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the Libraries, in 3 vols., ! Their " unadorned eloquence " was not a phrase in-
measure attributed to the secret system of punish-
A CIVIL, MILITARY, AND MATRIMONIAL, DVENTURESof CAPT. O'SULLIVAN
' geniously devised by Sir ROBERT PEEL ; it was a merit adopted in the army, of immolating their
By W. H. MAXWELL, Esq.,
author of Stories of 'Waterloo," &C.el,
; beautiful truth beautifully expressed.. The power victims within closed barracks, whence many .
"
"We do not know of any living author who.,e works command acquired by this honest means is something mar- agonizing shriek has pierced the air in vain, till death
more general approval than those of Mr. Maxwell ; and, ia this very vellous and affecting in the history of modern has wrapped the sufferer in his shroud. "A letter,"
lively romance of real life, the fountain of his genuine Hibernian
humour flows on as uninterruptedly as ever. Captain O'Sullivan's days, and the manner in which that vast I continued Mr. WaRLEy, " was that day published
ca.-eer abounds with adventure, in which peril and broad flin, mirth
and mischief, ma hand in hand. Never was th, light, mercurial, power was employed is no less admirable than in the Times, signed ' V.,' stating that the
rollicking, devil-may-care temperament, that it has become the the mode of its ac quisition. Second only to writer had been thirty-six years in the army,
fashion to attribute to the sons of the Irish soil, better pourtrayed
than in this work."—Dublin Evening Packet. RICHARD COBDEN in the accumulation of so much and was then in command of a regiment, and
Henry Celburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.
influence *and in the generous application of such could coqfidently speak from experience that the dis-
abilities, JOHN :BRIGHT has long since acquired for cipline of the army could be maintained without such a
himself the approbation of his countrymen ; he has brutal punishment. He had seen men flayed alive.—
now received the grateful acknowledgements of his (Great sensation.) He had seen a man receive seven
constituents. hundred lashes at once ; the last two hundred were
On returning thanks for the toast in which his given while the man was in a state of insensibility,
name was introduced on this most interesting occa- and apparently dead, and for ought he could know,
sion, Mr. BRIGHT took a comprehensive retrospect of dead in reality."—(Hisses.) What horrors are here!
the circumstances which had conduced to the realise- Yes, the Duke of WELLINGTON was right when he
tion of free trade. In doing so the Hon. Gentleman told the House of Lords he might, and hoped he
commented upon the numerous and powerful preju- might, outlive corporal punishment in the army. If
dices which had to be overcome before the atrocious his Grace, with his experience and influence,
system of mercantile monopoly could be abolished. and at his advanced age, entertains this hope,
He observed that various sections of the community there is at once an answer to the arrogant
were banded together to prevent the successful issue opinions of other officers, that the triangles and the
of their undertaking; he said that the League and cat must be at their command. The Duke of WEE-
its upholders were opposed "by those who were in- LINGTON must rest his hope upon the conviction that
•terested in the accumulation of rent, by those who England will raise her voice, trumpet•tongued, to
sought to maintain the supremacy of party, and also wipe off an indelible disgrace; and that, in obedience
by a large class of persons who suffered neither pecu- thereto, the Commander-in-Chief, whoever he may
niary nor political considerations to weigh with them, be, will cheerfully resign his instruments of human
but who were deeply prejudiced and ignorant, who had torture. Can it be wondered at that it has often been
not intelligence to examine the question, or public found difficult to get men to enlist in a service where,
spirit to arrange themselves with the popular party at any moment, from the mere caprice or vindictive
for the purpose of overthrowing the great national feeling of a subordinate officer, a well-conditioned
evil of the corn-laws." Nevertheless, despite the man, serving as a private, may almost in a moment
virulence of this antagonism, the cause of right, he disgraced for ever, and lacerated beyond the limits
when aided for the first time by minds so gifted of human endurance ? Our surprise is that, under
and so remarkable for their integrity as such a system, our army has hitherto presented so
those of COBDEN, BRIGHT, VILLIERS, WILSON, creditable a body of men. No doubt, many excellent
and their colleagues, have vanquished all difficulties, citizens, from sentiments that redound to their honour,
and exceeded the most sanguine aspirations. Excel- have been deterred from joining the army. The fault
lent as was the opportunity thus presented for self- has been in the system. It has been framed to allure
gratulation on the triumph achieved by the League, within its meshes none but the worst characters, and
Mr. BRIGHT, with a modesty worthy of himself, then the officers subsequently turn round with
dismissed that consideration in a few sentences. One the assertion, that whilst such men belong to
observation, however, was eminently fitted for the them the terrors of the lash must be suffered
instruction of the Young Irelanders—supposing those to hang over their heads. How inconsistent
very fractious young gentlemen are not altogether have we not been, and of what bloodsheddilig parsi-
incapable of listening to instruction. Mr. BRIGHT, mony have we not been guilty ! The munificent
one of the chief leaders of the Anti-Corn-law League, sum of twenty millions was paid that our West In-
declared it to be his solemn conviction, that "in this dian population should no longer writhe under the
country and in this age no beneficial reform can ever planter's lash, whilst, from a dread of ex-
be effected by force!" Let Mr. O'BRIEN digest those pease, we have failed to beget in our
words of wisdom ; let him voluntarily seek the stool soldiers a spirit of honourable bearing and high moral-
of repentance and tender his submission to V- e greater sentiments, and have maintained in their place the
experience, the cooler judgment and the loftier dread of the highest amount of physical excruciation.
patriotism of the Liberator ! But a change is at hand, and, to borrow the conclud-
Mr. BRIGHT then took an admirable and thought- ing language of one of their resolutions of Wednes-
ful survey of the consequences which had al- day, it will soon be rendered manifest, "that to
ready, and which must inevitably follow from allege that the means of bestowing rewards in the
the attainment of a free-trade policy. tie in- army and navy for good conduct would not be cheer-
stanced how the American Presidency had been fully granted by the people of this country, is a gross
awed into obedience with reference to the Oregon libel on the generosity and judgment of the British
territories by the mere shadow of that great reforma- nation."
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 a 3 in reality, and when
all kingdoms would be bound together
by " a golden chain." The complacency with which
he looked 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 bands since the secession
of Sir ROBERT PEEL from power.
One circumstance has, however, lessened our
satisfaction- at this banquet to our eminent
reformer, JOHN BRIGHT, and that circumstance
is no other than the Honourable Gentleman's
declaration of his resolution not to appear again as a
candidate 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 JOUR 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.

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• THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
THIS EVENING.
Will be performed Shake3pere's Tracedy of OTHELLO. Othello,
11r. Gregory; lago, Mr. Stuart; Cassio, Mr. Leigh Murray; Bra-
bantio, Mr. Howe ; Roderig,o, Mr. Brindal ; Desdemona, Mrs.
Percy ; Emilia, Mrs. Stanley.
To be followed by THE DEAD SHOT. Louisa Lovetrick, Miss
M. Glover.
To conclude with Mr. Buckstone's Farce of MAKE YOUR
WILLS. Messrs. Tilbury, Brindal, Attwood, Mrs. Stanley, &c., will
perform the principal characters.
Boxes, places, &c., at all the Libraries, and of Mr. Archer at the
Box-office, from ten till four.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY.
THIS EVENING
Will he performed the Comedy of THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE.
Characters by Messrs. Diddear, F. Mathews, F. Vining, Turner,
Collier; Miss ArlAen, and Mrs. Keeley.
Alter which a New Farce, entitled THE END OF JUNE.
Principal characters ny Mr. Diddear, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Turner,
Mr. Keeley, and Miss Howard.
To be followed by the highly popular Drama of THE MISER'S
WELL. Dolph Heyliger, Mrs. Keeley; Dr. Knipperhausen, Mr.
Turner ; Peter de Groodt, Mr. Yamold ; Spiegel, Mr. Kinloch ;
Claus Mapper, Mr. Meadows ; Vander Heyden, Mr. Emery; Leo-
nidas, Miss Turner ; Marie, Miss Keeley ; Frau Illy, Mrs. Woollidge.
To conclude with the new Farce, entitled LOAN OF A
WIFE. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan,
Meadows, Kinloch, and Yarnold ; Mrs. Woollidge and Miss Ilowa; d.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE.
THIS EVENINU
Will he performed the Comedy of raur, PRY. Celonel hardy,
Mr. Lambert ; Paul Pry, Mr. Wright ; Grasp, Mr. 0. Smith ; Somers,
Mr. Worrell ; Mr. Stanley, Mr. Thomas ; Harry Stanley, Mr. Boy ce,
Frank Hardy, Mr. Braid ; Witherton, Mr. Selby ; Mrs. Subtle,
Mrs Laws ; Marian, Miss E. Harding ; Phcebe, Miss Ellen Chaplin.
After which, a Grand Mythological Burlesque Extravaganza, de-
nominated THE JUDGMENT OF PArIIS ; or, The Pas de Pip-
pins. The characters personated by Messrs. Selby, 0. Smith, Glen-
naire, Lindon, Waye, Butler, Williamson, Aldridge, Mitchenson,
Alderson, Ryan, Wright, Paul Bedford ; Miss Ellen Chaplin, Miss
Taylor, Miss Harrison, Miss Simpson, Mrs. F. Matthews, &c.
To be followed by an original Comic Sketch, called ABRAHAM
PARKER. Abraham Parker, Mr. Wright.
To conclude with the Farce of A NABOB FOR AN HOUR.
Characters by Messrs. Worrell, Lambert, Munyard, Miss Harding,
and Mrs. Frank Matthews.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET..
THIS EVENING
Will be performed an entirely new Serio-Comic Drama, entitled
A CURIOUS CASE. Mr. Aubrey, Mr. Vining ; Twiggieton, Mr.
Charles Mathews ; Charles Stanton, Mr. Fisher ; Edward, Mr
Ilonner ; Mrs. Aubrey, Mrs. Stirling.
After which a new Fairy Extravuanza, entitled TETE SLEEP-
ING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD. Baron Pactotum, Mr.Oxberry;
Princess Isabelle, Madame Vestris.
To be followed by an entirely New Comic Drama, entitled THE
BARRE It BRAVO; or, 'she Inventor of Powder. In which Mr.
Charles Mathews, Mr. Granby, Mr. Wyatt, Miss E. Stanley, and
Miss Marshall will perform.
To conclude with the Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir
Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. C. Mathews ; Sir Adonis Leech,
Mr. Granby; Lady Clutterbuck, Miss E. Honner.

The appointment of Cardinal Gizzz is officially no-
tified in the Diario di Roma of the Bth, in the follow-
ing terms :
'• His Holiness Pope Pius IX. ha• 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 Home Affairs. His Eminence entered this
day upon the exercise of his functions. His Holiness has
also deigned to nominate his Eminence Cardinal Maseino,
Legate of Ravenna, to be Prefect of the Roads and Bridges,
in the room of his Eminence Cardinal Geratini, who has re-
signed."

ASILEY'* ROYAL A.MPHITIIEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince
Albert, the Prince of Wales, and !lie Peaces Royal. The
Public are respectfully apprised, that the present Week will ter-
millets the succes,ful career of the Grand Military Spectacle of
our Indian Victories.

Twenty-five refugees having availed themselves of
the amnesty, have returned to Sinigaglia from Corfu.
They were welcomed in the warmest manner by the
populace, and they immediately waited on Count
ALISTAT, the brother of the POPE, and requested him
to express to his Holiness their gratitude. The KING
of the FRENCH has written an autograph letter to the
Pore, expressive of the high esteem which he enter-
tains for his Holiness. According to the Cologne Ga-
zette 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 Pius
IX. We hope his Holiness will turn a deaf ear to
these remonstrances, but we fear, from the fallowing
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
source that the Apostolic Nuncio has received orders not to
deliver passports to the Italian refugees who belong to the
Pontifical States, and who desire to profit by the amnesty to
return to their homes.' 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
abould, as soon as possible, ascertain the tenor of the order
which has arrested in the ands of the Nuncio the deliver-
ance of the passports."

The question of military flogging was on Wednesday
subjected to the consideration of a numerous public
meeting in Exeter Hall, where the chair was talc_.n
by Mr. WAKLET, 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 brand, d as a
slave. 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 on Wednesday, and have to listen to such re-
volting details as were there enumerated, is enough
to 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 Wednesday will be repeated in • every
part of the kingdom, and the Government and
the Commander-in-Chief will soon be convinced, the,
much as they have conceded by reducing the number
of lashes, and the enforcement of other regulations,
in older to mitigate the atrocity of military flogging,
the British nation will indignantly demand the abso-
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
:he different animals, which we daily use for

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 appear,
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--
in.- writers against the arbitrary decisions of the censors,
who'e scruples sometimes suppress productions which
the Government would have an 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 mime to
effect a new revolution in Spain. The partizans of Espar-
tero, and of the revolution, easily persuaded the Infante Don
Enrique that he was wrong ta 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 Herald() 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 Herald() has
good reason for disbelieving it. The alleged London
letter was no doubt concocted in Madrid, and the
writer in the Herald() knows well the bureau in
which it was concocted, and the purpose for which
the story was invented.
MADRID 1301.5 a, Ana. 13—The Three per Cents. closed
at 33% for cash; the Five per Cents. at 221%; the Four per
Cents. at 2l :A ; the Debt without Interest at 6%; and the
Coupons at 20.

our interest, comfort, and pleasure, will be baffled
in its efforts to rescue human beings from similar
torture. It was all very well for Mr. Fox MAuLE
to state, in the House of Commons, that the Duke of
WELLINGTON, when consulted by the Government in
reference to the melancholy end of poor WHITE, ob-
served, that " this must not occur again---life and
limb must be protected: But will life and limb be
protected by simply reducing the number of stripes
to fifty ? Before a single lash is administered, we
ought to have the most positive certainty that death

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.
Tne Presse, which rarely expresses an unqualified
approval of the measures of the Government, says—
" We have nothing but approbation to give to the speech
that the King delivered yesterday on opening the legislative
session. It says all that ought to have been said on the oc-
casion, and says that in well chosen terms."

cannot ensue. Medical testimony has disclosed tha
this assurance cannot be given ; we say, then, that

no man's life ought to be jeopardised by a punishment
which may be as fatal to his existence as though he
were shot for a crime of the highest magnitude. The

The Constitutionnel has only the following lines
We have no need to say that the Royal Speech has no
political signification, that is evident from the first phrase,
which postpones to the usual period of the season the domes-
tic and foreign affairs. All commentary would therefore be
without object and useless."
The other Opposition papers affect to sneer at it as
an insignificant affair.

following is the emphatic language of Mr. WAKLEY,
which on Wednesday elicited such sympathising ap-

plause:—

was
body of the unfortunate culprit befiwe his
" Why, they were told that a surgeon should examine the
punishment
inflicted, and that he should determine what amount of
suffering a fellow-creature should be enabled to bear 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 man should be required to test
beforehand the capabilities of endurance of a human being—
that he should gauge the strength of the human body—that
Le should be required to ascertain by the application of his
,cientitie skill what amount of suffering, what quantity of
pai;,, could be endured by a fellow-creature before his life
was put ill danger. It was an insult to the profession to
which he had the honour to belong.—(lnimense 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 cr
patience."

The Chamber of Peers met on Monday, and having
appointed a Bureau for the verification of their
powers, proceeded 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 Echo adds—" An inhabitant of
Oran has told us that he went to Paris three months
ago, taking a letter from CHARLES to his father,
whom he saw several times. He appeared to be in-
sane, and F 0 the visitor on his return told CHARLES."

It is dreadful to think what barbarity has been
suffered, and which never could h ive been resorted to
had the public been made aware of the extent to which
it bas been perpetrated. This must be in a great

On Tuesday the Chamber of Deputies met, to
org4nise its nine electoral bureaux. The first party-
fight is the election of the Presidents and Secretaries

SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MOILININ/C-1, AUGUST 21, M 16..

of these bureaux.. In :the pres9nt case, the 'Minis-
tefial candidafes were elected in every instance.
It was said that the Pri:-.ce DE JOTNVILLE, after
having terminated the nautical *volutions which he
had been iinstructed to make in the Me(iiterranean,
was to sail with the squadron under Li, corn in:11:d for
the Atl.,ntic,anl continue there the nave! manccuvt es
necessary for the instruction of the officers and crews
under his command.

•
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Tuesday at 83f. 75c. ; the Fire per Cents., 1221. 20c.;
the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,268 f. 75e. ; Rouen, 960 f.;
Havre, 700 f.; Great Northern, 70Gf. 25c.; Avignon, 905 f.;
Vierzor, 627 f. ; Bordeaux, 560 E ; Boulogne, 410 f.;
Basle, 2201.; Paris and Strasburg, 497 f. 50c.; Tours and
Nantes, 5071 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 522 f. 50c.; Lyon.; and
Avignon, 490 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 4806.; Spanish Three
per C,nt,.,
BUSINESS :'ONE? IN FOREIGN 'RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDoN STOCK F.XCIIANCE, AuccsT 39.
Direct Bombay and Madras,'—Dutch Rhenish, 6h —Last
%—Luxembourg, 136 —tiorthern of France Constituted, 12%
Orleans and Vierzon, I 4 —Paris and Lyons etnistituted, 5%
Rou.en and Havre, 27—Sambre and Meuse, 416 —West Plunders, 4.

The subscrirt'on for the distressed nurserymen a' d
florists, who suff-red so greatly by the hail•stortn in the
early pert of this month, has ben satisfactorily re-
sponded to, and will, we hope, produce a sum from which
efficient relief may be afforded. One of the means which
will prove of eminent use, is the flower show and floral
baz:lar, at the Surrey Zoological Garde:ts, on Monday
and Tuesday next, when Royalty will grace the charitable
attendance, and where the Lady Mayoress has most
kindly determined to aid the poor florists by her patron-
age. :The most eminent among the amateur fkrists have
promised to send their pl:ints; and in addition to the
usual attractions of the Gardens, the ban.ls of the Lit.e
Guards and of the Blues will give their enlivening mu-
sic. We hope the Gardens will be crowded, and if the
weather prove propitious, we anticipate a large addition
to the funds for the charitable purpose of the to 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 Lrrived at Suez early on the morning of
the 7th inst., with fifty passengers on board, who proceed to
England by the Ariel. The Hindostan 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 Guardafiti, but she fortunately escaped without any
serious ch.mage. The intelligence is from Bombay, vie:
MadraP, up to the 2d of July, only one day later than that
received by the last mail.

staples were rather more favourable than by the previous
oppoftanity, this was fully counterbalanced by thu insignifi-
cant extent of retnittat:ces.

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

l MONEY" and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of Last N:ght.)
There was a steady market for Cotton at Liverpool yester-
day. Sales about 7,000 bales, including 500 American on
speculatioa. American and Surats were firmer, and Mexico
%ad. per lb. dearer than last Friday. American 4d. to 5%c1.
per lb.—Shares were cheaper generally,
By an advertisement which appeared yesterday in The
Sun, it appears that a subscription 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-
cluded in the amount sought to be 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 sufferers, by carrying off nearly all the
money raised on the occasion. The most careful scrutiny
ought to take place to prevent fraud on the public bounty--
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 150/. now for the
glass broken alone. We mention this to show that the
Committecmust, as no doubt they will, look carefully into
all claims before aid is given.
A considerable purchase was made in Consols to-day on
private account, by which the price was raised from 961;
to 96.74, and t: a same value was paid for the Account.
There has been a great deal of business done this morning.
Exchequer-bills advanced to Ms. premium early in the
morning, but they are now at 10s. 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 39 (owing in all probability to the
Miguelite proclamation), which is a reaction of full 4 per
cent; Venezuela Bonds (the Two per Cents.) are at 42.
In the Shares Market the transactions to-day have been of
little importance. The latest prices are annexed.
T ISII FUNDS. ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Rank Stock .. . .• • • • . • • 209
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 961 209
4 95% 96% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 95%10 9
% 5% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 98 97% 98
Long Annuities, Expire -Jan. 5, 1860 South Sea Stock ..
.. 10 5-16 7-1 G 10 7-16
India Stock . ••
Ditto Old Annuities .. • • .. 95!4
Ditto, New Annuities .. .• .. 94
Consols for Account .. .• 95% %
Exchequer Bills. I%d. •.j lid.
1,0001... .• •• • • 13 10 pm.
5001. .• •• 14 pm.
Ditto, Small •• •• 10 14 10
ONE
O'CLOCK.
• • • • • • • • 3%

FORE IG N FUNDS.
Equador Bonds ..
Grenada, I per Cent . ,„
Mexican Bonds, Old. 5 per Cent
..
Ditto, fur the Account .. 22% %
Portuguese Four per Cent
Ditto, for the Account .. .• 401 A 39%
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent
.. • ..
Ditto, Three per Cent ..
..
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. 42
Ditto, Deferred —
Dividends on the above payable in London.
BUSINESS CLOSING
PAID. DONE AT PRICES. O'CLOCK.

The Wuzeer, Rajah Lall Singh, has not yet demanded 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 hypothecation of pro-
duce, shipped for England (as a measure of relief for the
money market) has been refused pending expected instruc-
tions from home.

CLOSING
PRICES.
314
204
22%
23
4014
40%
25 y 6
361

PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES.

Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction .. 2%.... 21%•• • . • -
Birmingham and Gloucester.. .. 100 .... 128 • • - -
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 514 %.. • ••••• • • 5%
Bristol and Exeter .. 75 87 .. •••• • • • 87
Buckinghamshire .. • .. 425. .... % di5....• % (Ifs.
Caledonian .. •• .. 20 .... —..••• • • . • • 15%
Ditto, Half Shares .. .... ..........
Ditto, Extension •.• • .. 2%....1 ••••• • • • •• 1%
Chester and Holyhead .. .• 27% .... 26% .... 26%
Churnet and Blythe .. .• 2..•. 2 1% .. 1%
Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% —•• • •
Direct Northern .. .. • • • . 2%.... 1%14 .......
Eastern Counties .. 14/. 163...
....... • •
Ditto New .. •• •• RV. 16s••• • 775% 1)•• •• ••
Do. I'erpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d.
Ditto, ditto, .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. % p........ ..
p
Ditto, York Extension 2% • • 2%
Eastern Union .. 3O .... 48% .......• 48%
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... 72 •••••••• .. 72
Ditto New % Shares.. 12% 17 16%
Edinburgh and Pe, th
Ely and Huntingdon .• •• 7% ••.• • • ••
••
5
Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1%..,. ......
Great North of England . ..100 —.230 x d•• •• ••• •• 230 x d
Ditto, New .. .. 5 .... 59% x 59% xd
Ditto, New .. • • .. . 50% .......• •• 50% Ditto, New .. .•• .... 18.• •• 18% Great Western •
.. .. • • .. 85 .• _l5O 119 ex div.. 149 x d
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. •. 10 .• .. 22% 23 ex ti. .. 23 xd.
Guildford, Fareham, & Portsmoth 5
..... • ..
hull and Selby .. .. •. 50 •••
•• •• • .•. 104 x d
Ditto, Half Shares .• .. 15 _ 39% ...... • • 391,4
Leicester and Ited,ord .• 225. .... 1/, dis.• • •• % dis.
Leicester, Tamworth, &c. 425. .... %IA di5..... di..
London and Blackwell .. 161. I3s. 4d. 8IA••• • • • • 81-4
London and Brighton .. .• .. 50 .. . 63 62% x d
62;4 xd Ditto ditto Fifths .. ••• . 30 .... 41% • • • 41%
London and Croydon .. ..13/. 15s. 9d 22% % ••••• •• •• 22%
London and Greenwich .. 12/. 15s. 41. .•• • . 9
London an North-Western . • • sOO .. . . 205 206 x ail— 2043 xall
Ditto ditto New Shares • • .. • ... 15% p• • • 15% p
Ditto, Fifths • • 2 .... 21%14 21 p.. 21 p
London and South-Western 41/. 6s. 10d. •.74 75 ...... 75
Ditto, New .. .• .. • • 17% .... •—• • 26%
London and York .. .. • • .•2%• • • • 2 ...... •• • • 2
Ditto, Half Shares .. .......... %
Manchester ant Leeds .. •• 82 .... —Ditto ...• ......
Extension .. 425. ..••• 2% p p
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 .. 79 ex all • • 79xa1l
it to, Quarter Shares -(C) .. 1 .. • • 9%% 9 x all.. 9x all
Manchester, Buxton, & 31allock 425..... %p.• • • p
Manchester and Southampton 2 ....
Midland •• —lOO .. • 138s
137 138% 13e%
Ditto, New .• •• ..24 .. 36% 36%
Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 25 .... 42% 42'...... 42% Ditto, New ...•• .. 1 .... 10% . .
NDitto, Extension .. • • • • 2 .• • • 2 .........
North British .. .• • . • • 25.... • • 32_,% •

The officers of the late 34th regiment are, it is announced
a 3 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 Stith Regiment. .No
officer 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 Foo-chow-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 from the cholera. The number of
deaths of Europeans alone on the 15th, 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 arc 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 ofhis
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 upon 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, Jta.v 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 Lail Singh, who have expressed openly their
desire to be freed from the incubus which we have proved
to be.

Atto, Half Shares .•••8% •• • • 143-1;1,4 38%
1414
Ditto, Carlisle Extension •• 1% ... •43% • • ...• • • 334
North Kent and Direct Dover ..
.... I% 1,6
North Staffordshire .. • • • • 425. % p ..... . 3 p
Oxford,lVorcest.,& Wolverbmptn. 12% ....
Portsmouth Direct • • • • • • 331 •••• 5% • • •• • • 5%
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 425. .• 1 dis .. • • 1 dis
Richmond .. .. •...10 .. 181 • 1834
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2% .... 32% • • • 2 7's
Shropshire Union .. 421. % % dis.
South Midland .. • . 425. % p........ p
South Eastern and Hovor .. • • 33% .: • • 43% 42% ...• 42
Ho., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 2%. 314 ...... 3%
South Wales .. . •
Waterford and Kilkenny .. .. 8 .... 2% ... •• • 2%
Welsh Midland .. 234 ....
West Riding Union 425. .... 234 p.. • • 3 p
York and Carlisle .. • . 234 ....
York mid North laidland .. 50 ....
Ditto, Selby • • .30 .... 72% . • • 72%
Do. E. and W. Riding Exten... 1 .• .• 12

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens •.. 14 .... 13 12%
Demerara .. 2k .... 2 ....
Direct ......
reat Bombay and Madras .. ss. .. • • Ig .... ....
luteb:Rhenish
.. • . 64 6.. -

East In liaa ss. .... •%% ........
Great Indian Peninsular .. 44 ss. % .
Luxembourg .........
1%
Namur and Liege ..
.. ......6
.... 3 ...... • ... 3
Northern of France Constituted.. 5 •• .. 12% %•••• •• • • 12%
Orleans and Bordeaux .. 6..•.8 4 8 •• •••••• 8
Over Yssel .. 41.35. 4d.... .. •••• • • .. di*
Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... 5% 5%
Sumbre and Meuse .. •. • B.. • ........ •• 414
Tourney, Jurb:se, Landen, and rz

Hasse
West Flanders

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

Lord Dundonald's villa in the Regent's-park was yes-
terday sold by Mr. George Robins for 4,600 guineas. Mr.
Lambert Jones was the purchaser of this great bargain, for
Mathew Uzielli, the great city merchant.
THE PEEL AND RUSSELL GOVERNMENTS.—The Peel
Cabinet contained five Scotsmen, five Englishme, one Bor-
derer, one Irishman, and one American. There were also elevt
Scotsmen in high Government offices, but not of the Cabinet. The
Russell Cabinet of sixteen contains two Scotsmen, eleven Englishmen,
and three Irishmen.
The Bishop of Bath and Wells consecrated a new
church, at Eastover, Bridgwater, on Monday last, in presence of a
large number of the clergy. The church is dedicated to St. John, and
the Rev. J. C. Collins, 31. A., has been appointed to the incumbency.
THE LATE SIR CHARLES WETTIEBELL.—p'fhe remains
of the late Sir Charles Wetherell were removed from Preston Rec-
tory, Maidstone, yesterday forencon, for the family mansion; in lb r-
keley-equare. It is understood that the funeral ea Ethe deceased will
take place on Tuesday, and that his remains will be consigned to the
benchers' vault, Temple.
THE LATE MR. HAYDON.—The subscription for the
relief of the widow and children of the late Benjamin Robert liayclon,
the historical painter, now amounts to upwards of 2,0001., exclusive
of the annuity of Lady Peel already fixed on the relict.
ARRIVAL OF TROOPS FROM CEYLON. CHATHAM,
AUGVST 18.—This afternoon some detachments of regiments arrived
at the invalid depot, Fort Pitt, from Gravesend, consisting of two
corporals and nineteen privates of the 95th Regiment, four privates
of the 90th Light Infantry, and one private of the 7th Dragoon
Guards, with four women and four children of the 95th, and one child
attached to the 58th. These troops were in charge of staffisurgeen
P. Daly Murray. These detachments came by the Marian transport,
on board which ship they embarked at Colombo on the 17th of
February last, taking on board also the head-quarters of the 90th
Light Infantry; and on the 14th of April the ship arrived at the
Cape of Good Hope, and the head-quartets of the 90111 then disem-
barked for the purpose of strengthening the military forces there
stationed. During the passage between Ceylon and the Isle of
France the wife of Dr. Robert Ellson, of the 90th, died on board. At
the Island of Ascension the vessel put In and received several seamen
of the Royal Navy, and between that island and the Western Isles
two of them died ; and the 95th daring the voyage lost by deaths one
sergeant, five privates, one woman, and one child.. Most of the sol-
diers that.. have come home embarked with the regim'ent at CorX lu
the year 1838. The private of the 7th Dragoon Guards was taken
on board at the Cape.
ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE CITIZEN STEAM BOAT.—
On Wednesday:Mr. Higgs held an inquest at the Angel and Crown
Tavern, Strand, on the body of Richard Davis, an engineer, who lost
his life on Saturday last under the following frightful circum-
stances :—John Bush, piet man at the Nine-elms station, Vauxhall,
deposed that on Saturday, about half-past twelve o'clock, while
standing on the outer dummy, the Citizen steam-boat D came to
take in passengers for London. Several persons came on beard,
alter which the Captain, who was on the starboard paddle-box, cried
out "Go on." At the same moment witness observed deceased placing
an oil can on the larboard paddle-box, the top et-which was half
open. Immediately afterwards a scream was heard, and the engine,
which had gone about half a turn, was stopped. The captain and
several Persons looked into the paddle-box, but the deceased had dis-
appeared. Drags and boats were used to recover the body, but they
were unable to find it. Charles Maiming stated that he was at the
helm at the time of the accident, but did not observe the deceased
go down to oil the wheels. Ile had often gone down before, and it
was the usual custom to make the wheels fast with a rope, but he
had neglected it en the present occasion. Richard Hearn, a fisher-
man, said that he discovered the body near the police-ship off
Arundel-stairs at an early hour on Tuesday morning, It was quite
fresh, and seemed free oftnjury. Verdict, Accidental Death.
POISONOUS BERRIES.—An inquest was held on Wed-
nesday at the London Hospital, before Mr. W. Baker, jun., on the
body of Thomas Barker, late proprietor of the Veteran beer-shop, in
the Whitechapel-road, who died in the above institution, on Monday
last, from the effects of eating poisonous berries, suspected to be
those of the deadly nightshiule. A child named Samuel Jones, aged
three years, died in the sane hospital on Tuesday tram a semilar
cause. There are three other persons in a dangerous state in the
hospital, who have partaken of poisonous berries, and the
greatest excitement prevails on the subject. A long Inquiry was
gone into, from which it appeared that on Saturday afternoon the
wife of the deceased purchased a pint of berries from a man
in *the garb of a countryman, which she formed into
a pie, of which her husband and herself partook on Sunday.
Whit.: they were eating the pie the child of a customer (the deceased
Jones) came in, :nit they gave him some. About two hours after
eating the pie, the witness, her husband, and the child, were vio-
lently affected with pains in their limbs, drowsiness, and convulsions.
A medical gentleman was called in, who attempted to administer
emetics to the sufferers ; but Parker was unable to swallow tlieni, and
became delirious. The unfortunate man died 011 the following
morning, after enduring great agony. The child expired twenty-four
hours afterwards. Mrs. Parker, in answer to questions by the
coroner, said the man who sold them called them nettle berries. She
was a countrywoman, but never heard that name before. A long
discussion took place, and it was agreed to adjourn the inquiry to
afford the police an opportunity of finding the man wh4 sold the poi-
sonous berries,
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—KINGSBRIDGE. AUG 18.—
A boat, containing three men and a boy, went out to Beg airy Bay,
in order to meet the fishing-boats which were employed in the pil-
charti,llshery, in older to save time and to strike a good bargain
With the fishermen with their fish. The boat was struck by a very
heavy sea and dashed to pieces, sus the men and boy were
all

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 cnvoyfrom the King of Persia had ar-
rived, with a view of engaging Dost Mahommed and his bro-
thers of Candahar, one of whom, Sidar Kohundil Khan, had
accompanied the Persian Ambassador, in an offensive league
against us. Ofourproepects I can give no cheering news. The
pressure in the money market is appalling. 25 per cent. is
willingly paid fur money, which, even at that ruinous rate,
is not to 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 chests 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 without instructions from home, and
consequently the arrival of each ma now anxiously-
looked forward to to decide the question one way or other,
as either would be preferable to the present uncertainty ;
for although the re- opening of the warehouse would perhaps
aff Td the most immediate and general relief, a decla-
ration that advances would not be resumed for a specific time
would eventually prove almost equally edicacious, as parties
at home would doubtless take every advantage of the scar-
city here, and remit freely were they certain that their cal-
culations as to the probable returns were not liable to be de-
ranged by the interference of Government ; every thing 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 on this Tree-
sury will continue on a moderate scale.
Our Exchange 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.
The foregoing remarks will sufficiently account for the con-
tinued inactivity observable in our markets for both experts
and imports; as regards the former, business has been almost
exclusively
confined to sugar, whilst in the latter, although
sales 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 unprecedentedly 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 preent 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 seem-4y 12, which are, we believe, above those charged
sincein thatthe
shipments
have b
c f thee:n g b
ikn.
at
Nanoyt.wpi
tell;
n
forward
somewhat slowly we find the rates for dead weight fully
maintained f,r first. class ships, and as produce is now ar-
riving freely from the interior 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 May; but although the accounts for sonic of our export.
•
Upwards
of 100 of these eases belonged to her Majesty's
86thltegiment.