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The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-31

BELGIUM.

BRUSSELS, MAY 20.—M. BELLOCQ, the envoy of
the French Republic, and whu has just been appointed
Extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister
near the Court of Brussels, was received yesterday in
solemn audience by the KING, to whom be delivered ,
his credentials. He expressed himself in these terms :

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" Sire,—l have the honour to present your Majegi
with the letters that are to credit me as ExtraordiearY
Er.voy and Plenipotentiary Minister of the French Be.
public. I feel happy at having been selected to 1311.111-
tain, to stren..then, the ties of concord and fraternity
which hould over unite two neighbouring natioes, beta
equally free and industrious. I shall exert every flicultio
in inc to obtain so desirable an object, and Pr°",„l,-0
your Majesty the sincerity of the wishes the }ter' ",•
have never ceased to entertain for your personal haPri
ness, and that the Belgian nation, under the auspices vf
peace and neutrality, may reach the highest deggief,o,.
prosperity and real glory. I beg jour Majesty
vourably receive the homage of my profound respect:. 8
The KING manifested to the Minister of
French Republic the satisfaction he experienced 011_
hearing the above speech, and thanked him for the
sentiments therein expressed, adding, that nothing:
could lbhp more agreeable to him than to see the ties 0:
friendly intercourse between both countries dOl%

closer and closer.
The official paper this morning publishes a roP
ordonnance, accepting the resignation of M. V 51,1
as Minister of Finance. He is superseded, ad `4'
e
terim, by M. FRERE ORB AN, Minister of Pub
Works.
The .Moniteur of Brussels promulgates tbe
law for parliamentary and judicial reform. The
f.°;
lowing are its principal provisions :—AII fun
and other persons receiving salaries from the ststbe;
all ministers of worship receiving stipends from to.
state, with the exception of the Chiefs of the girilo
terial Departments, who may be elected Merab,fon
of Parliament, are bound to make their oPeir
between taking their seats in it or relinquishing„tiv.
places or appointments. No member of the ts
bers, except Ministers of State, diplomatic ogeric;
and governors, can be appointed to any salaried cmitbe
until at least twelve months after they have left
Chambers. This law, howev€r, is not to be IPra-
to the present members of the Chambers, eoteruis
e:
ries of arrondissements, justices of the peace, Inthe
bers
of the tribunals and courts of apPe" °„rf tbe
public prosecutors, cannot be elected members "drhe
provincial councils. No provincial councillor, sto
is a member of Parliament, can become a c$13(11

for judicial employment.
The Prince of PRUSSIA reached Brussels 9' go
o'clock this afternoon. The court carriages were,:,►
to meet him. lie was attended to the Palace "'

regiment of elite, and a band of music.
DENMARK AND THE DU-01 °e
°ji;
The intelligence we gave yesterday, of ha
drawal of the German troops from Jutland,
confirmed. • ,
London, England, 1848-05-31

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN-EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY
A very limited supply of English Wheat has been
received up to our market this week. To-day the show
of samples was trttling; .et the demand for all descrip-
tions was in a very sluggish state, at barely Monday's
reduced Currencies, and at which a clearance was not
effected. Foreign Wheats—the import of which has
been 8,9.20 quarters— moved off slowly, and the out-4-
condition parcels were somewhat easier to purchase.
Scarcely any English Barley was on offer, but the show
of Foreign was on the increase. The trade was heavy,
but we can notice no further decline in value. In Malt
next to nothing was doing, yet prices were fairly sup-
ported. No arrivals of Oats have taken place from Ire-
land during the last ten days; yet the Oat trade was
dull, at late currencies. Both Beans :and Peas, as well
as Indian Corn and Meal, were quite as dear. In Flour
we hare no change to report.
AhltivALS TIIIS WEEK.
wh.4L, i Barley. I (Mtg. Tlnnr.
1,010 vs. 250 qrs. 1,640 qrs. I 2,480 sks.
T,2-0-0 I

English
Koreign

7,540
3.11 t, 3.440 qrs.
WHITECHAPEL.
Our market was fairly supplied with each kind of
Meat, the sale for which was heavy, at drooping prices.
Beet, from 2a 10d to 3s 61; Mutton, 3s 8d to 48 8d;
Lamb, 5,6 d to 6s 6d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and Pork,
4* to 4s 10d per Sibs by the carcase.
BOROUGH HOP 111111Z8ET.
Selected parcels of Hops were in steady request to-
day, at very full prices; otherwise, the demand was in a
sluggish state. The plantation accounts represent a
further increa-e in the fly. The duty is called
155,0001.—Sussex pockets, 3/ 3s to 3/ 103 ; Weald of
Keut pockets, 31 8s to 31 15s
; Mid and East Kent
packets, 3112 s to 51 los per cwt.

8,920
London, England, 1848-05-31

PETITIONS.

Several petitions were presented against the sale of
intoxicating drinks on Sunday.
Sir J. WALMSLEY presented a petition from a place
in Gloucestershire praying for the reduction of the duty
in tea and coffee; also a petition from Preston, in Lan-
cashire, praying for the establishment of household
suffrage.
London, England, 1848-05-31

(EiVienvnitfll

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 31. 1848.

Already we have said that the Reform Bill was z
delusion. Already we have commended the neo4
movement originated by JOSEPII HUME and Ricuaan
COBDEN. Already we have eulogised Lord DUDLEY
SITAILT and Sir BENJAMIN HALL, because, demand-
ing an immediate extension of the suffrage to house-
holders, a restriction to triennial Parliaments, election
by ballot, and the partition of the country into elec-
toral districts, they have, ne tertheless, repudiated
the idea of their being regarded as finality men, min
have proclaimed at once that they will only receive
these four grand concessions from the Legislature as
instalments of a gigantic system of innovation. Al-
ready, we say, we have done this, and yet we protest
we have no sympathy (no, Lot the smallest) with those
who would etnbarrass..,Earliament with unnumbered
measures of improvement supported by tumultuous
assemblages, iind'bicked by a forest of pikes, an':
bludgeons. ~-NY,knOw- very well that there are hun
dreds of the'lignts of Ccnservatism who will not lot
able to coMptehend this. It will appear to them lac,
a contradiction, or rather an impossibility. Regard-
ing all classes of Reformers, from the rational Re-
formers of the moral force system to those iirational
advocates of democracy who would not hesitate u;
any mode, however revolutionary—physical foret
Reformers, in short, Communists, Socialists, and the
like, politicians of the pike school or the vitrio
bottle—as synonymous and identical, these °pp.
nents of the popular movement, cannot comprehen,
anything like a juste milieu in legislative re
form. With them the agitations of O'CoN•
:aim. are as pernicious us those of MircitEl,
the projecta• of LAMARTISE are not less odious than
the schemes of CaussimEnli, the logical orations of
Mr. COBDEN .are not more worthy of consideration
than the unintentional absurdities and unconscious
burlesque of- the tedoubtable Mr. CUFFIY.
.. There
ibte, it is that our ideas of comprehensive sad kat".
London, England, 1848-05-31

MATORITY-NOES, 55.

Abdy, Thomas N. Galway, Viscount Morgan, H. K. G.
Anderson, Arthur Gladstone, W. E. Ogle, S. C.
Anson, Colonel Graham, Sir James Parker, John
Armstrong, R. B. Grey, Sir G. Pigott, Francis
Bellew, K. M. Hardcastle, J. A. Power, Dr.
Beuett, J. Hayter, W. G. Rich, Henry
BOIIVitriC, E. P. Henry, Alexander Russell, F. C. H.
Bowring, Dr. Heywood; James Somerville. Sir W.
Brown, W. Hume,. Joseph Talmud, Serg, ant
Banbury, E. IL Humphery, Aid. Tenison, E. K.
Campbell, W. F. Keogn, William Thornely, Thomas
Clay, James Keppl, George T. Ward, H. G.
Cobden, Richard King, P. J. Westhead, J. P.
puucuft, John : Labouchere, Henry Williamson, Sir H.
Ebrington, Lord Lewis, George C. Wood, Sir Charles
Elliot, J. E. • Macnamara, Major
Evans/ John , Maitland, Thomas maitts,
~
Fergus, Joint ' Melgund, Viscount Hill, Lord M. '' -•
Fox, W. J. , Milner, W. M. areh...4411 IT.
!french;. F. Molesworth, Sir W.
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London, England, 1848-05-31

FRANCE

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE•

THE MEDITERRANEAN.—It is rumoured in naval cir-
c!es that Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, whose flag
is ih.w flying in the St. Vincent, 120 guns,
Ports-
mouth, will shortly be dispatched to command in the
Mediterranean. at Ports.

THE CAPE STATION.—The Commander-in-Chief in
this part of the world is expected to devolve on Rear-
Admiral of the Blue Barrington Reynolds, C.B.
The London, 90 guns, is repairing in dock, at Sheer-
ness, us is the Formidable, 80 guns, it is supposed for
commission. _

The Howe, 120 guns, at Portsmouth, Captain Sir
James Sterling. Kt., is ordered to make her crew up to
1,000 men. She receives her crew from the hulk this
day, and will leave the harbour for Spithend in a week
or so.
The Bellerophon, 80 guns, Captain Baines, is manned
at Portsmouth within half a dozen; her sails were re-
heat yesterday, and she will leave the harbour for the
anchorage at Spithead this day.
WooLwicH, MAY 30.—The Earl of Auckland, First
Lord of the Admiralty; Rear Admiral Dundas, C. 8.,
First Naval Lord; Captain Lord John Hay, 0.13.,
Captain Fitzhardinge Berkeley, C. 8.. Captain Alex-
ander Milne, and the Hon. W. Cowper, Lords of the
Admiralty, and Mr. H. G. Ward, First Secretary to
the Admiralty; Rear Admiral Sir Charles Napier
K.C.B; Commodore Sir Gordon Bremer, K.C.B. and
1i.C.1i.; Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.H., Surveyor
of the Navy; Captain Ellice, Comptroller of steam ma-
chinery at Somerset House, returned to Woolwich yes-
terday afternoon in the Black Eagle steam-vessel, and
their Lordships immediately left for Loudon.
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THE MYSTERIOUS :MURDER IN SP
--
, ITALFIELD3,
Yesterday, Mr. W. Baker, the coroner for East Middle-
sex, received the following communication from Sir
George Grey, respecting the late mysterious murder in
Spitalfields :—" Wnitehall, May 29, 184,S—Sir,—I am
the
body
a directed by Secretary Sir George Grey, to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of the 26th instant, relative to
deathn i nociftfae s tb oNN):a wasnamed
holden
n henrybefor Lazarus,e you,
and
a verdict of
upon whose
known was returned, and I am to inform you, that in
this case a reward of 501. will he paid by the Govern-
merit to any person who shall give such information and
evidence as shall lead to the discovery, and conviction of
the murderer or murderers. And Sir George Grey will
advise the grant of her Majesty's gracious pardon to any
accomplice, not being the actual perpetrator theof
murder,
murder, who shall give such information and evidence
as shall lead to the same result I am, sir, your obedient
servant, 1-1. Waddington. Addressed to W. Baker, Es
Coroner for Middlesex, 12, Chester-terrace, Regent's_
park."
MONSTER MONOPOLY.—We hear a proposition has
been made to the coal-owners of this district, by a com-
pany, to buy all the coal they have to send to London
during the next three years, at the regular prices, and
pay fur them weekly !—Newcastle Chronicle.
London, England, 1848-05-31

FRANKFORT.

The German Parliament met on Friday; 11. V.
GAG ERN i❑ the chair.

A motion was made for the urgent necessity of a
Committee being immediately formed for deliberation
on the Sclavonic movement in Germany.—Referred to
the Constitution Committee.
The Committee for consideration of the motion of
Mr. RAVEAUX, Member fur Cologne, and 22 analogous
motions from other Members, regarding " the in-
fluence of the decisions of the German National
Cn ostituent Assembly on the Constitution of the
individual German States," not being able to agree
by an absolute majority how the question should be
brought before the douse, now present it in four diffe-
rent. shap-s. Six of the Members offer it in this form:—
" The National Constituent Assembly, as the organ
of the whole German people, for the establishment or
a constitution having for its objects the unity and
political freedom of Germany, declare, that all points
in German constitutii,ns which, after the completion
of the general constitution, do not agree with it,
shall he altered and brought into unison with the
German constitution." Two of the other forms are
very similar. The third, which is signed by four
Members, states, " that believing the German states
which in some particular constitutional points do not
agree with the general German constituti in when
finished, will of themselves alter them, therefore vote
for the order of the day."
M. Raystaux. then rose and went into a long dis-
cussion on the comparative merits of the three dif-
ferent ways of stating the same thing, and said he
agreed on the whole with a form which had the
signature of one of the Committee.
A lengthy debate ensued and the House was left
sitting.
London, England, 1848-05-31

PRUSSIA.

The Preuissiche Stoats Anzeiger publishes in a
supplement of sixteen columns the debate in the
second sitting of the Prussian Assembly. The sit-
ting was entirely occupied with the election returns,
a subject of purely local interest. M. MILD, of
Breslau, had been elected President of the Prussian
Assembly.
There have been some slight disturbances in Ber-
lin, excited by the opponents of the return of the
Prince of PRUSSIA.

The Aix•la-Chapelle Gazette, which is widely
circulated in the Rhenatt provinces, contains an ar-
ticle in favour of the Prince of PRUSSIA. It asserts:
—l. That immediately after the 24th of February
his Royal Highness waited on the KING, and urgef
him to grant forthwith a constitution based on the
broadest principle, but that he was refused.. 2.
That he strongly objected to the employment ,of
troops in the streets, especially of the Guards, and
proposed, should troops be required, to call out for
this purpose the Landwehr, who might be consi
dered as the nearest link between the army and the
people. This also was overruled ; it being objected
that no confidence could be placed in the Landwehr
for the suppression of popular tumults. From that
day forth, says the Aix Journal, his Royal Highness
never offered an opinion, but resigned the command•
in-chief of the guards a few days after (13th March),
that is six days before the night of the revolution.
Mean while addresses, or notices in favour of his
Royal Highness's return, are coming in from all di•
rections, and it is supposed that numerous petitions to
this effect will be presented to the Chambers.

A notice from the Minister of Finance, addressed
to the principal houses connected with the wool trade
in Silicia, states that the Royal Seeliandlungs Com-
pany will not only continue to facilitate transactions
to the best of its power during the coming wool fairs
of Breslau and Berlin, but that it will accept the bills
of English wool dealers drawn on secure London
bankinb-houses.
London, England, 1848-07-03

POOR-LAW.

Lord MORPETII presented a petition against the
present Poor-law ; end also one from several officers of
poor-law unions, praying that they might be entitled to
superannuated allowance.
GUERNSEY.

Mr. OSBORNE moved for a return of all notes fur.
nished by the Governor of Guernsey, Major-General
Sir W. Napier, to the Commissioners appointed to in-
quire into the institutions of the Channel Islands, con-
taining Sir W. Napier's observations and suggestions on
the powers of the Royal Court of Guernsey, and its ad-
ministration of the criminal law, dated September 19,
1846.—Agreed to.
MEDALS TO SURVIVORS ENGAGED AT THE
SIEGE OF ST. SEBASTIAN.

In answer to a question from Colonel DUNNE,
Mr. FOX MAULE said that a principle was laid
down by the Government with regard to the distribution
of medals, that such should only be given to iudividuals
positively engaged, or to the survivors of such persons
where medals had not keen granted in the first instance.
In the case of Sr. Sebastian no medals had been granted,
but it was proposed to give such to the parties actually
engaged in the trenches, or who had been of the storm-
ing party.
London, England, 1848-07-03

SILVER TEA SERVICES OF NEW PATTERNS.

B. SAVORY and SONS, Working
A• Silversmiths, 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank,
respectfully inform their customers that they have recently finished
a tew new designs, in accordance with the present improved taste,
and that they aro sold at reduced prices from those customary in
the trade.

Uxbridge Pattern. Thalia Pattern.
Strong Silver Tea Pot.. £lO 18 StrOng Silver Tea Pot. £l3 0 0
Ditto Sugar Basin.... '6 14 . 0 Ditto Sugar Basin •. • 711 0
Ditto Cream Jug...... 410 6 Ditto Cream Ewer• •• • 5 2 0
Ditto Coffee Pot, ••• •• 14 10 0 Ditto Coffee Pot•. •• •• 16 17 0
Complete•.•• •• ..£3(l 12 C0mp1ete........£42 10 0

A variety of upwards of Fifty Silver Tea and Coffee Services may
be seen in the Show-rooms, and on application the illustrated Price
Current, containing drawings, with the weights and price of recent
designs, will be forwarded to any part of Great Britair, Ireland,
India, or the colonies. Drawback on Silver Plate exported Is. 6d.
per ounce.
London, England, 1848-07-03

AMERICAN NEWS.

SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY MORNING.
The Ocean Steam Navigation Company's ship Her-
mann, Captain E. Crabtree, arrived of Cowes, Isle of
Wight, at midnight, after a passage of 11 days and 22
hours from New York.
The Hermann brings 66 passengers and 300,000 dolls.
on freight, and a considerable cargo for Bremen.
By this arrival we are in possesion of our usual cor-
respondence and files of American papers, and advices
from New York to the 20th of June.
The Acadia and Washington steamers had arrived
out, but their news had produced no perceptible effect on
monetary or commercial affairs.
Trade was dull, and business men were generally
contracting their operations, to be prepared for a dull
summer.
jahe probable average weekly import of specie at
different ports of the United States was about
3,000,000 dolls.
Congress was once more in session, but had not yet
decided on the points of the Oregon Bill.
The Naval Appropriation Bill had passed the House of
Representatives. It assigned 375,000 dolls. for various
internal improvements.
The bids for the Government loan were opened on
the 17th of June. They amounted to 33,333,195 dolls.
at an average premium of 8.30 per cent. There were
near 500 bidders. The largest bid is on 14,000,000
dolls. by Messrs. Corcoran and Riggs at 3.02. This is
said to be principally on account of English capitalists.
The amount required by Government was only
17,000,000 dolls.
The Court of Enquiry had not closed its labours.
General Scott had gone to Shenandoah Spiings for his
kealth.
Quite a serious difficulty has occurred between the
citizens of Alexandria, Mo., and the inhabitants of
lowa near the line. It appears that eight slaves were
stolen, followed by their masters, recaptured, brought'
before a justice of the peace, and ordered to be taken'•
back by the masters, when a mob rescued them and put
the owners completely at fault.
lion. Isaac Teucey, of Connecticut, has been appointed
Attorney-General of the United States, in place of Mr.
Clifford, resigned.
The lion. Arthur P. Bagby, now Senator from Ala-
bama, has also been appointed Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia, in place of R. J.
Ingersoll, recalled at his own request.
Great fires have occurred in Norfolk, Va, and in Al-
lentown, Pa. In the former no less than 62 houses were
destroyed.
A very important treaty just been concluded be-
tween the United States and the Government of New
Grenoda. The most striking featvre of the treaty
is the fact that it secures us the right •of way,
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, across the isthmus of,
Panama.
London, England, 1848-07-03

THE LEVANT.

By the Levant Mail we have received Constan-
tinople journals to the 16th ult., and Athens journals
to the 19th ult. There is no political news in them
of importance. The cholera, which had been gra-
dually disappearing at Constantinople, was again
causing much anxiety. Between the 6th and the
12th ult. there were forty cases, of which several had
terminated fatally. The disease was on the increase
at Galatz, and some cases are reported at Bucharest.
Sir STRATFORD CANNING has left Athena for
Contantinople.

GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

AUSTRIA.

The following proclamation from the Archduke
JoHN of Austria was published at Vienna on the 25th
ult.:—

" His Majesty the Emperor, considering that his in-
disposition is likely to be prolonged, has thought fit to
name me his Lieutenant. In this quality lam charged
to open the Diet, and, until his return to Vienna, con-
duct all the affairs which are attributed to him as Con-
stitutional Emperor. This confidence of the Emperor
shall be held sacred by me: I will justify it by con-
forming myself to his firm and sincere will to
protect conscientiously and effectually the rights and
liberties granted to the people of Austria, and. to
maintain a spirit of justice and moderation in all
cases where the Imperial word is to decide. Present
circumstances are grave and decisive of the happi-
ness and power of Austria. We must lay new and solid
foundations— no laws in every branch have need of
amendments, a: d new productive sources must be
opened to satisfy our urgent wants. This great task
cannot be accomptislnd without the energetic efforts of
all, and by assuming and keeping a firm attitude in op-
position to the enemies of the country. I rely with
confidence upon this general co-operation, and upon the
love of the people for their Emperor and their fine
country. I rely upon their good sense for order and
tranquillity, which is indispensable to true liberty; and,
in fine, upon their confidence in my ever faithful reso-
lution to devote my utmost efforts to the promotion of
the prosperity and tranquillity.of Austria. With this con-
viction I feel myself strong, and entertain the best hdpea
of being able to restore to my gracious Emperor the
power he has entrusted to me, after having fortified it
with tranquillity and the general welfare."
On the 28th the ARCHDUKE reviewed the Na•
tional Guards of Vienna.
London, England, 1848-07-03

MEXICO.

The treaty having been ratified, the American troops
are withdrawing from the country. The siege train and
the heavy artillery have already left the city of Mexico,
also General Patterson's division of volunteers, which
are to be followed by General Marshall's, General
Kearney's, and General Worth's division bringing up
the rear.

The American Commissioners had not left Quaretaro
at the last advices.

Exchange on London. 1101 to 111; on Paris, sf. 20o.;
Amsterdam, 41 to 42; Hamburgh, 361 to 36k; Bremen,
81 to 82.

Cotton unchanged. Flour remained quiet. Grain
dull. Wheat had declined. Provisions in fair demand.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

LORD SHAFTEBURY'S COMMITTEE.—NORTH
STAFFORDSHIRE. (Deviation at Willington).—Preamble
proved and clauses agreed to.
LONDON AND ENNISKILLEN (Abandonment of Line
from Omagh to Enniskillen).—Preamble proved and
clases agreed to.
ABERDEEN. (Additional Capital).—Preamble proved
and clauses agreed to.
YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK (Great North
of England, Clarence, and Hartlepool Junction).—Pre-
amble proved and clauses agreed to.
GLASGOW, PAISLEY, ♦ND GREENOCK (Amendments
and Branches).—Preamble proved and clauses agreed to.
SCOTTISH MIDLAND JUNCTION (Amendments and
Branchl to Brannon).—Preamble proved and clauses
agreed to.
STRATI/TAY AND BREADALBANE EXTENSION.—Pre-
ambIe proved, aad clauses agreed to.
GROUP No. 2.— SALISBURY AND YEOVIL. The
object of this line is to extend the South-Western
Railway from Salisbury to Yeovil. After the case had
been opened, Mr. Hill, on behalf of the promoters, took
an objection to the appearance of the Great Western
Railway Company, who were opponents of the measure,
and were anxious to advance their Berks and Hants
extension as a competing line. The objection was
argued at some length, and ultimately the Committee
decided that the Great Western Company had no locus
standi. The evidence for the promoters was then pro-
ceeded with.

GROUP No. 3.—GREAT WESTERN, BERRS, AND
HARTi EITENSION.—The object of this Bill is to enable
the Great Western Company to extend their Berks and
Hants line from Hungerford to Westbury, to join the
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth line, with a branch to
Devizes. The promoters contended that this line
would form a competitor to the Salisbury and
Yeovil line, and applied to the Committee before the
case,was gone into to refer this Bill to the previous
group. The Committee, after giving the application
their best consideration, came to the conclusion that the
line could not be considered in the light of a competitor
to the Salisbury and Yeovil, and they consequently re-
fused to accede to the request of the promoters. The
evidence in favour of the Bill was then proceeded with

ELECTION COMMITTEE.
(THIS DAY.)
DUBLIN.

The scrutiny into the validity of Mr. Reynolds's
majority was proceeded with, and in the course of the
day the petitioners succeeded in striking off three addi-
tional votes.
London, England, 1848-07-03

BELGIUM.

A treaty of commerce is, it is said, about to be con-
cluded between Belgium and the Mexican Republic..

HUNGARY AND CROATIA.

His Imperial Highness the Archduke Jomzi will,
as Regent, proceed to open the Hungarian Diet, and
then proceed to Agram to settle the affairs of Croatia.
Accounts from Agram of the 24th state that the re-
turn of the Bann caused such enthusiasm in that city
that the congregation declared itself ready, for the
attainment of an honourable peace, immediately to
send 12,000 fresh troops to join the army of General
RADETS/M—Hamburgh Borsenhalle, June 30.

ITALY.

LOMBARDY.

The Piedinontese Gazette of the 27th ult. states
that the Austrians were concentrating their forces
near Meshe. Verona is in a state of great penury
for provisions. The Austrians are disposed in the
Venetian territory as follows :-1. Brigade under
Colonel MILSAT, 4,000 men, stationed at Belluno
and Pieve di Cadore; 2. Brigade under General
LICHTENSTEIN, 4,000 men, at Vimadello and Cone-
gliano ; 3. Brigade under General MILL, 4,000 men,
at Pordenone ; 4. Brigade under Colonel Suzzos,
at Udine, 3,000 ; 5. Brigade under Colonel CZERPEN,
at Palma, 3,000 men. A detachment of 1,500 men
under Colonel WITII, at Monfalcona. Regiment of
NUGENT, 2,000 men. Total, 21,500. Artillery, 18
field-pieces, 4 mortars.
The Pensiero Italiano of Genoa states that the
Chambers of Tuscany were to meet on the 26th ult.

The Ventidue Marzo of Milan of the 26th ult.
publishes several decrees of the Provisional Govern-
ment of Lombardy, calling under arms the three
classes of 1823, 1824, and 1825, and ordering the
formation of a body of reserve.
On the 25th the Austrian General NUGENT took
the fortress of Palmo Nuova, with a large park of

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in
A a'
its.'
London, England, 1848-07-03

NEW MEMBERS.

Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY was introduced by the Lord
Advocate and Mr. Tufnell, and took the oaths and his
seat for Cheltenham.
Mr. FITZGERALD took the oaths and his seat for
Horsham.

THIRD READINGS.
The following Bills were read a third time and
passed :
.Dunbar Customs, Water, and harbour Dues Amendment.
London and Blackwall Railway (Connecting Branch, &c.)
Newport and Pontypool Railway Act Amendment.
LORDS' AMENDMENTS.
____

______ ......
The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were
further considered and agreed to :—Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire Railway (Junction with the Mid-
land Railway via Barnsley, and Branches therefrom)
Bill; South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Railway
Amendment (Extension to Penistone and Alteration of
Dodworth Branch) Bill.
YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS.

Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD presented two petitions
from Reading, one from the governor of the gaol,
and the other from the inhabitants of that town,
praying for the erection of industrinl schools
for the reformaiion of juvenile offenders, and
that the funds now spent on gaols might be devoted to
so laudable a purpose.
Similar petitions were presented by Mr. W. MILES,
from Montgomery, and hlr. R. PALMER, from Reading.
London, England, 1848-07-03

GUERNSEY.

Mr. OSBORNE moved for a return of all notes fur.
nished by the Governor of Guernsey, Major-General
Sir W. Napier, to the Commissioners appointed to in-
quire into the institutions of the Channel Islands, con-
taining Sir W. Napier's observations and suggestions on
the powers of the Royal Court of Guernsey, and its ad-
ministration of the criminal law, dated September 19,
1846.—Agreed to.

MEDALS TO SURVIVORS ENGAGED AT THE
SIEGE OF ST. SEBASTIAN.

In answer to a question from. Colonel DUNNE,
Mr. FOX MA ULE said that a principle was laid
down by the Government with regard to the distribution
of medals, that such should only be given to individuals
positively engaged, or to the survivors of such persons
where medals had not been granted in the first instance.
In the case of St. Sebastian no medals had been granted,
but it was proposed to give such to the parties actually
engaged in the trenches, or who had been of the storm-
ing party. _ _
London, England, 1848-07-03

IMPORTS FROM EUROPE.

British Cotton Piece Goods—The short period which
has elapsed since our last issue on the 2d instant leaves
us with comparatively little to record in reference to our
import market. Within the past few days, however,
accounts have been received trom Mirzapore and other
up-country marts, which have had the effect of diminish-
ing considerably the activity which was previously dis-
played. Glasgow goods remain without change either
in value or demand. Prints and fancy goods continue
in somewhat better favour; but it is yet too early in the
season for anything of importance to be done in them.
Mule twist has slightly receded, and most numbers are
uow a shade below our last quotations. Metals remain
London, England, 1848-07-03

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT,

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Their Lordships met at Five o'clock.
COPYHOLD ENFRANCHISEMENT BILL.
The Copyhold Enfranchisement Bill passed through
Committee.
IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT (IRELAND) BILL.
The Imprisonment for Debt (Ireland) Bill passed
through Committee.
JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES BILL.
On the motion of the Earl of GRANVILLE the
Joint-stock Companies Bill passed through Committee.
COMMONS ENCLOSURE BILL.
_ _

On the motion of Lord CAMPBELL, the Commons
Enclosure Bill was read a third time and passed.
GOOD-CONDUCT WARRANTS FOR THE NAVY

AND MARINES.

The Duke of RICHMOND asked whether it was
intended to introduce the system of issuing good-con-
duct warrants to the navy and the marines, as well as to
the army?
The Earl of AUCKLAND said it was his intention
to extend the system of good-conduct warrants to the
navy and the marines, if Parliament would sanction the
proposal.
London, England, 1848-07-03

SLIGO ELECTION.

Mr. ORMSBY GORE moved that the petition of
John Delany, which was presented on the 18th of May
last, complaining of certain proceedings for effecting a
compromise in the case of the Sligo election petition,
be referred to the Committee of Privileges.
Mr. HUME wished to ask what the views of Govern-
ment were upon this matter.
Sir GEORGE GREY said Government were clearly
of opinion that it ought to be inquired into.
Mr. BRIGHT wanted to know what the con-
stitution of the Committee of Privileges was. It ap-
peared to him. to be a tribunal more disposed to conceal
than disclose any matter of abuse. The Committee of
Privileges ought to be open like the Election Committees.
The motion was then agreed to.
Mr. V. SMITH moved that the order for printing the
evidence taken before the Sligo Committee be di,charged,
and the evidence referred to the Committee of Privileges.
Agreed to.
London, England, 1848-07-03

By F. B. COURTEIsTAY,

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Liverpool; and all Booksellers.
London, England, 1848-07-03

MARRIED.

On the 29th ult., at Haddenham Church, Bucks, Henry
Bode, Esq., to Jane Elizabeth, eldest daughter of J. Franck-
lin, Esq., of Westlington House, Denton, Bucks.

DIES.

On the 25th ult., at Paris, the Rev. G. Caldwell, late of
Jesus College, Cambridge.
On the 25th ult., at Dolonchothi, Elizabeth, the wife of
of J. Johnes, Esq.
On the 28th ult., at Cranbrook, Kent, Miss Eli'abeth A.
C. Senior, aged 73.

On the.29—th ult., aged 23, Ann West, sister of Mr. West,
of Ludgate-street. _

On the 29th ult., at Camberwell, aged 80, J. Hingeston,
Esq., late of Finsbury-place South.
On the 29th ult., Mary Lea, the wife of G. S. Allnutt, Esq.

London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, at
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112,
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the conoty of
Ifiddlosex, Diohday, July 3,1848.
London, England, 1848-07-03

BENSON V. CHAPMAN.

This case came before their Lordships upon a writ of
error from a judgment of the Exchequer Chamber, pro-
nounced in Michaelmas term, 1846. The original
action was brought by the appellant against the respon-
dent in the Court of Common Pleas, and upon the trial a
verdict was taken by consent for the plaintiff,
reserving a • case for the opinion of the Court
of Common Pleas. The case was argued • be-
fore that Court, and the judgment was in fa-
vour of Benson. The special case was then turned
into a special verdict, and brought by Chapman before
the Exchequer Chamber, where judgment was pro-
nounced in favour of Chapman, and from that decision
the present writ of error was brought. The original
action was upon a policy of insurance by the plaintiff
against defendant, upon freight, to the amount of 2,0001.,
in a vessel bound from Pernambuco to Liverpool. It
appeared that the vessel, in coming out of the harbour
at Pernambuco, struck upon a rock and bank, which so
greatly injured her that she was obliged to put back
and undergo such extensive repairs as to incur an ex
pease of upwards of 7,0001. On coming to this
country the vessel was sold for about 1,6001.,
and the action was brought to recover from the defend-
ant his part of the repairing of the ship. Several pleas
were put in by him to avoid payment, and ultimately
the case was decided in his favour in the Court of Ex-
chequer Chamber.
Sir F. Theiger, Mr. Peacock, and Mr. Burstow
were counsel for the plaintiff in error, and
Sir F. Kelly and Mr. Ogle appeared for the de •
fendant.
. The arguments occupied their Lordships •the whole
morning.
London, England, 1848-07-03

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, JUNE 29.—The delegates of Berlin have
adopted the following resolutions at the request of
the magistrates :
" I. That a deputation, consisting of members of the
magistracy and delegates of the city, shall request an
audience of the King, for the purpose of giving his
Majesty a faithful statement of the exact condition of
the capital, and of humbly requesting the further reso-
lution of his Majesty.
" 11. That the appointed authorities of state be re-
quested to take steps that two battalions of infantry and
a regiment of cavalry, now in the environs of Berlin, be
forthwith consigned to standing quarters."

The Berliner Nachrichten says—" The Swedish
Ambassador at this Court, Baron D'Orrow, has re-
ceived a note from his Government informing him
that Denmark, which was on the point of recom-
mencing the war against Germany, has at the in-
stance of Russia and Sweden changed its plan, and
that the negotiations for peace are being carried on
with great energy."
The Konigsburg Zeitung says :—" The Russian
courier who passed through Tilsit a few days since
on his way to the Russian Ambassador in London,
was summoned to the Emperor of Russia before his
departure, and was commissioned by the CZAR to
announce publicly on his journey that the CZAR did
not intend to interfere either in the affairs of Russia
or of Germany. That it was his firm resolve in
regard to the Shcleswig-Holstein question to effect a'
conjunction with England on amicable arrangements.'
The Nex Berliner Zeitung announces the follow-
ing from Warsaw, June 23 :—" The Mobile Corps,
which was formed in the kingdom of Poland for the
special purpose of guarding the frontiers, and were
placed under the command of General READ, have,
in consequence of the more settled state of the
kingdom of Poland, received orders to break up.
The troops comprising this corps are to be removed
to the interior of the kingdom."
The King of PRUSSIA, in an interview of the 24th
of this month, received General PARDO BARBOZA
DE SILVA, who had the honour of delivering his cre-
dentials as Extraordinary Ambassador and Minister
Plenipotentiary from the Court of Brazil.
London, England, 1848-07-03

SPAIN.

Madrid papers of the 27th ult. have been received.
The intelligence of the outbreak in Paris had
caused great alarm to NARVAEZ, who has redoubled
his precautions. The financial condition of the country
is deplorable, and that will suffice ere long to produce
an outbreak, against which all the precautions of
NARVAEZ will be of no avail. He has just demanded
a forced loan of 100 millions of reals, and a
compulsory deduction of one month's salary from'all
persons holding civil employments.
The members of the British Embassy were to leave
Madrid on Saturday last.

MADRID BOLSA, JUNE 27.—Three per Cents., 22;
Five per Cents., 13. Exchange on London, 41 50.

THE LEVANT.

By the Levant Mail we have received Constan-
tinople journals to the 16th ult., and Athens journals
to the 19th ult. There is no political news in them
of importance. The cholera, which had been gra-
dually disappearing at Constantinople, was again
causing much anxiety. Between the 6th and the
12th ult. there were forty cases, of which several had
terminated fatally. The disease was on the increase
at Galatz, and some cases are reported at Bucharest.

Sir STRATFORD CANNING has left Athens for
Contantinople.
London, England, 1848-07-03

SPAIN.

Madrid papers of the 27th ult. have been received.
The intelligence of the outbreak in Paris had
caused great alarm to NARVAEZ, who has redoubled
his precautions. The financial condition of the country
is deplorable, and that will suffice ere long to produce
an outbreak, against which all the precautions of
NARVAEZ will be of no avail. lie has just demanded
a forced loan of 100 millions of reals, and a
compulsory deduction of one month's salary from,all
persons holding civil employments.
The members of the British Embassy were to leave
Madrid on Saturday last.
MADRID BOLSA, JUNE 27.—Three per Cents., 22;
Five per-Cents., 13. Exchange on London, 41 50.
London, England, 1848-07-03

NAPLES.

Our intelligence from Naples is to the 27th ult.
Many families were removing. The KING never ap-
peared in public. The forts commanding the city
maintained a hostile attitude. Troops were being
dispatched to Calabria. The opening of the Chamber
on the Ist of July was looked forward to with much
anxiety.
London, England, 1848-07-03

e T
,V JULY 3,

to the men. The corps is at present commanded by
Lieutenant G. F. Mayor, 25th Native Infantry, second
in command, during Major Jackson's absence. Some
splendid specimens of anhydrous gypsum, of singular
beauty, had been obtained from the Bougtie hills, where
it was found in mountainous masses. It is said to be
excellently well adapted for statuary purposes. The com-
pany of the 9th Native Infantry, under Captain Farves,
sent up to Kusmore by the steamer Napier,was °nits march
back. From Kurrachee we have letters to the 16th in-
stant. Lower Sinde was also quiet; the people were
busy and full of their own affairs. Our officials had ap-
parently forgotten a subject which at one time was the
sole source of interest, changes in the system of govern.
ment likely to affect the many. The affairs of Mooltan
had monopolised their ideas. The artillery at Kurrachee
was held in readiness for a move, but it would be mad-
ness to think of doing anything for the next three
months. The steamer Assyria left Kurrachee on the
16th for Kotree with Colonel Le Messurier, Lieutenant
Yuunghusband,
London, England, 1848-07-03

NEW MEMBERS.

Mr. Cnkvitx BERKELEYWas introduced by the Lord
Advocate and Mr. Tufnell, and took the oaths and his
seat for Cheltenham.
Mr. FITZGERALD took the oaths and his seat for
Horsham.

THIRD READINGS.
Tfie following Bills were read a third time and
passed :
Dunbar Customs, Water, and Harbour Dues Amendment.
London and Blackwell Railway (Connecting Branch, &c.)
Newport and Pontypool Railway Act Amendment.
LORDS' AMENDMENTS.
'he Lords' amendments to the following Bills were
further considered and agreed to :—Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire Railway (Junction with the Mid-
land Railway viei Barnsley, and Branches therefrom)
gill; South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Railway
Amendment (Extension to Penistone and Alteration of
Dodworth Branch) Bill.
• YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS.
Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD presented two petitions
from Reading, one from the governor of the gaol,
and the other from the inhabitants of that town,
praying for the erection of industrinl schools
for the reformation of juvenile offenders, and
that the funds now spent on gaols might be devoted to
so laudable a purpose.
Similar petitions were presented by Mr. W. MILES
from Montgomery, and Mr. R. PALMER, from Reading,
London, England, 1848-07-03

BELGIUM.

A treaty of commerce is, it is said, about to be con.
eluded between Belgium and the Mexican Republic.

HUNGARY AND CROATIA. ,

His Imperial Highness the Archduke JOHN will,
as Regent, proceed to open the Hungarian Diet, and
then proceed to Agram to settle the affairs of Croatia.
Accounts from Agram of the 24th state that the re-
turn of the II mn caused such enthusiasm in that city
that the congrc7,ation declared itself ready, for the
attainment of au honourable peace, immediately to
send 12,000 fresh troops to join the army of General
RADETSlM—Hamburgh Borsenhalle, June 30.

ITALY.

LOMBARDY.

The Piedmontese Gazette of the 27th ult. states
that the Austrians were concentrating their forces
near Meshe. Verona is in a state of great penury
for provisions. The Austrians are disposed in the
Venetian territory as follows :-1. Brigade under
Colonel MILSAT, 4,000 men, stationed at Belluno
and Pieve di Cadore; 2. Brigade under General
LICHTENSTEIN, 4,000 men, at Vimadello and Cone-
gliano ; 3. Brigade under General Miu, 4,000 men,
at Pordenone ; 4. Brigade under Colonel Suzzos,
at Udine, 3,000 ; 5. Brigade under Colonel CZERPEN,
at Palma, 3,000 men. A detachment of 1,500 men
under Colonel \\run, at Monfalcona. Regiment of
NUGENT, 2,000 men. Total, 21,500. Artillery, 18
field-pieces, 4 mortars.
The Pensiero Italiano of Genoa states that the
Chambers of Tuscany were to meet on the 26th ult.

The Ventidue Marzo of Milan of the 26th ult.
publishes several decrees of the Provisional Govern-
ment of Lombardy, calling under arms the three
classes of 1823, 1824, and 1825, and ordering the
formation of a body of reserve.

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SLIGO ELECTION.

Mr. ORMSBY GORE moved that the petition
_of
John Delany, which was presented on the 18th of May
last, complaining of certain proceedings for effecting a
compromise in the case of the Sligo election petition,
be referred to the Committee of Privileges.
Mr. HUME wished to ask what the views of Govern-
ment were upon this matter.

Sir GEORGE GREY said Government were clearly
of opinion that it ought to be inquired into.
Mr. BRIGHT wanted to know what the con-
stitution of the Committee of Privileges was. It ap-
peared to him to be a tribunal more disposed to conceal
than disclose any matter of abuse. The Committee of
Privileges ought to be open like the Election Committees.

The imotion was then agreed to.
Mr. V. SMITH moved that the order for printing the
evidence taken before the Sligo Committee be discharged,
and the evidence referred to the Committee of Privileges.
Agreed to.
London, England, 1848-07-03

TRIESTE.

An extraordinary supplement of the Austrian Ga-
zette of the 28th June contains the following semi-
official announcement :

"1. Owing to serious representations of the English
Government, the Sardinian Ambassador in London has
declared that Trieste shall neither be bombarded nor
attacked by troops landing. As regards the raising of
the blockade, the English Government could not speak
with any certainty.
"2. On the 20th June, Lord Palmerston addressed
an energetic note to the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh,
protesting against any interference of Russia in the
Danish question.
"3. It had been notified to the Prussian Ambassador
at London, that the exportation of arms from England
for the use of Denmark had been declared diplomatically
illicit, but that no instruction had been issued to pro-
hibit such exportation."
London, England, 1848-07-03

PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.

Petitions in favour of Mr. Hume's motion for Parlia-
mentary reform were presented by Mr. Brown, from
Ormskirk, Mr. Williams, from Chester, Colonel Thomp-
son, from Manchester, and Dr. Bowring, from St. Mary,
Islington. Mr. Hume presented ten similar petitions.
SALE OF SPIRITS.

Sir G. CLERK presented a petition from Dover with
respect to the sale of spirits.
HIGHWAY BILL.

Sir J. PAKINGTON presented a petition from Wor.
cester against tho Highway Bill.

THE CHARTER.

Captain PECHELL presented a petition from Brighton
in favour of the document called the People's Chat ter.

DUBLIN ELECTION.

Lord R. GROSVENOR gave notice of his intention
to-morrow to move that the Dublin Election Committee
should have leave to adjourn from Wednesday to Friday
on account of the urgent private business of one of its
Members.
London, England, 1848-07-03

PRIVY COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY.)

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat to-
day, at the Council Chamber, Whitehall, to hear appeals
from the Prerogative Court, The Lords present were—
Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, the Master of the Rolls,
the Judge of the Admiralty Court, and the Chancellor of
the Duchy of Cornwall.
London, England, 1848-07-03

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London, England, 1848-07-03

TRIESTE.

An extraordinary supplement of the Austrian Ga-
zette of the 28th June contains the following semi-
official announcement :

"1. Owing to serious representations of the English
Government, the Sardinian Ambassador in London has
declared that Trieste shall neither be bombarded nor
attacked by troops landing. As regards the raising of
the blockade, the English Government could not speak
with any certainty.
"2. On the 20th June, Lord Palmerston addressed
an energetic note to the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh,
protesting against any interference of Russia in the
Danish question.
" 3. It had been notified to the Prussian Ambassador
at London, that the exportation of arms from England
for the use of Denmark had been declared diplomatically
illicit, but that no instruction had been issued to pro-
hibit such exportation."