The Sun. — London, England, 1852-08-05 00:00:00

R OYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. PIETRO LL GRANDE. - On TUESDAY next, win be produced (first time) a new gand historicalaOpera, entitled PIETRO IL G NDE. composed expressly for the Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, by M. Jallien. BATTY'S GRAND NATIONAL HIPPO DROME, Opposite the Broad Walk, Kensington-gardens, Is now OPEN for the Season The most popular place of amusement in London. Grand Change of Performance, in which a splendid exhibition of HAWKING will take place, under the direction of 3fr. Barr, the ce lebrated Falconer, who will introduce his highly-trained Hawks and peregrine FAlcons. The lovers of the above sports may now be gra tified, as such an Exhibition has not been seen in this country since the days of Henry VIII. Hippodramatic Sports every evening. A Grand Balloon Ascent iu the Royal Hippodrome Balloon, TO DAY, at Six o'clock precisely. Doors open at Hat-pasi: Five, the Entertainments commencing at Slx o'clock precisely. A splendid Brass Band will be in attendance. Admission—Reserved Seats, 3s. ; First Class, 25.; Second ditto, is. ; Third aitto, 'id. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Last Night but One of the Subserirtion. First Night of the new Opera, Casilda. THIS EVENING, (Included in the subscription) !II be produced a grand romantic Opera, composed by the Duke of Saxe•Coburg, entitled CAAILDA. Casilda, Madame Charton ; Donna Anna, Madame De la Grange , Aaonzo, Signor Calztlari ; Gomez, Signor susini ; Don Luigi, Signor De Bassini. In the unirth act a Divertissement, composed by M. Gosselin, by Mdlies. Lamoureux, Allegrini, Pascales, G. Pascales, &c. To conclude with au entirely new Ballet, Composed by M. Gosselin, the Poem by M. St. Georges, the Music by M. Nadand, entitled ZELIE , ou, l'Amour et la Magic. • Ey Maine. Caroline Rosati, Mdlles. Rosa, ,i.'sper, Lamoureux, kilegrini, Louise Fleury ; MM. Di Mattia and Durand. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box- Mace, Opera Colonnade, Ilaymariret. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GAKUEN. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. LE PROP HET E THIS EVENING, Will be performed Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, LE PROPLIETE. Fides, Madame Grist (6th appearance in that character); Bertha, Madame Castellan; Jean of Leyden, Signor Mario; Cou n t Oberthal, Signor Tagliallco ; Serjeant, Signor Soldi; Pea san t s , Si gnor i Mei and /Comm' ; Gioni , Si g nor Stigelli; M athiesen, Signor Polonini Zaccaria, Herr Formes. The incidental Ballet and Skating Scene will be danced by Madlle. Robert and M. Alexandre, M. Ruauit, M. Flusse ; Madlies. Kolemberg and Leblond, and comprise the celebrated Quadrille des Patineurs. The performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Tickets for the Boxer, Stalls, or the Pit may be had (for the Night or Season), at the Box-office of the Theatre, wilich is open from Eleven till live o'clock ; and of the principal librarians and mnsicsellers. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Lame, Mr. B. Webster ; Dire c tress, Madam e " cite. Real Attraction. Will be perform THIS EVENING, Pa — the Comedy of P AUL PRY. Colonel Hardy, Mr. Emery ; pry, sir. Wright ; Grasp, Dir.o. Smith ;Mr Willis. Mr. Worrell ; Phoebe, Mi ss Woolgar ; Fa iaa, miss L. Honey. After which THE WRECK. ASHORE Al:rialY's ItuYAL AMPAITHEAT,tE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Roycl highness Prince Albert. and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. '"'i le moat Propsucces riet or sful and popu l ar Theatre in Loden.Mr. Batty begs leave to announce to his patrons and the publi c i n the Champs Elys s e e e ns s, ati P o s n ris to ( tal for ly a general, that he has entered into an engagement: e vi rt t o h n t n h a e nc r es eno c : L e a d artistes, the Messrs. Siegrist , fro m limited period), whose surprising and unrivalled Perch ; created during the last season, in Paris, a unprecedented in that metropolis. THIS EVENLNG, Will be produced, a g rand Spectacle, written expressly f or th Am phitheatre, by E. Fitzball, Esq., entitled PETER TrißGße EAT: In wish Ur. Ityder , f rom the Princess's, will a ppear. T o be followed b y Batty''s Inimitable Scenes otthe arena, Intro ducing the most nameroas equestrian company i• n Europe. To c onclude with a Laughable farce, Tickets to be had at the Box-ollice from Eleven till Four daily. Stage Manager, Mr . Leclercq. ---- ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Open for the Season, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Positively the Last Week of the Promenade Concerts d'Ete, and last appearances of Signor Bottessini, Miss Cicely Nott, &c. Solos by Signor Bottessinl, Messrs. J. Richardson, Wolfe, Viotti Collins, Lazarus, Pratten, Ciotti, Barret, Janet, Collinet, &e. ; and Two Songs, by Miss Cicily Nott. Exhibition of Danson's Colossal Daylight View of MOUNT ETNA and the CAVES of VULCAN and the CYCLOPS --Splendid and interesting Menagerie--promenade Concert by Godfrey's un rivalled Military Band—Various Amusing Novelties --Concluding at Dusk with a Grand Pyrotechnic Exhibition by Messrs. Southby, representing the Interior of the Mountain (the Pandemo nium of the Indents), with the Caverns and Forges of Vulcan and his Cyclops, the whole terminating with the Eruption of Mount Etna and a Grand Tableau on the Lake of Thetis, and the Nereiads receiving the Armour of A chilies. The menagerie now consists of several hundred specimens, in cluding-three elephants, two giraffs, four ostriches, two camels, lions, -Sze. Doors open from Nine ♦ Feeding the Animals at Five. Con cert at Half-past Six. Fireworks at llalf-past _Nine. ADMISSION, ONE SHILLING. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT —Morning 7 min. OW 5 I Evening 24 min. after 5 To-Moaaow—Morning 42 nun. atter 5 1 Evening 1 min. after 6 THE WEATHER.—Su OFFICE, AUGUST 5. THERMOMETER, LI THE SHADE. 70—highest since noon yesterday. 51—Lowest this morning and during the night. 70—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 2952. WIND S.S.W.—stiff breeze and sunshiny weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The atatione are arranged in order of latitude. Prxmoirru—Wind N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. Poatsmocrru—Wind S. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SouTuaAtrroic— Wind S strong breeze—partially cloudy. Fot,xxsToNE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. TnsfainnoE—.Vind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. (IRE EN 'A ICH— Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. &moon—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Swurnox—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CltcHEErrnx—Wind S. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. YamasouTH—Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Tuesday morning at nine Lmatuck—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CARLOw—Wind S.W.. gentle breeze—rain. POOLE—Wind S.E., strung breeze—rain. Lviairrox—Wind S. E., gentle breeze—overcast. N.W., gentle breeze—rain. Law:emus—Wind S., gentle breeze—beavy rain. bAELtztotori—Wind S.. gentle oreeze—overcast. Scutp— ind S.S.E., strong breeze- rain. BaArrocx—Wind S. E., gentle breeze—overcast. ,7„ .. s 4?..,5 _~1 „,4 4 . at, r , 7 G. w 1 .4 .lr A "z ? 1 4 4 61 , 1 ' l / 4 .....-.-- ~..., etaraina LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1852. A strong Government, as we insisted yesterday, is precisely what at this moment appears to be m os t desirable among the British Population. Everything assures us, morever, that this strong G overnment may be compacted out o f t he a pparently ge hetero neous mass of politicia ns recently chose n as the un_ tional representatives. It behoves those conseqaently who possess the 'power of effecting a combination of forces of this momentous character to avail themselves as speedily as possible of the present remarkable opportunity. It is obvious that our intimati on of the impossibility of witnessing any effectual re-or ganization of the Whig!, cannot possibly be regarded as in any respect either premature or extravagant. That party, at least, is removed for the time being beyond the chance of immediate re-elevation. The Grum., at any rate, are under solemn taboo through out the United Kingdom. ELLIOTT has become a byword, and RUSSELL a synonym for disappointment. The Peelites—numbering only 38 in the aggregate — are for that r eason st ill f urt h er remo ved from the i- chances of expanding very quick l y ut° an Administration. The Radicals or Reformers catonaustltute, it is true, a symmetrical body, capable of ;.i mi ll an y Cabinet to pi eces , if mars h a ll e d i n oppo ;;:herf..laTt only method, therefore, by which a alley b oo Z e Tatr im y could be secured upon the Trea cld be by ranging the leaders of the Government i n ment of civilizau e van of the great onward move- Since the dow n i • the Earl of Liymtall of the Cabi ne t presided l'oor. over by in this country i n an there has been no Mi n i stry tion. The Cabinet of Wa y„ remarkable for its dura power during a per i od I d. Livaapoor, remained in et litti consecutively—entering eleaa than fourteen years EC offi ce • from it in 1827. The Go, In 1812, and retiring aided over by Viscount MaratoZ:lent of 1835, pre lived out of the thirteen Admicistrantlawas the longest the resignation of Lord lavraceeLus formed since leagues ! And yet , instea d of surviving"ill 4is col. years, like the LIVERPO m u ._ OL Cabi ne t fourteen" , the Cabinet survived very little mon- than 4I , ix „ u e walutz Six years and 138 days altogether. The nZtara Pro tratted afar the MELBOURNE Cabinet o f 1835 eras the RTJSSELL Cabintt of 1846—extendi ng over fiv e Y e ars , witla 239 days by way of supplement. A ot.rapid Te'-rosp‘.etive samnary will attest the accura cy . " !eemarks i n thi s no - 'rt'icular more to the satisfac tion of the ' i Public a somm_ry beginn in g wi th the nan guration o f the I'DOL'S Government Earl of LivEarooL s in. 1812, and clo4i l . a .., fl• r a consecutive descent, g, Oabioet hy Cabinet, ' with the inauguration, forty 'years afterwards, in 1852, of the Earl c.,. c ~, n ennr's Government. Immediately on the do wnfall of the LIVERPOOL Cabinet in 1827, the STarnmoned Mr. CANNING to collect his polirical friends around him to assume the reins of Administration. The CANNING Ministry, however, was of brief duration. It lasted only 121 days, and was followed in the 3C119 yeas (1827) by THE SUN, LONDON, a Cabinet almost as evanescent, a Cabinet of merely ; 1 168 day s—the Cabinet of Lord GODERICH. Under the Premiership of the Duke of WELLINGTON, there was sub-equently, in 1828, formed an Administration the interval of whose existence extended over nearly three years, namely, over two years and 301 days altogether. Then came the Reform Cabinet, the Ca binet of Earl GREY—a Cabinet lasting three years and 231 days, that is from 1830 until 1834, in which latter year Viscount MELBOURNE was nominated for the first time the First Lord of the Treasury. Upon this occasion, however, Lord MELBOURNE and his colleagues continued in office only 128 days being succeeded in the same year, 1834, by the Duke of WELLINGTON, and his Grace, after remaining for twenty-two days in the capacity of a sort of My-Lord -High- Everything, being in his turn succeeded in that same memorable year of grace 1834, by Sir RoBERT PEEL, immediately on that illustrious statesman's return, from his inopportune visit to the Eternal City. The " Bedchamber Plot" prevented Sir ROBERTS con tinuance in office beyond a period of just 131 days—Vi scoun t M ELBOURN E being i n 1835 called upon to organize his Government. It is this Government we have already particularized as the longest-lived since the fourteen years' Govern ment of Lord LivaarooL. Having spread its au!ho rity over an interval of six years and 138 days, it also expired—dying disgracefully the death of ex haustion. After wards, in 1841, Sir ROBERT P EEL was authorised by her MAJESTY to draw out the list 'of his Administration. Wonderful though the achievements of that renowned Ministry were, both in number and magnitude, they were all accomplished within an interval of four years and 97 days, when, in 1845, Lord JOHN RUSSELL was sent for to Edinburgh, and empowered by his SOVEREIGN to form (if he could) a new Government. Nineteen days having been exhausted by Lord JOHN in gallant but ineffec tual attempts to collect together a sufficient number of administrators, Sir ROBERT was again induced, in 1845, to assume only compell e d to the ret responsibilitiesretire from a power of o of which hi s gen i u • • thefficseplenbdeoinugr s and patriotism had so remarkably illustrated, after extendi • ng his authority over 188 days additional , ,ha v i ng been victorious in establishing the tradefree-• • principle, and baying been defeated only upon the question of carrying into effect another coercion Bill in regard to the people of Ireland. As is by this time tolerably well known to the majority, the Cabinet thereupon formed in 1846 by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, after surviving exactly five years and 239 days, was followed in the February of the present year by the inaugura tion of the Earl of DERBY'S Government. it is manifest, therefore, from the above particulars that within the last forty years England has had no less than fourteen Administrations. Against the continued recurrence of those brief and sudden changes it should be the assiduous effort of our more patriotic statesmen to guard, if possible, henceforth. Other wise, the affairs of the empire must be per petually liable to fall into confusion—a progres sive and uninterrupted system of government being altogether impracticable without the prevention of so many injurious political fluctuations. Against the repetition of this Ministerial incertitude the empire must, at any rate, be forewarned under existing cir cumstances. In 1827 there were two Cabinets, in 1845 there were also two Cabinets, while in 1834 there were, as we have shown, actually no less than three Cabinets in rapid succession. In 1852, at least, lot us be spared the agonies of political uncertainty. England, it should be remembered, has no particular affection for the mere Dissolving Views of Go vernment. Almost the latest among the inventions patented before the passing of the new Patent Law Amend ment Bill through the Houses of Parliament was that of BAGGS'Steam Stamp Machineryfor Crushing Gold Quartz and Metallic Ores —one of the most extraor dinary because one of the most simple and effectual contrivances of modern times—and one, moreover, which, from its character, must be altogether in valuable to the thousands interested in the gold diggings of Australia. From an elaborate descrip tion of this curious and important piece of me chanism, contained in the Mechanic's Magazine of Saturday last, it appears to us tolerably evident that the principal advantages claimed for his inven tion by the patentee are those which will be found most acceptable in the mining world—those of economy in time, cost, and power. Already, as is well known, there have been various patents the principle of which has been the endeavour to apply the direct action of steam or of atmo spheric pressure to the movement of a :orge hammer—but hitherto in each instance the attempted application has proved inefficacious, and we after another these patents have consequently spired without being productive of any advantage. According to the interesting account before us in re ference to BAGGS'S new patent machinery, however, " the improvements which have been made in the construction of this description of engine within the last few years have invested it with a cer tain degree of novelty, and it is i n the application of the principle here named to a qew and useful purpose, and in the details whereby that application is rendered practically effi cacious, that the present invention consists. Wherever rollers and 'ordinary stamp-heads are employed for crushing ores, a separate and independent steamsen gine, with its shaft, fly-wheel, and connecting gear, is necessary to produce motion; but here the appa• ratus is complete in itself, and the steam from a small boiler being once turned on, the required movements of the stamping engine are thenceforward automatic, and independent of extraneous aid. It feeds itself in adjustable proportion with pigs of coarse metal, pieces of rock or ore, and, as these are reduced to powder, it clears them • away. The operation is self-acting thiee hml eagleel entirely conducted in the dry way, no water being necessary, as heretofore. It is almost needless to speak of the immense power obtainable from the percussive force of steam, or the advantage of such anm application as the • present." How this enor mous e ous power is obtained in the newly patented machinery may be very readily specified. " In comm on if t mt t o tufi f oe a l a l hammer g hammers it is customary merely to materia f a o n r d ce of steam, and then to allow by't bY first gently lifted, s so ou produced oettahasetceeadm i then suddenly blown down The to be crushed with the full force oa e r n e equence is, that every blow sized pieces o:rolcikke, shot from a gun, and no fair withstand its power. strokes per minute, and if e en Tohr regulukcan for a moment engine' makes about 80 weighing about 2 cwt. be place p d i : eunderffocr oetahvreesrey stainbo metal wp .., head, and allowed to advance e l aoism at the rata of about 2 incl y l it may be, as it were, fairly beaten t o - in practice pi eces in about twenty seconds. Of the result a portion i s i n flue powder, and another portion rough, engine 5 . a' t i c, requires to be again passed through the complete the pulverisa a t l i l o e n ; m l ac t h i i s ne fou u n p d on that a second and sin principle is best adapte d for this purpose That the result of th e contrivance has been in the highest degree satisfactory appears from a declarati on made in the Mechanic's Magazine by a very compe tent authority, Mr. ALFRED TAILEMAN, of the Spitty Copper Works, Llanelly. In a co mmunication dated the 23d ulti mo, t h at gent l ema n observes of the new " I have now had it ful l y at work for steam stamp, two months ; th e quantity ' o f coars e metal it will crush with ease is about 20 tons in 10 hours—about two-thirds is crushed fine, the remainder would re quire to be stamped a second time, to reduce it to the same fineness. The steam used is very little, and the crushing for ce v e r y g r ea t : large lumps of the metal o wn (whi c h i s very b ard ) are immediately b roken d when I say _ large, I mean 'nova a pavin g - stones. " An engraving, contsainbiegd in n s the ordinary sam e numb er tneut of t of the sc i en tifi c periodi ca l from which we havealr ea a y qu , lted, shows clearlyenough thearrange heengine as seen in elevation. Uaon th e sub ject of th e mrematked--,, nery the Mining Journal h as already coming i n t o op Theseereti ne w s.a m pi n g engin es are already have given great ' a r c both here and abroad, an d they sfaction where they have b een adopted. As pretet : t power with great e i mp f i. a combination of extrem e city, portability, and cheap.. ness, we cannot but rec ato tut the mining world, and particularly them to the notice of aria , to those who are co ntemplating the exportationu of machinery for crushing gold quartz, or au y d escr i p tion of metallic ore." From the united evidence, therefore, of the Mining Journal, of the manager of the Spitty Copper Works at Llanelly, and of the Mechanic's Magazine, it would appear that in BAGGS'S Patent Gold Quartz Stamp -Machinery, a really valuable boon, has been secured to the mining world generally, but more par ticularly just now to the gold-diggers of Australia. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. Count D'ORSAY, ao well known for years in th e fashionable circles of London, died on Tuesday night. He bad been suffering for some time, but the imine diate cause of his death is attributed to cold caught lately in a boat at Havre. It is almost needless to say that the late nobleman was generally regarded for his amiable qu a liti es. A short time ago the PRINCE PRESIDENT conferred upon him 30,000 f. a year as Conservateur des Beaux Arts. It is under s t oo d t h at not only w i ll there b e no military review on th e 15 t h , b ut t h e N at i ona l G uar ds are not to rece i ve t h e eagles, so long i ntende d an d promised. Tae new flags will probably be sent to the Legion w i t h 'mom ' out any ceremony. The conclusion drawn these rumours are little flattering to the Bourgeoisie. The Municipal Council of Avignon has voted 25,0001. for files to he given on the occasion of the visit of the PRINCE PRESIDENT of the Republic to tbat city. 'We read in the Moniteur—" There exist along the coasts of Algeria coral-banks of great richness, which, notwithstanding the efforts of the administration to encourage the natives of France, are worked in great part by foreigners. In order to turn as much as pos" bible that fishery to the profit of our own manufao. turers, the Minister of War has just decided that there shall be granted for the preparation and cutting of coral in Algeria premiums of 300 f., 2001., and 1001., with medals in silver and bronze. These re compenses are comprised in the general list of prizes to be accorded for the agricultural and industrial ex hibition which is to take place at Algiers in the month of September next. The body of Marshal EXCELMANS has been depo sited in the vaults of the Invalides by the side of that of Marshal SEBASTIANI. Marshal HARISPE and General ORNANo have each been spoken of as likely to succeed the late Marshal EXCELMANS as Grand Chancellor of the Legio n o Honour. A Paris correspondent of a Brussels journal states that the decision of the PRINCE PRESIDENT has been made in favour of General ORNANo. The Moniteur Algerien of the 30th ult. pu bli s hes a list of pardons and commutations granted to a ce rtain number of the transported prisoners, among them four from the department of the Seine. T he y are M. J. B. SANDoz, whose sentence has been com mute d into that of surveillance, and MM. IsinoßE Lass Ens, A. GARDEMBAS, and A. DESGRINGES, who are to be expelled from the French territory. The market fluctuated rather considerably, but left off at an advance on the c l os i ng rates of yester day ; Threes for the acco un t h av i ng b ean last marked at 761. 15c., and Four-and•a-H a lf p er C ents . at 105 E 400. The n market closed as f o ll ows: —Th ree per Cents., for cash, 76f.; for account , 76 f . 15c.; Four -ad- a . Half per Cents. , for cash, 1041. 70 c . ; f or account, 1051. 40c.; Ba nk of France Sha res , 2,8851.; Austrian New L oan, 95f. 753.; Spanish Threes, 48f. 50 c . ; N eapo li tan not quoted. RAn.wevs.—The Share Market has bee n p rett y firm, at 1,4251. ; R ouen , 930 E; Hav re and some of th e li nes are aga i n h i her. 375 E; Mher. Orleans closed 4821. 50 0 . ; Basle, 310 f • Northern, 675/4 Paris and Strasbur g , 662 f. 50 j ; • Paris and Lyo ns, 7721. 50c.; M , nterelu, 221 f. 25 - 4 Dieppe, 2 751 ; Bordeaux and Testo,l6sE ; Western, 620 f.; Lyons and Avi g non, 605 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN' RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, At7G. 4. Dij o n an d B esangon, VA —East Indi ,n, 27/4—Grand Junction of France, 51/2—Great western of Canada Bonds (2d issue, 1856), 10714—L ux embourg , 7— Nor thern of France, 26%—Ditto, 201. 3 per cent. Bond; 13%—Paris llavre, 14 West Flanders, 4% 'll Sambre and Meuse, 7 and Lyons, 20—Paris and Strasbourg, 25 3 4—Rouen and — Western of France, 10%. SPAIN. We have received the Madrid journals of the 30th ultimo. The Gazette publishes the receipts of the Treasury for the month of June, which amount to 99,250,744 reals, being 4,666 : 878 reels less th an in the corre sponding mont h o f 18 51. The general receipts for the year e n di ng t h e 30t h o f June were 585 , 496 , 922 reals, or 10 ,335,915 reels less than i n 1851. The Municipality o f Seville has just imitated t he example given by that of Cadiz—it has applied to the Government for authorisation to sell the rural pro perty of the town, to purchase with its produce shares in the Andalusian railway. One of these properties, the Sierra de Tejada, is twenty-four leagues in circumference, and by being divided into moderate lots will bring an exceedingly large sum. Tranquillity prevails everywhere throughout the country, and the people are busily employed with the construction of railways and works of public utility. MADRID BOURSE.—The Three per Cents., 45 3-16 ; Exchange on London, 50 35 paper. GERMAN Y. A telegraphic dispatch received at Brussels, from Berlin, states that the Prussian Gazette, th e o ffi c i a l organ of the Government, declares that the secret treaty between the three Northern Powe rs , pu bli s h e d by the Morning Chronicle, i s a pure invention. The. Duke of SAXE COBURG GornA has addressed to the German Governments, as chief of the Ernes tine branch, a protest against the incorporation of the DUchy of Lauenbourg in the knish monarchy. The King of GREECE left Vienna on the 29th ult. for Carlsbad. Tt3e Emperor of AUSTRIA arrived at Cronstadt, in Transylvania, on the 27th ult. The negotiarions between Berlin and France, for the acceAsion of that country to the Austro-Germanic Postal Union, have been just now concluded, and those with Denmark, on the same subject, are on the point of being terminated. The postal congress will hold a conference at Berlin in the month of October next, when it will have to pronounce defi nitively on the question, and at the same time on the proposition for a fresh reduction of the postage of letters. It may, therefore, be anticipated that the public will enjoy the results of this union early io the year 1853. According to the official report for 1851, the Prussian post-office conveyed in that year 68i millions of letters, of which 35i millions were inland letters. Among the important propositions that are to be discussed at the railway conference that is about to take place at Stuttgardt, when 45 companies are to be represented, are the following:- 1. That there shall be a junction of all the trains on all the liues, so that no time may ba lost in the conveyance of passengers from one line to another. 2. That railway insurance companies for the con veyance of merchandise be established. 3. That all the clocks on the various lines be set at the same meridian. The Government has- already authorised the in surance companies for railway travellers. Every traveller, by paying a small premium, will, in case of accident, receive a considerable sum for himself or family. The Archbishop of FHIBUUG, in the Grand Duchy of Biden, has condemned 140 priests to retire to con vents for a given time, as a punishment for having refused to execute certain orders given by him on the occasion of the death of the Grand Duke LEOPOLD. This condemnation was, it appears, published in vio lation of some legal formalities, and the Government intends to proceed against the Archbishop in conse quence. On the other hand, most of the priests re fuse to obey the Prelate's orders, and it is not known what be will do against them. THE GENERAL ELECTION. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.-THIS DAY.) ORKNEY AND SHETLAND. FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL. Dundas ••• ... ... 00. 227 I❑glia ... ••• ... ... .. 194 TILE, MISSING OVERLAND INDIA MA IL. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) MARSEILLES, AUG. 4, NINE A.M. Her kabjesty's steam-packet Caradoc, Lieutenant.- Commander Derrirnan, is just arrived without the Indian mail, which had not been signalised at Alex andria up to the 27th July. The Bombay and Cal cutta mails will arrive together. The cause of delay is not known. INDIA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) We have received our usual telegraphic dispatch from Trieste, dated the 31 of August. No poet having arrived from 13ombay, there was no intelligence.—Chronicle. 10 BELGIUM.-- accompanied by n i s i N m T a E i e ltif E , D K 1,(4.. TIT L e o o p r o l i d i E of it t h A e i AJL Belgianssr , the Duke de blab:int, the Count de Flanders, and the ut h. ful Princess Char lotte and suite, are on the eve of leaving the palace at Lack en near Brussel,, for the p a lace at Ant werp, werp, which has been newly renovated and decorated to re ceive his illustrious relatives, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and family, who, according to present arrangements, will sail in the Victoria and Albert yacht on Saturday, for , t p rei e psn ß n.f e_ r l o g n i l an ,sp c i o th ,.i e s a t. d, The Port -A Imiral at Portsmouth (Sir is ia ras Briggs), ordered the steam squadron of war, which .... 0 attend her Majesty, to anchor off Cowes yesterday after "r`uvertiser. to be in readiness to attend on the Soya- IL your t a ug o 121 r"t PosTAQM 5TA311'...•=44 A. penny for —Punch. THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUSIT 5, THE SHARE MARKETS. TAV.ITISIE gAr3 . wayB. Railways Nominal Prices. Aberdeen...... 1001. paid Ainb., Not., Bust. _& E. Junc. ......... 8 1 / a pd Bir., Wolv., and 11 pd. Valley a Jet., late 33/. 6s. Birk., Lan., Ch. 8d 28/. pd. Ditto, Chest. & 50/. & 25/. Cons., all pd. Ditto, ditto ... 181 4 pd. Brist. & Exet., 1 001 . pd. Stour u Caledonian - 100 /. pd. Chest. & Holyh., all pd. Cork & Bandun, all pd If. Dub. & Be . Jct. 45/ pd. D undik &Ennis., all pd. Dundee, Perth, & Aber. deen June. ... all pd. Ditto, New ... all pd East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D 100/. p Do(18/. E.& H.) all pa. East.Counties...2o/. pd. Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shrs., all pd. Do. do. do. 6/, pd . Do., do., B. & J., all pa, East Lancashire, all pd Do. N e w Quar., all pd E. & W. India Docks and Bir. June., all pd E. & W. Yk. Joe., all p Edinb. & Glas., 100/. pd Edin.,Per. & Dun. 1 00/. was. & 5.-West., 100Lp Great Northn., 100/. pd Do. s. A Stk., NO/. p Do. B Stock, lOW. pa' Gt. S. & W. Ireld., all p Great Westn., 100/. pd Lauc. & Carlisle, all pa Do.Tlairds, 11/.13.4 pa Lane. & York., 1001. pa Do., Quarters pd Do., Fifths...... 14/. pd Do.,W. Rid. Un. 11%p Leeds Northern, all pd Liv.Crsby & Stbpt, all p Load. & Blackw., all pd Lon.,Brig.& S. Ct.loo p LOU. & N.WesL,lOOl. p Do. Quart ers...2s/. pd Do. Fifths .....121. pd Do. 101.,M &B . (c) lip Lon. & S.-West. 1001. p Do. New 50/., 42% pd Do. New 4 0/....34/. pd Lon. & Enniskil., a:1 pd Man. Bux. & Mat. all p Man. Shef. & Lin.,loo/p Do. Manch. &Lincoln Union ...... 41.25. pd Midland ......... 100/. pd Do. Bir. & Derby 1001. Mid. Gt. Wt. (Ire.) 47% Do. 14 Shares, 17% pd Newcas. & Carl. all pd Do. Quarter Sh. all pd Newmarket ......all pd Newport, Abergaven., and Hereford _l2/ pd Newry & Ennisk. 7% p Norfolk ....... 100/. pd Do. New 20i. S. 15/. p itiorth. Coun.Un. 3 %pd North British -.25/. pd Nth. Devon, No.l, 13/.p Do., No. 2 ..... 6% pd Do., % A, def....a1l pd Do., 4 B, guar. 51. pd North Stafford. 17% p North-Western.„ all pd N. & S.-W. June. 8 %;p Oxf.,Wor., &Wol., all p Scottish Central 100/. p Scottish Midld., 100/. p Shrew. & Bir. A, all pd Do. B ......... all pd Shrew. & Her. Old 8/. p Shrewsbu. and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all pd Do. Halves ......all pd Do. Oswestry...all pd Shrop. Union _6% pd Do. A, B, C, & D fully pd. up at per cent.... South Devon..... all pd South-Eastern 100/. pri South Wa1e5...... all pa South Yorkshire and River Dun. 15/. pa Do. Do. ...... 5/. pd Stir'. & Dunferm. all p Stock. & Har. 16/ 23.30. Taff Vale ......1261. pa Thames Haven Dock and Railway ...191. pa Vale of Neath...l7/. pa Waterfd. & Kilk. all pd Waterfd. & Lim. all pd West Cornwall 13/. pc West London ...all pa Yk., New. & Ber. 1004 Do. & New. Ex. 20/. p Do. G.N.E. pure. 9/. p. York & Mul.loo/.pd 273 4 to 28% 654.... 6yB 11 -11% 8 %-- B%d. 19 % - 20% ••• ... 1( A ) —lO5 A —4ly ‘2,4 —23 4 16 %. *".• 16% 6 4 d. 71 4 -8% 4y- 4% 3 ._. 3% 10% ....11% OA -7% ••• --. ... 4% 8 ..- 5 i i i 17 % ---• 18% 59 -61 67 __Z 23 % - 24% ••• - ... 80 -81 45 -47 120 -122 46 - 46% 100 % - 101% 87 -89 11 -12 p 82% - 83 4 iii dis. 2 3 / 4 , 2 34 die. 17 —17% y 8 ii;4 3 108 109 1271 4 128 31% 31% 44 5 p 2 %- 21 ifeP 95 —96 1 — l 4 dis. 1 %die. 1 , 1% 15% 3 —3j 33% 34% 3 —2% die. 75 LA 76 43 —45 47 7-1.6 2 1 ,E 2 dis. 2 —2% 46 —47 9 8 dia. 2 254 dis. 32% 33;4 7 6 3 / die. 11A—lfidis. I 4y B dis. x.d, 4 p. 24% 24% 74 —75 53 —55 9% —9% 6% 63 % 1 3 ,f —1% dis. 19% 20% 9% 10% 14% 15% 2 / 8 2 5 / 8 d. dis. 20 —2l 72q 73 39 —4O 134- 1% p li - 163 2 -2% 13% - 14 6 1 / 4 - 674, 22 -23 10 - 10% 74 —7 5 634 64 2 1 4 ) 17/ 8 53 —54 dis.l ZENCE SE. A Br b i e s r . d:en Do. No L . ,x ,.: 4 p P i eTr e c aE t t : liP s a Pd t : k ll 2 - uti C(l?l‘atiole.es4d. Caledonian, ' H e; 11 73 1 1 1 d e. . B,l a s° l l l °. pd Dundee, Per., & Aberd. Junction . all pd E. Ang.(3/10s)6 pc. all Do. (510 7 per et. all p ( Do. V 17s) 7p.c. 2 p Eastern C.Junties Ex., o. p. Eastern s o(F: t .: eNSre No.v U 26. n I. v v S atakll c il. e r pp i s l p t hho . , Guar. 6 per ct....a1l p Do. 10/. Deb. Sh. all p East Laucasnire, 6 per ct. Qum . . Stirs. all pd East & West Yorkshire Junction, sths all pd Edin., Per. & Dun. 5% per cent• all ph Glas. & S.W. Con 100/. Gt. North. 5 p. c all pd Do. 5 p c• red. sc all p G GG D I '4( t . trlex o : V e. Vtls . ae fixedSnpsoted.ptir) tc o Bh n&ts: (Berke). : 8 0: 6 1; 1 11 p▪ p p . p hd c : Lancashire and . York. shire, F. 20/. 6l. pd Do. 6 p. c. Stk. 100/. p Lee:ls Northern, 6 per cent. No. 1 ... ... 131. ph Do. Do. No. '2 171. pd Do. Do. No. 3 51. pd Do. Qrs., 1848 pd London & Brig. guar. 5 per cent. ...100/. pd D D o o P c r o . n s . P 5 c ; t 1 k. 85 1 2 0 a 0 1 /. 1 Do. N.Gr. 6p c 100/. p Lon. & N.-W. (Coy. & Nunet.) 5 IN c. 13% pd Ln. & S.W. Co.3ds. 5/. p Lon. & En. 4 Sh. all p Man., Sheff., & Lincn. r. Sh., N o. 1 all pd Do. New, la all pd Do. 6/. 3/. pd Mi: Jon. 6p c ... 100/. Do. Con. 13ris. & Bir., 6 pb. cent.. .100/. pq Do. Erewash.Val. all p Do. Leic. &Swanning. 8 per c. Guar. 1001. p Do. Preference ...5/. p Norfolk Exten all pd Do. Gr. 5 pct. a ll P Do. Wavily. -Val. 2/. p North British 100/. pd North pd ° S s DittoA,l i h x6 i r r f i e e . n ri w or. ': ) :: e p diti G • 3 N . ,3 41 1 • .i • l l a pps p dv 1 (11. 1: er r al pd South Devon Do. New 1 Y 4 pd St.-Est. 4 1 / 2 pc. 10/. pd Sth. York. 4p c gd. all Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 p c until July 1,1856, all p Waterford & _Kilkenny, 6 per cent. •• 3 1. p d York, New. & ..... a ll P Do. Do 5l. pd York & N. Midland 1:1. and S. Parch. 101. pd LINES LEASE 10G -108 98 - iO2 191 4 - 20% 6 3 % ...... 3% 13/ ..... 2P 1 5 / 8 -.., p h n 14% 1 4i r 16 7-• 163/, ••• ..• ... .. _ 1534 _ yi 14 _14% 8% 8 .... 9% Business done to-day. 28 27% 1 4— 1p x.d 'Adis. -- 14 p 103 3 4 41A % 11% 11 18 % 1 /i 3( ••• ••••., ... 33 4 ''... 4% p 13 %i -- 1 4 68;4 68 11 .._ll 13% - 13% I -- li p 148 -- 150 x.d 80% 3A, , ••• ZL nn % p y & 2 2% 6 6% 1 3 / 4 2% 10 •—• 111% 2%-- 2 778 p 2%—. a p 11 0... 11% 1 121 46% 101% % 1734 18% 15 % 16% P „,••• 21 Pin 82% 83 82% 83 qdia. par 103 105 5 514 Yi - %P: AT Pizza 107% 107 108 4 128% 127%% 128 314 16% 74 96 % 33% 7 5 5 /s 3 4. 'A 74 24% % 24 % 74 73 72% 88% 73% 74 13% 7% 53% X 3.1 951 A 16LA 14% 111 1 4 149% x.d TLZDTTAXB g Nomina ----------- Railways. c o mpanies. l- P ricft Business --...—_--'------ --------- t°. da y' Bdf. & Bltch., all p Loo.Sc NAV • Bir.& Oxt.,gua. all 30 3 Gt. VVestn. 8 1 Do. without, all pi Do. ...... 30 0,4 Bir.Woly. & Dud.,! d Do. ...... 30 1 % 31% guar all p , 29i Do. without, all p, Do. ...... BuckinghaFh. all p Lon. &I`T.W 19 Yt 19% ._ Clydsdale Jc., all p Caledonian 53 —55 1, rt. E. Lin., gua. 6 per R H G rlDDD F e l u a p c a (o oco lr e ed ur ..i t n . r. ec & l ",f e tse ci . ci p ts peu ;l .una . levictri D i & .tebtd.s.sy k :....: al ) ::a l a l a l l i l l e illnipip(d i pp n p dd i 11 sy GG Y DDDok . k t : o . roo . ..1 1 .. N 8 1: : : 5 i r . 5 .... v t .. t .. h • m.. r n .. . 1.. n.. .....: ; 35 . 663 30 . 1 71. ..--- t . 13 1 .1 75 4. 5: 33% Railw. ...all pd 1 & Berw. J LLLl DO enwod ... :B : Ps&troG p efß . ftrl c re; : n gt , wa" : 1"1: 1 1 : 1)114 : 11 D Dl:jE o do : laasnt • ied : rn i : • :. • :. 1 ill . 12 : 935 1 :344A' 1 11: 21-1 . . 0461 . . 3! p. I N M DIO . ci l o & a .: dr : E l: l 6 . s : i , b e 5 Bl C . & A, p. c., 6 c Red_ a . a , y l ,, i a p l p S E t . kt. Countiesn&D l r 6 :65 Do.. F. 5 p.c. all pd Do. ~ ... ••• -- ••• Prestn. & Wyre, f L.& N.W }. ••• all paid 1 & La. &Y • gate all pd S. Eastern.. Reigate S,.hep. Ex., all Gt. :N . or . t . h n . .. .. .1 1 2 5 .5. 1 'A . 1 -1 2 1 1. 5 5.6 3434.1) 133 Shf. Rth. & Goole, . .5 p. c., 18.11.6 p Lqn. & Yks ... ...- ... S. Staffdsh., 9% p,Mrbi•Clean Ys -,, j'i die. Vi,r( larVal. 6p c., all , Stckt& Dar 32 O2 &8 kts &Sow all Rata/04m les "" I" • Railways. PO:REIGN. Nomin2 1 Pricei. Business done to-day. 27% Cent. France (ON.) all Charl. & Erquel all pd Demerara all pd Dijon & Besancon, 2 pd Dutch Rhenish...B/. pd Ea.t Indian all pd Do. Do 201. pd Gt. Indian Penin. all p Grnd. June. of Fra. 4 pd Louv. a la Sambre 7 1 A Luxembourg —.l l l. pd , Do. (Railway) 101. pd Do. 11 4 pd Do. (Canal) 2c. pd Maria Antonia 27i pd, Do. New 8 1 ,4 pd Namur & Liege all pd North. of France,l 6/.pcl l Do. 201. 3 p c. Bas, all p Orleans & Bor 11/. 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 &Meuse all pd St. Andrew's & Qaebec (A) 4/. pd Tours & Nantes 17/. pdi dis. West Flanders all pi! 3 3 % 4 West. of France 61. pd, 4 4j p 10 Great Western of Cadada Shares, 6 5%. Madras, 2 prem. ii -16 3/ 1 1 / 1 p 2% Iy g d19.%d 7 7%p 1 1 % 1 3 / a p 1% - 2 p 6 7 7 8 4 3 / 4 1 Iy, 8 9 x.d 2% —3% x.d 634 7 26 26% 13% 13% 3% —lO p 55 -57 36% - 36 3 % 25% - 26 14y 2 - 15 7 % - '7% Agua Fria a ll p d MINES. Ys P Anglo-Californian, all TO 1 / 1 p Asturian 15/. p Australasian 21. pd Australian 5/. pd Austr. Freehold all pd Ave Maria all pd Brit. Austr. Gold all pd British Iron 13/. 15s. p Braz. Im. (is. 5 p) 24.4 Do. Coca. & Cui. all p Do. St. Joh. del R. 15/. Carson's Creek all pd Cobra Copper ...401. pd Colonial Gold 1/ pd Copiapo 141 pd Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p General all pd Gold Mountain all pd Grd. Duch. Baden, all p Great Polgo ,th all pd Lake Bathurst all pd Liberty .. all pd Lon. & Cal. Gld Quartz Crushing Com all pd Maxi. & S. Amer. 91. p New Granada all pd Nouveau Monde, all pd Port Philip ll. pd Quartz Rock all pd Santiago de Cuba 103/ South Australian, 1 pd Tin Croft 7l. pd United Mexican all pd West Mariposa all pd Yuba I paid, lA - 1_ p Yi - 3/4 dis. - Adis. ••• •• 3 34 • 3% par 4p 40 —4l x.d - P •• ••• y 8 % dis• ;fidis. par par 1— 1 p dis. % P dis. 5 dis. Va % X dis. par 11% 12% dis. par 13 _13% 214 —23 A %dip.— par ifi— P -STOCK BAN: 56% 57 59% 61 14% 15% 29 —3O JOINT. Australasia all pd Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd Colonial 25/. pd Corn. of London 201. pd Lon. & County 20/. pd London Jt. Stk. 10/. 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 Thii --14 31 -33 43 - 44% 183 A -20 38 -39 46% - 47% 16 7 / 8 - 17% 47 -49 5 -6% 17% -18 MIS , Austral. Roy. Mail, 2 p Canada 32% pd Copper Miners of Eng land De Preference, 7% pd Crystal Palace spd Eastern Steam...2s. pd Gen. Stm. Nay. 141. pd Gen. Screw Steam Ship ping Company...soL p Irish Beetroot Sug. 2i p & Or. St. all pd Do. Do. ~,1.5L pd Royal Mail Stm. 60/. pd Universal Emigration and Colonization. 2/. p , cELLANEOM 2 —2% 50 —5l 5 -5 ~$ ii% = 2614 2 - _2% 84 -86 35% - 36% 80 1 4 -8114 85 1 4 36 1 ,4 81 8014 MONEY and COMMERcIALL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Live r p oo l yesterday amounted to about 7,000 bales. The mark e t was quiet. and prices were rather we aker. The sales comprised 650 Pernam and Maranharn. at 6:1. to 7id.; 10 tiahia, at 64d.; 300 Egyptian, at qtl. to lot; andl,2oo Surat, at 3d. to 4id, The remainder consisted of American, which sold at lower rate6.—The Railway Share Market continued dull. The Amsterdam Stock Market on the 3d inst. was generally better. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were 64 7.16. In Spanish Bonds there had been some transactions. Russian and Portuguese were without change, and French well supported. The 'state of the crops in Holland is more satisracto rily described in the letters received this morning. Rye haw 3ielded less than was expected, but other grain would give more than the average. The potatoes have improved, owing to the hot weather, and halm hitherto seems alone to be affected. _ _ _ The following from the Circular of Messrs. Schrader and Manyny, dated New Orleans, July 10, and pub lished by Mr. James Irvine, of Liverpool, gives the no siness transacted in Cotton " Since our last report of the 12th June, the ransactions in Cotton have been on a limited scale, owing to the exheusted stock in our market, and the small supplies coming to hand now. The de mand, however, has continued active, and with a larges stock for sale, the business, no doubt, would be much more extensive. In prices little change has taken place, slight fluctuations excepted, and we may state that mixed lists are selling at irregular prices, even running lots, however, and the better grades command ing very full rates, generally to Ic. above our quo tations below. The sales amount to 7,000 bales during the first ; 15,300 bales during the second ; 5,750 bales during the third ; and 2,800 bales during this week ; and the receipts during the same period to 17,752 bales, leaving a stock of scarcely 4,000 bales for sale on the market. The course of the Liverpool market has. de ceived the general expectation here, as a gradual ad vancehad been confidently looked for, on account of the probability, o r ra ther certai n ty, that the stock in all the consuming markets will be reduced to a very low figure, before the new crap can come to market—to a figure even smaller than the stock was at the end of last year. With regard to the new crop, the accounts are generally favourable ; from some parts of the country complaints of excessive drought reach us, and apprehensions are entertained, if the same should he followed by rainy weather, that the plant may suff.r extensively from worms. We trust that the present prospects for a large crop may be realized ; the expe rience of the past, however, has shown, that at this season of the year all indications to that effect ,cannot be relied upon, as the full development of the crop is depending on too many contingencies. Latest dates from Liverpool, June 26 .—Ordinary to good ordinary, 7i to 8i ; low middling, 8* ; middling, 9i good mid dling, nominal ; middling fair , nominal ; fair nominal. Sales during the four weeks, 30,850 bales. Receipts at tis port, 1.379,360 bales, against 940,595 bales last year. Increase of receipts at all ports, 682,683 bales. Increase of total exports to Great Britain, 291.299 bales. Increase of total exports to France 127,159 bales, and to ostler foreign ports 83,121 against last year." The proceedings yesterday afternoon, at a meeting of the shareholders in the Great Western of Canada R way Company, were of a most satisfactory nature. The capital has all been subscribed, and the company could have obtained as much more probably had it been needed, and the eonstruction of the line is in active progress. The project for constructing new docks at North Woolwich, set on foot by highly influential parties, ap pears to be certain of success, nearly all the capital having been engaged for by the directors and their con nexious. The contractors guarantee 5 per cent. and half profits above that. The Committee of Mexican Bondholders are on the alert in reference to the crisis which seems to be im pending in Mexico, and are urging upon Lord Malmes bury the claim of the English creditors to his support. The number of Mexican Bonds converted up to this time is cflicially stated by Colonel Facio at 49,397. The amount of ,bullion shipped this week has been considerable, probably half to three-quarters of a mil lion sterling, of which 500,0001. has gone to Australia. This is as respeesLondon. From the outports there may have been shipments, but they are mostly to the con tinent, if we except Liverpool. The returns of the Bank of England to last Saturday will show, when pub lished, a reduction of about 300,0 001 . in the bullion, and sovereigns are still in great demand. As to silver, Messrs. Baring Brothers and the Mexi can Committee has this the owners of the larger proporti on of what this week come to hand, will probably feed the market gradually, and thus prevent any particular reaction in its value, the Continent and India s till requiring the metal. The Bank of Engl and will, in a very short time, no doubt receive a good deal more gold, by arrivals from Australia. The English Stock Market is still very heavy, an d Consol s h ave remained a t p ar to * discount. The fishery question has received farther elucidation by th e publication of Mr. Everett's and Lord Dundonald's l e t_ ters, and whatever may be said of the suddenness of the itnirnalion of an intent ion to enforce our right s , t h ere has been no doubt of the encroachments of th e Ameri cans and of thei r unwillingness to g i ve u 3 reciprocal ad vantages for favours extended. The statements about the crops are likewise still made available by the Bears. Reduced Threes have realized 1001 to and the New Three-auci-a- Quarter per Cents. 1031 to 104 B ank Stook has been rather depressed at 231. East India Stock has alternated from 283 to 286. E xchequer -bills have been to 795., and India steady at 76 s. p onds at 91s. to 945. premium. Foreign Securities have been very dull. Alexi= 13% % 20% 56' 36% 79i %, 1852, have not been higher than 25 to -I, and Brazilian Small are 1021. Nothing has been done in Peruvian or Gre nada. Spanish Da ferred Bonds are quiet, at 22k Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been marked 64a. and Danish Five per Cents. 108. Railway Shares have been fluctuating, one hour tend ing upward and the next showing symptoms of weak ness. The Foreign lines are much the same. Gold Mines are dull. The last week's Railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under:— 1852. 1851. Great Western £19.732 .£29 270 North-Western South-Western l5 486 19,130 Brighton Midland South-Eastern 19,013 21,479 North . . . Stafford Caledonian Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire lB 297 17 653 York told North Midland Newcastle and Berwick QUARTER TO THREE. Couois ... .. ... ... 99-l e 100 D;Uo Account. Aug. 12 ... .. 994 100 _....,....,.._ ....____ ... ____ BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 'ank Stock 2.31 8 14 , ar Cent. Reduced Anunitied 100 1 / 2 % 3 / 8 3 / 8 3 per Cent. Consols Anne. 99 %8 100 New 3 1 ,E per Cent. Anus. 101' ; 3 7 / 8 4% 7.oug Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 6 15-16 In lii Stock 283 286 India Bonds under 1.0004. ....... 94 91 p Console for Account .100 99 7 / 8 E , Lchcluier Bah, 140. March. June. 1,000/. . . 76 79 p 71 74 p Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto, Small Ditto New 80nd5,1829 and 1839 102y 8 Danish Bonds 1825. 3 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per Cent. ...... 111-0 ,,, an bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent — Ditto 3 per Cent. 'Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent.— Ditto 4% tier Cent.. ...... Spanish Bonds. 3 per Cent 4' 4 7 /8 Ditto, New Deferred 2 2 16 Dividends on the abo7e payable in London, , notch 2 1 4 per Cent., 12 Gnild LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(T HIS DAY.) LONDON, AUG. s.—Wind at noon S. moderate breeze, and eioudy at tim,s. STOCKTON, AUG, 4.—Wind Westerly.—Arrd. Fuschia, Dalnousie; Salisbury, Harrison, Q ue b ec . HULL, . AUG. 4.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Araminta, Bombay; Prince Regent, Quebec; Agenoria, Quebec. PENZANCE, AUG 3.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. ide, Car diff, Cape 01 Good Hope, to stop a leak. QIIEENSTuWN, AUG. 3.—Wind N. W., squally—Arrd. Vurnori, New Orleans. Sid. Lockwoods, ban Francisco; Dominic!, Quebec. BELFAST, AUG. 3.—Wind N.—Arrd. William Glen Ander ,on, Richioucto; Chieftain, Miramiche; Carl Jo han, ditto. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 4.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Ever ton, Jamaica ; Geabrudes, Havannah ; Chaos, New Orleans; Leviathan, New Orleans; Naome, New Or leans; Essex, New Orleans; Tam O'Sbanter, Mobile; Col. Cutts, Mobile; Florida, Savannah; Prince Arthur, Charleston; Toarnes, Baltimore; Bergman, New York; Sutlej, St. John's, New Brunswick; Lydia, Antigua; Susan, Montreal. The Flora M•Donald, Liverpool to Baltimore, has been aground off Hawkins Point, near the lati,r port, 21st July, and would have to be lightened. Th e sh i p Prentice, nearly loaded for Havre, again took fire at Charleston 22d July. Arid. A•lantie steamer, New York, left 24th July; on freight 204,000/. in specie. Off port, Helen Wallace, Calcutta; Dauntless, Apalachicola; Conqueror, Davey, Eliza Kith, Huguenot, Amy Ann, Freeman, the Duke, Atalanta, TW Was Fingal. DEAL, Arm. 4. Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Cumberland, Barbadues. Arrd. from the River, Marlborough, Port Philip. Arrd. from the River and aid. Vimiera, Sydney, New South Wales; Heroine, Algot' Bay; Viper, Cape Coast Castle. Put back, Devereux. for Quebec. MARKET N E ri S DAY.) ralsw*GaTE AND IMADENNAMS. These markets are by no means active, yet prices are supported. Beef, from 2s toy 33 4d; MUttO., 2s 8d to 3s 101 ; Lamb, 4s 2d to 5s 21; Veal, 2s Sd to 3s 81; Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 6(1 per Sibs by the carcase. B A T RICAMEETS. SMITHFIELD.— Old Meridow lidy. 31103 Od to 41 8s Niw ditto, 21 155 01 to 31 14s 01; 0:d Clover, 31 103 to 510 s; New ditto, 3110 s to 4/ 4-; and Straw, 11 10s to 1/ 143 per load. Supply moderate, and trade steady. CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 103 to 41 103; New Mao, 21 163 01 to 31 153 Od Old Clover, 3/ 15s to 51 Os; New ditto, 31 103 to 4145; and Straw, 1/ 103 to 11 163 per l oa d. A f a i r average supp l y, an d a sluggish demand. W BITECHAPEL.—Oid Meadow Hay, 3/ 103 to 41 83; New ditto, 2/ 15s to 3/ 15 Old Clover, 41 Os to 51 ss; New ditto, 31 103 Od to 4/ 103; and Straw, 11103 to 11 15. pe . load. Trade rath.-r doll. iVE2C.I9.IC ZiB.RILETS. SOUTHALL, A TJG 4.—The deTuu — udfor each kind of stock, the supply of which was tolerably good, ruled inactive, and in some instances prices had a cl ,, wnward tendency. Beef, from 24 8t to 3s 8d; Mutton. 3s to 4e; Lamb, 4s 4d to 53 4 - 1; Veal, 2i 10d to Ss 8d; Pork, 36 to 3 , 6 d per 816 s, to sink the offal. RomFotto, AuG, 4.—Prime Beasts, Sheep, and Lambs moved AY steadily at full prices. In other kinds of stock very little was doing. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s i; Mutton, 3s to 4s; Lamb, 4s 2d to 5s 4d ; Veal, 2s 10d to 3s 8 1 ; P or k , 3s to 3s GA par a lb s. LEWEs, AUG. 3.—Beet; trom 3,4 d to 43; Mutton, 3s 611 to 4s 2i; Lamb, 41 6d to ss; Veal, 3s to 3s 6d per 81bs. Supply moderate., and trade firm. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended July 29, 18.54, made up from the Returns of the In•peetors in the different Cities and Tawns in England and w ales, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I I RYE. BEANS. I PEAS. • PRICE • 4os Od 27s ad 2Us 6d I 29s lid 34s 2d 338 5d DUTIES ON FOREIGN uORIN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. OATS . I RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. 1. 041 is 95 I 18 Od Od is Od is 05 QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 54,985 ; B arm y, 1,114; Oats, 7,018, Eye, 32; Beans, 1,913; Peas, 256 quarters. Zbirb Wbition. BRIGHTON RACES. (THIs DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The Two Yra old Stakes. Roaplan ••• ••• ..• ••• •... ••• 1 Cotherstono colt ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 2 Sharavogne Pan ~. The Brighton Cup. ••• 1 ••• ••• ••• ••• ••. 2 ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ST. LEGER BETTING. 3 to 1 agst Song tress—taken freely 4 to 1 eget Stockwell 5 to 1 agst Daniel O'Rourke 15 to 1 eget Harbinger 20 to 1 agst Augur ipoileisrbfruotraaction. SHERIFFS' COURT —(THIS DAY. (Before Mr. WILLIAM BURCHEEL.) IMPORTANT QUESTION As T., FOREIGN ADVERTISEMENTS. DE BERNARDI V. CHURCHOD. proprietor The plaintiff to this case is a general foreign and ad the Im perial agent, and brought the present action to re Cover the sum of 71. 1 Ls. for advertisements inserted in the New York Herald The defendant is the the d om Herald. of the Queens H,set Hotel at Liverpool, a n d Hotel, Covent-garden. Plaintiff's brother was called, and proved that he had have been solicited the orders from the deft ndant for advertise excuses, Galignani's Messenger and the nee y • paid in ments in written instruct ion s eteudant to that effect. The money was to and received which the ad vance,adver- tisements but defendant made various and at t h e s, for h tiseinents were ordered, as defendant did w expiration of the twelve month came necessary to bring not pay, it be- A question arose as to the plaintiff, and it was contended that liability of defendant to agent, and could not maintain plaintiff was a mere right. Messrs. Galignani had brought the action in his own recovered a verdict in this . brought their action and the New York Herald mi ghtcourt, and the proprietors of The witness said that do the same. the plaintiff was merely as regarded Messrs. Galignani, personally responsible y a commission agent, but he was which there had h eto the New York paper, besides to pay the amount een a written guarantee by defendant The do cument was called for but not produced. The Learned C pl a i nt iv e , wifeCOUNSEL for the plaintiff said that retained it, but had obtained posses,ion of the paper and Act of Parr under a judge's order, granted under an the lament passed last year, they had compelled The_ defendant to allow a copy to be taken. Copy was submitted to the jury. Tbo Learned U NDER-SHERIFF held that the defendant had uound himself by the contract to pay plaintiff in advance, it was immaterial therefore whether the adver tisements were inserted or not. If they had not been the defendant might perhaps be able to maintain an action for breach of contract, but it had been most positively sworn to by the witness that the whole of the adverthements had been published in the pap ers . The jury therefore gave a verdict for the amount claimed. --........---------.....-- SOCIETY FOR T HE PROSECUTION OF DOG -STEALERS held at the offices, New Bond y - CI FEDERATE. —Yesterday the usual monthly meeting THEIR ....ON was Viscount Chewton in the chair. In the course of the Bond street, dings, the secretary, Mr. Elliott, reported the summary of this soviet society . proceedings, at the instance of the society , of Edward Saw ford, alias ~ Teddy the Fish," on the 13th of July, at the Clerkenwell police-court, and of George Ala.., alias " Dodger m a y," on the 31st ult., at the Westminster police-court, both being sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. Mr. Bishop, the treasurer, having given a satisfac tory statement of the funds of the society (the receipts during the past month exceeuing 45/.1, . the usual vote of thanks to the chairman, secretary, and treaturar were p ol o, and the meeting separated. THE AUSTRALIAN CORDILLERA GOLD MINING COMPANY. The following letter affords a cotnple'e and satis factory answer to one which appeared in our ial' pressioa of Tuesday, extracted from a morning eon' temporary. We fully coincide with the Times is the opinion that " persons having representations to make should do so in each case to the directors, or to their brother shareholders, in public meeting." would appear to be an imperative duty where the parties concerned are men of honour and respects' bility, not likely to be concerned in an unfair and swindling project. The Committee of Management of the Australian Cordillera Gold Mining Company have certainly just cause of complaint as to the wsi in which they have been treated. It was last wee k more than hinted that they had no title to any Po" tion of the Segenhoe Estate. That insinuation Oh however, at once rebutted by a direct in vitation to every person, whether really intereStel, or even if only desirous of satisfying his curiosity, to inspect the original deed of conveyance' then lying at the offices of Messrs. Scott and Bct" he wards, the solicitors of the company, in w" hiel3 t h. consideration for the transfer was fully set for!. eetiiii That charge being disposed of another was sp found. A gentleman, who states that he 1311 d re ; cently returned from the colony, writes to sa y, OS OS "it was not known generally in the colollY r el§ valuable veins of gold, quartz, and copper o d. - 1 : 1 quality, had been discovered in any part of the . 13 stet trice' Assuming that the writer had no el-1 be object, we cannot conceive how any weight M a te' attached to the very vague and unsatisfacto r Yma tnent, which can only imply that the matters 8110 t , to had not come to the knowledge of the 13111'. Oa the other side we have the unques tionable fileC that several gentlemen have, after full investigatiTe deliberately invested a consid e rable surn i n e i g ht speculation, a circumstance of f a r greater "L 4oo ° ' than the gratuitous negative testimony of any P whatsoever. " Sir,—ln reply to the letter from Mr. A. %V' Y l l3 l of flare Hatch lodge, Maidenhead, wherein be "O' s in March last it was not generally known in the c lati . ' that valuable veins of gold, quartz, and co pper L o t quality had been discovered in any part of th e n om' district,' I am instructed by the directors of tn" ••any to call your attention to the following: ---- , Co®' " The Rev. W. B. Clarke, F G S., Geologic" -- d at missioner in New South Wales, state, in a paper re lo ad, the Geological Society, Feb. 4. 1852, that capPero, o d and gold are in considerable abundance in the bch ic laose quartzites of the Cordill , ra,' alluding chieflYilsaa's ' districts contiguous to tne Liverpool range and W Promontory, on the flanks of the former of which the Segenhoe is situate. r ti is " Copper was diicovered on the Segenhoe ptesi_ 1836, by the late Judge Cracroft, of the Beng'" dency, when on a visit to the proprietor of the " po i. • Colonel J. P. Macqueen. Judge Cracroft wa s 6 , 1 : h - bin; nent geologist, and the specimens ha took away to India were deposited in the Museum at Calcu i t- 1852, " In the Illustrated London News, Jautv.av 3 "„„" t 25r is published part of a private letter, dated-Ang"-„ifes 1851, wherein the party says—' I have bought fro° " e jaii • • men who came from the Hunter, and had worked trithis clear days, 72i ounces-2331. 13s. sd. What W d discovery be thought of in Ragland? ; $ peak' "The Sydney Empire News of August, last, 1 11 si ing of the Uppe r Huoter (or Brisbane) distr ict ' r . Oa The district appears to be particularly suriferon.• Saturday we were shown t wo large nuggets of geld' dr. which had bt en found under a quartz ran ge at S tr taS farn, the estate of M r . M ' Alliater. This place i 6 9 40 21 miles from Goulbur u , in t he Brisbane district,w; gold is said to be abu n d an t. Scrathfera is situate o• o t • of Segenhoe, and is distant four miles. Thesinks the Liverpool range run through both Segeehoe Strathtern. Dan' " Gold has also been discovered in the quartz at 7,„ 0 1 gog, distant eight miles from Segen hoe, due E., on o • iiot ice of which was forwarded in October last fA inef Secretary of the Gold Company at Maitland (see SP . Morning Herald, November 7, 1851). In the Ci'Y vie of the Times of the 18th of November, 1851, th e „ cover y of gold in the Brisbane district of the Va s t~ Hunter is mentioned, and,' says that article, `0 413 ,;',. ° ,01 • it was evidently the wish of all employers to scPr i ; oo . . rather than exaggerate the accounts, it wa s found less to attempt to stem the tide of evidence.' 1 951, "In the mon e y article of the Sun of April 1 4, f b lg i r it is stated that the g e o l ogical surveyors, e i ts r : 0 1 ) 00 Y, had returned to SY°l3%,id the g th r e av l e l s an t ho d puf January from the Liverpool range s of too Honor River district, and that their report vi c :i t here' exc iting a characte r to b a at once pu bl is h e d, 813- i tea • f or e tne Legislativ e C ounc il w i s h e d it to be ti until the harvest was secured.' St ale that private letters received fr om Mr. Stutc hbury • g l i that the whole of the Upper Hunterdistrict is insta l l rich not only in gold ' ano copper b u t in " A work called Australia and her Treasures, P:01, fished by Effi , gham Wilson, Royal Exchang e, 61 4,„%ted piled from most authentic sources, chiefly catiund l3 ; the by a well known Commi,sioner of Crown Lan" 1 " der prectous stone:, c doily, specially states that ' the quartz ' fcni nd 1313 110 e Mount Royal, and the flanks that run into the S'g ee t he estate, are ail of cryti[.lliue and transition strat?i, de' detritus of these rocks forms the auriferous allow posits of the Lower Hunter.' "I think I have shown sufficientevidence that in last it was knows, generally in the colony that g,,..1,,i0a° been discovered iu tl-, Hunter River district. - 1 - c aw to the form a tio n o f this c _ m pany the directors too k tO , sidera l .le pains to obtain every informt lion relsam the Segenhoe prop, - -rty, livid selected " ra th 6 6o ° various other localities that had been offere d t°'l. tbeir being the most eligible for the commencement tu r ns to I.bours, and most likely to yield profitable re. the shareholders. oa lliflg Any persons may have every information on at the, offices.—l am, Sir, yours obediently , g, A cra , „,r„ " WARWICK A... - 6 101-V " Secretary " Australian Cordillera Gold and Copper Mining Company, 124, Bishupsgatea street Within, Aug 3." COURT Cl KUU LAIR. svet• accompaniedt,_ithe.. Princesspo Her lif, Duchess oitPlsi+Yen'OSßOßNE, VVS I)SD- ss th e her Royal . „ s Lo _f s " Adelo lci F; the Princess of Hohenlohe, and Il at,e h i de l d he t; and Princes ss ~, Gain_ y the Couple v os ier borough and the Hm. Eleanor Stanley, drove cut' day afternoon in the dir. ction ot Newport. Lord Colville was in attendance on horseback• , A bi His It , yal Highness the Duke of Parma, attenoe,,,o IL Massini, arrived from London on a visit to the Qa. _dot Helena, l'Irlitli!" iiieflr ------ The Cambridge University Commission had a r ase:i o l Ycistt:rday at the offi c i a l r esidence of the First lend the Treasury, oss t , ed ß. b A y ., c h c a m d oi t a h n e in Dowuing-street. Present—the O pe r ~ f Chester, the Dean of Ely, Sir John Herschel, '• O . frssor Sedgwick, and the Rev. W. U. Bateson O' r cary). the last sittittg for a miniature of h er iis honour givbrie wiyai c,OBO Princess Helena. pain Sir William C. R yeiterday at Osborne. The Right Ron. J. W. Hanle left tool for the continent for a short rim y ; 11.1)" has . o n fniph e r r o f• NI 0 1 ; kill fop A ow L i ß ng Eß f T a SMlTH habie s s au S nanr e dtc r eh e s n iso e noCountess Highness s t psoferFbwyoesentsdry: d 0 f CSit‘evha,y, Weimar, Weimar,nenD:peauasrks:tet h,m)the Granville, n ia t w o r h nl i t t ' arhno Earl Montrose, slmoPrince and l" nSs k j a Vi d g ; ClE. S t t'6 2l l' A attended C r °P h is 'Al e ° nte i s T t n a k i n e rll4- . 11 dardilf Ear De ham Norreys, Lady Asbbrook, Duchess of C les l e ;,, ls c ti lc, ° Ca E. Tollemache, Earl Ferrers, Lady Mary B en " -- Vin c° 6 s chioness of Ailesbury, Earl and Countess Greif viieb to Jocelyn, Lord Dufferin, Lady Theresa Rig b y' CeP tite r de Melford, Earl and Counte s s of Wilto n, of O le o of Dunmore, Viscount Newark, Earl and Countess,ebitgle tertield, Sir Arthur Austen, Duke of Leeds, Ma'psit e e s ; of Abercorn and the Ladies Mamilton, Countess 0f co ot n bury, Lord Lil,ord, Sir R. Anstruther, Earl and coontel, or Hardwicke, Viscount and Viscountess Gought, 'Ol of Abergavenny, Lord Byron, Earl of Dartinout o willis o, mily, Countess Clanwilliam, Sir Robert Adair , 1 1( 11,03 0e c i ir Byron, Sir John and Lady Y. Buller, Countess 0 , 1 00, '- Sir W. Herries, Earl of Darnley, Viscountess dszialel; W. Clerk, LordCamoys, Earl of :,carborough , %,. c ono t p Countess of Westmoreland, Viscount and Lag n el Dupplin, Lord Macdonald, Sir De Lacy Evano, Co•QP Leonards, Right Hon. Benjamin and Mrs. Disraeli, Harvey, &c. &c. OW° , S UDD EN DEATH OF MEN. WILSON, Tag , e ue- THE EMINENT VOCALIST.—We regret to announce.!,ressiab• of this lady, in a manner equally sudden and ( 1131 ' sc cons; She had gone into a bathing machine at Portobellot ev eolll anhreetdhl the that m e a n t a e te s hh s panied by a female friend, about six o'clock on t ile d by 1,11 of Saturday last, and, although earnestly dissuaded her'', lady, on ,d a a c r c ne o dm u inatitnaoepfdp appeared habit of body, resolved to enjoy the pleasure 0 ' ug h i' ing down, plunged from the top step with a viol ~into th e e in d oef ec tt e oh a e s s e e d et , i Inc 91''' 3 611%7; sion into the water. She did not rise after i° o f P oilpeerrafrtiioenn plunge, and this at once ' excited fear on the 1 )9 ::j friend, who instantly gave the alarm, and as srt o glist e n ' were bathing beside the spot, as-istance , was i. nl „. — t ooti?„l; rendered, and the deceased's bod 3 , which was IPnb„ h eill'a insteladoerobet; less at . the bottom, was lifted by them into the e ol ' — 'on was without delay pulled ashore. A medical gentian; o ter.7 sent for, and the body being taken into the ba tb t 'effe ct " means were employed to restore animation withou odes' Oa an examination of the appearances presented it ° li n t ceased, the forehead being livid and the jaws ri g l tieve cl - f evident that she had been seized with a fit, it is her tbro I via apoplexy, when she plunged into the water, ad oy aiioP death was owing to that, and not to asphyxia orr North British Daily Mail. the rae CABINET THEATRE.--On Saturday .518 t - ce. The bers of the Cabinet Club gave their first perforniano,. spec' Aff' pieces selected for the occasion were the the Game . t . O lation, the Spitalfelds eav er, that co and Bombastes Fart ?s, ¢ract talented manner in wh ich he p la y ed that arduous _u " d p rac j Bell, as Affable Hawk, w as all uld be wish ed .l, elicited the warmest applause, and with attention 'iobei/a, vloh tice he promises to make a first-rate actor, after the ei , goo school. Mr. Vi vian as Sir Harr y Lester was oce The only fault to b e found in the en tire p erform that some of the g entlemen were not well up in tneo• the prompter's voice being frequently audible. pbb A man, who bad by a fall broken one din c ity felt. A S'.' l l was mentioning the circumstance the other day L:,geoll aoffee-house, and describing the pain he fe • .., e d who wa s present, asked him if the injury he stis__ tal lo - 11 3 near the vertebrce? "No, sir," replied he, "IS Trio IT• yard of the Okliik in ,St. Gorgep.fickl44 32 x.d 45 34 x.d