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evoke not so much the 'spirit of Party as the spirit of! On the 28th ultimo the funeral ceremony in com-
Patriotism. Principles will be the watchwords, not memoration of Mr. O'CONNELL was celebrated in the
Names. Faction has been so grievously trampelled church of St. Andrea della Valle, an enormous
under foot in the triumphal progress of Liberality assembly attesting the reverence with which the
and the Parliamentary ovation of Truth, that name and fame of the Liberator are regarded.
it cannot very well show its bruised and Among those present were the youngest son of the
battered visage in the publicity of a general deceased, the Member for Dundalk, the Rev. Dr.
election. That is a consideration as satin- Mu.EY, and every Irishman then in the Eternal City,
factory as it is self-evident. Again, in the selec- besides a vast concourse of ecclesiastical and civil
tion of candidates, the questions requiring a satisfac- dignitaries, cardinals, archbishops, bishops, princes,
tory response will no longer be questions of a factious and the most distinguished travellers sojourning in
import ; they will embrace the most humane and, in a the capital of the Papal States. As had been deter-
great measure, the most sublime principles of legisla- mined from the commencement Father VENTURA
tion. Such an example of wholesale reformation has delivered the funeral oration of O'CONNELL, in which
been afforded of late as to render anything like a re- he drew an analogy between the condition of Ireland
turn to the pottering system of patchwork modi- and that of Italy, instituting a direct comparison be-
fication heretofore in vogue unpalatable to the tween the Liberator of Ireland and the Liberator of
multitude, and consequently incapable of long con- Italy, Pope Pius IX. During two hours the Rev.
tinuance. The legislative improvements immediately Orator commanded the emotions and kindled the
brought under the consideration of the country at this imaginations of his auditors. Only one-half of the
juncture are of three distinct classes—firstly, of a oration was delivered, however, namely, that relating
moral or religious character; secondly, of a to the deceased as a civilian and as a politician ;it
social or municipal character; and, thirdly, of a was to he concluded on the 30th ultimo, the perora•
commercial or financial character. Under the first tion being preceded by a consideration of O'CONNELL
of these divi-ions are comprised the questions, as to as a lover of religion.
the advisability of a comprehensive alteration in our
Criminal t ode, the endowment of the Roman Catholic
priesthood, the further removal of Disabilities from
the Hebrew population, the extension of the blessings
of National Education to persons of all creeds without
distinction, the removal of certain obsolete Penal
Enactments, &c. &c. &c. Under the second division
are implied the problems of sanatory improvement,
of poor-law modifications, of all the minor methods
for ensuring the better health of the community, the
construction of parks, the establishment of gymna-
siums, the building of washhouses, &c. &c. &c. Under
the third division are comprised the reconstruction of
the currency, the revision or abrogation of the laws
relating to navigation, the full development of the
principles of free trade, the re-arrangement of the
stamp duties, the complete reversal of the system of
taxation at present adopted, namely, from articles of
consumption to actual property, &c. &c. &c.
There will, consequently, be not one apple of dis-
cord, but a thousand. Supposing, however, the key
throughout be remembered, supposing the sincere
purpose of all parties, or at least of the majority of
all parties concerned in the approaching contest, be
the discovery of truth and the attainment of justice,
then that prevailing discord may be resolved into a
lasting harmony. We shall continue as journalists
to bring the questions which are to be decided
during the approaching strife severally and promi-
nently forward, as circumstances may dictate. Until
the last candidate is returned this course shall be
pursued ; and we shall meanwhile remain as sanguine
in anticipation as we are fervent in aspiration that the
cause of the People may prove to be the cause of the
new Parliament.

The consideration of the Lords' amendments to the
Juvenile Offenders Bill took place on Wednesday in
the House of Commons. Several alterations had
been introduced by their Lordships into the measure,
all of which were assented to with +wo excep-
tions. The latter, however, were of an important cha

A curious document has been laid before the United
Diet of Germany by Count MUNCH-BELLINGHAUSEN.
It was published on the 3d in the Franckfort Journal,
and is the explanation respecting the occupation of
Cracow, forwarded to the Germanic Diet by the Ca-
binets of Vienna, Berlin, and St. Petersburgh.

The Governments of Russia, Austria, and Prussia
vindicate themselves as a matter of course, and repeat
the old story that the unfortunate republic is merely
to be restored to the state in which it was placed an-
terior to the year 1809.

The Members of the United Diet were unanimous
in the expression of their approval of the extinction of
Cracow as an independent republic. The leaven of
obedience to the right divine is still_ in the nature of
these patriotic senators!

Journals from Madrid of the Ist instant have
been received.

49 cases of vanilla, 252 bales and one box of indigos
4,000,000 of cigars, five bales of baste, 131 boxes, &c.
of pines, 14 cases of plants, 84 tins of arrowroot, pre-
served turtle, a large quantity of live turtle in very ex-
cellent condition, besides au infinite number of packages
of every description.
The pines are carefully packed, and appear to be of
very excellent quality.

Among the provincial intelligence which had
reached the capital, was the announcement contained
in the Fomento of Barcelona of the 29th ult., that
subsequent to the encounter at Montagut, the mau-
rauders had separated into bands, and were then
devastating the province of Tarragona. Such was the
audacity of the insurgents, that they had demolished
the stone of the Constitution at Froncoli, and burnt
an effigy of her Most Catholic MAJESTY on the Prado.
Queen ISABELLA had again appeared at the Circus,
attended by the Count DE SANTA COLOMA, her major
domo, and M. VENTURA DE LA VEGA, her Private
Secretary.
Our dispatches mention the recent arrival of the
mother of General SERRANO in the capital, from
Andalusia.

The Medway brings the large number of 120 pas-
sengers.

Her Majesty's ship Alarm, Captain Lock, had left
Vera Cruz for Halifax ; her crew was very sickly. She
was at Havannah on the Bth of June, and called off
Bermuda on the 19th. The Daring, Commander Peel,
had also gone to Halifax. The Persian was at Sacri-
ficios, Vera Cruz, the only British ship there.
The company's steam ship Thames started for Ja-
maica from Grenada on the 9th of June, with the out-
ward mails. The Avon left Havannah for Mexico on
the 9th of June. The Forth left St. Thomas's for
Grenada, on the 17th. The Eagle sailed from Bar.
badoes, for Demerara, on the Bth. The Reindeer
was still on the slip at St. Thomas's, undergoing repairs.

Don FRANCISCO DE PAULA is reported to have re-
ceived a mandate to leave the palace, from the hands
of the Captain-General of Madrid. The time of his
departure was declared to be fixed for the 3d inst.,
and a formal vindication of his behaviour was expected
from the Prince previous to his leaving for San
Sebastian.
..

racter, and such as would have increased the severity
and harshness of the measure, and the strongest ob.
jections were entertained by all classes of politicians
against their adoption ; the views of Mr. BANKES were
acceded to by Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and acquiesced in
by Sir GEORGE GREY. Where so singular an unani-
mity existed between leading members of the three
great parties in the House, it is almost unnecessary
to say that the amendments were rejected, and the
Bill restored to its original character in these respects
The first point of difference respected the right of
the accused party, if he denied his guilt, to appeal to
the verdict of a jury of his countrymen before he
could be subjected to the pains and penalties con-
sequent upon conviction. While the representatives
of the people gave to magistrates in certain cases the
great and unconstitutional power of deciding sum-
marily ag to the guilt or innocence of any British
subject, conceiving that less injury might be sus-
tained by a prisoner of tender years from such a
course than if he were exposed to the contamination
and demoralizing influences of a gaol, and an inter-
course with the depraved and abandoned characters
with whom he would there be associated, they re-
served to him the option and privilege of appealing to
the decision of twelve of his countrymen. He still
retained the right to a trial by jury, which was
his birthright, the palladium of his liberties, if
he conceived it desirable to demand the ordeal.
Their Lordships would have taken away that power;
they would gladly permit the magistrate to decide
whether they would deal with the affair sum-
marily, or send it to trial, • but the ac-
cused in a matter of such deep and serious
importance was to be deprived of any option.
The trial by jury was henceforth to be with-
held from all juvenile offenders, and the pros-
pects of their future lives were to be placed alto-
gether,
and without any possibility of an appeal,
in the hands of country magistrates—persons, per-
haps, wholly unaquainted with the principles or
practice of the law ; men of that class, whose errors
and mistakes are of almo&t daily occurrence. It
will not be a very difficult task for those appointed to
assign the reasons for dissenting from their Lordships'
amendment to adduce conclusive and unanswerable
arguments against its acceptance.
The other point in dispute, although of much im-
portance, was not of so serious a character as the
first. It related to the future consequences of sum-
mary convictions over and above the immediate sen-
tence passed upon the offender. By many of our sta-
tutes, and still more by the practice of our courts, aparty
who has been previously convicted of felony is sub-
jected to a great increase of punishment on a second
conviction. He will in such a case most probably
be sentenced to transportation for that which would
otherwise be sufficiently expiated by a short
term of imprisonment. A person is thus, to
a certain extent, a second time punished for
the same offence, because he is looked upon as an in-
corrigible offender, of whose reformation no well.
founded hope can be entertained. Their Lordships
decided that the child who had committed some tri-
vial offence—who had improperly abstracted a few
apples or gooseberries from his neighbour's
garden, or cut a stick in his plantation—should
be branded in this manner, and an indelible
stain affixed on his character—that the man
of mature age, who had perhaps conducted himself
with propriety for many years after attaining man-
hood, should be held responsible for his juvenile
peccadilloes, that could not possibly be made the sub-
ject of a serious charge, and would only be taken cogni-
sance of in consequence of the provisions of this Act.
They accordingly inserted a clause enacting, that if a
person should be convicted at different times, upon two
separate charges under this Act, that in the event of
his subsequent conviction of felony before a superior
court, he should be liable to .the consequences of a
second conviction for felony, thus magnifying
the childish act, however trifling, to the weight
and importance of the most serious crime. It would
be far better that the measure should be wholly re-
jected, although it possesses many. valuable provisions,
thante liberties
etieHs ooufsethsehopueoldpisea,noctrlosnucshuchharasnh iannvdasoi opn
of th .
pressive enactments. We trust their Lordships will
evince their discretion, and with a good grace acknow-
ledge the propriety and sufficiency of the reasons
for the dissent of the Commons, and permit the Bill
to receive the royal assent in its present form.
In dee-

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The Three per Cents. were done at 28 5.16 ex div.
for cash; the Four per Cents. at 171; the Five per
Cents. at 17; the Debt without Interest at 5; and the
Coupons at 13.

The West India crops generally are ver, good, and
are expected considerably to exceed those of the
last year. Indeed, it is currently reported that an
i
while in British snlcarnedasseo
over
ro
tnhee• thirdcr o p
omayof
l a
sreasonably be expected in the
Gui-
ana and Jamaica it will even considerably exceed that.
Trinidad is perhaps less affected by the weather than
any of the other islands, which will account somewhat
for the equality of her crops, and why even with
the present propitious state of the weather, her increase
is only estimated at about one fifth over that of last
year; while in Porto Rico, the long continuance of dry
weather will nearly render the crop a failure, more par-
ticularly on the south side, where they have had no rain
since December. Even under the best circumstances,
there is expected to be a falling off of at least one fifth.
The weather had been excessively dry at St. Thomas's,
and they were beginning to experience some scarcity of
water at the time the Medway left.
General Scott was at Pueblo-,--he expected to enter
Mexico on the 16th of June. Vera Cruz was very
sickly. General Taylor was about to march upon San
Luis Potosi. The Medway has a valuable freight, but
no dollars for the dividends : 120 passengers.
Trade was completely at a standstill in the city of
Mexico. Guerilla bands had committed great havoc
between Vera Cruz and Mexico, in consequence of
which all travelling was suspended. Santa Anna was
at Mexico, but very unpopular ; he had been stoned by
the mob.—Herald.

The Paris journals of Tuesday have arrived.
Many of them are filled with consternation at the
position of affairs in Madrid. The wisdom of the
views taken of the events now passing in that metro-
polis may be gleaned from the following observations
translated from the National. "We are constantly
receiving," says our Contemporary, " the most in-
credible news from Spain. It is an inexhaustible
source of strange tales, fantastic dramas, and un-
foreseen events. IVe might fill a volume with the
recital of the follies of Spain of which the innocent
ISABELLA is the theme. She has just been in risk
of a danger so great that joking is quite out of place!
Know that a dark conspiracy has been formed even in
her own palace ; ferocious demons had resolved to
plunge a dagger into the heart of innocence herself;
every preparation was made for executing this hor-
rible design. The apartment of Don FRANCISCO
was to be first entered, from which there is a door
entering the sleeping apartment of the QUEEN. One
conspirator was to give the first stab, another was
to give the second, and, horrible to relate,
Don FRANCISCO himself was to give the last
stroke with the poniard. This, however, was so
long delayed that the Ministry gained informa-
tion of it, and the door of communication was walled
up, Don FRANCISCO was put under arrest, and in-
terrogated. He confessed all, is about to be sent into
France under a strong escort, and the QUEEN will
not go out again without being armed with a corselet
of proof. Such is the abridged recital of a crime
plotted in secret, and in which the uncle and father-
in-law of Queen ISABELLA was an accomplice. Hap-
pily, it vas easily discovered and prevented. This
Bourbon idiot, who has passed from Cretinism into
madness, is about to be sent over the frontier—it
would have been much better were he to be confined
in a lunatic asylum. Such, however, are the ridicu-
lous, the insensate, fables in which the Spanish Mi-
nistry of the day are absorbed. In the meantime
Mr. BULWER conducts the affairs of the State, and
the Conservatives intrigue and agitate as much as
they can--exciting disorder, and writing to NARVAEZ
to hold himself in readiness for the moment of his
corning to clear away all obstacles to the accession of
the Duchess DE MONTPENSIER." Here was a dis-
covery with a vengeance—this of the luckless Don
FRANCISCO as a sort of blood -royal assassin M.
ALERANDRE DUMAS, or, as he delights to designate
himself, M. le Marquise DE LA PAILLETERIE, will
here find additional materials for his expected
feuilleton romance upon the " Double marriages."
The position of affairs at this moment in Algeria
is well expressed in a few words by the Courrzer
Francais :—" There are four personages then just
now on the stage : Marshal BuGEAtio, who abdi-
cates; the Emperor of Mosocco, who is threatened
with being deprived of his throne, and the probable
successors of these two potentates—the Due
D'AUMALE and ABD-EL-KADER."

HEALTH.
YOU MUST BREATHE NIGHT AIR.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,.—As sanatory measures are just now so properly
engsging the attention of the public, allow me not merely
to suggest, but to urge (through your columns) an atten-
tion to one very simple practice more conducive to
health, and a greater preventive to disease than any
other single measure I have seen recommended or en-
forced, and it has the important character of being
immediate in its effects, and of no trouble or expence in
its application.
Do not expect, Sir, some wonderful announcement, or
some fascinating mystery ! No. It is simply the plain
little practice of leaving your bedroom window a little open
at the top while sleeping, both in winter and summer. I
do not come before you as a theorist or an inexperienced
teacher, in thus calling loudly upon every family to
adopt this healthful practice. I am the father of ten
children all in pure health, and have (thank God) never
lost one, although their natural constitutions were not
robust. But in addition to the salutary effect of the
practice in my own family, wherever I have advised
others to try its effects, it has invariably been found to
be both pleasant and beneficial.
But, Sir, does the subject need the influence of experi-
ence to enforce its truth ? Are not reason and common
sense sufficient, when once the idea has been suggested ?
Why should we shut ourselves in a closed room eight,
ten, and twelve hours every night, while we are urging
the importance of constant tresh air in the. day?
But w hen an error has got hold of us, it is astonish-
ing sometimes bow tenaciously it will stick. Most dis-
tressing sensations, extreme lassitude, and sleepless
nights will, with some keep their eyes open to everything
but truth on this subject. They are " afraid of catching
cold," or of some other imaginary evil, which, really, it
they did catch would not be halt so bad as the nights
they now suffer without a cold, and the destruction to
their constitution, which such every night works upon
the physical powers. But I can assure them they need
not fear taking cold by opening their windows, and ob-
taining healthful sleep.
One more remark and I have done. Their doctor,
unless he be a thinking man, will very likely, with a per-
fectly good intention (though false judgment) prevent
their adopting this almost specific against general
disease, by saying " Oh, it is bad to breathe night air.*
This has been said to me by various medical men, but I
have had in reply one question, which generally either
silenced or converted them, for I have asked, Well,
Doctor, will you then please to tell me what air I am to
breathe in the night but night air F "
It is, I think, very clear that the only question is,
whether we shall breathe, for eight or ten hours, dose,
foul, destructive, night air, or have a moderate supply of
that which is fresh and pure?—for night air of some
sort we must breathe. Yours obediently, J. I).
The only care necessary is not to have a current or
draught pass over the bed by any open window or door
being on the other side.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
JULY 7, 1847.
A general meeting of the members of the Royal
Yacht Squadron is to be held at the Squadron House on
Friday next, at which a Vice-Commodore will be elected
in place of the Marquis of Donegall, elected Commo-
dore. Sir Bellingham
a_praham, Bart., it is said, is to be
the new Vice. He is true yachtsman, and keeps his
yachts afloat till the November gales drive them from
the cruising ground to their moorings, and then into the
harbour, the Flirt being the last of the fleet afloat.
Died of consumption, on the 7th inst., at West Cowes,
after an illness of 15 years, Robert Meiklaw, Esq., a most
upright, honourable man. It is understood that his
remains are to be taken round in his yacht, the Talis-
man, to Scotland.

The Constitutions el is more bitter than ever in its
allusions to the maladministration of affairs by the
Guizot Cabinet, and especially to the malappropria-
tion of the public moneys by many of its corrupt
members. The Presse writes in a similar, though
somewhat more laboured strain.

More interesting intelligence, however, than the
foregoing is that relating to the weather and the
crops. The former is magnificent, the temperature
being about 84 degrees of Fahrenheit ; and the latter
present the most promising appearance. Already the
rye is being cut in the vicinity of the capital, and
yields an abundant harvest.
A discussion upon the illegal arrest of the Mar-
chioness D'HAurvix.LE, near Mayence, occupied the
attention of the Deputies during Tuesday ; nothing
of interest came that day under the notice of the
Chamber of Peers.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse, on
Tuesday, at 78f. 15c.; the Five per Cents. at 119 f. ; the
Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,270 f. ; Rotten, 961£ 25c. ; Havre,
643 f. 75c. ; Great Northern, 577 f. 50c; Avignon, 667 f. 50c. ;
Vierzon, 602 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 510 f. ; Boulogne, 395 f. ;
Basle, 187 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 427 f. 50c. ; Tours
and Nantes, 405 f.; Paris and Lyons, 4351'. ; Lyons and Avig-
non, 4351. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 457, 50c. ; Spanish Three
per Cents., 33f.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 7.
Boulogne and Amiens, 16—Northern of France, 1034—
Paris and Lyons, s—Paris and Strasbourg, 4%—Sambre
and Meuse, 7%.

n days of
yore an election for Westminster pro-
duced all sorts of squibs and handbills, which, how-
ever pungent in
quality, were regarded as temporary
effusions and treated
party zeal. But thea
as thecas eis mere
differentveebullitions o
fo of
now, and it has been reserved
r a
new
the present
candidate for this city to
introduce
mode of warfare, and to try to terrify byin b legal
L prete n-
s
pro-
ceedings those whom he could not l‘
sions such as his. The Committee of Mr.
TON having published a statement of reasons' which,
in their opinion, precluded Mr. COCHRANE from any
chance for Westminster, have one and all been
favoured by letters missive from Mr. COCHRANE'S
solicitors of the usual legal tendency. The Com-
mittee have met these letters by a resolution, which
appeared in our advertising columns. We can but
wonder at the ignorance and disregard of public opi-
don which can induce Mr. COCHRANE to imagine
that he can get into Parliament for Westminster,
,through the medium of the Court of Queen's Bench.

WEST INDIA MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING,
NINE O'CLOCK.

The Medway, royal mail steam-ship, Captain An-
drews, arrived early this morning from the West Indies,
with the usual mails. She has made the passage with
her usual punctuality-, her apparent late arrival having
been occasioned by an alteration in her route, conse-
quent upon the arrangements of the company being not
yet completed since the loss of the Tweed. The Med-
way is only 13f days from Bermuda, her last port.
The latest dates brought by the Medway are—Tam-
pico, 22d May; Vera Cruz, 2d June; Ilavannah, 10th
June;Honduras, 20th May; Chagres, 26th; Jamaica,
June; Carthagena, 28th May; Demerara, sth June;
Bth
ti iTrinidad, 6th June; Barbadoes, Bth June; Grenada,
June; St. Thomas, 18th June; La Guayra, ISt JUDO;
Bermuda, 24th June.
The
Medway has
s on board 27,749 dollars, 73,619 in
silver bullion,
64oatina, 1,734
ounces 3 ol f in gold coin and bullion, 351 b. of
gold dust, 143 bales of cochineal,

THE KING or HOLLAND.—We read in the Eman-
cipation
asanh d another relapse, and his
Sundayu :—" Accordingndoubtedsourcet,o4.ieecoKtiinntgs
wofe
thh aeyeNor(fe:Bheeriruvlesadsne
dlfssr ofti
health, which had previously excited some apprehen-
sion, is again in an alarming state."
It is reported that the subject of granting a pen-
sion to M,jor General Sir Hairy Smith, for his services
in the east, will shortly be brought before the East India
Directors, should that body not anticipate the wish of
the gallant officer's friends by at once granting the
same.
NEW COINAGE.—The new Crown Piece has been
issued from the Mint. It is so elaborate a work of art,
that the ss. piece would probably be worth I Os. were it
issued from any other die-starnper's shop than her
Majesty's. On the obverse is a portrait of Queen Vic-
toria, with a crown on her head ; her hair plaited and
banded ; her robe worked with roses, shamrocks, and
thistles, and other ornaments. The legend is—" Victoria
Dei gratis Britanniar+reg:f;
On the reverse, the
arms of the Three kingdoms are represented, not
quarterly, but on separate escocheons, ranged base to base,
in the form of a cross, an arrangement not observed on
our coin, we believe, since the Union or the time of
William 111. in the intervals is an elaborate fretwork,
with rose, thistle, and shamrock. The legend is—"Tueatur
unita Deus+anno dont. mdcccxlvii." On the edge
we read—"decus ettutamen+unno regni undecinu);" a rose
between each two words, a crown between the sentences.
All these legends are in the old black letter, and the
*Lyle of the ornaments medireval. From the separation
of the coats of arms, this piece might be called the
" repeal dollar." The execution is very beautiful, but
too fine and minute for a coin. It is better suited to a
medal, which is always kept in a drawer, in a leather
case, or under glass. The embroidery of the robe, the
legend at the edge, and the ornamental parts generally,
will soon be rubbed down under the friction of general
circulation. The requisites of a coin are these:-1.
Beauty of execution; for that is the best of all checks
against imitative forgery; and in this respect nothing
can be said against any of the coins that now emanate
from the English Mint. 2. Simplicity and distinctness
of design; so that the coin may retain its main charac-
teristics through all its rubs. 3. Such design as is con-
ducive to the utmost rapidity in the process of striking
the coin; so that no hindrance may arise at times of
sudden pressure. 4. Perfect plainness of value; in order
to which it is best that the coin should bear its name or
value legibly inscribed as " One Shilling," or the like.
In all these respects Napoleon's coins of the kingdom of
Italy were models, models which the present designer to
our Mint has followed in a congenial and original spirit.
But, considered as a coin, the Crown piece before us is a
falling off.— Spectator.
ALLEGED INFANTICIDE.—Yesterday Mr.
W. Payne
held a protracted inquiry at the St. Olave's Union,
Southwark, on the body of a female infant, about four-
teen weeks old, belonging to Anne Blackmore, late in-
mate of St. John's Union. The deceased was alleged to
nave been strangled by its mother, and who was re-
manded at the Southwark Police-court, on the previous
day on the above charge. It,
however, appeared from
the evidence of a host of witnesses, that the woman,
Blackmore, who was unmarried, though she frequently
public and drinking to an enormous extent. At
represented herself as being a married woman, was living
in the
last she took her little one with her, calling at various
-houses;
neighbourhood of Tooley-street, and on Monday
ten o that evening she went into the Bull public-
house, Tooley-street, with de,iessed in her arms, and she
had previously fallen down with the child on the stones,
thus causing a fracture of the skull to the infant, which
produced concussion of the brain, and resulted in death.
£he prisoner was now in a beastly state of drunkenness,
and on some one taking the child from her arms it was
found to be dead. Mr. Leader, the house surgeon of St.
Olave's, proved that the injury to deceased might have
arisen from such a fall as described, and the jury, after
much more testimony, returned a verdict of " Accidental
death."

The daily expenses of the Great Western Railway,
Company, in the present Parliament, have bee❑ esti-
mated at 4,5001,, or about 30,0001. a week.—Herepath's
Journal,

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 9, 1847.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The business done in Cotton at Liverpool yesterday
comprised 7,000 bales, of which 1,500 were American on
speculation. There was no alteration in prices. The
sales included 5,000 bales of American at 6kd. to 7-*d.
per lb. Railway Shares were dull, and prices were again
rather lower.
Advices of May sth from Cape Town report matters
as being without alteration on the frontier. The revenue
of the colony in 1846-7 was 100,7591., or about 18 per
cent. increase on the previous year.
The Medway steamer having arrived with the West
India mail, the letters are expected in town to-day.
In a letter addressed by Messrs. Robert and Thomas
Allan, of Edinburgh, to their correspondents and clients,
we find one or two interesting points concerning Scotch
railways:—
" Our lists exhibit somwhat better quotations than
they have done for some time, although, until within the
last three days, the share market has ben feeble and
unsatisfactory. The advance which occurred at the
commencement of the month was not maintained in con-
sequence of a renewed demand for grain. However, the
continued fine weather, the favourable prospects of har-
vest, and the immense recent arrivals of food have, by
degrees, affected the corn market, and shares are again
buoyant. Mark-lane has, in fact, regulatt d th• value of
share property. As grain rises down goes stocks; as it
falls, they rise; and that with much more reference to
the rum,iurs about the pota►o crop, than to the merits
of any particular scheme, or the prospects of any par-
ticular line.
" The promised interference of Government with the
new railways has ended, as might have been anticipated,
in nothing. Some restrictions ate placed on future pro-
posed schemes, but no attempt whatever is made to
remedy the present strain which railway calls are
causing on the Money market. Permission is given to
delay making demands on the shareholders, but in prac-
tice this is a❑ absurdity. Once a line has obtained its
act, there are individuals whose interest it is to push it
forward; once contracted for, these parties necessarily
become more numerous; once commenced, the works
cannot be stopped; outlay is already great; staying pro-
gress would be ruinous—calls, therefore, must be made
—money, coute qui coute, must be borrowed, and thus—
whatever be the result to individual shareholders, what-
ever be the ruinous effect upon the country at large—the
railway is driven on to completion."
The Funds have been flat again, a few sales having
been pressed, and it is believed that the railway com-
panies which have lately received the royal assent will
now be steady sellers of the stock which they may have
purchased to deposit with the Accountant-General in
Chancery. The value of Consols for transfer has been
8811, and for time 88* 4. Exchequer-bills have been
marked 103. to 13s. premium. Bank Stock has realised
196*. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have
been at 904 to 91.
The dividends are now in course of payment at the
Bank.
Speculation in Foreign Stocks is very inactive. Por-
tuguese Four per Cents. have realised 31*, and Spanish
Three per Cent& 32i. Equador Stock is at Si. Dutch
Two- and-a-Half per Cents. have been 571.
Railway Shares are very quiet again, and not quite so
well supported.
IiniTISU FUNDS.

ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. 196 yi 196%
three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 8914 88% 89
hree per Cent. Consols Annuities .. • • 88% 88•3{
Three per Cent. Annuities, 1726 . • • • 87% 87%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 91 90% % 91 91
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9,4 1-16 9 1-16
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. • • 8% ex div 8%
South Sea Stock .. • • • • .. 97% ex div 97%
Ditto, New Annuities .. 87% ex div 87%
Consols for Opening, July 16 .. 88%% 88%
Three per Cent. Consols, Scrip .. . % p % P
Exchequer Bills. 1%d.2d.
1,0001... .. .... 10 13 p
5001. .... 16p
Ditto. Small .... 15 20 p
ONE
O'CLOCK.

FOREIGN FUNDS.
Equador Bonds ..•Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account ..
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. ..
Ditto, 4 per Cent .. • • ..
Ditto, for the Account
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, for the Account • • • .
Ditto,s per Cent. '38,39, 40, div.lB4o

20
CLOSING
PRICES.
31,6

.. .. .. 31%

.. 1847 -
.. .. .. 32T.

Ditto •• • • • • •
Ditto, Three per Cent
Ditto, for the Account • . ..
on the above payable in London.
Dutch Two-and-a-Dail per Cent .. 57% 57%
BUSINESS CLOSING
PAID. DONE AT PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.

PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES.
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto, Thirds
Caledonian

75 .. . . - ...... •• • •
..
.., . . . . „ . 35 .... 29 294 • ....

Eastern Counties ..

20 21 21'i

Ditto, York Extension .. 7% .... 77% • • .... • •
East Lancashire .. .. 20 •• •
Ditto, New .. .. 10 .... 951 •• • • 91/,4
Great Northern •6 .. • • 4% ex int. •• .. x. int
Do., London & York Extension 251.... 1% 2ex int... 2x. int
Great North of England . ..100 .. • • •• • •
Ditto, New 30/. .. . .. 30 .... •.• • • • 70
Great Western .. 85 ...117 120 •• ••• • • 120
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. IS .... 2051
. -
Ipswich awl Bury SLEdmunds .. 14 10 ...• • ..
Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 50 .... 66 . • ........
London, Brighton, & South Coast 50 .• .. 55% .. •• • • ....
London an North-Western —lOO .• .... ••• • • •
Ditto, Quarters L. and B. 12 2951 • .•
Ditto ditto, New Shares • • .. 2 .... 13 .. •••• .. • •
Ditto, Fifths .. 2 .... 17% •• • • .... •
Ditto, 401. Shares M. &B. .• 40 .... 71 70 .• •• ..
London and south-Western 411 6s. 10d... 69 70 ......
Ditto, New 501... 325{ .... 38 k.. • • •• ..
Ditto, New 40/. .. .. • • 26 ....
Manchester and Leeds .. 82 .... ••• • • •
Ditto, Fifths .. . 111,E • ........ 11%
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425..... a4,3‘ %
Niklland ..100 ....129 • •• •• •• 129
Ditto, 401. Shares .. .. 40 .... 4114 1,4 .. ••• • .. 48 14
Newcastle and Berwick • • .. 20 .... 28% •• • • ...... 29
Ditto, New .. • • .. 5 •• .. 7% .. • • ......
Norfolk .. • . ..100 ....125 .•.. • • .... 125
Ditto, New . 5 .... 81,4 ..
Ditto, Extension .. .. 10 .. 10% ••.. .
North British • • .. • • .. 23 .•.• • • • •
Ditto, Half Shares .. 1251 15%14 •• ••
Ditto, Quarter ..hares .. 3IA 4 .. •••• • • • •
Ditto, Thirds .. .. 1 ...• 2%
North Staffordshire .. 751 10% %•..• • • •
Preston and NVyre 25 ••..•• • • • •
Ditto, Half Shares (A) .. 851 .... 12%.... •••• • • 12%
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .... •
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 351 .... 31%1 ••• • • •
Shropshire Union .. .- 4 .... ••••• • • • .
South Devon .. 40 .... 29 ...... •• • • 29
South Staffordshire • • • • .. 21. 125... % dis •••• .. • • % dis.
South Eastern and Dovor •• 33% • • .... • • 3751
Do.. New (do. 101.) .. No. 4. 5 .... 4%% ••• • • • 4%
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and
1%
Waterford and Kilkenny .. 1351 . .
West Riding Union • • • . 4/.2s P••• • • • • 14 P
Windsor. Staines, &S. Western.. 42s p.•• • .• 21.4 P
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 20 101 x i
York and Newcastle 25 —..........—
Ditto, Preference ......8
York and North Midland .. .. 50
Ditto. Preference • • ..
23
Do. E. and W. Riding Exten.. 10 ...-
_23 ••••. • • • • •

•
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens .. • . •• • • 15% ••••• • • • • •
East Indian . ss. .• %• •
Namur and Liege .. • • .. 10 ....
Northern of France • • • . .. 8 .... 10% • •
Paris and Lyons • • • • .. .. 8 .... 51,6 •,. •
Paris arid Orleans .. .. 20 .... 50 49%
Sumbr ; and Meuse .. .. 14 .... ...... •• .•
MINES.

Real del Monte, TJnrezistered .. ....

The Petites Affiches though containing nothing but
advertisements, have been made instrumental to the cow•
mission of several robberies by a clever rogue named
Frandin. The fellow, it appeared, used to copy the
addresses of persons advertising for places, and passing
himself off as a house owner, engage the advertisers in
his service, after which he would find means to get them
out of the house, and then bolt with anything valuable
that he could lay his hands on. A few days ago be
called on a man named Martinet, living at 39, ruo Ram-
buteau, who had advertised for a place as concierge. M.
Frandin was very particular in inquiring into the man's
qualities, and particularly scrupulous as to his character.
The porter having satisfied him on those important
points, M. Frandin consented to engage him and his
wife as concierges of one of the immense mansions
which he said he possessed in the best quarter of
Paris. " But," said M. Frandin, "asl am very parti-
cular, we must draw up a contract of the engagement ;"
and he pulled out a gigantic pocket-book, and looked
among a mass of portentous-looking documents for a
sheet of stamped paper, on which to draw up the deed.
" Bless me," cried he, after a long search, " I have got
no stamped paper with me—here are seven sous—have
the kindness to go and buy a sheet." Off went the
porter, and a minute or two after his back was turned
the methodical M. Frandin was seized with au idea.
" Dear me I" exclaimed he, "how very stupid I am !
To make the contract binding, there must be two deeds
—one for you—one for me. Run after your husband,
madame, and tell him to bring two stamped sheets—
here's the money." Madame Martinet unhesitatingly
went to fulfil his mission, but on her and her husband's
return, they found that M. Frandin had vanished, and
with him some silver spoons. Luckily the fellow was
captured before he could get clear off with his booty, and
he was brought up for trial yesterday. Being an old
offender, the tribunal condemned him to five years' im-
prisonment and five years' surveillance of the police.
TOM THUMB AND HIS LADY LOPE.—" The wee-
est little man that ever was," as the children say, is now
in our city, " strutting his little hour upon the stage,
and pocketing lots of small coin, to increase the " snug
fortune" which he began to make in America, sad which
he so much extended in foreign parts. If report speaks
true, General Tom Thumb has meditated much upon
the common lot of humanity, and following other illus-
trious examples, has " wooed a little maid," who has
agreed to " wed, wed, wed," and in a short time they
are to be married. She is in her 16th year, weighs
19i1b., and is 30 inches high. The united weight of
the couple is 501b.—Boston Transcript.
We state, from undoubted authority, that Mr. C.
Carus Wilson has abandoned his long suit, in the Court
of Exchequer, wherein he claimed 3001. as damages from
Mr. J. Kandish, governor of the public gaol of this
island, for false imprisonment.—Jersey Times.
BONDING PRIVILEGES.—The Lords of the Trea-
sury having been pleased by their order, just issued, to
consitute Wigtown, in the port of Dumfries, a separate
port, on the supernumerary class, the Commissioners of
the Customs have directed that the privilege granted by
their Lordships should take effect at Wigtown, as an
independent port, on the 6th of July instant, of which
the officers of the revenue there, and throughout the
kingdom, have been apprised for their future government
in the matter. The Lords of the Treasury having also
been pleased to approve of the port of Gweek being
reduced to a creek within the port of Falmouth, orders
have been issued by the revenue authorities for that
arrangement, also to take effect from and after the
sth instant.
MB. FEHEAND, M.P.—lt is said that Mr. Fer-
rand, M.P., is about to marry the sister of Lord. Bla-
ntyre; should the match take place, he will brother-in-law
a w
to a daughter of the Duke of Sutherland.—Manchester
Examiner.
The Cologne Gazette contradicts the report of a
marriage between the reigning Duke of Brunswick and
a Princess of Alecklenburg-Schewrin.