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LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1850.

After a somewhat animated discussion, the Sun-
day Trading Prevention Bill was read a second time
in the House of Commons yesterday. Already we
have repeatedly taken occasion to condemn the prin-
ciple upon which this measure has been framed.
During its passage through the Upper Branch of the
Legislature we designated it in the strongest terms in
our vocabulary as an act most injuriously affecting
the bumbler classes of society, and legalising regula-
tions of the most tyrannous superstition in the august
and venerable name of religion. According to the
provisions of the proposed enactment, the
comforts of the rich will be interfered
with in no manner whatever ; whereas the
conveniences of the poor will be placed under
an arbitrary and inexorable interdict. Ail kinds of
luxuries will be still accessible on Sundays to the
wealthier sections of the community—the choicest
cigars may be obtained on that day from the tobac-
conist, the rarest game from the poulterer, the most
delicious liqueurs from the wine-merchant, the most
%pelotas condiments from the confectioner. But after
a certain hour has elapsed, the artizan's wife will be
precluded altogether from purchasing a loaf of bread
or a pat of butter, a pound of mutton or an ounce of
coffee, a pint of milk or a quartern of gin. As
Lord BROUGIIAM remarked with some indignation,
the Bill will _render it legal to buy ;
sporting journal on Sundays, and illegal to
buy a Prayer-book—you will be prevented under
penalty from purchasing a Bible, but you may pur-
chase without let or hindrance a copy of Bell's Life
in London. The miserable incongruities of the
measure require, however, no explicit illustration.
They are perceptible in every clause. The entire
scheme is glaringly calculated to annoy the labour-
ing classes of the population, while it will affect in
no manner whatever the mode of existence long pre-
valent throughout the residences of Belgravia. The
inhabitants of the New-cut nod Whitechapel
will
alone have cause for complaint when the Act comes
into operation (supposing it be really permitted
to pass into one of toe laws of the land) ; but the
oc2upants of the fashionable houses of the West End
will still continue to live as they have been accus-
tomed to live hitherto. Perhaps the framers of the
measure were of opinion that religion required a more
stringent application to the poor and a more lenient
application to the rich than has heretofore been
imagined of Christianity. However this may be,
such are absolutely the chancter and tendency of the
measure now before Parliament.

Willingly would we coincide with the:Honourable
and Learned Gentleman the Member for Yougbal in a
disposition to adopt the course hinted at by the Ho-
nourable and Gallant lt,:.presentative of Bradford—
namely, to allow the Bill to pass into a law, for the
purpose of enabling the mischief of such legislation to
reach its crisis—but that we conceive such experi-
ments to be altogether too pernicious in their effects
upon the general community. The recent concession

THE SUN,

I made to the Sabbatarians by her MAJESTY'S Govern-
ment, with precisely the came intFntion, has proved
too lamentable in its evil effects to admit of any similar
indifference. We cannot advocate any proceeding so
likely to trifle with the fortunes and the happiness of
the multitude. The continuance of any such course
of arrangement cannot but militate largely from the
dignity of the Legislature. Besides which, it should
be regarded in its true light, as a culpable evasion of
trouble in the way of argumentative opposition, In-
stead of pursuing a consistent line of antagonism to
the Sabbatarians, it is as though the Cabinet and the
Parliament mutually consented to spare them-
selves much individual annoyance, by ena-
bling the Agnewites to illustrate the folly
of their fanaticism by its extravagance. They
should bear in recollection, however, the serious in-
conveniences to which they are putting the people at
large by such a negligent mode of proceeding. They
should reflect that while they are thus conspicuously
demonstrating the absurdity of the Agnewites they
are throwing into the most disastrous confusion
the intricate mechanism of the national correspon-
dence. The late Post-office regulations have dis-
played this fact in a manner indescribably la-
mentable. All the calculations of commerce
have been jumbled into a state of almost
ruinous entanglement merely to satisfy the
morbid consciences of a few melancholy victims of
superstition. Having applied this baneful corrective
to the great central establishment at St. Martin's-le-
Grand, and conveyed its influence also throughout
its numerous provincial ramifications, are we quietly
to witness the application of a similar despotism to the
humbler classes of tradesmen and the multiplicity of
their customers ? As journalists we protest in the most
energetic language against any such disgraceful pre-
sumption. If we could recognize anything criminal in
the vending of butcher's meat and groceries at one
hour more than another on Sundays, we should be
equally earnest in our commendation of the measure
now awaiting the final approval of the House of
Commons. But, perceiving in all this only so much
stark, staring humbug, mendacious tyranny, and
rampant fanaticism, we oppose the whole scheme
with the utmost possible emphasis. No argument
can reconcile to our minds such paltry ordinances
and the divine system of Christianity. No
sophisms can persuade us that there is anything
kindred between things so little and results so sub-
lime. Religion to our mind can drown with its celes-
tial and seraphic harmonies the creaking of a bar-
ber's pole and the clatter of a milkman's yoke. Will
not the Parliament likewise attest their coincidence
in this conviction ? Can they not perceive that, in
acting as they have done hitherto in this matter, they
have been derogating from the reverence due to that
august creed, whose laws are discoverable, not in
the text of a Blue-book, but in the inspired lan-
guage of Revelation ?

The County Courts Extension Bill, having pre-
viously been subjected to the scrutiny of a SAect
Committee, was on Monday evening read a third
time in the House of Lords. It was not, however,
sanctioned in the same shape in which it came up
from the Commons. Various alterations were intro-
duced, one of which changes the character of the en-
tire measure, and will, we fear, completely do away
with the beneficial results which were anticipated
from its operation. This is the " optional clause"
which was added to the Bill on Monday, the object
of which was to give a concurrent jurisdiction to the
superior courts in all actions for sums between 201.
and 501. No check whatsoever is interposed against
the abuse of this privilege. The plaintiff, or rather
the plaintiff's attorney, may select the tribunal
he pleases ; and if he has any vindic-
tive feeling against the defendant, or should
he be desirous of coercing him into the recognition
of extortionate demands, he may, at his mere will
and pleasure, go to the superior court, where the
expense of the proceedings will be at least qua-
drupled. It is almost unnecessary to say that this
power will be freely exercised, that the plaintiffs' at-
torney will, in nine cases out of ten, resort to the
tribunal where his services will be most liberally re-
cognized, and where he can, on obtaining judgment,
put it in force in such manner as he may think pro-
per, without having to apply in any quarter for per-
mission to do so.

The discretionary powers afforded to the Judges of
County Courts to order payment by instalments,
and to prevent the issuing of any execution, either
against goods or persons, until after default in pay-
ment of some of these instalments, although
most wholesome and salutary in itself, is yet strongly
objected to by creditors. It is true that they
often obtain satisfaction of claims which might be
wholly lost if a more summary and oppressive course
were adopted. But still they desire that the debtor
should be altogether at their mercy ; that any indul-
gence should be a matter of favour on their part, and
not a right to be claimed, by the party on his showing
that the debt had not been incurred by means of
false pretences, fraud, or breach of trust, or without
there being a reasonable expectation of payment at
the time when it was contracted, and also that he
was not then in a condition to liquidate it. The
exercise of power is at all times sweet. Some Env
desire it for the purpose of showing mercy, while ma 157
others, we regret to say, seek it for a wholly dif
ferent reason, 'iz., that they may be enabled to gratify
their malcontent or their misanthropical fecliegs, arid
to exhibit the stern obstinacy of their natures, the flinty
hardness of heart on which they pride themselves,
and to punish what is generally regarded as a crime,
the contracting of liabilities which cannot be liqui-
dated on demand, however fairly the debt may have
been incurred, and satisfactory the reasons assigned
for the postponement of payment. The superior
courts will, therefore, still be resorted to in the great
majority of instances, and the extension of the juris-
diction of the County Courts will be a mere work cf
extremes, which will seldom be brought into practical
operation, save in cases where the creditor is well con-
vinced that the debtor is absolutely unable to satisfy his
claim, and where he may be able to pay a small sum,
in order to keep a scourge suspended, which he may
apply at any moment he thinks proper.
It should not be forgotten that the " Act for the
more easy Recovery of Small Debts and Demands," was
not passed fur the benefit of one class merely. It un-
doubtedly afforded cheap and expeditious remedies to
creditors, and many, very many demands, small in
themselves, but amounting in the aggregate to a very
considerable sum, have been recovered in consequence
of the facilities thereby granted, which would other-
wise have been absolutely lost and placed to the
wrong side of the books. But the interests of the
debtors were not lost sight of, and they were pro-
tected from exorbitaat costs, that were but too fre-
quently used as engines to enforce submission to un-
reasonable and inequitable demands. The judges
were all invested with the discretionary power to
which we have already referred, which was a great
boon to the honest but unfortunate debtor, the man
willing but unable to render instant satisfaction.

The effect of the new clause, however, will be to
render the present measure altogether one-sided.
The interests of plaintiffs
wholly disregarded.
considered, while
h
those of defendants are
cases in
There
i
may be a few, very few,nwhich it will be
decidedly for the advantage of the claimant to sue in the
County Court, where, for instance, he cannot find a
friendly attorney, who will work on the terms
cure, no pay," and undertake to look solely to tlfeti
de-
fendant for his costs, or where the debt cannot be
established except by the evidence of the par-
ties to the suit or some of them. The
jurisdiction of the County Courts may be
brought into operation under such circumstances,
bat in all otl-er cases the higher tribunals will still be
fo Idly clung to, debtors will still be ruined by the
accumulation of costs, often exceeding the amount to
b recovered, or induced to submit to unconscientious
demands, on account of the penalty necessarily en-
tailed by resistance.
I,Ve trust that the Members of the House of Com-
mons may prove firm. to the just principle of the
original Bill, and that they may steadfastly rt fuse
their assent to the Bill in its present mutilated
form, by which its expected advantages
will be altogether neutralized. Ministers, who
were opposed to the extension ab initio,
and who, although they affected to yield to
the expression of opinion of the popular re-
presentatives, made no show of contest in the Upper
House, and would probably not regret the final re-
jection of the measure, may be quite willing to accede
to the Lords' amendments. It is, therefore, for the

independent Members to muster in sufficient force,
and to insist on the Bill being carried in its integrity.

Better tilat it were aLogether thrown out fur the pre-
sent session than that it should be carried in the mu-
tilated form in which it has been sent down from the
Lords.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We hare received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The PRESIDENT is greatly vexed and annoyed at
the composition of the Comatittee of permanence, from
which bis friends CASABLANCA 81111 ST. JEAN
D'ANGELY were excluded both at the first ballot and
at the second. He assembled the 13urgraves at the
Elysee after the first ballot, and they promised that
at the second ballot they would secure the election of
his nominees ; they were not, however, successful,
and there are now only three names to be hal-
lotted for.

The National, after noticing the result of the
ballot, says :
" Whatever may be the names which may this tlay
issue from the urn, at present the animus which has in-
spired the composition of the committee of 25, may
be appreciated. That animus. is evidently the same
as that which was made manifest in the affair of the
Pouvoir. It is a formal veto, the veto of the na-
tional sovereignty signified to the policy of the solu-
tions. It is the flag of the Constitution displayed
against the flag of detestable passions. It is an indirect
homage to the firm will of the country, and at the same
time a warning, a check, and, if necessary, a menace to
impotent fancies. No doubt the committee could have
been letter composed; no doubt, the greatest number of
the men on whom the chcice of the Assembly has fallen
are not remarkable for the energy of their republican
convictions; no doubt, in fine, we regret not to see in the
list of the elected more significant names, of those names
which are in themselves pledges given to principles. It
is not less true that we do not exaggerate in any way in
interpreting as we do the importance of the two ballots
which have taken place. Tne most marked demonstra-
tion of the grandeur and justice of our cause, is that our
adversaries themselves cannot re-assure the country, and
guarantee public sec!.irityand their own, except by taking
refuge, so to speak, in this cause as in a supremo asylum.
They curse our principles! be it so; yet it is those
very principles which they are obliged to oppose against
the encroachments which they dread. They curse our
institutions— tied if it depended oely on them, they
would soon be overturned. Still, they entrench them-
selves behind these institutions, and believe themselves
well protected only by them. An involuntary homage
which they pay to the Republic! an involuntary affir-
mation of an invincible fact! But the truth is that
when an institution is the necessity of a period, when
an idea is the universal faith of men's consciences,
everything serves that institution, and that idea; every-
thing has fur result, in spite of secret intentions, to
perpetuate its reign. The conduct of the enemies them-
selves of the Republie proves that the Republic is the
only real force of our epoch, the only e:ement of order
and safety. By principle, or rather by prejudice, they
regret it; by interest, they are constrained to admit it.
What has occurred in this special question of the pro-
rogation will always take place. The future is to the
Republic, not less, and we may. say even more, than
the present. This will be seen in 1852, and perhaps
sooner."

The Constitutionnel, which is the avowed organ of
the Ministry, expresses great disgust at the nomina
tion of General LAMOILICIERE7 which, it says, is " the
price of the great battle he waged against the phan-
toms of the Imperial party and of the Empire."
The reactionaries are also greatly annoyed at the
fact that Changarnier stands only filth on the ballot.
Odilon Barrot was first, Jules de Lasteyrie, who
voted against the President's dotation, second, Monet,
a Cavaignacist, third, and St. Priest, a Legitimatist,
fourth, and after all these comes Changarnier.

Several arrests have taken place of the members of
a secret society of Socialists, called the Nemesis.
A decree of the PRESIDENT of the Republic orders
that, as the ground and buildings of the lazaretto of
Marseilles are insufficient for the quarantine regula •
tions, the lazaretto and sanitary hoard shall be trans-
ferred, within the shortest possible delay, to the islands
of the Frioul. Another decree orders, with a view
to improvement in veterinary science, the appointment
of a conseil de prefectionnement. A third decree
orders several new regulations for improvement in the
schools of artillery.
The Constitutionnel mentions a report that the Gc-
vernment has received news of the resignation of the
whole of the municipal council of Marseilles, in con-
sequence of the order given by the Government that
all vessels arriving in that port, and having no case of
death or illness, shall not be compelled to perform
quarantine. It is added, says the Constitutionnel, that
the Ministry has resolved to send a commission ex-
traordinary to Marseilles.
- - - - -

At a meeting of the Club of the Mountain, held on
Monday night, it was resolved to publish an account
of the labours of the Legislative Assembly at the
close of the present month, and to address it to all the
electors. MM. BAC, CHAREAS, HENNEQUIN, LUINEL,
and EUGENE SUE were appointed to prepare the re-
port.
The Legitimatist Club called ":L'Etoile," held at
Marseilles, has been dissolved, by order of the prefect
of the department. A statue of HENRY V., and an
engraving of the same person on horseback, were
seized by the Commissary of Police, who closed the
club.

PARIS BOURSE, JULY 24.—Latest Prices.—Five
per Cents. 96f. 75c. ; Three per Cents. 58f. 203. ; Bank
Actions, 2,4101.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, JULY 24.

Boulogne and Amiens, 7%—Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), i 3 ex in.—Dutch Rhenish, 2—Fast In-
dian, 7% ex in.—Luxembourg, 2%—Xamur and Liege, 61,; -
-Northern of France, 14% ex in. and ex div.— Orleans and
Bourdeaux, 3 ex in.—Paris and Rouen, 24A—Paris and
Strasburg, 7%—Rouen and HaVril, 10.

SPAIN.
Madrid journals of the 19th instant have been
received.
Several Carlist bands have appeared in the pro-
vinces of Arragon and Gerona, and those provinces
have been placed under martial law.
MADRID Boma, JULY 19.—The Three per Cents.,
were done at 32Z- for cash ; the Four per Cents. at
12i; the Five per Cents. at 12j; the Debt without
Interest at 3i ; and the Coupons at 71 for paper.

Were military viewli only in question, the most advan-
tageous movement would be en immediate advance
ij fi 3:rui
strategetic plan. It appears, however, more con-
formable to the desires of the Government for a
peaceable solution of existing. differences to sutrender
this military advantage. The military measures as
yet taken by the Duchies cannot be regarded 22 an ag-
gression. Only a small portion of the l.sed, to which we
have a good title, has been occupied, and if the enemy is
honourably disposed to make proposals of reconciliation,
nothing has been done which can be made a reason for
refraining to take such a step. The great heat is highly
unfavourable to the movement of the troops. The army
nevertheless, in the most satisfactory state of health.
'6 WILLisEx."

Letters from North Schleswig, of the 17th, state
the number of Danes who landed at Holeis is only
c 0.6 This small force had advanced near to Glucks-
burg, between Drey and Kcppelbcck.

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1850.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CTTY, 7".1'0 CU 2C7.
The talc of Cotton at Liverpool yetterday were eta-
Enured at 5,000 bales, of which 600 American were taken
for export, and 460 on speculation. Americans were
nearly -id. per lb., end also Surat. Brazils were firm.
The sales comprised 3,500 American, 300 Pcrnam and
Mar:wham, at Si. to 8-ti-d; 200 Bahia, at BAd.; 400
Egyptian, at to Sp.; and 600 Surat at 544. to 54d.
per lb.—liailway Shares were firm.
The important subject of steam communication Rith
Australia comes before Parliament this evening, and it
is hcped some satisfactory explanations will be afforded
by Government. Petitions end memorials are being
framed in all the commercial towns of the kingdom,
praying fora epecey :eitleruent; and the following is
Irma an it:l-ken:it:l quarter:—

`• TO THE EIGHT I.IONoURABLE THE LORD JOHN RUS-
SELL, M.P., &C., &C., FIRST LORD OF HER MAJLSTY'S
TREASURY.

The memorial of the Directors of the Manchester
Commercial Association, by their Chairman,
" Humbly sheweth—That your memorialists have had
under their consideration the question cf the establish-
ment of a system of postal communication with Aus-
tralia via' the Cape of Good Hope.i
" That the groat and increasing importance of our
Australian Colonies renders it highly desirable that
every possible facility should be afforded for improving
the means of intercourse between them and this country.
"That your memorialists believe that the scheme
for communication, by means of screw-steamers plying
regularly by way of the Cape of Good Hope, as sug-
gested by Captain Hays, is deserving of your Lordship's
careful consideration.

" That in the opinion of your memorialists the scheme
in question is calculated materially to benefit not only
the colonies more immediately referred to, but also those
lying adjacent to the proposed route, particularly the
Cape of Good Hope, Ports Elizabeth and Natal, as well
as the settlements on the west coast of Africa.

" Your memorialists, therefore, humbly pray that
your Lordship.,,w ill be pleased to give your favour-
able attention to the route vi 4 the Cape of Good Hope,
as offaing greater advantages to the public than any
other widen, as far as known to your memorialists, has
been as yct proposed.
" And your memorialists, &c. &c.
" Manchester, Jul}, 15, 1850."
The Equador bondholders, at their meeting yesterday
afternoon, came to a resolution to send out a special
agent to advocate their claims. _

—The last week's Railway receipts, as ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under:—

- 1850. 1849.
Brighton .R11,984 12,039
South-Eastern
Midland
South-Western
North-Western 49,024 ... 45,403
Grekt Western not arrived.

The Funds have been a little weaker, but there is no
change beyond per cent. decline. Consols have been
quoted 964 to 97 for Transfer, and 96i to 97 for Account.
Exchequer-bills have remained at 675. to 70i. premium.
Bank btock has been steady at 211..

Foreign Securities have been also rather quieter.
Mexica❑ have declined to 29i 1. Peruvian Fcur-and-a-
lia:f per Cents. are firm at 821, and the Deferred at 351
to 36. Equador Stock has been 31 to 4. Brazil Bonds
are 92 to Portuguese Four per Cent:. have been
quoted 34k. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are
51- to
6ha: es are in fair request.
QUARTER TO THREE.
Consols 96 I
Ditto Account .........96i

-BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 211
3 tier Cent. Reduced Annuities .
S per Cent. Consols Anus
Now 314 per Cent. Anus. 99 991/‘,
Long Annuities. Exp. Jan. sth, 18110 BIA 8 5-16
India Bonds under 1,000/ 92 p
Consols for Account 96 7/8 97
Exchequer Bills. 1 %d. 2d.
March. • June.
1,0601... - 67 70 p
S(X)/ -• 67 70 p
Small - 67 70 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 92% 92
Ditto, New, 1843
Equador Bonds ... 3%a%
Grenada, 11.4 per Cent. -
Ditto Deferred 4%4
Mexican Bon .s, 1846, 5 per Cent., Wupons -
Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons
Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent
Ditto Account . B2l,
Ditto Deferred
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent -
Ditto 4 per Cent.
Russian Bonds, 1822,5 per Cent -
Ditto 4% per Cent. 95%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21,4 per Cent., 12 Guild
Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. Pals &tau.
Abe deen - -
Ditto, Preference Bi ...... - dzs. to -....
kAllozi., Notting., Boston, &c 8 -
kyrshire and Galleway 7% - to -
Ele:fast and County Down .. 30 .. .. .... -
3erks and Hants Extension
(Gt. West. Berpet.s per ct.) 6
Binnlngnaut & Oxford,' tuact.,
calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 - 1:-. i.... to -
Do., without a guarantee... 20 - ... .. to -
Birminghain,Wol., & Dudley,
calls duly pd. or with guar. 15 ..... - -
Do., without a guarantee... 15 - .. ... to -
Birnsing., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.14 s - -
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction 26 - •.•••• to -
Bristol and Exeter - -
Do., Thirds - dis.... to -
Buckinghamshire -
`,aledonian -
. Ditto, New 10/, reference 10 ...... 5 -
Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 - to -
Ohester and Holyhead 5O ..... /3!
,Vi ...... to -
Ditto, Preference - ...... to -
.;lirence ... 7Bl - to -
Oirect London & Portsmouth 514 - to -
Dublin andße, astJunction- 45 - to -
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 30 ...... - -
E Ist Anglia, 251. L. & E.,
itad L. & D ... - -
Ditto, 18/., E. & H lB ... - -
31. 13.5.,6 p. Ct. Pref. 3% - -
Do, 71. 175., 7 par Ct. Pref. 2 - to -
East= Counties - to -
Do.Exten.,s per ct. No. 1,6/. 133.4 d... - p to -
Do., do N0.2,6/. 135.4 d.. %I,i p.. to -
Do. New Pref., 6 per Cent.. 10 •if
11t,...... to -
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 - to -
Do., 5 per cent. -
Ditto, New - 43 . .... - ..... to -
`astern Union, Claus A (late
E. U. Shares) ... -25 - •..••• to -
Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6 . -
Ditto, ditto, B & C - .... . 25 - to -
Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 - =F. i, .. to -
I:ast Lancashire ....
Do., Now Quarters - to -
Do., 6 per Cent. Preference
Quarter Shares -
East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per
Cent. .. - :t. i.. to -
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O - to -
Great Northern .
,Jo., 5 per Cent. Pr0f....... 12%,..... 10,34 .. to -
Great Western ......100 ......Wi 57.. to 56%
dull and Selby SO - to -
Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 -
Leeds and Bradford ....._........ 50 ..... 91'4„ to -
London & 81ackwa11......11/. 6s. 5d...... 4 % to -
Lond., Bright., & South Coastloo -
London & North Western.....loo 10+i4%... to 109
Do. New Quarters.. l7 -
Do. Fifths l2 ..... 12 V to -
London and S. We5tern.......100 ..... 57 %14 % to -
Midland.-- .... ........ -has 3l ',,, 34 ... to -
Dit to, 50/. Shares ..... ...... 35 -
Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo -
Midland, Consol. Bristol and
Birmingham, 6 per cent.2loo - .x.i ... to -
Ditto, Consul. Preference...loo
Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 46 ... - -
Ditto ditto 99/. Os. Ed .. - -
Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref... 50 -
Midland, Leices. and Swan-
nington (8 per ct.gua.),,loo. .... . -. -

LLO 'ID'S tifi /PPING.—(TIIIS DAY'
bi S. S. 10Lier,11.°
-k z •, 4/ lICI \ ; Liii hazy weather, with rain.
FALmouTII, JULY 24.—Wind
Chee'au, Reiner, Si. Domingo for HaEliburgh; Hort'
laud' (-3r'raer, Quebec; Countess of Zeeland, Penang for
I•ondon; Killermont Roberts, Gonsive;:, and sail'
for
London ; Caspar, Eldred, Java ; Gbaltator, Haliback,
Batavia; Crown, Cowie, Batavia ; Julia, Lubeck, ill°
Janeiro, and sailed for Ilanaburgh.
FLEETWOOD, JULY 93.—Arrcl. William, Brown, P3l-
- Hope, Lainu, Quebec
WETFOI'D J ''
' '
' • 7 ULY 23.—Wind b.L.—Arrd• Breeze,
W'S 'W• --- Arrd.
Codcl. St. Jam' New Brunswick.
_LIVERPOCI, JUs, LY 24 .
—Wind W.N.W.--Arrd. Fanny,
R
ite, Goi.atves
Robina, Melford, B b 'i kl 1 13010 Y;
om ay; Venture, ~.ac oc c, ,
; Gertrude Coomlies, Newfound's/I"'
Benjamin Boyd, ditto; Henry and Margaret,
.s rown,
Laguna;,,,una, Presto, Gruzdier, St. Domingo; Gi;.orge E
Hitt -,ins
, New Orleans; Castilian, Greaves, ditto; Nevi
Yuck packet, Farquharson, ditto ; Arab, SiraP9e,r-:'
Charleston; Jane, flail, Wilmington; Olive, 011"' '-'-'
John's, New Brunswick; Margaret Jones, Burrell,
Schediac; Daniel, Frost, Quebec; John Calvin, 132rt°u'
Faster,
Pritchato,
ditto. Sld. Vanguard, New York; Andrew
ditto; John Carrier, Boston. Off port, Norval, roster
reiba, Aunt Mary, Roe, Gipsey, Admittance, an
a
Grcencck. __AWL
ALERDEEN, JULY 22.—Wind S.W. to S•E•
Robert M`William, Webster, Quebec. rd'itr
cm 1.. LOTH BAY, CARLISLE, JULY 23.—Wind ---•
Robert Burns, Stewart, Quebec; Nelson, Waite, ditto.
CLYDE.—SId. Lochlebo, Quebec.
P•M* VCI.'"
DEAL, JULY 24.—Wind W. to N; c car...
•agN.V.; t-to•
Arrd. Tilburton, Hobart Town ; Nenano, 7,b13;
China ; Sophie, Ardressen, Batavia for Htne,bilir,:no
Vriender, Broive, Batavia for Amsterdam ;Newport,
Africa ; her Majesty's ship Star, Africa ; l'evir-ot
Drift, Africa; Sylph, Trinidad; Westbrooke, Sargetn:
St. Vincent; Reward, Clark, Barbadoes; Retsoo; J:f°ll„,,
son, Antigua; Hercules, Lightfoot, Quebec; Dart, ilee",
foundland. Arrd. from the River, Medway, Sydney,
N.S.W. ; Aden, Launceston, Van Diemen 's 11,0
Canada, Mauritius ; Chocer, Port Natal.
the River and sld., Candidate, Barbadoes; Yorktown'
New York; Susan, Denis. frool
YARMOUTH, JULY 24. The Adeline, of and ,
_a
Newcastle, for Sierre Leone, got on the Hastro
_l'iour;
yesterday, but was assisted off and proceeded, Inel‘the
a little water. The Falmouth, of London, ,on the
Burbo Sand this - off nr"--
morning, but came
making water. . Bost
Aral. iru
LISIJON, JULY 19.—The Theoxena, hence L°—;. fool
of the Portuguese frigate Raixha,
in going down the River ou the 11th instant, 0' rod
lying at Bedell,
sustained some damge to her sars. or('
The Light Ship at athe mouth of the Eider has bee be
moved, and the buoys and beacons were intended 1°
taken up on or before the 25th July.
QUARANTINE NOTICE• c he 13cercif
LISBON, JULY 19, 1850.—8 y an order of 1-- To o•
of Health of 9th July, in " Diario" of lltb, the P°„"•,ooed
Bahia, Para, Pernambuco, and Rio Janeiro, are c°Al:l;' only
to be classed as "infected ports ;" as "suspects"'Aitele:
lively;
ports comprised between St. Paulo and Para -rtiol
and as "free from infection"
the empire of Brazil. this Pert
GIBRALTAR, JULY 16, 1850.—Arrivals at .-1,9,11, a.
from Malta and the Regency of Tunis, with foul vied to
subject
health, but with health on board, are to be
a quarantine of observation of seven day!.
all the other po
il A 17-•
MARKET NEWS.—(THIS -1-,-- )
NEWGATE AND LEADENIOSI" yet
These markets were by no means active tio-ds3l: 4d;
prices were mostly supported. Beef, from 2s 4LI CO Areelf
Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 10d; Lamb, 3s 8d to 4s nu/bi, the
2s 8d to 3s 6d; 1 P I. anc or -, 3s Lo 3s 8d per Sibs' i
carcase.
S nay MII33.3EZTS.
,ItIMIFIELD.—OId Meadow Hay, 2/ gi 105;
os to -41 so,
new ditto, 21 5s to 31 Os; old ()toyer, 31 1O! ic: 1/ 89
new ditto, 31 Os to 31 15s; and Straw, 11 *5 °
..,d.
per load. A good supply, and a heavy deonw 3/ 10s/
to
CI73IBEILLAND.—OId Mead Hay, toto4iirgo
new ditto, 2l 8s to Si Os; oldoweloaver',23lllll9
new ditto, 31 Os to 31 15s; and Straw, 11 29
per load. Supply moderate, and trade dull. 3/ VP/
ViIi!TECHAPEL. Old hiewlow Hay, 21 125 to
Ai 10;;
new ditto, 2/ 5s to 2/ 18s; old Clover, 31 159 to °
. 1/ go
new ditto, 31 Os to 4/ Os; and Straw, 11 15 at our
per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off lowly'
quotations.

- •
EA idlci; Great Western (Irish) 47 - to -
Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6
per cent. gua- 5O - to -
Nowcsacie and Carlisle lOO ...... - -
Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. - -
Newmarket „., .... ..• - 23 -
Ditto Extension Scrip... 2/. 12s. - • -
Newport Abergy., and Ileret. 6 - _.... to -
Newry and Enniskilleia
Newry, Warrenpoint, ana
Rostrevor .......... ........ 20 - x... to --
Royston and Hitchin ..... .. sq 7 14.... to -
Scottish Central
.4hropshire Union 6%..... !!!.4...... to -
Bmth Eastern -
Ditto, No. 3. 3O -
Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 -
York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25
Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 ...... f, al-Ai -
Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref.. 9 ......3',i, % X.i to --
York and North Midland ... 50 ..... 14 !,i 15% to 1476
FOREIGN RAILWAY;,;„
Anglo Italian (late Italian
and Austrian) 5%...,.. - -
Boulogne and Amiens 2O .. ••• 7-7 i x.i ~. to ....44
Central of France ((.: leans
and Vierzon) ..... .
Northern of France.....,.,.. 16 ... 14•544 ;j4
. .. x.i. to -
Orlean:. and Bordeaux .. 7 , 974 xi__ to 3
Paris and Rouen 20 ... . 24
Paris and Strasbourg ......... 13 ... .. !71,4%., -
Rouen and Havre 2O -
MINES.
Aaglo Mexican lOO ems ••• - -
Australian.., . ... 4
to -
As aria a " ........ ...... ... ..... 15 ....... -
Barrossa Lange ' 335. - -
Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 - ...... to -
Bolanos Scrip - - to -
British Iron -
General
Real del Monte. Unregistered - .- .. -• .. ... to -
Do. Black Debentures -
Do. Red Debentures ... -

.4 tole'
MEAT mammal's.
SOUTHALL, JULY 24.--Our market to•uai.
cti
rably well supplied with each kind of meat, 10 W-113eefr
fair amount of business was doing, at full prices. 3510C1
from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s; Lamb, 35 84
to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s to 3s 6d; and Pork, 35 °--
per Sibs, to sink the offal. 0001
ROMFORD, JULY 24.—Prime Beasts and Sheep be 1.
off steadily at full prices; otherwise the trade rule- to 40
Reef, from 2s Sd 3s 8d ; Mutton, 28 Oad-re11"
Lamb, 3a 8d to 4s 10d; Veal, 2s 10d to 35 6d; unto 14S;
3s to as 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 11 h.-Oaf*
Quarter-old Store Pigs, 165 to 21s; and c"
with their small Calf, 141 to 181 each. t,..1/6
LEWES,
JULY 23.--Our market was steaw vlattuvt
following terms:—Beef, from 2s 103 to 3; 101; 3"tiod
3s 2d to 4s Od; Lamb, 4s Od to 4s 8d; Veal'
3s 8d per Blbs.

CORN AVERAGES%, cOooftrie
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITIS.,OOIiisI.7
For the Week ended July 16, 1850, made up from the I'dsll,
Inspectors in the different Cities And Towns in Este'''. 11.
per ImpetialQuarter. I fililld
szAT"' 10° 1 WHEAT. 1 BARLEY.' OATS. I BYE. „„.. 5d
PRICE •. I 42s 4d I 22s 3d I I7s fid 22s 7d '''
s
DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. ? I.os
IS
WHEAT. I BARLEY. I I
OATS. BYE. 1 igEANs
Od' I o
Is Od Is Oct Is Od ls OJ

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CITANCERY—(THIS DAV,. 0.)
(Before the LORD CHANCELLOR, at LiBCOillS 'act"
THE SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILVMS Of
PANT V. THE LON.EQN AND NORTH-WESTERN' BA
lij
COMPANY. notliA
This was a motion involving a question of ee tete-
a Be 0..
tion to be put upon the agreement for a lesi-i, defer
into some time ego between the plaintiffs and to
e°
dants, by which the Shropshire Union g,,ive9telf
yarieled to be leased to the London and N0t1",...0001V
Company. It appeared that since tbs.- cool"
mentwiatyhad become impossible for the plaintiff 9 L° Irv°
plete the line which was the subject of thabletbseei°s9o,
the change of times and circumstances, and Is'ie to vies
it became a question whether the defendants, jets '-
the lease was granted, were; bound by it to cotoP 01/
undertaking begun by the Plaintiffs. the ;
Ibe
Mr. BETHEL Was occud in ing of COO
behalf of the defendantspie during addressthe greater poi w 11°r
morning, and the case, which is likely to Isss the
Yi
day, had not concluded when our report left.
• ir.)

ROLLS COURT.--"THIS
(Before Lord LANGDALE.)
CREAK v. IRVINE. 1/13111
This ease, which was part heard yesterasi, "1:1A to i/13Y
questiont as to whether the plaintiff was entill„",.bood,:e
erest in certain property in the neighb°","n of
Bermondsey, which had been leased by a Pers:oesz,
name of Eagan to the defendant Irvine. It 'ale Pfbr-;
that Hagan had originally consented to lease 59 of
perty to the plaintiff for building purposes, biz"
plaintiff was indebted to Irvine in a certai° ggst 1,"0
money the lease was granted by Eagan to I,rlialielsiliThe
request and by the consent of both parCes. TSB uive
now contended that it was only his intention t° 0!;,1
defendant security for the money he had borr°,:d to If e
that he was entitled to have the leate; return; os the
oonthperayment of the money, while the defendant to '
whole benefitshand,cloafirn
theed lteoasehsa.ve au absolute title
The hearing of tho case was resumed th,:sensider.
and was likely to cecupy his Lordship a'
time. il.)

Santiago de Cuba lO .....•
Tin Cr, ft.. ........ ...
JOINT STOCK 'BANKS.
British North Araerict.n .... 60 ...... 42 lA-- to
Colonial .... ..... •.-..
Commercial of Lcrnlan
I ondon Joint Stock •••••
Loa :on and Westminster... 20
National Provincial of Engld. 35
+ nion of Madrid
U.iion of Australia ....... ..... 25 -
Ditto, Nov
Union of London •.. 10

VICE-CHANCERY-(THIS fTejj.)nood
(Before Vice-Chancellor KNI*UT 1311,':orradoe'
His Honour was occupied this morning wi„t',;;lipori'
motions and petitions, none of which were 01 ;:r.oll.biell
ItUSSELL V. EAST ANGLIAN RAILWAY C°—tige.'d
Mr. BACON renewed his arguments iu the.
was part-heard ye:tarday, and was prove"'
went to press.

SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS ''
(Before Mr. Unyidnevr.
inquiryLEWlSeososoteoxLd:aossfuc:iidbeinlioltobtieo
1111504
Fri?
perty the defendant b°;drir
rdeicataivoenreodf tahe
judgment
of Middlesex. The Plancl° '
beenthat
defendant
Mr. PEAesaodNahatppheaadreidleldfor thefhplai I 10 611:
d oh° or
ricif, to- vac ~,
andof Lancaster,the
defendant but
hadtheoaflipc an
c ocfaeb:sll3oi sdi.hereirdwr lifissligld?
pension of
The defence vas, that the defendant ' bell'
the pension in consideration of an anunitY te- ;al
Lord Stanley and the Earl of Derby , the oto
The deed?, however, were not predjcea, 31jur °I '
found a special verdict of the facts in C51.°11
plaintlffe.

L

RIENTAL ST" y ' „Vii
TNE PENINSULAR Oeo oto
PANT'S ENTERTAINMENT TAND O TILE NICPAIJOir'cie abisttD
evening the directors of the above company
ball at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. Jai hol°,
of the visit of the Nepaulese Ambassador a 0 The WA-esre;iff
guished members of his suite to this country. en, all..'eotri
possibleltebahorisiedltl
mtmt
rasaeatsisnonopfdeu.
ortrs4hcspeeirbaeelritvsetiatri establishment
,ashoarhieppymtareroetdtinolmelttnoewosny
mt,erveea
were
ehe r
IdehFoeliaPtt
seercit
03 it nii;Jaeligee
%$0;
ly
elusive use of the distinguished uewsintass.wselliti'cl:herlP::::::lnseirlftel:V,si
tastefully arranged in Oriental styleg by Mr• 103 v.
more-street, and there his Excellency al!
the bo -rs °
his suite partook of some fruit. The vivo. cola
d
bored is all about 1,000, comprised severani
the nobility and corps diplo iique, &c• raP t° 6
menced shortly after less o'clock,ma and was kel3- 5
Div
advanced
SINGULAR. hour•
10 go'
a BLUNDER.—At the
nr d
assizes just concluded the grand jury ,gn--evirhen bje - ,61
et
James
Ridgway, of Waddesdon, for rape. coots
nouncament was made in court, by some unacmtier Pfroal
understanding the Sheriff set at larg° -trews° Do r" it
es air
named George Lee, charged with stealing ,ttieg t
shop, instead of the man charged with c 0" laths of .101#
The discharged prisoner, no doubt congratu, „ 1.0
upon his lucky escape, quickly made 1113 ;,5
Ar iv go 1,1
town ; and had it not been that the blunder have
ores „if
mediately discovered, he would most probabLot C
(ii!jcio
ofr. \V hen the discovery was made, Sertfrocli,,lllol/10
services were immediately called into requisitl_ertnovec air
got upon the man's track, and eventually nuoirst!,.voity,e,
Wingrave. In reply to the sergeants e-'ol"rigliPoby 'OO4
fellow. at first pretended that be had beeilv Corlrieci„
charged, and refused to return; but eventuabe go WO°
ducks
ceeded in inducing him to come back, a
sentenced to six months' imprisonment.--