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Now ready, price 10s. 6d., ADVENTURES OF r HE GORDON HIGHLANDERS IN FRANCE AND BELGIL - 31. A Sequel to "The Highlanders in Spain;" Forming the Fourth Vol. of "THE ROMANCE OF WAR," ----- By JAMES GRA sT, Esq., late 62d Reg. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully informed that a GRAND =RA NIGHT will take place TO-MORROW EVEYLNO, JWy li, wen will be performed Bellini's celebrated 'aura Of _ NORMA. "firms, M4lle. Jenny Lind ; Aclalgisa, Mdme. 2Uberssini ; Pollione B lFfno 7raschini ; Oroveso, Signor Labiache. To conclude with various Entertainments in the BALLET DE PARTMENT, combining the talents of Mdlle. Cariotta Grist, Mdlle. Rosati, Mdlle. Cerito, 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 10s. 6d. each. Applications tor boxes, pit stalls, and tickets, to be made at the Box-office, at the theatre. The new opera 1 MASNADIERE, composed expressly for Her Majesty's Theatre, by Sig. Verdi, is in active rehearsal, and will be pspdueeal forthve,th. Male. Tagli,oni has arrived and will shortly THEATRE ROYAL, 11A.YMA.RICE.T. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will 14. e performed the Comedy of LONDON ASSURANCE. Cha• 7acterFi by Messrs. Farren, Tilbury, Hon, Webster, Brindal, Buck. atone, Hudson, Mrs. Nisbztt, Miss Bennett, and Mrs. Humby. he followed by the new comic drama, called THE JACOBITE `Sir Richard Wroughton, Mr. Stuart ; John Duck, Mr. Buckstone ; Lady Somerlord, Miss Fortescue. To conclude with THE iss IRISH ton. LION. Tim Moore, Mr. Hudson ; Mrs. Cerulea Fitzgig, M I'. Hor TFLEATHE ROYAL, .DELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will'be produced a new and original come if in three acts, called THE TOITLE DEEDS. Principal charactet by Messrs. Lambert, Wright, Paul Bedford, C,. Smith, Boyce, Munyard, C. J. Smith, Worrell ; Mrs. Yates, `,Bas Woolgar, Miss E. Harding, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, &n. After which a new and original burletta, in one act, by Charles Selby, Esq., called OUT ON THE SLY; or, A Fete Rosherville. To canclade with the new Petite Comedy, entitled, FLYING COLOTaRS; or, Crossing the Frontier. Captain Sans souW, Mr. Webster ; Margaret, Miss Woolgar ; Helen de Montereau, MaMme Celeste ; Justine, Miss Ellen Chaplin. •THEATRE 'ROYAL, LYCEUM. (Summer Season—Lyceum C•mpany.) THIS EVENING Wlll be pertrmed a drama, called KING'S WORD. To be followed by IS HE JEALOUS. To be followed by the new GRAND BALLET, in which the Spanish Dancers will apwar. After whieh, a new Talk drama, in two acts, entitled MAR GUERITE'S COLOURS. Principal characters by Messrs. Emery, Wigan, Vining, and Johnston; Mesdames Dickenson, Villars, Arden, and Griffiths. To conclude with ANGELS AND LUCIFERS. TREATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. TIIIS EVENING. Will be produced a new drama (with music by Loder) entitled DYING FOR A KISS. The characters by Madame Vestris, Miss Emma Stanley, Mr. J. Webster, Mr. Granby, and Mr. Compton. To be followed by A CURIOUS CASE. Mr. Aubrey, Mr. James Vining; Twiggleton, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mrs. Aubrey. Miss Cooper. After which the new farce, entitled A SOVEREIGN REMEDY. Captain Pendragon, Mr. Ryder ; Mr. Bottleby, Mr. Granby ; ?eackit, Mr. C. Mathews; Alfred, Mr. J. Webster; Mrs. Bottleby, Dirs. Fosbroke ; Mary, Miss Marshall. To conclude with a comic drama, entitled "LADIES BEWARE !" Colonel Vavasour, Mr. Granby; Sir Charles Vavasour, Mr. James Vining; Matilda, Miss Cooper. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING Will be presented LES DEMOISELLE A MARIER on, La Premiere Bntrevue. M. Dumenil, M. Dorg,ebret ; Camille, Mdlle. Duverger. After which Rscine's tragedy of BRITANNICUS. Agrippine, Mdlle Rachel. Reserved seal% Dress Boxes, 73. 6d. ; Pit, 58.; Amphitheatro, ss. ; Gallery, 3s. The performances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock pre - elsely. Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. 'Mitchell's Royal Library, 23, Old Bond-street, and at the BOS-office of the Theatre, daily, from 1 till 5. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager. Mr. William Batty. thuler the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family. THIS EVENING Will be presented a gorgeous Peruvian Drama, to illustrate the historical events of the Spaniards' conquest of Peru, arranged from the original test of Brinsiey Sheridan's play of " Pizarro," entitled THE STORMING OF QUITO ; or, the Warrior of the Sun. Rolla, Ailr. W. West. The extraordinary equestrian performa!:ces of La Petite Davidson and the 3.1 - ew Scenes of the Circle, with the whole of the Entertain *lents, having been attended with the most complete success, will be sweated every evening. First appearance of Professor Jamieson and Son, in their peculiar exercises. To conclude with the SEIGE OF MOiTGATZ. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadtbot. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Untler the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. THIS EVENING Will he performed Bellini's Opera of LA SONNAMBULA ; or, The Village Phantom. Rodolphe', Mr. Leffler ; Elvino, Mr. Harri son ; Alessio, Mr. Horncastle ; Amina, Miss Rainforth ; Lisa, Miss R. Isaacs ; Teresa, Mrs. Daly ; Annette, Miss Vaughan. After which Dibdin'e cemedietta of TIIE QUAKER. Steady, Mr. Leffler; Lubin, Mr. Horncastle ; Gillian, Miss Isaacs. To conclude with THE STRANGER. Stranger, Mr..J. R. Scott. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand historical drama, entitled WALTER TTRRELL, THE SAXON AVENGER; or, The Life and Death of King William 11. William 11., Mr, Dale; Walter Tyrrell, Mr. Hicks; Editha, Miss Vincent. To be followed by a splendid drama, by Fitzball, called JANE PAUL ; or, the Victim of Persecution. Jane Paul, Miss Vincent ; Michael Pale, Mr. Hicks ; Necker, Mr. Bird; lledgehog Jack, Mr. Searle. _ . To conclude with THE MYSTERIES OF THE FAIRY LADY. Boxes, ls. ; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Be-engagement of M. Jullien for Ten Nights more. TIIIS DAY, Thursday, and Friday, July 14th, 15th, ttith. Daylight Oriew of GibraltarL:Sple;idid Menagerie—Promenade Concert by Jullien's band of One Hundred performers, two of whom will perform a solo each evening ; Conductor, M. Jullien ; Leader, 31r. Godfrey. All the attractions of the gardens will be added, con ciuditnK the errand Pyrotechnic Display of the Slega of Gibraltar. Feeding the Animals at Five; Concert. Onuter-past auk Fite works, Quarter-past Nine.—\o extra charge. The Celebrated HARMONIC ROCK BAND will perform previous to and between the parts of the Concert. Athnission to the whole, One Shilling. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, JULY 14. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 65; Highest. 84 ; Noon, 83, BAROMETER, 30.27.—W1ND W.N.W. ; fine. 111411 WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 0 minutes after 3. j Evening .. 20 minutes after 3 •-,. , ' i , , ,T GU I• Li ;; --` '....._ -. 1 ~ „-• . 4 sO t., • . x . ...li ',` •,__. ik. - _,t - •. ' Ant o , ,;34 < ~, - - - •• - „ c 'y +.O/ ,FAINi„,-..---141 ... .:-. lik , - , , 4 _, ,--- k , . loirwA. -,,,;,-,&, '."...-.. - ~,E 7 , , t ; : - ; ,t i.,,,,,, w ..,.. ~,;','';',,,„,,,.',.. iA2 011 'llt,' , L...- .. ' SECOND EDITION. itz larnia ..'41111•116 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1847. cleanliness is in a more particular manner demanded in any one position, that position is assuredly dis cernible among the crew and passengers of an emigrant ship. A cottage may rival a dove - cot i n dimensions and a pig-stye in nastiness, but the cottager has an opportunity of inhaling a purer atmosphere, and of obtaining healthful exercise, during the better part of the four-and-twenty hours, on the adjoining highway, or in the fields where he gains hislivelihood. These opportunities are wholly denied to the emi grant. During so many weeks, formerly during so many months, he is cooped up with a swarm of fellow-voyagers in a structure quite inadequate in regard to size, and a vast deal more than inadequate in regard to comfort. Bodily exercise is out of the question ; ablutions bear rather the character of luxuries than of diurnal duties ; ventilation to those confined to their berths by sickness is reduced to the agreeable alternative of suffocation or draughts. During these journeys across the ocean, moreover, there is accumulating under the sleeping places and the dining places of the passengers that fetid mass of liquid stagnation termed bilge water, carrying an incipient plague in every globule. Cleanliness, therefore, is the best, and certainly the cheapest, method of reducing the amount of mortality on board the emigrant ships. Government might do better in rendering this cleanliness compulsory on the proprietors and officers of the emigrant ships than in providing medical attendants to the alarming number of seven hundred. Another consideration shows that this cleanliness must be enforced under penalty, seeing that the emigrants are emigrants merely from their necessitous condition, and knowing that filth and poverty are very nearly allied. What ever may be the fate of the Health of Towns Bill, for which our aspirations are still so numerous and earnest—and which has only been quashed through the opposition of that Country Party, whose affected loyalty to the Soil has been surpassed by their un affected love for Dirt—we do hope that the Colonial Department will extend the benefits of the sanatory code to the victims of a systematic emigration. NELLI, the POPE'S Envoy. The departure of Don FRANCISCO DE PAULA and his family for San Sebas tian is fixed for the 7th. The QUEEN is expected shortly at La Granja. MADRID BOMA, JULY 7.—The Three per Cents. closed at 27 cash ; the Five per Cents. 17*; Passives, 51 cash. We have received the Paris papers of Monday. The financial situation of France is exciting general uneasiness, which the demand for a new loan has not at all tended to allay. On this subject the Courrier Francais says— . " The budget has this year reached the almost incre dible amount of 1,600 millions of francs; taxes have wrung from France, ruined by innundatious and protec tive duties, 1,600 millions—from France, forced by the want of foresight of its Government, to pay a premium of 1,200 millions to have bread ! But these 1,600 mil lions have not been sufficient to pay all the expenses, to make up all the voids left by waste and peculation. There is an enormous deficit of 750 millions! why such used to be the whole budget of the empire, sufficient for the glory of Austerlitz, Jena, Friedland, and Wagram! Our cheap Government, with its modest policy, had well cccustomed us to deficits; for the last ten years we have had one regularly, but what no one ever witnessed was a deficit of 750 millions! The Government itself appears moved at the frightful consequences of such a disorder. Meanwhile all the sources of public wealth are dried up, and labour is generally suspended throughout the country, yet the necessities of the moment must be provided for, this deficit of 750 millions must be made up, not reckoning the deficit of the next year. The new Minister of Finance has for that purpose presented a Bill for a first loan of 350 millions; and as, on the other hand, the Chamber has lately augmented the amount of the Treasury bonds by 200 millions, there remain only 200 millions to be made up. The so-much-boasted of cleverness consisting only in living by expedients, it is exceedingly probable that the 200 millions in question will be obtained by a new emission of Treasury bonds. It is so easy a mode of obtaining money! It is true that it is the most certain means of ruining oneself; it is the great resource of spendthrifts, who beforehand pledge their revenues, and—as the phrase goes—eat the horse in the stable. Why should it not be the resource of our great statesmen? The amount of Treasury bonds will be augmented, or, in other words, the budget will be devoured beforehand! Such was the custom of the old regime, that Government of great nobles, initiated by our upstart gentlemen. The former perished in the most frightful political tempest that history speaks of. Will their imitators be more clear-sighted and more Lrtunate? What is certain is, that this demand of 350 millions has profoundly moved the Bourse, and that sad prognostications are made." The Committee of the Chamber of Deputies on the budget of receipts have completed their labours. In their report they give a summary of the financial situation of the country, and calculate that the year 1848 will add a new deficit of 90,000,000 f. to the 696,000,000 f. of previous deficits. The committee on the budget of receipts, like that on expenses, con jures the Government to apply an immediate and energetic remedy to this state of things by establish ing an equilibrium between the ordinary receipts and expenses, and by confining the extraordinary ex penses within the limits of the reserves of the sinking fund, which the Minister of Finance formally pro mised in his expose des motifs on the loan. The com mittee proposes the pure and simple maintenance of the receipts inscribed in the budget, which amount to the sum of 1,391,126,510 f. In this sum 20,148,800 f. arise from the portion of the loan of 450,000,000 f., authorised in 1841, and applicable in 1848 to extraordinary public works. The committee has only introduced some slight modifications in the wording of some articles, and especially in Art. 14 on caution-money, to be deposited by receivers general, receivers of arrondissements, and percepteurs, such modifications being suggested by the Minister of Finance himself. There are certain crimes which have repeatedly . attracted the attention of the Legislature, against which the most stringent provisions have been enacted, the most serious punishment sanctioned. Every person will readily concur in acknowledging the gravity of these offences, and the necessity of putting them down by the strong arm of the law, and yet, not withstanding every effort, they flourish and attain a rank luxuriance, and are practised openly and un blushingly by men of otherwise unblemished cha racter, with a total disregard of the provi sions of the law, and a practical impunity from any unpleasant consequences from its violation. The most mischievous and demoralizing amongst these, so far as the public is concerned, is that of bribery at elections, to which Lord BROUGHAM directed the attention of the House of Lords on Monday even ing, and we may now dread that within a short period it will prevail throughout all parts of the kingdom. It is notorious that there are many con stituencies who are wholly regardless of the personal character or qualifications of the candidates for their suffrages. The only test which they look to is their wealth, and (what they term) liberality ; or, in other words, the freedom and recklessness with which they will scatter money amongst the debased recipients of their bribes, and open public-houses at which the independent electors may wallow in the most beastly intoxication for some time previous to the con test. The greatest talent or ability, the most sterling political honesty and independence on the part of the candidate, will be wholly disregarded by such persons. His eloquence may lead an admiring senate; he may have devoted him self to the investigation and exposure of abuses, have introduced the most valuable reforms, and ever been found the efficient advocate and the unflinching as sertor of the rights of the many, but he either cannot or will not purchase their suffrages, and he must yield to one without perhaps a single valuable qua lity, who expends his money as a mere speculation, and is quite prepared to sell to the highest bidder, and totally to disregard the interests of those whom he has purchased at an extravagant price. Although, happily, there are not now the same number of places which may openly be purchased as existed heretofore, before the passing of the Itoforn, Flll, y. - +h.rn gra very few constituencies among which some venal electors are not numbered, who may turn the scale in the event of a close contest. It is too notorious that there are many ready to accept head-money, treating, or any other description of benefits under which bribery may be disguised, in return for their votes, and that it is only in cases where the candidates wholly and positively refuse to sanction the least vestige of cor ruption that the purity of election is maintained. In deed—and bitterly do we regret the humiliating fact—wherever there is a person ready to give, there are numbers ready to accept at his hands ; and al though the fact may be perfectly notorious that money has been given, the matter has been managed so pri vately and secretly, and with such precaution, as to defy detection and a conviction for the offence, so as to subject the party to the penalties prescribed by the law. Any enactment, therefore, to prove effectual must be directed towards the candidates and not the electors. Let the bribery oath be administered to the former and not the latter; prohibit the party desirous of being elected from expending a single shilling even of what are now termed legal expenses, which should be defrayed by the place about to return a representative ; you will thus, and thus only, obtain a full and fair representation of the people—a House collectively and individually selected and chosen without any impropriety ; you will carry into practice the constitutional theory, and you may look forward in due season for the fruits of the whole some seed you have sown. But these are not the only reasons for the change, vast and important as they undoubtedly are. By so doing, you will abolish a fertile source of crime. How few of the parties who have accepted bribes will hesitate to take the bribery oath if administered ! As the Noble Lord remarked, there are probably not five in a hundred who would not fill up the full measure of the guilt, and stain their conscience with the crime of wilful and corrupt perjury. How fearful is this state of things, and how likely to lead to future guilt and misery. The party who at first would only act with the herd, will speedily become callous to every moral obligation, and willing to plunge into still greater guilt for any fancied benefit. The money he may have obtained by such infamous means will be wasted in the most criminal indulgences, for which a taste will be acquired, and the party ready to com mit any crime to continue the enjoyment of his new Propensities. In fact tbpro is everything to be urged in favour of the change, and nothing can be alleged in favour of the present system. It is deeply to be regretted that it is now too late to obtain an efficient measure to preserve the country from the contamina tion to which it must soon be exposed. The state ment of the Noble Lord will, however, we trust, have some effect in serving as a warning to those *out to engage in contests, that their actions will be scruti nized, and that if they expose themselves to the penal ties of the law, it will be jealously enforced, and the offenders subjected to all its stringent provisions. It is evident that the proceedings at the Reform banquet have caused some alarm to the Ministry. The Journal des Debats, which at first was silent on the subject, and then endeavoured to sneer it down as a matter of no importance, now indirectly admits the positive importance of the event, by endeavouring to show that it is not relatively so important as the Opposition would make it appear, because it was not attended by MM. TRIERS, ARAGO, and REMUSAT, and because the number of Deputies present were only between forty and fifty, instead of between fifty and sixty. The presence, however, of M. ODILON BARROT, M. GUSTAVE DE BEAUMONT, M. DUVER- , GIER DE HAURANNE, and M. LEON DE MALLEVILLE (who is Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies, having recently beaten the Ministerial candidate for that office), is quite sufficient to render this gathering an affair of great importance. Tho trial of C.,....r9k1 PITT2TFT, VS and VA'. .o-accused was continued on Saturday, and the evidence tended greatly to implicate M. TESTE. Private letters from Paris of a later date than these papers state that M. TESTE admitted his guilt on Monday, and had at tempted suicide. The prospects of the harvest are most promising. New wheat has already been brought to market in the south of France. The heat in Paris is intense. On Monday at nine o'clock in the morning the thermometer was at 90 • (Fahrenheit). The Three per Cents. closed 'at 771. 60c.; the Five per Cents. at 118 f. 45c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,271 f. 25c. ; Rouen, 961 f. 25c. ; Havre, 640 f. ; Great Northern, 571 f. 25c. ; Avignon, 642 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 593 f. 75c. ; Bordeaux, 501 f. 25c. ; Boulogne, 395 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 270 f. ; Basle, 183 f. 75c. ; Dieppe, 3101. ; Paris and Strasburg, 425 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 428E75c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 433 f. 75c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 460. MARSEILLES, JULY 8.-Marseilles and Avignon, 661 f. 25c. ; Northern, 567 f. 50c. LYONS, JULY 10.-Paris and Rotten, 950 f. ; Avignon and Marseilles, 643 f. 75c. ; Vierzon, 590 f, ; Northern, 563 f. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 4261. 25c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 13. Boulogne and Amiens, 15 1 / 2 -East Indian, 'Ai-Luxem bourg, 1%-Northern of France, 1(g/ 2 -West Flanders, 4. A. subject of considerable importance, both to the mother cQuntry and the colonies, was last evening brought incidentally under the consideration of the House of Commons. Lord JOHN MANNERS inquired whether the Government was prepared to make due arrangements for the prevention, or, at least, for the diminution, of those contagious maladies by which the mortality on board the emigrant vessels was so grievously increased. In default of a comprehensive measure of sanatory improvement, applicable to all classes of the community, whether resident or other wise, we axe satisfied that there is no individual grievance which more imperatively demands the in terference of the Executive than that by which disease is permitted to decimate the unfortunate voyagers in the ships of emigration during the period of their transit across the Pacific or the Atlantic. W e fully appreciate the benefit resulting from the regulation mentioned by Mr. HAwEs, that no emi grant ship is permitted to sail if contagious diseases manifested themselves among the passengers. As a precautionary arrangement, that is undoubtedly most excellent, but common sense and the smallest possible amount of experience aroclaim that it is altogether in sufficient. Corporeal ailments lurk so repeatedly in the constitutions of those who have travelled from inland localities for the purpose of undertaking a trans-marine journey, their incipient maladies a rc 3 . frcqc4ciAt.l . y 11,, a ,rbilc by Lilts ievlVlng and invigorating influences of the sea-breezes on reaching the coast, and diseases are so continually delayed in their manifestation until the voyage with all its inconvenience s has been commenced and suffered, that it were frivolous to regard the sanatory precaution just alluded to as in any measure propor tioned to the risks of contagion, and the average ex tent of mortality on the ocean. LECTURES ON LIFE ASSURANCE. Under the auspices of the British Empire Mutual Life Assurance Company several lectures have lately been delivered in various parts of the metropolis, by Mr. Stanesby, for the purpose of explaining and illustrating the principles and advantages of life assurance, especially in its application, in which the company referred to appears to be taking the lead, to the circumstances and requirements of the working classes, the smaller order of tradesmen, and such parties as form the bulk of our savings' bank de positors, shareholders in building societies, and members of benefit and burial clubs. In one of these lectures, de livered on Wednesday evening last at the British School Rooms, Denmark-street, Islington, before a respectable company of both sexes, the Rev. J. Blackburn occupying the chair, Mr. Stanesby dwelt much upon the lamentable fact that thousands of the industrial classes are paying very dearly for the insecure benefits offered by burial clubs (the fallacious character of their basis being, as his calculations clearly proved, fully sufficient to account for their frequent failare, without imputing any dis honesty to their managers), while the cheap and secure benefits of genuine life assurance, based upon accurate vital statistics, had been hitherto, practically, beyond their reach. By treating on precisely the same advan tageous terms the labouring man who can only insure for 201. and the merchant or gentleman who insures for 5,0001., the above-mentioned company offers a remedy for this state of things; while, by various ingenious ap plications of the assurance principle, it affords facilities, as the lecturer explained by various familiar ilastrations, for securing endowments for children, marriage portions, apprenticeship fees or premiums, and funds for the re• deception of mortgages, the renewal of leases, and other contingencies in which the man of business is interested. One novel branch -of assurance business transacted by the comprny appears especially to deserve the attention of investors in building societies and savings' banks. We refer to the Investment Assurances, by which a safe and profitable channel is provided for even the most moderate savings. We cannot too urgently call atten tion to the duty of making such provision against the uncertainty of life as it is the object of these lectures to explain, illustrate, and enforce. Every husband and father owes it to his wife and family to shield them against the distress which might arise from his death, and owes it to society at large that he should adopt such measures as may prevent those whom he is the means of bringing into the world from becoming a public bur den. Could the lecturer's answer to the question, " What can be done by a penny a day?" be brought before the minds of some hundreds of thousands of our countrymen, it would effect a deadly thrust at pauperism; and could it be impressed upon the minds of our fair countrywomen, not a few would follow out his advice, to give husbands no rest, and would-be husbands no consent, until they had done something in the way of insuring that most valuable, most universal, but most insecure of all possessions, the property depending upon human life. DEVASTATION BY INSECTS.—The wood known as Dungeon Wood, at Lockwood, near Huddersfield, now presents a somewhat naked appearance, in consequence of the ravages committed on the foliage of the oak by a small green grub (the aphides quercus) of about half an inch in length, and commonly known as the plant louse. The tiny devastator can, by means of a thread which it lower place itself,can no proceedt hat w h when the leaves are devouredraise one an other. The genial warmth of the summer sun seems to be of great assistance to it in its labourers, and in propa gation of its kind, for while the trees on the south side are almost naked, the north side is very little worse. We need hardly say that the trees, in consequence of being thus deprived of their clothing at a season when it must be required, are already cracking in the bark. Nearly the whole of the trees being oak (for it touches no other) the wood, when viewed from an eminence in its neigh bourhood, has the appearance of premature decay.— liatifox Guardian. A correspondent states that the earnings of three of what are termed the halfpenny steam boats, which ply between London-bridge and the Adelphi, atverage 100/, per day each, The digficulty of providing six or seven hundred medical practitioners —competent medical practi tip " 3 —periodically, for the preservation of the health of the emigrants during their passage f rom England to the land of their destination, appears without doubt enormous, and on the first reflection almost insurmountable. An economical disposition of the surgeons selected for this marine service 'might very materially diminish the obstacles to the humane intentions of Government, and preserve the lives of many hundreds of our fellow-cortry men annually, with a i comparatively nsignifi cant expenditure. The evil, be it remembered, which has to be surmounted is twofold, namely, a deplorabl e mortality aboard ship, and the perpetual introductio n of contagious maladies into the British Colonies and the United States, with every fresh arrival of emigrants from Great Britain. Both these calamities night be visibly diminished in rigour, if they might not actually in a great measure be prevented, and this not so much from a costly and elaborate employment of the remedies afforded by the Pharmacopoeia, as by a simple and inexpen sive introduction of cleanliness and method into the six or seven hundred vessels used annually as vehicles for (m;gration. The insuffi-ericy of room and th superabundanc e of dirt in the I majority of these vessels are circurnstat.ces eminent, calculated to breed malaria even in the midst of the freshness of a sstline atmosphere. If Letters from Rome, of the 3d instant, state that the Cardinals had presented to the PorE a list of 100 names of persons whom they recommended to be banished from the Roman states. This his Holiness refused, and the fact having been notified to the people, the commotion, which was assuming an alarm ing character, was tranquillised, and it is hoped that the reforms promised by his Holiness will have the effect of satisfyin g o h f is tb l e loli N n a e ti s u s u i asi Guard command e brotherof all parties. It i s a dd e d that the t o b e a about t e t d o tboe or ganized. 1 1 Madrid papers of th e 7th h ave arrived. It was reported that th e English ho use of SMIT H had refused to negotiate the ne w loan on th offered by the Government, and it was b e li eved eterms offered h no Spanish house would venture to undertak e t it t According to the Clamor Public°, the negotiations. for the formation of a Serrano Cabinet have been revived. A Carlist agent, on whose person has been found documents of importance; has been arrested in ,t, liela. He had a letter of credit for 20.000 piasfrt s. It is said that the Ministers are seriously engaged in the project of the QUEEN'S divorce. A grand ban quet has be en g iven At the dace to Cardinal Bltti. , THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY 4. EVENING-, JULY 14, 1847 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 6,000 bales, at firm rates; 4,000 being American, at 6d. to 7id. per lb.; 1,000 bales Surat realised 4i-d. to 51-d. The Railway Share Market was considerably firmer, and a fair business was doing. The Spanish conversion scheme still attracts attention, and divides opinion in the City, nor does it appear to gain favour the more it is considered. In truth the whole matter appears to be but another financial juggle to effect an exchange of one bit of paper for another, and raise a large sum of money for the Go vernment at the expense of foreign countries. The time would almost seem to be approaching when foreign loans must be prohibited, objectionable as interference generally may appear in matters of trade or finance. The news from America is of a favourable character, and is almost all that could be expected. The price of corn was declining, the exchange was tending upwards, and specie was so plentiful in the American banks that they scarcely knew what to do with it. From Toronto we are advised that :—" The accounts of our wheat crops continue less favourable. We hear more every day of the increasing ravages of the Hessian fly. Many farmers in the home district, as well as other parts of the province are ploughing up most of their fall wheat. It is some consolation to find that the spring crops are in general very good. Hay will probably be abundant, but late. " The steamer Cambria brought the very unexpected news of the fall of breadstuffs in England ; flour having fallen 7s. a barrel, and other grain in proportion. This produced a very uncertain state of our market on Friday and Saturday. The previous high prices had caused a great influx of flour and wheat on both mornings (more especially as on Saturday there is generally a full mar ket). The natural effect was, that the farmers and the merchants found it hard to come to terms ; and in the course of Friday, as many of the former could not afford to take their produce home again, a considerable quantity was sold at a low rate, viz., 30s. to 325. 6d., ac cording to quality." Respecting the emigrants it is said— " Emigrants continue to arrive in shoals by every steamer, and the later importations are of a rather less favourable description than the forsner ; though a very large proportion are of the class of respectable labourers and small farmers. " We understand that 70 emigrants were admitted into the hospital from Monday, the 14th instant, to Saturday, both days included, of whom five have since died. We do not hear of any instances of contagious fever among them." The English Funds have been rather firmer to-day, and there is a steadier demand for Stock upon the fa vourable accounts from America. Consols are 881 i for Money and Friday; Exchequer-bills have been 10s. to 12s. premium. Bank Stock is rather heavy, at 195. The Foreign Bonds have been dull, Spanish Five per Cents. are 224, and the Passive Bonds 5. Portuguese Four per Cents. are 301; Mexican Stock is 19 to 191; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 574. Railway Shares are looking rather better to-day, but without any great increase of business. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) WHITECEAPEL. We had a very dull trade here, owing to the prevail ing hot weather, and prices were with difficulty sup ported. Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s Sd to 4s 10d; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d; Veal, 3i 10d to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 10d per Sibs, by the carcase. IMPERIAL PA RLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve o'clock. Lord Ward's Estate Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. The Report on Hook's Leeds Free Grammar School Estate Bill was brought up, and agreed to. The Report on the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway and Branches was further considered, and agreed to. The London and South-Western Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. The Lords' Amendments to the following Bills were agreed to :—Great Northern Railway (Branch to King's Lynn)—Manchester and Southport Railway and Branches—Rath mines Improvement—Stockport Mano rial Tolls and Bridges—Tyne Docks. The Earl of Devon's Estate Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Friday. Passingham's Estate Bill was also read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Friday. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from Mr. Robert Owen, praying for the adoption of some course for the permanent employment of the people of Ireland. Mr. FERRAND presented a petition from Dublin, signed by two archdeacons, eighteen clergymen, a num ber of Protestant peers, and between 2,000 and 3,000 persons, praying that in the present distressed state of Ireland no further grants to Maynooth, or assistance to the Roman Catholic religion, shall be given by the Government. . A message from the Lords brought up several Bills which their Lordships had agreed to. NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS. _ Bank Stock .. • • • • 195 Three per Cent. Reduced ▪ Annuities • • 88% 89 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities • • • • 88 1414 New Three - and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 90% % Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 9 1-16 1 ,4 Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. • • 8% 13.16 , India Bonds, 1,0001. .. -• • • • • Ditto, under 1,000/. • • • • • • 10 5 South Sea Stock • • •• • • 97 % Ditto, New Annuities • • • • • • 86% Consols for Opening, July 16 • • • • • • 88 % Exchequer Bills. I%d. 2d. 1,0001, .. ...• 11 10 12 p 500/. .. • .... 15 12 p Ditto, Small .. .... 19 15 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican, 1846, 5 per Cent • • • • 194 19 Portuguese Bends, 5 per Cent. • • Ditto, Four per Cent • • • • • • 30% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. • • • • Ditto, for the Account •• •• 221 A Do., 5 per Ct., '3B, 9, 40, div. 1840 Ditto .. .. 1847 16 Ditto, Passive Bonds • • • • ' • 5 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 574 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 904 BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mr. R. YORKE wished to know whether the Noble Lord the Chief Commissioner of Woods told Forests could distinctly and positively state, without doubt or ambiguity, when the new House of Commons would be ready for the reception of the Members of the House? Lord MORPETII said that he could not distinctly and posititely state, without doubt or ambiguity— (Laughter)—when the new House of Commons would be ready for the receptir nof Members. He was not much in hope that it would be ready for the reception of Members in the next session, but he was in hopes that it would not be delayed much beyond that period. ➢lr. R. YORKE said that, under these circumstances, he would, on an early day, bring the subject under the consideration of the House. POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham mid Oxford Junction • . 10 • • .. 17% sA • • to Birmingham, Wolver., and Dudley .. 10 • • • • 1 5 1(t• , , • to Birmingham, Wolver., & Stour Valley 8 .• • • 8.3 i . to Caledonian .. .. 35 .... 29 .... to 29V, Chester and Holyhead ........274.... 20 .... to 21 Eastern Counties .. .. 20 .... 21 20/ e to 211 i Do., Perpetual,s per Ct. No. 1, 61. 13s. 4d. • • .. •.. to Ditto. ditto • • .. No. 2, 61. 13s. 4d. • • .. % p.. to Ditto, York Exteniion 714 •. • . 7 .... to East Lancashire .. 20 .... 1914 .. to Mr. FERRAND wished to know from the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether, supposing the Poor-law Amendment Bill should come down from the other House with the clause struck out allowinc , aged couples to be together in union workhouses, he would propose to reinsert that clause? Sir G. GREY could not answer the question, but assured the Hon. Member that notice should be given to him when the amendments of the Lords would be taken into consideration. Sir DE LACY EVANS gave notice of his intention in another session, on the bringing forward of the Ord nance Estimates, to call the attention of the House to the claims of the family of the late General Shrapnel. COLLIERIES BILL. _ _ Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved the second reading of this Bill. He was ready to make any alterations in the measure that the House might think right. Sir G. GREY thought it would be most objecticnable while the subject was under the consideration of the Government, to pass the present Bill. He would there fore move that the Bill be read a second time that day three months. Mr. WILSON PATTEN trusted that the Hon. Member for Finsbury would not persevere with this Bill in the present session. He should be prepared in another Parliament to support a similar measure if it was brought forward by her Majesty's Government. Mr. HUTT objected to the second reading of the Bill. Ditto, ditto, Extension Scrip • • .. 1 •• .. to Exeter, Yeovil and Dorchester .. 2% • ... 1 1 A% • • to Great Western .. 85 ....121 .... to 120 Ditto. Half Shares • • .. .. 50 .• .• 70 •• • • to Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 15 .... 20N, %•. to Ditto. New 171... 7 .... 10% %% to Leeds and Bradford .. .. 40 .. •. 88% .... to Liverpool, Manch, and Newc. Junct. 2% •• • • ••.. to London, Brighton, and South Coast • • 50 .. •. 54% %• • to 55U Ditto, Guaranteed Five per Cent. • • 9 •• • 9% xdto London and North-Western.. .. 100 ....180 .... to Ditto, Quarters .. • • L. and B. 12 .. • • .. • • to Ditto ditto New .. • • .. . 2 .... 1234 .•.. to Ditto, Fifths •• • • .. .. 2 .. • . 1754.... to • _ Ditto: 10/. Shares • . M. and B. (C) 1 •• • • 7 •• • • London and South-Western 411. 64. 10d. •• 683. Lynn and Dueham .• .. • • 20 • • . 19 Manchester and Leeds . 82 Ditto, Quarter Shares • . .. •• 14% .... 17 4.... Midland Mr. WAKLEY thought if the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Home Department would allow the Bill to be read a second time it was probable his Hon. Colleague would make such alterations in the Bill as would be satisfactory to all parties. In voting against the second reading of the Bill Members were declaring that it was not necessary to legislate upon the subject. Mr. LIDDELL did not consider the present Bill necessary, and he should therefore oppose it. While ho did so he begged to state, on the part of the coal owners, that they were as anxious as any persons could be to do all in their power to preserve the lives of their colliers. The Bill, if passed, would be quite inoperative, inasmuch as the clauses were too stringent to be carried into effect. Mr. BERNAL said that although he gave every credit to the good motives which had actuated the Hon. Mem ber for Finsbury, still he could not give his consent to the Bill as it stood, for some of the clauses were altoge ther inoperative, and were partly admitted to be so by the Hon. Member himself. However much, therefore, he admired the principle of the Bill, he would recom mend his Hon. Friend to postpone it to another session. Mr. HINDLEY was not prepared to go to the extra ordinary length which the Hon. Member for Finsbury would recommend to the House. He had no objection to any measure which would give protection to human life, but he could not consent to a measure that would be inflicting an injustice upon the coalowners, who were most anxious that the Davy-lamps should be used in the mines, but whose wishes were thwarted by the careless ness of the men themselves. Mr. FERRAND said that it had been attempted to be denied that gross negligence was exhibited in the work ing of collieries, and that many and frightful acci dents had arisen in consequence. It was admitted by the Right Honourable Baronet opposite that the right of inspecting mines should be placed in the hands of the Government, but he said that it was too late in the session to adopt a Bill for the purpose. Were they, because it was late in the session, to permit these accidents still to continue. Let them be assured that if they did so, the people would in the course of the recess, exhibit by some illegal demonstra tion of strength, their sense of the neglect of the Legis ture. He should support his Hon. Friend if he went to a division. Mr. REDHEAD YORKE said that after the distinct pledge given by the Right Hon. Baronet that a measure for the prevention of accidents in mines and collieries should be brought in in the early part of next session, he (Mr. R. Yorke) was not prepared to give his assent to the Bill of the Hon. Member for Finsbury. Mr. NEWDEGATE said it would be impossible to carry into effect the Bill of the Hon. Member for Fins bury. He would, therefere, rather wait for the measure of the Government, knowing well that in the meantime the Right Hon. Baronet was possessed of powers, which, if put in practice, would (by a vigilant supervision in the coal districts), go far to prevent the recurrence of future accidents. Mr. FOX MAULE said that little difference of opinion seemed to prevail in the House with respect to the objects sought to be attained by the Bill of the Hon. Member for Finsbury, but however praiseworthy the in tention of the Hon. Member, he thought that a Bill of any extensive character, which was intended to affect a great mass of interests, should emanate from the Go vernment. He could not pass over without remark the practice of the Hon. Member for Knaresborough of holding up that House to the masses of the people as being opposed to their interests.—(Hear, hear.) Such a practice he thought far from fair—(Hear. hear) — especially when it was considered that in the face of great opposition, the Government had passed the Ten Hours Bill, a measure in which the great body of the people were decidedly interested. Mr. FERRAND—After thirty years' delay it was effected by the pressure from without.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. FOX MAULE—He would, under all the circum stances, recommend the Hon. Member to withdraw his Bill. Mr. FORSTER said that this Bill was one of the most absurd that had ever been laid upon the table of that House, and he was astonished to find on the back of the Bill, among other names, those of the Hon. Mem ber for Montrose (Mr. Hume), and of the Hon. Mem ber for Cockermouth (Mr. Aglionby). He objected to this mode of giving names, when the probability was that none of the Hon. Members had read one clause of the Bill. Tho Bill was not the Hon. Member for Finbury's, but the Bill of Mr. Roberts, the colliers' Attorney- General—(Laughter)—he who had stirred up a strike in the North, which was only allayed after an expendi ture to the public of above 200,0001. He would give the Bill his most strenuous opposition. Mr. TRELAWNY opposed all interference between the employers and employed, because such invariably led to interference with wages. He could not, therefore, give his support to the Bill. Mr. BOUVERIE said that however mnch he depre cated some of the clauses in the Bill, still he should feel himself bound to support the principles of it, and the Hon. Member for Finsbury might therefore count upon his assistance if he went to a division. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that the Bill he had intro duced was intended to protect in some degree the lives of nearly half a million of the most industrious classes in this country, and he thought it might have been, to say the least of it, treated with a little more decency. The Bill had been abused in no measured terms by the Hon. Member opposite (Mr. Forster), who had gone out of his way to abuse Mr. Roberts, a gentleman quite as respectable as himself, and by the Hon. Member for Ashton-under-Line, who was asleep at that moment.— (Laughter.) The Hon. Member referred to the report of the Committee formerly appointed to inquire into accidents in mines and collieries ; and quoted from them to show, that no time ought to be lost in introducing a Bill of this kind. He only asked the House to pass this Bill for one year, in the hope that by that time a more comprehensive and lasting measure would be introduced. He knew, and was well assurer], that too many of the coal masters did not care a straw for the lives of their workmen, if they filled their own breeches pockets. [LEFT SPEAKING.] to to to to to to Ditto, 401. Shares .. • • .. .. 40 .... 48% ?4.• to Ditto, 501. Shares .. .• 6 .... 10% •• • to 9% Newcastle and Iterwick .. 20 .... 28% .... to ' Ditto New . • • • • • .. 5 .... 7%.. •. to Norfolk .• .. • • .. —lOO . ..123 .• - • to Ditto, New 20/. ..._ - Ditto, Extension •• • • •. .. 10 .• .. 10% •• .. to North British • . •. .. 25 .... to Ditto, Half Shares • • .. 12 15% • • to Ditto, Quarters ..........3 1 4.... 41414 .. to North Staffordshire , • • • • • • • 7 .. • • Preston and Wyre .. • • •• .• 25 .... 38 .• to Royston and Hitchin • • • • • • •• 1% Im l4 .. to Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) •- 3 to Ditto, ditto (13) •• •• •• •• 3 .... 214%.. to South Staffordshire •• • • • • • • .... • • • • 21. 123... dis to South Wales .. • • • • • • •• •• 15 •• • • 11 3 4 .... to West Riding Union • • •• • • • • 4/. 25....• p.. to York and Newcastle • • • • -• • • 25 .... 37} .... to Ditto, Extension • • • • • • •• 10 .. • • 16M .. ••to Ditto, Preference • • •• •• • • 8 .. ••12 !‘ .. to— Cork and North Midland •• • • • • 50 85 to 86% Ditto, Preference • • • • • • • • 6 •• •• 15 .. to FOREIGN RAILWAys. Boulogne and Amiens • • • • 20 .... ~to Namur and Liege • • •• •• •• 12 •• • • 6 .... to Paris and Orleans • • • • • • •• 20 • 49!4 to JOINT-STOCK BANKS. London Joint-Stock •• •• • •• 10 ••:. 17%—.. to MINES Real del Monte. IT O nr u eVred • • Amsterdam .. .... C.F. 12 534 Gibraltar _ Ditto, at sight ...... 12 3 Leghorn ............. Rotterdam .... 2U. 12 6 Genoa ............ CsteEdi, —XC 26 Anoverp ••..•••• •• • • • • 25 95 Mi lan •• • • ..... • • Flamburgh .. .. • • 3 1 • B• 13 13 Venice. . ..... • . • Naples .. .•••• • • • • 40% Paris, 3 days' sight .. • . 25 65 Palermo, perm... . 120%, Ditto, ••• • • • ...... • • 25 95 Lisbon.. Marseilles •••••• • • • • • • 2 . 6 , Oporto ........ gay Bourdeaux.. •••• • . • • • `" Rio Janeiro .. Frankfort o n Maine.... 122 Bahia .. . ... .. • • Bue Petersburgh, 3 Us. • • • • ........ E-11AN" GE 2 ! ** *. t° Berlin .•..•••• • • • • " NEW York, 21 days' sight Vienna, effec.flo ••• • • • 10 4 Philadelphia ....• . • • .. Trieste, ditto.. • • • • • • 10 5• • PRICIS OP BULLION, PEE OZ. Madrid ••.•••• • • • • • • • 47 h Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 17 9 Cadiz .. • ... : ........ 46% New D ollars ...... 0 4 10 1 ,i Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Barcel e ona •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• _ S panish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver la bars ........ 0 4 11% broKane,ert ltriseya::lai•Nnt Seaton, : , LLOYD'S SHIPPING. -(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JULY 14.—Wind N.W., light airs, and clear sultry weather. OFF BRIGHTON, JULY 12.—James N. Cooper, Yorke, New Orleans for Hamburgb. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 13.—Wind S.—Sld. St. James, New York. JULY Ne w l3. Orleans Arrd .; G Queenl end a r a:h a , b , K R e s o s s o a c ke New e w Good hope. LIVERPOOL, PLYMOUTH,OF PORTLAND,Jt.;LY I J 3 ll .— LY Sld l . 3 E ._ ll e s n : , sßd l: oo l , Callao Ca lcutta Alfred, ; Emperor, siiaelnterrys ~ 0 Scott, Valparaiso abar;.A r e til ; Orleans; Mearns, Houston, Mobile ;, Ann Blair. Vir'ginia ; Theodosia, Irvin., Virginia; England, Everard, New York; Zanoni, Virginia ; ,Cambna steamer, Judkin, Boston and Halifax ; European, Johnson, Quebec ; Ma haica, Jump, Montreal ; Safeguard, Smith, Montreal. Off port, Eclerslie, Mary Marsden, Louisa, and Crown. Sld. St. Lawrence, Bombay; Salina, Berbice ; President, Hayti ; Medora, Charleston ; Emerald, Baltimore ; Wyo ming, Philadelphia; Sheridan, New York ; Maine, Bath; Juliet, Halifax ; Zenobia, St. John's, New' Brunswick ; Oceana, Quebec ; Julius Caesar, Quebec. 15th. The hull and part of the materials of the Rory O'More, M`Master, from this port to Quebec, wrecked at Metis, have been sold. ' The Clinton, Smith, from New Orleans to this port, put into Portsmouth, N.H., 25th ult., leaky, and would have to dis charge a small part of her cargo. The Cceur-de-Lion, from Montreal to this port, is lost on the coast of Newfoundland. The Mary, Redpath, from this port, was discharging her Orleans;CHapdeso no cargo into lighters at Montreal 25th ult., having , been on shore on Apple Island. The Ceylon, New York to St. John's, New Brunswick, went on shore ne ar Moosepeeka Head ( Maine), 10th ult., and bilged; crew saved. Ski. Prince, Cape of Good Hope. DEAL, JULY 13.—Wind light and variable from S., nearly a calm.—Arrd. Baring Brothers, New Orleans; James N. Cooper, Yorke, New Orleans. for Haraburgh. Std. Rattler, Hobart Town ; Hereford, Ceylon ; Ch ester, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Don, Quebec ; Enterprise, Bermuda. MARYPORT, JULY 13.—Arrd. William Fell, Quebec : CLYDE, JULY 12.—Arrd. Medora, M`Pherson, Trinidad ; Erromanga, Ramsay, Montreal ; Zebulon,Newfoundland. LIMERICK, JULY 12.—Wind S.—Arrd. Eliza Cornish, Har rison, Barbadoes. Sld. 11, Royalist, Quebec. DUBLIN, JULY 12.—Wind W•S•NV• -- 0 11 Arrd. nze arly, Clark, Trinidad. BRISTOL, JULY 13,—Arrd. Glenelg , St. Vincent. w• A S Arrd Royal Archer, SWANSEA, JULY 12. ~ in, .--- , • - Scott, Port Adelaide ; Helena Hardy, Ady, Cuba. HULL, JULY 13.—Wind W.—Arrd. Endymion, Miramichi. FALmounr, JULY 13.—Wind variable. —Off port, Kate Taylor, New York. 11 . —The ISLE OF MAN, JULY Vixen, Troon to Patras, is on shore on the Calf of Man, and is likely to become a total wreck. DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT.—It iS ' we under stand, decided th a t t h e P arl i ament shall be prorogued on Thursday week next. The dissolution will take place on the following Friday, and writs of election will be issued on the Saturday. —Advertiser. FALL OF A HOUSE IN THE MlNT.—Last evening, shortly after seven o'clock, the greatest alarm and con sternation prevailed in the vicinity of the Mint, South wark, in consequence of an ancient house, situated in place called Mint-square, on the eastern side of South wark-bridge-road, and immediately in the rear of St. Goor(re's workhouFe, Mint-Ftreet, fallin , r to the ground with ' dreadful violence, whereby several persons were slightly injured, but mine, fortunately, to say serious extent. EAST INDIA HOUSE.—THIS DAY. A Special General Court of the Proprietors of East India Stock was held this morning, for the purpose of considering a resolution, granting 1,0001. per annnum to Major• General Sir George Pollock, G.C.8., upon the grounds stated in the said document. The Chair was taken at the usual hour by 11. St. G. Tucker, and the minutes of the last Court were read. The Clerk read the following resolution : " To the General Court of the East India Company, " The Court of Directors of the said company, in pur suance of the bye-law, cap. ix. sec. 3, do hereby report that they have passed a resolution, in the words, or to the effect following :—` At a Court of Directors, held on Wednesday the 30th of June, 1847, The CHAIRMAN calling the Court's attention to the arrival in England of Major-General Sir G. Pollock, G.C.8., and The Court, adverting to the eminent services of that distinguised officer, Resolved unanimously— " That, as a special mark of the sense which this Court entertain of the foresight, judgment, decision, and energetic resolution evinced by Sir G. Pollock whilst in command of the forces at Peshawur, during his brilliant and successful operations in the Khyber Pass for the relief of Jellalabad, and in his subsequent triumphant march to Caubul, by which he vindicated the honour and maintained the reputation of the British arms and nation, an annuity of 1,000/. be granted to Sir G. Pollock, to commence from the day he relinquished his seat in the Council of India, subject to the approbation of the General Court of Proprietors, and of the Board of Commissioners for the affairs of India. " That the grounds upon which the grant is recom mended are the eminent services of Sir G. Pollock, the grant being intended as a special mark of the sense which this Court entertain of the foresight, judgment, decision, and energetic resolution evinced by that distinguished officer whilst in command of the forces at Peshawur, during his brilliant and successful operations in the Khyber Pass for the relief of Jellalabad, and in his sub sequent triumphant march to Caubul, by which he vin dicated the honour and maintained the reputation of the British arms and nation. " The documents upon which the foregoing resolution has been formed are hereunto annexed. " All of which is submitted to the General Council." (Here follow the signatures of the directors.) At a general Court of the East India Company, held the Bth March, 1843, The CHAIRMAN acquainted the Court, that it had been specially summoned for the purpose of laying before the Proprietors documents relative to the late successful military operations in Affghanistan, and re solutions of thanks adopted in consequence by the Court of Directors. The said resolutions were read, being as follows: " At a Court of Directors, held on Wednesday, Ist March, 1843. "The Court adverting to . the collection of papers which was laid before them by the chairman on the 13th ultimo, relative to the successful termination of the late military operations in Affghanistan. It was on several motions . resolved, nemine contradicente, That the thanks of this Court be given to the Right Hon. Lord Ellenborough, Governor-General of the British Posses sions in the East Indies, for the ability and judgment with which the resources of the British Empire in India have been applied in the support of the military opera tions in Affghanistan." "Resolved unanimously—That the thanks of the Court be given to Major-General Sir George Pollock, K.G.C. of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath ; to Major• General Sir William Nott, G.C.B. ; to Major- General Sir John M`Caskill, K.C.B. ; to Major-General Sir R. Sale, G.C.B. ; to Major-General Sir R. England, and the other officers of the army, both European and native, for the intrepidity, skill, and perseverance dis played by them in the military operations in Affghan istan, and for their indefatigable zeal and exertions throughout the late campaign." " Resolved unanimously—That this Court doth highly approve and acknowledge the valour and patient perse verance displayed by the noncommissioned officers and private soldiers, both European and native, employed in Affghanistan, and that the same be signified to them by the Commanders of the several corps, who are desired to thank them for their gallant behaviour." The resolutions of to-day having been read, after a few remarks from the Chairman and several of the pro prietors, the vote of 1,0001. was passed. SECONDARIES'.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) WEBB V. LITTLEWOOD. The plaintiff in this action is a livery-stable keeper, &c., at Croydon, and the defendant is a surveyor, &c. The action was brought to recover the sum of 351. lOs., for the hire of a horse and gig, and damage done to a horse. The definda,nt suffered judgment to go by default. The plaintiff's nephew proved that defendant had fre quently had the horse and gig out, and on one occasion the horse was knocked up " dead lame," and cut about so that it was laid up. Defendant paid off part of the account, and promised to pay the remainder, and agreed that the injury to the horse should be estimated at 101., but defendant said he did not at all know how it hap pened. The jury gave a verdict for the full amount. lIYAMS V. ARMSTRONG. The plaintiff in this action is a preserved fruit mer ch ant, and defendant an oilman in Thames-street. The action was brought to recover the sum of 51., the balance of an account for goods sold. Mr. HORRY, who appeared for the plaintiff, said that this was a most harassing proceeding on the part of the defendant, who had pleaded, but did not appear to sup port the plea. The cause was Set down for trial this day fortnight, but could not be proceeded with, in con sequence of the absence of the principal witness to prove the delivery of the goods. The defendant had given him in custody on a frivolous charge of stealing a child's cap. There being no defence, the jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed. MARKET NE APS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNES DAY An unusu a lly sma ll quant i t y of English Whea t has been recei ve d up to this mar k et s i nc e Monday. Very few samples were on s h ow thi s morning ; hence the demand was t o l era bl y stea d y a t the late improvement in the quotations. The chow of Foreign Wh e a t was g ood, yet a fair average amount of business was transacted in that article at l a t e ra t es . B ar l e y, the supply of which was small, move d o ff s l ow l y, yet Monday's figures were generally supported. In Malt next to nothing was doing. There was a better feeling in the Oat trade at very full prices. Beans, Peas, and Indian Cor n were dull, but no t c h eaper. Flour was a slow sale at last ,vvek'z fiL nes, ARRIVALS. 1 Wheat., I Barley. L.:irilish • • ... • 4BO qrs. (ire. Irish. • • Foreign Malt, 600 gra. Oat. I Flour. 20 gra. 1,223 P.kv. 100 and 6,180 14,180br1a MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY Mathew Hayes and Dennis Gorman, two fellows belonging to a gang of " mouchers," were brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with assaulting Mr. Wm. Butler, coffee and eating-house keeper, No. 18, Robert-street, Grosvenor-square, and refusing to pay for their refresh ments. The prosecutor stated that about a quarter to ten last night the two prisoners entered his shop, and ordered complainant to supply them with some supper. Witness supplied them with refreshments to the amount of ten pence, and prior to their eating it wished them to pay him, as from their appearance he imagined that they intended to do him. The prisoner Hayes became very indignant at being asked for the money, and swore with an awful oath that he would not pay a fraction. The other prisoner also refused to pay, alleging that the pro secutor deserved to lose his money for doubting their honesty, and that if he had been civil they would have paid him. Prosecutor, seeing what sort of customers he had to deal with, let them eat their supper, which they had no sooner done than up they jumped and run out of the house. A customer who was in the shop pursued them and collared the prisoner Gorman. Wit ness followed and laid hold of the prisoner Hayes. Both prisoners, finding that they were likely to be detained, pitched into witness and his friend right and left, and knocked them down. Witness called fur assistance, and gave them into custody. The prisoner Gorman, in defence, said that he was invited to partake of supper by Mayes. He was drunk, and thought he had money. Hayes pleaded the same tale, with the addition of denying the assault. Mr. HARDWICK said it was a common practice of such men to commit depredations upon publicans and coffee-house keepers. It had become an every-day oc currence, and when he had an opportunity of punishing he should do so to the utmost. He should fine them 40s. each, or one month's imprisonment, with hard labour, in the House of Correction. The prisoner Hayes here became very violent, and said the Magistrate was a humbug, and unfit to admi nister justice. With some trouble he was eventually removed from the bar. WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) A man named Countiesßarnet, a labourer, Railway, wasin the charged,em p o y beforeme n t of the Eastern Mr. Broughton, the sitting magistrate, with the following robbery : From the concurrent testimony of Messrs. Merefield and Brett, employ us upon the line, it appeared that the company were continually being robbed by some of their labourers, and that, in consequence thereof, the witnesses were directed to watch the movements of several of them. On Monday a number of chests of nuts arrived by the train, and were placed in the goods warehouse, at Brick-lane. They bad not long been deposited ere some of the labourers were observed stealthily proceeding to wards the place. Sufficient time having elapsed, the witnesses pounced upon them; they, however, effected their escape. The prisoner, who was one of them, was this morning captured at his lodgings. Mr. BROUGHTON said, they were perfectly justified in taking the prisoner into custody, and, at the suggestion of Mr. Moseley, who holds a high official situation upon the line, the prisoner was remanded for a few days, in order to give time for communicating with the con signee of the nuts, and other matters connected with the charge. THAMES.—(THIS DAY.) Peter Scott and Michael O'Connor were charged under the following circumstances:— Mr. John Wordsworth Robson, residing at No. 2, King-street, Tower-hill, stated that yesterday he was in the Crooked Billet public-house, when he saw the two prisoners, who were drunk, trying to get over the bar counter. The landlord called for assistance, and witness with others interfered. The prisoners smashed a quan tity of glasses and broke two windows, and a dreadful riot ensued. Murray, the potman, confirmed this evidence, and added that the prisoners came in accompanied by two policemen who had been on duty at the Tower, and who behaved as bad as the two prisoners, encouraging them and fastening the doors to prevent the police coming in. O'Connor was most violent. In answer to Mr. YARDLEY, this witness said the po licemen belonged to the 11 division, but he could not tell their numbers as their collars were turned down. Mr. Robson said one of them was a police sergeant, No. 5 11. _ Inspector Scott said an inquiry should be made into the subject. Mr. YARDLEY said such conduct was most disgrace ful. He should fine O'Connor 12s. fer the damage ckne or five days' itnprisournent, also Ss. for beiug drunk, and for the disturbance ho should require him to find sure ties to keep the peace for three months. Scott he should fine 6s. for the thi,in age, 40s. for having assaulted the waiter, and should require him to find sureties to keep the peace for four mouthg. BOOKSELLERS' PROVIDENT RETREAT. Those who have inte;st4titenselves, as all ought to do, in the progress of those charitable institutions, the rise of which during the last few years confers so much honour on the middle classes of the country, are doubt less well aware of the existence of the Booksellers' Pro vident Institution, established for the benefit of aged and impoverished members of that branch of trade. The Retreat, the name of which appears above, is an offshoot from that goodly tree, and yesterday being the day of the annual festival of the institution, it was determined that it should be held at Abbot's Langley, in Herts, where the Retreat is situated, and that advantage should be taken of the opportunity to lay the foundotion stone of the lodge intended to stand at the entrance to it. Ac cordingly a train started from the Euston-square station at half-past eleven, and arrived safely at the King's Langley station, close to which the Retreat stands. There the party alighted and proceeded to view the building. A procession was then formed, and marched, accom panied by the band of the 3d Fusileers, to the spot where the fouudatioe stone of the lodge was to be laid. This ceremony was performed under the superintend ence of Mr. Cooper, the architect, by Mrs. E. Hodgson, assisted by Mr. Baldock. The next ceremony, though not so important, was, perhaps, on the whole, more eagerly attended to—we mean the breakfast, which took place in a tent on the grounds, and was presided over by Mr. B. B. Cabbell, M.P., assisted by Mr. Evans, Mr. B. E. Green, Mr. C. Seymour, the Rev. Mr. Gee (vicar of the parish of Abbot's Langley), &c. Mrs. Cabbell was also present, and many ladies. The dejeuner was furnished in a very elegant style by Mr. Staples, of the Albion. The loyal toasts were drunk with the usual en thusiasm. The CHAIRMAN then proposed, " Prosperity to the Booksellers' Provident Retreat." The toast was drunk with applause, and Mr. D. G. Hodgson proceeded to read the first report of the sub scriptions, amongst which were the following :—Mr. B. B. Cabbell, M.P., 211.; Mr. T. Brown, 101. 10s.; Mr. D. Green, 101. 10s.; Mr. T. Seymour, 10/. 10s.; Mr. Vir.Sey mour, 101.10 s.; Mr. R. Parry, 101. 103.; Mr. H. Seeley, 51. 55.; and others, the names of donors which we did not learn. Mr. HODGSON then proposed the health of the Chair man, which was favourably received ; and several other toasts were proposed and duly honoured. The company returned to town in a special train at half-past six. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.; LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING. LIVERPOOL RACE COURSE, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FOUR O'CLOCK. The following list of the horses now at Aintree, or war.. tained to be on their way, holds out promise of a good meeting : Sagacity, Mary, Queen Mary, Sotades, The Conjurer, Sloth, Lush (Brother to Winesour), Abdiel, Bowstring , Mary Stuart, Maid of Motherwell, Circassian Maid, Claribel ; Fandango, 2 yrs ; De Witt or Eagle's Plume, 2 yrs ; Tuscan, 2 yrs • Tim Bobbin, 2 yrs ; Assault, 2 yrs ; Matadore, 2 yrs; The frish King, 2 yrs; Lahore, 2 yrs; Secundus, Spithead, the Dart, Burlesque, Plaudit, Comme it faut, Brown Fly, Maid of Mouton filly, Talley filly, Dipthong, Flahovr lagh, Cock Robin, Alsatia, Little Cassino, Lazarillo, Chanti cleer, Gwalior, Conspiracy, Pilgrim, Sheraton, Quadruped , Hydrometer, Pic Is.;ie, Woodpecker, Romance, Punch, Camera Obscure, Wiseacre, Miss Cantling, Prior of St. Margareeris Sharston, Merman, Princess Alice, Deceiver, Walmgate-Bar - Without, Fair Rosamond, Chat, Limestone, The Swallow, Discontent, Plover; Volley, 2 yrs; c by Quid, out of Speed well ; c by Plenipo, dam by Ishmael, 2 yrs ; The Swiss BOY, 2 yrs; Bedouin, Pantasa. Dawson's horses have not arrived ; he is expected to have Rowena, Inheritress, St. Leon, Inglewood, The Spaniard, Oa' three or four others. PLATE ENTRIES. WEDNESDAY.--The Croxteth Stakes. Rowena, Sagacity, Pantasa, Mary, Queen Mary, Sotadego Brocardo, The Conjurer, Sloth, and Inheritress. • 601. Plate. Maid of Monton filly, Flahowlagh, Cock Robin, AlsatiSt and Little Cassino. THURSDAY.—Her Majesty's Plate. Deceiver, Comme it faut, The Conjuror, Princess Alice, Walmgate-Bar-Without, Fair Rosamond, Lush, Sagacity , Rowena, Inheritress, Inglewood, 11PGregor, and Sheraton. FRIDAY.—The Stanley Stakes. Abdiel, Sloth, Discontent, Volley, Quid colt, Alsatia, Maid of Motherwell, St. Leon ; Plenipo colt, 2 yrs ; Spaniard, • Lush, Mary, and Swiss Boy. Selling Stakes. Deceiver, Dipthong, Bedouin, Flahowlagb, Alsatia, Little Cassino, and McGregor. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY NIGHT, 12 o'CLocic.—Do c ' son's lot arrived late this evening ; it consisted of Lightning, Inheritress, Rowena, Inglewood, The Spanisr°' M'Gregor, Little Cassino, and St. Leon. Not a bet has be er ! laid on the Cup, and the only Derby bets are 600 to 100 ag st Mr. Green's lot, and 5,000 to 150 agst Surplice. BETTING AT MANCHESTER, TUESDAY. 1 LIVERPOOL CUP.-6 to 1 agst Pic Nic (taken), B t o agst The Conjuror (taken), 10 to 1 agst Quadruped 000°4 12 to 1 agst Rowena (taken), 12 to 1 agst Inheritress , .1. , to 1 agst Gwalior (taken), 100 to 5 agst Inglewood (ta keuP 100 to 5 agst Camera Obicura (taken), 100 to 5 agst Quee n Mary (taken). ST. LEGER-6 to 4 on Van Tromp (offered). No other event mentioned. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The meeting at Liverpool, will tend a great deal to enlighten the public on the ensuing St. Leg er and the Derby of 1848. In the first place, should there be a collision between Van Tromp, Limestone, Tyrone , Foreclosure, The Irish King, and Chat or Mogaaore the Liverpool St. Leger, or any part of them, it will bad to important results, for in the above lot we halo the " lines" by which the winner of its namesake of Doncaster may be with some degree of certainty de tected. The inference I'll lay before your readers in Lai Goodwood letter. The appearance of Springy Jack, Eagle's Plume, The King of Kildair, Great Western. and Flatcatcher, or Assault, in the Mersey Stakes, and one o r two con sequentials," in the Aintree, may leave b ehind them a trace wherewith to guide the speculator in the odds in his Derby pilgrimage of the thirty-two nags in the St: Leger, from which I expected the field would be formed and the winner spring. I am able to dispose of few, whose pretensions can never allow them a piaci: in the Gallery of St. Leger winners :—First an c 1 foremost—Lord E. Russell's Nottingham, who possesses none of the capabilities required for a Leger horse, being slow and very uncertain in his running. Wanota, Mee tem, Chainbearer, Mathematician, Pavilion, Swallow, Christopher, Coningsby, Old Port, Sally Maggs, Le" Moore Carew colt, Prince Alfred, The Reiver, Oxonio e ' and Executor, one and all, may be put in the foregoing class, some requiring staying powers, others speed others temper, in short, all are "found wanting," and nv one worth an investment. Sixteen remain from which to select the winner ; thts task at present is not required of me, all I shall from time to time do, will be to give a correct report of the p ro ; spects of the following sixteen, from which the must spring :—viz., Planet, blontpensier, Van Trol o P , Eryx, The Horn of Chase, Limestone, Mr. 211.nrt in ; Tyrone, The Cossack, Foreclosure, The Irish Red Hart, Halo, Black Dwarf, The Farmer's Daug hte '' and Mogador or Chat. The Liverpool July Meeting commences on Weael day with the Croxteth Stakes, nominations to be tne at the time of naming for the plates. For the Mersey Stakes—Springy Jack and Or el / Western, two sons of Hetman Platoff, with the hing Kildare, and perhaps Eagle's Plume, will compete l' ll 4 Mr. Green's Assault or Flatcatcher, most probably tu former, for the honours of victory. Now, accordiog public performances, it must be naturally inferred the nothing has a chance with Mr. Green's starter, and I I°3 inclined to think that such is the fact; yet, nevertheless' in Eagle's Plume, or one of the Hetman Plstoffs, difficult customer to get rid of might be found ; the r e , s , are of no consequence whatever, and will only hell) ' swell the field. The Bickerstaffe Stakes, Villiers and Bowstring ought to manage between them. The latter, bad as be is, for choice. The Sefton Stakes will most likely fall to the lot of Mr. Merry, with the Maid of Motherwell, or to Mr; Mostyn, with Queen Mary. Claribel filling the third place. The business of Thursday will commence with the Foal Stakes of 100 sovs. each, 5 subs. The contest will Jay entirely between Colonel Anson and Lord Stanley, the former having Lazarillo, and the latter Abdiel and Bowstring. For the Liverpool Cup or Plate, at least eighteen r 05 9.1 be expected at the post when the saddling bell rings ° l 2 Thursday next, including two of Mr. Meiklam's, L adl Wildair, Pantasa, Chanticleer, The Conjuror, Con spiracy, Woodpecker, Flahowlagh, Plaudit, Care er : Obscure, and perhaps Cossack, the latter, althong winner of the Derby, can have but little chance A ist. Mb. ; having to give 51b. and two years to Platitli and Ist. 91b. and a year to Camera Obscura—a perfornr ' ance not very likely to come off successfully. aria Of the heavy weights, Lady Wildair, Bst. 51 h ., t The Conjuror. 7sl. 121 b., may be considered the bect: notwithstanding Lightning is very favourably di capped at Bst. 51b. The Lady will have some little re culty in disposing of him, his sticking qualities bei well known. Of the middle weights I should fancy Plaudit 75t., e Woodpecker 6st. 111 b .; and of the light weights, Cam" - Obscura sst. 10Ib., and Queen Mary, sst. Mb. With Lady Wildair, Plaudit, and Camera Obscur t4 think I can pull through w ithout ca t c hi ng " a crab. td In the event of Mr. M e ikl am m i ssing th e m ark ill '7 3° Derby Handicap, I s h a ll l oo k to th e C ur or Bl a ckio to u the trick. The Grosvenor Stakes will lay between The Traverser and St. Leon. r at On Friday, the Liverpool St. L ege r, w hi c h has sey e ,. times brought out the winner of the Great St. Leg ~..1 ; and may do so this year, w ill h ave a se l e ct field of se v s4 starters, and without the Irish division can bring °be another Foig-a-Ballagh or Baron, the race Wig between Lord Eglintoun and Mr. Merry. The Knowsley Dinner Stakes to Chat or Limestonete_ The Aintree Stakes to the Great Western or T' • Spaniard. The Bentinck Testimonial Stakes depend so m uch on those preceding it, that I shall not hazard an opini° l3 ' July 13. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF . 'c' CUSTOM-HOUSE REGATTA. Six free watermen of the Custom-house Upper-stairs 3;es3 terday contended for a new skiff and various other Pr subscribed by the inhabitants of the vicinity. The rate d which was in four heats, was exceedingly well contested, afforded much gratification to a vast assemblage of Per s ''' cougregatcd on the quay and craft stationed in the cotioo• First Heat. John White Ce. , l-4"e Moxwell ....... Joseph Wright The distance in this as in the other heats ( w li a g s :Yl f t( r e o lE; m li°lttko i s site the Customhouse, twice round the eel chain/ ad v2/111