The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-25 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS. -(THIS DAY.)

COVENT-GAILDEIIy
New Potatoes, 5s to 12s per cwt; Pines, English, 7s
to 9s per lb; ditto Colonial, Is to 4s each ; Forced
Orle .ns Plums, 8s to 10s, ditto Green Gages, 7s to lOs per
punnet; Raspberries, 6d to 10d per pottle; Hothouse
Grapes, 3s to 6s, and Cherries, 4d to 8d per lb; Peaches,
35s to 45s per doz. ; Lemons, 7s to lOs per 100; French
Beans, 8d per basket ; Cabbages, 6d to is per dozen ;
Greens Is 6d to 2s 6d per dozen bunches; Celery, ls, and
Horseradish, 2s to 3s per bundle; Spinach, 6d to Sd per junk;
Cucumbers, 2d to Is each; and Melons, 2s 6d to 6s each;
Carrots,3s to 43, and Turnips, is 6d to 3s per dozen bunches;
Apples, 2s to 3s; Pears, 2s to 4s; Gooseberries, Is 3d to
2s 9d; Currants, 2s 6d to 5s Od; Peas, 2s to 4s; and Wal-
nuts, for pickling, 3s per half sieve.

IitUNGER,FORD.
Each kind of Meat, the supply of which was tolerably good,
moved otl* steadily, 14 full prices. Otherwise the demand
was in a sluggish state.

NEWGATE AND LEADENNAZ.Z.
Prime Beef, Mutton, and Veal commanded a steady sale,
at very full prices. In all other kinds of Meat compara-
tively little was doing. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Mutton,
2s 10d to 4s; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d; Veal, 3s 4d to 43 4d ;
and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per Blbs, by the carcase. Geese,
4s to 6s; Ducks, is 9d to 2s 6d ; Pigeons, 4d to 8d each ;
Surrey Fowls, 6s to 10s; ditto Chickens, 5s to 6s; and
Barn-door fowls, 3s 6d to 6s per couple. Fresh Butter, 10d
to Is 2d per lb.

NEWPORT.

=Beef, from 2a 10d to 3a ed; Mutton, 3s to 4e; Lamb,

...pit :7:

53 to 5s 10d; Veal, 3s Cd to 4s Gd ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 10d
per Sibs.

MILL7ENGSGATE.
Full average supplies of Fish were on sale here, yet the
demand was steady, at but little variation in prices.

I.IITHITECIZAPEL.
Beef from 2s 8d to 33 3d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s; Lamb,
4s 8,1 to 5s 8d; Veal, 3s 6d to 43 4d; and Pork, 33 8d to
4s 10d per 811.4.

XiTLEAD.
The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from
8d to BV2d; of Household ditto, 614 d to 7V2cl per 41bs loaf.

AIDE MAILEET.
Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d per lb ; do. 641 b to 721 b,
3d ; do. 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 31/2d ; do. 801 b to 881 b, 31/2d
to 4d ; do. 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 41/2d ; do. 961 b to 1041 b, 4'/2d to
sd; do. 1041 b to 1121 h, 5d to 51;d. Calf Skins, each, 4s to
6s ; Horn Hides, 13s ; Lamb Skins, 2s to 2s 9d ; Shear-
Hugs, 10d to Is.

MATMETAL
FMITIMELD.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 to 41; New ditto, 21 5s
to 311`25; Old Clover, 41 lOs to 51 15s ; New ditto, 31 3s to
41 153; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 11 16s ; Wheat Straw, 11 145
to 11 165 per load. Supply good, and trade very dull.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 3/ 33 to 41 4s; New
ditto, 216 s to 3/ 15s; Old Clover, 4/ to Si 14s ; New ditto,
31 5s to 4/ 155; Oat Straw, 11 12s to 11 15s ; Wheat Straw,
11 165 to 11 18s per load. Trade dull, at but little variation
in prices.

WinTEcHArEL.—Old Meadow Hay, 3/ 3s to 41; New
ditto, 2./ 5s to 31 14s ; Old Clover, 4/ to 5/ 178; New ditto,
31 53 to 4/ 16s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 1/ 14s ; Wheat Straw,
11 14s to 1116 s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish
demand.

HIGHLY INTERESTING TO
FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.
By the 10th Geo. 4, c. 56 (as amended by the 4th
and sth Will. 4, c. 40, and 9th and 10th Vict. c. 27),
Societies may be formed :-
1. For the lawful insurance of' money to be paid on
the death of the members to their husbands, wives, or
children, kindred or nominees, or for defraying the ex-
penses of the burial of the members, their husbands,
wives, or children : Provided that no person under the
age of six shall be allowed to become a member of such
society, and that no insurance shall be effected on the
life of any child under six years of age.
2. For the relief, maintenance, or endowment of the
members, their husbands, wives, children, kindred, or
nominees, in infancy, old age, sickness, widowhood, or
any other nature]. state of which the probability may be
calculated by way of average.
3. Towards making gocd any loss sustained by the
members by fire, flood, or shipwreck, or by any contin-
gency of which the probability may be calculated by
way of average, whereby they shall have sustained any
loss or damage of their lives or dead stock, or goods or
stock in trade, or of the tools or implements of their
trade or calling.
4. For the frugal investment of the savings of the
members for better enabling them to purchase food,
firing, clothes, or other necessaries, or the tools or im-
plements of their trade or calling, or to provide for the
education of their ohildren or kindred, with or without
the assistance of charitable donations ; provided always,
that the shares in any such investment society shall
not be transferable, and that the investment of each
member shall accumulate or be employed for the sole
benefit; of the member investing, or the husband, wife,
children, or kindred of such member, and that no part
thereof shall be appropriated to the relief, maintenance,
or endowment of any other member or person whom-
soever, and that the full amount of the balance due
according to the rules of such society to such member
shall be paid to him or her on withdrawing from the
society, and that no such last-mentioned society shall
be entitled or allowed to invest its funds, or any part
thereof, with the Commissioners for the Reduction of the
National Debt.
5. For any other purpose which shall be certified to
be legal in England or Ireland by her Majesty's Attor-
ney or Solicitor-General, and in Scotland by the Lord
Advocate, and which shall be allowed by one of her
Majesty's principal secretaries of state as a purpose to
which the powers and facilities of the said Acts ought
to be extend, d ; provided the .t the amount of the sum or
value of the benefit to be assured to any member, or any
person claiming by or through him or her, by any so-
ciety for any purpose so certified and allowed as herein-
before mentioned, shall not exceed in the whole two
hundred pounds ; and that this limitation shall be in-
serted in the rules of every society established for any
purpose so certified and allowed ; and that no such last-
mentit ned society shall be entitled or allowed to invest
its funds or any part thereof with the Commissioners for
the Reduction of the National Debt.—(9th and 10th Vic.
c. 27, s. 1.)
When a society is formed, under the provisions of the
said Acts, for any purpose in addition to that of provid-
ing relief, maintenance, or endowment, in case of infancy,
old age, sickness, widowhood, or other natural state as
aforesaid, the contributions or payments for every such
other purpose shall be kept separate and distinct, or the
charges defrayed by extra subscriptions of the members,
at the time such contingencies take place.-0 and 10
Vict. c. 27, s. 3.)
The rules of every friendly society established after
the third day of July, 1846, shall provide that a book or
books be kept, in which all moneys received or paid on
account of any particular fund or benefit for which the
rules of the society provide shall be entered in a separate
account, distinct from the moneys received and paid on
account of any other benefit or provision.—(9 &10 Vic.
c. 27, 5.4.)
The returns of the rate of sickness and mortality re-
quired by law to be sent by every friendly society at in-
tervals of five years, to the barrister or advocate by
whom the rules of the society may have been certified,
shall be henceforth sent to the registrar of friendly so-
cieties is England, Scotland, and Ireland respectively,
according to such form as shall be prepared for that pur-
pose by the said several registrars, under the direction of
one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State ; and
with every such return shall be sent a report of the
assets and liabilities of such society ; and this provision
shall be inserted in the rules of every society which shall
be established after the 3d day of July, 1846..—(9 and 10
Viet., c. 27, s. 5.)
The treasurer:, trustees, stewards, or other principal
officer of every such society, who by the rules of such
society are or is bound to prepare or cause to be pre-
pared the yearly general statement of the funds and
effects of such society, shall be the persons who shall be
respectively bound to make or cause to be made, and
send to the Registrar of Friendly Societies, the said re-
turns of the rate of sickness and mortality, and the said
report of the assets and liabilities of such society ; and
every such person who shall refuse or wilfully neglect
to make or cause to be made or to send the said returns
of sickness or mortality, or the said report of the assets
and liabilities of such society, at the time and in the
manner prescribed by the said Acts, or this Act, shall
be liable to a penalty not exceeding the sum of five
pounds, to be recovered, with costs, before any justice of
the peace having jurisdiction where such society shall
have its place of meeting, and on non-payment thereof
the same, with the reasonable costs of conviction, shall
be levied by distress and sale of the goods and chattels
of the offender or offenders by warrant under the hand
and seal of such justices.—(9 and 10 Vict. c. 27, s. 6.)
After the third day of July, 1846, the registrar of
friendly societies in England, Scotland, or Ireland shall
not certify the rules of any friendly society established
after that day for the purpose of securing any benefit
depending on the laws of sickness or mortality, unless
such society shall adopt a table which shall have been
certified to be a table which may be safely and fairly
adopted for such purpose under the hand of the actuary
to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt, or of some person who shall have been for at least
five years an actuary to some life assurance company in
London, Edinburgh, or Dublin ; and the name of the
actuary by whom any such table shall have been certified
shall be set forth in the rules, and printed at the loot of
all copies of such tables printed for the use of the
society.—(9 and 10 Vict. c 27, s. 13.)
The fee payable to the registrar for his certificate is
one guinea, but he is not entitled to a fee in respect of
any alteration or amendment of any rules, upon which
one fee has been already paid within the period of three
years, nor for any certificate to rules, &c., which are
copies of any that have been certified by him and duly
enrolled.—(4 and 5 Will. IV., c. 40, s. 4,5.)
Two copies of the rules,_ alterations or amendments,
written on paper or parchment, signed by three mem-
bers and the clerk or secretary (accompanied in the
case of an alteration or amendment of rules with an
affidavit of the clerk or secretary, or one of the
officers of the said society, that the provisions
of the Act under which the rules are enrolled
have been complied with) must be sent (with
the fee of one guinea, by a post-office order) to the
Registrar, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the
said rules, or alteration or amendment thereof,
are calculated to carry into effect the intention
of the parties framing such rules, &c., and are in con-
formity to law, and the provisions of the statutes in
force relating to friendly societies, and the registrar is
to give a certificate on each of the said copies, that the
same are in conformity to law, and to the provisions of
the statutes in force relating to friendly societies, or to
point out in what part or parts the said rules are repug-
nant thereto. The registrar is to return one of the
copies to the society and to keep the other, and the
rules may be legally acted upon from the time when
the same are certified by the registrar.—(4 and 5 Will.
c. 40, s. 4., and 9 and 10 Vic., c. 27, s. 12).
For the important provisions contained in the Friendly
Society Acts, reference must be made to the 10 Geo. IV.,
c. 56; 4 and 5 Will. IV., c. 40; 3 and 4 Vic., c. 73; and
9 and 10 Vic., c. 27.
The following are among the benefits derilveegdalflyromena.
friendly society being enrolled:—
1. The rules are binding, and may be
forced.

2. Protection is given to the members, their wives,
and children, &c., in enforcing their just claims, and
against any fraudulent difsoliition of the society.
3. The property of the society is declared to be vested
in the trustee or treasurer for the time being.
4. The trustee or treasurer may, with respect to pro-
perty of society, sue and be sued in his own name.
5. Fraud committed with respect to property of so-
ciety is punishable by justices.
6. Registrar may order transfer of stock, &e., if person
in whose name it stands is out of England, &c.
7. Application may be made to Court of Chancery. by
petition, free from payment of Court or counsel's fees,
&c.

8. Disputes settled by reference to justices or arbitra-
tors ; order of justices or award of arbitrators final.
9. Power to invest their funds with the Commissioners
for the reduction of the National Debt, and to receive
interest at the rate of 31. 16s. Old. per cent. (except in
certain cases mentioned in 9 and 10 Vic., c. 27.)
11. Priority of payment of debts, in case officer, &c.,
of society become bankrupt, insolvent, has an execution,
&c., against his property, or dies.
12. In case of death of members payment may be
made of sum not exceeding 201, without the expense,
&c., of obtaining letters of administration.
13. Members are allowed to be witnesses in all pro-
ceedings, criaiustl or call, respecting property of society.

14. Exemption of all documents, &c., from star*
duty, except when an aisurance is granted on any one
life to an amount exceeding 2001.
Form of Affidavit to be annexed to Alteration or
Amendment of Rules. 4 and 5 Will. 4c. 40, 5.
4.
I --, of ---, the clerk (or secretary, or one of the
officers), of the -- Society, held at --, in the counp:
of --, make oath and say, that in the making 0.1,1
alterations (or amendm.nts) in the rules of the ss1"!
society, the provisions of the Act under which the rules
of the said society are enrolled have been duly cotoPlie°
with.

Sworn this day of
before me

, 18 ,}

A Justice of the Peace acting
for

Extract from 7 and 8 Vic. c. 110, entituled " An Act
for the Registration, Incorporation, and Registrant/
of Joint Stock Companies."
This Act applies to every joint stock comPari,J„b,
therein defined, (except banking companies, seHt();
scientific and literary institutions, and, also, frienthl,tice;
cieties, loan societies, and benefit building anc"-t-he
respectively, duly certified and enrolled under „0
statutes in force respecting such societies, other tent
such friendly societies, as grant assurances to an eltper
upon one life, or for any one person to an amount! -1,1
ceeding 2001. And if before a certificate of provis'!,//of
registration shall be obtained, the promoters, or alkYo,
them, or any person employed by or under theot,
take any moneys in consideration of the allotinebi
either of shares or of any interest in the concerti, °r ir
way of deposit for shares to be granted or alloted, °r or
sued in the name or on behalf ot the company, anY.,nt or
or scrip, or letter of allotment or other instrunle',to.
writing to denote a right or claim or preference erArfer
mise, absolute or conditional, to any shares, or Su'ln,
rise the existence, or proposed formation of the cle,
pany, or make any contract whatsoever, for or in the ii‘""ch
or on behalf of such intended company, then every su *
person shall b liable to forfeit, for every such ef,°l3fie;sll
sum not exceeding twenty•five pounds • and that 'OB
be lawful for any person to sue for andrecover the 6
by an action of debt. —(7 and 8 Vic. c. 110, s. 2, 24', of
Every information respecting the establismen'snj
friendly societies, savings' banks, annuity societies'r er
benefit building societies, may be obtained and ine
art,
tions published by order of the Lords of the Treaswill
with a form of rules and tables applicable thereto,
the
be forwarded free of expense, on application V of
general post, pre-paid, directed to the "Regi, let
st
Friendly Societies, in England, London." All
and
No
packets
friendly
society,
yp, r e-
unlesspaid duly .
D6lll
invest its funds in a savings' bank. certified, Can le

FRENCH PLAYS—ST. JAMES'S
THE AIME ter

et'
Mademoiselle Rachel appeared last night in the chsrShich,
of Virginie, in Latour's tragedy of the same nallt_,_e,
produced ix .1835 at, the Theatre Francais, excited tne,,,,0001;
of the classicists, who hailed in M. Latour " the n
man" whose advent they had so long expected, to
to depose the usurping Romanticists, and to restore ftacio do
ti,
the throne of Poetry. Whether M. Latour is likely thaws
this, we shall not now stop to inquire. We 0134,40
;ly
e
of opportunity of entering into the literary oe
of his production. At present we must confine ee;.-00
to the acting by Rachel in the character of the 400,
The two great characters in the play are Virginie an ° %icolA
Claudius ; and in the interview between them in the the
act, when Claudius ventures to speak to Virginie"of 110 10
outhurA of indignant scorn, with which she tnee,,,,i
avowal, was one of the grandest triumphs that Esertrost.,
ever achieved. She well understands the form of FAe,filivel
The retiring maiden of the first act had, by the its!l`.',7,9lto
Claudius, become transferred into the indignant and fns Err,
woman, ith withering sarcasm spurned from Ps" Iv
sence this insulter, patrician though he might be bet
villain dares to make a midnight attack uponf dor
and her description of this attack to her ewer
is one of the finest pieces cif actinguaja
seen. Her utterance is impeded, and she seems ch.- e
with mingled anger and fear while describing the 740
her father. This representation of the character oflin'selle
is. perhaps, the greatest triumph as a whole that gadern;3, It
Rachel has as yet achieved during her visit to Load°
was in every part perfect. Tuchel
FRENCH PLAYS.—Her Royal Highness the "-Gratis'
of Cambridge, accompanied br the Hereditary d at
Duke and Duchess of Meclenburgh-Strelitz, Joh!
tended by the Baroness Ahlefeldt and sir. Edmund ''''c'els"
Mildmay, honoured the French Plays with her preseilfgee;
evening ; we observed also the Duke and Duchess ° Dor'
fort, the Duchess of Sutherland, Countess of Carlis'ie
the
Morpeth, Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbentidiel
Countess of Chesterfield, Lady Newport, Countess Odd the
Cadogan, his Excellency the Russian Ambassador toe
Baroness Brunnow, Earl and Countess Grey, the
,:;$Oll
Minister, Madame Van de Weyer, and Mr. .Dates, "' Dom
of Titchfield, the Ladies Bentinck, Lady Grenvalie,i. the
Beaumont, Lord Anson, Lord Cranstoun, Baron IC°"'
Earl of Scarborough, Lady Suffield, Earl of Clarendeee,ocille:
Villiers, Lord Duncannon, Lady Alice Peel, Lady Gr,.„80:
Lady Kinnear Macdonald, Count Bellegarde, Sir qe°?,',0,61.
Miss Talbot, Lady and Miss Macdonald, Mrs. Erringiey,
Robert and Lady Newman, Sir William Massey Sta% 0013'
C. Vaughan, Lady Fitzroy Kelly, Sir Isaac Goldsinelri Du'
R. Dundas, and Mr. and Mrs. Browannirlingger,:ile.yrea;attoilisse"
Rice Trevor, Mrs. Denistonn, Mr. Dudley', and the d the
Majoribanks, Mrs. and Misses H
Misses Bligh, and Mr. Lumley.

MIDLAND COUNTIES, NOTTING HAM, JULY assn
During the last week or two, the weather in the tu"
counties has been all that is desirable for forwarding; $
ripening crops, [fine arvestinn- operations are, progresit bee*
nlaortgebbeerneadgththoefredforwsloiimtee.a:3nd,dpred wheat itas alreadYerott*
cut and stacked in Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and f,,,ee
and the remark is general that finer and heavier cros,pe:
light
binligsitirta.w,l3‘-hete
from
showers have contributed munt lch benefit to the rieenilms are
here and there, it is true, the ill effects of partial stheripe;i
shown in patches of beaten down corn, and eliough.t)-ary
ing of plots will thus be retarded, no substantial Om neta
plump
'lit rains
; i ag eenaaenrr,da andllYin sphte)er, flesccht;37
result if the weather continues warm and dry for tber slt;
three or four weeks. The good influence cf the siTadoeed s's
the prospects of an abundant harvest, are foreshrtceiO4,,
the great reduction that has been and is taking PiTe eee'c,'
market price of corn in the present week. At t a redub.
market at Newark, held yesterday, the 22d instantf.o
lion of ss. per quarter on the figure of last Week
mitted to on wheat, and the tendency of prices °fag' g
produce is decidedly downward. -
Cat' IL
THE ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN -
RAILWAY.—DEATII OF ONE OF THE SUFFE!"nS;IIO Of'
the
our painful duty to announce the death of one of ` tP,
ferers through the frightful accident which occurreerojel°
Eastern Counties Railway on Saturday last. o°.,fft e1e,61/'
will remember that ire the list of injured passengers 7i iriltis
tioned, not by name, a gentleman living at Victoria ef`,
Dalston, who was said to have sustained a concussia.°o",t
brain. This gentleman died yesterday morning 3,'„ 001,0
past nine o'clock, at his residence in one a the
named villas. His name was Mr. Hind, principal ie pot%
of Hind and Son, silk fringe manufacturers, in Vil'Onegb,°;sl
Cheapside, and well known and highly respected t urn-ric'
the London and Coventry silk trade. Mr. Hink's,„regl, trell
injuries were in the abdominal legion, where, t"';''Ages,'b-r
position in which the fragments of the broken eerr,lcieuide
upon him, he was dreadfully crushed. He was at'-- to ';
Mr. Bransby Cooper and Mr. Aston Key, in adaitiell,itt/O,
Toulmin, of Hackney, who paid him the most I,lll.ye'Rerlifejwii
attention to the last. But the injuries he had reeel,a,S.,h
beyond the reach of medical science and surgical ts,o e;
ot nhing being practicable but to alleviate his suffer;riliai
anodynes, he lingered in great pain till yesterday
when he was released by death. begibi
THE Moons AND BlVERS.—lnverness alreed- ost,
to wear the aspect of preparation for the 12th of Auf':„ tosa
numbers of sportsmen arriving and departing dail);,..,000111/0
to shooting quarters. Those especially who add to rivigliSro
sport the more solitary, but no less exciting, sport 0 neo„
are all fast on their way to the rivers, which et'
~a
prime order, and with weather of alternate clouds 0;01';
shine, such as tempts the salmon to dash at the fe,,,geO,„
and barb:d hook. On the Beauty, Mr. Perceval has "0 been
number of salmon of late. Mr. Jones, at Rosehall, hia WO:
Colonellvv: .ir s3E,-cysu.t successful. ss f ul. Dr. Cumming and A. Houblon,
landed a number from the Ewe ; and on the Findh°'"eo°',
other day, Lord A. Churchill and P. G. Cumming, EsiPbsV"
six. Moors are still in great request, and the fol.ovvingotes
been take n,ol‘lo,li:rasacqts_e.t_lili:ol—ErarsrGicidr
t\is, isivrite..tteL,Bntle:ho.ryl, Goring,
j .ETsi qs ,
al)111,.
I tr
—Migavie, Captain Downes.—lnverness ekasn, sdECslotr3ielSr..l4:::l:-; '
INTOLERABLE BIGOTRY.--The followine. for nor
petition, about to be presented to the House oFCoT„ittien,
a lamentable instance of the folly into which fad 8
Sometimes drives its votaries:—" lire, the undersigue,,etiVoi
clergymen of the Church of England, humbly
your Honourable House, and beg testate, that in theN;
Gallery there are three pictures, representing °ld eie:j
Person of the Holy Trinity under the image of an of
and that two of these representations are so grote;'fly jai..
uncouth that they cannot but shock the feelings of
gious person. that your petitioners consider socreliere
sentations blasphemous, and an insult to their holY.b
They are the very representations of the Deity will, ":A pejo
been adopted by the most benighted and dernoralres,s
tathhniesninsm.diacYtattoeiruo;nr
sopifnecttiehtpieiioesttnisdeteimrenossntiu. do not deny that the Pisse''s f°rwes
question may have great merit as paintings, but tPlecil en-0
no excuse for the great moral evil which arises fr 0011,01,4
hibitions.. Your petitioners believe that there bae.,bib"ss
previous instance of such pictures being publielY:t ace 11
in this country; and they look upon this circuutigilgo
them, and not from mereiresmoartueecsinil datoself,neot
beenttl ea t nation toirno
class
da
eotdiffee-:
.or e-
irco
Joe:
co,vit
so namerous abroad, have been long xclu—dt
HEnognloaunrda.bielHroouurse S,feeling assured
,rotb w
so
checking et
l 1i tit
blO
well of superstition, on the one hand, as of in7„,-
the other, look with great confidence for a 7-11
answer to their prayer. They hope and trust sice
Honourable House will interpose your authority tor
press- that which publicly dishonours God and viol ifies
religious feelings of the whole country. Althol et 0.
petitioners have based their prayer on the gr°ll„rje it lor
insult offered to the Christian faith by grotesque r'-'4 ch
tions of its holiest mystery, they would not Ils'et bre"
gotten that the grievance they complain of is a dire ro.
of the second commandment.' o. is Po
The embankment of the Rhine near Strasbtirr
ceeding rapidly, as the Government have this Yis,
;see
900,000 francs for that purpose. Some new cuts nOle
begun, while others have been made available for
arigsti
tion. Between the above city and Lauenburg it
has been abridged by some miles. The steamers, 01$/tti to
to 1835 required live hours for the above distencerojecte
now in three. Several swinging bridges are also p
replace the old ferries.— The Builder. Gp le'
FREE-TRADE DINNER AT SUNDERLAiNnm;i:Iee
nesday (the general holiday) a number of gentle
o°l7gs
brated the triumph of free- trade rincipleslle` e
the Corn and Customs' Bills by al public dinner at. len or tot
Hotel. A. J. Moore, Esq., one of the alde,,rg-cided,P(S•
borough, who has long taken a very active ant'. ,oal°' do.
on this question, presided, in the absence of t,u`„,. by °vice'
Brown, Esq.), who was prevented from attending the
mestic bereavement. Mr. R. French occupied
fferl
chair.--Sunderland Herald.
has been Bu afi
HANoVER, JULY 17.—His Majesty flat •
for about a week from indisposition, which A, re_re;,reeell jee'
would willingly believe to be unauthenticateo r
seater daY.
having taken a more serious character since
to
the
counts of the 18th are more favourable. the
; a no ma
THE POTATO DISEASE. —M. raYel- t ---ff re
3th uls e fee
Paris Academy, in the sitting of the 1 „"
potato disease had again made its aPPeartn-tifie „lob'
parts of France, notwithstanding the sc. v
taken to prevent it, and that therefore other 111.""
to be resorted to to prevent its spreaclii*

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