The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-03 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 3, 1846,

report might be received as evidence of the facts by
the Standing Orders' Committee. This will obviate
the necessity of the proofs being twice gone into be-
fore
different tribunals, one of 'whom may report a
compliance, and the other, perhaps, after all the ex-
penses of the contest on the merits have been gone
into, reporting otherwise.
They also suggest that the detailed enumeration
of the parishes should be dispensed with, and that in
lieu thereof the usual notices should be given, indicat-
ing the general direction of the line, and referring to
a map from the Ordnance survey, where there is one ;
or if there is no Ordnance survey, from some pub-
lishedinap, on a scale of not less than half an
inch to a mile, which should be deposited with
the clerk of the peace in each county, on or before
the last Friday in the September preceding
the session in which the Bill should be applied for.
The detailed notices to the owners and occupiers of
land are also to be dispensed with, and in place
thereof, notices should be served on them, point-
ing out the figures on the plan which refer to
the property, and which they recommend
should be lodged in the parish at the
same time, or within one week after the
time of the lodgment of the Parliamentary
plans in the end of November. These suggestions, if
carried into effect, will be manifest improvements on
the present system, as full opportunity will thereby
be afforded to every one interested of examining how
far his property may be affected, and taking the
necessary steps for his own protection, while much
trouble and expense will be spared to the promoters.
The Committee also recommend that objections
on the ground of non-compliance with the stand-
ing orders, or to portions of lines az injuri-
ously affecting private property, should be lodged
with some constituted authority on or before the
`•second Friday in January, or within six weeks after
the deposit of the parish plans, and that such au-
thority should have power to call upon the parties
for their answers, and if necessary to send down their
own officers, at the expense of the company, to inspect
and report thereon, and that such authority should
have power to sanction the correction of inaccuracies
of the plans, and to inquire into deviations suggested
by the parties whose properties will be affected there-
by, and to report thereon, stating in what manner
the deviations would affect all other properties, and
recommending their adoption or rejection. The plans
so corrected, together with the report including the
result of the inquiry into standing orders, to be fur-
nished to Parliament in the course of the month of
March. The constituted authority to which they
refer to be empowered to act as a court of arbitra-
tion between the proprietors and the companies, and
also between different companies, under proper rules
and regulations.
The importance of these suggestions, and the vast
benefit which will thereby be attained, cannot be
questioned. The remaining suggestions in the report
are, if possible, still more valuable, but the want of
space prevents our alluding to them this day.

The Levant Mail has arrived, bringing intelligence
from Constantinople of the 17th, from Athens of the
20th, and from Malta of the 22d June.

The Journal de Constantinople, of the 16th, gives
the following account of the return of the SULTAN to

his capital :

" The Sultan arrived here on the 14th from Roumelia.

Majesty landed at the Kiosk of Kalender, where the Sultana
Valide, his another, and all the grand dignitaries of the
empire came to meet him. The Sultan remained a short time.
and at three o'clock set out fur the capital. The two banks
of the Bosphorus were lined with troops and spectators, and
salutes were fired from all the batteries and the ships in the
Bosphorus, which latter were dressed out for the occasion.
The Sultan stopped twice before he reached the palace of
Teherghan, first at Bebek, at the residence of the Sultana
Athae, wife of Ahmed Fethi Pacha, and next at the palace
of Defterdar-Bournou, the residence of the Sultana Adile,
wife of Mehemet Ali Pacha. After conversing with his two
sisters, the Sultan proceeded direct to his palace. He was
received by the population, on the entire line of the proces-
sion, with great demonstrations of joy, and in the evening a
great part of the city was illuminated."

The sudden return of the SULTAN was occasioned
by the dangerous illness of one of his wives. He was
informed of her illness at Silistria, and immediately
set out for Varna, from whence he embarked for
Constantinople. Sir STRATFORD CANNING was still
at Constantinople, and it was supposed that he would
delay his departure until after the departure of
..J 6...111.11ram tra,- Ata 'me-1,6'-IR* Ta
accompanying the PACRA of Egypt to the Turkish
capital. The dispute with Persia still continued un-
settled.

Accounts from Athens of the 20th, state that the
King and Queen of GREECE had returned from their
tour. The country still continued to be infeste3 with
brigands. The Duchess DE PLAISANCE, proceeding
with a party of friends to her country house in the
neighbourhood of Athens, had been stopped within
two leagues of Athens by a band of robbers,
and MEGARA, the brigind, had stopped the
King's horses and baggage, and extorted a
ransom from the grooms. There had been several
earthquakes in Greece. With regard to the Greek
loan, it was reported that the Russian Ambassador
had received directions to co-operate entirely with the
Ambassador from England.
The Indian Mail, from Alexandria, had not arrived
at Malta when the Levant mail left.

The Nuremburg Correspondent publishes a letter
from Berlin, from which we extract the following :
" On the 10th June a report was current that all the great
European powers had acceded to the desire of Austria to
occupy Ancona, as an indispensable measure for preventing
disturbances in Italy. France assented, but stipulated for
certain conditions, w • li were granted. It was nut known
whether a Corsican br i ,de was to be allowed to garrison
Civita Vecchia. The . . ures cf Austria, however, were
not confined to Ancona, -,
~ extended to the whole of the
legation and the neighbi ,ing towns of Jesi, 0311110, and
Sinigaglia."
The Post Ampt Gazatte ''-- ", , , cfort has a letter
from Poland, dated the -.18th,. saying :—" Twenty
Russian soldiers and t I officer have crossed the
istula at • dagila, a deserted into Galicia. Two
ssian sold
''
~- have told me that they amounted to
as any as .. /, hut the colonel was anxious to
con 1 the nu ler. TWO Russian officers have cut
their throats, but the cause is not known. SZELA is
in prised' at Tarnow."
The Diario di Roma of the 20th inst. states that
the POPE had fixed the following day for his corona-
tion, and had that morning, in anticipation of the ce-
remony, distributed in alms one pawl (about 11 sous
French) to each of all the posr of the capital. A ple-
nary indulgence was also to be granted to all the
faithful of both sexes who were truly repentant, hod
confessed and taken the sacrament, and should attend
at the coronation, and partake devoutly of the bene-
diction to he given on that day by his HOLINESS from
his gallery (lop) in the Vatican, or should on that
day visit that basilick, and put up prayers to the DI-
VINE MAJEZTY for the exaltation of the holy mother
church, fur peace and concord among Christian
princes, and for the extirpation of heresy.
On the 21st the coronation took place. His HOLI-
NESS went in great state from Monte Cavallo to the
Church of St. Peter. In his carriage were seated
Cardinal PIGNATELLI, Archbishop of Palermo, and
Cardinal MONICO, the Patriarch of Venice, and every.
where on his passage he was saluted with the louder
acclamations.

Madrid papers of the 25th have arrived. The
Government have received dispatches from Lisbon of
the 22d. The attempt at exciting a Miguelite insur-
rection was regarded as too contemptible to excite
alarm. The Miguelites at Monte Allegro mustered
only about forty men, and a force of 350 men had
been dispatched from Chaves to put down the move-
ment. The arrival of SALDANHA at• Lisbon %%TS
anxiously expected.

Tha Tiem po , in an ably-written article, advocates
the marriage of the QUEEN with her cousin, Don
ENRIQUE.

The QUEEN goes to La Granja on the Bth of July.
MADam BOLSA, Ju 25.—The Three per Cents, were
done at 333/ for cash, and 3374 for paper : the Five per
Cents., at 201.'2 for Paper; the Debt without Interest, at 6%
for cash ; and the Shares of tbe Bank of San Fernando, at
280; and those of Isabel, at 90.

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.
The National, in an article on the war between
Mexico and the United States, says France ought to
endeavour by every means to promote the absorptkm
of Mexico by the United States. This, for a journal
which is eternally protesting against the absorption
of Poland by the three great Powers is un peu fort,
but the poyide Albion wishes to maintain the inde..
pendence of Mexico, and the fact that perficle Albion:
is in this instance the advocate of justice and liberty
is quite a sufficient reason with the National for
ranging itself on the aide of injustice, oppressioD,

and slavery. The following is an extract from the
article in question :
" If we in reality posssess an influence which we cannot
renounce without deserting our duties, we ought to exercise
it in the manner most advantageous to Mexico. And be it
remarked, our duty is in conformity with our interests.
What can we most desire for the old Spanish colony? That
it should take root in the country which can afford it those
elements of prosperity which it wants. Our generous inter-
vention would become a fault if it ended in the abandonment
of Mexico to the profit cf cur adversaries. In other words,
we desire to see this country as happy as it can be without
its adding to the power of our real rivals. Well, then, we
demand of our statesmen, in all sincerity, if the question so
put is not decided. Is it not North America, which her
natural situation, the genius of her inhabitants, and the
form of her institutions summon to inherit the sovereignty
of Mexico ? What is wanting to this territory so marvel-
lously endowed by nature ? Instruments of 'labour more
than capital. Gold mines have not prevented her fall
and her ruin ; it is for human activity, manufactures, and
agriculture, to fertilise this soil, which is impoverished
by its riches. Allow, then, the American pioneers to clear
the way fir manufactures, and you will soon behold the pro-
digies, of which North America offers us the admirable spec•
tacle, renewed on the far more wealthy territory which Cor- '
tez formerly conquered' for Spain. And why should France
oppose it? Will it be maintained that it is better to aug-
ment the preponderance of England, and add a new empire
to the immense possessions which she has made a conquest
of by violence or cunning in all I" arts of the world? Is it our
interest that she should assume in the Gulf of Mexico the
position which she occupies in India? Does she not already
weigh too heavily in the balance? And between these two
nations, one of which in immediate contact with Franc-,
continually annoys us; and the other, too distant to injure
us, promises, on the contrary, an increase of useful rela•
tions. For which ought to be our preference? A rupture with
England is amongst the probabilities of the future. However
distant may be the moment, the fact still is that we shall have
to regret at that solemn hour having, by our own act, ren-
dered more numerous the unfavourable chances of the strug-
gle. To strengthen our friends to-day, without bearing in
mind that they anay become our enemies to-morrow, would
be not only a fault but a piece of treachery. Even leaking
at the matter in the light of keeping peace, is it not certain
that in multiplying obstacles to the development of England
we oppose a barrier to her hostile fancies. The less powerful
you make her, the more you may be certain that she will
recoil from a rupture. It is, therefore, at the same time a
national and prudent policy to prevent our neighbours from
acquiring a force which would give them sufficient confidence
to regulate at their fancy. the destinies of the world. To
support the United States 13 to raise up for ourselves a pre-
ally against Great Britain ; and, at all events, to pro-
vide her with an additional enemy ; and, on the ether hand,
we give a Lnarantee to our own security, This is the reason,
we repeat it, why the French Cabinet ought first of all to
assume a strict neutrality with respect to the two parties op-
posed to each other on the American continent ; and next,
to manifest sympathy for the voluntary and gradual acces-
sion of Mexico to the great confederation of North America."
The other articles in the French papers relate to
the Ministerial crisis in England, which seems to oc-
cupy their attention to the exclusion of every other
subject.
The intelligence from Algiers is to the 25th.
Nothiag wai said of the return of Marshal BUGEAUD,
and the Duke D'AUMALE had postponed his own de-
parture from the colony, in order to visit Constantina.
The Commerce says that the Duke DECAZES will,
at Copenhagen, meet the Russian Diplomatist, Count
BENIKENDORFF, to lay down the bases of a reconcilia-
tion between the Court of the Tuileries and St. Pe-
tersburgh, and that the Prince DE JOINVILLE and the
the Duke D'AUMALE will shortly pay a visit to the
Neva.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Tues-
day at 82f. 90c.; the Five per Cents. at 120 f. 55c.; the Or-
leans Railroad shares, 1,250 f. ; Rouen, 1,003 E 75c.• ' Havre,
725 f.; Great Northern, 713 f. Mc. ; Avignon, 870 f.; Vierzor,
616 E 25c.; Bordeaux, 575 f. ; Boulogne, 462 f. 5,1 e.; Fa:n-
poux, 405 f. ; Dieppe, 405 f. ; Paris and Strasbourg, 490 f.;
Tours and Nantes, 502 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 526 f. 25c.;
Spanish Three per Cents. 373/4.
The following are the quotations for other lines:—
Lyons and Avignon, definitives, 4901.50 e.; Bordeaux-and
Cette, definitives, 475 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 1.

Dutch Rheniill,-13.asrindian, %—Louvain and Jemappc,
—Madrid and Valentia, 114—Northern of France Constituted, 14%
—Orleans and Bordeaux, 10—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 6%.

On withdrawing from office, Sir HOBERT PEEL has very
naturally availed himself of the prerogative coincident
with a Minist. rial retirement, by the creation of a batch
of seven baronets. Among the fortunate personages
who have received this mark of distinction we recognise
the names of such men as JOHN GLADSTONE, of Fasque,
Esq.; WILLIAM FIELDEN, of Feniscowles, Esq.; and Sir
MOSES MONTEFIORE, of East Cliff Lodge, Knight. With
this distribution of dignities we are by no means inclined
to quarrel, satisfied that in nominating such recipients
Sir ROBERT has been influenced by an appreciation of the
services conferred upon the public by those seven indi-
viduals. He has, indeed, afforded another proof that
such are the principles which have regulated his distri-
bution of honours and emoluments, by granting a pen •
sion of 2001. per annum to Mr. M'CuLLocn, irrespective
of the opposition his Administration has received from
that gentleman, and solely because of the usefulness of
Mr. M'CuLLoca's labours in elucidating the science of
nolitie.akeegnomy. How comes it, however, that in thus
the recent list of baronets oinqttd the name of SIR
RICHARD COBDEN ? 13 he not truly a great national
benefactor ? has not the ex •Premier himself most nobly
proclaimed the fact ? and would it not be worthy of
this glorious era of commercial freedom to confer upon
him a conspicuous mark of national gratitude like
this ?

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was more ani-
mated, but there was no alteratfon in prices. Sales 6,000
bales, of which 500 were for export. Shares were steady.
The differences arising out of the Corn Bill coming into
operation, which prevailed yesterday and the day
before, as to the duties to be levied upon
beans, rye, and oats, have been surmounted, and those
who paid 3s. 6d. per quarter on those articles of produce in
taking them from the bonded warehouses, under protest, will
receive the amount of the surplus charge back. The duties
payable now are, according to the averages made up to Saturday
last, ss. per quarter upon wheat, 4s. pet quarter upon barley,
ls. 6d. per quarter upon oats, 2s. per quarter upon rye, 2s.
per quarter upon beans, and 2s. per quarter
upon peas. The clearances of bonded grain of
all sorts yesterday were very great indeed, in
the port of London, and no doubt at Liverpool, Hull, and
other places where imports of corn came in most abundantly.
It is currently reported in City circles that in the event of
Lord John Russell being enabled (as no doubt he will) to
form a firm Cabinet, that Mr. Hawes, the Member for Lam-
beth, will have a secretaryship, or other office, in the
Board of Trade. A fresh election must, of course, occur
if the Hon. Member takes a situation under Goverment, but
there is no doubt but that he will be reelected without any
opposition ; and a most useful member of the Ministry he
will be if he receives an appointment.
There has not been any late arrivals from the British
Colonies to-day.
The Consul Market has been rather firm within the last
hour or two, the price for the account having improved from
954 to 95%. The Reduced Three per Cents. have tided
rather heavy at 95% 1%, but the New Three-and- a-Quarter
per Cents. are firm at 96%. The premium upon Exchequer-
bills is up to 14s. Bank Stock has been sold at 206%.
The old Brazilian Five per Cents. have advanced this
morning to 85. The expectation is that Llrd John Russell
will bring forward, and carry, a Bill for the reduction of the
duty upon foreign sugars, and that the Brazils planters will
come in for their full share of the benefit• to be conceded
no doubt. Mexican Stock has fallen to 26%. The Portu-
guese Five per Cents. were at 81 ; the Dutch Two-and-a-
Half per Cents. at 60%; and the Four per Cents. were at
9334/.
The Railway Share Market is rather flat, with but little
business doing.

ONE
O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock .. .. • • 206%
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 95% 14
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 96%8 %
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, IStiO .. 1014

BRITISII FUNDS.

CLOSING
PRICES.
206%
95%
96%
104
10
95;i

Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1659 .. 10
Comels for Opening .. 95%1A
Exchequer Bills. t%d. 14d.
1,000!. .... 10 14 pm.
5001. . 11 14 pm.
Ditto. Small .... 14 15 11 pm.
ONE
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 85
Grenada, I per Cent .. . 20% IA
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent
Ditto, for the Account .
Ditto, Deferred .. .
Portuguese Bends, 5 per Cent .
Ditto, 3 per Cent .. • • •
Ditto, 4 per Cent .. ..
Ditto, for the Account
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Three per Cent .. ..
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. ..
Dividends on the above payable in Landon.
Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent 9714
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. GO% 601,6
Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates .. 93% 93%
BUSINESS CLOSING
PAID. DONE AT PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.

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2014

.. 27 2671 263 i
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ex di's, 48%

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cx div 3514
42

PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES.

Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction .. 2% .... 1 ....
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 2% • •
Buckinghamshire .. 425. •• •
Caledonian „ „ 10 93s
Ditto, Extension 214 .. • • 1% •• • ..... • •
Derby and Crewe ....
Direct Northern .. 234 .... 1% % .. • •
Eastern Counties .. .. 141. 165...
Do. Pcrpct., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 61. 135. 4d. —
Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. ••.. • • 5,i p
Ditto, York Extension .. 108. 134
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 2 a .. 114
Goole, Doncast., and Sheffield, &c. 425. dis. ••.. • • % die.
Grand Union (Nottingli. & Lyun) 1%.... . 54
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 20 .... 21% .. ..
Great North of England . ..100
Ditto, New .. .. 5 .... 58
Ditto, New . .. 10 .... 43
Great Western .. 85 .. 147 .. • •
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 50 .... 8234 83
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 5 .... 16%
Ditto, Fifths 20 3234
Leeds and. Bradford • • • • .. 26 .... 61 .. •. • •
Leicester, Tatnworth, &c. 425. •• .. % 1 I dl'.
Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Janet. 2% .... 13i .. • • 1%
London ant Birmingham . ..100 .. 224 •• • •
Ditto Thirds 24 •• • •
Ditto Quarters -. .. 2 .... ..... 29%
London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d.
Ditto, New .. .. 3 .... ex int... • • 4% xin
London and Brighton .. 50 .. .
Ditto ditto Fifths .. • • .. 30 •• .. 41% ..... 41%
London and Croydon •• • . 131. 155 9d... 22%
London and South-Western 41/. 6s. 10d... 77% ...... • • 7814
Ditto, New .. 1734 .... 28 .. • 28%
Ditto, New .. .. 14 .... 22
London and York .. 2% • .. .. • . • • .. I %
London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. 2% .. 1%
Lynn and Ely .. .. 15 .... 12%
Manchester and Leeds .. 82 ....
Ditto, Quarters .. .. 2 .... 93Y
Ditto, Fifths .. .. 3 .... 113
Ditto, Sixteenths ......634..............
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •• • • % p.. •• •• p
Midland .. ..100 .. .. 149 . 149
Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 25 .... •
Ditto, New . 1 .... 9% • •
Newcastle and Berwick .. 15 ..
Newark, Sheffield, and Boston • . .• • •
North British .. • • 2234 •• • •
Ditto, Half Shares .. .• .. 8% 11% .......... 1134
Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. .... 134
North Kent and Direct Dover •• 2% .... 13436 ..... . 152
North Staffordshire .. .. • . 425. .... 3% 4 p•• 4 p
Oxfd.,Worcester,& Wolverhmptn. 1236 .... 8 75% ex •ilt, 7% xin
Scottish Central .. . .. 10 .... 15.% • ..• •.• . • . 15%
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 234 .. .....
Ethrnnthire Union 428..... • • .... • • .. dig.
South Wales .. .. • S ... Y ........
Welsh Midland .. ..........
West Riding trnion • • • • .. 425. • ... 234 p
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 5 .... 5 dis
York and North Midland .. .. 50 .... .... •
Ditto, Scarborough Branch .. 25 .... 45 . ••• • .
Ditto, Selby .. .. 30 .... 7136 .... •• •
Ditto. Extension . .. 15 .... 33% 31
Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten.. • 1 .... 1234
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens .. 14 .... 12
Central of Spain .. .. 2 .... 134
Louvain and Jemeppe .. • • 4 •• . % •••• • • • •
Luxembourg
Namur and Liege 6 .... 3,p .. .. • .....
Northern of France Constituted.. 5 •.. 1334 .. ••• • ..
Orleans and Bordeaux .. 6 .... 9% .....
Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... 6 .....
Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 .... 43434
Sambre and Meuse .. 8 .......
West Flanders

.• • -• 8 dis.
9%

9

p
..... 4 (Hs
981,6

JOINT••STOCK BANKS.
.. 40 .... 201,.; ..
MINES.

Amtralasia • • • •

Real del Moute, Unrezistered

3%••"..

LLOYD'S

LONDON, JULY 2.—Wind S. W., fresh hreers and cloudy.
DEAL, JULY I.—Wind W.—Acrd. Elizabeth Johanna,
Batavia, and sailed for Rotterdam ; Preciola, coast of Africa.
LIVERPOOL, JULY I.—Wind S.W , fresh.—Arrd. Lybya,
Hadfield, Cameroones, sld. 28th March, from Fernando Po,
Bth April,: and Anne Bon, 29th ; Oscar, Corsica ; James Hunt,
Summersett, Antigua; Chester, St. John's, New Brunswick;
St. John, Dick, Quebec; Elizabeth, M'Buck, ditto. Sid.
Warwick, Jacobson, Africa; George, Ferris, New Yor k.
The Malibran, from Africa to this port, leaky, was spoken
2d May, lat. —, lon. 3, E , by the Lybya, Hadfield, arrived at
Liverpool.
BELFAST, JUNE 30.—Wind W.S.W., strong.—Arrd. Mor-
gaine, Weaklev, Miramichi; Mars, Curry, Windau, Nova
Scotia. Sid. Grace Darling, 11I'Lee, Miramichi ; Glaucus,
Banks, Demerara.
KIRKALDY, JUNE 28.—Arrd. Kincardineshire, Windau.
GRANGEMOUTH, JUNE 28.—Arrd. Ceres, Windau, N.S.
SUNDERLAND, JULY I.—Wind S. W.—Arrd. Joseph
Hutchinson, Salmond, Prince Edward's Island.
SCARBOROUGH ROADS, JUNE 29.—Arrd. Gurdon, Windau ;
Earl Bathurst, ditto.
FALmounr, Juur I.—The Harriet, pilot sloop, belonging
to this port, was run down this afternoon, off Pendennis Castle,
by the Ilortensia, of London, bound to Liverpool, and imme-
diately sunk ; crew saved on board the latter vessel.
SHIELDS, JULY L—The Emma Eden, Gallichan, hence to
Jersey, put back 29th ult., very leaky, and with considerable
damage, having been in contact with a loaded vessel off
Sunderland that day.

POSTAGE (ENGL AND and FRANCE.)
The following additional articles to those agreed upon
between the Post-office of Gri at Britain and the Post-
office of France, for carrying into execution the conven-
tion of the 3d of April, 1843, were, on Saturday, issued
by order of the House of Peers.
In pursuance of the powers granted by the Articles 49
and 87 of the convention of April 3, 1843, between Great
Britain and France, to the two Post offices, to settle the
matters of detail, which are to be arranged by mutual
consent for ensuring the execution of the said convention,
The undersigned, duly authorised for that purp.se by
their respective offices, have agreed upon the following
articles :
Art. 1. The British Po 4-office shall pay to the Freach
Post-office, for postage on unpaid letter; originating in
the kingdom of Wurtemberg, and addressed to the Uri' ted
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the British
colonies and possessions, at the rate of two francs for
every thirty grammes, net weight.
Art. 2. The British Post. office shall likewise pay to
the French Post-office, for postage on the letters origin-
ating in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, e British colonies and possessions, which
shall be to their destination in the kingdom of
Wurte the rate of two francs for every thirty
gramme eight.
Art. 3. e present articles shall be considered as
additional to those agreed upon between the two Post-
offices for carrying into execution the convention of the
3d of April, 1843, signed at London, the Ist of May
following, and shall come into operation the Ist day of
June, 1846.
Done in duplicate, and signed at Paris, the eleventh
day of May, 1846, and at London, the fourteenth of the
same month.

(Signed) W. L. MABERLEY,
Secretary of the General Post•oflice
United Kingdom.
Approved.
(Signed) ST. GERMANS.
Postmaster General of the United Kingdom.

LETTS3 l ttiffpft frArtner.—Messrs. Letts, Sons, and
Co., has just published a neat little edition of the
fie* pritish Tariff, arranged alphabetically. The book
itself is so small, that it eat be carried in the waistcoat
pocket, or enclosed in a small enr2Jope for transmission
by post (its weight is under a quarteion ounce), while
the type is clear and legible, and the whole neatly got
MOssre, Letts and Co. have conferred an
gation
on the mercantile world by this elegant and oppeZ tune
nu bleation,
• The Chevalier Bunsen yesterday visited the New Zea-
land House, to inspect a sideboard which has been made
expressly by the command of the King of Prussia, from
the rare arid beautiful woods imported from the c)lony
by Mr. Levein. His Excellency expressed his entire
satisfaction with the novel and remarkably fine effect
produced by the combination of these choice woods, and
too much praise cannot be bestowed upon Mr. Levein,
who has designed and executed this beautiful piece of
furniture, which the directors of the company kindly
permit the public i 4 inspect tlt their cffwes.