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T_ll,E SUN, LONbON, PTITT.RDA It 7 EVENING, AUGUST 2O, 1846.

and to its eloquent and public-spirited tepregentative.
In Mr. BRIGHT we have an example ate efficacy of
courage, consistency, eartoshess, and perseverance in
a public character, wail of the certainty of ultimate
triumph to any popular movement when it is con-
ceived in justice,advocated with temperateenthusiasm,
and directed by men whose abilities are commensurate
with rectitude and disinterestedness. Never was' the
potency of moral force so brilliantly exemplified as
by the extraordinary association of which Mr.
COBDEN and Mr. BRIGHT were the most censpicu-
ous leaders, and the most acknowledged ornaments.
Never was oratory animated by nobler intentions !
never did it wield a more beneficent sway over the
hearts and imaginations tdf a community, than in the
itistalice of the once 'despised], but now respected and
renowned Anti-Corn-law League. By no intimida-
tion, by no rhetorical cejoleries, by no specious en-
treaties, or deceptive misrepresentations, did the
members of that association win the attention, con-
quer the prejudices, and elicit the acquiescence of an
inimical multitude. They resorted to none of the
claptraps usually employed by political innovators ;
they garbled no authorities ; they disdained to tamper
with the susceptibilities of their auditors. While
others might have descended to the embellishments of
rhetoric and the lures of passionate declamation, the
League orators won the applause, and at last the
ddoincidence of their antagonists, by divulging facts
with the clear light of common sense. They at-
tracted the ignorant among the protectionists by their
logical arguments—they shamed the designing
among the protectionists by their candid statements.
Their " unadorned eloquence " was not a phrase in-
geniously deg iced by Sir ROBERT PEEL ; it was a
beautiful truth beautifully expressed. The power
acquired by this honest means is something mar-
vellous and affecting in the history of modern
days, and the manner in which that vast
power was employed is no less admirable than
the mode of its acquisition. Second only to
RICLIARD COBDEN in the accumulation of so much
influence and in the generous application of such
abilities, JOHN :BRIGHT has long since acquired for
himself the approbation of his countrymen ; has
now received the grateful acknovvledgernents of his
constituents.

• On returning thanks for the toast in which his
name was introduced on this most interesting occa-
sion, Mr. BRIGHT tog's( a comprehensive retrospect of
the circumstances which had conduced to the realisa-
tion of free trade. In doing so the Hon. Gentleman
commented upon the nuinerous and powerful preju-
dices which had to be overco:ne before the atrocious
system of mercantile monopoly could be abolishei
lie observed that various sections of the community
were banded together to prevent the successful issue
of their undertaking; he said that the League and
its upholders were opposed "by those who were in-
terested in the accumulation of rent, by those who
sought to maintain the supremacy of party, and also
by a large class of persons who suffered neither pecu-
niary nor political considerations to weigh with them,
but who were deeply prejudiced and ignorant, who had
not intelligence to examine the question, or public
spirit to arrange themselves with the popular party
fin- the purpose of overthrowing the great national
evil of the corn-laws." Nevertheless, despite the
virulence of this antagonism, the cause of right,
when aided for the first time by minds so gifted
and so remarkable for their integrity as
those of COBDEN, BRIGHT, VILLIERS, WILSON,
and their colleagues, have vanquished all difficulties,
and exceeded the most sanguine aspirations. Excel-
lent as was the opportunity thus presented for self-
gratulation on the triumph achieved by the League,
Mr. BRIGHT, with a modesty worthy of himself,
dismissed that consideration in a few sentences. One
observation, however, was eminently fitted for the
instruction of the Young Irelanders—supposing those
very fractious young gentlemen are not altogether
incapable of listening to instruction. Mr. BRIGHT,
one of the chief leaders of the Anti-Corn-law League,
declared it to be his solemn conviction, that "in this
country and in this age no beneficial reform can ever
be effected by force r Let Mr. O'BRIEN digest those
words of wisdom ; let him voluntarily seek the stool
of repentance and tender his submission to the greater
experience, the cooler judgment and the loftier
patriotism of the Liberator !
Mr. BRIGHT then took an admirable and thought-
ful survey of the consequences which had al-
ready, and which must inevitably follow from
the attainment of a free-trade policy. He in-
stanced how the American Presidency had been
awed into obedience with reference to the Oregon
territories by the mere shadow of that great reforma-
tion. And, looking forward into the vistas of futu-
rity, he recognised the time when all the invidious
distinctions of nationality would be obliterated by
the freedom of commerce, when the population
of the globe would be kindred in senti-
ment as well as in reality, and when
all kingdoms would be bound together
by " a golden chain." The complacency with which
he lot ked upon the present Government was suffici-
ently encouraging, and the acceptation of office
under Lord JOHN RUSSELL by a distinguished mem-
ber of the League was adduced as a reasonable gua-
rantee that the cause had not fallen into incompetent,
or indifferent, or insincere hands since the secession
of Sir ROBERT PEEL from power.
One circumstance has, however, lessened our
satisfaction at this banquet to our eminent
re:ormer, JOHN BRIGHT, and that circumstance
is no other than the Honourable Gentleman's
declaration of his resolution not to appear again as a
candiiate upon the hustings of Durham. We sin-
cerely and deeply regret this circumstance for a
thousand reasons—because, as the representative of
Durham, Mr. BRIGHT has acquired his very un-
sullied celebrity ; because, as the representative
of Durham, he has fought the good fight of the
people so gallantly; and, because, as the representative
of Durham, the English people have come to look
upon JOHN BRIGHT as one of the most trusty, and
stalwart, and right-minded, and gifted of her cham-
pions and legislators. When JOHN BRIGHT retires
from the British Parliament, the people will have lost
one of their most eloquent and generous-hearted
representatives.

The question of military flogging was yesterday
subjected to the consideration of a numerous public
meeting in Exeter Hall, where the chair was taken
by Mr. WAKLEY, M.P. All the sentiments uttered,
the facts collated, the incidents that occurred, and
the resolutions adopted, pointed but in one direction,
and evinced an unflinching determination on the part
of the public never to rest quiet till the demoniacal
power_of the lash shall have been wrested from the
hands of our naval and military authorities. It is
of itself a national stigma to feel, that in this civi-
lised, enlightened, and humanely disposed community,
any necessity should exist for attending meetings
where the object is to prevent the English soldier
and sailor from the hazard of being branded as a
-lave. Truly painful as is the bare reflection that
our great services of national defence have been,
and are still subject to be tarnished by the frequent,
and, oftentimes, the most uncalled-for infliction
of the most horrible cruelty, yet to be present,
from a sense of duty, at such meetings as took
place yesterday, and have to listen to
i such re-
volting details as were there enumerated, s
.enough
:0 make one's blood boil, and harrow the feelings to
their lowest depths. The public movement has
commenced—the national mind is aroused. The
scene of yesterday will be repeated in every
part of the kingdom, and the Government and
he Coottnander•in-Cidef will soon be convinced, that,
much as they have conceded by reducing the number
' or lashes, and the enforcement of other regulations,
:n order to mitigate the atrocity of military flogging,
the Brizish nation will indignantly demand ti.e &,su-
lute and unconditional extinction of lashing our
patriotic defenders like beasts of the field. We have
got our "Cruelty to Animals' Act," we shall soon
have our "Cruelty to Soldiers' and Sailors' Act." It
is impossible to suppose that the national will, which
has so humanely protected from tyrannical treatment
the different animals, which we daily use for
our interest, comfort, and pleasure, will be baffled
in its efforts to rescue human beings from similar
torture. It wan all very well for Mr. Fox MAULE
to state, in the House of Commons, that the Duke of
• When. consulted by the Government in
. e,erence to the melancholy ~iid Of Pool kVni-rE, ub-
A-rved, that " tins must not occur again--life and
limb must le protected Dut will lifa and limb be

protected by simply reducing the number of strive'l
to fifty ? Before a single lath is g'!7,-iinistered, we
ought to liace tilt most positive certainty that
,death
'cannot ensue. Medical testimony has til4_,'*:,losed that
' this assurance cannot be "gien ; we say, then, that
no man's life o_tent, to be jeopardised by a punishment
which be as fatal to his existence as th 04.11 he
were shot for a crime of tl bieWst Magnitude. The
following is are emphatic language of Mr. WARLE).,
which yesterday elicited such sympathising applause
" Why, they were told that a 5u5-gton 'should examine the
body of the unfortunate tatirit before his punishment was
inflicted, and that he Should determine what amount cf.
suffering a fellow-creature should be enabled to hear before
life was in danger. For such a statement to be made in a
civilised country was in itself A Miracle. Good God, let
them only conceive that a than should be required to test
beforehand the' .ipabilities of endurance of a human being-
that lie should gauge the strength of the human body-that
he should be required to ascertain by the application of his
scientific skill what amount of shiteiitun *hat quantity of
pain, could eittlutttl Ify a fellow-creature before his life
was put in danger. It was an insult to the profession to
which he had the honour to beloniz.—(lmmense cheering.)
If he were in the army, whatever might be his prospect of
degradation punishment— poverty—or deprivation —his
answer would be, that he would not be answerable for the
consequences of one single lash.—(Enthusiastic applause.)
He would—when the unhappy being under the lash had re-
ceived one—he would tell the commanding officer, standing
by, in as stern a voice as he could, that he would not be
answerable for the second. Oh. there was something in it
which was in itself so disgusting, and so repulsive, that
it was difficult to speak about it with common feeling br
patience."

It is dreadful to think what barbarity has been
suffered, and which never could have been resorted to
had the public been made aware of the extent to which
it has been perpetrated. This must be in a great
measure attributed to the secret system of punish-
ment adopted in the army, of immolating their
victims within closed barracks, whence many an
agonizing shriek has pierced the air in vain, till death
Ills wrapped the sufferer in his shroud. "A letter,"
continued Mr. WAXLEY, " was that day published
in the Times, signed V.,' stating that the
writer had been thirty-six years in the army,
and was then in command of a regiment, and
could confidently speak from experience that the dis-
cipline of the army could be maintained without such a
bnlal punishment. He had seen men flayed alive.—
(Great sensation.) He had seen a man receive seven
hundred lashes at once ; the last two hundred were
given while the man was in a state of insensibility,
and apparently dead, and for ought he could know,
dead in reality."—(Hisses.) What horrors are here!
Yes, the Duke of WELLINGTON was right when he
told the House of Lords he might, and hoped he
might, outlive corporal punishment in the army. If
his Grace, with his experience and influence,
and at his advanced age, entertains this hope,
there is at once an answer to the arrogant
opinions of other officers, that the triangles and the
cat must be at their command. The Duke of WEL-
LINGTON must rest his hope upon the convicticn tha't
England will raise her voice, trumpet-tongued, to
wipe off an indelible disgrace ; and that, in obedience
thereto, the Commander-in-Chief, whoever he may
be, will cheerfully resign his instruments of human
torture. Can it be wondered at that it has often been
found difficult to get men to enlist in a service where,
at any moment, from the mere caprice or vindictive
feeling of a subordinate officer, a well-conditioned
man, serving as a private, may almost in a moment
he disgraced for ever, and lacerated beyond the limits
of human endurance ? Our surprise is that, under
such a system, our army has hitherto presented so
creditable a body of men. No doubt, many excellent
citizens, from sentiments that redound to their honour,
have been deterred from joining the army. The fault
has been in the system. It has been framed to allure
within its meshes none but the worst characters, and
then the officers subsequently turn round with
the assertion, that whilst such men belong to
them the terrors of the lash must be suffered
to hang over their heads. How inconsistent
have we not been, and of what bloodshedding parsi-
mony have we not been guilty ! The munificent
sum of twenty millions was paid that our West In-
dian population should no longer writhe under the
planter's lash, whilst, from a dread of ex-
pense, we have failed to beget in our
soldiers a spirit of honourable bearing and high moral
sentiments, and have maintained in their place the
dread of the highest amount of physical eicruelEitiori:
But a change is at hand, and, to borrow the conclud-
ing language of one of their resolutions of yester-
day, it will soon be rendered manifest, "that to
allege that the means of bestowing rewards in the
army and navy for good conduct would not be cheer-
fully granted by the people of this country, is a gross
libel on the generosity and judgment of the British
nation."

The appointment of Cardinal Gizzi is officially no-
tified in the Diario di Roma of the Bth, in the follow-
ing terms :
" His Holiness Pope Pius IX. has deigned to nominate the
most eminent and most reverend Cardinal Gizzi, ex-Legate
of Forli, to the charge of his Secretary of State, adding to it
the charge of Hume Affairs. His Eminence entered this
day upon the exercise of his functions. His Holiness has
also deigned to nominate his Eminence Cardinal Mas,iiio,
Legate of Ravenna, to be Prefect of the Roads and Bridges,
in the room of his Eminence Cardinal Geratini who has re-
signed." ,

Twenty-five refukees having availed themselves of
the amnesty, have returned to Sinigaglia from Corfu.
They were welcomed in the wordiest manner by the
populace, and they immediately waited on Count
i\IAsTAI, the brother of the POPE, and requested him
to express to his Holiness their gratitude. The KING
of the FRENCu. has written an autograph letter to the
POPE, expressive of the high esteem which he enter-
tains for his Holiness. According to the Cologne Ga-
zelle the Austrian Government has, at the desire of
the Sovereigns of some of the petty states of Italy,
remonstrated with the Court of Rome against the
adoption of the liberal measures proposed by Plus
IX. We hope his Holiness will turn a deaf ear to
these remonstrances, but we fear, from the following
passage, which we find in the Commerce, that there
has been some intrigue going on to circumvent the
beneficent intentions of Pius IX. :
" The Esprit Public says—' We learn from a certain
,ou: ce that the Apostolic Nuncio has received orders not to
deliver passports to the Italian refugees who belong to the
Pontitkal States, and who desire to profit by the amnesty to
return to their houses.' Our own information confirms this
news. It is now three days since the Nuncio informed the
refugees of the order not to deliver them passports. We shall
add here an observation which gravely interests our duties
of hospitality. Since the notification of Pius IX. the French
Government has ceased to accord the refugees of the Roman
States the allowance which no longer seemed necessary. If
the effects of the amnesty are suspended, these refugees will
be in a cruel position. It is important that our Government
should, as soon as possible, ascertain the tenor of the order
which has arrested in the hands of the Nuncio the deliver-
ance of the passports."

It is reported that the second son of Don CARLOS,
the Infante Don JUAN, is about to marry the
youngest sister of the Duke of MODENA.

The Austrian Government is, it would appears
about to relax the laws against the press. We find
the following in a letter from Vienna of the
2d August
The Emperor has issued an ordonnance for the creation
of a high Court of Censorship, similar to that in Prussia, to
which appeals may be made against the decisions of the
censors. It is stated that a similar tribunal will be insti-
tuted in each of the states of Germany, thus protect-
ing writers against the arbitrary decisions of the censors,
whose scruples sometimes suppress productions which
the Government would have au interest in seeing published."

Madrid papers of the 13th have been received.
The Heraldo publishes, as from a correspondent in
London, a letter, which states that ESPARTERO had
dispatched a confidential agent to Ostend, to concert
measures with Don ENRIQUE. "The young prince,"
says the writer—
" Must have fallen into the snares laid for him by his
perfidious friends, who wish to make use of his name to
effect a new revolution in Spain. The partizans of Espar-
tern, and of the revolution, easily persuaded the Infante Don
Enrique that he was wrong to confine his views to becoming
the husband of the Queen, when he could aspire to a more
elevated position. In a word, the Infante, following the sug-
gestions of his false friends, has positively renounced all pre-
tensions to the Queen's hand."
The Heraldo further states that it was rumoured
in Madrid that Don ENRIQUE intended to invade
Spain from Portugal. It adds, that it disbelieves
the whole story, and doubtless, the Heraldo has
good reason for disbelieving it. The alleged London
letter was no doubt concocted in Madrid, and the
writer in the Heraldo knows well the bureau in
which it was concocted, and the purpose for which
the story was invented.
MADRID BoLSA, AUG. 13—The Three per Cents. closed
at 33% for cash; the Five per Cents. at 221/4 ; the Four per
Cents. at 21%; the Debt without Interest at 63/4 ; and the
Coupons at 20.

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.
The King's Speech, on opening the Chambers, is
the subject of comment in all of them. The Minis-
terial journals speak of it in terms of high praise.

Tte' Presse, which rarely etpreeB dri unqualified
approval of the rlieMoreo
tho u-overnment, says—
" ir6 :lave nothing but approbation to give to the speech
that the King delivered ye,terklay on opgnitz ttr,e, legislative
session. It says all that otylit to have been sate oli tb oc-
casion, and sa,,,s that !a Vs'6ll chosen terms."

Tl4t anisi itutionnel has only the following lines :
" We have no need to say that the Royal Speech has no
political signification, that is esidtht frbin the first phrase,
which postpones VS tbie fisnal period of the season the domes-
tjp foreign affairs. All commentary would therefore be
without object and useless."

The other Oppesittn papers affect to sneer at it as
an intignineant affair.

The Chamber of Peers met on ltionda4r, and having
appointed a Bureau fer tiro verification of their
powersi procecdtd to the Council Chamber to
hear the report of M. LAPLAGNE BARRis
on the attempted assassination of the KING. The
report more than hints that in the opinion of the
Committee, HENRY is insane, and this opinion receives
confirmation from a statement made in the Echo of
Oran of the Bth, by CHARLES HENRY, his son, a
soldier serving in Algiers, who, on visiting
his father in February last, found him labour •
ing under; strange hallucinations of mind.
The editor of the EA() adds—" An inhabitant of
Ursa hal; to ti that he went to Paris three months
tkgt), taking a letter from CHARLES to his father,
whom he saw several times. He appeared to be in-
sane, and so the visitor on his return told CHARLEs."

On Tuesday the Chamber of Deputies met, to
organise its nine electoral bureaux. The first party-
fight is the election of the Presidents and Secretaries
of these bureaux. In :the present case, the Minis-
te:ial candidates were elected in every instance.
It was said that the Prince DE JOINVILLE, after
having terminated the nautical evolutions which he
had been instructed to make in the Mediterranean,
was to sail with the squadron under his command for
the Atlantic, and continue there the naval manoeuvres
necessary for the instruction of the officers and crews
under his command.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Tuesday at 831. 75c. ; the Five per Cents., 122 f. 20c.;
the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,268 f. 75c. ; Rouen, 9601.;
Havre, 7001. ; Great Northern, 7061. 25c.; Avignon, 906 f.
Vierzor, 6271. 50c,. ; Bordeaux, 5601. ; Boulogne, 4701. ;
Basle, 2201. ; Pat is and Strasburg, 4971. 50c. ; Tours and
Nantes, 5071. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 522 f. 50c.; Lyons and
Avignon, 490 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 480 f. ; Spanish Three
per Cents., 30/2.
tmBlNEss poNE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUGUST 19.
Direct Bombay and Madras, 14—Dutch Rhenish, OA --East In-
dian, —Luxembourg, 134 —Northern of Frawe Constituted, l 2 s
Orleans and Vietzon, 1414—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 5%
Rouen and Havre,27—Sambre and Meuse, 4% —West Flanders, 4.

The subscription for the distressed nurserymen and
florists, who suffered so greatly by the hail-storm in the
early part of this month, has 13-en satisfactorily re-
sponded to, and will, we hope, produce a sum from w hich
efficient relief may be afforded. One of th,:, means which
will prove of eminent use, is the flower show and floral
bazar, at the Surrey Zoological Garde is, on Monday
and Tuesday next, w hen Royalty will grace the charitable
tttendance, and where the Lady Nlayoress has most
kindly determined to aid the poor florists by her patron-
age.:The most eminent among the amateur florists have
promised to send their 'plants; and in addition to the
usual attractions of the Gardens, the banis of the Li .e
Guards and of the Blues will give their enlivening mu-
sic. We hope the Gardens will be crowded, and if th,
weather prove propitious, we anticipate a large addition
co the funds for the charitable purpose of the :e e.

OVERLAND MAIL

INDIA AND CHINA.

(From the Times.)

We have received by extraordinary express from Mar-
seilles the dispatches in anticipation of the overland mail
from India, brought to Suez by the Hindostan. •
The Hindostan I.rrived at Suez early on the morning of
the 7th inst., with fifty passengers on board, who proceed to
England by the Ariel. The Hindustan left Calcutta on the
sth of July, met the Precursor in the river, and had to wait
four days at Point de Galle for the China mail. The Hin-
dostan had nearly shared. the same fate as the Memnon
in 1843, by grounding on the night of the 27th of July, off
Cape Guardafui, but she fortunately escaped without any
serious damage. The intelligence is from Bombay, rid
Madras, up to the 2d of July, only one day later than that
received by the last mail.

Ibrahim Pacha reached Alexandria on board the Avenger.
on the Bth inst. lie was in excellent health, and expressed
himself delighted with his expedition.
Quiet prevails at Lahore, and there are now ,no symp-
tom' of interruption.

The Wuzeer, Rajah Lall Singh, has not yet demaniled the
withdrawal of the British troops. The Ranee has had a dis-
pute with the British agent, and has intimated her readiness
to help the troops away.
Locally, a petition of thirty-five merchants of Calcutta
to Government, calling for the opening of the Company's ex-
port warehouse for advances, on the hypot becation of -pro-
duce, shipped for England (as a measure of relief for the
money market) has been refused pending expected instruc-
tions from home.

The officers of the late 34th regiment are, it is announced
ai certain, to be transferred to the Khelat-i• Ghilzie regiment.
The discovery of a new silver mine at Maulmein has been
reported to the Government, and some specimens of the ores
have reached Calcutta.

At Kurrachee the cholera was raging with great fierceness.
The number of deaths of Europeans alone on the 15► h, 16th,
and 17th of June is stated to be 255, and upwards of 100 of
these cases belong to her Majesty's 86th Regiment. No
~tlicer is mentioned as having fallen a victim. The natives
were dying by hundreds. Reports were current of the ap-
proaching retirement from the Government of Madras of the
Marquis of Tweeddale.

From China we learn that the British authorities had not
given up Chusan, according to the terms of the treaty, and
a Chinese mob had expelled foreign residents from the city
of Foochow-foo. Hitherto the violence of 'the populace
had been confined to the city of Canton; if it extends to
the eastern ports, we may again see our commerce thrust
out of China, and once more have to recover it by force
of arms.

BOMBAY, JULY 2.

There is but little news. Letters received this day from
Kurrachee, dated the 17th ult., describe the efforts made
there by Sir Charles Napier and the other authorities to af-
ford relief to the sufferers front the cholera. The number of
deaths of Europeans alone on the lath, 16th, and 17th of June
is stated to be 255.* No officer is mentioned as having
fallen a victim. Hopes were entertained that the ravages of
the fatal malady would diminish as the troops were marched
out to other healthful places. The natives were dying by
hundreds.

Reports are current of the approaching retirement from
the Government of Madras of the Marquis of Tweedale, who
is now at the Neilgherries. .The Governor of Bombay, Sir
George Arthur, is seriously ill, and has been considered un-
able during the last two months to perform the duties of his
office. It is not known what line of conduct he intends to
adopt, but complaints are heard of various matters which
remain in abeyance.
The fall of rain has been very great during the last four
weeks, and there is now no appearance of dry weather. This
is looked upen as favourable, not only to the health of the
inhabitants, but as affording the best security for an abundant
harvest.

I send this by express to Madras, with the hope of its pro-
ceeding by the Calcutta steamer to Suez.
CALCUTTA, JULY 2, 1846.

There is at the present time, little passing in this vast
empire worthy of detailing to you. Peace seems to prevail
everywhere ; but in the Punjaub it is an armed peace.
Hatred and revenge rankle in the hearts of 100,000
men, whose supremacy we have hurled to the earth
and compelled to hide their shame by a temporary
recourse to seclusion and compulsory inactivity, whilst
they are no doubt fomenting each others discon-
tent, and dreaming of, if not more actively engaged in,
schemes to retrieve their fallen state and resume the sway
they so lately held over their unfortunate country. That
such is the feeling prevailing among the great body of the
discontented Khalsa there can be no doubt, for the thraldom
under which our presence keeps the whole nation is felt to be
intolerable, even by the abandonded Ranee and her imbecile
minion Rajah Lill Singh, who have expressed openly their
desire to be freed from the incubus which we have proved
to be.

From Caubul the latest news is to the 12th of May, and in-
dicates anything but a friendly feeling in the Ruler and his
Sirders towards us. An envoy from the King of Persia had ar-
rived, with a view of engaging Post Mahomrned and his bro-
thers of Candahar, one of whom, Sidar Kohundil Khan, had
accompanied the Persian Ambassador, in an offensive league
against us. Of ourprospects lean give no cheering news. The
pressure in the money market is appalling. 25 per cent. is
willingly paid for money, which, even at that ruinous rate,
is not io be had to any amount. Government has refused to
open the export warehouse, or to advance upon goods, and it
is impossible to say what may be the result.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Calcutta Overland Price Current of July.)
We have no improvement to notice in the position of com-
mercial affairs since our last issue of the Bth ult., nothing
having occurred in the interval to relieve the pres-
sure in the Money Market which appears to be the sole
cause of the continued stagnation in business which we
have to report, whilst the demand for funds to meet the
' prompt of the May opium sale, which fell due on the 18th
proximo, and the occurrence of another sale of upwards
of 5,000 chrsts on the 29th, has kept the market in a
state of excitement ; several memorials have been addressed
to Government within the last month regarding the re-
opening of the Export Warehouse, some praying that ad-
vances might be immediately resumed, and others that the
supplies required at home might be drawn entirely by drafts
on this Treasury, the replies to which plainly indicate
that it is out of the power of the authorities here to in-
terfere in the matter wi hout instructions from home, and
consequently the arrival of each ma :.is now anxiously
looked forward to to decide the question one way or other,
as either would be prefcratle to the present uncertainty ;

fbr although the re-opening of the warehouse would perhaps
aft rd the most immediate and general relief, a decla-
ration that advances would not be resumed for a specific time
would eventually prove almost equally efficacious, as parties
at home would doubtless take evejy advantage of the scar-
city here, and remit freely were they certain that their cal-
culations as to the prot:''..,!? rAtarus w<:,r4 Pot liable to be de-
ranged by the interference of Government ; eveiT`l'J" there'
fore appears to depend on the period which may elapse before
the decision of the Court of Directors is made known, as in
the interval we fear the remittances by draughts en this Trea:-
surT will cOntinpe oh a baoilerate seale,
u laeltange on England has continued to advance, and
we would now quote 2s. 2id. to 2s. 3d. as the rate for good
10 months date paper, with numerous drawers and but few
buyers,

ioi•egoing remarks will sufficiently account for the con-
tinned inactivity observable in our markets for both exports
and imports; as regards the former, business has been alino,t
exclusively confined to sugar, whilst in the latter, although
sides have been to a comparatively fair extent, they have
only been effected by submitting to a considerable decline,
which, however, has been in a measure compensated for by
the unprecedPntedly favourable rate at which the proceeds
have been remitted.

Government securities have, as might have been antici-
pated, experienced a further material decline; and although
but few parties seem disposed to sell out at the present cur-
rency, those compelled to do so find considerable difficulty
in effecting their purpose, a further reason for which may be
found in the circumstances of the Bank of Bengal having
again raised its rates one per cent., the interest now charged
on deposit of Company's paper being 11 per cent., and on any
other security 12, which are, we believe, above those charged
at any period since the establishment et the bank.
Notwithstanding that shipments have been going forward
somewhat slewly we find the rates for dead weight fully
maintained for tirst.class ships, and as produce is now ar-
riving freily from the interiur we do not look for any imme-
diate decline.

The Government express rid Bombay came in on the 17th
ultimo, and put us in possession of London dates to the 7th
of Nay ; but although the accounts for some of our export
staple' were rather more favourable than by the previous
oppurtunity, this was fully counterbalanced by the insignifi-
cant extent of remittances.

• Upwards of 100 of these cases belonged to her Majesty's
86th Regiment.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
There was a steady market for Cotton at Liverpool yester-
day. Sales about 7,000 bales, including 500 American on
speculation. American and Surats were firmer, and Mexico
Visd. per lb. dearer than last Friday. American 4d. to 511. d.
per lb.—Shares were cheaper generally.
By an advertisement which appeared yesterday in Tire
Sun, it appears that a sulescription has been commenced for
the purpose of assisting those florists and gardeners who have
so severely suffered by the late tremendous hail storm. .No
doubt many an industrious man has been all but ruined by
this visitation, and to the most needy ought the funds raised
to be promptly given. There is, however, as we are credibly
informed, claimants for losses beyond the actual damage done
by the storm, all old dilapidations in frames, &c., being in-
cludt din the amount sought to he obtained. The Committee
therefore ought most scrupulously, on this ground, not to
admit heavy claims, which would go far, if acceded to, to
swamp the poorer sutlerers, by carrying oft nearly all the
money raised on the occasion. The most careful scrutiny
ought to take place to prevent fraud on the public bouu.y—
a case of unwarrantable claim is to be set up, by a party
who a few weeks back offered his houses, stock and all, for
1501., out and out. He modestly asks 1501. now for the
glass broken alone. We mention this to show that the
Commit tee must, as ao doubt they will, look carefully into
all claims before aid is given.
A considerable purcha,e was made in Consols to-•day on
private account, by which the price was raised from 90%
to 9ei, and L,e same value was paid for the Account.
There has been a great deal of business done this morning.
Exchequer-bills advanced to 13s. premium early in the
inorning, but they are now at 103. Bank Stock is firm,
at 209.

A small failure has taken place in the settlement of the
half-monthly account.
To-day very little business has been transacted. Mexican
Five per Cents have receded to 22%; Portuguese Four per
Cents. have fallen to 39t (owing in all probability io the
Miguelite proclamation), which is a reaction of full 4 per
cent ; Venezuela ;;Duds (the Two per Cents.) are at 42.
In the Shares Market the transactions to-day have been o
little importance. The latest prices are annexed.

oNi. CLOSIN.
O'CLOCK. PRIC PS.
Bait, Stock :, „ •• • • • • ..209 209
Three pet Cent. Reduced
..\ nullities .. .. 90,4 95% 961,4
Three per Cent. Consols Ann .. • • 9.5% !,, N 9'14
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 98 97% 98
Loug' Annuities, Expire fan. 5,1560 .. 10 5-16 7-16 10 7-16
South Sea Stock .. .. .. .. .. ~
India Stock .. ..
Ditto Old Annuities .. .. .. 954 954
Ditto, New Annuities .. .. .. 944 944
Consols for Account .. .. .. .. .. 95%.,N 95%
t..xchequer Bills. tsAd. 14d.
1,0001... .. -- • 13 10 —— . pm. 14
500/. , .. •... 14 —— pm. 14
Ditto, Small •• • 10 14 10 pm. 10

FOREIGN FUNDS.
Equador Bonds
Grenada, 1 per Cent ..
Mexican Bonds, Old. 5 per Cent

ONE
O'Ci.oo K
.. 3%

CLOSING
PRICES.
314
20,N
227/8

Ditto, for the Account
Portuguese Four per Cent

Ditto, for the Account
4,4panish Bonds, f) per Cent

. .. .. 22% .%

•- 40%
40% 394 40%
25%
361 A

Ditto, Three per Cent .. ..
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. 42
Ditto, Deferred
Dividends on the above payable in London.
BUSINESS
PAID. DONE AT CLOSINp
PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.

PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES.
Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction .. 2% .... 21% . • 1%
Birmingham and Gloucester.. .. 100 .. 128 .. •• .. 128
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 514 .. •• .. .
Bristol and Exeter .. 75 .. 87 ..... . 87
Buckinghamshire 425. .... 1,4 % di5..... % die.
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares ...• 1% ••••• • • • • • 1,
Ditto, Extension .• • . 2!4 ..........
Chester and Holyhead ....
Churnet and Blythe .. .. 2 .. • . 2 1.% ........
Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% ..........
Direct Northern .. •• .. 214..., 1.10.1 -

Eastern Counties 141. 165...., .........
Ditto New .. .. •
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 6/. I 3s. 4d. .........
Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. % p........
Ditto, York Extension .. 10s. .... 2 .....
Eastern Union .. .. 30 .... 48 i 2 ..........

Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 .... 72 ..... 72
Ditto New 14 Shares.. .. 12%.... 17 .. • • 1,•%
Edinburgh and Pc. th 3
Ely and Huntingdon 5
Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1% ....
Great North of England. . ..100 —.23;1 x d........ 230 x d
Ditto, New .. .. 5.. • . 59% x d.. 59% x
Ditto, New .. .. 15 • • 50% ..... 50%
Ditto, New .. . .• • • 1% •• • • 18% •• • ••• ••• • • 18%
Great Western .. 85 • ... 150 149 ex div.. 149 x d
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 10 .• .. 22% 23 ex d. .. 23 xd.
Guildford, Fat ehant, &Portsmoth 5 .... 51%
Hull and Selby .. 50 .... ••••• • • .. 104 x d
Ditto, Half Shares .. 15 .... 391%14 ..... • . 39%
Leicester and Bedmrd 225..... 14 di5..... .• % dis.
Leicester, Tamworth, &c. 425. .... %14 di5..... 14 di-.
London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d. 814 .. • • BIA
London and Brighton .. 50 .. .63 62% x d 6” 4xd
Ditto ditto Fifths •. .. 30 .... 41% .......• .. 41%
London and Croydon .. .. 13/. 15s. 9d .. 22N 7 ...... • • 22%
London and Greenwich .. 12/. 158. 41.
.......... 9
London au North-Western , • • 100 .... 205 206 x all.. 206 xall
Ditto ditto New Shares •• 15% 15% p
Ditto, i• itthe.. • • • • 2 .... 21% 21 p.. 21 p
Lotalon and South-Western .41/. Gs. 10d... 74 75 ...... • . 75
Ditto, New .. • • • • • • 17% .... 26% ........ • 26%
London and YorK .. • .. 2% 2 ••.• 2
Ditto, Half Shares • • .• 2% •• ••1%
anchester and Leeds .. 82 ..........
Ditto Extension .. .. 425. .. • • 2% p .. • • 2% p
mancliester and 14irmhlrham .. 40 .. 79 ex • • 79 xall
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) 1 • • 9143% 9 x all.. 9xall
Manelic“er, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •• • • % p........ 38 p
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 1%
Midland
.. 12004
31638 1.3. 7.. 1.3.8. 133(8;
Iv%
Ditto, New
Newcastle and Darlington Juliet. 25 .. • • 427 42 ...... 42%
Ditto, New I 102
seweaftll., and Berwick .. •. 15 .. • . 27% •• .. 27%
Norfolk .. .. 20 .... ..........
Ditto, Extension . • • • • 2 .. • . 2 ........
Norm British .. .• .. • • 25 .. • • 38% . •
Ditto, Halt Shares .. .. • • 8% .. • • 143,14 ........
Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 114 .... 43%.• • • •
North Kent and Direct Dover .. 2% .... I% ........
North .Staffordshire .. • • • • 425. .... 3%% p..
Oxfonl,Worcest.,& Wolverhuiptn. 12% -
Portsmouth .• • • . 3% • . 5% ........
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 425. • • I dis ........
Richmond 10., .... 18% .

38
1414
33A
31,4 P
8
51A
1 nis
18%

Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2% .... 32% ........ 27,
Shropshire Union .. - 423..... % % dis . • % dls.
South Midland 425. .. • • %P••• • • • • • % p
South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33% ...• 43 42% • 42
Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 234 ... ...... • 3%
South Wales .. . • • • • • 5 .... 4 %% • • • • 4%
Waterford and Kilkenny 8 .... 2% .
Welsh Midland . • .. 2% .... .......
West Riding Union .. • • .. 425. .. 2 % p 3 p
York and Carlisle .. • . % .......
York and North Midland .. 50 ....
Ditto, Selby .. 30 .... 72% • • • 72%
Do. and W. Biding Exten..• 1 • 12 .. .. 12
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
_ _

Boulog ie and Amiens .. .. 14 .... 13 12%
Demerara .. .. • . 23.... 2 .....
Direct B nnbay and Madras .. 55.....
'tack:Rhenish .. • ..
.6 .... 6.!.‘ 6. ......

12%
214
6

East In thin
Great Indian Peninsular ss. %..
Luxembourg
Namur and Liege .. • • .. 6..• • 3 .....• •• • • 3
Northern of France Constituted.. 5 .... 1 2 :V, .• • • 12%
Orleans and Bordeaux .. 6 .... gl4 8..•. .. • • 8
Over Yssel 41.35. 4d.... .. • . •••
2.74 dis
Paris anti Lyons Constituted .. 5.. • • •• • • • 5%
Sambre and Meuse .. • 8 .... 4IA ........ • • 4%
Tourney, JurNse, Landen, and
.
Hasselt .
8 .... 5 ...... •• • • 5
West Flanders . 6 - uc

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
London and Westminster .. .. 20 .. 28% .

LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, Ace. 20.—Wind at noon S.W., light breeze, and cloudy.
DEAL, Aug. 10.— Wind S.W. by W., squally.—Arrd. Duke of Wel-
lington,Duncan, Calcutta; Eleanor, flask( Mauritius; Jane, Wil-
liamson, Patagonia ; Eleanor Furney% Turner, liarhadoes; Planet,
Booth, Jamaica; Marsanilla de Cuba Ada, Broadhurst, ditto. The
Louisa Maria, which was on shore on the 18th inst., has been towed
off into the Down, making but little water,
OFF DOVER, Ace. 19.—llebe, Jamaica; Dewdrop, St. John's, New
Brunswick.
HASTINGS, AUG. 19.—Arrd. Reliance, Robertson, Penang.
t.ottniestrvoN, Aug. 19.—Arrd. Teviot steamer, West Indies. Sld.
17th, Friends, Ramsey, Quebec.
PORTSMOUTH, Ate. 19.—Wind
N.W. to N.N.E.—Acrd. her Ma.
jesty's steamer America. sid. 27111 Feb., San Bias, 3d March Valpa-
raiso, 26th April, and Rio Janiero, 23d June ; on freight, 1,800,000
dolls; John Custard, Quebec. Sid. 19th, Victoria, Morgan, New
York ; Lord John Russell, Betsey, Quebec.
• IN THE CIIANNEL, AUG. 18.—Economist, Quebec.
FALMOUTH, Ace. 18.—Arrd. Madagascar, Havannah.
LivzapooL, Ace. 19. Wind N.N.W., moderate.—Arrd. John
Christian, Thompson, China; Royal Saxon, Ingleby, Calcutta; Eliza
Stewart, Henderson, Calcutta; Goddess, Arica; Penwean, Todd,
Bonny ; Mischief, Lewis, Bahia, ski. 7th ult. • Penningham, Laguna ;
Flora, Laguna; Medora, Young, New Orleans; Delphos, Curtis,
New Orleans; Antwerp, Robinson, Virginia ; Roscias, Eldridge, New
York ; Belmont, St. John's. New Brunswick.
DUNGENESS, Ace. 18.—The barque Centurion, of Scarborough,
from London, on shore off Romney Hay, on the 15th inst., was got
off with assistance, and has proceeded on her voyage, apparently
without damage.
PORT TALRoT.—It has blown a hard gale yesterday and to-day,
with squads of rain, and every appearance of a bad night.
CORK, Ate. 16.—The Penningharn, Purchase, from Laguna, re-
ports on the 19th February, on the passage out to Vera Cruz, at
11 30 Aar., having passed within 20 feet of a reek, supposed to he
the Jasyna Rock, but not in the lat. and lon, as laid down in the
c ; but by this lat. by observatl.n, 30• 13* N., and lon., by chro-
nometer, 24• 10. The ock was shaped likt a sugar loaf.
EYARSIOUTII, Ave. 18.—The Naves.. of North Shields, lost anchor
and chain in the roads to-das. The schooner Henry, of St. An-
drews, came into the harbour with loss of topmast, &c.
LOWESTOFF. —A clipper schooner, all black, with white figurehead,
passed to northward with loss of topgallant-mast and jibboom.
GREENOCK, Auo. 18.—A large vessel, abandoned. totally dis-
masted, with a full figurehead, topgallant forecastle pierced for ports,
painted white inside the bulwaths, timber laden, and supposed to
have been waterlogged for six or eight weeks, was passed on the 2d
inst.. Irl lat. 45 N, lon. 37 W., by the Diary licrer, arrived In the
Clyde.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended Aug. 15, 1846, made up from the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Etagland and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.

WHEAT. 1 BARLEY.I OATS. RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS.
PRICE .. 45s Id 27s 3d 23s 3d 305 7d 39s 6d 36s Od
DUTY... 9s Od 4s Od Is 6d 4s Od 4s Od 4s Od

MARKET whl —(Tj.IS DAY.)
!yzarLaT MARKETS.
tiarLsltain, Af 8, i9..—betffrenn 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Mutton, B'l Bd, (In°
4s 6il; Lamb, 5s to
.5s 6d; Veal, 48 tti 43 Fel ; and Pork, 3s.
to 4s 4d per Sibs. Trade fair at higher prices.
ARUNDEL, Aro. 18:—We had a very steady trade this morning,
aliil ptieei Welt iiGnievlrhat on the advance.—Beef from 2s 10d to
4s 2d ; Mutton, 23 Od to 4s Gd Lamb, 4s loa to bs Gd ; Veal, 4s
to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per 51b8.
CIIICUESTER, AUG. 19.—Prime Beasts and Sheep commanded
higher prices, otherwise the trade ruled heavy., Beef from 38 4d
to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 6d I Lamb, 5s to 5s 6d ; Veal, 4i
to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 33 10d to 4s 4d per Slbs. Suckling Calves,
IBs to 295; Quarter-old Store Pigs, !Gs to 180; and Mitch Cows,
with their small Calf, 161 to 191 each.J
SOUTIIALL, Ana. 19.—We had a full averitzo supply of fat stock on
sale to-day, yet the demand was steady, at somewhat improved
currencies. Beef, from 3s to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Lamb,
4s
.6d to 55 Gd; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 2d ; and Pork, 3s 4tl to 4s 6d
per 81bs.

ROM£OED, Ara. 19.—Some Beasts and Sheep commanded A steady
s,le, at an advance of 2d per 81bs. In all other kinds of stock 01119.
a limited business was doing. Beef from 3s to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 4u
to 4s 6d; Lamb, 4s Gd to Ss 4d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s
exl to 4s 41 per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 28s ; Quarter-old
Store Pigs, 16s to 18s; and Alllch Cows, with their sm&ll Calf, 161
to 181 each.

NEWGATE AND LEALDENHItIAL.
We had a steady demand, at full prices. Beef, from 2s Gd to 3s
8d; Mutton, 3s to 4s 2d ; Lamb, 4s Gd to 5s 6d ; Veal, 3s Gd to 4s
6d ; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase.