The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-07 00:00:00

ESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 180.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti-
mated at 6,000 bales, of which 500 American and 500
Brazil were taken for export, and 1.500 American and
2,000 Surat on speculation. The market wae firm, at
previous rates.—The Share Market was quiet, but firm.
The Corn trade is dull this morning; but fully pre-
vious rates are supported. There was no English Wheat
at market, but a full supply of Foreign. The corn
plaints relative to the Potato disease seem to increase,
and the Wheat crop at the westward is said to be more
deficient than was expected. We must receive these
statements with caution.

Upon the state of the metal markets we are advised
by a broker, Mr. William z•hort, as follows :—" A fair
business has been done in Welch and Staffordshire iron,
but with scarce any change in prices. In Scotch pig-
iron there has been a limited business, and notwith
standing that a large proportion of the furnaces in
Scotland continue out of blast, the price is full 18. per
ton lower. English tin was advanced on the 15th
ult. 4s. per cwt.; a corresponding rise took place in
Foreign, and Banes was dote at 80s. The price has
since been nominally lower, but we are without business
in the article, all parties waiting the result of the sale f
117,766 slabs by the Dutch Trading Company, which
was to take place yesterday at Ratterdain. Tin plates
continue in demand. Spelter liss risen abort 10s. to
15s. per ton. The present stock here is 3,681 tons,
against 1,536 tons at this period last Year."
Thero are Cape of Good Hope papers of May 25.
The repeal of the order in Council making the Cape a
penal settlement had afforded much satisfaction. The
official estimate of the losses during the Kafir war, sus-
tained by the colonists in regard to their cattle, &c.,
been published, and it is shown that there was a great
deal that could not be recovered. Of the claims admitted,
however, 406,0021. were awarded. Locusts had ap
peered in great force in Kat River, and bad devoured
the pasturage on the Fish River.
From Natal, the advices by this opportunity are un-
satisfactory. Nothing had been settled, according to
the statement in the public journals, with regard to she
lands of the emigrants, sad it is alleged, chat among
them, and especially those.who had arrived more re
cently and remained in the division of D'Urban, con-
siderable distress was beginning to be felt. Another
party, writing, censures the supineness of the local
government; but it is impossible for us at this distance,
without more ample details, to decide who is to blame.
From the United States we have another arrival at
Liverpool, with four days later news; but the letters are
not delivered in town up to the hour of our writing.
Breadstuffs were quiet, and there was no change in
prices. Money WAS plentiful. Cotton was brisk, with a
good average business. Freights were unaltered. The
rate or Exchange was firm, at 1 WI to 110th.
We learn from Brussels that the total circulation of
the Societe Generale and the Bank of Belgium was
40.777,170 francs.

The amended Stamp Duties Bill proposed by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer seems to give satisraction,
and it is hoped that the revenue will not suff,r so much
by the reduction as is calculated by Government.
The Honourable East Company, during the fortnight
to yesterday, drew bills to the amount or 44,0271. 4s. Bd.,
of which 36,0671. 14s. 6d. were on Bengal, 6,859 L IW.
2d. on Madras, and I,lpol. on Bombay.
The Funds have been very quiet, end there is still
money stock on offer. Cons, ls have realised 96'1 j-, both
tor Transfer and I ime. Exchequer-bills are 665. to 695.
premium. The New Three-aua-a-Quarter per Cents.
nave been 991 I. India Stock has been quoted 269 to
270. Very little has been done on speculAion.
In the Foreign Market there is the same listlessness.
Spanish Three-per Cents. are nominally 377 to 4. Pe-
ruvian Bonds have been and Mexican, 30. Buenos
Ayres realize 58 to Venezuela Stock has been
marked 35 to Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
have been 577
Railway Snares have been very dull, and prices are
slightly in favour of buyers.
The South Devon Railway Company, in the view of
the directors being in a sufficiently prosperous condition
to allow of their paying the dividend ou the prefer-nce
shares, the announcement was made accordingly of their
intention to pay it forthwith, but Mr. Charles
Stephen., a holder of 70,0004 in the ori-
ginal stock, having applied to the Vice-Chancellor
for an injunction to restrain such pa) went,
on the ground that there is a small floating debt still
owing, which ought first to be liquidated, the directors
hlive agreed upon the withdrawal of the motion, and not
to mske any oivision of the money at present. This is
understood to be preparatory to an arrangement between
the original and preference shareholders, in terms of
which both may receive a dividend, the validity of the
preference shares being questioned.
QUARTER TO THREE.
ConsoU ••• ••• 96i
Ditto Account ••• ••• 96t

ONE
PRICES OF BPITISEI FUND 9 O'CLOCK.
,e• sent. Reduced Ar ns .. 971, %
3 por Cent. Consols Am, uitioe... _... 96%14
New 314 per Cent. Anns.. ....—. ..... 99 tii N
~one Anns. to expire J an. IS6( t
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 -16
India Stock
ndiß Bonds, 1,0001. BB p
Ditto under 1.0001••••••• • • ......
.lonsols for Account 96313/1
.I:Kchequer Bills. I I/9 1. & 2d
1,000/. June 66 69 p
5001. June
Small. June

CLOSING
PRICES.
97
9654%
9936
8 IA
84
270
86 p
91 p
90/4
69 p
6I p
69 p

ONE

CLOSING

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.... 5 .5.9!.;
Equador Bonds ..
Grenada Bonds, 11/ per Cent —
Ditto Deferred

PRICES.
5t4 14
334
184 k

Mexican. 5 per Cent.l trk4A, with Coupons—
Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons 3O
Peruvian Bonds. 414 per Cent— 82121
Ditto, Deferred
Russian Bonds
Ditto, 41,4 par Cent
cnunish 5 per C'6nt. 1840 ...
Venezuela Bonds, 214 per Cent

Dividends on the above payable in i.,;ndon.

. .
Dutch 214 per Cent., 12 Guild. ... 57N% ' 57ti
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificatep... 8914.% 8938
PRICES OF ID
.. PA. BUSINESS DONE CLOSINo
RAILWAY 4TIAREo• AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE .
iristol and Exeter...... 100 ..... 63 t,,~
ilaledonian
C':'•eiter and Holyhead... 50 ...... 91,, %,...
,
Ditto, Preference
,4s,natern Counties........ 20 ...... 61,4 . 614
East Lancashire ......... 25 . 81114
East Lincolnshire, guar.

6 par Cent. - 25 .... 2814
Great Northern - • ••••• •
Do., ;4 A Deferred
Do.. 5 per Cent. Pref l2li 103(04
'refit North of England.loo ......240
Great Western 100
I.anesshire& Yorkshire 100 .....
London & Black w51.1...11/. 6s. 3d... 4
London and N. We tern 10" 1........ ••••
Ditto, New Quarters 17
Ditto,l,2ittO,
51 !nu halter. Sheffield,
.vnd. r incrlin2hin
Vtio.Nerr 1,,!. Pref... 10 ...... 31,4
Midi an d
X Do., L F.harec ..-• 35 ...,.. .........
Dn. Consolid. Bristol &

Birrning., 6 per ct.... 100
North Britiy,h ....... 25 .
Ditto Preference
North Stafford*hire 171.11
......
tteading, Guildford, and

~A
,_ '

43%
6 LA
1714

Reigate
South Devon
Slath F.a.t-r^
0 014o14
Registered No. 4
215.85131( )
********************* * ****
"
So ith Wales
..... 201 21
fork Newcastle. and ,2
Berwick--
0. G.N.E. Preference 9 .. 41/s 4 ***
rork and North Midland 50
...... 16 (/9
Oat.. pi eterenco ...... 10 ..... %
FOREIGN RA,II,WAs,
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzou)... 20 ...... II
East Indian 7
......
Northern of France l6 ..... 15
15
Paris and Rouen 2O 241„
Paris and Strasbourg 14 ..... . 8A x i
MINES.

47,;,
20
14%
4
164,

An glo-Mfocican lOO ......
Bassora Range 333.
••• • ..... •• ••
Blaenarvon yon & Coal a 0

Bolonos Scrip ...... ...- -- ...............
British Iron .... l2
Brazilian Imperial ...... 241,4 • .••• .. • • ..
Do. St. John Del Rey 15 ------ 1414 ••.••••»•.... 14%
ToTNT STOCK BANKS.
British North American 50
423/
Onion of Australia
~.... 321;2 x.d.. ..... 321,2 xli

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LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—( T HIS DAY.)
LONDON. AUG. 7.—Wind at noon W., light breeze and
fine, clear weather.
COWES, AUG. 6.—Wind W.— Arrd Amase., Feyen,
Havannah; Tryp
Hobart Town; Elizabeth, Smith, ena,
Garrick, Matanzas.
OF, CAPE CLEAR.—lndtx, Quebcc.
SHIELD., Au°6.—WindN.—Arrd. Patriot, Quebec.
SUNDERLAND, AUG. 6.—Wind S.E —Arrd. Caroline,
Bruukpr, St. John ; Adolphus. Woodruffe, Quebec;
Nina, Lawson, ditto; Mary Bulmer, Mathew, ditto;
Sprite. Stewart. ditto.
GRIMSBY, Ago. N.N.E.—Arrd. Ann Clark,
Berry, Richibucto; Lteboitti.Jansen. St. John's, N„„,
Brunswick; Hermes, DaRD,Vy, ditto; Desse, Quebec.
REDCAR, AUG 6.—The Dart, of and from bhorebaul
to Hartlepool, got on the rocks off here ye,terday,
was
avisted off on the following tide, and proceeded.
OFF THE START.—Lute,Schaft, Batavia, for Am-
sterdam.
FALmoui B. AUG. 6.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Martha,
Andria, Quebec. Std. Woodbi, e. Quebec.
SCILLY, AUG. d N.—Arrd. Minatta, New-
man. Buenos Ayres. Off port, Jane Thompson, Pram,
Richihucto.
NEWPORT.—SId. Lexington, Portland, United States;
Anion, Rio Jareiro; Prosper, St. Thomas; Lady Sale,
ditto.
ABERYSTWITH, /Ica. 6. --Wind S.—Sld. Criedo,
Quebec.
fizirrwooD, AUG. 6.—Sld. Eleanor, Valparaiso;
ciu.bec.
%VATERIORD, •AuG. 4.—Wind W.S.W. to S.W.—
Arr.i. Thir.tle, Thomas, Quebec.
c eAr
r, Liverpool,A uG S.W.—Arrd. Matilda,
BEL,
QUEENSTOWN, AUG 5 —Wind S.W.—Arrd. Mary,
13,,ughts, St. Siephen'e, and sailed for Liverpool; Gar-
land, Hawk, Pugwash. Off port, Elizabeth, Thomas,
Bo from
Anthony, St. John's, New Brunswick.

WARRENPOINT, AUG. 5. —Wind E.—Arrd. Benjamin,
Hall, Tata An.

GLOUCESTER, AUG. 6.—Arrd. Fa7con, Hutchings,
Quebec; Ann M'Lester, Evans, ditto. tiled, Collies,
Qw-bcc.

DUBLIN, AUG. s.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Dodson, Sal-
mond, Prince Edward's Island; James Fagan, M'Coma-
chie, Quebec.

TitoON, AUG. 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrd, China, Cum-
mings, Quebec.
__ _

CLYDE, Auc. s.—Wind W.—Arrd. Admiral Crisp,
St. John's, N. B.; Caspar, Eldred, Java; Avalanche,
Hawkins, Quebec. Std. John Karr, Quebec and Mon-
treal; Peerlep., Newfoundland.

LEITR, Ana. s.—Wind W.—Arrd. Cape Breton,
Reed, Callao; Thames, Bell, Quebec; Cygnet, M'Quail,
ditto.

SHEERNESS, AUG. s.—The Sir John Newport,Water-
ford to London, got on the Nore Send, was assisted off
and proceeded.
TORQUAY, AuG. 6.—The Wanderer, for Monte Video,
was in contact, 3rd inst. off the Start, with a light brig,
and received some damage.
PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 6.—Wind S.W. to W.N.W.—
Arrd. her Majesty's ship Apollo, Hong-Kong.
LIVERPOOL, Aua. 6.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Asia,
Hannah, Shediac; Robert Whiteway, Whiteway, Callao;
Henry Gardiner, Harrison, Valparaiso; Radiant, Strong,
St. Andrew's; Elizibetb, Modsell, ditto; Mary, Moses,
Wallace, United States; Washington, Wilkie, Quebec;
Carrack, Snow, ditto; John Campbell, Hall, Bombay;
Anna Mary, Forest, Ichaboe; John Ritson, Cobija;
Sophia Margaret, Valparaiso; Choice, Ogier, Buenos
Ayres ; Ztute packet, Fudge, ditto ; Wilton Wood,
Russell, ditto; William Patten, Dicker, New Orleans;
Gossypium, ditto ; Bombay, Calvert, Mobile; Mary
Pleasant, Meehaeels, Philadelphia; Colchester, Pitcairn,
Richibucto; Helen, Jackson, Quebec. Sid. Tipperary,
Africa; John Dugdale, Shanghai ; Adriana, Africa;
Princess Victoria, Maranham; Scots Field, Matanzas;
Scotia, Baltimore; Berlin, Philadelphia; Spray, New-
foundland. 7th A.M. Atlantic, steamer, New York, left
27th July.

Barley.

Malt. I Flour.

Wheat.
Oats.
--- ---
Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs.
Englisk .• •• • • 570 . 20 870
5c0tch........
Irish ........
Foreign ......j 13,180 7,220 20,750
13011.017 GU rioP ZTA&ZET.
The plantation accounts being very favourable, the
demand here is heavy, and the duty has advanced to
200,0001.

Sacks
710

WEITECHAPEZ.
Scarcely any business was transacted to-play, and late
rates were with difficulty supported. B..ef from 24. 4d
to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 101 to 3s 10J; Lamb, 3s 6i to
4. 6d; Vaal, 2s 104 to 3s 8i; and Pork, 3s to 3s lOd
per Blbs by the carcase.

LAMBETH ELECTIuN-T HIS DAY.

OFFICIAL DECLARA LION OF THE POLL.
Agreeably to announcement, the official declaration
of the poll was made this morning, at the huitir}gs
erected on Kennington-common. A large number of
persons were assembled at an early hour, and the com-
mon itself still retained the festive appearance which it
has borne for the last few d.ys, being covered with stalls
and itinerant vendors of all descriptions.
Admiral Napier WWI the first to arrive, Mr. Williams
the next, who was saluted with loud cheers, and lastly
Mr. Palmer.

Mr. ()miaow, the returning officer, then said that it
was his duty to declare the final state of the poll. Upon
examination of the books he found that fur Mr. Wil-
liams there had been polled 3,834 votes—(Loud cheers),
—tor Admiral Napier I,lB2—(Cheers and hisses)—and
for Mr. Palmer 585.—(Laughter.) Lie therefore de-
clared Mr. Williams duly elected to serve in Parliament
for the borough of Lambeth.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. WILLIAMS then proceeded to address the elec-
tors. He stood before them now in the position of their
representative, for which he was indebted to their en-
thusiasm in his cause. Since he had had the honour of
coming before them he had made many promises, and
he would fulfil those promises to the letter as an honest
man.—(Cheers.) He would do for them what, perhaps,
no other man in the House would do—he would come
before them every y ear and render an account of his
:stewardship, and if they did not approve of his conduct
he would retire.—(Cheers.) They had done their duty
to their country, in this election they had shown that
the principles of reform were deep-tested in their
hearts. Lord John Russell had twitted the reform
party that the country wanted no more reform, be had
treat,d forty of them as being equal to ono of the Whig
constituencies. The strength of the %Vhig party was
shown in his late opponent, Mr. Palmer, and that was
more apparent because he was a gentleman of high
character and of long connexion with the borough.
Then they bad the Gallant Admiral, still in his prime
and vigour, not yet reduced to the condition of the old
' commodore, not fit to go to sea any more. He was the
representative of the Tory party—(Groans)—and of the
half-and-half—and yet he could only number 1,182.
They had set a noble example to the constituencies of
the United Kingdom, and upon many a hustings in the
next general election, which perhaps might not bo far
distant, the constituency of Lambeth would be set for-
ward as a prominent example. They would not find him
a man in the House of Commons ready to sneak away
when the Minister wanted him, nor ready to be shut
out from a division. He invited them all—(Admiral Na-
pier—" To dinner")—(Laughter)—to look sharp after
him, and if any one of his constituents disapproved of
his conduct at any time he hoped that he would commu-
nicate with him, and *he should be ready to give his
reasons for his conduct, and hoped that be should be able
to show that it was an error of the head and not of the
heart. In conclusion, he begged to thank them sin-
cerely. To-morrow night he would go to the House of
Commons as their representative, and would oppose
every job, and do his best to keep the tax-gatherer's
hand out of their pockets.
Sir C. NAPIER then came forward amid mingled
cheers and groans, and cries of Fair play now the
election's over;" " Go it old Charley." He, stood before
them as a defeated candidate, but he did not
consider it a disgrace. It was only last Tuesday that
he beard of the vacancy, and he had found 1,182 to vote
fur him.—(A gang of Tories.) He should not have
presumed to have come forward had there been in the
field a man of truly constitutional principles.—(Laughter,
and cries " Oh you cld Tory.) He hoped they would
eive him fair ItLy tow all e-as over. When
he trim the auelre;s put format! by Mr, Wil-
lieme, promieing inapo.eibilities of every clescrir-
tion, when he saw that the whole taxation of
the country was to be taken off entirely, without any-
thing being left to the Chancellor of the Exchequer;
when he saw by that address that the inquisitorial in-
come-tax was to be taken off, be wanted to know how the
government of the country was to be carried on.—(How
are the admirals to be paid, you mean.) How was the
interest of the national debt to be paid? and if that
were not paid—( What's to become of half-pay ?)—he
would like to know what would become of the working
men?—(Oh, they'll get on.) Well, he should like them
to have been in France at the revolution and seen how
the working man got on there.—(We don't want
France; never mind that.) He had no hesitation in
saying if the Hon. Gentleman who was now their re-
presentative found a majority in the House of Commons
of his way of thinking, the whole constitution of the
country would speedily be destroyed. (So much
the better.) The Honourable Gentleman boasted
that he was an honest man. Well, he must
say that he was very fond of blowing his own trum-
pet—(Laughter)--and when he heard a man talking so
much in his own praise he began to doubt whether his
honesty were true or not.--(0h, he's proved it for thir-
teen years.) He had no objection to give the Hon. Gen-
tleman credit for being an honest man, but be thought
when he talked as he did be must have a weak bead in-
deed.—(Confusion.) He thought he must have a va
cancy in his head; when he said he was an honest man,
he was bound to belie-Ye him; but he thought he might
have a vacancy in his head, which would do more harm
to the country than if he turned out not to be honest.
The Hon. Gentleman had told them that he had made
many promises, and so indeed he bad; but he (Sir C.
Napier) would tell them one promise he had made at
Coventry. He took it from a printed speech, and if he
were wrong the Hon. Gentleman would correct him.
After recounting his qualifications at Coventry, just in
the same way as he had done here—(Laughter)—he ob.
served that the ion. Gentleman said he was friendly to
tree trade and all manner of things, except free trade in
Coventry ribbons, and that he should do his best to t
protection for those.—(Coafuaion.) So they saw that
wan, ee honest as the Hon. Gentleman proposed to be,
even might make an occasional slip, which would be
remembered against him. He would give them another
instance. The Hon. Gentleman had charged him (Ad-
mire! Napier) with being a Tory, and with having said
at Hawketone Hall that he would retire if a Tory came
into the field.—(Cries of " So you did.") That just
showed how things might be misrepresented. Hen
had said there, having been charged with weakening
the Liberal cause by oppe sing Mr. Williams, that sup-
posing that a Tory were put up he would forthwith
retire, not wishing to injure the Lioeral interest.
They would see how different his version was from the
version of the Hon. Gentleman. The Hon. G. ntlenian
had said that he (Admiral Napier) ass suppos ted by
the Tories.—(So you were.) He could only say that he
did not know one Tory in Lambeth. He had not
visited one human being in Lambeth. The Hon. Gen.
tleman went to Parliament
,
am7a ntyprdeettsyer4,tvightly pledged.
There was no one pledge
of the earth that he had not taken, description
on
nouthlde fnacoet
take; arid be did think that there was no pledge
which they could have thought if
orievented,anotri
dreamt of,
which if they bad brought it
forward pre( ace ;set
ae dt , tat
hHt
porn. Gentleman) T h e
ou would
Gentleman ot hayhe aki
that he (Admiral Napier) was arriving at the paodtirstealii),d.t
the Old Cummod, re; but he could tell them that there
was stuff in him y, t, whether as a commodore or as
their representative.—(Go it, John Bull.) A for the
Hon Gentleman himself, let it be remembered that in
this great borough of Lambeth, after so much time

for preparation, and with so much money as must have
been spent—(No, no; we had no Treasury to go to.
You spent more, old fellow)—the Hon. Gentlemen had
managed out of 16,000 voters to obtain 3,834.—(M0re
than you did) the rest of the electors stayed at home.
He did not mean to say that they w,,uld have vot-d for
himself, but he thought it was bvcause they di,i shrink
to show themselves supporters of the Hon. Gentleman.
He did not mean to say they would have supported him,
because he was an utter stranger to them. The Hon.
Gentlemen went into Parliament tied neck and heels.—
(Llughter.) They might argue there as much as they
liked, but all the Hon. Gentlemen could say woul,l be,
" It's no use, I'm pledged." Let them see what would
be the case if all Members went there pledged.
There would be an end of all discussion, all that a Mem-
ber could say would be, " rm pledged," and all the Mi-
nisters would have to do would be to introduce mea-
sures, with which arguments would have nothing to do.
—(Great confusion.) He had now done for the pre-
sent, and he begged to return to those gentleman who
had thought proper to vote for him his most sincere
thanks for the support which they had given him.—
(Cheers.) He did not mean to come forward again
without an invitation.—(That's right, old boy, don't.)
He Legged to thank Mr. Palmer and his com-
mittee for the generous, straightforward, and ho.
nourabin manner in which they acted towards
him.—(Cheers.) He was sorry that ho could not say
the same of Mr. Williams.—(Laughter.) He should have
thought that the first act of a retorm party would h t,vt
been to have acted with fair play.—(Cheers arid laughter.)
Mr. PALMER. next addressed the electors. Though
he stood before them in the position of a defeated cau
didate, it was attended with no degree of disgroce—i'
was some degree of satisfaction that he was accompanied
by so gallant a commander. The grounds upon which
he sought their support had been his local attach-
ment to the constituency, and a desire to devote all bib
powers and talents to their service, and although he was
not placed in the position of their representative
yet, in the position which he did occupy, he would still
continue to co-operate with them in the cause of civil
and r. 'igloos liberty. He could not help feeling, from
his past experience, that besides those who had voted
for him there were many who entertained for him e
feeling of esteem, on which he would on some future
occasion rely. He wished it to go forth that he did not
believe that the present poll was a criterion of tht-
real feelings of this borough. He had one sub-
ject of great congratulation to him, and that wa,,
'hat having fought with them for twents
years in the ranks of popular freedom, the result of the
present election showed how strongly those principles
were seated in their minds. He could assure them of
this, that with regard to those who had not voted foi
him he had to acknowledge his gratitude fir the kind
and cordial manner in which they had received him.
He differed from many there on the principles upon
which he came forward, but he was sure that the)
would give him credit for sincerity. He ha..
a firm conviction that the objects which they all sough
were to be attained by safe and constitutional means,
and no other. There was a Brest majority in thi.
country who were to be led by reason, and not passion
and on that account it was by argument that they ought
to enforce their opinions, and not by passion. In carrying
great measures of reform they could not do without at;
classes, and they must therefore strive to rally with
them, and not against them all, those classes which ma-
necessarily have great influence in this country. Hi
creed was progress, without retrogression, but it we
progress upon safe and constitutional grounds. fir
thanked them for the patience with which they ha,
listened to him, and they might always rely upon
his co-operation in the cause in which they were at
embarked—the cause of civil and religious liberty.
Mr. WILLIAMS moved that the thanks of the whole
body should be given to Mr. Onslow, the returnini,
officer, for the excellence of his arrangements and ft,
his impartial conduct.
Sir CHARLES NAPIER heartily seconded the motion.
Mr. PALMER add. d his cordial concurrence to thi
vote, which was carried with loud cheers.
Mr. ()Know acknowledged the compliment, and the
electors then separated.

THE DIORAMA, REGENT'S PARK.—Yesterday.
Mr. Leifchild offered for sale, at the auction Mart, the exten
sive and valuable property known as the Diorama, Regent'.
Park, and which, for the last twenty-seven years, has beer
one of the moat prominent exhibitions of science and art.
There were included in the estate the two grand picture.
now on view, viz. :—" The Castle of Stolzenfels, on tht
Rhine," and the " Shrine of the Nativity, at Bethlehem,"
together with all the costly and novel machiner3
connected with the exhibition (the invention of M. Da-
guerre), and the fourteen valuable pictures which have beef
exhibited in former years, among which were "
" Mount Etna, with an Eruption," "Interior of Rheim,
Cathedral," " Cathedral of Notre Dame, at Paris,'
" Basilica of St. Paul, near Rome," &c. The pictures ar
severally rolled on large cylinders. Above 10,0001. bad been
expended in the erection of the building, which contained al
extensive saloon or gallery, the exhibition-room, &c. After
some competition, it was knocked down for 3,0001.

POETRY OF AFRICAN LANGUAGES.—Among th.
Mongwees, thunder is called " the sky's gun ;" the morning.
"the day's child ;" and one who has become intoxicated
said to be "taken captive by rum." The Zulus call th.
twilight "the eye-lashes of the sun ;" and they say of a mar
who has defrauded them, "he has eaten me up." The Mis•
sionmy Advocate tells of a native of Western Africa wh.
visited America some years ago, and when asked what he
would call ice, which he had never seen before, said, " Him
be water fast asleep ;" and while riding in a railroad car
when asked what name he would give to the vehicle, replied.
after some thought, "Him be one thunder mill."
REPRESENTATION OF ROCHDALE.—The Committee
of the Reform Association have received a letter from Mr.
Sharman Crawford, M.P., stating that his health is mudh
better, and that he shall not resign at present. Roger Fen-
ton, Esq., barrister, who was canvassing the borough last
week, lies now issued a placard, stating that. owing to Mr.
Crawford's health being improved, he shall not at present
offer himself as a candidate.—Liverpool Mercury.

THE GREAT BRITAIN STEAM-SHIP.—It is reported
that the steam-ship Great Britain isibout to be purchased
by a firm in this town connected with the emigration trade,
with the intention to fit her up for the conveyance of passen•
gers on the Pacific, between Panama and Sin Francisco.
25,0001. is mentioned as the sum demanded, and it is stated
that the command will be given to an officer now engaged in
the Halifax squadron. We are not able to guarantee these
reports, but we believe some ground exists for them gene-
rally. Liverpool .Albion.
ENTOMOLOGIAL SOCIETY.— The usual month])
meeting of this society was held on Monday evening, G. I.
Waterhouse, Esq., president, in the chair. Mr. F. Smitl
was balloted for, and elected a member. The presides,
read a letter from William Spence, Esq., containing inti•
mation of the decease of the Ray. W. Kirby, honorary pre
sident of the society; Mr. Westwood moved, and Mr. Ste
phens seconded, that Mr. Spence be requested to have th,
goodness to draw up for publication in the Society's Trans
actions a biographical memoir of Mr. Kirby. The presides;
then suggested that all scientific business be adjourned on
of respect to Mr. Kirby's memory, which was unanimously
agreed to.

RIOTS IN FLINTSAIRE.—The Talergoch miner,
have been committing serious disturbances, having made a
forcible entrance into the residence of Captain Francis, th(
agent of the Milwr Mining Company, at Halkin, threatening
to murder him if they could find him. The aspect of thing-
grew so serious that it was determined on Monday to sea!
for the military from Chester, and a detachment of the 38th
Foot, under Captain Smith, have taken up their quarters at
Holywell. Tree bills have been found against sim of the
rioteu, but the only two who were in custody have been
allowed to traverse tiil riu:t assize,. It appears that; Cup-
tu.in Francis enforces the eight hours' system, and the Talcr-
goch men have expressed a determination to allow only six
hours labour a day.