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NOW FIRST PUBLISHED, FROM THE ORIGINAL MSS.
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THE DIAL{ Y of Sir SIMONDS D'EWE S, Bart.,
During the Reigns of King James I. and King Charles I.
Edited with Notes and Illustrated
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(Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.

one pound each per week, and contrast that measure of
relief with this useless destruction of such a mass of it.
May we not be permitted to doubt whether the case is
not stronger for Mr. EWART'S motion to repeal the
duties whose mischievous operation is thus to contribute
to revenue a precarious, though, indeed, an extensive
contribution, at the cost of these wholesale sacrifices,
occasionally, of a chief article of our subsistence ?
Here is another signal evidence of the partial, oppres-
sive, cruel operation of our fiscal system on the hard-
working poor. Because, the wages of their labour are
necessarily scanty, you unnecessarily increase the cost
of those indispensable articles of food which they must
purchase for the support of themselves and their families.
There can be no doubt in the mind of any reasonable
man that the principle on which Mr. EWART'S motion
proceeded was based on the broadest and most simple
foundations. It was right in theory ; because the
theory of taxation spares necessaries, in order to fasten
on superfluities and luxuries. By an obvious analogy
the sound policy which withholds an impost on the food
of the subject, should withhold it also from the raw ma-
terial of a home manufacture. Mr. Ewanr's motion
was justified, practically, by the irrefragable fact we
have just noticed of the destruction of 20,000 cwt. of
a commodity which, pending a state of the market that
would have enabled the importers to sell, after paying
the duty. at a profit, it had, from its perishable nature,
become necessary to destroy.
If one could separate the consideration of the dis-
tressing consequences to the poorer classes of our
swarming, and, we fear, underfed population, that result
from the self-convicted absurdity of such imposts, there
would be something absolutely ludicrous in the official
solemnity of Mr. Gotruninst and the pompous compla-
cency of Sir R. PEEL, exhibited in their respective re-
plies to Mr. EwAn.es speech. The former gentleman,
as Cliaticellor:of the Exchequer, resisted the motion for
going into Committee, on high and enlightened axioms of
sound policy, indeed ! He could not allow such a reduc-
tion of the revenue as the affirmation of the motion
would lead to " at this late season of the year," for " to
do so would involve the country in considerable diffi-
culty." Why there was nothing in Mr. EWART'S pro-
position to prevent the Right Hon Chancellor from ex-
acting a pledge, if it was thought necessary, that any
recommendation of the Committee should be subject to
an instruction that it was not to take effect until after a
specific date to be named. And as to the possible "diffi-
culty" in which it might involve the country (that is, the
Treasury Chambers, No. 10, Downing-street), does the
Right Hon. Gentleman allow nothing on the other side
of the account for the millions of his fellow-subjects who
are already, and have long been, involved in almost hope-
less and absolute difficulties by these and other such
grinding imposts on articles of indispensable consump-
tion ? " When he considered that, in one year, the duty,
amounted to 347,300/, he could not accede, to the propo-
sition of the Hon. Gentleman." But if he will extend
this process of consideration to the fact that this annual
amount of 347,0001. is levied on the poor, the very poor,
at the rate of 20 per cent. on their butter, and 50 per cent
on their cheese, can be satisfy his own mind as a finan-
cier, or his own feelings as a Christian, that he is justi-
fied in keeping up a duty so unfair, so onerous, and
(as we have seen) so destructive of property ? The
Right Hon. Gentleman may depend upon it that to re-
place the present rate by one of a very light nature,
would, in the first year of the experiment, pour into his
exchequer a larger revenue than any he now draws under
the existing duty, seeing that the pressure of this latter
compels the litter sacrifice of 20,000 cwt. of the commo-
dity taxed in a single year. We adhere, however, to
Mr. EWART'S as the better and wiser course, namely, the
absolute repeal of all duty on this important article.
It was with. reason that Mr. GinsoN complained, when
offering himself to discuss the question as one of taxa-
tion simply, that the Government invariably argued it
as a fiscal one. This is strictly true. You cannot get
the members of a Government, whose first, and last, and
universal principle of action is identified with their tena-
city of office, to take up these subjects on large and corn-
prehensive views. The present CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE-
QUER is a person who cannot imagine revenue realised
through other channels, or otherwise directed, than accord-
ing to a scheme previously sanctioned by the Cabinet. He
is, withal, deeply imbued with the common-place love of
revenue for its own sake, irrespective of all considera-
tions attaching to the sources or the mode of its collec-
tion. He is the sort of Minister who, if Parliament had
determined to purchase the Holy Land with a view to
some great religious purpose, would mar the solemnity
of the transaction by ostentatiously parading the five
per cent. discount he would have taken care to realise
on the transaction from the SULTAUN, and the Pacha
of SYRIA. This item of 347,000/. is in his " Ways and
Means," no doubt, for next year ; and a deputation
of the Nine Muses, with the ghost of ADAM SMNII at
their head, would vainly essay all the powers of elo-
quence and persuasion, harmony and political economy,
on the intractable Member for Cambridge University,
to withdraw this glittering item from his next financial
statement. Sir R. PEEL, we perceive, put a question to
Mr. E%VART which we are impelled to repeat. "How
could Mr. EWART expect that her MAJESTY'S Govern-
ment could possibly accede to his proposition ?"
How, indeed ! He had already had experience of the
strength and constancy of their prejudices ; their
inflexibility—in error. For the rest Sir ROBERT'S
speech was the most dull and prosing imaginable. For
the " one hundred and fiftieth night this season" (as
the play bills have it), he went through the tedious story
of what he calls his surplus of 3,000,000/. (as usual,
sinking all allusion to the Property-tax, which produces
it), and schooled Mr. EWART on the standing subjects of
"lateness of the session," "derangement of the revenue,"
and " inconsistency." As to the first, what choice had
the Ministers left Mr. EWART as to the timing of his
motion 2 Between their reckless sacrifices of the public
time and business in the dogged defence of their petulant
colleague, Lord STANLEY, and Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S
abortive perseverance in attempting to force Bills through
the House of Commons which had been previously repu-
diated by the voice and feeling of the whole nation, they
had left no other open period for the raising of this
question. Mr. EWART considered the wants of a
vast section of the people quite as important to be looked
to as the Ministerial convenience ; and so the matter was
brought under the notice of the House. Then as to the "de-
rangement of the revenue," the Premier appears perfectly
oblivious of the many and grave objections that have
been taken to his appropriation of the surplus ever since
the introduction of his last Budget. It is no just ground
of complaint, therefore, against Mr. EWART, who stre-
nuously objected to that scheme, that his proposition of
last night, if affirmed and carried out into execution,
would derange its details. Of course it would. But,
had they not been open to the objectioit of not including
the repeal or modification he calls for of the duty on but..
ter, &c., he would not have proposed now to derange
them. The last charge of inconsistency, strange to say,
does come with a good grace from Sir R. PEEL. This
paradox is readily explained. He might charge any Hon.
Member with inconsistency who is himself so devoted a
slave to consistency, that having for years past enor
mously taxed the " bread" of the people, he stoutly per.
sists in taxing their butter also.

60 days, and the Debt without Interest
29th inst. The Heraldo ascribes the fall
existing with regard to the journey of
northern provinces.

We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. All
the political notabilities had quitted, or were quitting, Paris
for the provinces. Marshal SOULT left for his estate in the
south of France on Tuesday, and in a few days M. GLIZOT
was to leave for Normandy. M. SAUZET had already set
out for Lyons, in which city Don CAELOS and the Princess
of BETRA had arrived on the 22d. The ilfoniteur gives a long
account of the splendid reception of the Duc DE MONT-
PENSIER by MEHEMET Au. It would appear, from the fol-
lowing extract from the Debats, that AnD•EL-KADER
is
again in the field :
" Letters from Algiers of the 16th state, in a positive manner,
that Abd-el- Kader has returned into Morocco. He has not re.
joined his deira, which is still encamped on the banks of the Mel.
lonia, but is at Lika, in the Sahara, on the southern part of the,
territory of the Hallafs, to the south of ouchda. It may be re-
remembered that Tasa Is the principal town of this important
tribe, and that towards the end of last year Muley Abderrhaman
sent positive orders to the Hallafs, forbidding them to
hold any communication with Abd.el-Kader. It is thought
that the Emir has with him at Lika about from 500
to 600 horsemen. Scarcely had our indefatigable enemy
re-entered the Moorish territory than he recommenced his intrigues
to keep the minds of the Arabs in a state of agitation and uneasi-
ness. He sent letters to all the tribes in the south, announcing
that in twenty days he should make a movement towards the east,
to return into Algeria. He declares that he has with him about
3,000 cavalry, and slon expects considerable reinforcements. The
greater number of the Marabouts, who were the instigators and
leaders in the recent insurrections in the Dahra and the Ouaren.
senis, having with great difficulty escaped the resentment of the
people who wished to place themselves under French authority,
have taken refuge in Morocco, and rejoined the Emir. These ac.
counts have, doubtless, been much exaggerated by the Arab
couriers; but, making due allowance for this, it will be necessary
to watch with attention the part of the country bordering on Mo-
rocco. Abel. el.Kader appears to have chosen Djebel Amour for
the centre of his fresh attempts against Algeria. This range
of mountains is situated under the meridian of the Miliana,
at about fifty leagues to the south, and is not less than fifteen
leagues in length, and between ten and eleven in breadth."
We give the following from La Presse

13, Great Marlborough-street.
MRS. GORE'S " STORY of a ROYAL
FAVORIT E."
Orders for this work are requested to be sent to the Booksellers
before the 30th instant, to prevent disappointment.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

13, Great Marlborough-street.
ORDERS FOR BURL 'S PEERAGE AND
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hitherto unavoidably delayed) are requested to be sent immediately
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WOOLPACK AND COMMERCIAL INN, AND FAMILY HOTEL,

mgh-streel

DONCASTER.
W. GOODWIN, (late Wigelsworth), Im-
A • porter and Wholesale Dealer in Foreign Wines and
Spirits, &c., &c., most respectfully informs his Commercial and Agri-
cultural Friends and the public generally, that he has taken and en-
tered to the above Inn, with all its valuable and extensive cellars of
RARE OLD WINES and SPIRITS, so long and justly celebrated
for their superior quality and flavour; and it being his determina-
tion to spare neither expense nor exertion in securing every conve-
nience and comfort for his friends and visitors, he is induced to so-
licit a portion of their kind patronage and support.
*3,,* Extensive Stabling, Close and Loose Boxes, and Lock-up
Carriage-houses.

Now ready, in ave.., with Portrait, Ss. bound,
THE FOURTH VOLUME of M. TRIERS'
HISTORY of the CONSULATE and EMPIRE,
A Sequel to his " History of the French Revolution."
Translated by D. FORBES CAMPBELL, Esq.
With the sanction and approval of the Author.
The present volume comprises, among other important and inter-
esting topics, the Rupture of the Peace of Amiens—The Camp of
Boulogne and Threatened Invasion of England—The Conspiracy of
Georges, Sec., Soc.

" In Turkish Croatia, as in several other Ottoman provinces
the people are in arms against the Government. On the 9th of
July they violated the Austrian territory, and suddenly assailed the
military cordon guarding the frontiers. The Austrians, whose
numbers were very inferior, lost three officers and three hundred
soldiers. The insurgents had thus wished to avenge themselves on
the Austrians, who had too generously afforded a refuge to the ex-
pelled Turkish authorities. The Austrian Government has lost no
time in demanding satisfaction, and adopting energetic measures to
prevent the recurrence of such aggressions."
The Phare des Pyrenees of the 20th has the following :
" We learn that the Bey of Tripoli has declared war against the
Bey of Tunis. A letter from the latter place, dated the evening of
the 9th inst., announces that the Bey had Just received both the
declaration of war and the news of hostilities having already com-
menced on the frontiers of the two states."

The Executive Council of Zurich has decided on suffering
Dr. STEIGER and the three gendarmes who assisted him in
his escape to enjoy the rights of hospitality, and on treating
them as political refugees.

The Paris Bourse was somewhat less buoyant on Wednes-
day than the preceding day ; prices remained nevertheless
pretty nearly as on Tuesday.
The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 50c. ' • the New Loan
at 83f. 90c. ; the Five per Cents. at 1211. 85c. ; Orleans
Railroad Shares, 1,1951. ; Rouen, 1,050 E ; Vierzon, 755 f.
Havre, 870 f. ; Avignon, 990 f. ; Basle, 270 f. ; Spanish Three
per Cente., 3731.
The following are the quotations for the new lines:-
Orleans and Bordeaux, 1751. prem.; Boulogne, 122 f. 50c.
ditto ; Troyes and Montereau, 15f. ; Paris and Lyons
(Laflitte), 261. 25c.; ditto (Calon), par ; ditte (Ganneron), 6f.
50c. ; Northern Line (Laffitte), 461. 25c. ; ditto (Rosamel),
I If. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 10f. ; ditto
(Drouillard), par; ditto (O'Neill), 3f. 50c.; ditto (Jacques
Lefevre), par ; Lyons and Avignon (Leceinte), 12f. 50c. ;
ditto (Talabot), 31f. 25c. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale),
5f.; Bordeaux and Toulouse (Mackenzie), par; ditto and
Cette (Espeleta), 61. ; Creil and St. Quentin, par ; Paris
and Strasbourg (Ganneron), 101. ; Dijon and Mulhausen, par;
Dieppe, 21f. 25c.

_ .
SUNDERLAND ELECTION.—fir. Bagshaw, anxious not
to divide the Liberal interest, has announced his inten-
tion not to go the poll. The contest, therefore, will be
between Colonel Thompson and Mr. Hudson. The lat-
ter gentleman, who had signified his intention to allow
himself to be proposed as a candidate, was expected in
Sunderland on Saturday.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Mr. Nugent, of the
Box-office of her Majesty's Theatre, has just published a little
bijou of a volume which may be very aptly denominated A Guide
to the Opera, although Mr. Nugent modestly entitles it " A List
of Subscribers to her Majesty's Theatre." It contains a complete
list of the member's of corps operatigue and of the orchestra, and
also a list of the subscribers, showing the boxes they occupy, and
as there is a plan of the interior of the theatre, pointing out the
numbeß and the positien of each box, given at the commencement
of thieguide, a stranger, with this little volume in his possession,
will, be all probability, on his first visit, know more about the
subscAlfars to the opera than the oldest habitue there whe is not in
possesalies of such a guide.
Lycium THEATRE.--The following distinguished
persons have recently visited the above establishment :—His
Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge; Duke and
Duchess of Northumberland; Duke and Duchess of Montrose;
Duke and Duchess of St. Albans; Duke and Duchess of New-
castle ; Duke and Duchess of Leinster ; Duke of Cleveland ;
Marquis of Clanricarde; Marchioness of Londonderry; Mar-
chioness of Conyngham ; Earl and Countess of Chesterfield;
Earl and Countess of Sefton; Earl and Countess of Warwick;
Earl and Countess of Winterton ; Earl and Countess of Dal-
housie ; Earl and Countess of Harrington ; Earl and Countess
of Essex ; Earl of Scarborough ; Dwarkanouth Tagore ;
Lord Arthur Lennox ; Lord Suffield ; Lord Macdonald ; Lady
Lyndhurst ; Lady Gifford ; Lord Guernsey ; Lord Grenville ;
Lady Mirew ; Lady Caroline Mansfield ; Lord Delamere ; Lord
and Lady Combermere ; Lord Alexander Lennox • Lady
Caroline Wortley ; Lady Stuart ; Lord Edwin Hill; Lord
Alexander Russell ; Lord Castlereagh ; Lord Seaham ; Sir
Charles Shaekerley ; Sir Charles Slingsby ; Sir Harry
Goring ; Captain Macdonald ; Major Bulkeiey ; Mr. and Mrs.
Beauclerk ; A. Archdeckne, Esq. Captain De Bathe; Capt.
Tyrwhitt ; Captain Morritt, &c., &c.
SURREY HORTICULTURAL AND FLORAL SOCIETY.
—The third show of carnations and piccotees of this Society took
place on Thursday afternoon, at the Swan Inn, Stockwell, and was
characterised by the profusion of blooms vieing with each other in
delicacy of tint and every attribute of a perfect flower. The judges
appointed were Messrs. John Holland, J. T. Neville, and John
Hughes, who, on account of the number and beauty of the sped.
mens, found no small difficulty in deciding upon the particular
merits of each. However, after several hours' consideration, they
at length came to a conclusion, when, on examination, it appeared
that the following gentlemen were the successful candidates :—W.
Trahar, Esq. ; Mr. Bushell, Mr. Keynes, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Sandi-
land, , Mr. Henbury, Mr. Embleton, and Mr. Ottey. Besides the
flowers above-mentioned, there were many other fine specimens ;
also a number of vegetables of a very superior quality, grown by
Mr. Randall, of Loughborough Grounds, Brixton, with the patent
manure of Charles Bird, Boast, and Co., which has lately, in many
instances, proved highly efficacious. There were also several
cucumbers of prodigious size, grown by Mr. Wardell, the pro-
prietor of the Swan Inn, the excellent flavour of which was well
tested at the dinner table, after the flower show was concluded.
PROPOSED NEW RAILWAY TO MAIDSTONE.—A
numerous meeting of the principal inhabitants of Maidstone was
held on Saturday last, to consider the best means of obtaining a di.
rect railway communication between London and the coast, through
Maidstone. It appeared from a communication made to the meet-
ing that the Croydon Company, having their hands full with the
projects for which they have succeeded this session in obtaining Bills,
were no longer disposed to entertain their Ashford, Maidstone, and
Tunbridge project. It is, therefore, proposed that an indepen-
dent company should be formed, for the purpose of going to Par.
!lament next session for a Bill to construct a railway from the
Croydon line at Sydenham, through the centre of the coutsty, direct
to Maidstone, and thence to Ashford, there to join the South-
Eastern line to the coast. Considerable discussion took place
respecting the project, which, with one exception, was unanimously
considered to be one offering the most important advantages to
Canterbury, as well as affording a very fair promise of profitable
investment. A Committee was formed to carry out the project.—
Kentish Observer.
TEE REPEALED DUTIES.--The Commissioners of
the Customs have had under notice the list of articles annexed to
their minute of December 31, 1833, which were required to be
deposited in warehouses, approved of as special security, or In
specially and approved vaults or floors at the legal quays ; and as
many of these articles are now free of duty, or subject to low
duties only, the Board have considered it advisable to amend such
list, and have therefore resolved that the following list of articles,
to be in future warehoused at the legal quays on the banks of the
river, in warehouses of special security, or in specially approved
rooms, floors, or vaults only, b 2 substituted for that contained in the
minute above quoted—viz., agates (set), almond paste, beads
of all sorts, cambric., candles (spermaceti and wax), playing-
cards, carmine, china ware or porcelain, crystal (cut or manufac-
tured). cinnamon, clocks, cloves, coffee, corks (made), dice, enamel,
essences of all sorts, extracts of all sorts, feathers (ostrich) dressed
feathers (all dressed), flowers (artificial), garnets (set), gauze of
all sorts, ginger (preserved), glass manufactures (all excepting
bottles covered with wicker, or of green or common glass), hats and
bonnets of all sorts, jewels, pearls, and precious stones (set), inkle
(wrought), lace of all sorts, mace, mercury, mead, or metheglin,
musical-boxes, nutmegs, opium, oil (chymical, essential, or per.
fumed of all sorts), paper (all sorts, excepting brown), pepper of
all sorts, plate of gold or silver, platting (of bast, cane, horsehair,
and straw), powder (brass), ditto (bronze), quinine (sulphate of),
Naples soap, silk manufactures, or millinery and silk, and other
materials; spirits, cordials, and strong waters of all sorts, succades,
and confectionary, sugar (refined), (cigars, snuff, tea, and tobacco,
in places specially sanctioned by the Board for that purpose), thread
of all kinds, trutfles, vanillas, vellum, watches, Cologne water, and
wine of all sorts ; in addition to all goods warehoused "for exports-
lion only," and all
goods subject to ad valorem duties of 15!. per
cent. or upwards. This order is to take effect from the present
time, and is of very considerable importance to the proprietors of
bonding warehouses on the banks of the river, in whose regard the
privileges of housing goods was much more limited than it will now
be, and also to the several dock companies, who hitherto alone had
the privilege of housing under bond many of the articles included
in the revised list.
A KNIFE AND FORK JURY.--Few things have
pleased us more than the announcement that "so unexpected was
the verdict of acquittal of Lord Viscount Dillon at the Surrey Ses.
sions," in the turnpike case, that after the discharge of the jury,
the " twelve gentlemen, at the instigation of his Lordship's soli-
citor, proceeded to a neighbouring taverii, where they were most
liberally treated," We are delighted to hear it. The fact proves
that there is gratitude in law ; that attorneys have bowels. We
think that the example so wisely set by
Lord Dillon's solicitor
might be followed, to the exceeding comfort of all men summoned
on juries. We would propose that, in all civil actions, the two
parties should each send in to the jury-box a bill of fare, to be
Seived up for dinner by the winning party. Thus, instead of the
jury being compelled to listen to the witnesses, and to the shock-
ing Sophistication. of counsel on both sides,
they would only have
to judge of tbe relative excellence of the feast promised by either
party, and to return their verdict accordingly. Whereupon they
might retire to a neighbouring tavern, and, like Lord Dillon's
jury—drink the glorious institution of "Trial by Roast and Boiled."
—Punch.
TUE GENERAL POST LETTER-CARRIERS.— On
Thursday night, at a late hour, a meeting, attended by nearly '2OO
letter-carriers of the General Post-office, was held at the Owen
Glendwr Tavern, Aldersgate-street, for the purpose of preparing
a petition to the Postmaster-General, expressive of the grievances
under which this body of men consider they labour, and praying his
Lordship to abolish the system of payment by fees, and to esta-
blish a gricluated scale of permanent salary. Mr. Robert Grapes,
being unanimously called to the chair, the draft of a petition, pre.
viously prepaied by a committee chosen for the purpose, was, after
considerable amendments, adopted, and arrangements made for
['lacing it in the hands of the inspector of letter-carriers without
delay for presentation to his Lordship the Postmaster-General.
The business of the meeting was not concluded before twelve
o'clock, at which hour the body of letter-carriers quietly separated

We have accounts from Madrid of the 17th instant. At
a meeting of the editors of the various Opposition papers,
both Absolutist and Progressista,:it had been agreed tq re-
spectfully petition the Queen to abrogate the ordinance
against the press.
A new daily paper, entitled the Concileador, and represent-
iag the Absolutist-Moderado party, which acknowledges the
Marquis r VILLUMA as its leader, had appeared at Madrid
on the 16th.
At Tarragona, on the 14th instant, a most alarming riot
took place in consequence of the quinta or conscription. The
troops were attacked by a furious mob, armed with clubs
and knives. The soldiers being ordered to fire, one of the
rioters was killed and another wounded, a great number being
made prisoners.

Some of the prisoners were embarked on board the brig
Cannibal. Tranquillity had been completely restored when
the last accounts left. Disturbances had also broken out at
Reuss on the 12th, but they had been promptly quelled
M. GISPERT, the political chief of Barcelona, has been dis •
missed by NARVAEZ for the weakness with which he acted
during the recent emeute. The real cause of offence is said to
have been M. GISPERT'S promise of pardon to those who
would lay down their arms within a certain time—an act of
enlightened humanity, and therefore most abhorrent to the
feelings of NARVAEZ. As M. GISPERT is brother-in-law to
General CONCHA, it was supposed the latter would resign,
in which case, either Baron DE MEER, or General MANUEL
BRETA would succeed him. General FuLGosto is to be the
successor of M. GISPERT.
The arrival of the Duke FERDINAND of Saxe Coburg at
Lisbon bad furnished matter for gossip to the gobe•mouches
of Madrid, as the Duke's son had been spoken of as one of the
candidates for the QUEEN'S hand. On the subject of her
MAJESTY'S marriage, the Castellano says :—" The QUEEN-
MoTitER has addressed a very affectionate letter to the
Infante Don FRANCISCO DE PAULA, on the occasion of the
fete of his son, Don ExtfrocE. The QUEEN-MOTHER ex-
presses herself highly satisfied with the excellent qualities
she has discovered in the young Prince during his stay at
Barcelona. These, and other runionrs, formally contradict
the discord which was alleged to exist in the royal family."
It would appear, however, that the Presse, which is the organ
of the Christina party, that all this is a mere ruse to prevent
the progressistas from-starting:Don HENRY as their candi-
date, and that CHRISTINA is still labouring assiduously to
procure for her daughter either aCarlist or a French alliance.
M. PEDRO IitaANDA and two other engineers had left
Madrid to explore the country through which the projected
railroad between that capital and the Basque Provinces is to
pass.

The Three per Cents, closed at 28% for cash and 29% at

THE S t N, LONDON,_SATURDAv MORNING, JULY 26, 1845.

at 6 15-16 for the
MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
to the uncertainty
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
he OUEEN to the
t! At Liverpool, yesterday, the sales of Cotton were 8,000
bags, including 1,000 American, and 1,000 Surat, on spe-
culation. Prices were very steadily eupported. Egyp-
tian, 800 bags, sold at 614 d. to 7d.;' Pernam, 200, at
61/2d. to 63/4d. ; Surat, 1,200, at 214 d. to 3d. ; and Ame-
rican, at 31/2d. to 6d. per lb. There was a good market
for London and York Shares, at advancing prices.
Midands were lower. Other Shares much the same,
Aberdeen Railway, 3% ; Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction, 51/2 ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton,
514 ; British and Irish nion, 98. 1/2 ; Bolton, Wigan, and
Liverpool, 71,4 7 '' • Caledonian, 11 IA • Cambridge and Lin-
coln, 3 % ; Clitheroe Junction, 4%; Derby and Crewe, 21,E ;
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 80; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 19,4 ;
Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 914 ; Edinburgh and Peebles,
3%; Ely and Bedford, 2%; Glasgow and Dumfries, 245.
14 ; Glasgow and Ayr, 82 85 ; Grand Junction, 237%;
Ditto, Half Shares, 119; Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 51%;
Ditto, Eighth Shares, 22% 3/4 ; Grand Union, 345. 6d. 2/. •,
Great Western, 216 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 119 ; Goole and
Doncaster, 12 I ; Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 13 141/2 ;
Huddersfield and Sheffield, 8 %; Lancaster and Carlisle,
491/2 ; Leicester and Bedford, 31. 3s. 6d. 31,! •, Leicester asd
Birmingham, 214 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 4% % ;
London and Brighton, 77 ; London and Croydon, New
Shares, 2 ; London and York, 78% • Ditto (Bawtry), 6 ;
Leeds and Dewsbury, 24 31/2 ; Leeds and Thirsk, 7 81/2 ;
Leeds and West Riding Junction, 73/4 I Is. 3d. ; Lynn and
Dereham, 2%; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter
Shares, 934 ; Manchester and Birmingham Continuation,
21s 3s. 6d; Manchester and Leeds, 180 184; Ditto, Quarter
Shares, 27%; Matlock and Midland, 7 14; Midland Rail-
way, 183 ; Ditto, 401. Shares, 27 ; Newark and Sheffield, 2% ;
Newcastle and Berwick, 20 ; North Staffordshire, 4% ; North
Western, 5 ; Nottingham, Erewash, and Ambergate,
4; Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 5 p"; Oxford, Wor-
cester, and Wolverhampton, 8 9%; Sheffield and Lincoln,
425. 455. ; Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, 1% 365. 6d. ;
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and Birmingham, 41% ;
Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 4% %; Shrewsbury
and Trent Union, 2% ; South-Eastern and Dover, New
Shares, No. 3, 81% ; South Midland, 8/. 3/. 6s. ; Wakefield,
Pontefract, and Goole, 26 27 ; Welsh Midland, 3%; West
Lancashire, 134 ; West Yorkshire, 6% 7%; Worcester and
Tring, 235. 6d. 225. ; York and Carlisle, 765. 3d. 765. 9d. ;
Belfast and Ballymena, 7% %; Dublin and Belfast Junc-
tion, 9%; Newry, Armagh, and Londonderry Junction, %;
Newry and Enniskillen, 665. 6d. ; Newry and Warrenpoint,
56s 6d. 58s. ; Waterford and Kilkenny, 535. 6d. ; Dutch
Rhenish, 92 ; Northern of France (Laffitte's), 53/4 ;
Ditto (French), 5%; Ditto (Rosamel's), 21/2 •, Orleans,
Tours, and Bordeaux, 10% ; Paris and Lyons (Laflitte's),
595. 3/. ; Paris and Lyons (Gauneron's), 2%.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 24.-The sales are
-Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 10 5-16; Blackburn,
Clitheroe, and North Western Junction, 1% prem. ; Black-
burn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5% • Bolton, Wigan, and Liver-
pool, '28% 3/4 ; Caledonian, 1114 ; Cambridge and Lincoln,
3% ; Clitheroe Junction, 4% ; Derby and Crewe, 2% ;
Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarter Shares, 19% %; Erewash
Valley, 31 ; Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction,
375. 425. ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 1% ; Goole, Doncaster,
Sheffield, and Manchester, 1%; Grand Union, 177 ; Hudders-
field and Manchester' Railway and Canal, 13 14; Lancaster
and Carlisle, 49 ; Leeds and Thirsk, 7% 8% . Leeds and
West Riding Junction, 7%; Leicester and Bedford, 4% ;
Leicester and Birmingham, 2 1-16 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk,
and Preston, 41% 1-16 ; London and Worcester, Oxford and
Rugby, 114 5.16 ; London and York, 9 7% ; Manchester,
Bury, and Rossendale, 231,4 ; Manchester, Buxton, Matlock,
and Midland, 63/4 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 63 ;
Ditto, New Quarters, 73/4 ; Manchester and Birmingham
Continuation and Welsh Junction, 2 1-16; Manchester and
Leeds, Quarter Shares, 2534 ; Newark and Slisffield, 2% 3 ;
Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire, 1l s. 6d. 12e. 6d. prem. ;
North Eastern, 1 13-16 ; North Staffordshire, 5 ; North
Western, 5% ; Nottingham, Erewash, Ambergate, and Man-
chester, 334 %; Preston and Wyre, Half Shares, 3%; Shef-
field and Lincolnshire Junction, 2% 5/R ; Shrewsbury and
Herefordshire, 1% % ; Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North
Wales, 2%; Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union, 2%:5-16;
South-Eastern and Dover, No. 3,8%; South Midland, 314 ;
Trent Valley, 18%; Ditto Continuation and Holyhead Junc-
tion, 1% ; Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 23 14 ; Welsh
Midland, 3'B :14 ; West Lancashire and Coast Line, 21/2 3/
prem. ; West Yorkshire, 6% 7 ; Worcester, Shrewsbury,
and Crewe Union, 2% 1-4; Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette, 2 ;
Dutch Rhenish, 9% ; great Northern of France, English,
53/ 15-16 ; Ditto (Rosamel's), 21/2 ; Paris and Lyons,
French, 23/.
The Funds are quiet again to-day, and there is very little
to notice of them. Consols are 99 to % for Money, and 991/s
for Account. Exchequer-bills are 545. to 565. premium.
Bank Stock is worth 2102. New Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents. are 102% to 1/2.
Spanish Five per Cents. have been steady at 26%, but they
are quite neglected. Peruvian are still in favour at 381 A.
Colombian realise 17% to 18. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. are 62% 1,4.
There is a large business doing in Shares, and prices, as the
list subjoined will show, are fluctuating considerably. Lon-
don and York opened better, but prices have declined a trifle
since. Cambridge and Lincoln have fallen again to 1 prem. ;
Direct Northern are very heavy; Leicester and Bedford are
rising; Great Western are supported at the advance of yes-
terday ; Oxford and Worcester are good ; Rugby and Tring,
and South-Eastern flat; and South Wales and North Kent
have improved, the following being extracts from the report
of the Provisional Committee just presented to the share-
holders :-
" The present meeting has been delayed to enable your
Committee to ascertain the amount of all outstanding de-
mands against the Company to this time, and they are ena-
bled to state, that the expenses from the 29th of January last
will not exceed fifteen shillings end sixpence per share.
This result, when compared witla what is known to have
been expended in other contests, will, the Committee feel, be
regarded with entire satisfaction by the Shareholders.
"The complete and comprehensive scheme now brought
forward will require a capital of 3,300,0004 which it is pro •
posed to divide into 66,000 Shares of 501. each, and it is in -
tended that the same shall be issued on a deposit of 2/. 10s.
per Share, upon the conditions of the forthcoming prospectus.
" In renewing their application to Parliament, your Com-
mittee will obviate the objections urged against their Bill in
the Committee, by bringing forward the entire of the scheme
originally contemplate& The undertaking now proposed
will be for the formation of a direct line of railway to Dover,
commencing near the Waterloo and Hungerford Bridges, and
proceeding by Blackheath, Woolwich, Gravesend, Rochester,
Chatham, Sittingbourne, and Canterbury, terminating at
Dover, and by branch also at Deal ; with other branches to
Maidstone, Sheerness, Faversham Quays, and Chilham, and
also uniting, by its communications at Canterbury, with the
line already authorised to Ramsgate and Margate.
" With reference to the recent Parliamentary inquiry
arising out of the singular petition presented by the South-
Eastern Company to the House of Commons-we will only
observe that, whatever might have been the views of those
who originated that step, it has not left the slightest impute
tion either on this Committee as a body or any individua
connected with it."

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock 21014 2101/
3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consels Annuities 99% 99 99
New 314 per Cents ... —lO2 %3,1 102%
Long Annuities to exnireJan 1860
Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 ... 1114
1114
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 ... 1114 114
India Bonds, 1,0001...
Ditto under 1,0001... ... .. 72
72
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills, 1,000!., 11Ad.
Ditto 500/. .
Ditto Small

ONE
O'CLOCK.

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent.
Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 1734% 18
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837
Ditto, Deferred 2014'
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 3Bv,,
Ditto. Account ... ..... 38J,4
Ditto, Converted
Russian Bonds
Spanisht to, sApeecrouCent. 1840.
D
••••
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent
Dutch, 2% per Cent .
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 99%

CLOSING
PRICES.

PRICES OF PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSING
B AMWAY SHARES PRICES.
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Bri'ton, Lewes, & Mast. 20
Bristol and Exeter
Do. New .... . ......... 2 ...... 1214 l2)
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln 1%...... 3 2%
Chester and Holyhead—. 15
Clydesdale Junction..... 5 ... 914 9
Cork and Waterford ... 1% —
Direct Northern
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 2% 9% .. 914
Dublin and Galway... .. 2% 2l/ ... .
Eastern Counties 141. 165...... 20% %21
Ditto New 41. 16s.
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1....51 13s. 4d. — . INI)
Eastern Union l5 .. ...
Ditto Extension . ... 11/ 2%
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Ditto Extension
Great North of England..loo 230 ......... . ... 230
Great Western BO 222
Ditto % Shares
Leicester and Bedford... 225.
London and Birminghm (Stock) 243
Do. 14 Shares
London and Blackwell. 161. 135.4 d lOl4 %
London and Bright0n... 50
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d 251/21/2% ... 261 A
Do. New l3s 4d l% p. I3A
London and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d l 2
Load. & S.Western 411 6s 10d...... 78 ... ......
Do. New
London and York 2l/ .... 714% 63/ 6%
Londonderry& Coleraine 21/L 4
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereliam l% 2
Blanchester and Leeds... 76
Do. Quarters
Manchester and Birmin. 40
Do. New Quarters ... 2
Manchester,Buxton, and
Matlock 22s.
Midland 100 lB5 187 lB6
Do. New
Midland,Birm., Derby...100
Newcastle and Darling-
ton
Junction 25 ...... 57 56
Do. New Brandling... 10
Newcastle and Berwick 11.1 19% % 204 ..
Newark and Sheffield .. 11/2 21,1 ... .....
North British
Do. New
North Kent
North Staffordshire.— 225.
Norwich and Brandon... 10
Do., New
Nottingm., Erewsh. Val-
ley, and Manchester ......
Oxford and Worcester... 21/2 734 B%s
Portsmouth Direct ...... 21/2 6l/2%
Richmondand West End
Junction
Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1
Shrews., Wolyerhamp.,
Dudley, and Birm 212..... 41,1
Shrewsbury and Trent
Valley Union
South Midland 224.• 2l/2 3 214%..,

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