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Now Ready in 2 vols. 2 1 5. bound , THIR D EDITION of HOCIIELAGA ; OR, ENGLAND IN THE NEW WORLD. EDITED BY ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq., Author of " The Crescent and the Cross." "We recommend Hechelaga most heartily, in case any of our readers may as yet be unacquainted with it."—Quarterly Review " We cordially recommend this work to our readers, as well for the amusement of its lighter portions, the vivid brilliancy of its de- PeriptHenry the solid information it contains."— John Bull. Hnry Colburu, Publisher, 13, Great 3..tatlborough-street. WITH PORTRAITS O MR F TH MATHE E EARLWS. OF DUNDONALD AND S THE JULY Half-a-Crown, of BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY WILL CO T AIN 31EMOIR OF THE EARL OF DUNDONALD. By DR. W. C. TAYLOR. With a Portrait. One String : from the Experiences of a Dowager. A Town Ballad By Alfred Crowquill. The Services of the Peninsular Army. By One who Served with it. Vivian Lindsay. The Suburban Retreat. By Charles Whitehead. A Sentimental Journey through Normandy. By Odard. Pandora, the Gift of the Gods. By T. H. Sealy, Author of " The Porcelain Tower." The Man that went Cheap to Ascot. By Albert Smith. A Steam-boat Voyage to Barbados. By Sir Robert Schomburgk. The Plineur in Paris, By the Author of " Second Love." A Tray of Fossils. By Robert Postans. Shots from an Old Six-pounder. By Portfire. Brian O'Linn ; or, Luck is Everything. By W. H. Maxwell, Author of "Stories of Waterloo," fkc. Memoir of Mrs. Mathews. By Horace Twiss. With a Portrait. Feodera or, The Fatal Wedding. By Sir Alex. Duff Gordon. CAPTAIN ISPIKE ; or, THE ISLETS OF THE GULF. By J. FENIMORE COOPER. Author of " The Pilot," " The Spy," " The Red Rover," Etc. Riehard Bentley, New Burlington-street. With the Magazines on the 30th instant, with Part Three of by e Leech, price On, of THE STRUGGLES ANDShilling ADVENTURES OF CH RISTOPHER TAD POLE, IN SEARCH OF A NAME, A RELATIVE, AND A WIFE, AT HOME AND ABROAD. By ALBERT SMITH. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. b On Friday next will e published in 2 vols., post Bvo. ' A DVEN TURES on the WESTERN COAST of SOUTH AMERICA and the INTERIOR of CALIFORNIA. Including a Narrative of Incidents at the Kingsmil Islands, New Ireland, New Britain, New Guinea, and other Islands in the Pacific Ocean. With an Account of the Natural Productions, and the Manners and Customs, in Peace and War, of the various Savage Tribes visited. By J. COULTER, M.D., author of " Adventures in the Pacific." London ; Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, - • HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, Tuesday, June 29, will be performed Donizetti's opera L'ELISIR D'A3IORE. Adina, 3Tadanae Castellan ; Nemorino, Signor Gardoni ; Belcore Signor F. Lablache; and Dr. Duicamara, Signor Lablache. Between the acts a Divertissement, in which will be presented a Pas by Mdlle. Rosati ; "La Tarantella , " by Mdlle: Carlotta Grisi and M. Perrot ; and " Le Styrien," by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon. To be followed by the Grand Scena from TORQUA.TO TISSO, by Signor Coletti. To conclude with the highly-successful new Ballet Divertissement by M. Perrot, the music by Signor Bajetti, of the Imperial theatre La Scala, Milan, entitled LES ELEMENS. The Earth (personified by) Mdlles. Casson, James, Honore, Thevenot ; the Fire, Mdlle. Cariotta Grisi ; the Water, Mdlle. Rosati ; the Air, Mane. Cerito. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re spectftally informed, that there will be a grand EXTRA NIGHT on THURSDAY NEXT, when N il be presented MeYerbeer's opera ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO. Alice, Jenny Lind ; Isabella, Modea. Castell S a cerdote on , ; Roberto er Bo c , Signor Fraschini ; Rambaldo, Signor and Bertram, signor Staudigl. To be followed by various Entertainments in the BALLET DE PARTMENT, combining the talents of Mdlle. Carlotta Grisl, Mdlle. Rosati, Mdlle. Cerito, M. Perrot, and M. St. Leon. GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT•GARDEY. The Nobility, Gentry, and the Public, are respectfully informed that a Grand Morning Concert will take place on FRIDAY, July 2, when will be performed (for the last time) Rossini's 8 I'ABAT MATER; After which Beethoven's Overture to Leonora. A MISCELLANEOU4 ACT. In which all the principal Artistes of the Theatre will sing. To conclude with Beethoven's Grand Battle Sinfonia, for the perfect performance of which two additional Military Bands will be engaged. Conductor, M. Costa. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes to be obtained at the Box-office, Bow street ; and at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. The doors will he opened at Half-past One o'clock, and the per formance commence at Two. ----- ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN , TO-MORROW EVENING, Tuesday, will be performed Rossini's opera buffs IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Principal characters by Madlle Alboni, Mdlle. Bellini, Signor Salvl, Signor Ronconi, Signor hovers, and Signor Marini. To codclude with a Granil Divertssement, entitled FLORE ET ZEPHYR. In which the principal artistes will appear, assisted by the Corps de Ballet. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes, at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street; and at the Box-office, Bow-street The Doors will be opened at Eight o'clock,:and the performance commence at half-past Eight o'clock. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. The Nobility, Gentry, and Subscribers are respectfully informed that s GRAND EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY, July 1, on which occasion will be performed the First Act of LA SONNAMBULA, The principal characters by Madame Persiani, Signor Mario, and Signor Taraburini. To be followed by Bellini's opera-seria of NORMA, Norma, Madame G'risi ; Adelgisa, Mdlle. Corbari ; Pollione, Signor Salvi: Oreveso, Signor Marini. To conclude with a new Grand Divertissement, in which Mdlle. Plunkett will make her appearance. Mdlles. Baderna De Melisse, Delechaux, Stephan, and M. Mabille will also dance. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes, to he had at the Box-office, Bow- Street ; and at Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. The doom will he opened at Half-past Seven, and the performance commence at Eight o'clock. TV - ZAYRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed Sheridan knowles's Comedy of THE LOVE CHASE, Sir William Fondlove, Mr. Tilbury ; Master Wailer, Mr. Howe ; Widow Green, Mrs. Glover; Constance, Mrs. Sisbett. To be followed by a new comic drama, called THE JACOBITE. Sir Richard Wroughton, Mr. Stuart ; John Duck, Mr. Buckstone Lady Somerford, Miss Fortescue. To conclude with the Comic Drama, called THE IRISH POST. Principal characters by Messrs. Tilbury, Braid, Hudson, Bland, and Mrs. Hamby. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste, THIS EVENING Will b 3 produced a new and original comedy, in three acts, called TILE TITLE DEEDS. Principal characters by blessrs. 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 Vocalists. After which an entirely new Petite Comedy, entitled FLYING COLOURS; or, Crossing the Frontier. Captain Sans souqi, Mr. Webster ; Margaret, Miss Woolgar ; Helen de 3fontereau, Madame Celeste ; Justine, Miss Ellen Chaplin. To be followed by the Opera Buffa Sketch, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, Selby, Cullenford, and Miss Woolgar. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. (Summer THIS Season —Lyceum G. Company.) EVENIN Will be presented a burletta, entitled THE WATER WITCHES. Principal characters by Mesdames Viliars, Dickinson, Daly, Arden, Messrs. Oxberry, Vining, &c. To be followed by A MODEL OF A WIFE, in which Mr. Wigan, and Mr. Emery will appear. After which a new grand Ballet, entitled THE CONTRA BANDIST, in which the celebrated Spanish Dancers, Sig. Mariano Camprubi, Sig. Juan Alemany, and Signora Dolores Serral, From Milan, Berlin, Paris, &c., will appear, aided by Miss Massall, Mdllo. Blonce, and a numerous Corps de Ballet. To conclude with T FIE CREOLE ; or, Love's Fetters. tions. Subscriptions for the Six Performances may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and the present subscribers to boxes or stalls who may be desirous of continuing therm during Rachel's engagement are respectfully solicited to intimate their wish, on or before the Ist July, after which date they will be other wise appropriated. St. James's Theatre, June 21, 1347. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. The last appearance but Two of the celebrated Actor Monsieur BOUFFE. THIS EVENING Will be presented a new vaudeville, entitled LES FLEURS ANIMEES. Characters by MM. Pascal, Tourrillon, Priston, bldlles. Duverger, Vallee, Leyder, &c. After which the comedle-vaudeville of MICHEL PERRIN. Michel Perrin, M. Bouffe ; Bernard, M. Rhozevil ; Therese, Mdlle. Vallee. To conclude with (for the last time) LES VIEUX PECHES. M. Girard, M. P • ouq ; La Marquise de Champagnoiles, Madame Grassau; Ninett*tiffle. Duval - ger. ETRIOPIA.:( SERENADERS. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. FINAL PERFORMANCES. The attractive Entertainments given by the Ethiopian Singers, at the St. James's Theatre, :will be positively terminated at the End of the Present Month, prior to the fixed Departure of the Company for America, on the sth of July. The remaining Performances will take place in the following order;— Tuesday, June 29 •• • • .. • • • • Evening. Wednesday, June 30 • • . Last Morning Thursday, July 1 ... • . ....... —Pell's Benefit. And the FAREWELL PERFORMANCE, SATURDAY EVENING, July 3. Boxes and Stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-Street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. 31. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING. Will be presented a comic drama, entitled LOVE'S TELEGRAPH. Arthur de Solberg, Mr. C. Mathews; Count Theodore, Mr. Vining : Princess Blanehe, Madame Vestris. After which a new comic drama, entitled "LADIES BEWARE !" Colonel Vavasour, Mr. Granby; Sir Charles Vavasour, Mr. James Vining ; Matilda, Miss Cooper. To be followed by THE BARBER BRAVO. To conclude with Sheridan's drama of THE CRITIC. Sir Fretful :Plagiary and Puff, Mr. C. Mathews. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager, Mr. William Batty. ruler the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the _ a go TIIIS EVENING Royal earnlly. Will be presented gorgeous Peruvian Drama, to illustrate the historical events of the th,e original text of larinsleynShrearr conquest of Peru, arranged from THE STORMING OF QUITO dan's play of "Pizarro." entitled performances of La Petite Davidson ; or, the Warrior of the Sun. Rolla, air., N. West. T'he extraordinary equestrian find the New - cenes of the Circle, With the eof the Entertain- mettle, having been attended with the most c om l P ete success, will be re p e ated every evenin;. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. B roadroot. Upper Boxes, 3i ; Pit, 2.. /WU, r,s.; Boxes, 45.; Upper Gallery, 6d. Commence every evening at o'clock,4.,,e,tler7, 1 , . FRENCH PLAYS.—MDLLE. RACHEL. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce, that the EN GAGEMENT of the eminent Tragidienne, Millie RACHEL, will be commenced on MONDAY EVENING, July 5. The first Six Repre sentations will be arranged in the following order : Monday, July 5. • Wednesday, July "I Friday, July 9.• ................ Tancred. Monday, July 12 Wednesday, July 14. Friday, July 16... M. Raphael Felix (brother of moue Rachel, and of the Theatre Francaise), M. Brecanne and M. Marius (also of the Theatre Fran caiSe), and _Mlle. Rabist (late of the Theatre Fr an c ais, now of the Theatre Royal, Berlin) are engaged to assist in these representa- ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. An consequence of the success attending the Eminent EngliAh Vocalists, they have been re-engaged f or Twelve Nights more, and will appear in " Maritana," as played at Drury Lane 100 nights. THIS EVENING "Will be presented the opera of MARITANA. Charles the Second, Mr. McMahon ; Don Cmsar, Mr. Harrison ; Don Jose, Mr. Stretton ; Maritima, Miss Rainforth ; Laaarillo. 'Miss Isaacs. To conclude with a drama, in three acts, and a Prologue, of the Most extraordinary and novel interest, entitled The RAG-PICKER of PA RIS and the DRESS-MAKER of ST. ANTOINE. Jean, Mr. W ebb; Perre Garouse, Mr. Neville; M. Bervillc, Mr. Frede ricka; .Count St. Antoine, Mr. Tindell ; Marie Diddler, Mrs. Henry Vining ; Marie Hoffman, Mrs. Ware. & m eg, .29. , Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Six, commence at Hal c.past ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will he performed, THE SAUCY LASS ; or, the Log of a British Tar. Cha raeters by Messrs. Hicks, Dale, Serie, Bird, Gardner ; Min Vince nt, Mrs. Lee, Miss Burroughcliffe, &c. After will 'eh a new burletta, entitled the CROSS-BOW LETTER ; or, the Millr.r of Whetstone. Characters by Messrs. Bird, Searle, and Gardner, Miss Vincent, Mrs. Hicks, &c. To conclude lel.th WILLIAM TELL. William Tell, Mr. Hicks. 40%04 IS.; Half Price, 6d, Pit, 6d. ; Oallery, 3d. THE WEATHER.—SuNIcz, JUNE 26. TaIeRMOMETER, Lowest, 52; Highest. 68; Noon, 66 BAROMETER, 30.12.—W1ND W.; fine. JUNE 27. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 53 ; Highest, 6S ; Noon, G 9. BARoXETER, 30.34.—W1ND N.W. ; fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 29 minutes after 1. 1 Evening .. 49 minutes after I. law which they took upon themselves to administer indeed it would be far better for her were it other wise ; for she would then receive ample damages for the injuries she has sustained. But protection is afforded whenever the public functionary has acted conscientiously, to the best of his judgment, although that judgment might have been erroneous and un warranted. It is perhaps right, so long as the system is suffered to exist, that this should be so. It is cor rect that the Home-office should refuse the production of the confidential communications which may be re ceived from the inculpated justices, that the admissions therein contained should not be made use of in any legal proceedings which may subsequently be insti tuted against them ; were it otherwise it would oc casion great mischief, and act as a restriction on the free communications which are so essential, and with which nothing should be permitted to interfere. It is a sound principle that no person should be bound to criminate himself ; and it would be most unjust if parties were compelled to answer interrogatories exhibited to them, and then that the replies thus onforced should be made to sustain and prop up a case against them before another tribunal. The Home Secretary was, therefore, not only justified in refusing, but absolutely bound to refuse, the production of the desired correspondence. Sufficient, however, was elicited for the purposes of our argument, and in opposition to the custom that has unfortunately become too prevalent of late days of placing the liberties of the people at the disposal of incompetent persons. The trial by jury was formerly looked upon as the palladium of British freedom. It was the proudest boast of Englishman that he could not be subjected to any punishment until his guilt had been established beyond any rea sonable doubt before twelve of his peers. Various encroachments have, however, from time to time, been made on this privilege and safeguard. New statutes have conferred additional powers on justices, clauses have been added declaring that the matters shall not be removable by certiorari, and making the decisions of a couple of perhaps incompetent magis trates final and conclusive, while the judgment of the most learned occupant of the judicial bench is sub jected to . the revision of his legal brethren. Is it that three or six months' imprisonment with hard labour is so mere a trifle that it is a matter of indifference whether a person is erroneously subjected thereto ? May not the execution of such a sentence affect all the future prospects of the party ? It is not the actual suffering—although that, under the improved disci pline now existing in our gaols will be found suffi ciently trying—but it is the demoralization occasioned by the characters of those with whom he is found to associate. It is the stain affixed to his reputation—a stigma from which he can never hope to es cape ; he becomes a gaol-bird. He can no longer obtain employment, for which there are so many irreproachable candidates. He is afflicted with a moral leprosy that banishes him from proper society, and makes him shunned by those who might otherwise aid and assist him in his struggle through life. He is driven to crime for a means of livelihood, and his total ruin and degradation may perhaps be traced to the flippant and erroneous judg ment of some magisterial DOGBERRY. Such things should not be suffered in the nineteenth century, and in a free nation. The whole code of magisterial law should be revised, and imprisonment should never be permitted where any controversy existed as to the facts, without the intervention of a jury, and the sentence should be approved of, before being carried into execution, by a bench of justices, one of whom, at least, should be a legal salaried functionary, whose knowledge of law would afford some guarantee and protection against the blunders of his associates. A letter from Alexandria, of the 9th, says— " An unexpected piece of news is the announcement of the excursion of his Highness to Tuscany, where he is going to take the waters of Monte Cacciana. Work men are now fitting up sumptuously the Hagy-Babas and Syout steamers for this trip. Mehemet Ali will be accompanied by Artim Bey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Yacoub Bey and Soubby Bey, his secre taries, M. Nubar, as interpreter, and Messrs. Zizinia and Tossissa. The departure had been fixed for June 20, but his Highness being informed that the Sultan, in return for the name which he had given the barrage of the Nile (Megidie), intended giving him a magnificent decoration, postponed his departure until after he should have received this mark of favour, and sent off, on June 3d, the Boulaque steamer to bring it to him. It is, therefore, probable that he will not be able to set out for Leghorn before the end of the month. Many per sons seem to think that his Highness will visit France this year, but this is highly improbable. This year's voyage is for the benefit of his health, and next year only will see him in France. A great quantity of cachemire shawls, and other precious objects of the East have been ordered. The building of the great 150 horse power steamer is being urged on with activity. His Highness will then travel like a Sovereign, whereas this year he will limit his expense as much as poesible. In his absence, Ibrahim Pacha will be charged with the Government; he is now at the barrage with Abbas Pacha and Said Pacha. The Princes are there for the purpose of deciding on the cutting of three canals, in tended to effect the irrigation of the whole of Lower Egypt; and to be present at the tracing out of the new town, which is to be built at the barrage, with the name of Mehemet Ali. Artim Bey has just lost his son, at the age of sixteen months; the funeral took place yes terday. M. de Fok, Consul-General of Russia, is wait ing for his successor, in order to proceed to Constan tinople." ➢tadrid papers of the 19th have arrived. They publish the following letter, addressed by General ESPARTERO to Don ALTARO GOMEZ BECERRA : "London, 10th June, 1847. "My esteemed Friend,—ln the Faro of the 3d I have seen a paragraph of the letter of its correspondent in London, in which he supposes that I, in accord with Lord Palmerston, and with the influential persons of the Liberal party, aspire to govern the Philippine Islands, under the form of a semi-independent principality, re public, or vice-royalty, until the day arrive in which it can become an English colony. "In the midst of the mortitications consequent on ex. patriation, nothing has affected me more than this base calumny. "Esilartero is, before all thin b g e s, Spaniard; and, let the mp v o i s e s i i s b s l i e t a: h i e a s t of E s h p i a s r t country ero e ever what c° nitiena,n,sit itowardss dismembering the smallest portion of its contribute " The Spaniards know me; the Duke de la Victoria confides to them the custody of his reputation. " To his Excellency Don Alvaro Gomez Bwerra." The Eco del Comercio and the Herald() treat as absurd the rumour of Mr. BULWER'S protest against the proclamation of Concha. The Tiempo is to cease to be published. It was reported that General SERRANO, CONCHA, and MAZARREDO, are about to be created Captains General of the army. The Eco del Comercio says that on the 18th a detachment of soldiers was sent off with extraordinary haste to Aranjuez, for which it was believed that a band of Montemolinists had appeared there. At a meeting of capitalists it was determined to pray the QUEEN to suspend the operation of the new monetary law of Senor SALAMANCA, which is said to be producing bad effects. The Three per Cents. were done at 30 1-16th for cash; the Four per Cents. at 18 for paper; the Five per Cents. at 17j for ditto; and the Coupons at 15 for cash. We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. The news from China is commented on in several of them. The Presse, of course, represents the attack of Sir JOHN DAVIS on Canton as an expedi tion of buccaneers ; but it is the only Paris paper which so represents it. The Journal des Debals, on the contrary, commends what Sir JOHN DAVIS has done, and makes out the following strong case in his behalf. It says— " According to the ordinary construction and conse quences of the rights of nations, the news from China must excite an apprehension of a resumption of hosti lities; for, according to our ideas, it is impossible to be lieve that any Government can, withoutdemanding ample satisfaction, permit a foreign, power to enter its territory abruptly and without any previous declaration of war, and demolish its fortresses and spike its cannon. But in China things pass differently. The despicable and proud Government of the Court of Pekin, which can only resort to falsehood and cunning to relieve it from the embarrassment in which its barbarous pas sions at every instant involve it, is now accustomed to submit to every insult, and it is probable that the vigor ous demonstration of the English against the city of Canton will have no other result than to ameliorate for a short time the painful position created for foreigners in that city in contempt of treaties, until new incidents shall lead to new and perhaps more important complications. It was not an unforeseen event which decided the sudden dvmonstration of the English; it was the desire to obtain a solution to the endless diplomatic correspondence in which the Government of Hong-Kong has been engaged for some years without being able to arrive at any re sult with the Imperial Commissary, Keying, in a demand of reparation for the innumerable wrings which the Chi nese, and particularly the people of Canton, had in their incorrigible presumption not ceased to commit; it was to obtain justice for the massacre of a crew and English passengers thrown on the coast of Formosa four years ago; it was to obtain satisfaction for the insults and ill treatment of which the English Vice-Consul at Canton " W ls rabu /001 4 A ;Ap o. ef4l,4lbVik ;*-71.A. r; 4. 7 0 farN - THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING-, JUNE 28, 1847. Alan% Ant, LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1847. Whatever may be the ultimate decision as to the conservancy of the river Thames, it is most important to the national interests that the authority should be so distributed as to ensure its employment by corn _ petent individuals. Although Lord GEORGE BEN. TINCK is disposed to lay enormous stress upon the circumstance that the prerogatives of the City of London Corporation, in regard to the navigation of the king of English rivers, extended as far back as the arrival of WILLIAM the Conqueror, and although the Noble Lord the Representative of Lynn argued therefrom that it was impolitic to deprive the Common Councilmen of a right sanctified by the accordance of centuries, we still continue of opinion that the Government is qualified to interfere in any manner it may deem advisable. That such, moreover, is the opinion of Parliament was tolerably well shown on Friday by the majority of sixty-eight in favour of the recommittal of the Bill, whereby the power of the con servancy board is proposed to be shared between the Corporation and the Government. According to the original proposition, as stated by the Secretary to the Admiralty, it will be remembered that the Committee of the House of Commons considered it necessary for the proper protection of the public interest that " new blood" should be infused into the manage ment. With this intention the number of the Conservancy Board—limited in the rough draft of the improvement to nineteen members, namely, the Lord Mayor, five Aldermen, and thirteen Common Councilmen—was proposed to be further restricted to fifteen, and those fifteen to be selected in the following :manner :—ten of the commissioners by the City, and the remainder by the State. Seeing that this very reasonable proposition was rejected with a somewhat impertinent prompti tude, it was obvious that the House could not, without compromising its dignity, con descend to make any particular or immediate modification. A perception of the indelicacy of their former refusal had, however, been subsequently mani fested by the Corporation, that body consenting that the five disputed commissioners, though still chosen by!the City of London, as previously required, should be nominated with an unlimited veto, and a power of removal reserved to the Crown. In accordance with the proposition thus introduced to Parliament by Mr. WARD, the Thames Conservancy Bill was formally recommitted, by a division of ninety-two against twenty -four. According to this distribution of authority in the nomination of a conservancy board, the Government virtually retain a restrictive power over five out of the fifteen commissioners. Hence the Corporation cannot as formerly paddle their delegates up and down the river periodically without any, profounder trepidation than as to whether the sturgeon is of average plumpness or the Lafitte of undiminished flavour. The shadow of the Executive will hang like a Nemesis over the barge of commissioners in the event of any enormous nuisance upon either bank being winked at for the sake of a lucrative consideration. A whole some remembrance of the scrutinising supervision of the Legislature will henceforth impart a sort of di gestive fillip to the grilled bones of the Conservancy supper. Hitherto the rights of the community generally have been merged into the rights of the Corporation individually; the interests of the civic authorities have predominated over the noble interests of the nation ; the Thames has been regarded rather as the " silent highway" of London than as the channel for the flux and reflux of the national enterprise. A necessity has gradually manifested itself for the re versal of this injudicious subserviency of the kingdom at large to a local municipality. The State has itself taken the initiative in this laudable reformation, and the City has at length recognised the advisability of yielding to the imperative requirements of the age. We cannot but regard such an arrangement as the one pencilled out by the Secretary to the Admiralty as a species of corollary to the measures of sanatory improvement. However great may be the opportunity afforded for the facilitation of transit upon the river, however worthy of encouragement may be the schemes for the adornment of its banks, we do conceive that the in vestigations instituted by the Conservancy Board might tend very materially to the disclosure of the localities which particularly require the attention of the sana tory Commissioners. Although the metropolis is for a while excluded from the benefit of the innovations ensured by the operation of the Health of Towns' Bill introduced by Lord AIORPETII, it were absurd to imagine that that exclusion is to be perpetual. It were absurd to suppose that an exclusion dictated by a temporary emergency is an exclusion based upon a settled principle of non-interference in the filth, and the darkness, and the drought, and the atmos pheric stagnation, and the malignant diseases that desolate and disfigure the more densely populated dis tricts in London. Foremost among these neglected localities—foremost amongst them in respect of the ravages caused by the deleterious multiplication of their evils—are many of the rookeries contiguous to the river. Rotherhithe, and even Lambeth, and Wapping, and Deptford, and that most unsophisti cated region of depravity and absolutely triumphant dirt which is depicted in such a light of horrible reality in the closing chapters of " Oliver Twist," are among the number. Besides having its navigation grievously obstructed by many unsightly and cum brous structures, the Thames is rendered, espe cially at low-water mark, pestiferous by the aggregation and stagnation of ill-regulated drains. Beyond this the Thames, instead of affording the most magnificent approach to London, is essentially the back-way into the capital of England. Floating up the river there is not a single quay with the exception of the one fronting the Custom-house to arrest the attention of the foreigner. Saving for its superb bridges, the view presented on travelling either up or down the Thames is somewhat as uninteresting, somewhat as filthy, and somewhat as beggarly as that visible from the window of a Black wall railway carriage, when flying between chimney-pots and the back yards of back streets. Degradation, rottenness, and pauper ism are, to all appearance, flourishing where one would most expect the reverse to be visible. In the removal of these numerous and extraordinary evils from the vicinity of the Thames, the Conservancy Commissioners will long find an ample and honourable occupation. _ The case of MARY DAWSON, which was brought before the House of Commons on Friday, affords an additional illustration of the mischiefs occasioned by entrusting private magistrates, who have had no legal education whatsoever, and who are in no way quali fied for the execution of the extraordinary j urisdic tion conferred on them, with the power of summary conviction. We are not disposed to charge the coin mittoingumaetagistrates with any wilful abuse of their authority influenced ; we cannot conceive that they could have b c g e i d rl b , yanadnywematlhiecrioeufosrfeeerleiandgilyageaoinnesut concur in unfortun a t e the acquittal pronounced by the Home Secretary as to the existence of any im n p o r t op t e o r p m er o c t e i i% ve .e s o th n at th t e h i e r part ; but it is impossible victim has suffered misapprehensionor as i f they had been actually guilty of the most corrupt conduct. The girl, who was dra gg ed fro m her work, and . hurried a prisoner through the public streets, and finally confined for more than three weeks in a H ouse of Correction, associated with thieves and prostitutes, will receive but little satisfaction for her sufferings, from the fact that they were occasioned be ' cause her judges were unacquainted with the WB3 the victim more than two years ago, and of which. „ . foreigners have every day to complain in the streets of Canton; it was to obtain the entry into the town pro mised by the treaty of Nankin, but still interdicted de facto ; it was to force the Mandarins to grant the ground necessary for building of churches, for a cemetery, and for the lodging of foreigners; and, finally, to constrain the Chinese Government to the execution cf the treaties hitherto eluded, that Sir John Davis, whose patience was exhausted, and who was urged on by the opinion of his fellow-subjects, and without doubt also by the in structions of his Government, resolved to employ the only argument which has any influence over Asiatics, viz., the force of arms." On the subject of the French attack on the Cochin- Chinese the Constitutionnel says— " The Debuts does not say what was the origin of this sanguinary affair, and why Captain Lapierre went into one of the ports in Cochin-China where, as is well known, access is interdicted to European vessels. 'We know, however, from a private letter, that the motive of the visit of Captain Lapierre was the deliverance of the French missionaries, who, already once exp•~tlr-d from the kingdom of Annam, found means to penetrak,s into it again. It is, no doubt, well to protect our mis sionaries in these barbarous countries ; it is not, how ever, right to let one's-self' be carried away in the exer cise of that protection farther than the interests of our commerce and our political views require. That the apostles of the faith be rescued out of the hands of the Government of Cochin-China from. a cruel martyrdom, is an act commanded by humanity and by the sympathy which we owe to our countrymen ; but, on the other hand, missionaries, once snatched from the hands of the barbarians, ought not to have tempted fortune a second time, to again claim the protection of our ves sels. This continual intervention of our navy cannot be . justified but by a decided intention on the part of the French Government to establish its protectorate over all Cochin-China. Is that what the Government wants? If not, we may ask why these reiterated visits of Admiral Laplace, and Cecile, of Captain Favin-Leveque, and at present of Captain Lapierre, visits which are each time the occasion of some dispute which ends in negotiations almost always unavailing, and of which the only result has hitherto been the liberation of the missionaries, who return there to undergo fresh tortures. It would be ad visable, however, that the missionaries should manifest some prudence in what they do, at least for our country, and that it should be known clearly what is really a tended, in order not to expose the Cochin-Chinese to be killed by thousands when not converted by hundreds." The affair of M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN still con tinues to engross public attention. The Opposition journals consider his acquittal by the Court of Peers as a condemnation of the Ministry, and consider that for the sake of their own characters MM. GuizoT and DIJCIIATEL should demand a full investigation. " It is not as Ministers," says the National, " but as men, that MM. GUIZOT and DUCHATEL are hence forth interested in removing the suspicion which en velope them. They both enjoy a reputation for per sonal probity which, for our part, we have ever re spected. But is a man honest when it can be as serted of him that he does not rob, but that he suffers another to rob ? He suffers his name to be used in base swindling. He had servants whom he knew to be guilty of unworthy manoeuvres—he was aware of these manoeuvres, and he retained those lacqueys in his service, and he has made use of them to tarnish the reputation of the most honourable men amongst the Opposition. Is that honourable ? Ah ! no doubt there would have been a greater degree of criminality if a certain Minister sold for his own account a patent for a new theatre and put the money into his pocket. Such a man is sent to the galleys. But if a Minister be aware that 100,000 f. was paid for such a patent—if he did not grant the patent until after the mony was paid—if he was perfectly ac quainted with the persons who received the money— if one of those who paid the money declared the fact in a letter signed with his name—if the latter was not prosecuted, will anybody dare to maintain that such a Minister had conducted himself like an honest man ? It is not possible that the majority of the Chamber can consent to suffer such a situation to continue, and if it be a rigorous duty for the Opposi tion to propose a Parliamentary inquiry, does not the honour of the majority of the Chamber command it to consent to such a proposition ? The Constitutionnel says of the Ministers, that " the more they are pressed the more they are silent; the more abundant the proofs against them are, the more they shun the discussion. They may, there fore, be considered as justly condemned, since they appeal from the verdict of popular opinion neither to a judicial nor a Parliamentary inquiry." The Journal des Dibats, on the other hand, declares that the Ministry are completely absolved. It says— " It is for the Opposition to consider whether it should or should not recur to the political question. We shall not attempt to prevent it; but until it be done we have a right to say that the political question is at an end. In the sitting of Thursday last the accuser of the Mi nistry was at full liberty to produce his proofs; his own interest urgently pressed him to conceal no thing; the Opposition required only the shadow of a proof to declare in his favour; on all sides lie was ad jured to explain himself, to tear aside the veil, to tell all he knew. If M. Emile de Girardin had the least thing to say, his success must have been certain and complete. Instead of a prosecution by the Chamber of Peers, he would have had a triumph, and the Ministry, perhaps, would have been the accused party. To produce a just estimate of M. Emile de Girardin's proofs one word will be sufficient. After the speech of M. de Girardin, the Opposition, which was so animated at the beginning of the sitting, remained mute and confounded on its benches. M. de Girardin himself could not find a word to say in answer to the speeches of M. Duchatel and M. Guizot. The authorisation of the Chamber for the pro secution was given with an immense majority and in so lemn silence. No expressions can describe the astonish ment of the crowd, and the surprise of those even who had never believed that M. E. de Girardin could have any very great relations to make. So much parade, such formal allegations against the Ministry, his demand of a secret committee, the anxiety of the public and of the Chamber excited—to end, when the time for explanation came, in—nothing ! This is what no one could compre hend—or ralher there was a conviction that M. de Gi rardin had unfortunately failed in finding his proofs. In saying that the proofs of M. de Girardin were re duced to nothing, we were certain that we were render ing the universal opinion, both of the Opposition and our own. Accused of an offence against the Peers, M. E. de Girardin was acquitted on Tuesday—as accuser of the Ministry, M. E. de Girardin was condemned on Thursday last." In the division on the GIRARDIN affair in the Chamber of Peers, M. DE MONTALIVET, M. ATIIALIN, and all the members of the Palace clique voted against the Ministers. It is said that other individuals high in rank are implicated in the Cubieres' affair, and that M. TEsTE and General CUBIERES are not the only functionaries who will be prosecuted. In the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday M. DURAND DE RommtauTlN asked if it was true that Austria intended to intervene in the affairs of Switzerland, and if France was to act as her auxiliary. M. GUIZOT replied, that the Helvetic Diet being about to meet in a few days he would say nothing calcu lated to influence its deliberations. Nobody took a more real and deeper interest in the affairs of Switzerland than he did ; nobody respected more her independence, nor was more anxious that order and prosperity should prevail in that country. Switzerland was per fectly free to reform her institutions, but Switzerland was not placed in a situation similar to that of other states of Europe. Her independence was guaranteed by Europe, such as it existed at the time the treaty, insuring that independence, was signed. Should that federal state introduce any radical change in its organization, the treaty on which its independence rested would cease to exist. M. LEDitu ROLLIN then reminded the Chamber that if the principles of the doctrines just put forward by the Honourable Minis ter had been carried out in 1830, the family of Orleans would not now be sitting on the throne. The discussion relative to Switzerland ended with out any definite result. It was said that on Friday M. LEON DE MALLE vILLL was to move for a Parliamentary inquiry into the accusations of corruption brought by the Presse against the Ministry, and that the motion would be supported by every Member of the Opposition of every party. The Presse states that the Committee on the New Customs Bill has determined to recommend that the duty on colonial and native sugars shall be re duced 20f. per 100 kilogrammes, that the surtax on foreign sugars shall be lowered in the same propor tion, and that the duty on coffee shall be reduced two thirds. It adds, that the Government has ac cepted these modifications. The Courrier Francais says— " Great surprise is everywhere expressed that the public prosecutor has not yet thought right to intervene in the Thibaudeau Girardin affair. We know from a certain source that the Procureur-General, M. Delangle, will be questioned in the Chamber in the course of the debate which is to take place on the accusations of which the Cabinet is the object, unless in tho, , meantime M. De langle shall determine to do his duty. We read in the Constitutionnel : " Prince Pierre-Napoleon Bonaparte, who has in habited Belgium for many years,. had offered his ser vices to Mehemet-Ali through Stillman Pacha and M. 0. Barrot. The Viceroy of Egypt received this offer favour ably and promised to place the Prince in the staff of his army • The French Government, on its side, declared offi cially through M. F. Barrot, Consul-General' of France At Alexandria, that it ahould offer no opposition to the entrance of the Prince into the service of the Egyptian Government, The Prince consequently prepared to depart, and with that view addressed the French Go vernment to obtain permission to pass through France, in order to embark at Marseilles. But, contrary to all expectation, the authorisation was refused. This mea sure appears the more inexplicable as the brother of Prince Pierre, Prince Charles Bonaparte, is at present in Paris ; and that in the discussion which lately Snook place in the Chamber of Peers, relative to the petition of Prince Jerome, ex-King of Westphalia, the French Cabinet entered into a solemn engagement to apply with indulgence the law which proscribes the Napoleon family." The Paris Bourse was unusually dull on Thursday. Prices were little more than nominal, but with a ten dency to decline. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thurs day at 77f. 60c.; the Five per Cents., 118 f. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2751. ; Rouen, 973 f. 75c.; Great Northern, 581 f. 25c. ; Avignon, 7101. ; Vierzon, 6101. ; Bordeaux, 5121. 50c. ; Basle, 187 f. 50c. ' • Paris and Strasburg, 427 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 4071. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 448 f. 75c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 447 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 455 f. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 344 ; ditto, Domestic Debt, 29k. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 25. Northern of France, 11 1 4—Orleans and Bordeaux, 6% — Paris and Lyons, 5%. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Saturday.) The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was steady, and the sales for the week have been 54,490 bales. The stock is 474,370 bales, against 766,060 bales at this time last year. The advance in American sorts this week is about ed. per lb.—Railway Shares were in demand again. The Bank of England return for the week ending the 19th instant is of a favourable character, and in respect to trading matters appears to exhibit signs of an increas ing demand for money:— Notes issued Increase Rest, increase Public deposits, increase Other deposits, decrease Seven-day and other bills, decrease 17,655 Other securities, increase Government Securities, decrease ... 4,843 Notes reserved, increase 289,710 Bullion Increase The active circulation was curtailed again by 250,0601., owing to the additional amount taken to the ct edit of the banking department, but upon the payment of the divi dends, we should rather anticipate an extension of the note circulation, because the quarterly settlements by parties indebted to the revenue will then be nearly ar ranged. The only ship arrival to-day with later accounts is from New York to the 9th inst. The exchange was somewhat flatter. Money was still very easy. The English Funds have been very buoyant again to-day, and there is a further rise of to .1 per cent. Consols realise 881 g. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 901 4. Bank Stock is at 195 to 196 i. Exchequer-bills are 7s. to 9s. prem. There is not much doing in the Foreign Funds. Spani,h Three per Cents. realise, 341 1, and Portuguese Four per Cents., 32. In Dutch, Mexican, &c., there , have been no transactions. A reference to the Railway Share list will show that nearly throughout there has been an improvement in the quotations. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock .. 19Gy 2 195 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 8844 89 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 90. i% India Bonds, 1,0001. .. Ditto, under 1,000/. .. 3 8 p Consols for Opening, July 1G 88%y 2 Three per Cent. Consols, Scrip .. . p Exchequer Bins. 1,0001... .. 5001. Ditto, Small CLOSIN G PRICES. 195 77f. 87%c, 25f. 50c. 7 9p 12 13 p 13 18 12 p ONE O'C LOCK. FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, 4 per Cent .. • • .. •• Ditto, for the Account .. .. 32 Ditto, Small .. •• .. •• • Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent . .. .. 22 Ditto, Passive Bonds .. .. 4 Ditto, Deferred .. 14% Ditto, Three per Cent .. 34% Dividend.~ on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 3 per Cent .. —f. —c Exchange .. . BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. t'RICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. 2% .... 1 1 A .. ••..• • • • Birmingham and Oxford Junction 10 .... 17% Wolver., and Dudley.. 10 .... 14 Boston, Stamford, & Birmingham 5 .... .. • • Bristol and Exeter .. .. 75 .... • • Buckinghamshire .. 61.45.... dis, Caledonian 35 .... 3031 % 30% Ditto, Half Shares .. 2% •• .. ...... 2% Eastern Counties .. 20 .... 20% 20% Ditto, York Extension .... 7 6% • • .... • • 6% East Lincolnshire .. G% Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50....^ Ditto, half Shares .. . .. 15 .... 2 2 1,E Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. 12% .... 17 .... • Great Northern .... 2IA Great North of England . ..100 .... Ditto, New .. .. 5 • Ditto, New .. .• 1% . ... Great Western .. 85 .... ........ . Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% .... 17% •• • • 17% Ditto, New 4%.... 8%.... 8% London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d. 7%.••• • • .. 7 London, Brighton, & South Coast 50 .... 55% % 55% Ditto, Consol. Eighths .. .. 10 .... •.... Do. Pref. Convert. 5 per cent. 50 .... 54% London an . North-Western ..100 ....183 Ditto, Quarters L. and B. 7 24% D:tto ditto, New Shares • • .. 2 .... 13% Ditto, Fifths .. 2 .... - Ditto, 401. Shares M. &B. .. 40 .... 71 ••••• • • • • • Ditto, 101. Shares M. & 13. (11) 5 11% .. London and South-Western 411. Gs. 10d... 67 66% Ditto, New Consol. Eighths .. 40 .... 49 .. • • .... • • Ditto, New .. 27% .. • ••.. • • Ditto, New .. • . .. 22 .... ..... .• • Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) • • 50 .... 56% 57% •• • • Ditto, 5crip........... .. • • .. • • Lynn and Ely Manchester and Leeds .. .. • • 82 .... 102 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12 .... 15% 15% Ditto, Thirds (Reg.).. 71. 45..... par ••..•• • • • • par Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. .... X 34 dis. ••• • • Midland .. ..100 •• • ..... • • 128 Ditto, New .. 36 .... 42 3 / 4 . 43 Ditto, New G .... 10 .... •• .. • • Newcastle and Berwick • • .. 20 .... 29 1 4 29 Ditto, New .. 5 .... 7% % .... Norfolk ..100 126% ••• • • • 126% Ditto, Extension .. .. 10 .. .. 10 % North British .. .. 25 .... 32%.. ••• • • 33 Ditto, Quarter Shares • . .. 3 1 . E .... Ditto, Extension .. .• 34 Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 .... 58 .......... 58 North 5taff0rd5hire......734....10 %% % North Western • • 4 .... •. • • Oxford, Wor'ster, & Wolverhamp. 2231 • .. Preston and Wyre.. .. 25 .... 37%.. 37% Ditto, Half Shares (A) 831 .. • . 13 .... ••• • • • 13% Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .... 5% ••• .. South Devon .. .. 40 .... 2934 South Staffordshire • • .. 21. Ids... % Ws.. • - % dis. South Eastern and Dovor 33% 37% .• • . 37% south Wales .. . .. 10 .... ••• • • •• • • 6 NA West Riding Union • • -. 41.25. ••.. -•••• • •• • P Windsor. Staines, &S. Western.. 425. .... 21,E P•••• • • • • .N P Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 20 .... •••••• •• • • 39 York and Newcastle .. .. Ditto, New.. .. • • .. .. 10 17 16% • ••.. • • • • Ditto, Preference .. 8 .... 12 % 1 ,44• •••• • • • York aral North Midland 50 .... 86 1 ,( 87 .• •• .. 87 Ditto. Preference • • .. 6 .... 16% ••• • • • Do. E. and W. Biding Exten • • 10 •• • - 23 .• .. •• • • 23 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. 164 ...... 16 1 4 Louvain ala Sambre .. • • • • 6 .. • • .......... Luxembourg Northern or France • • • • • • 8 • • 114 ..... •• • 11 Sambre and Meuse .. .. 14 .... . ..... 7A JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 236 5 5 .......... Australasia .. -.. .. .. .. 40 .... ...... MINES. Real del Monte, tinrezistered .... 3 .......... 31 4 Erratum in Yesterday's List—Read London and Brighton Conso lidated Eighths 14N, instead of 13%. We are requested to state that Sir William Moles worth paired off on Tuesday, in favour of the third read ing of the Poor-law Administration Bill, with Mr. Kem ble; and that Mr. H. Hodgson paired on Thursday night in favour of Mr. Borthwick's amendment on the Poor law Bill, with Sir Denham Norreys. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION, BROMPTON. —On Friday evening a meeting was held of the managing committee, in the board-room of the above institution, Edward Speer, Esq., in the chair. The usual routine business having been gone through, it was stated that it was intended to erect a small chapel for the use of the patients and establishment. This will enable the com mittee of management to avail themselves of the large ward in the rear of the west wing, at present appro priated for Divine service. Tho proposed fund for the erection of the chapel is entirely distinct from any other, and the first donation of fifty guineas has been made by Philip Rose, Esq. INQUEST ON THE BISIIOP OP GLOUCESTER AND BRISTOL'S LAUNDRY-MAID.—The death of a young woman named Elizabeth Searle, who had lived as laundry maid in the service of his Lordship, at the episcopal palace, at Stapleton, took place on Sunday night last, in the old Market-street, under circumstances of a singular and most melancholy character. The deceased, who had been in ill health, came into Bristol on Saturday in a milk-cart, saith the intention of consulting Dr. Riley. On her alighting in the old Market-street she was ob served to stagger and look very ill. She was taken into a tavern kept by Mr. Rogers, where her indisposition increased. She was removed to the house of a Mrs. Earnsby, where she was put to bed, and Mr. Jenkins, surgeon, called in, who gave her all the attention he could. Medical aid proved, however, unavailing, and she died abut five o'clock on Sunday. Rumours had got abroad (probably on account of some remarks made by her (luring her illness) that the death of the poor woman had been caused by an insufficiency of food, it being alleged that the bishop s servants were kept on board wages much too small to find them necessaries ; and a communication of the suddenness of the death and of the prevalence of such reports having been communi cated to the coroner, Ciat officer issued his warrant for the purpose of holding an inquest. The inquest was held on Monday morning, and, by adjournment, on the evening of that day, at the Chequers Tavern, Old Market street; when, after the examination of several witnesses, mortificationthe A jury correspondent returned ofthe bowels." o w v erdicte informssu s of " N t ha to a n t Natural nddeaayt "three from individuals were taken into custody in Glasgow, accused sprinklingoi f a having, , ttt on h n e p thatpotatori e a t and the field s‘ rgrain. If precedingvilt vitriol, n d i a os y; re b ur e et e o n w r c ha i s g ed h oa t d their abettors deserve?"- - Caledon ian Mercury. UNITED STATES. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. By the arrival of the fast-sailing transient ship Marmion, Captain Edwards, at this port to-day, we have received New York papers of the Bth instant, being one day later than those re:.eived yesterday by the Henry Clay. Advices had reached the United States Govern ment, from Vera Cruz, to the 25th May, and news from the city of Mexico to the 17th May. There is no later news from General Scott's army. Commo- gore Perry has captured a number of small towns on the coast. He was about to attack Tobasco, where the enemy was 2,000 strong. It is stated in the advices from the city of Mexico that Senor Herera, supposed to be elected President, is the peace candidate. Santa Anna has given up the command of the army of the East to assume the duties of President. He was to enter the capita on the 12th. In a letter published in the papers he states he had been industriously organizing guerilla irties. The United States squadron was busy upon the western ports of Mexico. On the 28th of April a squadron of six or eight veFsels was off Mazatlan, and a thousand men were to disembark and take the ;own. Letters from Mazatlan say they were making every preparation for the defence of that place ; but if the descent is made in as great force as is repre sented, they can make no defence of much account Other accounts say that the port of San Blas, too, was menaced by the squadron, and that it was the purpose of the Americans to land and take the town. The vomito had made its appearance at Vera Cruz, but as yet in few cases. Vera Cruz has already nearly recovered from the effects of the siege. The people were returning ; the knocked down houses were being rebuilt ; the streets cleaned, shops opened, and all the activity of a seaport was beginning to be displayed. We have later intelligence from General Taylor. A letter from Monterey, May 15, states that General Taylor was actively preparing for a move, and would probably start for San Luis about the Ist of June, where another grand battle was expected, which would probably be the final struggle. A most deplorable duel occurred at China, May 21st, between two Virginian Lieutenants, one named Mahan. They fought with muskets loaded with buck-shot, and both parties were killed. (From the New York Sun.) 90% p 88% 66 . y; 49 31‘ 1 4 24% 57y PROSPECTS OF THE HARVEST.—Except the operations of our army, the prospect of the next harvest is the most exciting topic in the public mind. Every eye is anxiously turned to the newspapers to know if frost, blight, worms, or other destructive agents are at work among the crops, and with every fluctuation of the market the pulse of millions beats quicker if the chances for livelihood look cheaper and more hopeful. With Europe, both Britain and the continent, exhausted of their surplus, and sure of but a middling harvest this season, a portion of which will be eaten before harvest day—and our own country drained unusually, the whole temporal weal of the poorer classes, who must eat whether they get good wages or not, hangs suspended on the character of the harvest. We believe from all that we can gather — and we have taken particular pains to inquire—that the country never promised so abundantly. From one•sixth to one-foul th more ground than usual has been broken up, and fully that quantity more of seed put in the soil. Winter wheat has been slightly hurt in sections of the west, fruit has suffered somewhat in Maryland, and cotton and tobacco are partially injured in the south, but take the aggregate of the country, and the fields fairly groan with their young load. We shall produce, beyond sup plying our own wants, more than sufficient to feed Europe if her harvest were half destroyed. But there is no such prospect. Egypt and Russia, the shores of the Baltic and Germany are luxuriant with grains, and promise immense supplies, but while they serve to allay our apprehension, they will not interfere with our market. For many months to come our gra naries will hold the current specie and exchanges in our favour, and animate the whole trade and business of the country. - But little faith should be placed in the dearth and famine paragraphs going the rounds. Spe culators understand operating on the public mind, and these stories look like their bantlings. For our own part we believe flour, grain, and provisions generally, have reached their culminating point, and will soon re cede in prices. WASHINGTON, MAY 30. -- Well-informed persons, lately arrived from Europe, confidently report that the Pope has determined upon opening diplomatic relations with our Government. The temporal sovereign of two millions of people, he has an undoubted right to employ a representative to reside near our Government, to at tend to the interests of the pontifical states. The ne cessity for opening diplomatic relations with other na tions will be doubtless increased by the effect of the new and enlarged policy pursued by the present Pontiff, whose design appears to be, among other wise schemes, to put the commercial interests of hls country on a solid basis, There is no doubt the advances of the Pope to the establishment of diplomatic intercourse between the two countries would be cordially received by our Go vernment. In this country ho has the warmest sym pathy in his noble efforts for the amelioration of the condition of his subjects, in defiance of the all-powerful opposition of despotic Austria. COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK, JUNE 7.-FLOUR. AND MEAL.-The mar ket was very dull, and prices declining. Genesee will not bring over 9 dolls., at which price it was difficult to sell. Some 3,000 or 4,000 barrels Genesee. Michigan, and Ohio sold at 8 dulls. 75c. to 8 dolls. 94c., which is only 25c. higher than the prices current last Wednesday, after the Rainbow's, and the day befo':e the steamer's news was received. There were sales to arrive in July at 8 dolls. 50c., and a lot of 500 bbls. , Ohio, now in the canal, sold at 6 dolls. 75c. ; 200 bbls.. Dillon's Ohio, in laco, sold at 9 dolls. 25c. Cornmeal is lower. We report sales about 1,000 bbls., at 5 dolls. 621 c. Grain-The markets have also receded somewhat, and were less active, excepting corn, of which the sales amounted to 50 or 60,000 bushels, including 1,500 northern yellow, at 118 c. to 120 c., ,and some parcels at a lower rate ; 10,000 mixed at 112ic. to 118 c. There was more dis position to sell. Of wheat, there were sales of 10,000 bushels Ohio at 2 dolls. to 2 dolls. sc. Sales of Bor 10,000 bushels Genesee at not over 2 dolls. 20c. Oats were dull. Some sales were made in a retail way at 62c. to 63c., and by the cargo at 58c. to 60c. A lot of 2,200 bushels very heavy gray Oats sold for shipping at 64c. Rye was held at 1 doll. 31c. to 1 doll. 44c., with small sales. Hay-Sales of 1,000 bales at 65c. to 70c. Hides -The last sales were at 11/c. ; Rio Grande, 221b5., and Maranham, 91c. Laths-Eastern are selling sit .1,: 1 9 11 . 561 c. to 1 doll. 75c., cash. The supply is light. Oils- Sates of foreign linseed at 61c. to 63c., and American, 64c. The last sales of sperm were at 93c. to 95c. PROVISIONS.-The market. is quiet but firm. New Pork, however, was taken readily at 14 dolls. 121 c. for prime, and 17 dolls. 12ic. for mess, at which about 500 bbls. were sold. Butter is lower, the receipts having in creased. Orange County may be quoted at 15c. to 18c., and Western dairy at 12c. to 14c., with ready sale. Molasses and Sugars.-There is no change in prices ; there are only moderate sales. Tallow.-Sales 10,0001bs. at 9c. for prime. Whisky is duller. The price has fluctuated within the week from 32c. to 400., but has fallen off from the highest figure 3c.or 4c. The value of the receipts this season is estimated at 7,600,000 dolls. The shipments, by canal, from Oswego, from the opening of the navigation to - the 18th June, compared with last year, were :- 1846. 1847. Flour, barrels 78,608 . ..... 114,279 Wheat, bushels Corn, bushels 32,799 ..... 191,836 Beef and Pork, barrels 4,875 ....... 2,330 Lumber, feet 4,467,068 . 714 310 The very great increase in the receipts of produce at every depot on the lines of our rivets, railroads, and canals, from Albany to St. Louis, which affords access to a market, indicate clearly that there is yet a large surplus in the interior, far exceeding all the estimates based upon the data furnished by the receipts in the previous years. We have not room to give in detail the figures, showing the results almost incredible, but as these products are 011 their way to the sea-board, the receipts at the shipph lg ports, so far as the ordinary means of transportation have been able to accommodate the increased business o ffering, will give some idea, w hile the exports show how much the old world is dependent on the United States for the means of sustaining its famishing population. The most remarkable increase is in corn, the receipts o f which at tide-water on the Hudson, as will bo seen above, in creased from 6,000 bushels in 1846, to 215,0‘)0 in 1846, and 1,072,000 in 1847. The receipts at New Orlean s, from Sept. I to June 1, this season and last, were — This season. La s t season. Flour ............ bbls. 716,171 1,308,747 Corn mea1...... " 3,08732,145 Corn ............ " 285,592 532,712 4‘ ........... sacks 936,193 1,992,817 While the exports of flou r are more' than double, and of corn more than threefold. We have some interesting • stat i sti , , . !s of the products of the West, which must be dr_ferred for want of space. At the Stock Exehanr j d today, s hares advanced 3 per Cent., Stonington Railway and flarlem 2:1. The new s t eam er C. Vanderbilt has been put upon the Stoning ton line, and started l',pon her first trip to-day. SALES AT STriCK EXCHANGE-2D BOARD. 50 Fartnera 50 Nor. and Wor. 50 Erie RR. 61 250 Stonington 10 Aub. and Roch 100 Harlem s 3 59 10 Readin g 58 A meeting has been held at Pittsfield, Mass., to pro mote the construction of a railroad to connect with the I lousatonic, bringing it into direct communication with New York, BEcEuyrs OF PROVISIONS AT THE PORT OF NEW YORX FRO3I TRINTERIOR PER NOR' ru RIVER BOATS, FROM JN:EurlTo JUNE, 7, 1847, if, CLUSIVE.— 173,472 barrels bushels Flour, 96,601C0rn, of Wih eat.sbarrels 22 bar rels ditto, 168,290 bt; , sel3 Ind ditto, 786 bags ditt o , 4,309 barrels Lillian,', ,0 Meal, 694 CLOSING rRICES. bushels ditto, 157 barrels Oatmeal, 44,748 bushels Oats, 7,420 bushels Rye, 160 bags ditto, 116 barrels Beans, S tierces ditto, 219 packages ditto, 124 - barrels Peas, 121 barrels Lard, 120 barrels, 1,171 tubs, 542 firkins, and 935 packages of Butter, 112 casks and 1,931 boxes Cheese, 2.204 barrels cured Provisions, 1,686 barrels Pork, 51 tierces ditto, 644) barrels Beef. 1,004 tierces ditto, 18 casks Hams. 3 boxes ditto, 5 casks Bacon. BANK CHARTER. The following petition relative to the operation of Sir Robert Peel's Bank Charter Act of 1844, is in the course of signiture in the City : " To the Honourable the Commons of the United King dom, in Parliament assembled. " The humble Petition of the undersigned Mer chants, Bankers, and Traders of Lond9n, " Showeth—That there has lately been apparent throughout the commercial and manufacturing re s s m re, nity of this country an extent of monetary preu such as is without precedent in the M e mory of the oldest living merchant. " That this pressure has manifested itse lf in the fact of the suspension of the ordinary facilities of businessess— such as the discounting legitimate commercial of ui,questionable credit and solvency—and the witholding other ordinary monetary accornmodution. " That this pressure has come upon the commercial body at a time when there has been no undue extension s pirit of the ordinary commerce of the country, nor any of speculation or overtrading afloat, so far as the trading interest is concerned. " That the deficient harvest of last year oc casioned the withdrawal from the Bank of England of a consider able portion of its bullion to pay for i m ports of food from foreign parts. "That in rmer periods of the like visitation the Bank of England has had the power, and has safely used it, of continuing facilities to commerce dur i n g the temporary pressure arising from a large and n sudde T; portation of food from foreign countries, until th e balance of trade should be restored by the ordinary course of commercial pursuits. " That to suppose that by any monetary regulation it should be practicable to produce an increased demand for fer British exports, simultaneously with the necessity British imports of grain, so that the one may be at the moment available in payment for the other--is e 4 variance with the course of all mercantile experience. "That it is in the nature of mercantile dealings, when duly supported, to rectify, within a reasonable time, all temporarycause inequality which temporarily disturbing t t h h e att s he may produce ; on which account it is essential power of giving temporary aid, if called for bY mercantile body at such periods of exist. "That it has recently become apparent that the Bank of England is restrained by legislative enactment from giving such facility, if called for. the emergency, should " That that establishment has been compelled, hY operation of the existing law, to refuse discounting commercial bills of the first credit, having not more than three months to run. k " That the fact of such refusal, together with th e dosed of the ground on which it was made, 1 0°- ced such a degree of consternation and disturbance of public confidence throughout the country, that coin mercial bills could only be discounted at all to a very limited extent, and at rates of interest hitherto unknown in this country. " That one consequence of this state of things was an immediate suspension of the execution of orders for manufactures for distant markets, to the great distress of the manufacturing districts, at the very , moment when. there was an obvious policy in facilitating exports 01 British production. "That this suspension continues to the R resent ine" ment to a large extent, and to the great injury o f the manufacturing population. 44 • That without detailing to your Honourable Souse all, the h cases of difficulty and perplexity, and paralysation o_4l usiness, resulting from such a state of things, your ILe titioners venture broadly to state that the existing eel:: merce of this country cannot be carried on, if t h e co o ; tinuance of the facility of discounting legitimate CO mercial bills be pract i ca lly withdrawn. "Your petitio n ers can hardly bring t o the n o el tice ° _ f _ ycur Honourable House a more p al p able view of the f, tent o f e mbarrassment recently exist in g than in the the lowing plain statement of facts , both occurring lirl same week:— v 'fic is " Remittances of silver arrived from the -.-,,, aci k of payment for British manufactures. The Pil n- t his England refused either to buy or to lend moneY e u t hat silver to the merchants who received it, ste ti , l3 ; g A by it held the full amount of silver bullion on w''..„ - o uld law it was permitted to issue notes, and that I. " t h e ir take no more. Thus merchants, with silver in. ; he ir possession, could not obtain bank no tes to mee t their possession, rat " It further occurred that a banking establisinnento, some tie distance from the metropolis, having andaordi. n of silver of the coin of this realm beyon its „land, to nary need, tendered the same to the Bank of Fsv a re be exchanged for bank-notes. T he Bank refud !? oot ceive it, stating, as in the for mer case, that it did possess the power to issue bank -notes on a l a xger 0 1 ' of silver than it already held. " Your petitioners submit to your Honourable iletisseet the unavoidable inference from all the facts they b e r e red forth, that the present state of the law has not ale - t ime the purpose for which it was intended. Front the dee of its being passed it has been practically inopera d of until a great public calamity arises, and then, instead sustaining public confidence—the vital element 0 , e A y es mercial body—it is found to shake to its centre. A tl ' t he during the whole period of this remarkable pressure of Bank of England has had more than nine bullion in • its possession. rtib l° " Your petitioners are no advocates of an inconve. . i f paper currency, but they are humbly of opinion Ile, the Bank Charter Act had contained a relaxing 1 3° ,,, io lodged in the executive Government, to be useci---010 relief of commercial improvidence or indiscretion 6,_ort in the case of some great emergency, such as Li . 2., ii i supply of food, or the occurrence of any great pon,“..'en millions crisis, the Bank of England would neither have ! v . it compelled to have recourse to the restrictive raeasnr6_B4o has adopted, nor in all probability would any disturbs,' of public confidence have taken place. _ ~,, " Your petitioners believe that handsg ot t r "_, existence of such a power in the of the Gov e . ! .. . ment would of itself at all times prevent that disrupttes: of confidence which is in itself the greatest evil that c 0 .. befal a commercial community —away a fearful dearee whatever mischief may exist, and ee°, '' ent when the/ tracting all monetary facilities at the mom s aggravating I_': are most needed. con"sYidoeurirnpgetthitairseirlsvearreis further the s t b a n u drnabrldy of opiniono ° tr io ; nearly every state in Europe, and in most other part s a the civilised world, and constitutes in itself, tberefe.r ;%. substantial and convertible security—it is w holly m r 0 1 pedient to deprive the Bank of England of the 34 issuing . bank notes on the de p osit of that me tal to _ ..si . e xtent it may think proper, while it retains its r es e i bility to pay its notes in g old. " Your petitioners are aware that the recent menet* (41/ pressure has been som e times attributed to the large 0 lay which has taken p lace in the construction of rail in this country.noi' "Your petitioners• sire' not called .on to offer an -' ~.0g nion on this question, the commercial 'community ,--,4 no way responsible for the eitent ef,the outlay. .). .. - e r Would only, as ' a matter - EC feet, 4remaik,,that what e ," i , may have been the amount of outlay on these sver s i; there was no considerableadvance in the rate of inter e nor did any monetary pressure arise, until other 00115e9 came y i e n u t r o operation. o ut cannot omit to represen t to Yetier, Honourable House the existence of one additional forcee' went in the recent pressure—of no inconsiderable e —the demand made by the Queen's Exchequer en ly e Bank of England for assistance to meet the engne rne. ti . of the Government. It humbly appears to your yeti' tioners that the power of the Bank to issue notes being op strictly limited by law, a great hardship is inflic t ijed the commercial community when the Bank is con 3 l t he by the wants of Government forcibly to dirnirts a t o accommodation it would otherwise be enabled to ave r ! , is that body, and this, too, at a time when the 1 3 e, fl or ge called upon, by causes of peculiar urgency,, shill en,tf, such accommodation to the utmost extent of its t he Your petitioners humbly, but earnestly, sugges t t° ,er consideration of your Honourable House tbat this 11 30 1 c fully disadvantageous action on the resources of th eoo ll' ought not to be allowed to continue without coup ing means being provided to meet it. Y ° It " Your petitioners desire further to represent to...hich Honourable House, that although the pressure of 7 1 . they have been spQaking Is now partially relieved, c,,vorp, dente is not restored, and the rate of interest 0 0 'O mercial bills is :still unusually and injuriously hie, your petitioners feel bound to state that in the eve su ed any new cause of alarm arising, there is e very gr ,v o te, for believing, while the law remains in its presente;orin that a pressure equally er a s till more severe WY r ri tbe with consequences not ly foreseen, and wb. e t hei f House of Parliament may not be sitting to mitigstv ; the ° f l " Your petitioners, with all humility, subm. t 0 0 0 , going considerations, affecting as they do, in a p i „ p oer sense, very large and extended interests, to your Bono sense, t° able House; and they pray se it " That your Honourable House will be ple ase . 000 0 consider the expediency of so amending the in tl 3 t , Charter Act that a relaxing power may be that 130, hands of the executive Government, and that ttr_itbotli may be permitted to issue notes on silver bullion t restriction. 11 e" " And your petitioners, as in duty bound, W 1 ell X - ./ . •••••..............-- . THE POPE AND Mg. O'CONNELL.----"7 th e ' h publishes the following letter from Rome °I " to the inst.:—" Pope Pius IX. gave to-day an andiencecej i',o son of the Liberator of Ireland, and p ronea ° life, eulogy on Daniel O'Connell in terms which 106,,0001' excited the gratitude and admiration of the i o° . Member for Dundalk. I have been told that at the fe e ; ment when the vie itor was rising, after kissin `11310',„ of the Holy Father, the Pope said to him, ' SitSracifi" been denied the happiness, so long desired, of e,'" e c oP s f; the hero of Christendom, let me have at least tli. „00 , tl,' lation of embraci.lo . the son,' and, at the same t c l ; o s l ,'; Holy Father pres se'd him twice to his heart. -` ° fe e wished it to be known that it was by his Ores- e' tiler It that a solemn service will be celebrated, and that , e ti. be gyric of the illustrious deceased wil l be prow al) ' is on the 25th inst. that these fun eral homagl nil, rendered to the memory o f the Liberator of IreAo; THE COLLIER3r ACCIDENT AT FELLING. „ r ed i i HEAD, THURSDAY.. —The explosion which occ" o 0 0- Felling Colliery his caused the death of four 1 3 i,„ vi er' o h e" two two boys, eighteen horses and two ponies. r., ~g 1 1 , 0 fourteen men end b oys in the pit at the time 0 "'„onl e ry vo r hfP dent, eight of who . m were got out alive. ,- 4 v t '' o r also escaped. The immediate cause of the aceid e o f ic ,B not yet been discove red. A coroner's in ° f ide ) 1. :4 as the bodies was op ened this afternoon, when e v e' of their identity was received, and the iii t l t/1 adjourned till Wednesday in next week , . i i. ~~ ` ~. ~:w": A ~t. ~' , , . a ' , I 1 I . ' g'ut aoi in 1 wei Th me sta pal air Al bit ba thi tei Pi