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

FRENCE PLAYS,

Mr. MITCHELL respectfully announces to the Nobility. Gentry,
and the Public, that HIS BENEFIT is fixed to take place on
WEDNESDAY EVENING, July 6, on which occasion an attractive
entertainment will be presented, combining the eminent services of
Madlle. DEJAZET and M. LAFONT, who have obligingly delayed
their departure from Lon lon, expressly to appear on this occasion,
being positively the last night of their performing together.

Tge.entertainments 1,11 consist of, by desire and for the last time,
the admired new comedy of UN CONTE DE FEES, in which
Dejazet and M. Lafont will sustain the characters originally
performed by then in Paris.
During the evening the admired danseuse of her Majesty's Theatre,
Madlle. LUCILE GRAIIN, will, by permission, appear, for the first
and only time at this theatre, in a favourite Pas Seul ; in addition to
which the celebrated ETHIOPIAN SEHENADERS will give a
ehort selection from their admired repertoire.

The entertainments will conclUde with the second act of the
new comedie-vaudeville, entitled GENTIL BERNARD. Gent!'
Bernard, Madlle. Dejazet ; Latulipe, Mons. Lafont ; who will, by
desire, introduce the Chansonette of "La Reynard et le Corbeau."
Subscribers who may he desirous of •retaining their Boxes or Stalls
for the above occasion, are rt,spectfully solicited to Intimate their
wishes as early as possible to Mr. Mitchell, Royal Library, Old
Bond-street.

TLULATHE ROYAL. IIAYMARKET.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed the Opera of GUY MANNERING. fieury
Bertram, Mr. Caulfield ; Dandle Dinmont, Mr. Webster ; Dominic,
Sampson, Mr. W. Farren ; Meg Merrilies, Miss Cushman.
The Band will perform the Overtures, " Il Barbiere di Siviglia,"
and " L'Ambassadrice," " Shaksperlan Airs," "La Fille du Re-
giment Quadrille," and "Old English Airs."

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After which, a New and Original Drama, called BOROUGH PO-
LITiCS. Principal characters by Messrs. Webster, Tilbury. Buck-
stone; Mrs. Glover, and Mrs. E. Yarnold.
To conclude with the Comic Drama, called A CABINET QUES-
TION. In which Messrs. Brindal, Tilbury, Buckstone, and Miss
Julia Bennett will appear.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY.
• THIS EVENING
The performances will commence with the New and Original
Comic Drama, in Two Acts, founded on a recent well-known
event, called TIIE DUST-MAN'S BELLE. Ned Windfall, Mr.
Keeley; Sally Bromley, Mrs. Keeley.
After which (for the second time), a New and Original Farce, en-
titled LOAN OF A WIFE. Principal characters by Messrs. Frank
Matthews, A. Wigan, Meadows; Kinloct, and Yarnold ; Mrs. Wool-
Udge, and 31Iss Howard.
To conclude with the burlesque of ROBIN 1100 D AND LITTLE
JOHN Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, A. W!gan, Khdock, and
Keeley; 31Iss Falrbrother, Miss Mary Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE-
- Tills EVENING

Will be performed an Original Melodrama, called THE DEVIL
OF MARSEILLES ; or, The Spirit of Avarice. In which Messrs.
Paul sedford, 0. Smith, Wright, Lambert, Munyard, Mitchinson ;
Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar will perform.
T. be followed by the highly popular Burletta of TAMING A
TARTAR. Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Messrs. Paul Ledford,
Wright, Selby, &c., will sustain the principal characters.
To cCrnelude with the new and successful Farce, entitled THE
CORPORAL'S WEDDING ;, or, .1 Kiss of the Bride. Major Griskin,
Mr. Selby; Nancy Cobb, Miss Woolgar.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performe.l Kn ,wles's Play of TILE WIFE. Msa Virginia
Monier, Miss Homier, Mr. Wa'ack, Mr. Ozberry, &e., will per-
Monate the principal eliaracters.

After which a bit'ELTISSar.:NT. Ry Miss Rain, Miss Mar-
shall, Mr. (;ilhert, Marshall, and the corps de ballet.
'lo conclude with the (.loinedv of THE WONDER; or, A Woman
Keeps a Secret. Don Felix, Mr. Wallack ; Col. Bri on, Mr. Vining;
I.l=sardo, Mr. Ceinpton ; Douna Violante, Mrs. Stirling ; Flora,
Miss Emma Stanley. •

ASTLEY'iS ROYAL AMI'HITHEAIRF..
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
Pato!lised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince
Albert, the Prince or Wales, and the, Priscess Royal. The most
attractive and best ventlated Theatre in London. Fifth Week of
the splendid Spectacle oiWint Asiatic Conquests.

THIS L VENT NG
Will be reribrrned the New 3Llitary Spectacle, called THE
SIKIIS' INVASION ; or, Our Victories of 1846. In which the
whole resources of the Establishment will be brought forward.
Uagnificelit brass Band, &c.
fihq cICENES of the CIRCLE will prove more than usually at-
tractive, introducing the French and British Artists in their va-
rious acts of Equitation.
The whole concluding with a favourite Afterpieco. In which Miss
Sara Lacy spill appear.
Box-ottiCe open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six
and commence at seven o'clock.

NEW STRAND THEATRE
Open every Evening, with the greatest Novelties of the Day.
PIIILLIPPE feets happy to announce, that the extraordinary
ratorniances of the MONKEYS and DOGS have been received
'with the greatest admiration and applause, and will be continued
every Evening at the above Theatre.
Doors open at a Quarter before Eight; to commence at a Quarter
after Eight o'clock. Stalls, 38.; Boxes, 25.; Pit, IS.; Gallery, 6d. ;
Private Boxes, 11. Is. and 10s. fid.
M. PHILLIPPE will give his Performances EVERY EVENING
at the STANDARD TiIEATUE, Sitoreditch. ;.
NOTICE.—M. PIIILLIPPE wants a Gentleman who could take
the managemetat of his business, as a PARTNER, throughout the
large Towns of the United Kingdom. A security of 600/. will be
required. For Particulars apply at the Strand Theatre, between
the hours of Eleven and One o'clock.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Re-opening of this Theatre with unexampled force. Combined and
unprecedented operatic engagements of the first vocal talent.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed the Opera of CINDERELLA. Cinderella,
Madame Albertazzi ; Fairy Queen, Mils Betta ; Clorinda, Miss Lydia
Pearce.; Thisbe, Mrs. Daly; Felix, Mr. D. W. King romPolin°,
Mr. itorncastie; Dandini, Mr. Weise;
Pedro, Mr. G. Forman ;
Alidero, Mr. C. \Vhite.

After which, the favourite Opera of ROMNA. Characters by
3fessrs. Rivers, C. White, llonleastle, Neville; Miss Sett., MISS
Pearce, eze.

To conclude with THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. Grindoff,
Mr. Hughes.

Under the Patrons:4e of her Most Gracious Majesty.
ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND
THURSDAY.

VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC-
TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. This
magn I }leen t spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of
grandeur, the picture being more than twice the size of the former,
and represents, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great
Eruption of Vesuvins in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her-
culaneum and Pompeii took place: produced under the direction
of Mr. Danson.

A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been
constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night.
The PROMENADE CON:!ERTS are again confided to Mr. God-
frey. The Band is most complete in all its departments, and includes
many eminent native and foreign musicians.
In addition to the other attractions of the Gardens, will be exhi.
blted CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, approached by the Illumi-
nated Gothic Bridge, representing in the Interior Telemachus
relating his adventures to Calypso.
The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the
piust complete and effective scale.
rreceding the Volcanic Display, a novel exhibition will be intro-
duced, representing the Descent of Placebus in the Chariot of the Sun.
Mons. Farinelli will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in
height, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to
receive him, and bear hlm to his chrystal home.
The Glass Conservatory is spiendsily otnamented with festoons
Of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of
Carnivore by gas-light.
Feeding of the Carnivore at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at
six ; Concert at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk.
Adulissioci. One Shilibtg.

PUNISHMENT FOR GAMBLING ON THE CONTINENT.
...A letter from Pesth states that twenty members belonging
to one of the gambling clubs of that city had been found
guilty of infringing the laws against games of chance, and
were fined 100 golden florins each. The sentence also adds,
that whoever cannot pay the fine must undergo an imprison-
ment of six months with two days per week of fasting, and
will receive thirty stripes with a cane. The Government is
determined to put 2anif)ling !)3, inflicting not only
heavy tines. but corporeal punishrnecit and imprisonment ;
as the evil of the rouge et ',Loa., the roulette, and other games
Of hazard, had recently. been most serious, several young
taen of h:gh COlzmiLtel suicide after Laving
the gosivtast

THE WEATHER—Sum OrTim, JULY 4.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 58; Highest. 77; Noon, 79
BAROMETER, 30.2.—W1ND W.; fine.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Kerning .. b minutes after 8. I Evening .. 39 minutes after 8.

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SECOND EDITION.

THE SUN, '''IJOND:ON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 411 1846.

benefit. But we take a much higher ground on behalf
of the allottees. We join issue with our correspondent
on the question of moral liability. We say that they
are not in equity or in honour bound to contribute one
single shilling to the preliminary expenses of those un-
dertakings which were not brought before Parlia-
ment. As to those which were actually brought before
the Legislature, and there failed, we do not at pre-
sent profess to give an opinion : each of these cases
must in a great degree depend on its own peculiar
circumstances.

may be said of Sir Robert Peel. He has only to recite what
he has done to pronounce his own panegyric. It is an easy
task. Europe pacitied—lndia subjected—the finances re-
stored—the deficit supplied—commerce revived and extended
—these are the:conquests of his pacific policy, which con-
tend for preference in his favour. He rendered a well-
merited homage to the high moral and Christian spirit lsy
which the acts of his colleague, the Secretary of State for Fo-
reign Affairs, have been distinguished throughout the last
five years. All the Governments in alliance with England
will ratify this well-earned testimony to the calm and essen-
tially honest character of Lord Aberdeen. And, as if the
fallen Ministry was to be fortunate 'and happy to the very
last, it was able to announce to the 'Parliament and to Eng-
land, that the only difficulty that could compromise the ge-
neral peace (the Oregcn question) was definitively settled."
The ConBtitutionnd, after giving a summary of the
speech, snakes the fulluwing observations :

Our correspondent supposes a case, a strong one,
for himself. He says twenty times the number of
shares put forth in the prospectus were applied for ;
that there was much difficulty in judiciously dis-
tributing them between the proper parties; that the
acting committee had felt justified in taking the steps
necessary to place the project in a state of readiness
for the adjudication of the Legislature, and that they
undertook the expenses wholly and solely on the
strength of the promises made by the applicants for
shares. He then supposes the allotment, which un-
fortunately did not take place until after the panic—
this constitutes the great point of the case. We ven-
ture to say that there was not a single instance of an
allotment which took place before the panic in which
the entire number of shares were distributed to the
public, or in which there was not a large reserve
made for the purpose of being divided be-
tween the promoters of the project, in the
event of the scheme proving a successful one
and the shares coming out at a premium. And such
would have been the case in the subsequent allot-
ments, had it not been for the panic; then, indeed, the
full number of shares were allotted—no reserve
was made. The question was not to keep the good
things for the friends of the promoters, but to select
persons who could bear their proportion of the
losses certain to be sustained. He says, " the allot-
ment letters are sent out ; the applicants for
shares —all honourable men—are unanimous in not
taking up or paying on a single share." Does not
this clearly prove the state of facts at the time of the
allotment ?—that it was a certain loss that was en-
tailed by the granting of the application; and
will our correspondent say on what principle
of justice it was that the other applicants,
whose claims were rejected, were exonerated from
any portion of the loss? Were they the friends of
the allotting committee, or not, who were so exone-
rated ? Were they not the very parties who would
have got the allotments, if they had lx-en valuable and
the shares at a premium ? tVe verily believe that
not one in ten of those who received 'Allotments after
the panic had set in would have had any answer to
their applications if circumstances had been different.
The law has wisely provided that no person shall be
responsible on what is technically termed a nudum
pactum, no promise is binding unless there is a valid
and sufficient consideration; therefore, there must be
a reciprocity ; in other words, if any man is to be hell
responsible on a contract, he must have re-
ceived some benefit or claim in return for that
liability. Now there was no reciprocity whatsoever
between the committeeman and the applicant ; the
latter on signing his letter of application, did not
thereby become entitled to any number of shares. If
the scheme turned out profitably he would not have
got those shares for which he applied, and he there-
tbre considers that when circumstances were wholly
altered, he could not fairly or equitably be held re-
sponsible for the loss which had actually been sus-
tained, before he received his allotment. We may men-
tion an example which strongly bears out the view
we have taken. A gentleman of high respectability,
on whose credibility we place the utmost reliance, in-
formed us that he had applied for shares in many
undertakings during the summer of 1845,
but in not one single instance was his appli-
cation favourably replied to before the panic set in,
except in one case, where he had a friend on the com-
mittee ; but after the panic, applications he had sent
in more than three months before, were answered,
and the full number applied for given to him in
almost every instance. Could he be considered fairly
liable ? We think not. We have thus stated sonze
of the grounds why the allottee is not bound in
honour to pay on his shares ; for, no matter how the
legal point might be decided, we would not have
advocated the cause of the allottees unless we had
conceived it to be based on equity and justice.

" What will particularly strike the French reader in this
memorable sitting is the incontestable triumph of liberal
ideas. proclaimed at the same time in the name of the Mi-
nistry which falls, and of the new Ministry which will owe
to them the chief power. This liberal and reforming move-
ment of Great Britain is an important fact in the world
This progress evidently causes at this side of the Channel
strong displeasure, as may be judged by the evident feeling
shown by the principal organ of our Government, against
the Whigs, during this crisis. We, for our parts, on the
contrary, greet it as an additional happy symptom—as indi-
cative of the term of the re-action which the Cabinets pre-
tending to be Conservative, were striving to effect through-
out Europe."

" Sir ROBERT PEEL," says the Presse, " spoke like
a man whom the testimony of his conscience and the
certitude of having done something useful to his
country place equally above the promptings of a pride
excited by applause, and the weakness of a self• love
wounded by unjust recriminations.
"The fall of Sir ROBERT PERI," observes the
France, " has the air of a triumph."

The National observes that the true motive of the
retirement of Sir ROBERT PEEL is to be found in
his unwillingness to hold office by the toleration of a
party hitherto hostile to hint, or of a faction which
has recently receded from him. This motive, adds
the National is sufficiently honourable to Sir R. PEEL.

The Courier Francais concludes an ably written
article on the same subject in these words :—" Never
was the fall of a Minister attended with so much
glory as this'fall of Sir R. IPEBL. During his last
speech the House was frequently excited to unani-
mous plaudits, and crowds waiting for his coming
out of ,the Parliament House, to hail him with the
most prodigally enthusiastic acclamations, and com-
mittees are being formed for erecting_a monument in
honour to him, and to which the whole body of a
grateful people are sub,cribing. We hope that the
noble language of S:r R. PEEL on the subject of Ire-
land will bear its fruits, for it obtained the unanimous
assent of the assembly."

The Chamber of -Peers sat on Wednesday, and
passed a great number of Bills, almost without discus-
sion.

The Presse states that MEHEMET ALI has for-
mally authori-ed the foreign Consuls residing at
Alexandria to inform their Sovereigns of his inten-
tion to proceed to Constantinople. Every one at
Alexandria thinks that, on quitting Constantinople,
MEHEMET ALI will make an excursion to Western

Europe.
COURS AUTHENTIQUE.—PARIS, JULY 2.—Fire p,17 Cents.,
120 f. 90c. 121 f; Four-and-a,Half per Cents., 112 f. 50c.;
Three per Cents., 83f. 50c. 20c. 30c.; Binh Actions, 3,425 f.;
R)mans, 100 N ; Belgian Five per Cents., 1840, 100 N ;
Ditto, Two.and-a-Half per Cents, 5614 ; Ditto, Bank,
1835, 905 f ; Spanish Three per Cents., 354 ; Exchange on
London, one month, Money, 25f. 621/2c.; three months,
money, 25f. 45c. •

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LON i):.M sTOCK El-A:RANGE, JULT 3.

Central of Spain, 1 is—Lyons and Avignon, I% —Namur and
Liege. 3%—Northern of France Constituted, xl3%—Orleans and
Bordeaux, 9% —Paris and Lyons Constituted, 54—Paris and Stras-
bourg Constituted, 44 Sambre and Meuse, 4%—West Flan-
ders, 3%.

MINISTERIAL MOVELVIENTS..r,

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The Duke of Bedford waited on Lord John Russell at an
early hour yesterday morning at his Lordship's residence in
Chesham-place.

His Lortli.bid gave audiences in the course of the forenoon
to the Earl of Auckland, the Earl of Miuto, the Earl of Cla-
rendon, Sir John Cam Hobhouse, Mr. C. Wood, 'Viscount
Ebrington, Sir George Grey, the Hon. W. Cowper, Lord
Marcus Hill, Mr. Charles Buller, and Mr. Tufnell.
At three o'clock Lord John Russell left his residence for
Buckingham Palace, to have an audience of her Majesty.
The Noble Lord was engaged nearly an hour with the
Queen.

- Lord John Russell, on leaving the Palace, proceeded to
visit Viscount Palmerston at his residence on Carlton House-
terrace, and remained with the Viscount half an hour.
The Marquis of Lansdowne and the Right Hon. H. La-
bouchere subsequently called on Lord John Russell.
Yesterday morning Lord John Russell forwarded a com-
munication to the Duke of Norfolk. It is now said that the
Duke will be the Master of the Horse, the Duke of Bedford
and the Duke of Devonshire having declined to accept any
office in the Royal Houshold, although"they give the Govern-
ment their undivided support.
Earl Grey left town yesterday for his residence near Wind-
sor, but returns this day.—Times.

The latest intelligence from Persia represents the
sanatory condition of that empire as at present most
satisfactory. It would appear, therefore, that the
reports of the dreadful ravages caused by the cholera
in Persia, which of late have been published in some
journals, are unfounded.

QUEEN'S BENCH -(THIS DAY)
(Sittings at Guildhall, before Lord DENMAN and a Common

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Jury.)
NICHOLSON AND OTHERS V. SRETTS.
This was an issue directed to be tried under the Inter-
pleader Act, by virtue of an order from a judge of the Court
of Banks uptcy, to determine the right of the defendant to 1001.,
claimed by him as an executive creditor out of the estate of
Mr. Burford, late landlord of the Mason's Arms public-house,
Horsemonger-lane. The plaintiffs are the assignees of Mr.
Burford, who was made bankrupt in 1844, and that alle-
gation against the defendant is, that his claim was
fraudulent and untrue, and got up for the purpose
of depriving the other creditors of their thir
share of the estate ; and further, that the defendant
had acted collusively with the bankrupt, by which the
former became an executive creditor at the time the
fiat in bankruptcy-was issued. A number of witnesses
were examined, the evidence of whom was of a very.
contradictory character. Its tenor strongly supported
the allegation that the transaction of the defendant,
on which he founded his claim for 1001, and in virtue
of which he had put in the execution, was of a collusive and
fraudulent character, and done for the purpose of saving a
pot tion of Burford's effects front passing into the haud3 of
the assignees under the fiat of bankruptcy.
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By an ordonnance, dated the 17th June, the King
of NAPLES has reduced the duties on manufactured
tobacco from 30 to 18 ducats the quintal, and the
duties on leaf tobacco from 15 to 9 ducats.

It is said, in a letter from Frankfort, that at Kowno
several shots were fired at a carriage, in which it was
supposed the Emperor of RUSSIA was travelling.
The EMPEROR, however, was nut there; an aide-de-
camp of the Grand Duke 111iciLtEL had been mis-
taken for him. No one was injured, although eight
shots entered the carriage.

There is such a scarcity of seamen for the mer-
cantile navy of Russia, that the EMPEROR has autho-
rised the issuing of passports to the masters of
Russian vessels, even although their officers and crew
consist of two-thirds foreigners.

COMMON PLEAS —(THIS DAY)
(Sittings at Prius,,cu beforeli AND Mr.o
lllzJusticexl:RLE.)
n Ey V. m3N

Altdrid Papers of the 27th have been received.
The Gazette publishes the new division of the
Electoral Colleges, and a Government circular to the
Political Chiefs on the subject of the approaching
elections. The elections, it is supposed, will not be
concluded before October, and the new Cortes, it is
expected, will assemble in December.

This was an action brought by Mr. Hay ley, glass-manu-
faancdtuj,eorm,
poaln,,B.ishop Wearmouth, against Mery, Cummings
also glass-manufacturers, residing at Gates-
head, to recover damages for enticing away tour workmen,
who had been in the employment of the plaintiff under a
contract. The damages were laid at 1,3044 138. 4d.
Sir Thomas ilde ad Mr. Jaes appeaed for th
plaintiff; Mr. SeWrgeantn Allen and Mr. Fryrfor the de-
e
fendant.
Evidence was called to prove that the workmen in ques-
tion had been engaged under a mitten contract, and that
they had been enticed away into the employment of the de-
fendant, by which the former had suffered great loss and in-
convenience.
For the defence it was urged that. the contract was
not a good one in law, being deficient in mutuality,
as, while it provided that the workmen should do certain
work for a given.time at a specified price, it did not provide
that the employer should find the workmen with regular
employment.
His LORDSHIP thought that there was mutuality in the
contract, and that the men under it would have had a good
ground of action for any deficiency of employment that
might arise.
Mr. Sergeant ALLEN addressed the jury at some length
in denial of the allegation, that the defendants had used any
enticement to take away the workmen from the plaintiff,
and in support of the point that the contract was of a de-
fective character.
A verdict fur the plaintiff was given by the jury for 652/.
6s. Bd., with leave to move the full Court to enter a nonsuit,
on account of want of mutuality in the contract, should
their Lordships so interpret it.
There was another case precisely similar, for enticing
other four men away, for which a verdict of 652/. 6s. Bd.
damages was also given--being 1,304/. 13s. 6d. in all.

The inhabitants of Barcelona have experienced a se-
vere disappointment. M. DE LESSEPS, the French Con-
sul, has announced that the Prince DB JOINVILLE will
not visit Barcelona. The Prince DE JOINVILLB'S squa-
dron quitted the Balearic Isles on the 21st, in conse-
quence of dispatches which the Prince received from
Toulon. His Royal Highness proceeds to Tunis, where
the Austrian Consul, who was rejected some months ago,
is about, they say, to present himself again, sup-
ported by Turkish and Austrian vessels of war.
According to another version, the French squadron,
after appearing before Tunis, will proceed
_to the
Adriatic."

MADRID BOLSA, JUNE 27.—Three per Cents.
33} for cash, 33 paper; Five per Cents., 20i paper;
Debt without Interest 6 9-16 for cash. Exchange on
London 36g.

We have received the Paris papers of Thursday.
They all contain comments on the retiring speech of
Sir ROBERT PEEL, and they all, without exception,
pass the highest eulogium on the late Premier and
his policy. The Ministerial Journal des DBats, the
Opposition Constitutionnel, the Christino Presse,
the Carlist France, the Radical Courrier Francaise,
and the Republican .National, vie with each other in
offering homage to the splendid talents, the sound
views, and the statesmanlike policy of Sir R. PEEL!
The following is the article in the Journal des
A:bats:— c'

BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner GOULBVIRN.)
IN RE ORRIDGE AND PRITCHETT.
To-day was appointed for a dividend under the estate of
these bankrupts, who had carried on business as glove ma-
nufacturers at Charibury, Oxfordshire.
The Learned CommissioNEtt, in the course of his proceed•
ings, expressed great satisfaction at the conduct of the bank-
rupts,. which he said had been unusually honest and fair.
As their losses were made apparent they lessened their ex-
penses, which had always been on a moderate scale ; the
consequence would be that the creditors would receive a very
large dividend.
Mr. Orridge having died shortly after the bankruptcy,
Mr. Pritchett had made up the accounts, which were of a
peculiar nature, from Mr. Orridge having kept the books.
The Learned COMMISSIONER allowed Mr. Pritchett eight
guineas for his trouble.
The amount of the dividend will be named in a few days.

same time full
" The adieux of Sir R. Peel were full of dignity, but at the
to wound an
of the old Conservative party does go into Italy, we may be
sure that he does not expect to be suffered to remain there,
and that he will return. He explained the state of affairs
of address. If, as it is reported, the leader
very fully and clearly. He did not make any recriminations,
and abstained altogether from polemics. was unwilling
auxiliaries who have again become his enemies. This, how-
ever, did not prevent his saying some things which must
have been extreme] • both. If his measures of
y galling to
Y one, neither his old friends nor his new
reform had been rejected by the Parliament he would have
appealed to the people ; but they were all accepted, and
he himself admitted that men who introduced a policy
directly opposite to their anterior declarations must bear the
penalty of this inconsistency, and retire from power after having
succeeded. Sir It. Peel has fallen under his great difficulty—
Ireland ; but in taking a momentary leave cf power he rids
himself of this eternal difficulty. This is one of the occasions
on which he has shown his greatest judgment. That which
has constituted the strength of the Whigs now becomes their
weakness—the Irish policy. It was under this they fell in
1841, and it is by this that they rise again in 1846. For a
long time the Whig policy has been associated I)ith an idea
of goodwill and conciliation towards the Irish. Sir ft. Peel
has taken care to deprive the Whigs of the monopoly of
this pacific n
P°•-cY, and reminds the people, with truth, that
it is he who in later years has done most to realise and bring ,
into practice these principles of justice towards Ireland. He
has done the same with regard to commercial policy. He
promises the Whigs to give them his support in this,
but on condition that they walk in the path he has traced
out for them. Tr
—e will sustain them it their policy is
as liberal as his own—but then only. If Sir Robert
Peel permits himself to talk thus on the very brink of
his fall, he dictates laws to his successors and lays down
fbr them clearly their programme. A great French writzi—
Flechier—speaking of the fall of Turenue on the held of
battle, §aya that he died entombed iu hie ova trilualFl4 114,

BIRTH.—This day, July 4, in Wilton-crescent, the
Viscountess Newport, of a son.

SHEERNESS, THURSDAY.—A melancholy suicide took
place here, in the person of a young midshipman of the
Dido, Mr. R. Greig, whose appointment to the Dido was
given a few days ago. He joined three weeks ago, but im•
mediately asked for leave, which was granted to him, and
from which he returned on Monday last. He was, therefore,
almost wholly unknown to the officers of the Dido; all that
was known of blm was, that he was some time in the
Samarang, in the East Indies. On Tuesday, he dined at a
tavern in Blue Town, with one or two of his messmates,
when he showod no symptoms of a depression of spirits, one
of whom accompanied him to the Royal Hotel, in Mile
Town, where he spent that night; and on being called next
morning, as he requested, answered "all right." As he
did not make his appearance, however, he was called a
second time, about nine o'clock, when he answered as before.
On being called a third time, at noon, he made no answer.
An alarm was raised, the door was broken open, and a me-
lancholy spectacle presented itself. The young man was
found stretched and lifeless on the floor, with a pistol in his
right hand, and his upper extremities saturated with blood.
He had shot himself through the head, inserting the pistol
in his mouth. No report, strange to say, had been heard.
An inquest was held on view of the body to-day, when a
verdict was returned "That the deceased had shot himself
while in a state of temporary insanity."
LORD WILLIAM RIISSELL.—Letters were received
yesterday morning by the Duke of Bedford and Lord John
Russell, from Genoa, giving more favourable accounts of the
health of Lord William Russell. Mr. and Lady Elizabeth
are staying with the Nvble Lord.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, QUARTER TO TITRE&
The Cotton Market at Liverpool has been tolerably firm
this week. Sales 40,340 bales. Stock 761,000 bales, aga nst
1,046,500 bales at this time last year Shares have been
better supported.
The sale of Railway Shares by Messrs. Lamond and Co.
was well attended, and prices remained firm, without much
alteration. Sellers do not force off their shares, as they did
some few weeks since, and more confidence is shown by the
purchasers :—Wisbeach, St. Ives, and Cambridge, 11. 15s.—
Direct Northern, U. ss.—Churnet and Blyth, 24s.—Great
Luxembourg, 37s.—Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorset, 225. 6d.—
London, Salisbury, and Yeovil, 24s.—Buckinghamshire, 335.
—Cornwall and Devon Central, 275. 6d.—Goole and Don-
caster, 30s. 6d.—Madrid and Valencia, 225. 6d.—Eastern
Counties (York Extension), 30s. 6d.—Guildford, Fareham,
and Portsmouth, 90s.—Trent Valley Continuation and Holy-
head Junction, 365. 6d.—Caledonian Extension, 30s.—Am-
bergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 225.
The' Bank of England averages present the following
leading features :
Notes issued
Increase
Rest Increase B,bBo
Public Deposits Increase 494,263
Other Deposits decrease
Seven days and other bills increase 16,241
Other securities increase 272,546
Bullion
Increase
The accounts received to-day from the manufacturing dis-
tricts, relative to the prospects of trade, are of a decidedly
encouraging character, and all parties appear to be in high
spirits at the expected benefit from the great commercial ex-
periment about to be tried, and set before the countries of the
world, as a lesson and example. Like the abolition of sla-
very, if it do not immediately destroy the vicious systems of
other ,countries, it will eventually undermine them, and a
healthy tone will the sooner be produced, the sooner our
potent "free trade" elixir is taken.

A cargo of 10,000 West India pine-apples has been re-
ceived by the Senhora, Captain Brown, in the short space of
twenty-six days, from Eleuthera, New Providence, consigned
to Keeling and Hunt, a portion of which will be submitted to
public sale on Monday. The supply of this delicious fruit to
the public at a moderate cost affords another practical feature
of the working of an amended tariff; and of its power to add
to the luxuries of this country the produce of foreign growth.
In this instance our colonies are assisted most directly and
visibly, a circumstance to be noted, because indirect benefits
are not always acknowledged.
The Stock Market looks buoyant, and there is an improve-
ment of % per cent. in the quotations. Consols are 95% %
for the Account. Exchequer-bills have been firm at 12s. to
16s. premium. Bank Stock is as high as 207: The New
Three-anti-a-Quarter per Cents. have been quoted 96%
to 97%.
The Foreign Market has also rather a better aspect.
Spanish Five per Cents. realise 244 to %, and the Three per
Cents. 353%, ex div. Portuguese Three per Cents. have
been maintained at 49. Mexican Bonds are worth '27 to
27%. Brazil Stock is marked 84%. Dutch Two-and-a.
Half per Cents. are 60 to 604.
There is not a great deal doing in Railway Shares or Scrip,
but, comparatively, the quotations are steady. Dublin and
Galway, owing to the rejection of the motion for recom-
mittal, are down to 14.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
. . _

Bank Stock .2 .. • • • • • • 207
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 95%%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 96% 973
Long Animates, Expire Jan. 5, 1660 • • 10 5-16
India Bonds, 1,0001. ..
Ditto, under 1,0001. . • • .. 25 p
Consols for Opening • • .. • • .. • • 954 %
Exel:equer Bills. I%d. I%d.
1,0001. •• •• 12 16 pm.
Ditto, Small • • .. • • 12 16 pm,
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • .. 843(
Mexitan Bonds, 1537, 5 per Cent • • 27%
Portugue:e Thre... per Cents. • •
Ditto, for the Account .. •• 49
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. 2414
Ditto, for the Account • • .. 24 434
Ditto, Three per Cent 35% ex div
Ditto, for the Account .. •• 35% ex diV
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent • • .. 433
Dividends on the above payable in London:
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 6034
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 94 •

BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Aberdeen . • . • • • . 15 .... 8%.... to
Amber., Notting., Boston, & Eastrn Jn. 2% 1 .• • . to
Birmingham aad Oxford Junction . • 2 .. 31A %.. to
BriStol and Exeter .. .. • • .. 75 .... .... to
Ditto, New .. .. • • .. 5 9!A .. .. to
Caledonian .. • • • . 15 .. A.. to
Derby and Crewe .. .. 2% .• .. 6% to 7
Direct Manchester (Remington's) .. %•• .. to
Direct Manchester (Itastrick's) .. • • 534 . • 4 ••. to
Dublin and Galway .. - • • . 4 •• .. 1 .. to
Eastern Counties .. • . • . 14/. 16s. 0d... • • 24% .. to
Ditto, York Extension • • • . .. 103..... .to
Eastern Union .. .. 30 •• • • .... to

Ditto, Cambridge and Ely .. 2% ...• la to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr .. .. 50 .. • . 74 .. .. to
Great North of England • .100 to
Ditto, New .. •• .. 10 .... 43 to
Ditto, New •• • • .. 1% .... 17%.... to 1814
Great Western .• .. • • •• .. 85 ....149 .... to 150
Ditto Half Shares •• . 50 83 .... to
Ditto, Quarter Shares, .. 5 ..•• 16N ..•. to 17

Ditto, Fifths .. .. • . .. 20 .. .. 32 •••. to
Guildford, Fareham, and Portsmouth 5 .. • • 44.... to
Hull and Selby • . . 50 .... .... to
Ditto, llalf Shares .. .. 15 ...• 39 •• • • to
Leeds and Bradford .. 26 .... 63 .. • • to
Lyndon and Birraitigham •• ..160 ....224 .• • • to
Ditto. Thirds .. • • .. 24 .. 62%.... Le
Ditto, Quarter Shares • . .. 2 .... 29% to 29
Ditto, Fifths .. 2 .... 251,E • ... to
London and Lilackwall • • 161. 13s. 4d. •• •• •• .. to
Ditto, New .. .. 3 x int to
Loudon and Brighton .. • • .. .50 •• to
Ditto ditto Fifths .. • • .. .. 30 .... 41% 1,4 .. to --
London and York .. • .
_2% .... 1% ...• to

Blanchester and Leeds .• • .. 82 •••• •••• to
Extension .. • • .. 425. 2% p.. to
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 .• •• ••to
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) • • .. 1 .• • • 03( •••• to 10
Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock - . 425. •• • • %P•• to

.. • • 100 •• .. . to
Ditto, New • • •• • • • • 24 .... 36% .... to
Newcastle and Darlington Junction • • 25 •• .. •. • to
Ditto, New • • .. .. • • .. 1 .... 1036 •• .. to
Ditto, New, Braudling .. 25 .... 44 •• • • to
Newcastle and Berwick .. 15 .... 25%.... to
North British 2232 .... 29% •• .. to
Ditto, Half Shares .. 8%.... 114 • • to
Ditto, Dalkeith 25 .... •• • . to
Ditto, ditto .. .. • . •• .. 5 .... 6 .... to
North Staffordshire .. • . • • •• 425. •• • • 43fi p.. to
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Richmond .• •• •• .• •• 10 .. to
,cotush Central .. .• •• •• • • 10 • • 16 .• • • to
Ccottisle Midland .. • . • • • • • . 10 •• • • 6% •• • - to
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2% to
•outh Eastern and Dover • . .. 338.... •• .. to
Ditto, New, No. 2 •. .. 10 ... 138... to 14
West Riding Union .• 425.... p to
York and North Midland • • .. 50 ••.. So
Ditto East and West Riding Extension 1 .... 12 54 to 19
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
East Indlan • • .. •• •• • • 51• •• • • 34 .. to
Luxembourg .. • • .. •• •• • • 4 • • 2 •• • • to.—
Orleans and Bordeaux •• •• ••6 • • y% •• •• to—
-6 ... to
Paris and Lyons Constituted •• •• 5 •• •
.. 20 .... 28%.. • • tO
Rouen and Havre
MINES
heal del Monte. unregistered • 3•7:1 to