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, . TUE_ S-UN Oat , LON,O ~ MORN TUESDAY - ' IN I - • - JULY - - - -7r , - 6.. 154 i . 1. . -3,) ......... ...--.. , _ _. • , ... MAGAZINES-' (CONTINUED.) • ....... ...._ _ ...______ clear that the Queen of Portugal had on every occasion Select Committee, to inquire into the charges against i 'Woken faith with her people, and on all hands it was the Raja of Sattara, now an exile in Benares, and the BENTLEY. Ply Bentley opens this month with a memoir of one (f 1 THE REVENUE FOR. THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING JULY ' 1847. oui admitted that her conduct was most unjustifiable. grounds for his degradation and exile. He did not re the greatest and the most ill-used of English naval 0, No one had attempted to defend it, and he to the statement which had been made by the Right -----ose.- _- No- 1.-An Abstract of the Yit Produce of the Revenue o f G rea t Britai n in 'lw Years and Quarters ended sth of July. 1846, and sth of Jill, 1.147, showing the Increase or Decreas eJQiirr,A.s.,:E a o s n E e N a n c E h Dhead thereof. thought it was therefore the more disgraceful Hon. Bart. (Sir J. C. Hobhowie) when he last bri o a f u i . h b e t commanders, to whose merits the presf-nt age has ren t tIP that Government should have pursued the course they forward this subject, nor would he take any notice • dered a tardy justice-the Earl of - Dundonald. Dundonald. Dr. had done. It had been urged on behalf of the Govern- tone in which that statement had been made, as he was . W. C. Taylor, the author cf the mem sir, says that, 'Oct. 10, ! "--- A - p ri 15, 1 July 5, J l l.l - 173, '; LL , ment that they were forced into that course by the too long a Member of that House to take notice of every I " unfOrtunatel for his fame, Lord Cochrane wished 1 QUARTERS ENDED of French Government; but every one who was in the habit expression that might be used in the heat of debate. , r _ ,, J e Y ii n i E y d A ed S s, ------, ended Year ended Jul, 5. Quanor cu,i,..d .. , .. 5 ..,.._ _,... (-- ________, r _.-. __________, per' of re a di ng th e F renc h p a p ers mu s t have seen that M. The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to detail the to add cenatorl Y al . dignity to his professional honours," a ct. to, J 1 7 4 .. 3 5 , April 5 J7u B ly 4 - 6 1846 1846 1 1847 1847 ' 1847 1847 ' the Guizot had d en i e d the statement. The conduct of France particulars a this oft-repeated narrative. In 1818 and after recording his return to Westminster thus ---- -47---- ,51t, - 1 4, 47 673 4,519,119 18,792,348 1 Cust oms 1 6. 8 , 6 2 5 Increase. ,Decrease. Increase. Decrease. his throne, proceeds :- - 4350 X 2,,,s . 3 1: 2 0 9 36 1 :5 05 17 2 1 5 2 :4 7 0 33 1:036 998 .. r E lisret3 . : T .... •... :...•.. : 0 0: 0 8 2 86 4 .... 1 28 6 7„ 33 8 4 51 1,86_9 5.0 4 0 6 0 4 7 8 2 5 0 4 1 ,00 79 0 7 ,'' x .£ i ,ner, towards Portugal was most irreproachable, and it was the Raja of Sattara was placed On Customs .... :. . 2,075,001 4'325 9 732 ,T' a_ a x m es - '...,:: :: :. •.: •• : L103'8 3 6 3 7 i . . -, P 6 : 5,8 . X .... 8 : 74 A jief clear from the conduct of her admiral that France was as au independent Sovereign after the Mahratta war. "In 1809 he performed his last great achievement in Excise.... - . .... .. .• • • 3,953,106 3,336,837 1,626,458 3,104,711 12,025,112 4,181,926 3,603 1 4,272 Taxes stio P ffl . .... 1,780,175 1,792,402 1,685,868 1,730,495 6,988,940 1,1 4 1 5 4 :0 3 0 6 0 4 1,7 3 4 0 16 0 8 0 7 1'8 3 1 7 7: 0 2 00 8 00 9 Joni not the plower who urged the necessity or the expe- Now the charge which he (Mr. Hume) the service of his country-the destruction of the French 2 2 )3 9, 0 6 0 5 0 7 21 9 9 2; 0 593 -- . ° race was i • • • shipping in the Basque Roads. Ten ships of the line, 201,279 1,876,051 146,142 2,006,427 4,229,899 209,940 ! 1,909,89 5 9 5 1 PProtperflity.Tax 1,823,883 386,985 1,963,882 1,009,162 5,183,912 1,972,128 450,215 2,043 072 u la bad to make diency of an armed intervention. It was very evident, against the East India Company was that the .i. 7 - ,4±:iL l 1 0 12 , - ; 2i- I ( ;t r i ° sce n ti L e Fe l e ;s i i t s s . . 1 i 2 1 6 1 110 4 22 ; 7 i . .... 1 ....... 1 33 . 84 :, 09. 06. 09 and some frigates, lay in these reads, protected by for -12,4825630102:9)9, : , 090 0 100g 0 :2 0 the however, to him that the Noble Lord at the head deposed from his throne without any just or reasonable 27 C I • a Money _ ( T i o i t ii al ,a o 3t r o d i l , i c ia y r .3. - Il...eve . ii . u . e . midable batteries and a dangerous shoal, which extended Crown Lands. ..... .... :: 000 215,000 18_ 1 1 8 7 7 1 9 ,03 4 : , (2) 0 (3) 0 7 0 2 1, 1 7, 7 7: 0 9 0 1 0 0 , 21 aub' of the Foreign Department of this country was the dupe cause, and that he was kept in exile, and refused 12,573.187 1 47,203,561 13,889,103 7 - 12,48 - 6,338 - 10,430, - 377 13,013,614 49,8 - Oh ' of that great master of modern arts, Louis Philippe, a trial. He then read the extracts from the between them and the English blockading squadron, Miscellaneous ...... - F big [ and that was the individual who was reaping the evidence of four of the British residents at the advantage of all the odium that was being thrown upon Court of the Raja to show that iris Highness had commanded by Admiral Gambier. Lord Cochrane brined a bold Wan for the destruction of this squadron, 300,8. , 9 6 6 7 6 9,7, 1 ./ 3. 5 1 5: ,0 5 7 :22 0 0 . .. 440,000 1 1,150,859 227,644- ' • . 2 / T - 1 ,4 , , , , , 1 Total - ...... 2,1;15.871 ....' 455,239 14,812 Ibe t . the country for the part he had taken in the affairs of always conducted himself in the most exemplary man- and communicated it to the admiral. He was, in con- 1l rarest Moneys, &c. .. 24,591 6,084 52,909 73,939 215,523 33,815 31,884 53,859 - 8 . 3- . 632 208'190 I ' ln • • • • • 963,215 .... 440,000 Portugal. The ministers both of France and Spain re- tier, that he had established schools in which the usual sequence, sent to join Lord Gambier, and under him to Repayments ofAdvances 473,881 404,179 456,473 111,607 1 ,4 4 6,140 199,882 I 302,449 164,568 137,944 804,843 ! IPe Prest l'f°fle. "' 8". • • • • 7,333 14,693 . pndiated the protocol which had been issued at the in- branches of education were taught, and that he had take command of the attack which he had projected. 17 - 2,0 16 3 2819-759 1 --- _____ pamnts ofAdyncs. .. - 641,297 26,337 - Total Income. - 13,811,380 12,800,798 10,245,172 13,198,733 1 50,056,083 114,350,444 12,820,671 10,643,804 13,240,190 1 51,060,109 ttr ' stance of this country. And there could be no doubt done his utmost to improve the character of the people Fire-ships and explosion-vessels having been prepared. - - whatever that the Noble Lord at the head of the Fo- and develop° the resources of his country. It was un- - Lord Cochrane, with his gallant crew, led the way, a.ril Amount applied to con- .. real I . I reign Department adopted, the course of interfering, by necessary for him however, to quote any authority in the boom by which the enemy was protected was broken 468 35.5 7 ' , 30,674,419 7,617,435 8,615,898 , 3,207,608 9,912 813 29 r - 1)1 1 .70 11.1 as e A d d l;und ...• •.! 8,869,973 7,859,997 5„ 8,4 6,134 , • ,303,,•5 t , ~, , Q ,, r Deduct '"'''' L I).,erease Doduct - .154,812 I ..,,,,,... 1 tOt , means of an armed intervention, with the affairs of Por- proof of this for the East India Company, themselves to al upon his own responsibility, the conduct of the had in 1835, presented him with a very valuable sword by the Mediator. The fire-sh • • fire-ship, immediately rushed through the opening, and were piloted into the midst of Ditto, as Ways &A ances... ••I 550,000 615,077 140,000 91,501 1,396,576 472,500 , 837,500 i 2,940,000 1,724,311 5,574,311 , leans of the Year.. .. .. .. .. 4,391,407 4,325,724 4,636,817 4,631,093 17,985,046 6,260,509 3,367,273 5,461,196 7,113,618 ' , 2,202,676 i, i Increase - ueciease. Increase British fleet and military in Portugal was cruel and to show the great estimation in which they held him. unjust. Its influence was directed against a people who Some time after this, however, a dispute arose between the French anchorage, in spite of a furious cannonade and discharge of shells from the batteries. Though some - - Total .•• •• 13,811,380 12,800,798 10,245,172 ,13,198,733 : 50,056,083 h 4,350,444 12,820,671 11,603,804 ,18,750,822 i 57,530,741 II 1,004,026/ , on (the Year. 41,457 on the Quarter. were fig h ting for their freedom, and if that House had him and the Governmen t of Bombay i t ir vet' ,- r- • of the ships mistook their course, and others exploded --____ • Exclusive of 960,000/. received in April Quarter, and 5,510,6321. received in July Quarter, 1847, on Loan nl'B,ooo.oool_ i clear that the Queen of Portugal had on every occasion 'Woken faith with her people, and on all hands it was adulated that her conduct was most unjustifiable. No one had attempted to defend it, and he thought it was therefore the more disgraceful that Government should have pursued the course they had done. It had been urged on behalf of the Govern ment that they were forced into that course by the French Government; but every one who was in the habit of reading the French papers must have seen that M. Guizot had denied the statement. The conduct of France towards Portugal was most irreproachable, and it was clear from the conduct of her admiral that France was not the power who urged the necessity or the expe diency of an armed intervention. It was very evident, however, to him that the Noble Lord at the head of the Foreign Department of this country was the dupe of that great master of modern arts, Louis Philippe, and that was the individual who was reaping the advantage of all the odium that was being thrown upon the country for the part he had taken in the affairs of Portugal. The Ministers both of France and Spain re pudiated the protocol which had been issued at the in stance of this country. And there could be no doubt whatever that the Noble Lord at the head of the Fo reign Department adopted, the course of interfering, by means of an armed intervention, with the affairs of Por tugal upon his own responsibility, the conduct of the British fleet and military in Portugal was cruel and unjust. Its influence was directed against a people who were fighting for their freedom, and if that House had any latent feeling of justice within its breast, it would not suffer itself to be bamboozled by the declaration of the Minister, but denounce an interference with the rights and liberties of the people of Portugal, in terms that it merited. Why, had not Lord Howard De Walden and Mr. Southeron been re called, and a man placed in their situation who Was totally ignorant of Portuguese affairs?—(Hear.) Sir Hamilton Seymour from his former connexion with the King of the Belgians, must have been prejudiced against the cause of the Portuguese people, and he ought never to have been sent out on behalf of this country. No faith could be placed in the promises of the Queen or her Ministers, and throughout the whole of the part this country took in the proceedings, he could see no thing but sympathy for the Crown and an utter disre gard for the rights or the people. The greater part of the Portuguese trade was carried on with the capital of the country, and through the agency of British mer chants, and yet the Government were quietly sitting by and allowing the Spanish army to be in possession of Oporto. How long was this country to act as the police of a despot ? That question ought to be answered before they went into a Committee of Supply, for the purpose of voting the money to carry on these proceed ings with. The House of Commons might approve of this interference, but he was quite sure the people of England would not, and nothing would satisfy them but seeing the rights of the people of Portugal protected and defended from invasion. He concluded by moving, " That, in the opinion of this House, it is incumbent on the British Government to insure to the people of Por tugal a full and complete enjoyment of their constitu tional rights ; and also to insure the recall of Count Bomfin and his gallant followers in exile. Lord PALMERSTON said his Noble Friend the First Lord of the Treasury had already given a promise to carry out the spirit of this resolution ; and he had no objection in again pledging the Government of the country to it. The Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down had correctly stated the incieents of the Portuguese drama, and he could assure the House, that had not her Majesty's Government taken upon themselves the task of stage-managers the drama would have been changed from a farce into a most sanguinary and terrible tragedy. He would not make the speech he had intended to deliver during the former debate; but he had no objection to tell the House this much, that the conduct of the Portuguese Government in October last was most unjust, and the people were justified in rising in the manner they did. They were refused a parliament to settle and manage their internal affairs, and they rose for the purpose of making an effort to secure one. The interference of her Majesty's Government was directed by the same feeling ; but while he said thus much, he must remind the House that, had not the British Government interfered, Spain would have done so, and most likely to the prejudice, if not to the utter annihilation of the rights of the people. Before her Majesty's Government interfered in the manner they had done, they tried all they could in the i shape of entreaty, but their advice was disre garded, and it eventually became necessary for them to resort to more active and determined steps for re storing order and peace in Portugal. Some Hon. G, n tlemen• seemed to think that it would have been much better had her Majesty's Government pursued a policy of non-interference. Now, these lion. Gentlemen to be consistent must be averse to every species of interter ence, and had her Majesty's Government pursued such a policy as that, what must have been the consequence? Why Spain would have marched an army into Portugal, the rights of the people would have been trampled under foot, and the Crown reinstated in its despotic power. Had her Majesty's Government only interfered merely to keep out the Spanish troops, they would have been leaving the interior of the country in a •state of anarchy and rebellion. Had this country had relations with Portugal, by means of treaty, or otherwise, mon-interference might have been justified, but here they had long been honourably associated, and, besides that, the ilaterests of the commerce of the two countries were bound - up with each other, and therefore a policy of non-interference on the part of this country would have been unjustifiable. Her Majesty's Government had urged the Queen of Portugal to make concessions to her people, but her Prime Minister and Commander-in- Chief resisted these concessions, and her Majesty's Government was, on that account, compelled to inter fere by means of an armed intervention. Everything that the people of Portugal had asked for would be con ceded to them, and he confidently anticipated that our interference would add to the interest of this country, 'while increasing the happiness, and increasing the poli tical grandeur, of the people in whose behalf the inter ference, in point of fact, had taken place. The Noble Lord then proceeded to explain that Lord Howard de Walden was recalled at his own request. and in doing to took occasion to pass a warm encomium upon the manner in which Sir Hamilton Seymour and Mr. Southeron had discharged their duties, which the trying proceedings of Portugal had imposed upon them. The account which Count Jarnac gave of the proceedings at the Foreign Office, was precisely the same as had been given in the Blue Book upon the table of the House. The protocol signed upon that occasion, was signed by the Crown of Portugal, with her three allies, and there was, therefore, the strongest possible security that the terms of the treaty should be carried cut. It bad been said that the act of this country, in interfering in the affairs of Portugal, was calculated to repress po pular feelings, and assist the cause of despotism. It was no such thing. The duty of this country was to lead on in the march of civilization, and even to lend a helping hand to cheer its weaker neighbours in the march. It was to England and her allies that the thanks of the Greek nation were due for having shaken off the yoke of her slavery. The kingdoms of the Belgians, .of Spain, and of Portugal, were all bound in gratitude to ;the arms of England, aye, and even the French people were indebted to this country for having established to them the great charter of their liberties. He, therefore, hurled back the charge with all the indignation con sistent with Parliamentary decorum.—(Hear, hear.) The object of the Government was to put an end to bloodshed, and the civil war, and to bring back the poli tical struggle to its proper arena—the forum of Parlia ment. The Government had succeeded in this course, and he would leave it for posterity to pronounce its opinion as to whether the Government had swerved in the least degree to the right hand or to the left, from the fair and constitutional principles of the country. Mr. BORTHWICK thought that the present difficul ties in the affairs of the Government of this country and Portugal arose, not from the acts of the present Govern ment, but from the inefficient mode in which the affairs of the country had been conducted by the late Govern ment. He did not think that the course of conduct pur sued by the Government in its interference with the affairs of Portugal had been successfully terminated. It was his opinion, founded on no shallow information, that a train was laid which, probably before the next meeting of Parliament would end in the establishment of the Duchess de Montpensier as Queen de jure and de facto of Spain.—((.aughter.) Mr. HUME was satisfied that the Noble Lord had the opportunity of expressing to the House the principles on which he thought the relations of this country ought to be fixed. He had referred to Greece, and to other coun tries, in corroboration that he (Mr. Hume) protested against the principle. He objected to the principle, because in Portugal the Noble Lord never interfered so long as a chance remained that the authority of the Queen was paramount. But he interfered when the people took arms in their hands, and when they were likely to have these rights acknowledged. No ; he only interfered when the Queen's authority was likely to be worsted, and when the people were likely to have their rights allowed them. But why, if t h e people's rights were acknowledged, although th e people armed were put down, why did not the Ministry enforce upon the Portuguese Govern ment the calling back the exiles from the coast ,of Africa. Why did they not release the prisoners now confined in Fort St. Julian? Why did they not advise the Queen of Portugal to dismiss her Ministers —to dismiss the men who were so unpopular with the people, at:d who were ever ready to keep the people from their rights? Why, in the name of all that was honest, should ,Great Britain be enforced to provide fur the Portuguese pr;soners now in Fort St. Julian? For these, and other reasons, he entered his protest against the proceedirgs of the Government. Select Committee, to inquire into the charges against the Raja of Sattara, now an exile in Benares, and the grounds for his degradation and exile. He did not reply to the statement which had been made by the Right Hon. Bart. (Sir J. C. Hobhouse) when he last brought forward this subject, nor would he take any notice of the tone in which that statement had been made, as he was too long a Member of that House to take notice of every expression that might be used in the heat of debate. The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to detail the particulars of this oft-repeated narrative. In 1818 the Raja of Sattara was placed on his throne, as an independent Sovereign after the Mahratta war. Now the charge which be (Mr. Hume) bad to make against the East India Company was that the Prince was deposed from his throne without any just or reasonable cause, and that he was kept in exile, and refused a trial. He then read the extracts from the evidence of four of the British residents at the Court of the Raja to show that his Highness had always conducted himself in the most exemplary man ner, that he had established schools in which the usual branches of education were taught, and that he had done his utmost to improve the character of the people and develope the resources of his country. It was un necessary for him, however, to quote any authority in proof of this for the East India Company, themselves had in 1835, presented him with a very valuable sword to show the great estimation in which they held him. Some time after this, however, a dispute arose between him and the Government of Bombay in refer ence to certain Jagheer's to which the latter laid claim. Various petty charges were then trumped up against him and amongst others that he sought to introduce the Portuguese into India, and to plot against the British Government. There was not the slightest foundation whatever for these charges, but even admitting they were true, it was only justice to the Prince that the charges against him, what ever they might be, should be investigated, and that he should not be condemned without a trial.—(Hear, hear.) The very day the sword arrived in India the conspi racy commenced, and the resident at the Court of the Prince intimated to the Government of Bombay shortly afterwards that he did not believe there was any truth whatever in the allegations that had been made against him, and yet, strange to say, two days afterwards, the Government of Bombay sent home word to the East India Company that the Raja was plotting against the British Government. Exculpatory evidence was also given by other individuals, which the Hon. Gentleman quoted, yet notwithstanding all this, the Raja was deposed, and every attempt which he subse quently made to be reinstated was unheeded, and every entreaty he made for an investigation into the charges, and for a fair trial, was systematically refused. The Hon. Gentleman, after reading an immense number of docu ments bearing on the case, said that the Right Hon. Gentleman (SirJ. C. Hobhouse) had talked disparagingly of Mr. G. Thompson, but he (Mr. }fume) could assure him that it he got into the hands of that gentleman he would find himself in the clasp of a giant.—(Laughter.) He would ask if an English Peer had been accused of the same charges as the Rsja of Sattara would he he condemned without a trial ? Nay, an English peasant would not be subj.'cted to such treatment. He, therefore, called upon the Government and the House to accede to his motiare and whether the Raja was guilty or not, let British justice be asserted, and let him have an opportunity of proving his innocence of the charges which had been made against him.—(Cheers.) Mr. E WART seconded the motion. On the motion of Mr. HENLEY the debate was im mediately of erwards adjourned. RAILWAY (IRELAND) No. 2 BILL. _ . " In 1809 he performed his last great achievement in the service of his country—the destruction of the French shipping in the Basque Roads. Ten ships of the line, and some frigates, lay in these reads, protected by for midable batteries and a dangerous shoal, which extended between them and the English blockading squadron, commanded by Admiral Gambier. Lord Cochrane formed a bold plan for the destruction of this squadron, and communicated it to the admiral. He was, in con - sequence, sent to join Lord Gambier, and under him to take command of the attack which he had projected. Fire-ships and explosion-vessels having been prepared. Lord Cochrane, with his gallant crew, led the way, and the boom by which the enemy was protected was broken by the Mediator. The fire-ships immediately rushed through the opening, and were piloted into the midst of the French anchorage, in spite of a furious cannonade and discharge of shells from the batteries. Though some of the ships mistook their course, and others exploded too soon, the greatest alarm was produced in the French fleet. Three ships of the line and a frigate of fifty-six guns were burned ; another ship of the line was so injured that she sunk a few days after; and seven others were driven on shore. The whole loss occasioned to the conquerors was only ten men killed and thirty fire wounded. For this exploit Lord Cochrane justly re ceived the dignity of Knight of the Bath, an honour more rarely accorded then than it is now. on Loan of 8,000,0001. No. ll.—lncome and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the sth July, 1846, and the sth July, 1847 Quarters ended July 5. CliAßt.ii Fennanent Debt ..... ........... ••••• • • • • • ••• • • ' " ' ..... ••• • • • Interest on Exchequer-bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund • • • • • Sinking Fund .. Other Charges on the Consolidated Fund . For Advances, including 1,724,0001. in the present Quarter to Ireland, per Act 9 and 10 Vic. cap. 107 . " Lord Gambier had from the very first opposed this enterprise, and he was much annoyed that the conduct of it was entrusted to Lord Cochrane, a stranger to his squadron. He did not, therefore, second the attack as heartily as he should have done, and he lost the oppor tunity of capturing or destroying the seven ships that had ru❑ ashore. Lord Cochrane, therefore, expressed his determination to oppose the vote of thanks to Lord Gambier when it should be proposed in Parliament. As Cochrane was in opposition, and Gambier a great favou rite with the Administration, party spirit was mixed with the question, and Gambier demanded a court martial. After a long investigation he was acquitted ; but the verdict of the court was not ratified by the country. Lord Cochrane was regarded with manifest dislike by the Ministry, and he reciprocated the un friendly feeling with interest. Instead of entering into this controversy, we shall content ourselves with quoting the opinion of Napolen Buonaparte, whom no one can su,pect of partiality. Cochrane,' he said, might and would have taken the whole fleet, and carried it out with him, had his admiral supported him as he ought to have done. For, in consequence of the signal made 13) L'Allernand to the ships to do the best in their power to save themselves, sauce qui peut, in fact they became panic-struck, and cut their cables. The terror of the br iclots (fire-ships) was such, that they actually threw their powder overboard, so that they could have offered very little resistance. The French admiral was an int becille, but yours was just as bad. I assure you that i. Cochrane had been supported he would have taker, every one of the ships.'" He then says, that in the affair of Cochrane Johnstone, and others, " Ministerial vengeance found an opportunity to vent itself upon Lord Cochrane ;" hut Ministerial vengeance would have been impotent had Alinisterial vengeance stood alene against him ; but Ministerial vengeance was edged on and backed up by saintly hate. The imbecille Gambier, more wise in his generation than poor Byng (who was mur dered by the court-martial that acquitted Gambier, it the logic of George 111. in the case of Dr. Dodd be correct), Gambier had the cunning early in life to attach himself to the saintly clique, which, during the latter years of the reign of George 111. sold its aid to the Ministry at the highest possible price, and it was by its bitter and malignat:t hatred that the brave Cochrane was sacri ficed as a peace offering to the wounded vanity of the pious imbecile who envied, but dared not imitate his achievements. " Captain Spike" is continued, and in the present chapter Spike captures Mulford and his companions, who are endeavouring to escape from the wreck, and removing Jack Tier and Rose, with her female companions, on board the Swash, lands Mulford on a coral rock in the midst of the gulf, and leaves him there, without food or water, to perish. Horace Twiss furnishes a pleasant memoir of Mrs. Mathews, which is illustrated by a portrait—and Maxwell continues his story of " Brian O'Linn." The be.t article in the number is the last. " How Mr. Straggles went cheap to Ascot." It is from the pen of Albert Smith, who in this sketch has beat Dickens at his own weapons. We omitted to mention in our notice of the opening paper, the " Memoir of the Earl of Dundonald," that it is illustrated by a life like portrait, engraved from a painting by James Ramsay. Total Charge ... The Surplus • • • • • • • • • • • • Amount of Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund, April 3, and paid off out of the produce of that Fund, July 5, 1847, after deducting 550,0001. paid out of the Si n ki ng F un d • • •• • • The Amount issued in the Quarter ended July 5, 1847, in part of the s t uns gran t e d b y Parl i ament out of the Consolidated Fund, for Supply Services.. • • ...... • The Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended sth July, 1847 • • • • • • • ••••• ... • • The probable Amount of Exchequer-bills required to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended July 5, 1847 ............ contributors, but not Pollux, and there is Harry , Hieover, too, as smart and:gossiping as ever, and Oxo nian and the Old Fly. For its class the Sporting Review is meritorious : THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. - PoRTSMOLTII, JULY 4.—By the arrival of her Ma jesty's ship Vestal, 26, Captain Charles Talbot, at Spit head this morning, we have intelligence and papers from the Cape of Good Hope to the sth of May inclusive, on which date there was no later news than that given be. low from the frontier. Sir Henry Pottinger intended wintering on the fron tier. The Kafirs still continue their predatory in cursions. (From the South African Commercial Advertiser of May 1.) The intelligence from the frontier this week includes one principal fact, from which the happiest results, God willing, msy be expected ; the acceptance, namely, of the command of the Burgher Force by Sir Andries Stockenstrom. This gentleman has again been invited from his retirement in the hour of difficulty by the united voice of the people and the Government. He ha. well earned the utmost confidence of both. The enemy also know what they have to expect from him. PORT ELIZABETH, APRIL 21. Our new Lieutenant-Governor, Sir Henry Young, ar rived yesterday, and started for Graham's Town thi> morning, about eight o'clock, in an ox-waggon, accom panied by his sister, the widow of Colonel Peake. Pre viously to his arrival he had requested Mr. Montagu t, write Captain Lloyd that he wished to be received only as a private gentleman, and not as a Lieutenant-Go- vernor, so of course there was no address or anything beyond the visits of a few of the inhabitants. His Honour seems to take great interest in his government, and is very solicitous for information. GRAHAM'S TOWN, APRIL 25. The Lieutenant-Governor, Sir Henry Young, arrived quite unexpectedly at Graham's Town last evening. alighting at Style's Hotel, where he has taken temporary quarters. His Honour proceeds to-day to Kafirland, for the purpose of having an interview with the Right. Hon. the Governor, before assuming his government. He has travelled up as a private gentleman, nor has any address or other communication of an official character been as yet made to him. This Bill was read a third time and passed. FISHERY, PIERS, AND HARBOURS (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was also read a third time and passed. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES (No. 2) BILL. This Bill was read a second time and or.:ered to b •• comma, d this day (Tuesday). DOUGLAS JERROLD. Anxiously did we look forward to the appearance of the July number of this magazine, and sorely have we been disappointed. Notwithstanding the fair promises of last month, Juniper Hedgehog has not yet made his appearance. " Drat that cabman, where can he be staying." We have, however, en revanche an admirable " Voice from the Crowd in a Steam-boat," by Angus B. Reach, from which we extract the following, which we commend to the earnest attention of the Corporation of London in general, and of Sir Peter Laurie in particular : " In the cold days of early spring—when east wind and drenching sleet and rain come lashing down our radon streets—and when nobody will dare the icy blasts of the river who has got a shilling to pay for a cab, or twopence for an omnibus, or who is provided with a couple of useable legs to walk withal—when the steamers ply up and down, dripping and deserted things —one shapeless mess of oil-skins at the wheel, another on the paddle-box—then it is that the Corporation of Lendon suddenly wake up to the danger of over-crowded and too.fast-driven boats. An enthusiastic discussion accordingly takes place in the Common Council or the Court of Aldermen, and a code of bye-laws of terrific severity is forthwith drawn up and established, menacing with horrible pains and penalties the reckless skippers who shall dare to contravene them. The whole proceed ing looks severe and determined. Nervous tuople nod their heads approvingly, and say, right now—the Lord Mayor has taken the thing up in a proper spirit. These fellows won't be overloading their boats again in a hurry.' Alas—deluded folks ! Wait a bit. Blazing umtner comes—and sweltering London rushes on the river. Where are the City bye-laws then? Where arc the informers who were to work them—where the stipu latiens allotting to each passenger a certain cubic space upon the deck? Gone—melted with the hot weather — h aving the City statute-book a tabula rasa for the it - scription of the same farce at the commencement of the next mayeralty. And y' t, Heaven k nows , if t h e nu i sance be still uncorrected, it is not for want of nuisance mongers and grievance -hunters in the community. Only these gentlemen are eternally catching wrong sows by the ear. They are the cranes who wage war with the pigmies. A parcel of ragged urchins pl a yin g piteh-and t.iss with dilapidated buttons in an alley—an advertising van or taco ; not half' such an obstacle in a crowded thoroughfare as a sheriffs broad-wheeled waggon, and not a tithe so ugly in its gaudiness as that worshipful functionary's official coach—a dozen or two of emanci pated mechanics and maids-of-all-work enjoying them selves in the merry go rounds at the foot of Primrose hill ; or a knot of hard-working, honest men, scouring their skins in a cheap bath and washhouse—such are the objects which the nuisance•mongers—or rather the superlative nuisance-monger— of the day delights to show his vigilance in rooting up and exhibiting to the g,ze of a world—by no means so very much scandalised at the spectacle. Sir Peter Laurie is—as everybody knows—a pestilent busybody, always deep in some mare's nest or other, and yet occasionally making a blundering step—more by chance than anything else—in the right direction. Now, here is a chance for him. Let him take to the steamboat nuisance. He flatters himself that he has put down suicide ; let him try his hand at putting down a system which may result in occasioning as many deaths in a moment as the mania for self-slaughter does in a twelvemonth. Let him for sake Primrose•hill on the Sunday af . ernoons, and take his stand on Hungerford-bridge—let him observe the cram, the squeeze of jostling men and women, hurrying, in unthinking, merry masses, on board the rocking and unstable boats—let him observe the conduct of the steam-boat functionaries jamming the live cargoes on board as though they were packing cotton into a bale— let him observe the sickly sway of the boats, as each slowly moves away, groaning under its weight of human flesh—let him see all this, and let him remember, that all this is perpetrated in defiance of the magnates of the City, and their solemnly recorded regulations—let him observe that the interpretation put upon the City bye laws seems to be that they are laws for the City to give the go-hy to, and if, out of such materials, lie cannot erect a grievance of the first magnitude —cannot carve a nuisance of the first water—'hen will I be content to be on board the first steamer which pitches its living masses head over heels, to drown in Thames water, and to rot in Thames mud." Lord JOHN MANNERS protested in the strongest manner against the idea that the people of England were satisfied with the policy of the English Government. Mr. B. ESCOTT hoped that his Hon. Friend would not press his motion to a division. Sir DE LACY EVANS was entirely opposed to the v i ew s of the Hon. Member for Montrose on this matter, because his policy was different to that of Europe during the last century. Mr. Hortsmeti and Mr. EWART addressed the House. Lord JOHN RUSSELL defended the conduct of the Government. " The Dreamer and the Worker," which is now ac knowledged to be from the pen of the author of " Orion," Mr. R. H. Horne, is continued, but the story makes but little progress. Paul Bell gives us a quaint paper on " The Season ;" and Mr. H. Holl furnishes the first part of a series entitled " Young Watson," detailing the history of the escapes and adventures of the hero of the Spafields riots, during the time which elapsed between his escape from the constables on the 2d December, 1816, and his arrival in America. This promises to be a valuable contribu tion to the materials gradually accumulating for a history of the Regency. " Club Crotchets and Cheap Comforts" contain hints well worthy the attention of the managers of the Whittington Club ; and the " Converted Man" is, we fear, an overtrue picture of what too often takes place in society. Notwithstand ing the absence of Juniper Hedgehog, this is a good number of Douglas Jerrold. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK thought the Noble Lord had made out no case for the British Ministry. The effects of his policy had been to increase despotism in that country. While he condemned their interferiinee altogether, he could not help asking the Hon. Gentle. man to withdraw his motion on the ground that the Noble Lord had given an assurance that Count Bomfin and his companions should be recalled. Mr. OSBORNE said that he had not a word to say. He understood the Noble Lord (Palmerston) would give .directions that Count Bomfin should be recalled trnm Angola, and ho would not, therefore, press his motion tto a division. DOLMAN: — When writing for the New Monthly, poor "Peter Priggins " was christened the " Ghost of Theodore i n li °k ; " the contribut or o f t h e f i rst article in this month's number of Dolman we are almost disposed to christen the " Ghost of Peter Priggins." A s i m il a r theme is selected, and a similar tone of plea- The motion was then, by leave, withdrawn. RAJA OF SATTARA. Mr. HUME then moved tor the appointment of BANKRUPT6Y AND INSOLVENCY BILL. O❑ the motion that this Bill go into Committee pro forma. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK moved that the House do now adjourn. After a lengthened discussion on the sitting being pro tracted so late, in which a good deal of personality was bandied, between Lord George Bcntinck, the Secri-tary of state for Ireland, and the Chancellor of the Exche quer, the House d►vided, when there appeared— For the adjournment 8 Against it _ _ Majority The Bill then went through Committee pro forma. The other orders of the . day were then disposed of, and he House adjourned at a Quarter before Two o'clock. PETERSFIELD.-Within the last few days, the pre sent Member for this immaculate borough, Sir W, G. Jolliffe, Bait., has issued an address to the electors, an nouncing his intention of soliciting their suffrages again at the forthcoming election. The number of electors at present on the registry amounts to upwards of 300, a considerable part, more than one-third, of which are tenants of the Hon. Baronet's. It is expected that no opposition will be offered, although a strict watch has been kept in the registration courts e ifeer since the ,kart election, by several professional gentlemen in the Liberal interest, who were deputed to attend to defend the Libe ral voters objected to. It is now quite evident that the influential parties have jpieaed the Whitelock ranks, and left the Liberal portion of ih'e constituency to be repre sented in future by a high Protectionist, also a gentle man of the Bentinck and Disraeli clique.. The Mb& interest has been predominant in this borough upwards of half a century, but at the tleetion which took place on the 7th of January, 1835, John Cornthwaite Hector, Esq , succeeded in routing this interest, being placed at the head of the poll by a majority of sixteen. lie continued to sit uninterruptedly until July 25, 1837, when the present Hon. Gentleman was elected by a majority of one, but was unseated on the 14th of Fe bruary, 1838, by a Committee of the House of Com mons, who declared the petitioner, J. C. Hector, Esq., to have been duly elected. and ought to have been returned. He discharged his duties in a most consistent manner up to July, 1841, always voting .with all the leading Radical Members of the llouse of Commons on every important occasion, much to the satisfaction of his constituents. This part-pocket borough has been severely contested on several occasions ever since 1818 ; and, previous to the passing of the Reform Bill, the present Liberal Member for Carlisle, W. Marshall, Esq., being the highest bidder in the market that aspired to a seat in the Legislature, the then Tory patron, Colonel Hylton Jolliffe, allowed him to be returned, jointly with himself, but on all occasions, when a division took place, both were voting in opposition to each other. We hope soou to see this borough again represented by a gentleman of independent principles.-From a Correspondent. EXPORT Or BRITISH MANUFACTURES.-The value of British manufactured goods exported from the port of London on the Ist instant, war as follows.-Alicante. 3001.; Aden, 301; Adelaide, 4,7001.; Algoa Bay, 600/ ; Berbice, 60/.; Bombay, 4601.; Babes, 4001.; Bermuda, 1651.; Barhadoes, 1961.; Cape of Good Hope, 1,3911.; Calcutta, 2,747/.; Chet bourg, 2001.; Corfu, 200.'.; Cey lon, 250/. • Canton, 401.; Constantinopl e , 200/ ; I). me • rara, 300/.; Gibraltar, 60/.; Genoa, 101.; Galati, 1,585/.; Guernsey and Jersey, 200/.; Mons;-Kung, 1001.; tlebart Town, 3,0801; Hatnbutgh, 1961.; Jamaica. 1,5411.; Lis bon, 4001. ; Launeeston, 2.2001.; Madras, 301.; Montreal, 55/.; Madeira, 601.; Mauritius, 3504; New Zeulane, 2.330/.; Port l'hilip, 950/.; Rotterdam, 5101; Rio Ja neiro, 1,5001.; Sydney, 8,0201.; Syra and Smyrna, 30/.; Sourabaya, 885/.; St. Helena, 1401.; St. Helena and Cal cutta, 601.; Stettin, 30/.; Swan River, 1801.; Sierra Leone, 3.5001.; St. Thomas, 581 ; St. John's, 6201.; St. Vincent's, 6001.; Trieste. 1004; Trinidad, 5001.; Victoria and Canton, 50!. Total value of British manufactures exported on the Ist of July, 42.219/. sterling. TilE MAILS.-SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 4.-The Orien tal Company's steam-ship Tagus, Captain Evans, left the docks at 3 PM. yesterday, en route for the Black Sea, taking the East India and China mails, under charge of Lieutenant D'Aranda, R.N., to Malta, there to be re shipped in the Ariel for Alexandria. The Tagus has taken out 300 tons of bale goods, and 25 passengers. The Royal West India mail packet the Teviot, Captain Rivett, went out of port en route for the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico, on Friday last, taking the usual mails, 25 passengers, 2,265 bottles of quicksilver, value 35,420 e; 17,000/. in specie, and a large general cargo. The next %Vest India mails may be anticipated on or about the 7th inst.; they will be brought by the Midway, Captain An drews. The next East India mails will be brought by the Achilles, Captain Wilson, expected here this day from Malta. The Jupiter, Captain Roberts, with the Gibraltar and Peninsular mails, is expected this evening or early to-morrow. The Iberia, Captain Bowen, is pre paring to take out the Peninsular mails of the 7th inst. The American steam-ship Washington, Captain Hewett, will take out the mails for New Yorl' &c., on Saturday next, with above 140 passengers. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.-A novel and most attractive exhibition took place in these gar dens on Friday and Saturday. The Siege of Gibraltar, which is attracting all classes to witness it, was repre sented by daylight, for the gratification of the juvenile visitors. The idea was a happy one, and we confess that we had our doubts as to the effects that could be produced-we :were most agreeably surprised. We cer cst a e e ist)ili mightot n h ,e and a i havev et reflected irne t d h f at t vt ho a ue s rp f or a fo r par a i e s to fa r n it daylightwa ya repre sentation, ef c pr o tr, n em- - the success which has attended the first attempt, repeat the same with the like gratifying result. A letter from St. Petersburgh, of the 19th alt, ~a ys In many parts of th e empire there have bee n fires, which it untortunately appears were wilful. At Kysehew, in the government of Kijevv, 51 houses have been burned down ; at Kalatsh, government of Worensk, 98 houses ; at Stnolianka, government of Tschernigof, 235 houses and a church. In the last named town four persons perished in the flames. In the government of VVitepsk the serfs of several large domains have revolted, and after pillaging the mansions ofth ce metralsosredsb, led com t p ( e ) lle d them to take flight. The, arm re duce the rebels to order.' quest on the body of the six s THE FELLING COLLIERY EIO nileXr,PrLsObSytNn.e-reTo.he recent re sumed ox plosion o a n t the ‘ ,e d Felling y Colliery,. .r Foster, stated that in his opinion the explosion was caused viewer, y the kindling of one of the engine tires, under the boilerb b o o f i r h i w c g „ a s s is o had t he r a e c d c , , ü b m y u t l h a . t! ( d. ngin'echeantibreefourendleeary leaving for the night, and the " damper" shut to prevent the draught.: The ignition of the coals therefore originated the accident. This opinion was confirmed by several practical men, and the jury decided that the explosion was accidental, couplin ,, with their verdict a suggestion that means should be adopted to prevent its recurrence. The Rev. George Everard was elected evening lecturer at St. Merylehone New Church, at the Maryle bon Vestry, on Sltur,?ay. The King of Pru-sia arrived at Breslau on the 26th, to inaugurate an equestrian statue of Frederick the Greet. ~_'~.`.~~a''h INCO3IE. Customs Nxcise ....... . . Property Tax Post-office .... • ............ Crown Lands • . Miscellaneous China Stoney . Emprest and other Moneys Repayments of Advances • To Cash, being the Further Instal meats of Loan of 8,000,000/. • • 13,211,203 18,765,298 ! santry characterises each ; but the spirit by which • the two writers have been actuated is singularly different. What " Peter Priggins " was to Oxford, this " Trinity Man" promises to be to Cambridge ; but the contributor tc the New Monthly was a staunch upholder of the Church of England, while the con tributor to Dolman is an avowed seceder from that Church to the Church of the Roman Catholics. Nevertheless there is no acerbity in his revelations ; indeed, his portrait of his college tutor, Dr. Hamlet, is most fascinating, and is, in its manner, filled with affectionate remembrances. 'We anticipate many glimpses in the mysteries of —no, not of the prison house, but—of the University. When a Cantab of mani festly high spirits and of earliest conviction withdraws at an early period of life from the religion which he has been taught to regard as the orth o d ox roa d t o salva tion, and becomes a cordial writer in the organ of the faith to which he has passed over, there is, • surely, very considerable probability of a few marvellous dis closures as to the habits and dispositions of the com munity amongst which he was an unit, but of which he is evidently disposed to speak now as of the dwel lers in moral darkness and the believer s i n a theolo gical error. We shall scrutinise the serial as it appears in piecemeal chapters. Another serial, but of a marvellously opposite character, is commenced in the .July number, namely, " Sketches of Irish Agitators.' Although the first is devoted to a bi ogra phi ca l no tic e of P a t r i c k C os t e lloe, it is quite certain that the great name of Daniel O'Connell—the name above all other agitators, and assuredly above all other Irish agita tors—must recur repeatedly. It does. An interest • ing anecdote about the Liberator when an 'advocate will be found in this impossiblearticle. Of P atr i c k Cos telloe himself it is for the general ' reader not to think admiringly when he is told that Mr. Costelloe, though now closi ng hi s 60th year, "is the living personification of Irish devilry." " Exeter Hall ; its Patrons and Dupes" is a bitter satire from the pen of the Editor. The contribution by Scott Nasmyth Stokes upon " The Authorised Version as a Test of Truth " is laboriously learned, and will be perused with deep interest by Piotestants as well as by Roman Catholics. The Editor in his remarkable chapters upon the last days of the "Penal Laws" is plunged into the very midst of the Gordon riots, where from forty thousand to eighty thousand of the rabble under Lord George Gordon besiege the Houses of Parliament, kick Lord Bathurst " like a football," tear the gown of the Bishop of Lincoln to ribbons, and compel him to fly ignominiously over the tiles. The descriptions are brilliant, but are deplorably painful, showing as they do the brutalities resulting from fanaticism. Lever. THE KNIGHT OF GWY NNE. Nos. X/X. and After nineteen XX. months By C h urle elapsed s havesince the commencement of this tale of the time of the Union, it narrative we were peculiarly gratified with the promise of a fiction of unusual brilliancy from the usually brilliant pen of Harry Lorrequer. Now that we have read " The Knight of Gwynne" down to "The End," we cannot but protest our disappoint ment. There is no excuse whatever for the rambling, careless, book-making, style of the latter portion of the work, for Mr. Lever had originally grouped to gether materials of extraordinary excellence for the composition of a novel. The time chosen was one fraught with a strange and national interest; the cha racters outlined were bold, original, and attractive. There was the boldest, the most original, and the most attra c ti ve of all the s ketchy portraitures by Lever —we mean, of course, Bagenal Daly; yet Bagenal Daly disappears at a comparatively . early moment in th e s t ory, an d i s only introduced just at the conclusion, in the midst of a preposterous bustle, and when the traits of his character are lost in the con• fusion of departure. There was the knight himself; he is abruptly carried off, as the saying is, " neck and crop "to Egypt. There was the old butler; h e i s utterly forgotten in the closing numbers. There was Gwynne Abbey ; it is entirely lost sight of. There was young Darcy ; he is hurrie d out of the way as th oug h he were an illegitimate child, or an irreclaimable felon. There is honest Tom Gluson ; he is only whispered about in the letter-press, his for tunes are only told with any distinctness in the in imitable etchings by Pniz ; indeed the double num ber before us is mainly attrac tive from the four capital illustrati ons b y the first of all the serial artists. The frontispi ece represents Erin sur rounded by a swarm o f m annikins showing Ire land as she might be, " Great, glorious, and free"—great in the development of her resources, glo rious in the happiness of h e r people, free from po verty, misery, and anarchy. The title-page is still better, showing the dilemmas resulting from the Union. Altogether we are gratified at the conclusion of the least successful of Mr. Lever's productions, though we are disappointed at its being the least successful. SHARPE'S Lospoiv MAGAZINE. Better and b e tt er a re the content s of Sharpe's London Magazine, a ff o rding as t he y do am usement and instruction in a bundance. Perha p s the most interesting contribution in the part for July is th e i'onßgiofgarmapilhiaicra,lhoSNkveetevehr,otfolklthal stuame dn Guizotets " -a story in the con temporary literature pf France. The illustrations are generally spirited and neat, and the letter-press is of a particularly miscellaneous character. several e C ve il : al ill m onths. a THE BELLE ASSEMB . LEE. hut still a . very interesting, irui. min, the Belle Assernblee begins a new series, and that, too, with considerably more . promise of improve- Under the skilful ed itorsh i p d. c _ ernibl o .f A o l r ts portrait of Lady gachael Russell is prefixed as the A m e r n a t ther thannn:pboese; sing., frontispiece. Most of the . old cont ri b u t ors are retained, and new talent is acquired for the composition of the miscellany. _______ _ TEE ECLEG7ICREVIEW. i l tT of fe prescience; writer, le h e A bitter attac k u p on th e present Government forms the opening himself claimswa he might, with b e tt er reason, have pro i tested his s ufficiency at pertn ess an d c h url i shness. The review o f ~ Lingard' s A ng l o-Saxon Church " opens with a graceful and d eserve d tri b ute to the genius of that eminent his torian. Among the re maining contr ibutions, the notice of " Prescott's Peru" is the mo st worth y s about for i t of perusal f or it s con d ensa• tion of facts. ar th ti e eleg. B ERS'S EDIN BURGH JOURNAL. e arnest ende avour to present a whole moral and menta l nourishment to the people Ca'eHh e mea ns a n 1 fvisible volume of this celebrated Journal as at its original commencement; only the c a p a bili t i es of the editor are mellowed b y p ractic e and perseverance. CO.LUNIAL MAGAZINE. _. Without' 3l3!° a N ny D diminut i on mS inution in bulk or depreciation in appearance, the Colo n ial is this month superior in its "Emigration and Colonization Consi dered,'' contents, to . several of its predecessors. The dered," timed, and will be devoured with the greediest curiosity. .11 first artiiselwe,e THE 'SPORTING REVIEW. A likeness of the winner of the Derby—Cossack _is, of course, prefied, and a biographical notice re cords the events of his career with as much solemnity as tho u gh he were one of those equine gentle men me ntioned by L emuel Gulliver. " Rac i ng in June," by Craven, is a capital digest of the turfy Olympic, for 1847. C as t ors am ong the - , T .: 7vt 4,523,391 3,117,181 1,730,495 2,006,427 1,009,16 2 181,000 18,001 440,000 73,939 111,607 13,211,203 4,519,119 3,305,52 a 1,869,464 2,075,001 1,036,517 215,000 7,461 .. .. 88,632 137,944 13,254,666 5,510,632 THE FARMER'S (MAGAZINE. A communication published in this number of the Farmers' Magazine is strictly in accordance with the argument we have ourselves endeavoured to enforce, namely, the advisability of cultivating the Windsor, French, or Haricot bean, in preference to the doubtful potato. Let the following table of the nutrition rela tively contained in grain, peas, and beans, go far to show the propriety of some such preference as the one we have indicated. " According to Einhof, the proportion of nutritive matter in beans, compared with grain, is as follows: Wheat Rye Barley Oats Beans Peas 75 „ „ • 49 „ French Beans The July number will prove particularly valuable to agriculturists. SIGHTS, AMUSEMENTS, AND EXHIBI- TIONS OF LONDON. Edited by Arthur Freeling. This is the most useful hand-book for the visitor to the metropolis ever published. Each sight is arranged alphabetically. The distance of each, east and west from Temple-bar, is stated, and an estimate is given of the time which each exhibition will occupy. The prices of admission are stated, and the objects most worthy of attention in the respective exhibitions are described. The book contains only 39 pages of letter-press, and can, therefore, be carried conveni ently in the pocket. THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL. Scarcely any improvement is visible in the embel lishment of this excellent periodical ; two of the engravings are of the least interesting subjects that could well be selected. The portrait of the Liberator is the only attractive sketch, but even it is execrably pencilled; while that of Dr. Chalmers is a mere caricature. Genovena of Brabant and Crossing the Brook, by Steinbruck and F. Tayler, are the two ab surdities we allude to. Lord Nugent continues his very sensible serial upon the treatment of crime. Other contributions are of really superior ability. HO WITT'S JOURNAL. A beautiful panoramic view of Heidelberg, from the original by J. B. Fyne, and a miniature drawing of Darrynane Abbey, are the two illustrations most deserving of attention in this month's number ; the former for its merit as a composition, the latter for the mournfulness of its associations. We are pleased to see William Howitt's paper upon O'Connell at Darrynane—first published in Tait's Magazine— reprinted in this miscellany. Dr. Bowring pursues his free-trade recollections very pleasantly up the Danube. Silverpen writes sensibly on Mr. Spooner's Bill. Larnartine, and Beranger, and Allan Cunning ham ; and Barry Cornwall among those whose poetical effusions are transferred to the columns of this journal of literature and popular progress. THE WORLD WE LIVE IN. A second part of this sterling publication develops still more strikingly the excellence of the new serial conceived and commenced by Mr. Charles Knight. Every Cantab in the world will greedily devour the paper descriptive of Cambridge, its colleges, and its rural beauties. LITERATURE. SMILES AND TEARS; or, The Romance of Life. In Three Vols. By Charles Whitehead, Author of " Richard Savage," 4-c. Charles Whitehead is the prince of magazine writers. As the author of short stirring tales, wherein the interest or the fun, as the case may be, never flags, he stands unrivalled. We delight to see his name in the table of contents of Bentley; still more do we delight to see it on the title pages of three such goodly volumes, as these now under review. Smiles and tears is a col lection of tales, such as those we have described. Some of them have heretofore adorned the pages of " Bentley's Miscellany ;" others are original, but all are excellent, and for a travelling companion, whether by railroad or steam-boat, commend us to Charles Whitehead's " Smiles and tears." It will be the book of the season for seaside sojourners. POST-O! FIOE _RAILWAY DIRECTORY for 1847. This admirably got-up work, which has been com piled by Messrs. Kelly and Co., the proprietors of the " Post-office London Directory," contains a list of the chairmen, deputy chairmen, directors, secre taries, engineers, and officials, of every railway in the United Kingdom ; showing the chronological succession of chairmen, deputy chairmen, and other officers ; the number of years each director has to serve, with the date of election and re-election ; and also an alphabetical list of all persons connected with railways. The index to the Railway Companies is one of the most complete specimens of index work we have ever seen, every company being entered under each of its names, thus :—The Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ar drossan Railway is indexed under letters K and A as well as under G. This is the first attempt ever made to produce a work of this nature, and the labour and difficulties that have been overcome must have been great indeed, as there were no materials available as a groundwork. Those difficulties have, however, been overcome, and overcome triumphantly, and we congratulate Messrs. Kelly on having produced a standard work, complete and easy of reference—a work which should be in the possession of every person interested in railways, and one which can never be superseded, as improvement on its arrangement is impossible. RIVER PLATE. would have left, for you wouldHowden then see the total annihilation of the Government party. "h now rests to be seen if the shar e holders of the "I hope the news of the fall of Pa y sandu Mercedes, off f they do. h d ( o ) u u s b e t v w e i r l l y pay u c u h p i for their last purchas e o f Freight 5L for tallow. 955. for salted hides. last sale, 18 reals. Foreign Exchan ge , 43d . " . h Custom 70s. for bales. s49s t parcel is not arrived, the ves sel only Plymouth. Among the guests who have recently been enter tained at -ir Robert Peel's hospitable manor of Drayton, are Sir James and Lady Graham, Lord Lincoln, Mr. a nd Mrs. Edward Tootal, Captain C arnegie, M.P., &c. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey left town yesterday for Cambridge. Quarters ended. Jul , . 5 :5,650,119 618,886 1,407 595,150 98,004 370,584 91,501 7,425,651 5,785,552 13,211,203 7,113,G9S 9,232,717 5 ,744,711 609,120 2,957 691,298 98,243 520,941 1,864,311 9,531,58 I 9,233,717 18,765,296 2,916,960 2,120,049 ', - 6,94 THE LATE COLLIERY EXPLO SION NEAR WIGAN. The lamentable accident on Tuesday last, at Kirkless Hall Colliery, Ince, near Wigan, we are sorry to say is of a much more serious nature than could at first be ascertained. It was not until parties had been sent round to the dwellings of all the workmen employed that a correct report could be furnished, and this was not completed until the following day, when it turned out that six men were missing instead of one, and that part of those stated by the man in charge of the lamps to have come up could not be found. A long search was made, under the direction of Mr Lancaster, during the night of Thursday, for the :;ix missing men. Two of them were found, and brought up at two o'clock in the morning ; two others 14 ere brought up at five o'clock; and the remaining two about eight o'clock on Friday morning ; all of them, as was expected, shockingly mutilated, and presenting the ap pearance of having been dead a considerable length of time. The following is a corrected return of the killed and njured Dead John Cartwright, of Hindley (dead when brought out of the pit), leaving a widow and three chil dren ; John Berry, of Aspull (died on Wednesday morning), a married man, no children ; John Rhodes, of Hindley (died on Thursday), leaving a widow and five children. Taken out of the pit dead on Thursday night— Joshua Painman, a wife and one child ; James Hirst, wife and three children ; John Harding, alias Holorott, wife and one child ; Robert Southern, wife and one child ; William Daintry, single man ; William Jackson, single man. Severely Burnt—John Bolton, not expected to recover; George Evans, underlooker ; Samuel Evans, his bro ther ; Henry Hansen, Henry Whittle, James Wilkinson, a boy ; Henry Ashmore, a boy ; John Riley, Robert Wilkinson, John Webster, and James Belshaw, Slightly Burnt, all expected to recover—Eli Monk, e boy; John Markland, John Mills, Thomas Lurrison. Thomas Cawsey, and Samuel Foster, a boy.—Manchester Guardian. THE INDIAN SALT MONOPOLY. (From the Friend of India.) The recent modification of the price of salt and the duty on it was discussed in this journal a fortnight ago, when we alluded to the fact that Government had sanctioned a further reduction of the cost of this article by reducing the duty at the rate of 25 rupees the hundred maunds, or 4 annas the maund. But it inadvertently escaped us at the timc to st a t e , that a diminution had also been made of the price of the salt manufactured in the country at the public establishments, varying from 6 to 31 rupees the hundred maunds. The financial prin ciple adopted by Government in the matter of these arrangements is to levy the same rate of duty on salt of every kind consumed in the country, to add this duty to the cost of manufacturing and storing the indigenous salt; and to levy it on every importa tion of the article. When, therefore, the period had arrived for revising the rate of duty, the cost of the manufacture was made the subject of inquiry, and it was found, on a calculation of the actual coot of manufacturing and storing the salt of each agency during the last three years, that the expense had been diminished; and that the salt had been manufactured at a smaller cost than that which was charged to the public in the notification of 1844. The recent notice, therefore, gives the public the benefit of this economy. The relative saving which has been effected in each agency will be understood by comparing the selling price of each description of salt which lately pre vailed with that which has now been established— Price. Price. 1844. 1847. Hidgeleo ... 75 ... 62 Tumlook 85 78 24 Pergunnahs ... 95 ... ••• 9 7 Chittagong 87 ... 81 Bullooah 87 ... .• • 80 Cuttack 100 Balasore 118 .•• 87 Khoorda 119 ... ••• 98 Madras ... 62 ••• ••• 56 p e l r t g u w n i n l I a b h e s see the n t e h o a s t t n ef o a i n n: f tn t c u e r n t g h a t t he of s salt the has been accustomedfoun d to be to i e in excess hargeh to e that public , hr the h price Government was has, ltofaltwheaypslanin ostfoGreo,vernment thelrtefreios,e,fbeeeeunrisne,crvveas.eleldktr. oi,te ,o h to hu th n o dr s ed efa m m a i u li nds. familiar with equal t o t t o h e k s e u e b p j e a c q t, o a t o n ti b t e y a o part the consumption of from one_ to two years ; on t h e just ground that if the S tate forbids the manu f acture fr which hot. 8 salt b y private individuals, it i s b ound to guard against the remot est ch ance of a deficiency. Th e re duction now made will, of cour se, affect in the first i n stance the salt now in st ore, and reduce the price aitltmi4osa7fyt, to say, yyn s , go the ge t uo stocka i tli t e o in extent Bsh, 9a4n,odofooo3n2mf the a l a u c 3n s dl . s f t : the of rupeeshi March,;ch reduction will be equal to 21,48,000;, and the di m i nut i on of that which was assumed as the original cost to 10,96,000 r. If the quantity of indigenous salt ]consumed in the country, which has been estimated at 50 lacs of maunds the year, is made up from the con tributions of each agency in the same relative pro portion which is exhibited in the salt in store, then the reduction of the selling price of the year's con sumption will be equal to about 19 lacs of rupee 3— namely, 12,50,000 r. of duty, which is a clear sacrifice ias of revenu e , an d 6,37,000 r. t h e re d uc ti o n which has been effected in the original cost of the article.imported In eluding the reduction of duty on the sal by sea, it may fairly be assumed that the new tariff of f ow r t u er pe p e r s o a year. vwiinlelebsetnoefithtethfuellceoxntseunmteorfs aboutof salt 2 i 2 n lass the blessing ; but we ha v e a To the country at large this reduction. of the p r i ce is a great iso to inquir e in ~I 3 att what manner it may affect the new interest which has risen in India, that of the Fntztia. s st nrq , -;, 'ors The realer rof=y n three . • Court of Diree!..rs, previous intim,:th.r, • • alteration in the price f ;I. Court promised to communicat e ..i,ll the local Government of Calcutta on the subject ,- but as the alteration we have noticed has TILW bet4a made without the previous notice of a single day, we naturally conclude that reasons of a very imp erative character have presented themselves again, ,t this concession. Indeed, it will naturally sugges't itself to the mind of any one wno 10. As beneath:the sur face, that while Government holds a stock or ~ 85 lacs of maunds of salt in store, any intimatio n of it, reso lution to reduce the price of the article at tdN end of six months would lead to the immediate itstaiaruption of all further purchaes during this wriLata a very considerable extent, paralyze the traffic of the COLIII try, and materially . affect the interests •i}i:i4overn ment by the stoppage of sale, and the wt;-!flie of the people by the limitation of the supply. Tlai reduc tion of the duty to the extent of 25r. the 100 slaunds, though sudden, is an undoubted benefi. to fb.-t Eng lish importer, because he finds on Ins arrival in the port that he has a smaller siren to pay Go vernment, for the privilege of the traffic, than he had calculated on. But the sudden diminution of the selling price of the article can scarcely fail to operate to his disadvantage, by the unexpected re duction of his profits; and it is very probable that, in the present temperament of the public in England, this circumstance will afford a handle for afresh at tack on the "monopoly." But those who are interested in the importation of salt from England must necessarily perceive that the reduction of the cost price of the indigenous salt, however it may in the present instance affecethe value of cargoes already dispatched, is a circumstance which they must always bring into their Calculations. Unless they can import salt and sell it to adrintage as cheap as that article can be manufactured In the coun try, there is no hope of their ever being able - to engage successfully in this traffic. This is a broad commercial fact, which the imposition ofa duty by Government can not in the smallest degree affect, whether that duty be great or small. We believe it is fully admitted that the manufacture of salt on the part of Government has no other effect than to enhance its cost, by adding the expense of the agency of the State, which is by no means small, to the price at which the native manufacturer delivers the article to Government. But this circumstance is so entirely in favour of the English importer, that we have been not a little sur prised to find it employed at home as an argument against the so-called monopoly. Those who have taken the field against this system of Government manufacture, under the idea that it impeded the free introduction of British salt, appear to have entirely overlooked the fact that if the monopoly were to cease to-morrow, the profits of the importer of salt would be st once deteriorated, inasmuch as their salt would then be brought into competition with indigenous salt, which, being relieved from the cost of the public es, tablishments, would he sold at lower price. Thus, the 24 Pergunnahs salt, the cost price of which is now calculated at 97r. the 100 maunds, might, we think, he sold to advantage in Calcutta at 75r. the 100 maunds, if the manufacture was thrown open, for the Molungees seldom receive from the con tractors more than 50r. The monopoly, as it is de signated, so far from telling against the interests of the importers of English salt, is one of the greatest safe guards of their profits, as it augments the price of the article with which they have to compete ; and the outcry which has been raised against it is only one of those popular delusions which may be safely described as " the madness of many for the gain of a few." Unless the Cheshire manufacturers can send salt to India which shall be able to stand its ground, against the lowest price at which the salt can be manufactured in India, there is not the slightest chance of their success ; and all the Acts which it is in the power of Parliament to pass, always supposing the Acts to be dictated by political wisdom and honesty, cannot alter this state of things. But it is in the matter of bonding the salt on its arrival in this country, that we think the complaints of the English manufacturers are just and reasonable, and entitled to consideration. It is here that the competition of the present system of Government manufacture interferes with their expectation, and places them in a disadvantageous position, from which they may equitably demand relief. At present they are obliged to pay the whole amount of the duty down on the nail, and that duty is more than three times the value of the articles. The present value of money in Calcutta may be taken at 12 per cent. per annum. The duty on every 100 maunds is 275 r., or 33r. a year. Every month, therefore, that the salt remains unsold the cost of every 100 maunds of it is enhanced by the in terest of the duty, to the extent of 2r. 12a. Sup -I),,,sing it to remain unsold for six months, the price ,f it would be raised 16r. liia.—that is to say, if the ,alt was landed at 80r. the 100 maunds, the mere in terest of the duty would increase its price to 96r. Ba. in this period, before a purchaser could be found. It happens, that the internal traffic in salt has been gra lually monopolized by six or seven great native dealers, who command the market, and alone are tble to take off the cargo of a ship at once. Knowing that the profits of the importer must 4uffer at the rate of nearly 3 per cent. for every month that he is constrained to hold the salt, they are enabled to a far greater degree than should be allowed to exist to make the importer bend to their terms. the English salt does not, therefore, stand on the same advantageous footing with that which is raised in the country. If, by a fiction of the imagination, we could separate the two-fold character of Govern ment in these salt arrangements, and consider it only in one point of view —simply as the manufacturer, paying duty to the State, the disadvantage under which the importer labours in this competition would be rendered more apparent. Let us suppose, then, that the Government, as manufacturers, hold 85 lacs of maunds as they now do in store, ready to supply the demands of the market, the capital which has been required to create this article, at z 4.0 4, an average of 80r. the 100 maunds, will have been 6$ lacs of rupees. Supposing the English manufactu rers to have imported at:d stored the same quantity of salt for the supply of the market, the capital which they must have expended will be equal to 300 lacs of rupees, and unless they can always procure an im mediate sale, their profits must be deteriorated to the full extent of the difference of the interest on these two I sums. Until equal privileges have been bestowed on both descriptions of salt—on that which is ma nufactured by Government and that which is imported—the English manufacturers will have just reason for complaint. We require there fore that the importers should be at liberty to hold their salt in store, with no other loss than that which Government sustains from holding so large a stock in their golahs—that is to say, the inte rest of the capital expended in the manufacture and conveyance of the salt to the port. The Government in Calcutta has now re ceived instructions from England to allow salt to be bonded in the same manner as any other article, and we have the fullest confidence that .... this measure will be carried out in a spirit worthy of the Government of this great empire, which is anxious to remove every shadow of complaint from the merchants. If after this equitable indulgence has come into full effect—if after the stores of the mer- chants, and those of Government have been placed on ppicationis to to Parliamenta precisely the same level of privilege , t h e importation s of English salt is not found to a nswer e xpectation, or to afford a fair commercial profit, the m anu f acturers at home must regard i t as an indi cation that India can supply itself with salt cheaper than it ca n i mport ythe G o vernment exclusive manufa c t ure f a r ' thetoeaxrttiincgleo;isahnd the that any monopoly—thata so from affording them any relief would on l y render thei r hopes more nugatory. STATE OF T RADE. —The cotton hosiery trade, especially in the cut-up departments, is in the same state na not employmenttparreivsieoufrsolym m o rean) or reported, , out of feign onait than t c wom pe o t nt ion hs. , iT ed hiltl a i r i l a does t from the state of the worsted hosiery trade of Leicester, in which England has nearly the monopoly of machine wrought hose: there the distress is so great that the public offices and private houses are literally besieged by beggars.—The drawer branch is much better than the cotton hose department, though both are made from wide frames. This is a great relief to Nottingham, as it is the principal seat of this manufacture.—The cotton glove tovebwran, is in a branch, which much better isveryex state than tensivein the s t hev i lin_ity Th o o f this silk hose trade, whether plain knotted or fancy, is very estcylavrteerrys dullhalf . cae, m th o a u t nt tb to . e d x ro ti o n p c i t n .— g, T an h d e may fatic y be h c o o b n h s i i n tr: t d tr in ade so i m s of a London house We are are glad, how as respects demand. , Th i e ; s h t • oPp - ge are said to a 70,00 , in the 4 lac h e a t s ra n d o e t , r nis reviving, and we d a- m il a i t t t l e ts rc.t spir it have seen some specimens of lace that we think will i w in .u p o ro se ve " tendency to renovate the character of plat and ever, tootpiemrcperiovev,eminent more and quarters exetio have a straight-down nets, and the change will be beneficially felt by the trade at large. There is yet a large field fur improvement, and we rejoice to perceive that the spirit of despair, amongst the inventors and mechanics, i s passing away, and that hope, mixed with fortitude, is succeeding the gloomy feeling of despondency which has prevailed for nearly two years.—/Vottinghan2 Review. GLASGOW PIG IRON TRADE. Our Pig Iron Market during the week has much improved; and a much better feeling now prevails, than has existed for some time. The strike of the miners, which, of late, has been spoken of as likely to take place, has now taken place very generally, both in Lanark shire and Ayrshire, which must tend to raise the prioe still further. Our market to-day closed at the following quots:iuLa :—Nu. 3, 655.; mixed, Nos. 665., and No. 1, 675. per ton, f. o. b.—National Advertiser. tia2 ) = .