The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNES DA I MORN j. NO, JULY 9, 164'0.

same period was 6,686,171 dols. The French trade re-
turns a total of imports into Canton of 33,823 dols., and '
of exports thence, of 37,130 dols. (or 7,3281. 151., and
8,0451. sterling respectively.) Total imports of Dutch
trade with Canton 231,708 dols., and of exports (mis-
printed " imports," at foot of page 19), 572,186 dols., or,
respectively, 50,203 L, and 152,5831. sterling. Of the
Belgian trade, the exports were 1,9501. sterling, and the
imports 13,1121. The Danish exports were—nii. Im-
ports, 4,327/. The value of Swedish imports was 3,9501.,
and exports 33,299/. Of the German trade with Canton
the imports were to the value of 26,623/., and the exports
to 3,0631. sterling. From all these data, which will enable
our readers to form a tolerably accurate estimate of the
value of the foreign as well as British trade of Canton,
only exports and imports for 1844, it results that the
total of imports was in value 3,866,0371, and of the ex-
ports, 5,528,022/.
There is a return from Mr. R. ALCOCK, who sub-
scribes himself " Officiating Consul" at the Port of
Amoy, and another from Mr. BALFOUR, her MAJESTY'S
Consul for Shanghai. But neither of these is so com-
plete or satisfactory as the papers of Mr. F. MACGREGOR,
and both are unaccompanied by any memoir or statement,
They are, besides, multi less intelligibly prepared, to the
apprehension of the general reader. The trade of
Amoy would seem to be at present but insignificant.
The " grand total" of ships arrived, British, was 12 (of
.3,415 tonnage) ; of foreign, 7 ; tonnage, 1,001. Invoice
value of cargoes of former, 8,819 ; ditto of the latter,
3,7931. By the returns for the port of Shanghai, the
value of the cargoes imported (in the year) appears to
have been 501,3551., upon which the duties paid amounted
to 76,460/. Neither number of ships nor aggregate of
tonnage is here stated. _ _ _

We recur with pleasure to the papers of Mr. Consu
NfAccaEcou, as holding out the most encouraging pr
_ _ _

spects of the future growth of our trade with the Chinese
empire, and demonstrating that the scale of extension it
has already attained far exceeds, as to Canton at any
rate, what it has been at former periods, and is based on
elements of permanency and popularity in relation to
the manners and the wants of the Chinese people. If
these assumptions be, as we think them, well founded, it
is scarcely possible to anticipate the extent of the market
whichmsy, in the lapse of a few years, be realised for our
manufactured cottons and coarse woollens. In the sequel
of circumstances the most apparently unfavourable, and
after the deadly conflict of natural animosities and pre-
judices the most intense. we seem to have now established
a decided taste for the productions of our looms and our
mills. "'I he first year of the new system of trade in its
full operation has now elapsed ; and if allowance be
made for several inconveniences inseparable from a
change so sudden, it must be allowed that the new sys-
tem works as well as could possibly be expected, consi-
dering the character and political institutions of the
people with whom we have to deal. All monopolies,
with the exception of a few, reserved by the Chinese
Government, have ceased ; the foreign shipping is no

longer exposed to the ct,price and extortion of rapacious
mandarins ; and the duties both of imports and exports
are, in most instances, fixed on so moderate a scale as hardly
to offer a sufficient temptation to the regular merchants
to evade them." This document, however, is so important
and various in its character, that we shall need no apo-
logy with our readers for recurring to it in a future
paper. In the meanwhile, we conceive that the facts
condensed into the following paragraph are fraught with
mattter for unmingled satisfaction to the British public.
They are a noble homage to the spirit of the councils,
the energy of the people, and the constancy and intre-
pidity of the services by which and through whom results
so signally encouraging have been arrived at:—" The
revenue derived from the duties levied upon British
trade at Canton, last year, in conformity with the tariff,
will show a total of " taels " of 1,777,524 5 0 8,
or, 2,468,784 dols., of which amount 85,351 dols. were
levied on shipping ; 821,882 dols. on imports ; and
1,561,551 dols. on exports. Calculating the articles of
import, exclusive of treasure, which is duty free, at
15,500,000 duls , and the value of exports at 17,925,000
dols., the duty computed upon the former will be found
equal to 51 per cent., and upon the latter to nearly 9 per
cent. ad valorem. Thus, the British trade, at Canton
done, supplied a much greater amount of revenue to the
Chinese Government than the sum (2,084,000 dols.) at
which the produce of the whole of the China trade was
estimated by Mr. THOM in the year 1842."

Madrid journals of the 30th of June, and Barcelona jour-
nals of the Ist instant, have been received. The capital was
perfectly tranquil, but, according to the Castellano, a dis-
turbance had taken place at Seville on the 26th. Crowds
of people assembled in the streets with flags, and uttered
cries in favour of the Constitution of 1837, but they quietly
dispersed on the appearance of some troops.
The Three per Cents. closed at 31% for cash, and 32 9-16
at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 20% for cash, and
21% at 60 days ; and the Passives at 61,( for cash, and 7 at
60 days.

Accounts from Paris leave no doubt that the negotiations
respecting the Jesuit establishments in France, between the
French Government and the Court of Rome, have been com-
pletely successful. We quoted yesterday from the Freese a
paragraph to this effect, and the Moniteur of Sunday con-
firms the fact. " The Government of the KING," it says,

" has received dispatches from Rome. The negotiation
with which M. Rosst had been intrusted has succeeded. The
congregation of the Jesuits will cease to exist in France, and
is about to disperse of its own accord. Its houses wiil soon
be closed, and its noviciates dissolved." The Journal des
Debats expresses great satisfaction at this peaceable re-
sult. It would appear that the Jesuits possess at pre-
sent twenty- two establishments in France, and as this
was contrary to the Charter, the Government resolved to en-
force the laws against the order. They preferred, however,
negotiation first; and, adds the Government paper, "thanks
to the enlightened mind of Pope GREGORY XVI., to the
wisdom and experience of his councillors, and, we must also
add, to the frankness of the General of the Jesuits, the cause
of legality, prudence, and peace ultimately triumphed. All
the demands made by the French negotiator were acquiesced
in, and we have reason to know that the Superiors of the esta-
blishments of the Jesuits in France have already received an
order from Rome to conform to the intentions of the Holy See."
This termination of the dispute for the present is quite in cha-
racter. The Jesuits bend before the storm, and quietly
await the returning calm to raise again their standard.
Their organ, the Univers, thus mourns over the calamity,
but looks forward► to better days :—" This intelligence, for
which our correspondence from Rome little prepared us, fills
us with sadness. Nothing, however, can shake our faith.
The Jesuits will submit to the orders of Rome. The Church
of France will struggle without them as it had struggled for
them. Their departure takes nothing from its rights, and
adds to its duties. GOD will not permit its courage to be
damped by trials." The following extract of a letter from
Trieste appears in the Presse :—" General GRIVAS, it is
said, has been killed in a duel by General KA-
LERGI, Aide-de-Camp to King OTIIO. If this news be true,
there is reason to fear that serious disturbances will take
Place at Athens, where there are at this moment 2,000 irre-
gular troops, all devoted to General GRIVAS, their chief, and
the most illustrious of those who have been placed at their
head during the war of independence."
Letters from Constantinople of the 19th ult., announce the
arrival of the Grand Duke CONSTANTINE in that capital.
At Tor:roxfs, on Sunday, the Three per Cents. were done
at 83f. 30c.

The following are the quotations, at Marseilles and
Lyons, for the new lines of railway :
MARSEILLES, J ULY 2.—Marseilles and Avignon, 982 f. 50c. ;
Boulogne, 61Cf. ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 665 f. ; Vierzon,
7351. ; Avignon and Lyons (Talabot), 535 f. ; ditto
(Sebastiani), 512 f. 50c. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale),
505 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Espeleta) 502 f. 50c.
LYONS, JULY 2.—Avignon and Marseilles Railroad, 971 f.,
end of July ; Paris and Rouen, 1,0801., ditto; Orleans and
Vierzon, 7371, ditto ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 6601., ditto.;
Montereau, 525 f., ditto.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

(From The Sun of Last Night.)

The transactions in Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
large both to the trade and speculators. Sales, 12,000 bales,
5,000 of which were American sorts to speculators, and 700
Surat. The market was against the buyers, though prices
had not advanced.—There was an improvement in
the market for Railway Shares, especially the Irish,
and other scrips were also in good request:—
Bandon and Bantry, 2s. 6d. ' • Birkenhead and Cheshire Junc•
tien, 121/2 ; Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 5 ;
Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 9%; Blackburn, Dar-
wen, and Bolton, 5%; Blackburn and Preston, 201/2 ; Bri•
tish and Irish Union, 10s. 6d. ; Belfast and Ballymena, 6%
71; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 16%; Caledonian, 1 ;
Cambridge and Lincoln, 4:.% ; Chester and Birkenhead,
62 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 30% ; Chester and Holyhead,
16 1/2 ; Clirheroe Junction, 334 s ; Clydesdale Junction, 8%;
Cork and Bandon, 6% 1/2 ; Coventry and Leicester, I ;
Derby and Crewe, 58s. 6d. 234 ; Dublin and Belfast Junc-
tion, 71/2 8; Dundee and Perth, 3%; Dublin, Mullingar, and
Athlone, 3% 4; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 33a %; Eastern
Counties, 21%; Ditto, Perpetual, No. I, 8; Ditto, ditto,
No. 2, 245. 6d. 1%; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 75 ;
I din-
burgh and Northern, 13A ; Edinburgh and Peebles, 31/2 595. ;
Ely and Bedford, 2% ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 17s. ; Glas-
gow, Paisley, and Greenock, 20; Glasgow and Ayr, 721/;
Grand J unction, 238 ; Ditto, New Shares, 51 ; Ditto, Eighth
Shares,22%; Greet Southern and Western Extension, 10%;
Goole and Doncaster, 1%; Huddersfield Canal and Railway,
; Lancaster and Preston, 60 ; Leicester and Birmingham,
375. 13j1 ; Limerick and Waterford, 7 1/2 ; Liverpool and
Manchester, 213 ; Ditto, New Shares, 413 A ; Liverpool,
Ormskirk, and Preston, 2% ; London and Birmingham, 243 ;
Ditto. 321. Shares, 47 ; Londonderry and Coleraine, 3; Lon-
donderry and Enniskillen, 2% 3X ; London and South-
Western, 83 ; London and York, 3% %; Direct Northern,
3%; Leeds and Dewsbury, 19% 18% ; Leeds and Thirsk,
6%; Leeds and West Riding Junction; 4%; Manchester and
Birmingham Continuation, 335. ; Manchester, Bury, and
Rossendale, 22%; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland, 3%;
Manchester and Leeds, Quarter Shares, 24%; Matlock and
Midland, 5 Is. ; Midland Railway, 186% ; Ditto, 40/. Shares,
291/2 ; Consolidated Birmingham and Derby, 145 ; Newcastle
and Berwick, 19 ; Newcastle and Darlington, 55; Newcastle
and Darlington, Lancashire Junction, 373. 6d. ; Newry and
Enniskillen, 3% %; Newry and Warrenpoint, 18s.; North
British, 25%; Ditto, Half Shares, 6% ; North Union (A),
172 ; North Wales Mineral, 151/2 ; North Western, 88sAn; ;
Nottingham, Erewash, and Ambergate, 455. 6d. ; Oxford,

Worcest and Wolverhampton, 6% ; Sheffield and Man-
chester, 132 129%; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 17 ; Shrewsbury
and Herefordshire, %; South-East e n and Dover, 48 ; Ditte,
New Shares, No. 1, 183/4 1914 ; Do., No. 2, 1714 ; Do., No. 3,
83/4 18s. 9d. ; Scottish Central, 63/4 16s. 3d.; South Midland,
176 :y4 ; Trent Valley Continuation, 2%; Welsh Midland,
3% 3/4 ; West Yorkshire, 78s. 9d. 4 ; Worcester aed Tring,
335. 6d. ; York and Carlisle, 3% 4; Bordeaux and Toulouse,
435. 6d. ; Boulogne and Amiens, 1114 ; Great Paris and
Lyons, 38s. ; Jamaica and South Midland, 51s. 6d. ; Northern
of France (Laffitte), English, 5% ; Ditto (Rosamel) En-
glish, 465. ; Orleans, Toulouse, and Bordeaux, 11%; Verona
and Ancona, 2%.
MaNcincifrEn. STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 7.—The sales are
—Barnsley Junction, 6 15-16 ; Blackburn, Clitheroe, and
North Western Junction, 1 15-16 prem. ; Blackburn, Darwen,
and Bolton, 514 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 16% ;
Cambridge and Lincoln, 4%; Churnet Valley,4%; Eastern
Counties, 213/4 ; Erewash Valley, 303/4 ; Fleetwood and
Preston West Riding Junction, % prem. ; Goole, Doncaster,
Sheffield, and Manchester Junction, 1(4 ; Great Grimsby and
Sheffield Junction, 3%; Huddersfield and Manchester Rail-
way and Canal, B'4 ; l.eeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester,
19%; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 4% 3/4 ; Leicester
and Bedford, 1 prem. ; Leicester and Birmingham, 1%;
London and Birmingham, Third Shares, 47% 48 ; London
and York, 33/4 13-16 ; Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and
Midland, 5 % ; Manchester and Birmingham, New Quarter
Shares, 714 ; Manchester and Leeds, Sixteenth Shares, 9% ;
Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire, 15s. prem. ; North-
Eastern, 2/. 365. 6d. ; North Western, 4%; Nottingham,
Erewash, Ambergate, and Manchester, 11-16 prem. ; Preston
and Wyre, Half Shares, 3%; Preston and Wyre Extension,
2 1-16 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 129% ex int. ; Ditto,
Quarter Shares, 17% ex int. ; South Eastern and Dover,
No. 3,8% ; South Midland, 3% prem. ; West Lancashire,
21s. int. ; Welsh Midland, 3%; West Yorkshire, 33/4.
The opening sale of West India Pines,by Keelingand Hunt,
has gone off very favourably, and both from the numerous
attendence and the prices realised, it is evident that increased
interest is felt in this new branch of trade.
We observe noshing of particular interest in the advices
from America beyond what appears in another column of
The Sun.
The favourable state of the revenue, considering the great
decrease that might have been anticipated from the reduc-
tion of duties, is a pleasing circumstance in reference to the
condition of the working classes.
The Funds are again rather lively, and as respects the
heavy securities have been rather higher, viz., 1021/2 3/4 for
the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. ; the Three per
Cents. have been 991/ 3/4 ; Bank Stock is 2103/4 to 211%;
and India Stork 276 ; Consols have been 99% to IA for pre-
sent transfer and the 18th instant.
Spanish Actives have been 27 to 271%, and the Three per
Cents. 381/% to 38%, being rather better. Mexican are
37 4 14, a slight decline. Portuguese Converted are steady
at 66. Belgian Four-and-a .Half per Cents are 98% to 98%.
Business in the Share Market is conducted on a moderate
scale. Croydon are better, Brighton buoyant, Caledonian
sower; South-Eastern and Cambridge, and Lincoln firm, and
:he foreign lines dull.

CLOSING
PRICES.

ONE
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 2lol', 211%
.
3 per Cert. Reduced
3 per Cen.Coasels Annuities 9914 IA
New VA per Cents ..102%%%%
Long Annuities toexnireJar.lB6o 11X
Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 ... 1114
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 ... 111/3
India Stock 276
India Bonds, 1,0001... —
Ditto under 1,0001. .
South Sea Stock
Ditto Old Annuities
Consols for Opening 991/04 % 99%
India Stock for Account...

211%
99%
99%
102%
11 7-16
11%
276

:,xchequer Bills, 1,0001., 11,0. 55 37 pm. 57
Ditto 500/. .
Ditto Small

CLOSING
PRICES.
371%
37 %
211
33%

ONE
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 3714
Ditto, Account 37%
Ditto. Deferred
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 33
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto, Converted
Ditto. Account ..... ... ......
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent -
Russian Bonds . .... 117
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840
Ditto, Account...... ....... 27144 271 A
Ditto, Passive
Ditto 3 per Cent. ... ...
Ditto Account
Belgian 4% per Cent.
Dutch, 2% par Cent . 4 `-', 62%
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific.... 99% 991%

66M

PRICES OF PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK.
CLOSING
RAILWAY SIIA.RES
PRICES.
Bristol and Exeter
Do. New .... - ........ 2 ...... 10 11
Caledonian
Ditto Extension ...... 2%.. ... 2% . 2%
Cambridge and Lincoln 1%...... 43/4
Chester and Holyhead... 10
Chichester and Brighton 20
Cliurnet Valley
Coventry and Leicester 1% l% ll,
Direct Northern
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 2% BI,E
Dublin and Galway..... 21ti
Eastern Counties 141. 165...... 211j3/4

31-
8%
31/2
21%

Ditto Peroetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1....5/.135. 4d
Ditto ditto, No. 2 . l3s. 4d — ...
Eastern Union l5 . ... .
Ditto Extension . ... 1% — ...... .........
Ely and Bedford
Great Grimsby and Shef-
field
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Ditto Extension
Great North of England-100
Ditto New 5 62% 62%
Ditto New
Great Western ......... ... 80 205
Ditto 1A Shares ........ ..50 113% 114%D0 .... 114%
Ditto, Fifths ............ 20
45
Hull and 5e1by............ 50
Do. Half Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle... 20
London and Birrninghm (5t0ck)...242
Do. New Thirds
Do. 14 Shares
London and Blackwell. 161. 135.4 d. 9%
London and Brighton... 50
75%
London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. 221/21A
London and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d...
Ditto, Preliprence lB9B — ...
.....
.....•
Lond. & S.Western 41/ 6s 10d Bll/2 • •••
Do. New .............. 2% 143%
London and York . . ....... 2% 4 33/4
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil ..... - ........... 2%...... _
..
...
Londonderry & Coleraine 2 ti,f,....• •
Lynn and Ely ..... - ..... 2% 5%3/4
Manchester,Buston,and
Matlock .................. 225.
Midland.... ................. 100 IB6IA 187 lB7
Do. New ............... 2 ...... 28374 29
Midland,Birm., Derby...loo 145 ... 145
Midland Great Western
(Irish) .................
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction ........ .... 25 ...... 54
Do. New Brandling... 10
Newcastle and Berwick vi
Newry and Enniskillen. 2%
North British ............ 12%... 2514
Do. New ............... 1
North Kent ........... . ... 23/4.. .. 21/2%
North Staffordshire 228. ...... 2%
North Wales ........... 11/4 2%
Norwich anti Brandon... 10
Do., New ... ..... ..... 1
Oxford and Worcester... 21A 5%
Portsmouth Direct 2IA
Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1
Scottish Central
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
Dudley, and Biro' 2%.....
Shrewsbui y and Trent
;,Vailey Union 22s.
South Lastei a & Dover 3312 s 4d... ••. • ,
Do., N 0.2.
Do., No. 3 -
Staines and Richmone... 1
South Wales 2% 5%%
Trent Valley and Holy-
head Junction
WatertOrd and Kilkenny 1 ...... 3
Welch Midland
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth
York and Cat !isle ......... 23/4 3%....- .....
York and Nora! Midland 50 —
Do Se1_0.7
Do. Extension IIA 203/4

2IA

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 6
Great North. of France

(Laffitte a) ..... ..... 4
Do. do. ( ()garners) 2
21,4
Namur and Liege
Orleans and Vierzon ... 6
Orleans and Bordeaa:l... 4
Over Yssel Alas 4d...... (nit% ...
Paris & Lyons. Latiiii:e's 4 ...... 3
Paris ard Orleans 2O . ..... ...... ....
Paris and S'crasbourg
(Ganneron's)
Sambre and Meuse
West Flanders
JOiN'f STOCK BANKS.

Australasia
Union of Australia

01,;
2%
2%

11%
81%
143/4
33/4

1 8 .4,:i
31%
25 ..2

2k,
2%
n
51%
6
31/ ,

3%
03/4
48

77
203%

32
25%

EXETER ELECTION.
STATE OF THE POLL.
NINE O'CLOCK.
Duckworth
TEN O'CLOCK.
Duckworth
ELEVEN O'CLOCK.
Duckworth
TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Duckworth ..... 947 I Briggs
ONE O'CLOCK.
Duckworth ...... —.1.076 I Briggs
TWO O'CLOCK.
Duckworth

THE DISTURBED DISTRICTS IN IRELAND.—The
Lord-Lieutenant is in communication. with the Lieutenants of the
Counties of Cavan, Leitrim, and Roscommon, on the subject of pro.
claiming the dssturbed baronies in those counties. There is only a
small portion of Roscommon in a disturbed state, but nearly all the
other counties are afflicted with Ribboni.m.
THE BIRKENHEAD DOCK —On Saturday the Bir-
kenhead Dock Committee commenced driving piles on the Sea-
combe side for the new river wall, which is to extend across the
mouth of Wallasey Pool. The first pile was driven about twenty
yards from the Seacombe-slip.
BOROUGH VOTERS.—AII occupiers in boroughs will
do well not to forget, that unless they pay all the poor-rates and
assessed taxes tbat were due from them on the 6th of April last
before the 30th of the present month, they will lose their right to
be registered as Parliamentary electors for the next year.
ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.—This Club has
lately received a considerable addition to its members, upwards of
twenty having joined it, including his Grace the Duke of Northum-
faerland, the Duke of Montrose, tha Earl of Huntingdon, the Hon.
T. S. Carnegie, Sir William Haines. Lord Alfred Paget, has been
Appointed vice-commodore. The last match of the season will
take place on the 16th of July.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday
morning in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday
afternoon at a meeting of the Commission for promoting
and encouraging 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 Commis,ioners
present were Lord Ashburton, Lord Colborne, Viscount
Mahon, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, and Mr. Benjamin

Hawes.
The meeting broke up at half-past four o'clock.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the
Princess Royal were taken an airing yesterday in an
open carriage and four, accompanied by the Dowager
Lady Lyttelton.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and the Prin-
cess Alice were taken an airing in the royal gardens of
Buckingham Palace yesterday.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and their Majesties
the King and Queen of the Belgians, honourth the
Italian Opera with their presence yesterday evening.
The royal suite consisted of the Viscourvess Jocelyn, the
Baron( Si d'Hooghvorst, Hon. Miss Stanley. Hon. Miss
Dawson, the Earl of Morton, Colonel Buckley, Colonel

BouveriP, and Major de Moerkerke.
Her Royal Highness the Duch'-s of Cambridge went
to Kew yesterday morning, returning to town in the
afternoon.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge honoured the Italian Opera with their pre
sence yesterday evening.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
meeting yesterday afternoon at the office, in Whitehall-
place. There were present the Archbishop of Canter-
bury, the Bishops of London, Chichester, Lichfield.
Llandaff, Norwich, Oxford, Rochester, Salisbury, and
Worcester, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl
of Devon, the Earl of Besboroui.ih, the Earl of Chi•
ehester,__Lord Ashley, the Right Hon. Sir G. Grey, the

,ght Hon. J. Nich;ll, and the Dean of We.tminster.
Captain Hamilton, M.P., had an interview with Lord
Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
Mr. Timm, Solicitor to the Stamps and Taxes, and
Mr. Frcshfield had an interview with the Chancellor of
he Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in
Do wning- street.
Dispatches from the Governor of the Cape of Gond
Hope, and also from the Governor of St. Helena, were
received yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
The christening of the infant daught ,r of Mr. and
Lady Louisa Tenison took place on Monday, the sponsors
! eng the Countess of Rosebery, Lady John Beresford,
and Viscount Lorton. After the ceremony Mr. and Lady
L visa Tenison gave a dejeune in honour of the occasion,
at their residence in Lowndes•street. The company in
eluded the Earl and Countess of Rosebery and the
Ladies Primrose, Viscount Lorton. Mr. and Mrs. Lefroy,
Lord and Lady John Beresford, Viscountess Dungarvon,
Viscountess Clements, Sir William and Miss Anson,
Mrs. and Miss Leslie, Mr. Leslie, M P., Honourable
Lady King, Mr. Warburton, and Mr. B. M. Milnes, M.P.

WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTER-
TAINMENTS.

Last night Mr. Wilson gave his entertainment, founded
in the history of the ill-fated Mary, Queen of Scots, in
which he has introduced some of the finest old melodies
we ever listened to. The entertainment was originally
in two parts, and occupied a whole evening, but is now
ondensed into one, there being nothing left in it but
real musical gems, the setting of which is as interesting
as the old airs themselves. It cont.ins eight songs, all
quite different from each other. The first, " The death-
bed lament of K ng James," is sung to a benutiful old
melody, and records the death of James V. and the
hirth of Mary : the second, " The Queen's marriage," is
one of those merry ditties that set the heels agoing, and
" The Queen's welcome " is equally stirring. The
humourously mock-serious way in which Mr. Wilson
gave " The first blast of the trumpet, called forth a
hearty encore, and was a fine contrast to the exqui-
site old chaunt of " The veteran's e elcome," which
is founded on a very striking incident. Mr.
Wilson's chefcheunre in the entertainment, however, was
without doubt " The Last Lay of Chatelard," the beau-
tiful strain of which was given by him with great ele-
rance, intense feeling, and the most delightful purity of
tone. The effect of the delivery of this song upon the
audience was very marked. The second part of the
entertainment consisted of a selection of favourite Scotch
songs, the most striking of which was " Over the Water
to Charlie," with the original air, which Mr. Wilsen
goted down from the whistling of a north-country baillie
It is a great improvement on the air as it is usually
-ung. Next Monday Mr. Wilson gives his farewell
entertainment for the season, when we shall lose the treat
of listening to his strains till " gloomy winter come
again." We cannot but regret that his season is so near
a termination, for his entertainments never tire. It is no
small tribute to his talent, that all his imitators have
dropped off by degrees, and left him alone in his glory,"
while he remains as fresh and attractive as ever.