The Sun. — London, England, 1847-07-23 00:00:00

Now ready, In 3 vols., T HIRD EDITION OF TANCRED; Or, THE NEW CRUSADE. By B. DISRAELI, 31. P. lionry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great 31arlborough-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. IMESSRS. LAMOND RAILWAT SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every WaimeaDar, at One o'clock, (instead of Tuesday And rfiday, 111 hitherto), at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedte stmt. London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certillcates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds linme ffiate,r digoosed of accordieg to instructions. N.B. Sales and purchases of all descriptions of stock and shares effected by private contract, every day, asittsual. i all of Commerce. Threadneed . re•et. London. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY 3.lArsi,E Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed Sheridan's Comedy of THE RIVALS. Sir An thony Absolute, Mr. W Farren ; Captain .ibsolute, Mr. H. Roll ; Faulkland, Mr. Stuart' Acres, Mr. Webster ; Sir Lucius O'Trigger, Mr. Hudson ; Mrs. Malaprop, Mrs. Glover , Lydia Languish, Miss Julia Bennett ; Lucy, Mrs. Hamby. To be followed by the new comic drama, called THE JACOBITE. ar Richard Wroughton, Mr. Stuart ; John Duck, Mr. Buckstone ; Lady Sornertord, Miss Forteecue. To conclude with the Comic Drama, called THE IRISH POST. Principal characters by Messrs. Tilbury, Braid, Hudson, Bland. and lira. liumby. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the TH IS EVENI NG ction of Madame Celeste. win ba produced a newand original comedy in three acts, called THE TITLE DEEDS. Principal charactes 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, Sec. To be followed by THE WRECK ASHORE. Miles Bertram, Mr. Boyce ; Grampus, Mr. 0. Smith ; Marmaduke Magog, Mr, Wright ; Alice, Mrs. Yates ; Bella, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with a new and original burletta, in one act, by Charles Selby, Esq., called OUT ON THE SLY; or, A Fete at Rosherville. •THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. (Summer Season—Lyceum Company.) THIS EVENING Will be presented a new and original drama, in two acts, entitled FLEUR DE LYS ; or, Love's Triumph. Comte de Marigny, Mr. Bender; Maurice Vermont, Mr. Murray; Coquadrat. Mr. Oaberry ; Pompon Mongflard, Mr. George Wild ; Fleur de Lys, Miss Ellen Daly ; Isabel de Marigny, Miss Arden. To be followed by a new Ballet Divertisment, produced under the direction of Mr. Flexmore, called THE ROCK OF BEAUTY, in Which the Spanish Dancers will appear. After which, a new drama, called THE NINTH HOUR. Louis Bagnette, Mr. Emery ; Charlotte Menard, Miss Daly. To conclude with rHE MOMENTOUS QUESTION. rRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING. Will be presented 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. After which the new farce, entitled A SOVEREIGN REMEDY. Captain Pendragon, Mr. Ryder ; Mr. pottleby, Mr Granby ; Quackit, Mr. C. Mathews; Alfred, Mr. J. Webster; Mrs. BotUeby, Mrs. Fosbroke ; Mary, Miss Marshall. To conclude with a comic drama, entitled "LADIES BEWARE !" Colonel Vavasour, Mr. Granb►; Sir Charles Yavasonr, Mr. James Vining; Matilda, Miss Cooper. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING. Will be presented UNE FE siME QUI SE JETTE PAR LA FENETRE. The characters by M. Dumery, M. Rhozevil, Mdlle Vallee, Mme. Grassan, and Mdlle. Clemence Ceneau. After which the tragedy of ANDROMAQUE. Hermo'one, Mdlle. Rachel. Reserved seats, Dress Boxes, 73.6 d. ; Pit, 55.; Amphitheatre, ss. ; Gallery, 39. Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 31 Old Bond-street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre, daily, from 11 til' 5. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager Mr. William Batty. THIS EVENING Two gorgeous S,e,.aeles in one night. First time this season, MAZEPPA; or, The Wild Her Se. With all its original ffects. Last week of the highly-successful Peruvian drama, entitled THE STORMING OF QUITO ; or, the Warrior of the Sun. Rolla, Mr. W. West. Entirely new Scenes in the Arena, by the talented Artistes of the Establishment, in the various modes of equestration. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D:Broadtbot. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. under the Manazement of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be presented Shakspere's tragedy of OTIIELLO. Othello, Mr. George Be”nett ; !ago, Mr. Henry Marston ; Cassio, Mr. Lyon; Desdemona, Mrs. Ware ; Emilia, Mrs. Henry Vininz. After which the interlude of SOLVING THE PROBLEM. Bel more, Mr. Fredericks; Mrs. Belmore, Mrs. Vin!ng ; Harriet, Mrs. Ware ; Rose, Miss I errey. To conclude with the melodrama of ELLA ROSENBERG. Rose - . 4.4„ Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Six, commence at riAlf .-r.• Six. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be presosited a drama, in three acts, called THE GUN SMITH OF ORLEANS; or, a Dead Woman Secret. After which a drama, in two acts, entitled THE BROKEN PRO MISE ; or, a Sister's Honour and a Brother's Duty. Joseph, an orphan boy, Miss Vincent. To conclude with MONSEIGNEUR; or, the Jack Sheppard of Paris. Boxes, Is.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Last Thine Nights of M. Jullien. First week of the Jenny Lind Qu'idrilles—Second week of the Harmonic Rock Band. THIS DAY, July 25, Daylight View of Gibraltar—Splendid Menagerie—Promenade Concert by Jullien's band of One Hundred performers, including Messrs. Barret, Bauman, Prospere, Collinet, Richardson, Lazarus, Crofill, Romig, &c., two of whom will perform a solo each evening ; Conductor, M. Jullien ; Leader, Mr. Godfrey. The celebrated Rock Harmonicon Band will also perform at intervals, concluding with the Siege of Gibraltar. Feeding the Animals at Five; Jullien's Concert, Quarter-past Six ; Fireworks, Quarter-past Nine. No extra charge. Achntssion to the whole, One Shilling. On WEDNESDAY next the Royal South London Floricultural Society will hold their Grand Summer Flower Show here. Upwards of Fifty Prizes will be awarded for Fruit and Flowers. THE WEATHER.—Strx OPTICE, JULY 22. TtIERMOM'ETER, Lowest, 62; Highest. 74; Noon, 67. BAROMETER, 30.14.--WIND W.S.W. ; showery. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning.. 29 minutes after 9. j Evening .. 3 minutes after 10. a wholesome providence of time, are bestirring themselves for the struggle which is approaching — which may, in fact, be said to have already arrived. Among these judicious constituencies we are rejoiced to perceive that of the second most populous city in the British empire—Glasgow. Better candidates— candidates more felicitously chosen to contest the re presentation of that great manufacturing city—could not by possibility have appeared than the LORD PROVOST of Glasgow himself, and the eminent, and indeed renowned, political economist Mr. MACGREQ on. Both of them are men distinguished by their public services and their singularly practical ability ; both of them are men of unimpeach able integrity, and of assured principles. Mr. MACGREGOR is in a peculiar manner entitled to the consideration of a vast mercantile community like that of Glasgow. His assiduous and enlightened labours as one of the joint secretaries of the Board of Trade—labours extending over a period of fifteen years—labours which have associated him succes sively with the Governments of Lord MELBOURNE, Of Sir ROBERT PEEL, and of Lord JOHN RUSSELL— prove him to be a man skilled in the philosophy of commerce. This fact, moreover, has been blazoned conspicuously in the writings by which he has shown himself to be a worthy disciple of the first Apostle of Free Trade— ADAM SMITH. Mr. MACGREGOR has earned for him self the esteem and the suffrages of the Liberal elec tors of Glasgow ; he is precisely the man qualified to watch over their interests, and over the commercial interest of the whole empire. By sending the LORD PROVOST and Mr. MACGREGOR to Westminster Glasgow will nobly aid in the advancement of the national cause, and guarantee at least two distin guished Members in the Popular Parliament. We have to call attention to the copy of a petition, in another column, from the unfortunate claimants, for losses by the Danes, which was presented to the House of Commons, a short time ago, by Mr. WAT SON. It seems the height of cruelty to deny redress to these parties, after the repeated decisions in their favour. They did not, however, bring their case more prominently forward this session, on account of the great exertions required to be made to relieve the distress which existed in Ireland and Scotland; but they intend to submit their long sufferings to the new Parliament, which they trust will do them justice. The session could - not be permitted to come to a termination, the Legislature could not close its an nual labours without the modern QUIXOTE once more setting his lance in rest, and running another tilt on behalf of the goddess of his idolatry, his adored Pro tection. The chivalrous La Manchan was not more deeply impressed with the glories of knight-errantry, or imbued with greater hostility to the more sober rules of modern justice, which had usurped its places than is the Noble Representative for Lynn enamoured with the perfections of monopoly, and opposed to the free-trade heresy that has sprung up to its exclusion No facts are sufficiently strong to repress his ardour. He regards everything through a distorted medium, and colours it according to his own peculiar views. No wonder that he reposes implicit confidence in his own powers, and that he questions clear and (to other minds) convincing deductions with as little doubt or hesitation as that with which the Knight of the Rueful Countenance assailed the innocent windmills. The statement contained in the recent address of Sir R. PEEL to his constituents respecting the financial and commercial policy of the late Government was the giant which the modern mirror of knight-errantry desired to overwhelm in the present instance. Had he suffered it to go forth, without contradiction to the public, that an increase of the Customs' duties, by a certain per centage, was not productive of a corresponding increase to the re venue, while a great and general reduction of these duties, by which no less than 7,625,000/. sterling was remitted to the people, was attended, in the year 1846, by a diminution of revenue to the extent of 779,0001. only, and that in the year ending April, 1847, as that policy became more fully developed, and its results came into full operation, that defi ciency had wholly disappeared; and, notwithstanding these enormous boons conferred upon the people, there had actually been an increase in the ordinary revenues of the country derivable from the same sources—it would have a most injurious effect on his doctrines. What arguments could mystify or de ceive a people who had received such tangible be nefits, and how could be hope that such a majority of his party would be returned at the forthcoming elections as would enable him to seise on the reins of Government, and restore the golden era of mo nopoly in,the teeth of such decisive facts ? Some thing must be done, and that speedily, to counteract the effects of that plain and simple statement on the public mind, to restore confidence to his depressed associates, who were unable to sustain their positions in the face of such truths. The Noble Lord accordingly took advantage of a motion for certain documents, to which no opposition was intended, to enlighten the House and the public by showing, or rather striving to show, that no dependence should be placed on these extraordinary results, and that they were not in any degree owing to the more liberal commercial policy that had been introduced. The reasons by which the Noble Lord attempted to establish his proposition were certainly of no ordinary ' character. He could not controvert or deny the great fact that the ordinary income of the country was now larger in amount than that which was realized in 1841, before any of these reductions had taken place ; but he says—" It is not wholly owing to the reductions, because in the articles with which the tariff of Sir R. PEEL did not interfere there was an increase of revenue within that period of 4,150,0001., for which he can take no credit. The N‘ hole of the reductions should be made up by the increased consumption of the articles on which they had taken place, in order to justify tire policy, or to show that the improvement in the revenue had been occasioned thereby." Now there never was a more fallacious argument than this, or one more easily overturned. It could not be supposed that the loss of revenue occasioned by the total abolition of any duty (and our readers will hardly require to be reminded of how many ar ticles have been admitted free within the last six years that were previously subjected to heavy import duties) could be replaced by an increased consump tion thereof, however great it might be ; but the relief thereby afforded to the people, the increased prosperity that followed, enabled them to partake more freely of other comforts or luxuries, and thus to increase the consumption of those things on which perhaps no reduction had been made. The principal items on which this increase has taken place will be found to be those chiefly indicative of a more prosperous condition of the working classes. The great improvement has been on tea, tobacco, and snuff, British and Colonial spirits, bricks, paper, soap, and hops. Now these are amongst the chief comforts of the less wealthy portion of the people, and the increase therein is asily accounted for. The re mission of duties to the extent of 7,500,000/, sterling saved a much larger su m to the public, amounting to proved on a f ormer oo ne e ar as ly ion l ) l . ,ooo T , h ooo is l en s o t6 rm ri . in u g s ( s as av w in e g, thus made ap plicable to other purposes, occasioned a much greater activity in trade and a more general employtmo spareentof the people, who had thus larger sums for the purchase of other articles, and these were naturally applied to those things on which their comforts chiefly depended, and they in turn led to others; thus tea was at once the most obvious article to be thus increased, and we find the revenue thereon improved fully 25 per cent., or nearly 1,200,0001. This again would lead to a correspond ing increase in the sugar duties, for which Sir ROBERT PEEL was entitled to more credit than (in his anxiety to remove any topic of controversy) he had claimed. The other points are susceptible of a similar explanation, and we do not think the Noble Lord will succeed in shaking the faith of the cou n try in the free-trade poli c y. I t is now too firmly estab lished, and has borne too well the several tests to which it has been subjected, to be in e a e s injured by such puny attacks or flimsy a rgum ents those with which it has been assailed by the Protec tionist leader. A supplement of the Quotidiano of Rome, of the 10th, confirms the statement of the resignation of Cardinal Gun, and of Cardinal FERRETTI, Legate of Pesaro and Urbino, being appointed his successor. The Holy Father had announced to him his no mination in an autherflph loter. these words : " Let your Eminence come then to take this new charge. GOD is with us." Cardinal FERRETTI, who belongs to a noble family of Ancona, is fifty-two years of age. He was very intimate with the POPE before his election to the Pontifical chair, and has made himself remarked both by his firmness and piety in the legation which he governed. Ile is the brother of the Major FERRETTI who, in the time of NAPOLEON, was considered one of the bravest officers of the Italian army, and who lately refused the Grand Mastership of the Order of Malta. The POPE convoked on the Bth a congregation of Cardinals, to take into consideration the municipal law, and other urgent measures. Madrid papers of the 15th have arrived. The Faro, the organ of the Afrancesadoes, waxes virtuously indignant at the speech of Lord PAL MERSTON on the non-payment of her debts by Spain, and, after the manner of all dishonest and shame lessly fraudulent debtors when threatened with " ulterior proceedings," bullies and swaggers : " Spain (says the Faro) will pay England what she owes her, not from any fear of her fanfaronnades, but because she is anxious to fulfil obligations she has not contracted in vain. We shall add that the British Go vernment, notwithstanding its power, is not at liberty to take possession of Cuba and Porto Rico whenever it suits its purpose, and we do not anticipate that it will be able in future to strike the bold blows which Lord Palmerston so emphatically announced at the close of his speech. To-day even, the English Government confesses that, if it interfered in the affairs of Portugal, it was because it feared that Spain would interfere alone." It is all very well for these Afrancesado gentlemen to say " Spain will pay England what she owes her," but it would be better if they would tell us in what year of our LORD all this is to happen. The Correo, the organ of SALAMANCA, is dull and pompous, as becomes a Ministerial organ, but not one whit more honest than the Faro. " Base is the slave that pays," should be the motto of the Ministers of Spain, as it was of ancient PISTOL, but the day will come when, like PISTOL, these gentlemen will, not withstanding all their swagger, quietly eat their leek, and it is by no means improbable that Lord PALMERS TON may be their FLUELLEN. The QUEEN, who will remain at La Granja until the end of August, pardoned two Carlist pri soners of the band of the Estudiente. The pardon however, came too late, the poor fellows having been shot at Burgos before its arrival. The Correo states that a new protocol has been signed at Lisbon, in accordance with the provisions of which the English Marines have given up the Castle of Fog, at Oporto, to the Spanish. The Duke of SOTOMAYOR has published a letter denying the accusations made against his Ministry, of having fomented the differences between the KING and QUEEN. MADRID BOLSA, JULY 14.—The Three per Cents. were done at 27 for cash; the Five per Cents. at 171; the Debt without interest, at 54; and the Coupons at 15. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. The National says— " A rumour, which was generally credited, was circu lated at the Chamber yesterday, namely, that Marshal Soult, having again sent in his resignation, the Council of Ministers deliberated on it, and the offer was accepted. A letter, it was rumoured, was immediately written to Marshal Bugeaud, to offer him the portfolio of War, and it was almost settled that M. Guizot should assume the place of President of the Council. It appears certain that M. Cunin Gridaine has expressed, in formal terms; his intention to withdraw, and that he is to be replaced after the session, by M. Muret de Bort." It is said that the resignation of M. CUNT,/ GRI.. DAINE is owing to the discovery made by the Presse that Messrs. CUNIN GRIDAINE and Son, of Sedan, had been dabbling in Northern Railroad shares. The appointment of Marshal BUGEAUD is significant. It is a prelude not only to the break up of the Ministry but to a coup d'etat. One of the first acts of Marshal BUGEAUD Will be to arm the detached forts, and then, if it be possibible to excite the opposition to a display of physical force, the drama which the Marshal has rehearsed in Algeria may perchance be performed in Paris. lyban foil WPrl nn#l - tor f9ll cr, n ll th. rnnrircfs Every tivre the harvest presents a splendid appear ance, which has been changed into a reality with respect to all descriptions of grain in the southern provinces, and for rye in the rest of France. In tin first days of August the reaping of wheat will be general, and everything announces results superior to those anticipated." The Three per Cents. closed at 771. 75c., the Five per Cents. at 1181. 70c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2771. 53c. ; Rouen, 972 f 50c. ; Havre, 642 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 576 f. 25c. ; Avignon, 636 f. 25c. ; Vierzon, 586 f. 25c. ; Bor deaux, 487 f. 50c.; Basle, 182 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 422 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantt s, 4001 ; Paris and Lyons, 433;1 75c. ; Lyons and Avignon. 437 t. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 458 t. 75c. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 32 1 4 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JuLY 21. Lyons and Avignon (Constituted), 214s—Narnur and Liege, 6—Orleans and Bordeaux, 5 1(3—Paris and Lyons, s—West Flanders, 41/8. DEATH OF THE O'CONOR DON. With profound regret we have to announce the de cease of the Right Honourable Dennis O'Conor, com monly called The O'Conor Don, one of her Ma jesty's Lords of the Treasury. His death occurred yes terday morning at seven o'clock, at his residence, 51, Pall mall West, where the Right Hon., the deceased gentie man, was attended by two members of the Roman Catholic priesthood, Monsignore the Rev. Dr. Magee, of Westminster, and the; Rev. Leg, of Warwick street. The O'Conor Don was a man eminently re spected in his public character, and more than esteemed by those admitted to his friendship. His ditsalntion is described to have been serene, and consolatory to those who witnessed it. The deceased was born in 1794, so that he was in his fifty-third year. In 1824 he was married to Mary Ann, daughter of Major Blake. since deceased. He has occupied his seat in the House of Commons, as representative of the county of Roscom mon, since 1831, so that he has been sixteen years a Member of the British Parliament. As a politician the O'Conor Don was an ardent and consistent Liberal; the moral and social advancement of Ireland was among his most fervent and perpetual aspirations ; as a Roman Catholic, he was an advocate for a more generalized system of Church endowment; as a philanthropist, he was solicitous for the removal of the more rigorous enactments front our criminal jurisprudence ; as an Irishman, he was a Re pealer. The O'Conor Don was regarded as the chief of the ancient family of the O'Conors, as his title indicated. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was rather dull, but firm, except for long staple. Sales, 4,000 bales. Prices since Friday were id. per lb. lower for American, but steady for Egyptian and Brazilian. Shares were generally heavy, with very moderate transactions. The approaching dissolution of Parliament has the usual effect in rendering matters dull in the City, elec tioneering being most attended to. The contest here, considering how slight is- the difference of opinion on all that concerns our fiscal policy, is more severe than was anticipated, especially seeing the comparative harmony that has of late prevailed in Parliament. The condi• tion of the revenue does not afford much present hope of further reduction in taxation, or modification of duties, though the growing strength of free-trade principles will doubtless again afford, cre the lapse of many sessions, the pleasing opportunity of a further revision of the tariff, desirable in few respects more than in the article of tea. The trade with China can never be adquately developed until we are in a posi.ion to receive in ex change fur our goods a larger amount of that article which the C e l est i als h ave t h e power o f t . upp l y i ng, nor does it appe ar so f ar t h at t h e o p en ing of th e ports h as realised th e anticipations firmed, and as is generally inferred, in a great measure on this account. The sales of Grain in heopr vineial markets continue very limited. Last week the quantity of Wheat disposed of was but 31,907 quarters. The Fut.ds have been fiat again this morning, with a very limited business doing. Consols have been 88k I for present transfer, and 88/ for account. The New Three-and-a. Quarter per Cents. have been quoted 90/ i t , and the Three per Cents. 88k to 89. Bank Stock is leas firm, at 1961 to 1971. Exchequer-bills have been Bs. to lls. premium. The Foreign Securities have attracted more attention, and there has been some speculation in Spanish Bonds, at rather improved rates, viz., 21/4 for the Five per Cents., and 31k for the Three per Cents. Brazil Stock has been quoted 841 ; Equador Bonds were 3/ 1 ; and Grenada, 191 to 20. Mexican are rather firmer at 191. There have been no bargains in Peruvian, although the meeting of bondholders takes place to-morrow, in consequence of the information re ceived from Lima that the propositions sent over by the committee of bondholders for an arrangement of the debt, and payment of the interest, from the pro ceeds of the guano contract, have not been accepted by the Government, but that an invitation is sent to depute an English commissioner to proceed to Peru, to confer upon the terms of an arrangement. The value of. Russian Stock ic 112, and of Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 571. Shares are fiat, but sales-are not pressed. BRITISH FUNDS. The trial of M. PELLAPRA, who has surrendered, is to commence on Friday 23d. The Ministry, in consequence of the discovery of the corruption of M. TESTE, coming as that discovery did in corroboration of the charges of corruption against other members of the Ministry, has been com pletely deprived of all moral power, as the following scene which occurred during the debate in the Cham ber of Deputies on the Lyons and Paris Railway Bill will show. M. L'HrR2ETTE, in denouncing the gambling prac tises on the Stock Exchange, said— " Patriotism now-a-days means risking your money, and whether on the Bourse or in the Chamber it was the •• same thing.—(Exclamations from the Centre.) " The President—l cannot allow the Chamber to be compared to the Stock Exchange.—(Great agitation.) 884 d'" M. L'Herbette admitted there was so me diff er ence. 11 , P —(Loud cries of Orden') Sp " M. Gamier Pages—Go on, M. L'Herbette. " M. L'Herbette—You admit that Deputies may hold oictz shares, and vote in favour of the r a il wa y Bill i n w hi c h Loc they are interested. Why do you shrink from the con -84 sequences of your own principle? 83 " M. Blanqui—lt is indecent.—(Uproar.) 31 " M. Gartner Pages—lt is the t rut h. ts! " M. L'H.erbette—l am exerci s i ng m y r i g h t .—(L ou d 3: cries of Order?) is! "M. Plougolm—Never has the Chamber been corn- i raravian •••• ••`•'•••• • • R u s s ian Bonds • • • • .. 112 pared to the Bourse. It is scandalous.—(Cries ofwaspish s Assent' from all parts and ' Order.') " The President, amidst the uproar, decided that the comparison was disorderly. " M. Lanyer called on the speaker to retract. "M. Gamier Pages called upon him to do no such thing. " the Centre bellowed for retractation. The Left counter bellowed. " M. L'llerbette appealed sarcastically to the virtuous indignation of M. Lan)er. " M. Murstt de Bort—We are all indignant. " The Centre in a chorus—Yes, all indignant. " The Left—No, not all. " M. L'Herbette—Then, if you will, I appeal to all, and demand if your virtuous indignation (explosion of dissatisfaction from the Centre)— " Several Voices—lt is an insult—Order, order —and what the reporter of the Debuts calls interpellations diverses. " The President—l cannot allow the Chamber to be insulted. M. L'Herbette, I call on you to explain. " The Centre—Order, order. " The,President—l have already called him to order, and now he is going to make an explanation. " M. de Lavalette—Such expressions cannot be per mitted.—(Prolonged agitation.) " M. Gamier Pages—'The country should know— " The President—You cannot be allowed to speak ; you are out of order. " M. Blanqui—Th e scandal is in the language of the speaker (M. L'Herbette). " M. de Lasteyrie called on the Speaker to call all the interruptors to order. " M. L'Herbette said he had a right to explain. " M. de Lavalette—You commenced your explanation with a fresh injury. "M. de Puzy—Let the orator explain, unless you have something else to propose.—(Agitation.) " M. L'Herbette—Do not vex yourselves.—(Laughter.) And he went on to say that his allusions had been to a former Parliament, when the Cour3 de la Bourse used to be posted in that Chamber. 4 " The President—l never heard of such a fact. "M. Luneau—lt is the fact. " M. Dejean—lt is an invention. "M. L'Herbette—The abuse subsisted for a long time. It had been cited against him the exactitude observed by Government towards the builders of the fortifications. A Government sure of a people's love did not want fortifications. To be sure it kept them when the people were good enough to bestow them, but for all that did not care about them.—(Laughter and murmurs, and so forth and so forth.)" In the discussion on this Bill on Tuesday an amendment was proposed by M. POULIN to this effect :—" Two years after the completion of the line, and its being brought into work, the company should have the power of declaring whether it intended to keep the concession, or preferred to give it up ; if in the latter case, the State should reimburse the etnn pany the amount of their useful expenses in Rentes at par in Four per Cents," which was, after some THE IMPENDING ELECTIONS.---It is important to discussion, rejected. Art. 1 of the Government Bill know that county elections cannot take place earlier was then adopted, and the discussion opened on Art. than the 10th, nor l a tt er th a n the 16th day from the 2, which was continuing at post hour. time of the proclamation, which must be made within two days af ter t h e receipt of the wr i t. In b oroughs, The Union Monarchique says — " The alarming four days' notice of the election is required, and the rumours that have been current as to the state of s e p te e c u t t i i o r n e b m o u r s o t ug n h ot s be deferred longer .than eight days His after to the receipt te of the preept,wli c i e c r h s is withinis h e issued by er the re Sheriffre varioushealth returning offi e t d h . his h h e e s a l l t t h h o is f A e i n . m T p E rn s in rE ise w d er t e n ye s s u t e e h rd n ay n ceoxntfienrmt at fears. TESTE is at- We are assured that some spec i mens of the family begins to feel serious potato and M. ROUGET, physi- disease have bee n met w i th i n different parts of the island. Th ey are, however, confined to very small spots, tended by Dr. CRITVEILHER clan of Luxembourg prison. v a o n o , ek i eitd have itso tor.—Guerns ey our u Ge fi h r u m er ns b el ief ey st a t r h . tt h do not exceed what might have been found in any other season had it been A demand in separation de blew has just been SIR PATRICK STUART, GOVERNOR OF MALTA.— f o o f r m me . d T b z y sT ik s l . me. MARIE CATHERINE TESTE, the wife pleasure in announcing that private let tfehsete4dthits. ters from Malta by the overland mail just arrived, bring elf last week," of MALTA.— The F lie re e nc a h nd sq fo u u a r dro fr n i , ga c t o e n s, sis u ti h n d g er o t f h f e ou e r om v m es a se h l d i ing &Ws thence to the night of the 13th of July, an of the Prince DE JOINVILLE, arrived at Palermo on nounee that his Excellency the Governor had greatly improved in health during the preceding fortnight ; but very hot weather had set in, which it is desirat le he " The decline in the price of grain, which mani- should avoid. The new chief secretary, Mr. Lushington, saysLhe Echo Agricok, "has had not arriYed. CLOSING PRICES. 197% 88% 88% 904 i 8% 973 116 88% .... ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock .. .. .. .. .. .. . 196% 197 g Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 89 88% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 88 %% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Amur. 9014% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9 1-16 % Ditto. 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 South Sea Stock .. • • .. .. .. .. Ditto, New Annuities ~ , , .. _ Consols for Opening, Aug 26. .. .. .. 88 i % Exchequer Bills. I%d. 2d. I.OOOL • • .... 8 1143 11 p 5001. ~ •• .•.. 12 8 p 14p Ditto. Small 11 p — 1829 an d ' ' 1839 1. . 6 . (1)1; 84 84 FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK; - • PRICES. -- CLOSING Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 8434 84% EgD D ni i adt t t t o o o. , r NB Smal l Cent eopwnedr B o n ds , : t .: .. . :. •• • :. .. . :. 1 Grenada, : 8 3 84 9 34 4 14 20 3% 20 Ditto, Deterred .. ~ .. .. 3%% M ex i can B o nds, 1846, 5 per C en t .. 19% 19%3% Ditto, for the Account • • --.‘ 1934 14% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. 34% Russiall Bonds • • • • .. 112 Ditto, for the Account .. ... .. 21 , , VenezuelaDit to,SP D D a n li iPfT i herß i n dfr e e d e° t h e e r' , rd u per w es 'si l Account° eC'' P n reeC • n t r h . et. e n. et al t: :: v e .:: p .:: a y a b 1 ;:: :: e 331-1 : 32 n 1 ii L: 3 n 9 ct o 4 11. 39 3-212: %I 1 1 as Dutch Two-and-a-IAB per Cent .. 57% TRICES OF BUSINESS C LOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT . PRIC Et , ONE O'CLOCK. Birmingham and Oxford Junction 10 .... 171 i l7 4, Buckinghamshire • • • • •• • . 61.45.... ji dis. Eastern Counties • . • • • • .. 20 .. • • 19% 20 . . 2O Ditto, York Extension .. 734 „„ „„ • • 6 7i, Great Northern • • • • • • - 6 • • 44 Do., London & York Extension 2% 2 Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 32 Great North of England . 100 •• • ,„ „„ Ditto, New 401. . • • • • • • • 5 ...„ 80 ..... „ Great Western ........85 „... half Shares • • • • • • 50 60 ........ . 116 • • Fifths ;g lai r Quarter r Shares ... 6. .. :..02 1 0 5 0 : 38... .. . 4. .. 1_721657911274... 17 2 61 : 9 7 8 ! Ditto,D Ditto,t t d. _911 .. 10 10 13 - . 12 7 •• • ••. 105% d Hu D u it a t n o, d 3: s e e w lby l7l, 50 Leeds and Bradford • • • • .. 45 ~ ~ 94 94 London, Brighton, & South Coast 50 .... 55%•, • 65% • • - L Lol i n n )i si d tt o o tto n n o. af; tut l a i t o N i e r ac res th:::: a h e li a s r te Le. r s n . a.n. • 2 12 11.3 i• ' . London and South-Western 411. 6 8.10 d... 68 67 . **** Ditto, New Consul. Eighths .. 40 ~ 49% ..... .• Ditto, New 50/. • • • • • • • • 3234 37 Ditto, Scrip 501... • • • • • • 5 , / ,, a London, Salisbury, and Yeovil.. 1% Manchester and Leeds .......82 Ditto, Half Shares • • • • •• 38 . .. 45%.▪ .._, • „ 45 v Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. 14%..,, 17% •17a i, Midland .. - • • • • • • • 100 •• .. 126 125., 1 2 5 78 Ditto, 501. Shares .- • • •• 6 ••• • 8% • • • • 934 Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 • Newcastle and Berwick • • •. 20 ••.. 29 28% Ditto, New • • • • • • •• 5 • • • • 88 4 •••• • • • • 9% Norfolk .. .• • • ..100 .• -124% 124% North British .. • • 25 „.• _ Ditto, Half Shares .. • . • • 12% Ditto, Quarter Shares • • • • 3% •• • • 4 Ditto, Thirds .. .• • • I •• • • 23 4 ••• • .. North Staffordshire .. .• • • 7 ••• • 10 ...... Oxford, Wor'ster, & WolverhatifP. 275 .... 184 ......., „ Preston and Wyre.. .. • • • • 25 , „" • • —,, "•••• • • • • Ditto, Half Shares (A) .. • • Ora •• • • 13 ••••• • • • • • Ditto, ditto (11) .. • • • • 1 4 •• • • 1 % ••• • • Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .... Shrewsbury and Birmingham • • 3 % •• • • ••••• • • • • • Ditto, Class B .. • • • • •• • South Eastern and Down .. • • 83% •• • • 3 6 % ••••• • • • Do., New (do. 101.) .. No. 4. 6 1 4 .. • • 5 % ••••• • • • • • Windsor. Staines, &S. Western.. 425. .... p York and Newcastle .. .. 25 .. • • 37 % •• • • Ditto, Extension.. .. 10 ...• 16% • • ... Ditto, Preference .. • • • • 8 •• • • o; • •••• • • • • York and North Midland .. 50 ...• c••• •••• • • • • Ditto, Extension .. .. 25 .... 42% Ditto. Preference .. 6 15% • • Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten • • 15 •• .- —....— FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. '2O .......... Dutch Rhenish .. • • •• 7 . • • ••7 • " ****** • Great Western Canada .. 3.... 33 •••••• • • • • Lyons and Avignon (Constituted) 5 •• • • 2 % ••••• • • • • Northern of France .. .. •• 10 •• • • 12 % %•••• • • • • Orleans and Bourdeaux .. 6 .• • • 5 % ••••• • • • • • Paris and Rouen .. .. 20 •• • • 38 %••••• • • • • • West Flanders .. . 8 .... 4 .... ...... JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Londoli and Westminster .. 20 .. • • ••••• • • • • • Ditto, New 11% 67 49N 37}6 OA! 15% 4% 2% 10►% 18U 54 a 2IA 30i 5h 3 % P 37% 15% 12 432, k t.l l l 1, 7 s a,l .u , • mA c ---- , - l''• u 'vitt y ice" 41,4.7,1 lat • ••••N7firlajoi - < ' u ,„ • licoi ,r`se.4";" • t $ 1 rid ft na. LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1847. That supreme authority over the character of the Legislature, which is periodically confided to the dis cretion of the multitude, entails with it a supreme responsibility. Rashness is culpability, indifference is culpability, not less than dishonesty and corruption, in an elector. For it must be remembered that the proper exercise of judgment in the selection of a Parliamentary representative is absolutely requisite to ensure permanence and wisdom to the national councils. Under this consideration it becomes obvi ous that the possessors of the elective franchise are in effect the creators and guardians of the House of Commons ; to them is traceable the disposition of our representative assembly, the bias of that assembly, the tendency of its members, its disposition, its mo rality, its capacity, its subtlety of comprehension, the eloquence of its discussions, the keenness of its per ception, the comprehensiveness of its experience—all are attributable directly and essentially to the people. It is by the people that the character of the House of Commons is formed ;as emphatically —to use, not irreverently, an old scriptural expression —as the clay in the hands of the potter. Is the Parliament one of popular selection. honesty? It i s ow i ng to the selection. Are its Members competent to de cide upon measures of legislative improvement ? Their capacity has been originally detected by the enfranchised people, and their ser vices consequently enlisted in the cause of the entire empire. Whatever may be the prevailing tone of a Government—whether it be of a pernicious or a beneficial influence—whether it be profligate in Principle or conscientious in practice--that tone has been born from the aggregated voices of the ele ctors. icetir This was d e pl ora bly manifested in the last on, yes, in the last generation, as well as in it s predecessors : the rotten boroughmongering sys tepemrvadimicingregnavici ss t o e u d s t n h e eCommons with a venality and a most consonant with the cor ruption practi sed am o ngthe pocket cons tit uenc i es . Now, howeve r , that bo r o ughmongering l is almost rendered impracticable, the a better opportunity f or evincingateetors are permitted once their inde pendence, their incorruptibility, and their discreti on . Their responsibilities are, moreover, enormously in creased. m Never, we distinctly affirm it, never has a election approached under c i rcumstances re general cal fated to afford the constituencies of the Unitedoßg in cleu o a chance of selecting at their pleasu re f rom among thme various candidates who will present tlemselve s up on the hustings, the most patriotic and elalightened body of representatives. The opposition which is pre sented to you, Liberal electors, is either so odious in PurPose, or so splintered by divisions, or.so contemp tible in its numerical disproportion, that failure will °lll 3' be attributable to yourselves. Union--and the '7 is not only yours, but the seven you's are yours. Combination --and th e ' shadow of Conservatism, or rather Toryism 'The old dis gui sed,elect ioneerin g war- will be discomited for elier. is forgotten war- whoop of " ..I. 3 rantic misnomer. se No poeery of the de r i s i on cas t u p on the e it. That " pudding-headeP, chose n imstead. Sc , be would call it. tha t cry, as .J.V.T -cry so t . CARL ,YLR l is obsolet e an d thoroughly yupsicad of evervthing that -.. - the wretched f ac ti on O% of the Syllabi )1 of PP .1 'courageously and co n fid ent ' We us. On war d , o .4en, be victorious. y, and • . must eentai Sly Activity is already visible in a large numbe r of our cities, boroughs, and shires. Th e th , THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING-, JULY 23, 1847. n.k - 7'. •-• v- now a Pi ivy UoLtheil ) afternoou at Buckingham Palace, at half-past three o'clock. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Alice, and attended by the Countess of Mount- Edgecurnhe, Hon. Miss M::cdonald, the Earl of Morley, LieutPnatt-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Coloro Buckley ai , d Gient, nnnt C010n.4 ur, left o,borne. Isle of Wight. et tAet.ty in i.itt,s • cs terday morning, crossed in the F4 , rt tu Gosport, Ix% yelled to town in a spi-cial train on the. South- We.:tern Railway, acid preceded from the Nine Dins terminus lo Buckingham Palace, where the royal party arrived at twenty-five minutes past one o'clock in the arternoon, in three open carriages and four, escorted by a party of the 196 Lancers. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort were received at the Palace by the Hon. Miss Murray, the Lord Steward, the Ma- , t‘ rof the forge, the Vice Chan,berlain, Via. count Chide!). and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore. At three o'clock the Queen held a Court and Privy Council at Buckingham Palace. The Privy Council was attended by his Royal High ness Prince Albert, the Lord President, the Lord Chan cellor, tht. Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury. the Secretaries of State for the Home. Foreign, and Coluni,..l Department., the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Chalicellor of the Duchy of Lan easter, the Presidunt of the Board of Control for the Affairs of India, the Chief Commissioner of the Woods and Forests, the Paymaster of the Forces, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, and the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert. Her Majes y in Council was pleased to declare the Right Hon. Henry L►bouchere. President of the Com mittee of Council appointed for the consideration of all matters relating to Trade and Foreign Plantations. The Hon. William Lascelles was, by command of the Queen, sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. Sir William Meredyth Somerville, Bert., was, by command of the Queen, sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. George William Frederick Howard, commonly called Viscount Morpeth, to be Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire, his Lordship took the cus tomary oaths. The Queen's speech on closing the sessions of Parlia ment this day was arranged and agreed upon. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in waiting. At the Court, the Bishop of Adelaide, the Bishop of Melbourne, the Bishop of Cape Town, and the Bishop of Newcastle, were severally presented to the Queen at audiences in the royal closet, by Earl Grey, ber Ma jesty's principal Secretary of State for the Colonies. The Earl of Westmoreland, her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Berlin, was presented to the Queen at an audi ence, on his arrival in England, by Viscount Palmer ston, G.C.8., her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Alfsirs. Lord Howard de Walden, her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Brussels, was presented to the Queen br Viscount Palmer.ton. Sir Thomas Cartwright, her Majesty's Minister Ple nipotentiary to the Court of Sweden, was presented by Viscount Palmerston to the Queen. The Right Hon. Richard Pakenham, her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States, was presented to the Queen at an audience, by Viscount Palmerston, on his return on leave of absence fr, m his mission. The Queen gave audiences to the Marquis of Lans downe, Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, and Viscount Morpeth. The Court was attended by the Marquis of Anglesey, Gold Stick in Waiting ; the Earl of Morl , y. Lord in Waiting ; the Treasurer of the Household, the Vice- Chamberlain, the Comptroller of the Household, and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, Groom in Waiting. The Queen and Prince Albert hOnoured the perform ince at her Majesty's Theatre last evening with their presences. Tne Royal suite consi-ned of the Countess of Mount Edgeournbe, Hon. Miss Murray, Hon. Miss Mac• dona:d, Earl of Morley, Colonel Buckley, and Lieut.- Colonel Seymour. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and suite left Bushy House, Bushy Park, yesterday afternoon, and proceeded to Marlborough House, Pali mall, where her Majesty and suite arrived in two carriages and four, at twenty minutes past seven o'clock. The Que en owager ho noured the pt , rforn3ance at her Majesty's Theatre in the evening with her presence. Her Msjestv was attended by the Countess of Sheffield, Hon. Miss Eden. Hon. W. Ashley, and Captain A Taylor. The City Remembrancer and Mr. Sheriff Challis had an interview with Sir G. Grey yesterday. Mr. E. V. Sidebuttom and Dr. B. Hawkins had also an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. Baronet. ,1 DUTCH AND FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, JULY 20.—The Cologne Gazette states, that according to a letter from the Baltic, the Swedish Government has decided to construct the canal from Hel lingborg to Landskron, which will relieve the Swedish vessels from the obligation of passing the Sound on enter ing or leaving the Baltic, consequently from the toll de manded by Denmark. The pertinacity with which Denmark insists in preserving in tacto the clauses of the treaty on which the toll of the Sound is founded will probably engage the Powers interested to enter into an engage ment with Sweden to participate in the profits which will result from the opening of the canal. An arrange ment of this kind will be a loss to Denmark of its prin. eipal source of revenue, for the toll of the Sound brings it in an annual income of two millions of dollars. The correspondent of the Cologne Gazette is of opinion that these new relations will probably render the Danish Government more tractable, and that if Prussia will re sume the negociations which have several times been interrupted, she will succeed in substituting for the toll levied on Prussian vessels an annual sum which she will pay to Russia. STOCKHOLM, JULY B.—The second general meeting of Swedish landlords was opened on the sth inst. Nearly 500 persons from all the Swedish provinces, as well as from Schonen and Noreland, took part in the proceed ings. The meeting was opened by the Governor of the province of Upsala, who expressed his satisfac tion at the presence of such a numerous assembly of persons favourable to the interests of agriculture and zealous in its improvement, and he trusted that these deliberations would have a beneficial effect upon the system of agriculture. The King, who was present, was warmly cheered at the conclusion of this speech, after which business was commenced. and has been re• sumed every day, at 8 o'clock in the morning, and con tinued till 2 o'clock iu toe afternoon. His Majeety the King i)nd the Crown Prince have attend- d these meet ings every day. The Assembly will be dissolved to morrow, and it has been unanimously decided that the third grand meeting of the Swedish landlords should b e held at Norkoping in September, 184.—Aligetnaine Zietung, July 17. _ _ TheAugsburg Gazette confirms, by a lettc , r from Rome, the news of the resignation of the Cardinal Gizzi, Secre tary of State, which was accepted by the Pope. The reasons for the Cardinal's retirement are said to be his difference of opinion respecting the Pope's proposel for the formation of a civic guard.—Dutch Mail, July 21. DEATH OF SIR DAVID POLLOCK.—The death of Sir David Pollock is the chief event at Bombay. The work thrown upon the hands of Sir Er- kine Perry wilt in consequence be very heavy, as crime has been greatly en the increase in that The character of Sir David Pollock was not unknown at Bombay on his arrival—and probably no judge ever was received with more respect from the legal profession, or . with great er warmth by society at large. His kinrly deposition, hi-, affectionate manners, his thoughtfulness of the feelings of others, his hospi:ality, his general benevolence, were characterestics of the man at borne from an early age, and in the short sojourn amongst us of eight months he gave ample proofs that in changing his climate he had not left his many virtues behind him. For many years Sir David Pollock held a high place amongst the masonic fraternity, which brought him into frequent and close communication with the late Duke of Sussex, who highly prized and estimated his worth and character; the charities of masonry were developed in his heart, and liberally dispensed by his hand. Sir David died in his sixty-eighth year. He was buried within the Cathedral at six Pal., on Saturday, the 22d of May. His pall was borne by the Governor of Bombay, the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Erskine Perry, the Honourable J. P. Willoughby, the Advocate-General, and Dr. Lerkworthy. The funeral service was read by the Archdeacon of Bombay, and his remains were lowered into their resting-place in the presence of many hundreds of sorrowing friends. A very diseased state of the liver was the immediate cause of death. The disease must have been of long standing. Every effort of skill and attention was directed by able and experienced physicians, unremittingly, towards his relief, but without effect. He suffered scarcely any bodily pain, was conscious until the day preceding his dissolution, and expired without a struggle." PIRATES OF THE SULA GROUP.—The Hon. Com pany's steamers, Nemesis and Hooghly, returned on Tuesday evening from their cruise, having been unsuc cessful in meeting with the Illanun pirates, who have lately committed such serious outrages at Singin and the neighbouring islands. These pirates, as we stated a few weeks ago, are generally kept well informed by their spies, and have many secret hiding-places where they can conceal themselves, when waiting for prey or shunning superior force. The mangrove, which covers such large tracts of ground near the sea in many places, furnishes them with the means of concealment in abundance. Although it would no doubt have been most desirable to have tAI:4I in wits these pirates. yet their escape only •thows the greater necessity which there exists for ef&ctual measures being taken to put a final end to their operations, by proceed. g leg to their head• quarters at once. Were a cruiser to be immediAtely stationed in the Sula sea, she tnight probably succeed in falling in with these very- pirates on S Gt i a n , g zte a ht p f.e or c e oof l iia;hn,l,6itn.enis comes shautf their return from their exp , dition, and tne presence of their numerous captives would furnish a r.•arly meats of institutions, d eTn i dentify ing 4 it s tt: a lTr France, for deciding diff.roices between manufacturers, and between masters a.,(.1 their men, soon he esta• 13;ish, , d in all parts of the kingdom. They arr ady ,xi-t in the province. of the Rhine, are! in Saxo;iy anal only lately the Government gave instructions to the Muni cipal Cntincii of Brwithiw to th , liberate on the propriety of introducing them into Silesia. IMPORT OF SUGAR, &e.—The quantities of unre fined sugar i m p ort •-d i n t., the Unit. •+ Ki , g , totta last year from the British possessions in the East I.,dies atuount4d to 2 313,726 cwt.; of molassr.s, 50 418 cwt.; of turn, 837 , 9 37 gallons; and-of coffee, 20,547,466ib. VOICES FROM THE MOUNTAINS. By Charles Mrlehay, LL.D. Prei , :snitz used to say, Man miss Gebirge haben, "Man must have mountains !" So thinks Dr. Charles Mackay, and loving- the mountains of his native land above all others, he giv-s v,iees to them and carols 1 - 6Ator4 tl:e roythoi to singular bt- , .ttit . The purpose of his little volume is explained with touch elegance in the "prologue," where Alistor. a young Templar, Karl, a young Rhymer, and Patrick, a young Sculptor, debate as to the cour,e to he pursued in tt.eir pro jected excursion o the mountains. After an argu ment, through which beams the light of descriptive vcrse, Ben Nevi, is selected as thtdr destination. The p set in the fervour of his admiration calls upon the thyme, the heather, the birch, the pine, the larch, the flowers "earth-jewels fair," and the torrents that " sine-, amid the wilderness, a song Or jubilant gladness, when their floods are strong"— " Attest the wild luxuriance of the scene That lengthened spreads (with many a strath between, And moorland purple, haunt of birds and bees) Around the fern-clad feet and shaggy knees Of mighty Nevis, monarch of the hills. The paramount of mountains, gt , mmed with rfflt, Scantily robed ; his TiVan shoulders nude, Lifting his heaa in royal solitude Above his peers, and looking grimly down Over all Britain from his misty crown." From such altitudes as these, therefore, are the " Voices" presumed to reverberate, and they are gentle voices, such as would penetrate beyond wider abysses than separate the mountain from the crowd. Dr. Mackay always speaks earnestly, and he is earnest too with the heart's earnestness. The happi ness of man seems to him to be in a measure attain able with the acceptance of certain universal prin ciples such as the principles of general amity and brotherly co-operation. That happiness he con sequently endeavours to bring more within the reach of his fellow-beings by promulgating those principles. Such is visible in the verses entitled "We are Wiser than we Know" —" Let us alone" " The little Moles," Etc. &c. " The Man in the Dead Sea" is the wildest of wild phantasies, but it has the golden ring of poesy. It is penned in a.strain of the most intense passion; the words burn with meaning ; the agonies of impotent rage are depicted with a marvellous power. But the incident is wild—preternaturally wild. As a specimen of the vivid and picturesque colouring of the versification we transcribe these " Phantoms of St. Sepulchre ;" the lines are supposed to flow from the mouth of a wretch in the condemned cell of Newgate. Listen to these rhymes you sticklers for indiscriminate capital punishment ! " Ay, you may think that I am crazed, But what I saw, that did I see. These walls are thick, my brain was sick, And yet mine eyes saw lue.dly. Through the joists and through the stones I court look as through a glass; And from this dungeon, damp and cold, I watched the motley le ople pass. All day long, rapid and strong►, Rolled to and fro the living stream; But in the niget, I saw a sight-- I cannot think it was a tir,•am. "Old St. Sepulchre's hell will toll At eight to-morrow, for my soul; And thousands, not much better than I, Will throng around to see me die; And many will bless their happy fate, That they ne'er fell from their high estate, Or did such deed as I have done; Though, from the rise to the set of sun, They.eheat their neighbours all their days, And gather gold in slimy ways. But rntsoul feels strong, and my sit t grows clear, As aleath-hour appr-aches near, And in its presinee I will tell Tbefsery truth, as it betel. " The snow lies now on the house-tops cold, Shrill, and keen the March winds blow; The rank grass of the chur, hyard mould Is covered o'er with drifted snow; The graves in old St. Sepulchre's yard Were white last night, when I looked forth, And the sharp clear stars seemed to dance in the sky, Rocked by the fierce winds of the north. " The houses dull seemed numb with frost, The streets seemed wider than of yore. And the straggling passengers trod, like ghosts, Si!ently on the pathway frore, When I look'd through that churchyard rail, And thought of the bell that should ring my doom, And saw three women, sad and pale, Sitting together on a tomb. " A fearful sight it was to see, As up they rose and looked at me: Sunken were their cheeks and eyes, Blue-cold were their feet, and bare; Lean and yellow were their hands, Long and scanty was their hair; And round their necks I saw the ropes Deftly knotted, tightly drawn; And knew they were not things of earth, Or creatures that could face the dawn. " Seen dimly in th' uncertain light, They multiplied upon my sight; And things like mea and women sprung-- Shapes of those who had been hung— From the rank and clammy ground. I counted them—l knew them all, Each with its rope around its neck, Marshalled by the churchyard wall. " The stiff policeman, passing along, Saw them not, nor made delay; A reeling bacchanal, shouting a song, Looked at the clock, and went his way; A troop of girls, with painted cheeks, Laughing and yelling in drunken glee, Passed liked a gust, and never looked At the sight so palpable to me. I saw them—heard them—felt their breath Musty and raw and damp as death. "These women three, these fearful shapes, Looked at me through Newgate stone, And raised their fingers, skinny atd lank, Whispering low in under tone:— His hour draws near,— he's one of us, — His gibbet is built,—his noose is tied; They have put his name on his coffin lid: The law of blood shall be satisfied. Ile shall rest with u- and his name shall be A by-word and a mockery.' "I whispered to one, What hadst thou done?' Sate answered, whispering, and I heard— Althoudi a chime rang at the time— Every sentence, every word, Clear, above the pealing bells:— `I was mad, and slew my child; Better than life, God knows, I loved it; But pain and hunger drove me wild. Scorn and hunger, and grief and care, And I slew it in my despair. And for this deed they raised the gibbet; F. r this deed the noose they tied ; And I hung and swung in the sight of men, And the law of blood was satisfied.' " I said to the second, What didst thou?' Her keen eyes flashed unearthly shine. I married a youth whr.n I was young, And thought all happiness was mine; But they stele him from me, to tight the French ; And I was left in the world alone, To beg or steal—to live or die, Robbed of my stay, my all, my own. England stole my Lord from me,— I stole a ribbon, was caught and tried; And I hunt and swung in the sight of men, And the law of blood was satisfied.' " I said to the third, What crime was thine ?' Crime !' she answered, in accents meek, The babe that sucks at its mother's breast, And smiles with its little dimpled cheek, Is not more innocent than I. But truth was feeble,—error was strong; And guiltless of a deed of shame, Men's justice did me cruel wrong. They would not hear my truthful words: They thought me filled with stubborn pride. And I hung and swung in the sight of men, And the law of blood was satisfied.' " Then one and all, by.tliat churchyard wall, Raised their skinny hands at me; Their voices mingling like the sound Of rustling leaves in a withering tree: 'His hour has come, he's one of us; His gibbet is built, his noose is tied; His knell shall ring, and his corpse shall swing, And the law of blood shall be satisfied.' " They vanished 1 I saw them, one by one, With their bare blue feet on the drifted snow, Sink like a thaw, when the sun is up, To their wormy solitudes below. Though you may deem this was a dream, My facts are tangible facts to me ; For the sight grows clear as death draws near, And looks into futurity." Not, however, in horrors does the muse of Charles Mackay delight. The dells and solitudes of nature are his welcomer retreats. Notice, for example, the ore:wend° ardour of the description of the scene when the yellow moon 'vas shining, and— '. Beautifully still Lay Lochlin in his heams—Lochlin whose breast Watt-d so oft the chieftains of the west To tloody wart •rv; Lechlin, that of yore The eall-ys of the Gael to battle bore Ag , ir.st the men of hsuglity Inntsiad; L .chlin s ortn;, where Fing a l spre 41 his sail ; To !i.eet (7u huidii ; Locidin of the sperm,; Blue Locktin of Me song, of aher y ars." Sometimes we regret to s(-e. th, natural gush of poetic diction impeded, as it, were, by the ver/ intensity of t. , :e e m..tions of the writer. In tl e " Drop of Ambrosia," t,,r iostance, he degetierati.s into the baldness of saving— " Let me alone, nor vex my , tul,"&c.; and immoiliately afterwards he sinks into tt.e vulg .r- ISM of writing— •• ,till I grasp it, th oitne appear, Into hou s the week, I'd pack," &e. Again, in " The Follower," he turns a solemn, and Ile b,'sets my daily pith, I am the victim of his wrath : He smears his lingers o'er my meat." And occasionally the rhymning is indifferent, as when, in " Let us alone," recurs -. Your petty ,Ltry, - • • ! • , ;or - • trn he purpos• of showlo t „ s:rt. ill sr blind t° th, faults of the - volume, so utith e r ar e we. the less enthusiastic in our estimation of its excellencies. We should be most churlishly fastidious were we to squabble over a goo.:, melodious, and heart. , -Pok ea book of po , •try, such as thee 6 , Voices froto the Mountains." llyper-criticism is our abhorrence, an d we have merely enutnerwed the foregoing flaws as; token that our opinion of th e wor k i s i n no respe° biassed. We cannot be indifferent, while we hoarsen to such strains as this : Wouldst thou know what the blithe bird pipet'', High in the morning air? Wouldst thou kno +V what the bright stream sielge tb ' Rippling o'er pebble, bare? Wouldst thou know what the moon discourseth, To the docile sea? Wouldst thou hear the echoes of the music Of the far infinity? Sorrow shall ape the founts of knowledge, And heaven shall sing to thee." - • Cordially we com men d t hi s b ook to the pu bli cl it the effusion of a sincere poet, and of an unaffected lover of the people. BRITISH ARCHEOLOGICAL CONGRESS. , • ra f f le, WARWICK, WEDNESDAY.—The President's which took place at the Shire-hall last night, was tcu lr '' ably well attended. Th e excurs i ons o f this IneTll_,'' were fixed for Guy's Cliff, the seat of the Hon. Cha ff u _.." - A Bertie Percy, Ston e l e i g h Abb ey, t h e residence o f l'h" Leigh and Kenilworth. Of Guy's Cliff, the pot first visited, it m ay be as Iran i : mention, that as the chronicles of Rouse, theArarsviak s l o antiquary, have formed th e su bj ect of one of the F il L e r read at this congress , it was at a chap e l h ere , in fe' - ',l years, that he was on ce an officiating priest. The char was founded by Richard, Earl of Beauchamp, in the r e l i t of Henry VI., and in its interior i s a colossal statu, e lo the " hermit knight," Si r G u y, w h o, a f ter hi s wa ra ds exploits, retired to a cave close by. The mansion stale in a most lovely situation on the western bank of 0 , Avon, Camden calling it "the very seat of Ple asia bis ness." About a quarter o f a mile to the left °f t,,,„ mansion is Blacklo w .hill, ce l e b rate d as the scene of " i summary execution of Piers Gavestone, the err °l3ll° favourite of our second Edward. The church of Kenilworth is of considerable anticli na l; " The cas le, as it now appears, is a vast and magnit e i e d pile of ruins, proudly seated on an elevated spot. elk", la round three sides of a spacious inner court; exhibitil* fie n grand mouldering walls, dismantk d towers, br°' battlements, shattered staircases, and fragments, mer e . less perfect, of ar e r es an d w i n d ows, some highly O rd l merited and beautit el." The earliest history of the afr o . coeval with the n i nof Henry I. This ca•tle sustaine d r lt t i:tus reverses, as t o its owners, during the civil r l l4l was here that the unfortunate Edward 11. was broM - A ir . prisoner by Ilnrry of Lancaster, and received the,W,l o estrous news of his depnsitiun by the Parliament. ..: 1 10 ill-fated monarch w as a l most i mme di ate l hark-A Berkeley Castle, wh e r e h e was hafbarouvly mar I ie da The interest a s so c t a t e d with Kenilworth by P"' romance is familiar to everybody. ed Just returned fr , m this excursion, we have asc ri be that the principal feature of to-night's meeting Mr. Ilailiwell's Shaksperian paper, as preparatory suppose, to the meeting at Stratford-upon-A ve : l a ye morrow, at whi c h an energet i c protest be national disgrace of permitting Shakspere's housertbe brought to the hammer will be m de in the name ° Thia Association, and of the lit, rare world at large. & bit meeting is exciting the deepest interest througho a and the adjoining counties. A.sr CASE OF GROSS IMPOSITION.-On ThUrS"7 l l bill Irish impostor, calling himself John Crosby, e s , ° bbils wife, applitd at the parish-office for a pass to e'l e ge. where th e y state d t h e i r c hild ren h ad gone befol o oe 13clieving the f e ll ow ' s s t atement to b e true, M c ' .00( 41 desired him to g et some respecta bl e perso n 5 0 ‘ ; t ea for the accura c y o f hi s statement, an d t h e y left ' 0 office app a r en tly muc h di ss atisfied with Mr. Pi o request. In abo u t t en m i nutes a f terwar d s the . turned to the pari s h-office ' stating that her husw , been seized with a fi t , and was dying in the street Evans remarked, that when the. man was at the °nit!, seerred quite well ; b u t a surgeon was sent f or , at, to ol seeing the man he declared that he was in a ge great danger. Several gentlemen who had se e 7f r oel fellow also tho ug ht h e was a b out to make his et,-0011 this world, and r e li eve d hi m w i t h money, an d uht io to t a police officer w as sent w i t h a coach, to take ".„," the ho s pit a l. U pon t h e o ffi cer going to the r e Veiee attempted to get him upon his l egs , b ut th e fellow e t ear quite incapable of motion. At length he artiew e the " Where are you going to take me to?" " 1° .01 1,42 fever hospital," replied the officer. The wordi acet e olf have the effect of magic upon the man, who ellr o pli, was cured of all hi s ail men t s , an d wa lked of eu oi .o. enough, saying to the officer, "I'll see yoil • 1/ 0 In the course of a quarter of an hour after a l' 2 , o tioa " taken bad," near the T own -h a lt, an d, in t e r wb e ing having been sent to the pari s h officer, and suspicion.- vio entertained that it was the same fellow, an office:4 be directed to go to him and whisper in his ear t; bs i would be taken to the fever hospital. These * (4. f e llof the same remarkable effect as b e f ore , an d e ; fi - tor walked off. Why he was not f avoure d w ith duction to Mr. Rushton, we are at a loss to conee'• " . Liverpool Courier. • 01$ 111 THE LATE ATTEMPT TO M URDER .--Th e poor Michael M`Dearmed, who has been in a danev/ state from the late murderous attack on him, !VI been considered worse on Sunday last, it was ( f ee • ti ge expedient that an examination of him shoal ( ' ne e, place at the hospital, in the presen c e of the prig h o Robert Welhana ; and in the course of the ('AY E deposition was taken b e f ore F. G. Prubart, r ep le M.D. He was unabl e t o ut t er more than a Simple " yes" or "no," an d th e f o ll ow i ng was t h e exainii lx' lp tlf " Were you last Wednesd a y wee k, a t n ight, lit 1i assaulted and robbed ?"-" Yes." eDo you hil e " ea t? a:Faulted you?"-" Yes." "Is that person Pre S s c or -"Yes" (pointing to the p r i soner ). It was no t e t b sidered expedient t o exam i ne hi m f urt h er , and eole his mark to the deposition, and the prisoner $ 05 0 , 0 0 veyed b ac k t o t h e gao l. W e understand that Wl )e o ndl' has been worse these two last days, and that his C f ed Lion is very precarious. Indeed, the chances e ar t, gre at against his recovery. -Bury and IV orwich pre fen/ The railways from Hanover to Minden, gli d e 0311 Minden to Ilman, will be op ene d f or tra ffic by tusi t ent , October next at th., l atest . T hough of no gre at e t i r eli these lines are of consieerable importance, from ea t completing the: lin e o f railway which unites t"" and the west of Germany. n ert. tlß CAITHNESS MOORs.-The birds are very e ulli ne sce-, $ and there is not the least appearance of disease am feed' them. A good many spertstnea have alresq:,,,e are anticipatory of the event' ul 12th of August; e e- „ e per, glad to learn, that the Lumber of these getttletd so posing to visit Caithness this season, is expec* - 0 th e greater than at any former season. The su ccess g od moors of the two last year s . h as g i ven Caithness . name.-Itoss shire Advertiser. WICK, JULY 15.-the bustle of the be re fishing has now fairly commenced, the greater nal s eles the south firth, Baaff, and Hi g hl an d fi s h e rmen 9 4 1 arrived. There have n ot b een many herring pit yet. Tuesday, the average wou ld scarc ely b e 0 4 a cran, Yesterday it was not much highe r i goe, to day the av e r ag e w ill b e un d er a eran• %OP boats have had twelve and fifteen c rans• r ale morning the fresh hcrringi ar e . selling here I r on* London market higher than we ever remeinber 2h t he viz:, 26-. 6d. The fisherme ns ' engagemen ts W" ore curers commence next week, after which the fora l !eo' bound to give all the herrings they catch to the C Crops are looking exceedingly well-never we re better, and no app earance o f the potato blight. " a RIO is retailing at 25 5 . p er b o ll , an d some of the sma ll he b lf of meal in the country are pushing sales consider° under that price. -Ross-shire Advertiser. fa ). THE WAR MEDALS.-The following is a list ° t he regments which served in the Peninsula durieg o ite war:-Ist and 2d Guards, Royal Horse aZ 401 lat, 3d, 4th, and sth Dragoon G uar d s; let, ieth g , 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, I °2 Sin' 18th, and 20th R e giments of Dragoons; Royal Corps of Cavalry, Grenadi e r G uar d s (1" See' Battalions), Coldstream G uar d s (I s t Battalicel - cuaiellt Fusilier Guard- (Ist Battalion) 13 3 , Ist Foot (3d , 2d, 3d (Ist Battalion), 4th (Ist and 2d Natal , * (I .i. s• (lit and 2d Battalions), 6th (Ist Battalion) , 'N 1 1IP and 2d Battalions), 9th (Ist and 2d Battalion-44 (Ist (Ist Battalion), 14th (a Detachment), 20th, 2 ne et)t Battalion), 24th (2d Battalion), 26th (a Detach 1. 29 114 27th (3d Battalion), 28th (lit and 2d Battalion-1/st sies 30th (2d Battalion), 31st (2d Battalion), 33d „ ( „), 1 h talion), 36th (Ist Battalion). 37th (Ist Batta""Thioo 9 ,2i (Ist and 2d Battalions), 39th (Ist and 2d 13 1a1 40th (Ist Battalion), 42d, 43d (Ist Battalion). rts itoni: Battalion), 45th (lit Battalion), 47th (2d . 136 " ), 51 0 ," 48th (Ist and 2d Battalions), 50th (Ist Battalie n ,', 52d (Ist and 2d Battalions). 53d (2d Battaile,i ts ' lion/1 (Ist Battalion), 58th (2d Battalion), 59th (2d DA,.. 2 a (g" 60th (sth Battalion), 61st (Ist Battalion) , -74 W Battalion), 66th (2d Battalion), 68th, 719 7 0 1100 j (Ist Battalion), 76th, 77th, 79th (Ist . "%sd Battetion), 81st (a Detachment), 82d (Ist Battalion) , s a tta' 84th (2d Battalion), 85th, lion). 88th (Ist and 2d Battalions), 91st (Ist 13 'i r 'i st , 2di 92d (Ist Battalion). 94th, Rifle Brigade 1 / 4 gal., ' 871 b (2d n ), and 3d Battalions), 97th, Rey - al Staff CcuPs 'and Wsg c rrrn Train. King's German Legion- I s t t ,nd 2 Light Dragoons ; Ist, 2d, and 3d Hussars ; le" t• Battalions of Light In+antry; Ist, 2d, sth, wad 7 :,,pd th e talions of the Line. Brunswick Oels R. gettw e , t ;,_ Chasseurs Brit anifiqizes.- United Service G az " i ri t noet , About three o'clock yesterday morning AL, 7 4 0 . 2 4 ; who kept a wine-shop on the ground floor er_ t "' ou t Rue Sr. Severiu, being oppressed by the heat, F a j e ovee his bed in his apartment on the fourth storey, eu sif io he out of the window t o c o ,1 hi mse lf. In this P ee, And fell a p anion, during whi c h he lost his ba .,° aehis bee dropped down i n t o th e street . H e ca me Pari s on tire pavement, and w as killed on the spo t ''' . e t' popJ Lfrom r. oCH ERRIBOLL.-A number of men S fi h g ..h. land h .ve y been pro , :eeliting the cod and lint" or inv . rA Rivond, Loch Erribell. The fish are e 6 d „„ndee e cu. ed for the Spanish market. A ettr. llr ria the m. n 'on- that the Duke of Sutherland be l e itth el i neighbourhood of the loch, was so n.uoh gretl"s the i dustry of the Srietla,ders, that he Ina?' 4 ,0 y, a° pros' lit to each boat's crew, which was most j e Y s " thankfully received,--Ross-shire Advertifer•