The Sun. — London, England, 1858-08-02 00:00:00

THE NAVY. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort and Prince Alfred paid a visit to Portland, in the Vic toria and Albert yacht, on Friday afternoon, at tended by the Hon. Captain Denman, C. 8., Lieut. - Cowell, R.E., Jrc. They were received on landing by Mr. Coode, the ohief engineer of the Breakwater works, and attended by Captain Whittingham, RE., on the Verne-hill works. Capt. Scott, C. 8., of her Majesty's steamer Blenheim, stationed at Portland, was also in attendance. • The Argus, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Ingram, arrived at Spithead on Saturday from Sheerness. The Lords of the Admiralty continued their in spection at Portsmouth on Saturday ; they visited the Clarence Yard, under the superintendence of Capt. the Hon. G. F. Hastings, C. 8., and examined the stores of provisions, an account of which was given by Mr. Jamieson, the storekeeper. After this the Board proceeded to the Royal Marine Light Infantry head-quarters at Forton, and made the usual muster of the troops and examination of their quarters, offices, &C. ; thence they proceeded to the naval hospital at Haslar, also under the superin tendence of Capt. Hastings, where they were re ceived by the medical staff, and the state and condi tion of the establishment was reported to them. After remaining here an hour, the Board crossed the harbour in their barge, and landed at the Royal Marine artillery headquarters at Portsmouth, and made an inspection of the barracks and the men ; after which a visit to the gun wharf ended their perambulations. They dined in the evening with Rear-Admiral Superintendent the Hon. George Grey in the dockyard. Admiral Lord Lyons changed his flag from white at the fore to blue at the main yesterday morning, when the usual salutes were exchanged between his Lordship and the Port Admiral. The Victor Emmanual, 91 screw, Capt. Willcox, naw numbers on her books 580 men out of her full complement of 860. The CUraco3, 31, screw, Captain T. H. Mason. This vessel was stated to sail for Marseilles to em bark Lord Stratford de Redoliffe for Constanti• nople, on Saturday. It should have been Satur day, the 7th of August. The Erebus, 16, floating battery, at Portsmouth will take in her guns and be laid up at Porchester Lake„ off the Excellent, from which vessel she will be manned, for experimental operation in firing at thick iron plates placed on the side of the Alfred, target ship. The Growler and Quail, gunboat?, sailed from Devonport on Friday, for a cruise. The Hawke, 60, screw, Captain Willcox, C. 8., will sail from Queenstown for Plymouth on the 3d of August, to have her boilers repaired, when com mand of her will be taken by Captain Crispin late of the Royal yacht. Ttie Lark (Liberian schooner), was taken into dock at Davonport on Friday last to make good defects, nothing having been (brae to her for nine years. The Pembroke, 60, screw, has returned to Har wich. The Mersey, 40, screw frigate, will be launched at Chatham on the 11th inst., after which she will be jury-rigged, and navigated to Portsmouth for the purpose of being fitted. The Zephyr, steamtug, Bond master, sailed from Devonport on Thursday last for Portsmouth, with the second mud dredge vessel in tow. The men-of-war now assembled at Spithead com prise the Royal Albert, 121 ; Orion, 91 ; Renown, 91 ; Caesar ' 91 ; Brunswick, 80 ; Euryalus, 51 ; Diadem, 32; Curacoa, 31 ; Racoon, 22 ; Terrible, 21 ; Archer, 13; Racer, 11 ; and Argus, 6. The Archer and Racer are intended for service on the west coast of Africa. The following y awls are in Devonport Har bour :—lmpregnable, Royal William, Exmouth, Cambridge, Scourge, Viraga, Himalaya, Sylpb, Avon, Dee, Lark (Liberian), and Fethia (Turk). MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY. General—Thos. Brabaz in Aylmer, Col. 45 F. Major-General—N. Penny, C. 8., E. I. C. Service. Colonels—Andrew A. Barnes, 6 F. ; Goo. Tem pest Rowland, ret. full pay, Royal Art. Lieutenant-Colonels—Leslie Skynner, 89 F. ; Geo. L. Spinluff, ret. f. p. Vet. Co. Captains—Thos. Pedder, 7 Drs.; Philip Geo. Coney, 7 F.; Wilson H. Jones, 13 F.; W. F. Go dolphin Forster, 18 F.; John Jas. Lloyd Williams, 73 F.; Geo. Win. Robinson, 86 F.; Henry A. Thrupp, Royal Art.; Thos. C. Gray, Royal Mar.; Ernest Baron Hodenberg, h. p. 1 Line Batt. King's Ger. Leg. Lieutenants—Jeremiah Hancocke, 12 Drs.; Jas. Thorburn, Mil. Train ; Wm. Henry Dawson, do., killed in action ; Wra. H. J. Disbrowe (Adj.), 17 F.; Henry John Richards, 23 F.; Cuas. Douglas, 42 F.; A. J. Bramley, do., killed in action ; Thor. I: l meg, 43 F.; Donald H. Munro, 53 F. ; Edwin S. Swainson, 71 F. ; James Alex. Caldwell, 73 F. ; Hafed Lamont, 89 F. ; Richard Moresby, Royal Art. ; James Budger, h. p. 16 Drs.; Donald Mil. ler, b. p. 33 F. ; Wm. Brierley, h. p. 77 F. ; Jas. M'Cormick, h. p. 94 F.; George Daly, h. p. 99F. Cornet—Wm. George Hawtrey Banke, 7 Drs. Ensigns—Fred. W. Thompson, 1 F.; Ottwall Wood, 14 F.; Rob. John 8011, 37 F. Paymas'ers—Joseph Denton, 43 F. ; Thos. B. SJinmerfield, b. p. dept ; Nicholas Maunsell, 1:1. p. district ; Arnold Thompson, do. Riding Master—lsrael Kirk, 2 Dr. Gda. Quartermaster—Win. Macdonald, b. p. 104 F. Surgeons—John Preston, b. p. Ist class ; Art. Stewart Willocks, 2d class. Assistant-Surgeon—Wm. Dumbreck, 97 F. THE ARMY. Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint Lieut. • Col. the Hon. P. R. B. Fielding, of the Coldstream Guards, to be an Assistant Quartermaster-General on the Staff of the army in Ireland, and to be at tached to the Dublin division in the room of Colonel the Hon. A. E. Hardinge, C. 8., of the same regiment, who has resigned that situation on buing appointed Equerry to his Royal Highness the Prince Consort. Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. F. Love, K.C.8., Inspector eneral of Infantry, has arrived in Ireland on a tour of inspection. The gallant general commenced this duty by inspecting, on Thursday last, the De pot Battalion stationed at Belfast, under the com mand of Col. Crutchley, consisting of the depots of the 26th, 49th, 62d, 63d, and 76th Regiments. Lieut.-Col. A. S. S. Walsh and the officers be longing to the Chatham and Woolwich divisions of Royal Marine Light Infantry serving with the first and second battalions of Royal Marines in China have presented H. T. Cox, of the steamer Imperatriz, which conveyed the battalions to China, With a massive silver salver, of the value of fifty guineas, as an acknowledgment of the kindness and attention they experienced at his hands during the voyage. The salver bears the following inscription: —" Presented to Captain H. T. Cox, commanding the steamship Imperatriz, by Lieut.-Col. Walsh and the officers of the Royal Marine Light Infantry who proceeded in that ship from England to China, as a mark of their high esteem and appreciation of his kindness and courtesy during the voyage—July, 1858." Orders were yesterday received at Chatham gar . rison by the officers in command of the three batta lions for the draughts under orders to embark for BomViy in the Eait India Company's freightehip Lady - Vodgkinson, 946 tons, to proceed to Graves end to-Morrow morning for embarkation on board that vesaaL The depots which furnish. reinforce ments for India are the 7th Royal Fusiliers, Bth (the King's), 19th, 23d (Royal Welsh Fusiliers), 24th, 29th, 35th (Royal Suss- , x), 43d Light Infan try, 6tth, 75th, and 94th, in addition to which draughts proceed to India from the depot batta lions at Canterbury, Colchester, Winchester, Fer moy, Templemore, Stirling, and Aberdeen. Be sides the ships a list of which has already appeared in The Sun, the East India Company have also taken up the clipper ship Harkaway, 900 tons, Captain D. W. Stephens, to convey reinforcements to Calcutta. The East India Company ' s troopship Seringapa tam, Captain Giml e t , arrived at Gravesend yester day from Kurrachee, days out, having on board 150 invalid and wounded troops from Meerut, Delhi, Agra, and Lucknow. The wounded troops, consisting of 10 men of the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabineers), 15 of the 9th Queen's Lancer, 22 of the B'.h Foot ( the King's), 49 of th 24 th, 28 of the 27th Enniskillens, 1 of the 71st Highl anders, and 4 18 of the 8 7th Roya l Irish Fusiliers, with w omen and 31 children, embarked at Kurrachee on the Bth April , t ouched at St. Helena June 11, and sailed the foll owin g da y , arriving in the Thames yesterday, having been delayed by head winds in the Channel f.r several days. The officers in chatge of the troops are Captain F. C. Skurray, 24th Itegt., Lieut. F. E. Murray, 27th Enuiskil lens ; and Mr. J. llochee, civil surgeon, who had the medical charge of the invalids during the voy age. Major R. Dawson, 25th R , 2gt., wno was se ver?lywounded at Delhi, came home as passe n g er with his wife and family. During the voyage small pox broke out on board, making its appear ance soon after leaving Kurrachee, ' and several of t h e - invalids suffered severely from its ravages. The number of deaths of hswhich took place on board was 3 men 14—viz., the 24th, 3 of the 27th, 2 of the Bth, 2of the 87th , .and 4 children. On die embarking at Gravesend yesterday six men were left in hospital, and the remainder conveyed to Fort Pitt General Hospital, Chatham , where they A wer e medically inspected. !ae number of the I nva lids were wounded at M eerut, Delhi, and Agra, and several have lost an arm, or received . THE SUN, other injuries which will incapacitate them from further service. The troops who have suffered the most severely are the 6th Carabineers, 9th Lancers, and Bth Foot. The following movements are ordered to take place in Portsmouth garrison :—The portion of the Royal Wiltshire Militia now in Anglesey barracks, Portsea, move thence to Gosport and Tipner on Wednesday next. On the same day the head-quar ters and five companies of the Royal North Lin coln Militia now at Gosport and Tipner move into Anglesey barracks. The portion of the Wexford ' Militia now in Clarence barracks, Portsmouth, move to Weymouth and Marchwood on Thursday next. The left wing and five companies of the Royal North Lincoln Militia, now at Weymouth and Marchwood, move to Anglesey barracks on Thursday. On the same day the head-quarters of the Ist battalion of the 15th Foot move from Colewort barracks to Clarence barracks. Major Rigaud and 22 men of the Ist battalion of the 6th Foot (the King's Royal Rifle Corps), pro ceed from Winchester to Gravesend, on the sth inst., to embark on board the General Simpson, for Calcutta. Major Crawford's battery of Royal Artillery, from Woolwich, consisting of 6 officers and 219 men, will proceed toSouthampton on the 9th inst. ' to embark in the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's packet Ripon, for India, via overland route. Two field-officers, 7 captains ' 10 subalterns, 6 staff, 40 sergeants, 9 trumpeters, 8 farriers, and 57 3 rank and file of the 6th Enniskillen Dragoons, will pro ceed from Brightonto Southampton on the 4th inst., to embark in the steamship Oneida, for Bombay. Two new. professorships have been lately added to the educational staff at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst ; one for topography in the s , 3nior department, and the other for military history in the junior. The first appointments to these have been placed by the Commander-in- Chief at the disposal of the Council of Military Education for open competition among the officers of the army. Captain S. Farrell, R.E., has been lately selected for the former, and Captain C. Ches ney, also of the Royal Engineers, and nephew of General Chesney, for th 9 latter posit. The competi tive examination consisted in these cases of written papers on the subjects on which special knowledge was required in the candidates. COUNT CAYOUR. The following sketch of the political life of Count de Cavour is from a work by Signor Chiala, entitled " Une page du Gouvernement Represcntatif en Piemont." This work, published in Piedmont, has met with great success in Italy and France. In this sketch of Count de Cavour's political life, after having carried the history of the Left Centre down to August, 1850, the author thus proceeds : "It is at this point that we are brought to the arrival of Count de Cavour to power. The Che valier Pierre Derossi de Santa Rosa, Minister of Commerce and of Agriculture, falling ill in the middle of July, died in the commencement of the following month. Public opinion marked as his successor the illustrious head of the right centre. The Minister of the Interior, M. Jean Philippe Galvagno, was charged by his colleagues to make the proposition to his Majesty. The King, Victor Emmanuel, who hides under an appearance of good humour a great capacity, said to the minister who made him this proposition, "How is it you do not perceive that this man will finish bysupplanting you all ?" The ministers had the same opinion as the prince, but they also knew that there are epochs when ceriosin names make themselves felt, without there being the possiblity of discussing the n. M. de Cavour had in fact the power, thought ho was not of the Government. He had that power which arises from the influence a man exercises through his genius and activity ; an influence of which we may well say that, if not the Govern ment itself, it is almost the Government. " The Deputy eastern (an intimate friend of M. de Cavour) was charged to convey to him the refk) lution of the council, and to ask on what condi tions he would join it. He replied that he had no conditions to make ; that he accepted the pro gramme of the Azeglio ministry and the responsi bility of his policy. Though the place given to him in the cabinet was only a secondary one, Count Cavour did not follow the example of young Pitt, who refused to enter the ministry formed in 1782, because he was only offered a subordinate position. On the contrary, he joyfullyaccepted it, well know ing that it is the man which confers honour on the post, not the post which can honour the man who tills it. True politicians will understand why we have said that Count Cavour accepted this nomination with joy. He pos sessed, in fact, in a high degree, the ambi tion which Washingtin calls praiseworthy, and which induces a man to distinguish himself wher ; ever he may be placed. " Optimus quippe morta -1 hum altissima eupere," was said by the great histo • rian of antiquity. Without ever having intrigued to obtain it, Count Cavour desired to attain to power, not as an end, but as a means of developing and working out the ideas which he had long di gested. There is nothing, in fact, to bring out the advantages and qualities of a man like power, From thence the wise sentence of the ancients, " Magistratus virum ostendit." This ambition was quite legitimate on the part of Count Cavour. De scended from one of the oldest and most illustrious noble families of Piedmont, he sought, even in his youth, rather to distinguish himself through his studies than solely by his elevated birth. As dur ing the first years of the absolute government of Charles Albert no field was opened to his activity, M. de Cavour sought abroad a path for the activity of his intelligence which he had not in his own country. His mind turned chiefly to the science of political economy. "He pursued the study of this science with ar dour, as the many writings he contributed to Ita lian and French reviews bear witness. One which [ appeared in the Revue Nouvelle, entitled " Sur i l'Etat actuel de l'lrlande et sur son Avenir," ob tained in England a well merited success. Thus, i by the profound judgment shown in his writings, the only activity permitted to him, he sought to prepare himself for the duties of his future admi nistration. A profound mathematical scholar, hav . ing left the military academy of Turin, a lieutenant of engineers, and considered by his master, the colebrated Baron Plana, to be his most distinguished pupil, he pursued the study of finance with great ardour. Following the example of M. Mollien, he , determined to go to England, to study the institu i tions of a country which, as Michel Chevalier has i recently said, is the one which, willingly or not, all ' other countries imitate in financial matters, because . there these mat ters aretreated with the highest practi cal reason and in a manner most conformable to the collective interests of society. Signor Chiala passes in review the political conduct followed by Count Cavour from 1847 to 1851, and theu shows the position which the president of the council held in the beginning of 1852, at the time of the COM nubio. Al hough M. d Azeglio was Pre , ident of the Council and Minister for Foreign Affairs, the prin cipal member of the cabinet, he who was the soul of it, the actor, the mover, was in reality the Minister of Finance. If it were ever permitted, in judging of a man, to evoke the shade of Napo leon, we should be te m p ted to re p eat here, in reference to the ascendent obtained by M. de Cavour, that which has been said of the great Emperor, ' Wherever he is, is there room for another ?' We quote the phrase, not because it has been applied to Napoleon, but because it marks well the-eituation of which we are speaking. M. d'Azeglio had pourtrayed himself when, in his book of the ' Casi di Romagna, published in 1845, he said to the Italians that the regeneration of the nation could be effected whilst keeping their hands in their pockets. When a member of the government, he did not change his opinion. It would suffice, ho thought, for Piedmont to attain a very excellent situation only through the loyalty and honesty of its conduct. His colleague and rival, on the contrary, did not admit the existence of obstacles. He wished to surmount them, in order that they did not care onlymtigohatuniovte in encumber his path. He port ; he desired to undertake new and distant navigation. He , hought with Royer-Collard that ' representative govern ments were condemned to work, like the labourer who lives by the sw, at of his brow.' Appointed Minister ofAgriculture and Commerce M. de Cavour united without delay to this department the Minis try of Marine. Six months later he added to these functions those of Minister of Finance--a step which he most ardently desired. It was then he showed himself to be the first statesmanof Piedmont' who recognised that in the regeneration of a people Especially such as the Italian nation, distinguished for its commercial and mlrcan'ile triumphs, ab stract principles and theories were not sufficient; but ! it was necessary to reconstruct on a solid basis its I tna'erial prosperity and the development of its re sources. It was he, in fact, who introduced free trade into Piedmont. To encourage national in dustry, to reform the service of the post-offic- to favour the enterprises of rail roa d s , t h ese were' all undertakings, the difficulty of which at least coon • ' terbalanced the bent ficial influences they were des tined to produce and the reputation to which their author would attain. All these measures, which have induced a great industrial movement in the ... country, have added in a remarkable manner to: the popularity of Count Cavour. In the Chamber i he acquired both authorit y and influence ; in every , de p ll o i f n T h i i e s w speeches and a of any political importance p o litical question of imp ortance he was alw L y s the orator of the cabinet.) Henc displayed e a clearness which he had no t an o pp ortunity of show ing when he sat as a member. Even in the council of ministers this same superiority was felt. The President of the Council was as it were annulled. Count Cavour, free in all his action as regarded his own administration, was led irresistibly by his in stinct of immoderate activity, and his ardent desire of power, to control, and to invade the province of his colleagues. Already Mesirs. Mame li and Gioia, Ministers of Public Instruction, and M. Nigra, Minister of Finance, retired from the council rather than be subject to the ascendancy of their new col league. " M. d'Azeglio did not descend, but M. de Ca your soon rose above bim. Sir R. Peel was in a similar situation when Canning became his col league. Like Peel, M. d'Azeglio never showed, either in his words or in his conduct, that the slightest sentiment of jealousy or dissatisfaction entered his mind. M. Guizot described him per fectly when he spoke of Sir Robert Peel in the fol lowing mituner :—' Beside the rectitude and the justice native to his mind, which never allowed him to misjudge the merits and the successes of a rival, he had a delicate and reserved pride, and cared not to engage in any doubtful struggle, or to place him self hastily in a prominent position. He submitted with dignity and modesty to the annoyances of his situation, wounded perhaps, grieved more than once, but self possessed, patient, as is necessary under a system free to honest and reasonable am bition.' What we have further to relate will add to the truth of these expressions. " The documents reltive to the important act which marked the parliamentary session of 1851 are now before the eyes of the reader. We can now completely and exactly pronounce a decision. It is on M. de Cavour that the responsibility of the Connubio rests. He alone is answerable for it before his country and history. His colleagues in the Ministry were resigned to the fact itself ; to them belongs only a little part of the praise or blame. M. de Cavour alone prepared it, executed it. Be sides, on him the most violent opposition fell from those who were opposed to the alliance with the Left. Centre ; and if amongst a few persons he gained a little popularity, he lost in reputation in the eyes of many respectable men, and he was con sidered to have repudiated his antecedents. If any honour attaches itself to what has been done, it is right that it should come to him who has had all the trouble. " Now, it seems to us that we cannot hesitate in the judgment we should form with regard to the conduct of M. de Cavour in 1852. We might cer- 1 tainly blame some imprudence of detail, we might i regret some evidences of ill-humour towards an cient friends, a certain brusqueness of manner in separating himself from the Right ; but we, find in the ensemble of his conduct, in the whole affair, that foreseeing wisdom, that bold com mon sense, that clearness of sight, which should distinguish the acts of a statesman. It is possible that he may be blamed for not having confided to his colleagues his plans ; but we ought not to forget, at the same time, that in the cabinet be was alone in his opinion. To confide his plans to his colleagues would inevitably have frustrated them ; MM. d'Azeglio and Galvagno would never have consented to come to au agreement with the third party, who had twice obliged them to dissolve the Chamber. It was enough to ask of their pa triotism and the peculiar situation to resign them selves to this alliance. To demand more wou'd have been to ask for an impossibility ; it would have been to expose himself to provoke unhappy dissensions at so difficult a moment. M. de Cavour, although he could not hope that his colleagues would take the initiative, could rely on their per sonal abnegation in the service of their country. As to his separation from the Right, it was a conse quence of the peculiar state of things. The alli nce formed with M. Batazzi could do no less than immediately produce the separation of M. de Revel From the ministerial party. The Right was not then in a state to understand that the third party, once rallying to the ministry, ceased by that to be the ancient opposition party, and that it was the moment to bring it under the banner of the Govern went. It, on the contrary, saw in the accordance of this party with the ministry the symptoms of a new policy—of the exalted policy of 1848. It had seen, however, no proof of change in those men who were called to swell the ministerial majority. It saw even in the opposition they made to the law on the press a reason for not believing in their conver sion. Now, in politics, distrust is not so grave a fault as it is in private life ' • it is, on the contrary, often an act of wisdom, and even a duty. " The abandonment of the Right was then a ne cessary result of the situation, as we have described it, after the alliance of M. de Cavour with the third party. That which we ought to regret is that the Minister of Finance should have shown bitterness in provoking the Right instead of allowing it to change the state of things itself. His sincere friends would have been glad if in this affair he had acted with more propriety. Looking at it from this point of view, the Right has had the advan tage over him •we are compelled to admit it. If it was not sufficiently long sighted to judga pro- perly of the circumstances of the time, which was very complicated, at least it knew how to retire from the contest with honour. Though feeling keenly the disdainful rejection the ministers made of its support, the Right bora the affront n , bly ; and instead of using its strength against the minis try, it had the patriotic courage to promise gene rously to support it on all occasioes, when the con ditions should be the same as when previously its censcieuce made it a duty to support the ministry. It saw in the government, not a party, but the na tion ; and, in spite of the contempt that was made of its support, it thought before this sacred tri bunal, no sacrifice of amour-propre, no personal abnegation, could be too great. " The separation of M. de Ctveur from the Right, which hid commenced on the occasion of the law for the Abolition of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, and which became complete in 1852, has been judged very severely. It has been represented as a complete change of his previous policy. It seems to us to deserve quite another judg ment- At any period, to propose an exclusive and unvarying system, to form for one's self a programme of conduct from which one could never deviate, has never been, in the opinion of M. de Cavour, the line of conduct of a man of sense, or that of a statesman having broad views. Ho may be the same to himself in different situations. A statesman should act like a doctor, who varies his remedies according to the changes in the malady of his patient, or, to make use of the comparison of M. d'Azeglio, like the pilot who guides his vessel in one direction when the sea is calm, and in another when it is stormy. There are times when the tactics of Fabius Maximus would save a republic--there are others when they would ruin one, and when those of Scipio would be more necessary. It is in difficult times that the proof is given of the ability of a statesman to direct a government. That art of knowing bow to appre ciate, with an admirable justness, thecircumstances of the moment and the state of the public mind, was one of the great merits of Sieyes. It also made the reputation, so well acquired, of Sir Robert Peel, whom M. Guizot recently called The man of the moment.' Oue generally figures to one's self that the merit of a political man consists iu a certain ob. stinacy in following out his system, and one is tempted to apply to him the praise which Horace makes of his' Justum ac tenacem propositi virum.' There is nothing more false than such an i lea. History shows us an infinity of examples of under takings lost by the blind and false obstinacy of statesmen, whilst many others have so happily suc ceeded, because those who directed them know how to yield at the right mom, nt. "This being the case, it is easy to acquit M. de Oavour of • the reproach made to him of hiving` turned round, in detaching himself from the Right, and in allying himself with old opponents. There are positive thinkers, obstinate heads, who will only see one road to follow and who cannot see it is right, when times are different, to adopt dif ferent opinions, nor that circumstances, trials, new reflections may change our ideas, and who, in fact, condemn every change of opinion and sys tem ; which is as much as to say that one ought not to write, plead, teach, or preach ; for all is useless, if it be true that men . may not chan ge th e i r opinions and yield to persuasion. Well, granting so much as that to these men, they cane t say that M. de Cavour has been false to himself. W e say even that he bas been constant in his views, not withstanding that he has changed ; because to of be aa mani o s n not trary t o of light judgment, but, o change when times are chnantgheed con stant nature. the path he had marked out in 1818. He has only No, M. de - Cevour did not turn from gone quicker, whilst his frien is have thought he went more slowly. It did not suffice him to have quite comprehended the advice w hich t td'tory conquered, he wished to profit by the viotory.i He f England gives to statesmen, and which Napo leon 111. ives as a conclusion to his h ' storical fragments on 1688 and 1830: Be at the he d of the ideas of your age, thee) ideas wid follow and support you : be in their wake, they will drag you tiller them : be against them, they will upsst you.' "In fact, in allying himself with the most pro gresive party cf Parliament, instead of leaving it an emb irrassmeet to the Gov, rnmeet M. de Casin' . gained an ascendancy over it, and directed it in a sense more conservative and more governmental. In allying the Conservative party to the progressist .party, he took from the one the means of tending towards reaction, and from the other that of consti tuting itself into a factious element, and he thus theenc e a s t , a tea o whichf Europ e , has alre ady that lately formeda assured the future of representative government in Piedmont. It is in the union of these two influ tpioolnitiacandl art—that progresa ; art Eng lish writer found the index of a great progress in conservation • of ictes b l f l riant thatesdo some a o which consists in conserve good, progress in that which it is good to change. It is precisely by this equilibrium of forces, ob tained after many centuries of 4tru3gles, that the greatest Christian nation in the world, England, has seen her power and tranquility rise so high that she has been freed from the convulsions that are inseparable from a new form of government, and that she now benefits largely from the ad vantages of a work directed with perseverance and with wisdom. This crisis, which France has never been in a state to surmount, Piedmont has ha't pily passed through, as Belgium had previously done, without any shock, almost at the debut of the development of her constitutional liberties. This she owes to the political wisdom and noble im pulses of M. le Comte de Cavour." LONDON, MONDAY E V ENIN 61, ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN CIRCUIT—ExETER, July 30. (Before Mr. Baron Channel].) THE BENCH AND THE BAR, George Leaman, a farmer, was yesterday in dicted for having committed wilful and corrupt perjury. Mr. Bullar prosecuted, and Mr. Carter and Mr. Speke defended the prisoner. During the hearing of the cas e , a very smart col loquy took place between the learned judge and Mr. Carter. The latter referred to an act of Par li unent, upon which his lordship asked him to pro due 3 it. The learned counsel soon lost his temper, and said he was not bound to carry acts of Parlia ment in his pocket for his lordship's perusal. The prisoner was acquitted. To day a similar colloquy took place, upon which Mr. Ring rose and said he had been called upon by the members of the bar to express their great sympathy with his lordship, in consequence of the insults be had received from Mr. Carter. His lordship expressed his satisfaction at hearing 1 that his conduct had been approved of by the bar, and with reference to Mr. Carter, he felt sure that he had no intention to insult him. His lordship soon afterwards left the court, upon which a warm altercation took place. Mr. Ring said that Mr. Carter had stated that which was untrue, and that which he knew to le untrue. Mr. Carter complained that the bar bad conspired against him, and that if Mr. Ring had said what he had out of court, he would have kicked him. Immediately upon this being said, Mr. Ring left the court, but Mr. Carter did not follow him. NORTH WALES CIRCIIIT--MoLD, July 30. (Before Mr. Justice Crowder.) STEALING MONEY AND RINGS FROM POST LETTERS. Maria Jenkins, a young woman, 20 years of age, was charged with stealing two half-sovereigns and six rings from two post letters. Mr. Welsby and Mr. Vaughan Williams were for the Crown, and Mr. Swea' enham for the defence. Thera were two indictments against prisoner, and in several counts she was charged with embezzling the property, being at the time a servant of her Ma jesty's Post-office. By the- advice of her solicitor she pleaded not guilty to these counts, but pleaded guilty to the third count, in each case charging her simply with stealing the money and articles from two post letters. This being deeialed, sufficient to meet the ends of justice, the charges in the other counts were abandoned. The prisoner was employed as a servant of all work by Mr. T. Edwards, postmaster, Flint, at 41. a year wages. After being made to sign a certain document, she was taken to assist in the office, and was entrusted with the sorting and stamping of letters as well as other official bir=ine , ce S.intmc,d to Li ealendar months' imprisonment and hard labour. The learned Judge said it WAS most necessary for the general good of the public, that communication through the Post-office by letters should be safely l.ept. He felt strongly the force of what had been urged by the learned counsel for the prisoner as to the temptation placed, in her way, and as to the conduct of the postmaster, which he thought was highly reprehensible, and ought to open the eyes of others-similarly situated. The postmaster of Flint had 401. per annum allowed him by Govern ment, above his own salary, with which to employ and properly pay an assistant, whereas, es it ap peared by his own admission on the depositions, he hid used that 40/. in obtaining the assistance of his wife, contenting himself with giving the prisoner 4/. a year only as maid of all work, whose duty it was also to stamp and sort the letters, and to do other things in the post-office. He hoped such conduct, which was highly improper on the part of a post master, would be noticed by the authorities. It was stated by Mr. Welsh) , that during the last s . x months no fewer than 39 instances of cash miss ing out of letters have occurred at the Flint post- The calendar contakel the names of four pri soners and there were two civil issues. The busi- . nest, which commence 1 this morning, was brought to a c!ose the same day. POLICE INTELLIGEATCE.—Judy 31. MANSION-HOUSF, George Edwards, de scribed as a " hawker," but having more resem blance to a bully of the roughest order, was charged with being drunk and disorderly, and at tempting to throw from his horse Mr. John Rit chie, a gentleman residing at Bow. Comp'ainant deposed that on the previous even ing he was riding through St. Mary-axe, when he observed the prisoner staggering about the pave ment, as if in a state of intoxication, but which was evidently "put on." When he reached the spot where the prisoner was, the latter began to ahuse him, using the most beastly language, and after doing so for a minute or two, while walking parallel with complainant's horse, he suddenly threw down a basket which he had been carrying immediately before the .horse's feet, at the same time exclaiming, " There, you -- how do you like that ?" The horse stumbled, and complainant had the greatest difficulty in keeping his seat on the saddle, but with an effort he raised his horse to his feet and rode on for a few paee;, as• he saw that several other t uffianly-looking fellows had gathered round the prisoner. Then, thinking that such an act of flagrant impropriety ought not to pass un punished, he pulled up his horse, and looked about for an officer, in order that he might give the prisoner in charge, but before he could find one the fellows gathered about him and endeavoured to pull him from his seat—he had no doubt with the design of robbing him ; but by striking about him with his whip, and giving his horse the rein, he got away from them, and as a policeman just then came up he succeeded in giving the prisoner into custody, the other men getting away. The Lord Mayor said it was a most daring at tempt, and asked the prisoner what he had to say ? Prisoner—Why, my lord, I was drunk, and don't remember anything about it. The Lord Mayor—You were not drunk, or at all events not so drunk as you made believe. I shall send you to prison for 21 days. Prisoner—Twenty-one days for being drunk ! Can't you take a small fine ? The Lord May ; no, certainly not. Go to the tteadmill, that's the proper place for you. He was then removed. GUILDHALL.—Isaac Rothschild was charged with obstructing Hercules-passage, leading to the Stock Exchange. George Small, 656 of the City force—About a, quarter to 1 ®'cloud in - the - day I saw the prisoner standing iu Hercules-passage, and as he was ob strutting the thoroughfare in that direction to and from the Stock Exchange, I desired him to move on. He said he was waitieglor a friend who had an office in the cJurt, and he would not leave, as he considered he had a right to stand there. I had cautioned him three or four times before, and when he refused to go I removed hien. Alderman Copeland—How long was be there ? Officer—He was there for about three-quarters ef an hour, and on the day before he was there for four hours. I got him outside the pissage, and he collected a mob of from 50 to 100 person 4. Police-c ons t a bl e 429, sa id th e prisoner was held to bail for six months about twelve months ago for annoying Rothschild, the banker. Alderman C o p e l a nd—That has nothing todo with this charge. Mr. James Stratford Clarke of Newiugtote Butts, said—l attend on behalf of this poor foreigner, be-. calls.) I con s id er the policeman trea t e d him very ill. I w as Standing in front of Epps' the chemist, when the officer threw the defendant with such violenc e against me, t h at h a a lmost knocked me down. The deendant was exceAingly wild under the eircumetances and it was the policeman's vio lence that o ille;:ted the mob. Hercules-passage is n ` t exactly a public th oro ughfare, but there was plenty of room for the defendant to s t em ' t h ere . Mr. He n ry G ould Sharp sa id—l am a s h are denier, at 32, Poultry. I was standin g the end of Hercules-passage, when Ihe .rd opposite -d a scufilr., and on turning round I sew the officer pushing the dtLudani down the street with force. The defen dant merely said the officer had no business to push him off,. but the officer continued to push him until they reached the Cock Tavern and Hotel, when he took him into cu,tody. I co nsider the policeman entirely to blam e , f or i t was h e w h o cause d a ll tlm I disturbance. Alderman Copeland—There is a charge against you, officer, now ; what have you to say to it ? Officer—lt is not true sir. Mr. Martin (the chid' clerk) --Is that a betting boDk which the prisoner has? Mr..Clarke—No,. sir, It is merely:la book he produced for the purpose of taking the policeman's number ; and the remark the officer made on seeing it was, that the prisoner might hang it round his neck. Mr. Sharpe—The defendant had a perfect right to remain in the passage, as he was waiting for a person who had an office there. Officer 656—fie had no right there, and I would remove him, and you too if I saw you there. Alderman Copeland—l hope the inspector will take notice of this officer's conduct before me. I consider he has exceeded his duty most shamefully. I also think that every officer who loses his temper as this man has done ought not to be an officer any longer, and he would not were I the commissioner of police. The charge against the defendant is dis missed, and if be has any complaint to make againt the officer who has behaved so ill, I would recom mend him to apply to the commissioner, and I am quite sure those gentlemen who have kindly at tended for him on the present occasion will give him their assistance at any inquiry which may be directed. The prisoner was then discharged. WORSHIP-STREET.—At the conclusion of the night charges a gawky, undersized stripling, ac companied by a timid-looking young girl, whose united ages apparently numbered about 30 years, were brought into court by the mother of the girl and the father of the lad, the latter of whom re quested the advice and assistance of the magistrate under the following peculiar circumstances. The applicant, who presented the appearance of a substantial tradesman, stated that he had occa sionally intrusted his boy, since his recent return from school, with the partial management of a branch establishment belonging to him which was situated a short distance from his principal place of business. He went there, as usual, on the morn ing of Tuesday last, but having absented himself for several hours, he was requested on his return to account for the time, when he coolly replied that he had just been married to a girl to whom he was attached. At this astounding intimation he was closely questioned with regard to the whereabouts and position of his juvenile spouse, which he reluc tantly disclosed ; and the mother of his wife, who had been since communicated with, was now in attendance, and cordially concurred in the present application for the purpose of ascertaining whether ' the law afforded them any means to set aside such an absurd and probably disastrous union. The Magistrate (addressing the father)—This is a very extraordinary statement ; do you consider your son to be quite right in his head ? The Father—l never thought otherwise until now, but I don't know what to think after his late conduct. The mother of the young girl here stepped for ward, and intimated that the boy bridegroom had made her daughter's acquaintance at a juvenile party shortly before Christmas last, since which time he had "hunted her life out" by his incessant amatory visitations, and on more than one occasion she had hidden herself under the bed to escape the persecution. On the day before the marriage he called at the house, and pathetically implored a short interview with her daughter, which she im prudently granted ; and as soon as he had gone the girl told her that he had threatened to stab her to the heart unless she consented to marry him. On the following day her daughter stealthily left the house, but returned, after a prolonged absence, in great agitation, and told her that the youth had met her in the City and taken her to church, where their marri ige was solemnised, and afterwards consummated in a house in the neighbourhood, to which they went, but that be had since deser+ed her. The young brid-, who was tim.dly shrinking back behind he: mother, was called forward, and in answer to the magistrate's questions as to whether the facts stated were correct, bashfully re plied—Yes, he made me marry him, and on going away he told me that he had done it all out of sport, because I was acquainted with another young man, who would have nothing more to say to me after what had happened. _ The magistrate observed that it was the strangest piece of business that had ever been brought under his notice, but as both parties were under age, and the young girl had manifestly acted under restraint, he conceived there would be no diffimly in obtain ing a dissolution of the marriage at the Ecclesiasti cal Court. In the meantime, however, the boy husband was bound in law and honour to protect the girl whom he had beguiled into such a silly engagement, and to contribute towards her support as far as his means allowed. Th 3 father and mother of the young people thanked the magistrate for his advice and atten tion, and departed different ways in charge of their respective children. Ann Baker, a shrewish-loaking woman, was charged before Mr. Hammill with stabbing her husband. The complainant, whose features were scarcely visible for bandages, stated that he was a tin-plate worker, and carried on his business in Osborn-street, Whitechapel. About two o'clock that morning, while in bed, his wife came home. There was a light in the room, and he perceived she was intoxi cated. Some words ensued, and as he lay she suddenly struck him with some instrument between the eyes. "Indeed," said the man "it was a regular stab, but I did not see anything in her hand ; the blood gushe I forth and I leaped from the bd screaming for assistance. She did not follow me, and when a policeman came I gave her into custody. I then was taken to the hospital, where the wound was sewn up." _ Mr. Hamtnill—Has she ever threatened you before ? Complainant—Oh yes, sir, frequently. These (producing a large pair of scissors) she invariably takes to bed will]. her, and swears she will one night have' my life. Mr. Hamtuill—Did she say anything when she struck you ? Complainant—Not a word, sir ; and I was in stantly covered with blood. Defendant—Al; ! He is a very bad man, your worship. lam covered with bruises inflicted by him. We had a struggle last night, and he must have struck his head aci.Ainst the table. I did not touch him with anything. My daughter, who came to my assistance, and knows I was sober, can prove it. Margaret Baker-1 am fourteen years of ago. Mr. Hammill—So you may be. DJ you go to school Girl—No, I have never been to school. I have been to schurcb. Mr. Hammill—And to whom do you pray ? Girl —That I don't know. Mr. Hammill—This is, indeed, a miserable state of things, parents thus neglecting thou. children. Officer—When I tookthe prisoner she was drunk, the husband sober. Mr. Hammill—l sh►ll remand the prisoner. The wife..-oh, you wretch ! 11l give it to you the next time. LAMBETH.—Robert Newman, a, middle aged man and journeyman pipemaker, was charged with the commission of a murderous assault on his wife. From the evidence adduced, it appeared that for some days during the week before last the prisoner had been on the loose, and on the week following complained of pains in his heucl and a want of rest. On the morning of Sunday July 25, at about four o'clock, his son was awoke from his s'eep by the violent screams of his mother, and on his rushing in! o her bed-room he found her head cut in a shocking manner, and the blood flowing rapidly . from the wounds, and the prisoner walking 'about the room in a state of distraction, exclaining, " Oh, what haveg been guilty of how could I have done such a shocking act 7" dc. ; when afterwards asked about it, he said he had a dream, in which he was told he must do. it, and getting out of bed he laid hold of a hatchet, and commenced striking her about the head with it. Fortunately for the poor woman the instrument was not very sharp at the edga, still escape from instant death from so for midable a weapon may be considered as almost miraculous. A constable was sen t f or , an d ta k en to the bedside of the injured woman, but being a young hand, and under the impression that unless given into charge by the wife he was not justidel in taking the husband into custody, the pri soner had been allowed to go at large, until the circumstance came to the knowledge of Sergeant Coppin, and that officer took him into custody. The injured woman had been removed to Guy's Hospital, where she still remains in a precarious state, though progressing as favourably as can be expected, but not at all in a condition to attend and give evidence. The prisoner was remanded for a week. "The efforts which Russia has been making for some time past to increase her navy are so considerable," says a letter from Poland in the Vienna Gazette, " that her own budding yards are nut sufficient for the purpose. She has bean having vessels built in England, France, and America, under the superiu ten lenca of officers of the Russian navy. The reorganisation of the Baltic fleet is now com plete, and reckons 27 ships of the line, and several smaller vessels, without counting gunboats. As the number in the Black Sea has been reduced, the Government has endeavcured to compensate for this loss by increasing the flwilla in the Caspian Sea, and by creating a respectable naval force in Ea tern Siberia, and at the mouth of the river Amur." Tue cholera has again broken out with great vio lence in the capital. The deaths are not very nume rous, but they frequently come on with great rapidity. There were then 81 cases under treatment. -AUGUST 2, 1858, PRICES OF SHARES. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVEIIT TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVE NIN LONDON, FRIDAY, JTILT 30, 1858. CANALS. Names of Companies. Ashtn &01dh Birmingham Coventry...• Derby .. • • .. GrandJanctn Do., 6 pr. Ct. Grand Union Kennt & Ave Leeds &Livrp Leicester ..• • Leicstr &Nth Loughborogh Macclesfield. Neath .... Dividend ) per ua Annum. , 93 71. p. ct. 40 41: 100 111. 100 61. 15s. 100 21. pr. ct. 10 61. pr, ct. 100 7s. 6d. 40 63. 100 251. 100 51. 83 11.55. 143 701. 100 21. 10s. 100 161. 100 Peak Forest. Regent's • • • • Rochdale.... Stffrd &Wort. Stourbridge. Severn and 1 Wye Rail. „I Warwick & 1 Birming. Warwick & Napton.. Worcstr & Birming., (Wilts & Brkk Name of Company. Berlin ..•• .. East London Do 4 per Cent. Pref. . Do. 5 per Cent. Pref. Grand Junction ...... Do. New •• •• •• Kent.. .• - •• .• .• - • • Lambeth . .. .. New River Company.. Southwark & Vauxhall West Middlesex • • • • .. Do. Do, ... •• • Name of Company. Elungerford.... •• .... Southwark ...... •• .. Ditto New of 7% p.c. Waterloo ..... ........ Ditto Old Ann. of Si. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall ...... . • •• • • Name of Company Commercial .• .• •• ..•• Do: Preference East and West India.. Grand Sorry D. & Canal Do. Loan Notes .... Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London ..... St. Katharine ........ Southampton ........ Victoria •• .• •• Ditto New ........ Names of Companies: WATER-WORKS. Dividend per Annum. Amount of Share. Paid. Price 51. per cnt. 61. per ent. 41. percent. 51. per cent. 41. per cat. 51. per cnt. ;41. per cent. BRIDOR Dividend per Annum. 10s per cent. 1/. 12s. Od. 11. Bs. Od. 28s. DOCKS Dividend . per Annum. 51. pr cent. 6/. pr cent. 41. per cent. 51. p;Cent. 4%Z. per cnt. 4 per cent. 5/. Os per c. GAS-LIGHT AND CO] Name of Company. Dividend . per Aniium. 001111'. Amount of Share. British Provincial .... Brighton City of London ...... Equitable•• •• •• •• European .... .•• Great Central Imperial , .......... Ditto New Ditto Debentures.. Do. Continental I steal). Do. Do. 2d Cap. Do. Do. 3d Cap. Do. Do. 4th Cap. Independent Londoe Pall. Preferen. Phomlic • •• •• •• •• •• •• ........ Surrey Consumers .... United General ...... Virestminopr Ph artered li. toy ew • • • • • • • • Western A •.. , Ditto B Name of Company. Albion .......••.••.. Alliana Brit. and For. Ditto Marine Athenaeum .......... Atlas .. Argue Life ......... • • British Commercial .. Church of England .. City of London ClericLalcd.gc Gcn.Life Eagle . Equity and Law.... European Life Family Endowment General-- Globe .• „ •• Gresham:Life . Do, D 0....... Guardian ............ Imperial Fire... •• Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.... Law Fire • Law • Lite............. Legal and General Life London London &Prov Law.. Marine ..... •• Med. Irtvlid & Gen. Life Minerva ••..•••• •• •• Monarch ............ New Equitable Pelican •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Phoenix •• .•• .• •• Profes9iona Life .• • • .. Provident Life........ Rock Life • • .. • • .. Royal Exchange ....•• Elan Fire •••••• Ditto Life .... United Kingdom .... Universal Life .•• ..... Victoria Life • • ...... 71. per cent. 51. per cent. 21. per cent. 21. 61. per cent. 8!. per cent. 10/. per cent. 31. ss. 4/. 155. 4/. 10s. 8/. percent. . per cnt. 5/. Si. per cent. 16s Od per sh. 7 par cow.. s. d. 10 0 0 Stock. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 61 0 0 5 1 8 Amount of Share. X s. d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 3 Amount of Share. s. d. Stock. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. Stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 s. d. 20 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Stock 50 0 0 5000 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 60 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 stl 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 MANCE COMPANIES. Dividend per Annum. Amount of Share. Paid. Price. 7/. per c. 71. 14s. 6d. 1 /. p.c. & bs. 15s. Od. & 13F 41. per cent. IL 10s. 71. 10s. 51. 5 pr ct.& bs. Si. per shall U. 18s. ss. IS% per cent. It. 41. per cent. 6 per cent. 51. per cent. N. per cent 121. per cent se. p. ct. &bs. 2s & 2s bona 211. per sh. 4s. per share, 18e.& be. 4% per cent 5/. per cent. 51. per cent. G!4 per cent • 51 p. Ct. 51. per colt Si. per cent 12% per c. 7s. 8 p. c. & bs 6 1 ,4 p.c & bs 11. 14s. 41. & bonus. 51. & bonus. 51. & bonus. JOINT-STOCK Dividend per Aiinum. Amount of Share. Name of Company. Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London British North American Ch. Bk. Ind. Aust & Ch. City ......... Colonial • • • • • • • Commercial of London Eng. Scot. & Ault. Ch Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus Do. New .. • • . • • . •. London and County .. Lon. & Eastn linkg. C. London Joint-Stock ... Londe dnd Westminstr Nat. Provincial of Eng. Ditto, New .. • • • • • • Ditto ditto Nativial Bank • • New loath Wales .. • Oriental Bank Corpora. Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New. • • .. • • • • lonian."... • • • • • • .• • • South Australia • • -. Union of Australia.• • Union of Hamburg.... Union of London.— , Unity Mutual Western Bank or Gonda. 101. per cent. 5/. per cent. 9 per cent. 41. per cent. 51. per cent. 71. p. c. „ & bs. V. per cent. 51. percent. 181. per cent. 61. per cent. 28 per cent. 18 , . per cent. 16pc.&ba IP Sl.per cent. 20'. per cent. 101. per cent. 81. p. ct.&bs. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 101. per cant. W. per cent. 15L p: cent. aE s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 .1 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 , 10 0 0 6 5 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 ANKS. .£ ■. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 25 0 0 5 15 25 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 10 0 10 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 4 0 0 all 47 5 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 2 10 0 13 0 0 2 10 12 10 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 o 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 all 5 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 s. d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 , 100 0 0 50 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Dividene per Annum 121. lOs 11. 16s. 100. 7a. Od, Z s. d. 100 all Price.' X s. d. Stock. too "O 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 50 " 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 Z 5. d. all 150 0 0 all 12 10 G 100 0 0 42 15 0 41 0 0 43 10 0 41 0 0 all 52 0 0 16 0 0 all 10 e o all 4 0 0 S s. d. all 18 15 0 50 0 0 all 6 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 all 20 '6 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 22 10 0 15 - 6 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - - - - --- X a. d. X e. d. Bank of Scotland ...• 71. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 1907- British Linen Company 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 210/0s Caledonian Bank ..... 81. per cent. 10 0 0 210 031 15s City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 7110s0 Clydesdale Bank .... 5%/. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 129 Os C mmercial Bank .. 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0- 0 212 iOs Eastern 8ank........ 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 9, 103 Edinb. & Glasgow.... 83(1. p cent. 5 0 5 0 0 National Bank ...... 636 per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 167'10 North of Scotland Bank 51. per cent 20 0 0 210 0 51256 d Royal Bank of Scott .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 1 1 00 0 0 132/0 s Union Bank of Scot. •• 81 . per cont. 100 0 0 50 0 0 81110 s Western Bank .... .... 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 Alliance Fire and Life.. BKI. pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 16110 s British Guarantee ... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 I/ 5s Caledonian Fire Insur, . 10t.per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 '251 Oa City of Glasgow Lite.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 031 12s Cdonial Life ......... 51. per cent. 80 0 0 3 0 08/ AA, Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 261 Os Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51.001' Cent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 41 Os Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cont. 40 0 0 5 0 071 Ofk National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 4. 0 1118 • North British Insur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 31/ Os' Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11 12s Scottish Provincial .... - 50 0 0 2 0 02/ 14s Scottish Union Insrnc. 7141. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 00 11 13s Standard Life ........ 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 301 Os MISCELLANEOUS. ---___ Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum, Share. X a. d. 4 s. d. Acadian Charcoal Iron •• 10 0 0 2 0 0 - African Steam Ship .• • • 20 0 0 10 0 0 Assam lea .... •..... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - 2 1 41 per cent 50 0 0 - Anztien Mart .. •• •• •• - Australian AsTiculturl - 25 0 0 19 0 0 Australian Trust .... 81. pr cent 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Austranan Royal Mail - 10 0 0 all - Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 all ..... British Ampuloan Land 5/. per cent 50 0 0 40 0 0 Canada ... •• .. .. •• .. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 Do. 5 per cent Bends 51. per cent Stock 100 0 0 -. Ditto, 4 per cent bds 5/.per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto. 6 per cent. •• 6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 -... Ditto, 6p c. bds 1874 61. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6p c. bds 1876 ' 61. per sent. Stock 100 0 0 Crystal Palace Ditto Preference 7l pr. cent. 50 0 50 0 4% _7 o lOO 0 Crys. Palace of France - 4 0 Stock. 0 all City Nuvigation Bonds 331. per cent - - - - El e ctric Telegraph Eng.&A.us. Cop. Smelt - 50 0 all 1% Eng.&lris. flag. T. Co - 50 0 0 Equitable Reverslomy 5/per cent. 100 0 0 100 all 0 11 0 - Ditte New .. •• - 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest 5l. p c and 11 100 0 0 100 0 0 - 10/. perct. & 25 15 0 0 0 0 14 all o 0 27 G 0 e e i n l .. s I t . e S a c in . N C Col. i g t .l t rn i o . n ) _ London Gen. Omnibus 121. per cent 4 0 0 5/, per cent. Stock 2/. 51. 100 0 0 all 2% I n l u u n dr er n f ' o a rd 8ay............ Lou. Ne. &Na. Mauso London Reversionary Stock all - - 10 0 0 all - Nat. Discou nt ptr C .tic o ia lo pa p ieab .: i. 51. 5/ per cent. 15 0 f all - Mex. &S. American ' pe6ll72c.ent 10 0 0 all - N No .S r ..lk i G . o A v u .s s 25 0 0 5 0 0 - North of Europe, Stm. s:. per cent. 20 1 - 0 0 (1 0 100 0 0 - PprieDeclietn'tsorvaNertecfatiCda&ntiCno. . per - all 17 10 0 ••• . 23 0 0 all - 5 0 0 all 2 1 , Pen. & Oriental Steam 71 cent. 50 0 0 all 79% • 50 0 0 10 0 0 17% Reversionary Int. Soc. 41, 1. pr cent 100 0 0 all - Ditto New ..•• .... 0 2 1. pr cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - , Royal Mail Stearn.... 41. p. share. 100 0 0 6f 0 0 61 Scottish Ant. Invest. 151. per cent. 1 0 0 all 1% 1 South Australian Land 71. percent. 25 00 . all Trust and Loan Comp. 754.. pr cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 .... Vsli Diernen's Land.. 10s. 00 oe/28 10 0 - 0 per cent. Bonds .... 6-per cent ' --: ^ ^ - A a. d. MILITARY DEFENCE OF BELGIUM. ~~- In the Belgian Chamber of Representatives on Wednesday, the discussion on the Autwerp Fortifi cations Bill was continued : M. de Boe (Left) reproached the Government with bringing forward an insufficient measure. The extension of the fortified enclosure on the north side only was not in his opinion enough, and beAides that side was already defended by the facility with which it might be flooded. He blamed the Govern ment for not coming to an understanding with the city of Antwerp for a pecuniary co-operation in order to carry out the plan of a fortified enclosure on a large scale. M. Vanderdonck (Right) said he should vote against the bill. In his opinion the only object in view in converting Antwerp into a place of refuge was, in case of war, to save the rich and the ' functionaries, and to make use of the army for their exclusive defence. All the rest of the country would be left at the mercy of the enemy, properties would be pillaged, men would be massacred, and the women—(The honourable gentleman here • stopped for a moment amidst a general burst of laughter). The bill he afterwards said was un popular. Should the country be attacked, the people en masse would defend it as they did in 1830 ; but to burthen the finances of the State in order to save the great and sacrifice the people was what be would never permit. (Laughter.) M. Rogier, Minister of th e I n ' er i or, gave an account of the various phases throUgh which the question of the fortifications of Antwerp has passed. He then went on to explain that if the Govern ment bad not comprised in this plan the works of the more extensive line of fortifications, it was because the value of them had been dis puted in committees, and by competent men ; and that to have proposed them would have caused discussions which would have delayed the solution of the question, which was so ne cessary. The Minister then proceeded to show that the status quo, as recommended by riome persons, could not be maintained, inasmuch as private buildings had been constructed on so large a scale near the existing wall that the fortifications had become weakened, and it was necessary to reinforce it by a line of forts. That had already been done in part, and 'the bill provided for completing these constructions . . He then glanced at the private interests at stake in the question, and declared that neither the inhabitants of the town nor of the faubourgs were in favour of the more extensive line of fortifications. The house owners within the city were by no means anxious to have the incorporation of an extensive tract of land which would cause their rents to decline, while the inhabitants of the faubourgs were not desirous of sharing the extra taxation paid by the city. He stated as a proof of this fact that a peti tion had been presented by one faubourg, signed by three hundred inhabitants, protesting against incorporation. The honourable gentleman then declared that if the population of Antwerp was decidedly hostile to the project of the Ministry, he would speak to the electors of that city who had sent him to the Chamber in these terms :-- " I cannot on any terms consent to relinquish ideas which are connected with the safety of the country. lam the representative of Antwerp ; but I am also the old representative of the Bel gian nationality, and it is the latter which it is now sought to place beyond the reach of danger from abroad." (These words, which were pro nounced with much energy, wcie followed by applause.) M. Veroort (Left) delivered a long speech amidst the inattention of the members. He de clared himself in favour of the more extensive line of fortificat ons. The discussion was again adjourned. Country Markets. YORK- JULY 31. Thera was a good show of wheat to-day. Farmer' , asked high prices, but to effect sales the extreme prices of last week wera only obtained. Fine white made 48s, and red 46s per qr. Very little doing in barley, prices varyis4 from 34s to 37's per qr. Oats were in sm a ll supply, and . the turn dearer. Beans a scanty supply, and the extrera, rates of last week supported-44s to 45s per qr. LEICESTER-JuLY 31. With a moderate supply of wheat at our market to day, and a slender attendance, the trade ruled firm, and late prices were generally maintained. Superior white sorts 48s, and 44s for red. Beans were scarce, and sold for is more money, good qualities making 5 , 41 per 38 stone. Barley in small supply, and prices varying from 30s to 38° per qr. Oats in better demand, at the full prices of last week, viz., 30a to 365. OXFORD-JULY 31. There was a slender attendance at our market this morn• ing, owing to the general commencement of harvest. Ono sample of new wheat only was offering, and that in a damP state. The quotations were at last week's prices, Berle'', oats, and beans were a short supply, and but little doing. New peas were worth 45s to 48s per qr. Flour from 3 to 33s per sack, and a steady sale. CHELMSFO Wheat, white, old,per s. s. qr.4o 53 1 Oats, per qr. new.... 40 52 I Peas, Partridge old 38 461 White new.... 37 46 Boiling Barley 34 40 Dun Chevalier 3B 44 1 Beans, Tiek Grinding . 28 32 i Harrow ticks Malt 70 731 Mazagan Chevalier 72 73 1 Ditto, new.. .17LY 30. ..24 34 ..43 47 ..40 ..41 47 ~43 45 ..37 39 , 137 4 " ~34 ~34 31 red, HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—JULY 30. WHEAT. I BARLEY I OATS , . I MIAMI. First 46s 01 31s 61 32s Od 46i 01 Becond 42s 5d 1 30s lOd / 304 91 145 44 Third 36 s Od 1 30 8 03 1 28 s Od 1 424 01 Total quantity of wheat in m ar k e t, 438 qrs ., 231 so l d 11l barley „ £0 q rs ., 61 s ow oats of 254 qrs., 233 001 41 St beans 28 qrs., 20 801 1 AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. , Wheat, 2/. 2 5 4-12ths 1 Barley, ...V. 10 10 Oats, ... 11. 10 9 0-12ths 1 Beans, 21. 5 4 I I o.l2tbil 9•12tb1 DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—JULY 29. Qrs. Best. Current. Infest° 263 Wheat 46s cal 4ls 2d 205 Oats 3ls 6d 2Bs 2: d... 2 5, 0 ! 93 Barley 31s Oil 27 s l fd 22: 6', 20 Peas & beans 46s Od ....... , 45s Gd DUBLIN—JULY 30. White wheat, 26s 6d to 28s fid ; red ditto, 24e Od to 26s 6d; ditto new, 28s ; barley, malting, 13s to 178 Od; grind' ing, —8 to --5 ; oaal old, 15s to 16s 6d; ditto, new, to 163 61 ; oatmeal, As 6d to 16s 6d; bere, new, —a to 01 ; rapesePd, Od to s Od per bri ; bakers' flour, 1.4 0 Od to 183 6d per cwt; Indian corn, 34a 01 to 36s 0.1 Par 180 lbs. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —We have read with much pleasure Du Barry's report on the cure of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatu lency, Constipation, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints , Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility, without media chic, by Du Barry's Food. 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HARBORD - On the 30th ult., at Elderton Lodge, Norfolk, the Hon. Mrs. Harbord, of a son. YOUNG —On the 31st ult., at Saokville-street, the lady of Thomas Young, Esq. MARRIAGES. CAREW—HEARsEY—On the 17th June, at St. Barth° lo * mew's Church, Barrackpore, George O'Brien Carew, 1 0 ' dian Navy, to Miss Harriett Hearsey, eldest daughter of Major-General Sir John Hearsay, K.C.8., command ing the Presidency Division of the Bengal Army. MITCHELL —FOOT—On the 29th ult., at All Saints' Church , Sr. J ohn's- wood, William Smith Mitchell, Esq., Corn hill, to Harriet. the youngest daughter of Joseph Foot, Esq., St. John's-wood-park. DEATHS. A SPLIN—On the 27th ult., Charles Asplin, only son o Mr. Charles Asplin, Wakering Hall, Ess.x, aged 39• COOPER—On the 30th ult., at Elm House, North Mixtovr James, eldest son of James Cooper, Esq., aged 2 yea ° and 6 mouths. ELLIOTT—At Birmingham, Sarah Elliott, relict of the 1 ite John Elliott, E9q., Lieutenant in the 15th Hussar , ► aged 82. HAY— On the 29th ult., at 7, Lansdown•terrace, Cheltew ham, Charles C. Hay, Esq. HILL—On the 25th ult., at the Manse of Logie-Pert, 01 ' David Hill, Esq., W.S. TorrY —On the 59th ult., at Bath, at an advanced age' Mrs. Potty, relict of the late Rev. Hugh Totty, surviving her husband only seven months. LONDON: Printed and Published by MITI:Do VOL)P 4 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tie Sue Moe. }1.47. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy,_ in the coup 9- . of Middlesex, Monday, August 2, 1853. 51. W 17s 41. Paid. Paid. Paid. Paid. Price, Price. 107 93% - 9834 Price, 49/ 175 Price. 29% 111% 46% 77