The Sun. — London, England, 1847-07-09 00:00:00

DEDICATED BY EXPRESS PERMISSION TO HER. MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER. Second and Cheaper Eamon, now re,iy, , omplete in 1 vol., with Plates, 10s. Gd. b .und, MARY ANNE WELLINGTON, THE SOLDIER'S DAUGHTER, WIFY, AND WIDOW. By the Rev. RICHARD COBBOLD, M.A., Author of "The History of Margaret Catchpole," ece. "Thid interesting work we have no doubt will attain a greater popularity even than' Margaret Catchpole.'—Sunday Times. Henry Colbnrn, Publisher, 13, Great 3larlborough-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends And the Public for their continued support a nd patronage, and .o annomce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., it , Place ,emery TUESDAY and FILIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Thre.adtteedle-street, London. to which place, fivours, amtainm.; instructions (with a reference), are respectfully r:questai to be addressed. Al] *crip and Snare Certifi c ates must be deposited, the day vevious to their being offered a nd advises of results will e be f prwarded by the first post after the sale , a nd the proceeds [sam latel3 disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Ball of Commerce. Lo ndon. TV_ZATRE ROYAL, HAY MARKET. Under the Management of Mr. R. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of THE. SCHOOL FOR N SCADAL. Pr i nc ipal characters by Mr. W. Far ren, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Hudson, Mrs. Glover, and Mrs Nisbett. To be followed by POPPING THE QUESTION. Mr. Primrose, Mr. Farren ; Miss Blfiln, Mrs. Glover ; Ellen Murray, Miss Telbin ; Miss Winterb'ossom, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Bobbin, Mrs. Hum IT. After which the new Mr. comic d Stuart ; rama, calle Ducdk, THE JA Buck st COBIT one ; E. Sir Richard Wroughton , John Mr. Lady Somertord, Miss Fortescue. To conclude with the Cmic Drama, called THE IRISH POST. P r i nc ipal characters by Me o ssrs. Tilbury, Braid, Hudson, Bland, and Mrs. Humby THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. trnder the direction of Madame Celeste THIS EVENING _ _ ba produced a new and original e.1214dy in three acts, called THE TITLE DEEDS. Principal characte* by Messrs. Lambert, Wright, Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, Boyce, Munyard, C. J. Smith, Worrell ; Mrs. Yates, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Harding, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Laws, &c. After which The MAGYAR MITLATSAG; 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 sougi, Mr. Webster ; Margaret, Miss Woolgar ; Helen de Montereau, Madame Celeste ; Justine, Miss Ellen Chaplin. To be followed by the Opera Ban Sketch, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, Selby, Cullenford, and Miss Woolgar. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. (Summer Season —Lyceum Company.) THIS EVENING (Last Three Nights of The Creole.) Will be presented a new comic drama. in two acts, entitled MAR GUERITE'S COLOURS. Principal characters by Messrs. Emery, Wigan, Vining, and Johnston; Mesdames Dickenson, Villars, Arden, and Griffiths. To be followed by the new BRAND BALLET, in which the Spanish Dancers will appear. After which a burletta, entitled THE WATER WITCHES. Principal characters by Mesdames Villars, Dickinson, Daly, Arden, Messrs. Oxberry, Vining, &c. To conclude with THE CREOLE; or, Love's Fetters. Characters by Emery, Leigh Murray, Oxberry, Miss Dickson, and Miss Daly. In the course of the piece the celebrated Spanish Dancers will appear, in their novel and unrivalled Bouquet Dance. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING Third Appearance of the eminent Tragedienne Mdlle. Rachel. Will be performed the Comedie of LE MANTEAII ; ou, Le Reve du Mari. Darliere, M. Danis ; Gillot, M. Tourillon ; Mathilde, Wile. Vallee; Emelie, 3ldlle. Rahut ; La Baronne. M 11le. Angele. After which Voltaire's tragedy of TAN 2REDE. Amenaide, Mdlle. Rachel ; Jeanie, Mdlie4Deronet ; Tancrede, M. Raphael Felix. Reserved seats, Dress Boxes, 7s. 6d. ; Pit, 55.; Amphitheatre, ss. ; Gallery, 3s. The will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock pre- PRIN CESS'S T tIEATRE. OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox. sole Lussee and Manager. TUN EVENING. Will be produced a new drama (with music by Loder) entitled DYING FOR A KISS. The characters by Madame Vestris, Miss Emma Stanley, Mr. J. Webster, Mr. Granby, and Mr. Compton. To be followed by USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr, C. Mathews. Atter which the new farce. entitled A SOVEREIGN REMEDY. Captain Pendragon, Mr. Ryder ; Mr. Bottleby, Mr Granby; Quackit, Mr. C. Mathew. , ; Alfred, Mr. J. Webster; Mrs. Bottleby, Mrs. Tosbroke ; Mary, Miss Marshill. To conclude with a comic drama, entitled `LADIES BEWARE !" Colonel Vavasour, Mr. Granby; Sir Charles Vavaour, Mr. James Vining; Matilda, Miss Cooper. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager VI r. William Batty. CnOer the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the , Royal Family. THIS EVENING Will be presented a gorgeous Peruvian Drama, to illustrate the historical events of the Spaniards' conquest of Peru, arranged from the original text of Brins'ey Sheridan's play of " Pizarro," entitled filE STORMING OF QUITO; or, the Warrior of the Sun. Rolla, Mr. W. West. The extraordinary equestrian performances of La Petite Davidson and the New Scenes of the Circle, with the whcoe of the Entertain ments, having been attended with the most complete success, will be rereated every evening. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Crider the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. In consequence of the success attending the Eminent English Vocalists, they have been re-engaged for Twelve Nights more, and will appear in "Maritana," as played.st Drury Lane 100 nights. THIS EVENING Will be performed Bellini's Opera of LA SONNAMBULA ; or, The Village Phantom. Rodolpho, Mr. Leiner; Flvino, Mr. Harri s* n ; Alessio, Mr. Horncastle ; Araia, Missßainforth ; Lisa, Miss R. Isaacs ; Teresa, Mrs. Daly ; Annette, Miss Vaughan. To conclude with a drama, in three acts, and a Prologue, of the most extraordinary and novel interest, entitled The RAG-PICKER of PARIS and the DR! SS-MAKER of ST. ANTOINE. Jean, Mr. •Vebb; Perre Garouse, Mr. Neville; M. Berville, Mr. Frede ricks; Count St. Antoine, Mr. Tindell ; Marie Diddier, Mrs. Henry Vtning ; Marie Hoffman, Mrs. Ware. ROYAL VIC IGRIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand historical drama, entitled WALTER TYRRELL, THE SAXON AVENGER.; or, The Life and Death of King William If. William 11., Mr. Dale; Walter Tyrrell, Mr. IIIcks; Ed tha, Miss Vincent. After which THE SEVENTH VICTIM ; or, The Ruby Ring and the Murder at the Dog and Duck. To conclude with THE PALACE OF GENEVA; or, The Spirit of the Vault. Boxes, Is.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Last Four Nights of M. JuMen. —Great Musical Treat. THIS DAY, July 9. Gibraltar by Daylight. Promenade Concert by Jullien's unri valled band of One Hundred performers, including Messrs. Bau mann, Barret, Prospere, Lazarus. licetlig, &c., two of whom will perform a solo each evening. Splendid Menagerie. Gothic Bridge. Chinese Tower. View of the Interior Fortifications of Gibraltar. Illuminated Conservatory, and all the attractions of the gardens. Concluding with a grand Pyrotechnic Display, representing the Siege of Gibraltar. Doors open at Nine, ♦.st.; Feeding the Carnivora, at Five; Peli can and White Bear, Half-past Five ; Jullien's Concert, Quarter past Six; Fireworks, Quarter-past sine. Adfnission, One Shilling. IHE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, JULY 8. TORRMOMETER, Lowest, 58; Highest. 72 ; Noon, 66, BAROMETER, 29.96.—W1ND S.W. ; fine. MOrninV .. 7 minutes after 11 Evening .. 0 mnutes 11. 56 4 41. j .„ - j.', I pill • .14, •4D 4I , 40 , • 0 • I . , of• • , lEU "-,, • fitaritlllll , h.iNDON. FRIDAY. JULY 9. It+47. - Even the reports of Imp-rial Parliament are be ginning to show the proximity of a general election of representatives. On Wednesday the House of Com mons was occupied with a sort of incidental delibera tion upon the Registration of Voters Bill, and not- withstaniing the paramount importance of the subject and the attenuation of the time yet allotted to the ' present session, the committal of the Bill was pro • ' crastinated until another score of hours had elapsed. ' There is something wonderfully significant in this postponement ; it indicates the mingled yearning and terror with which the hustings are regarded by the popular represen tatives. Knowing that to man y those hustings are shadowed by the gloom of a Nemesis, the Nemesi* of an indignant democracy, we cannot marvel at thena disrelish evinced h must for tbe he performance of those se torial dutie immediately followed by the closing of the lobbies of • St. Stephen's. The preparations already making among the constituencies of the provinces has a por .tentous aspect to those Members who have battled against th e pr i nciples al li e d w ith the progress o f - clety, the diffu s i on o f k now l e dge, the mitigation of sufferings, and the amelioration of grievances. The gravamen of the charge already looming before those affrighted candidates is visibly indicated in the ear nestness of their particular electors, differences amongwh(iism.bthee. yeast of political an d polem ical Happy f or t h ose who possess ginning to ferment. moral audacity enough to brave the brunt of local electioneering disaffection before the rancou rs of an f contest have found an opportunity for de velopment ; happy for those wh o have their u rhetorical fluency, sufficient contidp ece in the sufficient inte grity of their motives, and suffieient knowledge ot the arguments best calculated to propitiate their en fr inchised antagonists, to seek an interview and volun teer an explaeation, as the lion. GEORGE SYDNEY SMYTHE has just done with his constituents at Canterbury. No unusual movement is visible among the Parlia mentary electors of either cities, boroughs, or ccun ties. A somewhat bewildering quiescence, or rather s4agnor, preludes the general appeal to the house holders, thu freeholders, the leaseholders, and the c ,pyholders of the United Kingdoms. Those, how ever, will be eminently deserving of discomfiture who anticipate, from this apparent tranquillity or indiffer ence in the popuar mind, that the trick of the elections can be played with as much facility as a hand at ecarti. Under this ostensible languor there is a terrible accumulation of energy • When the intelligence is actually b ru it e d aboutLy• hat Parliament is dissolved, that energy . , k rewith summoned int o act i v i ty ; and woe "„ ~, - iiitiose,who cannot on the emergency 4- ' ---L . .airan conscience of the Past, orsketch make a ,1 , 1,:,:. _..,.....,„ _ . . ; ii p.. , ; - ;,-otisfisction of their voters a propitious and accept _ able Future! ( (:. Unlike any preceding elections, the present will evoke not so much the 'spirit of Party as the spirit of ! On the 28th ultimo the funeral ceremony in com- Patriotism. Principles will be the watchwords, not memoration of Mr. O'CONNELL was celebrated in the Names. Faction has been so grievously trampelled church of St. Andrea della Valle, an enormous under foot in the triumphal progress of Liberality assembly attesting the reverence with which the and the Parliamentary ovation of Truth, that name and fame of the Liberator are regarded. it cannot very well show its bruised and Among those present were the youngest son of the battered visage in the publicity of a general deceased, the Member for Dundalk, the Rev. Dr. election. That is a consideration as satin- Mu.EY, and every Irishman then in the Eternal City, factory as it is self-evident. Again, in the selec- besides a vast concourse of ecclesiastical and civil tion of candidates, the questions requiring a satisfac- dignitaries, cardinals, archbishops, bishops, princes, tory response will no longer be questions of a factious and the most distinguished travellers sojourning in import ; they will embrace the most humane and, in a the capital of the Papal States. As had been deter great measure, the most sublime principles of legisla- mined from the commencement Father VENTURA tion. Such an example of wholesale reformation has delivered the funeral oration of O'CONNELL, in which been afforded of late as to render anything like a re- he drew an analogy between the condition of Ireland turn to the pottering system of patchwork modi- and that of Italy, instituting a direct comparison be fication heretofore in vogue unpalatable to the tween the Liberator of Ireland and the Liberator of multitude, and consequently incapable of long con- Italy, Pope Pius IX. During two hours the Rev. tinuance. The legislative improvements immediately Orator commanded the emotions and kindled the brought under the consideration of the country at this imaginations of his auditors. Only one-half of the juncture are of three distinct classes—firstly, of a oration was delivered, however, namely, that relating moral or religious character; secondly, of a to the deceased as a civilian and as a politician ;it social or municipal character; and, thirdly, of a was to he concluded on the 30th ultimo, the perora• commercial or financial character. Under the first tion being preceded by a consideration of O'CONNELL of these divi-ions are comprised the questions, as to as a lover of religion. the advisability of a comprehensive alteration in our Criminal t ode, the endowment of the Roman Catholic priesthood, the further removal of Disabilities from the Hebrew population, the extension of the blessings of National Education to persons of all creeds without distinction, the removal of certain obsolete Penal Enactments, &c. &c. &c. Under the second division are implied the problems of sanatory improvement, of poor-law modifications, of all the minor methods for ensuring the better health of the community, the construction of parks, the establishment of gymna siums, the building of washhouses, &c. &c. &c. Under the third division are comprised the reconstruction of the currency, the revision or abrogation of the laws relating to navigation, the full development of the principles of free trade, the re-arrangement of the stamp duties, the complete reversal of the system of taxation at present adopted, namely, from articles of consumption to actual property, &c. &c. &c. There will, consequently, be not one apple of dis cord, but a thousand. Supposing, however, the key throughout be remembered, supposing the sincere purpose of all parties, or at least of the majority of all parties concerned in the approaching contest, be the discovery of truth and the attainment of justice, then that prevailing discord may be resolved into a lasting harmony. We shall continue as journalists to bring the questions which are to be decided during the approaching strife severally and promi nently forward, as circumstances may dictate. Until the last candidate is returned this course shall be pursued ; and we shall meanwhile remain as sanguine in anticipation as we are fervent in aspiration that the cause of the People may prove to be the cause of the new Parliament. The consideration of the Lords' amendments to the Juvenile Offenders Bill took place on Wednesday in the House of Commons. Several alterations had been introduced by their Lordships into the measure, all of which were assented to with +wo excep tions. The latter, however, were of an important cha A curious document has been laid before the United Diet of Germany by Count MUNCH-BELLINGHAUSEN. It was published on the 3d in the Franckfort Journal, and is the explanation respecting the occupation of Cracow, forwarded to the Germanic Diet by the Ca binets of Vienna, Berlin, and St. Petersburgh. The Governments of Russia, Austria, and Prussia vindicate themselves as a matter of course, and repeat the old story that the unfortunate republic is merely to be restored to the state in which it was placed an terior to the year 1809. The Members of the United Diet were unanimous in the expression of their approval of the extinction of Cracow as an independent republic. The leaven of obedience to the right divine is still_ in the nature of these patriotic senators! Journals from Madrid of the Ist instant have been received. 49 cases of vanilla, 252 bales and one box of indigos 4,000,000 of cigars, five bales of baste, 131 boxes, &c. of pines, 14 cases of plants, 84 tins of arrowroot, pre served turtle, a large quantity of live turtle in very ex cellent condition, besides au infinite number of packages of every description. The pines are carefully packed, and appear to be of very excellent quality. Among the provincial intelligence which had reached the capital, was the announcement contained in the Fomento of Barcelona of the 29th ult., that subsequent to the encounter at Montagut, the mau rauders had separated into bands, and were then devastating the province of Tarragona. Such was the audacity of the insurgents, that they had demolished the stone of the Constitution at Froncoli, and burnt an effigy of her Most Catholic MAJESTY on the Prado. Queen ISABELLA had again appeared at the Circus, attended by the Count DE SANTA COLOMA, her major domo, and M. VENTURA DE LA VEGA, her Private Secretary. Our dispatches mention the recent arrival of the mother of General SERRANO in the capital, from Andalusia. The Medway brings the large number of 120 pas sengers. Her Majesty's ship Alarm, Captain Lock, had left Vera Cruz for Halifax ; her crew was very sickly. She was at Havannah on the Bth of June, and called off Bermuda on the 19th. The Daring, Commander Peel, had also gone to Halifax. The Persian was at Sacri ficios, Vera Cruz, the only British ship there. The company's steam ship Thames started for Ja maica from Grenada on the 9th of June, with the out ward mails. The Avon left Havannah for Mexico on the 9th of June. The Forth left St. Thomas's for Grenada, on the 17th. The Eagle sailed from Bar. badoes, for Demerara, on the Bth. The Reindeer was still on the slip at St. Thomas's, undergoing repairs. Don FRANCISCO DE PAULA is reported to have re ceived a mandate to leave the palace, from the hands of the Captain-General of Madrid. The time of his departure was declared to be fixed for the 3d inst., and a formal vindication of his behaviour was expected from the Prince previous to his leaving for San Sebastian. .. racter, and such as would have increased the severity and harshness of the measure, and the strongest ob. jections were entertained by all classes of politicians against their adoption ; the views of Mr. BANKES were acceded to by Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and acquiesced in by Sir GEORGE GREY. Where so singular an unani mity existed between leading members of the three great parties in the House, it is almost unnecessary to say that the amendments were rejected, and the Bill restored to its original character in these respects The first point of difference respected the right of the accused party, if he denied his guilt, to appeal to the verdict of a jury of his countrymen before he could be subjected to the pains and penalties con sequent upon conviction. While the representatives of the people gave to magistrates in certain cases the great and unconstitutional power of deciding sum marily ag to the guilt or innocence of any British subject, conceiving that less injury might be sus tained by a prisoner of tender years from such a course than if he were exposed to the contamination and demoralizing influences of a gaol, and an inter course with the depraved and abandoned characters with whom he would there be associated, they re served to him the option and privilege of appealing to the decision of twelve of his countrymen. He still retained the right to a trial by jury, which was his birthright, the palladium of his liberties, if he conceived it desirable to demand the ordeal. Their Lordships would have taken away that power; they would gladly permit the magistrate to decide whether they would deal with the affair sum marily, or send it to trial, • but the ac cused in a matter of such deep and serious importance was to be deprived of any option. The trial by jury was henceforth to be with held from all juvenile offenders, and the pros pects of their future lives were to be placed alto gether, and without any possibility of an appeal, in the hands of country magistrates—persons, per haps, wholly unaquainted with the principles or practice of the law ; men of that class, whose errors and mistakes are of almo&t daily occurrence. It will not be a very difficult task for those appointed to assign the reasons for dissenting from their Lordships' amendment to adduce conclusive and unanswerable arguments against its acceptance. The other point in dispute, although of much im portance, was not of so serious a character as the first. It related to the future consequences of sum mary convictions over and above the immediate sen tence passed upon the offender. By many of our sta tutes, and still more by the practice of our courts, aparty who has been previously convicted of felony is sub jected to a great increase of punishment on a second conviction. He will in such a case most probably be sentenced to transportation for that which would otherwise be sufficiently expiated by a short term of imprisonment. A person is thus, to a certain extent, a second time punished for the same offence, because he is looked upon as an in corrigible offender, of whose reformation no well. founded hope can be entertained. Their Lordships decided that the child who had committed some tri vial offence—who had improperly abstracted a few apples or gooseberries from his neighbour's garden, or cut a stick in his plantation—should be branded in this manner, and an indelible stain affixed on his character—that the man of mature age, who had perhaps conducted himself with propriety for many years after attaining man hood, should be held responsible for his juvenile peccadilloes, that could not possibly be made the sub ject of a serious charge, and would only be taken cogni sance of in consequence of the provisions of this Act. They accordingly inserted a clause enacting, that if a person should be convicted at different times, upon two separate charges under this Act, that in the event of his subsequent conviction of felony before a superior court, he should be liable to .the consequences of a second conviction for felony, thus magnifying the childish act, however trifling, to the weight and importance of the most serious crime. It would be far better that the measure should be wholly re jected, a l t h ou gh it possess es many . valuable provisions, thante liberties etieHs ooufsethsehopueoldpisea,noctrlosnucshuchharasnh i a n n v d as o i o p n of th . pressive enactments. We trust their Lordships will evince their discretion, and with a good grace acknow ledge the propriety and sufficiency of the reasons for the dissent of the Commons, and permit the Bill to receive the royal assent in its present form. In dee- .............._____ The Three per Cents. were done at 28 5.16 ex div. for cash; the Four per Cents. at 171; the Five per Cents. at 17; the Debt without Interest at 5; and the Coupons at 13. The West India crops generally are ver, good, and are expected considerably to exceed those of the last year. Indeed, it is currently reported that an i while in British snlcarnedasseo over r o t n h e e • third cr o p o may of l a sreasonably be expected in the Gui ana and Jamaica it will even considerably exceed that. Trinidad is perhaps less affected by the weather than any of the other islands, which will account somewhat for the equality of her crops, and why even with the present propitious state of the weather, her increase is only estimated at about one fifth over that of last year; while in Porto Rico, the long continuance of dry weather will nearly render the crop a failure, more par ticularly on the south side, where they have had no rain since December. Even under the best circumstances, there is expected to be a falling off of at least one fifth. The weather had been excessively dry at St. Thomas's, and they were beginning to experience some scarcity of water at the time the Medway left. General Scott was at Pueblo- , --he expected to enter Mexico on the 16th of June. Vera Cruz was very sickly. General Taylor was about to march upon San Luis Potosi. The Medway has a valuable freight, but no dollars for the dividends : 120 passengers. Trade was completely at a standstill in the city of Mexico. Guerilla bands had committed great havoc between Vera Cruz and Mexico, in consequence of which all travelling was suspended. Santa Anna was at Mexico, but very unpopular ; he had been stoned by the mob.—Herald. The Paris journals of Tuesday have arrived. Many of them are filled with consternation at the position of affairs in Madrid. The wisdom of the views taken of the events now passing in that metro polis may be gleaned from the following observations translated from the National. "We are constantly receiving," says our Contemporary, " the most in credible news from Spain. It is an inexhaustible source of strange tales, fantastic dramas, and un foreseen events. IVe might fill a volume with the recital of the follies of Spain of which the innocent ISABELLA is the theme. She has just been in risk of a danger so great that joking is quite out of place! Know that a dark conspiracy has been formed even in her own palace ; ferocious demons had resolved to plunge a dagger into the heart of innocence herself; every preparation was made for executing this hor rible design. The apartment of Don FRANCISCO was to be first entered, from which there is a door entering the sleeping apartment of the QUEEN. One conspirator was to give the first stab, another was to give the second, and, horrible to relate, Don FRANCISCO himself was to give the last stroke with the poniard. This, however, was so long delayed that the Ministry gained informa tion of it, and the door of communication was walled up, Don FRANCISCO was put under arrest, and in terrogated. He confessed all, is about to be sent into France under a strong escort, and the QUEEN will not go out again without being armed with a corselet of proof. Such is the abridged recital of a crime plotted in secret, and in which the uncle and father in-law of Queen ISABELLA was an accomplice. Hap pily, it vas easily discovered and prevented. This Bourbon idiot, who has passed from Cretinism into madness, is about to be sent over the frontier—it would have been much better were he to be confined in a lunatic asylum. Such, however, are the ridicu lous, the insensate, fables in which the Spanish Mi nistry of the day are absorbed. In the meantime Mr. BULWER conducts the affairs of the State, and the Conservatives intrigue and agitate as much as they can--exciting disorder, and writing to NARVAEZ to hold himself in readiness for the moment of his corning to clear away all obstacles to the accession of the Duchess DE MONTPENSIER." Here was a dis covery with a vengeance—this of the luckless Don FRANCISCO as a sort of blood -royal assassin M. ALERANDRE DUMAS, or, as he delights to designate himself, M. le Marquise DE LA PAILLETERIE, will here find additional materials for his expected feuilleton romance upon the " Double marriages." The position of affairs at this moment in Algeria is well expressed in a few words by the Courrzer Francais :—" There are four personages then just now on the stage : Marshal BuGEAtio, who abdi cates; the Emperor of Mosocco, who is threatened with being deprived of his throne, and the probable successors of these two potentates—the Due D'AUMALE and ABD-EL-KADER." HEALTH. YOU MUST BREATHE NIGHT AIR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,. —As sanatory measures are just now so properly engsging the attention of the public, allow me not merely to suggest, but to urge (through your columns) an atten tion to one very simple practice more conducive to health, and a gr eater preven tive to diseas e th an an y other single measure I have seen recommended or en forced, and it has the important character of being immediate in its effects, and of no trouble or expence in its application. Do not expect, Sir, some wonderful announcement, or some fascinating mystery ! No. It is simply the plain little practice of leaving your bedroom window a little open at the top while sleeping, both in winter and summer. I do not come before you as a theorist or an inexperienced teacher, in thu s ca lli ng l ou dly upon every family to adopt this healthf u l pract i ce . I am the father o f t en children all in p ure h ea l t h, and have (thank God) never lost one, although their natural constitutions were not robust. But in addition to the salutary effect of the practice in my own family, wherever I have advised others to try its effects, it has invariably been found to be both pleasant and beneficial. But, Sir, does the subject need the influence of experi ence to enforce its truth ? Are not reason and common sense sufficient, when once the idea has been suggested ? Why should we shut ourselves in a closed room eight, ten, and twelve hours every night, while we are urging the importance of constant tresh air in the . day? But w hen an error has got hold of us, it is astonish ing sometimes bow tenaciously it will stick. Most dis tressing sensations, extreme lassitude, and sleepless nights will, with some keep their eyes open to everything but truth on this subject. They are " afraid of catching cold," or of some other imaginary evil, which, really, it they did catch would not be halt so bad as the nights they now suffer without a cold, and the destruction to their constitution, which such every night works upon the physical powers. But I can assure them they need not fear taking cold by opening their windows, and ob taining healthful sleep. One more remark and I have done. Their doctor, unless he be a thinking man, will very likely, with a per fectly good intention (though false judgment) prevent their adopting this almost specific against general disease, by saying " Oh, it is bad to breathe night air.* This has been said to me by various medical men, but I have had in reply one question, which generally either silenced or converted them, for I have asked, Well, Doctor, will you then please to tell me what air I am to breathe in the night but night air F " It is, I think, very clear that the only question is, whether we shall breathe, for eight or ten hours, dose, foul, destructive, night air, or have a moderate supply of that which is fresh and pure?—for night air of some sort we must breathe. Yours obediently, J. I). The only care necessary is not to have a current or draught pass over the bed by any open window or door being on the other side. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) JULY 7, 1847. A general meeting of the members of the Royal Yacht Squadron is to be held at t h e S qua d ron H ouse on Friday next, at which a Vice-Commodore will be elected in place of the Marquis of Donegall, elected Commo dore. Sir Bellingham a _praham, B art ., i t i s sa id, i s to b e the new Vice. He is true yachtsman, and keeps his yachts afloat till the November gal es d r i ve th em f r o m the cruising ground t o thei r moorings, and then into the harbour, the Flirt being the last of the fleet afloat. Died of consumption, on the 7th inst., at West Cowes, after an illness of 15 years, Robert Meiklaw, Esq., a most upright, honourable man. It is understood that his remains are to be taken round in his yacht, the Talis man, to Scotland. The Constitutions el is more bitter than ever in its allusions to the maladministration of affairs by the Guizot Cabinet, and especially to the malappropria tion of the public moneys by many of its corrupt members. The Presse writes in a similar, though somewhat more laboured strain. More interesting intelligence, however, than the foregoing is that relating to the weather and the crops. The former is magnificent, the temperature being about 84 degrees of Fahrenheit ; and the latter present the most promising appearance. Already the rye is being cut in the vicinity of the capital, and yields an abundant harvest. A discussion upon the illegal arrest of the Mar chioness D'HAurvix.LE, near Mayence, occupied the attention of the Deputies during Tuesday ; nothing of interest came that day under the notice of the Chamber of Peers. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse, on Tuesday, at 78f. 15c.; the Five per Cents. at 119 f. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,270 f. ; Rotten, 961£ 25c. ; Havre, 643 f. 75c. ; Great Northern, 577 f. 50c; Avignon, 667 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 602 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 510 f. ; Boulogne, 395 f. ; Basle, 187 f. 50c. ; Paris and St ras b urg , 427 f. 50 c . ; Tours and Nantes, 405 f.; Paris and Lyons, 4351'. ; Lyons and Avig non, 4351. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 457, 50c. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 33f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 7. Boulogne and Amiens, 16—Northern of France, 1034 — Paris and Lyons, s—Paris and Strasbourg, 4%—Sambre and Meuse, 7%. n days of yore an e l ect i on f or W es tminster pro duced all sorts of squibs and handbills, which, how ever pungent i n quality, were regar d e d as temporary effusions a n d t reated party zeal. But thea as thecas eis mere differentveebullitions o fo of now, and it has b een reserved r a new the present candidate for thi s c i ty to introduce mode of warfare, and t o t ry to terrify byin b legal L prete n s pro ceedings those whom he cou ld not l‘ sions such as his. The C omm i ttee of Mr. T ON having published a statement o f reasons' wh ich , in their opinion, precluded Mr. COCHRANE from an y chance for Westminster, have one a n d a ll b een favoured by letters missive from Mr. COCHRANE'S solicitors of the usual legal tendency. The Com mittee have met these letters by a resolution, which appeared in our advertising columns. We can but wonder at the ignorance and disregard of public opi don which can induce Mr. COCHRANE to imagine that he can get into Parliament for Westminster, ,through the medium of the Court of Queen's Bench. WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, T HURSDAY MORNING, NINE O'CLOCK. The Medway, royal mail steam-ship, Captain An drews, arrived early this morning from the West Indies, with the usual mails. She has made the passage with her usual punctuality-, her apparent late arrival having been occasioned by an alteration in her route, conse quent upon the arrangements of the company being not yet completed since the loss of the Tweed. The Med way is only 13f days from Bermuda, her last port. The latest dates brought by the Medway are—Tam pico, 22d May; Vera Cruz, 2d June; Ilavannah, 10th June;Honduras, 20th May; Chagre s, 26th; Jamaica, June ; C ar th agena, 28 t h M a y; Demerara , s t h June ; Bth ti iTrinidad, 6th J une; B ar b a d oes , Bth June; Grena da, June; St. Thomas, 18th June; La Guayra, ISt JUDO; Bermuda, 2 4th June. The Medway has s on board 27,749 dollars, 73,6 19 in silver bulli on, 64oatina, 1,734 ounces 3 o l f in gold coin and bullion, 351 b. of gold dust, 143 bales of cochineal, THE KING or HOLLAND.—We read in the Eman cipation as an h d another relapse, and his Sunday u :—" According ndoubtedsource t , o4. i e e co K ti i n n t g s wofe thh aeyeNor(fe:Bheeriruvlesadsne d l f s sr oft i health, which had previously excited some apprehen sion, is again in an alarming state." It is reported that the subject of granting a pen sion to M,jor General Sir Hairy Smith, for his services in the east, will shortly be brought before the East India Directors, should that body n ot ant i c i pate t h e w i s h o f the gallant officer's friends by at once granting the same. NEW COINAGE.—The new Crown Piece has been issued from the Mint. It is so elaborate a work of art, that the ss. piece would probably be worth I Os. were it issued from an y other die-starnper's shop than her Majesty's. On the obverse is a portrait of Queen Vic toria, with a crown on her head ; her hair plaited and banded ; her robe worked with roses, shamrocks, and thistles, and other ornaments. The legend is—" Victoria Dei gratis Britanniar+reg:f; On the reverse, the arms of the Three kingdoms are represented, not quarterly, but on separate escocheons, ranged base to base, in the form of a cross, an arrangement not observed on our coin, we believe, since the Union or the time of William 111. in the intervals is an elaborate fretwork, with rose, thistle, and shamrock. The legend is—"Tueatur unita Deus+anno dont. mdcccxlvii." On the edge we read—"decus e ttutamen+unno regni undecinu);" a rose between each two words, a crown between the sentences. All these legends are in the old black letter, and the *Lyle of the ornaments medireval. From the separation of the coats of arms, this piece might be called the " repeal dollar." The execution is very beautiful, but too fine and minute for a coin. It is better suited to a medal, which is always kept in a drawer, in a leather case, or under glass. The embroidery of the robe, the legend at the edge, and the ornamental parts generally, will soon be rubbed down under the friction of general circulation. The requisites of a coin are these:-1. Beauty of execution; for that is the best of all checks against imitative forgery; and in this respect nothin g can be said a ga i ns t an y of the co ins that now emanate from the E ng li s h Mi nt . 2. Simplicity and distinctness of design ; so that the coin may retain its main charac teristics throu g h a ll i ts r ubs. 3. Su ch desi g n as is con ducive to th e utmost rap idity in the p rocess of strikin g the coin; so that no hindrance may arise at times of sudden pressure. 4. Perfect plainness of value; in order to which it is best that the coin should bear its name or value legibly inscribed as " One Shilling," or the like. In all these respects Napoleon's coins of the kingdom of Italy were models, models which the present designer to our Mint has followed in a congenial and original spirit. But, considered as a coin, the Crown piece before us is a falling off.— S pectator. AL LEGED INFANTICIDE. — Ye sterda y Mr. W. Payne held a pr o t racted inqu i r y at the St. Olave's Union, Southwark, on th e b o dy of a female infant, about four teen weeks old, belonging to Ann e Blackmore, late in mate of St. J o h n ' s Union. The deceased was alleged to nave been s t rangled b y it s m other, and who was re manded at th e S outhwar k P o li c e-court, on the previous day on th e above c h arg e. It, however, appeared from the evidence of a host of witnesses, that the woman, Blackmore, who was unmarried, though she frequently public and drinking to an enor mous extent. At represent e d h erself as be i ng a marr ied woman, was living in the last she t oo k h er little one w i t h her, calling at various -hous es; neighbou r h oo d o f Tooley-street, and on Monda y ten o th a t evening she went int o t he Bull public house, T oo l ey - street, with de,iessed in her arms, and she had previously fallen down with the child on the stones, thus causing a fracture of the skull to the infant, which produced concussion of the brain, and resulted in death. £he prisoner was now in a beastly state of drunkenness, and on some one taking the child from her arms it was found to be dead. Mr. Leader, the house surgeon of St. Olave's, proved that the injury to deceased might have arisen from such a fall as described, and the jury, after much more testimony, returned a verdict of " Accidental death." The daily expenses of the Great Western Railway , Company, in the present Parliament, have bee❑ esti mated at 4,5001,, or about 30,0001. a week.—Herepath's Journal, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 9, 1847. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The business done in Cotton at Liverpool yesterday comprised 7,000 bales, of which 1,500 were American on speculation. There was no alteration in prices. The sales included 5,000 bales of American at 6kd. to 7-*d. per lb. Railway Shares were dull, and prices were again rather lower. Advices of May sth from Cape Town report matters as being without alteration on the frontier. The revenue of the colony in 1846-7 was 100,7591., or about 18 per cent. increase on the previous year. The Medway steamer having arrived with the West India mail, the letters are expected in town to-day. In a letter addressed by Messrs. Robert and Thomas Allan, of Edinburgh, to their correspondents and clients, we find one or two interesting points concerning Scotch railways:— " Our lists exhibit somwhat better quotations than they have done for some time, although, until within the last three days, the share market has ben feeble and unsatisfactory. The advance which occurred at the commencement of the month was not maintained in con sequence of a renewed demand for grain. However, the continued fine weather, the favourable prospects of har vest, and the immense recent arrivals of food have, by degrees, affected the corn market, and shares are again buoyant. Mark-lane has, in fact, regulatt d th• value of share property. As grain rises down goes stocks; as it falls, they rise; and that with much more reference to the rum , iurs about the pota►o crop, than to the merits of any particular scheme, or the prospects of any par ticular line. " The promised interference of Government with the new railways has ended, as might have been anticipated, in nothing. Some restrictions ate placed on future pro posed schemes, but no attempt whatever is made to remedy the present strain which railway calls are causing on the Money market. Permission is given to delay making demands on the shareholders, but in prac tice this is a❑ absurdity. Once a line has obtained its act, there are individuals whose interest it is to push it forward; once contracted for, these parties necessarily become more numerous; once commenced, the works cannot be stopped; outlay is already great; staying pro gress would be ruinous —calls, therefore, must be made —money, coute qui coute, must be borrowed, and thus — whatever be the result to individual shareholders, what ever be the ruinous effect upon the country at large—the railway is driven on to completion." The Funds have been flat again, a few sales having been pressed, and it is believed that the railway com panies which have lately received the royal assent will now be steady sellers of the stock which they may have purchased to deposit with the Accountant-General in Chancery. The value of Consols for transfer has been 8811, and for time 88* 4. Exchequer-bills have been marked 103. to 13s. premium. Bank Stock has realised 196*. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been at 904 to 91. The dividends are now in course of payment at the Bank. Speculation in Foreign Stocks is very inactive. Por tuguese Four per Cents. have realised 31*, and Spanish Three per Cent& 32i. Equador Stock is at Si. Dutch Two- and-a-Half per Cents. have been 571. Railway Shares are very quiet again, and not quite so well supported. IiniTISU FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. 196 yi 196% three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 89 1 4 88% 89 hree per Cent. Consols Annuities .. • • 88 % 88 •3{ Three per Cent. Annuities, 1726 . • • • 87% 87% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 91 90% % 91 91 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9 , 4 1-16 9 1-16 Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. • • 8% ex div 8% South Sea Stock .. • • • • .. 97% ex div 97% Ditto, New Annuities .. 87% ex div 87% Consols for Opening, July 16 .. 88%% 88% Three per Cent. Consols, Scrip .. . % p % P Exchequer Bills. 1%d.2d. 1,0001... .. .... 10 13 p 5001. .... 16p Ditto. Small .... 15 20 p ONE O'CLOCK. FOREIGN FUNDS. Equador Bonds .. • Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account .. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, 4 per Cent .. • • .. Ditto, for the Account Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, for the Account • • • . Ditto,s per Cent. '38,39, 40, div.lB4o 20 CLOSING PRICES. 31,6 .. .. .. 31% .. 1847 - .. .. .. 32T. Ditto •• • • • • • Ditto, Three per Cent Ditto, for the Account • . .. on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Dail per Cent .. 57% 57% BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. Bristol and Exeter Ditto, Thirds Caledonian 75 .. . . - ...... •• • • .. .., . . . . „ . 35 .... 29 294 • .... Eastern Counties .. 20 21 21'i Ditto, York Extension .. 7% .... 77% • • .... • • East Lancashire .. .. 20 •• • Ditto, New .. .. 10 .... 951 •• • • 9 1 /,4 Great Northern •6 .. • • 4% ex int. •• .. x. int Do., London & York Extension 251.... 1% 2ex int... 2x. int Great North of England . ..100 .. • • •• • • Ditto, New 30/. .. . .. 30 .... •.• • • • 70 Great Western .. 85 ...117 120 •• ••• • • 120 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. IS .... 2051 . - Ipswich awl Bury SLEdmunds .. 14 10 ...• • .. Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 50 .... 66 . • ........ London, Brighton, & South Coast 50 .• .. 55% .. •• • • .... London an North-Western —lOO .• .... ••• • • • Ditto, Quarters L. and B. 12 2951 • .• Ditto ditto, New Shares • • .. 2 .... 13 .. •••• .. • • Ditto, Fifths .. 2 .... 17% •• • • .... • Ditto, 401. Shares M. &B. .• 40 .... 71 70 .• •• .. London and south-Western 411 6s. 10d... 69 70 ...... Ditto, New 501... 325{ .... 38 k.. • • •• .. Ditto, New 40/. .. .. • • 26 .... Manchester and Leeds .. 82 .... ••• • • • Ditto, Fifths .. . 11 1 ,E • ........ 11% Manchester, Buxton , & Matlock 425..... a4,3‘ % Niklland ..100 ....129 • •• •• •• 129 Ditto, 401. Shares .. .. 40 .... 41 1 4 1,4 .. ••• • .. 48 14 Newcastle and Berwick • • .. 20 .... 28% •• • • ...... 29 Ditto, New .. • • .. 5 •• .. 7% .. • • ...... Norfolk .. • . ..100 ....125 .•.. • • .... 125 Ditto, New . 5 .... 81,4 .. Ditto, Extension .. .. 10 .. 10% ••.. . North British • • .. • • .. 23 .•.• • • • • Ditto, Half Shares .. 1251 15%14 •• •• Ditto, Quarter ..hares .. 3IA 4 .. •••• • • • • Ditto, Thirds .. .. 1 ...• 2% North Staffordshire .. 751 10% %•..• • • • Preston and NVyre 25 ••..•• • • • • Ditto, Half Shares (A) .. 851 .... 12%.... •••• • • 12% Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .... • Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 351 .... 31 %1 ••• • • • Shropshire Union .. .- 4 .... ••••• • • • . South Devon .. 40 .... 29 ...... •• • • 29 South Staffordshire • • • • .. 21. 125... % dis •••• .. • • % dis. South Eastern and Dovor •• 33% • • .... • • 3751 Do.. New (do. 101.) .. No. 4. 5 .... 4%% ••• • • • 4% South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and 1% Waterford and Kilkenny .. 1351 . . West Riding Union • • • . 4/.2s P••• • • • • 1 4 P Windsor. Staines, &S. Western.. 42s p.•• • .• 21 .4 P Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 20 101 x i York and Newcastle 25 —..........— Ditto, Preference ......8 York and North Midland .. .. 50 Ditto. Preference • • .. 23 Do. E. and W. Riding Exten.. 10 ...- _23 ••••. • • • • • • FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. • . •• • • 1 5 % ••••• • • • • • East Indian . ss. .• %• • Namur and Liege .. • • .. 10 .... Northern of France • • • . .. 8 .... 10% • • Paris and Lyons • • • • .. .. 8 .... 51,6 •,. • Paris arid Orleans .. .. 20 .... 50 49% Sumbr ; and Meuse .. .. 14 .... ...... •• .• MINES. Real del Monte, TJnrezistered .. .... The Petites Affiches though containing nothing but advertisements, have been made instrumental to the cow• mission of several robberies by a clever rogue named Frandin. The fellow, it appeared, used to copy the addresses of persons advertising for places, and passing himself off as a house owner, engage the advertisers in his service, after which he would find means to get them out of the house, and then bolt with anything valuable that he could lay his hands on. A few days ago be called on a man named Martinet, living at 39, ruo Ram buteau, who had advertised for a place as concierge. M. Frandin was very particular in inquiring into the man's qualities, and particularly scrupulous as to his character. The porter having satisfied him on those important points, M. Frandin consented to engage him and his wife as concierges of one of the immense mansions which he said he possessed in the best quarter of Paris. " But," said M. Frandin, "asl am very parti cular, we must draw up a contract of the engagement ;" and he pulled out a gigantic pocket-book, and looked among a mass of portentous-looking documents for a sheet of stamped paper, on which to draw up the deed. " Bless me," cried he, after a long search, " I have got no stamped paper with me—here are seven sous—have the kindness to go and buy a sheet." Off went the porter, and a minute or two after his back was turned the methodical M. Frandin was seized with au idea. " Dear me I" exclaimed he, "how very stupid I am ! To make the contract binding, there must be two deeds —one for you—one for me. Run after your husband, madame, and tell him to bring two stamped sheets— here's the money." Madame Martinet unhesitatingly went to fulfil his mission, but on her and her husband's return, they found that M. Frandin had vanished, and with him some silver spoons. Luckily the fellow was captured before he could get clear off with his booty, and he was brought up for trial yesterday. Being an old offender, the tribunal condemned him to five years' im prisonment and five years' surveillance of the police. TOM THUMB AND HIS LADY LOPE.—" The wee est little man that ever was," as the children say, is now in our city, " strutting his little hour upon the stage, and pocketing lots of small coin, to increase the " snug fortune" which he began to make in America, sad which he so much extended in foreign parts. If report speaks true, General Tom Thumb has meditated much upon the common lot of humanity, and following other illus trious examples, has " wooed a little maid," who has agreed to " wed, wed, wed," and in a short time they are to be married. She is in her 16th year, weighs 19i1b., and is 30 inches high. The united weight of the couple is 501b.—Boston Transcript. We state, from undoubted authority, that Mr. C. Carus Wilson has abandoned his long suit, in the Court of Exchequer, wherein he claimed 3001. as damages from Mr. J. Kandish, governor of the public gaol of this island, for false imprisonment.—Jersey Times. BONDING PRIVILEGES.—The Lords of the Trea sury having been pleased by their order, just issued, to consitute Wigtown, in the port of Dumfries, a separate port, on the supernumerary class, the Commissioners of the Customs have directed that the privilege granted by their Lordships should take effect at Wigtown, as an independent port, on the 6th of July instant, of which the officers of the revenue there, and throughout the kingdom, have been apprised for their future government in the matter. The Lords of the Treasury having also been pleased to approve of the port of Gweek being reduced to a creek within the port of Falmouth, orders have been issued by the revenue authorities for that arrangement, also to take effect from and after the sth instant. MB. FEHEAND, M.P.—lt is said that Mr. Fer rand, M.P., is about to marry the sister of Lord . Bla ntyre; should the match take place, he will brother - in-law a w to a daughter of the Duke of Sutherland. —Manchester Examiner. The Cologne Gazette contradicts the report of a marriage between the reigning Duke of Brunswick and a Princess of Alecklenburg-Schewrin. COMfi The Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon at Buck. ingham A deputation of the States of Jersey had an audience of her Majesty to present an address. The deputation consisted of Sir John de Veulle, the Bailiff and President of the States of Jersey; Colonel Sir T. Le Breton, Royal Jersey Militia ; Mr. Peter Le Sueur, Constable of St. Helier, Deputy of the States of Jersey ; and the Rev. Charles Marett, Rector of St. Clement, Deputy of the States of Jersey. Sir George Grey, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, presented the members of the deputation to the Queen. Sir John de Veulle read the address, and at the same time presented an album to her Majesty, illustrated with $ number of views of the island of Jersey. The Queen returned a most gracious answer. Sir George Grey had an audience of her Majesty. The Queen was attended by Earl Ducie, Lord in Waiting, and Sir Edwai d Bowater, Groom in Waiting. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, and attended by the Lady in Waiting, the Countess of Desart, took an airing yester day in an open carriage-and-four. The Equerry in Waiting, Colonel Buckley, attended on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back, attended by his Equerry in Waiting, Lieut.-Col. Seymour. _ _ _ Lord John Russell had an audience of the Queen yes terday. The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the perform . - ance at her Majesty's Theatre with their presence yesterday evening. The royal suite consisted of the Countess of Desart, lion. Miss Murray, Earl Ducie, Col. Buckley, and Lieut.-Colonel Sey - mcur. A bust of Major-General Sir Harry Smith was sub mitted by Mr. Adams to the Queen and Prince Albert, who were graciously pleased to express their approba tion. _ Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan. Baron Knesebeck, and Mr. Edmond Mildmay, honoured the Duchess Dowager of Bedford with their company yes terday afternoon at her residence on Campden hill. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan honoured the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury with their company at dinner yesterday at their re sidence in Grosvenor-square. A deputation on the subject of Turnpike Trusts, consisting of the Duko of Richmond, Coknel Austen, M.P. for Kent, Mr. A. E. Fuller, M.P. for Sussex. From Sussex—Mr. C. H. Frewen, Sir S. B. P. Meikle thwaite, Barr., Sir C. M. Lamb, Bart., Mr. W. Phillips Lamb, Mr. W. P. Beecham, and Mr. Robert Upperton. From Herts—Mr. Samuel J. story. From Wilts—Mr. William Foote. From Sussex—Mr. James Troup and Mr. Frederic Ellman, had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office. The Commissioners of Metropolitan Improvements had a meeting yesterday at the office of the Woods and Forests in Whitehall•place. There were present Vis count Morpeth, Sir Charles Lemon, Sir Robert H. Inglis, the Lord Mayor, A. Mine, Esq., and the Hon. C. A. Gore. Mr. M'Donald had an interview with Earl Grey yes terday at the Colonial-office. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday. Mr. Pease had an interview yesterday with Sir George Grey at the Home-office. AN ODD ADVERTISEMENT.---A New York paper publishes the following :—" A young lady, perfectly competent, wishes to form a class of young mothers and nurses, and to instruct them in the art of talking to infants in such a manner as will interest and please them." FEROCIOUS ATTACK.—On Friday night, as Mr. Ketcher, a respectable farmer of Ratsbro', near South minster, was returning home from the residence of Mr. Grice, as Asheldham, a few minutes before ten o'clock, on foot, when about fifty yards from Mr. Grice's house he saw a man in an oat field, near which there was no footpath. Observing that the fellow at tempted to conceal himself in the corn, Mr. Ketcher went up to him, and asked him what business he had there. An impertinent reply was made, on which Mr. Ketcher took hold of him, and said, " If you are after nothing wrung you will not mind giving an account of yourself." The fellow then raised his hand, and with a wine bottle inflicted a blow on the left side of Mr. Ketcher's head, causing a wound three inches long, and penetrating to the bone. Mr. Ketcher was ren dered insensible; on becoming conscious, he found himself in a ditch with his antagoni , t on the top of him, beating him on the head and face with the bottle. Mr. Ketcher's eyes were so enveloped in blood from the wounds, that he was for a time completely blinded, and with great difficulty he got from under the man, who then ran off. Mr. Ketcher, greatly exhausted from the loss of blood, succeeded in getting back to Mr. Grice's, where he fainted. Mr. Rush, surgeon, was immediately sent for, and that gentleman having dressed the wounds, removed him home. On examination it :was found that not fewer than five frightful gashes had been made upon Mr. Ketcher's head, a piece had been cut out of his ear, and there was a wound over the eye brow reaching to the bone. There were besides a tre mendous blow on the jaw -bone, and a triangular cut on the nose, with many deep scratches on the cheek, all on the left side, and Mr. Rush expressed his sur prise that so much injury could have been inflicted without immediately fatal consequences. The police were engaged the whole of the night with other parties in scouring the neighbourhood, and we are happy to and succeeded the same morning in discovering in a straw stack the guilty party, whose name it appears is liace, a character well known in the locality. Ile was covered with the blood of the gentleman he so severely injured, add our correspondent adds that he has declared that he intended to have murdered Mr. Ketcher, or any other man who chixed to interfere with him. Since writing the above we learn that Pace has been committed by Mr. J. Pattison, to the convict gaol, Springfield, for three months' hard labour, for lodging in the open air. —Essex Herald. TAE GREAT BRlTAlN.—Yesterday (Friday) we paid a visit to the Great Britain, for the purpose of witnessing personally the operations which are in progress to raise her, previous to being floated off. The arrangements are certainly very ingenious, but cannot be clearly described to those who have not seen them. On each side of the vessel are driven upon their ends into the sand ; until they reach the solid rock, a number of large logs of timber, in an inclined position. Near the top of two of these logs is to be a box or case, filled with sand, weighing about fifty tons. Upon the top of each log is a sheave of iron, in a groove in which runs a rope which communicates with the boxes and with the vessel. The boxes are supported by large chain cables, and their object is to raise the vessel, for according to the principles of mechanism, as they sink the ship rises. There are to be 20 of these boxes, ten on each tide of the vessel. Eight of them are at present in the position intended for them, and in process of being filled ; the rest will soon be completed. The greater number will be placed towards the ship's bow, where she is deeper in the sand, nearly to the depth of four feet two inches, and lower towards the stern, where she is not so deep. The ship had been sunk seven feet, but by means of lightening, that is, pumping out water, and placing stones underneath, she has been raised to her present position. She is now perfectly water-tight. Mr. Bremner, the eminent engineer, is constantly on board, superintending the operations. All is expected to be ready for the final effort by the end of the next month. A Government steamer is expected to be present On that occasion, lending her assistance. —Downpatrick Recorder. LAMENTABLE ArraAi AT BABRIIEAD.—On Sa. turday night last, laei;g Barrhead fair, a party of labourers, at present employed on the railway in pro gress at Barrhead, amounting to about two hundred, paraded the streets of the village, between the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock. The mob was headed by an Irishman, named INPLeay, or APLean, who was tipsy at the time, and rather noisy and insulting in his demea nour towards the inhabitants; when within a few yards of two policemen, and without any previous quarrel or challenge, a man rushed into the crowd and stabbed M‘Leay to the heart, who instantly fell dead. In the commotion that ensued James M'Nally, a labourer, and another man, named Flannigan, were also seriously stabbed. The person who committed these acts of violence, was so sudden in his movements, and made such a hasty retreat that he was not secured. An old man named M'Kechnie, before whose door the disturb, ante took place, came out of his own house, and meet ing a person in the entry, he asked him what was the matter ? A dangerous wound was the reply. The ruf fian forced his way into Mliechnie's house. 111‘Kech nie's wife, on hearing the people outside aean c dd r b y ato i cn n ko.o g twpe o ik u n t ow to secure the murderer, became . il injured, per e e d bfu , ys window. o t h w e . i d n o g o r t . h a tThheer person husband Another labourer, n a a wd m ea e s d Conally, who was passing through the crowd at the time, on his way home from his work, was also stabbed, but apparently by another hand than that which inflicted the wounds on the other persons, as his wounds does not appear to have been given by the same instrument as the r est . Th e w h ole affair occupied no more time than 5 min u t es , an d t h e parties effecte d thei r escape without detection. Flannigan and M•liechnie are both seriously injured. Connally, we understand, is able to walk about. Yesterday (Monday) an exami nablelasgo w, was made into the case at Barrhead, by Sheriff G Mr. Rodger, procurator fiscal for Renfrew shire, along with Drs. M'Kinlay and Wylie, of Paisley, and Dr. Jaap, of Barrhead. We understand that sus picion rests on two parties as being guilty of perpe trating the horrid deed.—North British Mail. CAPTURE OP A SEAL.—A circumstances quite un usual in its character took place on our river on Sunday last. During the afternoon a waterman named Henry Hines, accompanied by a lad named Chenery, rowed a gentleman down the river, and in their passage saw a remarkably fine seal swimming away from the direction of the lock to the bathing place. They instantly gave chase, and after it had repeatedly eluded them by diving, came up to it at Black Ooze, where Hines succeeded in striking.; it a violent blow on the head. The seal again dived, but on its again rising a similar fate awaited it, and at length the men had so stunned it as to be able to drag it into their boat. The parties then returned—the seal making a low moaning noise—and sold their prize to a fishmonger named Chisnall for 30s. The fish is now at the new fish-market on the quay, and is likely to survive all its rude treatment. It is a remarkably beau tiful specimen, and weighs between seven and eight stone. The tail fin is upwards of 12 inches wide, when extended.—lpswich Express. Mr. Palmer, the Judge of the Small Debts Court at Bristol, who decided that separate bills might be made out for one account, so as to bring various actions for sums under 201., has further decitd this last week that such division cannot be made after the bill has once been delivered in full. 154 32 33% 55% 15% 4 2% 10% 4% 10% 5% 49% I PO RTING INT. LLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—TUURSDAY. The attendance was thin, and be ting flat, at the fol - - lowing prices : THE LIVERPOOL CUP. 10 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack—taken 12 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Plaudit—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. Wormald's Quadruped—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Queen Mary—taken. GOODWOOD STAKES. 8 to 1 agst Mr. Sainsbury's The Questionable 16 to 1 agst Mr. Sandford's Kimblesworth—taken 18 to 1 agst Mr. Gully ns. Tantivy—taken. GOODWOOD cur. 7 to 2 agst Mr. J. Day's The Hero—taken 5 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Eryx—taken 12 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Halo—taken. DERBY. 1000 to 10 agst Mr. SandiOrd's The Sheriff—taken. 1000 to 10 apt Mr. Payne's Woodcraft—taken. Burgundy was declared this morning not to run for either Goodwood or Cup. NEWMARKET JULY MEETING—WEDNESDAY. 50/. ; three yrs old, 7st 21b ; four, Bst 71b ; five, 9st lib ; Biz and aged, 9st 51b. To start at the starting post of T.M.M.4 and run to the end of R.C. Lord Orford's Footstool, 4 yrs ...walked over A Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each; for three yrs old, colts, B,t 71b; and fillies, Bst 41b. New T.Y.C. The winner to be sold for 100 sues., &c. (5 Subs ) Mr. Shelley's Millwood Mr. Etwall's ch c f by Sir Hercules, out of Passoin 2 Mr. 11 , trgreave's Bit Nibble Lord Exeter's ch fby Hetman Platoff, out of Macremma 4 Colonel Peel's Sorrel . Even on Millwood, who jumped off first, but after running about 200 yards resigned the lead to Bit Nibble, who carried it on to the corner of the Plantations, where Millwood again showed a-head, kept in front to .the end, and won by half * length; the same between second and third, and the fourth close up : Sorrel a bad fifth. Time, 1 minute 15 seconds. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs, each for 2 yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 41b. Last half of B. M. The winner to be sold for 2001, &c. (6 Subs.) Lord Spencer's Glutton (Boyce) / Lord Lonsdale's ch cby Redshank......... ................. •••• 2 Lord Exeter's Tippet 3 ••• Mr. W. H. Roberts's Elusion Mr. Beresford's bf by Erymus, out of Peeress . 5 Mr. Pettit's Brilliant . ........ 6 Betting-5 to 2 each agst Tippet and Redshank colt, and 3 to 1 agst Glutton. The Redshank colt made the running, followed by Tippet and Glutton to the hill, where the latter went up, and, after a good race with the Redshank colt, won by half a lengtb• Tippet a bad third. The winner was claimed. Run in 5 4 seconds. The Town Plate of 501; for 3 yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 31b. Last mile and a distance of B. C. Mr. Sanford's Kimblesworth (Boyce) 1 Lord Orford's Ziska . Lord E. Russell's Nottingham ... ... ... Mr. C. Rayner's bf by the Nob, out of Corunna 4 Duke of Bedford's Eothen Betting, 2 to 1 on Ziska. Kimblesworth made all the running, and won by half a length : Nottingham a bad third. Run in 2 min. 10 sec. The weather has been showery this afternoon, and thecom pany the smallest ever seen at a July meeting. Lord Chesterfield's May and Mr. E. R. Clark's Latitat have arrived for the Chesterfield Stakes. lodine was scratched this morning. Arrivals—The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, Earl of Orford, Earl of Chesterfield, Lords Somerton, Burghley* Clifden, F. Fitzroy, John Scott, Edward Russell, and Suf field ; Sir J. Hawley; Hons. Colonel Byng, Colonel Ansulit Captain Row, H. Furrester, Colonel Peel ; Captains Bulkelg• Spong, Lowther; Messrs. Greville, Wauchope, G. Payne, w• Payne, Newton, Batson, Fitzroy, R. Nevi% Meyria, Port man, S. Stanley, &c. LIVERPOOL CUP. 1 12, 14, and 20 to 1 laid Agit 8 to 1 on the field 12 to 1 agst Pic Nic (taken) 14 to 1 agst Lady Wildair (t) GOOD WOOD STAKES. Bto 1 agst Stultz (taken) Iloto I agst The Question able I (taken). GOODWOOD CUE. 7 to 2 agst the Hero (taken). ST. LEGER. sto 2 agst Cossack (taken) I 3oto 1 agst Farmer's Daug h ' 11 to 1 agst Red Hart ter. The following 2 yrs olds were sold this morning by Messrs. Tattersall :—John Orridge, 500 guineas ; and a brown colt by Colwick, out of Souvenir, 99 guineas. We understand that Sir Joseph Hawley will be the nelf steward, in the room of Colonel Anson, whose term is out; and that, in c,nsequence of Easter falling so late next year. the Craven meeting will commence on the 10th of April. BETTING ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE CHESTERFIELD STAKES. Even on Teetotum I 10 to 1 agst Woodcraft. 7 to 4 agst The Sheriff Cossack. LIVERPOOL CUP. I 12 to 1 agst Inheritress I 25 to 1 agst Cossack. GOODWOOD STARES. 7 to 1 agst Stoltz 20 to 1 agst Kimblesworth 10 to 1 agst The Questionable 20 to 1 agst Hydrangea 18 to 1 agst Miss Elis II 25 to 1 agst Tantivy. GOODWOOD CUP. sto 1 agst The Hero 18 to 1 agst Fitz-Emilius 6 to 1 agst Eryx 8 to 1 on the Field. 10 to 1 agst Pic Nic ST. LEGER. 5 to 2 agst Cossack—taken I 15 to 1 agst Foreclosure 6to 1 agst Van Tromp 130 to 1 agst Farmer's 11 to 1 agst Red Hart I Daughter 12 to 1 agst Mr. Martin I 50 to 1 agst Executor 2,000 to 100 laid agst Eryx and Executor. DERBY. 20 to l agst Flatcatcher 50 to 1 agst The Slug—t 33 to 1 agst Sesostris—taken 50 to 1 agst The Stinger to a large amount 50 to 1 agst John Orridge 40 to 1 agst Beverlac—taken 4,000 to 15 agst Clerk of the I4oto 1 agst Loadstone—taken Council. 50 to 1 agst The Sheriff—t. I Several thousands laid at even between The Stinger and The Sheriff; and 1,100 to 1,000 afterwards laid on The Stinger. At a meeting of the Jockey Club this afternoon it was re solved to remove the ban from John Day, jun., William DaP and Sam Rogers, and that the official notice of their restory tion will appear in the next calendar. TH URSDA Y. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soya. each, 10 ft, for all age° but two yrs old. From the Sta r ti ng - p o st of B. M., to tb° end of New T. Y. C. (8 Subs.) 1 Mr. Stephenson's b f Doctrine, 3 yrs, 6st 21b (Pear l) a Mr. Lowther's b c Admiral, 3 yrs. Gst 71b..... ...... ; The following also started , but were not placed :--Le r Exeter's Bishop of Romford's Cob, aged, 9st 41b; Lord Cor ford's Prussic Acid, 4 yrs, Bst 1 llb ; Colonel Peel's ()regal 3 yrs, 7st ; Colonel Peel's Vert Vert, 3 yrs, Est 41b; Lore Exeter's ch f, by Hetman Platoff, out of Macremma, 3 yrs' sst 71b. Betting-2 to 1 agst Doctrine, and 3to 1 each agst The Cob and Prussic Acid. The Macramma filly made the rue: ning to the top of the hill, followed by Doctrine, The Ceul and Vert-Vert; Doctrine then obtained a slight lead, wa ited on by the Admiral, Prussic Acid, The Cob, and Vert-Vertu a severe race home with thi s lot terminated in favour ° Doctrine by a head, the others beaten about a neck, ahrl.l nearly abreast that it is impossible to s a y which was thin" Run in 1 min. 26 sees. The Chesterfield Stakes of 30 sous. each, 20 ft, for two yrs old; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b ; the winner of the July Stakes 91b extra, and the second horse 41bs extre' Last half of B. M. (37 Subs.) Mr. Sandford's The Sheriff E. Edwards it Mr. Payne's Woodcraft (41bs extra) Colonel Peel's Teetotum The following also started, but were not placed :—LO t Chesterfield's May, Mr. Ford's Latitat, Lord Lonsdale's B leb Castle, Duke of Rutland's bc, by St. Francis, out of CO" slip, Lord Spencer's Dacia, Mr. Stephenson's b c, by prate' dary, dam by Vanish, Betting-10 to 6 each agst Teetotum and The Sheri to 1 agst Dromedary colt, 10 to 1 agst Woodcraft, and 10t° 1 agst any other. Woodcraft went away with a slight lean `` of The Sheriff, which he maintained at a strong pac e t° about half the distance; The Sheriff then took up the run' ring, kept his neck and shoulders in front until within a dozen yards of home, and won cleverly by a neck, Teetottll third, beaten about two lengths from the winner; May aba fourth. Run in 55 secs. S wee pstakes of 10 Soya each, for 2 yrs old, E s t 11lb; an d 3 yrs, 9st. New ,T.Y.C. Winner to be sold for 2tiv" (4 Subs.) Mr. Barne's Blackcock, 3 yrs ... (Nat) Mr. Cheshire's Ellen Horn e 3 yrs ' 3 Lord Jno. -Scott's Rundi s f or d, 2 yrs Lord Exeter's fby Giovanni, out of Silistria, 2 yrs 4 Betting—Even on Blackcock, who won easy by tw ° lengths. Run in 1 min. 13 secs. WORCESTER RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Grafton Manor Stakes of 10 soya. each, la ft, with 2° added. Heats, two miles. Mr. Walter's Cavendish, aged, lOst 71b ......(Scott) 1 Mr. Eskrett's Exhort, 5 vrs, list Won cleverly. The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs, each, and 20 added. One MO and a quarter. (6 Subs.) Mr. Oliver's Tere4a, 6 yrs, Bst 41b (Chesswas) 1 Mr. Minor's Augustus, 4 yrs, 7st I llb Mr. Davenport's Maid of Lorette, 3 yrs, Est 3 Mr. Webb's Amazement, 5 yrs, Bst Mr. 011iver's Blind Hookey, aged, Bst I lib 5 The City Members' Plate of 50/. Heats, two miles. Hon. G.Ongley's Roderick, aged, 9st Ilb (Whitehouse) 1 0 2 Mr. Eskrett's Exhort, 5 yrs, Bst 91b Mr. Jones's ch m by Revolution, out of Pantasa's dam 0 tif Mr. John Griffith's Adulator, 3 yrs, Est 101 b Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston give a gran a dinner on Saturday next to his Royal Highness Prince_ Waldemar of Prussia, and her Ladyship will afterward' receive a brilliant circle of the aristocracy. Count Henrie de Bearn is the new attache to the French embassy. The Noble Count has arrived at Manchester House from Paris. THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS IN FRANCE . :.—Th e Independant de 1 . Ouest, a Legitiniatist journal published at Laval, has been prosecuted for having published a fragment of a letter of Junius, written in September , 1771, and addressed to George 111., King of England, together with an extract of a speech delivered by Mr' Windham in the English Parliament. The accusation s of avarice, egotism, ambition, and corruption containe d in those fragments have been considered by the Ise r e officers of the Crown as an offence against th e p e rson 0 1 the King of the French! A person reading in a newspaper that the BishoP of London had refused to grant a license to the floating chapel on the river Thames, cried out " that he was not at all surprised at his Lordship's refusal ; for," says b e ' " the chapel does not float in his see." NATIONAL TRIBUTE TO SIR HARRT A correspondent of the Cheltenham Eraminer suggest s that a handsome testimonial to this distinguished officer might very easily be raised if every perion in the king' dom of the name of Smith were to subscribe one penny for the purpose. Take the Smiths at a million-- 0° doubt much below the amount—and upwards of 4,000 1 . would be the result, besides, how many would adopt the nomenclature for the privilege of subscribing. WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES.— An account was is', sued yesterday of the quantities arid declared value o f British woollen manufae:ures exported from the United Kingdom in the year 1846, specifying also the countro e to which they were sent. The quantities are :—Clothe of all sorts, 241,030 pieces; napped coatings, duffles, tag 3,797 ditto ; kerseymeres, 23,036 ditto ; baizes of sorts, 20,717 ditto; stuffs, woollen or worsted, 1,748,4 30 ditto; flinnel, 1,853 515 yards; blittkets and blanketing. 2,269,830 ditto ; carpets and carpeting, 939,791 d itto woollens mixed with cotton, 21,809,646 ditto ; hosiery' viz , stockings, woollen or worsted, 161,798 dozen pore' sundries, viz., rugs, coverlids, tapes, and small Waregl 152,5704 The total declared value is 6,335,1024 , A