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THE NEW NOVELS. Novi ready at all the Libraries, in 3 Tom., LOST A N D W 0 IC; OR, THE LOVE TEST. By the Author of " The Maid's Husband." Also, Just ready, GREAT TOM OF OXFORD. By the Author of " Peter Priggins." 3 vols. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MRS. TROLLOPE in WORK. Immediately, 2 vols. small Bvo. TRAVELS AND TRA VELLERS. lay MRS. TROLLOPE. Authoress of The Barnabys in America," " The Robertses," " The Attractive Man," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continue d support and patronage, and to announce that their Pqblic Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every Tussnav and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commeree, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds Lame (Wifely disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THE LAST NIGHT OF THE SUBSCRIPTION. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed Bellini's celebrated Opera, entitled I PURITAN'. Eivira, Madame' Grisi ; Giorgio, Signor Lablache ; Arturo, Signor Mario ; Riccardo, Signor Fornasari. After the Opera, the National Anthem will be sung by all the Vocal Artistes of the Establishment, supported by the Choruses. To conclude with the successfl and original Divertissement, entitled LE JUGEMENT DE PARIS. Mdlles. Taglionl, Lucile Grahn, Cerito, Louise Taglioni, Casean, Demelisse ; MM. Perrot and st. Leon will perform the principal characters. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THE LAST NIGHT. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully informed that there will be a FAREWELL NIGHT on THURSDAY NEXT, AUGUST 20, WLen will be performed Rossini's celebrated Opera, entitled IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosins, Madame Grist; II Comte d'Almaviva, Sig. Mario ; Bartel° Sig. Lablache; Basillo, Sig. F. Lablache ; Figaro, Sig. Fertilised. After the Opera, the National Anthem will be sung by the whole of the principal Operatic Performers, supported by the Choruses. In the course of the Evening, the highly successful new and original Ballet Divertissement, by M. Perrot, the Music by Signor Pugni, entitled LE JUGEMENT DE PARIS. Introducing a new Grand Pas, entitled " Le Pas des Deesses." The principal parts by Madlie. Taglioni, 3ladlle. Lucile Grahn, Cerito, MM. Perrot and St. Leon, 3ldlle. Louise Taglioni, Mdilcs. CAS3BII and Demelisse, &c. After which, the last Scene of Bellini's Opera, LA SONNAMBULA. _ _ . Amine, Madame Castellan ;I,i;:iailitiaeCorbari; Count Rodolpho, Signor F. Lablache ; Elvino, Signor Corelli. To be followed by the First Tableau from the successful Grand Ballet, entitlEd LALLA ROOKII. In which Mdlle. Cerito will in troduce the Pas Symbolique, supported by Meadlles. Cassan, Dc melisse, James, and Honore. After which the First Tableau of the admired Ballet of EOLINE ; on, LA DRYADE. Introducing the Mazourka d'Extase, by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn and M. Perrot. A Selection from the Ballet of ONDINE. Comprising the cele brated Pas de rOmbre, by Mdlle. Cerito. To conclude with the Second Act of the admired Ballet of LA SYLPHIDE. La Sylphide, Mdlle. Taglioni ; James, M. Perrot. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box tftice, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at half-past Seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING. Will be performed Shakespere's Tragedy of HAMLET. The KLg, Mr. Howe ; Polonius, Mr. Tiltury ; Laertes, Mr. Leigh Murray; Hamlet, Mr. Gregory; Horatio, Mr. Brindal ; the Ghost, Mr. Davidson; the Queen, 3lrs. Stanley; Ophelia, Miss M. Glover. After which, PERFECTION. To conclude with the Farce of BAMBOOZLING. On TUESDAY, THE HUNCHBACK. Master Walter, Mr. Stuart; Julia, Miss Virginia Monier. To conclude with the MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shylock, Mr. Gregory. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UIorDER THE MA THIS EVE N NAGEMENT ING OF MRS. KEELEY. Will be performed the popular Farce, entitled TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY. After which, THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE. Characters by Messrs. Diddear, F. Mathews, F. Vining, Turner, Collier ; Miss Arden, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by the interesting Drama of THE MISER'S WELL. Principal characters by Messrs. Keeley, Turner, Emery. and Kinloch ; Miss Keeley, Miss Turner, Mrs. Woollidge, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the new Farce, entitled LOAN OF A WIFE. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, MeadowsOfinloch, and Yarnold ; Mrs. Woollidge and Miss Howard. 'RHEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the interesting and popular Drama, entitled MARIE DUCANGE. In which Messrs. Wright, 0. Smith, Selby, Worrell, Bryce, Lambert, Callenford ; Madame Celeste, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. F. Matthews will perform. After which, a Grand Mythological Burlesque Extravaganza, de nom4ated THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS ; or, The Pas de Pip pins. The characters personated by Messrs. Selby, 0. Smith, Glen naire, Lindon, Waye, Butler, Williamson, Aldridge, Mitchenson, Alderson, Ryan, Wright, Paul Bedford ; Miss Ellen Chaplin, Miss Taylor, Miss Harrison, Miss Simpson, Mrs. F. Matthews, &c. Te be followed by an original Comic Sketch, called ABRAHAM PARKER. Abraham Parker, Mr. Wright. To conclude With the Farce of A NABOB FOR AN HOUR. Characters by Messrs. Worrell, Lambert, Munyard, Miss Harding, and Mrs. Frank Matthews. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed an entirely new Serio-Coble Drama, entitled A. CURIOUS CASE. Mr. Aubrey, Mr. Vining ; Twiggleton, Mr. Charles Mathews; Charles Stanton, Mr. Fisher ; - Edward, Mr. Honner ; Mrs. Aubrey, Mrs. Stirling. After which, the Musical Drama of THE BARRACK ROOM. Marquis de Cruzac, Mr. Granby ; Col. Ferrier, Mr. Vining ; Bernard, Mr. Walton; Clarisse, Madame Vestris. To be followed by an entirely New Comic Drama, entitled THE BARBER BRAVO ; or, '1 he Inventor of Powder, In which Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Granby, Mr. Wynn, Miss E. Stanley, and Miss Marshall will perform. To conclude with a Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Messrs. Webster, Brindal, J. Bland, Howe, and Miss Julia Bennett will sustain the principal characters. ASTLEY'a ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, 3lr. W. Batty. PAtronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. The Public are respectfully apprised, that the present Week will ter minate the successful career of the Grand Military Spectacle of our Indian Victories. THIS EVENING Will be perfbrmed the popular Drama, called THE SIKHS' IN VASION ; or, England's Victories of 1846. After which, splendid SCENES of the HIPPODROME, by the British and Foreign Prossors, Male and Female. The whole concludf4 with an Equestrian Drama, entitled THE NAMELESS. On THURSDAY, August 20, a variety of Novelties ; for the BE NEFIT of Mr. THOMPSON, Stage Director. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. Immense attraction! A New Opera, and powerful combination of attraction and talent. An increased Band and Double Chorus. Conductor, Mr. E. J. Loder. THIS EVENING, and during the Week will be performed the Opera of THE SYREN. In which Miss Georgiana Smithson will appear, supported by Messrs. D. W. King, Weiss, S. Jones, Horn castle, A. Harris; Miss Betts, and Miss Parry. With, alternately, the Musical Pieces of NO SONG, NO SUPPER, and THE QUAKER. Concluding during the Week with THE WIFE, and the popular Meolodrams.s of RATAELLE, THE LIBERTINE ; WEALTH ANI) WANT ; and MY POLL AND MY PARTNER JOE. In which Messrs. E. F. Saville, Fredericks, J. T. Johnson, Neville, Hsslop, W. Smith, Lewis ; Miss Richardson, Miss Martin, Miss E. Terry, Mrs. W. Daly, and Mrs. Honner will perform. Box Office open from eleven till four o'clock. FOUR DAYS MORE! GRA.NID NEAPOLITAN FETE AND BAZAAR. ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THIS DAY, And on TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY, August 18th, 19th, and 20th. DAYLIGIIT VIEW of VESUVIUS and BAY of NAPLES. UNRIVALLED MENAGERIE. An EXTRA BRASS BAND. NEAPOLITAN BAZAAR, Attendants in Neapolitan Costume. The TIGHT ROPE, by Madame Hicken, Mr. Ryan, and Master Ryan. FAIRY-LIKE EXPLOITS, A-la-Risley, by the Messrs. Candler. LA TRANCA HISPANIOLA, by Mr. Candler. RAMO SAMEE will give his amusing FEATS of DEXTERITY. PROMENADE CONCERTS, by Godfrey's Baud. An ENCAMPMENT of GIrSIES. TRIUMPHAL ARCHES ILLUMINATED at DUSK. CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO. DESCENT of FARINELLI in the FIERY CAR. GOTHIC BRIDGE of ST tTUES, Illuminated with Two Thousand Jets of Gas ; and the GLASS CONSERVATORY, Lighted with Festoons of Gas. ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS, with new and indescribable effects. A Grand Display of FIREWORKS at Nine o'Clock. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 17. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 54; Highest. 77 ; Noon, 71. BAROMETER, 29.93.—W1ND W., cloudy. RICIII WATER. AT 1.01 , 7130N-ISRLIIGE TEAS DAY. Horning .. 15 minutes after 10. % Evening .. 54 mbintee after 10. : !S , TO, 'I rt. SECOND EDITION. .... 1 brinxing .- -.--,-Atit, LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1846. WITHDRAWAL OF THE IRISH ARMS BILL. SUN-OFFICE, Three o'clock. Lord JouN RUSSELL has just announced, in the House of Commons, that it is the intention of the government to withdraw the Irish Arms Bill. On Saturday the British Possessions Bill was read a third time in the Commons, and passed. Previous, however, to this consummation of the free-trade colonial policy, Lord G. BENTINCK endeavoured to retard the measure by another of those vexatious amendments for the employment of which the pro tectionist representatives have acquired such an un enviable notoriety. As a testimony of the utter feti)ity of these interruptions, we may instance the division by which the proposition of the Noble Me tuber for Lynn—namely, that the Bill "should be rea. it a third time that day three months"—was nega tived. A majority of thirty-nine in a House of mere ly fifty-five testified the impatience of Parlia ment under this most irksome, because most impotent system of opposition. We have characterised Lord G. BENTINca's amendment as vexatious, and any one posse issing little better than a pudding for brains would% on a dispassionate perusal of the dis- C 119910 a which was evoked by that amend ment, feel himself compelled to acknowledge it to bepeculiarly and intensely vexatious. Inso much are we impressed with this conviction, that we cannot but think Mr. ESCOTT was justified in charging the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn with inconsistency in the course then pursued for the purpose of embarrassing the Government. Every one, we take it, has a correct notion of what Parliamentary inconsistency really is. Amidst all the bickerings of faction, and all the potterings of party politicians, that single thing has never elicited any dissentience of opinion. It is not a vague idea which may be distorted by an adroit quirk ; it admits of no misapprehension from the utmost obtuseness of intellect. Inconsistency to the Conservative is iden tical with inconsistency to the Liberal ; it assumes no novel or Protean aspect, whether viewed from the Ministerial benches or the Opposition benches, or from the pleasant locality below the gangway. To proclaim for one principle and vote for another, is inconsistency ; to avow such political doctrines one evening and the very opposite the next, is inconsis tency. It is, we humbly conceive, inconsistent to announce oneself an advocate for such commercial justice to our colonial possessions as we believe may most certainly ensure their mercantile pros perity, and immediately afterwards to thrust upon the attention of the Legislature the advi sability of passing an Act of the most monstrous and manifest injustice to those colonies. Such incon sistency is that with which we impeach Lord GEORGE BENTINCK. To skin his proposition of its trans parent sophistry, and to produce it before the pub lic in its nakedness, it literally amounts to the following :—" Because we have been unable to administer our old quack panacea against the disorders incident to colonial commerce, and because you have placed the colonists under a wholesome and natural rezime, let us administer to them a dose of the most deadly poison. England is to be allowed, so it appears, to purchase her corn and her sugar and what not in the cheapest markets ; don't let her colonists purchase their manufactures according to a similar discretion. England is no longer compelled under a heavy penalty of duties to buy timber from the Canadas ; nevertheless Canada must still be compelled to buy calicoes at Manchester, and cutlery at Sheffield, and needles at Whitechapel, and gloves at Woodstock, no matter how much cheaper or how much better the commodities which might be purchased elsewhere. The exports of the colonies will henceforth have to compete in cheapness and excellence with the whole world ; their imports must, however, be forced upon them at any extortionate price which cupidity aided by monopoly may devise. We are, upon my honour, very fond of our colonial posses sions, very fond indeed ; and as a testimony of our regard to their prosperity, we here solemnly adjure you to accede to our entreaty. They are now com pelled to send us good, cheap things, let us compen sate them for that concession, and at the same time evince our unselfish regard to their interests, by enabling ourselves to send them bad, dear things in return !" Silly and preposterous as these expressions may appear, they are literally the gist of this re doubtable proposition from the Noble Lord the Mem ber for Lynn. What by an egregious misnomer has been hitherto designated " Protection to our Colo nies " being now virtually abolished, the Noble Lord sagaciously demands the retention of that so called "Protection" to the manufacturers by whom those unfortunate colonies are supplied. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK always has an accumula tion of the most astonishing and unheard-of statistics, which he introduces for the purpose of bolstering up his very eccentric schemes. Statistics, like the ar mour of a minor theatre, very showy, and apparently trustworthy at the distance, but on examination, all brown paper and tinfoil. On Saturday, for example, on introducing his amendment, the Noble Lord presented to the House an appalling narrative of the condition of the manufacturing districts. According to the Noble Lord, the ruler-turners had received a heartless intimation of a decrease in wages consequent! upon a decrease in the price of provisions. According to him, farmers would buy no more fire-irons or pickaxes, be cause -wheat was falling to 40s. a quarter : divers millowners had proclaimed a reduction of five per cent. upon the wages of their workmen : circulars were being issued by influential firms bewailing the miserable stagnation of trade. That was the lugu brious panorama displayed to the House of Commons by Lord GEORGE BENTINCK, and unquestion ably it was enough to make even the most sanguine minds despondent. Fortunately, how ever, a Member was present infinitely more cognisant of the condition of the manufactories than the Noble Lord, the representative of Lynn. And not only did the Hon. Member for Durham cast dis credit upon the assertions of Lord GEORGE, but he plainly and definitely contradicted each of his com prehensive statements. Wages had not been reduced; the labouring classes were never in the enjoyment of more comfort; provisions were cheap, and employment was abundant. Those were the revelations made by Mr. BRIGHT in regard to the manufactories of Lancashire and Cheshire. We suspect the manufactories described by Lord G. BENTINCK were literally the manufactories of his imagination. Nevertheless, RIGIIT and MIGHT appear now to be co-operating in the legislation of this great em pire; and, as we have previously congratulated the inhabitants of the mother-country upon the realisation of an equitable freedom to trade, so do we now congratulate the inhabitants of her colonial possessions upon the adjustment of a benefit which had previously been only half obtained. In the frivolous amendment of Lord GEORGE BENTINCK we almost fancy we can perceive something more than mere obstinacy. Did not the Noble Lord intend to take a sweet revenge upon the manufacturing dis tricts by cursing them with the perpetuation of the protective system ? The memorial just presented to the Irish Govern ment by the leading magistrates and clergymen of the county Cavan, is deserving of immediate atten tion—of the promptest consideration. It is gratify ing to find men of the most opposite political feelings at length uniting together, and joining zealously in their exertions for the abolition of that which is now admitted to be a most serious evil, leading to the worst results, and keeping up those religious dissen sions and animosities that have ever been pro ductive of the most injurious consequences. Amongst our Irish brethren we find Lord FAEIrrA m, formerly one of the grand officers and most influential members of the Orange Institution, one of the chief resident landed proprietors in the county of Cavan, ' co-operating with Dr. BROWNE, the Roman Catholic bishop of the diocese, and impressing, in the most forcible manner, on the minds of the Execu tive, the absolute, the imperative necessity of urging Parliament to pass an Act against processions of all descriptions whatever, stating that the excitement which unhappily exists in several parts of the country has arisen from the most trivial causes, but still that the most fatal consequen ces may ensue ; that there is still time, during the present session, to pass the necessary enactment, and urging it as the only remedy for the evil. In addition to those whose names we have already mentioned, this memorial has been most numerously and influentially signed by magistrates, clergymen, and gentry of all shades and varieties of politics, and we sincerely hope that not a single day will be lost in submitting to the Legislature a measure calculated to effect this object. The county of Cavan has long been the theatre of those unmeaning and mischievous processions. In that district parties are perhaps more evenly balanced, more near equality as to physical force, than in any other in Ireland. The Orange party lost no opportuuity of swelling their own ranks ; neutrality was not allowed on either side. You must select the banner under which to fight, and strenuously combat on all occasions. It was impossible to conciliate the good opinion of the opposite party ; the terms Orange and Protestant be came synonimous, and the more violent the denun ciation, the more outrageous the insult, the more bitter the hatred entertained and exhibited towards his Roman Catholic brethren, the snore popular did the exhibitor become amongst his own party. The man who was not with them was against them, but he who could succeed in making himself peculiarly obnoxious to the Roman Catholic party, thereby immediately attained power and influence amongst his own. On the other side also parties were not idle. If Orange lodges subsisted, so was there a Ribbon Association organised, and offences that disgraced the country had their origin in the party feuds, the religious dif ferences thus created and kept up ; secret signs and pass words were made use of, by which the members of either confederacy became known to their associates, and the ignorance of these secrets too frequently was avenged by the most outrageous assaults on the person unable duly to respond on being interrogated. Not a meeting could take place, whether for business or pleasure without the public peace being broken, the public tranquillity dis turbed by contests and fights between the opposing factions—human life too frequently became the sacrifice, and riot and bloodshed affixed a stain on the locality. Of late years the superior classes have seen the folly of these exhibitions. On the passing of the Act for the Suppression of Secret So cieties (one of the most beneficial, for Irelatid gene rally, that could be brought forward), the Grand Orange Lodge, in obedience to the dictates of the law, declared the dissolution of the society ; and the better disposed and more prudent of its members withdrew from all further communion therewith. Unfortunately the more violent members, who were well aware of the influence and power which the system gave them among their poorer brethren, did not exhibit the same obedience to the law, the same wise submission ; they set aside the opinion of the majority, adopted steps to evade the law that pronounced their body an illegal one, and throughout the entire country denounced the seceders as traitors to the cause : there was no longer anything of discretion or judgment in the pro ceedings of the society ; those qualified to counsel were no longer of them, and their every act exhibited the grossest folly, the most unceasing obstinacy and mental blind ness. The Party Processions Act for a time mitigated the evil, but it was not without the greatest exertions on the part of the Executive that the processions were kept down. Strange as it may appear, vast bodies of the people were prepared to undergo severe punishments and stringent penalties, rather than consent to refrain from the comme moration of events long since past and gone— the celebration of the triumph of principles that happily no longer prevail. A juster, a more equitable principle has been enunciated. Ireland is henceforward to be placed on a footing of perfect equality with England in her civil, political, and mu nicipal institutions. No man hereafter is to be the sufferer for the religious feelings he may conscien tiously entertain, and every man will be allowed to wor ship his CREATOR in the manner which he deems the most correct, and opinion will no longer be controlled by penal enactments or civil or religious disabilities. It is, then, the duty of a Government, extending tole rance to all, to take care that insults shall no longer be offered to any, and to interpose their authority for the prevention of such ridiculous, but injurious proceedings. In the language of the County Cavan memorial, there is yet time, during the present ses sion, for the passing of such enactment. We cannot sup pose that opposition would be offered from any quarter, and if it should be neglected, much mischief may occur during the ensuing recess, which it may take many years to remedy, and a serious responsibility will be incurred by the Government. We place every confidence in the good intentions of our present Administration, and we sincerely hope that measures will be adopted :by which the majesty of the law may be vindicated, the peace of the country may be preserved. The following is an extract of a letter from Con stantinople of the 29th of July : " Great changes are soon expected in the Turkish Ca binet. The present Minister of Finance, Hafiz Pacha, is to be replaced the first, and then the Grand Seraskier, Kosrew Pacha. The successor to Hafiz is not yet known, but for the post of Seraskier, it is Riza Pacha, who is gene rally designated. It may even be admitted as certain that Riza Pacha, in place of being named Minister of Finance, would have been at once appointed Seraskier, had it not been for the arrival of Mehemet Ali. You are aware that the Viceroy of Egypt and Kosrew Paella are old enemies ; the dismissal of Kosrew occurring at the-lame moment as the arrival of the Pacha of Egypt would have been interpreted as a desire to flatter his sentiments, and that is what the Government wishes to avoid. The dismissal of Hafiz and Kosrew will not certainly be disagreeable to Reschid Pacha, for since his accession to the Ministry he has constantly been on bad terms with these two Ministers. They belong to the old school of corruption, and each act of their life is in flagrant opposition to the principles which Reschid Pacha at present represents. In Turkey, M. de Bourqueney had assured Sir S. Canning that he agreed perfectly with him in the pro test which he had made, as senior of the diplomatic corps, against the nomination of Riza Pacha to the finance depart ment. The Internuncio of Austria also used strong language on this occasion." Letters have been received from Rome to the 3d of August. Several towns having petitioned the POPE to with draw from the Jesuits the monopoly of education, which they have hitherto enjoyed, his Holiness decided that, at the re-opening of the schools in November, secular priests, chosen amongst those who offer satis factory guarantees of morality and capacity, should replace the Jesuits, wherever the mayors of towns and bishops should think it advisable. This declaration of the POPE produced such a sensation, even amongst the people of Rome, that his Holiness, in proceeding to the Jesuits' church, on St. Ignatius' day, to hear mass, was greeted with cries of " Accept nothing from these men, they are quite capable of giving you it boccone !" (poison.) His Holiness has dismissed 11. MARINI, the Governor of Rome, for having attempted to prevent the director of the opera from representing The Clemency of Titus. The l'orE has sent a Vicar-General to Imola, retaining to himself the title of Bishop of that city, in order to be able to devote the revenues of the see to the relief of the poor and the completion of the cathedral. In order to be able to become acquainted with the claims of persons unable to approach his person, Pius IX. has had put up, near his palace, a box for the reception of letters, of which he alone has the key. The German Diet, at present sitting at Frankfort, will first of all take into consideration a project of law for the regulation of the censorship of the press, and afterwards will proceed to the consideration of the succession to the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. Accounts from Berlin state that the labours of the Congress of the Zollverein, sitting in that city, were nearly terminated, but that the difficulties raised in the last Congress of Carlsruhe have been renewed, and no solution could consequently be effected. The southern states of Germany had protested anew against all increase in the tariff duties on cotton threads, whilst the northern states claimed that augmentation as indispensable for the prosperity of their manu factures. The Prussian Government, thus placed between the prohibitive system, and the system of free trade, will, it is said, confine itself to publishing, after the close of the session of the Congress, an im partial statement of the debates, in order to prove to the merchants, manufacturers, and agriculturists of Germany, that the long desired solution of these questions can only be arrived at when the general interest shall have succeeded in triumphing over pri vate interests. By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Queen, which arrived on Sunday, intelligence has been received from Lisbon, of the 10th. The concentration of the Spanish army on the Portu guese frontier had excited considerable alarm in Lisbon, where it was not doubted but that the real object of the threatened invasion was to promote a counter-revolution in favour of the brothers CABRAL. The Portuguese Government had sent a few troops to the frontier, and were fitting out some vessels of war, but their main reliance is on England, for they feel convinced that the British Government will not permit Spain to invade the Portuguese territory on any of the pretexts hitherto put forward. The Miguelites, meanwhile, are endeavouring to turn any confusion that may arise to their own profit. General MACDONNELL, an active Miguelite partisan, was known to be in the province of Tras-os-Montes, endeavouring to excite an outbreak. Some of the officers of the Albion have, at the request of Lord HOWARD DE WALDEN, been dispatched to the frontier to observe the movements of the Spanish troops. Their presence will afford a guarantee to the Porto guese that England will not quietly allow Spain to invade their country. Great complaints were made in Lisbon of the scarcity and dearness of bread and oil. A monetary crisis seems at hand. The discount on Bank of Lisbon notes had at one time risen as high as 15 per cent. The bank directors have, however, issued notice to the following effect :- 1. That all persons willing to capitalise the notes they THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING,' AUGUST 17, 1848. hold will be allowed interest at the rate of 9 per cent., pay able quarterly. 2. That all the notes iu circulation will be paid within one year. 3. That the bank will give in exchange for its notes equi valent value in inscriptions of the public debt, shares of com panies, and other pledges which it holds in deposit, all which are to be put up to auction for eight days. The discount was in consequence brought down to 6 per cent., which was the rate at the time the packet left. Madrid papers to the 10th August have been re ceived. The return of NARVAEZ to Madrid may be shortly expected. The Esperanza states that his petition to the QUEEN for permission to return is warmly sup ported by the French Government, and therefore there is every reason to believe that it will be granted. Several persons have been arrested at Cordova, charged with being concerned in a Carlist conspiracy. The Eco del Comerio repeats the rumour that the Government had ordered all the troops to retire from the Portuguese frontier, and the Clamor Publico again asserts that GONZALES BRAVO has been recalled. MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 10.—Three per Cents., for Cash, 341 ; Five per Cents., 22i ; Debt, without interest, 6i. Exchange on London, 36f. We have received the Paris papers of Friday and Saturday. _ _ _ The KING arrived at the Tuileries on Friday night. His MAJESTY R ill open the Chambers in person on Monday. On the anniversary of his accession to the throne his MAJESTY pardoned 502 criminals, of whose conduct in prison favourable reports had been received. M. SAUZET is the Alinisterial candidate for the Presidency of the Chamber of Deputies. " We trust," says the Journal des D'ibats, " That no member of the majority will attempt to create a division by supporting any other candidate, which certainly would lead to no result. M. Sauzet is the candidate of the Conservative:party, and to vote for any other Deputy would be voting for a candidate of the Opposition. Let every one, therefore, make a sacrifice of his pretensions and private preferences! There are, no doubt, amongst the majority several eminent men who might divide the suffrages of the Chambers, if M. Sauzet was not, as it were, in possession of them. It is of importance to-day that the first political vote of the Conservative party should be an unanimous one. We are bound in justice to declare, that though other Depu ties might make as good presidents as M. Sauzet, yet the Chamber would not easily find a more faithful and more devoted one." On Friday evening an accident of a trifling nature occurred on the Versailles Railway. The following account is from the Gazette des Tribunaux : " The mail train from Paris to Rouen leaves at twenty five minutes past seven, and the train for St. Germains at twenty-five minutes to eight. The Rouen train had scarcely left the station when the engineer, perceiving that the engine worked badly, stopped at the Batignolles, either to change it or take a second engine. The conductor of the Versailles train, which started five minutes after the Roueu train, having perceived the signal fur stopping, slackened his speed, and stopped the train a short distance from the Rouen one. But the train of St. Germains coming up, and the engineer being unable to arrest its progress in time, both came in violent contact with each other. 'We have not yet learnt the full particulars of the accident, but from what has already reached us it would appear that the passengers escaped with only slight contusions. A single passenger alone was se riously wounded, and which entirely resulted from his leaping from the top of a carriage. As soon as the alarm and con fusion had subsided, the passengers resumed their seats in the carriages, and the three trains continued their course." HENRY has been removed to the room occupied by LECOMTE in the Luxembourg. A spy of ABD-EL-KADER was seized and executed at Mascara on the 26th ult. Algeria was tranquil, but the inhabitants and troops were suffering dreadfully for want of provisions. The latest accounts from Algiers are to Aug. 10. Saturday being the Feast of the Assumption, the Bourse remained closed, and no business was done in the Passage de l'Opera. MARSEILLES, AuG. 11.—Mareilles and Avignon, 905 f.; Northern, 712 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 530 f. LYONS, AUG. 13.—Paris and Rouen, 961 f. 25c.; Avignon and Marseilles, 891 f. 25c.; Paris and Lyons, 517 f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUGUST 15. Boulogne and Amiens, 12%—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Espelete), I%—Dutch Rhenish, 6 —East Indian, 94—Northern of France Constituted, 12% —Paris and Lyons Constituted, s%—Sambre and Meuse, 4% —`Vest Flanders, 3%. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT The tenth sessions in the present mayoralty were opened this morning at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, be fore the Recorder, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, and Al , d.rrnen Wilson, Challis, and Hughes. L The calendar on this oc c asi on presents a heavy Pat, there being in all 245 prisoners committed for trial on various charges during the present sessions. Among the prisoners waiting for trial there are—for ar son 1, burglary 5, bigamy 1, uttering counterfeit coin 17, cutting and wounding 8, embezzlement and forgery 20, horse-stealing 2, larceny of various descriptions 149, man slaughter 2, demanding money with menaces 1, misdemeanor 13, murder 2, administering poison I, rape 1, receiving stolen goods 9, robbery 10 ; 37 of the prisoners have been committed in London, 164 in Middlesex, 3 in Essex, 6 in Kent, and 35 in Surrey. The RECORDER, when the grand jury had been called and sworn, addressed to them the following charge :—Gen tlemen of the grand jury, the number of prisoners whose names appear on the calendar, standing charged with dif ferent offences, is 245, and there is some reason to expect that in the course of the present week that number will be augmented to somewhere about 300 or more, at least before the termination of your labours. I am afraid, therefore, that you must expect to be employed for some time with that public business on which you are about to enter, but it is a duty from which you will not shrink— a duty :devolved upon you by law in connexion with this Court. The list presents a great num ber of offences, many of them of a very serious nature, and of deep public importance. There are two for murder; several, at least six, for cutting and maiming, with intent to do some grievous bodily harm ; no less than three for manslaughter, or that criminal act involving the taking away of life, which only comes short of the crime of murder ; one for rape; three for assault, with intent to commit rob bery ; seven for robbery,. besides other important charges, involving the use of violence in the commission of the offences. It is lamentable to find that offences, crimes implying violence in the commission of them, and the crimes of cutting and wounding with intent to do some bodily harm, appear to be on the increase— certainly they are not diminishing. Within the last few years, the use of the knife in cases of provocation and quarrel, a practice at one time almost unknown in this country—the use of dangerous weapons for offensive pur poses, instead of having recourse to mere bodily strength, is become unhappily rife. Where the cases appear to you on the evidence to be fully made out, you will feel it your duty to put them in the course of further inquiry. On the charges which will be presented to you of cutting and wounding with intent to do some grievous bodily harm, I have but one re mark to make, and it is this, that if you shall find that a person receiving provocation employs the knife or other in strument in such a way as leads you to put the con struction upon such conduct that the party intended to do that which, according to the evidence, has taken effect—if, for example, you find a person striking with a drawn knife, and the, weapon taking effect on the body of another, you will put the entire charge in the course of further investigation. But if, on the other hand, in a charge for cutting and wounding, the jury shall see that cir cumstances will warrant it, you will discharge the prisoner of the violent intention, and commit him to take his trial for the aggravated assault. Gen tlemen, your duty merely is to put the case in the course of further inquiry, it is for the petty jury to try whether or not the offence charged against the prisoner has been committed by him, you have only to inquire as to the fact of dangerous weapons having been used, and whether they were used with the intention of doing bodily harm, and to send the case for further investigation accordingly. Among the cases of murder, one, unhappily, is a charge of child murder. There is nothing in that case which is peculiar ; handkerchiefs were found on the mouth or throat of the child, then dead. These suspicious circumstances would na turally excite a doubt whether in case the child had been still born the party would have resorted to that which, if the child had been alive, would have the effect of putting it to death. I have said that, not to prejudice yin!, but that you should put the case in the way of fuller inquiry, and I say no more, because they are circumstances which may receive some answer when they come to be investigated. But the fact of a child having been found dead under th ese cir cumstances is enough for you sendingit before a Petty jury. There is another charge of murder—one which will r equ i re some investigation on your part. The first question which will occur in that case is, how the party met with her death, whether it was by a fall, involving no other person in the guilt, or whether it was by violence, inflicted by another; whesher it occurred through the vio lence of another throwing her down stairs, or , from he rse lf t fa h l e lin d g ea d th ow h n as st h ai e r e s n . there whether b e stuhffie e e l eviiednetnce pointsconnexion t betweeno occasioned o n n e e x d t hy question, another . 3 f party,o u fi will n h that e, any ndi tn v e id p u a a rt l, y an w d ho w d h id eth u e le r deed and the person charged in that evidence. The safer course will be if the evidence is not sufficiently clear, to throw out the bill until more evidence can be subsequently got, for if you put the prisoner on his trial upon evidence which will not bear a conviction, and the bill be thrown out, it will be v er y i nconven i ent if o ther and clearer evidenceshould afterwards arise. But if y ou see that there is sufficient evidence of both, you will p u t i t i n t h e co urse of . further inquiry. I have said that beca use you oug ht not to inquire merely into the cause of death, and, supposing that there was enough to satisfy you on that point, so to send it before another jury; you must be satisfied that th e party died by violence, and I have readthat the t depositionsviolence was veryin to form any definite opinion on the case, but I recommend you, if you shall find that the cause of death is something beyond n the party dead, and that the evidence points out t he person who will put it in who is charged as being that cause, the course of further investigation. flciacrteettlabyy. tlliedoprniseotneprr.esurne If - o it to the fully on these points it will be better toleave nd the case on pos sibility of more evidence arising, than to se .de nce. There u are not satisfied to meet with an acquittal on unsatisfactory evi. two of them are either three or four cases of manslaughter , 'blow of a less serious aspect. In the case. wherea death of the hav ing been applied to a child resulted in . the . of such a child, the question will be whether the violence is theny unlawful character, that the person is chargeable with act, and that of such a kind, towards a chil d, as will involve the crime of manslaughter. Another of th ese chargestttnt arose os out of very peculiar circumstances, and was of he utmost public in public importance. The party is charged with negligence the conducting of an engine, so that he ran into another tram, i to the great danger of life to many in that trai n. The inquiry here was, whether the person appointed to conduct the en gine, seeing the usual signals, ought to have increased his caution, and whether he neglected that caution and conducted himself recklessly, and with such rash ness as would amount to criminal negligence, and, therefore, involving the crime of manslaughter. I need not state to you that where persons having the care of engines, with the :lives of individuals depending upon these engines, and with the usual signals given for precaution, neglect these signals when given, and by that criminal negligence are the cause of death to one or more individuals—these persons so acting are chargeable with manslaughter. I recommend you to put this case in the course of further investigation ; it is enough for you if, when warnings have been given, by signals with which the party is acquainted, these war - ings have been neglected and the party has thereby become the cause of death. On the charges for robbing there is no thing to require the construction of a point of law; they are charges of great public moment, but still the question is rather one of fact than of law, and you will find •no difficulty in the application of the law. If, however, I am mistaken, and anything does arise to perplex you, the Court, however con'tituted, will be reedy to afford you any aid, and there is a most able and intelligent officer of the Court, who will always be happy to lend his assistance to the grand jury on questions of law or evidence. I have only to remark on the case of arson, that the charge is not for feloniously setting fire to a house in the possession of another party, not for exposing the life of any party to immi nent danger, but for setting fire to a house in the occupation of the party himself, with the intention to defraud another; that other being an insurance company where the property was insured. You will have to inquire whether the house was accidentally on fire, or whether fire was set to it ; whether the house itself—the frame-work and timbers being on fire — was in this condition by the wilful act of any person, and if so, whether the circumstantial evidence, the fact of his having an interest in the destruction of the property, and his conduct on the occasion, be suck as to lead you to suspect the person charged with the act. If you find this, you will put it in the course of further investigation by trial before a petty jury. Already I have said that aid is within your reach if any difficulty occur, and I think I need hardly repeat what you yourselves must have heard or seen, that you must make no presentment but by a majority of your number. It is necessary that 12 out of 23 make it, as the law does not allow less than the number on a petty jury to find a bill against any prisoner committed for trial. 1 am sure that you will not dismiss any case without making sufficient inquiry into the particulars of the evidence; and on the other hand, gentlemen, if you are satisfied with the evidence given by the first two or three witnesses, it will not be necessary to press it further. I now dismiss you to the discharge of your duties. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Fitzgerald was charged with creating a disturbance at the Boar's Head public-house Clare-street, Clare- market. The whole case arose out of a question of right. The com plainant, a Mr. Davis, said that be had purchased the house of the former landlord, a Mr. Hawker, and produced an agreement and some receipts in proof of the sale. On the other hand, the defendant produced a lease, an agreement, and a license (which had been transferred to him), in proof of a prior sale. Mr. Davis stated that the prisoner and his wife came to the house on Saturday—he being then in possession—and brought with them " half a dozen Irishmen." They said that the house was theirs, and the foods and fixtures also, they having bought them of Mr. hawker; and they were determined to take and maintain possession. They remained until a policeman came up and took the prisoner and his wife into custody. (They were both taken to the station-house, and were got out on bail, but Mrs. Fitzgerald being ill and unable to attend, it was agreed that the case should proceed in her absence.). A long, and by no means orderly discussion, here took place between the complainant and defendant, and their re spective solicitors, in the course of which it appeared that there were three boxes on the premises which were admitted to be the prisoner's property, and it was agreed that they should be sent by the complainant to his (prisoner's) address. Mr. HENRY said that this was a case of trespass on a claim of right. The prisoner had clearly no right to force an entry, whether he was or was not the true owner of the house. He should have taken legal means to eject the complainant and gain possession ; but as it was a case of trespass, he could not adjudicate. A civil action might, perhaps, be brought. The prisoner was discharged. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a quiet market for Cotton at Liverpool on Sa turday, but without any alteration in prices. Shares were firm generally. It is understood that the emigration from this country in the course of the present year, although not perhaps so great as on several previous seasons, will still be very large, and principally to the British North American colonies and the United States. As respects the South Australian colo nies, there are but few data to arrive at any definitive con clusion as to the number of settlers who have proceeded in that direction. As connected with this important subject, it is worth notice _that the " bounty system," still pur sued by Government, though objected to by most practical men, is dontinued. This system, in principle, is said to be objectionable, and practically works injury to the ship ping interests of the country. It is considered most consistent and advantageous that engagements for the conveyance of emigrants for the Government should be made by the shipowner directly with the department in whom the superintendence of emigration is veste4. The late Colonial Secretary was opposed to any alteration, upon the general ground " that her Majesty's Government must be guided by the circumstances and the wants of the different colonies to which emigration may be proceeding." However, the shipping interest, it is understood, intend to press the sub ject upon the present Colonial Secretary, through their Com mittee. It is a matter of very considerable importance, not only to the shipowner, but to emigrants, as well as the colonial interests. Much interest is taken in the City relative to the promised expose of Lord John Russell, in Parliament this evening, of the measures his Lordship intends to propose to alleviate distress in Ireland. Some bold and comprehensive steps, it is admitted on all hands, must be adopted to procure other food than potatoes for the destitute poor of that country, as it is now in vain to calculate upon any liberal supplies of the esculent either from England, the Continent, or the British colonies, in all of which, or very nearly so, the disease is ex tending far and wide. The calamity has rather tended to depress the mercantile classes here. The following extract from a communication from New York is of interest at the present moment, as exhibiting the feeling of the merchants there of the probable working of the new tariff:- " The passage of the ad valorem Tariff Bill has created con. siderable activity at the Custom-house, and everyone appears to be in a great hurry to get their goods through and into the market. The cash entries have been unusually large. We have no doubt but that the month of August will be a very busy month at the Custom-house, in the way of entries for importation ; and after that the principal business will be entries for exportation, as an immense quantity of foreign merchandise will be exported during the months of October and November, for the benefit of drawback and re-impor tation under the reduced rate of duty. " The importation of foreign merchandise, after the Ist of October, until the new tariff goes into operation, will be ex tremely limited, and only to the extent of the actual and im mediate demand for consumption. and only in instances where there will be, after the Ist December, an increased duty. The revenue from Customs from this to December Ist, will be very small, while the expenditures are going on at the rate of several hundred thousand dollars per day. The ten millions surplus and the ten millions Treasury notes will be expended long before that time. The expenditure of that amount has already been incurred, but as yet the payments have not been made; when the drafts come for the money, the depo sits to the credit of the Government in our banks will be swept away very rapidly." The meeting at the London Tavern to raise subscriptions for the market gardeners and florists who suffered by the late storm is respectably attended. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge took the chair. A good subscription is anticipated. Consols for the Account have been flat this morning at 9534. For to-morrow Money Stock has fallen to 95 1 /, but a rally has since taken place to 95 3 / 4 . Exchequer-bills have fluctuated from Bs. to 12s. premium. The Reduced Three per Cents. have receded to 96, and the New Three-and-a- Quarter to 95:%. There has been a further fluctuation in the Portuguse Four per Centr. this morning. On Saturday afternoon the current value was 42%; the opening price this morning was 43, but the Bonds have just droppz.d to 41% 3 4. It is difficult to account for these changes. Spanish Consols are flat at 25%, and the Three per Cents at 36 1 / s %. The Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents are at 59 1 / 2 %; Mexican at 23%, and New Brazilian Bonds at 87. The Railway Share market is pretty steady this morning, prices are much the same as on Saturday. BitITISII FUNDS TIIIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 96% 96 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities • • • • 95% % New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Amis. 97% % Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .• 10 7-16 5-16 Consols for Account .. • • • . • • 95% Exchequer Bills. I%d. I%d. 1,000/. .. •• - •• 10 11 812 pm. 500/. .. -- •• •• 10 11 812 pm. Ditto, Small .. - ... • 10 11' 8 12 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • .. - Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 87 Mexican Old, 5 per Cent • • • • 23% Portuguese Four per Cent .. 43 41% Ditto, for the Account • • • • 42% 41% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. • • 25% % Ditto, Three per Cent .. • • • 36% % Ditto. for the Account • . • • 36% Dividends on the above payable In London. Dutch Two-and-a-llall per Cents. 59% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 941,( BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Aberdeen .. .. • . .. • • 15 .. •. 8% ....to - Amber., Notting., Boston, & Eastrn Jn. 2% 1% .. to 2 Birmingham and Oxford Junction. • • 2 •• • • 5 % 6.. to 5% Buckinghamshire • • .. . • .. 425. • 4 dis. to - Caledonian .. • • • . .. 20 15% .... to - Ditto Half Shares .. .. • • .. 2 1 14 11,( .. to - Cornwall .. .. 5 l% to - Cornwall and Central Devon .. ll4 .... to - Direct Northern .• •• l% .... to - Eastern Counties • . • . .. 14/. 16s. Od. • .23% %exd.to 23 x.d Ditto, New • . 10/. 16s. 0d... • . p.. to - Do., Perpetual,s per Ct. No.l, 61 13s. 4d - .... to - Ditto, ditto .. N 0.2, 61. 13s. 4d. • • - Ditto, York Extension • • .• .. 10s. - East Lancashire • • • • .. .. 14 - East I,incolnshire • • • • • • • • 11% .. • - Edinburgh and Glasgow • • .. .. 50 . • - Ditto, Half Shares .• .. 10 • • - Edinburgh and Northern • • .. .. 10 - Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn) 1% •. • • Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 25 - .... to Great North of England ....100 - Ditto, New .. .. 15 - Hull and Selby ~ „ 50 106% •• • • too - Ditto, Half Shares • • •• 15 ••• • 39 •• • • - Leeds and Carlisle • • • • • • • • 2 % •• • • 1 •••• to - Leicst., Tam., 111 r., ,'s &Trent Val.Junc. 425. % % dis. to - Liverpool, Mauch, and Newc. Junct. 2 % •• • • 2 , ••.. to - London and illackwall .. 161 . 13 s. 4d. • • to Ditto, New • • • • • • .. 3 •• • • 4% .. • • to - Lo•don and Brighton . .. 50 - London and Greenwich .. 12/. 15s. 4d. to - Do., Preference or Privilege, 181. 17s. 2d. •• 22 ••to - London and South•• Western 411. 6.f. 10d. „ to - Ditto, New • • • • .. • • • • 17% .. • • 27 .. • • to - London and York .. • • • • 21 % - Manchester and Leeds • • • ••82• • • • 115 t o Manchester and Birmingham .. •• 40 Maneliester, Buxton, and Matlock - • 425... • Manchester and Southampton .. • • 2 I to -- Midland to Ditto, New • • .. 3744% • • t o - Ditto, Birmingham and Derby • .1 00 Newcastle and Darlington Junction • • 25 • • • to - Ditto, New AJ M • • • • to 43 Newcastle and Berwick • 15 , •11% ••• to - North British .. 25 •"'. • 39% ••• to 51 ,1% • . to - Ditto, Half Shar es .. Ditto, Carlisle E x t ens i on .. 1 4%%.. to - North Kent and Direct Dover .. •• •• •• .• 1 421: 4 .. 21 ,A ▪ • 4 4 4, % to - North Staffordshire .. • 1% ••.. to - Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 1 3 214 5 8 3% ' r s , . P . t t° o -- Portsmouth Direct •• •• • • icottish Central .. • • •• •• • • A' 19% to - Ditto New • • • • • • • • 9 t o t 20 o Shrewsbury and Birmingham • 2%.... 3 . g L . .... to - 3 Shropshire Union • • • • • • • .• 425..... %36 dis. to - South Midland • • • • • • • • • 425. .... pto - South Eastern and Dover .. • . 33% - .... to - Ditto, New, No. 2 -- •• • . 12 ... 17% to 17 Ditto, New, No. 4 .. • • • • .. .... 31 b %• • to -, South Wales .. .. • • • • • . 5 .. • • 4 .. • • to - West Biding Union .. • • • • 425, .... E3 l l p.. to Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth .. 10 .... 6 .... to 5 York and Carlisle .. • • .. • • 2•74 %.. • • to York and North Midland .. • • 50 .... •• .. to Ditto. Extension .. .. 20 .. .. 39 .. .. to Ditto East and West RldlngExtension 1 .... 13%..., to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish .. • • . • • 6 .. • . 61,8 .... to East ImPim .. • • • • .. ss. .... %4.. to Orleans and Bordeaux .. .. 6 .... 814 .... to Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... %.• to Rouen and Havre .. .• . .. 20 .... 27 .. •• to Sambre and Meuse .. •. •• .. 8 .. .. to West Flanders .. .. • • • • •• 6 .. • • 3% .. •.to MINES Real del Monte. Unregistered .. .. • •• 334 ... • • to LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Aro. 1 7.—WInd S. by E., moderate breeze, and Sine. DEAL, AUG. 15.--Wind S.S.W. ; 16, S.W. to .N.N.W.—Arrd. 16, Marian, Crawford, Thetis, Cass, Calcutta and Jamaica ;: Rio Nova, Cape of Go o d H ope ; Tif ek bi re, Vaughan, Patagonia ; -Sam Slick, itiver Gambia; Forester, M`Arthur, Tobago; Whampoa, Mina, Porto Rico. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 15. —Wind S. to S.W., light; 16, S.W., moderate— Arrd. Ashlam, Williams, New Orleans ; William and Elizabeth, Pil cher, do. ; Leuconia, Porter, do. ; Tyrian, Jackson, do. ; Clanbarne, do. ; Win Goddard, Potter, Mobile; Louisa, Tay, do. ; Georgia, Col lins, Savannah ; Charles Ihnberston, Charleston ; Alcyon, Patten, Philadelphia : Hottinguer, Bursley, New York ; Rockshire, Evans, Montreal; Huddersfield, Kirby, Bonny ; Alice Ilamland, Currie, Bar balocis ; San Francisco, Tobaran, Havannalt ; Fin:and, Brown, New Orleans ; Rockingham, Pershalton, do.; Medenseh, Bayeon, Charles tori, Q. E. D., Montreal. NE%NIIAVEN, AUG. 16.—The St. Antonio, from Newcastle to Genoa, and the Elizabeth, Saunders, from Arundel to Newcastle, were in contact oil Hastings on the night of the 14th inst. ; the former was run on the Eastern Bank, heeled off, making much water, and ap pears to be hogged. The Economy, Hooper, from London to Woucester, has put in here with pumps choked. POOLE, Auu. 11.—The Vixen, Tilsed, of Weymouth, in proceeding out of this harboar, without a pilot, run aground twice, but got off without apparent damage. PosT TALBOT, AUG. 15.—The Mary inn, Ifenwood, from St. Agnes, is aground on the north side of the bar, but expected off next tide by lightening. DUBLIN, Auo. 15.—The Friendship, Young, for Halifax, has put back te-day, very leaky. LOSSIEMOUTII, AUG. 12.—The Isabella, Anderson, of Inverness, nen on the Cove Sea Skerrie Rocks this monthig, but expected off next tide. OFF PoRTSMOUTII, Auc. 15.—Tagus steamer, Constantinople, &C. CowEs, Auc. 16. —..krrd. Elizabeth, Mona, Batavia; Horatio, Hall, Havannah. P.OLE, AUG. 15.—Arrd. the Rainbow, Arnold, Patagonia. Sailed. Liston, Brown, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, AUG. l4.—Sld. Patchett, Norman, for Rio Janiero ; Helen, Hicks, Quebec; Creamore, Salt, Newfoundland ; Archimedes, Hart, Newfoundland ; Experiment, Robins, Newfoundland ; Wind sor, Pepper, Para; Elizabeth Wood, Cresher, Barbadoes ; Robert Parker, Parsons, New Orleans ; Columbia, Dyer, New Orleans ; Sardinia, Crocker, New York ; Manchester, Taylor, New York ; Cairo, Poor, Boston; Zion's Hope, M`Pherson, Miramichi; Per severance, Leeds, Quebec ; Hero of Acre, Jones, Quebec ; Ben Nevis, Herron, Quebec ; George, Simpson, Quebec ; Montezuma, Lowlier, New York ; Alfred, Campbell, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Queen Pomare, Till, St. John's, New Brunswick. MARKET NEWS -(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY. The past week's arrivals of all kinds of Grain, including Flour, of home produce, were on a very limited scale; but we had an increased supply of Oats from Ireland. From abroad, we received a full average quantity of Wheat, Oats, and Flour; but other articles came slowly, to hand. Fresh up, the receipts of English Wheat, coastwise, as well as by 1-inu carriage and sample, were rather limited, and chiefly of the present year's growth. The stands being rather scantily filled with samples, the attendance of buyers numerous, and the accounts from Ireland respecting the potato crop being ♦ery unfavourable, the demand for Wheat of home produce was very steady, at an advance in the value of new qualities of from is to 2s per quarter, and at which a good clearance was effected. Old parcels of Wheat were in good request, and the currencies had an upward tendency. The show of foreign Wheat, owing to the firmness evinced by the im porters, was by no means extensive. The best parcels moved off readily, at an improvement of Is per quarter. In the value of other kinds we can notice no improvement, yet the quotations were steadily supported. The accounts which have come to hand relative to the progress of harvest work in the north are highly satisfactory. Very few samples of new Barley were on sale, and those only of middling quality. Grinding parcels were in fair request, but not dearer. In all other kinds next to nothing was doing. Superfine White Malt, the supply of which was limited, moved off steadily, at full prices. In all other kinds we have very few sales to report. The show of Oats on the whole was good, but the bulk of the supply was derived from abroad. All kinds moved off briskly, at an improvement in value of from Is to 2s per quarter. The sale for Beans was rather dull, yet prices were supported. Peas moved off slowly, at previous quotations. There was more doing in Flour, at very full prices. CURRENCY PEE IMPERIAL MEASURE Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier.... • • 648 to 66s Red, New.. .. 34s to 46s Oats— Yorkshire and Ditto,White, Old.. sls 57s Lincolush., Feed. 23s 25s Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe 268 30s coin, Red..... 36s 46s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White ••• • .. 468 50s Black . .• • • 20s 22s Irish, Red ••• • .. —8 —s Cork, White ... • . 193 265 Ditto, White...... —8 —s Scotch, Feed. .. • . 24s 28s itye—Old ••• • • . .•. • • 32s 34s Beans—Tick 348 36s New. 303 33s Pigeons .... 43s 47s Barley—Grinding..... 26s 283 Pease—Grey......... 333 3e s Malting . ........ 323 34s Maple . ........ 353 36s Chevalier .. .. 34s 35s White... Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ..• 42s 44s folk. _ - 58s 63s Flour—Town-made... 44s 46s Brown .•• •• •• •• 52s 54s Suffolk .....• .... 34s 38, Kingston and Ware 64s 65s Stockta & Norfolk 34s 35, FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. Wheat—Dantzic ••• • • • 538 to Hs Beans Ilamburgh Barley .-- •... 20s 24s Flour—American ..... 26s 27s Oats —New .• • 24s 25s Baltic •••• 27s 29s Feed ............ 19s 20s SMITHFIELD. - - During the past week, the imports of foreign stock into London consisted of 26 Oxen and 8 Calves from Hamburgh ; 56 Oxen, 114 Cows, 1,473 Sheep, 200 Lambs, and 89 Calves, from Rotterdam; as also 8 Oxen, 96 Cows, 440 Sheep, and 54 Lambs from itarlingen. At Hull, about 500 head of stock have been received, mostly from Holland ; while, at Plymouth, 52 Oxen have been imported from Spain, in good condition, and which have found buyers, at prices varying from 12/ lOs to 151 103 each. To-day we had on offer about 650 foreign Beasts, and 2,200 ditto of Sheep, together with a few Calves, which moved off steadily, at rather higher rates. From our own grazing districts the arrivals of Beasts fresh up to-day were moderately extensive, but'of very middling quality, compared with the stock exhibited on many pre vious market-days. The attendance of buyers being good, the Beef trade ruled steady, at an advance on last week's quotations of fully 2d per 81bs, and at which a good clear ance was effected. A few of the very primest Scots produced 4s 2d, but the more general top quotation was 4s per 81bs. From the northern counties we received about 800 Short horns ; from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridge shire, 500 Scots, Home-breds, and Short-horns ; from the western and midland counties, 600 Herefords, Runts, Devons, &c. ; from other parts of England, 300 of various breeds ; from Scotland, 60 Scots ; and from the neighbourhood of London, 400 Cows, &c., &c. Although the numbers of Sheep were large, the Mutton trade was active, and the quotations advanced 2d per 81bs, the finest old Downs selling at 4s 6d per 81bs. The supply of Lambs was good, while the Lamb trade was heavy, at a depression ill value of 2d per Blbs, and a clearance was with difficulty effected. In Calves only a moderate business was doing, yet prices were well supported. Pigs moved off heavily, at late rates. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d Inferior Beasts •• .. 2 8 2 10 Second quality ditto. 3 0 3 4 Prime large Oxen.. 3 6 3 8 Prime Scots ...... 310 4 0 Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 0 Prime small ditto .. 4 2 4 6 Suckling Calves ..18 0 29 0 Inferior Sheep .. . 3 4 3 8 S. d. to s. d. Second quality ditto 310 4 0 Coarse-woolledditte 4 0 4 2 Southdown Wethers 4 4 4 6 Ditto out of the wool Large Hogs •• • 3 8 4 6 Small Porkers 4 8 410 Quarter old Pigs .• 16 0 19 0 Lambe ...... • •• 4 6 5 6 Beasts. 3,342 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Sheep. Calves. I 33,070 216 I Pigs. 150 • NEWGATE AND LEADENEALL. For the time ofyear, fair average supplies of country-killed Meat have come to hand since Monday last, in good condi tion ; while, with Meat slaughtered in the metropolis, we have been well supplied. Still, however, the general demand has ruled steady, and in some instances the quotations have had an upward tendency. Several carcases of foreign Beasts, Sheep, Lambs, and Calves have appeared on sale. At per stone, by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. deaf, inferior.... •• 2 6 2 8 Mutton, inferior 2lO 3 0 middling •• •• 2 8 210 middling•. 3 2 3 8 prime large .• 3 0 3 2 prime 310 4 0 prime small 3 4 3 6 Pork, large. ••••• • • 3 4 4 0 Vea1•............. 3 6 4 4 small 4 2 410 Lamb. 4s 8d to 5s Sd. ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs. 5 30 8 100 Scotland . ..... • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • 10 Lincolnshire • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Norfolk ........................ 20 40 50 Cambridgeshire .. .. •••• • • • • 8 20 20 80 30 Surrey .. . .•• • • 20 50 40 50 Devonshire Wiltshire .••• • • .. .. 20 70 30 20 Other parts .. ... Total .......... •• • . 116 570 170 200 Previous week's arrival...... 100 265 110 Difference since our last .. .. 16 305 170 BOROUGH HOP MARKET. From most quarters the accounts respecting the appearance of the growing bine are favourable, and a very early picking is generally expected. Fine parcels of Hops support last week's prices, but all other kinds may be purchased on some what easier terms. The duty is backed at 160,000 /. to 165,0001. Sussex pockets, 4 / 16s to 61; Weald of Kents, Si to 61 6a; Mid and East Kents, 5/ 12s to 8/ 8s per cwt. DOTLOVON AN SVTAIMIEDS. Although the supplies of D Potatoes are exte L nsive, the de mand rules very steady, at from 7l to 101 per ton. The general quality of the parcels on offWerOOL is good. During the past week, to 320 arrivalsbeles from ofW Southoolin thAempeorrictao;f London have amounted 320 bales from Hamburgh ; 210 bales from Hobart T own ; 1,926 bales from Sydney; 834 bales from Port Phillip; 184 bales from Spain; and 65 bales from Alexandria. The de mand for English Wool has become heavy, and prices are with difficulty supported. In foreign qualities rather more business is doing. TALLOW. There is no alteration to notice in this market. Prices on the spot and for forward delivery are unaltered. Letters from St. Petersburgh, received this morning, bring rather higher prices, with a fair a mount of business doing. New Y. C. for the last three months is 41s 3d to 41s Gd; and for separate months, 41s 6d to 425. Town Tallow, 40s Gd net cash. --- THE PRINCESS'S THEATRE. 70 THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—A paragraph having appeared in the Sunday Times of` yesterday to th e f o ll ow i ng effect : The Princess's Theatre, it is is said, will close on Satur day next. Notwithstanding the attraction of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, the house has been very indifferent of late," I beg most distinctly to state, in order to prevent any portion of the public being misled by so unfounded and ill natured a representation, that this theatre will remain open every evening. The insertion of the above in your valuable journal will greatly oblige Your most obedient Servant, J. M. MADDOX. CONTINUED INDISPOSITION of MR. KEELEY.—We are sorry to state that Mr. Keeley, on account of whose sud den and serious illness the Lyceum Theatre was closed on Friday night, was not sufficiently recovered to appear on Saturday, and the performances were consequently suspended until Monday (this day). MILITARY FLOGGING.—We la , g to call our readers' attention to the public meeting at Exeter Hall, advertised in The Sun to take place on Wednesday evening next. Thomas Wakley, Esq., M.P., will preside on this occasi on , sup p or t e d by several of the best orators of Parliament, in support of {the abolition of flogging in the army, and we doubt not it will be numerously attended. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. REPORTS. The reports were received and agreed to on Farquhar son's Divorce Bill and Humphreys' Divorce Bill. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed :—Booth's Charities Estate Bill, Duke of Cleve land's (Bathwich and Wrington) Estate Bill, Duke of Cleveland's (Hardwick Hart) Estate Bill, Jesus Hospital • (Newcastle) Estate Bill, Lord Kenyon's (Congreves) Estate Bill, Scott's Estate Bill. Dr. BOWRING gave notice of his intention in the next session to move certain resolutions with respect to the public accounts, and also the reduction of the tobacco duties. CORK AND WATERFORD RAILWAY. On the motion of Mr. WYSE, it was ordered that the report on the Cork and Waterford Railway Bill s hould be taken into consideration on Tuesday. Sir H. DOUGLAS presented a petition from Liver pool in favour of the Small Debts Bill. Mr. GODSON presented a petition from Bury again st the Spirit Licenses Bill. Mr. WAKLEY also presented several petitions again st the Bill. The Honourable Member then presented Pe titions from London and almost every town in the king dom in favour of the Medical Practitioners' Bill. On the motion of Mr. ESTCOURT the following returns were ordered :—A return of the number of peg' tions for private Bills presented in each of the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842,1843, 1844, 1845, and 1846; return of the number of Bills introduced in each of those years, in compliance with the prayer of such petitions ; return of the number of pri v at e Bill s b roug h t f ro m the House of Lords in each of those years, and which com menced in that House ; return of the number of private Bills which in each of those years were in this Souse opposed, the number unopposed, the number that we r e committed, and the number that rece i ve d th e Boi s Assent ; return of all the private Bills (other than rail way Bills) which in the present session have boa treated as opposed Bills ; together with the name s of the Members se l ec t e to serve on the sever Committees on such Bills, the number o f cloy: on which each selected Memb er h as so served, sill: the number of days on which each Committee Wl' sat; return of all the railway Bills which in the present session have been laid before the Classification Coal' mittee, arranged in the groups in which they we re placed by such Committee, specifying the names of th e Members who sat upon each Committee to which , fe , group was referred, the number o f d a y s th a t eac h sae', Committee sat, the Bills in eac h group t h e pream ble 0 ` which was reported to have been proved, and the Bil ls in each group the preamble of which was reported.p have been not proved ; re t urn o f a ll t h e pr i va t e Buis (other than railway Bills) whi c h i n th e present s ession have been treated as unopposed Bills, and have been re; ferred to the Chairman of Ways and M e a ns; return F' all the railway Bills which, being unopposed, have 1 1 the present- session been referred to the Chairman ° Ways and Means._ _ _ SPIRIT LICENSES BILL. A vast number of petitions were presented a gainst th e Spirit Licenses Bill by Mr. Estcourt, Mr. Protheroe' Mr. Craven Berkeley, and other Members. LORD'S' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills we t. agreed to, viz.:— Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Branch Railway'. New Zealand Company. Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway. MINISTERS' MONEY. Mr. WYSE presented a petition from Cork and fr ee) several other places against this allowance. FLOGGING IN THE ARMY. On the notices of motion being read, 5 Dr. BOWRING said that he understood there / 1 f some difficulty respecting No. 3. Th at was a return - 6, the annual number of Europeans, s i nce t h e year 183 ,, in the service of the East India C om p an y, w ho it t , t f : three presidences have renewed s erv i ce a t the exp ire tion of their enlistment, showing th e p ro p or tion, bear to the whole number of soldi ers , an d t h e period their enlistment. Similar returns of th e re-enlistinen; among her Majesty's troops i n I n di a . He also 1 , quired whether any instructions h ave b e en or are Vin , tended to be issued, regulating the c h ara cter of th p . strument with which flogging in th e a rm y is to tie flitted, as regards the size, the weight, t h e lengthor the handle, the number and thickness of the c ords, 0, thongs, the size and number of th e knots. sled what functionaries are to be charagnea with the infliction of co r p ora l punish m ent' e ach what period of time is to be allowed betw ee n n i s hall blow; also, whether, in case the medical attenridtritnue the certify that it would be dangerous to ehe ether is ta flogging, any unapplied portion of the puny r it is be reserved for a second infliction ; also' ply' intended that the diminution to fifty lashes shall. to the European and native troops in the service of East India Compan ; and, whether the Gover _ t !`_. corporalwil l i to sh m make en ts annual em p loy returns t e o Parliamen t arm of lashes, the offences for which inflicted, and by wh a species of court-martial ordered.—The returns were ordered. Mr. HUME gave notice that he should, to-morrA ask a question respecting the examination of candidate s before they entered the Prussian service. SIR ROBERT SALE. then u o ra f ; o u r s Sir DE LACY EVANS wished to know whether anything had been done towards the erection of a al-- nument, and if not, what was the cause of the delaY' , d o r Lord MORPETH said that the matter was ua consideration. Sir DE LACY EVENS wished also to ask the , 5 Lord of the Treasury what provision had been, orthJe intended to be made for the widow and familY O f late General Sir R. Sale? Lord JOHN RUSSELL cou ld no t say that a e lj e l bp provision for the family o f Si r R o b ert S a le hea u i te . agreed to at prese n t, b ut h e cou ld say t h at it was tme d to tention of her Maj es ty' s G overnment to rec ommea be t her Majesty to grant a pension of 1,5001. a yea r ' 1 ,0 still it should be r eco ll ec t e d t h at a measure of this „ r e could not be arranged without a re f erence to the s e- pr el from when ce th e means were to b e derived. Seketty friends of the Gallant Officer, General .„ e s who had also f a ll en i n consequence o f his sews of i., in that part of the wor ld, h a d put f orwar d the els° t he his family ; and very justly. But still, i n 00 present session of Parliament, it was impossible to as p these matters into immediate consideration. Th e a ter, lant Officer might, however, be assured that the %ere' as it was entitled to it, wou ld rece i ve t h e b est coa" tion of Government. Sir DE LACY EVANS was perfectly satisfiec l ; oo l Lord J. RUSSELL und ers t oo d t hi s mome nt, b e en friend near him, that 600/. a year had already granted to Lady Sale. s iloW; Sir DE LACY EVANS trusted th a t, as that ela ance had been made for a totally different servic e ', her one which had no reference whate ver t o the lose TO lamented husband, that his Lordship would disetS r ieg circumstance altogether from his mi n d, in consi the pension to which she was now entitled. „,f ECONOMIC GEOLOGICAL MUSEL" I " f the Mr. HUME, seeing the Noble L or d a t the head ° o3 its Woods and Forests in his place, wished to ask his what state this structure w as ? lie understood I : st reet was intended to keep the front houses in Jerrur dis•• still in existence, and he thought that it would be r owe d grace to;the country if a few shops were to be a l ' to interfere with a public institution of this kind- gar Lord MORPETH quite agreed with the HOD. 3 ,„ 5 as ber, that it was advisable to render the a pproaem - 0 1 facile as possible, but he could n o t a t present i r , ve ; bat decided reply to he principal p ar t o f t h is questi°—veet' he might say that no p a lt ry consideration wou ld Pr; 95 the Government from giving an institution sunee us to would be credit a bl e to t h emselves, and a d v antag the people. BIRDCAGE-WALK. L o rd ;in his Sir DE LACY EVANS, seeing the 19.c 7 fi e e y °We e , tie o T , place, wished to ask whether th ere wo uld "- O ne siu e to order a flag footway, or of asphalt , on f foot pas the the Birdcage-walk, for the con v enience ° c ouslf sengers, now that her Majesty has be en , g road pleased to permit the uninterrupted use of tnl. the public ? of t he Lord MORPETH said that as the whole :„.. t th e it beca me a Ma'h country t s w o o f u l ‘ ci v h e s a t v m e i t n o s t p e a r y a t l h o e ne e7pense, and no tto r o - cons ideration as to how far it should be in cu rred, tc ' ug there was no doubt whatever respecti ng t h e uti,,a-ris, r out.ied of the plan. It should, however, if possible, b° c Sir GEORGE GREY for Montrose (Mr. Hume)Wished to ask the Lion. "L' retn YiLAW. b i ber: morrow. He ounth c had gi ven C ommittee w . , _ had sat had l 6 tto observe, that the ey, their on y made a report of the evidence, and no t I opinion. He say that he No' was not ashamed to not as yet had t im e whether h ..e .ntendecle r t° digest a to go through the evidence, o Mr. ny portion of its contents. f o r to HUII. ' - 1 E was quite readallow that z y to 't was fullY necessary to have the whole of the evidence care ~, sifted before any decision was arrived at, for the psfy, who had impugned the evidence of a Committee of will: he (Mr. Hume) had been a member, had stated opal/ in Committee that he had not read a syllable of the Pr i e r : vious evidence. He would, therefore, postpone the e ° sideration of these resolutions till to-morrow week' SEIKH WAR. of Mr. WARBURTON, seeing the President 0 the Board of Control in his place, wis hed t y Nero v: _,! read a statement in the Stamford It was a letter said to be received from private J 0 0 .! Lunn, by his father, in Staffordshire, and profess' tcliiito_ give an account of the battles in India. After descr ib ev t the engagement on the 20th December, h° gi on an account of the procee di ng s of the array sfige the subsequent days. In doing so, this Pas we occurs— ,, On the following morning early ...11 commenced slaying and shooting the prisoners, woic___ kept us the whole of the day. On the 2d, .7 . ; recommenced our march." Now this was a staternell.,% utterly disgraceful to the British arms, that, if true, I l i!: delinquents ought to be punished with ' the utmost se.e, rity, and, if false, the report ought to be met 1/ to most public and unequivocal contradiction. A w it's Sir JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE quite agre e- have the Hon. Member that this at sertion ought to t __ o every explanation, and he was happy to say that re r _ . . t . was not a single word of truth in the statepe2lo: from beginning to end. Immediately after the c'sgita meat the whole of the British surgeons had clefur e d all their energies to the relief of the •NottiT to Shikhs as well as to their British comrades, veryintl°lo the surprise of the former, by whom such ci.mdtlet " altogether unexpected. IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDSOR. In reply to a question from C olonel REID, de Di Lord MORPETH said that the s everal plans nilv