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BY the Rey- R COBBOLD, M.A. 1 vol., with Illustrations, lOs. 6d. Henry C°lblrn Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all HER MAJESTY'SThEA/CRE. TO-MORROW EYErNING, Tuesday, July 20, will be pirfermed Meyerbeer's eelobrated opera ROBBitTO IL DIAVOLO. Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Isabella, Made. Castellan ; Robert/o, Signor Frasehint ; Rambaldo, Signor Gardoni ; Sacerdote, Signor Bouche ; cad Bertram, gignor Stand's'. In t h e s e ,,,,e4ki Act an incidental Divertissement, in which Mille. Ckaroligaa RosatT will appear. To conclude with (for the last time) the celebrated PAS DE QUATRE, by M. Perrot, by Mulles. Taglioni, Cerito, Rosati, and Carlotta Grist (her last appearance). - 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 for boxes, pit itthe, and tickets, to be mV_o at the Boa-office, at the theatre. On THURSDAY NEXT (it being included in the subscription) will be produced (by special desire) an entirely new opera, composed ex piesaly tar this thiistre, by Sig. Verdi, entitled I MASNADIERE. The Iltreito founded on the drama of " The Robbers," bySchll- Der, with new scenery, dresses, and decorations. Amalie, Mdlle. Jemly Lind ; Carlo, Sig. Gardoni ; Francesco. Sig. Coletti ; Moge!, Sig. Bouche ; Arminio, Sig. Corelli ; Rola, Sig. Dai Flerl; Massliailiano, Sig. Lablache. To conclude with various Entertainments in the BALLET DE PARTMENTS, particulars of whieh will be duly announced. THEATRE ROYAt, HAYMARKET. ender the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of THE CLANDESTINE 3IAII WAGE. Lord Ogleby, Mr. W. Farren; Lovewell, Mr. Holl ; Ster ling. Mr. Tilbury t Britt). Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Heidelberg, Mrs. Cilover ; Fanny Sterling, Misi.J. Bennett ; Betty, Mrs. liumtry. To be followed by the nel‘Womicilrama, called THE JACOBITE. tar Richard Wroughton, Mr. Stuart ; John Duck, Mr. Buckstone ; Lady Someriord, Miss Fortescue. To conclude witAt the Comic Drama, called A CABINET QUES TION. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste THIS EVENING Will ba produced a new and original comedy in three acts, called THE TITLE DEEDS. Principal characte* by Messrs. Lambert, Wright, Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, Bowe, Munyard, C. J. Smith, Worrell ; Mrs. Yates, Miss Wooigar, Miss E. Harding, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, Sec. To be followed by THE WRECt ASHORE. Miles Bertram, Mr. Boyce ; Grampus, Mr. 0. Smith ; Marmaduke Magog, Mr, Wright ; Alice, Mrs. Yates ; Bella, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with a new and original burletta, in one act, by Charles gelbY, Esq., called OUT ON THE SI ; or, A Fete at Rosherville. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. (Supazner Season—Lyceum Company.) THIS ,EVENTNG Win be presented a comic drama, in two acts, entitled MAR GUERITE'S COLOURS. Principal characters by Messrs. Emery, Wigan, Vining, and Johnston; Mesdames Dickenson, Villars, Arden, and Griffiths. After Whieh, a new drama, cal'ed THE NINTH HOUR. Louis Baguette, Mr. Emery ; Charlotte Menard, Miss Daly. Ile be followed by a new EaVet Dlvertism: nt, produced under the dierction of Mr. F•exmore, called THE ROCK OF BEAUTY, in which the Spath Dancers will appear. Twponclude With anew and original drama, in two acts, entitled FLgUR DE Ln ; or, Lover Triumph. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING. After which, 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. After which the new farce, entitled A SOVEREIGN REMEDY. Captain Penctrxon, Mr. Ryder ; Mr. Bottleby, Mr Granby ; Quackit, Mr. C. Mathews; Alfred, Mr. J. Webster; Mrs. Bot:leby, Mrs. Fosbroke ; Mark, Miss Marshall. To concludo with a comic drama, entitled "LADIES BEWARE !" Colonel Vavasour, Mr. Granby; Str Charles Vavasour, Mr. James Vinhig ; Matilda, Miss Cooper. To oneludeaarith Sheridan's drama of CRITIC. Sir Fretful Plagiary and Puff, M,Ta. Mathews. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING. Rtll be presented LE ROMAN D'UNE HELTRE ; on, La Folle Gageure. Valcour, M. Rhozevil ; Lucile, Mdlle. Vallee ; Lisette, Mdlle. Derouet. After which Racine's celebrated tragedy of PHEDRE. Phedre, Mdlle. Rachel; °moue, Mdlle. Rabut; Hippolite, M. Raphael Felix. To conclude with LA SUITE D'UN 13 AL MASQUE. Versac, M. Rhogevil ; St. Albe, M. Darns; Madame de Mareuil, Mdlle. VaPee T i Madre de Belmont, Mdlle. Rabut. ASTLEY'S ROYAL A3IPRITHEATRE, Proprietor and Managel. Mr. William Batty. THIS EVENING Two gorgeous Spectacles in one night. That time this season, 31AZEPPA; or, The Id Horse. WWI all its original effects. Last week of the highly-successful Peruvian drama, entitled THE STORMING OF QUITO; or, the Warrior of the Sun. Rolla, Ur. W. West. ___ . ... ...,.... Entirely new Scenes in the Arena, by the talented Artistes of the Establishment, in the -carious modes of equestration. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. THIS EVENING Will by presented Shakspere's tragedy of JULIUS CAT.9IAIit. Brutus, Mr. (}.Bennett ; Cassius, Mr. Lyon; Mare Antony, Mr. H. Marston. After which the popular farce of THE HYPOCHONDRIAC. To conclude wick the admired drama of THE SOLITARY OF THE HEATH. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE THIS EVENING be presented THE BLACK DOCTOR; or, The Fated Lovers of Bourbon. Fabian, Mr. Edwards ; St. Luce, Mr. Bird ; Briquet, Mr. Gardner; Andre, Mr. Searle; Pauline de la Reynesie, Miss Tincent ; Marchioness, Mrs. G. Lee. After which THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. Osbaldiston ; Xis —Haller, Miss Vincent. To conclude with a romantic drama, entitled CLINRONALD ; or,The Usurper of Glencairn. Boxes, Is.; Half Prim, 61. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Lass Five Nights of M. Jullien. First week of the Lenny Lind Qindrilles—Second week of the Harmonic Rock Band. THIS DIY, July 19, M. Jullien's Benefit. The Entertainments repeated Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Daylight View of Gibraltar—Splendid Menagerie—Promenade Concert by Jullien's band of One Hubdred performers, including Mtasts. Barret, Bauman, Prosper e, Collinet, Richardson, Lazarus, Creal, ICcenig, &c., two of whom will perform a solo each evening ; Condpoder, M. Jullien ; Leader, Mr. Godfrey. The celebrated Rock Barmontcon Band will also perform at intervals, concluding with the Siege of Gibraltar. Feeding the Animals at Five; Jullien's Concert, Quarter-past Six ; Fireworks, Quarter-Past Nine.—No extra charge. Ad.nissign to the whole, One Shilling. On WBDNESDAT x t the Royal South London Floricultural Society veil hold their Gsiand Summer Flower Show here. Upwards of Flity*Prized will be awarded for Fruit and Flowers. THE WEATHER.... OFFICE', JULY 18. TranntomETEat, Lowest, SlTTHighest, 69 ; Noon, 68 BAROME.TER, 30.12.—WaND N.E. ; cloudy. JULY 19. T JERMOMETEB, Lowest, 52; Highest. 69 ; Noon, 65. BAROMETER, 30.04.—W1ND E.N.E. ; cloudy. 91Gu WATER AT LON'I:OS-13UI4 ) GE DAY. Moniing.. 0 minntsiofter 6. I Evening .. 20 minutes , ifte , 6. - ... '' 54 6 , V •;-"1. ;2 . 1 V ';,,, _., - -•', •C-'l' - - -- ' V7JII - r st ~ , ..,,,,, _ . A .", -, _, • ~. ~.: , T . ' . - ! - - --7 .: ; - c.. , •et,„ _ • ~ ~ 44. r *„.,.__ WM& LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 19, 1847. air ROBMIRT PEEL has constituted himself a great Leader of the English People by proving himself a Patriotic Statesman. His retirement from the first office in the government of these realms can never be forgotten: it was invested with the dignity of an historic event by the enthusiasm of the whole nat i on for V a falling but triumphant I iniater. Since that Memorable occasion the late Premier has lived in comparative retire inent ; comparative, we say, merely in reference to the prominent position occupied by him in the House of the representative Legislature d u ri n g the five sears precedtbg. Sir ROBERT has at length emerged from this partial privacy by his constituency at Tamworth. That an Address to to th atAddress, how •ver, belongs not exclu s i ve l y i e lhi e e le k c i t n o g r d s om of , Tamworth ; it is the property of the w it is for the perusal of every enfranchised citizen in the empire. Same declaration of opinion, some definite an nouncement of principle, some explanatory allusions to the past, some assurances and auguries as to the Future, were expected from Sir ROBERT PEEL imme diately upon the dissolution of the Long Parli ament, during the existe nce of which he had loft the obedience of a Great Party, and gained the gratitude and affections of a Great People. Sir ROBERT PEEL ha fulfilled all these expectations by his comprehen sive letter to his constituents. Formerly the electioneering manifestoes of the Might Hon. Baronet the representative of Tamworth ere libtte better than political puzzles. T he Ad dress bef ore us —every word and numeral of which :Vre have 5 t"dief , l with the attention dernani!ed by a Zocument of suc h significanc e and importance -15 etn:inuttly bhe reverse of its predecessors. It i 3 imaginable; yenned in the homeli est style . but that w ry characteristic of homelinessb both in manner and g uig uage, imparts a n extraordinary forcefulness to the composition. Nothing cou ld bemore straight- Sorward, more manly, more independent,mi v o e r n e candid, more conclusive tha n th e explanation g by the ex:-Prime Minister of his co n d uct throughout ti le period of his Administration. Nothing could be wore singularly indicative of the soundness of his position before the country than the solicitation of the suffrages of the Tamworth electors by which that explanation is accompanied—a solicitation so graceful in utterance, and yet so uncompromising in dignity. The Address, indeed, will be doubly wel come to the community at large ; it will be welcome as an explicit retrospect of a policy which has been productive of incalculable benefits to the million ; and, above all, it will be welcome as a token that the inaugurator of that policy is staunch in his adherence to the cause of progression and improvement. Sir R. PEEL is fully committed to the popular move ment. Liberalism is his political creed. The greatest good to the greatest number is the end of all his as pirations as a politician; and—seeing that his obser vations upon the Maynooth grant, upon the penal enactments, and upon the extension to all religious classes of the blessings of national education, imply the most catholic tolerance—we are justified in regarding as his favourite motto, " Civil and Relizious Li berty." The retrospect taken by Sir ROBERT PEEL is, as we have already intimated, most satisfactory ; but how could it be otherwise ? The Right Hon. Baronet can only look back with exultation upon the closing achievements and predominant ten dency of his Administration. Referring to the state of our foreign relations at that period, he can only remember the honourable compromise effected with regard to Oregon, whereby continued jealousies and probable warfare, between Great Britain and the United States, were prevented; he can only remember the triumphal progress of our arms in the defence and development of our Oriental possessions ; he can only remember the prolonged and continuous peace preserved between ourselves and the other kingdoms of Christendom. Referring to the measures adopted by himself and his colleagues for the development and preservation of the Established Church, he recalls to mind the fact of their having afforded facilities for religious instruction to no less than 764,000 souls hitherto excluded from that instruction by the paucity of the churches when compared with the general population. And, referring to the financial and com mercial innovations effected under his especial guidance, he enumerates a series of such marvellous and beneficent changes (faits accompli), as it has never before fallen to the lot of any statesman to catalogue. A profound interest is attached to this portion of Sir R. PEEL'S manifesto. The details, it is true, are no more than a recapitulation of the speeches deli vered in the House of Commons by the Right Hon. Baronet on proposing the total, but gradual, abolition of the laws obstructing the importation of foreign grain—the recapitulation, however, is more concise, and, if possible, more convincing and unanswerable than the orations it echoes. Again, does the ex- Premier aver that his conversion from the doctrines of Protection to those of Free-trade was not as abrupt as his present antagonists asseverate. He proves that in his instance there was no sudden " jumping to con clusions ;" that, on the contrary, his financial policy tended, from 1842 inclusively, to the ultimate reali sation of freedom to commerce. Nevertheless, he is not ashamed to acknowledge, as he nobly acknow ledged on retiring from authority, that his confidence in the so-called protective system was materially weakened " by the conflict of argument on the prin ciple of a restrictive policy," meaning thereby the peaceful agitation of the Anti-Corn-law League, and the logical eloquence of its illustrious chieftain, Mr. COBDEN. To the awful deficiency of provisions, moreover, caused by the mysterious destruction of the potato crops in 1845, he attributes in a particular manner his final determination to demand the abro gation of the corn-laws. Famine was indeed to him what the Sibyl was to the Prince of Viamn—atonce a warning and a guide. Famine warned him from an obstinate persistence in the obsolete blunder of pro tection, while it led him on to the golden glories of free trade ; it pointed not from the luco to the antro, not from the grove to the cavern, but from the dark ness and confinement of old laws to the light and liberty of new ones. " Procul 0, procul este, profani, Conclamat vates, totoque absistite luco. Tuque invade viam, vaginaque eripe ferrum; Nunc animis opus, AlE:ea, nunc pectore firmo. Tantiim effata, furens antro se immisit aperto: Ille ducem baud timidis vadentem passibus asquat." Famine threatened; experience conquered a moiety of prejudices ; reason and argument overcame the remainder. Sir ROBERT proclaimed to his colleagues the necessity of opening the ports and of blotting the restrictive laws upon corn from the statute-book : the Conservative party was thereby deprived of its creator, and he himself was expelled from:office, though he was accompanied in his retirement by the accla mations of his fellow-countrymen. History will tell that those acclamations were well deserved, that they were deserved because of the in troduction of a financial and commercial policy which has in truth tended "to fortify the established in stitutions of this country, to inspire confidence in the equity and benevolence of the Legislature, to main tain the just authority of an hereditary nobility," and —what is more practically beneficial than all—" to better the condition of those who labour for their subsistence." By the establishment of an income tax and the removal of imposts from articles of consumption, whether as food or as the materials of manufacture, Sir ROBERT PEEL relieved the poorer classes from the burden of contributing in undue pro portions to the national revenue, and removed the re sponsibility of the maintenance of the credit of our exchequer to those more opulent classes among which he himself is notoriously numbered. This considera tion it is which justifies the Right Honourable Baronet in saying so emphatically, in allu sion to his determination, in the November of 1845, to abolish the restrictions against the introduction of grain from foreign countries—" 1 am wholly un- COnSCiOIIB of any single motive of self-interest, personal or political, which was not calculated to bias my judg 'neat in favour of an opposite conclusion." Knowing the accuracy of this assurance, the population of Great Britain cannot but recognise in the consequent retire ment of Sir RonEaT PEEL from authority the sacri fice of Place to Patriotism. What will the electors of Tamworth do ? What will be the influence of this Address over the scattered divisions of the Conservative party ? The answer must be obvious to themselves. Sir ROBERT shows that he is neither a wavering supporter of Expediency, nor a sycophantic aspirant for the votes of any single constituency in the empire. On the contrary, he evidences that he is an honest convert and a manly candidate. If, therefore, the enfran chised inhabitants of Tamworth are conscientiously opposed to the course a d ven t ure d upon by their distinguished representative, they have had pointed out to them by that very representative himself the only path which now remains open to their inde pendence. Whatever may be the decision of his constituents, however, Sir ROBERT PEEL will retain the affection and admiration of the people, because in becoming a Reformer of singular audacity, he has become also a National Benefactor. In the observations which we offered on Friday , respecting the clau se p ro p osed b y Mr. G. ALEXANDER, HAMILTON to be inserted in the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill, we stated that none of the parties seemed aware of the fact that an Act had been passed in the year 1841, by which members of the Irish bar were qualified to be appointed to any of the offices abolished by the Bill, and generally to any judicial office, unless specially excluded. On inquiry we ha ve l earne d that Mr. IlimiLioN men tioned the existence of this provision, although n the from the House at the confusion whichtimeit unfortunately prevailed from the line of argument nd adopted by not our unintentional appear t oeuerrerrs.tood; b n y o ittsreoppoprotneedn, opponents s n i d t person cor rectdid d We should a hasten nsorry to o render injustice to any it the more in the present ' ' and we should regret wholly opposed to Mr. HAMlLiTnostance, as, although he was at the time endeavouringN i n t political feeling, justice for a highly respectable body ob f tai . n an act of his country men, and to promote an object whic y h we of would be highly beneficial to the are satisfied people of the United Kingdom generally. It was considered desirable to obtain a legis lative declarati on of the ri g hts of the Ir ish bar, although no new enactment mi g ht be re quired to confer that right, and it was with that view that Lord CAMPBELL introduced the clause to which we have already alluded, although Lord LYINDMURST, on its introduction, stated that he conceived it to be unnecessary, for he never under stood when the term " barrister" or "barrister-at law" was used in any Act, that it did not include Irish as well as English barristers—indeed, the Le gislature must mean by the term persons who are competent to practise before its own tribunal, in any of its branches, in that capacity ; and it is now uni versally acknowledged that an Irish barrister is qua lified to appear at the bar of either House. But it is important, not only that the privilege should exist, but that it should be acted on and carried into prac tical effect--not merely that parties should be eligible to office, but that there should be a reciprocal opening of the Courts in each country. There can be no sufficient reason urged against the admission of the Irish bar to a full participation in all the rights and privileges conceded to their brethren and vice versa. The privileges of the bar are admittedly not for their own benefit, but for that of the suitors in the several courts, of the clients who may have occasion to avail themselves of their ser vices. The great ob,'ect to be achieved in either country is clearly to obtain persons of competent ability and learning, and of unblemished reputation. The Irish bar will not be found wanting in any of these respects. Sir EDWARD SUGDEN, a witness whose authority as to legal endowments will scarcely be impeached in this country, has borne the strongest testimony to the merits cf the Irish bar, and stated that in the depth of their research, the extent of their attainments, and in the skill, talent, and integrity with which they applied their knowledge, they were second to none. A student in Ireland is subjected to as many tests, before he is admitted to practice, as in this country ; nay, more, he is compelled to become a member of one of the Inns of Court in London, and thus, in addition to the legal education afforded in Ireland, to go through everything that is required as a qualification for the English bar. Why, then, should a system be kept up that perpetuates differences between the nations that it is in every respect de sirable to have abolished? It is not for the benefit of the suitors. If the Irish bar are so far beneath the English, as alleged by some, they will speedily find their proper level, and the English practitioners will have little reason to shrink from the competition ; nay, they would be the great gainers by the change, for an extensive field would be opened to them, in which they would speedily attain the pre-eminence due to their superior acquirements. The opinions of Lord CAMPBELL on this subject are well known. That distinguished lawyer has long expressed the greatest anxiety for the abolition of every distinction. In his evidence before the Com mittee on Legal Education he says, in answer to question 3,869, "My own opinion is, that there ought to be one bar for England and Ireland, and that a barrister who practises in England should be entitled to practice at the Irish bar also." And to the question (3,874), "Do you think it would be advisable also that English judges should go the Irish circuits, and Irish judges the English ?" he says, " I feel that so strongly, that I have several times pro posed in the House of Lords that the system should be adopted." Lord WELLESLEY was of opinion that it would tend very much to benefit the United Kingdom if there were one bar for England and Ireland ; and that there should be an in terchange—" that English barristers should be appointed as Irish judges and Irish should be appointed as English judges." And, again when asked, " whether there was not a considerable difference in the law, and the practice of the law in the two countries, and whether that would not inter fere with the interchange," replied, " I do not at all agree in that, the difference between them is quite trifling. The common law of England and Ireland is the same, and there is no material difference in the practice." To this convincing testimony, which must be conclusive to every unprejudiced mind, we may add that of Lord BROUGHAM, who states that "he can see no objection to allow English and Irish bar risters to practise reciprocally in each country," and that it might tend very much to correct the Irish practises. His Lordship adds, "lam a great friend to sending over from time to time an English Judge to preside on the Irish bench, and I should see no objection whatever to bring over an Irish Judge occasionally to this country. I see no objection whatever to that interchange." Having thus stated the opinion of the two greatest legal reformers of modern days, we shall quote those of a sound practical man of lynsineez, a gentleman to whom we have already alluded in favourable terms, and whose character and reputation is well known in both countries. Mr. PEIRCE 111411oNx says—" I hope I shall live to see the time when English barristers will be made Irish Judges, and Irish barristers English Judges; the more the distinctions of country are broken, the better for the United Kingdom." It is unnecessary to multiply proofs of the pro priety and expediency of the change. In fact, there is nothing that can be urged in opposition, except the advantage of preserving a monopoly to a certain class— a sort of protection to native English industry, which will not, we are sure, be resorted to by any of the high-minded or able men that adorn the English bar. We are sure that they would not interpose such an objection to the adoption which would be for the g m e o n r e e r al deeply e i fi n t ben, v o e l v v e e d n t i h f a t n h e c ioruplderps possibly s n s cil i nterests e w c aesree. The Madrid mail of the 12th had not reached Paris when the post left on Saturday. We have received the Paris papers of Friday and Saturday. On Saturday the Court of Peers pronounced judgment in the case of General CUBIERES and his co accused. They are all found guilty of corruption. TESTE is sentenced to three years' imprisonment, to deprivation of civil rights, and to pay a fine of 94,0001., besides refunding the 95,000 f. he had re ceived as a bribe, and which sum is confiscated for the benefit of the hospitals. CUBIERES is deprived of his civil rights and condemned to pay a fine of 10,000 f.; and PARMENTIER has had passed on him a similar sentence, with the addition of being mulcted in all the costs of the trial. M. PELLAPRA was expected to arrive in Paris on Sunday in order to surrender and take his trial. The Reform Banquet at the Chateau Rouge still continues to be the great subject of comment in all the Paris papers. Had the Minister who inspires the Journal des Debuts been wise he would have adhered to his first resolution, and have made no allusion whatever to the matter. In the exuberance of his dynastic loyalty, however, he could not resist com menting on the omission to drink the health of Louis PHILIPPE, and stigmatising that meeting, in consequence, as one compromising public order. This attack has brought forth the following crushing reply from the National:— " All is lost. Public order is compromised. Anarchy is raising its hideous head. We are rolling from abyss to abyss to the follies of communism. The question be fore us relates to the ruin of society! It is the Journal des Debats which this morning utters this cry of alarm —not apropos of ,complaint—not with respect to the scandalous trial—not with regard to the ignoble pro ceedings of the Government. No; those are great, pure, and glorious! But the Reformist banquet of the Chateau- Rouge, that is the destruction society! That is the n m stinhs m ete: e i lar n Lg e ec e oao m nit l e ema n a t gabu o i efensvt4hiluhei banquet at v b eao y t sdbswi been ei henincAhgluNuatri the Duvergier l rteyeifn andgth,King's heienga d th. la e l ttmhy y. u wfi a avo se - f c r ua, a o f not proposed! Can you figure to yourself a similar horror? The King, the living and incarnate law! At that impious meeting it was preferred to toast the sovereignty~sishaets abomination! tho the reform r the e f oc p m e p oh l te e . a guestsanl legislation i t s h l a e dt r or e ne v d o w l tuhotiicoh.n utterhpuoafsa j g r a d: 1 . iv e l n t t ! Wh us 225 satisfied Deputies, comprising m What oblivion of every morality! Th ey went fugrthieer. —they spoke of the rights of those excluded from political power, of the sufferings and the merits of all those citizens whose political laws pay labour by ingra titude. They appealed to the justice and the solicitude of public opinion against those odious iniquities of social organization in opposition to the most numerous and ill treated classes. In that assembly of privileges, in the name of the census, all sentiments were in accord to proclaim the necessity for modifying the political instru mentwaenred n in e c t r s e u a ffi se c s ie a n ll t meeting, those present disorders. characterise h a which r:e A r s n e s d u , p t a p h s o a i r t f t se' infernal f il t e h r Es a e a l g f a a t e e t s carried their audacity so far as to propose a toast to the press!—and they did not drink to the King! Our feel ings become excited when we think of that ignominy! How could M. Duvergier dine without drinking the King's health ? Are not Deputies bound under the penalty of outlawry to commence by a monarchical benedicite? As soon as they happen to meet, in an official assembly or not, they are obliged to renew their oath of fidelity and homage to his Majesty, even should they expose that Majesty to receive the w orst compliment ! The elect of the legal na associate are, t consequently, s regarded elect ()f t 13 e a as electors flock etor s of f f func tionaries! Th ey are cowards or poltroons because t h ey who, leavin g Paris, , wish to occupy themselves solely with the institutions of the country! Truly we were aware that the pride of upstarts was great, but we did not imagine that it reached so high ! It ie a principle say they. A prineiple! But we reply, with the charter in our hand, that the sole principle of government is the sovereignty of the people. The national will is at once the origin and the term of all governments. It alone creates them, according to its necessities, as it pleases; and anybody must have a short memory to have for gotten already how that sovereign will destroys forms which are contrary to its expansion, and casts into soli tude those ancient royal races when they pretend to oppose their worn-out privileges to the eternal right of the people. That Charles X. succeeding to his brother Louis XVIII., who maintained that he had reigned 20 years when a foreign steam-boat cast him on our coast in the year 1814—that those persons should have assumed to be principles might have passed without ridicule. And, nevertheless, when a meeting was held at the Vendanges de Bourgogne without drinking the, King's health, no body then thought of groaning and lamenting the con duct of Deputies who had at that period a dynastic surface. And you wish and require that Deputies should at present drink the King's health! Not only Deputies, but the electors of Paris—but the press of Paris, and that in the month of July, when the burning sun heats the pavement, when from the heights wnich command the capital we perceive the Louvre, where the people were victorious, and the Tuileries, where they levelled a throne, and the dust of the Carrousel, where the pe destrians trampled under their feet the flours delis broken to pieces! But your adoration becomes ridicu lous by force of impertinence. You now style the King the living, incarnate law! Good people, you mistake yourselves for Louis XIV. In what article of the charter have you found that the King was the law? The law rules the King as well as the humblest of citizens. He contributes one-third to it—he executes it —he is bound to obey it —or, rather, as he acts not without his Ministers, in constitutional language we must thus explain your splendid phrase:—The living and incarnate law is M. Jayr, M. Dumon, M. Cunin, Gridaine, father, at Sedan! A fine incar nation, well worthy of adoration ! In truth, one is sur prised to find to what a point the spirit of the Court, the miserable spirit of subserviency, is perpetuated in this country, notwithstanding the terrible lessons of history. It might be said that the residence of the Monarch was closed against the external air—that the movement of generations, and the permanent progress of ideas had not been felt there. It appears to it that an intelligent, active, powerful, and energetic nation like ours should halt because a system has described its parabole—that the immovability of the upper part ought to paralyse the entire social boey—that all France should be con demned to drag its limbs like a decrepit old man, because it pleases all those who lead it to be from 70 to 81 years of age ! Those are the men of the Left and the Left Centre, to whom they do the honour to attribute some good sense. They perceive that the pre sent policy degrades and corrupts all parties. They contend at the Chamber—their efforts are destroyed by a majority of satisfied members. They propose an electoral and Parliamentary reform—they are ride culed, and tuld that the country is laughing at them. They then address themselves to the electors—she latter reply and appeal to men of every party attached to the revolution of July who desire a modi fication of the existing system. A common feeling unites different sections of the same party. Each brings his followers and maintains his flag. A cry of anathema is immediately raised because the national sovereignty and the Revolution of July have been invoked in place of the King! The Marseillaise was chaunted with en thusiasm, but Vice Henry IV. was neither played nor sung, and Deputies were present! What a scandal ! And it is expected that this extraordinary manifestation, of which the echo has been heard in London and in Germany, shall be imitated in France! What an im prudent expectation! Ah! we are well aware of what grieves you. It is because no disturbances interfered to derange this sincere and powerful expression of the Parisian electors. It is because in that assembly of 1,200 persons the heat and excitement diminished in no respect the dignified demeanour of the guests. Itis because that amongst the 5,000 or 6,000 persons who responded outside to the applause of the company, and to the music of the Marseillaise, your police found no opportunity to interfere to repress the slightest confusion. This consciousness of right, which is gra dually penetrating everywhere, and which fortifies those amongst whom it penetrates, afflicts you because it me naces your existence, and it becomes the more alarming to you as it is consolitary to society in general. You invite by your provocation agitation and riot. You would have cried less loudly if an opportunity had been afforded you to disperse the meeting as illegal. You would not perhaps regret, crouched as you are in your filthy den, that some violence should have assisted you in creating alarm. Do not place any reliance on vio lence—that must come from you. We have waited pa tiently for your system to produce its fruit. The coun try has seen and has tasted the poison. You are edu cating the naticn. You are enlightening the most blind by the light of your policy. Parties have learned that bad Governments are not destroyed by their efforts. Bad Governments commit suicide, and you will not fail to succeed in consequence of the care with which you charge your weapons. Our part will henceforth be go verned by yours. You may act, we shall wait." The Ministers, if they are wise, will henceforth taboo this subject of the banquet of the Chateau Rouge. The dynasty has nothing to gain by reviving recollections of 1830. Some short time since the Semaine hinted at some mnfeie prees;sese ;Ts she granting of a mining conees. sion to the Talabot Company in Algeria.. The National, of Friday, takes up the subject, and is more explicit in its accusations of unfair play. It says that on November 9, 1845, four-and-twenty hours before Marshal SOIWT gave up his place as Minister of War, four royal ordonnances were issued conceding for 99 years certain mines at Belchita, in Algeria, to the Marquis DE Bessarro, M. TALABOT, and others. Since then the Marquis DE BASSANO, the story goes, received a formal promise from Gen. ST. YON to be accorded a concession of the copper mines of Ain-Barber, but in spite of that engage ment the concession has been since granted by Gen. TREzEL,I,the present Minister of War, to:M. TAT.T.Bor. The National demands, if it be true or not, that on May 3, the representative of the Bassano Company sent in a very energetic protest against the formal and obligatory violation of the promise of his prede cessor. It adds— " Is it true, that the letter from the Bassano Com. pany contained very grave accusations against the em ployis of the public works in Algeria, of which proof was offered to be given ? " Is it true, that the matter in disput e was re f erre d t o the Council of State, which declared itself incom• petent, in consequence of the nature of the facts alleged? " Is it true, that M. Talabot summoned a number of persons to join him in makin g up a company ; and that t b o ef a e any Lj—unio, o ne of the number, it was state d t h at , n could be effected i t wou ld b e necessary o r A first of all to set aside 4,000 shares, representing a capital of 2,000,000 francs, to provide for contingencies (besoins accidentels) ? " Is it true, that these "were desig na t e d b y t h e cabalis tical name of ;,..1 shares The Courrier Francais of Saturday publishes the whole of the deed of the society for the working of the mines, with a capital of ten millions of francs, and by which it appears that a fusion of concessionnaires was established in order to render competition im possible. The first paragraph of the deed commences with the usual words, Entre,les soussigne,s, and a blank for their names, the reason of which the Courrier says it will give hereafter. At the end of this deed the Courrier says : " Suppose a simple and honest man to have discovered a mine in Algeria. He has devoted his time and his money to trials and researches. He demands a conces sion for his discoveries, and immediately the society of monopolists launches against him one of its members as a competitor. This person is naturally supported, pro tected, and represented near the Government by its managing director, L. Talabot. M. Talabot is the son in-law of M. Cunin-Gridaine, and Marshal Soult is his partner. The competitor of the com p an y carries th e day, and the concession falls to the lot of the com p an y . How can the unfortunate industrial hope to succeed against the influence which i s at the command of hi s competitors? It is the same for a grant of land. The Society Talabot puts forward a competitor and obtains it. Is not this an organized mono p oly? This is the reason why the Compagnie Bassano, after having re ceived a positive promise that the concession of the cop per mines of Ain-Barbar should be made to them, saw the Minister of War at the moment of the change of the last Ministry hasten to give to M. Talabot a permission to work those mines. This is the reason why, on the 3d of May last, the represen thta tive of the Compagnie Bassano a ddressed to e present Minister of War lively remonstrances against the violation of a formal and binding engage ment given by his predecessor. This is why the letter of the Compagnie Bassano contained grave accusations against employes in the public works of Aler ia, and offered to bring forward proofs in support of the accusa tions. We could cite the names of several other victims. How many persons applying for concess:ons have been repulsed by the permanent coalition of the SociCA6 Tala bot! This society is an army of c om p etitors, and it is always victorious. Why ? We say present company, again we will become more explicit if no answer be given to us. We will ex amine to-morrow this mysterious clause of the company's deed of settlement.—` Other shares have this day been subscribed for by Messrs. Jules and Leon Talabot, who may transfer them to different friends wishing to join this their labours and endeavou'rs.' Who are these friends to whom Messrs. Talabot may transfer these other shares? bringina• into it the concurrence of What are their names? What is the number of shares? e Messrs. part,) cannot d e fail m a n d t o i t g Why this r eserve, w h en i n t h e deed all the other share holders, w h atever they may have brought into the com leliree, t h our P:tny, are named an d d escr ib e d, and the num ber of their shareshas insert e d? Thi s i s a po i n t upon which the public Talabot formally a right to d eman d a categor ical and full explanation. sure that they will not refuse it from t he moment when we say that this stip u l at i on resembles very much the clause which w as t h e l ea di n g point in the affair of Gouhenans." j o y f e them. it th e m l s ir e e lve are s. quite In commenting on these constant exposures of the system, the Union Monarchique says— " Ministerial corruption is a s y s tem applied to all Parts of the State. Administrative justice is everywhere rendered subordinate to electoral and Parliamentary cal culations. Ministers not supporting themselves on a basis of eniblic equity, or right, or virtue, seek strength in the an ardent cupidity. In all the regions of power they surround and envelop themselves with creatures prompt to serve them. It is not merit which gives title to favour—it is slavishness. The Ministers have re-established serfdom in France, an odious bondage, in which a man gives himself in ex change for a possession which ought to be the price of honour and liberty 1 We are obliged to confine ourselves to general terms, for what crowns this orga nisztion of servitude is, that independence is a crime. But who, henceforth, can hide from himself the fact of trafficings which dishonour the country ? Who can deceive himself as to the cause of so many for tunes, so many elevations, so many prodigalities of power ? Does favour go to virtue ? Opulence VI modesty ? Power to merit? Who is not alarmed at the monstrous caprices which displace poverty and wealth, or which sacrifice ,honesty and services? On all this spec tacle no mistake can be committed by the conscience to France. And if it be thus, if such be the conviction of the country, how can we be astonished that when Minis ters buy the consciences of men, men in their turn have the idea of purchasing the consciences of Ministers? Is that not a natural exchange of corruption and venality? And why should it be more criminal to tempt the cupidity of a Minister than that of an elector? Before human morality where is the difference? This simple question is very grave, and we ask it of honest people. Ho nest people, take care! To prosecute and strike cor ruption in an isolated act is not to crush corruption, is not to save France. France perishes because the prin ciple of corruption is at the bottom of politics; and as long as that principle lives, it necessarily produces its conse quences. Ministers have need of this principle ; they have often said that themselves, under the ambiguity of their apologies. What is corruption they call influence, action, exercise of the right of the State. That is, be cause their policy, having no strength in justice, they cannot allow liberty to conscience! They mutt make an invasion in the private domain of man; that is all their moral power. And then you have heard their irony ; after having done violence to the freo will of the citizens, they cried, 'Do you feel yourselves corrupted?' All no! the corrupted do not feel themselves corrupt, precisely because they aro so. It is the virtuous who feel that corruptors are the enemies, the plagues of the liberty and dignity of the people ! Honest people, quit your security! France is perishing by Ministerial corruption. Take care that impassibility does not resemble a sort of complicity in this systematic conspiracy of depravation. Call to yourselves, for it is time, all men who have at heart the grandeur of the country. Protest petition! speak! write! Let there be a league against the Minis terial system, which carries in itself the germ of public degradation. The drama of the Luxembourg will not be lost, if it be an occasion for honest people of all parties to forget their quarrels in order to attempt to save France." It is too late now to call for a league against a system which carries in itself the germ of public de gradation. Such a league should have been formed before Paris was fortified. That which has been ac quired by fraud, whether in France or Spain, will be maintained by force ; witness the complaints of the Ministerial and Palace journals of the attempts of the Opposition to prolong the session, witness the fierce denunciations of all those who took part in the Reform banquet at the Chateau Rouge, witness the camps of 25,000 men each at Compeigne and Lune \rifle, witness the army of 40,000 men to be assembled at the foot of the Pyrenees, witness the constant com munications between the officials of the Palace and BUGEAUD and NAaVAEZ. The 15th being the file of St. HENRY, was cele brated with great éclat by the Legitimatists. The Paris Bourse on Saturday was a singularly cheerful one. Government stock opened at the prices of the previous day, but closed at an improvement. Shares were, however, in the ascendant. Northerns opened at 567 E, and ended, firm, at 575 f., being a rise of Bf.; Marseilles and Avignon, which fell to 620 f. on EH day, rose 171 E; Orleans and Rouens rose respectively 7if.; Bordeaux, which closed at 480 f. on Friday, rose to 490 f. on Saturday. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Saturday at 77f. 75c.; the Five per Cents. at 118 f. 70c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,280 f. ; Rouen, 970 f ; Havre, 6421. 50c.; Great Northern, 575 f. ; Avignon, 637 f. 50c.; Vierzon, 587 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 4901. • Boulogne, 390 f.; Troyes and Montereau, 2701.; Basle, 1821. 50c.; Dieppe, 310t1; Paris and Strasburg, 4201. ; Tours awl Nantes, 395 f.; Paris and Lyons, 4301.; Lyons and Avignon, 432 f. 50c.; Bordeaux and Cette, 457 f. 50c. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 32 A. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 17. East Indian, h—Luxembourg, ll—Northern of France, 12% ex int.—Orleans and Bordeaux, SA—Paris and Lyons, 4 3 A—West Flanders, 4. UNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA. (THIS DAY.) _ _ The annual general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held to-day at their offices, 38, Old Broad• street. JOHN CUMMINS, Esq., Chairman of the Company, presided, and read the report, which stated that the af fairs of the company were in a very prosperous condi tion, and no loss of any importance had occurred during the past year, while the amount of the bad debts had been acinaideralalst rednead_ The Chairman elms read a statement of the accounts, from which it appeared that the liabilities for the past year amounted to 957,066/. ss. id., and the balance of undivided profits to 37,6771. 10s. 11 d., leaving a reserve fund of 50,008/. 11s. sd. The report was unanimously agreed to, after which the Chairman and C. E. Mangles, Esq., were re-elected as directors. The meeting then separated. INSOLVENT COURT-(THIS DAY. IN RE WILLIAM HAMBER, JUN. The insolvent, a surveyor, was opposed by two of his assistants, named Newland and Walker. He was sup ported by Mr. Nichols. It appeared that the insolvent had been engaged in the Great Leeds and Direct Railway Company, from whom he now claimed upwards of 8001. He had em ployed about 150 men. Newland, the creditor, stated that he was to have been paid two guineas a day for his services. He op posed as for a debt contracted without reasonable means of payment. The insolvent denied that Newland was to have more than one guinea a day. The other creditor, Walker, claimed Si. It further appeared that the insolvent had 1,1001. owing to him. lie owed about 3,0001., and had a great many creditors and debtors on the schedule. He had been connected with several lines, and had employed a great number of assistants. The COURT N$ as of opinion that no complaint had been proved under the Act of Parliament against the insolvent. The insolvent was discharged. MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY. A RICH I3EGGA.R.—Michael Scanlan, a sturdy looking fellow, was placed before Mr. Hardwick for begging in Oxford-street. Police-constable Smith, 115 C, stated that on the pre vious afternoon he was walking along Oxford-street, in private clothes, when his attention was called to the pri soner, who was soliciting alms from every person that passed, and if his wishes were not complied with he began to abuse them in the foulest manner. Witness watched him for :some time, when he came up and begged of him (witness) stating that he was without the means of getting a night's lodging, and that he had not tasted food for several days. Witness told him to go about his business, and that he must not beg about the streets. He then went away. Witness followed him into the Nag's Headpublie-house, where the prisoner begged of several persons, who refused to give him anything. The prisoner then said, "if you will not give me money I will have beer," and deliberately seized hold o f a f u ll pot of porter, and nearly emptied it at a draught. By the aid of the landlord, witness took him into custody. On their arrival at the station, the prisoner was searched, and 21. 13s. aid. found upon him, secreted in his small clothes, besides five pounds of bread in his coat-pocket. The prisoner, in his defence, said he was too decent to beg. The money was the produce of his own hard earn ings at haymaking. Mr. lIA.RDWICK said, it could not be allowed that a strong man like the prisoner, with all that money in his possession, should impose upon the public with a tale of pretended distress. He should commit him to the House of Correction for fourteen days, and a portion of the money set apart for his keep. THAMES.-(THIS DAY.) Patrick Gorman, an ex-policeman, who was receetly dismissed the force for most infamous conduct to some very respectable females, was charged with an indecent assault on a married woman, named Eleanor Moore, re siding at No. 10, Brunswick-street, Commercial•road East. The complainant stated that she keeps a general shop. On Thursday last the prisoner came into her shop, and coming round the counter pinched her, and conducted himself in a most shameful manner. She struggled violently, and at last got away. He then took up a l i ginger beer bottle, and threatened that he would kill her if she die not comply with his importunities. He struck at her, but missed his aim, and witness screaming, be ran away. He came again on Saturday morning, and said "Are you in a better humour this morning ?" when she recognised him as the individual who had so un justifiably assaulted her, and a policeman coming by, she gave him into custody. It appeared that he was on the eve of sailing for America, having paid his passage money. He offered her two sovereigns not to press the charge, which she indignantly refused. This evidence was corroborated by a young woman named Rosetta Brown, who witnessed a portion of the occurrence, and saw the prisoner conduct himself in a most disgraceful manner. Mr. Pelham defended the prisoner. Mr. YARDLEY observed that this was a most unwar rantable and scoundrelly attack, and sentenced him to pay a fine of 40s. to the Queen, or be imprisoned for 14 days. The fine was immediately paid. Gorman then, with the utmost impudence, walked into the witness box, and complained of his not having been admitted to bail. Inspector Scott said he did not think he should have been justified in admitting a man to bail on such a charge who was known to have taken his passage to America. Mr. YARDLEY thought the inspector perfectly right, ax d if Gorman had any complaint against him ho must make it to the Pollee Commissioners. CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.) Ann Kennedy was charged with stealing a silver spoon and popper caster at the Duke of Wellington Tavern, Brighton-street, Brunswick-square. It appeared from the statement of the landlord, Mr. Pottinger, that on Saturday the prisoner entered his home and he served him with something at the bar, when he was informed by his barman that the prisoner had taken the above articles from off a shelf and hidden them under her cloak. She was about leaving the house when the prosecutor asked her what she had of his under her shawl, when sho denied having anything, but upon being searched the articles were found concealed in her bosom. The prisoner, who stated that she was induced to com mit the robbery through want, was fully committed to take her trial at the sessions. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton market at Liverpool on Saturday was dull. Sales 3,500 bales, of which 3,000 were American, at 6.-Id. to 7id. per lb., and 400 Egyptian, at Bid. per lb. Shares were in limited request ; the market was very quiet. There are no ship arrivals today with late intelli gence from any quarter, but by the usual Hamburgh and French mails we have favourable reports of the weather and the crops. The corn market here is firmer this morning, nevertheless. The heavy failures at Limerick, in this particular branch of business, serve to increase the apprehension of embarrassment in other quarters, and to show at the same time the extent of the specula tion that has been carried on. To all appearance prices must yet come down, unless the weather proves very unfavourable. The Americans teem to desire much to make a move ment for forwarding by an easier route the supplies of grain received at Buffalo. Recent accounts state : " Very few persons who do not look at the commercial articles of the Buffalo papers, have the least idea of the trade of that port. It is stated that there arrived in Buffalo in twenty-four hours, i. e., on the 4th and sth instant, 180,851 bushels of wheat, 31,000 barrels of flour, and 41,052 bushels of corn. By far the major part of this goes now by the Erie Canal, but would come through cur province were facilities afforded by rail ways across our peninsula, and a free exit by the St. Lawrence. We take the following from the New York Courier and Enquirer, June 3. The go-a- head nation, however, will find it difficult to enlarge their canal to the size of our St. Lawrence : The difficulty, delay, and cost of transporting the produce of the Lake region through the canal to tide water, are becoming very serious considerations—more especially e hen everything that can be raised is eagerly forced forward to the advantage of existing high prices on the sea-board. Miserable, paltry party politics, which forbade the completion of the Erie Canal—and, what is hardly less reprehensible—the apathy or indif ference of large portions of the business people of the country, which has permitted to be engrafted into the new constitution provisions that tie up the Legislature from adequate grants towards completing the enlarge ment even now when its necessity is demonstrated— these causes combined subject the whole world, we may almost say, to delay in receiving full supplies from our overflowing abundance, and impose upon agriculture an unnecessary and enormous tax in the way of toll and freights.' " The English Funds have been very dull this morning, and are not buoyant. The rise in the corn market, and the decrease of bullion in the Bank, are still the causes assigned. Consols have been 89 to 88: 4 1 for present trans fer, and 898 1- for account. New Three-and a-Quarter per Cents. have been 918 Bank Stock has been firm, at a rise to 197:. Exchequer-bills are 9s. to 12s. pre mium; and India Bonds ss. to 10s. premium. The Foreign market is equally dull. The only bar gain in Spanish Bonds has been in the Passive, at 4: 4 1 . The Five per Ceets. have been nominally 21 to 22, and the Three per Cents. 31 to 32. The letter sent by the Committee of Bondholders to the Spanish Ambassador will, it is hoped, have some effect. Mexican Bonds have been at 19k, and Chilian at 92 to Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. have been 578:, and the Four per Cents. 902 to 91. The Railway Share market is quiet. but prices gene rally are maintained. French Shares have improved. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. flank Stock .. 197% 197% Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 89k 89% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 89 88% % 88% New Three-and-et-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 91k IA 91% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 9 1-16 India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto, under 1,000/. .. 10 Consols for Opening, Aug 26. .. 891 i 89 Exchequer Bills, 1%.31. 2d. 1,0001... .... 9 12 p 12 p 5001. ~ .... 14 10 p 10 p Ditto, Small .... 14 la p 13 p ONE CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Chilian Bond, 6 per Cent .. . 92% 92 92 Cuba, 6 pei Cent .. 92 Equador Bonds .. 3% Grenada, 1 per Cent .. . 19% Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. 19% 19% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, 4 per Cent .. 31% 31% Spanish Bonds, .5 per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account • . Ditto, Passive Bonds .. 4% • 4% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent , 57% % 57% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 91 90% SO% PRICES OF BUSINESS PAID. DONE AT CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES, PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Amber., Notting., Boston, and Easte - rn Junction .. :. • . 2% .... 1 1 4 % ........ 1% Illriningliarn and Oxford Junction 10 .... 18 .. • ....... 18 evolver., & Stour Valley 8 8 3 / 4 . 83‘ Caledonian .. 35 .. •.. 29% Ditto, Half Shares .. Eastern Counties .. 20 20% % ••• • • • 20 Ditto, York Extension .. 7%.... 6% .....• Great Northern .. 6 Do., London & York Extension 2% .... 218 2... ••• • • 2, Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 32% 3114 30 30 Great North of England . ..100 .. • • Ditto, New 301. .. . - .. 30 .... 69 .. •• . • . 69 Great Western .. 85 .• .. .......• • Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 15 .... 20% . 20% Lancaster and Carlisle .. .......... Ditto, Thirds .. .. • • •• 10 •• • 15 ••••• • • • • • 15 Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Juict. 2 36.... % London and Blackwall .. 161. 13s. 4d. 7 Loudon, Brighton, & Sooth Coast 50 •• • • 55% „ • 55% London an North-Western • . 100 • • •.180% 179.... 179 Ditto, Quarters L. and B. 12 .... . Ditto ditto, Now Shares .. .. 2 .... 13 • • ••• • • • 13 Ditto, Fifths .- • • • • Ditto, 401. Shares M. Sc B. .. 40 .. 70 • • 70 London and South-Western 41/. 6s. 10d... 68% 68 .... • . 68 Ditto, New Consol. Eighths .. 40 •• • • 5 0% 50 •• • • 50 Ditto, New 501... 32% .. 38% 38 38 Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) • . 50 •• • • 57 .• • 57 Ditto, Scrip 501... .. 5 .... 5.... .... 5 Ditto, ditto 401... .. • • 4 • • 3% •• .. Lynn and,Ely .. • • .. 25 ••• • ••••• • • • .. 25% Midland .. . ..100 ....128 ••• • • • 128 Ditto, 401. Shares .. .. 40 .• 48% • • 48% Do., Consol. Bristol and Birm. ix per Cent. • • • • 100 .. •• • • ...... 128 Newcastle and Ber wick • . .. 20 ..30 29% 30% 29% 29% Ditto, New .. • • • • 5 •• • • 9% % 1 ,4 • • .... Noriblk .. • • .. • • .. 100 .... 123% .... ••• • • • 123% North British • • .. • • •• 25 .• .. 33 .. ........ 33 Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 12% .. • • 15% 15% North Staffordshire .. .. • • 10% .. • . •• • • 10% Preston and Wyre .. 25 37% ••.••• • • • • 37% Ditto, Half Shares (A) .. .. . Ditto, ditto (B) .. • • .. 1 1 %.... ..... 1% Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 ••• • ••••• • • • .. Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. .... 3.. .. 3 Sliropshire Union .. .- 4 .... 2% • 2 South Devon .• .. 40 .... South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole .. . 2 2 ...... West Riding Union • • • • .. 4/.25... .. % /e p •• • • • • %13 Winds 36 or._Staines, &S. Western.. 425..... p • .• • 3 p York and Newcastle .. 25 .... 37% 38 4 .. 38 4 Ditto, Extension.. .. • • .. 10 .. • . 17% .......... 17% Ditto, Preference .. .. 8 .... 12% % •• • • 12%x i York amd North Midland .. .. 50 .... —•••-• • • • ; • Ditto, Extension .. .. 25 .... 43% ........ • • 43% Ditto. Preference • . 6 ••••• • .. • • 16 Do. E. and W. Riding Exten •• 15 ..'•• 27% ........ • • 27% FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. 20 .... 15%% 15% East Indian .. . ss. .... Luxembourg .• •• •• •• Namur and Liege .. .• .. 12 .... 6 4 . • Northern of France • . .. •• 10 .. 12% .• • • 12% Orleans and Bourdeanx .. 6 .... 5% ...... 5% Paris and Rouen .. .. • • .. 20 .... 38 38 MINES. - - Real del Monte, Unregistered 2 .......... LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JvLY 19 Wind E.N.E., light breeze and cloudy. 17.—Wind N E strong • 18th, Wind N.E.— DEAL, Arrd. Ellen, Bell, New York ; Granville, Rio Grande. Sld. Hamlet, Sydney, New South Wales. Arrd. from the River and sld. Winchester, Launceston, Van Dieman's Land; Strat ford, Mauritius ; Thomas Jones, Trinidad ; Constance, New Orleans; Zealous, Newfoundland; Charles Grey, Bermuda; Ellenborough, Calcutta, Catherine, Aden ; Helen Mary, Algoa Bay; Rowena, Sierra Leone ; Druid, Trinidad; Nia gara, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, JULY 17.—Wind E.S.E., moderate; 18, N., light.—Arrd. Jos. Annand, Hart, Antigua; Stenton, Picton; Jessie Mitchell, M'Call, Mauritius; Constitution, Britton, New York. Sid. St. John, St. John's, New Bruns wick; Vigilant, Mauritius; Energy, Monte Video and Buenos Ayres; Standard, Demerara ;;Burlington, New York ; Lady Faulkland, ditto; Renfrewshire, Dalhousie; General Wiltshire, Bahia. Off port, Mary Ray, St. Vincent's; Planter, The Wave, from Malta, went on the Rock Ferry, 16th inst., but came off this morning. Ex - bloom, JULY l6.—Arrd, Speculator, Miramichi. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE—MONDAY. For our market last week the arrivals of all kinds of grain, as well as flour, of home produce, were on a very limited scale; while the receipts from Ireland and Scot land were trifling. From abroad the imports were on a full average scale--they having principally amounted to 30,847 quarters of Wheat, 5,203 ditto of Barley, 12,435 ditto of Oats, 6,412 ditto of Indian Corn, and 20,000 barrels of Flour, a large portion of which was landed in warehouse. Fresh up this morning there was a decided increase in the receipts of Wheat from Essex and Kent, but those from all other quarters were small. Notwithstanding the supply of that article was larger than for many past weeks the actual quantity of English Wheat on offer was small. This fact, together with several somewhat unfavour able accounts having come to hand from our large agricultural di , tricts respecting the appearance of the growing wheats, and the inferior condition in which the foreign supplies are now coming to hand, produced rather more inquiry for Wheat of home produce, at an advance in the quotations of from is to 2s per quarter. In one or two instances 3s per quarter more money was paid for very superior parcels of Kentish Red of last year's growai. There was a large supply of foreign Wheat on offer. Selected qualities of both Red and White were in steady request, at an improvement in the cur rencies paid ou Monday last of fully is per quarter. In the middling and inferior kinds only a limited business was doing, at late rates. The Sound list of to-day shows that upwards of fifty sail of vessels passed the Sound on Saturday. laden with Wheat and Meal. No English Barley was at market. The show of foreign was by no means extensive ; yet the demand for all descriptions was in a very sluggish state, at but little,i oily, alteration in value. The supply of Malt was very trifling. Still, however, the trade was very dull, and it some instances the rates were nominally unaltered. Owing to the short arrival of Oats from all quarters. the Oat trade was steady; but we can notice no itnprove ment in value, as large supplies are shortly expected• Beans were ineffectually held at more money. The transactions in them were small, at late rates. In Peas scarcely a transaction was reported. The supply of Indian Corn was good, and sales progressed slowly, at late rates. Flour was dull, and the nominal price of the best town-made was 65s per 2801bs. Barrelled Flour commanded very little attention. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE- Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier.... • . 7350 7So Red. .... .. .. 725 to 805 Oats—Yorkshire and Ditto,White, Kew 78s 86s Lineolnah., Feed. 285 32 0 Norfolk and Lin- Potato coin, Red..... 75s 80s 'Toughed and Cork, Ditto, White. .. ... 785 84s Black . ...... 270 29 2 Irish, Red .. .. .. .. —s —s Cork, White . .... 280 3 .* Ditto, White .. ••• • —s —s Scotch, Feed..... 335 351 Rye—Old ............ —5 s Beans—Tick .. 445 0 2 5 New. ........ .. .. 60s 633 Pigeons .. P... .. . s:' s Se Barley—Grinding .•• • . 37s 42s Peas—Grey .......... 525 b„ 4l Malting . ........ 47s 505 Map1e........... 525 s ' s Chevalier .. .. •• . 515 52s White ..... .. - ... 55e 580 Ilalt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers .........580 62 1 folk •••••• • • • . • . 70s 73s Flour—Town-mad e ... 605 6 5 0 8r0wn........... 65s 67s Suffolk 555 600 Kingston and Ware 70s 73s Stocktn & Norfolk 535 601 SIVIITZLFIELD. The past week's imports of live stock into London have been as under:— From whence. Oxen. Rotterdam Antwerp ...... Boulogne ...... Nieu Diep ..... Hamburgh Harlingen 224 Sheep. Lambs. Calve* ... 1,374 ... 63 ... 172 7 .. ... ••• 4 .•• - ... -..- 531 ... 195 ... 17S Total 724 ... 2,312 ... 258 423 The arrivals at Hull, Newcastle, &c., have comprised nearly 2,000 head of Beasts, Sheep, Lambs, and Calcite' with a few Pigs, chiefly from Holland. There were on offer this morning about 400 Oxen and Cows, 1, 820 Sheep and Lambs, and 40 Calves, from abroad. Some of the former were extremely well made up; but the general condition of the foreign supply was inferior. - Still, however, a total clearance was Effected, at fully last week's quotations. With home-fed Beasts we were' the time of year considered, scantily supplied, and we have to report a great deficiency in their quality. Th,.. e . scarcity of really prime Beef, the favourable change in the weather for slaughtering, and the increased attend ance of country buyers—mostly from the west of Eef land—produced a very steady, though not to say brie inquiry for the best Scots, Herefords, runts, Devons, sea short horns, at fully the currencies obtained on this da y se'nnight—the former breed selling freely at f r om 4s WI to 5s per 81bs but the middling and inferior kinds el• Bed met a slow sale, yet late rates were mostly ser ported. Our advices from the large northern graziei districts are to the effect that very moderate droves 0 ' short horns will be received hither during the next thre e or four weeks; hence the prices of Beef are likely to he fully supported during that period. From Norfolk, Su!: folk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received about Suv Scots, home-breds, and short-horns; from the northerl! counties, 500 short-horns; from the western and midlan d districts, 800 Herefords, runts, Devons, &c.; f rom other parts of England, 350 of various breeds; an from Sea land, 200 hcrned and polled Scots—the remainder of the supply being derived from abroad, and the neighbour' hood of the metropolis. On the whole, the supplY Sheep was limited, owing to which, the Mutton use was steady, at prices quite equal to those paid on Frie f t last—being 2d per Blbs higher than on Monday. ' l 'l best old Downs sold at 58 4d, and superior half-brel quite 5s per 81bs, at which rates a clearance was effeete,, without difficulty. The number of Lambs was tolerebl good, but of very middling quality. Compared W 1 that experienced on some previous market days. ' l ' Lamb trade was very firm, at Friday's advance xn tbe quotations of 2d per 81bs, the best Down valid° realising 6s 4d per 81bs. With Calves we were but IVY derately supplied, while the trade was heavy at late rates' In Pigs next to nothing was doing. Per 8113 i. to sink thi - offal. 0. d. to e. d. 1. d. to 4 $ Inferior Beasts-- 3 8 4 0 Second quality ditto 4 6 0 Second quality ••• . 4 2 4 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 410 0 6 Prime large Oxen.. 4 6 4 8 Southdown Wether 5 2 5 ['rime Scots •. • 410 5 0 Ditto out of the wool Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Large Hogs ...... 4 0 5 0 Prime small ditto .. 4 8 5 0 Small Porkers .... 4 8 0 Suckling Calves ..18 0 28 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 NI 4 Inferior Sheep .. .. 4 2 4 4 Lambs .......... 5 2 ° SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I 26 Sheep.go I Calve 32 B. I ra 2,968 NEWOATE AND LEADENBALL. Scarcely any country-killed meat has come to bend, for our markets since Monday last, owing to the Wee", ingly hot weather; and as most of the butchers 1 10 been compelled to increase their pur c h ases i n Smithfie from that cause, the supplies on offer killed in the P i h r e tropolis have been very small. Generally speaking , " a 0 demand has been steady, at, in most instances, fu prices. About 500 carcases of foreign meat have lir peered on sale, and been disposed of at late rates. At per atone by the Carcase. d. • 4 S.d.to s. d. ad.to 1 * t Beef, inferior•• ••• . 3 4 3 6 Mutton, inferior .. 310 , a middling .. 3 $ 310 middling., 4 4 ;.0 prime large .• 4 0 4 2 prime .... 410 4 6 prime small .. 4 2 4 4 Pork, large ........ 31 0 4 10 . Veal Lamb. 5s to 6s. BOROUGH HOP IVIARIEET. i 0 With the exception of there being a slight increa se p,o the demand for the best yearlings in pockets, at I t prices, the Hop trade is in a very depressed state•j:l barely late rates. The supply on o ff er is sesson ou ' good ; and the duty is backed by some parties at 145 t, i ns Sussex pockets, 41 to 41 10s; Weald of K ent di tto , 4g to 5/ ss; Mid and East Kent ditto, Si 12s to 71 7 s per C" BOROUGH AND SPITALPIELBS. Very large supplies of new Potatoes have been (311 offer in these markets since Monday last; nevertbele nh the demand is active, at from 7s to 16s per cwt. Fronl all parts we continue to receive the most flattering accounts respecting the new crop. WOOL. Last week the imports of Wool into London well composed of 250 bales from Hamburgh, 82 ditto fr° l3l ,, St Petersburgh, 78 ditto from Monte Video, 700 ditt; from Sydney, and 500 ditto from Algoa Bay. O n s$ whole, there is more firmness in the demand by Priv a „ contract, and in some few instances a trifle more nioneJ has been realised for selected qualities of English. TALLOW. Our market still continues in a very inactive staf f` and, when sales have been pressed, a further # l 4 a depression has been submitted to in the quotati o ; T.Y.C. on the spot is heavy above fi g ur e s. The r i d for forward delivery is 47s 3d p er c w t. Th e supPiLh Town Tallow is by no means abund an t, y e t the Doti price does not exceed 48s to 48s 3d per cwt. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE' bi Mr. Lumley is not on e o f th ose w h o are s on,spoile success, for, successful as has b e en hi s p res ent se does and it has been successful beyond all precedent, be not relax one jot in his endeavours to render her 1 ;0 jesty's Theatre in every way worthy of the name 11- be ti it bears and of the high and distinge' s patronage with which it has been h onou red. jog less enterprising, a less conscientious, a less fare ee ho manager than Mr. Lumley, would have rested on 7 0 , oars for the remainder of the season, seeing that Jel3oe's Lind draws to the house every night at least three i t l g r , as many persons as the house can hold; and ha d nu o Lumley been the manager for this season only, it v i v o :l have been an useless waste of capital to have engeebe any other talent, seeing that the house ea°, r • but filled, but as Mr. Lumley is not only manager for season, but proprietor for all time, we consider tha t the liberality which he is exhibiting in bringing fe n l e ee novelty after novelty is a judicious economy. tin a acts of liberality are remembered hereafter , 0 tend greatly to increase the subscription list for ensuing year. The public know and appr ee o s , liberality in a management, and Mr. Lumley L during the course of the present season, had 111 7 0 . gratifying proofs that not only does the public p rec iate liberality but that it rewar d s a l so , and ee "; t a inly never has public f avour an d patrona ge e itfr P" more fully earned than it has been by Lumley. On Saturday Taglioni— the Taglioes La Deese, made her first appearance this seaso n, in, far famed Pas de Quasre, supported by Carlotta Gres Cerito, and Rosati, who took the part formerly Sly„' tained by poor Lucile Grahn, who is still it capacitated from appearing by a complainL the foot from which she has long been suffering. U; lioni looks, and acts, and dances as well as ever, anu;: e , the old enthusiasm was revived by the Pas de Cll tere Bouquets were showered on the stage, and t te a was the same spirit of friendly partizanship exin ul os by the worshippers of the respective Deeses that b wont of yore to be so exciting. It was a great triulto' and Mr. Lumley may now boast that he has seeer_r o th her Majesty's Theatre the services of the prima , ee li r ui, the primo buffo, and the premiere danseuse of thew °. • There is no lyrical establishment that can prodoc;ro rival to Jenny Lind, or Lablache, or Taglioni, who all at this moment engaged at her Majesty's Theatre' THE POTATO DISEASE• _ - TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. ,a Sin,—A letter has appeared in the Standard, ;Tv% from it has been copied into many other papers/ s _A a ts of that the potato disease ha s shown itself in hundrelo acres in the neighbourhood of Barnstaple." I believe the author of the letter in question (Mr. Charles Robert,. of Beckington, near this place) did not intend it fo r phis lication, but that it was sent to the papers ( w ithou t 6 ,4 knowledge) by the gentleman to who m he had sat s ' s , it as a private communication. Be that as it w a s t a r i the statement is one calculated to occasion olio,„ ho ot in the public mind, I think it my duty to say (vin. imputing to Mr. Roberts, in the slightest degree, t be tention to excite unnecessary apprehension with re h g l i set to the crop), that the reports made to him on the su'r ho t are not confirmed. I will not undertake to 61 9 1 t his nothing like the potato disease has appeared 112 nei g hbourhood ; but, if it bad exhibited itself at o w it certainly is as yet to a very limited extent, and,l. k : be that in many places in which the plant seemed " attacked a fortnight or three weeks ago, it has eh ic %nts covered a perfectly healthy appearance. I do not kest.his to pronounce that the appearance of the potatoes 10 ' 4 7 ;, district (as of all the other crops) is generally mos t P 'lasing, and inspires sanguine hope of abundanc.e• or this note relates to a matter of fact, and of great imp to Lance, I append my real name, and have the hollow' remain, Sir, your obedient servant, W. AVER.' , Mayor of Barnstap • Journal Office, Barnstaple, July 17, 1847. ri The Belfast News Letter says that Mr. Sher l Knowles " indignantly declined the offer o f Lo rd Russell" to settle on him a pension of 1001. a year. t he A premium of 1,000/. has been offered by a Royal College of Chemistry, for the discovery °la., method of rendering iron, when applied to ordinwl P poses, as little liable to rust as copper. ~:. THE SUN,' LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 19, 1847.