The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-15 00:00:00

I ZINGARI.

First Innings.
Mr. F. Micklethwaite, b Diver 6
Mr. C. Morse, b Diver • 18 b Diver
Mr. F. IVliitehe,ad, b Royston... 37 c Burghley, b Diver 49
Mr. E. Taswell, lb w, b Royston 0 1) Diver ..
Mr. R. Antrobus, b Roy, ton... 2
Mr. R Broughton, b Diver ... 23 not out
Mr. E. Hartopp, b Royston ... 6 b Royston
Sir T. Moncreiti, b Diver ..... 9
Mr. R. licr, b Royston
Mr. A. Archdale, not out ...... 2

Second Innings.

Mr. 11. Duff, b Royston ... 0
B 11, Ib2, w 3

Total 129 Total 14!
HOUSES OF PARLIAMEN - FIRST INNINGS.
Lord C. Russell, b Archdale
Ear! Leicester, b Archdale .
Earl Verulam, b Duff ... . ............ 0
Lord Burghley, c Broughton, b Duff 25
A. Diver, b Antrobus
Mr. H. Curteis, b Archdale 1
Lord Guernsey, b Archdale ....
Hon. Colonel Lowther, b Archdale...
Colonel Taylor, b Archdale 7
Mr. W. Bagge, b Archdale
Lord A. Chichester, not out . •
Byes 5, leg byes 1, w 9, no ball 1 ... l6

Total
Zingari thus won by 25 runs on the first innings

CORONER'S INQUEST.-0a Saturday Mr. W. Car-
ter, coroner for Surrey, held an invest at the Duke of
Gloucester public-house, Union-row, New Kent-road, on the
body of a poor bonnet-maker, named Susan Ansel!, aged 59
years, who, it was alleged, had died from starvation. The
evidence adduced went to prove that the deceased had suf-
fered great privations from her incapability of earning a
sufficiency to get a pr.•per quantity of food for her support.
She had been known to go without victuals for days to-
gether, and then would beg of some of the neighbours.
She had been aivised to apply to the Newington workhouse
for relief, but informed the witness that "she would rather
die in a ditch." Au order was obtained for the assistance of
the parish surgeon, who came and prescribed for the de-
ceased, whom he described as dying from disease of the heart
and lungs, no doubt brought on by the want of proper
nourishing food. She died on the morning of Thursday
from exhaustion. The jury returned the following verdict—
" Died from disease of the heart and lungs, accelerated by
the want of proper nourishing food."

The Mayor of Southampton has invited the Lord
Mayor of London to a grand banquet, in return for his Lord-
ship's hospitable entertainment a few weeks ago at the Man-
sion-house to encourage the great Industrial Exhibition. The
Lord Mayor has accepted the invitation, and the banquet will
take place about the middle of next month, in the Town-hall
above the bar gate of Southampton.
STRIKE AMONG THE HACKNEY COACH PROPRIE-
TORS AT EDINBURGII—The strike among the hackney
coach proprietors still constinues, and to the great incon-
venience of the public all the cab stands, except one, re-
main deserted. An attempt was made on Thursday, by
a deputation of the coach proprietors, to induce the ma-
giatrates to rescind their resolution, and to accept a plan
based cn that previously in operation, but with a 61 fare
for distances not exceeding half a mile. The magistrates
refused to acquiesce in this proposition, and insisted on a trial
being made of the uniform scheme. The co.. ference conse-
quently ended in nothing whatever being done.

ImmEnsios.—On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Williams,
of Cornbourne, Goudhurst, had come from thence to Yalding,
to witness the ceremony of immersion performed by Mr.
Pryer, farmer, of this place, who is a Latter-day Sin; t, or
Plymouth Brother. The company were preparing to start
for the river in Northwood, where the business was to be
transacted, and a Mr. Slade, of Goudhurst, was the person
who was to Le immersed; but the ceremony was p evented
by a most serious accident. Mr. and Mrs. Williams had
concluded to ride down to the river, and had just got into a
cart for that purpose when the horse ran back into a very
deep pond in Mr. Pryer's yar.l, and horse, cart, -and Mr. and
Mrs. Williams, were quickly ut of sight, and under the
water. The persons present, with great presence of mind,
threw into the pond a sheep-gate, and Mrs. Williams came
up first and caught hold of it, and then grasped her husband
by one arm, the party dragging the sheep-gate toward, the
yard, and Mrs. Wi!liams and her husband, and thus both
were saved from their perilous situation. The horse was
drowned and the cart broken to pieces. - Rochester Gazette.
THE CLYDESDALE BANKING COMPANY.—The an-
nual general meeting of this company was held yes' erday in
the Merchants' Hall; the lion. Sir James Anderson, Lord
Provost, in the chair. The directors' report was unani-
mously approved of, and the usual dividend declared of 6i
per cent. It was stated in the report that the whole of the
bad debts, with the exception of a small amount not yet
ascertained, had been written off, and that the reserved
fund was now 131,00 1. In reply to a question put to the
chairman, the manager stated that the balk was not in ny
way connected with the Commercial Fxchange Company,
and had not lost one farthing by any exchange company
whatsoever. In place of the Hon. the Lord Provost and
Mr. Dobir, the retiring directors, Messrs. John Mitchell and
John Blackie, sen., were unanimously elected.— Glaspev
Daily Mil.

MIDSUMMER HORSE FAIL—On Wednesday the
Cattle market-place was the scene of our summer-horse fair
and hiring umrket. The attendance of dealers was nume-
r, us, and the display of horses largo; the quality decidedly
first-rate. The supply, however, exceeded the demand;
sales were dull, and prices ruled 20 per cent. under former
rates. Good draught horses brought 40/. ; superior animals
not more than 4;1. Secondary descriptions averaging from
201. to 301. Riding ponies, for which the demand was li-
mited, brought from 61. to 101. The hiring market was
largely attended, and engagements were numerous. W ages
averaged for male servants 41. 10s., and for females 21. to 3/.
till Martinmas next. Few good hands left the market unen-
gaged. Glasgow Constitutional.

THE GREAT DESERT OF SAHARA.—We have re-
ceived advices direct from Mourzuk, by which we learn that
Mr. Richardson and his Prussian fellow-travellers, Drs. Bark
and Overwee, had safely reached the capital of Fezzan,
and were preparing for their long journey to Central Africa.
They are waiting the arrival of an escort of Touaricks from
Ghat to conduct them from the Ghat territory to Abeer and
Agbadez, the unexplored Touarick countries in the southern
regions of the Sahara. On the Queen's birthday M. Gu-
gliuffl, the British Consul at Mourzuk, gave a dinner to the
Bey of Fezzan, with his principal officers, and the tra-
yellers. The dinner was sumptuous for the regions of the
desert, and good Mussulmans drank the health of her Ma-
jesty with champagne. In honour of the Germans the
health of his Mijest.y the King of Prussia was also drank.
At soon, fifty-one discharges of musketry and matchlocks
announced to the natives of Mourzuk, the Tibboos and
Touaricks, and Soruknese and Bornouese, congregated
there for commerce, the happy event of her Majesty's
birthday.

RUHER
STRANGE.—One day last week a very
large mullet, largcr than has been taken in Loch'mond for
the last LO years, was caught by an argler in that beautiful
water. When the fish was preparing for the brander a
piece of paper addressed "C. D., Herald Office," was found
stowed away in its stomach. An indubitable proof this of
the MU kt.itudinous circulation of that journal when even
the fishes take it in.—Glasgow Constitutional.
THE HARVEST IN FRANCE.—A letter from Bor-
deaux of the 10th instant states that the wheat harvest has
commenced in the department of the Gironde under the
most favourable auspices. The grain is firm and heavy, and
of excellent quality.
Advice. a from St. Petersburgh mention that the
Neptune steamer, with 270,000/. in silver, on account of the
Russian loan, had arrived on the sth inst., after the shortest
passage ever made, the time occupied bring six and a half
days.

SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S
EXPEDITION.

At the laie anniversary meeting of the Royal
graphical S-;ciety, the president, Capt. W. 1.1. Smyth,
R.N., gave the following interesting summary of the
measures, p•ist and present, which have been taken for
the relief of S:r John F:l:nklin's expedition. He said:
From Rtri,,is we cannot but extend our glance
towards the .Aretic Regions, under- feelings of the
most painful embarrassment. There is still a hope
glimmering through the gloomy uncertainty whizii
hangs over tha fate of the enterprising Sir John
Franklin and hi :gallant companions, although they
have beer. Sr) years absent in those inhospitable
seas.. I :the high excitement of the public mind, it
may Den'cessary for me to state the present know-
ledge .ae possess of the case, and the actual means now
in hand fur their deliverance.

" The efforts of Sir James Ross, though limited by
adverse circumstances to a much smaller portion of the
Arctic seas than was expected, yet prove that the miss-
ing expedition must have succeeded in attaining a
westerly longitude but little short of Melville Island,
if they are safe. For, as Sir James was stationed for
several months at the junction of the four great
channels—Barrow Strait, Lancaster Sound, Regent
Inlet, and Wellington Channel—it is extremely im-
probable that Sir John Franklin's ships can have
been near the opening to those straits, without ef-
fecting a communication with those who anxiously
sought him. The dispatches recently received from
Commander Pullen, who has achieved the adven-
turous voyage from Wainwright Inlet to the Mac-
kenzie, in open boats, inform us that no traces of the
expedition were met with on the American coast
between those two places, nor had the Esquimaux,
with whom our people communicated, seen anythieg
of ships of war. •
" A dispatch from Dr. Rae, which accompanies
that from Commander Pullen, is equally barren of
intelligence. Dr. Rae, as you may remember, was
ordered to proceed from his winter quarters at Fort
Confidence, on Great Bear Lake, to Cape Krusenstern,
and crossing from thence to Wollaston Land, he was
instructed to penetrate to the north-east of Banks's
Land. He accomplished the journey to Cape Kru-
senstern; but all his attempts—and they were nume-
rous and daring—to effect the traverse to Wollaston
Land, were baffled by the heavy pack of ice which
entirely barred the progress of his boat. Having
waited in hopes of a change as long as he could,
taking into consideration the imperative necessity of
returning before the closing up of the Coppermine river,
he was reluctantly compelled to abandon the enter-
prise. During his sojourn at Cape Krusenstern, the
Esquimaux interpreter who accompanied him fell in
with several parties of naives, who all agreed in de-
claring that they had not seen any white men. We
may, therefore, take it for granted that none of Sir J.
Franklin's party have struck the North American
coast, because the entire extent between Cspe Kru-
senstern and Behring's Strait has been diligently
examined by the strenuous and enduring exertions of
Sir John Richardson, Commander Pullen, and Dr.
Rae.

Although the Behring'a Strait expedition, con-
sisting of her Majesty's ships Herald and Plover,
Captain Kellett and Commander Moore, procured no
tidings of the missing, yet the details of their endea-
vours are highly interesting. On the 15th of lest
August, the Herald had attained the latitude of 71.12
N., and long. 170.10 W. ; and on the 16th discovered
an almost inaccessible island of granite, rising 1,400
feet above the sea, beyond which a range of high
land was seen. It becomes a nervous thing,' says
Captain Kellett, 'to report a discovery of land in
thee regions without actually landing o❑ it, after the
unfortunate mistake to the southward ; but, as far es
a man can be certain who has 130 pair of eyes to
assist him, and all agreeing, I am certain we have
discovered an ext.( nsive land.' They contrived, though
with great difficulty, to get upon the island, hoist
the union jack, and take posset•sion of it in her Ma-
jesty's name; but constant snow storms compelled thc m
to quit the neighbourhood, and insure (leering the
ice pack. Now, it w ill be recollected that Sergean►
Andreyev, the active Russian who conducted an ex-
pedition of discovery in the Icy Sea, in 1762,
affirmed that he had reached a country callea
Tikigen, having a coast- line trending nearly pa-
rallel to that of Northern Siberia, and inhabited
by a race named Kraihai. This account was held tc
be apocryphal by mot geographers, and imputed to
an optical delusion by 13aron von Wrangel; yet the
narrative of Captain Kellett goes to corroborate
Andreyev's statement. Even the high land de-
scribed by Von Wrangel himself from Lilian, may,
it is not too much to say, have formed some
portion of the disputed region : and besides
the discoveries of Captain Kellett, 'elevated peaks,
which may resonably be conluded to be a part of the
same land, were observed by Commander Mcore,
whose track lay further eastward than that of the
Herald. Now, putting these circumstances in con-
junction, it is far from improbable that a continuous
coast-line may extend from the vicinity ofNew Siberia
in the west, to the vicinity of Bank's Land in the east.
In the event of such an hypothesis proving cor-
rect, it will be obvious that, should Franklin have
succeeded in penetrating through, and to the west of
Wellington Channel, the interpcsition of this tract
would preclude all possibility of his bringing his
ships again so far south as to reach Behring's Strait,
unless the course were greatly prolonged westwards
or the Wellington Channel were again traversed.
I may here remark how cautious, as well as delicate,
closet inquiry ought to be in meddling with the di-
rect assertions of explorers : indeed, the signal in-
stance of Baffin's Bay having been formally expunged
from our charts, and branded as wholly suppositi-
tious,' ought not to be forgotten by imaginative
theorists.

" The negative information hitherto obtained
renders it the more probable that our unfortunate
countrymen—if still in being—are frozen up in the
neighbourhood of Melville Island ; and a hope is
thereby warranted, that one of the numerous expedi•
tions sent out this year may succeed in succour-
ing them. Two have already sailed to Lancaster
Sound, under the orders of Captain Horatio Austin,
and Captain Penny, who lately commanded the
Advice whal. r. The Exertions of the former will be
mainly directed to penetra'e to Cape Walker and
Melville Island; while the latter will proceed direet
to the entrance of Jones's Sound, up which he will
sail and explore it as far as possible. These expeditions
are Equipped in the most complete manner; and
that of Captain Austin is provided with highly ef-
fective auxiliary steam-power. In fact, I was sa-

tisfied on visiting the Resolute before her departure,
in company with Sir George Beck, who has had such
full experience in the Polar Seas, that human inge-
nuity was never more fully displayed than in the
strengthening, stowage, and equipment of this ship. ,
"Under the patronage of the Hudson's Bay Com-
pany, aided by a public subscription, a small expedi-
tien, headed by the veteran Sir John Ross, will pro-
ceed in the same direction as that of Captain Austin ;
and as none of these plans provide for the search of
Regent's Inlet, exertions are nuking to organize a
private outfit, to be conducted by Commander For-
syth, for this special purpose. These expeditions,
numbering eight ships, exclusive of the North Star—
already there, will effectually explore the channels
and passages east of Melville blend : ar.d it is to be
hoped that the Behring's Straits exploration with the
other ships under Captain Collinson will arrive
at its destination sufficiently early this year, to reach
a large portion of the sea between those straits and
Melville Island, before the winter sets in again.
" Such, briefly, are the measures adopted to save cur
hapless countrymen; and it were ungr.tutbl not to men-
tion the warm f,eling of the Am, limn Government in
the same cause—a feeling for which I had the honour
tot xpress your thanks to their President. Individual
sympathy and munificence have also been strongly
awi.kenel in that country; and even now two ships,
the Advance and the It-scue, are being fitted out
for the Polar Seas at the expense of Mr, Henry
Grinnell, of New Yolk, which, conducted by officers
of the United States navy, will brave every danger
for that Lenevolent purpose. The British nation has a
right to (spent that the Government of this great mari-
time country will do all in its power to carry succour
to those so especially r(quirius, it; and nobly bas it
met that expectation,
as well in the outfit of ex-
peditions, as in proclaiming a munificent reward for
those who find sail relieve the sufferers. What-
ever may be the result of these measures, as well as of
the admirable and exemplary efforts cf Lady Franklin—
with whom every heart must sympathise—one useful
moral will be elieitrd ; it will be shown, that when
Englishmen are ready and willing to hazard their lives
for their country's honour, they will not be neglected in
the hour of peril."

NGTTINGIIA,II TRADF.—Lace—Houses engaged in
finishing goods for the London trade are very flat, and will
now probably remain so until the autumnal change of fashion
takes place. The export trade also, both to America and
Germany, is very languid. Germans could purchase more
goods it they could obtain the rchnive advance on goods that
we require, in consequence of the increased price of the ma-
terial used, lut which they complain they cannot. Silk is
again a little higher, as is also cotson, with a prospect of a
further advance, especially on all numbers up to 120.
Ilosiery—The demand for fashioned hose continues pretty
fair, as well as for the better sort of cut-ups. Cloves of most
descriptions re not in such active demand as they have
been. A new kind ef glove is about to be made from cotton,
of a description that excels in point of comfort any we have
yet seen; the inside has a raised nap, which, to the feel, is
quite as comfortable as that of wool, while the outward ap-
pearance has that of a beautifully fine thread. Cotton yarn
is still advancing in vice, and will doubtless be still higher.
—NottinghamJournal. - . _

MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wed-
nesday evening last as Mr. James M'Queen, inspector of
the poor for the parish of St. Quivox, was proceeding on
horseback with a friend to Monkton, when just on reaching
the village Mr. M Queen was observed to fall suddenly and
heavily to the ground. external injury was apparent,
and the unfortunate gentleman was able to walk home,
when, having been in bed If next day, he turned towards
the evening of Thursday rapii.ly worse, and lingered until
Monday evening about half-past. six, when he expired. A
slight paralytic stroke i 3 supposed to have bern the cans.° "of
the full. to which probably a second next night suceecded.—
.North 11: itish

THE SAVINGS OF THE MIDDLE
AND WORKING CLASSES.
The Select Committee appointed to consider and
suggest insane of removing obstacles and giving faci-
li
ins to safe investments fur the savings of the
middle and working classes, and who were ern-
powered to report the minutes of evidence taken
before them, have investigated carefully the subject
referred to them, have received evidence, and agre:el
to the following report :
Your Committee think the importance of removing
obstructions to the secure investment of their savings
to the middle and woi king classes can scarcely be
overstated, because this is a consideration upon which
the industry, enterprise, and forethought of the
classes in question greatly depend.
Your Committee have proceeded to examine exist-
ing obstacles to such investments, and to consider how
far it may be practicable to remove them, and in what
manner this may be accomplished.
Investments in land or landed securities your Com-
mittee have much reason to believe are much desired
by the middle and working classes ; but the uncer-
tainty and complexity of titles and the length and ex-
pense of conveyance, together with the costs of stamps
place this species of investment generally beyond the
reach of those parties. Mortgages on land are liable
to the same sort of difficulties and often also prove in-
secure investments.
Your Committee think that the greatest benefit
would be conferred both upon the owners of land and
upon the smaller capitalists desirous of purchasing
land in small portions, or of lending money in small
amounts upon landed securities, by the simplification
of titles and the shortening of conveyances ; but as the
evils in the present law of real property are under the
consideration of Commissioners appointed by her
Majesty for that purpopse, and as a measure for di-
minishing the duties on stamps for small conveyances
and mortgages is now before the House, they do not
think it necessary to enter into further detail upon
this subject.
The Crown is empowered by Act of Parliament, in
certain cases, by charter, to limit the liability of
partners. This power, however, has seldom been ex-
ercised, does not seem guided by any clear rule, and
involves expense greater even than that of obtaining
an Act of Parliament. Your Committee has in:evi-
dence, that the benevolent propjectors of a useful un-
dertaking (the Metropolitan Model Lodging Houses
for Workmen) obtained a charter from the Crown,
which put them to great delay, and cost them op.
wards of 1,0001. In like manner many enterprises
for similar objects are stated to have been prevented
by the trouble and expense of such a charter.
Your Committee suggest, therefore, that such
charters should be granted with the greatest caution,
but at a far more reasonable cost.
Another subject of complaint before your Com-
mittee has been the law of partnership, that plac a
obstacles in the way of any body of workmen who de-
sire to combine their money and labour in industrial
undertakings.
In some cases several industrious men work to-
gether under regulations of their own with a small
capital ; they are directed by managers whom they
choose, the goods produced are sold for their com-
mon benefit, and the profits are divided among the
ontributors of capital and labour, in certain proper-
- ons agreed to.
At present the law affords no effectual remedy
against the fraud of any one dishonest contributor or
partner; and no summary mode of enforcing the
rules agreed to for mutual government.
Your Committee are of opinion that the difficulties
nhich affect the law of partnership operate with in-
el-eased severity in proportion to the smallness of the
,um subscribed and the number of persons included
to the association. They think that any measure for
he removal of these difficulties would be peculiarly
acceptable to the middle and working classes, and
would tend to satisfy them that they are not excluded
'rem fair competition by laws throwing obstacles in
the Hay of men with small capitals.
Your Committee are of opinion that in ordinary
••ises individual energy and larger capital will prevail
ig,rinst the necessarily inferior advantages which
" h,se associations must possess ; but this is a consi-
deration which the parties desirous to associate are
justified in deciding for themselves. And the Com-
mittee do not doubt that ultimate benefit will ensue
er om any measures which the Legislature may be
enabled to devise fur simplifying the operation of the
law and unfettering the energies of trade.
In concluding the report which is now submitted
'0 the House, your Committee cannot but express
their strong opinion of the pressing necessity of the
subject now referred to them being speedily attended
to by the Legislature.
The rapid increase in population and in wealth of
the middle and industrious classes within the last half
zentury, renders this of great consequence.
The great change in the social position of multi-
tudes, from the growth of large towns and crowded
districts, renders it more necessary that corresponding
changes in the law should take place, both to im-
prove their condition and contentment, and to give
additional facilities to investments of capital which
their industry and enterprise are constantly increasing
and augmenting.
It is the conviction of your Committee that if such
measures were carried into effect a stimulus would
be given to the industry of the country, likely to
cause additional employment and contentment, with-
out itljury to any class, and with added security to
the welfare of all.

ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.--This
morning the quarterly general court of this institution, esta-
blished for the support of the widows and orphans of naval
officers in indigent circumstances, was held in the ball-room
of the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street, St.
James's. The president, Lord Radstock, occupied the chair.
The secretary, Commander Dickson, proceeded to lay before
the board the quarterly report, from which it appeared that
the receipts during the quarter amounted to 1,715/. 13s. 9d.,
and the disbursements to 513/. 12e., leaving a balance in the
hands of the treasurer of 1,20:1.10s. The total amount of stock
now belonging to the society is upwards of 34,94Q1. The
report was agreed to, and a vote of thanks having been
passed to the Noble Chain= the meeting svarated. •

ANTI. SUNDAY POSTAGE RESTRICTION ASSOCIA'•
TION.—We are informed that an association is about to bi
formed for the purpose of taking the necessary steps to or-
ganize a great national movement for the purpose of effec-
tually eliciting and supporting the opinion of the public, so
unequivocally expressed at var►ous public meetings, against
the recent interference with the delivery of letters and news-
papers in the country on Sunday, and with the view of ob-
taining the rescinding of the recent postal regulation. It is
intended, we believe, to invite the co-operation. advice, and
assistance of all classes, and if necessary immediately to hold
public meetings at some of the London theatres,'and to or-
ganize meetings in all the large towns.
A CLASS OT LETTERS TO BE DELIVERED ON SUN..
DAYS —The following rot ice has been issued:—"By com-
mand of the Postmester-General.—To all postmasters, sub-
pcstmasters, and letter receivers.—General Post-office, July,
lEso.—With ri.ference to instructions No. 21, 1850, relative
to the discontinuance of the collection and delivery of letters
on Sunday, it niu-t be clearly understood that the regulations
therein laid down do not apply to the letters addressed to
Cabinet Ministers or to the officers of Government mentioned
in sec. 18, part 16, of the book of general instructions to post-
masters. These letters must still be forwarded on Sunday by
the ordinary dispatch."

THE EFFECTS OF SABBATABIANISM.—The suffering
that has been caused to private individuals—the trouble and
pain that has been infl►cted upon families—by the cessation
of Sunday deliveries is be3ond comprehension. From every
quarter are the complaints of the sfiiicted heard. So that
the measure is as harsh as it is mistaken. In a moral sense
also has injury been begotten. The great aim of the Sali-
batarians was to prevent the reading of Sunday newspapers
on the Sunday. They hoped that newspaper proprietors
would cease to satisfy the public appetite for the latest hews,
and would publish on Friday. The proprietors have found
that to do so is to ensure the destruction of their property.
The Papers must have the latest inrormation, and must ba
delivered at a tirre when the great mass can afford to read—
on the Sunday. The extra expense of delivering has either
stopped the sale of the paper altogether, or has forced men
into the public-hcuse. The tap=room has been exchanged
for the domestic hearth, and family reading given place
to the immorality and temptations of the beer-shop.
Welshman.

IRON MASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETINGS —DUD..
LEY, SATURDAY.--The concluding quarterly meeting of iron
masters was held, as usual, in this town to-day. Prices
were declared firm at about the following rates :—Bar iron,
61. per ton ; rod and sheet, 8/. ; pig, from about 2/. 15s. to
8/. 10s., the last being best grey forge. Looking at the
present condition of the iron districts, and the tone expressed
at the late meetings, there does not appear any probability
of an immediate reduction. It is stated that within the last
three weeks or month not fewer than twenty furnaces have
been blown out in South Staffordshire and East Worcester-
shire, the weekly make of which could not be less than
2,000 tons. This immense decrease of the manufacfure can-
not fail to produce an effect upon prices, although the opera-
tives must for the present feel the restriction of their labour.
The masters are unwilling to propose a reduction of wages,
and it is only by.a considerable reduction of stock that they
can maintain their present position. It is remarkable that in
Birmingham, intimately as the manufactures of the town are
connected with that of the iron districts, trade is improving.
The manner in which the quarterly accounts were settled is
one proof amongst many others of this gratifying fact, apd
recent advices lead to the belief that the next American
mails will bring in additional important orders from that
country.
I-ovum—Tin Lords of the Treasury have ordered
that iodine should be admitted at the ten per cent. duty as
"goods in part or wholly manufactured," as they cannot the be-
lieve that it was intended by the Legislature to class
category of "extract or preparation of an article,"
a
rticle
produced by means quite different to those employed for the
mproonidn;taiponplioel
DISCOVERY
f the substances to which that character is corn-
RANADusCtr°aTi, COFFEE.—'A.I-
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copper in considerable abundance The. mines are about SO
miles from Port Champion, with perftct-facilities of water
conveyance, and in the midst of a favourable district adapted
to all purposes of settlement.
LIVERPOOL, JULY 14.—Arrd. Lima., St. Don'nko.
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CLYDE, JULY 13.—Acrd. Arbona, Baird, MAirltius.
Sid. Pioneer, SAney, Now South Walrs; Berinan,
Batavia and Singapore; _Pursuit, I)..lxterara; Casket,
Antigua and St. Kitt's; lielblam, Calcutta; Gartbberrie,
Demerara; Mary ICrris, New York.

btrb Wtitton

SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING.

Six o'CLocs.

GOODWOOD STAKES.
6 to 4 agst Windischgratz
10 to 1 agst Wont-yon-come-ont-tonight
20 to 1 agst Langton

GOODWOOD CUP.
7 to 2 agst Windischgratz—taken
6 to 1 agst CanezJu

ST. LEGER.
2 to 1 agst Voltigeur
10 to 1 agst Bolingbroke
20 to 1 agst King of Ouda

DERBY.
17 to 1 agst Hippolytus
25 to 1 agst Teddington

THE LATE SIR ROBERT PEEL.

GREAT MEETING AT THE MANSION
HOUSE.—(THIS DAY.)
A public meeting of merchants, bankers, and citizens
of London, was hsld at two o'clock this aft 3rnoon in the
Egyptian-hall, Mansion-house, for the purpose of pro-
moting a subscription to erect a imitable testimonial to
the momory of the late Sir R,-)bert Peel.
The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor occoped tt e
chair.

Some time before two o'clock, the hour of meeting, the
hail was partially occupied by a respectable assemblage,
and as the proceedings commenced the auditors had in-
creased until the apartment was pretty well filled.
Among the gentlemen on, and in the vicinity of the
platform, besides the Lord Mayor, we noticed Mr.
Cardwell, M.P., Mr. Mousell, M.P., Mr. E. G. G.
Howard, M.P., Mr. Henry Drummond, M.P.,
Sir J. W. Hoge, M.P., Mr. Hume, M.P., Sr
E. N. Buxton, M.P, Mr. Ross Mangles, M.P., Capt.
Shepherd, Chairman of the East India Company, Mr.
M.aetermen, M.P., Sir Peter Laurie, Sir John Henry
lly, Chairman of the Hudson's Bay Company, Sir
Moses Montefiore, Alderman Sa'omens, Baron Gal-
amid, Mr. David Williams Wire, Mr. Under-Sheriff
Millard, and many others.
The LORD MAYOR said he look the chair on this
ccasioa from a sincere wish to do homier to the memory
of the late Sir Robert Peel.—(Cheers.) They were
met together today to promote a)ublic subscription
with a view to erect a suitable testirineeial to perpetuate
the memory of that eminent SLltusrza:); and, having
stated the object of the meeting, he (the Lord Mayor)
would content himself with leaving the matter he the
hands of the gentlemen around him, sati,fiel that they
would deal with it in a way worthy of its impor!aner.—
(Ohc ern)
Sir PETER LAURIE rote to move the first resolution,
and in doing so said the history of Sir Robert Peel was
written in the annals ca his cou-try for the last 40 years,
and he (Sir Pater Laurie) soul I not pass a lagher eulo-
gium 'on the dezeaeed statesman. The objeot of the
gentlemen around him in calling the meeting !his day
was to allow the public an opportunity o subscribing
wha sums they pleased towards a testimonial to perpetuate
the m.2mury the great man whose loss they had been
so sudeenly celled to deplere. Ia sink:De carry out
that object, it was their desire that there shoulc' I ha but
one f men?, among the ciliz ne of London, and that ryes
unanimity; and he hop d that the tes;imonial, whatever
it might he which they might determine upon, should
express and perpetuate the feelings, not merely 01
the cit:z 'us of Lonsioa, but of the whole country.—
(L )ad cheers.) 'The Henourable Gentleman conclud-d
by moving the following resolution:—'• Tnat this mset-
Lig &sires to give exp.easion to the profound awl uni-
versal regret which pervades all :alike of the people at
the irreparable loss which this country has sustained in
the decease of the Right lion. Sir Rebsrt Peel, and feels
that in seeking to perpetuate the record cf his public
services it commands tho sympathies and enjoys the
cordial co-operation of all."
Captain SIII3I.IIERD, the Chairmaia of the East India
Company, in seconding the resolution, said it would not
be necessary for him to detain the tncetirg for any
length of time in endeavouring to recommend it to their
favourable regard. Ile felt it might savour of presump-
tion were he to attempt to pass any laboured eulogium
on the merits of the distinguished and lamented
statesman whose loss they all so deeply de-
plored. They were all aware that before the grave
had closed over his honoured remains but one universal
feeling of deep sympathy and regret for the loss which
the country bad sustained pervaded all classes of the
people throughout the length and breadth of the land.
That feeling extended to all ranks of society, from the
Sovereign on the throne to the humblest artizin.—
(llcer, hear.) If therefore so strong and universal
a feeling prevailed at this early period, what
might they anticipate when time shall have exercised its
softening influeuce over the feelings arising from politi-
cal differences of opinion?—(Bear.) Under these circum-
stances he (Capt. Shepherd) should be justly chargeable
with presumption were he to attempt to bring for-
ward arguments drawn from the political principles of that
great man, and much more with respect to any feelings
or opinions he (Capt. Shepherd) might have in reference
to them. lie would advert but to one important feature
in the character of that important statesman, to which
the Duke of Wellington had borne his testimony in the
House cf Lords, namely, his (Sir Robert Peel's) uniform
and uncompromising adherence to the principles and
conviction's of truth.—(Hear, hear.) Let the meeting
pause for one moment to consider the importance of
that distinguishing qaality. While ad earthly
honours sank into utter insignificance, they were
told ho was guided through life by the princi-
ples of truth. He had now gone to render his account to
Him who was truth itself, and who judged the motives
and actions of men by the unvarying principles of truth.
—(Cheers.) The name of Sir Robert Peel he (Captain
Shepherd) believed would be revered throughout the
whole civilized world, and the longer it was known the
• more it would be venerated . by generations yet
to come.—(Continued cheers) lie felt it was
unnecessary to attempt further to dwell upon this im-
portant question. Ho felt that the sentiments that must
pervade the meeting were of too sacred a character to be
disturbed for one moment by political or party feelings;
and he had therefore the pleasure and the melancholy
gratification to second the resolution proposed by Sir
Peter Laurie.—(Cheers.)
Just as the Lord Mayor was about to put the resolu-
tion to the meeting, a well-dyes.ed elderly person stepped
forward to the platform from the body of the hail, and
asked permission of the L Ad Mayor to propose an
amendment to the resolution. He was invited upon the
platform, and to give his name, which he did by handing
a card to Mr. D. W. Wire. The name, however, did
not publicly transpire, nor anything else respecting him,
then that he was a resident at Nottingham,
The LORD MAYOR inquired if he was a, citizwi of
London ? to which be replied that he was " a Cockney
born and had property in Mid llesex." He also said he
was a member of one of the companies in London.
The LORD MAYoR intimated to him that he could only
allow geutlemen to arijress the meeting who were
citszens of Lendoe; but requested to see the amendment
he wished to propose.
This request having been come lied with, Mr. D. W.
WIRE read the document to the meeting, whi,:h was to
the following effect--" chat this meeting does at the
sam: time with anguish and regret look upon the past
policy of the depart-A statesman, in so far as he sup-
ported Lord John Reseed by voting for the a lmission
of slave grown sugar into this country, which admission
has terribly increased the trade of man stealers.—
(Laughter and loud cries of " Ole, oh " and " Shame,"
drowned the remainder of this so-called amendment.)
The LIRD MAYOR again intimated to the stranger that
he could not allow him to address the meeting, or put
such an amendment, and the proceedings were resumed.
The first resolution was then put and carried with ac-
clamation,
Sir Joliet HENRY PELLY, chairman of the Hudson's
Bay Company,and one of the elder brethren of the Trinity
House, moved the next resolution:—" That a Committee
be formed, with power to add to their number, to collect
subscriptions, and to consider the best means of carry-
ing out the objects of the meeting; and that the Lord
Mayor, Sir Jamas Duke, Bart., M.P., and Baron Roths-
child, M.P., be requested to act as treasurers."
Sir JAMES WEIR Roca, M.P., seconded the resolu-
tion. He said—My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen, this
resolution has been put into my hands with a request
that I would second it. On ordinary occasions it may be
incumbent on any individual who offers a suggestion to
such an assembly as the present to attempt to support
it by arguments, and to reason in its favour ; but
I feel such on attempt would now be worse than use-
less. I feel that I am only the form and medium of
conveying the sentiments and wishes which I am eonfi•
dent are passing in the hearts and minds of all whom I
have now the honour to address. The striking charac-
to: istic of Sir Robert Peel was devotion. I !night use
the word self dedication—(Hear, hear) —to the service
of his country.—(Cheers.) To him that country owes a
debt which it cau only repay by recording it; grew
sense of his servicet—(llear hear.) He sought no other
reward while living; he disclaimed every other wish
after he was gone.—(Cheers.) Sir Robert Peel com-
menced his political life in a period of war ; but
throughout his long and glorious career, whether
in or out of office, he was eminently the minis-
ter of peace._ (Hear, hear.) All his efforts
were devoted to the improvement of the institutions and
the development of the resources of the country, and
to its advance in those parsuits to which war was fatal.
His labours were transcendent and incessant, and the
relinquishment of office scarcely tended to relieve him
from their weight ; for whenever Sir Robert Peel
took his seat in the great council of the nation
his voice was the must influential in that
assembly and threught the whole country—(Cheers.)
An amount of labour which, not less from its con-
tinuity than from its extent, was sufli-:ient to have over-
whelmed most men, was eacoantered by him cheerfully
and voluntarily. To him, personally, office could have
been-but a burden ; his position, his fortune, and his sta-
tion rendered it to him a matter of indifference, save as it
afforded him the means more efficiently of rendering
service to his country, To that great object all his
strength of mind, alhbis great and varied acquirements,
all his aspirations, all his thoughts, and all his heart,
were no:eservedly and unceasingly given. Iu the ful-
ness of his mental powers, when his last accents of wie•
upon our ears, it pleased the dom and consel yet hung
Almighty suddenly to withdraw him from us; but his
memory is bellowed in our breasts, and the voices of men

of every party, every creed, every class, and every occu-
pation unite in pronouncing him one of the best and
wisest, the most disinterested and the most distinguished
statesman that ever guided the political helm of the
country .—(Loud cheers.) It was England's blessing
to have such a statesman in times of trial and transition,
and I believe it will be England's glory to record her
sense of his services.—(Renewed cheers.) The Hon.
Baronet concluded by seconding the resolution, which
was put and carried unanimously.
Mr. HUME, M.P., supported the resolution. He had
attended there to-day to offer his tribute of respect to
the departed statesman. For forty years he had been
an observer of his public conduct, and often had he op-
posed him, and as often supported his measures, and he
considered he was perfectly qualified to offer an
independent testimony ; and he was bound to
say he had never seen his equal—so com-
prehensive in his views, and temperate and
disinterested in all his proceedings.—(Loud cheers.)
Seeing that his measures were intended for, and were
attended with, public usefulness, it was with peculiar sor-
row that he marked the void which he had left, and as
they had since his death perceived how disinterested
for himself and his family he really was he
thought the public were doubly bound to come forward
and testify their esteem and regard for his loss.
It was with these views that he himself, in his place in
Parliament, had proposed that signal testimony of the
respect of that House, which bad never been granted to
any private individual. And he now hoped that the
result of this meeting of the citizens of London
would be to erect some long and enduricg testimony
of the regard in which he was held in the city
of which he was an enrolled citizen—(Cheers )
He most cordially supported the resolution,
and he trusted the Consmittee would take into conside-
ration, in the execution of their duty, to make the testi-
monial as honourable to the departed statesman as it
might be useful to the community at large.—(Cheers.)
The resolution was then carried unanimously.
Mr. MASTERMAN, M.P., moved the next resolution—
" That the Rev. C. Marshall and Under-Sheriff Wire be
requested to act as secretaries to the committe, and that
the resolutions of the meeting be printed in the usual
morning and evening newspapers.
Baron GOLDSMID seconded the resolution. He ob-
served it was unnecessary for him to say but few words
on this occasion, because he was certain that the departed
statesman lived in the hearts of his fellow-men and woud
ever live there.—(Cheers.) He had watched Sir Robert
Peel through his whole life, and he had observed that
no man had ever accused Sir Robert Peel cf any other
motive of action than a love cf his country.—(Cheers.)
Sir E. N. BUXTON, M.P., supported the resolution.
He could net refrain from joining his voice to the uei-
versa' voice in expressing the loss which he felt had
been sustained in the death of Sir R. Peel. He thought
he might truly say that no man ever merited such
deep iceliegs of sorrow and regret as did that illustrious
ma 1. He would not attempt to enter into the great
talents and indefatigable devotion or puVie services cf
Sir Robert Peel, but there was one poiet upon which he
wished to ask the att 'east' of the meeting. He wished
so en,n02.1.0 the state of public merelyy evinced by
Sir Robert Peel w th that evinced by a great prede-
cessor ul utfiee, Sir Robert Walpole. During
his administration, Sir Robert Walpole sccarerl
sinecure offices for himself equal to 14,0001, a year,
and when he left office he obtained a peerage and a pen-
sion for life of 4,0001. a year in addition. Sir Robert
Pee', on the other band, twice refused a peerage, when
pressed upon him by the late Severign, King
William, and by her present Majesty. He also
refused' the distinction of the Garter, being oely the
second commoner to n ho-n that groat honour had been
uffered.—(Cheers.) He utterly declined all personal
emoluments, and ele.erved that his reward should be,
not the honours which he dispensed to others, but teat
which he had obtaioed, and v, hie' his name would ever
obtain, the love of his countrymen and the gratitude of
his country.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that look-
ing at the great career of the great man, she least they
could do, who enjoyed the benefits of his virtues and of
his talents, woull be to erect some permanent monu-
ment to his memory, and he trusted that besides erecting
a monument there might be a sum of money left to
devote to some useful end. He would venture to suggest
that as there was a greet hospital connected with the
city of London, they might devote some portion
of the money to the erection of an extra
wing to that building to be called the Peel
wing. He mentioned that as a personal sugges-
tion. The Hun. Baronet then concluded by supporting
the resolution.
The resolution was then put, and carried unanimously.

Mr. HENRY 1)111[131310ND; nen
_rose to more

the next resolution. He said he felt he must
offar some apology fur his presumption in ap-
pearing before them to take part in the
proceedings, but he had been invited by the Lord Mayor
to propose the resolution which he held in his hand. He
thought the best vray would be to pay implicit obedience
to all hia commands; and he was not sorry that he had
bean invited. He bad been the school-fellow of Sir
Robert Peel—(Hera the Hon. Gentleman seemed af-
fected almost to tears by his recollections, and it was with
some difficulty that he could proceed with his speecb)—
he had been the school-fellow of Sir Robert Peel, and he
had been at college with him afterwards ; they had en-
tere I the House of Commons together, he had heard his
first speech there, and had listened to every word cf it.
Their paths in life lay wide asunder, but at no time had
they met without finding that the intimacy of their child-
hood had been unimpaired, and up to the last period of
his life he (Mr. Drummond) had had the honour t > enjoy
his personal friendship. The points in his character to
which he would call their attention this day should be
such as should be a useful example to all, for it so hap-
pened that, with the exceptioa of oae great public
event, there was no event in contemporary history with
which the name of Sir Robert Peel was not

intimately connected. They would remember that
it was by him that the constabulary force had been
established in Ireland, that it nas by him that consider-
able modifications had been effected in the criminal lip►
of the country, and a hundred abuses done away with—
that the Test Act had been repealei, and they would
remember that many similar Acts were associated with
his name.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) There was one
remarkable circumstance connected with Sir R.
Peel's career to which he would call their
attention, and that was that in pursuing his great public
objects he violated some of his dearest private affections.
—(Hear.) In the instance of the bullion reform, he

was placed by his patron Lord Liverpool on the
Committee on the part of Government, but he came out
of that Committee a decided opponent to Govern-
ment. When ho introduced the measure of 1819,
which went by his name, he was opposed
in the House by his own father. When he carried the
Catholic question, he offended his friends at Oxford, and
in his last great measure they would remember how op-
posed he was to the spirit of his party.—(Cheers.)
Another reassrkable circumstance was, that he
not only read, but that he thoroughly digested
every report which was laid on the table of the
House, and the consequence was that he had a mastery
over it which no other man ever had. He could also
bring out of his well stored mind a mass of information
which settled all debate.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Mem-
ber for Montrose was old enough to remember how
violent party rancour ran when they were
young. At that time persons of oppposite
opinions would hardly associate together. Happily
all that state of things had passed away. Sir Robert
Peel, more than any other man, was the victim of private
personalities, and, of all men he was the man who
would fly ,to them the least. He kept the good of his
country steadily in view, and whether the waves of
friendship or opposition turned him to one side or the
other he never lost sight of that object. It was by a
course such as this that he was enabled to say—
" Exegi monumentum care perennis."
The Hon. Gentleman then concluded by moving that the
thanks of the meeting be offered to the Lord Mayor for
his conduct in the chair, and for his courtesy in offering
the use of the Egyptian Hall.
Mr. Alderman SALONJNS seconded the resolution. He

was desirous of mingling his testimony of regard with
that of the other gentlemen present, and he hoped that
the Corporation would offer to the committee the oppor•
tunity of erecting a monument to Sir Robert Peel in the
Guildhall. They had there busts of military heroes, of
the ministers of war, and he thought that the minister of
peace well deserved a place there.—(Cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR returned thanks, and the meeting

then separated.
At the close of the meeting, Under-Sheriff WIRE an-
nounced a list of subscriptions, among whom were the
Lord Mayor, 201.; Sir E. N. Buxton, 201; Sir Peter
Laurie, 101.; Sir Moses Montefiore, 101; The Mer-
chant Taylors' Company (of which the late Sir B. Peel
was a member), 2001.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Their Lordships met at Half-past Four o'clock.
Lord TRURO (heretofore Sir Thomas Wilde) took the
oaths and his seat. The Noble and Learned Lord was
introduced by the Duke of Norfolk, Lord Redesdale,
and Lord Brougham.

ROYAL COMMISSION.
The Royal assent was then given by
the fallowing Bills: commission to
Pirates Head Money Repeal.
Ti.les of Religious Congregations.
Judgm,?nts (Ireland).
Drainage and Improvements Land Advances,
Sheriff (.4 Westmoreland Appointment!.
General Bard of Health.
Court of Chancery.
Turnpike Roads (Ireland).
Police Improvement.
Swansea Municipal Corporation.
R'ading Cattle market.
Bolton Improvements.
Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Railway Junction.
Cambridge Regulation, Improvement, Markec, and Fairs.
East and West India Dicks and Birmingham Junction
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Railway Amend-

meat.
York and North Midland Railway.
Montrose Harbour.
South Waits Rail way Amendment.
Dublin and Drogheda, Railway.
Snaith and Covick Commons.
Croydon and Reigate Turnpike.
Stourbridge Union Rates.
Swansea Dock Company.
Victoria London lit,ck.
Monty Arid i Gaslight and_Coke Company.
York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway arrangements.
City of Norwich Cotton Works.
Eastern Union Railway.
London City Improvements.

North Staffordshire Railway (Extension of Time).
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Railway lin.

provement.
South Staffordshire Railway Amendment.
Kent Waterworks.
Southampton Waterworks.
Waterford and Kilkenny Railway.
,
Great Northern Railway Deviations.
Heronsyke and Eamont-bridge Turnpike.
Ulverstone. Millthorpe, and Lancaster Turnpike.
Tyne Navigation.
Tewkesbury and Severn Road Amendment.
Monmouthshire Turnpike Roads.
Reading Union Waterworks.
Cardiff Waterworks.
Edinburgh Slaughterhouses Removal.
Garatang Turnpike Roa•ls.
Prussian Ministers' Residence (E. C.)
Boystock's or Player's Estate (E. C.)
And several other private Bills.
The Lords Commissioners were the Marquis of
Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, and Lord Eddisbury.
Their Lordships then adjoured during pleasure.
Their Lordships resumed shortly after Five o'clock.
The LORD CHANCELLOR (Baron Truro) took his seat
on the Woolsack.
VESTRIES AND VESTRY CLERKS BILL.
Lord BROUGHAM moved the second reading of this
Bill.—Agreed to.
PETITIONS.

Lord STANLEY presented petitions in favour of re-
stricting labour in factories to ten hours.
The E irl of EGLINTON presented petitions to the
same effect.
The Earl of FEVERSHAM presented petitions to
the same effect.
COUNTY COURTS BILL.
Lord BROUGUANI reported this Bill after one sitting
of the Select Committee, and he had great satisfaction
in doing so. The Committee had sat three houre, and
had fully discussed the Bill. lie had the honour of
being chairman of the Committee, and the Bill had been
as fully discussed as if it had been before the Committee
for the three months, and he had to ten der his thanks to
all the parties concerned for the facilities they had afforded
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY moved for a copy
of the contract entered into between the Post-office and
the steam-company fir the conveyance of the mails i
between Greenock and Belfast. That contract had done
away with the sailing of the packets between Port
Patrick and Donaghadee, and it the packets had been 1.
coetiaued between these ports the sailing of the packet
would have been identical with that of the loss of the
Orion, and all the passengers might have been saved by
the packet which would then have lets Pert Patrick. i
(LEFT SPEAKING.)