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H E To be had at all the Libraries. NEW NOVELS, BY POPITL.kit AUTHORS., JUST PUBLISHED IsY MR. COLBURi,.T. I. LEONTINE. By Mrs. MAD E R LY. I I. LOST AND WON ; or, The Love Test. By the Anthem of " The Mald's Husband." ITT. MA RSTON ; or, The Soldier and Statesman. By the Author of " Salathiel." IV. ADVENTURES of CAPTAIN ( 'SL..LIVAN. By MAX WELL, Esq., Author of " Stories of Waterloo," V. EMILIA WYNDHAM. By the Author of " Two C 1 Mena' Tales," " Mount Sorel," &C. VI. CONFESSION: of a PRE TV WIMAN. By 31iss FARDCE, Authoress of " The City of the Sultan," &c. VII. The CITIZEN of PRAGUE.V II Edited by MARY HOW iTT. I. The WILD IRIS!! GIRL. By Lady 'MORGAN. With a new Preface and Notes. Complete rot. Gs., with roxtralt, forrhing the New Volume of " Colburn's Stamford 'Novels." Also just Tteady, _ _ GREAT TOM of OXFOKO 3 vols. Henry Colburn, Pub . lisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Ity the iiithor of " Peter Pri,ggins." TO BE 11/..1) AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. T - E N E W NOVEL S, BT DISTINGUISHED WRITERS JUST PUBLISHED BY MR. BENTLEY. 1. RAVE.NSITE`AT ; or, THE RED SKINS. By J. FENIMORE COOPE7R, Esq., ..kuthor of " The Pilot," &c. 3 vols. 7. SE';OND LOVE. From the Note-Book of a Traveller. 3 vols. 3. EY ELYN STUART ; or, RIGHT versus MIGHT. A Novel of the t)ay. 3 vols. 4. S'ZCOND EDITION of THE DEBUTANTE ; or, THE LON DON SEASON. By Mrs. GORE. 3 vols. 5. 'ME FEMME DE CHAMBRE. By the Countess of BLES SINCiTON. 3 vols. 6. EELN - Ort WVELYS ; A TALE of AMERICAN L'LFE. Edited by J. FENIMORE COOPER, Esq., Author of " The -1 .11ot," &c. 3 vole. Richard 'Bentley, New Bnrlington•street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. ME S L AMOND, SMALE, AND LAIIIO2StD, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to 'thank their Friends and th a Public for their continued support ant patronage, and to annorsce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clocit, at the Ball of C , lmmeree, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, co ntaining 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 ; Wid advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds Imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE AU,NAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Triumphant - success of another New Burlesque. THIS EVENING The performanc'es will commence with WATCH AND WARD. After which, a, New Grand Operatic, Melodramatic, Romantic. Fairy Burlesque. 'f.xtravaganza, founded on the Opera of " Oberon," entitled THE MAGIC HORN. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Kinloch, Collier, Yarnold, Bender, Silver, Ric'aards, and Keeley; Miss Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss Fairbrother, 111.3. Wool.tidge, Miss Arden, Miss Forster, Miss Laidlaw, Miss Ztromley, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the flaw Farce, entitled LOAN OF A 'WIFE. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan. :Meadows, Kinloch, and Yarnold ; Mrs. Woollidge and Miss Howar". THEATCZE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE, THIS EVENING Will be performed an interesting Drama, entitled THE MYS TERIOUS STRANGER. In which Messrs. Wrig:at, 0. Smith, Selby, Worrell, Boyce, Sanlers, Greene, Cullev;ord, Glenneire, Thomas, Waye, Gordon; .7`aiss Chaplin, Mrs. F'. Matthews, Miss Harding, Miss Brooks, Mrs. Lambert, Miss Taylor, and Madame Celeste will perform. After which, a Grand. lrythollgical Parlesque Extravaganza, de nominated THE JUL) GNIEN r OF rAi , is ; or, The Paa de Pip pins. The character; personated by Messrs. Selby, 0. Smith, Glen-- naire, Lindon, e, Butler, Williamson, Aldridge, ;Witcher:son, Alderson, Ryan, `.ifight, Paul Bedford ; Miss Ellen Chaplin, Miss Taylor, Miss s.al rison, its ii,inipson, M. F. Matthews, Scc. To he follo - ffeel by an original Comic Stetch, called A iIItAIIAM PARKER,. Abraham Parker, Mr. Wright. STRAND THEATRE, T EVENIN , ;. Will he performed Shakeßperg's Tragedy of HAMLET. The Xing. Mr.. waldron ; Hamlet, Mr. Or gory ; Lae' tes, Mr. Leigl Nortsy; the Que,n, Dorrington ; Ophev.a, )liss M. Glover. To be followed by TH Z. DAY Airi::l?, THE wEimiya . Colonel Freelove, Mr. O. B. Rivers ; lady Elizabeth, Miss 31. Glover. To conclude with the Farce of 1 10Y:13.1.ATES FURIOSO. Messrs. Whittaker, Attwuod, 'ganders, - 4,:d Aliss A. Tayter will tustain the principal characters. Private Ilexes, & ••• rar-Y be engaged at the Box-office, from eleven till four, and at a.l Libraries. PR! NCE:" EAT R. o X FORD-STIIEET. THIS EVENING Will be perfor rat4l Slial:soor,'s Comedy (with Music) of THE MERRY WIVT.;'S OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Granby; Mr. Ford, Mr. Vining ; Mr. Page, Mr. Ryder; Sir Hugh Evans, Mr. Charles Mr.thews; Master Slender, Mr. Compton; Mrs. Page, Madame Ves'ais ; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Stirling ; Anne Page, Miss •Geortiana Smithson. After u. - tech, an entirely new Serlo-Comic Drama, entitled, A CURIOLS CASE. Mr. A u'•rey, Mr. Vining; Twiggleton, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Charles Stanton, Mr. Fisher ; Edward, Mr ilonner ; Mrs. Aubrey, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with an entirely New Comic Drama, entitled THE BARBER BRAVO ; or, "i he Inventor of Powder. In which Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Granby, Mr, Wynn, Miss E. Stanley, and Miss E. Bonner will perform. DA.VIDGE'S ROY AL SURREY THEATRE. Lessr e, Y.rs. Frances Davidge. Transcendent talent., brir.iant success, and crowded houses. Re . Engagement, for Six Nights more, of the distinguished Tragic Actress, Miss Cr.str nan, and her sister, Miss Susaa Cushman, positively their appearance in London. THIS EVENING Will be perfor. rf Led the Play of THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. E. F. Saie ; Baron Steinfort, Mr. Fredericks ; Count Winter sen, Mr. Pel-,,,m Francis, Mr. Johnson; Solomon, Mr. Neville; Peter, Mr. Wood ; Tobias, Mr. Heslop ; Annette, Mrs. Maynard ; Charlole. - Miss E. Terry lira KP vu ; or, The Princess with the Raven Locks. In which .6.111. E. F. Saville, Neville, Lewis ; Mrs. E. F. Saville, and Jsis E. Terry will perform. 'To conclude with the Melodrama of TIIE TWO DROVERS. ]Messrs. Fredericks, Neville, Pelham, Heslop, Wood, Lewis, Con ,way ; Mrs. Daley, Miss Terry, and Mrs. Saville will sustain the principal characters. Box Office open from eleven till four o'clock. ASTLEY'R ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. "The Merchant's Steed " triumphant. Entire change of Equestrian novelties. Last Week of the highly popular Drama of " The Nameless." THIS EVENING Will he performed the popular Drama of THE S FEED OF SY RACUSE I or, Damon's Flight. Damon, Mr. J. Harwood ; Pythias, Mr. J. ; Calanthe, Mrs. M. Brook 3. Assisted by the nu unrolls C".)lnpany, double Stud, &c. Af.er which, magnificent SCENES of the HIPPODROME, by the Ttench, German, and British Artistes. the whole concluding with the popular Drama, entitled THE EL E SS . Roa-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six amd commence at seven o'clock. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a 'most powerful and entirely new Drama of a peculiar and forcible construction, embracing scenes in every grade of life and eventful acts of every day's occurrence, founded on the popular work, "The Mysteries of London," entitled MARK HAM AND GREENWOOD; or, The Brothers' Career. Markham, Ir. Seaman; Greenwood, Mr. Walton; Tidkins, Mr. Searle; Ste phens, Mr. Anker ; Count Alteroni, Mr. ; Ellen, Mrs. H. Vining ; Isabella, Mrs. f.: e. AftWwhich, the Burlesque of FAYRE ROSAMONDE. Fano liosarnonde, Mr. Form n. To conclude with THE TAILOR OF TRENT. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. V7EW of '. , .'"APLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC 'TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. A richly ornamented GoTErc nit EDGE of STA't UES has been constructed, which will he brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE: CON:•ERTS, conducted by Mr. godfrey. CALYPSO'S FAIRY ortorro, representing in the Interior Telemachus - elating his adventures to Calypso. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Souttiby, are on the most complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display, Mons. FARINET.LI will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in acight, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive Um, and bear him to his chrystal home. The Glass Conservatory is splendidly o:namented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivora by gas-light. Feeding of the Carnivore at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at six ; Concert at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk. ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING. TO CORRESPONDENTS. PRICES OF POTATOES IN THE LONDON MARKETS.—In reply to a letter received from a correspondent, on the sub ject of the prices of pot a t oes i n th e B oroug h an d Spitalfields markets, we may observe, that those which have been lately inserted in our reports have referred to several very superior qualities, received chiefly by railway from distant parts of the country, and which have proved free from disease. He will observe that our general quotations refer to the value on ship-board, and not to those parcels which have been sorted. Of course, when the diseased and otherwise out-of-condition qualities are sold separately, miserably low rates are obtained for them ; but such information would be of no service what ever to the distant growers, whose potatoes are invariably - disposed of in bulk. The potatoes grown in the immediate vicinity of the metropolis—nearly the whole of which are brought to market in the early part of the season—do not, generally speaking, produce so much money as those grown in the north. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 2. THERMOMETER, Lowest, .54; Highest. 67 ; Noon, 68 BAROMETER, 30 39.—WIND N.N.E., fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-ERIDGE THIS DAY. Ilternbsg 44 minutes after 11. I Evening .. minutes after ..., ._ .5t,... .., t , '.--*)`; '',.. rj • ..', . --- f IN -.' • ' \--',.. 4 6 „: , .", , ~ 4:•,,0 , i; ~.. A-.... -, A , _,..- t 7 • ''',ii-i -, . ---- '' 4 " 3 :, ' , ) ) t ) 3 • LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1846. Accounts from Ireland are both encouraging and , alarming. The proceedings already taken by Government for the amelioration of the miseries of . its people, and the character already acquired by the „Ministry and their officials, as friends of that popula tion, have instilled a balm into Irish society; have allayed all the heartburnings and discontentment of the multitude ; and have prepared the way for the better: egislaticn and the sccial re-organization of that populous, but impoverished community. In this re . afect the aspect of Ireland i s a ll sunshine; in another 314 A P i t B all darkness and desolation. Preceding intern i dia .e of the failure of the potato crop was but feebly /- - '''• - -,), i', , s,tive of the reality. By former packets we were • -- 1 , ,,1 A ...:..' . *0 ir : d that the murrain had devel o p e d i tself with -,...: ;4-ifig. i: , .. •ftsurably greater rapidity, and had committed ' 7 • 4 - - ' : * •-• ,'",47"- . at this commencement of the season i n fi n i te l y :':; - Z: . ater devastation throughout the c oun t ry l an on the occasi o n o f it s ap p earance i n 18 45. c ii Terrible, however, as was this picture, it is as nothing 1 (T 1 6 4, LONDOW; THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1846. to the confirmations of the asecount, now arriving week after week at Liverpool e.asel Bristol. From one ; extremity of Ireland to the othe':----eastwards, westwards, north wards, and southwa'rds,—that vegetable pestilence has extended, witherin2; Me foliage of the adjacent hedges, blasting the verdnnt stalks and 0.; aves9l the. potato plant to a br',wn and pestiferous decay, and so ddening the tubers -with the most inerradicable rottenness. That beautiful epithet, appliefl to his country by M•oonE and his brother melod is ts, is no longer appli , cable. " The Emerald Island" is now a - mockery to a land reeking with noxious vapours And fruitless fields. The "green isle of the ocean" presents a landscape now more deplorable than wilder nesses of sand. Its population behold their toil in cultivating the earth re mdered useless by an alarmiq; freak of nature ; they find their scanty provisions turning into poison round their hovels ; they bear of cons' aerable quantities of oats and wheat exported fro; n the markets of Lime rick and elsewhere, and they are assured, as they turn to obey the promptings of hunger, by devouring their infected potatoes, that '‘'ney might with eq:aal wisdom consume propor'donrate quantities of arsonic. NI) language, ho - wever sombre, can convey uny adequate impressiein of the mournfulness and the inauspicious gloom which pervades the inland, and even the sea ward districts of Ireland. Nevertheless, it is suffi cient briefly to say that such is literally the con dition of her people. We have no amlaltion to harrow the feelings of the public by detailing the pangs of their countrymen. We never te.ok pleasure in lingering over the woes of Vroonasio, or over suck spectacles of sufferings us that described by DANTE, in his narrative of purgatory, where one phantom tore the hair and scalp of his enemy off with his teeth , and glanced up for an instant at the bard wit' s hi s jaws dripping with blood, and clogged with h' i i r from the prosecution of his devilish banquet. Our sympathies do not attract us in such a h Jrrid direction. A calm and explicit statement of the broad fact will be amply sufficient for our pur pose :—the potato crop is destroyed throughout IrelarA—cholera has already appeared in those quarters w'nere the contaminated roots have been devoureg.,—shrvation and contagion must inevitably folio - a :, unless efforts are made to eradicate the dis• ease alv:ady generated, and to supply the deficiency by Ile importation of provisions and the giving em ployment to the sufferers. , Impressed with the reality of the emergency, it becomes of next importance to inquire whether the movements and propositions of the Executive are proportioned to that emergency. We thia not. The Administration has proceeded upon the right prin ciple ; we believe the various members of the Cabi net to be actuated by the most generous sentiments towards the Irish population, and yet we are per suaded from our hearts that more remains to be done, if they would effectually allay the social and corpo real and moral pangs of that heretofore doomed and luckless race. Soothing syrups are inadequate to ealm a bode so racked and tormented; the devil, by which its constitution is rent and contorted, must he exorcised before anything like a healthful calm can be restored. Fifty thousand pounds—calls upon. baronies—recommendations to the merchants o Ireland to import Indian corn and meal for hone consumption, and such like precautions, are not suffi cient, we are assured, to restore the community to peace, plenty, and contentment. 'They are, as pre liminary measures, admirable. And for having so far answered to the call of a whole nation for protec tion and assistance, the Government has acted wisely and nobly. It has, indeed, entitled itself to the emphatic commendations and support of Mr. O'Coe- NELL. " I am bound to say," exclaimed the Libe rator, on Monday morning, " I am bound to say the Government shows the utmost degree of anxiety to afford relief!" That is precisely the position of the question. Lord Joint RUSSELL and his colleagues have shown themselves, and we believe them to be, the true friends of Ireland. ' They have shown them , selves to be thus animated with sentiments of good will to that island by the conciliation of their Parlia mentary and Ministerial b e lutvj.i,v__l-t..4 i lvt.srtnn! to which they have alluded to Irish destitution and Irish distress. They have shown it in the measures passed through both Houses immediately before the prorogation of Parliament. The Ministers have indeed evinced the utmost anxiety to relieve; but the question immediately under consideration is, not as to the anxiety to relieve, but as to the relief itself. We are compelled to think thus from the calamitous condition of Ireland; and, thinking thus, we are most anxious for activity, acti vity, activity. Nevertheless, we are really sanguine of the ultimate safety and happiness of Ireland, because we are likewise sanguine that her MAJESTY'S Ministers will be as vigilant as they have already proved them selves wise and generous. According to our promise we resume the consi deration of the Report of the Committee on Rail ways. The other recommendations on the Com mittee are, first, that " No future lines, either for main trunks or branches, should be ceded, except for terms of years." 'We do not think that the policy of this suggestion is quite so clear as that of the others to which we have already called attention, now that the principal and most remunerative lines have been already constructed or sanctioned by the Legis lature, and a variety of other projects have been embarked in, which have only been postponed until the next session of Parliament; which, if then ap proved of, could not in justice or equity be made sub ject to the operation of a law not in existence! when the capital was subscribed and the preliminary expenses incurred. The lines which are not included in either of the above categories do not afford so tempting a prospect to capitalists desirous of per manent investment, as to lead to the supposition that they will be undertaken and carried into execution, if the proprietors are to be entitled to them only for a limited term of years, in place of in perpetuity, as heretofore. The Government must, therefore, in all pro - babi 1 ity, either construct them with the public money, or suffer the wants of the country to remain unpro vided for; either of which courses appears to us highly objectionable. We think that the Government should never enter into competition with the subjects in fair and bond fide speculations; the prosperity of a country is owing to the wealth of individual mem bers more than to that of the State itself. And we think that greater happiness and benefit to the nation, in general, will be obtained by the large amount of capital represented by railway, being permitted to remain in the hands of the proprietors, than if it had, on the expiration of the terms of years for which they had been conceded, become the exclusive property of the State. 'We think the true and just principle is, that the most perfect freedom of action should be conceded to every person in any enterprise in which he may think it desirable to embark. If the Government are to be suffered to become traders, to embark in any prGject or under taking, because it appears likely to prove profitable, the natural and probable result will be, that indivi dual enterprise will be extinguished in that particular branch where the nation itself starts as a competitor and rival. We profess ourselves to be free-traders in the most extended meaning of the term, and we con ceive that, by such an interference, the energies of the people would be cramped and fettered. The public have a right to demand that the fullest con trol and superintendence shall be exercised by a com petent body ovr the management of the different companies, so that the national interests should not be prejudiced by the exclusive rights conceded to them, but with that exception, which necessity de mands, it should be left in the hands of the pro prietary. The second recommendation, that full and ac curate accounts of the proceedings of railway companies, embracing their whole receipts and ex penditure, shall be laid from time to time before Par liament, we fully assent to ; the greatest degree of publicity, should be given to all their acts order that it may be fully tested whether the we (of their management is correct in principle, and beneficial both to themselves and the public in its results—in deed the due control and superintendence, the necessity of which we have advocated, demands this publicity to give it effect. The third and fourth recommenda tions, we have already alluded to, and expressed our approbation of, and also the fifth, which has already been partially acted on by the formation of the ne% railway board, to which all the necessary powers will be accorded next session. The preliminary inquiries still holding back a great number of persons. when the measures adopted by the new Pontiff gave encourage ment to those who were desirous of progressive improve. ments without any violent shock or disorder, and preached observance of the law. The success of the loyal addresses presented to the present Po. e by the in habitants of the b-gations produced a wonderful effeet, and induced all men to enter upon the same path. We now learn from all parts that the extreme parties are routed, and that moderate opinions remain master of the field. We seo with great satisfaction this easy conquest of peace and of the principl-s of genuine liberty. The moral support of enlightened nations cannot be wanting to those who, by legal means, endeavour to bring about improvements, and aspire to effect their object by other moans than rebel lion or disorder. A party proposing to itself to btain grand reforms by legal means, and without disturbing the tranquility of the people, undertalo a the most glorious, but at the same time the most difficult task that can be given to man to aceoioplish. AlOlOllOll mo derate opinions have in a short space of time made such remarkable progress in Italy, it dies not follow that those who profess them possess already all that is neces sary for attaining their object. To off et great ends, it is not sufficient that a party should be numerous—it should, above all things, be well disciplined. Now, al though on the other side of the Alps. the majority may be imbued with moderate ideas, organisation is want , ing, and without that success is not possible. We do not, in saying this, allude to that organi zation of secret societies, concealing themselves in caverns, and frequently amusing themselves with setting up vain symbols ; we mean the avowed and openly manifested organization of a powerful party, acknowledging the authority of superiors, and acting with openness and perseverance in the face of day, be cause their intentions are pure, and they are desirous of never departing from the line of legality. The satisfac tion, which men experience when they quit the tortuous path of plots and schemes, to take their stand on the open ground of legal resistance, on which they may always fight with their faces uncovered, ennobles the soul and elevates the heart. On this ground the contest may be greatly prolonged—it may present the most diverse phases ; but final success can never be doubtful, thereby suggested will be valuable, not Merely in deciding what lines are necessary for 'the ;supply of the wants of the country, and how far a givcetl project may be conducive to that end, and providing Par liament with such information as may be of use to enable it to legislate in the way 'most teneficial to the public, but also in materially climin'eling the extraordinary amount of preliminary expebtes, legal and otherwise, the magnitude of which its one of th e greatest blots and abuses on the Engliali system. The Parliamentary expenses of the Great Wester n Rail way are stated to have been 1,0001. per re: i i e , of the London and Birmingham 6501. per and of the Eastern Counties, of fifty-one mile- 4 , 45,090/., while the other preliminary exper`e;ee amounted to no less a sum than 48,6501., [Del a: leg no less an expenditure than 93,8401., before or.e single shilling was expended in the actual constr - action of the works. This fearful waste of the pu;ric - money is a grievance to which there must he, - placed some limitation. If returns could be r:atained of the solicitors' bills of costs and other expenses incurred during the progress of the raania last year, in the several schemes that never even came before Parliament, or did not obtain the legislative sanction, a sum total would be presented that would astound the public. When it is stated on good authority that the solicitor's account in one Bill, which never went beyond the Standing Orders' Committee of the House of Commons, amounted to no less a sum than 82,0001., and this exclusive of the expenses of engineers, and various other outlays, some notion may be formed of the aggregate of the 700 schemes, and upwards, which came to an untimely end, or at least did not receive the sanction of the Legislature. They certainly manage things far better in France, in this respect, when we find, that in the Rouen and Havre line, the expenses incurred in the inquiry before the board, and up to the time the Act was obtained, amounted to only 700/, about the one- hundredth part of what it would have cost in this country—indeed, we fear that the great facility given to the creation of costs and law expenses was the original and ex citing cause of a very large proportion of the crude and undigested schemes by which the country was last year deluged, and which did so much mis chief in its results. A lawyer wanted business, and forthwith a railway was got up for his especial benefit. He had his staff of provisional committee men ready, who, dazzled by the premiums at which every new scheme came out, and, reckless of the lia bilities and consequences entailed upon themselves, too readily lent the sanction of their names to any undertaking. The only remaining recommendation is, " that the companies should he obliged to carry the Post-office mails by passenger trains, free of all charges, and at times when there are no passenger trains for the ad ditonal expense thereby occasioned." Now we cannot assent to this suggestion. We see no reason why the Government should be permitted to take the property or the labour of individuals without a fair recompense therefer ; every facility that is re quired for the public service should be given, and at a fair and reasonable rate ; but that pressing into the public service gratuitously what may be ahtained by paying for it, is one of the mot objec tionable features of a despotic power. We think that point may be fairly left to the control and super intendence of the new board, to decide on a fair and Equitable adjustment of the question between the companies and the public. The same may be said of the case of soldiers, sailors, and other bodies of men in the public service, the alterations respecting which have not been considered by the Committee. On the whole the report may be considered a most valuable document, affording data and premises on which the public may be enabled to arrive at just and reason able conclusions; and much is due to Mr. MORRISON and his coadjutors for the zeal and ability with which they conducted the inquiry entrusted to their charge. if the men who are contending for it are truly impressed with a sense of their duty, and consider their task as a grave undertaking which merits all their attention, and for which they ought, if called on, to sacrifice all their interests and all their pleasures," According to the Constitutionnel, there was a report current in Rome, that the King of SARDINIA had written to the PorE, complimenting him on the amnesty and the promise he had made of granting liberal institutions to his subjects. " This," says the Constibtionnel, " would be a most important fact. The existence of a friendly understanding between the Roman and the Piedmontese Governments would be a death-blow to the retrograde party, and to Austrian influence. The approbation expressed by King CIIARLES ALTIERT had, it appears, inspired courage to Cardinal Gun, the Secretary of State, who had addressed a note to the King of NAPLES, complainin4 of the hostile intentions he had mani fested towards the Pontifical Court." It would appear from the following article in the T. , pogne, the journal plr excellence of M. GUIZOT, as if the French Minister for Foreign Affairs wished to exploite the visit of IBRAHIM PACIIA to Europe to his advantage : " Amongst the various problems for the future," says this other Ministerial journal, " which the eastern question has left hitherto unsolved, there is one which we avow has caused ns some uneasines4. The heredi tary sueees•iion in the family of Mehemet Ali, that afflicting concession, which force alone wrested from the Porte, hr,s not yet been consecrated by fact, Mehe met Ali is the first of his race, and the Divan has not yet renounced a secret hope of one , lav re-ec.tablishi7•g its authority over Egypt. If, therefore, en opppor tu city can ever arrive for Turkey to make a last effort, to raent when the death of :Mehemet Ali, shall, for the first accomplih this object, it will ni;donbtedly be at the mo time, raise the cpiestior of succession. It is not that the appear to us doubtful, for rights of Ibrahim Pacha Europe has formally r ecognised them ; but it is Hell known, and the page of history forcibly reminds us of the fact, that the momentary crisis which ordinarily attends every transmission of sovereign power, offers a very seductive opportunity to the intrigues of the am biti'ous and to the objects of reaotionists. There exists, perhaps, in the particular condition of the family of Me hemet Ali elements of discord which may be perfidiously acted on. The law of succession has hitherto re - mained a dead letter, thanks to the long career of the reigning Pi ince. It has put forth no root, neither in the family nor among the people, and the traditions of Orientals are not of a nature to give it a power beyond the reach of all dispute. On the other hand, Ibrahim Yacht is not the only son of Mehemet Ali, and he is not even the only one that has given proofs of high capacity, and that enjoys consider able influence over the monk_ fleet; I and Abas Pacha participates largely in the labours of the Government, and has been able more than any othr to acquire the love and confidence of the Viceroy, his father. Who can say that the mind of Said or of Abas would not be accessible to the insidious counsels which might excite in them the demons of ambition and jea lousy? A dispute relative to the succession, where each of the pretenders could have his party, might lead to civil war, put everything in doubt as to the question of Egypt, and deliver her up to foreign intrigues and exigen cies. Superficial minds maybe but slightly struck by such provisions as these. Without being ourselves inclined. to exaggerate their importance, we nevertheless think that, in face of the well known disposition of the Porte, when it is considered, too, what indefatigable ' perseverance England is capable of using to obtain a result so important as that which would deliver up to her the Isthmus of Suez, it would be a want of common foresight not to seriously reflect on the subject. We think it was wise to dread that the Porte and England would be equally dis contented to recognise in the heir presumptive of Mehemet Ali, the worthy accomplisher of his father's work, and that they would bold themselves ready to shake his power, in order to impose on him their wis' es. The French Government, therefore, used a wise and skilful policy when it persuaded Ibrahim Pacha to accept the invitation of the Queen of England. The oppor tunity was, in fact, fart urable, not only for, obtaining from the Government of Great Britain an implicit re cognition of the rights of the hero of Nezib as the here ditary Prince of Egypt. but also to overthrow all the hopes which might have been nourished by the Govern ment of Constantinople. England has now saluted Ibrahim Pacha as the future sovereign of Egypt ; only a few days since Sir Charles Napier solemnly proclaimed his right, and Lord Palmerston, the Minister of Fo reign Affairs, joined in the declaration. Now, and in oonseqiience of the visit of Ibrahim Paella to England, the British Government has formally pledged itself as to the question of succession in Egypt. The Opposition, with that clear siglitedness which distingtrishes it, could only discover in all this affair an act of servility on the p In of our Ministers to , ards our rivals on the other side of the channel. The Opposition must allow us to think differently, and to congratulate our Government for having known how to take advantage of circumstances in order to secure as much as possible fresh guarantees for the peace and independence of Egypt, whose strength and prosperity are so necessary to the triumph of the policy and interests of France." It appears that the person who sent the box of explosive materials to the Prince of SAMOS, at Con stantinople, with the intention of murdering his Highness, and the explosion from which wounded STAMATIDES, the friend and associate of M. COLETTI, the Prime Minister of Greece, of M. PISCATORY, the French Ambassador at the Court of Athens, and who accompanied the French Admiral TuRrIN as inter preter, during his recent voyage in the Archipelago. The question of the Jesuits was considered by the Swiss Diet, which was held at Zurich on the 25th of August. On the question being put to the vote, the following were the results :—For the abandonment of the question, 81 states; to declare the question a federal affair, 101 states ; to summon all the states to repel the Jesuits, 91 states ; to invite only Lucerne to expel them, 8f states ; to invite the three other states to adopt that measure, 7f states ; to prohibit any further reception of the Jesuits, 10f states. We learn from a letter, published in the German Gazette of Frankfort, that the Austrian Government had consented to take off the sequestration placed on the property of the Princess CZARTORTSKI in Galicia, on the Prince signing a written engagement not to interfere in the affairs of Poland. The latest intelli gence from Galicia is to the 18th ult., and is pub lished in the Cologne Gazette. It is as follows : " We learn from Tarnew,of the 16th, that the peasants of Wolga, near Dembetza, to the number of 200. excited by a Jewish emissary, assailed the Chateau of Wol ga , and pill,ged it. The owner of the chateau escaped with great difficulty. On the receipt of this news a detach ment of cavalry left Demhetza for Wolga, and dispersed the band, taking 26 prisoners. The principal leader. however, escaped. This event has caused so much alarm among the gentry, that they all left their o , untry houses and sought refuge in the towns. Tarnow is full of re fugees. The reports in circulation, that disturbances had taken place in the circles of Llmberg, is without foundation—everything remains tranquil." The King of DENMARK has accepted the resigna tion of the Prince of AUGUSTENBURG as Commander in-Chief of Schleswig-Holstein, and discharged him from the office of President of the Regency of the the Duchy. Major-General Luzow is appointed Commander-in-Chief. His MAJESTY has, however, continued to the Prince of AUGUSTENBURG the emo luments of the offices held by him as a pension. A letter from Ystad, in Scania (Sweden) of the 24th, says : In the same paper we find the announcement of the departure from Paris of Prince CALLEMAKI, the Minister from the Porte to the Court of her Britan nic MAJESTY. This is, we believe, the first instance in which the SULTAN has ever sent a Christian as his representative to a foreign Court. The Prince DE JOINVILLE and his fleet were in the Bay of Naples on the 22d. HENRI was on Sunday removed from the Luxem bourg to the Conciergerie. The potato disease is spreading in all parts of France. In the neighbourhood of Paris and in the department of the Oise, more particularly at Cressy, it has manifested itself with the greatest virulence. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Monday at 83f. 75c. ; the Five per Cents., 121 f 50c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,273 f. 75c. ; Rouen, 962 f. 50c. • Havre, 700 f. ; Great Northern, 712 E 50c.; Avignon, 918 f. 75c. ; Vierzor, 628 f. 75c. ; Bordeaux, 5771. 50c.; Boulogne, 485 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 062 f. 50c ; Paris and Stras burg, 4971. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 528 f. 75c.; Lyons and Avignon, 490 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 485 E ; Spanish Ac tives, 33% ; ditto Domestic Debt, 323 ; ditto Passives, 51,4 2 , MARSEILLES, Ana. 27.-3larseilles and Avignon, 913 f, 75c. ; Northern, 7101 ; Paris and Lyons, 525 f. BUSINESS DONE TN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE " The King and Queen of Sweden have been attacked with the measles, while on a visit at the Chateau of the Count de Piper, at Krageholm, but are now in a state of convalescence. The disorder has been very prevalent in this province during the summer. The Prince Royal and Prince Augustus have also suffered from it, but. slightly. The squadron of evolution has brought back Prince Oscar from St. Petersburgh to Calscrona. His reception by the Emperor of Russia was most gracious. The Prince Royal and Prince Gustavus are to be prt , sent at the manoeuvres of the camp in Silesia, and will after wards visit the Courts of Dresden and Munich. The Queen• Mother will not return to Stockholm until their Majesties are perfectly recovered." The Augsburgh Gazette publishes a letter, dated Athens, August 13, which states that the Govern ment had submitted to the Chamber a Bill, declaring that two-thirds of the surplus of the receipts over the expenditure of :the year 1845.6, should be employed in payment of the interest and sinking fund of the debt due by Greece to England and Russia. Madrid papers to the 26th have arrived. LoN 6 - 01`i;;Tta SEPttkilE4. Boulogne alul Amiens, laN—Direet BontbaY and Matlfaii) % Dutch Rhenish, 6! —East Indian, A —Great Bengal, --Jamaica South Midland Sui*tioii, ok —Louvain a la Sambre, 1%-- Luxembourg, l%—linnitlY and Liesze, 234—Orleaus and Bordtati; fiN. —Paris and Lyons Constituted, s%—Sambre dnd Meuse, 4%, On the evening of the 25th there had been a grand reception at the Palace in honour of the fete day of the Infanta LUISA .FERNANDA. The question of the QUEEN'S marriage still occupied the public atten tion. The Members of the Cabinet, it is said, are divided ; some being in favour of Don FRANCISCO D'Assis, others of a Prince of Coburg. The majority, however, are in favour of Don FRANCISCO. ELECTION Nzws,—lt is now certain that both Mr. Tomline and Mr. Disraeli will again offer themselves for Shrewsburyo—Stafirordshire Mercury. PRICE OP GOLD. The premium on gold at Paris is 16 per mine, which, at the English Mint price of a OA, 10%d. per ounce for standard gold gives an exchange of 25 55 ; and th e exc h ange at P ar i s On London at short being 25 75, it follows that gold Is 0.87 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris, By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 434 1 per mark, which, at the English Mint priceof 3/. 17s, 10I4d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 9 3 4 ; and the e xc h ange a t Hamburgh on London at short being 13 10%, it f o ll ows t h a t g old is 0.34 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The course ofexcharge at'„New York on London is 108 p e r cent., and the par of exchange between England an d A mer ica being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 1.58 per cent. against England. 'We have received the Paris papers of Monday. taut the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at CO edlieficßetrnoernrsucoentistreTcAitTylooNf Rochester The following article on the policy of the new days' sight, tke interest must be deducted from the above POPE is from the Journal des Debats. It is important as showing that the French Government will support the Sovereign Pontiff in the career of liberality which take into consideration the propriety of . forw h aT in din tc g , gerce,qmuisi he has adopted, provided he continues to maintain c t i a o n n d i t d o at ßalph e for B t : e rnal, Eq., n t Mi. l : l ; R hrste li r E i s s T L E b ß o . u — t A to b m e e c e o t n i v rj e g n o ed f , th to e i j Or vi t t i l i n e g ,r city at the ne e x a t represe • legality and order, the best guarantees for the main- general election. tenance of which are to be found in the timely con- WEST 3 IINSTER-BRIDGE.—A meeting of the inhabit ants on the Surrey side of Westminster-bridge was held on cession of necessary reform?. After praising the Tuesday, at the N' • dLbtl f th ew Inn,Bridge-roa , ein e i, or e pur appointment of Cardinal Gizzr and the measure s pose of considering the best means to be adopted for protect hitherto adopted by that Mini:ter, the Journal ths. i d r o tt n heirpte w r a e:t s in i the evenitmomforthersberitdifee Lords :iein of f ul t l i e l d e 'Mats thus proceedr : I Treasury in favou r r e ;:f iirl ed her t ing to the old site. A good deal "It may be affirmed th • t the moderate party has never ' was said of the present inconvenience sustained by various been really constituted in Italy until the acees.ion of the `lasses of :tae pu'dic ; :nd it was stated that omnibuses went over the bridge 630 ' present Pope. Before his time public opinion remained i times a day, and 730 in summer; these 1 unfixed. Who too convenient doctrine of despair was y ear. now paying 144 15e. a day in tolls, or above 5,0Q01. a 1 MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 26.—The Three per Cents. %ere done at 34 for cash ; the Four per Cents., at 21, , 1; the Five per Cents., at 22 ; the Debt without Interest, at 6i ; and the Coupons, at 201. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool was rather dull. Sale, 10.000 b , iles. Shares were rather heavy. An iwportnnt sale of fors and skins has been com menced this m, rung at the llud,on's Bay Company's Iloue. A system of ex:Ausiveness appears to belong to the Corporation—most of the lots were bought in. There were very nearly 40,000 skins and Furs offered flq. sale. The state of the United States money market is thus deserabtal:—" The money market is quiet, without on the one hand any large demand for purposes of busi ness, or on the other a disposition by banks and private capitalists to loan freely. The Government have not yet, as far as Known, made any issue of Treasury notes, and the impres.ion seems to prevail that the determinajon at present is to exhaust the balances in th- banks ha-fore putting any in circulation. Whether they will be as readily absorbed when it is un deritood that the Government has no other means of paying, as they would be now while it is optional to pay Treasury notes or money, may admit of a question. " It is quite certain, however, that unless the expenditures of the war have been greatly ex aggerated, eot only must the issue of Treasury notes be resorted to, but tne amount authorised will xhausted before the assembling of Congress can give authority for additional issues. We look upon this as highly probable, whether the war ceases or not. The receipts from customs prior to the Ist of December can not be expected to be large, as all merchandise upon which the duties is reduced an 1 which is not wanted for sale before that time will undoubtedly be warehoused. It will not surprise us if the Secretary of the Treasury should be compelled to issue the Treasury notes from the commencement at the full rate of interest, or, if the war continues, that they should fell in value so as to prevent their issue in conformity with law, and em herrn: still further the financial operations of the Go vernment." The Consol market has been rather heavy to-day. The price for the Account is now at 961, and for imme diate transfer, 96. Bank Stock is heavy at 2081. The premium upon Exchequer-bills has just been quoted at 21s. premium. In Mexican and Portuguese Bonds a great deal of business has been transacted to-day, in the former at 261 to 4, and in the latter at 45 to 46. Brazilian Five per Cents. are at 89k. The Share market is not animated to-day. ONE PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. tank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anu5....„.. 9644 1 /, 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 96% 96 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities 98%% Long Annuities toexpireJan.lB6o 10 7-16 Af, Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 lO 3-16 India Stock 259% South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account... •••• 96%4 96% Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 1 1 ,%c1. ... 18 21 pm. 21 Ditto 500/. Ditto Small CLOSING PRICES. 209 96% 98% 10% 10 3-16 259% ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES Brazilian Bonds Equador Bonds Mexican, 5 I,er Cent. 1846 2 6 14 1 1, 26 1 / 2 Ditto. Account . . ...... ..... 26 3 / 4 %% 1 / 2 26 1 / 2 Ditto Small Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 453/4 45 46 4514 Ditto, Account 451/. 46 45 1 / 1 3 / 4 45 45 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, Account •.. 26% 26 , Ditto, Passive Ditto, Deterred l 7 l /2 17% Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto, Account Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent — Dividends on the above payable in London. 37 3 4 43 ..PRICE:- Oir BUSIN ESS DONE CLOSING B TIM%AX SHARES PAID. AT ON E O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Amber., No:t , Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%..... 21,4 2 Armagh, Coleraine, and Port rush l% kyles b u r y and 'name.. 1% — Belfast & County Down 2% . Birmin. and Gltucester. 100 129 ...... ......... Ditto New l 7 l / :2 — Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Clie:.•hir June.... VA Boston, Stamid, & Birm. 225. — l!ristol and Exeter 75 Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester :3O ...... Bristol and Liver. June Buckinghamshire Caledonian • Ditto Half Shares...... 2 1 / 3 I IA .. ..... ..... Ditto Extension ... 2% l l /2 Cambrian & Grand June 42s Cambridge and Oxford.. IV, l% IA Central Kent Chtster and Holyhead... 27 172 26%............ Churnet and Blythe Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltemham and Oxford 2 eiVAg.7.7.t, -- Passages Cork and Killarney ... 2 1 / 2 — Cork and Waterford ... 1 12 — Cornwall _ . dis 16% 1% 2611 2 21/4. 1% Cornwall & Cent'lllevon 2%.... 1 )erby and Crewe 2 %.... Direct Lincoln, East Ret ford, and Shedd. June. 2% — Direct Manchester (Remington's) Ditto (Rastrick's) 5 /...... Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and BelfastJunc. 10 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin end Galway... - 4 Dundalk & Enniskillen 7% EastenaCmmties 14/. 16s 2 2 3 /4 23 ... ..... Ditto New lOl. 16s. 7 % 34 p Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1. 6/. 13s. 4d.... Ditto ditto. No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension.. 10s. ...... 23( 3 1 % EastDereh'm andNoech 1 Eastern Union 35 .. ... Ditto. Quarter Shares 8 3 j'4 — Do. Extens( Harwich ) l 7 i 1 — ......... •••••• Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2% — East Lancashire East Lincolnshire ast & West of England 1%...... . Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...-• Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 1212 ... . Ditto, New ... 1 f 1 / 2 — Edinburgh & Northern.. 10 Edinburgh and Perth... 3 ..... Ely and Huntingdon ... 7 % — Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% — Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 5 1 4 Glasgow, Kiimar ,& Ayr 50 • Ditto, New .. 15 Do., 1 % Shares (5 per cent. guar.) ......... 12% — Glouc.,Abei ystwith,and Central of Wales l/...... Goole, Doncaster ' &c... 425. Grand Union (Notting aid Lynn Great L....totem SiNVestern 21/ 2 _ ••• •• GreatGrimsby and Shef - field - Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great Munster.— ..... 2 l/2 ...... Great North of Scotland 2 1 %...... .....- ........ • ireat North of England 100 227% 228% Ditto New 5 Ditto, New o Ditt, N,w ..z eat Western B5 l4B Ditto 14 Shares . 5O Ditto 1 ,-, ; i: Shares lO Ditto Fifths • yttildfOre., Fare'm.Ports. 5 ..... Harwich auri Eastern Counties Junction ... 2 --- Unit and Selby 5O Ditto 1 ,4 Shares Do. Half Shares Invernessand Elgin Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 9 Do., do, and Norwich Irish North Midland ... Killarney:Functions 1 1 j Kendaland Windermere 1% Lancaster and Carlisle... 45 Do. New Lame, Belfast, and Bal- 1 3 / 4 23 7% p I A P 2% 228% 59 50% 18 3 4 148 104 1 h 21 501/2 lymena Leeds and Brakord Leeds and Carlisle Lei.2ester & Birmingham 225. — .. Leicester and Bedfard... 225; Leeds and Dewsbury ... 17 1 ,4 — Leirnster and Tamw.,llsc. 425. Liverpool and Bury ... 14 .. ... .. _ Lpool., Mnchstr, & New castle Junction London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s , 4d. 8 1 4 Z. d ..... .... 8 1 4 it t. Do. I.N . or , — Ditto Extension ~ 5 ...... . Llndeii and Bfighton..: 50 - • 63 1 4% 63 Nat; rifttcd - kiij .::.:, 411A“1:;iiii...is, 411 / i London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 23 x d 2A x d Do. Guaran. 5 per cent. 9 - ••• -•-• Inndon and Greenwich 12115 s 4d Do. Preference ...18/175 24 LOnd6n, tiounsioW, and _ 70!4 ,-- Western London and N. Westernloo 206 204 3 4 ...,...: 204 3 4 Do. Quarters ...~,,.. 2 Do., au. New Shares,. ~... Ditto VitthA ... - • . 2 _ ••••••• 21,%%••...• ••••• 21 Ditto, Eighths (G.. J.) 12% Do., New 1% Shares (. , . J; . ,), --. Do. 40.. oaares (L. 31. ) 6 •44.141 .•'•'•. .1.41 .• • ••••. I.ond. & S Western 411 € s 10d...... 12 1 ,4 k ta...., tatA k d Do. New Consol. Bths 40 ...... - Do. ties Do. New • l4 1 i London an' York 214. 2% , i Do. % Shares London and W in d sor . 14g... Loudon, Salisbu r y, an d Yeovil ............... •. 2 1 ' 2 ...... ...... ......... Londonderry&Colerainf- 12V2...... Londooderry and Ennis killen .. .. 12!.4 Lynn .end Ely 4444. 15 - l6 Lynn ,u , v; lieretiglit Alani., - —,T,.., aw l Le...-1,4 82 Ditto 1~.. !quires Do. Qu.irtvrs Do. Fifths . . D. Sixteenths ..... ... f; v, —.— Do. Exten4).l 42' 2 34 p 2% p I .llaix."-ies— , 11, ,- 1 !'. r,;,i, .0 ... 13► s 8 1 4 1114 . • ••• •• Do Quat ters (A) - ....... •••• Do. Quarters (B) De, Quarters (C) . 1 Manchest er.Buxton,and Maloel- 42 % l3e F Manchester, Birm., and Mouh Junction Manchest. &Southampt. 2 1431_ 1 Midland Do. Fifths 2 Do. New Do Itirm., and. D., Ivo i,und & East. Couhties . — Mid; , nd Great Western Irish 1% p 3 7 1,4 Newcastle and Darling ti in Junction 25 ...... .. ..... Do. New NewcAstle and tierwick 15 Do North Shields ... 25 Newcastl and Carlisle...loo • Newport & Abergavenny 214....„ Newry and Enniskillen 4 1 ;,/ z — Newrk. Sheffield, and Ilo . ton ... .. .. ......... 15/g..... ••• ........ I. Norfolk Do. Half Shares Do. Tenths -. .... ..... 2 .. Do. Extension North .11 , 1t!si. ..•....... 25 ...... 38'4 Do. Half Sher s ll ...... 17 16 % ...... .. Do. Fifths .. Do. Carlisle Extols. 1 1 A. 4 A I /2 ...... ~ ... North of N0rf01k......... 23q -. .... .... ..... Northern and Eastern... 50 Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 45 Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — Do. New .. 1 N. Kent & Direct Dover 2% — North Staffordshire 42s. ...... 3% p 3 3 /4 p North Wales Northern and Southern Connecting Northampton, Banbury, and Clieltonbarn Nottingham, & Mansfld. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, 'Witney, and Cheltenham.... Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 -,... Portsmouth Direct 3% — Preston and Wyre Do. 1 4 Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate ... 42i. Richmond lO — Rugby, Leamington,and Warwick Scottish Central Do. New 2 12 lO 9:1,j Scottish Midland lO Do. Extension Sheffield, Buxton, Leek Potteries, anderewe l% — Sheffield & Manchester 100 'Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Shrewsbury and Birm... 2%..... 2% ...... Shropskire Union Shrews., Wolverhamp., &S. Staffordsl., Jane. 2 ', 4 Sligo and Shannon l% South Devon 35 ... . 33 South Midland 49s. — South & Midlands June. 425. — South StaffordshireJunc. 2% 34 % South Ea-tern & Dover 33% 43% Do., No. 1 26 — Do., N. 2. Do., No. 3 Do., :.,:.~ 4 St. Alban's, Hatfield , an d Hertford Junction ... 425. Stainer; and Richmond .. 1 , ...... ......... Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2:3., — 7south 1V ales 5 .. ... 4 •,'.,:', ~ '2 Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 ~.... ... ..... . Taw Vale Extension ... 2 Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Vale of Neath 2 Wakefiel:l, Pontefract, & Goole 2 2 1...... ... ......... .. Warwickshire & London 4'.?,s — Warwick and Worcester 425. W aterford and Kilkenny 8 .. • ... Waterford and Limerick 22;x...... ••• W aterfd, W xfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wexford, ii , aterford, and Valentia ... l% — Waveney Valley 2 - ‘Velsh Midland West Riding Union West Cornwall 2 ... . West London,Old Shares 20 Nexford and Carlow ... 2 1 ,4 , Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2 Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth Worcester,Hereford,Ros ., , and Gloucester 42s. 4. • - - ..... Worcester, Tenbury, and .. Ludlow ...... ... ... 2% — ... Worcester, War w ick, and Rugby York and Carlisle 2 3/ York and North Midland 50 Ditto % Shares Do. Scarboro' Branch. 25 , Do. Selby 3O 2% 384 16% 1 dis 9 3 A 3% 43 1/4 19 1 4 31% 4 1 / 2 - 1% 2% p 47 70% Do Extension 2O Do. VA.ct pod w..r Extemion 1 FOREIGN RAILWAYS Anglo-Belgian Barbadoes 1 eeeeee Boulogne and Amiens l4 —....— ..... Bordeaux & Mediterran 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. Do. (Espelete's) .... 2 .... . Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders Calcutta and Diamond Harbour ....... ..... 7s. Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast. Central of Spain ... .... 2 Ceylon ss. Demerara Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ss. Eastern Belgian Junctn. 21/ 2 Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 .... Italian and Austrian 3 Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Jersey Louvain ala Sambre ... 5 ... . Luxembourg. Lyons and Avignon 2 Madras Madras, Nellore, and Arcot Bladrid'and Valentia 2 ... , Mauritius Namur and Liege Nn ofFranceConstituted 5 ...... 13% ......... North Jamaica Orl,ans and Vierzon ... 10 Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 Over Yssel 4138 4d Paris &LyousConstituted 5 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen .. 20 Paris and Strasbourg Constituted Rouen and Havre .....• ;7•ambre and Meuse ...... 8 Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic (burs and Nantes Con stituted ..»....»..... 5 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt. 8 Trinidad West Flanders 6 "• JOINT STOCK BANKS. o••• .... Australasia British North American 50 Colonial 25 Commercial of London 20 - 14 1% 1% 13% 8% London Joint Stock London & Westminster. 20 National Proc. Enejand. 35 National of Ireland 2 2 14...... ...... Provincial of Ireland Union of Australia Union of London lO MINES Real del Monte Unregd. Y~ a l / 4 -- ••• ........ • 3% ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL - -- G - A7II)ENS. One of the most gratifying sights we ever witnessed took place at these Gardens yesterday. The boys or the Royal Hospital t3chool Greenwich, between 700 and SOO strong, preceded by their band, paid their annual visit. The day was most auspicious, and the appearance of the School as they marched into the Gar dens, with band playing and colours flying, was ex• tremely int.ricA , lng. At'a signal they all formed rond the lake, the band playing the National Anthem ; they then gave threecheers for the proprietor, who had liberaliy invited them. The band afterwards played sone pieces (arranged for them expressly) with great precision and egvet. The entbrtitininttit prepared must have afforded them infinite delight, and WO doubt hot will form the subject of many a yarn in after years. A mtiet ditplay of fireworks preceded the Eruption, represent ing a ndidi engagement, the band playing Rule Bri tannia. It was the in-Ai; begutitvi and effective display we ever witnessed, and we understand it will be repeated on Monday next. CAnTiclik.- - -Atatittpts have bt , en male during the last six nientlis, iti some oises Only too succes'sfully, to swindle various housti in this town, orders for lace goods having been received from Liverpool, Halifax, Manchester, Wigan, ind 'Chester ; which i on examination, have been fi and to eiiiaiiil6 iltantl of the most imaginative character. We have now upon our table et whole parcel of these delusive o:tderit, with a variety of signatures,"""has . 4 ' James Plumbe and Cita Htilifax ;" "S. • Need and Co., Wig‘l7.';" "John M'Farlann, Liverpool i" tht , l " Jo'n Dentith and Co., chester." iVe much lament that stick prottic , s should exist, not only betatise of the ve.Xitii,h d loss to the Immediat e rottener, but Also front the deplortittits spirit of susp icion which unlit. enter Into the comfit ereitil intetcotirsea -of our towtisinen with ttrang , rs at a distance, and which We feel It tour duty to airak.,ii NOLtr,gbam Review. bii+.lth:l6l6 ,ArGus i r 30- During the whole of this been ih progre-s here relative to IL, 1-1 of Mr. J Knox h , , who t i sw - geon to the No r th IntirioNry, aot.l who, n ' w aple to si.tlie it, egobiriti.-74 j s „ft ~,,roary and uise tor manye,rs held the in his ecc,onts, which it ii;y to hay.. pre-.. - WeJ at the annual meeting of the rovP7llll' Sof the institution. The circumstatue having been c o.inunieatitd to Mr. A. Drake, the borough coroner, a jaty was empannelled, who, after the examinationof sev-rai witnesses, returned the follow ing verdict :—" That in-. came to his death by ,ci :Omit i•.:! ! it, what state of adult he irk,S at the utne 1 his cuillinitling the act, there was not sufficient evidence to ambit, them to determine," .~>' . THE KAFIR WAR. We have received Cate Town journals to the Bth of June. The struggle with the Kafirs was still going un alorg the eastern frontier, and the victory gained over them at Fort Peddie had considerably raised the spirit s of the colonists, though no.one doubted ultimate suß' cess, ciatly as men of all ranks and occupatio ns were pressing forward to aid in elling the savrge b ut skilful and active .enemy. The following are esitrac ° frcin the papers : (Fr4im the Set,er tyrican Commercial Advertiser, JlO6O. The following particulars of the engagements at Fork Peddie, by the Rev. G. Green, Wesleyan missionarY, are contained in a letter to him from a friend at Gov' ham's Town ° of Sunchiy, 24th.—We received intelligence, by Inen n e one of Ilinkye's confidential men, of the near aeP r " c of several large bodies of Kafirs, with the intention of attacking the post. He l;d received teat they had bestructions to kill him. they inw him, they were not to say, this iS &lief ; or if they saw his place, they were IA i t sy, this is the place of a chief, &c. He brought in not of his family, a few faithful attendants, and his cattle ; Preparations made for the security of the women ttn,._' children in one .of the commissariat stores of the i,t; Col. Lindsay very kindly affording all the assistance could. Night comes on with excessive cold. elondeP - Morning and night also very cold. No doubt this, under Di‘ine Providence, was, the means of delaying th e ill tended attack. Tuesday morning.—Woodeutters order° " out, eaegon drivers ; some refused ; one young fell Smith by name, was tied up to one of the w a e g r s ; and received twenty-five lashes. Wednesday. -1 parties of troops were sent out at the some time, one e ei escort the wood waggons, and another to bring forg from Stock's place. Both returned in safety. The es 4 with the torage waggons saw a body of Kafirs at u i „,, tattee, but having orders not to leave the waggons thei4 would not go to give them battle. It is well they ?t, not. Wednesday noon.—A Fingo beings inf orma nt, that a large body of Kafirs are approaching fromtiPti the neighboerhood of Stock's country. An soon confirms this. Dragoons sent out, under Sir ~,; Darell, to attack them, also a six-pounder. Shert?"e soon returns with information that the Kafirs are cer ol 7; on from all sides in great force. A body of infa nt ,et dispatched to support Sir Harry. Contin e- ps firing heard ; the gun Pent back, one of the hn rs- e having been shot dead; the horse was a wheeler. Trol; Sergeant-Major Moffat, 7th Dragoon Guards, shn t h e the arm. Tim e pounder sent to the assistanc e of qs t men. A little before sunset all returned. There 'ilo no other casualty on our aisle. Toe Kafirs had fie with great bra Very, and some had even come s o near 0( gun as to give the officer in charge an opportunitY:qed giving them two rounds of canuister shot, which les' not a few of them. A t last the Dragoons had els e e t opportunity of charging, as the Kafirs had c oie o- e: e r upon the flat, and this appears to have been the ele, of the battle. They fled before the Dragoons, but teat l) 6it them were cut up. One got about ten i nc hes 0 th e Harry's sword; it was bent in extracting it frelliest body of the Kafir; Mr. Gore's sword was broken g yve the h:ad of another; most of the Dragoons' swords e proof that they had been in contact with the Kadrt e re is said that 100 were klled. A party of Fingo" :0c engaged also. We now expected that a generals Attack would he made that night on the post. The nigh' t he ever, passed away quietly. All bands, as well it °, o o femal es, sleep in some defensible place. Som e - vete from the main body came down in the dusk of th e , e A ing below the post, and fired several Fingo 11 With few rockets were fired apt them by Lieutenant ling great skill, and it is supposed with good effect. wet " Thursday, 28th. - While at breakfast heard t o4 large bodies of Kafirs were approaching the rseeles' the road from Graham's Town, and within a few' "-of They could be seen through the glass. Ab out to showed themselves on the waggon road, ebtniog ; i d? to the fort in two large bodies. There they rent ,1, th e just outside the range of our guns, evidently bed intention of drawing out the troops. This ljna lt) eo e previously informed us, was their plan, and as spue'seit°' the troops were fairly away from the post, in the one party, the others e ere to rush in and deetrnicibet place. As the troops, however, did not 01 0 / e '„ eas t ' oodies of Kafirs showed themselves—one t o th'i ooe; ward, a dense mars, which must have consist. d smells. These were said to be the Gaikas, inein el aer r course, Stock's and Sonto's people, as well as S;` o , oa f t b Sandilli was stated to have been recognised riches• black horse ; another chief rode on a white 11(eevst# great proportion of them were mounted. To tb'r r ward, I understand, there was a body still largfieesla either ofthose have named. There were five di74,ost the wole. Something fearful was evidently prer r en 0 5. 8 1 I wash nly ae raid lest they should wait and come n_Pe e loP o night. Every preparation was made by Lieut . e e„ Lindsay for a vigorous defence. Captain Siesfiece were recalled,from D'Urban, where they ha - 1 D e t eelt' h tioned on their arrival. The Fingo women an d e he were p aced, some inside the fort, and other s in t ot s c e de around it, where, being close under our guns , i$ o lit e sidered they would be perfectly safe. I was 1 1 1 re c i ° , l l e ncouraged and struck also at that time, by tl' e es r o f leccieu that at the very moment when all thi s l es array was set against us, our friends in various 1 3 ` 4 ,.: 1l the colony were engaged in prayer for the succe ss arms. of the "I am afraid I can give you no description r e tack itself. 'Were it not that life and death wet bea,el;', cerned in it, I should have pronounced it a eo°,s.egst'e tiful sight. As I did not go into any of the bu il "! oast all was over, I saw the while of it, but no douk" eetly K •tifir circumstances will escape my memory. Th e - to manders sent their aides-de-camp from one Parto-: el 4. 11 4 other, just as you would see it done on I I re he l d with European troops. The main bodies w e ' e e,!iee continually increased by both horse and foe e tnt soon after eleven the array was truly terei nede wt largest body of all was said to be to t„ h ward, and probably consisted of timbales e " e a t 0 t to Kafirs. As they saw their scheme of draWincaatt eo troops did not succeed, small parties of thei r ' JO' S 'A . I advance in beautiful skirmishing order, and the°,ls eR divisions of Pato and the Gaikas mo ved towar".6 c oD7 O other, advancing at the same time as if intend, ieg e os bined attack on some given point. The artillerJ readiness to give them a salute the moment th r lgP t° o come within range. The gun was pointed tow e .' t i r ang e he people, but a body of the Gaikas coming wit it , l , t into et little sooner than the others, a shot was se - e ktl'"ie midst of them. It seemed that several weremoriCso,4 over by this shot, but that was of little COO epP e . comparison to what followed. This s i n gle s eare d tr ee d tee leave disconcerted their plan, and they npPt; of s ho i thrown into confusion. Rapid dischaege r s ee ded t' be d et shell followed. The Kafirs had now t' t ` s at' the selves all round, and there was a c ontinn u neieg et six milei in length. Think of these aci va it eepepte same moment, and so filing the valley the! shells 0,1:0 one mass of moving Kafirs. Rockets and fired as rapidly, as possible, and presently a teenloetriert"; fire of musketry from the Kafirs was poured,o bea t e e us, but over us, the balls whistling over n . i fer They did not, however, come near enongt_'„ e eeti'' , infantry to play upon them, and they consViteetil fired but few shots, excepting from the , a t tet .o r ie barracks. A body of them got to Webb's r w . If o rs rifled it, ft.; well as Abernethy s, but 't o k i lt shells being thrown among them from t" ;e os e el howitzer, they speedily fled. We saw them ren e "; ) , l e their booty, blankets, &c., and a rocket was oci:Pf l them, which caused them to drop what they he",i "; Webb's slaughter sheep were near the flask s s' i e e one fellow rode up and was driving them off, v ""e en l 3r ,;eo shots from the fort caused him to fall front l' I d " r,5 . He was, however, only wounded, and mantlgee away, leaving the sheep. I expected they 11 0 10 f ' it " f l in full force on the fort itself, and was not teio they pried to find that they kept clear of that , - d ot- 00v boasted that they would trample this place tti'ebotit the got away with most of the cattle, h owe ver for bead). They would have taken the whole Diveettieto TlieY e 0 ". • determined bravery of the Fingoesi . yo 10, considerable number. The actual figntle,fee c oo observe, was - with the Fingoes, as every 50 they cleat side either the fort or the barracks. ' fl eece d f il,e , ittiCV not have gone without exposing the fort t° o . o o.l( l : e iero is, presuming, as we certainly did, that thq,. the r pre' it; and if they had moved to any masses to pour in upon us from all quart e ic i eot hil t goons were sent out rather late, and o °; ie d 0 ° aft' any. A party of Pato's men still rex: 01 11 01 101 11d e (Graham's Town road), and Sir H. D e tl re e . heave t, Ope' them, but they fled at his approach. . ti ed -‘ continued the fight until late, and ri rs ongoe; O h r e almost as far as the Gwanga. Twelve ae gaff by t killed, including a woman and child; and oiled v ete o killed by them, independently of 00°,6 e nd a w e fe d troops. Several were killed by the recite" ee d Ok $ i " The Kafirs are still about in nuraberLe eettleLth expecting a night attack. The have g ot bu ild" may now come and set fire to the thatched they can take us by surprise." (EXTRACT .Err—" ,) _..,bicb It " Varions estimates t he W ee v I t ' ll:: i= tacked this post, ranging from 5,000 to 10,0001'1,4 o,e°l.r. 5.009 m too low an e3timate. I never saw Here anY t c l _lr e ta !ig l nificent than theit appearance, and there rr-o: n i d n y enough of them to hove eaten (literally)Ftbef to y a ..o all it contained, and yet all the mischier4 , og a , .3 taking away the Fingoes' cattle. 6 2 A l ti ty 'o r tif t le: lolled by the Fingoes, who lost 12 men., ' he ll ili i , d n i a a te accid , fit occurred by the bursting or a s'",,,a 0, nhi f . til r y en ov h e a r d t bheeetnrepnicahceidn fworhiscehnuthrietyrngo vv°—.44'oll)-01 A p oor po rt oo with a child about a year old, were both stru-cli ,90,0, the shell passing through her and her infant at " 4 ti l ifi ueht. I think Divine Providence, and Ps ,e Pole saved us in this affair. Such an assemblage O' 0,0 was never made with the mere object of getting 0 8 b AV away. They no doubt intended to take the fort --1 v oi a force, and destroy it and all it contained ; and!.:o.• courage had been equal to their vaunts, nothwo have withstood them." 'hire are stinFE°L FORCE OF O s straggling IT g ri g E l i :g A F r i : l r Sae s try b et r 0 the border, e'n'.. fly infesting the busby cO e tln ~..a t gist _ it , the Zaurberg and 1 .1 - ze Addo, and busby keep eP i Z t u ty Cl in a state of aiarni ; but it seeins to and? r h o ale i , j l / 00 that these are not in any great', force, 1 d to cone.ert P nuf bthly of the invaders have been recs-,e be we n for t ' e p , :tov ent, rpri.e, o n - which it will , car ef; ll I c i be (;overn , iii,nt to cop.-ilk% with the lost shun s i v uu iiii g . 1 ht• pi ,v,,, , r of the con ode; ated t : c‘)rro pol l : s l3 o . , •h . es.ite• t ql nwi arrargein" Tbe folio, , i tl it'e on thi 0 eiiiiweeo .1.10,11 of this 'o s ' bough a rough " I " - es :--- - ';‘'l..x; near enough tor all practical purpus.. • 18,000 ii‘::'rkr,t74--, Cq., 1 ,,: iii;e ril ' cle to tnee!,, Creli's tribes ••• •• • • o 0 ,00 0 ••• ••• 61.1.7:1,i \1,i,,, NrILIC:Or, DO ocher` of th . ! • ••• Vibe ... ••• ''' .. • ~; iffo.rce, Hill to 4 ~ Utaliaia and others of the 'l'6lanibie , 8,004 , , t, - - -- 11. _ yE,~.