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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 24, 1845.

to, and the report was ordered to be received to•mor-
row (this day).
Sir R. PEEL then laid on the table certain correspond-
ence respecting the slave trade, which, he said, on a
former occasion, he did not think it his duty to produce.
The adjourned debate on New Zealand was then re-
sumed by Captain Rous, who said he would not enter
into the merits or demerits of the New Zealand Com-
pany, but he would deprive them of their charter, and
give them a fair remuneration for what they had done.
The House was afterwards addressed by Mr. WARD,
Mr. G. PALMER, Sir C. NAPIER, Mr. HAWES, ►Sir
R. PEEL, and Lord J. RUSSELL, but ultimately the
motion was negatived by a majority of 66, and the
House adjourned at a Quarter past One o'clock.

One of the strongest objections made to the Irish
Colleges Bill, by those friendly to its great principle
of united education, has been the absence of provision
for an University to confer degrees on the students of
the colleges. But there is at least this advantage in
leaving the question of the university unsettled, that the
door is not shut against an ultimate connexion of the
new Irish colleges with the existing University of
Dublin, and at the end of three years it may be easier
to effect this arrangement than it is now. We are glad
to infer, from some words attributed to Lord STANLEY
in the Committee on the Bill on Tuesday, that the
Government are not pledged against an affiliation of the
University of Dublin. Lord STANLEY is reported to
have said—" Perhaps the most satisfactory course, on
some accounts, would be to affiliate the new colleges with
Trinity College, Dublin ; but their Lordships would be
aware that there were difficulties in the way of such an
arrangement. Then came the question whether the new
colleges ought not to be associated as a separate Univer-
sity, the general meeting to be held either at a distinct
place, or alternately at one of the colleges. It would
obviously be highly desirable, upon this and other points,
that the opinions and wishes of the governing bodies,
and for this'and other reasons delay seemed not inex-
pedient."
The Government then have not made up their minds,
and it might be much worse. If the Irish Colleges Bill
had contained a provision for an University, we have no
doubt that it would have been a new university. On
every ground it ought to be the present University of
Dublin, of which, properly, Trinity College is only a
college, as Trinity College, at Cambridge, is a college
of the University of Cambridge ; or Trinity College
at Oxford, a college of the University of Oxford ;
though being, contrary to the original integ,tion, the
only college, it has engrossed the government, and mo-
nopolised the privileges of the University of Dubin.

Does Joini BULL, who has already been called on to
pay 100,0001. down, and 21,000 E a year for the three
new colleges, know that he has not yet got the whole Bill,
if there is hereafter to be a new university ? There
must be a staff of examiners, who must be paid
salaries, and who, .though they will only be called upon
to examine twice or, at most, four times a year, while
the professors of the colleges will have to lecture during
the greater part of the year, will not receive salaries
less than those of the professors in proportion to their
lesser amount of work ; for it will be necessary to have
examiners of even higher calibre than the professors of
the colleges, and a higher scale of salary will be neces-
sary in order to get a good man. Then, too, there
must be prizes and exhibitions in connexion with the
examinations for degrees, as there are in the University
of London. Now the University of London costs the
public 4,5001. a year ; and a new separate Irish univer-
sity would not cost the public less.
The whole of this additional expense would be saved
by opening the endowments of Trinity College and the
professorships of the University of Dublin, as the degrees
of the University are open, to Catholics as well as Pro-
testants, and making the new colleges colleges of the
University of Dublin. The fellows of Trinity College
and professors of the University would then serve for
examiners, and Catholics as well as Protestants,
being fellows and professors, the Catholic popu-
lation of Ireland would fed no distrust of a
Dublin board of examiners so constituted. The saving
of expense would be the least advantage of such an ar-
rangement. The existence of two distinct Universities,
one accounted the Protestant and the other the Catholic
University, would go far to counteract the healing effects
of these new mixed colleges ; and while Trinity College
and the University of Dublin stand in proud isolation,
there will be danger of a mark of inferiority attaching to
the new colleges, and of what is intended fur a boon to
the Catholics of Ireland being but a new sign of their
degradation. After all, what a farce it is to pretend
that the exclusion of Roman Catholics from
the endowment of Trinity College is necesk..ary
to its assumed object of the education of Protestant
clergymen ? Assuming this to be the object of the
College, but assuming it merely for the sake of argu-
ment, why is the exclusion of Catholics from participa-
tion in endowments necessary, if their exclusion from
participation in education is not necessary ? A Pro-
testant clergy can be educated in communion with
holders of other creeds, and the restriction of endow-
ments to Protestants is nothing more nor less than a
pretence.

The liouse of Lords is passing the Irish Colleges all
at a railruad pace, which must wofully disappoint Sir
ROBERT INGLIS, if he built his hopes upon " another
place," and which proves, if proof were needed, the
eagerness of that House to do the bidding of Sir lionEnT
PEEL. If the Bill had come from a Whig- Government
how would the House have resounded with imputations
of " Godlessness," and how nearly would this excellent
Bill have be en thrown out, which is now passing without
a division 1

The debate of Monday night in the House of Lords,
on the petition presented by the Duke of RICHMOND
from veteran officers who had served in the Peninsular
campaigns, praying their Lordships to interpose in their
behalf, by supporting an address to the Sovereign,
praying that the petitioners might receive from her
MAJESTY some honorary distinction for the services
rendered by them in the Peninsular campaigns, is
well worthy of notice. The Noble Duke certainly
discharged the duty entrusted to him by these
gallant petitioners with much modesty and pro-
priety—observing, happily and truly, that it was un-
necessary for him to enter into airy details of those ser-
vic:,.s, because their Lordships had on repeated occasions
voted their thanks to the petitioners on account of them.
It was equally unnecessary for him, he said, to dwell on
the vast importance of the results of the Peninsular cam-
paigns—so glorious to the British arms—in the general
pacification of Europe. All that the petitioners asked
for was but a strict act of justice ; and without im-
puting blame to any one, his Grace added,
without for one moment calling is question
the propriety of those general and remark-
able distributions of medals and distinctions which
had been made by the Sovereign on account of
the battle of Waterloo, and of the services of the army
in the countries beyond the north-western frontiers of
India, and in China, he did think that the brilliant ser-
vices rendered by the petitioners throughout the pro-
tracted campaigns in Spain ought to be placed on the
same footing in respect of such testimonials or distinc-
tions.

We cannot see how any stronger or more reasonable
case could have been laid for the tardy performance of
what the gallant Duke justly termed a "strict act of
justice." In the whole range of modern European his-
tory, there can be found no parallel to the sustained gal-
lantry, endurance, and success which distinguished the
British army in the six or seven Peninsular campaigns,
commenced in Portugttl and concluded in France—a
career of triumphs almost without a cheek—a manifes-
tation of improved organisation in the field, of developed
and augmented resources at home, of general discipline,
moderation and good order in quarters, and in action, that
we believe to be without example. If medals and distinctions
have been granted to officers and men engaged in single
actions, however memorable in themselves or momentous
in their consequences, it is to be inferred that those who
have been actively engaged in the leading operations of
several consecutive campaigns, distinguished by their
multiplied engagements and sieges, have, to say the least,
a commensurate claim on the consideration of the Cro%%n
Why the testimonials of that consideration should have
been so long withheld, we protest that we are still un-
able to understand, notwithstanding the speech in which
the Duke of WELLINGTON replied to that of the Duke of
RICHMOND. The Noble and Gallant Duke objected that
it was not "regularr nor "according to the practice of
their Lordships," to interfere in a question of this de-
scription. But how can it be said that, in the nature of
thing, applications of this kind can be so frequent as to
have admitted the establishment of any rule of practice
in dealing with them ? And even, if they had been
more frequent, how can it be denied that every such case
ought to be determined upon its own merits ? What
form of proceeding could be applied, a priori, to
a state of things, such as that which arose out of the
prodigious variety and extent of the exertions of our
armies in the Peninsula in defeating the mighty combi-
nations of NAPOLEON, conducted by the ablest of his
Generals and the flower of the French armies. Those
campaigns formed, or perfected, the military reputation
of the most distinguished Generals who, within the last
five-and-thirty years, have exalted the renown of our
arms under the personal auspices of WELLINGTON him-
self. We are left under no difficulty about the prin-
ciples on which the Noble Field-Marshal declined, so
far as his voice or vote could be concerned, to comply

with the prayer of the petitioners. He said that, in
1840, the same gentlemen whose names were appended
to the document in the hands of the Duke of RICHMOND
bad made an application to him to lay their case before
the throne ; but that he (the Duke of WELLINGTON)
had stated to them that these were subjects which
it remained with the Sovereign and his ad-
visers, and with them alone, to deal with ;
that he had never, either in his military or his
official capacity, assumed the office of interposing in the
manner now prayed, although, when he had been
honoured with the commands, on repeated occasions, of
the Sovereign of this country, and of foreigh Sovereigns,
to recommend to them officers for honorary distinction'
he had always promptly done so, in terms (he trusted)
not unsatisfactory to those officers themselves. And he
had, accordingly, recommended to those gentlemen to
make their application to the Sovereign through the
proper authority. He bad since instituted careful in-
quiry, but had been wholly unable to trace either the
fact of such application having been made, or any offi-
cial record thereof ; but he believed that a petition,
in all respects similar to this, was some time ago pre-
sented to the House of Commons.

These objections of form, and even the principle of
them, we can fully enter into on the part of the Noble
Duke, whose long connexion with civil office, and whose
experience of courts, have doubtless qualified him to speak
with as much authority on these as on purely military
matters. But we can neither bring ourselves to take
the same view of the difference which the Gallant
Duke insisted on as taking the case of these Peninsular
officers out of the same category with the case of those
who achieved the battle of Waterloo, the triumphant
close of the operations in Affghanistan, and the success-
ful demonstration of our forces in China ; nor perceive
the good taste and delicacy of so disparaging a compari-
son in the mouth of the illustrious Marshal who made it.
After remarking on the numerous honours already
awarded to officers who bad served in some of the prin-
cipal affairs of the Peninsular campaigns, he denied that
the services of the petitioners in these campaigns gave
them a claim to any general distinctions or honours such
as had been granted in honour of the battle of Waterloo,
and of the campaigns beyond the north-western frontier
of India, and on the shores of China. These latter were
in the nature of signal and decisive victories, which had
re-established the peace of empires, and illustrated the
reputation of our arms and our prowess at moments of
singular exigency. This had been eminently the case
with the battle of. Waterloo, and in consideration
of that fact, the Crown had granted medals, not
only to the General commanding and other
officers, but to every individual in our army
who had been present in that great conflict. For
reasons, in the force of which he, the Duke, entirely con-
curred, a Noble Earl (Lord ELLENBOROUGH) had re-
commended a similar course to be adopted with regard
to those armies, composed of our European and our
Sepoy troops, who had retrieved by their distinguished
gallantry in the last actions fought in the Punjaub, the
disasters of Caubul—" the most signal reverses which
had happened to our arms during the last sixty years."
Dismissing these Asiatic triumphs, as less germane to
the matter in hand, we must contend that his Grace took
a somewhat invidious, and, moreover, a somewhat inte-
rested view of the superior claims of Waterloo. He com-
manded on that memorable occasion ; and without in-
tending, for one instant, to diminish by an iota his claims
upon the gratitude of the living generation, and the
admiration of posterity, for the consummate valour and
abilities displayed by him in that decisive fight, we are
to remember that it was the culminating point of his
fortunes, as well as of his renown : the immediate
fountain of those honours, whose sources have ever since
so lavishly poured out upon him their unstinted bounty.
Who brought him to its margin ? Of those who
commanded under him, the intrepid British soldiery,
who plucked the bloody laurels of Waterloo, but
few among the best and the bravest ; the most
tried, and the most generous of his companions in arms,
were present. The honourable wounds and scars that
the majority of these bore in compulsory retirement, or
on other duty, were still the living attestations of their
heroic achievements at Vlineira, at Aibufera, at Ta-
lavera, Salamanca, Badajoz, Vittoria, Orthez, Toulouse,
and a score or two of other immortal fields. Their
honours—such as they were,—their military rank,
whatever the course of their promotion—had been
earned, not as after a campaign of a few weeks
.deter-
mined in a single pitched battle, but in the course (for
the most part) of long, hard, and hazardous services ;
under manifold privations ; against enormous odds, in
:he midst of general engagements, or the devastating
slaughter of storms and sieges. Their arms, their en-
thusiastic attachment to hire, their fidelity to his re-
nown, and their country's confidence, bore him to the
crowning triumphs of 1814. A treacherous peace of a
few brief months returned some to the bosoms of their
families, others to the peaceful occupations of half-pay
retirement. A single but terrible battle, crowned by a
sanguinary victory, was fought by us in the follow-
ing year ; and since then war has not subsisted
between her MAJESTY and any of the European Powers.
Now, because these veterans of the Peninsular cam-
paigns of five or six years were not present at the
single battle of Waterloo, they have in all this interval
of thirty years not been deemed worthy of any general
honorary distinctions to record and reward their nable
services. Can anything be more unfair or unreasonable
than such- a forgetfulness of the deserts of veteran
merit.? Yes. The distribution of the Waterloo medal
itself. The Duke of RICHMOND assured their Lordships
that it was a well-known fact that one regiment had
received the Waterloo medal which did not even know of
the bottle until some time after the victory had been
achieved. We hope and believa that her MAJESTY will
be advised to grant the very reasonable prayer of these
petitioners, which the voice cf the whole empire will
cheerfully recommend to her MAJESTY'S gracious con-
sideration, notwithstanding the Marquis of LONDON•
DERRY'S ridiculous, but characteristic protest against
officers of the army addressing themselves on an occa-
sion of this kind, whatever the circumstances that may
have preceded it, to either House of Parliament. It is
happy for the army that Parliament exits for them, as
well as every other class of the QuEEP.'s subjects, to
make all constitutional appeals to.

Madrid journals to the 16th inst. have been received. We
find in the Gaceta a bulletin dated Barcelona, the 12th, and
signed by General NAUVAEZ, announcing that the Captain-
General had just returned, after restoring order wherever it
had been disturbed, and leaving several columns to pursue
such of the rebels as had fled to the mountains. The bulletin
added that, on the 17th, the QUEEN would proceed by sea to
Valencia, and that troops had been marched to that town.
According, however, to a more recent communication, the
Court had, in conseqeence of the re-establishment of order in
the province of Catalonia, determined to proceed, on the 17th,
to Saragossa. which place they were expected to reach on the
20th. The Ministers remaining at Madrid still intended to
be at Saragossa, on the 24th, in order to compliment the
Queen-Mother on the occasion of her birth-day.
The claims of the Infante Don HENRY to the hand of the
QUEEN are viewed with increased favour every day. La
Guia del Commercio supports his claims in the most enthu-
siastic manner. At a meeting of the editors of the Pro-
gressista journals held on the 15th, it was agreed that they
should give no opinion on the subject of the QUEEN'S mar-
riage, and that they would not propose any candidate of their
own. The kingdom was perfectly tranquil.
The Three per Cents. closed at 29 for cash, and 291, at 60
days. he other securities were not quoted.

We have received the Paris papers. They all publish the
article from the Moniteur Algeria (which will be found in
another column) on the subject of the massacre at Debra.
This article may be considered as the official defence of the
transaction, and in it the responsibility of the whole affair is
thrown on Marshal BUGEAUD, inasmuch as Colonel PELIS-
SIER. " had only used the means recommended to him by
the Governor-General." he article appears in the Govern-
ment papers without a word of comment, but the Oppo-
sition journals animadvert on the conduct of Marshal
BUGEAUD in terms of just severity. We give the following
from the Commerce as an example of the tone of the Oppo-
sition journals on this occasion :
" When so cruel an act takes place in the course of a war by the
force of danger, and the urgent necessity of defence, humanity is
afflicted, but the excuse goes hand in hand with the evil. It is
another thing to prepare beforehand, to calculate and command
cruelty as a means; and, what is still worse, is to attempt to justify
by cold reasoning such a system of warfare. Marshal Bugeaud
says that philanthropy would render war impossible. This may
be ; but without a certain degree of philanthropy war becomes
odious and abominable."

On the subject of the rumoured landing of a Turkish force
at Tripoli, the Journal des Debats says :
" It is well known that every year, about the same period, it is
regularly rumoured that the Ottoman Porte is preparing an in-
vasion of the regency of Tunis. The Turkish fleet had, in fact,
the custom of annually cruising in these latitudes ; it was an exer-
cise which appeared to have become necessary to it. This year
nothing is said of the fleet, but a land expedition is spoken of, and
it is reported that a considerable body of Turkish troops has been
landed in the regency of Tripoli, to enter by that road into
the territory of the Bey of Tunis. We can easily comprehend,
and indeed we share, the interest which all that concerns the
safety of the Tunisian territory excites in France. It is certain
that our own security, as possessors of A lgeira, is intimately connected
with any events that may take place on this part of our frontier ;
and up to the present time, whenever the Ottoman Government
has appeared desirous of making a demonstration on that side, the
French Government' has shown, by sending out some men-of.
war on the coast, all the interest which it took in the mainte.
nance of tranquillity in the Regency of Tunis. As to what con-
cerns the pretended plans of invasion by land, we believe that they
are as exaggerated as were formerly those of a naval expedition.
However, they are not without founaation ; and this, if we are well
informed, is what has given rise to the reports in circulation. There
Is at present a war going on, on the frontier of Tunis and of Tripoli,
between two tribes, which dispute with each other about a portion of
territory; it would appear that the Porte has determined to seise on
this opportunity to make an act of intervention, and at the same time

a sort of taking possession on the territory of Tunis, and that in
consequence, as tie report goes, she has for this object sent rein..
forcements to Trtoli. In fact, news had been received that for
some time past Tarkish troops were landing at Tripoli, by detach-
ments of from 2(0 to 400, and even 800 men. We do not believe
that the Porte really wants to make a serious demonstration, nor
should it, beside, be believed that an invasion of the regency of
Tunis is so eay a matter. ➢ien who have studied the ground
with care affirrt that a Turkish army, unless it were a very con-
siderable one, 8r more considerable, indeed, than the actual re-
sources of the Woman empire afford, could not traverse with safety
the eighty leagies which separate Tripoli from Tunis. We are
therefore persuaded that more importance is attached to the projects
of the Porte han they merit. But, . however that may be, we
have no doubt hat the French Government has already deemed it
right to addres to its Ambassador at Constantinople precise in-
structions on tie point, and to have all the representations that
were necessar: made to the Divan. At all events several vessels
have been sen' to Tripoli, and two ships of the line to Tunis."

In relationto this subject a letter in the Presse states that
the Porte's ittention in landing troops at Tripoli is to attempt
a coup de min on Gerbi, and then to effect a rising in the
south-easteri part of the regency, with the view of marching
against TunS.
The Press announces that the QUEEN of Spain left Barce-
lona on the :Bth, for Saragossa and the Basque Provinces.
The Gide, alluding to the reports in circulation about
a dissolutiol of the Chamber of Deputies, has the fol-
lowing :
" All that has been said on this subject is the most gratuitous
and improballe invention. Undoubtedly, no one can pretend to
know the future; but, unless some event should occur radically to
change the )resent situation, it would be difficult to explain how
the Cabinet could hope for a firmer and more united majoritjon
all the great luestions."
The Dukt and Duchess of NEMOURS are to set out to-day
on their journey to the Pyrenees. Their Royal Highnesses
are expected to be at Gueret on the 26th inst , at Limoges on
the 28th, at Liboume on August 4, and at Bordeaux on the
sth. Their Majesties will not take their departure for Eu
until the commencement of August.
The celebrated violinist ARTANT died of consumption at
Ville d'Avray, near Paris, on the 20th inst., at the early age
of 30.

The KING gave a dinner, on Sunday, at Nenilly. Among
the guests were the Duke DE RIANZARES, M. D. CORTES,
Secretary to the QUEEN; the Chevalier BRESSON, French
Ambassador to the Court of Spain ; the Prince D'A.NGLONA,
and the Duke D'OSSUNA. His MAJESTY conversed a good
deal with the Duke DE RIANzARES and M. D. CORTES, who,
it is said, declared to his MAJESTY that the health of the
Queen of SPAIN would not permit of her being married at
present. •

Securities of nearly all denominatians improved in price
on the Paris Bourse on Tuesday.

The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 60c. ; the New Loan
at 83f. 90c. ; the Five per Cents. at 1211. 85c. ; Orleans
Railroad Shares, 1,190 f. ; Rouen, 1,045 f. ; Vierzon, 747 f.
50c. ; Havre, 855 E; Avignon, 977 f. 50c. ; Basle, 268 f. 75c. ;
Spanish Actives, 36% ; Spanish Three per Cents., 38 ;
Spanish Passives, 7.
The following are the quotations for the new lines :-
Orleans and Bordeaux, 1721. 50c. prem. ; Boulogne, 122 f.
50c. ditto; Troyes and Montereau, 15f. ; Paris and Lyons
(Laffitte), 26f. 25c.; ditto (Calon ), par ; ditto (Ganneron), 6f.
50c. ; Northern Line (Laffitte), 45f.; ditto (Rosamel), 11f. ;
Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), Bf. 50c.; ditto (Drouillard),
par; ditto (O'Neill), 2f. 50c. ; ditto (Jacques Lefevre), par;
Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 12f. 50c. ; ditto (Talabot),
31f. 25c. ; ditto (Conpagnie Meridionale), 6f. ; Bordeaux
and Toulouse (Mackenzie), par; ditto and Cette (Espeleta),
6f. ; Creil and St. Quentin, par; Paris and Strasbourg
(Ganneron), 10f. ; Dijon and Mulhouse, par; Dieppe, 22f. 50c.
MARSEILLES, JULY 18.-Marseilles and Avignon, 955 f. ;
Boulogne, 620 f. ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 670 E ; Vierzon,
740 f. ; Avignon and Lyons (Talabot), 531 f. 25c. ; ditto (Sebes-
tiani), 5101.; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 502 f. 50c.;
Bordeaux and Cette (Espeleta), 5021. 50c. ; Toulon, 495 f.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY 24.—The first division of the
76th left here this morning, for Manchester, and will be
replaced by the 68th Light Infantry, from Dover. The
report of Sir Thomas Hasbury's being appointed to
succeed Captain Boldero at the Ordnance-office has given
great satisfaction here. The want of a naval officer in
that departmeut has long been needed, and frequently
impressed upon.the Government by Sir Charles Napier.
Rumour assigns also the command of the Excellent to
Captain Chads, an officer who served with much gal-
lantry in China.
WAKEFIELD, PONTEFRACT, AND GOOLE RAILWAY.—
We are authori sed to state that the preamble of this Bill
was proved yesterday, and the promoters allowed to com-
mence the works immediately between Pontefract and
Goole, and between Wakefield and Pontefract immedi-
ately, by " consent in writing of the landowners," until
application is made to Parliament for the branch to
Leeds, when full compulsory powers commence.
The " Admiralty Memorandum," introductory to a
supplementary vote, "to provide for an increased
retirement allowance to 300 Captains of her Majesty's
Navy," and which we published in our impression of
yesterday, appears to us (on the cursory perusal we
have yet found time to devote to it) an exceedingly
judicious and wise scheme of compensation and reward,
and to be well calculated to secure to the country an
immediate supply of efficient officers, of ages at which
their professional and physical powers may be sup-
posed to have attained their full vigour and maturity.
We shall speedily recur to this important paper.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE_
DUDLEY RACES—MONDAY.
The Handicap of 3 sow. each, and 25 added, two miles,
was won by T'Auld Squire, .4 yrs (Bradley), beating Mud-
lark and The Bird.
The Half bred Stakes of 2 soya. each, and 25 added (10
Subs.), one mile and a half, were won, in four heats, by Mr.
Owen's Chintz Print, beating Mr. Martin's br f by Slane,
Mrs. Bales' Master Downes, and several others.
The Ladies' Plate of 251., one mile and a half, was won, in
two heate, by Mr. Davies's Princess Royal, 3 yrs (W. Flin-
toff), beating Dulcet, 3 yrs, Modesty, aged, Scrambler, 3 yrs,
The Bird, 6 yrs, and two others.
DUDLEY AND TIPTON RACES.—TUESDAY.
The Dudley Castle Stakes, of 3 soya. each, and 20 added,
second saving his stake, one mile and-a•half (4 Subs), were
won in 2 heats, by Mr. Tempest's T'Auld Squire, 4 yrs
(Bradley), beating Sandy, 5 yrs, and Mudlark, aged.
The Selling Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added, one mile
and three quarter, winner to be sold for 80 soya. (5 Subs.)
were won in 3 heats, by Mr. Percival's, The Bird, 6 yrs
(Bradley), beating b m by Wamba, out of Maid of the
Mist, 5 yrs, The Elbe, 4 yrs, and the Old Maid, 5 yrs:
The Ashwood Hurdle Stakes, of 3 sows. each, and 20 added,
one mile and-a-half, over 6 hurdles (5 Subs.), were won in
2 heats, by Mr. Storer's Modesty, aged (Stagg) beating
Mudlark, Marmion, Donna Anna, and br g by Fungus.
NEWTON RACES.-WEDNESDAY.
The Trial Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 25 added, for 3 yrs
olds, 6st 91b ; 4 yrs, Bst 41b ; syrs, Bst 121 b ; 6 yrs, and
aged, 9st 21b. Mile and quarter. (4 Subs.)
Mr. Ramsay's Mid-Lothian, 3 yrs
Sir John Gerard's Juvenal, 4 yrs ... 2
The Lyme Park Produce Stakes of 50 soya. each, h ft, for
3 yrs olds; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 31b. Mile and
quarter. (3 Subs.)
Mr. F. R. Price's Lena, allowed albs Walked over.
The Lord of the Manor's Cup of 100 sovs., added to a Handi-
cap of 20 sow. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared. Two
miles and a dia.
Sir. Bell's Winesour, 5 yrs (Bumby) 1
Mr. Meiklam's Lightning, 4 yr=
Mr. Standish's Little Hamp•on, 4 yrs .... . 3
The following also started, but were not placed :—Parthian,
5 yrs—Ratan, 4 yrs—.advice, 4 yrs—April Noddy, 4 yrs—and
Wynyard, 3 yrs. A fine race with three.
The Drawing-room Stakes of 20 sovs. each, with 15 added,
for two yrs old fillies, Bst 51b each. Golborne Course.
Mr. Hesseltine's The Slayer's Daughter .. (Bumby) 1
Mr. Thompson's Clara Webster
I'late of 701., for three yrs old, 7st ; four yrs, Sat 41b; five
yrs and upwards, Bst 101 b; mares, &c., allowed 31bs.
Heats, one mile and a quarter.
Mr. Whitworth's Lady Sarah, 4 yr 5........ (Oates) 0 1 1
Mr. Wilitins's fby Physician, out of Venus, 3 yrs 1 0 0
Mr. Mostyn's fby Sheet Anchor, L'Hirondelle 0 0 2
Mr. W. Jones's Rolla, 3 yrs 0 2 dr
Lord Stanley's Ambition, 4 yrs .
Mr. Phillips's f b Physician, out of Theano, 3 yrs 2 0 0
Mr. Bennett's Ada, 3 yrs 0 dr
Sir. J. Clarke's fby Physician, out of Columbine 0 dr
(From the Armagh Sporting Chronicle.)
DOWN ROYAL CORPORATION RACES.

MONDAY, JULY 21.--Ifilisborougii- Cup.—The Hunters'
Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft, for horses foaled in, and
bona fide the property of freeholders or residents in 'the
county of Down, to which will be added the Challengeable
Cup, given by the Earl of Hillsborough, value'loo/, to become
the property of the winner three successive years, were
walked over for by Mr. Maxwell's br c by Turcoman.
The Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, for hunters, (race.
horses admitted), 451. added ; two mile heats, were won by
Mr. Martin's b h Croydon.
TUESDAY, JULY 22.—The Hunters' Sweepstakes of 25 sovs
each, 10 ft, for now foals, to run when three years old, on
the Tuesday of the July Corporation Meeting, were won by
Mr. Maxwell's b c by Robin, out of Lady Guy.
Match—Mr. Rice's g g Brain beat Mr. Colquitt's b g
Corkscrew.

Maiden Plate—The Sweepstakes of 6 sovs each, 2 ft, for
maiden hunters that never won plate, prize, match, or stake
(value 50 soy's.) prior to the day of entrance ; mile and a
half heats, were won by Mr. Maxwell's Master Robin.
Royal orporation Plate—The Sweepstakes of 5 guineas
each, :p.p. for County Down bred hunters, that never won
a racing plate or stake, were won by Mr. Maxwell's b c
Frederick.

CRICKET.
THE GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND V. THE PLAYERS OP
ENGLAND.

The continuation of this contest was resumed yesterday at
Lord's, in the presence of a considerable number of the sup-
porters of the game—none others, of course, would on such a
day expose themselves to the inclemency of the weather.
PLAYERS._

Lillywhite, b Bathurst "0
.. c Bathurst, b Mynn ..,, 0
Barker, b Taylor lO .. b Mynn ... 0
Martingell, b Mynn
Pilch, c Napper, b Bathurst 44 ... b Bathurst
Guy, b Taylor
Bushbv, b Taylor
Sewell, b Mynn
Dorrington, b Taylor
Box, b Taylor
liillyer, b Mynn 4 c Pickering b Bathurst ... 18
Dean, not out
Byes 4, wide (Mynn 8,
Byes 7, wide (Mynn) )3, no Taylor 1, Bathurst 1),
balls (Mynu) 7 ......
Napper 1, Mynnl), 7.. 21

127 149
THE GENTLEMEN.
J. A. Anson, Esq., 1 b w b Hil!yer ll Not out 3
C. G. Whittaker, Esq., c Dean, b Hillyer 9 b Hillyer
E. Napper, Esq., b Lillywhite
A. Mynn, Esq., b Lillywhite
C. G. Taylor, Esq., c Dean, b Lillywhite 9 Run out 2B
N. Felix, Esq., b Lillywhite ............... 43 b Lillywhite 6
R. Kynaston, Esq , b Lillywhite
E. M. Dewing, Esq., b Lillywhite
F. Pearson, Esq., run out. •
W. Pickering, Esq., not out
Sir F. Bathurst, b Lillywhite ... 0
Byes 7, wide (Dean) 2 9 Byes 6, wi. 3 9

94 108
The Gentlemen have, therefore, 74 runs to get to tie, with
six wickets.
The mach wasyesumed this morning at eleven o'clock.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. 1
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000
bags, and the :market was quiet, without any change in
prices. There was not much speculative demand. A large busi-
ness was done in Railway Shares, generally at higher priees :-
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 5% 5%;
Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5; Blackburn and Preston,
22; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 8 8% ' • Caledonian, 11%;
Ditto, Extension, 2%; Cambridge and Lincoln, 4% %;
Chester and Birkenhead, New Shares, 61 ' • Chester and
Preston Brook, 4; Derby and Crewe, 2% 51s. 6d; Eas-
tern Counties, 204 %; Ditto, New Shares, 11%; Ditto
Perpetual, No. 2, 245. ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 21s. 235. ;
Grand. Junction, 238; Grand Union, 335. 6d. 355. ; Great
Grimsby and Sheffield, 31% %,• Ditto, Quarter Shares, %;
Goole and Doncaster, 225. 1% ; Huddersfield Canal and
Railway, 10% % ; Huddersfield and Sheffield, 634 714 ;
Leicester and Bedford, 3% 3s. 6d. ; Leicester sad Bir-
mingham, 2% ; Liverpool and Manchester, New Shares, 4214 ;
Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 4% ; London and
Brighton, 77 ; London and York, 534 5; Direct Northern, 3 ;
Leeds and Thirsk, 51. lls. 3d. 7L 3s. 9d. ; Leeds and West Riding
Junction, 7%; Lynn and Dereharn, 2% ; Manchester and
Birmingham, 62% •, Manchester and Birmingham Con-
tinuation, 22% ; Manchester and Leeds, Sixteenth Shares,
914 ; Matlock and Midland, 6%; Midland Railway, 185;
Ditto, 401. Shares, 29 28 ; Mold Junction, 1; North Kent, 2% ;
North Union, 180 ; North Staffordshire, 5% ; North Wales
Mineral, New Shares, 6; North Western, 5%; Notting-
ham, Erewash, and Ambergate, 2% ; Oxford and Birming-
ham Junction, 434 ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp-
ton, 71, % ; Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, 1% 7s. ;
Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, 434 1,4 ; Shrewsbury,
Oswestry, and Cheshire, 3% %; Shrewsbury and Trent
Union, 41s. ; South-Eastern and Dover, New Shares, No.
1, 19% ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 3,8%; South Midland,
314 3 ; Trent Valley Continuation, V. 41s. ; Wakefield, Ponte-
fract,' and Goole, 20 ; Welsh Midland, 695. ; West Lanca-
shite, 1% 1%; West Yorkshire, 714 %• ' Worcester and
'!'ring, 114 265. ; Armagh and Portrush, 2 ; Belfast and Bally-
mena, 714%; Cork and Bandon, 7% • ' Dublin and Bel-
fast Junction, 914 ; Dublin and Galway,3%; Great County
Down, % 14 ; Limerick and Waterford, 7% ; Dutch Rhenish,
914; Jamaica Junction, 5% ; Northern of France (Laffitte's)
5% ; Ditto (Rosamel's), 51s. ; Paris and Lyons (Gan-
neron's), 2% 495.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 23.-The sales are
-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 514
prem. ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 10% • Black-
burn, Clitheroe, and North Western Junction, 1* prem. ;
Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 27 2834 ; Caledonian Ex-
tansion, 2 11-16 ; Churnet Valley, 6 ; Clitheroe Junction,
4 1-161/s ; Derby and Crewe, 2% ; Fleetwood, Preston, and
West Riding Junction, 12s. 6d. 13s. 9d. prem. ; Glasgow
and Dumfries, 225. 225. 6d. • Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, and
Manchester, 1 7-16; Grand Union, 1% % ; Great Grimsby
and Sheffield Junction, Quarter Shares, 15s. ' • Huddersfield
and Manchester Railway and Canal, 10% Vi ; Leeds and
Thirsk, 6% 7 ; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 24% ;
Leeds and West Riding Junction, 714 %; Leicester and Bed-
ford, 3% 1/2 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 4 % ;
London and Worcester, Oxford and Rugby, 1% ; London
and York, 5%1,4 ; Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Mid-
land, 634 % ; Manchester and Birmingham, New Quarter
Shares, 73A ; Manchester and Birmingham Continuation
and Welsh, Junction, 425. 6d. 435. 9d. ; Midland Railway
Consols, 401. Shares, 29 ; Newcastle, Durham, and Lan-
cashire, 10s. 1 ls. prem. ; North British, New Shares, 714 %;
North Eastern, 1 13-16 % ; North Staffordshire, 514 % ;
North Western, 4% 5 ; Nottingham, Erewash, Ambergate,
and Manchester, 3 A ; Nottingham, Belvoir, and Grantham,
34 prem. ; Sheffield and Manchester, 130 % ex int. ; Ditto,
Quarter Sares, No. 3, 634 ; Shrewsbury and Trent Valley
Union, 2% 1-16 • South Midland, 3% 14 ; Southport and
Euxton, 23 ; lirent Valley Continuation and Holyhead
1/2 •,
Junction, 1 ; Welsh Midland, 3 7-16 West Lancashire
S
and Coast ine, 1% % prem. ; West Yorkshire, 7% A; ;
Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union, 2% M ; York and
Carlisle, 4 1-16.; Dutch Rhenish, 9 14 ; West Flanders, 412.
There are no arrivals to-day.
The English Stock Market is very quiet, and there is no
particular alteration in prices. Consols have been 99 to %
for Money, and 9914 for Account. Exchequer Bills have been
545. to 565. premium. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.
are 102% 1,4.
Business in the Foreign Market is very inactive. Spanish
Three per Cents. have been firmer at 37%, and Peruvian
have been up to 38% to 39.
The market for Railway. Shares has been vacillating
again; and what with the London and York decisions and
the anxiety about the broad gauge, there is certainly enough
to occasion fluctuation. There is a new foreign line-the
Central Sardinian-about to be brought on the market.
Respecting Railway investments, a writer says :-
" The combined exertions of private persons, unburdened
by the patronage and unrepressed by the interference of the
Executive Government, have made still greater conquests
over nature. Sums of money, so vast as to startle the un-
derstanding, have been contributed, and in the main profita-
bly to the subscriber, for the construction of railroads, which
in so undulating a country as England must needs be nearly
level, filling up valleys and preforating mountains, which
could not avoid impediments by sudden curves, and which
had every physical difficulty aggravated, and the pecuniary
cost greatly increased by the restrictions of the Legislature.
By means of these railroads distances, which at no very re-
mote period required four days to travel by the common roads,
are now traversed with ease and certainty in ten hours. More
than 2,000 miles of railway have been constructed within
twenty years, at an expense of nearly seventy millions of
pounds, voluntarily contributed by individuals, in the exer •
cise of their own discretion, subject to their own control, and
with a view to their own profit-a view which, if sometimes
disappointed, has been generally realised, and often to an ex-
tent far exceeding the most sanguine expectations of the
speculator."

CLOSING
PRICES.
211%
99%
'A%

ONE
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Sauk Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consels Annuities 99
New 3% per Cents
Long Annuities t o expire Jan.lB6o
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 111/2
India Stock
India Bonds, 1,0001
Ditto under 1,0001.. 72
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 11/2d.... 56 54 pm. 54
Ditto 500/. .
Ditto Small

1021;4
11 7-16
11%
274

ONE CLOSING
VRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 88
Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent. 481/2 49
Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 173/ 18
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 —
Ditto, Deferred • • 21
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents —
Ditto. Account .. 38% 39 38%
Russian Bonds ............ ... _ 1183/
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840,
Ditto 3 per Cent. _
,
Ditto Account
Dutch Exchange 21/2 per Cent — 62%
PRICES OF PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARESPRICES.
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush .... .1%
Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 134 135 135
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Bri'ton, Lewes, & Hast. 20 ...... 26 ... 26
Bristol and Exeter
Do. New .... . ......... 2 ~..... 12
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln 11/2...... 34 21/2 3% 4
Cheltenham and Oxford 2 ...... 3
Clydesdale Junction..... 5
... 91/ 9
Coventry and Leicester iq _
2
Direct N orthern
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 21,4 9
Dublin and Galway..... 21/2%1/2 2%
Dundalk & Enniskillen 217
/2 3
Eastern Counties 14/. 165...... 19% 20%
Ditto New 4/. 16s. 6l/2 7l/i
Eastern Union l5 .. ...
Ditto Extension .
79
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 —
21/2
Ditto New 111 Shares... 2% — .. 91,4
Goole and Doncaster .. lx, iv, ll4
Grand Union l% l% % l%
Great South. and West.

(Ireland)
Ditto Extension
Great North of England..loo 232
Great Western
Ditto % Shares
Ditto, Fifths
Guildford, Fare'in,Ports. 2%.....
Hull and Selby 5O 106% ......... ..... 106%
Do. Half Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle
Leicester & Binninghm. 225.
Leicester and Bedf,ird... 225. 3%%3/4 3%
Limerick and Waterford 2%
London and Blackwall. 161.135. 4d. 10% %
London and Bright0n... 50
London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. 25% 25%
Do. Guaranteed 5 per
Cent.
Lond. &S. Western 411 6s 10d 78%... ...... .... 78
Do. New
London and York 2% 63/4% 7% 6%% 6%
Londonderry & Coleraine 21,,&. 4
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereham l% 2% 2%
Manchester and Leeds... 76
Do. % Shares
Do. Quarters
Manchester and Birmin. 40 —
Do. Quarters ..
Do. New Quarters ... 2
Manchester, Buxton, and
Matlock 225....... 63/4 % 6%
Midland 100 lB3 180 186 lB6
Do. New
Midland,Birm., Derby 100
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction 25 .... 58
Do. New Brandling... 10
Newcastle and Berwick 1% 194%
North British
Do. New
Northern and Eastern..: 45
Do. Scrip
Do. Quarter Shares... 12% lB
North Kent
North Staffordshire 22s. 41% 3% 3%
North Wales .. l4 2% 2%
Oxford and Worcester... 2% B% 73/ B%
t-erth and Inverness ... 2%
Portsmouth Direct 2%, 5% 1%
5%
Richmond and W est End
Junction
Rugby, Worstr, & Triug 1
:-cottish Midland .. 11/2. ... 21 1/2 2in
Shrews., Wolverhamp., _ _

Dudiey, and Birm - ' 2% . . 4%14..
Shrewsbury and Trent
Vailey Union 225.
South Midland 22s.
South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 47 46%
Do., No. 2.
P
Do., No. 3
South Wales 2l/2 r44 6 514 6IA
Trent Valley and lloly-
head Junction -
Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wlcklw,
and Dublin
30% O%
y 814% Welch Midland
West Cornwall 11.A... 234 3 3IA
York and Carlisle 2% 334 .-- •••.• • • 3%
York and North Midland 50 lO9 110 llO
Do. Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amien5... 6
East Indian ... ..... .... ss.
Great North. of France
(Laffitte's)
Do. do. (Uolguners) 2 —

6%
51/4
1534
103 A
31h

Jamaica Junction........ 1% 6%
Do. South Midlnd. June. 1
Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... . —. ...
Orbans and Vierzon ... 6 ...... 15%...
Orleans and Bordeaux... 4
Over Yssel 413 s 4d —
Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's '
Paris and Lyons, Gan-
neron's, 2
Paris and Rouen
Royal North of Spain ... 2
Sambre and Meuse ~... 4
Verona and Ancona 1
West Flanders
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Union of Australia

1%
7%
41/4
43/4

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended July 19, 1845, made up from the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales,
per Imperial Quarter.

PRICE .. 50s WHEAT.
Od 29s d I BARLE
6Y. 1
22s OATS.
4d 132 s RTE
8d . 139 s 9d BEANS. I PEAS.
40s 2d
DUTY... 20s Od 9s Od Gs. Cd lOs 6d 3s 6d 4s 6d

MARKET NE WS.-{'THIS DAY.)

BAY ViIit.IiTEETES.

S3rITIIFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 15s to 4/15s ; useful
do., 4/ 16s to Si 8s ; fine Upland do., 5/ 103 to 5/ 158 ;
Clover Hay, 4/ 10s to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 21;
Wheat Straw, 2/ is to 213 s per load. A fair average supply
and a steady inquiry.
CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 18s to 41 12s ;
useful ditto, 4115 s to Si 8s; fine Upland ditto, 5/ lOs to 5/ 175;
Clover Hay, 4/12s to 61; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ ; Wheat
Straw, 21 is to 2/ 3s per load. Supply but moderate and
trade firm.

WHlTEcnarEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 16s to 4/ 15s;
useful ditto, 41 lOs to 51 8s ; fine Upland ditto, 51 108 to
5/ 16s ; Clover Hay, 4112 s to 616 s ; Oat Straw, 1118 s to 21;
Wheat Straw, 21 Is to 213 s per load. Trade steady at the
above quotations.
New Meadow Hay sold freely at from 31 lOs to 4/ 88; and
New Clover 4/ to 41 15s per load.

MEAT VIALE/EZTS

SOUTHALL, JULY 23.—With the exception of Sheep
moving off freely, at full prices, we had a somewhat inactive
demand at our quotations :—Beef from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ;
Mutton, 3s to 4s 10d ; Lamb, 5s to 5s 8d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d ;
and Pork, 3s to 3s 8d per 81bs. A small portion of the stock
was turned out unsold.

RUMFORD, JULY 23.—Although our supplies were not to
say extensive, the general inquiry was inactive, at barely late
rates. Beef, from 3s to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 10(1 to 5s ;
Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 2s 8d to
3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 293; Quarter-old
Store Pigs, 16s to 19s ; and Milch Cows, with their small
Calf, 16/ to 18/ 15s each.
JULY 23.—Prime Old Downs sold freely, at full
prices; otherwise the demand ruled inactive :—Beef, from
3s to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 4s to 5s ; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d ; Veal,
4s to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 3s to 3s 8d per Blbs.
ARUNDEL, JULY 22.—We had rather a sluggiSh demand
for each kind of Stock, at barely late rates :—Beef, from 3s
to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d ;
Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 3s to 3s 8d per 81bs.
CMCLIESTER, JULY 23.—0 n the whole there was less busi-
ness passing here to-day, yet very little variation was
noticed in the quotations :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ;
Mutton, 3s 8d to ss; Lamb, 4s 10d to 6s; Veal, 3s 8d to
4s 6d ; and Pork, 3s to 3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s
to 30s; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s; and Mulch
Cows, with their small Calves, 16/, to 19/ each.