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Now ready, in 2 vols., post Avo., 21s. bound, MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW WORK, TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERS. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., L 0 S T A N D W 0 N; OR, TUE LOVE TEST. - -. By the Author of " The Maid's Husband." " This novel will be read and admired by a large class ; the lovers of animated fiction will dwell upon in pages with delight. The pro found, sincere, and almost idolatrous passion of Hartley is beautifully described ; and as the author possesses great command of language, her graphic pen depicts those refinements and delicate points in the human mind with great effect. Sir Frederick Cleveland, the great landowner in Devon, is a well-drawn character." —Dispatch. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW STORY BY ALBERT SMITH. With the Magazines, on the 31st inst., price One Shilling, (to be completed in Twelve Numbers), with Two Illustrations by Leech, Part I. of THE STRUGGLES AND ADVENTURES OF CHRISTOP t - lER TADPOLE, IN SEARCH OF A NAME, A RELATIVE, AND A WIFE, AT HOME AND ABROAD. By ALBERT SMITH, Esq. Author of " The Adventures of Mr. Ledbury," " The Scattergood Family," " The Marchioness of 13rinvilliers," &e. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. *** Orders received by all Booksellers. WITH AN ILLUSTRA.TION BY LEECH, AND A PORTRAIT OF HAMS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (AUTHOR OF " THE IMPROVISATORE,") FROM AN ORIGINAL PICTURE. The September Number, price Half-a• Crown, of BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, will contain— BRIAN O'LINN ; OR, LUCK IS EVERYTHING. ByW. H. MAXWELL, Esq., Author of" Stories of Waterloo," " Wild Sports of the West," &c. Italian Scenes. A Peep at Society, by Alfred Crowquill. The Albigenses and the Troubadours, by Dr. W. C. Taylor. Last Night, by G. Llniaeus Banks. Travels and Travellers in Italy, by Mrs. Austin. ath of the Bride. An Indian Tragedy, by Agnes Lascelles. Military Punishments of the Romans, by Everard Clive. Adventures in New Zealand in 1845. Mr. Ledbury Re-visits Paris, and is Ignominously Expelled from his Lodgings, by Albert Smith. With an Illustration by Leech. shots from an Old Six-pounder, by Portfire. The First Grey-hair. The Flaneur in Paris, from the Note-book of a Traveller, by the author of " Second Love." Robin Hood and his Merry Men. blemoir of Hans C. Andersen, with a Portrait. DONCASTER—ITS SPORTS AND SATURNALIA. By the Author of "Gaming, Gaming-houses, and Gamesters." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patrowage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every Tussnar and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, 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 imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. THEATRE LOYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be performed the popular Farce, entitled SISTER AND I. After which, a New Grand Operatic, Melodramatic, Romantic. Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, founded on the Opera of " Oberon," entitled THE MAGIC HORN. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Kinloch, Collier, Yarnold, Bender, Silver, Richards, and Keeley; Miss Keeley, Miss Vlliars, Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Arden, Miss Forster, Miss Laidlaw, Miss Ilromley, Miss Howard, and Bra. Keeley. To conclude with the new Farce, entitled LOAN OF A WIFE. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, and Yarnold ; Mrs. Woollidge and Miss Howard. THEATItE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the FornedlofilifL PRY. Colonel Hardy, Mr. Lambert ; Paul Pry, Mr. Wright; Grasp, Mr. 0. Smith ; Somers, Mr. Worrell ; Mr. Stanley, Mr. Thomas; Ilarry Stanley, Mr. Boyce. Frank Hardy, Mr. Braid ; Witherton, Mr. Selby ; Mrs. Subtle, Mrs Laws ; Marian, Miss E. Harding ; Phcebe, Miss Ellen Chaplin. After which, a Grand Mythological Burlesque Extravaganza, de nominated TILE JUDGMENT OF PARIS ; or, The Pas de Pip pins. The characters personated by Messrs. Selby, 0. Smith, Glen naire, Lindon, Kaye, Butler, Williamson, Aldridge, Mitchenson, Alderson, Ryan, Wright, Paul Bedford ; Miss Ellen Chaplin, Miss Taylor, Miss Harrison, II iss Simpson, Mrs. F. Matthews, &c. To be followed by an original Comic Sketch, called ABRAHAM PARKER. Abraham Parker, Mr. Wright. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING ' Will be performed Shakespere's Comedy (with Music) of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Granby; Mr. Ford, Mr. J. Vining; Mr. Page, Mr. Ryder; Sir Hugh Evans, Mr. Charles Mathews; Master Slender, Mr. Compton ; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris ; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Stirling; Anne Page. Miss Georgians. Smithson. To be followed by an entirely new Serio-Comic Drama, entitled A CURIOUS CASE. Mr. Aubrey, Mr. Vining; Twiggleton, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Charles Stanton, Mr. Fisher ; Edward, Mr. Bonner ; Mrs. Aubrey, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with an entirely New Comic Drama, entitled THE BARBER BRAVO ; or, The Inventor of Powder. In which Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Granby, Mr. Wynn, Miss E. Stanley, and Miss Marshall will perform. STRAND THEATRE. A party of Gentlemen, admirers of Dramatic Art, and advocates of fair play, feel ng disgusted and indignant at the un-English and unmanly treatment of Mr. GREGORY, at the Haymarket Theatre, have taken this—the only House in the Metropolis at present avail able—and through their acting Manager, Mr. DAVIDSON, have invited Mr. Gregory (who has consented to appear) to perform for a limited number of nights, with the assurance that he shall have what every Actor is entitled to—a clear stage and a fair hearing. The public is th refore respectfully informed that this Theatre is in course of preparation for the representation of some of Shakspere's 'lays, and will (every exertion being used to produce them in an efficient manner) be opei4ed on MONDAY NEXT, with the Tragedy of O T H E L L O. Othello .. • • • • •• • • .. Mr. Gregory. The new historical Tragedy, entitled THE MAID OF WARSAW, will be produced without delay. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. Immense novelty and entire change. Fresh addition to the Company, and first Week of the highly interesting Spectacle of " The Merchant Steed." THIS EVENING Will be performed the popular Drama, called TIIE MERCHANT STEED ; or, The Flight of Damon. Calanthe, Mrs. Merton Brooks& Damon, Mr. J. Harwood ; assisted by the whole of the Company. Double Stud, rare Quadrupeds, &c. After which, magnificent SCENES of the HIPPODROME, by the French, German, and British Professors. The whole concluding with the pleasing Drama, entitled TIIE NAMELESS. ltox•otlice open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY TIIEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. Unrivalled talent for Six Nights only. The distinguished Artistes, 3liss Cushman, and her sister, Miss Sinai% Cushman, will sustain some of their favourite characters during this Week, being their last performances previous to their departure for the United States. Engagement of Mr. Macarthy, the popular Irish Comedian, for Six Nights. THIS EVENING Will be performed the admired Opera of GUY MANNERING ; or, The Gipsey's Prophecy. Meg Merrilies, Miss Cushman; Lucy Bertram, Miss Parry ; Julia Mannering, Miss Betts ; Flora,. Miss Terry; Henry Bertram, Mr. C. White ; Colonel Mannering. Mr. J. T. Johnson ; Dominic Sampson, Mr. W. Smith. After which, the popular Farce of THE IRISH VALET. Larry Hoolagan, Mr. Macirthy. _ . _ To conclude with the favourite Drama of THE ROVER'S SECRET. Principal characters by Messrs. Saville, Johnson, Fre dericks, Lewis, Hes lop; Mrs. Lewis, Miss Terry, &c. Box Office open from eleven till four o'clock. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. A richly ornamented GOTHIC. BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CONCERTS, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, representing in the Interior Telemachus relating his adventures to Calypso. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the Most complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display, Mons. FARINELLI will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in Height, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive Lim, and bear him to his chrystal home. The Glass Conservatory is splendidly ornamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivora by gas-light. Feeding of the Carnivora at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at SIX ; Cancert at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk. Admission. One Shilling. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 28. TitznatomrrEn, Lowest, 59; Highest. 73 ; Noon, 73. BAROMETER, 30 02.—WIND E., fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 20 minutes after 5. f Evening .. 38 minutes after S. *l' t' — 4 t y k , u m ---• Ike **, . • 'O, SECOND EDITION. fu'' ttllling .'4- , 1M LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1846. August the twenty-eighth, 1846, will be an ever memorable day in the history of this country. It will survive in the grateful remembrance of our posterity as the epoch of the consummation of the most glorious session in the records of British legislation. War like triumphs may have illustrated preceding eras : on former occasions we may have had to congratulate ourselves upon the extension of our colonial posses sions : social abuses may, at other periods, have been eradicated : the constitutional rights of every inhabi tant of the United Kingdom may in anterior times have been confirmed and even extended : we may upon foregoing prorogations of Parliament have rejoiced over the subjection of intestine difficulties, over the prosperity of internal and external dominion, over vanquished enemies, over accessions of national alli ance ; but never have the people of these islands had such cause for exultation and gratitude as upon the prorogation of the Parliament of this eventful year. The Royal Speech, delivered by the LORD CHANCELLOR of England in the name of her most gracious MAJESTY, is of a more remarkable charac ter possibly than any pronounced from the throne of these realms. To that address, which will be found in another column of The Sun, we refer our readers, and we %do so with sentiments of the most unaffected glad nlss, and with a conviction that that document is the syi iopsis of incalculable prosperity, not merely to the pop elation of this empire, but to whole generations of the human race. The penning of those sentences, at the dictation of her Ministers, must have arous vd emotions of joy in the heart of our beloved SOVEREIGN ; they must have con veyed to her an unspeakable solace in the mo ments of tribulation ; they must have imparted an additional zest to her domestic happiness. The substance of the Royal Speech is scarcely more than a retrospect of the position of the na tional authority, the proceedings of the Imperial Par liament, and especially of the gigantic social and commercial reformations which have rendered the half-year last past so wholly unprecedented. Un doubtedly the events which have transpired during that interval within the walls of St. Stephen's, pre sented to her MAJESTY a noble opportunity for en larging upon the blessings which must accrue from their occurrence. Regal eloquence, upon such a theme, might readily have been tolerated. Nevertheless, the simple narration of the facts will possibly convey more to her faithful lieges than all the blandishments of rhetoric, or all the anima tion of oratory. The gist of the Royal Speech may be briefly ca talogued. References to the extraordinary labours of our Legislators, whether representative or here ditary, during this protracted session ; allu sions to the successful issue of our negotiations with the United States, and to the triumph of our soldiers on the banks of the Sutlej ; after this a cursory reference to the increase in the naval and military supplies, with which increase the Parliament has so cordially endeavoured to compete with the exigencies of both services ; an expression of sorrow at the re-appearance of the potato murrain, coupled with an aspiration that the measures taken by the Government may tend to diminish the miseries which would otherwise follow from the deficiency in Ireland; —these, together with the customary congratulations and recommendations of a Speech from the Throne, I impart to the present a peculiar and unequalled im portance. escape than that one innocent person should be con victed, and juries are almost invariably told that, if they entertain any reasonable doubt, they are to give the benefit of that doubt to the prisoner. Now, it appears to us that the jury, by their statement that there was a possibility that provocation had been given, gave expression to such a doubt ; and most assuredly it was a reasonable one, and such as fairly might be entertained by rational men. Both parties were sitting at the same table ; each had, unhappily, a deadly weapon, a knife, in hand ; the woman was manifestly a person of violent passions ; she had been in the habit of using the most opprobrious language ; she had pre viously assaulted the prisoner, having bit his arm on one occasion and slapped his face on another; the wretched prisoner had ever behaved towards her in the most temperate manner, having only held her hands when she so bit him. Other evidence might have been afforded as to similar acts of grievous provoca tion, but, by the strict rules of law which the presid ing judge was bound to enforce, it was necessarily excluded. Is it not then, to say the least of it, pos sible, if not probable, that the poor girl might not have acted on that as on former occasions, and again assaulted the prisoner, and with a knife in her hand, which she still retained when running up wounded into the hall, and which remained clasped in her right hand after death. The prisoner said that she had goaded him to it ; there is no living witness as to what was the extent or nature of that pro vocation, but taking the previous occurrences into consideration it could not be of a light or trivial character. The former excellent conduct of the pri soner, his unimpeached character, strengthens the supposition, and his subsequent conduct corresponds with a total absence of design—it repudiates all idea of premeditation. He was transfixed with horror and stupefied at seeing what he had done. He made no attempt at escape, but at once submitted himself to the officer, and acknowledged that his was the hand that committed the fatal deed. He was over whelmed with despair, and sought not to defend himself. In fact, as we have already stated, it was to the humanity of others that he owed the defence put forward at the trial. All this appears to us to afford the strongest evidence of the magnitude of the provocation. IVe trust that the case may meet with a favourable consideration from the responsible advisers of the Crown. One of their proudest boasts may well be of the reformation they have effected in the criminal code of the country—the mitigation in its severity. Already since their recent accession to power they have ex tended mercy to many criminals under sentence of death for murder. It was our pleasing duty yester. day to record another instance of that mercy, in the commutation of the sentence on ROBERT WILLIAMS, convicted of the murder of THOMAS WIGGINS, at the late Wells Assizes. The case of SMITH may chal lenge a favourable comparison with that of any of the recently reprieved convicts, and most sincerely do we hope that the recommendation of the jury, and the appeal about to be brought forward on his behalf by his fellow-citizens, may not be made in vain. duce from those, whose duty it is to furnish it, every possible alleviation of the raging calamity. The College of Cardinals, composed as it is almost exclusively of the most bigotted members of the old worn-out, servile faction, continues to throw every obstacle in the way of the POPE and of his Minister, Cardinal Gun. Not a measure of amelioration or reform is proposed which is not immediately de nounced by the College. The POPE and his Mi nister, however, are not daunted by the faction, and reforms in the civil administration and in the muni cipal institutions, which have been long demanded by the people, are in progress of preparation. A letter from Rome, dated the 18th, says that one of the Cardinals having observed to the POPE that if he did not•alter his system, the people would demand a con stitution ; " and why should I not accede to their desire," replied his IlouNEss, " if a constitution was necessary to the welfare of my subjects ?" The Frankfurt Journal publishes a letter from Lemberg, the capital of Austrian Galicia, dated August 15, which says :—" A new conspiracy bas been discovered. The plan has been formed by the malcontents of Galicia and the Polish emigrants in France. Three French emissaries have been arrested, and brought to this place. Many important papers were found on them, and, among the rest, a proclama tion in the Polish language exciting the peasants to revolt against the Government for refusing them the rewards which they merited for their late conduct." The same journal states that the Austrian Govern ment disapproves highly of the intention expressed by the POPE of dismissing his regiments of Swiss guards, and it adds that Prince METTERNICH has made strong representations to the Court of Rome on the subject. The Congress of the Zollverein held its closing sitting on the 19th, at Berlin. The advocates of an increase in the Zollverein tariff have been defeated, so that, not withstanding the demands of the German spinners, there will be no increase in the duties on English thread. The British Consul-General at Leip sic, Mr. WARD, was present during the whole of the sitting of the Congress. The proceedings of the past session are more in accordance with the principles of our free Constitu tion than any that have hitherto taken place within the precincts of 'Westminster. Those proceedings have confirmed and mellowed the boons accorded to us by the glorious Reform Bill ; they have rendered our House of Commons more truly the house of the representatives of the people than the extinction of rotten boroughs, or the limited extension of the franchise. From the occur rences of this illustrious session the representatives of monopoly have been metamorphosed into the re presentatives of the truest and noblest patriotism. Those proceedings and the principles involved in them have rendered place-hunting no longer the vice of statesmen, they have abolished party, they have purged all tendencies to peculation and selfishness from the Legislature, they have kindled a reverence for the rights of the contemned in the bosoms of our most eminent countrymen. The history of this session is the history of the elevation of the multitude : it is the true inauguration of the more generous of the principles upon which our Constitu tion is based—the first equable adjustment of the three primary powers, On the 21st, the second Chamber of the Grand Duchy of Baden decided in favour of a measure for emancipating the Jews by a majority of 36 to 18. The Emperor of RUSSIA has dispatched M. BLOUDOLF, his late Minister of Public Instruction, on a mission to Rome. The Juris-consult who is devoted to the Roman Catholic interest in Russia, accompanies M. BLOUDOLF. Madrid papers of the 21st have arrived. Don FRANCISCO D'AsslS is the object of attention from all parties. M. SARTORIUS waited on him to present to him the compliments of General NARVAEZ. The Prince received him affably, and assured him that he harboured no political resentments. The Prince seems to be acting with great prudence, and with the exception of the Tiempo, which asserts that unexpected difficulties have sprung up which are likely to put an end to the ne gotiations on the subject, all the papers seem to consider that Don FRANCISCO stands an excellent chance of being the husband of Queen ISABELLA. On the 17th several persons were arrested at Bar celona, and placed at the disposal of the Council of War. On the same day several domiciliary visits were made in the city, and seizures were made of arms and ammunition. On the same day a riot occurred at Santander, in consequence of the arrest of the torreo CIIICLANERO, who refused to appear at a bull fight. The people attempted to rescue him from the guards, who charged them with their bayonets, and two persons were wounded. The Political Chief afterwards published a proclamation, explaining the facts of the case. MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 21.—The Three per Cents. were done at 34 for cash ; the Four per Cents., at 21;" ; the Five per Cents., at 2i ; the Debt without Interest, at ; and the Coupons, at 201. KING-LORDS -COMMONS. Much public interest has been excited on behalf of the unfortunate man, JOHN VINCENT Smyru, now lying under sentence of death, for the murder of his fellow-servant, SUSAN TOLLEDAY, on the 15th inst. This very day a meeting took place at the Guildhall Coffee-house, the scene of the homicide, for the pur pose of considering the propriety of abolishing the punishment of death generally. The case of SMITH was taken into consideration, and efforts will be made to obtain a commutation of his sentence to transportation for life. The meeting was pre sided over by Alderman SIDNEY, to whose benevo lence and humanity it is said the unfortunate young man was indebted for the appearance of counsel on his behalf at the trial, the prisoner himself having been so utterly prostrated, so totally bereft of hope, that he had intended pleading guilty, and making no effort to escape punishment. Although we cannot join to the full extent in the object of the meeting, as we think that there are cases in which capital punish ment is absolutely necessary, we are truly rejoiced at the exertions about to be made for SMITH. We conceive that a very great distinction exists between his case and those in which the extreme penalty of the law should be enforced. Wherever it is clearly and distinctly proved that the murderer perpetrated his offence in cold blood, that the crime was the re sult of premeditation, and that he had coolly and deliberately made up his mind to take away the life of a fellow-creature, and had carried into execution a previously planned intention, we should not come forward as the advocates for the extension of mercy, or interpose ourselves between the criminal and the punishment demanded for the blood of his mur dered victim ; but in the present instance we think that every circumstance indicates in the clearest manner that the act was not one of premeditation, but the impulse of the moment ; that the unfortunate man, goaded to the utmost extent of passion, and excited to madness by the reproaches of the girl, the provoca tion offered, the abuse so freely poured forth against him by one who was indebted to his recommendation for her employment, committed the rash act that may lead to his ignominious and untimely end ; that under the most favourable circumstances must change the character of his future life, and make him a wretched exile from his native country, his family, and friends, expiating his offence by the heaviest secondary punishment known to or sanctioned by our law. One of the points that must be alleged in an indictment for murder, the gist of the offence, without which a conviction cannot take place, is " that it was of the malice aforethought of the pri soner." The law has humanely made allowance for acts committed in the heat of passion, and without premeditation, and provided that when upon a sudden quarrel two persons fight and one of them kills the other, the offence shall be ;considered manslaughter only. In like manner, if one greatly provokes another, and that other thereupon instantly kills him, it will also only be manslaughter. Many subtle refinements and nice distinctions have, however, from time to time been introduced, and malice will frequently be implied, and the offender found guilty of murder, although no malice may have been expressed or openly indicated. In such cases the French law permits the addition of guilty with extenuating circumstances, and in such cases the extreme penalty of death is never I inflicted. The English law, however, does not sanction such finding ; in such cases, the only pros pect of mitigation of punishment consists in the ex tension to the prisoner of the prerogative of mercy by the Crown. But the jury have the constitutional privilege of recommending him to that mercy—a re commendation to which much weight is invariably attached, and which is most frequently attended to. In the present case the jury exercised that privilege in the strongest manner; they did so i ❑ consideration of his previous good character main tained during a service of no less than seventeen years in the same situation, where he had continued respected and esteemed by his master and associates, from the time he was fifteen years of age; and, secondly, on the possibility there was of provocation having been given, when none but the deceased and the prisoner were there. The Learned It has been our painful duty of late almost daily to furnish the melancholy details and to observe upon the disastrous consequences which, by a marked and generally spread visitation of PROVIDENCE, must fall upon millions of our fellow-countrymen across St. George's Channel. Merely to have furnished the fearful statistics of the failure in the pOtato crop, whilst it would have corresponded with the rigid duty of the journalist, would at the same time have been but an ignoble method of discharging it. We have, therefore, never refrained from clothing the details with such observations as seemed to us justly to emanate from a spirit of phi lanthrophy and the purest dictates of enlarged and national benevolence. We have been actuated to this course, first, because the misery and destitution of the Irish have for years past become terms so proverbial, that the better feelings of the inhabitants of Great Britain are apt, from the frequent repetition of the pauperism of Ireland, to relapse almost into indifference, even when appearances of a novel and awful devastation should startle our very senses ; and, s2condly, because we wished, with others, to be forward in assuring the heart-stricken population of the Sister Isle that our most extended sympathies, with their legitimate fruits, should not be wanting dtiring the terrible or deal of privation and suffering which it will be their destiny to pass through. And righteously enough has Ireland entitled herself to our most considerate benevolence. The peaceful attitude she assumed during the past year, the calm resignation and well-sustained fortitude which she now exhibits under the auspices of her self-chosen popular leaders, in this the second year of an unpre cedented calamity, and the laudable manner in which, under such trying circumstances, she has repudiated, aye, spurned the traitorous advocates of physical force, must claim our admiration, and secure our incessant efforts to rescue her, to the utmost, from the deplorable evils of threatened famine. In deed, the recent decrease in crime gives them an additional claim upon our benevolent energies. Che quered, indeed, as the public peace has been at times in Ireland, yet we conscientiously believe that no people on the face of the earth, constituting as most the Irish do an integral portion of the civilised empire in the world, would, in a similar posi tion, have comported itself with so much of per severing and patient endurance, as the Irish have for a very lengthened period. We ad mire them, too, all the more, from their hav ing declared in the British Parliament, through their confidential organs, that any eleemosynary relief which they have required, and may yet re quire, they regard not so much as a boon, as a posi tive right. They represent, and with too much truth, that as we have for years under taken to legislate for them, their present condition is no political fault of their own, but that the shame of it must rest with ourselves ; and it is not to be denied that this repre sentation draws conviction after it from the tardy, but improved manner in which we are now legis lating for their several national wants and desires. It is deeply to be lamented that at the close of a session, so fruitful in good works, on which we have elsewhere enlarged, our joy should be so seriously detracted from by the state of Ireland. Every day we have hoped for some redeeming intel ligence, but each hour has only served to confirm our worst apprehensions. Last night the Earl of RoDEN, from whom however much we have differed in politics, still, as a resident, painstaking, and consi derate landlord in Ireland, he has acquired an honourable fame, addressed the House of Lords upon the approaching distress in that country. His Lordship described the province of Ulster, a great portion of which he had recently travelled through, to be without a field free from the potato disease, and stated that he had received ac counts from the north, confirming all that Lord MONTEAGLE had represented of the south of Ireland. An appeal was made by this noble man to the sympathies of those who might be able to assist his afflicted country. "At the same time," continued his Lordship, "if his voice could reach the ears of those individuals who possessed any property in Ireland, and it could have any effect to We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. They are almost wholly taken up with the report of the first day's trial of HENRY". During the pro ceedings, Mr. COBDEN was present, and according to the France, made this remark to those who accompanied him—" This is a madman, who is but too happy to have found pedestal for his folly, and persons in their reason to listen to him." And Mr. COBDEN is right. A lunatic asylum is the proper place for lIENRY. The trial which excited but little interest was expected to be brought to a conclusion on Wed• nesday. The Chamber of Deputies was still occupied in deciding disputed election returns. M. MATER, who had promised to resign in a year in favour of a Legi timatist candidate, has been declared duly elected. All the Opp( nition Members in the bureau voted in his favour. The ConWhitionnel says, that after receiving the address of tho Chamber of Deputies, the KING will return to thf, Chateau d'Eu, where he will be visited by the Queen Of ENGLAND. PARIS, AUG. 26.—Five per Cents., 21f. 65c. ; Three per Cents., 83f. 7 Oc. ; Four per Cents., 108 f. ; Bank Actions, 3,470 f.; Ror. vans, 102. ; Belgian Five per Cents.,lBlo, 102 3 / 4 ; Spanish Thr( !e per Cents., 36 ; Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 1 , 30%. Exchange on London, one month, money, 25f. 70c. ; tl iree months, money, 25f. 521 c. LATEST P RICES.—Five per Cents., 121 f. 65c. ; Three per Cents., 83f. 65c. BUSINESS DOSE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE Judge who tried the case did not, however, hold out the slighest hope of that mercy being extended. This, perhaps, may not be his feeling to the fullest extent. He might have thought it an act of humanity not to permit the unhappy man to indulge in a feeling of hope, which possibly might not be realised, to induce him to devote that which might be the short re mainder of his existence to an earnest repentance, a zealous preparation for the awful change that awaited him, and to awaken his mind to a deep sense of the magnitude of the crime he had committed. That Learned Judge could not speak with certainty as to the course that would be adopted by the Executive on a full and attentive consideration of the case ; and it therefore became his duty to address the prisoner in the disheartening and hope-effacing language used by him on the occasion of passing sen tence. A similar course is invariably pursued by his judicial brethren when pronouncing a doom that may possibly be carried into execution. We cannot, therefore, consider the address of Baron PLATT as conclusive : he only discharged the painful duty imposed upon him by his high and important office, and we hope that he may be found aiding by his influence the recommendation so earnestly offered speak to them from that place upon so solemn a sub ject, he would implore them, under every circum. stance, to go home to their country and people— (Hear, hear)—to live amongst them, and encourage them in their present difficulties—(Hear, hear)—and to show them that they themselves were willing, under these great trials, to share with them the evils they were forced to bear.—(Hear, hear.)" More appropriate and feeling advice could not be tendered, and his Lordship's own example en forces the precept with a peculiar grace. The evils of absenteeism has been a Parliamentary theme for the last three quarters of a century, but, un fortunately, has been hitherto dilated upon in vain. It would seem as if PROVIDENCE, by the present visi tation, would compel the proprietors of the soil effectually to discharge the social duties which they have so long and culpably neglected. Parliament itself has already been quickened into a sense of what is intrinsically required, and has passed a law by which the rich owners of the land shall, if necessary, be compelled to support the famishing poor. Lord CLARENDON warmly seconded Lord RODEN'S appeal, and in a way which, we trust, will spontaneously pro by the jury. One of the benign principles of the English law is, that it is better that ninety-nine guilty men should THE SUN, LONDON,' FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28, 1846. PROROGATION PARLIAMENT. HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH. Parliament was prorogued this day (by Commis sion), when the following Speech was read, by com mand of her Majesty, by the Lord Chancellor, sitting on the Woolsack, in front of the throne, in the House of Lords : " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " We are commanded by her Majesty to express to you the warm acknowledgments of her Majesty for the public spirit you have evinced in the discharge of your laborious duties during an anxious and pro tracted session. " Her Majesty trusts that you will be rewarded by witnessing the beneficial results of the measures which have been sanctioned by her Majesty for the present relaxation and ultimate repeal of protective duties on corn and sugar. Her Majesty entertains a confident hope that the more free admission of the produce of foreign coun tries into the home market will increaselthe comforts and better the condition of the great body of the people. " Her Majesty feels the greatest satisfaction in re flecting that her Majesty's efforts to settle, in a manner consistent with national honour, the conflicting claims of Great Britain and the United States, with respect to the territory on the North West Coast of America, have been completely successful. " Her Majesty continues to receive from all Foreign Powers the strongest assurances of their desire to cultivate friendly relations with this country. " Her Majesty commands us to congratulate you on the victorious course and happy conclusion of the war in India, and her Majesty has much gratification in announcing to you that perfect tranquillity pre vails throughout the whole of the British possessions in that quarter of the world. " GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, " Her Maje sty has observed with satisfaction the care you have taken to prevent permanent loss to the revenue, and to maintain the public faith. "Her MajE:sty has commanded us to acknowledge the zeal and unanimity with which you assented to the increase in the naval and military estimates which a regard to the exigencies of the public service induced her Majesty to , propose for your consideration. " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " Her Majesty has to lament that the recurrence of a failure in the potato crop, in an aggravated degree, will cause a serious deficiency in the quantity of a material article of food. " Her Majesty has given her cordial assent to measures by which this calamity may be mitigated in that part of the United Kingdom where the cultiva tion of the pc tato has hitherto afforded the chief supply for the !subsistence of the people. " Her Majes ty has seen with pleasure that a con siderable dirninution of crime and outrage has taken place in th , ase counties of Ireland which had been most disturbed. " Her Majesty is confident that on your return to your several counties, you will find a spirit of loyalty generally prevalent. The extension of works of improvement has increased the demand for labour, and the tranquillity of the country has favoured the pursuits of industry in all its branches. "Her Majesty trusts that by a combination of prudence with enterprise, and of a willing obedience to law with a desire for social progress, her people will, through the Divine blessing, enjoy the full ad vantages of pea.ce." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAK fI R took the Chair at Twenty Minutes to Three o'clock. POOR-LAWS. A return was presented from the Poor-law Commis. sioners. NEW WRIT FOR DERBY. A new writ for Derby in the place of J. Strutt, Esq., the present member who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds was moved for. On the motion of Mr. CEIRISTIE, a return was or dered of the number of days, in each of the years 1842, 1843, 1844, and 1845, on which only one Poor-law Com missioner has attended at the office, the powers of the Commission not having been delegated to him as provided by the Act 1 and 2 Vic., c. 56 ; specifying each day, the name of the Commis sioner who attended alone on each day ; and wherever a Commissioner has so attended alone for two or more continuously, the length of the period during which he has been alone in attendance, without a delegation of powers. Return of the number of orders, in each of the same years, which bear date on days when only one Comissioner has attended at the office, without a delegation of the powers of the Commission. Return of the number of letters in each of the same years, which, having been written by direction of one Commissioner when attending alone without a delegation of powers, have been dispatched previously to the days on which they are recorded in the " Minutes of the Directions of the Board upon Correspondence," as sanctioned by the signatures of more than one Com missioner. Statement of the names and nature of the books frcm which the foregoing returns shall be prepared. EXTRAORDINARY INVESTIGATION.—EAST MANNING-. FIELD, AUG. 26.—This morning Mary Peters, a young woman respectably connected, and who has for upwards of eight months held the situation of governess in the family of Mr. J. P. Ricketts, of this place, was brought before the dis trice magistrates, charged on suspicion of having concealed the birth of her child. From the evidence adduced, the body of the infant was found in a highly decomposed state near the mouth of a drain communicating with Mr. Ricketts's premises. Jane Grooves deposed to being nursery-maid in the family of Mr. Ricketts. Witness and other per sons residing in the house had remarked a change in the figure of Miss Peters for several months past. The appearances were such as to induce the belief that she was enciente. Remembers, particularly, one night, about a month ago, hearing dreadful groans in the governess's room, upon which she (witness) knocked at the door, when Miss Peters desired her not to be alarmed, as it was only her old com plaint. Some short time afterwards, on the same night, witness heard her leave her room, and proceed down stairs, upon which she (witness) entered the room, and perceived indications which raised her suspicions ; but, observing that Miss Peters's appearance was not at all altered in the morning, witness did not know what to think. A fortnight afterwards, witness, having gone into the governess's room, and found her asleep on a sofa, prompted by curiosity, observed her person closely, and discovered that her dress was wadded so as to give her figure the dropsical contour so observable. Had kept every thing a profound secret until the body of the child was dis covered. Miss Peters had given notice some time of her in tention to leave her situation. At this stage . of the pro ceedings the magistrates suggested the propriety of the ac cused being examined by a medical man, and the case was adjourned. Aug. 27.—This morning the magistrates re sumed the inquiry into the accusation of Mary Peters, whose case was adjourned in order to procure medical evidence. After hearing the testimony of Dr. Marsden, of Manning field, who had been deputed to examine the accused, the ma gistrates were of opinion that the evidence adduced was not sufficiently conclusive to warrant a committal, and she was accordingly acquitted. NUMEROUS FIRES IN ONE T lGHT.—Between the hours of ten .at., on Wednesday, and one A.M. of yesterday, not fewer than six fires occurred in the metropolis:—One happened at 62; High-street, Shadwell, on the premises in the occupation of Mr. Charles Watson, grocer and tea dealer. The flames, when first observed, were burning furiously in the shop, and the inmates having effected a safe retreat, the engines were sent for and set to work; but before the firemen could got the flames subdued the con tents of the shop were nearly consumed and the building severely damaged. The loss will fall upon the London Fire-office. Another fire occurred at No. 118, High-street, Shoreditch, the property of Mr. F. Watts, oil and Italian warehouseman. It appears that whilst a man was drawing off some varnish in the cellar it became ignited, and falling amongst a quantity of patent fire-wood, set it on fire; a large glass carboy filled with oil was broken during the confusion, and it was at one period feared that the whole building would have been destroyed. The fire engines quickly attended, and owing to the exertions of the neighbours and inmates, the fire was happily confined to that portion of the premises in which it originated. Mr. Watts was Insured in the Dissenters' Fire-office. The third fire took place at 4, Oriental-terrace, Grundy-street, Poplar, oc cupied by Mr. Thomas Penny. It did considerable damage to the first floor before it could be extinguished. The fourth happened on the premises of Mr. John Cooper, No. 22, Little James -street, Lisson-grove, Paddington. It was caused by the embers of a tobacco-pipe falling amongst the straw in the stabling. Four brigade engines attended, but before the fire was got out the corn-bin and some harness were burnt. Mr. Cooper was not insured. The other two fires were in Garton-court, Barbican, and South-street, Shoreditch, rE. - 6.: - 4 — ST - 6CK EXCHANGE. Auccst 27. Bordeaux, To ulcsuse, and Cette (Mackenzie), PA—Laic (Espelete) I—Dutch lthen ish„ 53 3 —East Indian, sy —Northern of France Con stauted, 13—Of feat is and Bordeaux, B%—Paris and Lyons Consti• tuted, 5 A Commiss ion i from her Majesty, giving the Royal Assent to cer tai,q Bilis before Parliament, which was sent from town' last night to Osborne House, Isle of Wight, for the :.royal signature, was received in town this day. ROBBERY AT lit ESSRS. HANBURY AND CO.'S BANKING HOUSE.—On Thur 4 ay information was forwarded to the va• rious police-stations, that on Wednesday a man, named James Richardson, a messenger employed in the banking firm of Messrs Hanbury, Tat ylor, and Lloyd, of Lombard-street, City, had absconded, taking with him upwards of 1501. in gold and silver • 501. is of fered for his apprehension. MR. W ALLACE,V LATE M.P. FOR GREENOCK.—This veteran reformer is at present on a tour in the Highlands, and his countrymen • are paying him everywhere that respect which his services in the cause of social and political ameli oration so richly n sent. On Monday the burgesses of Dingwall presented ) sim with the freedom of this burgh, and on Wednesday the f reedom of the burgh of Inverness was conferred on Mr. W: allace. THE LATE DES TRUCTIVE STORM AT LEICESTER.— Up to the present ime active measures have been going on for the purpose oi raising the necessary fund for the repara tion of the exten s'e damage done to St. George's Church, Leicester. The e 31 .imated amount of damage done (as far as the architect can at present determine) is 2,3001. A meeting was recently hel d of the noblemen and gentlemen of the county and town, at 'which Earl Howe presided, and it was unanimously resol vi id to enter into a subscription for the restoration of the c.b urch. About one-third of the sum re quired was speedily subscribed. Amongst the contributors were his Grace tts Archbishop of Canterbury, Earl Howe, the Duke of Ruthae d, the Earl of Stamford, the Bishops of Peterborough and. Lincoln, and a long array of the leading names of the town. and county. FURNITURE Bit OKERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION,— Yesterday the six th annual meeting of the members of this institution, W ich was established for the purpose of af fording relief to rot mbers of the trade who may be overtaken by distress, was eld at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, Mr. J. F.. Kelly.in the chair. According to the re port the institut' mo a was progressing in a satisfactory manner. The receipts du ag the year amounted to 1,3331., which made the total sum a t, the disposal of the committee 1,7771. 95.; deducting aan ILI' expenditure, a balance of 1,097/. remained. The invested lock amounts to 8831. After the election of one person to an annuity of 15/., the meeting separated. ORDINATI( )N.—On Friday, the 24th ult., the Right Rev. the Bish op of Glasgow held an ordination in Christ Church, Glasgow, when Alex. J. D. D'Orsey, of Corpus Christi Colle fi e, Cambridge, Master of the E n g lish Depart ment in the igh School of Glasgow, was admitted into holy orders. Prays rs were read by the Rev. C. F. R. Smith, minister of C ist Church. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Isaac . ET itchin,M.A., Pembroke College, Cambridge. The candidate N., s presented by the Very Rev. t he Deau of Glasgow, and the • oaths were administered by A rchibald Alison, Esq. Mo s t o f t h e E p i scopa l c lergy of Glasgow, Greenock, Pai s l ey , A yr, and Hamilton, were present. We understand that t h e R ev. Mr. D 'O rsey w ill shortly take charge of a congre gat i on i n the western su b ur b s of Glasgow. —Glasgow Courier SCULLERS' MA TCH , --Yesterday afternoon the scullers' match, for 10/. asi de, between Maxwell, of the Custom - house stairs, and Dcylf ,of Hu nger f or d , to row from Battersea bridge to Han Inv rsmith Church, a distance of four miles and a half, was d( seW .ed. Betting was 6t04 in favour of Doyle, and considers TO" a sums depended on the event. The start took place : 1,%., five o'clock, both men getting away well together ; T sayle' however, gradually drew away from his Iv opponent, , is three boats' length ahead in a quarter of a mile, ultimately winning by 100 yards. INQUIRY AT LEWISHAM WORKHOUSE. —Yesterday Mr. Assistant -Com m i ss i oner H all i nst i tu t e d some further in quiries into th e conduct of Mr. Burroughs, the master of t he Lewisham woi ruse, the former inquiry not bei n g consi dered complete in a ll po i nts b y the P oor -l a w Commissioners. Mr. Steele, the me dical o ffi cer of the union, with h is assistant, were the princip, >rJ witnesses examined, and their evidence was, that the woi n, an Margaret Stevens had info rmed them that she had had i, 'licit connexion with the master; these assertions were, hoe - ever, positively denied by Ma r g aret Ste yens. The master i gain entered into a defence of his con duct, and a criminal ion of the schoolmistress. It is believed that the inquiry is n ow finally closed. FLEET-STREET.. —Yesterday the portion of Fleet. street from Temple-bar to Fetter-lane, which having been re-paved, was passable as aca rriage thoroughfare, was again closed to remedy some defer in the stone work. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a good demand for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday. Sales 7,000 bales, about 1,000 of which were on speculation and for export. The demand was good both for export and the trade. Shares were dull again. In our Afternoon Edition of yesterday we gave the im portant announcement that the Directors of the Bank of England had confirmed a resolution, passed, we understand, by a large majority of the General Board, which was held yesterday week. It is not necessary to repeat again the notice. Opinions are very much diversified as to what may be the result of this change. Comparatively slight it unquestionably is, but with all the elements of an increase of trade by the skive operation of the new tariff—the maintainance of friendly relations with all foreign powers—with a rapid increase in the circulation of notes by the Bank, and an unexampled stock of bullion—very many sound men, in their opinions, look with some jealousy to the consequences which may possibly result from lowering of the rate of interest, the more so, as appre hensions are entertained in but ajlimited circle, that calls for extension of railways must place the money market in an unfavourable position. To our minds, however, experience will show a state of things precisely the reverse. So far from money being ex pended upon railways being a drag upon the circulation, it must tend to give increased vitality to the movements of the Directors of the Bank of England. It would be, indeed, a waste of time to attempt to argue the right of the directors to suit themselves, as a Bank of issue, to the wants of the times, its safe position being considered ; and although in contradistinction to the repeated assertions of a leading journal, that the reduction now made would tend to in jury, not to the advantage of the commercial body ; the alteration is, upon the whole, considered sound in prin ciple, and no question must tend to help on the full de velopement of the advantages expected by the passing of the Corn and Sugar Bills. There are no late Colonial arrivals announced in the City this morning. Consols for the Account have been very firm this morning at 96} and for immediate transfer at 95i, a fall of one quarter per cent. on the opening value. Ex • chequer-bills reached 20s. premium to-day, but are now at 16s. Bank Stock commands 209. India Bonds are at 28s. premium. Mexican Bonds have remained at about 241 ; Spanish Three per Cents. at 37 ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents at 971 ; and the Four per Cents at 944. The Share Market is very firm this morning, and a good deal of business is in progress. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock .. • • • • . • • • 209 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • 96% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. • • 96% 95% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 98% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 • • 10 7-16 % Ditto, 30 years, Jan.s. 1860 .. 10% 10 1-16 India Bonds, 1,000/. .. • • • . 214 Ditto, under 1,000/. Consols for Oct. 14 .. Exchequer Bills. 1,000/. 5001. • • • • Ditto, Small 13d. .. .. 96% I%d. ..•• 20 16 pm. . .• •• 20 —— pm. .... 15 20 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • • • 89% Mexican Old, 5 per Cent .. .. • • 2451 % Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cant.....— Ditto, Passive Bonds .. .. • . 554 Ditto, Three per Cent .. • • • • 37 Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent. 971/ Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 59% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 9455 BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER &ux. Aberdeen • . • • • • • •. 15 .. • . 8;4 .... to 931 Amber., Notting.,Boston, & Eastrn Jn. 2% 2 34 to 2 Birmingham and Gloucester • • • • 100 •• • • 128 •• to Birmingham and Oxford Junction. • • 2 .. • • 6 .... to 6% Bristol and Gloucester .• • • • • 30 5l .. -. to Buckinghamshire • • •• • • 425. .. • • 14 1 % dis. to Caledonian .. .. • • • • •• 20 .. 16%.•., to Ditto Half Shares .. • • • • 231 13x % to Cambridge and Oxford •• •• 1% l4 34 % to Chester and Holyhead .. • • .. 27% 2 6 1% .... to Cornwall • • • • • . 5 .. • • 1 •• • • to 1% Direct Northern .. .• 2% ... • 135% • • to Dublin and Belfast Junction .. •• 10 • • 4'4 .... to _ Eastern Counties .. .• • • 14/. 16 s . Od 2314 t o 23 Ditto, New .. •• •• 10/. 16s. 0d.... • 7% p• • to Do., Perpetual, 5 per Ct. No. 1, 61 13s. 4d.. • Ditto, ditto • • .. N 0.2, 6/. 13s. 4d p to Ditto, York Extension • • • • • . 10s. .. • • 2 1 4 %., to East Lancashire .. • • • . .. 14 .. • . 22% .. • • to 23% East Lincolnshire . • • • • • • • • • 1% • • % to Edinburgh and Northeni • • .. .. 10 .. • • 10 .. ••to Edinburgh and Perth . • • • . 3 .. • • 3%.. ••t o Goole; Doncaster. and Sheffield. &c.— 425. ...• 34 dis. to Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn) 1% %•• • • to Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 25 .. • • 29 .... to Great North of England .• •• •• 100 •.•• to Ditto, New •• • . .. 15 Great Western .• •• 25 ••.•148 -•to Ditto, Half Shares • • •• • • • • 50 . • 83% .. •• • to Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. •• 10 .. • • to— Hull and Selby .. .. • • • • • • 50 • • 104 .. • • to Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds • • 9 .. • • 8% .. •• to Ditto, ditto .. • • • • .. 2% ...• 2% to Lancaster and Carlisle • • • • •• 43 .. • • 6431 .. •• to Ditto, New .. 5 Leeds and Bradford .. .. •• 26 Leicester and Bedford .. • • .. 225. Leicst., Tam., Bir., & Trent Val. June. 428. % dis. to London and Croydon • • • • 13/. 15s. 9d. 231,4 %.• to London and North Western • • ..100 .. —206% .... to Ditto ditto New Shares .. . • • • 16 p.... to 15% p London and South-Western 411. 63. 10d. •. •. 74 •• . . to Ditto, New •• • • • • •• 1731 •. 2631 .... to London and York .. •• 2% Manchester and Leeds .. . •.82 .• —114% to I)itto. Quarter Shares .. • • • • 2 Ditto, Fifths • • .. • • •• .. 3 Ditto, Extension .. .. • • • • 425. Manchester and Birmingham .. • • 40 ...• 78 .. • • to Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) .. • • 5 Manchester and Southampton .. • . 2 .. • • 1% .. • • to Midland • • • . .• • • • • • .100 .• • • 140 .... to 139 Ditto, New •• .. • • • • • • 24 - • • to 37 Ditto, Birmingham and Derby • • 100 .• • ll5 .•. to 113 Newcastle and Darlington Junction • • 25 Ditto, New .. . • • • • .. 1 11% .. • • to — Newcastle and Berwick •. • • .. 15 Norfolk • • • • • • .. 20 . 26% .. •.to Ditto Extension .. .. • . .. 2 2/4%.. to North laritish .. • • .. .. 25 Ditto, Half Shares .. 11 Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 114 North Staffordshire .. .. • • 425. .. • • 3% 4p to 3% p Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 1251 Portsmouth Direct • • 3% •• • • 5 1 4 • • • to Reading, Guildford, and Reigate .• 425. Richmond .. • . •• .• 10 •• 19 •• to icottish Central .. • • • • • • • • 12% .. • . 19% .. • • to Ditto New • • • • •• • • • • 2% •• • • 954 •• .. to Shrewsbury and Birmingham . • 251 ••32% .. to 31% Shropshire Union • • • •• •• • • 42s % dis. to South Eastern and Dover .. •. • • 33% 44 43% to 44 1 4 Ditto, New. No. 1 •• • • •20 Ditto, New. No. 2 .. • • • • 12 .. • 18 to Ditto, New, No. 4 •• • • • • .. 234 ... • 3% .. •• • to South Wales .. .. • • •• • • 5 .. • . 4%%• • to Vale of Neath • • • • .• 2 .. • • 111 •••• to Warwickshire and London .. 425. .... % dig.. to Welsh Midland .. • • •. • • • • 2% • • n •• to West Riding Union .. .. • • 425....• 3%54 pto 334 p York and North Midland .. .. • • 50 Ditto, Scarborough Branch .. 25 Ditto. Extension • • 2O .. • • 3954 .. •to Ditto East and West Ridi ng E x ten s ion 1 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens • • • • .14 .. • . 13% i 4 .. to Bord., Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 .. • • -:- .. • • to Ditto, ditto (Espelete) •. • • • 2 ... • 1% .... to Dutch Rhenish .. • • .. 6 .. 6 .. •.to East Indira' .• .. • • • • .. 55. ...• to Northern of France Constituted .. 5 . 13% %..to Orleans and Bordeaux .. .. 6 Paris and Lyons Constituted • . .. 5 Paris and Strasbourg Constituted .. 5 MINES Real del Monte. Unregistered •• •• •• to LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, AUG. 28.—Wind N.E., light breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, AUG. 27.—Wind E. to E.N.E.—Acrd. from the River and sailed, John Edward, Dell, Bombay; Ruby, Stokoe, Rimouski. Sld. her Majesty's ship Athol, eastward. OFF BERRY HEAD, AUG. 25 .—Cleopatra, M'Echen, Gre nada; Florian, New Orleans for Ilamburgh. SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 27.—Sld. Alacrity, Atkin, Quebec. OFF TEIGNMOUTII, AUG. 27.—James Anders, Bowker, St. John's, New Brunswick. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 27.—Wind E.—Arrd. Industrious, Fraser, Sierra Leone. BRISTOL, AuG. 27.—S1d. Penn, Ball, Newfoundland. NEWPORT, AUG. 26.—Sld. Robert Bruce, Young, Quebec; 27th, Pons /Elie, Mock, do. LERWICK, AUG. 20.—Arrd. Forth, Rushley, Greenland, with two fish, and sld. 21st for Hull ; 24th, Jane, Nicholson, Greenland, with one fish, 300 or 400 seals, 25 tuns. KILLSWICK (SHETLAND), AUG. 14. —A rr Venus, Baxter, Davis' Straits, with 4,600 cod; reports the d. Prince of Wales, Lee, with eight fish, and the Traveller , of Peterhead, with ten fish. NEWHAVEN, AUG. 26.—The Vancouve, Howard, from St. John's, New Brunswick, was in contact this morning off Beachy Head with the Union brig, of Dunkirk, and received considerable damage; the latter lost half mast. . _ _ NORTH SHIELDS, AUG. 26 —The French Chassee Marie, Alexandre, was recently fallen in with waterlogged and abandoned, by the Scotch sloop John, arrd. here. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 27.—Wind S.E. to S.W.—Arrd. Cham plain, Miller, New Orleans; Oregon, Gliddon, New Orleans; Concordia, Dorr, New Orleans; D evons hi re, Thompson, New Orleans; Thomas P. Cope, Miercken, Philadelpkia. Sid. John Wickliffe, Daly, Calcutta • Matilda, K emp, S ierra Leone ; Coverdale, Beverl e y, Rio Calcutta; ; Catharine Boland, Porter, Jamaica; Lady Mary, Scott, Berbice ; Brewster, Lin coln, Mobile; Niaga ra , R usse ll , N ew York; Waterloo, Ald en , New York; Laura, Snow, Bucksport ; Corsair, Daly, Hali- fax ; British American, Mills, Quebec; Q ueen Pomare, Brewster, field, Quebec Richebucto Q.. E. D., Starks, Montreal. Off port, Spring CLYDE, AUG. 26.—Arrd. Clymene, Potts, Quebec ; Jeannie Deans, Miller, Quebec. Sid. Palmyra, Campbell, Bombay ; St. Mary, Whiteside, Jamaica; City of York, Q ue b ec. WEXFORD, AUG. 26.—Arrd.Torrance, Roach, Quebec. WESTPORT, AUG. 2 5.—Arrd. Viola, Wilkinson, Quebec. NEWRY, AuG. 25.—Arrd. Dolphin, Sullivan, Quebec. SIIIELDs, AUG. 2 7.—51c1. Hamilton, Reid, Boston, United States. HULL, AUG. 2 6.—S1d. Lena, Valparaiso. The Hon. and Rev. Henry Robert Pakenham has been licensed by the Bishop of Bath and Wells to the curac.v of Compton, Somerset. Lord Panmure, father to the Right Hon. Fox Maule, Secretary at War, has given the ;um of I,COO/. towards the Infirmary for the Relief of the Sick Poor at Arbroath, North Britain. POTATOES.—A curious circumstance attending a field of wheat growing on the farm of Hudston has occurred. Last year, the field being under green crop, potatoes were raised; like many more in the neighbourhood, the crop proved a failure, owing to the blight, in consequence of which the sound ones alone were gathered in, and the diseased ones left to rot on the field. No sooner had the spring time of the year come round, than vigorous stems were observed shooting up in every part of the field, indicating a state of health i❑ the tuber quite unexpected. The crop is prolific, and, what is of greater consequence, both bulb and plant are free from any disease. After reaping a plentiful wheat crop, the far mer has resolved to dig up the potato crop at the usual time. i —Dundee Advertiser. MARKET NEWS -(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. The arrivals of English Wheat for our market during the present week have been small, and we had a very limited number of samples of that article here to-day ; yet, owing to the prevailing fine weather for harvest work in the north of England, the demand was in a very sluggish state, at, in most instances, a decline of is per quarter. In Foreign Wheat-- the holders of which evinced a disposition to give way in price—next to nothing was doing. No new Barley at mar ket. Grinding Oats ,were quite as dear. In other kinds next to nothing passing. Superfine Malt was. in fair request, at previous quotations; but other qualities commanded very little attention. Although the arrivals of Foreign Oats were large, the Oat trade was steady, at previous quotations. Beans, Peas, and Flour without alteration. ARRIVALS. Barley. 350 qri. Wheat. 2,760 qrs. English ...... Irish ........ Foreign ...... Oats I Flour. 690 qrs. I I,B4osks. 1,200 I -- 26000 2,210 3,010 I Malt, 3,180 qrs. S PTITHPIELII. The supply of Beasts on offer was iry no means extensive, yet the Beef trade was in a very inactive state, and in some instances the quotations had a downright tendency. We had on sale 61 Oxen from Spain, rid Southampton, 42 Oxen from Hamburgh, 115 Oxen and Cows, 687 Sheep and lonibs, and 55 Calves from Holland, in, for the most part, good cop dition. The numbers of Sheep were not large, while the Mutton trade was very steady at fully Monday's currencies. In Lambs only a moderate business was doing, yet prices were well supported. Prime small Calves sold at a trifle more money, but the middling and inferior qualities of Veal hung on hand. The Pork trade was dull at late rates. Mich Cows moved off slowly, at from 161 to 181 each, in cluding their small Calf ; Suckling Calves, 18s to 29s t • and quarter-old store Pigs, 16s to 19s each. Beasts, 772; Cows, 124; Sheep and Lambs, 9,180; Calves, 345; Pigs, 240. NEWVATE AND LEADENHALL. We had a very steady trade here, and prices were well supported. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. Several pockets of New Hops have come to hand during the present week from Sussex, and which have been disposed of at 6/. per cwt. From the plantations the accounts are very .favourable, and the duty is backed at 180,000/. :-- Sussex Pockets, 4/ 10s to 5/ 16s; Weald of Kent, 51 103 to 61 Os ; Mid and East Kent, 5/ 12s to 81 Bs. SECONDARIES'.-(THIS DAY.) There were only two cases set down for hearing, and they were not of the slightest interest. PALACE COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. BRENT.) IMPORTANT QUESTION AS TO PATENT MEDICINES. COLLINS V. VIDLER. The plaintiff, who is a surgeon at Camden Town, and, pleaded his own case, sought to r ecover th e su m of 41. 13s. for medicines supplied to the defendant. Mr. Hawkins conducted the defence. The plaintiff said that in 1843 he carried on business as a chemist and druggist, but has since become ti• member of the College of Surgeons. He had invented " a specific," and, in order to enable him to sell it, bad taken out the usual license for the .sale of patent medi cines, and defendant was supplied in due course with th e different articles he asked for. The plaintiff's brother was called, and proved the de livery of the medicine, but positively denied that he ever gave defendant any advice. He always sold what Was asked for without inquiring what it was for. They took it on their own responsibility. Other witnesses were called to prove an admission on the part of the defendant and a promise to pay. Mr. HAWKINS, for the defendant, contended that the license did not justify a druggist in selling his own spe cifics under colour of a patent, as there was advice given on the bottle, and it was therefore clearly an eva sion of the Act, which w as p asse d f or t h e protect i on 0' the lives and health of the public. It was a very dif ferent case from where a p erson so ld th e goo ds °` another for profit, and had no reason to give advice' On that ground, therefore, he had to submit that the plaintiff must be nonsuited. The JUDGE said he felt of the same opinion, that it was an evasion, but would not nonsuit. Mr. IlAwnms then insisted that to prove the rea l value of the medicine its ingredients ought to be dis closed. The plaintiff refused, and said it was a patent artit and had the stamp and label requi re d by l aw , an d whl he was entitled to sell. He did n o t c l a i m it as a medi c " - bill, but as for goods sold. iftt Mr. HAWKINS next urged that if it could be smhe that advice was given during an y p er i o d, th e y . 0 plaintiff would have been a c ti ng as an apot h ecar y, s o f not being one would be liable to a penalty, instead being able to maintain an action. A witness was called who distinctly proved that advi ce was given. The Learned JUDGE summed up, and told the jury the question as to whether or not ther e h a d b ee n an eva,, je n _ t, of the Act, was one of l a w ; but if, on th e matter of they believed that the plaintiff h a d no t medicine, but given advice, they wo u ld find a verdict the defendant. The jury consulted for about t en m inutes, and the n gave a verdict for defendant. on ly sel thefor BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Bridget Sullivan, a decent looking Irishwoman, wit. charged with presenting a forged cheque for 151. at 0° bank of Messrs. Coutts and Co. Mr. Blenkinsop, a clerk and cashier at Messrs. C put t ! and Co.'s, said that the p r i soner came into the office yesterday afternoon, a n d p resente d a cheque f ° "" 151. in the name of the Dow ager M arc hi oness o f Queee s ' berry, whose signature he immediately perceivq,d to he a forgery. He asked th e p r i soner w h at s h e wo'ald have for it, and she said " gold.' H e as k e d h er if it, was l f°r herself ? She said "N o , it was f or a gen tlema n who met her in the street, a n d gave it t o h e r to g et cashed." He asked whether s h e k new hi m ? and s",. " said " No." He then asked h er t o s t ep i nto a n ina e : r office, and, on her doing so, det a i ne d h er whae he w en for a policeman. James Godwin, porter at Messrs. Coutt's and Co .'s ' gave evidence corroborative of that of Mr. Blenkins o p , and added that she gav e hi m a m i nute d escr i pt i on of person of the gentl eman w h o had g i ven h er t h e ner . She said he was a t a ll, t hi n gentleman, with dar k halt , and dressed in black. Policeman F9l took the prisoner into custody. id The prisoner, being called on for her ,defenee,. s `dy that what she had said to the witnesses was Deri ee , i( l true. She had met the gentleman in the st're,,,e t ' S a id asked him which was the way to Whitechapel. H e t he t " What are you going there for?" and she replied t i L 3 ' e a r " t he husband lived there. He said he would sho w .t® to way and she went with him till they came ope h l er to Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s office. He then a site": her) go and take the cheque (which he then ge i 7 as hed to the office and get money for it , 11 , 0 - s sid• what "she would have, she was to say "gal." o"'there, she did not like to go as she did not know any on,, e :s not and he said that he was well known there, but ""'" vat . wish to go himself as th e y th oug ht h e was o ut do nna He asked if she could read and write ; sho soid Q she then went into the offi ce an d p resen t e e( the cheque. She was remanded till this day week. MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) man, was asSailde chargedr son, witha v refusing eryfash to i abi oysters and accompaniments, which had bees swalloo by himself and a fair companion, at Harris's g the waiter o yster. roo No. 23, Haymarket, and also with assaultiu Wm. Cochrane, the waiter, said that betwee n twel ve fashionably-adyre 5 : i iced ed iod. y eu , n4 and one o'clock this morning, the defendant, who accompanied by a female, came to his master's shop, e ll discussed a quantity of oysters, &c., and itrlbibed variot o potations of beer, ale, and gin and water (the liqe.e m r° paid l leaving g party hism s a u s p t supplying nr's s hgotph without paying but were fo 1: t E the act of act edibles, amounting t o 2 s . ; h e i nterfered to stop the P,'„, soner, who seized him by the collar and swung 11 1 0 violently round, and then struck him a violent blow" sayingthe face, at th e same t i me saying that he had teutf, paid, and if net it was only a debt, and dared WO give him into cus t o dy ; h e b ecame at l engt h so v ery violent that he was given into custody. Mr. Harris, the proprietor of the oyster-rooro, cot roborated his waiter's statement as to the assault;. t he Eliza Sims, the companion of the prisoner, seu ic ho partaker of the spoil, said that h e p a id t h e pers on s id brought the ale, &c., 2s 10d. Sh e k new t h at be Pio; for the oysters, but did not k now w h at, as she asleep at the time. Of The prisoner said he h a d pa id the 2s. 1 od. to one the waiters. Cochrane said there was no wa i ter but liimsel f at that part of the room. The prisoner th e n sa id h e had paid if; to the p erSCal who brought the ale, &c. The waiter wh o b roug h t in the liqrors prove— thathe was only paid Is. Id., in separate payments- od• The prisoner s till i ns i sted that he had paid the 2s' i Abi4 Mr. HARDWICK, in indignant terms, c h ara cterised 1 , 6 1 attempt of th row i ng t h e imputation of having receplyer the money u p on a person who, it was proved, baa, m- e yi• received it. H e was per f ect l y satisfied, from tee n o. dente, th a t th e 2 s. 10 d . h ad not been paid to an y He should fine him 405., or twenty-one days' imPr is o le ment, for the assau lt ; an d h e w i shed it to be find? generally know n t o th e h or d e o f v i ct i m i sers o f tbls e to g that in any future similar cas es h e s h ou ld i n flict tb penalty of 51.—The fine was instantly paid. 'fe, DIED.—On the 27th i n st an t, at Water.loo - P - „ e t y Pall-Mall, Edward Boyd, Esq., o f Merton-hall, in the ceu of Wigton, North Britain, in the 76th year of his age; w ill, BARTHOLOMEW FAlR.—This metropolitan ft in accordance with ancient custom, be proclaimed at ' — tion field on Friday next, although the efforts of this Corporatbis of London were unavailing in attempting to suppre ss oat former scene of revelry, yet by th e i r claiminw, a large rne for standing of shows, and booths, &c., it has. now bee ° to o mere phantom of bygone fairs. Hardly any aPP! ica fair have been made for the ground, and this oncis notorious is now gradually sinking into oblivion. t he MONSTER TRAlNS.—Yesterday morning one of ole longest and most heavily loaded trains, propel) ed by eL " tevra engine, left the Paddington terminus of the Great Ay And Railway, for Bristol. The train consisted. of fortydoex, trucks loaded with bricks, timber, and mere) iandise, an (a tended above a quarter of a mile. The engine Tyt 103. dr ew small luggage engine, having six wheels connected) : l ig ht this enormous load at an average spee d of tsc ent Y - eioe miles an hour. On the same morning Premier" e ple , coke, and merchandise. on Wednesday ravening brought up a train of forty trucks loadeel with t i m ber, co ned the ," 1 time train from Exeter arrived at Paddingtor at the eight o'clock, having three third-class Ca rriages, usua econj class, three first class, and fourteen horse boxes, wi tlr oat horses in each. The carriages were like - wise full of t r ii s ,„„ ol gers. This train was propelled by two engines, the S e" and Star. he rouse THE MOORS.—Mr. Campbell, of Monzie, on t se , current, bagged on the hill of Monzie 191 brace of A nd one black cock, one snipe, one duck, one rabbit, 1 " a xc _ e 4 a, hares; in all, 410 head of game—a number greatly.e_ _ or ing anything yet recorded. The birds are considerrele stronger than on the 12th, and, though very abunda,q,, i T av h extremely shy, from the recent wet weather.- - Lefr fly Witness. four four tIXI