as nearly as could be calculated by the minuteness of the river boundaries, about 6,000 feet ; and, to add to the danger, the mass of the balloon was covered with the last sparks of the fireworks, threaten ing every moment to blow up. Fortunately the netting retained the upper part of the balaloodn to on this a hi p s parachute shape, shape, the neck coll a p s i ng i nto it, n attributed the preservation of the lives of the aeronants. The first shock was awful as it struck the earth, throw ing the voyagers from the car with great violence, while the silk of the balloon, entirely voided of its gas, covered them. A smart concussion was fortunately the only re sult of the accident. The only gentleman who received any hurt was Mr. Pridmore whose knee was slightly lacerated. Perhaps in the annals of aeronautics there is not to be found au instance of so miraculous an escape. To the presence of mind of the gentlemen in the car may be attributed their safety. In the few awful seconds which elapsed between the accident and the arrival on earth, every means, by lightening the ballee,n and otherwise, were coolly taken to obviate the shock of touching the earth ; and had it not been fe,r their calm ness every life might have been sacrificed.. The primary cause of the accident seems to have been the state of the atmosphere, which rarified the gas te. such an extent that the mechanism connected T.vith the valve gave way. The night was exceedingly sultry —the lightning playing about the heavens almost continually. But, as regarded the ascent, a finer one was never made, and every one of the gentlemen was, more or less, acquainte':.t with the principles of aorostation. FLUID THIS MORNING. About a quarter past two o'clock this morning the electric fluid struck the roof of the house and shop belonging to Mr. Thomas Whitelow, leather dresser, &c., si, Paulin-street, Bermondsey. Information was furnished to the engine stations of the outbreak by police-constable 159 M. The parish engine was got to work, but the workshop and the front of the dwelling house was destroyed. Insured in the Phcenix office, the stock in the amount of 3201., and the building for 2001. The family narrowly escaped. SERIOUS AOCIDENT TO A POLICE-CONSTABLE BY THE LIGHTNING.—This morning, about half-past one o'clock, as police-constable 56 L was on duty in the New-cut, Lambeth, during the violent storm, he was struck with the electric fluid on the left side of his head, which felled him to the earth. He was instantly picked up by 124 L, who was on duty on the opposite side of the road, and conveyed to the station-house in a state of insensi bility, when it was ascertained that the left side of his head and several parts of his body were much injured, so much so that he will not be able to return to his duty for several days. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in the old hall, Lincoln's Inn, to-day, to hear appeals. BLAU& V. BROMLEY.-JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, which was argued before him some time since upon appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor Wigram. The bill was filed by William Thomas Blair and Thomas Blair, the executors of the will of the late Thomas Blair, who died in 1828, and the object of the suit was to make the defendant, Joseph Warner Bromley, person ally answerable for 4,5001., which were remitted by the plaintiffs in their capacity of executors, to the de fendant and his late partner, William Bromley, and re ceived by them for the purpose of being invested, but frau dulently misappropriated by William Bromley. The defendant and his brother entered in partnership as soli citors, in May, 1820, and continued in that relation, car rying on their business or profession in Gray's Inn, until December, 1834, and, during that period, they kept their joint banking account with Messrs. Rogers and Co. The late Thomas Blair, a gentleman of fortune, had for several years before his death been in the habit of em ploying the firm of W. and J. W. Bromley for making investtnents, but William was the partner with whom he was on terms of intimacy, and who attended to his affairs ; and after the testator's death, his executors, who resided at Bath, continued in the same manner to employ :he firm, but appear in general to have addressed themselves to Mr. W. Bromley. By his will the testator gave his wife a life interest in all his property, and after her death directed a distribution in certain proportions among a eumerous family of children. His pro perty appeared to have consisted principally of money lent on mortgage, on one of which a sum of 14,0001. was due by the late Earl Grey, which however, was paid off in 1829, and the money was lodged in the Bank of England, to the separate ac count of W. T. Blair, who was the acting executor. Immediately upon the payment of this money, Mr. W. T. Blair wrote a letter, dated June 30, 1829, and ad dressed to Messrs. Bromley, but beginning with " My dear Sir," in the singu ar, and requesting that steps might be taken to invest the money upon freehold security. In pursuance of these instructions, it was arranged that 4,5001., part of the 14,000/., should be lent to a Mr. Isaac Seabrook ; an abstract of that gentleman's title to the property which was to be the subject of the security, was laid before Mr. Bellenden Ker, the convey-sneer, and a draught of the m)rtgage deed was prepared by that gentleman. Thes A papers were indorsed in the usual way, with the names of W. and J. W. Bromley. William Bromley then wrote to Mr. W. T. Blair for a cheque for the money, and the latter, in a letter dated " Ilfracombe, 29th September, 1829," sent a cheque, dated the Ist Oc tober, 1829, drawn on the Bank of England in favour of Mr. Seabrook or bearer for 4,500/., and crossed with the name of the bankers of Messrs. Bromley. On the 2d October the cheque was paid into Messrs. Rogers bank to the credit of the joint partnership account of the Bromleys, and was on the following day cashed by the Bank of England. Some difficulty, it appears, arose in the completion of the mortgage, and eventually the ne gotiation went off, and the money was never advanced, but no notice of this was given to Mr. Blair, or to any other member of the family; on the contrary, they were led to believe that the money had been invested. In a letter written to Mr. Blair, in April, 1830, among the several mortgages enumerated as be longing to the estate of the testator, the sum of 4,5001. was mentioned as advanced to Mr. Seabrook, and in terest was regularly paid upon it to Mrs. Blair, the testator's widow, until the time of her death. That event occurred in November, 1841, and CIIVIJIUIe tamer SOC Will. Mr. William Bromley, however, represented that there were difficulties in making the distribution, and advised the institution of a suit for the administration of the estate, which was accordingly done, but no money what ever was paid on account of the securities from the death of Mrs. Blair. The suit was manifestly advised by William Bromley for the purpose of staving off the necessity of his rendering an account, and it was so managed that it made no progress. In June, 1844, his affairs came to a crisis, and a fiat in bankruptcy was issued against him. Mr. Blair, on hearing this, hastened to his solicitor's office to take possession of the securi ties; Seabrook's mortgage was not to be found, and it then came to light that Mr. W. Bromley had appro priated the 4,5001. for his own purposes. No imputa tion whatever of any participation in the criminality of his partner was made or desired to be made against the defendant; far from it; it was admitted that he was altogether ignorant of the fraud; and the plaintiffs, in taking the present proceedings against him, only sought, h responsibility, ilead o h admitting ghis moral innocence, to principle establish that one his legal partner is responsible for the acts of his co-partner. The Vice-Chancellor Wigram, upon the case coming before him, (rave judgment decreeing that the defendant should pay the 4,500/. with interest, and the costs of the suit. The Lord Chancellor, after going at some length through the facts of the case, stated his opinion to be that the decision of the Vice• Chancellor Wigram was correct, and ordered it to be affirmed with costs. SECONDARIES.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary JAMES.) ANDERSON V. BAINES AND ANOTHER. The plaintiff in this action is a silk dresser and presser in the City, and the defendants silk•merchants, &c. The action was brought to recover the sum of 51. 17s. 9d. for work done. Defendants pleaded the general issue. On the part of the plaintiff it was shown that he had for some time previously to February last been in the habit of pressing and dressing silks for defendants, on account of a manufacturer named Douglas ; ultimately, however, defendants gave a general order for plaintiff to call on them for goods, and accordingly work was done to the amount claimed. Douglas had been charged with the orders up to that time, but had not paid. On behalf of the defendants, Douglas was called, and proved that he supplied the silks to defendants, but they were not pressed lid contracted with plaintiff to send to defendants for them to dress them as required. Ile had charged defendants as though they were pressed, and had been paid, but did not pay plaintiff. lle could not, however. say whether the goods now claimed for had been sent in or charged for by him, lie was not in confinement for debt, having failed for 20,0001. Mr.llawiuNs, for plaintiff, contended that the contract with Douglas had been abandoned, and that defendants gave the order on their own account. The Learned SECONDARY was about to sum up, but the jury said they were satisfied, and gave a verdict for the amount claimed. INSOLVENT COURT-(THIS DAY) IN RE ROBERT BEAU, JUN. This insolvent, described as a sharebroker, was op posed by Mr. Nichols for Messrs. Ai!sop, sharebrokers, and a Mr. Carloss. Ile was supported by Mr. Dowse. It appeared that the insolvent, a young man, began business in May, 1845, and ended in January last. lle had a capital of 8501., which he had lost, and now owed 3,3001. He had been a jobber in shares and in the funds. He borrowed 1501. of Messrs. Allsop, of Hull, where he carried on his business, on a promise to return the same. He was a defaulter to Mr. Carloss, and the matter was referred to the members of the Hull Stock Exchange, and they made a report that 1091. Bs. 3d. was due to Mr. earloss, who was now a solicitor. An action was brought in Middlesex, and a verdict given for the amount. The costs were 491., of which 301. had been incurred by the plea. The insolvent admitted that he had been a jobber as well as a broker, although he had only described himself' as a sharebroker. In the course of the case he contradicted the evidence given by one of the firm of Messrs. Allsop, and also that given by Mr. Carless. The complaint against the insolvent was twofold-- fraudulently contraciing a debt, and also vexatiously pleading to the action brought by Mr. Carloss. The in solvent had dealt with Messrs. Alisop aster he had.ob tained the money. Mr. Commis;ioner PHILLIPS told the insolvent he would send for a person from Hull to ascertain the truth of schue statements as to Mr. Allsop. The insolvent, on being pressed, admitted that he might have acquiesced in the report as to the sum due to Mr. Carloss. Counsel having addressed the Court, Mr. Commis Toner PHILLIPS held that the subsequent transactions with Messr s . All sop con d one d t h e c omplaint as to the sum o f 1301. T he insolvent bad in a mos t au dacious manner contradicted the evidence of two gentle men. Ile had vexatiously defended the action brought by Mr. Allsop, and he had described himself as a stockbroker and jobber. lie would be remanded for a considerable period.—Judgment deferred. ST. PETERSBURG, JUNE 23.—His Majesty the Emperor has just issued a ukase to the Stattholders of the Transcaucasian provinces, facilitating the commer cial custom duties ou the east coast Qf the 13144 Sell" P U GILISM.—SAMUEL SIMINIONDS AND T1103.1A3 LANE, FOR 200 Sovs.—The encounter of these knights of the k nuc kle, which, from sundry misunderstandings as to the " venue," seemed more likely to end in a postpone- ment, or magisterial interference, was yesterday brought to issue on the borders of the counties of Northampton and Bucking Lam. The men met in, fistic fray at four minutes after three, and at ten minutes to tour o'clock, Simmonds's second, Johnny Hannan, threw up the sponge in token of defeat, at the close of the 26th round. The battle was by no means remarkable for the scientific manoeuvres of either men. It was characterised by fast, wild, rushing exchanges, and the punishment was pretty equally balanced. Sinimonds returned to town last night, and Lane, accompanied 133 his brother Ham mer Lune, departed for 13irrningham t bearing the tidings of his victory. —• MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW CITY, QT 7 4PTA7R Ti) THREE. The C LtOil r. t Liverpo,l yc!sterciay wa at the prorious rates. ba:es 7,000 1)..:5, ut whieri 2,LuO were American on speculation. American sorts sold at 611 to 7 Egyptian, 8 : Id. to 91., Surat 4d, to sid., and Sea Island at 131 to 18d. pEr lb. In Railway Shares not much was doing, but prices were firm. The Share Market has been very quiet yesterday, and Int little business, was done in s'eer's. We st'bjoin a few of the principal sa.lee of RLilw,cy Shares Missrs. Lamond and Co.:— East Indian £o 6 0 Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast North British, Extension 0 16 0 Great Western of Bengal 0 5 0 Barbadoes Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certificate 0 13 6 North Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 1 17 0 Manchester, Buxton, and,Matlock. 1 18 6 Louvain ala Sambre, ex int 0 17 6 West Riding Union Shropshire Union and Canal 2 8 0 Royston and Ilitchin South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, ex int 4 18 0 Accounts from Hobart Town, of March 13, state that new wheat was worth 4s. 9d. to ss. per bushel, and fine flour 121. per ton. A larger number of sales are in progress in the Co lonial markets, but the fall in the prices of various arti cles has been so marked recently, that there is but little spirit to do business except for immediate wants. All holders of sugar, and rice especially, must be severe losers. The Lords Commissioners of the Treasury have inti mated that the surplus amount of income over expendi ture available in the current quarter is 694,9121. l6s. I Id., and that, consequently, there will be 670,000/. invested in Deficiency Bills, and the rest in stock. We are glad to find Sir C. Wood pursuing the wise policy of the late Chancellor of the Exchequer. It is manifestly in the highest degree absurd to redeem stock on which the Go vernment pays but 3 or 31 per cent., while it has inte rest to liquidate on Exchequer-bills at a far higher rate, to say nothing of the importance of being inde pendent of the Bank of England. The Funds have been rather heavy again. Consols are 884 to 89 for transfer, and 88-, 7 ,- to 89. The state of the account influences the market still, but there is not much speculation. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 91 to 914. Bank Stock is at 196 i. Exchequer-bills have been at 9s. to 13s. premium. The Foreign Investments have been better, and the speeches in Parliament respecting the Spanish debt have caused some improvement in the quotations of the bonds. The Five per Cents. have been 214 to 1, and the Three per Cents. 33 to 33k. Portuguese Four per Cents, are 31i. Mexican Bonds are 19i to 1. Russian Stock is at 111 i; and Dutch Four per Cents. 90. The Share market is dull, but North Staffords have improved upon the highly satisfactory report made to the proprietors at the meeting. South Yorkshire and Goole are in some request. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock • . .. • . 196% Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 88% 89 88% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 91% 91 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .• 9 1-16 % India Bonds, 1,000/. .. .. 9 South Sea Stock .. Ditto, Old Annuities 88% Consols for Opening, July 16 89 887 i Exchequer Bills. I%cl. 2d. Imo!. .. • • .. • • 913 P 500/. •• •• 11 15p Ditto, Small .. .... 15 19 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican, 1846, 5 per Cent .. .. 19% Ditto, for the Account .. • . 19% Portuguese Bends, 5 per Cent. .. Ditto, Four per Cent .. 31% Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 111% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. 21 Ditto, for the Account . 21% Ditto, Passive Bonds 4% MU*, Three per Cent .. .• 33 Ditto, for the Account 33% Divitlends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 57% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 90 f,: BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK: RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and Oxford Junction .. 10 .... 17%.... to Birmingham, SV olver., and Dudley .. 10 .... 15%.... to Caledonian •. • . •. 35 .... to Ditto, Half Shares .. •• • • • • 234.... 2 ...• to 2% Eastern Comities • . • • • • • • • • 20 .. •.21 u .... to De.,Perpetual,s per Ct. No.l, Cl. 135.4 d..... .... to Ditto, ditto .. N 0.2, 61. 13s. 4d..... % p.. to Ditto, York Extension • • •• • • 7% • • 7% 7.. to 7% Edinburgh and Glasgow .. • • •. 50 .. •. G 9 .... to Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 32%.... 30%.... to 31% Great North of England .. • • • • 100 —237 .. to Ditto, New 301... .. 30 .... 70 .... to Hull and Selby .. .. 50 ....105 .. • • to Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds .. 14 .... .... to Ditto, ditto, and Norwich— .. .. 834 .... 414 .... to Lancaster and Carlisle .. 50 •• .. 67 t. London and Blackwall .. 161. 13s. 4d. .... 7%.... to London, Brighton, and South Coast •. 50 .... 5534% to Ditto, Consolidated Eighths .. .. 10 .... 1314 to London and North-Western .. 100 .. .. 182 •• .. to London and South-Western 411. 10d. •• 68N )6 ••to Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) .. •• 50 •• • • 57 •• • • to Midland —lOO —13034 _ Ditto, New •• • • • • 6 .. •• 10 „ to Ditto. Consol. Bristol & Birmingh. 6 per cant. .. • • • • • .100 .... 129 to Neweagtie and Berwick .. • • •• 20 Norfolk .. to _— • Ditto, New .• •. .• .• 5 .. . . 81,4% t o . • 100 • to Ditto, Extension •....•• .. 10 10 U .... to North Staffordshire .. .. • • .. 7V, 10 ••W • Preston and Wyre .• • • ••25 . 37% to Ditto, Half Shares (II) 1 1 ,4 1% .... to Royston and Ilitchin .. •• •• • • • 1% .... 134 .. • • to - oath Eastern and Dover .. • • • • 331.28.4 d. .... to Ditto, New (do. 151.) No. 4 .. 5 .. • . 4%%.. to South Yorkshire. Doncaster, & Goole 2 .... •• to Windsor, Staines, and South-Western 425..... 2% p.. to Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth• •• . 20 .. • . 1014 • • to 11 UXI York and Newcastle .. .. 25 .. • • 34 .... to 377. Ditto, New .. .• 10 •• • • IG% •• • • to Ditto, Preference • . .. • • • • 8 .. • . 1234% .. to York and Nortk Midland .. •• 50 ••.. •..to Ditto. Extension .. .• .. 25 .. .. 44%.. ••to Ditto East and West RidlngExtension 10 .... 23 .... to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. • • .. 20 .... 15% ... Northeni of France .. • • 8 .. • . 10p.... to 11 Paris and Lyons Paris and Strasbourg • • •• •• 8 .. 4% •• to JOINT-STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster .. -.• •• 20 • • 26% .... to MINES Real del Monte .llnregistered 2k .. to COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam .. ....C.F. 13 5% Gibr a lt ar ... Ditto, at sight ...... 12 3 Leghorn .. ........., _ 30 55 Rotterdam .... .. 2 IJ. 12 6 Genoa .... _ 96 iintwerp .... 25 95 Milan ........ „ Hamburgh ...... 31.8. 13 13 Venice .. hatona.... •.. Naples ...... • • 40% Paris, 3 days' sight .. .. 25 65 Palermo, per oz.. .. Ditto, ...... 25 95 Lisbon..... • Marseilles ............ 56 Oporto .... Bourdeaux ......... .. 26 Rio Janeiro ........ • . 26 Frankfort on Maine.... 122 Bahia Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... Buenos Ayres ........ Berlin ................ New York, 21 days' sight -- Vienna, effec.flo ••• • • • 10 4 Philadelphia _ Trieste, ditto.... • ..... 10 5 PILICY6.3 OF BULLION, FEZ OZ. Madrid 473 2 Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Cadiz ........ 4S N New Dollars •• • 0 4 93( Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Barcelona • • • • ...... • . Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... • . 0 4 11% LLOYD'S SIIIPPIN G_..—(THIS -DAY.) LONDON, JULY 7.—lt blew a heavy gale after midnight in squalls, with much rain, thunder, and lightning. Wind at noon S.S.W., moderate breeze and cloudy. DEAL, JULY 6.—Wind S.W. to S.S.W.—Arrd, Charles William, Keating, New Orleans; a barque, Cuba. Arrd. from the River, Ocean Bride, Berbice ; Serafin. Havannah ; British Isles, Cuba; Stirling, and Juliet, Quebec; Whitby, Halifax. COWES, JULY 6.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Helena, Iversen, Mazatlan; Kate, Scott, Bahia; Atlas, Davies, Matanzas. PLYMOUTH, JULY 6.—Arrd. Cynthia, Goldsworthy, St. John's, Newfoundland, and sailed for London. Ott port, Windermere, Ross, Hobart Town; Herzag Bogislaw, Monte Video, for Antwerp. OFF SALCOMBE, JULY 5. Chanticleer, Putt, Zanzibar. FALMOUTH, JULY 6.—Wind S.—Arrd. Rosalind, Hepple white, Valparaiso HoLyHAED, JULY s.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Senator, Coffin, New York. LIVERPOOL, JULY 6.—Wind variable and light.—Arrd. Winifred, Jamaica; Paradise, Maracaibo; Susanna, Lukey, Paraiba; Gossypium, Brown, New Orleans; Virginia, Brown. Philadelphia ; Aqueduct, Gardner, New York ; Senator, New York. Sld. Ontario, Boston; Rolla, Rio Janiero ; Tonquin, Whampoa, China. Off port, Courier, Lana; Actaeon and Effingham, New Orleans; Eleonora CLYDE, JULY s.—Atrd. 4th, Mogul, Oliphant, Barbadoes ; sth, Europa, Boyle, Matanzas. Sld. Elizabeth, St. Croix, Levant, St. John, N. B. ; Lord Sidmouth, Pictou. DUBLIN, JULY 4 AND s.—Wind S.S.E.—SId. Kingston, Demerara. BRISTOL, JULY 6.—Wind N., light.—Arrd. Triumph, Cow.. ley, New York; Thetis, Cann, St. Stephens, N. B. GLOUCESTER, JULY 6.—Wind S. W.—Arrd. Glian, Rossi ter, Prince Edward's Island. Sld. Solon, Quebec. WATERFORD, JULY s.—Wind S.S.E.—SId. Ocean Queen, St. John's, Newfoundlai_id._ - . -- CORK, JULY 4.—W,rad S.E., fresh.—A rr d . Eli za b et h , L e Brun, Havannah ; Elizabeth, Scott, Baltimore; Pampero, Bertoul, New York, and sailed for Westport. Sld. Sir R. Sale, New Zealand, _ HULL, JULY N.E., moderate.—Arrd. Lord Mul grave, Lukiss, Miramichi. Sld. Waterloo, Quebec. GRIMSBY, JULY 6.—The Venus, Shields, to London, put hi here this morning leaky, having struck on the bar of Har tlepool. BELFAST, JULY s.—The Athlone steamer has been got off shore and into this place, but the Sea King steamer fell over at low water and filled, and is likely to become a wreck; part of cargo saved. PENZANCE, JULY s.—The Napoleon the Second, from Newport to L'Orient, has been taken into St. Ives this morning, in a sinking state. NEWPORT, JULY 6.—Wind W.—Sld. Alexander, Jamaica. CORK, JULY 4.—A brig, waterlogged, and dismasted, with white streaks, and two large white spots on her stern, was passed, 21st ult., by the Pampero, arrd. at Cork. CLYDE, JULY 4.—Sld. Amanda, Demerara. A schooner, of about 130 tons, apparently American, waterlogged, with mainmast and bowsprit only standing, hull painted black, a white fiddle head, appearing to have been some time in that state, was boarded, 25th ult.. lat. 47 N., long. 14 W., by the Medway, Coombes, arrd. oil' Falmouth, from Sydney. THE MURDER IN MARYLEBONE.—On the first day of the session an application was made to the Common Sergeant by Mr. Bodkin, to postpone the trial of Mary Anne Hunt, fo r mu r d er , t o th e next session . Th e groun d for the application was, that the case had only just been taken up by the Treasury to be prosecuted on their behalf, and that there would not be sufficient time at the present session to prepare the evidence. No opposition was offered to the application on behalf of the prisoner, and it was theraore acceded to. The late Mr. T. T. 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