The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 23, 1644.

of such stake, or another of five times its amount,
to be recoverable in her MAJESTY'S Courts of Law, by
" qui tam" actions. These heavy penalties are to be
payable notwithstanding such stakes shall have been
won at fair play. In cases where unfair play shall be
proved to have attended the winning of any such
stakes, in addition to the mulcting in five times the
amount, the winner " to be deemed infamous, and
shall suffer such corporal punishment as in cases of
wilful perjury." The liability to come within reach
of the paternal solicitude of such an Act of Parliament
as this must undoubtedly operate, when once it has
been invoked, to mar, very considerably, the Horatian
pleasures of those whom the possession or the backing
of the winning horse in the Derby or the Great St.
Leger, for the time at least, " evehit ad Deus." When
they sit down to multiply their " winnings" by the
square of the penalties which attach to them, the re-
sult is a loss, for which all their accustomed sagacity
in hedging will be at fault to find a set-off.

When the Duke of RICHMOND, in the Upper House,
and Colonel PEEL, if we remember rightly, in the
Lower, brought into Parliament, and carried through,
a Bill to suspend the determination of the pending
actions, already alluded to, we briefly remarked on
the " sense of duty" which induced Sir ROBERT PEEL,
after a little unmeaning coyness, to support it. We
are confirmed in our notions on this point. We should
add that his " well-known sense of public duty" did
not induce even Sir J AMES GRAHAM to resist it, not-
withstanding the heroic virtue with which he, by a
" coup de MAYNE" (i.e., with the aid of the Metro-
politan Police), routed from their customary strong-
holds at Epsom and at Ascot all the minor gamblers
of the roulette board, the rouge-et-Noir table, the
chicken-hazard hells, and the thimble-riggery stalls.
It was literally notorious, from the Gallant Colonel's
own acknowledgment, that he stood to be victimised,
if these reputable actions could be established, to an
enormous amount. To stay their progress by such
a Bill is not the most regular, or constitutional, or
convenient course for reforming a bad law, or neu-
tralising the abuses of a good one. Yet Sir ROBERT
PEEL voted in its favour. The Duke of RICHMOND
and Lord GEORGE BENTINCK are both, with other
eminent persons, assumed to be under these informa-
tions to a stupendous extent. How the fact may be,
we do not pretend to know; but if it be as we have,
on public rumour, thus stated, we think that the Noble
Steward and Course-owner of Goodwood has a better
right to resist "qui tam" actions than Sir JAMES
GRAHAM, for his Grace was impartial enough, after
the ambulatory gaming establishments we have de-
scribed had paid for their standings, in the usual
manner, at Goodwood, to allow them to pursue their
vocations unmolested. This fact was brought under
Sir JAMES'S notice by and on behalf of the wandering
CROCKFORDS in question. But, not being " people
of mark or condition," he was inexorable. The
CATo-like inspector of sealed letters dispersed this
wretched canaille in every direction ; but he voted for
suspending the qui tam actions against his Noble
and Honourable Friends. Among, as we understand,
those friends, and the defendants to those actions, is
Lord GEORGE BENTINCK. On the 10th instant this
nobleman, in the House of Commons, took part in a
debate on the Gambling Actions Suspension Bill, by
delivering himself of a speech reflecting in no mea-
sured terms, it would appear, upon a Mr. RUSSELL, by
whom the actions referred to have been brought, and
another Mr. RUSSELL, his brother, a solicitor. Lord
GEORGE'S speech having been reported in the Morn.
ing Post and the Globe, the editors of those journals
were favoured, respectively, with a letter from the
solicitor—a Mr. J. T. RUSSELL. In this letter the
writer complains of the reported speech as containing
gross slanders upon his character. He thus addresses
the editor of the Morning Post:—"l am under the
painful necessity of commencing an action against
you for libel, in order to maintain my position in so-
•iety, which I must inevitably forfeit if I permit so
atrocious a statement to pass unpunished. I only re-
gret the privileges of the House of Commons will not
allow me to punish Lord G. BENTINCK for his
attack upon me. I will thank you to forward me the
name of your solicitor to whom I can forward the writ."
For our own part, we were so fortunate as not to have
admitted into our columns the offensive matter here
in question. We contented ourselves by remarking
in our Parliamentary Summary " that a debate of
such a kind ensued which might probably be inte-
resting to gamblers" (we forgot the qui tam
people). Under this impression we did not feel our-
selves called upon to give gratuitous diffusion to a
piece of squabbling in which we were quite assured
that our readers would feel no more interest than
ourselves. We have a great affection for sporting
in proper times and places—no toleration for its per-
sonal bickerings when these are obtruded upon the
business and attention of the Legislature. It
seems to us at least impertinent to the legiti-
mate objects of Parliament, for sporting Dukes,
or sporting Colonels, to solicit its interposition with
a view to protect private pecuniary interests of their
own, or their connexions. It seems to us to be in
still worse taste for noble members of the Jockey
Club, who happen to be Members of the House of
Commons, to avail themselves of that position in order
to denounce private characters from that place, by
reason of private injuries resulting to them from con-
nexions, whether voluntary or accidental, with the
individuals they inveigh against.

In these observations, however, it has not been our
object to express any opinion on the merits of Lord
GEORGE BENTINCK'S accusation, of which we know
nothing ; or of J. T. RUSSELL'S complaint, of which
we know only what appears on the face of his letters.
Our desire is, once more, to direct attention to a
matter of far graver, public, and even constitutional

importance, than a miserable affair of crimination and

recrimination between a betting Lord and the
solicitor and kinsman of a plaintiff in certain
" qui tam" actions, of a character in them-
selves, and instituted for objects sufficiently
notorious and appreciated. We wish the public to
observe what are the fruits of the anomalous, the scan-
dalous condition, in which the law of libel is left in con-
nexion with the question of Parliamentary privilege,
when the freedom of language claimed for, and con-
ceded to, every Member, at the opening of every
session, is transferred to the columns of our news-
papers, through the medium of those faithful daily
reports, which the wants of society, the convenience
and information of the public, the wishes of the indi-
viduals composing the two chambers of Parliament,
and the habits and the will of the nation at
large, equally demand. This practice Parliament
has long virtually conceded and hourly recognises.
For its upright, able, and impartial exercise that Par-
liament holds all parties concerned in the business of
thus communicating their opinions and proceedings to
the world, severely and personally responsible. When,
therefore, Mr. J. T. RUSSELL talks of privileges of
the House of CornmorA, which prevent him from pun-
ishing Lord G. BENTZNCK "for his attack upon him,"
and so turns round upon the "Globe " and "Post" to
ask for the names of their solicitors, to receive on
their behalf process against them for giving
publicity to that attack, we want to know
why Parliament has not long ago interfered to
shield the public Press from any such iniquitous
liability ? If Lord GEORGE BENTINCK, or any other
Member, cannot bring himself to see that there is
not much chivalry in denouncing men out of doors,
whilst they are ensconsed themselves behind the safe
protection of Parliamentary privilege, Parliament
ought surely to save the connexions of the Press
from all the penalties attaching to the fair and faithful
exercise of their duty to it and to the public at large•

This is a short statement of the grievance and the
remedy. To visit such a discharge of such a duty
with pecuniary or other penalties, is to give a pre-
mium to the abuse of a most important privilege
within the walls of Parliament, and to visit the pu-
nishment of that abuse on innocent heads without its
precincts. If Parliament be determined to discoun-
tenance the practice or duty itself, let Par-
liament honestly announce its decision and
settle the matter with the public whom

it represents. In a clear and ascertained settlement
of this question only, can the Press ever be secure
from the most monstrous of all oppressions, to the
working of which the powers of the law can be per-
verted. It is high time that "privilege of Parlia-
ment" were restricted within some limits, beyond
which it could not be strained to override the ordi-
nary privileges of every man at common law ; or
that it were expanded to an extent which should save
parties like the Press—merely ministerial, as it were,
between Parliament and the public—from the penal I

r visitations of dormant statutes, wherever these may
be awakened by private passion, malice, or caprice.

'We have intelligence from Madrid to the 15th.
The Gazette of that date publishes a decree relative
to the possession of arms by parties not regularly
authorised to have them. Those placed in that situa-
tion are ordered to deliver them up within a certain
time, under a penalty of 160 ducats and thirty days'
imprisonment. The armourers throughout the: coun-
try are ordered to render in a monthly account of
their sales. The Government papers state that pre-
parations are still going on for an attack on Morocco,
but the prevailing opinion was, that the affair would
be settled without recourse to arms.

The Three per Cents. were done at 27, for sixty
days ; and the Fives at 20f, for cash.

Dispatches were received by the French Govern-
ment on Sunday from Marshal BUGEAUD, dated
Lella Magnia, the 6th of July. These dispatches do
not contain any news, with the exception of a great
rhazia executed by General TEMPOURI'S column upon
the Ouled Belagh, the Ouled-el-Mahr, the Beni
Muthar, and the Ouled-Sidi-lahia fraction of the
Djafra. These tribes were come up to at fifteen
leagues to the south of Sebdou, and made a stubborn
resistance. They Had thirty of their horsemen killed,
100 prisoners taken, with 20,000 sheep, 600 oxen, 150
camels, besides many horses and mules.
The Chamber of Peers adopted, without amendment,
the Bill for constructing the northern railways, one
to the English Channel, and another to the Belgian
frontier. The works on the trunk line, namely, that
from Paris to Amiens, are considerably advanced, and
will be ready for laying down the rails by the end of this
year. The Chamber brought the business of the session
to a close on Saturday, by passing the budget. This
is regarded as the signal for the commencement of
the vacation, and accordingly the greater part of the
Members had left Paris, some to watering places,
and others to their country seats. The Journal des
Debats thus sums up the business of the session :
" The Chamber of Deputies has, in fact, terminated
its deliberations. The session opened on the 28th of
December, 1843, and as the Chamber will not be
closed until the Peers shall have terminated their la-
bours (probably towards the commencement of the
ensuing month), it will have lasted nearly seven
months. During this interval the Chamber of De-
puties assembled 150 times. It was presided over
three times by M. LAFYITTE, the senior Member ;
105 times by M. SAUZET, its President ; and 45
times by MM. BIGNON, LEPELLETIER D'AULNAY,
DEBELLEYME, and DE SALVANDY. This session has
been the most laborious, and perhaps the most fruitful,
since 1830, with respect to the number and the im-
portance of the Bills passed, which amount to 37,
besides 66 private Bills and 21 public Bills intro-
duced, and upon which reports have been prepared.
The Chamber experienced serious losses during the
session by the death of ten Deputies. Three resigned,
and two were created Peers of France."

The Toulonnals of the 17th instant says, "a Turkish
fleet has left the Dardanelles for the coast of Syria.
It is commanded by the Capitan-Pacha, and is com-
posed of seven ships of the line, two frigates, two bri-
gantines, a cutter, and a steamer."
The same journal of the 18th gives the following
list of the fleet under the Prince DE JOINVILLE :

_ . "
The ships of the line Suffren, bearing the flag of
Admiral DE JOINVILLE, Jemmapes, and Triton; the
frigate Belle Poule ; the steam-frigates Labrador,
Asmodee and Orenoque ; the steam-corvettes Pluton,
Gassendi, Veloce, and Cuvier ; the steamers of lesser
power Phare, Castor, Cocyte, Etna, Tartare, Eu-
phrate, Sphinx, Chimere, Rubis, Var, and Gregeois ;
and the lighters Aube, Provencale, and Perdrix.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

A large business was done in the Cotton Market at Liver-
pool yesterday, at Ad. per lb. advance. Speculators took 1,500
bags, and the total sales were 10,000 to 12,000 bales, viz.,
600 Surat, at 3d to 4d ; 100 Maranham, at sid to 54d ; 100
Egyptian, at 6/d to 8d ; 200 Pernam, at 6d to 6id ; and the
rest American, at 3id to 64d.—Shares were, on the whole,
good, but the lighter French lines were less steady. Birming-
ham and Derby, 70 ex div. ; Ditto and Gloucester, 1001;
Caledonian, 3i ; Dublin and Cashel, 41 ; Eastern Conn-
' ties, 121 ; Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven, 15 ; Grand
Junction, 214 k ; Grand Junction, New, Quarter, 374 ;
Harwich, 21. 4s. 3d. ; London and Birmingham, 226 ;
Ditto, 321. Shares, 374; Ditto, Quarter," 261 ; London and
Brighton, 47i ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 3i ' • Midland
Counties, 991 North Union, 1241; Sheffield and Manches-
ter, 76A ; South-Eastern, 371; Ditto, New, 11i ; Paris and
Lyons, 21. 15s.
In the City, as elsewhere, much regret has been expressed
this morning at the apparent lukewarmness which is evinced.
by Government in not having secured, instanter, the inven-
tion of Captain Warner. In a commercial point of view the
supremacy of the British Navy is now, as it always has been,
a consideration of vast importance, as aiding the mercantile
marine of Great Britain in periods of difficulty, wherever the
standard of the country floats. And how great would be the
inducements of foreign powers to keep peace with us, they
knowing that our ships of war are not only able by ordinary
courses to ride triumphant, but being backed with a power of
destruction which the invention of Captain Warner appears
to possess, all attempt at resistance must be quite out of the
question. Commercial men are, therefore, most anxious that
this invention should not be allowed to slip into the hands of
a foreign Government.
Much interest is shown in the discussions which take
place in Parliament with respect to the Joint-Stock Bank
Bill, and the Railways Bill. As respects the latter there is
undoubtedly a feeling that more stringent clauses ought to
have been introduced, for the purpose of checking the mono-
poly now possessed by the large companies, by which prices
for conveyance are kept up for the middle and lower classes.
The alterations in the Joint-Stock Bank Regulation Bill, as
vet made, have reference principally to the details, excepting
that which concedes the right of such establishments, within
sixty miles of London, to sue, or be sued, by an authorised
officer to be appointed.
A slight degree of apprehension has existed in some circles
of the City that the policy adopted by the French Govern-
ment towards Morocco might lead to a dispute between our
Government and that of Louis Philippe, and therefore the
declaration of the Premier last night that the naval establish-
ment in the Mediterranean was sufficient to meet any emer-
gency, has given satisfaction, the more so, as the French Go-
vernment has, it appears, pledged itself not to extend its con-
quests in the direction referred to.
We have received some late papers this morning from
Graham's Town. The Commissioners entrusted with the in-

quiry into the state of our condition Of-Natal;iih; view to
its free formation, and to fix data to regulate the distribu-
tion of land to those of its emigrant farmers who had
entitled themselves by twelve months' residence to par-
ticular spots, had returned, and reported, as is said, in a
satisfactory manner in their preliminary report. Some
time must, however, elapse before full information would be
afforded to the public. About 2,000 farms were occupied,
but not above 200 or 300 would come, it is said, within the
terms of the proclamation of Sir Charles Napier, of a twelve-
months' residence, as many had changed hands at from 250/.
to 300/. for well watered farms of 6,000 acres. The frontier
continued in a settled state. Excellent beef was selling at
Graham's Town at 21d. per lb.
A further rise has taken place in the Funds this morning.
Consols for Money and Account have been sold at par, which
the dividend paid on money stock this month being con-
sidered, is equal to nearly 101 i. Reduced Three per Cents.
have been purchased freely at per cent. above par, and
the Reduced Three- and-a-Half per Cents. at 3i per cent. above
par. The price of Exchequer Bills has remained at 76-8 premium.
Bank Stock has varied from 190 A to 200 ; and India Stock
from 286 to 2861. The Government brokers bought
10,000/. Reduced Annuities at 100/.
A communication has just been received from Messrs.
Baring, Brothers, by the Committee of the Foreign
Stock Exchange, announcing the fact that through
the exertions of Mr. Falconer, the British Envoy,
the Government of the Republic had ratified the
proposal that 5,000 hard dollars be paid over per month for
the benefit of the Buenos Ayres bondholders, until such
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time as some final arrangement can be made for permanently
providing for the public debt. Buenos Ayres Bonds have
in consequence advanced to 36, a rise of two per cent. In the
other South American stocks the variations have been slight ;
a few bargains have been made in Spanish Three per Cents.
at 33b * • Portuguese Converted at 451 ; in Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents. at 62 ; and in Belgian at 104.
The Railway Share market is not quite so good as it was
yesterday, with the exception of the Manchester and Leeds,
which have reached 38 premium, and the York and North
Midland now worth 581 premium. Union Bank of London
Shares have realised 2i premium ex div., and the London
and Westminster Bank 7 premium.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 200 19934 200
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities
S% per Cent. Reduced Annuities 103%%
New 33y per Cent. Annuities.........
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2 9-16
Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860.
India Stock
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills, I itd. 134 d.
1,0004
5001 ••...........• 76 76 pm.
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent 104% 104
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1828. SI%
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent ......... 3434 36
Columbian Bonds. 14%%,
Mexican Bonds, 1837,5 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto Converted 45%
Spanish Bonds. Five per Cent 1840 ........
Ditto Three per Cent. „......... ..........
Ditto for the Account
Dutch 234 per Cents 62
Ditto for the Account 62% 62
Dutch 5 per Cent 5.......-.... ............
New Loan, 4 per Cents. (1844) - 10134
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
SHARE.
00 PTE
BBiirrmin untinngghhamgaaAnnidLdwDAeYrBb.PAlD. Pz
Gloucestery lOO
1%
103%..... to
Bristol and Exeter 7O 773
Chester and Holyhead
Eastern Counties
Ditto NeW Registered 8/. 6s Bd.
Great Western
Ditto Fifths
London and Birmingham. lOO ... ...
Ditto New Thirds 2 37% to
London and Blackwall 1634
Lendon and Brighton 5O 4814%% to
Ditto Loan N0te5........ .......... 10
London and Croydon
Manchester and Leeds
Manchester and Birmingham ... 40
Midland Counties lOO ........ 99% % ~. to
Northern and Eastern 45 58% to
Norwich and Brandon
South Eastern and Dover ... ..... . 3234
Ditto New
York and North Midland ...... ... 50 ....
_...

Ditto Scarboro' Branch
Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux 1
Paris isnd Orleans 2O 38306 to
JOINT STOCK BANKS.

London and Westminster 2O 26%

MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 22.—The market
continues firm, with a good general demand at improving
prices.—Eastern Counties, 12 5-16; Ditto, Perpetual, 3i
prem. ; Manchester and Birmingham, 56* cum quarters;
Ditto, Quarters, 3 prem.; Sheffield and Manchester, Quar-
ters, log ; South-Eastern, 37i ; liudderbfield and Manchester,
20s. premium.

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH I, UNDS.

Bask Stock 199% Indian Stock."... ......... QM%
3 per Cent. Red lOO% Ditto Bonds
3 per Cent. Cons. ...... ...... 109 Ditto Old Annuities
3% per Cent. Red ...... ...... 103% Ditto New Annuities
New 3% per Cent 102% Ex. Bills, 1,0001.1%d ... 7) pm.
New 5 per Cent. — 1 Ditto i/
Long Annuities to expire 1 Ditto Small 79 pm.
Jan NV l2 9-16 'Bank Stock for Acct....
Oct. 185.) l2 7-16 'Consols for Act...,,..... 100
Jan. 18ti0 ....... .....- I2M India Stock for Acct....
FOREIGN FUNDS.
_ . _.

Austrian, 5 per Cent .... — Portuguese, 5 per Cent ......
Belgian, 5 per Cent 103% Ditto, New Ditto... ......... ...
Brazilian Bonds — Prussian, 5 per Cent
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... Russian, 5 per Cent l2O
Chllian, 6 per Cent — 'Ditto, Metallic _
Colombian, 6 per Cent ...... 14% Spanish, 5 per Cent... ......
Ditto, 1824 ............ ............ Ditto, 3 per Cent 33%
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — ,Ditto, Deferred ..................
Danish, 3 per Cent — French, 5 per Cent ...... —t. —c.
Greek, 18-5, 5 per Cent 'Exchange —f. —c.
Mexican, 5 per Cent
Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 — Dutch, 2% per Cent,...., 61%
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent 25% Ditto, 5 per Cent .........101%
SHARES.
Birmingham and Derby, £lOO paid 72
Bristol and Exeter (70 paid)
Caledonian, 5 paid
Dublin and Cashel, 2% paid
Great Western (75 paid) ....... l33g
Ditto Fifths, 12 paid
London and Birmingham (Stock)
London and Blackwall (161. 13s. 4d.) 73
London and Greenwich 11:t. 15s. 4d. paid) 7;47
Manchester and Leeds (Al paid)
Midland Counties (100 paid) 99
Northern and Eastern (45 paid)
South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid) .. .....
York and North Midland (50 paid) loi
Ditto Halt' Shares (l 5 paid) : 54

SPORTING INTELLiGLNCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
DUDLEY AND TIPTON RACES--MoItDAY.
The Ladies' Purse of 251. for horses that never won 40/. ;
3 yrs old, 7st ; 4 yrs, Bst 21b ; 5 yrs, Bst 101 b ; 6 yrs and aged,
9st 21b ; mares, and geldings, and horses that have started
three times this year without winning, allowed 31b; one mile
and a half ; was won in two heats by Mr. Emery's Glide-
away, 3 yrs (Potts), beating Mr. Parish's Victoria, 6 yrs—
Mr. Saunders's ch f by the Tulip, out of Kalina, 4 yrs—and
three others.
The Horsley Stakes of 3 son. each, with 20 added, for 3 yrs
old, 7st 41b ; and 4 yrs, Bst 101 b ; mares and geldings
allowed 31b; and maiden 4 yrs old, 31b.
Mr. Hall's Brilliana, 3 yrs (W. Archer) 1
Mr. Flintoff's The Elbe, 3 yrs
Mr. Ongley's The Mouse, 3 yrs 3
Mr. F. Dyche's Venture, 4 yrs
The Tipton Stakes of 2 soya. each, with 20 added, for horses
not thorough-bred, that never one 501. at any one time; one
mile and a half ; were won in two heats by Mr. Fowler's b
m Filby, 4 yrs (Denman), beating Mr. Wesley's Brilliant,
6 yrs—Mr. Hall's Brewood, 6 yrs—Mr. Aston's The Major,
5 yrs—Mr. Price's Little John, 4 yrs—and Mr. Parish's
Victoria, 6 yrs.
BRIDGNORTH RACES—MONDAY.
The Pasha Stakes of 2 sovs. each ; twice round.
Lord Narwick's b c The Mule, 3 3 r5.....(G. Whitehouse) 1
Mi. G. Pritchard's Pensive, 4 yrs
Mr. Origley's Queen of the Gipsies, 4 yrs 3
A good race.
The Maiden Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added, for
horses that never won 50/. ; the second to save his stake ; one
mile and a half ; 7 subs ; were won in two heats by Mr.
Wesley's Miss Lucy, 5 yrs (Sly), beating Mr. Wildman's
Coheiress. 4 yrs—b g by Shrigley—Confab—and three others.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
SAT MARXZTS.
SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow' Hay, 31 lOs to Ai .. .8 ; use-
ful ditto, 4/ 5s to 4l lOs; fine Upland ditto, 4l 12s to 41 15s;
Clover Hay, 4/ 15s to 6/ 6s • Oat Straw, 1112 s to 1/ 148;
Wheat Straw, 1/ 14s to 11 16s per load. A fair average
supply, and a steady inquiry.
CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay 31 15s to 415 s ; use-
ful ditto, 4/ 6s to 4/ 12s; fine Upland ditto, 4/ 14s to 5/ ;
Clover Hay, 4/12s to 61; Oat Straw. 1/14s to 11 16s; Wheat
Straw, 1/168 to 11 18s per load. Both Hay and Straw
moved off slowly, at the above quotations.
WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 13s to 4/ • use-
ful ditto, 4/ 4s to 4/8s ; fine iTplalid ditto, 4/ 103 to 41 15s ;
Clover Hay, 5/ to 6l lOs ; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 1/ 14s ;
Wheat Straw, 1/ 14s to 11 16s per load. Supply good, and
trade rather dull.
The prices cf New Meadow Hay ruled from 3! to 41 ; and
of New Clover 3/ las to 5/ 5s per load.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, JULY 23.—Wind S. to S.E., fresh breezes, and fine
OFF HASTINGS, JULY 22.—Maria, Thompson, Nassau.
PORTSMOUTH, JULY 22.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Malabar, Lon-
don for Bombay. Sld. Panock Hall, Sydney ; Mediator, New
York. Off, Woodside, Scott, Rio Janeiro ; Fortitude, Bock-
hara, China, left Cape of Good Hope May 23, St. Helena
6th ult.

DEAL, JULY 22.—Wind A. M. W.S.W. to S.S.W. ; r.x.
S.S.W., moderate; 10 P.M, S.S.E., light. —Arrd. Underwood,
Moffatt, St. Kitt's • Euphrosyne, Doyle, Quebec. Sld. Bri-
tannia, Calcutta; Diana and Them is, Ichaboo ; Belle, Bermuda
Catharine, Baltimore • Catharine, Halifax; Daphne, Algoa
Bay ; Odin, Rio ; Sarah,l St. Vincent's.
SournamrroN, JULY 20.—Arrd. Mariner, Coppell, Quebec.
PLYMOUTH, JULY 22 —Wind N.E.—Put back, Nautilus, Jay,
for Quebec, leaky, after being in lon. 24. Arrd. Tweed,
Lakeman, Quebec. Off, Mount Stewart Elphinstone, Cal-
cutta ; Brenda, Haslip, Mauritius ; General M'Donald, Wheate,
Gambia.

FALMOUTH, JULY 22.—Wind E.,light.—And. George Wilki-
nson and Alchymists, Quebec; Heming, Taylor, Dliramichi ;
Comet, Schmidt, Pernambuco. Off, True Briton, Bombay;
New Express, Havitt, Ceylon; Herzog Bogislav, Buenos
Ayres, sailed May 15, and proceeded for Rotterdam ; Mary
Forest, St. Kitt's ; Europe, Gubb, Quebec. 22. Andromeda,
Sutton, Sydney, New South Wales; Hudson, Bayfield, Icha-
boe, and sailed for Yarmouth.
BRISTOL, JULY 22.—And. Caroline, Brooks, Tobago. Sld.
Charlotte, Cape of Good Hope.
OFF THE WIGHT, JULY 20.—Fenton, Havannah, for
Hamburgh ; Rosina, ditto, for St. Petsrsburgh.
OFF THE START, JULY 20.—1n0, St. Domingo for Ham-
burgh ; Emerald Isle, China.
OFF FAL3IOUTII—HeIena and Paulina, New York, for
Amsterdam ; Fugel, Bay of Fundy ; James, Halifax ; Tagus,
Miramichi.

LIVERPOOL, JULY, 22.—Wind variable and light. Arrd.
Queen Mab, Atuley, China; Hermes, Smith, Buenos Ayres;
Isabella, M'Connell, Old Calabar; J. P. Dobree, St. Domingo;
Princess Royal, New Orleans; Philippa and Indus, Quebec.
Sld. War. derer, Luna ; Earl of Leicester, Rio Grande • Bel-
fast, Africa ; Mary Campbell, Vera Cruz • Robert Parker,
Berton; Thetis, St. John's, New Brunswick; Chieftain, Que-
bec. Off, Glendugh, supposed from Calcutta; Clio, Buenos
Ayres ; Courier, Batavia.
A heavy S.W. gala was experienced in the River Plate
from the Bth to the 11th May, during which H.M. steamer
Gorgon, and eight other vessels drove en shore. The barque
Ann, for Liverpool, took the ground, but came off and pro-
ceeded, May 12.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve
o'clock.