The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-19 00:00:00

TIIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAI. MORNING, JULY 19, 1845.

tion of the Chamber to the recent occurrences in Syria, and
concluded by alltio; the Minister fir Foreign Affairs the
following questions :—I-lad the Government taken any steps
to prevent a renewal of the atrocities which had been perpe-
trated ? Had it chastised at once the authors of the murders
and those who had countenanced them ? Secondly, had
the Government taken any steps to make the English Ca-
binet aware how much the conduct of the British Consul at
Beyreut in these sad circumstances had differed from the
course which humanity would suggest, and from the respect
due to a friendly nation ? Thirdly, had not the Minister for
Foreign Affairs acknowledged, since these events in Syria,
that the combination of five Powers, which might be of
service elsewhere, was of a nature to destroy French influence
in the East ? The following is M. GuTD:Yes reply :

"The Minister of Foreign Affairs had to lament that the matters
complained of by the Noble Peer were unfortunately quite exact.
If all the facts were enumerated before the Chamber, the Noble
Peers around him would be filled with indignation and grief.
These acts had been foreseen in 1841, and the French (lovernment
had done all it could to prevent them. But he must be allowed to
declare that the Government was then in a poor position to take
on itself with authority the part of the Christians in the East. In
fact it had recently abandoned them in the struggle which they had
to sustain against the pretensions of the Pacha of Egypt, and that
had singularly weakened its position at Constantinople, when
speaking of the Libanus. France had endeavoured, with the other
Powers, to have the ancient modeoi government restored, as far as
drat was possible with the new state of things. Let it not be forgotten
that France was treating with an independent State, and that it
was a delicate matter to insist with the Ottoman Government in
favour of the Catholics of the East. The French Government
had for two years tried to effect something in favour of the Christians
in the East, and it was then that the troubles alluded to had oe-
curred. It was quite correct to say that the Turkish authorities
had lent their aid to the Druses, and the French Government had
pointed out the fact strongly to the Turkish Cabinet. It must not be
forgotten that there were two parties in Turkey ; the fanatical one,
which hoped for nothing less than the destruction of both Druses
and Maronites ; and the conservative one, remarkable for intelli-
gence and eagerness to adopt reforms. The former it was which,
having partisans in the army, had looked coolly on at the evils which
occurred in Syria. France could only set by influence in Turkey, and
it must be acknowledged that her task was a most difficult one. As
to the monastery, where some of the monks were killed, the French
Government had demanded punishment on the guilty party in such
terms as could not be denied. It was trite that in the question now
discussed the French and English agents had not been of precisely
the same mind, but the English Government wished for the same
peaceful termination of events in Syria as France, and he hoped that
all differences would be soon found to have disappeared, and the
affairslt aonfsSwy er Syria
GLIZOT entered into a
history of the l'ecent negotiations at Rome on the subject of
tol.pt, ameliorated."
B oissy,
the suppression of the Jesuits, and, in reply, the Count
MONTALEMBERT said that he considered the determination
come to as nothing, as the question would return each time
the question of public instruction was brought forward.
The Journal des Debats has the following observations in
relation to this portion of the debate:—

" M. de Boissy alluded to the only question which now occupies
the public mind—the affair of the Jesuits, and the negotiations of
which it has been the subject with the Court of Rome. We, on
this occasion, owe our thanks to M. de.Boissy, for we should have
regretted the session closing without the Government having had
an opportunity of giving categorical explanations on the subject.
These were yesterday given by the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
and we think they were of a nature to dissipate all the doubts and
overthrow all the pitiful quibbles which the Opposition journals
have been raising during the last few days. It was wished to
know why the Government preferred adopting diplomatic negotia-
tion to legal and material means of repression. M. Guizot
explained himself on this point with a force of ar-
gument and a loftiness of language which will, we hope,
suffice to convince the most prejudiced mind. It was asked,
with whom the representative of France had negotiated ?
M. Guizot said, and repeated in the most formal terms,
that it was with the Court of Rome, with the Pontifical Go-
vernment exclusively and directly, that the negotiations were
opened, followed up, and concluded. The result of these nego-
tiations is known, the rest is of little consequence. We have not
to concern ourselves with the resources which the Court of Rome
thought it its duty to employ to give satisfaction to the complaints
and the wishes of France. In a word, we wish to have done with
the Jesuits. Instead of having recourse to force, we have obtained
all by reasoning and persuasion. Have we, by the account given
by M. Guizot, lost anything by this liberal, religious, pacific, and
pacifying solution ? Let us rather say that we have gained every-
thing. The Count de Montalernbert evinced more zeal than cool-
ness in his reply to M. Guizot. We require to canto our mind
that the orator spoke under the impression of a legitimate dis-
appointment, in order not to notice too severely the fresh pro-
vocations which he has uttered from the tribune. Let M. de
Montalembert speak in his own name; let him speak in that of his
dispersed advance guard ; we can conceive the gall which he
throws into his speech, but we will not believe, until we have proof
to the contrary, that he is the organ of the French clergy; we
will not offer that insult to the eighty bishops behind whom he has,
nevertheless, dared to place himself, to launch forth his manifesto.
If we are so unfortunate as to be deceived—if the war terminated
with the Jesuits is to re-commence with the episcopacy, as it is
not feared to threaten us with, we will accept, in spite of our.
selves, this new situation, and we will accept it with all its con-
sequences. But let it be well known—we shall be the first to
appeal to the energy of the Government, and we have the firm
hope that it will know how to resist those arrogant pretensions. It
is thus we understand the short and energetic reply of M. Guizot."

On Wednesday the discussion on the Budget was renewed,
when the Marquis DE BOISSY attacked the treaty lately con-
cluded with this country on the subject of the suppression
of the slave trade. He complained that, though five English
officers had been examined before the negotiators, only three
French ones had been called before them. Why, he asked,
was this concession made? The Noble Peer also referred to
the fact that the eastern coast of Africa was left free from
cruisers, thus allowing a disguised traffic in slaves to be
carried on. The Duke DE BROGLIE ',plied that it was
useless going back on a matter now concluded. The Noble
Peer, he observed, always confounded the slave trade with
slavery. The former had been abolished in the West Indies,
because the slaves belonged to only certain masters; but
slavery existed in the East Indies, and was, in a certain
measure, a religious institution, which England was obliged
to maintain. The Noble Duke continued to defend the
treaty in the same terms as he had previously employed.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Wel-
nesday, at 83f. 15c. ; the New Loan at 83f. 50c ; the Five
per Cents. at 121 t: 45c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,141 f.
50e. ; Rouen, 1,021 f. 25c. ; Vierzon, 737 f. 50c. •, Havre,
835 f. ; Avignon. 955 f. 25c. •, Basle, 250 f.; Spanish Actives,
36%; Spanish Passives, 6%.
The following are the quotations for the new lines:—
Orleans and Bordeaux, 162 f. 50c. prem.; Boulogne, 115 f.,
ditto; Troyes and Montereau,lsf. ; Paris and Lyons ( La-
ffitte), 20f. ; ditto (Calon), par ; ditto (Ganneron), sf. •
Northern Line (Laffitte), 32f. 50c. ; ditto (Rosamel),
50c. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 7f. 50c. ; ditto
(Drouillard), par;
ditto (O'Neill), 2f. 50c. ; ditto (Jacques
Lefevre), par; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 12f. 50c ;
ditto (Talabot), 27f. 50c; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale),
5f.; Bordeaux and Toulouse (Mackenzie), par; ditto
and Cette (Espeleta), sf. ; Creil and St. Quentin, par ;
Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron), 9f ; Dijon and Mulhausen,
par ; Dieppe, 22f. 75c.

vIONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were upwards
of 10,000 bales, including 4,000 on speculation, and 1,000 for
export; 1,000 bags Egyptian went at 6d. to 63%d. Prices
were %d. per lb. higher than on Friday last. There
was a steady market for Railway Shares, but only
a small business was done, and prices varied but little :
Birkenhead and Cheshire Junction, 5 ; Blackburn and Pres-
ton, 21 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 58 ; British and Irish
Union, Bs. ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 19% p ;
Caledonian, 10% ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 5% 4 ;
Chester and Birkenhead, 6314 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 31A ;
Chester and Holyhead, 15% ; Chester and Preston Brook,
31/2 ; Chumet Valley, '5
,4 ; Clydesdale Junction, 8% ;
Derby and Crewe, 251/ ; Eastern Counties, Perpetual,
8 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 76 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares,
18% ; New Quarter Shares, 834 ; Edinburgh and Northern,
365. ; Edinburgh and Peebles, 575. 6d. ; Glasgow and Dum-
fries, 18s. ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 20M ; Glasgow
and Ayr, 74 % ; Grand Junction, Eighth Shares, 22% ;
Grand Union, 4s. ; Great Western. 213 ; Ditto, Fifth Shares,
46%; Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 814 e ; Hudders-
field and Sheffield, 6%; Leicester and Bedford, % ; Leices-
ter and Birmingham. 325. ; Liverpool and Manchester, Half
Shares, 105 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2% 3 ;
London and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 35 ; London and
York, 4; Leeds and Dewsbury, 19 ; Leeds and Thirsk, 5M ;
Leeds and West Riding Junction, 6% ; Manchester and Bir-
mingham, 61; Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation, 1/2
125.; Midland Railway, 192; Ditto, 401. Shares, 30% 3/1
Ditto, Consolidated Birmingham and Derby, 150 ; Newark
and Sheffield, 2%; Newcastle and Berwick, 19%; Newcastle
and Darlington Junction, 56 ; North Staffordshire, 434
North Wales Mineral, 15%; Ditto, New Shares, 514 ; North
Western, 4%; Nottingham, Erewash, and Ambergate, 2% ;
Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 43/4 ; Oxford, Worcester,
and Wolverhampton, 7 6% ; Sheffield and Manchester.
130 ex int. ; Ditto, Quarter Shares. 17 ex int. ; Ditto, No.
2. 5% 1% ; Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, 265. 275. ;
Shrewsbury, Oswegtry, and Cheshire, 76s ; Sonth-Eastern
and Dover, 48% ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 2, 1634 ; Ditto,
No. 3,8% ; Scottish Central, 6% ; South Midland, 425.
465.; Warwick and London, 1% ; Welsh Midland, 68s. 6d.
3% ; West Yorkshire. 5% ; Worcester and Tring, 265.
1% ; Armagh and Portrush, ; Belfast and Ballymena,
6%; Dublin and Wexford, 1%; Dublin and Galway, 3%;
Great Southern and Western, 22% ; Newry and Warren-
point, 3; Wexford and Carlow, 2; Dutch Rhenish, 53,E %;
.Jamaica Junction, 5% 6; Jamaica and South Midland, 5%;
Northern of France (Laffitte's). 5 ; Ditto (Bosamel's),
51s. ; Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 2%; Verona and An-
cone, 2 1%,
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 17.—The sales are
—Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington,9%; Bolton, Wigan,
and Liverpool, 20 ; Cambridge and Lincnln. 5% Churnet
Valley, 5%; Fleetwood, Preston, and st Riding Junction,
7-16 prem. ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 17s. ; Grand Union, 1%;
Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal 8%; Leed.
and Thirsk, 51/ 11-16 ; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester,
1914 %; Leeds and West Riding Junction. 634 ; Leicester
and Bedford, 15s. prem. ; Leicester and Birmingham, 13/4 ;
Liverpool and Manchester, Quarter Shares, 53%; Liverpool,
Ormskirk, and Preston, 3 1-16; London and Worcester, Ox-
ford and Rugby, 1,% 14 ; London and York, 3% 4 ; Man
cheater, Bury, and Rossendale. 221 A ; Manchester, Buxton,
Matlock, and Midland, 5M 5-16; Manchester and Birming-
ham, 6114 ; Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 7% ; Manchester
and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction, 1% ;
Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation and Mold, Ruabon.
and North Wales, 10s. prem. ; Newark and Sheffield, 2 9-16
7-16 ; North British, New Shares, 7 ; North Staffordshire,
4% % ; North Western. 4% ; Nottingham, Erewash, Amber-
gate, and Manchester, 2 7-16 ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton, ; 714 / Preston and Wyre, 5 per cent. guaranteed,
3214 ; Sheffield and Manchester. Quarter Shares, No. 3, 7 ;
Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union, 1 15-16 ; South Eastern,
and Dover, No. 3,8%; South Midland, 21%g ; Welsh Mid-
land, 3 7-16; West Lancashire and Coast Line, 265. 3d. 28s.
prem. ; West Yorkshire, 5% 15-16 ; Whitehaven and Fur-
ness, 2% ; Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union, 1%;
York and Carlisle, 33/4.
The Pine trade may be said to have become permanently
established now, thanks to the perseverance of those engaged
in it, and the fact deserves the more notice, because it is an
encouragement in opening new sources of foreign trade,
especially in articles of foreign consumption. This.
week Messrs. Keeling and Hunt have sold no less
than 11,000, besides the auctions of other parties ; and
there is little doubt but that eventually Pines
will become, as the common phrase goes, almost "as plentiful
as blackberries." Now the more plentiful food of every
description becomes, the nearer we shall approximate to
the practical development of free-trade principles; and it is
not merely luxuries, but articles of primary necessity that
we hope ere long to see more completely within the reach
of all classes—poor as well as rich. We do confidently
believe that as yet it is scarcely known what we may not
obtain from abroad, in the shape of food, and in a manner
too that will but little affect the agricultural interest, which

has not tht, ability to supply our population to the full et-
tent of its wants. . _ _

Tile mercantile markets generally have been tolerab'y
steady this week, and articles depending more directly on
the prosperity of the manufacturing community, such as
wool and indigo, have gone off briskly at very good prices.
There is an improvement to-day in the Funds, and there
is a steady business doing. Consols realise 9834 to 99, and
for the new Account day, August 26, 98 to 14. Exchequer-
bills have been 545. to 565., and India Bonds 71s. premium.
Bank Stock has been steady, at 211. New Three and-a-
Quarter per Cents. are 102% to %, and the Three per Cents.,
991. to %.
The Foreign Stocks are generally better supported. Spanish
Five per Cents. realise 26% %, and the Three per Cents. 37
to 3714. Portuguese Old Stock is 851 to 86. Columbian
Bonds have been marked 1734 to 18. Dutch Two- and-a-
Half per Cents. are 62 to 1/1 ; and French Five per Cents.,
121, the exchange being at 25f. 60c.
Shares generally are good, and the principal transactions
have been in Blackwall, South-Fastern, Midland Counties,
and Eastern Counties. There is more doing in the foreign
lines. East India have been 4 % premium.

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock 2ll 211
3 per Cent. Reduced ... 9914% 99%
3 per Cent. Consels Annuities 98X %99 983/ 99
New 3% per Cents 102!{4% 102%
Long; Annuities toexpireJan.lB6o 11 7-16% 11%
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5,1860 ll% 11%

ndia Bonds, 1,000/
Ditto under 1.000/...

4outh Sea Stock
Consols for Account .. 99% 991.4
I..xchequer Bills, 1,000/., I%d 56 54 pm. 54
Ditto 5001. .
Ditto Small

'RILES OF FOREIGN FUNDS
Brazilian Bonds

ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
911/
2

Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent. 46 47 47
Colombian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 17 34 18 18
Danish, 3 per Cent ... 90% 904
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 18;17 —
Ditto. Deferred
Peruvian Bobds, 6 per Cents 331% 331/4
Portuguese 5 per Cents. 851% 86 86
Ditto, Converted — 65
:E4panish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Dim,. Passive
:,i Ditto Deferred
)itro 3 per Cent.
French, 5 per Cent
Exchange
Belgian 4% per Cent.
Dutch. 2% peer Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 9914 %

993',

621/1
991/

PRICES OF CLOSING
PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK
:Al ',WAY SHARES • Maj.&
.-krmagb, Coleraine, and
Portrusli - 14'
/8 1%
Bri'ton, Lewes, & Hast. 20

,ristol and Exeter

Do. New 111/2
'irktol and Gloucester... 30

:aledonian
Ditto Extension ...... 2%...... 23/4 23/4
ambridge and Lincoln 1%...... 5 43/4 4%
Chester and Holyhead... 10
t iiurnet Valley
Coventry and Leicester 11% l%
Cornwall
Direct Northern
Dublin and Belfast June. 21:i Bl4 Bl/4
Dublin and Galway._ .. 21/2 —
Eastern Counties 141. 165...... 211/%14 21%
Ditto New 41. 163.
Eastern Union l5 _ ~,
Ditto Extension .
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ditto Quarter Shares 121/2...... _ 19
Ely and Bedford
;Ireat South. and West.
(Ireland)
••• 221/4
;reat North of England.. 100
6ireat Western BO 213%
Ditto % Shares 5O 117
Ditto, Fifths
Guildford, Fare'in, Ports. 2%.....
Hull and Selby 5O ...
Do. Half Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle
London and Birminghm (Stock) 245 243% 243%
London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d. 10 9YB 10% 934 9%8
London and Brighton... 50
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 2238 23
Lond. & S.Western 411 6s 10d BO% BO%
Do. New
London and York 2l/2 3% 4 4
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereham l% 2% 2%
4 anchester and Leeds... 76
Do Sixteenths ..... .... 34 934 93%
Ilanchefter and Birmin. 40
Manchester, Buxton, and
Matlock 225....... 4%14 4%
Nlidland 100 1921/g 191 l9l
Do. New
ewcastle and Darling-

ton Junction .. 25 ...... ..
Do. New Brandling... 10
.;',w,,asil, and Berwick 11/2 l9l/214 .
Newry and Enniskillen. 21/2 334 33a
\ewark and Sl.effield - 114. —
••••••••• 2%
•Nlortn British
Do. New
North Kent
North Staffordshire 225.
Norwich ant Brandon-. 10
Do., New ... ..... ..... 1
11xford and WATester... 214 6547/8 67i4
t erth and Inverness ..„ 21/2 2
Portsmouth Direct 2l/2 - 3%% 3 :3/
Preston and Wyre
Richmond and %Vest End
junction
Rugby. Worstr, & Tring 1
F,eottish Central
-eottish Nlidland ll/2...... 2% 2N
shrews., Wolverhamp.,
Dudley, and Birm 21%.....
mouth Devon ls ..
south Eastern &D 4 over:33/ 2s 4d... 47N - 47,
Do., No. 1 . - 8
.._ - -

Do.: No. 2.
171,
16:7::,
Do., No. 3 ' 21.4 9 .... 8
-;oath Wales• ... 2%...... 434% 5 ........ 5
Trent Valley and Holy-
head Junction
Welch Midland
3
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth
ork and North Midland 50 ll3l/2 1133/4
Do. Extension

FOREIGN RAILIVAI',.
Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2
Bordeaux. Toulouse, and
Cettt
...
East Indian ... ..... .... ss.
Great North. of France
(Laffitte's) . 4
Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 ...... 21
Jamaica Junctior l% .....
Do. South Midlnd. June. 1 ...... 5% 5
Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... . _
Namur and Liege
Orleans and Vierzon ... 6
Orleans and Bordeaux... 4 ...... 105
Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d _
Paris & Lyons. Laffitte's 2
Rouen and Havre ...... 16
Sambre and Meuse .... 4 ...... 714
Verona and Anc0n1...... 1
...
West Flanders

15i/i
105(
01/2

JOINT STOCK BAN KS,
Australasia
British North American 50
London & Westminster 20

HAMBURGH and FLANDERS MAIL.

POLISH FRONTIERS, JUNE 22.---It is certain that an active corre-
■pondence has lately taken place between Berlin and St. Peters-
burgh, iu which language is said to have been used on the part of
Prussia which was hardly expected at St Petersburgh, After
various replies expressed in the same spirit, the Emperor has indeed
ordered an investigation into several causes of complaint, but the
alienation between the two Courts remains. 'Ads will account for
the two Sovereigns not having a personal interview during the late
visit of the Emperor to Warsaw, contrary to their custom on former
occasions.

HANOVER, JULY 9. —The wool fair held here at the beginning
of this week was not of much importance, especially in comparison
with the late fair at Heldesheim. There was not so much a want
of buyers as of wool. What there was for sale sold speedily,
and at good prices. The demand for wool is so great that the
landowners have ample opportunity to sell their stock direct from
their estates, so that little remains for the market. Last week an
English house of Belfast purchased at Uelzenhen flax to the
amount of 80,000 rix dollars for ready money, which has caused a
rise in the price of flax.
We find from an official statement just published, that the value
of Hanoverian linens exported in 1845 was 1,447,284 rix dollars.

HANOVER, JULY 12.—The King is gone this morning to 01
denhurg.

COPENRAG E Jut 11.—The Berlin Gazette announced yester-
day that the King had taken cold, and could not leave the palace at
Amalienburg, but today it states that his Majesty had had a very
good night, and is much better.

BERLIN, JULT 13.—His Majesty has been graciously pleased to
grant to Count Van Arnim, Minister of the Interior, the discharge
which he has solicited from his office but he remains member ofth•
Council of State in consequence of his Majesty's especial confidence
in him. The functions of Minister of the Interior will be exercised,
ad interim, by the Cabinet Minister, V Bodelschwingh.
_ .

HAMIBURGH, JULY 14.—Accounts that may be depended on by
no means confirm the statement published by th• Weser Gazette,
that Baron Von Bulow had asked and obtained leave to resign his
high olfice. He is gone for a time to a watering place, and during his
absence General V. Canitz acts in the department of -Foreign Affairs,
—Hamburgh papers, July 15.
BRUSSELS, JULY 15,—The Moniteur Beige publishes a law of the
9th of July, by which them is to be a line of steamer, between
Belgium and England, for the conveyance of passengers and mails.
For this purpose a credit of a million of fracns was given to the Go-
vernment for the purchase of three steamers, to be provided for by
an issue of Treasury bonds.

ALTERATION IN THE JULY LIST OF Tiff MORNING
Msri.s.—The following very important alterations have been made
in the list of morning mails; corrected up to the Ist of July, by
command of the Postmaster-General. 'I he revised list bears date
the I Ith inst :—Brampton, Burton (Westmoreland), Hartlepool,
Haydoebridge, Hexham, Northallerton, Ripon, and Stockton.upon-
Tees, are removed from the morning dispatch; consequently, news-
vendors sending papers. and parties posting letters for any of the
above towns, must b, aware that no bags for either of them will be
made up until evening until further orders. It ought also to be
generally known by the public that in addition to the towns
alphabetically given in the printed Post-office list, the following
towns have bags made up and dispatched every morning :—Brent-
wood, Chelmsford, Chester,lei street, Chorley, Colchester, Dorking,
Dudley, Dursley. Gurnsey, Hythe, Ipswich, Jer.ey, Kelvedon; Ro.
chester, Rye, Tetbury, Witham, and Wooton.under.Edge. For
those places, as well as all the other morning mails, including a►l
Scotland and the whole of Ireland, letters should be posted at the
several receiving houses throughout the mempolls, by 8 a m. ;
newspapers by 7 a.m. At the several branch offices, excepting
Lombard.street, letters by 8 a.m. ; newspapers by 730 a.m. At
the Lombard-street and General Post-office, letters by 8 30 a.m.,
and newspapers by 7 35.

On Thur,clay morninv, shortly aft, r seven o'clock.
an elderly man, named George Spicer (formerly a servant to his
Grace the Duke of Wellington, but who, from his advanced age
aid bodily had been allowed to reside at Apsley House),
was protejing along Knightsbridge.terrace, Hyde.park.coraer,
wheu he Iris noticed by some of the neighbours to stagger and fall
to the ground. When picked up, he appeared perfectly insensible,
arid was, without loss of time, removed to St. George's Hospital,
where he expired at half.pest twelve o'clock.

•

The Queen held a Court et half'-past one o'clock yeiiterday
afternooo at Buckingham Palace.
Sarni Pacha had an audience of her Majesty. His Excel-
lency was introduced by the Earl of Aberdeen, K.T., her Ma-
jesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. His
Excellency was accompanied by his Interpreter.
Her Majesty was attended by the Earl of Hardwicke, Lord
in Waiting, and Captain the Hon. Alexander Hood, Groom in
Waiting.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager arrived at Buckingham
Palace at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, to pay a visit to the
Queen. Her Majesty was accompanied by their Serene High-
nesses the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, and the Princeses
Anna and Amelie of Saxe Weimar. The illustrious party par-
took of a dejeune with the Queen and Prince Albert, and
afterwards returned to Marlborough house.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday after-
noon at a meeting of the Commission for promoting and en-
couraging the Fine Arts in the rebuilding the Palace of
Westminster.

His Royal Highness arrived at Gwydyr House, at a quarter
before three o'clock, attended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in
Waiting. The Commissioners present were the Marquis of
Lansdowne, the Earl of Lincoln, Viscount Palmerston, Lord
Colborne, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, Sir Robert H.
Inglis, and Mr. Benjamin Hawes.
Her Majesty and her Royal Contort took their usual early
walk yesterday morning, in the royal gardens.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess
Royal, and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager
Lady Lyttelton. were taken an airing yesterday, in an open
carriage and foils-. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred was
taken an airing yesterday, in the gardens of Buckingham
Palace.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge visited her
Maje-ty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and suite left town in three
carriages and four at Ave o'clock yesterday afternoon, for her
residence, Bushy House, Bushy Park. Her Majesty was ac-
companied by their Serene Highnesses the Duchess Ida and
the Princesses Anna and Amelie of Saxe Weimar.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge honoured the
Russian Ambassador and the Baroness Brunnow with her com-
pany yesterday evening at the ball given by the Baroness at
Ashburnham House.

Mr. Emerson Tennent had an interview with Lord Stanley
at the Colonial. office, yesterday.
Mr. Alderman Moon, accompanied by the Town-Clerk and
the Remembranyer, had the honour of an interview with the
French Ambassador yesterday at Hertford House, Manche=ter-
square, to del.iver to his Excellency the emblazoned copy of the
address of the Corporation of London to his Majesty the King
.if the French, upon his visit to England in October last.
Mr. Hutt, NI. P., had an interview with the Earl of
Dalhousie on Thursday at the office of the Board of Trade.
The Qolicitor-General transacted business yesterday at the
Home-office.
Mr. tiart Davis had an interview with the Chancellor of the
Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-
office for the Governor• General of Canada, and also fur the
Governors of the other North American provinces.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday.
The Lords present were the Lord President, Lord Brougham,
the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, and the Judge of the
Admiralty Court.

Mr. Burge, Queen's Counsel, was heard on a petition,
" Willis v. Sir George Gipps," to fix hearing. The Lord Pre-
sident read the correspondence between the Privy Council and
Colonial-office, showing that everything had been done on the
part of the Privy Council-office to expedite the case. At the
close of the proceedings Lord Brougham, on the part of the
Court, appointed the apppeal to be heard the first case in
November. _

Mr. Purton Cooper, Queen's Counsel, and Mr. Wood,
Queen's Counsel, were heard upon a petition, " Flint v.
Walker," for leave to appeal from a decree of the Supreme
Court of New South Wales.

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Mr. E. D. Moore was beard on " Gore's Patent," to fix
the hearing.
Counsel was heard upon a petition of the Chief Justice in an
appeal " The House of Assembly of Grenada v. the Chief Jus-
tice of Grenada."

Mr. Burge, Q. C., was heard upon a petition, "Peter Ni-
cholson from British Guiana," for leave to appeal.
An appeal from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury,
" Cockcraft and Tone v. Rawles," was opened by Mr. Kin •
dersley, Q. C. The case was adjourned.