The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-22 00:00:00

TIE STINI LOW

tawdry tinsel of jocoseness. Among other things,
thy Premier demonstrated that he did not change his
opinion on the Catholic quest ion in 1825, or intimate
such a conversion to Lord LivERPOOL (proving this
inferentially by private letters, and pos tiv.dy
by references to the reported debates)—that
he did not, in 1829, make a declaration of his
past alteration of opinion on the same subject
(proving this by the reports of HANSARD, " the
Morning Post, Morning Chronicle, Morning Herald,
and the Morning Journal, in opposition to the reports
of the Times and of the Mirror of Parliament,
which latter he showed to be an acknowledged tran-
script from the Times), and especially demonstrated
the fallacy of that most scurrilous of all
imputations "upon his veracity as a man, and his
honour as a Minister ;" that he suppressed his real
declarations in the proof-sheets of "Hansard," and,
by so do'ing, endeavoured to foist a garbled
account of them upon the credulity of the
public. This last-mentioned libel was most
signally crushed by the mere utterance of
these few words :—" Mr. MURRAY, of Albemarle-
street, published the speech, and there was a jealousy
about the copyright ; and HANSARD had no right to
publish it, but he applied to me for my permission,
and I got Mr. Mama v to give his consent to the
publication." If such distinctness of reasoning as
this be impugned by the Protectionists as mere
subterfuge and hypocrisy, then are mankind grown
the most purblind creatures in creation ; and never was
such a mountain of audacity ever concealed by such a
scanty and flimsy veil. But the statement delivered
last evening by the Prime Minister of Great
Britain is worthy of him in his exalted
position ; it possessed all the unaffected dignity
of innocence, and all the genuine simplicity of truth-
fulness! Cordially do we coincide with the Hon.
Member for Wolverhampton, that the antagonists of
Sir ROBERT PEEL have, in their ill-judged impe-
tuosity, only tended to his greater exaltation in public
opinion, and have singularly stabilitated his popularity.

Lord STANLEY, on Monday evening, while pre-
senting the " letting-I-dare-not-wait-upon-I-would "
petition of certain of the merchants and bankers of
the City of London on the subject of the corn-laws,
dwelt with much complacency upon the fact, that
amongst the names of firms attached to that petition
was to be found that of BARING Brothers. As my
Lord STANLEY seems inclined to hold up the firm of
BARING Brothers as a high authority in political
matters, it may perhaps be as well to consider the
political professions of the several individual
BARINGS who go to make up the aggregate of this
great, trustworthy, and authoritative firm. The poli-
tical career of the individual BARING Brothers ha,.
been excellently planned for the advantage of the
aggregate BARING Brothers. It has always so hap-
pened that of late years there has never been any
great political party which could fairly aspire to office,
or any section of what the French call possible Mi-
nisterial men, but that section or that party has
numbered amongst its adherents a BARING. Prior
to 1830, the posssible men were divided into
Whigs and Tories, the latter being in office •
we find Sir THOMAS BARING a Tory, and
Mr. ALEXANDER BARING a Whig. Sir THOMAS
BARING retires from Parliament, and his son
Mr. FRANCIS THORNHILL BARING, enters public
life as one of the Secretaries of the Treasury
under the Whig Government. Mr. ALEXANDER
BARING, heretofore the Whig Member for Taunton,
becomes the Tory Member for Tregony, and opposes
most energetically those measures which Mr. FRANCIS
THORNHILL BARING as energetically supports. The
Whigs are ejected in 1835, and although Mr. FRANCIS
THORNHILL BARING loses office, yet the firm of BAR-
ING Brothers has its consequence greatly increased,
for the ex-Whig Commoner is transformed into the
Tory Peer, and Mr. ALEXANDER BARING
becomes Lord ASHBURTON. The Whigs are restored
to office, and the firm of BARING Brothers is repre-
sented in the Ministry by Mr. FRANCIS THORNHILL
BARING, now appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The firm, however, is not without its representative
in the camp of the Conservative Opposition in the
Commons, ,for whilst IMr. FRANCIS THORNHILL
BARING, the Whig Member for Portsmouth, is a
Cabinet Minister, Mr. HENRY BINGIIAM BARING,
the Tory Member for Marlborough, is an influential
member of that great Conservative party which it
was the boast of Sir ROBERT PEEL that he had
built up, and accordingly when the great Con-
servative party ejected the Whigs from office,
albeit Mr. FRANCIS THORNHILL BARING went
out of office with his colleagues, still was the
Treasury blessed with the presence of a BARING, and
if the firm on the one hand lost a Chancellor of the
Exchequer, in the person of Mr. F. T. BARING,
it on the other gained a Lordship of the Treasury, in
the person of Mr. HENRY BINGHAM BARING, and a
Foreign Embassy in that of Lord ASHBURTON.
After the PEEL Ministry had been in office about two
years it became evident that certain of the
ultra-Tories had taken umbrage at the free-
trade tendencies of the Premier, and that
a split among the Conservatives at no dis-
tant day was inevitable. A vacancy occurred in the
representation of the City of London, and the candi-
date who came forward as the champion of the ultra-
Tories and ultra-Protectionists was no other than
Mr. THOMAS BARING, own brother to the free-trader
Mr. FRANCIS THORNHILL BARING, heretofore Whig
Chancellor of the Exchequer. Defeated in London,
he afterwards was elected for Huntingdon, and en-
tered Parliament just in time to secure
for the firm of BARING Brothers a re-
presentative in every political camp. Whatever
party may be in power, the house of BARING
Brothers will be sure of being connected with office.
Should Sir R. PEEL continue Prime Minister, Mr.
H. B. BARING continues in office also. Should Lord
J. RUSSELL become Premier, Mr. F. T. BARING will
be his Chancellor of the Exchequer. Should a
STANLEY and RICHMOND Ministry be formed, Lord
ASHBURTON will be a member of the Cabinet, and
Mr. T. BARING will have an Under Secretaryship at
least. From their long connexion with America,
" BARING Brothers" have imbibed a considerable
portion of that "'cuteness" which is the distinguishing
characteristic of the Yankee; but, while we are wil-
ling to accord to them the credit of being " tarnation
smart chaps," we must be permitted altogether to
deny that they are entitled to any respect as great
political authorities.

Prince \VJ.nEreAa of PRUSSIA arrived at Trieste on
the sth inst. from Alexandria. About 400 large chests,
containing manuscripts, specimens of natural history.
&c., collected by his Highness during his travels in the
East, are to be shipped from Alexandria for Hamburgh,
and sent from thence to Berlin.

The King of DENMARK has published a decree miti-
gating the several regulations relative to the press. The
penalty of imprisonment, inflicted for the publication of
political articles in journals not specially authorised to
treat of such subjects, is replaced by a fine varying, ac-
cording to circumstances, from 20 to 220 rix bank-
dollars (55f. to 5501.). When a journal is seized by
the police before its publication, the responsible editor
cannot be proceeded against (as has been hitherto done),
and he will have the right to bring an action against the
police for the seizure.

Madrid papers of the 13th have arrived.
The Ti empo says that DoN ENniQuE, who still continues
e Bayonne, had been informed by M. GUIZOT that the
French Government had given orders to the Com-
mandant of the Department to place at the disposal of
the Prince the persons he might require as a suite, to
enablesp is
uh Accordingiamr
nttyoo,
stitrhaate:
oenzl
esidpn
oaann
Espanol
itetnhcneo enrfidnweesoserrotth(o of his rank.
Pnsortfurogmal, theare
very
Barneuemluen‘a°us.
papers of the 12th, state that an armed
band of Spanish refugees, which had
France, and which, on thewl
Bth,
hil
in
Girona, had endeavoured to rouse the people against the
system of taxation, had been defeated by the military,
with a loss of three killed. Accounts from Perpignan,
eFdrve ra6ptlerßneceatassre:
of the 13th, state that the band had re-entered France,
at Munera, and that they had been disarmed by the
police of Arles.
JoiNvILLE expected
lona
at the latter end of Juno.
MADRID BOLSA, JUNE
Ilo3i—aTpheer •;
at 3374 fur cash, and 3
The Prince DE
Fernando,
at 285; and those of
h the
Shares of the Bank of an
Debt without Interest, ate
Isabel, at 96.
20% for cash ; the s

----
We have received the Paris papers of Thursday.
The Moniteur contains three Ordonnauces relating to
pie religious
and elementary instruction of the 3layel in
' - ,_ - • .

the French colonies, their discipline, and their food and
clothing. Pre) ers are to be read every morning and
evening to each body of slaves, and on Sunday they are
to receive religious instruction. Schools in sufficient
number are also to be established. In punishments,
chains and irons are protibitt d ; but the puni,hment of
the whip is permitted, until further orders. with remp.e:
to male adubs. The food is to be distribut. d each Neck,
and is to consist of rice, maize, fish, and meat in sufficient
quantities. Every slave above fourteen years of age may
claim one day a week to himself, on condition that he
provides his own food.
Both Chambers sat on Wednesday, but their proceed-
ings were unimportant. In the Peers, a great number
of local bills were adopted, and the budget of expenses
was brought up by the Minister of Finance. In the
Deputies, the Bills relating to the improvement of sea-
porte, to the completion of several public buildings, and
to credits for the Orleans to Vierzon, and Niames to
Montpellier Railways, were adopted by large majorities.
The following motion is to be brought forward in the
Chamber of Deputies by MM. MONIER DE LA SIZE -
RANNE, J. MLITEAN ST. PRIEST, EMILE DE GIRARDIN,
and SAPEY •

" After the Ist of January next, all letters not weighing
more than seven grammes and a-half; circulating through
the Post-office of France, shall pay a uniform postage of
20 centimes (2d)."

The Countess DE MELUN, the sister in law of
M. GUIZOT, died at the official residence of the Minister
for Foreign Affairs on Thursday.
During the files at Brussels, in commemoration of the
opening of the Northern Railway, M. ROMER, one of
the heads of the Belgian Opposition, proposed the health
of M. ODILLON BARROT, who respinded to the toast.
This proceeding gyve rise, according to the Presses to a
very warm altercation b«.tween M. ROGIER and one of
the members of the Chamber of Representatives. It
was said yesterday that the result was a duel.
The .Ahlibar of Algiers, of the 7th inst., contains a pa-
ragraph stating that the Kabyle populati.in :o the north
of Setif still continued to manifest a hostile disposition
towards the French.

-
The Portuguese Consul-General in Paris has given
notice of the payment of the dividends due on the ht
July on the new Portuguese Five and Four per Cents.
The Three per Cents., dosed en the Paris Bourse on
Thursday at 83f. 20c. ; the Five per Cents., 120 f. 40e.; the
Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,250 f. ; Rouen, 1,0201. ; Ha-
vre, 740 f.• Great. Northern, 737 f 50c. • Avignon, 885 f. ;
Vierzon, 30f. ; *Bordeaux, 601 f. 25c. ; Voulogne, 482 f. 50c.;
Troyes and .lontereau, 375 f.; Basle, 220 f.; Paris and Stras-
burg, 502 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 515 f. 25c.; Paris and
Lyons, 538 f. 75c ; Spanish Domestic Debt, 321,4.
The following ate quotations for other raillvay sharer:—
Lyons and Avignon Definitives, 511 f. 50c.; Bordeaux
and Cette Definitives, 51+ f. 25c.

LYONS, JUNE 16.-11Iarseilles and Avignon, 882 f 50c.;
Rouen, 1,017 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 5141. 25c.; Great Northern,
742 f. 50c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK E iCHANGE, JUNE 19.

Boulogne and Amiens, —Bordeaux,' Toulouse, and Cetto
(EsPeleta), IN—Central of Spain, - Luxembourg, 2—Madrid
and Valentia, I!e—Yu•isand Lyon,. Constituted, 6;4.

MONEY and CO M MERCI A L NEWS.
• (Prom The Sun of Saturday Evening.)
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000
bales, inclu.ling 1,000 Egyptian, at sid. per lb. Ile marke
closed without any alteration. Shares µera quiet.
The sale of Railway Shares by Messrs. Lamond was well
attended, prices were a little better than last time, and a
good business was done considering the depressed state of
the market :-East Indian, 10s . 6d.-Madrats, Nellore and
Arcot, ls.-Direct Birmingham and Leicester, 1/ Is.-Man •
chester, Midland and Great Grimsby, 109. 6d.-Manchester
and Southampton, I'. Bs. 6d.-Warwick and Worcestt r, Bs.-
Reading, Guilford, and Reigate, 17s. 6d.-Wavenev Valley,
10s. 6d.-Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorset, 1/. 15s. 6(1 -Liverpo,.l
and Leeds Direct Residual Claims, Is. 6d.-Trent Valley
Continuation and Holyhead Junction, 1/. 175.-ChelmsfOrd
and Bury, I Is. 6d.-Callao, Lima and Pacific Coast, 145.-
Shropshire Mineral, 12s. 6d.-Hull and Barnsley, 1/. 65.-
London and Manchester (Remington's). 14s. 6d.-Cale-
donian Extension, 1/. 59.-Isle of Axholme, Gainsborough
and Goole, I/. 9s. 6d.-North Staffordshire, Churnet and
Potteries, 5/. 155.-Ely and Bury, 15s. 6d.-North Wales,
I/. 2s. 6d.-Lonvain h la Sambre, ex. div., 11.-Direct
London and Portsmouth Atmospheric, 3/. 6s.
Accounts by the Overland Mail received through the me-
dium of an express, give again a bad report of the state of
the import trade, and "realising" was considered to be over
for the season. The excessive supplies of European fabrics
together with the check imposed upon the demand by the
recent warlike events, recessarrily are to be taken as the un-
favourable causes acting on the market. Tnere are no ship
arrivals.
The increase in the treasure held by the Bank of England,
continues to an extraerdinary extent, and of course the
paper issues are extended likewise. The return of railway
deposits still acts in causing a reduction of the " other
deposits." The leading alterations shown by the returns are
these :-

Noes issued ... £28,603,395
Increase
Public deposits, increase
Other deposits, decrease ... 408,616
Other securities, decrease 199,543
Bullion 15,339,726
Increase
The splendid weather has quite thinned the Stock Ex-
change of even its most constant jobbers, and without them
basin= ss necessarily flags. Consols are 951% for the Account.
Exchequer-bills are flat at Bs. premium. The New Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cents. are worth 96% to 97. Bank Stock
isiworth 206%.
The Foreign Investments have been almost equally quiet.
Portuguese Four per Cents are 49% to 48%, and the Five
per Cents. 78. Grenada Stcck is worth 20, and Chilian De-
ferred, 501;; Dutch two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 5”. i. to
GO ; Spanish Three per Cents. are 371 g,, and dull.
For Shares the inquiry is rather drooping again..
BRITISH FUNDS. ONE bLosrsr,
O'CLOCK. YU IC ES.
Bank Stock .. .. • • .• •• • • 2064 206
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 954% 951 i
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 96h 97 97
India Bonds, 1,000/. .. .. • • .. ..
Ditto, under 1,0001. •. .. 26
Consols for Opening • • • - 9514
Exchequer Bills. t 14,d.
1,000/... .• •• •• 8— pm.
5001. . •... 13 pm.
Ditto. Small •• •• 8 13 pm.
ONE
O'CLOCK.

t LOSING
PRICES.

FOREIGN FUNDS.
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent • • • _
Ditto, Deferred, 3 per Cent .. ~ 50%
Equador Bonds .• • • • . .. _ 3%
Grenada, 1 per Cent • • • • • • .. 20
Ditto, Deferred • • • - • • • • .. 43G
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 78
Ditto, 3 per Cent .• •• • • .. _
Ditto, for the Account ~
.. 494
Ditto, 4 per Cent • • • • .. .. 41% 4%
Ditto, for the Account ....
.. 493 483 49%
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent ..
.. 48%
Ditto, for the Account • • ..
.. --
Ditto, Passive 80nd5....
..
--24%
..
• •
...• • ONE•• ;LOCK. 5%
Ditto,
Three
erpetr 15 4
Ditto, for the Account .. 374
Dividends on the above payable in London. 37%
Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cent •• 5934 60%
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates _ 921, 1, GO%
.C.ent .. ..
.. _
4 Ai 92%
PRICES OF BUSINESS
RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT CLOSING
PRICES.

Aberdeen .. • • • • • •
Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction . • • • • • 2%• • • • I „
Birmingham and Gloucester .. 100 .. .. 127 128 ..
Ditto New (issed at 716 die.) • • 1716
Bristol and Exeter • • .• .. 75 .. 8314
Ditto New • • • • • • • - • • 5 ••• • ..... .
Caledonian • • • • • • • • •• 16
Ditto, Half Shares .. • • • . 2 ~ , .
Ditto, Extension • • • • • • 2% „
Derby and Crewe • • • • • • • • 2% 6% •
Direct Northern • • • • • • • • 2% •• .. I% ••.... • • ..
Eastern Counties .. .. 141. 165..... 24 23% 24% ..
per Cent. No. 1.61 I3s. 41. p........
Ditto, ditto, • • • • No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. % p.. ••• • • •
Dittope Newrpet .. S.. .. 101. 165..... p
Ditto, York Extension • • • • 10s. •• .. I% % „
Eastern Union . • • • • • •• 25 „,
Do. Extension to Norwich .. 21% , 1
Great North of England .• • 100 _ „ •••••••
•••
n
• • ...... • •
Ea
rxeeatte rs,oYmerri ,
sca nNdvDe
sotr. (Ireland) c(bierse 20 _t er
~211
Ditto, New • • • • • • " •• • • •• • • 53
Great Western • • •• • • • • 85• •••--•• • • • • • . 14216
Ditto Half %hares .. • • • • •. 80 „„ „ 80
die
Ditto, Quarter Shares . • • • 6 ...... 15%
die.... ••.. • • %
di-.
Leicester Leicester, ainadmßweodrttoi ri . 24221..
e
London an Birmingham • • • 100
• •
Ditto Quarters • • • • • • 2 •• .. 28% „„ „ „
Ditto Fifths '• • • • • • 2 •• • •
London and Brighton .. • • • • 50 • • .
Ditto ditto Fifths • • • • •• 30 ••.. 41
London and Croydon .. 131. 153 9d... 22% • • ••• • • •
Ditto, Guarant. Five per Cent. 9 ...
Loi.dcit and South-Western • • 41/. 6s. 10d... „
London and York .. .. • • 2% .. 2 1 q
Ditto, Half Shares • • .. • • 214 .. • • 1%....
Lynn and Ely .. .. 15 „ „
Manchester and Leeds .. • • 82
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . 83 .. •
Midland .. ..100 .. 149 .•. .. 119
Ditto, New .. 18 .... 3131 Si .... • 3111
Newcastle and Darlington Janet. 25 .... ......
Ditto, New .v .. 1
Ditto, New, Braiadling .. 25 .... .• .
Newcastle and Berwick .. •• 15 ••• • ........ • • 24%
Ditto, Tenths .. 2 ••• • • •• • . 216
Ditto, Extension . .. 2 .. • • 1%
North British .. 22 •• • • •• ..
Ditto, Half Shares .. 814 •• .. ...... 11 g
Northern and Eastern .. 50 ....
Ditto, New .. „ 1 .... 20
North Kent and Direct Dover .. 214 ... • 11% ••••• • • • • •
North Staffordshire .. 425. •• • • 43%P•• • • • • 3Ps P
Oxfd.,Worcester, & Wolverhrnptn. 1214 . ••••• • • • • • 8
Portsmouth I tired • • • • • • 3% •• • • 415 • •
Shropshire Union .. 425. •• • • • 1% dis.
South Eastern and Dover 3314 .. • • '39% • • ...... 40
Do., New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 15 .... 18 ..... 18
80., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 214 •2% % ........ 234
South Wales .. , „,
•••• 1%
Welsh Midland „ • , 21,4 „IWest Riding Union .. 1
. • ....
: I h 1 p
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 5 .... • • •
York and Carlisle .. 1%
York and North Midland .. 50 —..• • • ....
'Ditto. Extension . 15
Do. E. and W. Riding Ezten... I ... 1156 36 •••• • • • •

Ili
128

283
25%
65X,
42
32%
10

ITh
1%
13
123

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens .. „ .. 12 .... 11% .... 11%
Bord., Toul., & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 .... ..... ••• .• I%
Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 ....
Central of Spain .. .. .. .. 2 .... 11A ...... 114
East Inliali .. . .. .. .. ss. .... .. •• .. •• ..

Louvain and Jemeppe • • • • 4
Luxembourg .. • • • • 4
Namur and Liege .. 6 ...• •• •••• ••••
Northern of France Constituted.. 5 .... 14 •••.• • • • • •
Orleans and Vierzen 10 14%
Paris and Lyons Constituted -. 5 .. • • 6% • •
MINES.
Real del Monte. Unregistered •. ..
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(FRLDAY.)
Amsterdam ....C.F. 12 9;4 Gibraltar.. ..........
Ditto, at sight ...... 12 61/4 Leghorn .......
Rotterdam ...... 2U. 12 10 Genoa ••• • •
Antwerp...... .. 26 10 Milan
Ramburgh ......M.B. 13 15 Venice.. .. .. • . A1t0na.....•
• .......... Naples ..... .• • .....• 39%
Paris, 3 days' sight ...• 25 80 Palermo, per oz . 1193,1
Ditto, 3 months 26 5 Lisbon .. .. 53
Marseilles ••••• • • • • 26 10 .....
Bourdeaux •••• 26 10 Rio Janeiro . ..... 23%
Frankfort on Maine ...• 122% Bahia .• • •
Berlin ........ .. •• .. New York, 21 days' sight
Vienna, effec. So •• .• • • 10 10 Philadelphia .
Trieste, ditto
... 0 Farm op BITLI,ION. Pvt. oz.
31 11 6
Foreign Gold in bars ...Z3 17
Bilbao., ••••• • • • • • • New Doubloons ••• • • Co)
cMadizadzid• • •• •
.....
361 i
Barcelona •• • New Dollars •••• • ": 0 4113
Portugal Geld Coin •• 3 170 0
"TM. ........ " " "•• • -- 811yeris •• •• " •
'll

I% id
1%
3%
14
1434
6%

JUNI 29, Iq4

ALEXANDRIA.

JeNE B.—Soobbej Bey, Mehemet Ali's private secretary,
is to proceed to Constantinople in a couple of days, to make
the necessary preparations for the arrival there of the Viceroy,
who seems now bent upon undertaking this voyage.
Prince Waldemar, of Prussia, who came to Egypt by the
last Bombay steamer, took his departure fur Trieste by the
la.,t Austrian steamer, which lett on the 27th of May. The
passengers who came from Bombay by the same opportunity
are loud in their praise of the affability and kindness of the
Prince, who, the evening before he sailed, invited them all to
dine with him at the hotel. A very heavy shower of rain
fell in Alexandria on the night of the 27th of May, a re-
markable occurrence, as it very seldom rains at all in this
country between the months of March and November.

Mehemet Ali's eldest daughter, Nazlet Hanem, widow of
the late Deftardar Bey, arrived her from Cairo on the 30th
of May, to spend the summer with her father. She has
taken up her residence at the Pacha's harem, where his
Highness has at present only one wife, the mother of Said
Paella. Mehemet AU Bey, the Viceroy's youngest and fa-
vourite son, is also here ; he and Said Peeha being the only
two sons his Highness has in Egypt, his other three sons—
Ibrahim Pacha, Houssien Bey, and Haleem Bey—being in
Europe.

The water in the Mahmoudieh Canal and the Nile is now
so very low, that the directors of the transit are obliged to
resort to various expedients to get the passengers through
the country, and a number of camels, donkies, and mules,
have been sent to different points on the canal to assist in
carrying them on. Mehemet Ali has endeavoured to remedy
this by supplying the Mahmoudieh Canal, by means of a
bunch canal, but the latter parses through an estate of Said
Pacha's, the water is all turned off into his own lands, and
the Mahmoudieh remains dry.
The Austrian Consul-General here, who has never been in
good odour with the Viceroy, has recently had some angry
words with his Highness regarding certain monopolies which
are still kept up by him, though he is bound to allow the
trade to be quite free throughout the country. An Austrian
subject having last winter obtained from the Government a
firman to buy in the upper country a certain quantity of
gum arable, which his Highness maintains his right to as a
monopoly, brought down a larger quantity than was spe-
cified, and on his arrival at Cairo the surplus was seized by
the Custom-house. On the merchant's application, the Aus-
trian Consul immediately communicated with the Viceroy,
who said that the Custom-house officers had acted on his
orders. The Consul intimated that he would be under the
necessity of seeking redress at Canstcitinople, to which
Mehemet Ali answered, that after paying his tribute, the
Sublime Porte could command him in nothing. It is gene-
rally believed that his Highness will eventually give up the
gum to the merchant. —7 - • •

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Precursor
arrived at Suez on the sth inst., with 78 passengers. By
this opportunity we have received intelligence from Hong-
Kong to the 25th of April, and Bombay to the 12th
of May.

The Precursor sailed from Calcutta on the 2d of May,
arrived at Madras on the 9th, sailed from Madras on
the 10th, arrived lt Galle on the 13th, sailed from Galle
on the 14th. and arrived at Aden on the 27th, sailed from
Aden on the 28th of May, and arrived at Suez on the 25th
of June.

The following is a list of the passengers who landed at

Suez :

Mr. and Mrs. Menard, Dr. D. M'Pherron, Colonel Irvine,
Major M‘Donald, Mrs. M'Donald, Colonel and Mr. and Mrs.
Frith, Captain huddles ne; Captain Ludlow, Mr. J. C. Ab-
bort, Lieut. Mratgan, Mr. David Jardine, Mr. Spiers, Colonel
Browne, Mr. Johnstone, Colonel Osborne, Captain Fenton,
Lieut.-Colonel Phillips, Mr. Higgins, Hon. Mr. Ansen,
and six children, Mr. and Mrs. Redding, Captain Wood
Master Shirreff, Mr. Thomson, Lieutenant Jones, 15th Hus-
sars ; Lieutenant Tulloch, Captain Fanshaw, R.N.; Lieute •
r ant-Colo; •el Jones, her Majesty's 57th Regiment; Lieutenant
Clancey, Captain Coorer, Mr. J. Davis, Mr. P. Dumeresque
Mr. J. F. Gillman, Mr. J. Strachan, Mr. D. N. Spooner, Mr:
W. Fry er, Mr. G. Humpstone, Captain M'Murdo, Senhor
Navarro, in charge of the Spanish mail; Mr. Withers, Cap-
tain Grant, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Peking, two Messrs. Smalley,
t Messts. Casella, Chevalier Bartolucci, Mr. Tilliard, Mon-
sieur and Madame d'Abbadie, Monsieur and M 'dame Boissel,
Sir Robert and Lady Arbuthnot and two children, Mr. Boyd,
Mr. Barstill, Captain Graham, and Lieutenant Purvis.

The cholera has broken out at Aden, and when the Pre-
cursor left five d,aths were reported daily. The epidemic
WAS travelling westward.

ISLE OF MAN RAILWAY.

A meeting of the shareholders in this Company was help
no Saturday, at one o'clock, in the Hall of Commerce, for
the purpose of taking steps to obtain a statement of the ac-
count,, and to resist the attempt of the direct •rs to retain a
larger proportion of the deposits than was authorised by the
Act of Parliament. J. H. Murchison, Esq., in the chair.
Mr. SMITH r•ad the report of the Committee of share-
holders, stating the proceedings which had been taken
to obtain explanations from the directors with regard to
their accounts, and requesting the shareholders not
to accept the return of 155., which they offered to them,
until such explanation bad been given. The report, also,
suggested that the shareholders should enter into a sub-
scription, in order that the opinion of some competent counsel
should be taken as to the rights and remedies of the share-
holders against the directors. This gentleman stated that
5,000 shares were allotted among 200 individuals, and the
deposit upon that number, at 21. per share, amounted to
10,000/., and out of this sum the directors only intended to
return 6,000/.
A SHAREHOLDIR said, he did not think that the return of
15s. was adequate, when there had been no survey nor en-
gineering expenses. -
Mr. Bucca moved that the shareolders should enter into a
subscription of ls. per share.
The motion was seconded, and carried unanimously.
The meeting then separated.

COCKERmuUTH AND WORK-
ING lON EX'T'ENSION RAILWAY.

A special meeting of the shareholders in this undertaking
was held at eleven on Saturday, at No. 1, Derby-street,
Parliament-street, Westminster, for the purpose of having
suLmitted to them for their approval or otherwise, the Bill
now depending in Parliament, intituled " A Bill for making
a railway from the borough of ,Cockermouth to the town of
Keswick." The Bill was unanimously approved of, and
authorised to be proceeded with, and the meeting then se-
parated.

NE WI ORT, ABERGAVENNY, AND

HEREFORD RAILWAY.

The affirmation meeting of this company was held on
Saturday afternoon, at the offices in Moorgate-street. The
Hon. Captain Fitzmaurice in the chair.
The CIIAIRMAN, after expatiating upon the advantages of
the line, strongly recommended the shareholders to go on
with the undertaking. He had no doubt when it was made,
it would prove highly remunerative, and he could state from
his own personal knowledge that it had met with the general
support of all the influential parties residing in the district
through which it passed.—( Rear, hear.)
After a short discussion, the question '• that the committee
of management be authorised to proceed with a Bill for mak-
ing a railway from Newport to Abergavenny and Hereford,
with branches therefrom," was put to the vote, when the
numbers appeared to be—
For going on
Against it ...
Majority for going on —5,465
The meeting terminated with the customary vote of thanks
to the Chairman.

MONMOUTHSHIRE RAILWAY

COMPANY.

A special general meeting of the holders of scrip and
banker's receipts of this Company, was on Saturday held at the
Company's offices, No. 2, Moorgate-street, to take into con-
sideration a Bill, entitled "A Bill for making certain branch
railways to be connected with the Newport and Pontypool
Railway, and for incorporating a new company for carrying
on the 111onm,uthshire canal navigation." The Hon. Capt.
FitzmauricP, RP. in the chair. •

The SECRITARY having read the formal notice calling the
meeting, proceeded, at the desire of the Chairman, to read
the heads of the Bill to the scripholders present. •
The CHAIRMAN said it was not necessary for him to make
a long statement, as they were met on a mere matter of
form. In order to convince them of the anxiety which he
entertained, not to enter upon any scheme which might be
considered questionable, he would state, that he had sent an
engineer to survey the line at his own expense : and had
also been at soma trouble to try experiments with a hew form
of carriage. He would merely put the resolution, as he was
confident that there would not be a single dissentient voice
in the room.

The Hon. CHAIRMAN then pat the following resolution :
" Resolved unanimously, that the Committee of Manage-
ment take the requisite measures for having the Bill of the
Monmouthshire Railway read a third time, and to obtain
the Act of Incorporation ;" which was carried unanimously.
Mr. E. H. PHILLIPS proposed a vote of thanks to the
Chairman for his unwearied exertions on behalf of that
scheme. It was one likely to be an extremely profitable one,
and the Chairman had spared no trouble or expense to pro.
mote the interests of the shareholders.

Mr. J. CIIAPM.4I4 seconded the motion, which was carried
nnanmiously.
The CHAntmAs thanked the meeting sincerely for the
honour they had done him. lle had always ende,,voured to
promote their interests. The best proof of that would be
that he had already been at the expense of 2,0001. to for
ward the views of the Company.—(Cheers.)
There being no other business, the meeting then dissolved.