The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-27 00:00:00

DENi'IA H.K.

COPENHAGEN, JUNE 21.—The Minister of Finance
has granted the petition of the p.istal authorities,
whereby four marks will be charged for every pre-
paid letter, and six for every unpaid. This reform,
granted by the Diet, comes into operation in January,
1851.

CANADA.

REJECTION 01"--1714E-INDEMNITY BILL.

TogONTO, JUNE 12 —List night the Provincial
Pirli,imeut refused, without discussion, Sir Allan
AP.Nub's motion to introduce the Indemnity Bill of
list session. The vote stood 36 to 16.

RAILWAY TRAVELLING IN FINE WEATHER.—The
fine summer weather seems to have inspired the directors of
the several railways with a very laudable spit it of emulation
to meet the wishes of the public, and their extreme liberality
in providibg cheap trains greatly conduces to the comfort of
those who are anxious to get fresh air and a good view of
the country at a reasonable rate. Just think of a Sun-
day excursion to Gravesend and back by the North
Kent Railway for three shillings! two shillings!! and
one shilling and sixpence! ! ! something between a
farthing and a halfpenny a mile! The 'adage of
"Nothing like leather" falls to the ground here, for
travelling by railway is much cheaper, and far more
Pleasant, then t aveiling on leather ! We understand that
the line of carriages on the North Kent, last Sunday, lo ked
very picturesque, forming for a considerable distance a long
beautiful line of sinuosity, in accordance with the curves on
the railway; and no accident whatever. Every summer
Sunday the same.
MoaraNcs AT MATLOCK, BY R. SHELTON MAC-
KKNZIE. D.C.L , author of " Titian," &c 3 vols. The
above work is published this day by Mr. Colburn, and may
be had at all the libraries. The following popular novels
are also just published :-1. Anne Dysart ; or. the Scotch
•Minister's Daughter-2 Lox Vendee, an Llistnrical Romance,
by A. Trollepe, Esq —3. The Story f a Man of Fashion;
or, Sin and Sorrow 4. Freston Tower; or, The Early Days
of Girdle! Wolsey, by the Rev. R. Cobbold-5. Reginald
Hast big's, an Historical Rein ince, by Eliot Warburton, Esq ,
second edition-6. A Second Series of the Discipline of Lite,
comprising the Stones of Ada Mowbray and Susan Greville.
Also just ready, Adelaide Lind-ay, a novel, edited by the
author f " R.nilia Wyndham ;" and The Country Year
Book; or, The Field, the Forest, and the Fire-side, by Wil-
liam Howitt, author of " The book of the Seasons," &c.,
1 vol., with illustrations, 10s. 6,1. bound.
NOTICE.—" THE NIISER's SECRET ; OR, THE D Bvs
OF J ‘3lEq I ," a new Historical Romance, published this day,
by Mr. Shaer!, 20, Great Marlborough-street, and copies
have been forwarded to his agents in every tart of Great
Britain. Also now read 3-2. Ryan's " Two Years' Personal
Adventures in California, with the Author's Experience at
the Mine=," with .3 plates "One of the moat attractive
books of the season."-- Herald. 3. Napier's "Sou hero
Aft ica," 2 vols , plates. 4. Captain Reia's " Rifle Rangers,"
2 vols., pia es. 5. 51r. Sirr's " Ceylon and the Cingalese." 2
viols , plates ; and, ni a few days, Captain Hervey's "Ten
Years' in India ; or, the Life of a Young Officer," 3 vols.
Her Mej -sty and his Royal Hi:club-Ss the Prince
Albert, ttended by Colonel Grey and Miss Arisen, and ac-
companied by the Prince of Prus:da, ho.,oured the New
Society of Painters in Water Colours by visiting their Ex-
hibition this morning. Her Majesty was graciously pleased
to mark her approbation of the exhitiii ien by purchasing
Mr. Warren's classically-treated Egyptian picture, "Tire
Wi.e Men on their Way," and Mr. Corbould's beautiful
Floretta, &c.

INTEREST PAID TO SAYINGS BANS.—The total
amount of loss of interet sustained by the public on account
of excess ut interest p id to trustees of savings banks by the
Comtni,sioncrs for the Reduction of the National Uebt above
that received by them fr in the 2:Rh of November, 1814, to
the 20th November, 1 • 49. was 222,905/. ; and on account of
friendly societies, 1U5,193/. The calculation ipcludes Ireland
ani Scotland.

THE LONDON NEWS AGENTS AND THE NEW
POSTAL REG ULATIONS.—It is intended to call a meeting of the
London newsvenders, for the purpose of forming a deputation
to wait on the proprietors of the metropolitan weekly news-
papers with the following propositions, viz.:—That an early
edition of all the weekly newspapers be published on
Friday afternoon, in time for post to the most distant places,
so that the papers may be supplied to the subscribers in those
localities on Saturday evening Another ediion to be pub-
lished on Saturday morning, to be forwarded to the less dis-
tant parts by the morning inaist; an-s a town edition, for
dl..tribution throughout the metropolis and its suburbs on
Saturday afternoon. Should the foregoing proposals be
adopted, it would considerably lessen the. labour, of the
working newsmen, who are now equally as hard worked on
Sabbath as on the week days.
ASSAULT ARMS.—A grand assault of arms, in-
cluding the foil, sabre, sticks, and bayonet against sabre,
Was last night given at the Whittington Club by Mr. Allred
Shury. M. Prevost, and Professor Gillentatid, both from
Paris, took part in the assault, and so did Corporals Venn,
Reid, and Waite. There was nimble fencing with the foils
and some dexterous work with the sticks, but the most
marked feature of the exhibition was the feats with the
sword by Mr. A. Shury. A bar of lead, one and three-quar-
ters of an inch in thickness, and the carcass of a sheep were
cut in twain neatly and cleverly at one fell swoop. The au-
dience were pretty numerous, and were enlivened in the
course of the evening by the band of the Royal Horse Guards
Blue, who played at intervals several popular airs.
FOREIGN FRUITS AND VEG ETABLES.—The follow-
ing numerous and large arrivals of fruits and vegetables have
taken place in one day from the continent for the metropo-.
litan markets: - The steamer Rainbo-v, from Rotterdam,
brought 1,101 bags of new potatoes; the Sir Robert Peel,
from Dunkirk, 809 baskets and 49 cases of new potatoes, 2)3
dozens of cauliflowers, and 1, baskets of cherries; the
f.'om Rotterdam, 3,753 baskets of new potatoes, 4
baskets of melons, and 19 sieves and 12 baskets of cucumbers;
the Stadt Dordie,•ht, from Dorcit, 28 hampers and 20 baskets
of new potatoes, 20 hampers of cherries, 8 hampers of cab-
bages, and 29 hampers of carrots; the Fyenvord, from Rot-
terdam, i 03 baskets and 200 bag 4 of new potatoes, and 197
baskets of cherries; the Ve ezuela, fr,,m Havre, 1,576
baskets of various kinds of fruLs ; and the ,:oho, from Ant-
werp, 2i baskets of-green peas, and 1,38 k baskets of various
sorts of fruits—the produce of France, Holland, and Belgium.
•
VAUXHALL GARDENS.—Yesterday this place was
opened at the early hour of 4 o'clock in the afternoon' for
the exhibition of a pageant, in which the whole of the:
horses and performers of Astley's Amphitheatre, under the
direction of Mr. Batty, were employed. The scenes which
consisted of tableaux and spectacles from the romance of
Windsor castle, were well 'arranged, and the costumes,
ege, were gorgeous and appropriate. There were seer, dogs,
Horses, knights, squires, ladies, &C., almost without number
—Herne the hunter, E-lenry VIII , Cardinal W olsey, Anne
Bokyn, a word, a.l persons recognized by the hi -
tory of the times, and many more whom no history has re,.
corded. The scenery was well painted and the whole well
got up. A monster band of music, in m re senses than
one " played up " during the representation, and added to
the appropriate cissonance of the scene. The whole went off
well, and is likely to attract multitudes of spectators. At
the conclusion of the performance the promenade commenced
and at dusk the usual entertainments of the gardens were
begun.

lIC COD FISHERY.—A correspondent from Chris-
tiania writes, on the 7th June, " The return of the steamer
from H trnmerfest brings us information up to the 21st ult.
They write that the cod fishery on the east coas• of Fin-
rnarken promised to be more than usually productive, and
that in consequence no less than 2,500 boats. manned by
10.000 men, had already passed that port on their way to the
fishing grounds. '
Happiness is like wealth ; ag soon as we begin to
nurse and care for it, it is a sure sign of its being in a preca-
rious state. Eliza Cook's Journal.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD It %ILWAY.—Traffic for
the Week ended June 1850: C. and H. Main Line
2,953/. Od ; Mold, 251. lls. 01; Steam-bath 25. v:
as. 4,841. og. •

Accounts from Antwerp state that some disorder had
ot•curred there upon a shipment of potatoes by an Eng-
lish deakr, who has clam a large buomess in the article,
and that part t,f the cargo was stopped on the quay, so
.a not to be in time tor the Hull boat. The growers
thereupon sold the potatoes at two fro. per quarter hec-
tolitre, for which the English shipper had agreed to
give four frs. _ _

- The first arrival of herrings in Holland took place on
the 23,1 inst., and as u-ual a certain portion was irame-
olat,iy sent to the King and the Ministers. Dutch
Suck was tath« r flitter at Amsterdam un the 25th inst.,
the Two► and•a-Hilt per Cents. being 57g.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to
this day, are in round figures as uuder:—

1850. 1849.
Great Western £l9 005 £19,171
IsT,irth Western... .......
Solvh Western l4 032 11.383
brignton
Midland 22,647 22 456
South Eastern
Calera jnixn
The English Funds have been very dull, and there
is as little fluctua ion as yestesday, although the feeling
is somewhat better as to the protahle majority tor
Ministers. Consols have been 95i to 96, and New
Three-and-a Qu4r er per Ceuta. 974 to 97k. Exchequer-
bills are 695. premium.
In the Foreign Market there is, no activity. Spanish
Three per Cetus. have been 384. and Portuguese Four
per Cents. about 35. Mexican Bundy are 30, end
Peruvim Four-rti.d-a-Halt per Cents. have been 78.
Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents. are 58k.
Shares aru steady. _

Consols ...
Ditto Account

QUARTER TO THREE.

... 95i 96

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISII FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES.
~e rtf . c ttk clueen Anus ... 96%1A 96 t,fe
gew 314 per Cent. Anna. - ........... 973 g% 9774
ong nuns. to oxpingJan.lB6o 8 6-16 8 6%
.I(in.. kiondn. 1,000 i.......... 9O p 90 p
onsolt tor Account 93% 96 96
chonuer Hill, I ;yd. at 2d
),(4/0/. June 69 p
5001. June
Small, J uue —

6) p
67 p
70 p
ONE CLOYING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
rumen sonat., ...
Grenada Bonds, 11/4 per Cent 1914 18
Ji•txman, o per Cent. 1846, with Coupons—
Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ..-.... 30 29"1,
Ditto, Account
Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent.
Ditto, Account . — 78%
Ditto, Deterred - 34
Aussian Bonds
Dm, 414 per Cent
Ditto Scrip .....
-3patiusti o pe l)111,. Iti4i) —
Ditto, Account
Ditto. 3 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London,
2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. ;,81,( 581
Ditto. 4.. Der cent. tie' rtineates BB,-,a 88-4
,BUSIN Ebb DONE CLui,IN
rRICES OF PAID.
RAI', WA Y SHARES AT ON h. O'CLOCK. PRIcE•;
A 'ac, ni eea
.:iledortinn ....- ...... 5O
Do. New 101. Pref
elle ter and Uolyhead... 50 - 8%4
• .1.) lin arvi Belfait Junc. 42k — ...
ii.aatem Conaties... ..... 21,r ....,.. 7%
•.. 7%
i.)0., New Pr,f-rer.ce,
6 :or Cent.. ........ 10 ...... 11%
Do. North. & Eastern, - . . . .
6 per Cent. ... ... 50
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. U. 'hares) 25

Do. ,crip (6 per cent.) 20
E•tst LauGashira
Lmentninirc, guar.
6 per Cent. .
iklortuern
teat sl/4mtu. and West

97
4% p
17,)
171,E
3tfij2

7
1 3/1

2834
10%

(Ireland) ....
Ditto, Eighths ll4 .. . -
:real Notit,,ru loi - ..... .... /9 ,s.
Ditto New 171_ .. .15 ... 7 %..... ...... .. 7.44
;lull and Selby .. ...... 50
,eoesshireee Yorkshire 100 ...... 3i 86
Do. ;Fifths-- ....... -.. ' 'l%
Do. Sew, Gua.6 ner cf. 11) 121.04 . ...... .. 1,•4.2
)14.( W. Riding Union) 1114.. 2%,..,.,„
0...i.ds •trid. tivoltord ...... .)1..
Lomion, Briwiaton, 4rd
South Coast... .....10ifr
Do.Guarant. 6 per et.. 9 ......
London and 'ST. Wo ;tern 100 ......10914 3414 i!,4 10914
riltr,„ No.. quarters 12 ~.... 1234 13 ... t 3
0:tto, Fift'l, ..... ~... 12 ... .. 13 12% . ... 12%
Do. 101 M. & B.) C. I • ..
London '4 W ....t.,ry 11:9-. 5914 5/ 591/2 53% 591/0
Midland ..
- P.,.. 50/. Sharer ..... 30 ...... 3% ..... ......
Do. Consolid. Bristol &
Birnunk., ti per et.... 100 ... . 123 12214
north 6ritl-.il „,. ..„ 25 -
Nyth Staffordshire ... 1711 6% 6%
''eading, Guildford, and

Reigate . . . „ 20 ..... 15! % ls4',
Royston and Hitchin ... 414..... SLA N... -.• 5)6
S. 1 rtiWN bury stiff Birm ... 13 IA ...... dia. .. .. dis
Ditto ditto. Class B. 9
Ditto, New Guaranteed 8
Shropshire Union
South Devon 50
5 oat, e',l4t.r,
Do., Registered No. 4 10
York, Newt:J:lB.w, and
Berwick. •—• ....
Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 ...... ••• .....•
Do. G.N.E.Pretert,nce ).::( ... --2 y
York. and North ;*Ylitiland 50 ...... 1644 ~, ..... .• ..,
DttLi4 P. e'afJun. ...... 10

FOREIGN RAIL W Arm
Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ...... 6,4
Rouen and Havre ...... 20 ...... 834
Sambre and iteuem 2O ... .. 2 :14 . . .....

1514
9.511

16'
7 :%

L LOYD'S sHIPPLiN G.—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON. JUNE 27.—Wind at noon N.E., moderate
Bret zr and cloudy.
Dx.tx,, Jura: 26,—Wind N.E. Arrd. Elizabeth
Jones, Calla J•' Highbury, Walker, Jamaica. Arrd, from
the River, Wellington, Hobart Town. Arrd. from
the River and sld. Bucephalus„ Madras; Maria Burns,
Mauritius.

Dr.VER ROADS, JUNE 26.—Arrd. Calcutta, Callao.
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 26. —Wind E.N.E. to S.S.E.—
And, Browhys, Weird, Sierra Leone, for London;
Southampton, Morgan, New Yo: lc. and aid. for London.
COWES, JUNE 26.—Wind S.E.--Sld. Nell, Lives y,
Hobart Town.

PLYMOUTH, jUYE 26.—Wind variable.—Sld. Loyalist,
St. John's, Neti f,undland.
LIVERPOOL, JUNE 26.—Wind N.—Arrd. Pobland,
Recninteria, Porto Rteo. SW. Berhampore, Calcutta;
John Bull, Bombay; Brandon, Fernando Po; Dabnada,
Callao; Lucy Sharp, Rio Janeiro; Ringdove, Jamaica;
Orbit, Qut bee. Ofl port, Ivanhoe.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.

Notice of two bu,ya moored on the English Bank to
;he E. of the B3r of Pernambuco.

The following has been received at Lloyd's from
Whitehall, by command of the Lords of the Cummittte
of Privy Council for Trade:—
" There are pow moored to the East of the Light-
house of the Bar of Pernambuco, two buoys, one black
and one red, which show the position of the English
Bank Each of these buoys his a bell to warn incautiou
navigators of its proximity; but in consequence of the
direction of the wind and the roaring of the waves, it
oafluo; pometwo be beard except at a ulna distance.

.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, T4' O O'CLOCK.
The Cotton market at Li vt-rp ye,,terdiy, was very
animated, and with a g.,od demand tor export and specu
lative businecs. The .4ies were es,imated at 12.000
naltg, of which on wi t!ken for expirt and on
specuhtion. Br zil adv weed and ord. and mid.
Anita-jean were per Ih. nigher, at which he
ma ket c usel firmly,—liallway Shares were flat, with
voty little busini.ss doing.
The s;x weeks' average price of wheat is 40s. per
quarter, the highest point for some time past.
It will obviously not be for want of industry if the
Cotton Market be not buoyed up to the highest possible
mark by the parties interested on the other side of the
Atlantic, and it is curious to watch their progress. A
leading broker at New Yurk writes by the Atlantic
steamer:—

" My last report of this market was under date of the
4th inst., per Europa. The business transacted since has
indicated daily that confidence in the stability of present
prices is wide spreading, and the clasis of buyers operat-
ing now are those who have all the season stood clear
of the article, h lieving at. first in the exi‘tence of a
crop tfeee hundred theusenti bales more than cas be
realised by draining Vie interior towns; arid
when that. obstacle was removed: they telt
it was unsafe, because bills bad been made early against
an nessus; prspaesion of the receipts, and iu the ability
of European spinners to abate the tnaiiu+acture, or, as
they tt•rin it, the consumption of the article, they had nu
question, and predict d we should chriaiuly ieel the pres-
sure as Noon a,. th,y had definitely assured theses, Ives that
the crops was determine 1, and in the ports, as without the
aid ef the to, eige m .rket our mean...ion houses would
not dare to try the expetitnee La bidding supplies until the
people called fu. goods so raveaously as to terse de%lers
to purchase small quantities of first hands, on wh.t,
was to be, a falling market. From all that we can
learn on this ride, spinners are more astounded at the
continued extent of the demand fir their goods from all
qua! ters of the globe, than they are at the actual short-
ness of the present crop, as it evidences that the real
consumption of cotton fabrics has overtaken.
the production: They do not allow enough
for the vast yearly improvements in ma-
chinery, the great amount of the circulating medium,
and fur the proportion that are gained by the low rate
of agricultural productions. Dealers are believed to
hold light stocks abroad, as for six months past they
were told weekly, by the highest authorities at Man-
chester, that cotton prices were unsafe, and must soon
fall on their own merits. In this country lam assured
that stocks in the hands of those who supply
the people are also light, as the impression here
was that it was a cotton fight, and, as usual,
the superior capital of our trans-Atlantic brethren
would carry the day. and, consequently, the same stroke
f policy was acted on—purchase lightly. Now, the
people call for goods, and the cotton fight being at an
end, the old-stagers appear at our cotton•otfices, and
confess their errors, believing thaf cotton has not yet
commenced to rise. The sales up to Tuesday, 11th inst.,
averaged 2,500 bales daily.
"In regard to the pros's, ct of the next crop, I have
nothing to add to my respects of that date. I reiterate
these remarks, and solicit you to note them particularly.
I could cite a volume of reasons fur my conviction of
their accuracy. But as my deductions have always been
well within the subsequent facts, I consider it unuects-
serf."

The red bUoy marks the Southern end of the said Bank,
and ti,e bittok 61lb the Nt.rthi-ro
"To Ea.o. nF star s•,id -u v n cA. 41 a1f.4.1v
steer; hut oily a high WA:et 10 intlidie cads sera 1~
dravviug ten tel-q w u r n 01, In.
"To t Sow.h ,tie rid butu the tiavigiition idway,
Tree avid open to arty vessel; but to 0-4, North of the
bluuk hwy there is bar. t) u ctlion, I hi. Ith'ich vessels
can pass, hAvinkt Bar pilots on ho4r(l, as ci,at, to are
the Olinda i 1-, or Buoks.
"robt-Ctptuiocy. P rotin3hitc, , Apt ii 9, 1850,"
MAR

KET NE WB.-(THIS_DAY.)

arzarGam AND 1.1i.31:bEr71111./.1.
Tbeze markets were very inactive to-day, yet prices,
owing to the small supplies off,,ring, were generally
supported. Beef, from 2s 01 to 3s Od; Mutton,
2; 441 to 34 61; Lamb, 3; 101 to 5; Od; Veal, 2.3 6d to
3s 4d; and Pork, 3; Od to 4s Od per 81bs, by the carcase,

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a. nor 11111.10.11 GE
SitriTHFlELD.—Meadow Hai, 2/ 83 to 31103; Clover
ditto, 3/ 03 to 4/ 8s ; and Straw, 1/ 2s tm 1/ 10,.. per
load. Supply but moderate, and trade dull.
CNVIDERLAND.—MeadOW Hay, 2110 34.12i', Clover
ditto. 3i 0, to 4( 4, ; and I 3t 1 10
load. A full average supply, and a sluggish dc.tua7id.
WIIITKCHAWEL. Meadow tiny, 2; 8, ;
Clover ditto, 3/ Os tool 10.,.; awl straw. 1: 26 to Is 10, w
load. Trade steady, at our quolaloas.

MEAT Mki
SOUTH 41. L. JUNE 26,—thir Mat kef VY,IS heavy fo-1,,y
for each kind of smelt, and prices head a downward t. 41-
deuey.—Beet Trom 23 10d to 3, 6,1; Muvon, 3s to 3s 104;
Lsmb, 4s ,o 5s 04 Veil, 2. 8 to 3s 4d; and Ptak,
3s to 3.. 61 per Blbs, to sink tt,e off 1.
RomFoap, JUNE 26. l'he t4,lteral d-mand was in a
very nitsetive state, and tht. quotations were not sup.
ported.—Beet, *rom 3s to 3. 8,1 ; Mutton, 3s to 3s l 0 t;
Lamb, 4s to 5s ; Veal. 2t lud to 3s 411; and Pork,
3s to 3s 6.1 per Blbs. Suckhug Gilves, 18s to 22s ;
Quarttr-old Store Pigs, 16, to 20s; an'J Mileh Cows,
with their small Calf, 161 to 181 each.
LEWES, JUNE 25:—Prime Beasts sold at full prices;
otherwise the demand ruled heavy. Beet from 3s to 3s
103; Mutton, 3s to 4s; Lamb, 4s 41 to ss; Veal, 3s to
3s 4d per Blbs.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH COR'
For the Week ended June 20. 1850, :mule up from the Returns OT the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Eggland and Wales
per imperial Quarter.
WHEAT. 1 BARLEY.' I
OATS. - RYE. BEANS. PEAS.
eltiCE • • 140 a 5d 22s 8d I 16, 10d 22, 6d 26s 71 1264 9d

DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS.
is Od is 041 Is 04 Is Od is Od is Od

PRIVY COUINCIL-(THIS DAY.)
The Jiplicial Committee of the Privy Gamed :at
again to-day for the purpose of hearing appeals and
motions. Their Lordships sat in the Council Chamber,
Whitehall, and the .Lords present were Mr. Baron
Parke, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, the Chancel-
lor of the Duchy of Cornwall, mad Sir Edward Ryan.
Their Lordships, having disposed of the motions on
their paper, proceedtd to hear the further arguments in
the part-heard case of

DOOLUBDASS PETTANBFRDASS AND OTHERS V. RAMLOL

THACKOORSEYDASS AND OTHERS. --
This was at appeal front the Supreme Court of Judi-
cature at Bombay, in an action to recover ,he aaiouet
of several wcgere, ferry-six in number, which were
made between the appellants and respondeuts, who were
merchants and bankers very extensively engaged in
trade at Calcutta, on the average price of Patna opium
at the then ensuing publie Government sale at Calcutta.
The appellants pleaded non aasumpsit ; that they
were induced to enter into contracts through
the fraud and covin of the; respondents; and that the
average price par chest'of the Patna opium sold at the
said public Government sale was an ave rage price en-
hanced by and through the fraud, cevin, and collusion of
the respondents. The respendents replit dde injuria.
It appeared that prior to the year 1847 it had been cus-
tomary to hold five Government sales of opium in each
year; the number of sales were, however, in that. season
increased to nine, and the quantity of opium offered at
each sale was thus proportionately reduced. The first
Government sale of the season was made on the 30:4 of
November, and upon that occasion the while quantity ~f
Patna opium for sale was 1,690 chette. 0: this quite-
t.ty, however, the French Gov.,* um nt had, by cenven-
ti n with the Government of India the right to claim
300 chests to he withdrawn trout the eale, and to he
taken by the French Government at the average price
fetched by the rest. Previously to the sale it sp•
peered that the respondents had made a large number
of time bargains at Bombay and Calcutta, and in
these bargains the average named ranged from
1,300 to 1,400 rupees per chest, up to nearly
1,800. In the contracts declared upon in the action.
the lawest average named was 1.387 rupe• a, and the
highest. 1,775 rupees. In the great majority of ifistatices
the respondents were buyers, or in oiler words. specu-
lated on the rise in the price. It eat proved, however,
that in some instances the respondents were sellers, and
speculated upon the I'd/. The sale, as be•fare stated, wa,
advertised to take place upon the 30,1 o: November. and
the representatives of several firms attended the sale to
bid on behalf of the appellants. On that day, however,
no sale of opium teok place, owing to some parties
keeping up the bideings for the first lot throughout ,he
whole of the day, anti running it up to a preposterously
extravagant price; and the Government agent. finding
that those parties were determined to keep up the bid-
ding, until night, was obliged to abandon thy design of
selling at all tqcni that cay. Immediately after the
f.ilure of the intended sate the re-pendents, through their
representatives who hail attended the sa e, wrote t t the
secretary t.f the Board t f Opium. and offered 1,800 ru-
pet s per chest for the opium. The sale was. however,
again advertised to take place upon the 7,h of December,
with several new cenditions introduced, chiefly with
the view of preventing a recurrence of the interrup-
tion which had taken place upon the previous occasion.
Before the salts the agent of the French Government
claimed 300 chests. On the 7th if December the sale
took place; arid it appeared from a list furninh• d by the
Goverment agent that, with the exception of seventy-
five chests purchased by a Mr. Pt reeve: at the rite of
1,750 rupees tY.r chest, the whole of the,Patna opium was
purchased by the respondents at sums which made the
average price amount to rather more than 1.793 rupees
per chest. The average price et the sale was greatly
enhanced by the efforts if the respondents' agents. Jr.
Pereira, it appeared, had received orders from Coina to
buy. and was hot limited as to price; he considered it to
be his duty to buy at any price, and stated that for those
seventy • five chests he would have gone to 2,000 rupees a
chest, though he considered the price very high at
which he purchased. It apps aced that the re-
pondeute representatives paid she Governireet for
the whole of the opium, excepting that pur-
chased by Pereira, and it must have required an
immense command of capital to have enabled the respon-
dents to operate as they did up et the market, tor the
rum paid ey them to the Goverment exceeded 24 labs
of rupees; and soon after the sale, this very opium, or
at least a p ,rtion of it, was sold by them at 1,200 and
1.300 rupees per chi-at, so that to gain by suet: a transac-
tion, the number and extent of their wui:er contracts
must have been immense. Chief Justice Perry held in
the court below " that the respondents were not bound
by any rub- of law, nor by the rules of morality rec-ived
eteongst mankind at large, to disclose to the appellants
than they incended to wake larger purchases now than
upon former occasions, and it was the appellants' own
.uult fir not perceiving that circumstances in the present
case enabled the respondents to do so with effect. The
respondents must, therefore, have judgment fir the
difference on the several coot acts in the declaration."
It wits from this judgment that the present appeal was
made.

The further arguments occupied their Lord hips the
whole morning.

...
ROLLS' CoUIi.T.—(THIS DAY.)
His Lorthhip the Maiter of ills f‘at in his
court, in Chancery-lane, to-day, and
heard ructions, none of which pus<es>ed any point of the
least interest except to the p,a,es, eotteerueti.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Befi)re the V!ee-Unannellor KNIGHT BRUCE.)
His Honour, after disposing ot ►he case ot Bird v.
Luckie, heard motions and causes, but no case calling
la a special report came before t tie court dui tng the chiy.

EXCHEQUER..—(THIS DAY.)
The lAA praiA sittings of this Court in Loinion, s./ter
term, commenced, to-day at Guildhall, beford the Lord
Chief Baron.

No case of the slightest public interest was beard
during the mornulg.

'COMMON PLEAS.--(THIS DAY.)
:Sitdugs at Nisi-Prius at Guildhall, before the Lord
Chief Justice WILDE ands C.AiLmon Jury.)
GIDNEY V. DYER.
_

This was an actioiWireiiia;;;;. It appeared that
the plaintiff had occupiel premises in Earl-street, be-
longing to the def,ndant, as solicitor's oflic,s, for some
years, sod bad Mutely left them to occupy others in
Crosby Hell Chambers. Bishop gatt-street. A slisput.s
had arisen between them rep. cong fix urea, and on the►
17. h of April the defendant called at the plain ill's
offices, and accused him of taking away fixtur..s trout
the prilnises in Etrl-street, wtuc he had no right to
do. Vitent langua4o passtd between them, and the
ene tet minuted by the ticteidatit assaulting the plain-
tiff with his umbrella, and inflicting iiveral severe blows
on his bead with it until it broke in the struggle.
Mr. Montague Chambers called witnesses to prove
his case, and the evidence w is proceeding when we went
to press.

SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
(B.fole Mr. Undei-Sheriff iiIIRCHELL,)
LLOYD V. BROMLEY AND ANOTHER.
This wa,, an action to recover the bud, ut 10/., due 'or
four quarteily payments under an annuity b,md. The
defender-la, (husband and evil!) suffered judgment 'o go
by default, but a difficulty ar,,,e us ta the amount due,
d,f.ndant not havii.g admitted any precise amount, the
only evi hence being some leuer., writ;eo by his wif..
The Learned UNDER SHERIFF bed th,.t as ,he was
a pirty to the bond her admission was binding.
The jury gave a verdict for 10/.
LENTHALL V LAMB.
This was an action to recover the bum of 7/. 12s. 48.
on a bill of exchange.
Defendant pleaded that he had subsequently to giving
the bill supplied plaintiff with twenty gallons of wine;
he, however, did nut appear to support his plea, and a
verdict was given for the amount.
FRAMPTON AND OTHERS V. WILLIAMS.
This was an action for uilapidatious and breach of
covenant of a lease.
A great number of witnesses were examined, but the
case was nut or the slightest interest, and was U 1.4
chided when we left.

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY)
A ii.otie7, i4friso7, a hnotrnakei,, tw°
)' •, et•i.rl;•ii WI It assaitl..
ati.. 14:%iersd. ie. th% %et ch%%rii %%i he It% d in Little
II•tp-3.-1 :AD% stated that y% sty i day afternoon the fin'
taiw, r was creating agi cis, orbsitiee in his I,olls*'' "d
lit:. told hint tinfee,-, he b•-h himi•elf he mutt b"
flit out. Up this the pris,tt,esi b% (lane very vi"l"l3'
and i‘tritek witue.s a sever • blow which ret%dered him in-
s, f•r &wile minutes. The p lice were therefore
in, and the prisoner given into custed), but he had
scarcely g% t into the streeibeforo the two fernrife, who
had been drinking with him, and made u•ie of very
filthy language, attempted a ri• scue. The consequence
ai. that a general row ensued, and the two polict—con-
stables who were perfaming their duty were dreadfully
beaten and kicked; but, ultimately, 47 F, as indefati-
gable officer, and others, came upon the scene, and the
three were recaptured, and safely lodged iu the station.
Seicral respectable witoeses confirmed this state-
ment, and the prisoners having nothing to urge in voitii"
gatien 'of their conduct, except that they were blightlY
mebrist,:d,

Mr. HALL fined tho man 3/. 103., or forty days' in'
prisoomum; alai sentenced the fewales, who were noto•
rim's chadae'7ers, t-) be imprisoned in the House of Cor-
rectioni fur a month.

DZARLBRO'-STItEET.—(THIS
MYSTEIII R'.O3BERY. —John TOT/C.4, the eon 01
a resp,ct4tile trsdesetnin residing at No. 26, Great
Palle ne) -street, Golden-square, wi.s placed before 31r•
Bingham, churl, cd on sulticiou of having stolen a gold
iwaich, valet, 101. the propirty of Siccaini Giacom.
The proseetn or deposed that he lodged with the
prisoner's parents. and lbw, about eleven o'clock on the
previous night he retired to rest, having previously
locked his bedroom door, and placed his witch on a
stand on the di essing table. The defendant. who slept
in the same room, came home tila.iut 12 o'clock, and
witness let him into the room, •' here he (del endant)sat
leading for some time. Witness then went to sleep, and
when he awoke at three o'clock this morning, he missed
his watch. He subsequently flit in his waistcoat-pocktity
and found that 34. had been abstracted therefrom. At 4,
the prisoner was the only person he could suspect of
robbing him, he taxed him with it, and on his denying
knowing anything about the money or the watch, wit-
netts sent ti.r a constable and gave him in charge.
Bat ber 59 C said, when he took the prisoner into
custody, he (prisoner) tail him he remembered seeing
the watch when he welt to bed. Lie also .said be
usually lucked the door, but last night he quite forpt
doing so. Witness search d the prisoner as well as the
bed room, but could not find the watch.
The defendant denied all knowledge of the watch;
there were other ledgers in the house, and one of them
might have taken the watch.

Mr. BINGHAM— the robbery was Pnveloped in a deal
of mystery, and as thfre was nut sufficient evidence to
warrant him in detaining the prisoner, he should dis-
charge him.

MURDEROUS ASSAULT—THE KNIFE AGAlN.—fumes
Moore was t.rought up in custody of Giblett, one of the
warrant ofic rs of this court, charged on a warrant with
cutting and wounding a lad named Patrick Cooney,
with intent to do him some grievous bodily Largo.
The injured boy was in such a dangerous state as to be
unable to sits-nd.

Coolley, the father of the boy, staged' that be
residt d at Nu. 56, Dueley -street. On Sunday night
last, about twelve o'clock, he was standing at the door
waiting for his son, when he saw the latter running up
the street, followed by the prisoner, who h.:d ,a large
knife in his hand. Wi!ness heard the prisoner cell
out, " You young thief, if I get hold of you I will
cto f,r you." All at once witness's son stumbled,
and the prisoner rushed upon him and cut hintaeross the
face with tt e knife, three or four times. The lad
managed to get up, end was trying to gtt from the
prisoner, when the lat er t. llowed behind him and
+tabbed him between the shoulders. 'I he prisoner Oen
ran away, and witness's son tell to the ground from loss
of blood. Two gentlt men then came up,.; and assistance
having been procured, the injured boy was conveyed to
the Charing cross Hospital, where he now lies, in a very
dangerous stste, and, according to tbt surgeon's cern-
fic kte, will not be able to bear rt moval lor some .days.
The pris ncr was remanded for a we ,k.

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LICENSED VICTUALLER SCHOOL.
The toit, toned] atadver,ary lestival of the Licensed
Victua,l rs' School was held yest-rday at Highbury
rav,.rn, in2ton; Arthur lit-tt Barclay, Esq.,:in the
chair. Upwards o' 2 000 persons were present, inelud-
mg the following representatives from various parts of
the countr) :—Birmingham--Messrs. Martian, Gibbons,
Showell, James, and Stintott. Manchester—Messrs.
Horrocks, Kennard, It;dings, Jolley, and Watkins.
Liverpool—Messrs. Luff, 13ryden, and Mackenzie.
Stockp art—Messrs. Mode, Beard, and Kay. Preston
Messrs. Grp no send Watson. Hull—Messrs. Lewis and
Gloter. Plymouth—Mr. Watts. York—Mr. March. Shef-
field— itlessrs. M‘gahse. Chu übry. Cain, and Appleyard,
Oldlosm—Messrs. Neeld and Bradbury. Coventry—'
Mr. Oakes. Ashton—Messrs. Walker and Woolley.
Wolverhempton—M.ssri. Haines, Aston, and Stuart.
Leamington—Mr. Ballard. Staleybridga—Mr. Ashton.
Northampton—Messrs. Higgins and Mayor. Sudbury
—Mr. 6purgin. Hudderstia'd—Messrs. Ella and 801-,
-,
derson. DErhy—Mr. Higgins.
A god and substaulial repast was provided .for the
mule p those of the visitors, but we are bfraid the ladies
were somewhat neglec'ed; and on the next anniversary
we trust that their claims to the consideration of the ma-
lsgers will-hot be overlooked.
The CHAIRMAN, in a very appropriate speech, gave
Her Most Excel!ent 11,1aj •sty Qieen Victoria, Patroness
~f the Lieensrd Victuallers' School," which was drunk
HI the honours.

The next toast was " His Royal Highness Prince Al-
bert, the Patron of the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum,
the Prince of Wales, and the remaining branches.of the
Royal F.itnily."
Then came •' The Navy and Army."
After which the si cretttry read the report, announcing
a second donation from the chairman of 50 ga.; from
Barclay, Perkins, and Co.(their 44th subscription), 100
gs.; C. J Bevan, Esq., 20 gs.; E. Barclay, Esq. op mad
eubse►il,tion), 20 gs ; T. G. Barclay, Esq., 20 gs.;
he Chairman and friends, 300 gs.; and several , other
smaller sums. The Secretary also announced that the
G 'vein .r, J. J. Homer, Eyq., bad collected, during the
two ite.nths and fifteen da4 s in which he had been in of-
fice, the sum of 1,3971.—an announcement which was
received with loud cheers. The brhule contributions
arnount to 2 3611. 5.. •

LThe CHAIRMAN, in an appropriate address, then pro;
l‘osed " Pro,perity to the Deena, d Victuallers' School,'
which has edneartd upwards of 1,100 children, and
which now provides for 116. He trusted that the funds
would be sufficiently increased to enable the committee
to carry our their intentions and provide every comfort
!or at h a,t 250 children, which the institution is calcu-
lated to accommodate, •

Mr. BASS, M.P. then proposed " The Chairman,"
which was duly acknowledged.
Mr. 1). WIRE gave " The Members of the Roue of
C..immons," which was responded to by Mr. 8435.
Several other toasts were attet wards given, including
" The' G.,VPInor awl Committee of Man ,gernent of the
Licensed Victuallers' School," "The Morning Adver'
ti;.er," ‘• The Deputation from the Provincial:A.BooW
tions," " The Seen tsry," "The Chairman, Trustees:
and Governors of the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum,'
" The Chain, an and Committee of the Licensed
Victuallers' Prot, ction Society," "The Stewards,"
" The Ladies," &c.
The pleasures of the evening were greatly enhanced
by the voc.tl exertions of Mr. Genge, Mr. Sharp, and
sev ral other professiot als, who volunteered their
sits! ance.

TILE WRECK OF TUE ORI 1N STEAM-VERREL..""'
PORTPATRICK, JUNE 24.—Captain Denham, R.N., arrived
here last night from London, and is now pursuing his in.;
guides respecting the loss of this vessel. A fema!e and.child
were got out of her yesterday, supposed to be Mrs. Scott, of
' Montreal, and her child. Her husband was one of those
' who unfortunately perished; he was alive when brought on
shore, but died in a few minutes. Her sister, Mrs. Smith, a
widww :ady, was also drowned; she left ten children behind
her at Mnntre d. Both families were on their way to Glas-
gow, their native town, to make arrangements tor settling
there. To-dry three bodies were f.ot out by the divers; Oa°
of them is known to b.,3 a Glasgow merchant, but the other
two have not been identifiA : ona was a lad about fifteen
years old. Captain McNeill (Collinsay) whose body has not
been yet found, had his life insured for 20,000/. Yesterday
evening instructions were received from the Lord Advocate
to apprehe!:d Mr. Henderson, the commander of the Orton.
.The warrants were put into the hands of the police here this
. morning. We understand that he will be admitted to bail.
A good deal of property in money and plate has been obtained
to-day from the sunken vessel.— Shipping Gazette.
The longest pleasure with ,Ahich we are familiar is
of a passive kind, natnely, sleep.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
DEATH FROM CHLOROFORM.--011 Monday last a
case illustrative of the fatal effect of the incautious. use Of
chloroform occurred at Sheffield; the sufferer was a Mr. J.
Smith, a young man of 21 years of age. Mr. Smith retired
to rest on Sunday night, about half-past eleven o'clock, at
the house of Mr. Ray. In the night he was heard to moan,
but it was concluded he was dreaming. As he did not ap-
pear at the usual time at the breakfast-table, a domestic
was sent to his bedroom, when he was found lying in bed,
life being extinct. In his hands he held a handkerchief,
11 mly p e eied to his mouth andnostrils. It appears the
unfortunate gentleman has been in the habit of inhaling
chloroform fur the purpose of allaying the face-ache. A
bontbduinn awaps found uncorkedrivatedrawertwo
inttthlee wwtantcchh-hpaodckc.e,tnotafitttehde cbledilo,rao
bottles of chlorofortn were discovered.
Art inquest was heldon
the evening of Monday, when evidence establishing the above
account was given, and also that the deceased had :,everal
times, when he inhaled chloroform, directed William Girt,
sit
with
b fluidhill:a:dant: I.::
formerly groom to Mr. Ray, to
accordingly'lii nt w hentll
done.ir
gintoThaestPiolestoffnorinsteennisiebxilaiti'inwathiiocnh of the
had
body showed the blood to be in a very
dbekaitsdcneerytasitsileitgihtthit chloroform had
dark in colour, the right cavities of the heart were distended
coneested. N.°
the case rend ding, him forcible of
sbe'lieltezilli 1 lut''sri '':)°,tiltlic,,.v)ttill'lldecibileiitv(elcerotueachntied. The d-puty coroner expressed
his sympathy with the relatives of ..11r. Smith, for whom he
Badger, his nephew, who died wider
similar painful circumstances in London. He had called
upon Mr. Robinson, the eminent dentist, to have a tooth e%''
tracred, and. having inhaled chloroform previous to the MA'
;le' Le l
tjuryed returnedfiom
chloroform,
h l
oa
toVerdict ratiorr, threw back his head, and died almost instartill
tcloteulcdasteeetl,finAol;'.i' %aircaultteelrY,
himself. itthicaatuttihoeuildyee.eaadseindi'usisdteaLtdh 111;7

,
rim LANARKSHIRE liitvmtg.—The miners
has virtually terminated, the lapse of another week having
induced a change upon their resolution to decline any CO1';
romise. h Glasgow men were the first to agree on
accep ante o' modified terms. Those who belonged .to a
other four districts have since came to the same detertnit)!A
tion. The conditions to which they have now
-proelaiPat;
their willingness to accede are :is. 6d. of a daily wager tios
gether with weekly payments. The first branch of this Ono
has been offered by many firms, and will, we suppose, he no
accepted. Tile miners Ayrshire and Falkirk. who „.
atruk, DUII la* b r tlatir erigtnai domandoei•DagrOor