The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-04 00:00:00

lI3RAHIM PACHA.

His Highness Ibrahim Paeha, on embarking on board the
Dryad steamer, after returning from Woolwich-common on
Thursday evening, expressed a desire to take a trip down
the river towards Gravesend. The course of the vessel,
which had been laid in the direction of town, was immedi-
ately changed, and the illustrious stranger proceeded down
the river as far as Gravesend. Nothing like so lengthened a
voyage had been contemplated by the parties who chartered
the vessel in the morning, and before arriving at Graves-
end, the voyageurs having expressed a wish to partake of
some dinner it was found that there were no supplies on
board. In this dilemma parties were dispatched into the
town, where, by a little industrious research, they succeeded
in levying a joint of roast beef from one place, a ham from
another, and a goodly supply of champagne from a third.
Thus laden, they returned to the steamer, and a table having
been spread on the deck, the Pacha and the members of his
suite partook of their hasty meal as the vessel proceeded on
its homeward trip.

His Highness disembarked at Hungerford-pier shortly after
10 o'clock, and being very much fatigued did not leave his
hotel again that evening.

Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, the Pacha, accompanied
by his suite, left Mivart's for the London terminus of the
Blackwell Railway, in Fenchurch-street, where his High-
ness was received by the directors and secretary of the com-
pany, and by them conducted over the engineering works of
that establishment. His Highness minutely inspected the
machinery by which the rope used in propelling the trains is
worked, and expressed himself greatly pleased at the simpli-
city of its action. On leaving the terminus, his Highness
and suite entered a first-class carriage and proceeded to the
Blackwell station, from thence visiting the East India Docks,
into which the Pacha was conducted by Captain Routh, the
managing director of the Blackwall Railway. While in the
docks, his Highness proceeded on board, and inspected from
the deck to the hold two of Mr. Green's magnificent India-
men, which were lying alongside the jetty, outward bound.
At the dock entrance his Highness entered his carriage, and
drove to the West India Docks, where he visited and in-
spected the sugar warehouses and rum vaults.
From the West India Docks the Pacha and suite returned
to the Brunswick Tavern, Blackwell, where they partook of a
white-bait dinner.

After dinner, his Highness proceeded to the London Docks ;
while walking through the warehouses his Highness tasted
some of the East India sugar, and inquired what was the
price of transit from Calcutta, and what it would be from
Alexandria. The Pacha was invited by the dock authori-
ties to ga on board one' of the American liners; but having
already inspected Mr. Green's superb ships, his Highness
excused himself.

His Highness returned to Ativart's Hotel shortly before
six o'clock.
Sami Pacha took equestrian exercise yesterday afternoon
in the parks and suburbs of the metropolis.

THE REVIEW IN HYDE PARK.
We have much pleasure in giving insertion to the following
document, which, so highly compliments the troops that
took part in this military spectacle, on their general appear-
ance and steadiness in the field:— _

" BRIGADE ORDERS, JUNE 27, 1846.
" Colonel Berkeley Drummond has great satisfaction in
notifying to the brigade of Guards, inspected under his com-
mand this morning in Hyde- park,ithat his:Grace the Com-
mander •in-Chief expressed himself entirely satisfied at their
appearance and steadiness in the field.
" General Viscount Combermere also requested Colonel
Drummond to thank the commanding officers and the bri-
gade generally for the attention and celerity with which
they performed! the various manoeuvres, which his Lordship
was pleased to say had always been the case whenever he
had the opportunity of seeing them under his command,
either on foreign service or at home."
The Ist Life Guards and the Royal Horse Guards Blue,
who composed. the cavalry. were similarly complimented.

BRADFORD (YORKSHIRE).. AD-

DRESS TO SIR R. PEEL, BAR-T.

The following address, with JO 00 signatures attached
to it, was on Thursday forwarded to Sir Peel:—
" Sir,—We, the undersigned merchants, bankers. and
pr ofessional gentlemen, worsted-spinners, manufacturers,
wool-staplers, and other tradesmen of the town of Brad-
ford, in the west riding of the county of York, beg to
express to you our deep regret that in passing through
Parliament your great measures of commercial reform,
you should have been assailed in the most virulent man-
ner, even to the disregard of the decencies of life, and
beg especially to mark our strong disapprobation of the
wanton, malicious, and slanderous attack made upon
your character with respect to the late Mr. Canning,
but which you so ably repelled, to the satisfaction of
every thinking man in the country.
" We beg to assure you that the measures you have
brought forward for the relief of trade and the comfort
of the industrial classes, are considered by men of all
parties here as among the greatest and most beneficial
ever proposed by any Minister of the Crown, and tend-
ing to increase the stability of the empire and the hap-
piness of the people.
We present you with our heartfelt thanks for the
manifold sacrifices, both private and public, which you
have made in carrying through Parliament, with un-
wearied zeal, and in spite of the most formidable opposi-
tion, the great schemes of commercial policy which you
conscientiously believed would be for the general benefit
of our country and the welfare of the many.
"It is our fervent hope that your valuable life will
long, in health and happiness, be spared, to carry out
other great objects for the amelioration of the condition
of your grateful countrymen, and advancing the pros-
perity and well-being of the great empire over whose
destinies you have so ably presided as first Minister of
the Crown.

Sir Robert Peel has deferred his departure from
Drayton Manor for town, in consequence of an intimation
from Lord John Russell that all the Ministerial arrangements
would not be completed until this day. On Monday the
Right Hon. Baronet, and his colleagues of the late Cabinet,
attend at Buckingham Palace to resign their seals of office to
their successors in the Government.
FIRE AT GREENWICIL—Yesterday morning at half-
past twelve o'clock, a fire broke out at the shop of Mr.
George Moon, oil and colourman, in Trafalgak-road,below the
Royal Hospital. It was discovered by police-sergeant Smith,
of the R division, who was passing at the moment.
Informa-
tion was immediately forwarded to the
a mounted patrol, was dispatched for the London Fire Brigade
and West of England Company's engines. The Royal Hos-
pital and parish-engines arrived at a quarter past one o'clock,
followed by the West of England and two of the Brigade
engines, 16 and 25, at kalf-past one. Great difficulty being
experienced in getting water, the devouring element gained
complete ascendancy, so that it was *rund impossible to
check the conflagration until it had nearly done its worst.
The engines were merely engaged in preventing the flames
from extending to the adjoining premises. The house, stock
in trade, and most of the furniture were consumed. The
origin of the fire has not been ascertained.

SUSPECTED DEA.TII BY VIOLENCE.—Last evening
Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the Grange, Portugal-dreef,
Lincoln's Inn-fields, on the body of Louisa Beezly, aged 24,
who resided at No. 30, Clement's-lane, Drury-lane. The
inquiry excited much interest, as it involved a suspicion
that the deceased had met her death by unfair means. It
appeared that about nine o'clock on the evening of Monday
week, she was proceeding along Clement's-lane, when she
was knocked down by a blow on the head, from a large
brick, alleged to have been thrown from the White Hart
public-house, situate No. 49, in that lane. The deceased ex-
pired on Friday morning, in King's College Hospital, from
the effects of the injuries. A very minute investigation was
gone into amidst a good deal of conflicting statements, the
case at first assuming a very serious aspect. The more cri •
minating facts having been disproved, the jury at length re-
turned the subjoined verdict :—" That the deceased died from
injuries received from being struck by a brick ; but whether
the said brick fell or was thrown there was not sufficient
vidence to satisfy the jury."
THF. SUBlir.? ATHEN/EUM.—A new literary and scien-
tific mechanics' institution, under the above designation, is
about to be established, for the formation of which Lord
John Russell, M.P., has consented to preside at a public
meeting, to be held on Wednesday near, at the Rotunda, in
, thellackfriars-road,

DEATH OF AN AUTHOR.
On Monday last died Matthew Henry Barker, the author
of between twenty and thirty volumes, chiefly naval novels
and sketches of life at sea. He was better known, perhaps,
as the "Old Sailor ;" and those who had the pleasure of his
acquaintance esteemed him as a highly warm-hearted, open-
spoken, honest-minded man. He was the son of a dissenting
minister, who for nearly half a century preached in the same
chapel at Deptford, and brother of a schoolmoster in the same
pl,ace, who contributed some papers on astronomy to "Time's
Telescope," and reported on the same subject in the early
days of the Literary • Gazette. When quite a boy be took a
fancy for a sea life, and the war being then very brisk, there
was no difficulty in getting afloat. For many years the fu-
ture author endured the 'vicissitudes of a naval career in
times of peril and difficulty. He was in several actions, and
sailed in various parts of the globe ; and the scenes of blood-
shed, shipwreck. and captivity he witnessed and endured,
became in after-life the subjects for his pen. He first
entered on board an East Indiaman, and was afterwards in
the Royal Navy, where, having no influence, he never rose
beyond the rank of master's mate. Towards the end of the
war he commanded a hired armed schooner, chiefly em-
ployed in carrying dispatches to our squadrons on the
southern coasts of France and Spain. He was for some time
a prisoner of war, and used to describe very graphically the
sufferings of himself and his companions. At the conclu-
sion of hostilities he took up the pen as a profession, and
obtained an engagement as editor of a West Indian news •
paper, and subsequently accepted and retained for many
years a similar engagement upon one of the Nottingham
journals. Whilst in that town he made many friends, and
though a firm supporter of liberal principles, employed his
influence to check the wild delusions and criminal efforts of
the physical force Chartists. At Nottingham he wrote some
of his best books, and for a series of years afterwards plied
his pen with great zeal and success. He wrote a "Memoir of
Nelson," which Sir Harris Nicolas, in the " Nelson Dis-
patches," commended very highly. His chief novels were—
" Nights at Sea," which appeared in Bentley's Miscellany ;
" The Victory," " Hamilton King," " The Jolly Boat," and
"Greenwich Hospital." Some of these were illustrated by
George Cruikshauk, who became his friend, and continued so

till the last. When on his death-bed he sent for that artist,
to receive his latest wishes—a summons promptly and kindly
obeyed. Like most writers below the chief rank, he was
forced to labour in his vocation after failing health had
warned him that rest of mind and body were requisite, and
up to the Wednesday before his death he struggled at his
duty as the naval editor of the United Service Gazette,
and as a writer in the paper which now pays the deserved
tribute of this notice to his memory. Peace to his manes
Pictorial Times.

THE CATCH CLUB.—On Friday evenino• the noble-
men and gentlemen members of this celebrated convivial
club gave their annual entertainment to the ladies, at Willis's
Rooms, King-street, St. James's. The Duke of Beaufort
took the chair, and Lord Saltoun discharged the duties of
vice-president. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
honoured the meeting by his presence, and among those pre-
sent we observed the Duchess of Beaufort, the Countess of
Westmoreland, Lord Wrottesley, Lord William Lennox, Sir
Richard and Lady Bulkeley Phillips, Sir H. Mildmay, Sir
Edward Hartopp, Mr. Fitzlierbert, Mr. Tudor, Mr. Bowes,
Mr. Hall, Colonel Hawkins, Mr. Palmer, Major and Mrs.
Gage, Hon. Mrs. Portman, Mrs. Milner Gibson, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Campbell, Miss Dormer, Mr. B. Errington, Mrs.
Langford Brooke, Mr. J. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Salomons,
&c. The professionals in attendance comprised Miss. M. B.
Hawes and Miss Marshall, Messrs. Elliott, Hawkins, Hobbs,
Machin, Taylor, Kench, Francis, Turle, Goss, Walmislev,
Spencer, Horsley, Bennet, Mosley, and King, assisted by the
boys selected from the choir of Westminster Abbey. The
dinner was of the most recherché character. On the removal
of the cloth, " Non nobis" was sung by the whole strength of
the professional corps. A choice selection of glees and
catches ensued, and it was after eleven o'clock when the har-
mony of the meeting terminated. The dinner took place in
the superb room familiar to the beau monde as the ball room
of Aimee's. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
remained to the-close of the festivity.
NEW METHOD OF FINISHING BRONZE STATUES.—
The bronze statue of Huskisson, just completed in the royal
brass foundry of the Bavarian capital, deserves an especial
notice, on account of a new method of chasing which has
been resorted to in this case. It is known that newly-cut
brass possesses a strong lustre, which destroys the mellow
aspect of the work; on which account artists have resorted to
the expedient of producing a sort of artificial patina by the
me of mineral acids. For the sake of imparting to the above
work an uniform mellow appearance without using acids, :In-
spector Muller has resorted to the method of dead chasing.
This has been perfectly successful; and the uniform tone
which has been obtained in the whole work bids fair that the
patina, as it will appear in due course of time, will be also
uniform. By the use of different sorts of files, a really dif-
ferent grain of the metal has been cut out, which the artist
was able to produce in accordance with the nature of the part
thus treated. This method is said to be a real advance in the
mechanism of the brorize founding process.
BIRMINGHAM FESTIVAL—Our readers will be grati-
fied to learn that the Musical Festival Committee have, after
much difficulty, succeeded in inducing the great German.
basso, Herr Staudigl, to accept an engagement at the forth-
coming meeting. We understand that he comes expressly
to this country for the purpose.—Midland Counties Herald.
FAIRLOP FAIR. Yesterday, this once celebrated
pleasure fair was held, at which there seemed a great lack of
that rural animation and mirth which used to prevail at by-
gone fairs. It has been the custom to keep open the fair
on the Sunday succeeding the first Friday in July, the day
on which the fair is proclaimed. This year the fair has been
restricted to the one day only, and the thousands of persons
annually frequenting the fair were yesterday reduced to
hundreds.
TAINTING ON LAVA.—A painting on lava, by
Jollivet, the subject taken from Holy Writ, and destined for
the porch of the church of St. Vincent de Paul, at Paris, has
lately attracted the attention of connoisseurs and artists in
the French capital. One of the eminent advantages of paint-
ing on lava is its brilliant effect, and its resistance to the in-
temperance of the seasons, as it offers all the consistency of
mosaic, without requiring the labour in its execution de-
manded by the latter. The principal difficulty to be over-
come in enamel painting is the glassy appearance, which de-
teriorates the effect of opaque objects. This difficulty has
been completely sat aside, and the painting on lava presents
all the effect of the most highly-finished enamel. M. Jollivet's
painting is on a surface of ten metres (about thirty-three
feet), consisting of four plates of lava.
MOST REMARKABLE DISCOVERY.—Last June, says the
Kingston.Canadq) Chronicle, a man named EdmundDouz

gen:residing on lot 17, in 4th concession of the township of
Nottawasaga, in the county of Simcoe, discovered on the lot
he occupies a sunken hole in the earth, having the resem-
blance of a small pond of water, or low fen. It was situated
on a rising ground in the forest which he was engaged in
clearing, preparatory to cultivation. The roots of the trees
had spread over the marsh, and many of considerable thick-
ness were cut away by the occupant of the lot and his assis-
tants. Dougan's son on stooping down to drink out of the
hole discovered some bones in it, which caused a further ex-
amination, which ultimately led to the discovery of a very
large Quantity of human bones, including between five
hundred and six hundred human sculls ! They also found
about 40Ibs. of brass; several brass kettles, in a decayed
state, and several hatchets. In about a month after the
occurrence above narrated a similar hole was discovered by
Mr. William Thompson on the third lot in the same con-
cession and township, which, being examined by Mr. Thomp-
son and kis neighbours, was found to contain eleven copper
kettles, each of which would hold about nine pails of water.
Eight of the kettles were found as perfect as when made,
and the other three wore much ccrroded. In this hole was
also discovered ten or a dozen sea shells, and a large quantity
of pipeclay buttons. The holes are situate about one mile
and a half from each other, with the north branch of the
Notawasaga River dividing them.
ISiPROPER FIXING OF BALCONIES.—Oar attention has
been directed to an accident which happened at No. 52, Man-
chester-street, a short time ago, when a lady and gentleman
were precipitated into the street by the failure of a balcony
in the front of the house. It was wholly of iron, of light con-
struction, and was put up, as too many of them are, in the
most careless and reprehensible manner. It is to be hoped
that the district surveyors will enforce proper precautions in
this respect. We could point to a range of houses at this
moment, provided with iron balconets to the first floor win-
dows, every one of which are insecure. The ends of the top
bar and of the bottom bar are simply driven into the brick-
work two or three inches, with plugs of wood, and if no tic•
cident happen, it will be through God's mercy, and not the
builder's care.—The Builder.
AMERICAN BUTTER.—Amdg the numerous importa-
tions of articles of food which have taken place from Ame-
rica during the week, two importations of butter may be
especially mentioned ; one in the Great Britain steam-ship,
of 205 packages, the produce of the States, and the other by
the Rory O'More from Montreal, of 127 packages, the pro-
duce of Canada. The supply of butter from so great a dis-
tance is very remarkable, and is a proof, if any were want-
ing, of the greatly increased advantages afforded by the
rapidity in which a communication or passage is now made,
beyond what was formerly the case, by steam ships, and not
unfrequently at an equally quick rate by sailing vessels,
be-
tweentwmhmieenhse the two countries. Cliobnersakliermine
advan-
tages now afforded have re-
gasuthrees
cently obtained the sanction of the Legislature, and are now
in active operation, it is difficult to say to how great an
extent these advantages may or may not be made available
and subsidiary for the purpose of giving them full and com-
plete effect.
SYSTON AND PETERBOROUGH RAILWAY.—The works
on this railway have been commenced with great spirit on
the west side of Stamford. Workmen are engaged on the
meadows in filling up that part of the river over which the
railway is intended to pass, and also in opening a new
channel for the water, in the room of the one which will be
filled up. The line Rill cross the river on an ,e rub ankm en t
of about seven feet. A number of hands are also engaged in
excavating and embanking between the meadows and the
George close. On the line east of Stamford they have been
engaged during the past week in laying down the second
line of rails. The great delay in promoting this line is
understood to have been wholly occasioned by the unflinch-
ing opposition of Lord Ilarborough, but this cause of delay •
is now in a great measure removed, and the works may be
expected in consequence to be carried on with increased
avidity.— Lincolnkire Chronicle.

V 1 INDSOR, JULY 3.—The hay harvest is completely
finished in this vicinity, and a most abundant crop has been
laid in. The wheat, oats, and barley are very forward, and
promise well for an abundant harvest, though the straw is
likely to be short. Turnips, especially Swedes, are languish-
ing for want of rain.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT CHIGWELL RACES.—During a
heat at these races, on Tuesday, one of the horses bolted,
broke away from the end of the course, and, running amongst
some fallen timber, killed a man named Spooner, of Abridge,
broke the leg of another individual, and injured several other
parties,
SIMPLE FILTERING VESSEL.--OR a small scale, an
efficient filtering-vessel may be formed of a common garden-
pot, well burnt, and with holes in the bottom; the lower
part to be filled with round pebbles, then some smaller
pebbles, then some coarse sand, and finally a stratum of
pounded charcoal three or four inches thick. The use in
large filters of broken shells interposed between the gravel
and sand is a great improvement, inasmuch as the frag-
ments, being fiat, overlap each other, and counteract the
tendency of the sand to settle amongst the gravel, thus pre-
serving a free percolation through the lower strata.— The
Builder.
DEGREES OF lIARDNESS IN WATER.—Dr. Clark, of
Aberdeen, says a correspondent of the Builder, has stated
the hardness of water for various towns as follows :—Aber-
deen, 1 deg. ; Glasgow (about), 4i ; Edinburgh, 5 ; New-
castle-upon-Tyne, 5; Pipe-water of London, 11 to 16 ; ditto
Manchester, 12 ; Paris, harder than any of the above. Wells
in London, 40 to 80. He considers that a water ceases to be
agreeable for washing when it is above 4 or 5 deg., or that
16 deg. is the utmost point that can be conveniently used,
to get a proper lather.
SALMON FISHING.—The fishing on the Ness was re-
sumed on Monday night, when several grilse and some fine
trout, weighing from 121 b. to 141 b., were captured. No
fewer than 212 grilse were killed in the Beauly in one day
day lately, and it is expected that the Ness, which is con-
sidered the latest river in Scotland, will be also very pro-
ductive when the sewn it some further AdyitMCCL—Anver.
• lies OW*, -

Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from Thomas
Brodigan, Esq , Pilton House, County Meath, a magis-
trate of that county, complaining of the outrage to which
he, in common with other British subjects, was subjected
on the occasion of his visiting Jerusalem on Good Friday
last (detailed in the correspondence which appeared
in the The Sun of yesterday), and praying that
effective measures may be resorted to by the English
Government, which will cause the Sublime Porte to
exert a more repressive authority against such outrages,
and thus protect British travellers visiting the East.
CLARK'S DIVORCE BILL.
Lord DUNCAN moved that a message should be sent
to the Lords, requesting their Lordships to furnish this
House with a copy of the minutes of the evidence taken
in Clark's Divorce Bill.
SECOND READINGS.
The following Bills were read a second time:—
Clark's Divorce.
Ely and Huntingdon Railway (Bedford Extension).
Howell's Charity Estate.
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Extension Railway.
Somerset Small Debts Court.
GLASGOW AND BELFAST UNION RAILWAY.
Mr. HODGSON moved that the further consideration
of the report on this Bill should be postponed until the
evidence had been printed.
After some considerable dizeussion strangers were
ordered to withdraw.
On our readmission we found that no division had
taken place, but that the postponemnt of the question
had been agreed to.
IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from
several of the shareholders of the South-Western Rail-
way Company praying that the House would not grant
any power to the Portarlington Railway Company,
which would allow that Company to purchase their line
of railway. They also prayed that the decision of the
Committee with regard to that railway might be allowed
to stand.
Mr. F. FRENCH, in moving the re-committal of the
Irish Great Western Railway (Dublin to Galway) Bill,
said that there was naturally and equitably a
feeling in the House to support the de-
cision of its Committees, and such a feeling
should not be departed from unless upon some strong
and peculiar grounds. This Bill bad received the sanc-
tion of the Board of Trade and had actually passed both
Lords and Commons. The evidence on which the decision
had been come to, and the decision of which he com-
plained, was in the hands of every Member of that House.
The Committee came to the decision that they would not
allow parties to be heard in opposition to the preamble
of the Bill, notwithstanding which thy admitted such
evidence. The line was recommended by the Board of
Trade because it would open up raiivay communi-
cation between the eastern, western, and southern
ports of Ireland. After stating that the Bill had
received the sanction of the House of Lords, he
said he called for a revision of the Bill on the broad
ground of public interest and national justice.
They had witnesses to prove that another line would
have been more consonant with the public good, but the
Chairman refused to hear the evidence. He looked in
vain for any reasons which would have justified
the Committee having thrown out the line which
he (Mr. French) advocated. The opposing counsel to
it admitted that they had completely proved the pre-
amble of the Bill, yet the Committee came to a far Jiff r-
ent conclusion. Their great object was to open the
western district and thus open the fisheries,
for which a Dutch company, in the reign
of Charles the Second, paid for liberty to fish 5,0001. per
annum. They depended on the fact of being able to
connect Liverpool with America by a voyage of seven
days • and with such evidence before them he wondered
how the decision had been arrived at by the Committee.
Mr. W. COLLETT, in rising to second the motion,
expressed his astonishment at the decision the Committee
had come to, seeing that the Dublin and Galway line
was the only railway that proposed to accommodate
Galway, and thought, as Parliament last year all but
sanctioned the measure. the House ought to support its
decision of the former Committee.
Mr. MACKENZIE defended the course adopted by
the Committee. Ile denied that the Bill was the same
as the one which was before thy' House last year, and he
world therefore oppose the motion.
Mr. REI)INGTON believed that the Committee had
acted corscientiouslv, but their decision was nothing
less than absurd.—(Hear, hear.) All his Hon. Friend
sought by his motion was, that the House should give
effect to the decision given by the House of Lords on
this subject during the last session of Parlia-
ment. The Bills wore not necessarily competing
Bills, and the House of Lo-ds, looking upon
them in that light, had pissed them. Be-
lieving that hi; Mono .ra!de Friend had made out a
sufficient case for his motion, he should give him his
support. If the motion were not agreed to, he considered
that the vast population which would be accommodated
by this railway would be most unjustly treated.
B. BALDWIN briefly supported the motion.

-3ftr. I_AIDNU3TRONG thOuglit the lino under eon-
sitiorelion-Aihjectionable, as a means of commutica•
wilt-,the West of Ireland. The proper route for
Galway.. Mullingar. Ile should as soon
tbtak,ot" ping, to Bristol by way of Southampton,
as ko; frookrAhliir to Galway by the route of Mullingsr.
-Ireland atiduhthe;supplied by threo great trunk lines--
to the floral.; .13eliast, to the south by Kilkenny, and
i 0 the west- . ullingar.
ROSt, 'aid he would say row words on the pe.

Mr. PLUMPTRE was of opinion that the proposed
railway would fvlly satisfy the wishes of the inhabitants
of North Kent. The merits of the Bill had been fairly
discussed before the Committee, and he should support
the original motion.
After a few words from Mr. PROTHEROE,
Mr. FREWEN consented to withdraw his amend-
ment, and the report was considered and agreed to, and
the Bill ordered to be engrossed.

Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000
Rest •• • •
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Say-
ings-banks, and Di-

vidend account:•)•• 7,807,02
Other deposits •• •• • • 1.5,031,3d1
Seven day and other

bills ......... ....

851,222

X 41,G51,739

Dated the 2d day of June, 1846.

COURSE OF EXCHA
Amsterdam .. ....C.F. 12 814

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Rotterdam .... ••2 U. 12 9
Antwerp ••.. ..
Hamburgh M.B. 13 15
Altona .
Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 23 75

Ditto, 3 Months .... .. 26 5
Marseilles •••• • • .... 26 10
Bourdeanz .... .. .. .. • . 26 10
Frankfort on Maine.... 122%
Petersbargh, 3 U 5.... • •
Berlin ..... • ...... • . • •
Vienna, effec. flo ••• • • • 10 934
Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 10 10
Madrid ••.. • • ......., 35%
Cadiz • • • : • ....... 36!ii
Barcelona —........—
Sevllle.. • . —

Weight Annuity).. 12,987,946
Other securities •••• 18,257,149
Notes
Gold and silver coin • • 742,554

X 41,651,739
2iIARSIIALL. Chief Cashier.

NGE.—(YESTERDAY.)
Gibraltar .. • ....
Leghorn ••. • • • 30 45
Genoa •• .. 26 10
Milan ..
Venice.
Naples .... • .... • • 39%
Palermo, per 0z... ..... 119 y,
Lisbon.
Oporto .... • ..... •
Rio Janeiro ..... . . • 24
Bahia
Buenos Ayres
New York, 21 days' sight
Philadelphia
PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin • • 3 17 5
New Doubloons ...... 0 0 0
New Dollars •• . .
Silver in bars ...... •• 0 4 11

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current of July 3.)

SUGAIL—To-day, although there were sellers of all kind
of Sugar subject to the 14s per cwt duty upon further re-
duced terms, still there was no improvement in the dernanl
privately, and there was only one small public sale of Madras.
In West India Muscovadoe the busines transacted was ex-
tremely limited, only 160 hhds and trcs finding buyers,
making the total sales fur the week amount to the very small
quantity of only 520 hhds and trcs, and the decline in prices
during that time 1s 6d to 2s per cwt.

REEmEn.—The home trade have purchased all descrip-
tions of refined goods with extreme caution this week, and
the business transacted has been less than for some time

MAURLTIUS.-There are sellers of all descriptions by pri-
vate contract at prices rather under those that previously
prevailed, still the purchases made by refiners and grocers
have been extremely limited.

EAST Ixrun.—lniporters of Madras are inclined to realise,
and having supplied the market freely has produced a de-
cline of is to Is 6d upon last week's rates. Bengal has been
sparingly dealt in privately, although there are sellers at a
reduction on previous rates of is per cwt upon all qualities.
FOREIGN.—To-day there was much inquiry after all kinds
of Foreign Sugar, but the stiff rates asked operated against
business. A floating cargo of Porto Rico, deliverable here,
has been sold at 22s 6d; and 300 hhds on the spot at 23s
per cwt.
COFFEE.—This afternoon a fair amount of business was
transacted privately in Ceylon, and 42s to 433 paid for good
ordinary pale native; none was cffered at public sale, but
1,400 bags chiefly Plantation are declared. Mocha is wanted,
and fetched stiffer rates-450 pkgs are declared for auction.
The market for foreign is still quiet, and 151 bags Bahia at
auction went at rather lower rates, good ordinary dingy at
29s 6d to 30s, very good ordinary 30s 6d to 31s, and sea
damaged 27s to 29s per cwt.
Congou a good business has been transacted in
all descriptions, but merchants have been compelled to take
previous market rates. In Pouchong sales to a fair extent
have been made. For Hyson the market is firm, and several
purchases have been made. Twankay has not risen in
value, but a fair business has been done. Of Scented
Teas the supply is still exceeding the demand, and
prices in consequence keep low. The common kinds of Im-
perial and Gunpowder are heavy of disposal, and can be had
upon rather lower terms, but the better sorts bring full rates ;
there has been little passing.

MoLAssxs.—West India at present cannot generally be
purchased upon lower terms, but there has been less demand,
and the market is rather better supplied; the qualities are
chiefly middling and inferior. In Bengal Treacle there has
been little passing, and former rates are not to be obtained.
RICE.—To-day Bengal Rice met with attention, and 3,373
bags at auction were all sold at stiff rates, good bold white
fetching I3s 6d to 14s, and damaged 8s 6d to 13s 6d. Of
Italian 150 bags fetched 15s for ordinary white.
SALTPETRE.—This afternoon at public sale 3,751 bags of
Calcutta were offered, and the whole sold, but the rates
taken were in sonic cases rather under those previously
quoted.
SPICES.—A good demand has prevail?d for all descriptions
of Ginger, and the rates paid have been rather above those
previously current. Pimento ie wanted, and the parcels sold
privately were at stiffer rates. The low rates for Black Pep-
per cause holders to supply the market sparingly, but the
home and export demand has been limited by private contract.
For White prices do not improve, although several pur-
chases have been made, and the supply being less than it
was. Cloves have been sparingly dealt in. Mace is not
cheaper, but there has been little business transacted. Nut-
megs are not offered upon lower terms, bat the demand has
not improved, as there is a fair stock here. Cinnamon
of all kinds has been in much better request, but holders are
unable to obtain any advance on the prices of the last guar.
terly sales, as there is a fair supply at market, especially of
the ordinary, coarse, and jungle kinds. There are sellers of
Cassia Lignea upon low terms, still there are not many
buyers to be met with at present, as there is a large stock
here.

SPIRITS.—The business transacted in all kinds of Jamaica
Rum has been to a very small extent this week, and the
market having been better supplied a slight decline in prices
has taken place. In Calcutta a fair amount of business has
been done, and prices are firm. In Leeward Islands several
sales have been made, and owing to the small supply holders
easily obtain 2s 2d to 2s 4.0 for proof strength. In Deme-
rara there has been little passing. For old Brandy the de-
mand has been good, and prices are on the advance, in new
descriptions the operations are upon a more extended scale,
but merchants are sellers upon former terms. Geneva is
!awed for exportation, end the Klee made were at 2e W 2e 2d

T. IV. Hooper, chemist, Bathurst-street, Hyde-park-
gardens—first div. of lOs. 114 d. in the pound, on any Wed •
nesdav, at the office of Mr. W hitmore, Basinghall-street.
M. 'Maclean, cloth factor, Basinghall-street—first div. of
Is. Gd. in the pound, on Saturday, July 4, and two following
Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane, City.
M. and T. A. Butterfield, linendrapers, Royston—first div.
of 5T.. in the pound, on Saturday, July 4, and three following
Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch- lane, City.
M. and H. Emanuel, goldsmiths, Hanover-square—first
div. of 6s. 6d. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of
Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
J. Gibson, farrier, Manchester—first div. of Is. 2d. in the
pound,on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester.
T. Heppell, timber-merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—first
div. of ss. 6d. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of
Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
W. Fordyce, bookseller, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—first div.
of 2s. 9d. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr.
Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
T. H. Bennett, builder, Cheltenham—second div. of 7d.
in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Acra-
man, Bristol.
W. Parsons, brewer, Bristol—second div. of 2d. in the
pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Acrausan,
Bristol.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
R. Moir, jeweller, West Cowes, Isle of Wight, July 24, at
half-past one—E. Green, house agent, Whitecross street,
Cripplegate, July 24, at half-past eleven.
In the Country.
_ _

J. G. Gore, innkeeper, Cheltenham, July 27, at one, at the
Bristol District Court—T. Lee, common brewer, Liverpool,
July 27, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—J. Ogle
and W. Walton, merchants, Liverpool, July 27, at twelve, at
the Liverpool District Court—S. Archer, woollen manufac-
turer, Rochdale, July 21, at twelve, at the ➢lanchester Dis-
trict Court—E. S. Harley, grocer, Birmingham, July 27, at
ten, at the Birmingham District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granteJ, unless cause be shown tc
the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
S. M. Latham, banker, Dover, July 24—S. Whaley, gro-
cer, William-street, Lisson-grove, July 24—W. G. Bradford,
tailor, Bucklersbury, July 25—H. Dunnington, glove manu-
facturer, Nottingham, July 31—J. Roe, drysalter, Manches-
ter, July 30—B. Vanderplank, woollen warehouseman, Love-
lane, City, July 24—V. Elkins; coach maker, Southampton-
place, Euston-square, July Blackman, farmer, Bid-
dendon, Kent, July 24—E. Dorling, Berlin wool dealer, Ips-
wich, July 24—J. Kirkup, coal merchant, Providence-
wharf, Rotherhithe, July 24 A. M. Beaumont, woollen
cloth manufacturer, Houley, Yorkshire, July 24.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
G. and R. Atkinson, builders, Corbridge, Northumberland
—F. Clarke and F. S. Gosling, attorneys, Austin-friars—J.
Wilson and J. Graham, silk manufacturers, Gresham -street
—T. Marriott, E. Munk, and 11. Smyth, wholesale drapers,
Nottingham—C. Hook and EJ. Rodway, wine merchants,
Devizes—F. and M. H. Hodges, music-sellers, Bristol—ll.
Steele, J. Brereton, and R. L. Jones, timber merchants,
Liverpool—J. Brereton, R. L. Jones, H. Steele, and J.
Thompson, timber merchants, Liverpool—J. Brereton and
R L. Jones, timber merchants, Liverpool—J. Payne and T.
Freer, printers, Leicester—J. Nash and F. B. Bainbridge,
boarding•schoolkeepers, lleavitree, Devonshire—G. Holden
and J. MClellan, borax manufacturers, Liverpool—J. Byers
and J. C. Stagg, Stockton, Durham—W. Raddall and J. H.
Hill, veterinary surgeons, Plymouth—J. L. Pratt and J.
Wilson—A. Aitken and J. Henderson. jun., ironfounders,
Liverpool—W. M. and P. Lawson, corn dealers, Commercial-
road East—l. Gregory and G. Goold, tanners, Tewkesbury—
11. Buehler and J. P. Thol, agents, Mark-lane—T. Calvert
and W. Hancock, woollendrapers, Bradford— D. Oliver, R.
Oliver, and J. Oliver, corn millers, Wood-mills, Yorkshire—
J. North and J. Dixon, blue manufacturers, City-road—J.
Leach and J. Cooke, butchers, Liverpool—G. Vevers and W.
Woodhead, woolstaplers, Leeds—J. Wallace and J. Sibson,
grocers, Carlisle—J. Woodhead and I'. Charlesworth,
merchants, Leeds—J, p
stock-
brokers, Bradford—J. Powell and R. Lowndes, sharebrokers,
Liverpool—W. T. 0. Joy, W. G. Joy, and E. Joy, jun , oil
ChLlmsford—J. P. Lynill and P Berlyn, stockbrokers, Man-
Lee, W. W. Brumb
chester—J. Hall and E. Gower, map draughtsmen, Red Lion-
square, Holborn—J. Holmes and J. Morrow, stove grate ma-
otter and H. Nicholson, linendrapers,
nufacturers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—E. Briggs and G. Bright,
hat manufacturers, Castleton Lower-mill, Lancashire—H.
knife manufacturers, Sheffield (so far as regards W. W.
Brumby and W. Middleton).
SCOTCH Sr QUESTRATIONS.
John Mackenzie Ross,ironmonger,lnverness, July 10 and
Y, w, Middleton, and G. H. Lee, table-
Aug. 7, at twelve, at th Caledonian Hotel, Inverness.
' John Campbell, writer, Paisley, July 10 and Aug. 7, at
twelve, at the Saracen's lieid Inn, Paisley.
Ro'aert M'Cuns, merchant, Glasgow, July 10 and 31, at
twelve, at the Black Bull Hotel, Glasgow.
Andrew Balfour, printer, Edinburgh. July 9 and Aug. 3,
at two, at the chambers of Mr. Lothian, Edinburgh.
William Hill, innkeeper, Dalk(ith, July 8 and Aug. 5, at
two, at Ferguson's Ship Tavern, Edinburgh. '
PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the pro-
duce of the British possassions in America, computed from
the returns made in the week ending June 30, 1846, is
365, 93/4d. per cwt.

IMPORTANT TO TRAVELLERS IN BELGIUM. -- The
Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs has recently issued the
following notice:—" It
tertain the opinion that they may proceed to Belgium with-
out being provided with a passport. This is an error, how-
ever, which it is importrnt to rectify, and it may be useful to
state that it is obligatOry for every foreigner who travels in
or through Belgium to have a passport in due form. The
appears that certain travellers en-
those documents, which,
greatest facilities, however, are given for the examination of
generally speaking, remain in the
possession of the travellers." This notice, which is appended
to all the official advertisements relating to the Dover and
Ostend steam-packets of the English and Belgian Govern-
ment, is the more important, inasmuch as it is stated in the
circulars of some steam-packet compapie3 that pas3porta are
ant required La Belgium.

to 250. The latest intelligence, in this correspondence,
brings us to a letter from Ponta do Sal Antonio, dated
March 9, 1846, received April 17. From this we learn
that the sickness still continued in the villages of the
interior of the island, awl that the number of deaths
then amounted to upwards of 400. Our space will
not allow us to make any fat they comments on
this report in the present number ; but we must
request our readers to observe that after the crew
had left tl:e ship, and were stationed on the island, the
disease continued to spread and to prove equally fatal—
that only one short week after the departure of the
Eclair, a Portuguese soldier, who had been housed with
the crew, was seized and died, that the following day
another soldier died, that two more were seized, brought
into town, and from this time two or three cases occurred
daily, all within the immediate neighbourhood of the
houses where the first death took place! Those who
were inclined to disregard this clear order of causation,
and to refer the disease to stagnant water, malaria, &c.
—very convenient means of evading a difficulty in a
theory—now began to alter their opinion, and finally de-
clared the fever to be of a most contagious nature. If any
confirmation of this opinion be required, it will be found
in the statement that the fever, almost without exception,
proved contagious to those who acted as nurses to the sick !
Now we care not whether a disease of this description
be called " bilious remittent fever," or not ; but the facts
here related are entirely opposed to the premature as-
sertion of Dr. Richardson, that there would be no fur-
ther risk of infection under the circumstances than in
ordinary cases of typhus fever. These facts plainly
show that the greatest risk might have been incurred
by admitting this pestilential ship and crew to pratique
according to his suggestion. It is, indeed, a matter of
regret that while off our coast five perso::s should have
perished on board this vessel ; bat we must balance
against this sad result, the fearful effects of that partial
intercourse with the crew which has led to the depopu-
lation of the island of Bona Vista, and its abandon-
ment by those who had strength to remove from it.
„laical theories concerning the origin and progress of
fevers are very interesting as subjects of discussion,
and call forth much ingenuity, either in oral argu-
ment or written treatises. So long as they are
confined to discussion no harm is done ; but
when carried into practice, at the possible
risk of endangering the lives of thousands,
it is but a poor compensation to find, when hun-
dreds are laid in their graves, that the medical theorist
retracts his opinion and acknowledges his mistake. We
are no advocates for the maintenance of the quarantine
laws in their present absurd and anomalous condition ;
but we are still less disposed to join with the commercial
party, who either, cannot or will not see anything like
cause and effect in events like these, which to unbiassed
minds cannot fail to bring home the most complete con-
viction. If any explanation can be (riven of the diffusion
of this " common African fever" throughout the island
of Bona Vista, independently of its importation by the
Eclair, and its subsequent propagation by human conta-
gion, we think that the common opinion of small-pox
or any other disease being contagious, must be at once
abandoned. If no other explanation can be given than
that which we have suggested, then we must admit that
this country has had a very narrow escape from a disease
more dangerous than either the plague or cholera.
The most important question in the correspondence
on the subject of the Eclair is undoubtedly that which
relates to the contagious or non-contagious nature of the
fever, which this vessel is alleged to have brought from
the coast of Africa. On this point the Superintendent-
General of Quarantine, Sir W. Pym, and the Director-
General of the Medical Department of the Navy, Sit.
W. Burnett, entertain directly opposite opinions; and it
may be easily conceived, therefore, that the Lords of the
Admiralty have felt exceedingly embarrassed in laying
down rules for the commanders of vessels on the African
station, or in advising or sanctioning a departure from
any of the quarantine regulations now in force. The
question at issue involves many important ques-
tions: thus it not merely includes the possible importa-
tion of a very fatal and unmanageable disease into our
own country, but the entire prohibition of commercial
intercourse with other European states. The fact that
we are satisfied with certain medical theories on the
subject, by no means binds other countries to join in our
views ; and we should very soon find that by prema-
turely laying aside our own quarantine laws we should
only be adding to the rigorous and universal application
of those restrictions which the non-contagionist party
already complain of as a great bar to commercial inter-
course. The House of Commons has already, and very
properly, sanctioned the principles of a relaxation of
these laws ; but the Government must go beyond this,
before it undertakes their abolition—it must be prepared
to show, to the satisfaction of all European countries,
that there are no grounds for maintaining them, or a
reform of our own system will only be productive of
greater injury than that which already exists.
Thus, to take the case of the Eclair, we find from this
correspondence that, on the intelligence of the arrival of
this vessel in England reaching Naples, all English ves-
sels were immediately required to undergo a severe
quarantine, those coining from parts between Portland
and Dover being absolutely excluded ! The British
Minister attempted to effect some mitigation of this
order—a represeatation havieg been made that, owing
to the sanitary restrictions imposed, the fever bad not
spread ; but this was of no avail. Without entering
into the question of the influence of miasmata, the use of
ardent spirits, moral influences, &e., in the proclue:ion
of the disease, or whether it was a river or cietet lever—
a simple remittent or a bilious remittent—the. Nee po-
lima Council, on the 25th of October last, came at once