The Sun. — London, England, 1852-09-02 00:00:00

A LL, --;0 P I),A.Lt ., ALES akd BARON . . Aii.nou..h not in the halt of replying to anonymous adverlse men.s, and althou4h they cannot eondesce^d to answer some of a very discred.tabl.. nature to the parties concerned, Messrs. ALL -OPP and , ONS are compelled to take notice of an annoincement bearing the name of Professor LI =.;ll G. to which an invidious pub licity has been given. Messrs. kLLSOFP and SONS regret this necessity. as they have reason to suppose t •at that advertisement has emanated from an unworthy jea oust' on the part of those who 3tiould rather have shown gratitude for the labour and expense Which Messrs. A.LLSOPP and SONS have not spared to remove the otherwise ruinous prejudice impen ling the Pa'e and Bitter Ales of this country from the mistake of a French chemist. Messrs. ALLSOPP and SONS would now call the attention of the ludic to the following points : That the original letter of Baron LIEBIG is addressed to Mr. ENRY ALLSOPP, individually. That he therein intimates that he had been applied to by Mr. HENRY ALLSOPP on the subject, and that his opinion had been requested, of course, for publication, by that gentleman. That he therein ackno.ledges the receipt of samples of ALL SOPF'S PALE ALES, from the London bottlers, as we'l as other s amples of the same, sent to him direct, by private friends. On these he, speciflca ly, bounds the opinion reported by hire to Mr. riENRY ALLSOPP in that letter—the general mention of the Bur ton brewers being incidental, And thus, then, the letter of Baron LIEBIG haying been written for Messrs. ALLSOPP and SONS, and sent to Mr. HENRY ALL SOPP, on the subject of Messrs. ALLSOP and SONS' ALES, they, having, as they had, Bared LIERIG'S authority to do so, were fully entitled to publish it. _ _ Messrs. ALLSOPP and SONS consider it not unnecessary to add, that their intercourse with Baron LIEBIG is of some duration ; they having frequently consulted the lt &reed professor on certain pro cesses of brewing. And they are confident, therefore, that this last letter, anonymously issued, must either have been greatly muti lated previously to publication, or that it could only have been sent in reply to some wrong impression conveyed to that eminent man, In respect to an alleged undue publicity given to his opinions. Burton-upon-Trent, Aug. 25, 1852. PROFESSOR LIEBIG on ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE. From Baron Liebig to Mr. Allsopp. " The specimens f your Pale Ale %(-nt to me afforded me another opportunity of confirming its valuable qualities. lam myself an ad. murex of this beverage, and my own experience enables me to re commend it, in accordance with the opinion of the most eminent English physicians, as a very agreeable and efficient tonic, and as a general beverage, both for the invalid and the robust. " JUSTUS LIEBIG. " Giessen, May 6, J 8.52." That the Public might form a correct judgment of the inten tion of that eminent authority, Messrs. ALLSOPP and SONS have republished Baron LIEBIG'S Letter to Mr. ALLSOPP in extenso, in all the London Daily Journals, as well as in other Papers, copies of which Letter, and of the very numeroas and continually increas ing Professional Testimonia's in favoav of their PALE and BITTER ALE, may be obtained on application at the Brewery, Burton-on- Trent; or at their Establishments in London, Liverpool, Manches ter, Dudley, Glasgow, Dublin, Birmingham, and elsewhere. [T. No. 4.] THEATRE ROYAL, HATMARKET. Mr. B, Webster, Sole Leave EVENDIG, and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS Will be performed a new Drama. entit'cd THE WRITING ON THE WALL. Augustus Trotter, ET, Mr. Wright; Tobias, Mr. 0. Smith; Richard Oliver, M r. Emery; Bob Sirlthers, Mr. P. Bedford; Lady Elton, Mrs. L. Murray; Margrette, Miss E. Chaplin ; Carlotta Snalthimi, Miss Woolgar. y After Which GOOD NIGHT ! SIGNOR PANTALON. To conclude with DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMS iIRWELL? ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness "'Ann Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The moat successrui ana popular Theatre in London. Last Week of Peter the Great. Mr. Batty int en d s comm encing an Equestrian Season, having engaged numerous talented artists for the occasion. THIS EVENING , Will be prciuced, a grand Spectacle, 'written expressly for ( the Am. - ohitheatre, by E. Fitzball, Esq., entitled PETER THE REAT, in which Mr. Ryder, from the Princess's, w - . 11 appear. In consequence of the immense applau..e nightly bestowed upon the performances of the Br others Siegrist, on La Perch, Mr. Batty limited has re.engaged them tor a number oi nights. They will ai) . - pear every evening i n th eir most daring feats, whichas tonish all who see them. They are the greatest wonders of the world. With various pleasing acts ot Equestrian exercise represented by the first artists et t he day, both Foreign and English. Mr. Batty has engaged Mr. Stokes, with his talented troupe American Equestrians, win:, we! appear during th e we ek. -*- 11 Pe of t flr ce c t e rOm Eleven till F our d a il y, Triockeoetsneltoucibeewlladth aatLtahuegrob.l_oe st a ge Manager, Mr. Leclercq. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the Season, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Fourth Week of the Vocal Entertainments. The proprietor has the gratification to announce that the Madri gal and Glee Party we:'a rece'ved with immense applause, and will continue their pel,brmai"..e till further notic e . GRAND VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT. PaixciPAL Vocsram—Miss llcssent, Miss Clara Henderson, Mr. Young, Mr. Manvers, and Mr. Leiter. Conducted by Mr. J. L. Hatton, who w - il presiCe fa: the Pianolorte. PRINCIPAL INsTrITM:MTAL SoLoisys—Messrs. J. Richardson (Flute), Wine (Clarionet), Lazarus (Clarionet), Viotti Collins ( Violin), Cioß (Tro'rJone) Collinet (Flageolet), Sidney Pratten (Flute), and Conduct or of IF•e ' Orchestra, Mr. C. Godfrey. Exhibition of Denson's' Colossal Daylight View of MOUNT ETNA and the CAYES of VULCAN and the CYCLOPS —Splendid and interesting Menaget e—Promenade Concert by Godfrey's un rivalled MWtsry Band—Various AMuSiPS Novelties —Concluding at Dusk with a (*rand Pyrotecbu'c Exhib :ion by Messrs. Southby, representing the Interior of the Mountain (the Pandemonium of the Ancients), with the Caverns and Forges 0. Va*Fan and bis Cyclops, the whole terminating with the El untion o. Mount Etna and a Grand Tableau on the Lake of Thetis, and the Nereials receiving the Armour of Achir .s. The mersgerie now consists of several. hundred specimens, some the finest of their spec'es in England, inela'ng three fine elephants, two giraffes, four ostriches, two camels, lions, leopards, &c., and the colossal tortoise (the largest ever exhibited), upwards of 200 years old. Doors open from Nine A.M. Feeding the Animals at Five. Con cert at a Quarter -past Six. Fireworks at Half-past Nine. ADMISSION, ONE SHILLING. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tine Dir —Morning 4 min. after 4 I Evening 20 min. after 4 To-Moaaow—Morning 35 min. after 4 1 Evening 49 min. after 4 THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, SErr. 2 THERMOMETER, EC THE SHADE., 68—highest since noon yesterday. 50—lowest this moriLag and during the night. 67—this day, at noon. 13.anostavira, 30.30.1 WIND S.E.—dull, foggy weather, with occasional sunshine. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. state of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitud% fasTnios—Wind W.S. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. TuitmccoGE—Wind S.W., calm—overcast. GREENWICH—Wind S. W., gentle breeze— overcast. &Boon—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. Swarnorr—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock tittrizlNGAß—Wind S., strong breeze—partially cloudy. Poots—Wind S.W.. gentle breeze—cloudless. Rotoramtp--Wind S. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Lasonsgran—.Wind W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. WAY—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast. DABLENGToN—Wind S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. 8 U --Wind S.W.. calm—rain. BizArromt—Wind N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. 4 1 6 i &t .44 k' 0 '-. 0,-,-,-.-_, .r...„...-, ~ „•, ...„ ....,„ \ . 1,. , 1 3C•••,ir 7} ' . .... it . 2: .1 4 • • ~,, . ; , . 1 •b. , 4.' .2-, , _5 . :4 „ _ 7' 5.%',6 NIA. ‘.a,' .".., ~.._ T ... ......,. 1 11 g i titan-Et antri LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1852. Prosperity seems now to have f a i r l y " set 'ln " upon Guild of Literature and Art. Yeste rday ytheevening h another illustration of this was a ff orded splen did banquet given to the ori g in ators and prom o t er the scheme, in the noble buildin g o f the hbeni:u of In honour of an occasion so pee u l r m at Manchester. interesting in its charact er, the Ma y or of the good good city acted as chairman, having on his right ha n d and on his left two of the most illustrious authors in the language—two of the most brilliant intellects of the age of VICTORIA—CHARLES DICKENS, the most popular writer of his time, and Bur, Wing LYTTON, the most accomplished man of letters of his generation. From the outset of this humane and beneficent project we have watched every stage of its development with peculiar solici tude. From the first inkling of its inauguration, after the initiatory festivities at ICnebworth, it has been manifest to the public that there has been dedi cated to the cause of the Guild of Literature and Art th .. e fervent e ne r g i es , an d we may even say the affec ttlate interest of the distinguished men who have othen p art i c i pated in the general advancemen t a I the enterprise. It could no t i n d ee d b u t prove s our to urea of gratification to every benevolent nature h ave th e beet li t eagerness with which those who vation of le— otte rs eminently successful in the culti • o f th ose 4: L il t l . :aye pressed forward to the assistance nate.. There hi v e been the most signally unfortu thoeraething generous, and beautiful, and elevating i n ta.neous symp at h y ot : i t u'Play of thi s gen i a l an d spon eome renowned thr ou h th e o part of men who have be most remarkable o f n: the world as among the t ngt th emselves heart English literature —i n de : 0 11 . 0 . have shed a l us t re on and soul, hand and brain , a home for those writ ers v o il the creation of ' old in poverty through have grown tune rather than through blamel ess blameless misfor- vidence. Annalists cannot yery Pal of i t e impro- themselves down, like GEORGE GROTE, it b en write anker and historian," any more than bards can frequently,) like SAMUEL ROGERS, be dubbed " banker and poet: We don't, it is true, so repeatedly as of yore, find record of these worshippers of the Muses scribbling in the vicinity of chimney•pots and pantiles, as depicted in the cel e b rated picture by WILLIAM H CGARTR, and in the mel anc h o l y hi story o f D A VID FAL LEN . There are more for the profitable employment of literary abilities than existed in those mou rn f u l e ' : times when CHATTERTON drank poison in Brook -street Holborn, when OTWAY strangled hims e lf in endeavouring i to a ppease the pangs of famine, w h en Bur,GELL drowned himself in the River Thames, an d when BUTLER died the death of a dog in the midst o f squalor and des litu49l2. Jieference was mad e on Tuesday wren- ing, by on J. - ze 1 -) .1 (pot ire Man- ..t7, to the Lidsantsg 4 tei l iti rave accrued from the existence of a fu'i Ilk- that of the Guild of Literature and Arr. m ‘..evine; many a bitter pang to the lofty soul of a Joseisos and many a cor roding anxiety to the amiable, the exemplary, the most accomplished, but over-worked and over-toiled poet of Keswick." These illustrations, however, were not among' the most apposite that could have been adduced. For Doctor JOHNSON suffered the pangs referred to when his name was still for the most part in obscurity, and when his claims might scarcely have been recognised-e-a pension of 3001. per annum being awarded to him when he had at tained the glory of his reputation. While, with re gard to Doctor SOUTHEY, if we mistake not, at the period of his demise, he left a good round sum of 12,0001., or thereabouts—saved, it is true, from the severely earned proceeds of his laborious and indefa tigable career in authorship. Nevertheless, of course, instances almost in numerable might very readily be selected from the records of our national literature, 23 conclusive evidence of the benefits certain to accrue from the noble enterprise which in the Guild, presided over by Sir BULWER LYTTON, has been recently commenced. The catalogue of those illustrative cases would, if complete, be only too ex tended in number and too terrib le in significance. The prototypes of poor Joss BURLEY might be ex cluded from the list by the more " correct' . class of moralists, but the guiltless victims of misfortune among the bankrupts in the literary profes sion would still present to our contemplation a spectacle sufficiently sorrowful and disastrous. Observing the brilliant success which has already at tended the develop ment of the Guild of Literature and Art, we can now, happily, look f orwar d with confid ence to its triumph an t com pletion as an enterprise. The sinister predictions made by its different opponents have been altogether debarred from fulfilment. Those who insisted that the dramatic representations of Not so Bad as we Seem would t h e dickens with the r egu l ar drama, have found play to their surprise, and we doubt not also to their chagrin, that good has alone resulted from the whole series of entertainments. If the future of the undertaking findextt be only to some reasonable extent comparable to the past, we shall the happiest prophecy of its principal originator fulfilled. It will then be perceived in the end how many blessings may result from affording timely aid to the lesser cultivators of the intellect, from what some might be disposed to term the gilding of the gingerbread of art and literature. In another part of this day's impression will be found the new general rules and orders of the Court of Chancery, sanctioned by the Lord Chancellor, Master of the Rolls, Lords Justices, and Vice- Chancellors. They had been for some weeks antici pated. A rumour was current that the high judicial authorities had discharged their duty, and that the appearance of the new regulations might be looked for every hour. It would, how ever, seem as though delay and procrastina tion were incidental to every proceeding in Chancery. The manuscript rules were signed on the 7th of August, but it was not until September that they were permitted to escape from the hands of the printer. With whom the fault lies we know not, but it is certainly not with the judges. It must necessa rily fall on some of the subordinates. The new orders appear well calculated to carry out the true intent and meaning of the Legislature to prevent the extraordinary prolixity that has hereto fore been indulged in, and thus materially to diminish the expenses incidental to a suit in equity. The six first relate to the printing of bills and claims, which it will be in recollection has been substituted for engross merits on parchment by the recent Chancery Practice Amendment Act (15 and 16 Vic., c. 86). They direct —" 1. Bills and claims are to be printed on writing royal paper, quarto, in pica type, leaded; and the copy to be filed, is to be interlined with paper of the same description ; and also, that 2. No costs are to be allowed, either as between party and party, or as be tween solicitor and client, for any written bill, or written copy of a bill, filed under the 15 and 16 Vic., c. 86, s. 6, or for any written copy thereof, served upon the defendant thereto, or for any written brief of such bill, unless the Court shall, in disposing of the costs of the cause, direct the allowance thereof." But this is not all. A written bill may still be I filed in cases of emergency, upon the written under taking of the solicitor to file a printed copy within 14 days. But in the event of this undertaking not being performed, the bill is (by 3rd order) to be " taken off the files of the Court without further order, the costs of the defendant to be taxed, and to be recoverable as costs between party and party are now recoverable from the plaintiff or his solicitor." This stringent regula tion will prevent any effort to evade the principle, and will achieve the great desideratum of having all such documents henceforward uniformly printed, so that they can be consulted or referred to with the greatest facility. The 4 th , s t h, and 6 th rules relate to the costs payable for instructions for bills or claims, &c., for engrossing copies, briefs &c., which are fixed according to the very: moderate scale specified i n the schedule. One halfpenny per folio only being allowed for copies, of which each defendant is only permitted to claim from the plaintiff ten copies as a matter of right. One of the chief advantages in the sy stem of printing is that copies can be multiplied to any extent , at a charge very little beyond that of the paper on which they are printed. We cannot, therefore , see the necessity of limiting the number to be supplied, on adequate payment, provided application be made before the types be distributed. The next series (to rule 11) relate to amendments, which may be made by written alterations in the printed bill or claim, and by additions on the page s interlined, whenever, according to the present prac tice, an amendment may be made, without a new en grossment ; and a copy of these amendments is to be served on defendant's solicitor, which should be deemed good service on the defendant. None of these orders, however, apply to bills or claims filed before the Act came into operation. They neces mritly remain under the former practice. It is to b e regre t te d th a t the regulations with respect to pri n ti ng answers, affidavits, g are limited to bills and claims; may and other portions of the pro ceedingsstill be engrossed. For the sake of uniformity, it that every wuld have been exceedingly desirable document placed on the files of the Court should hav e been printed in similar type, and on pap e r of the like dimensions, together. A concise form of bill is so as t o b e eas il y b oun d up given. in the appendix to these orders , which certainly differs f ro m the thrice• told tale now resorted very materially ans wer is also given, so that thererted to. A f orm o f will henceforward be no excuse for anything approaching prolixity, or impertinence. to s can d a l, ity, Under the statute the interrogatories are n ot to b e contained in or a nnexed to the bill. A f orm is also rules for the interrogato • given by these nest which will mitigate, if not entirely remove, that which was crying grievances of old one of the most It would have been better had the examination taken place before the judge; but as it was decided other wise, the new rules, w ith respect to i interrogatories appear to have been framed n the spirit of the Act, to prevent the unnecessary strin gency of the inquiries. The power of cross-examining every witness who bas made an affidavit in a cause is also a very decided improvement, which will doubt less be productive of the most beneficial resuits. a The new regulati on w ith res p ec t to the motion for decrees or decre ta l or d ers , a nd also for the dismissal of bills for want of prosecution, and also for adding to decrees, are all calculated to prevent the vexatious delays that have heretofore given un unfor tunate notoriety to the forward name of" Ch ancery ." Hence matters will the proceed as rapidly as in c ornmon law courts. The order s w ill come i nto operati on on the 2d flit' November, and ill w constitute Ing supplement the Royal s to th e sa l u t ary A ct which re ceivedyal assent on the Ist day of July last. ~......_____ Ex TRAORDINAkItT SHI PMENT OF GOLD. -- We ha ve received intelligence by the Overland mail of the dispatch from Port Philip. on the 27th of May last, of the regular with a full cargo of 17nra trader Medway, hei ongin extraordinary quantity g to Messrs. Marshall and Eldridge, of 61,051 ounces of gold. Th e M e d way may be looked for abut the middle of the rue" - il-d` it Ni(l .R ? C ~Lt •• t. - • Wt. have received the P j , mrnals of yesterday. The Moniteur contair , a the following S ome for.ign j,airoals announce as near at hand the recall ot the Feeneh troops now in garrison at Rome and Civita Vecchia. This piece ot news is a s d evo id o f foundation as the commentaries with which it is ac companied, and we can affirm that it is at Rome above all that it will meet with the least credence." We read in the Paine :—" The Government has to-day received the addresses from the councils general of all the departments. Two only remain to be known—those of the Gard and the Cantal. There is no occasion for us to remark on th e a d m i ra bl e u nanimity with which all demand th e conso lid at i on of the liberating power of Louis NAPOLEON. It is felt that France has spoken." The Patrie states that the municipalities of an im mense number of towns have opened unlimited credits for preparations to receive the PRINCE PRESIDENT on his approaching visit to the south. Mr. C. P. RONEY, accompanied by Mr. W. KEOGU, M.P., had an interview on Tuesday with Lord COWLEY on the subject of the Great Industrial Ex hibition which is to be held in Dublin in the month of May next year. They represented to his Excel lency how highly advantageous it would be to the undertaking if a c er t a i n quant i ty o f th e b eau tif u l articles for which France is so justly celebrated could be exhibited on that occasion, and requested his Lordship's good offices in enabling them to attain that result ; they referred in particular to the beau tifel objects produced at the manufactories of Sevres, the Gobelins, and Beauvais, a few of which, they said, would prove so great an ornament to an exhi bition of works of industry and art. His Lordship expressed his earnest wish to promote the success of the Exhibition, and assured those gentlemen that he would be happy to do all in his power to assist them in carrying out their wishes. The Ami de l' Ordre of Digne states that the num ber of pardons or commutations of punishment granted by the PRESIDENT of the Republic to persons of the department of the Basses-Alper condemned for the events of December is 74. Prince CHARLES LOUIS BONAPARTE, who is at this moment attending the scientific congress at Belfast, has been unanimously elected member of the council-general of the Ile-Rousse, in Corsica. M. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE has been also elected member of the council-general of Corsica, but he has not ac cepted the office, to which he was named without his having been consulted. . The Minister of Marine has received, by the last India Mail, an account of the Governor ad interim of the French establishments in India and the various authorities and troops under his jurisdiction having taken the oath of allegiance to the PRESIDENT of the Republic. The PRINCE PRESIDENT of the Republic, by de cree of the 28th ult., accords " letters of rehabilita tion" to M. DESPANS.CURIERES, formerly General of Division and Minister of War, who was condemned by the High Court of Peers for having been con cerned in the celebrated bribery case of M. TESTE, Minister of Public Works. The Court of A ppe al of Rouen, on Saturday, held what is called a solemn audience to enregister the letters. About 300 men of the 23d regiment of the class of 1845, in garrison at Rouen, have just received the ir discharge, although their till time of service is not quite completed. The measure, it is said, i s to be general. The Government appears to have renewed its orders to prevent the assemblage at Paris and at Lyons of too great a number of workmen de prived of the means of support. The Prefect of g the Rhine has just a dd resse d a c i rcu l ar t o the mayors of his departm en t, orderin them to refuse passports for Paris or Lyon s t o any one w h o h as not the means of supporting himself, or whose previous conduct is known to have been improper. A similar circular has been seat to the mayors of the department of the Meuse. The Univers has nearly the whole of its front page filled with an article, the object of which is to in crease the subscription that it has opened in aid of the funds to cover Dr. NEWMAN in his defence against Dr. ACHILL', and which, the Univers say s, amoun t to 10,0001. st e rli ng , w hil s t the whole amount of the sub criptions in different countries is only 3,0001. The Univers announces, as an encouragement to persons to subscribe, that Dr. N E WMAN has already begun to pay, the debt of g r a tit u de by saying mass twice a week for his benefactors. A balloon ascent was announced for Tuesday at the Hippodrome, the aeronaut undertaking to guide the balloon as he pleased through the air. It turned out a failure, the balloon having burst from bad management. This beiag settling day at the Bourse there was not much other business transacted. The Four-and-a-Half p r Cents. opened at 105 f. 25c., and closed at 105 f. 10e. for the end of the month; the Three per Cents. closed at 76f. 30c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,427 f. 50e.; Rouen, 865 f.; Havre, 365 f.; Great Northern, 655 f.; Avignon, 485 k; Bale, 306 f. 250.; Paris and Strasburg, 658 f. 75c.; Paris and Lyons, 770 f.; Lyons and Avignon, 590 f.; St. Dizier to Gray, 5401. BUSINESS DONE IIsT FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Sxrr. 1. Dijon and Besancon, 2%—Dutch Rhenish, 8 3 ,4—Grand Junction of France, s%—Luxembourg, 6%B—Northern of France, 201. 3 per cent. Bonds, 13%—Paris and Lyons, 20% —Paris and Rouen, 33 7 / B —Paris and Strasbourg, 26%. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 27th ult. have arrived. The Madrid Gazette of that day publishes the text of the postal treaty between Spain and Austria. It is to come into operation on the Ist November next. The Diario Espanol states that the negotiations for a similar treaty with England will s oon b e f orma l ly concluded. The bases of it have, it says, been already agreed on, and M. r. r. WOT AY, the E ng li s h Ch arg é d'Affaires at Madrid, i s paying special attention to the subject. The Diario announces that M. JOSE CAMPO has been charged to execute the railway from Madrid to Valencia. _ M. DE SOUZA, Spanish Minister at Constantinople, has arrived in Madrid to take the post of chief of the first section in the department of Foreign Affairs. According to a letter, it is not true that the QUEEN, as stated by one of the journals, is in an interesting situation. The Three per Cents, were done at 454 ; the New Three per Cents. at 23i; the Debt of the first class at 121; and that of the second at q. PORTUGAL. At last the Government hare adopted the wise measure of making some important reductions in the excessive rates of duties. For years every intelligent person has pointed out the folly of maintaining duties which only tended to encourage smuggling, or to im pede their manufactures by enhancing the cost of articles of primary necessity. A great deal more must be done before our just expectations shall be fulfilled; but meanwhile we gratefully accept the boon as the first step towards free trade. A few remarks will suffice to demonstrate the wisdcfm of the change. Silks were subjected to such enormous duties that it was notorious that the revenue was constantly de frauded. Scarcely a single case of silk handkerchiefs was dispatched through the Custom-house. Of lace, only a few pounds paid duty in the course of the year. Notwithstanding this, both these articles of foreign manufacture could to readily purchased in the shops. Articles of mixed materials hitherto paid the higher rate of duty, even if they contained only the smallest quantity of the more costly quality. This cause of complaint is now removed, and they will pay the duty on the predominant material of which they are composed. It will be observed that no change is made in cottons or woollens ; but as the present decree is merely part of the proposed modifi cations, it is to le hoped that those branches of Bri tish commerce will also be eventually benefited. In the preliminary report of the tariff commission the reasons for the alterations are stated with perspicuity, and evince a right appreciation of the true principles. They are applied first to the primary principles of national industry, viz.:— Iron, duty reduced to lOors., about 6d. per cwt. Steel 79 200ra., about Is. „ Coal If Mrs., about 30. „ Sulphuric czid, reduced from 11s. to is. 6d. per arroba. Printing type 225. to 3s. s• Paper fur printing 10s. to 4s. 6d. „ Ornamental paper ~ 12s. to ss. ft The Ceminissioners then proceed to deal with those articles i n which contraband trade was known to be c arried on to a great extent, and make considerable reductions, viz.:— rebid, ...... Per es.. lb. v5iet.t............. " ........... Ol 3 d 6 D s. uty . . N r ew er D ib u . ty. 5 2: : 6d. Silk hand s . La ce si:7' t e hae. d r:t it c i ke. o :l : .fl:l t i h ul .1i 11. buttons. .. ; .... . 408. excessive from the thing to the public trgeraosuund that they brought no are now reduced to 21. 105 r 3 7.. Harps paid 121., and 341., and are now reduced to paid 10/ , 161, or 2i. to 1101., in proportion to the size of the plate, and will now pay only a rate var • ying from ls. 6d. to 21. 53. for each plate. The report winds up by pointingout the necessity of reducing the import duty on Colonial produce, but expresses a fear that this reduction would seri ously affect the revenue, and recommends that are relieve:l4i:: nothing shall be done before the system of direct taxes shall be altered by the adoption of the reparti tion of contribution. This system, it will be recol lected, was the pretext for the revolution in the Minho, in 1849, which occas ioned the civi l war. But all parties seem now to agree in the opinion that it is a b so l u t e ly requisite, and must be adopted very speedily. The rumour of the resignation of Viscount AL MEIDA GARRETT was verified by the event. Senhor JERVIS D'ATONGUIA hulls the portfolio of Foreign Affair. with that of the Marine department. It is gen.-rally believed that the Duke of SALDANIIA went to Mafra yesterday, to place the resignation of Senhor SEABHA in the hands of the QUEEN, and that the Mi nistry of Justice will be transferred to RODRIGO DE FONSECA MAGALHAENS, the Minister of the kingdom. Thus the administration is deprived of two eloquent and talented members, and is composed of the authors of the decree of the 31 December, who will un doubtedly strain every nerve to carry the capitaliza tion into effect. Fi v e per Cent. Inscriptions are still quoted at 43i3/4-. GERMANY. The German Journal of Frankfort states that the negotiations opened for regulating the affair of the succession to the throne of Brunswick are neerly at an end. The Duke CHARLES of Brunswick i., it is said, ready to renounce formally his rights to the throne, both for himself and his eventual descendants. A letter from Berlin, in the Emancipation of Brussels, SUS Negotiations on the subject of the commercial treaty between the Zollverein and Bel gium have been for some time urged actively for ward with M. NOTHOME, the Belgian Envoy at the Court of Prussia. The denunciation of the treaties of 1844 and 1852 will take place in a few days ; but it appears that the conventio❑ of 1846, connected with these treaties, and which was provisionally prolonged by that of the 18th of February last, will be maintained as an international treaty until January 1, 1854. The clause concerning the denunciation of the treaty of February does not extend to the convention which concerns the reciprocal repression of smuggling." A recent number of the official journal of the Principality of Sondershausen contains the law which revises the Constitution of 1849. It enacts that the rights of the people, which are in any manner hostile to the pretensions of the Germanic Diet, are abolished ; that the nobility is re-established as a se parate caste; that the censorship of the press is not re-established, but that the liberty of the press is subjected to great restrictions ; that civil marriage is suppressed; that the right of association and meeting i s regulated; that the electoral qualification is raised ; and that the absolute veto of the sovereign is re-esta blished. The Wiener Zeitung publishes the postal conven tion between Austria and the States of the Ckurch, which was signed at Rome on the 30th of March, this year, and ratified on the part of Vienna on the 11th of June. It is to come into operation on the 12th of December this year, and is to remain in force five years ; and from the 12th of December, 1857, it is to be considered as continued annually, if no notice is given s:a months before. ITALY. Instead of from 1,500 to 1,600 workmen being employed as formerly in the arsenal at Venice, there are at pres en t upwards of 2,400, who are engaged either in building new ships, or rendering old ones fit for war service. Towards the end of harvest a new frigate of 60 guns is to be removes from the stocks ; the finishing stroke is just being given to the new steamer Custozza, of 200-horse power, and the steamer Hen tze, of 40-h orse power, which is destined for navigation in shallow water, is now ready to have the engin e put i n. The frigate V enus, the corvettes Ad ria and O restes, and the b r i g P o l a are b e i ng re paired, and preparations are being made for building a new schoone r . Th e purc h ase o f ti m b er , h emp, an d iron goes hand in hand with these works, and ar rangements h ave b een ma d e w ith E ng li s h ship builders for the building of two propelled frigates of 40 guns each. On account of the shallowness of the canals the ships of the line will not be built at Venice, but at Pola. EGY . We find th e following in the Debats :—" Accounts have been received from Alexandria to the 21st. The Envoy of the Porte, ALIF-BEY, arrived there on the 19th, and on the following day proceeded to Cairo. He is charged by the Divan to hand to the Viceroy the firman relative to the introduction of the Tanzimat into Egypt, with the modifications decided on between ABBAS PACHA and FUAD EFFENDI, and since approved of by the Porte. This Envoy had been expected with great impatience, and serious uneasiness was beginning to be felt at Cairo and at Bennah at the little eagerness shown by the Porte to give its official sanction to the convention of May last ; for it was known that FUAD EFFENDI had loudly expressed his disapprobation of the brutal conduct adopted against SAID PACHA, and it was feared that the presence of that Prince at Constanti nople, where be had been called on to come after his journey into Europe, might change the good feelings of the SULTAN towards the VICEROY. Assuredly, the SULTAN could not remain indifferent to that in conceivable act of aggression, and be doubtless has not concealed his disapprobation of it ; but it is diffi cult to suppose that this family quarrel could in any way affect the pacific results of the conferences of Cairo. However this may be, the arrival of Afar- Bar had removed all fears, and we shall shortly l earn that the Tanzimat h as been promulgated with great pomp and amidst files promised and long since pre pared." SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE. Shakspre's drama All's Well that Ends Well was revived at this theatre last evening. The role of Parolles affords Mr. Phelp s an opportun i ty of dis playing that comic humour which has of late been brought forward .almost as a new talent. By his strong, sharp delineation of the i 7,'.'7oonery of Pa rolles, and that abject servility which succe e d s e mpty vaunting, he maintains an intere.t '.). an otherwise weak piece, and commands i ncessant roars of laughter. Miss Cooper was a graceful Helena. Mr. C. ,rge Bennett startled us by th e artistic impressiveness with which he delivered the s u p er b l anguage o f the King. I t is only an elocutionary part, but it almost became a character. The dresses were, as might b expected, perfect. The sc enery was new, wh i c h is a slight merit—but it was good, which is a great one. Altogether the an i seen scene was in the best t - ...1te, as is usual at this establishment, and the applause of the audience, w hich was best owed on the revival of the piece last night, showed th a t t h e manager ' s exertions had not been i n vain. Mr, P ~,p a hcs presented the piece with all ceremony and scrupulous care, and so far has increased the respect due to him for analogous attempts. H e has got an excellent company t oget h er , working w i t h wonderful smoothness into each oth e r s hands, and the result is most pleasant to the eye and ear. , --- OLYMPIC THEATRE. A slight piece was pr o d uced at this theatre last night, under the title of the Master Passion. Who the author was did not transpire for Mr. Hoskins in formed t h e a udience that it w as conf i ded to Mr. F arren by a gentleman whose mod es t y would not perm i t t h e manag emen t to divulge his name. A wight in the gallery, nevert h eless , prop sed , i three cheers for the great unknown, which was duly responci to. The piece has the adv anta g e of some clever toting by Mrs. Walter Lacy, whose deline a ti on of the strugg l e o f the " master pess ion" with filial su b m i ss i on i s touc hi ngly minute and The elder Farren plays the natural. ancient servitor, Jacob, one of the stereotype com pounds of drivelling simplicity and sensibility, in hi s accustomed man ner ; and the comic passages, involv ing the courtship of a booby Quaker and the flipp an . cies of a waiting • r naid, arein the hands of Mr. W . Shalders and Mrs. Alfred Phillips. A new comique ballet, entitled M enore ll a , th e W ater Lilly, invented by Mr. Ffezmore, was also prod uced. Flexmore's antics kept the au di ence i n a roar of laughter almost from the beginning to the end of the piece, which well deserves its adjectival description o f comic. ____--------_. The Rajah of C oor g , attended b y his s uite, visited the Colosseum and Cy clorama on Wednesda y e vening. ET; was so delighted with the wonders of this ma g nifi cent estab lishment that be expressed his dissire that arrange ment . might be made for the reception, privately, of his two wives were delighted with their vsit t to view the exhibitions, aria on Friday evening he brough t these ladies, who evidenlY It was rather a novel sight to see them traversing the saloo n l--* covered with their umbrellas, vt'ng_ their beauties from the eyes of the other v'Qit ,IT. The. . Rajah, before retiring, desired his interpreter ' ) express his sense of the attention paid him, and we heard from more than one of the official that " his highness was every inch a prince." FIRE IN A SHIPYARD A T BLACKWALL.--O n Wed. nesday morning, at a few minutes before two o'clock, a fire attended with a considerabl e destruction of property, brok e out in the extensive range o f premises belonging to Mes a Wigram and Co., the well-known shipbuilders of blackwan: The fire, when first discovered, bad obtained a strong hold of the stores, a building upwar ds of 150 feat long, a n d conti. pious to the mast-house and steam-machinery depk. Owin g to the magnitude of those build in g s, it became ap p ar ent that unless the flames could be soon ex tinguished, a t earai l sacri fice of property must ensue. The private engine belonging to the firm was therefore got out and set to work, but in spite of the most strenuous exertious of all present the conflagration continued to travel, so tnat it was deemed advisable to send to London for additional assistance. The moment the news arrived two engines of the London Brigade, and that of the West of England Office, started to the scene. The fire, hove. ever, had during the brief inter val seized' upon a vast quantity of timber, w hich was bla zin g awa y with ' great fury, and had also communicated with the steam-machinery buildings. The flames were eventually subdued, but the da mage is very considerable. Unfortunately the firm was not insured. ItoMAN CATHOL IC POOR bCHOOIS, KENSINGTON. —On Tuesd a y th e friends an d s ubscribers to this charity partook of a deja n d at the Assembly-rooms, _Kensington. The meeting was convened by the Rev. Charles Woollett, the newly-appointed Roman Catholic chaplain of the district, and was presided over by Mr. Sheriff Swift, M-P-, who was supported by the Right Rev. Dr. Morris, Mr. Wm. B ro d er, the very R ev . Canon O'Neil, &c. The c ustomar y compli ments were p a id t o t h e royal family, a nd an address delivered by Bishop Morris on behalf of the poor children attending the schools, who, he said, used formerly to be clothed as well as educated; but the charity was now upwards of 1004 in_ debt. A co ll ection was then ma de, when the Rev. Mr. Woollett returned thanks, find solicited aid in behalf Of the echeele. Business Railways. c Leasin g I:Nominal Prices. to-day. Companies. 3% ........_.— BP. & Bitch., all p Lon.&N.W .. . .. Bir.& OA, gua. all Gt. Westn. 29% 80% Do. without, all p l Do. Bir•Wolv. & Dad., l guar all pd Do. Do. without, all p Do. Buckinghash. all p Lon. &N.W . • Id 9 '/a ••• Clydsdale Jc., all p Caledonian 5 2 —54 x.d x.d E. Lin., gua. 6 per cent l 00i.pd Gt. Northn. 150 151 150 Gloucest. & Deanl Forest all pd Gt. Westrn. 32% 83 % Rartlepl. Dk. & i Yk. New. 1 Railw....all pdl &Berw. J ••• Hell & Selby, all p Yk. &N.M. 111 —ll3 118 Do. Halves., all p Do. Do. Quarts., all p Do. Leeds&Brdf.,allp Midland Loa. & Crenw., all S. Eastern 13% 14 % Do. Pref....all pd Do. Lowestoft., gua. 4 Dc p o.a e rr,6 p. c c 6 e p n . t. : ... : a a l 1 1 i p p d Norfolk Do. Middlesbe& Red- ... —-- 20 x.d all p Stktn &Dar . . ... N. & E., sp. c., all E. Counties 63 —65 2E.(1 r.d Do. 6p. ct., all p Do. Do. F. 5 p.c. all pd Do. Prestn. & Wyre, 1 L.&N.W 1 '' . - ... ell paid 1 &La. &I') Ditto, Halves, A, Roy. & 11it.,1004 Gt.Northn. 149 . 15 1 x.d Do. Steep. Ex., all Do. l4B 150 Shf. Rth. & Goole, 5 _3 4 0., 18.11.6 p Lan. & Yks ••• ... S. tAaffdsh., 9% p Mrlq•Clean % X die. x.d Wear Val. 6p 0., all Stckt& Dar 80% .... 31% x. Ditto ditto, all p Do. Wiltagga, AQO4 OtsW O&M 194: ... -105.- THE SHARE IH AAKETS. ItRITISH 31413X.Wa1r13 Railways. Nominal Prices. Business done to-day. Aberdeen 100/. paid Amb., Not., Bost. & E. June. Bir., Wolv., and Stour Valley all pd. Birk., Lan., & Ch. Jet., late 331.65.8 d., 28/. pd. Ditto, Chest. & Birk., 50/. & 25/. Cons., all pd. Ditto, ditto 18 1 / 4 pd. Brist. & Exet., 100/. pd. Caledonian _lOO/. pd. Chest. & Holyh., all pd. Cork & Bandon, all pd Dub. & Bel f. Jet. 45/. pd. Dundlk & Ennis., all pd. Dundee, Perth, & Aber deen Junc. all pd. Ditto, New East Anglian (251.1.. & E. and L. & D.) , 1 pd. Do (18/. E.& H.)all pd. East. Counties ... all pd. Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shrs., all pd. Do. do. do. 6/.pd. Do., do., B. & C., all pd. East Lancashire ...all p E. & W. India Docks and Bir. Juno., all pd Edinb. & 100/. pd Edin.,Per.& Dun. 1001. Glas. & S.-West., 100Lp Great Northn., 100/. pd Do.' ' s. A Stk., 100/. p De. ;f t B Stock,lool. p Gt. S. & W. Ire'd., all p Great Westn., 100/. pd Lanc. & Carlisle, all pd Do. Thirds, 11/.13.4 pd Lane. & York., 1001. pd Do., Fifths 141. pd Do.,W. Rid. Un. 11%p Leeds Northern, all pd Liv.Czsby & Sthpt. all p Lond. & Blackw., pd Lon.,Brig.& S. Ct.loo p Lon. & IN.West.,loo/. p Do. Fifths 12/. pd Do. 101.,M &B (o) lip Lou. & S.-West IOOE p Do. New 501., 42% pd Do. New 40i. pd Lon. & Enniskil., a'l pd Bux. & Mat. ali p Man. Shef. & Lin.,loo/p Do. Manch. & Lincoln Union 4l. 2s. pd Midland 1001. pd Do. Bir. & Derby 100/. Mid. Gt. Wt. (Ire.) 47 Do. % Shares, let % Newcas. & Carl. all pd Newmarket IOOL pd Newport, Alergaven., and Hereford ...121 pd Newry & Ennisk. 7% p Norfolk lOO/. pd Do. New 20/. S. 15/. p North. Coun.Un. 3 ',ipd North British ...100/. p, Nth. Devoe, N0.1,13 1 .p I Do., No. 2 6% pd Do., % A, def....a1l pdi Do., % B, guar. Si. pd North Stafford. 17% p North-Western...all pd N. & S.-W. Juno. 8% 13 Oxf.,Wor., &W.,100L p Scottish Centralloo/. Scottish Midld., 100/. p Shrew. & Bir. A, 1601. p Do. B lOO/. pd Shrew. & Her 8/. p Shrewsbu. and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all pd Do. Halves all pd Do. Oswestry all pd, Shrop. Union ...6y pdl Do. A, B, C, & D fully pd. up at par cent. South Devon all pd South-Eastern 1001. pd South Wales all pd South Yorkshire and River Dun 15/. pd Do. Do, Si. pd Stirl. & Dunferni all p Stock. & Har. 16/2s. 3a. Taff Vale Thames Haven Dock and Railway ...19/. pd Vale of Neath. 17/. pd Waterfd. & Kilk. all pd Waterfd. & Lim. all pd West Cornwall 13L pd West London ...all pd Yk., New. & B er . 1001. p Do. & New. Ex. 20/. p Do. G.N.E.purc. 10/. p York & N. Mid.looLpcf PREFZ Aberdeen ... . ..... all pd Do. No. 2, . per ct. all Brie. & Ex., 4 p. ct.Stk Do. 4 p. c. Shares, 51. pd Caledonian, 10/. 100/ p Cork and Bandon, 5% per cent. l% p Ches. & Holyhd. all pd Dundee, Per., & Aberd. Junction all pd E. Ang.(3! 10s)6 pc. all Do. (5/.) 7 per all p Do. (7/ 17s) p. c. 2 p Eastern CDucties Ex., sp. c., No. 1 all pd Do. No. 2 all pd L ).New 6 p. c. Stk. all Eastern Union Scrip, Guar. 6 per ct all p Do. 101. Deb. Sh all p East Lancashire, 6 per ct. Que^. Shrs. all pd East & West YorksPre Junction, 5 ths all pd Edin., Per. & Dun. 5% per cent. all.. rd Gins. & S.W. gaa 5 p.c. Gt. North. 5 p. c. all pd Do. 5 pc. red. sc. all p Great South. & West. (Ireland) Bths all pd Gt. Wcst. (Berk, & H. Ex. 5 per cent.). .6 pd Gt.W. fixed 4 1 4 100/. p Lancashire and York shire, F. 20/. .. .6/. pd Do. 6 p. c. Stk. 1001. p Leeds Northern, 6 per cent. No. 1 13/. pd Do. Do. No. 2 17/. pd Do. Do. No. 3 51. pd Do. Qrs., 1848 ...9/. pd London & Brig. guar. 5 per cent. ...100L pd Do. Pr.s p c. Stk. 100/. Do. Con. o p c, 1852 all Do. N.Gr. 6n c 100/. p Lon. & (Cov. tx Nunet.) 5 p. c. 100/. pd Ln. & S. W. Co.3ds. Si. p Lon. & En. % Sh. all p Man., Sheff., & Linen. Qr. Sh., No. 1 all pd Do. New, IC/. pd Do. 6/. . . .... . .3L pd Maryport and Carlisle, 4 per cent all pd Do., 4% per ct 6% p BEd.Con. 6 p c sr. 100/. Do. Con. Brie. & Bir., 6 per cent.... 100/. pd Do. Erewash Val. all p Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per c. Guar. 100/. p Do. Pre:, 4i p.c. W. p Noriolk Eaten all pd Do. Gr. 5% p ct. all p Do. W.Val. 5 p.e all p North British 1001. pd North Stafford all pd Oxf. Wor. & Wol., 15/. 6 per cent.... 100/. pd Ditto ditto ... 3/. pd Shrews. & Bir. N.G. all Shrews. & Cbes. (N.W. Min.) 8 per c all pd Do. 5 per can', 8! pd South Devon all pd Do. New 1% pd St.-Est. 4% p c. 1001. p Sth. York. 4p c gd. all Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 p c until July 1,185 C, all p Weterforu & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. 3/. pd Yo_k, New. & Bar. all p Do. Do 51. pd York & N. Midland H. and S. Purch. 101. pd Midland 1 MINES LEASE: 26% to 26% - x.d, 11 3 A 11 IA x. d d.s.d 18 1 ,‘ - 19% x.l 102 104 x.d 41% 42% 20 —2014 15 15 1 / 4 8 6 d. 6% -7% 431 3 4Y B 2 7 / 8 - .311 11 - 11% x.(l 71A _ 734 5'4 ay s 18 —lB% 57 —59 Iced 70 —72 23 —25 78 —79 x.d 42 —44 117 119 x.d 45 —46 x.d 95% 96 - 87 10 1 ,E 11% p 83% 84% 3% —3% die. 3 —2% dia. 16% 17% 8 —B% x.d 104 105 122% 123 3 3 / 4 —4% p 1% 91 92% x.d 4 di&x.d , 3 dis.x.d 14 —l5 29 —3O 3 —2% dis. 75% —76 x.d 41 —43 x.di ••• -- ••• 48 —5O x.d 3% 3 di& 2 —2% 43 45 x.d x.n 9 8 dii.x.d x.n 50 31% 7 —6% dial 2 1 ,4 1 dis. 43 /4 6 - 7 p. 47% - 48% 76 -78 55 -57 69 -71 •.• ••• 2 1 1 ,‘ die. 21 —22 10% 11 15% 16% 3 2 7 / 8 d. dis. 19 —2O x.d 71 —72 37% 38% Par 'A P 164 -166 2 -2% 12 -14 6%- 6% 22 -24 9% - 10 6834 —89 IA x.d 7% 7 disa.d dis.x.d 48 —49 x.d INENCE BU.A ••• ••• 104 —lO6 x.d 1 ... ....... 'lOO - 102 ••• •• 18% 18% x.d 6%- 6y B 6 -3% 1% 1 7 / 8 p I S/8 1%8 p 14 5 /e 14%8 16 -16 9 % -9% 15 3 A 1d 13% —, 14 x.d 8 8 / 4 , 9 x.d 107 -10 9 %dia. IA p 150 152 ••• ••• ,I 3 3 / —4% p s.a 13 —l4 1 10 —ll 11% 11% y a 5 43 P %dia. M P Mdis. M P 148 - 150 ••• ••• par H p x.d 22 —23 x.d 6 -- 6H 1H 2 x.d 99 101 2%- 254 p ••• ••••• ••• 10 3 4 ...• 11% 17% 18%1 7 / 8 p x.d 15%-16% %dis. i 6 p 1 ••• - ••• 20 .- 21 3 1 8 101 103 x.d 5 b 5 x.dl 36 P Bradford Scrip), D AT PLIED 26', 103 x.d 42% 3 4 3i 11% y s 3i x.d W s % 19% 70% 72 71% 80 1 ,4 81 79%x.d x d 96 97 961Aysx.d pm 85% a% % It, P 6 Vs 17% L 23% 22% 123% [123 % 93 li l i i x.d 29% SO 29% [76 3 / 4 77 x.d 76% 77% 77 ~ i x.d 45 x.d 14% It ~, 21% 16X 16 1% % 16% 16 13% % x.d 102% 6%. RENTAZIL POZZEIGN. Business done Railways. Nominv I Prices. to-day. Cent. France (0.V.) all Charl. & Erquel all pd Demerara all pd Dijon & Besancon, `2 pd Dutch Rhenish... Bl. pd East Indian all pd Gt. Indian Penin. all p Grnd. June. of Fra. 4 pd Louv. a la Sambre 7 1 ,4 Luxembourg ...14/. pd Do. (Railway) 10/. pd Do. 1 1 / 2 pd Do. (Canal) 2% pcl Madras 2s. pd, Maria Antonia 27i pd Do. New 8 pd Namur & Liege all pd Do. ex int all pd North. of France, all pd Do. 201.3 p. c. Bds, all p Orleans & Bor 111. pd, Paris & Lyons 101. pd Do. Bonds ... 12 pd. Paris & Orleans all pd. Paris & Rouen ...all pd Paris & Stras. ...all pd Rouen & Havre...all pd' Sambre & Meu•e all pd St. Andrew's & Quebec (A) 4/. pd Tours & Nantes 17/. pd West Flanders pd West. of France 61. pd Great Western %-3 % P 1 dia. par '714 — 8 1 AP 1 1 4 I%p 1 1/p Agna Fria all pd Anglo-Californian, all p Asturian 151. p Australasian 21. pd Australian 5/. pd Austr. Freehold all pd Ave Maria all pd Brit. Austr. Gold all pd British Iron 13/. 55. p Braz. Im. (is. 5 p) 24% Do. Coca. & Cui. all p Do. St. Joh. del R. 15/. Carson's Creek all pd Cobre Copper ...401. pd Colonial Gold 1/ pd Copiapo 141 pa Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p General all pd Gold Mountain all pd Grd. Duch. Baden, all p Great Polgooth all pd Lake Bathurst all pd Liberty .. all pd Lon. & Cal. Gld Quartz Crushing Com all pd iquita.... all pd Mexi. & S. Amer. 9/. p New Granada all pd Nouveau Monde, all pd Port Philip all pd Quartz Rock all pd Santiago de Cuba 10% South Australian, all pd Tin Croft 7l. pd United Mexican all pd West Mariposa all pd Yuba 1 paid 6 3 A - 7 4% -4% 1% -1% 1A- ly g 2 1 A - 2%P 7 - 9 2 - 3 6%- 634 25% 8 - 26' 13% - 14 JOINT. Australasia all pd; Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd Colonial 251. pd Com. of London 201. pd Lon. & County 20/. pd London Jt. Stk. 101. pd Lon. & Westm. 20/. pd Nat. Prov. Eng. 35/. pd Do. New lO/. pd Nat. of Ireland 22 p Orient. Bk. Corp all pd Prov. of Ireland 251 pd. Do. New all pd Union of Austral all pd Do. New 2% pd Union of London 10/. p Union of Madrid all pd P MISS Austral. Roy. Mail, 4 p Canada 32% pd Copper Miners of Eng land . . all pd Do. Preference, 7% pd Crystal Palace ... 5 pd Eastern Steam...2s. pd Gen. Stm. Nay. 141. pd Gen. Screw Steam Sh ip ping Company...so/. p Irish Beetroot Sug. 2i p Penin. & Or. St. all pd Do. Do. —l5: pd Royal Mail Stm. 601. pd Universal Emigration and Colonization. 21. p 10% - 10 5 4 p 56 -58 33 1 / 2 - 34 26 - 26% 14% - 14% 7 714 dL X 3 3/ 4 314 3 3 / 4 P• ►f Canada Bonds ( MINES. % - % P l ii - y P a/—' - 1 % % die. % % dis. 9' B % dis. 3 - 4 %dis. % P 42 —43 x- %P ••• --- ••• % 1 4 dis. % dis. par %dis. par 1% ~... 1% p % % dis. % % p 5 / 8 dis. %dis. par 4 5 1 % %dia 3/ P %dia. par 12 —l3 % dis. 12 —l3 2 5 / s 2 7 / 8 par p par % p •STOCIC BAN 55% 56 59% 61 14% 15% 29 —3O 18% - 19 31 -33 44 -46 7 5 / 9is 28 % 18% - 20 38 -39 46% - 47 16% - 17% 49% - 50% 6 -6% 17 -18 ;cEzza.NEousi. 3- 4 I 50 -51 4 7 / 8 -5% ii. A =i6 % 2 - ,i 84 -86 20;8 26 5 / g 7 % % 85 % -- 36% 78 - 79% 856), 107. ly s % Y 8 % 13 12% 32% 50% % 85% MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Pverpool yesterday were esti mated at 8,000 bales, all to the trade. The market closed firmly. The sales comprised 7,000 American. 70 Pernam and Maranham at 6d. to 64d., 60 Bahia at 64d., 800 Egyptian at 7d. to Bd., and 200 Surat at 3id. to 48d. per lb.—Railway Shares were quiet, at rather lower prices. Besides the arrivals of Gold from Australia noticed in yesterday's Sun, viz., 15,465 ozs. and 50,0001., we learn that one of Messrs. Marshall and Edridge's regu lar traders, the Medway, cleared at Port Philip on the 27th of May, with 65,051 ounces on board, say 250,0001. The letters received this morning from the Continent are not of much interest. The Government of Belgium will allow salt to be imported in Dutch ships from Netherlands' ports on the same terms as if conveyed in Belgian vessels. The Amsterdam Stock Market, on the 31st ult., was without change, but Foreign Stocks drooped a little. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were 64g. The question of Life Assurance, and the neces sity of some restriction to render it safer, is discussed in the Current number of the Banker's Magazine, and although we think every possible encouragement should be offered to new companies, so as to give the public the benefit of cheapness, arising from competition, there may be and doubtless is room for improvement in the management of some offices. Mr. Thomson offers the following suggestions on these points, which are worth consideration:— "It may be premature to attempt to suggest any practical remedy for the existing evil ; but having ex pressed myself unreservedly on the present state of things, I shall not h es i tate to give my views as to such remedy. I shall not attempt, at this time, to suggest an entire system, b u t I shall note the lead;ng features of the plan I consider essential for what a s aimed at, provided the Government take upon themselves, in any way, the watching or superintending of such societies. "1. That the balance-sheets of ell life assurance companies in Great Malin be annually recorded in a set form, not f or th e pur p ose of Ling made public, but for the use of th e G overn ment and their auditor. That periodical balance-sheets, having reference to valuations or investigations, be also record:. I at certain intervals, in such form and with such explanation as shall b 3 satisfactory to the auditor, and that them) b oFen to the public. "2. That an existing offices be required to pleat) a certain limited sum in the Government funds in the name of the registrar. "3. That before any new society be reg"otere, such a sum be so invested. "4. That a thoroughly practical and judicious pro fessional ectualy, urconnect:d with any asst . :rine° office, be appointed as auditor, it conjunction with the regis trar, with power to send for parsons and dcluaients, and who shell be in close commu?icat;nn wit't the Tha7d of Trade. " 5. That the Board of Trade, after a report fA•om the registrar and the auditpr, and such further procedure as may be thoughtnecessary, be empowered to suspend the operations of any society whose management is disre spectable or tending to solvency. " 6. That the Joint Stock Companies Act is to be re vised with reference to assurance companies, or that a special Act be pssed for their guidance. The new Turkish loan b?ing for such a small amount, 800,0001. in a Six per Cent. Stock, and the list already closed, will obviously bo taken up by the contractors and their immediate friends, and already bears a high price, being at 34 to 41 premium. The English Stork Market has been very well sup ported, but there is not much doing. Some purchases for Transfer have I - :en made at par to 100 k, and for Time they are now 100 k to /. New Three-and-a Quarter per Cents. have b2en taken for investment at 1041 to f, and the Three par Centi at 1001 to 101. Bank Stock is worth 229 to 230. The large arrivals of bullion, the fine weather, and the satisfactory political intelligence from abroad generally, have all contributed to buoy up prices. Exchequer-bills of Juno have been at 715., and India Bonds at 86s. premium. The tone of the Foreign Marliet is good, although the dealings have been unimportant in the aggregate. Mexi can have been in request at 25,i to 26i. Grenada De ferred have risen to 12} /), and Peruvian Deferred have been buoyant at ( .59i to 60i. The French Government have followed the example of England, and given public warning that they Rill not protect their merchant ships in getting, guano from the Lobos Islands. The price of Chillan Stock has just been run uP, by some purchases made, 1 to 2 per cent., beieg 72 to 73 for the Three per Cents. Spanish Three per Cent. Stock is worth 491 to H, end the Deferred no minally about 224 to 23. Belgian Bonds have been done at 964. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 64a to 65k, and the Foy^ per Cent . 98- to 99i. The Railway Share Market has lam more elastic, aid in the quo t a ti on s of the prineipr l lines there is an advance. Lancashire and Yorkshiro have risen about 24 per share, North-Western los., Great Western 10e. to 11., Midland 1/ to 1/. 105., York and North Midland 11 to 11. 53., East Lancashire 7c. 6cl. to 101., Caledonian 103.) and Groat Northern 2! to 31. French Sham are very quiet. In the miscellaneous market there is some activity in the new companies. The London Chartered Bank of Australia have been 2 to 21-, and the Victoria D oc k s 41 to premium. Gold Mine Shares have been in request at fully previous rates, especially Coloni al and Austra lian Cordillera. 19% 72% 72 15% 15 24 X: 69 x.d 12% x.d 7% x.d 49 % x.d 100 98$ 100 11% 11 Tho last week's Railway Receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures, as under :- 1852. Great Western £18,986 North-Western South-Western 14,094 Brighton Midland 185 1 . .£24 674 62,73 9 17, 563 14,4 80 24,588 ~ 20,05/ South-Eastern 19,173 North Stafford 5,291 Caledonian de -13,348 Great Northern 18. 617 Le ncashire end Yorkshire York and North Midland QUARTER To T HREE 0 96 Newcastle and Berwick Cmeols ••• ... 100 Ditto Account. Account. Sept. 8 .. I°°k i • ." chosilta ... ORE FUTON& FRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLO..K. 229 * Bank stock 8 ner Cent. Reduced Anni 3. ....... 8p tr Cont. Consols Ann:Atka.. !.i. , w 8 per Cent. Anne -. .... ..one Arms. to empiraJan.lß6l Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 6%1 86 P India; Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,0004-- ..•• 80 p i 100 iii C)usole for Account .. lO O l/ ,3 1 00 I A June , 4:xchcquer Bills. I;id. Alarch. 71 P (.0001. .. small, PRICEe* ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent — Ditto, 3 per Cent..... . - 73 72 .. Grenada Bonds, 1 1 4 per Ce nt -- 24 Do. Ex Dec., 1849 Coupons 124 Ditto, Deferred 12%53 T fexican, 1846 3 per Cent., Peruvian Bonds, 1849,6 per Cent — 9 1 4 59% g9 14 ...a Ditto. Deferred, 3 per Cent.. GO% Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 — 494 Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto, New Deferred ............ Ditto, Passive -- Venezuela Bonds, 3% per Cent -- 16% Ditto Deferred — a ble in Londo n. 96U Dividends on the above pay Belgian. 4 1 ,4 per Cent• Dutch 2% per Cent.. 12 . .......... - ht g 6 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates. 983 k 99% -- ' ------- LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS IV') g, LONDON, SEPT. 2.—Wind this da y at so D on P. rather foggy, but fi ce ' ore, AL, SEPT. I.—Wind W.S.W.--Arrd. Vein .. ,Ca Cambria Shaddick, Cender C Ceylon; Inl e t may, St. Kitt's; Gionswiii ' n ff Truxillo; Will Y, escro , halla, Quebec ; Denmark, Moller , St. Übes• 'fleP MS Go cd Christie, arrived in the River from Cape of Ge! Mem o), Bar Harriet , Pitcairn, Galatz. Arrd. Cyg ne t , jiv bite; Allred Bissett, Grenada.; David Lyon, Sel Selby „, u .. maice; Lord Stan!ey, Packer, Quebec. Sid C ) ,.°', or t Bore, Demerara; Syria, Port Philip; Colon Town; tat, ii" Malcolm ! Cape of Good Hope. --Arra. Irene, LIVERPOOL, AUG. 31. Wind S.S.W. Bowes, Rio Grande; Norman, Schultz, Riabileet:r: Windermere and Kirkman, Bombay; Wal' p o rt Africr, Sid. Regulus, Rio Janeir o ; Coven a nter, ___„ Ls Tbo c 7; t : Philip; Argentinus, San Francisco; Parana, Conchita, Savannah ; Salem and New Y°r"ajkleir New Orleans; Conqueror steamer, West Point, , ec , York; Batters, Prince Edward's Island; Jane, 1 2 0 ",„; Sept. 1. A steamer, apparently broken down In von 'v Waterford under canvas, was seen off Duga ry°l3 Yell. terday. A Lint', QUEENSTOWN, AUG. 31.—W 1 nd S . S .We—Arr"; - ,,„11 Feehane, St. John's, Newfoundland. Sid. Asa"'": Blyth, Australia; Vesta, Africa ; Carolina,.New I°lteti.. STOCKTON, SEPT. I.—Arrd. Hewson and blip , ramichi. - a Sid , HULL, SEPT. I.—Arrd. Helen, St. John's I` l, -• Jason, Sr. Domingo. Arrd. Hebe Cawent,'Greeal,4.ooo. with 1,500 seals, about 15 tuns oil; 'Flemingo, Leettgi, FALMOUTH, SEPT. I.—Wind S.S.W., fiesb•"`" -- Jersey, Labrador. iralpr PENZANCE, SEPr . 1.--Arrd. Avon, Moore, • • - ~„,, raiso; Golconda, Oliver, Quebec. Sid, marquis Chanuu., Quebec; Warrior, Table Bay. JERSEY, Auc. 30.—Arrd. Fabian, Savannah. SUNDERLAND, SEPT. I.—Sld Acacia, Ceylon. bore off RAMSGATE, SEPT. 2.--The sloop goy, Whiteness, was got off this tide. - , MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DA" NEWGATE AND MEADENILAZIA. The demand was tolerably steady, as follows ::: Beef, from 2s 6d to 38 6d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4 5 2 , Lamb, 4s to ss• Veal, 2s Sd to 33 10d; Pork, 2 3 6° to 3s 6d per Ms b y ' the carcase. Sal' IKAIMETS. SMITHFIELD. — Mead ow Ha y , 21 15s to 41 4s; Cl ove= ~ . ditto, 31 15s to 51 0 s; and Straw, 118 a to 11 133 per Joao Supply moderate, and trade firm. UnsfriEuLAND.--Meadow Hay, 21 17s to 4/ 6s; Clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 51 Oa; and Straw, 1193 to 1/ 15s per lo A fair average supply, and a moderate demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21153 to 41 4s; Clove! ditto, 3/ 15s to 5/ ss; and Straw, 11 83 to 1112 s per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at our quotation!). MEAT MalitICATB. A off SOUTHALL, SEPT. 1.--Bea s ts and Sheep move. freely, on higher terms, In other kinds of stock, only a moderate business was doing.—Beet; from 2 3s iod; Mutton, Os to 4 a 2 d; La mb, 4s 2d to 596 vea l, 33 offal. to Ss 10d ; Pork, 3s to 35 8d p er Blbs, the to Oa. Br l 11: RoMFoRD, SEPT. I.—Our market has ruled steady, at very full prioes.—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4a; Mutton, 38 2s 4a cis 4d; Lamb, 49 to Os • Veal, 35 tO 39 and i, Quarter 3 r t s e r Bd old per e S r lod; Pork, 16s to 193 each. Store Pigs, Calves, 18s to 229; _ B E e w f Es, AUG. 31.—The trade is firm, at higher rat e : 4 e , from 3s 2d to 4s; Mutton, 3s 6d to 454; 1 4°31 " s to ss; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 8d per Sib. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISII CO th• For the Week ended Aug. 26, 1852, made up from the Returns ?,i.,7; • , Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and """ per Imperial Quarter. til• WHEAT. BARLEY. !' OATS. RYE. I BEANS. 3 , PRICE .. 1 43s 7d I 23s 2d 20s 3dl I 298 9d 1 34s 4d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I BYE. I BEANS. Od I 19 us. Is 0d is Od le Od Is Od Is QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEBS Boar Wheat, 77,966; Barley , 2,020 ; Oats, 6,788; Rye, 1,714 ; Peas, 506 quarters. . ow' John Oliver Hanson, Esq., is the gentlerfan, re ,lo l mended by the Court of Directors of the Bank of i1 , , 111, ,,,,5e to fill the vacancy in the direction occasioned by the `` es. of Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. t fee THE FOREIGN COINER S AT HULL.--The-11,,t,- prisoners, Johan Nutzelfeldt , Carl Werner , an d Maria Sitiii zelfeldt, who have been several times remanded at the , ja o police-court on a charge of manufacturing 'pinions f0r`,,,,.. coin, were brought up again yesterday. The Prussian ' - z , - c i vernment has now taken the prosecution in hand' /;- g4; through the consul at Hull, has caused Mr. Hindes to fig" is against the prisoners. It would seem that the eviden% hardly sufficient to bring home the charge of manufac tu , r .t i 'a coin, and therefore it has been determined that the p sl l; n i ts shall be charged with having in their possession iruplern,hlo used for coining. This charge was preferred against,,beege yesterday, and several witnesses were examined. w ith' spoke to the discovery of a complete (fining apparatug, 0, cnemicals and all things necessary for carrying on th eir bieb farious occupation, in a house, 108, Osborne-street, of which Werner acknowledged himself to be the tenant, and in" „,. the two Nutzelfeldts were found. Several genuine Napo the leons, some Prussian, Danish, and American coins w ere 11 7 . seized, together with models of these in brass, and ir . q c r o e to , sions of them in wax, taken on leather. Mr. B. •":".. b ib goldsmith, gave a detailed account of the manner in 7 . ..... li tter . h!!,' e all the implements end chemicals were used, and, ing all the evidence, the magistrates decided o notnunit!i Johan Nutzelfeldt end Werner for trial, and, d en e a . 3; the evidence against Maria Nutzel feldt conclusive they discharged her. —The THE MILITIA IN ST. MARY, ISLINGTON. • churchwardens of the parish of St. Mary, 'ehar„l - a notice to the inhabitants, stating that th , t Islington Lieutenant of Middlesex has called their attention to theme`;, of last session, by which it is enacted that volunteer ff, be ralsed to serve in the militia, and that s bounty:: exceeding Cl. is the inhabitants that the opportunity thus given t? e Y p e. given to each volunteer, and urging .47 vent the inconvenience of the ballot should not 0 __ ;3ll glected. The quota of men to rished by the P , '" is 246. _ 1 ~, morning THE FOOT GUARDS. —Early y ester 'Jed' their hal the three regiments of Foot Guards corninetle_..do, Is t bat yearly change of quarters, viz.:—Grenadier (anal ark,vp to tl , r , talion, from St. John's-wood Barracks , Itecestrutoster; a Wellington Barracks, Birdcage-wt G eorge's B battalion, from the Tower of London, to '" s t. G e orge's B ar " Trafalgar-square ; and 3d battalion, from Guards, Ist bat racks to Windsor by railway. Coldstream , s park, to Port talion, from Wellington Barracks, St• fromj eWsindsor to the man-street Barracks; 2d battalion, battalion, from Tower of London. Scots Fusilier Guards, Istbattalion, from arracks, Chichester to St. John's-wood Barracks; 2d ,ster by , Portman-street Barracks, Oxford-street, to Cne hiclient state railway. The whole of the troops were in an excellent of health. g 0 4 REPRIEVE.—The Birmingham Gazette state , i.O Mitchell, the man senteseea '„ the reprieve in the case of vinsoa death at the last assizes for shooting at his wife, at I r e Green, near Birmingham, was received by the governosee'. the county gaol, at Warwik, on Friday evening. The u . .„ tence of the unhappy man is commuted into one of trap PO tation for life. c the LONDON HOSPITAL. -11. quarterly court o. ~ governo rs of this charity was h el d ye sterda y at the hospitaie Sir Edward Buxton, Bart., in the chair. The report of tb r committee of management stated that during the last flaa h r .d 1,044 in-patients had been discharged, of whom 5 24 ,',, - ts been cured, 459 relieved, and 61 had died. The in-1 ,04 " . f in the hospital at the present time amount to the number 0. 331, and the out-patients on the books to 2,081. The repos. also stated that the financial condition of the institution waa satisfactory, and in conclusion expressed a op h e that its su bscribers and friends would continue their support. T he f report was ordered to be placed on the minutes, and a vo te 0 thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. ...AT ri ing NEWS FROM TH E DIGGINGS.--BUNGAY.--- - the past week a poor man na med Wright received fro m one of his sons in Aust ra li a a d ra ft for 300/ , with instructiona, how to invest it o n hi s behalf, as the fruits of a few naontbs labour in the gold re ' The letter conveyed glom. same the intelligence id that the body of another young ma nano! Kent, also fiom this town, who had accuinulasd upwar 1C)/,, bad been found in one of the rivers, stripped of everyi• thing, and there was reason to fear that he had met with au untimely end —Burg Post. n leZ AN ASTONISHING CATCH OF PILCHARDS.--mll , - n ,„boat the past week Mr. John Pengellv, mrster of a so __, belonging to the Port Wrinkie Pilcha-d Fishery CompenY_ in taking the en 1, assisted by an active crew, succeeded quantity of 450 hogsheads of pilchards in one shoal._ . - 1 • 0 ', Ig the largest taking known for the last forty years. have'Di ~Ifii engaged in the fisheries this generally, at Wrinkle, b n" the season, as might be seen Y exceedingly fortunate w..e ,_ 4 condition of the fish cellars in that neighbourhood, , al„a ',, the present time contain a much larger stock of ' bulked_, year fish than has be en stQWCti therein fp; A G jut ',Treaty ye GQ/71.0 4 4i0"4" 5,1 12 Ay • 9,377 ~...._._ SPOR NE NIARE Weights fo r i tact% 15 ft September