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ev pressed, Ir hich it was not possible for any one not engaged in the daily struggles in the House of Com mons to h ev.r, he meant the sympathies of con cession. Fees had never looked to so sudden a dissolu tion of po' Helical" bonds as to warrant him in coming to such a m eating as that in the autumn of 1846.--(Hear, hear.) It gave them an opportunity of redeeming their Past sal siifices for prieciple—for it was a triumph of those ' principles both over the Government and over the count ,rye It was not one, or two, or ten things which had produced these effects—but it was owing to the gle At and growing intelligence of the country, and to:the it creasing experience and wisdom of the nation. Almost 'Ali public men had, at one time or other, been in the wrong. As public men, they had not at one time thought it necessary to entertain different opinions from each other. The case was different now—though they at one time, like the French merchant, might have said, this is not fair, do not legislate; but, with some few brilliant and honourable exceptions, all must allow that most public men had at one time held the principles of protection. It was the country, therefore, that had set this question right, and amongst the growing intelligence of the country might be reckoned Mr. Cobden, as the mcst powerful organ.—(Cheers,) Th e s if t i ng w hi c h thi s question had undergone, the many facts which had cod e under the observation of every man, and which h e could never before have explained, had shown his, th at the principles of protection were unsound and hollow. They had therefore eedinsately arrived at t'ne truth. Now what was truth 1' Why, it was the sessi l e when it was painted by C o l one l Th ompson as a h en i t was painted by Mr. Cobden—and would be a P o i em i ns . to all for generatio'as to come.—(Hear, h ear . e, But how long a time elapsed before these convi e tions were forced upon enee's mieds. He bad heard 'Ar. Cobden say, that looking bite's to his own career,, - f se could hardly lay his hand upon a single argument w rich had not been pre viously touched upon by the Gallant Colonel.—(Hear, and cheers.) And yet all ! 1- ' At interval the principles of free trade were not gahning ground upon men's minds, because there was no standard of truth. Le t the m but now look at the operation of these laws which were for the benefit of the people. Although they were told that to some these laws wore a di- Appointment, and to others a benefit, he believed, t here never was su c h a d ecept i on as the corn - laws nesd been to agriculture. Ile was most happy to ',ay that this conviction was beginning to spread erelong the agricultural classes, as was evinced by a mistake which had been made in the passing of the lecil for the repeal of the corn-laws. They would all remember that beans had been omitted in the last Act of Parliament, and Lord George Bentinck lead in sisted that no alteration should be made. Ware there was one farmer who was a grower of beans, teiere were twenty who wanted them—and those fernsoes who now wanted to buy beans were asking themsei: ves why they had not got the 'oenefit of free trade?--{Laughter.) He hoped, therefore, that this circumstance would have a had salutary effect. It seemed a s if '!iearness and scarcity gained . a concurrence frora some parties which they had befo re refused to give. In one of the excellent address e s which they had heard that night they had been told that the tree of monopoly had not only been cut "sown, but also uprooted. Nov they had never heterd of such a thing as reaction in Eneeish history, for there had been no re-action in esny of the great and beneficial changes which have taken place, and where the intelligence of the country heed been acting cn sound and healthy principles. Indeed some of the free-traders themselves had been the bitt e rest opponents of the Go vernment, and wanted to delay the Parliamentary result untel next year; but nog,, they showed that their own pro tection was quite anoreer thing, for having got cheap corn, to they wanted also che sugar,and ch ea p t ea,an d cheap ships import them; ' And, in fact, to get rid of every other monopoly, now they had lost the monopoly of corse— (Hear, hear.) There was also a class of converts who were now eeonvinced that the change which lead been made could never be retraced, but whether the protec • tionists weiuld give it up as a hopeless struggle he could not tell. At first they talked very loudly, and although the Free Trade Association was setting an excellent ex ample in not meaning to continue the agitation, he would advise them to rest upon their arms and not to consider the triumph of sound priemeiples to be so good as slot to be disturbed. There :n = ight be a rally on the part of the enemy, not a national one, but of a contrary character, and if there were one, it would only be as a last struggle. He was therefore glad t 3 see that there was a saving clause in the resolution, and that the asso ciation could renew its arms. Ile had, however, no -idea that a permanent attempt would be made to renew protection. He was fully prepared to see a certain amount of disappointment, but England was now set ting an example, and progressing in a steady and right direction. Every year would give another field for more extended operations, but they must not expect to reap all the benefit at once. They wen id have up hill work as to foreign countries, but th , , re was the same interested impressions in France, Paid also in Russia, and which had also been here, leett s which had been up rooted by the agitation of the %est five years. Although he augured well from Mr. C,eeeeen's visit to France, and his reception by the Freh.da King, people must not be surprised if they did no t ,aealise to the full, and at once, the fruits of this migh',y change which had been worked among us. Until ver y lately men had been wedded to monopoly here, anr!, we were now but trying a great experiment, unde,r most happy circumstances in some respects certahaly. What was to become of this country respecting' este difficulties w i t h I re l and he believed no man cold foresee, and particularly those who enter tained tb notion that we were not to reap the benefits of free trade for half a century to come. What he wanted was t r ., haee no premature and hasty re-action. They muse take time into account, and with it he was sure teat no reasonable expectations which had been enter tained by the friends of free trade would be disappointed. He was struck some time ago by some observations which had been made by the Bishop of St. David's, who had looked at this great question in a moral point of View. He said he had seen with pain that honest labour had not its reward, and goodiconduct was no security for prosperity, and he saw but little change which held out hope for the future. Though there might b' no imme diate realisation of the great benefits ultimately to be expected, he hoped for a steady and grads:al progress in social improvement.—(gear, hear.) lefe himself even felt,it was difficult to provide adequatr4 for his children —and he had ten of them—(Eaughtstee—and this formed a great expense upon the fund out es; which a family was living. But free trade would no;; Only benefit the middle classes of society, but it would also add in the same way to the means of the working classes, and enable them ultimately to earn waeges to a deal greater amount than would suffice to supply their physical wants. They would then see the t?..llacy of the principle that wages were lessened p ro p ort i onately with the price of food in this country. He hoped to see both merchant and manufacturer in thes country have less to complain of, and more to be sateafied with, on the successful carrying out of the great c h ange upon which they bad entered. If, as one of their mottoes prescribed, they would only use the preser:c wisely, and learn from the past—trust ing to their 'own energies and not expeeting too much at once—they need not fear competition, come from what quarter of the world it might.—(Hear, hear, and loud cheering.) Fenced in as some oth'sr countries were by restrictive laws, they were forced to come to England for machinery, which they could not make themselves. In the French dockyards was a vast quantity of Eng lish machinery which they could not do without. What he wanted to see was, that there should be such an interchange carried on between us 'and other coun tries, that all hostilities might disappear. 'The views of Adam Smith may be realised, and the tirste arrive when those expensive and frightful protections must be dimi nished on all sides, and when people might rest satisfied that the peace of the world was identified with the inte rests of the people. It should all be worked together in one great system—and he hoped would also be as success fully carried out in France an fl the United States as it had been in England. Still there were men who thought the world would be thrown back at least half a century— and that nobody could tell whether anything would be gained by free trade or not. They were met that night to celebrate the passing of the free-trade measures, and when free-traders and their friends would give their full sanction to them, seeing them, as they were, connected with vast ideas of progressive national improvement, and founded upon a better understanding with all coun tries.—(Cheers.) He believed he had addressed himself fairly to the subject, and trused that all would see their reasonable expectations more than fulfilled by the pro gressive application of free-trade principles. He trusted, in conclusion, that the beneficial changes which had taken place would be brought home to all, and that they would feel a better effect for the future. After the dessert the CHAIRMAN called upon Mr.. R. Solly to move the next resolution. Mr. SOLLY then rose, and briefly moved a resolution to the effect, " Th at i n case any serious attempts be made by the protectionist party to induce the Legisla ture to retrace its steps, or prevent the final extinction of the corn-laws in February, 1849, this Associastion shall be called into renewed existence." Mr. H. WILKINSON seconded the resolution. The CHAIRMAN then announced that Colonel Th comp son would address the meeting. The Gallant COLONEL rose, and was received with loud cheers, and waving of handkerchiefs. When this had subsided he came forward and said :—Till I , was cheered by the last speech of your representative, I feared that something like a forlorn hope had fallen to my share; but after hearing the statements now made by lawn of power and station, I feel security that eyes are open to the dangers which may still surround us. I should have been happy if it had so happened that these halcyon days had been occupied in searching for v 'hat remnants of fallacies might yet be left ; that you mi ght have trodden out the latest sparks, and not have left the remotest chance for any advantage being gained by y our opponents. Affairs are not:so settled as they might be : in America the alteration of the tariff has been careeed by a single vote, and it would be said that the cry for resorting to the old law should be encourag e d by any shadow of success permitted here. We ht eve too much at stake to afford to be incautious. 1 ere cannot risk the world's harmony—(Loud cheers')_ nor give a chance for losing the fruits of the great peace society ofeour day. Wit, in these times, - has taken a stride in po aer ; and wit is only wisdo a i in disguise, The Society of Friends, as you know, hese a quiet but caustic wit of their own ; and one of El ieir members at Bristol has best expressed the truth. On occasion of some disturbance there the Yeomanry aver° turning out in arms, and as one of them was setting out his Quaker partner said to him John, take care t hou dost not cut down any of our customers.'—(ieereat laughter and cheering). That is the principle vineich will win—the world will be much less willing than it has been to cut down one another's customers. In our .own country, too, the change is equally apparent. Can ;you not perceive in your town the softening among those ivho may have hitherto been the bitterest ? There is no hatred against the aristocracy now. I speak not of our friends and leaders, but of those who have heretoGre been the objects of popular dislike. The great ant of Justine which has taken place has softened all hearts, and "THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1846. healed all warfares. The wildest man in the most savage country will yet ho reached by the improvement of yuu may be called the authors. In regions which seemed to be divided between the despot and the slave the sense of common interest is amalgamating both into the admission of human comfort. The custom house and the passport systems are everywhere coming down, and man will visit man without necessitating the magistrate's permission for the act. But should the re suscitation of the old elieray be ever seriously attempted it was a happy announcement which stated that your association was only i s a state of suspended animation. The country everywhere will take its tone from you ; and what you hard uttered here will find its echoes to the extent whict i will most probably end in preventing the evil feared, You have achieved the greatest victory announced ir l human history. We have loved our ene mies, and 'in return many of them have begun to love us. —(Loud cheers.) A powerful Government is on our side, al' Al has only to pursue the principles which gained it Poreular support to carry us forward in the way of peace and happiness, Those yet unborn will look back tra you as having been partakers in this great work, and envy your good fortune in being sharers in so happy a performance. The Gallant Colonel sat down amidst loud cheers. The CHAIRMAN said he had next to introduce one whom he was sure the company would be glad to once more welcome amongst them. lle meant R. R. R. Moore, Esq. The meeting was su:bsequently addressed by Mr. R. R. R. Moore and seeral other gentlemen. In returning thanks for the acknowledgment to the distinguished visitors for their attendance, Lord MORPETH said—He felt that at a meeting where the members had sat so long, and listened so patiently to all the proceedings, the best thing would be to say good night to all. For himself; and he believed for their other guests, he might say that they felt themselves amply repaid for any trouble they had had by the company and the applause of the meeting. Ile believed he had only been in that room once before, and that was fifteen years ago. On that occasion Lord I3rougham was present, and also Lord Ger,rge Bentinek. He regretted that he was not then present. If, however, after the lapse of another fifteel l years, ho should meet their two present repro ser_aatives, he believed that they should have the same tale to tell as they had then. There was only one thing wanting to conclude the meeting, and that was a vote of thanks to their chairman, who also was the president of the Sheffield Free-Trade Association, and they would concur with him in the opinion when he said that he was worthy of every honour they could confer upon him. His Lordship then put the question to the meeting, and it met with a ready and hearty response. The CHAIRMAN having replied, three cheers were given for the Queen, and three for the Free-Trade Go vernment of Lord John Russell, and the meeting termi nated shortly before eleven o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. THK GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 8 to 1 agst Mr. Robinson's Morpeth—taken. ST. LEGER. 5 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes 8 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Traverser—taken 8 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo—taken 8 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Fancy Boy 9 to I agst Col. Anson's lago 20 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Free Lance—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Cranstoun's Cranebrook—taken 30 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting—taken. WARWICK RACES.—TIIURSDAY. The Foal Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 25 added ; for three yrs old colts, Bst 91b, and fillies, Bst 41b. Once round and a dis. (7 Subs.) 31r. Skerratt's Romance (h b) Mr. Wreford's West Countryman Betting-4 to lon Romance. Won in a canter. The Castle Park Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 25 aded, One mile. (5 Subs.) Sir J. Gerrard's Morocco, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (E. Edwards) 1 Mr. Meesom's Dart, 4 yrs, Bst 81b Mr. Meiklam's Susannah, 2 yrs, a feather.. Sir C. Cockerell's Seljuk, 2 yrs, a feather Betting-6 to 5 agst Susannah, 2to 1 agst Dart, and 5 to 2 agst Morocco. Won by a neck. The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added. Winner to be sold for 2001. One mile. (7 Subs.) Mr. Bristow's Carrissima, 4 yrs, 7st Illb (Denman) 1 Mr. Barton's Reliance, 4 yrs, 7st 41b 2 The following alt ran :—Mr. Collettts Nannie, 3 yrs, Est —Mr. Phillips' by Physician out of Theano, 4 yrs, 7st 41b— Mr. Raworth's Engineer, 3 yrs, 6st 101b—Sir C. Cockerell's Amazon, 3 yrs, Est 71b—Mr. Wall's Borrani, 4 yrs, ist 71b. Betting -7 to 4 agst Carrissima, and 3to 1 agst Amazon. Won by a head. The Two Years Old Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 50 added ; colts, Bst 61b, and fillies, Bst 31b; winners 4lb extra. T.Y.C. (11 Subs.) Lord Caledon's cby Simoon, out of Cassandra (Marlow) 1 Lord Warwick 2 e Aliwal Sir C. Cockerell's Congress (11 b) The following also ran :—Mr. Meiklam's Sassanet, Mr. Carr's Butterton, Mr. Haworth's Commerce, Mr. G. Shep herd's Secundum. 5t02 on Cassandra colt. Won by half a length. Match 500 guineas, h ft. Three miles. Mr. Collett's Pal, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Whitehouse), beat Mr. O'Brien's Jonathan Wild, 3 yrs, Bst. 7t04 on Jonathan Wild. Won by a length. County Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 50 added. Once round and a distance. (11 Subs. one of whom declared.) Lord Chesterfield's Jenny Wren, 4 yrs, Est 121 b (Abdale) Lord Exeter's Sister to Pergularia, 3 yrs, sst 51b Mr. Waller's Columbus, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b 3 6 to 5 each agst Jenny Wren and Sis to Pergularia. The Warwick Cup, by Subs. of 10 sovs. each, with 10C added. Four miles. Mr. Moore's Wolf-dog, 4 yrs, Bst 31b .... (Nat) 1 Mr. O'Brien's Jonathan Wild, 3 yrs, Est 51b ....... 2 Mr. Waller's Regalia, 3 yrs, sst 81b 3 Lord Exeter's Sister to Pergularia, 3 yrs, Est lib . The Town Plate of 50 sovs. Heats, two miles. Mr. Cowper's Roebuck, 4 yrs, Bst 131 b (H. Darling) 3 1 1 Mr. Wall's The Crown Prince, 3 yrs, 7st 71b Mr. Robbins's Valiant, 4 yrs, Bst 81b 1 3 dr Each race won in a canter. LATEST BETTING ON THE ST. LEGER AT WARWICK. 4 to 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes—taken 7 to 1 agst Brocardo—taken 7 to 1 agst The Traverser 9 to 1 agst Grimston 10 to 1 agst lago 10 to 1 agst Fancy Boy 20 to 1 agst Cranebrook 50 to 1 agst Romance The others as before. ECCLES RACES.—WEDNESDAY. WEDNESDAY. The Hurdle Stakes of 3 soya. each, and 20 added, two miles and a dis., 4 subs., were won cleverly in two heats by Mr. Lamplough's Legacy, 6 yrs, (owner); beating Father Mathew, aged, and Paddy, aged. The Selling Stakes of 2 sovs. each, and 15 added, one mile and a half, were won in two heats by Mr. Thompson's Hudi bras, aged; beating The Potter, 5 yrs, and Greenfinch, aged, (fell.) The Manchester Stakes of 2 sovs. each, and 20 added, twice round and a dis, 7 subs, were won in two heats by Mr. Thompson's Hudibras, aged, 9st 41b ; beating Brewood, aged, Bst 111 b, and two others, easily. DARLINGTON RACES—TUESDAY. The Terrace Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 25 added ; for two vrs old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b. The second to save his stake. About half a mile. (4 Subs.) Mr. Jaques's Dipthong (Cartwright) 1 Sir J. Gerard's New Year's Day 2 Won in a canter. The Darlington Plate of 100 sovs., added to a Handicap of 20 sovs. each, h ft, and only sif declared, &c. The second to save his stake. Two miles. (22 Subs., 9 of whom declared.) Mr. Ilesseltine's Fitzwilliam, 3 yrs, fist (Longstaff) 1 Mr. Meiklam's Aristotle, aged, Bst 41b Mr. Kitchin's Lucy, 4 yrs, Est 61b Mr. Lane Fox's Little John, 5 yrs, 7st 21b Mr. W. Scott's Malt, 3 yrs, 6st 31b Mr. Standish's Little Hampton, 5 yrs, 7st 21b (carried 7st 61b) ..... fell The Railway Stakes of 10 soya. each, with 25 added, for three yrs old' colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b. The second to save his stake. Mile and a half. (4 subs.) Mr. Harland's The Cossack Maid (Templeman) 1 Mr. Bell's Fiddlestring Won by half a length. The Tees Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 20 added, mile-and a-half, was won in two heats, by Mr. W. Scott's Driffield, 3 yrs, beating Mr. Walter's Ratcliffe, 5 yrs ; Mr. L. Fox's Little John, 5 yrs ; Mr. Dawson's Red Rover, 5 yrs ; Mr. Lancaster's Monsieur Perrot, 3 yrs ; and Mr. S. L. Fox's Psalmainger, 4 yrs. 8, New Burlington-street, Sept. 4, 1846. MR. BEN T' I. E Y Will PUBLISH the following NEW WORKS DURING THE PRESENT-MONTH. SIR N. HARRIS NICOLAS. In 2 vols. Bvo., with Portraits. MEMOIRS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF SIR CHRISTOPHER . HATTON, E.G., Vice-Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth. Comprising Letters from the most distinguished Statesmen and other Eminent Persons of his Time. Edited, with Notes, by Sir N. HARRIS NICOLAS. Ir. TIIE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON. LIONEL DEERHURST ; Or, FASHIONABLE LIFE UNDER TIIE REGENCY. Edited by the COUNTESS of BLESSINGTON. 3 vols. post Svo. THE LATE J. T. SMITH, ESQ. AN ANTIQUARIAN RAMBLE IN THE STREETS OP LONDON. With Anecdotes of their more Celebrated Residents. B J. SMITH Es, Late Keeper of the Prints T. in the British , Muse q. um, Author of " The Life of Nollekens," and "A Book for a Rainy Day." Edited by CHARLES MACKAY, LL.D., Author of " Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions," &e. 2 vols. Syo. triumph, they should have retaliated upon the miserable invectives with which, for so long a period, they were incessantly and pitifully assailed by the monopolists, and not less in their hour of strength than when they were in their expiring throes. A spirit of self-rectitude has, however, dictated other feelings, and thus consecrated, in the most dignified manner, their noble achievement. In the language of one of the speakers, "we have loved our enemies, and in return many of them have begun to love us." This is the effect of the conviction of having a righteous cause in hand. It empowers its advo cates, by the exhibition of a manly forbearance, to read a moral lesson, which we trust will serve to allay animosities, and educe harmony from amid the disordered passiOns which still rankle in many a breast. _ _ Lord Motu , Ern, whose mini is so poetical, whose taste is so pure and classical, and whose judgment withal is so sound, delivered an impressive speech. The principle that Governments ought to intermeddle as little as possible with the impulses of individual enter prise was cogently adverted to, and it was predicted that the present Govern ment would enhance their claims to public confidence by removing every remaining impediment to inter national reciprocity. His Lordship alluded to the spread of the potato disease in Ireland, and in terms which, we regret to remark, amply corroborate the melancholy truths we have so frequently of late pub lished on this fearful topic. We will furnish an ex tract from the moving language of Lord MORFETII, and the more so, since it affords matter for serious re flection to the most inveterate protectionist : " And does not this dark and mysterious evil, which now seems to be spreading over vast tracts of country, seem to bring something in the spirit of a solemn rebuke to those who, in the earlier discussions of the present session, without, I am sure, any intention to deal lightly with the privations of their countrymen, yet permitting themselves, with something like premature levity, to in dulge in sarcastic references to the malady in the pota toes ; and to those who have been lately filling the market places and farmers' tables of our provinces with dismal lamentations over the good old days of bygone protection? I fear that lam presenting toyou no imaginary picture when I say that if such measures are not' taken— especially in the sister country of Ireland— as I know are about being taken—multitudes will run the risk of funline." To buy in the cheapest, and to sell in the dearest market—a doctrine which the monopolists have so much struggled, but in vain, to cover with ridicule— was next handled, and in the most felicitous style. We have not time to do justice to the admirable ex position it received at Lord MORPETH'S hands. Suffice it, that every sentence embodied an important truth, and carried conviction home to the minds of his au dience. The most encouraging feature _of Lord Aloarrries address consisted in the assurance that other countries are evincing a readiness to imitate our great example. By none more than by Sir ROBERT PEEL can this intelligence be received with gratification, since he predicted in Par liament, that if his great measure of the session were sanctioned by law, nations, proximate and remote, would soon be found following in our wake. Already then we are told has Russia commenced relaxing her restrictive policy; Sardinia and Sicily likewise; Germany and the Rhine are starting in their slum bers ; the Pope of ROME is countenancing the forma tion of railways, those great accelerators of human intercourse ; a Free Trade Association has been formed in France, and our national pecans have met with a response from the opposite shores of the Atlantic. These are electrical signs, and England may well feel proud of the high position she fills and the moral sway she exercises throughout the known world. Brilliant as has been her career in other periods, still in none will the laurels shine so con- Ticuously as those which she seems destined to gather in the nineteenth century. A magnificent entertainment (the proceedings of which are reported in another column) was given, on Wednesday evening, to the proprietary of the Times newspaper. We cannot but conceive that the various circumstances attendant upon this demonstration assume to themselves a public and almost national importance. In paying so noble a tribute of grati tude and admiration to that extraordinary journal, the many eminent personages who were principally instrumental in so doing have virtually ticknowledged the power, and the dignity, and the moral influence possessed and exercised by the press generally. The en tertainment given on 'Wednesday is at once a well merited panegyric upon the character of the MIMS indi vidually and a recognition of the authoritative and beneficent force wielded by " the fourth estate " col lectively. For both those reasons the banquet in question is invested with a peculiar and enduring interest. Nothing could well have redounded more to the honour of the Times individually, or have ac corded better with the vast and predominating in fluence of the press collectively, than the facts con nected with the recent proceedings at the London Tavern. In the Royal Exchange of the metropolis of this great commercial empire a tablet is raised in commemoration of the exertions of the Times news paper in divulging one of the most extensive and orga nized frauds ever attempted in the mercantile world. The exposure of all the complicated and nefarious details connected with that atrocious conspiracy was the result of almost unprecedented enterprise, of almost unexampled courage, and of almost unequalled saga city. That enterprise, that courage, and that sagacity were evidenced by the Times newspaper. It was a beautiful idea that, in gratitude for such spontaneous and signal services in guarding the interests of the public, and in drawing retribution down upon its moral assassins—it was a beautiful idea, we say, that, for the purpose of commemorating such services, a tablet, with a suitable inscription, should be erected in the centre of the commerce of the world, and that two scholar hips should be established at Cambridge and Oxford, one connected with the City of London School, the other with Christ's Hospital. Among those who have contri buted to these testimonials may be enumerated the most eminent names in mercantile affairs—we may say, indeed, considering their hereditary celebrity, the most eminent names in the history of mercantile affairs. The catalogue in truth extends throughout the principal ramifications of commerce ; it embraces the mercantile and banking establishments of London, Paris, Ostend, Florence, Hamburgh, Antwerp, Co logne, Levant, Cadiz, Messina, Macao, Laguayra, and Naples ; it is illumined by the signatures of BARING, of ROTHSCHILD, and of MASTERMAN j it is responded to by all quarters and sections of the com mercial world in either hemisphere; but, above all, it is responded to with enthusiasm and alacrity by " The merchants of Old England—the seigneurs of the seas !" As evidences of a cordial appreciation of the courage and abilities of the Times newspaper, we congratulate our Contemporary upon the fact of those testimonials and of that entertainment. It is indeed an occasion upon which no petty jealousies could possibly insinuate them selves, and one in which we can fully sympathise with the honourable pride of the recipient. Such acknow ledgments of gratitude and respect are more than a recompense for the arduous mental and corporeal la bours of years, for the anxieties consequent with a protracted and adventurous contest, for undeserved scurrilities and unmerited neglect. This conspicuous and brilliant tribute to the Times must, therefore, have afforded the proprietary of that journal senti ments of a most encouraging and elevating de scription. Earnestly and truthfully, however, as we sym pathise with our Contemporary upon this interesting and auspicious entertainment, we are disposed to consider the circumstances of that testimony of public approbation as illustrative of the character, the influence, and the position of the Press, rather than as an exclusive compliment to a solitary member of that estate—of the Press generic, not individual. The occasion of this testimony, presided over by the LORD MAYOR of the City of London, and numbering amongst those present several of our Bri tish Legislators and of our merchant princes, may,with out hyperbole, be designated an epoch in the annals of a. free press, a starting point in the history of a vast intellectual revolution. Such an acknowledgment cof the benefits conferred upon the community by an eanancipated press, and especially by the daily news ' papers, does not unquestionably (cannot, in fact,) tend to their elevation ; but it is at least a signal confession of the elevation which they have already attained, of the marvellous powers which are entrusted to them, of the sacred responsibilities which are thereby enta lied upon them of being the conservators of publ. is morality, the stimulants to national intelli- genc. e, the upholders of the lie* and privileges and immunities of every individual in this gigantic com munity. Invested with such prerogatives, it is but just, nay, it is but honest, that the precise position of this so-called (and aptly so-called) "fourth estate" slaould be duly recognised and appreciated. And, to proceed again from generalities downwards, it is but just and honest to offer encouragement and congratulation whenever those prerogatives have been exercised valorously and conscientiously. ' They were so exercised by the Times in the notorious case Of BOGLE versus LAWSON. Throughout the proceedings at the London Tavern, on Wednesday evening, the utmost decorum, and propriety were preserved. The speeches were in every instance dictated by the best taste imaginable— that deliverel by Mr. WALTER was remarkable for its combinatinn of sound sense and elevated earnest ness. No individual connected with the establishment in Printing-house-square, at all entitled to such a specific mark of approbation, escaped the deserved eulogium of those who were assembled together in their honour. M. J. T. DELAINE, as one of the principal editors ; Mr. ALSAGER, as the leading writer of the " City articles ;" and Mr. DOBIE, as solicitor to the Times, were each recompensed, or, we should rather say, rewarded for their brilliant exertions in sustain ing the interests of the public—their guerdon for so doing being the approving voices of their fellow-citizens and of their own hearts. Since the invention of printing the benefactions consequent upon a liberated and conscientious Press have never been so memorialised in this country as upon the oc casion of this spontaneous tribute to the Times. We congratulate our Contemporary upon this occurrence, and we moreover congratulate those who, with our selves, are anxious for the spread of enlightenment and civilisation among all classes of the human race. Letters from Leghorn of the 27th ult. announce that at fifty minutes past nine in the morning of that day another shock of an earthquake had been expe rienced, which had occasioned so much damage that several of the inhabitants had been compelled to aban don their houses. It is stated to be the intention of the Empress of RUSSIA to proceed, in the course of next month, to her delightful villa of Orianda in the Crimea, on the shore of the sea of Azof. Her MAJESTY will pass the winter at Orianda. Letters from Vienna of the 24th ult. state that Count STADION, the Governor of Trieste, has left his post without leave, having given only a few hours notice of his intended departure to the director of the police. His flight is attributed to the circumstance of his having entered into a contract fur provisions, which the Aulic Council has refused to ratify. Madrid papers of the 28th ult. have arrived. According to these papers the QUEEN had, on th(: preceding evening, been solemnly betrothed to her cousin, Don FRANCISCO D'ASSIS. The recal of GONZALES BRAVO from his post o: Ambassador to Portugal is officially announced. Ii is believed that Senor DoNoso CORTES will be his successor. Portugal has, it is announced, agreed to deliver up fifteen of the Spanish refugees, on the• pretext that their papers were not regular. Are the papers of the CABRALS regular ? Will Spain deliver them up should Portugal demand it ? This trans action is very disgraceful to all the parties con cerned in it. MADRID BoLs.A., AUG. 28.—The funds had risen it, consequence of the report of the betrothal of the Queen. The Three per Cents. were done at 348 for cash ; tht Four per Cents. at 22 ; the Five per Cents. at 221- ; the Passives at 64; and the Coupons at 20k. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. On Tuesday MM. BUSIERES, OGER, SAGLIO, ann LANJUINAIS, were elected Secretaries to the Cham ber of Deputies. The election of N. OGER iS "5 heavy blow and great discouragement" to the wai party in Prance. This is the gentleman who was s, constantly denounced by the .A'ational as a Prit chardiste, and who, in consequence of these denuncia- tions, was rejected by one of the divisions of the Parisian National Guard when he was a candidate for the colonelcy. The war party continued theh denunciations, but ineffectually—the rejected of the National Guard was elected a Deputy, and now has by the Chamber been chosen Secretary. The other Secretaries are all Ministerialists. The officers of the Chamber were installed on Wednesday, on which occa sion M. SAPEY, the temporary President, made a fare well speech on resigning the chair, and M. SAUZET, the permanent President, made an inaugural speech on taking possession of it. The following Deputies were to prepare the address, in reply to the Speech from the Throne :—M. MURET DE BORT, the Duke Mu," (Marshal BuGEAuD), Count D ' ANGEVILLE, and Messrs. LAS CASES, VITET, COURTURE, DES MOUSSEAUX DE GIVRE, DEJEAN, and DARU. They are all Ministerialists. We are sorry to find, from the accounts in all the papers, that the harvest has been deficient in every part of France. According to the statements of the produce of the harvest, published in the Presse, France will require to import one month's supply for the whole of her population, between this and the time of the next harvest; nearly half the largest quantity of corn that all Europe has ever collected in her stores. The price of bread is rising in Paris, fish is scarcely to be purchased, and meat, vegetables, and eggs are all very dear. Eggs are fourteenpence a dozen, and fillets of beef, eighteenpence a pound. A Toulon letter of the 29th ult. says : " The corvette transport Rhin, Captain Berard, has just arrived here from New Zealand, whence she sailed on the 13th April last, touching at St. Helena and Oran. From the latter place she brought Bishop Ponipalierand his vicar-general. The Rhin has been absent from France four years, during which time her crew hat enjoyed excellent health. The corvette Egerie, which has only just returned from carrying a supply of stores and provisions to the Mediterranean squadron, has ordered to get ready to proceed to Bourbon and the island of Mayotte, with a reinforcement of marines and 1,000,000 f. in money. This will make a sum of 3,000,000 which has been sent to those places within the last six months. A steam-frigate is to be shortly dispatched to Senegal with the corps of Spahis, which has been formed to do duty at that place, and 500,000 f. in money. The Castor steamer has just left for the island of St. Mar guerite, having on board some Arab prisoners, lately brought from the north of Africa. The Labrador steam frigate left yesterday for Algiers, with the mails and some passengers; amongst the latter is Lieutenant-Ge neral Vaillant, who is going to inspect the engineer de partment in Africa." The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Wednesday at 84f. 15c. ; the Five per Cents., 122 f. bc. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,278 f. 75c; Rouen, 9C5f. ; Havre, 707 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 715 f. ; Avignon, 922 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 627 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 577 f. 50c.; Boulogne, 490 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 363 f. 75c. ; Basle, 220 f.; Fampoux, 4001: ; Paris and Strasburg, 497 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 507 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 5301..; Lyons and Avignon, 492 f. 500. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 485 f. ; Spanish Actives, 34; Ditto Domestic Debt, 33%; Ditto Passives, 574. The following are the quotations for the new lines:- LYONS, AUG. 31.-Paris and Rouen, 957 f. 50c. ; Avignon and Marseilles, 915 f. ; Northern, 708 f. 75c.; Paris and Lyons, 525 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE; SEPTEMBER. 3. Central of Spain, % —Direct Bombay and Madras, se—Dutch Rhenish, 6 % —East Indian, % —Gr, at Indian Peninsular, % and Austrian, Is4—Louvain ala Sambre, 114—Luxembourg, 1 Northern of France Constituted, 13% —Paris and Lyons Consti tuted, 5 7 / B —Rouen and Havre, 27%. WEDNESDAY. The South Durham Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 25 added; for two yrs old, 6,t 71b, and three yrs, Bst 71b ; fillies, &c., allowed 31b; the second saves his stake. Three-quarters of a mile. (Six Subs.) Mr. T. Dawson's br cby D'Egville (Duncan) 1 Mr. Pedley's Pink Bonnet, 2 yrs Mr. L. Fox's Wrestler, 3 yrs 6t04 on D'Egville c. Won easy. The Raby Castle Stakes of 10 soya. each, and 25 added; the second saves his stake. Twice round, (Four Subs.) Mr. Dawson's Obscurity, 5 vrs (Hon. S. Erskine) 1 Sir J. Gerard's Perpetual Motion, 4 yrs Mr. Baker's Porto Bello, 6 yrs Even on Perpetual Motion. Won easy. ' The All Aged Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added ; the second saves his stake. One mile. (Four Subs.) Mr. W. Scott's Driffield, 3 yrs (G. Oates) 1 Mr Ilarland's Cossack Maid, 3 yrs .... ........ .. ...... ... 2 Mr. J. Smith's Lady Claremont; 3 yrs 3 Mr. Edmondstone's Pinkindedness, 3 yrs 4 5t04 on Driffield. Won by two lengths. The Town Plate of 251., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 BOYS. each, was not run when our account left. THE PRUSSIAN CONSTITUTION.—Lost or stolen, the Prussian Constitution. It was done up in a small parcel, and was dropped about the 3d of last month. It was last seen at the Sans Souci, Potsdam, where it had been lying on the shelf for years. It is marked " Anno Domini, 1816," and has a royal seal on it, with the motto of " Sic sollea es nicht haben." As the contents are of no value to any but the owner, a small reward will be given for its restoration to " Frederick, Royal Palace, or Greek Theatre, Berlin." For fear of accident it had better be lab e ll e d "F rag i le. " —Punch. , The steamer Antwerpen, Captain Jackson, left Lon don on Sunday last, with a very numerous party of travellers, and arrived at Antwerp on Monday morning before seven o'clock, giving the passengers who wished to reach Cologne in the evening, the opportunity of passing two or three hours in the town previously to the starting of the train. Sir John Walsham, the Hon. Mr. Ashley, Count Salmo, Herr Fridag, &c., proceeded to the Continent by the Antwerpen on this occasion ; and amongst the passengers who returned by her on Wednesday morning were, Mr. and Lady Drnmmond, Lady Dalrymple, General Hare, Captain Lee, &c. The Ist of September was a glorious autumnal day for our sporting friends who " early ranged the fields with dog and gun." The partridges were plentiful on the whole though here and there was a scarcity; the birds were wild and strong on the wing, the season having been favourable for early hatching; in some places, however, the hay hi it.- vest had destroyed the first hatehes, and here the case was different. With a delightful day, a clear country, and no failure of birds, that day produced more than the average cif sport. We hear that the hares, are not expected to be nu • IRerOU4 this §04.191100. Fronesk,rmire chronicle, OVER LAND MAIL INDIA. Accounts have reached us, brought by the India mail. Sinde had been ravaged by the cholera, be tween the lath and 25th of June; 8,000 persons have died of it, of whom 885 were Europeans (in cluding 815 soldiers), 585 sepoys had died, and 7,000 natives. The malady had ceased, and was remount ing the river. A mortal fever had appeared at Sukkur among the European troops ; death occurred in less than six hours after the attack. Already 70 deaths. No political news.—Times. WEST INDIA MAIL.—The Royal West Indian mail steamer Dee arrived at Southampton this morning at eleven o'clock. She brings no news of importance. MORTALITY OP THE METROPOLIS.---The total number of deaths from all causes registered in the metropolis, for the week ending Saturday, August 29, 1846, was 889; of this number twelve died from violence, leaving 877 as the number of deaths from natural causes during the week, showing au increase of three in deaths from disease as compared with the week preceding. The deaths from cholera were thirteen, from dysentery seven, and from tliarrhwA 128. In 105 ca:ics the victims of diarrhoea were under fifteen years of age. The number of births in the week 11'43 1389. AMERICAN NEWS. EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT WESTERN (PROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY MORNING The steam-ship Great 'Western, Captain Matthews, arrived here last night at eleven o'clock, bringing New York papers of the 20th ult., five days later than the Hibernia, which arrived here on this day week. The Great Western had seventy-five passen gers. The Caledonia steam-ship reached Boston on the 18th of August, after a passage of fourteen days. By this arrival there is not any news of importance. The papers come to hand are totally devoid of in terest. Some extensive reforms were being introduced into the navy. Mr. Bancroft, the secretary of that de partment, had determined on making merit the sole ground of promotion, even to subordinate offices, in connexion with this department. It was found that the cotton crop would be below an average. Rumours from almost all quarters were reaching New York as to the extent of the defect in the new crop. The grain crops were represented as being most luxuriant and abundant. The following are extracts from these papers : (From the New York Hei aid.) EXPRESS FROM THE SANTA FE EXPEDlTlON.—ln (elligence from Fort Leavenworth to the 9th instant, has been received at St. Louis. An express had arrived from General Kearney's camp. When the express left, he was within 130 miles of Bent's Fort, all his forces progressing rapidly and comfortably. Nine deaths .had occurred among the volunteers during their progress across the prairies. Rumours were circulating among the traders and the Mexicans, to the effect that General Urrea was marching at the head of a large Mexican force for the protection of Santa Fe. General Kearney , was pushing on with all possible' lispatch, and if his pro vision waggons kept up, he would .not delay at Bent's Fort, but go direct on to Santa Fe. FROM THE PACIFIC VIA. NEW GRENADA.—By the barque Bogota, Captain Thomas, we have received news from Valparaiso of late date. United States ship Con stitution, Captain Percival, left Valparaiso June 19th, for Rio Janeiro and home. The news of the war with Mexico had arrived, and there was a rcport at Callao, which created a great ekcitement, and there were three privateers fitting out, two at Guaquil and one at Pita. Mr. Linsey, bearer of dispatches from the United States Government, arrived at Panama on the 23d of July, by the way of Jamaica, bound to Mazatlan. We learn from Captain Thomas that the difficulties between Equa dor and New Grenada had been amicably settled to the satisfaction of both parties. NE W YORK MONEY MARKET. SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 20. 1,000 dolls. N Y S s's, 1858 1,000 Ohio 6's, 1860 b3 94 5,000 Penn. s's 50 shares City Bank N 0 3ods 68 15 ditto Ohio Life Tr 100 ditto Farms Trust 50 ditto Long Island RR 50 ditto Nor and 'Wor 175 shares Morris Canal 200 ditto Harlem RR 50 ditto Reading RR .. ••• SECOND BOARD. 200 shares Reading RR nw 66 1 / 25 Canton Co. 100 shares Morris Canal 50 ditto Harlem RR s3 54 1 4 20 ditto Nor and Wor 57% SPAIN. (From the Times.) b3O 25% blO 31% blO 57% s 3 8% 54 83 67 We have ,received by extraordinary express from Madrid the following important communication from our correspondent in that city:— MADRID, AUGUST 29. El Heraldo published a supplement last night (the 28th) stating that the Queen had selected the Infante Don Francisco de Assis for her Consort, and had communicated her choice to the Council of Ministers, ho met yesterday in consequence, and were still sitting it five o'clock P. 31., and also that the present Cortes will be convoked for the 14th Of next month to receive ,he information thus communicated; that they are to be Immediately after dissolved, and the new Cortes con voked in December. The same journal anticipates the most perfect state of felicity for Spain as the result .of the marriage. El Tiempo says, " The matrimonial question has been resolved in the Councils of the Crown, and her Majesty has accepted as her consort her august cousin, his Most Serene Highness Don Francisco de Assis. We accept respectfully the wishes of her Majesty; and we desire that this alliance be productive of many days of felicity to Spain. It is also asserted, that, at the same time, the marriage of the Infanta her most Serene Highness Donna Luisa Fernanda, with the Duke of Montpensier, the youngest son of the King of the French, was de cided on. The first news is certain and beyond all doubt. The second appears to be false, incredible. The present Cortes are to be immediately convoked, i❑ order to be informed of the determination of her Majesty." El Eco del Contercio declares that the state of the country is most sad. If France approve of the mar riage of the Queen with Don Francisco, on the condition of the Infanta marrying the Duke of Montpensier, it is merely a pretext, and a proposition made without hope of its being admitted, to keep the country in its present state of anxiety and difficulty. The Gazette publishes a decree, signed by the Queen, And counter-signed by the Minister of the Interior, an nouncing that she has determined to contract matrimony with her cousin, the Infante Don Francisco de Assis Maria, and commanding that the Cortes be convoked for the 14th of September next, in conformity with the 47th article of the Constitution. El Espectador says that the moment the Carlists see all hope lost of the Count of Montemolin marrying the Queen, they will rush forth to the street, appeal to arms, and renew the civil war. El Espanol declares that the British Cabinet de clined to propose a Coburg as its candidate, saying that the Queen's marriage was purely an affiiir per taining to the Spanish nation to decide on, and that an intimation to that effect has been received. It asserts, as most positive, that it has been decided, that the Queen's sister shall be married to the Duke of Mont pensier. The Progresistas intend publishing a manifesto to the nation and to Europe, protesting in the most decided :canner against the marriage of the Infanta with the Duke of Montpensier. They demand Don Enrique for the hand of her Royal Highness. The funds have improved in consequence of the offi• cial announcement of the Queen's marriage. Three per Cents., 35i 36 ; Five per Cents., 23 ; Four per Cents., 22 ; Passive, 62- ; Coupons, 201 ; Exchange on Lon don, 36g. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. Since Monday the arrivals of English Wheat have been somewhat on the increase, and we had a fair average number of samples of that article on sale. Still, however, the de mand was very steady, at prices fully equal to those obtained on last market day, and at which a good clearance was effected. The imports of foreign Wheat have been small. Holders were very firm, anti would not sell, except at is per quarter snore money. The amount of business doing was, therefore, limited. No new Barley at market. Old qualities were quite as dear. We had a good demand for Malt, which went off as it came to hand, at rather improved currencies. Oats, the supply of which was small, were in fair request at full prices. Beaus, peas, and Flour as last advised. ARRIVALS. Wheat. 3,740 qrs. English • ..... Barley. 880 qrs. Onto I Flour. 1,510 qrs. 2,2105k5. 390 I 13,050 Irish Foreign 2,000 Mal, 2,160 ciri. sinrriirszrap. The supply of honTel7e7l beasts on offer was very limited, that of foreign stock large. Prime Scots, Devons, &c., com manded a very steady sale, at fully Monday's quotations, otherwise, the beef trade was in a sluggish state, at previous currencies. We had on sale 270 Oxen and Cows, 1,460 Sheep and Lamb, and 36 Calves from abroad. The numbers of Sheep were small, while the Mutton trade was very firm, and in some instances a trifle more money was obtained for the best old Downs. Lambs moved off readily, at an advance of 2d per 81bs. The Veal trade was rather active, and prices were the turn higher. In Pigs a steady business was done, at late rates. Milch Cows were dull, at from 161 to 181 each, including their small calf. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. a. d. 0. d Inferior Beasts ••2 10 3 0 Second quality ditto. 3 2 3 6 Prime large Oxen.. 3 8 310 Prime Scots •• • • 4 0 4 2 Large coarse Calves 3IA 4 6 Prime small ditto .. 4 8 410 Suckling Calves ..18 0 29 0 inferior Sheep .. • 3 8 310 a. d. to s. Second quality ditto 4 0 4 4 Coarse-woolledditte 4 4 4 6 Southdown Wethers 4 8 410 Ditto out of the wool Large Hogs ...• 3 8 4 6 Small Porkers .... 4 8 410 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 20 0 Lambs • • •••• ••.• 4 8 5 8 SUPPLY AT MARKET. BeastS. Sheep. 1 Calves. sO6 8,300 1 331 NEWGATE AND I.IOADENNAX.X. We had a very active demand here, and prices had an Ipward tendency. I rigs. 261 At per stone, by the CarcZe• s. d. to s. d. S. d. to s. d. 3 10 3eaf, inferior.... 2 8 210 Mutton, inferior .. 3 b - middling .. •• 3 0 3 2 middling.. 4 0 4 - prime large .. 3 4 3 G prime .... 4 4 4 6 - prime small .• 3 6 3 8 Pork, large • 3 6 4 2 Veal.... •••••• • • .. 3 8 4 8 - small 4 4 410 Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s Bd. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. Nearly 1,00 pockets of New Hops have alreached us from Sussex and Kent, in exceller:` condition. The demand, however, is by no means active ; and the duty is called 190,000/. Old and Yearling Hops have declined quite ss. per cwt. The following are the prices obtained for the New samples :—Kent Pockets, 5/ lOs to 6/ 10s; Sussex Pockets, 5155 to 61. No less than five thousand barrels of American beef have been bought in Liverpool for the Irish mar- I le t 311 1. 041 : 1 4Afit futuight,--Liverpool H. C. ANDERSON. A POET'S BAZAAR. By 11. C. ANDERSON, Author of " THE IMPROVISATORB From the Daiish, by CHARLES BECKWITH, Esq. 3 vols. post Bvo., with a Portrait and Memoir of the Author. THOMAS INGOLDSBY, In one volume, neatly bound, price Gs., with an Engraving, COUSIN NICHOLAS. By THOMAS INGOLDSBY. FORMING THE NEW VOLUME OF THE STANDARD NOVELS AND ROMANCES. Richard Bentley, New Burlington•street, (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.) RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. 31ESSRS. LAMOND, &MALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank then Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the [fall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will b, 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 ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Triumphant success of another New Burlesque. THIS EVENING The performances will commence with WATCH AND WARD. 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, Kinlech, Collier, Yarnold, Bender, Silver, Richards, and Keeley; Miss Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Arden, Miss Forster, Miss Laidlaw, Miss Bromley, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the now Farce, entitled LOAN OF A WIFE, Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, and Yarnold ; Mrs. Woollidge and Miss Howard. THEATNE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed an interestir , Drama, entitled THE MYS. TERIOUS STRANGER. In which Messrs. Wright, 0. Smith, Selby, Worrell, Boyce, Sanders, Greene, Cullenford, Glennaire, Thomas, Waye, Gordon; Miss Chaplin, Mrs. F. Matthews, Nis, Harding, Miss Brooks, Mrs. Lambert, .Miss Taylor, and Madame Celeste will perform. Afer which, a Grand Mythological Burlesque Extravaganza, de nominated THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS ; or, The Pus de rip pins. The characters personated by Messrs. Selby, 0. Smith, Glen naire, Lindon, Waye, Butler, Williamson, Aldridge, Mitcheuson, Alderson, Ryan, Wright, Paul Bedford ; Miss Ellen Chaplin, Miss Taylor, Miss Ilarrison, Aim Simpson, Mrs. F. Matthews, &c. To be followed by an original Comic Sketch, called ABRAHAM PARKER. Abraham Parker, Mr. Wright. STRAND THEATRE. THIS EVENING. Will be performed Shakespere's Tragedy of lIA3ILET. The King. Mr. Waldron ; Hamlet, Mr. Gregory ; Laertes, Mr. Leigh Murray; Osric, Mr. Grafton; Polonius, Mr. Manders ; the Queen, Miss Dorrington ; Ophelia, Miss M. Glover. To conclude with the Comedy of TIIE HONEYMOON. Duke Aranza, Mr. Davidson ; Jaques, Mr. Whittaker ; Jvliana, Mrs. Percy ; Violante, Miss M. Glover. l'rlvate Boxes, &e., may be engaged at the Box-office,' from eleven till four, and at al the Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakspere's Comedy (with Music) of TIIE 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 Georgiana Smithson. After which, an entirely new Serio-Comic - Drama, entitled, A CURIOUS CASE. Mr. Aubrey, Mr. Vining; Twiggleton, Mr. Charles Mathews; Charles Stanton, Mr. Fisher; Edward, Mr Honner ; 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 E. Hewer will perform. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. Transcendent talent, brilliant success, and crowded houses. Re- Engagement, for Six Nights more, of the distinguished Tragic Actress, Miss Cushman, and her sister, Miss Susan Cushman, positively their last appearance in London. THIS EVENING IVill be performed Shakespere's Tragedy of ROMEO AND TULIET. Romeo, Miss Cushman; Juliet, Mss Susan Cushman Nurse, Mrs. Daly ; Mercutio, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Capulet, Mr. Heslop ; Benvolio, Mr. Johnson; Tybalt, Mr. Fredericks; Friar Lawrence, Mr. Neville; Apothecary, Mr. W. Smith. After which an entirely new Farce, entitled THE BARBER AND THE BRAVO ; or, The Princess with the Raven Locks. In wl:ncb Messrs. E. F. Saville, Neville, Lewis ; Mrs. E. F. Saville, and Miss E. Terry will perform. To conclude with the Melodrama of THE TWO DROVERS Messrs. Fredericks, Neville, Pelham, Ileslop, 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'si ROYAL AMPHITHEATBK. 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 STEED OF SY RACUSE ; or, Damon's Flight. Damon, ➢lr. J. Harwood; Pythias, Mr. J. Dale ; Calanthe, Mrs. M. Brooks. Assisted by the nu merous Company, double Stud, &c. After which, magnificent SCENES of the HIPPODROME, by the French, German, and British Artistes. The whole concluding with the popular Drama, entitled THE NAMELESS. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a most powerfal 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, fou n d e d on the popular work, "The Mysteries of London," entitled MARK HAM AND GREENWOOD ; or, The Brothers' Career. Markham, Mr. Seaman; Greenwood, Mr. Walton; Tidklns, Mr. Searle; Ste phens, Mr. Anker ; Count Alteroni, Mr. Iliggie ; Ellen, Mrs. H. Vining; Isabella, Mrs. Lee. After which, the Burlesque of FAYRE ROSAMONDE. Fayre Rosamonde, Mr. Formqn. To conclude with THE TAILOR OF TRENT. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION THURSDAY. of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC • TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. A richly ornamented GOTH EC 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 ,nost 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 him, and bear him tc his chrystal home. The Glass Conservatory is splendidly ornamented with festoon, 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 ; Concert at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk. ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING. THE WEATHER.--SuN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 4. TIIERMOMETER, Lowest, 51; Highest. 70 ; Noon, 68 . BAROMETER, 30 29.—WIND N.N.E., fine. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON-131111)(3E THIS 1311. Y. Morning .. 15 minutes after 12. I Evening .. 44 minutes after 12, -v. 4-- , • • , ' '- 4 ‘ s o, o L 2 vi•m4 t . -y. , x ~., . ..., . , ~. k ~, 'Z.. `.4 . ki , t ,;,•• , . ''...., ' .2 . - .'" .. . ,'` , ' ' < ' SI' • .- . 4107, 1, 1 Eu,,' , , • ~,,,,,,; r•M 0 , -* Tt" , ,,,DI ~i ! ' ti, -- c lir: • 11 - - ...... n r ~, ' SECOND EDITION. UM .7111 t LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1846. Sheffield has been the scene of great re joicings. The object, and the manner in which they w ere cele brated, are alike entitled to a few laudatory remarks. The Free-Trade Association met on Wedm.selay to receive its valedictory report, and to pass certain resolutions, not the least significant of whi eh was " That in case any serious attempts be made by the protectionist party to induce the Legislature to , retrace its steps, or prevent the final extinction of the co ern-laws in February, 1849, this Association shall be ca algid into renewed existence." The tradesmen closed their shops, and a general holiday prevailed. Distinguished public men were present—great truths were enunciated, im portant facts elicited. Justly proud of the consum mation of a vast national boon, there was a heartfelt interchange of political triumph throughout thr meet ing, leaving nothing to be desired at the close of the proceedings. As a hAlthy and tributary stream to the broad river of free trade, whose channel was so admirably deepened and widened by the master spirit of the League, it has duly followed the course of its powerful ally, and restrained its refreshing influ ence within the natural boundaries of peace and social order. Satisfied that they lave been successfully instrumental in irrigating, to a wholes .ome extent, the public mind with the saliutary doctrit les of unfettered commerce, the Free- Trade Association of Sheffield has now risen from la bours, conscious that the principles it has ei.iforced will gi; idden the earth with abundance wherever they shall be known and developed. Nothing is more re markable than the absence of all vituperation which the ass embled champions of a civil victory, without its parallel in the history either of our own tlr that of any other country, observed towards; their prostrate and discomfited foes. But jot emerged from an ar d uous conflict, nothing 7oUld ha 10 been Jame natural than that, Limbed with MONEY and COMMERCIAL 1S Tripv9 CITY, 8 QUARIER TO THRE E 6 O ) The sales of Cotion a t Liverpool yesterday were , _... bales, including 500 for exportation and 1 , 500 on 6Pec_t, lation. The market was very firm. shares were SP'. t fiat. whic h We yesterday drew attention briefly to a matter „., has excited much interest among a most wealtbyrr. of individuals who are connected with the fur t ru ti r ` . . The result 'of inquiries' made on the subject bavt".. o ,, niched us with the following facts :-The common Poo' from • tice of the Hudson's Bay Company has beers _/,,, if "time immemorial" to retain goods offered for eva„, . not then bought by customers, until the period o il :, again the trade is assembled together. A deparut_; from this rule has just occurred, and the subject le_ coLsidering the monopoly of the corporation () in t the Hudscn's Bay Company,which requires something 2' 4 ; than the blunt refusal to answer questions on the par e I L, . the governor, to satisfy public justice. A buy e r 01 2 b ,!„,1" ' skins for years, sometimes averaging 11,000/. to I,Yr,„; complains that betwixt sale and sale he is undersold iz the broker or other officer of the company loses money by finding a competitor in the fieldwho o undersells him. He asks for information, from governor relative to the fact, and whether s a sh (sir was to be followed for the future. The governor t 1 John Pelly) most politely told Mr. Mayhevv, the i r 1 ; 1 1 who put the questions, that the Company would o' ost i itself, dictated to, and that he might bid or Wa r h e of the room, just as he pleased. It shou a_ d "" e, noticed that those remarks were considered r I ; 00 and that - the complainant had in the °PT ' o ff of the trade ground of complaint. The sale vveT t bis very heavily, and no doubt the future conduct 0404 powerful corporation towards its buyers will be 137 , 5 f o r with that degree of attention to the interests or tn e mo to r • trade which was universally displayed by the direct.% , of the East India Company to their buyers, during t''' whole period of their commercial career. COtoe to The papers by the Great Western have just hand. There is little of interest in them. A considerable amount of business has been trausftetthl in the Funds this morning. Consols are at 96i O r ort Account, and at 96i i for cash. The premiura.ll„P,o. Exchequer-bills has receded. Bank Stock is worth ! : ' - sh A further improvement has taken place in the Sfr a ' ta . Bonds to day. The present price for the Five per tde vor is 27i -I, and for the Three per Cents., 39i i'• , ' 2 7, Mexican Bonds there has been a firm market a' Most of the other Stooks are steady. In Shares the market is quiet. BRITISH FUNDS .THIS blikr AT ONE O'CIP°,•,-Ir" (From the OffiCia: l List.) - • Bank Stock ..... ...209 210 • i , 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities -9 6? " I 3 per Cent. Consols Anna 964 3 New 31A per Cent. Annuities 5 ' A , 2 , Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860 I OA -,, . $.-1 0 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1.859 lO 3-l° India Stock 259 South Sea Stock - 1/i Ditto Old Annuities 96% . Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. I%d. 1 1 ,0- i 7 p* 1,000/. - Ditto Small o o l' PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'Ci.• - .. .. 1 211 1.7; 20 --.1.. P'fis. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent B9 Granada, 1 per Cent. . .... ...... Mexican Bonds, • 1846, 5 per Cent 26Li u • Portuguese 4 per Cents - , i Ditto for the Account 4 7% '' Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 Ditto for the Account 27 % 74 Ditto Passive Bonds 6g Ditto Deferred ,9 Ditto 3 per Cent 397 4 1' Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cents I,oC't , ' BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE 0 C RALLWAYS. PAID. Pint Slugs. Aberdeen - ...... to Amber., Notting., Boston, &c 2% - ...... to Armagh, Coleraine, & Portrush 1% to --- - ...... Aylesbury and Thame ' l% ...... to Belfast and County Down .. 2% .. .„ - ...... to --- Bideford and Tavistock ...... INi ...... to --- Birmingham and Gloucester..loo l2B -* Do. New (iss. at 7 1 / 2 dis.).. 17% • to --- .... Birmingham & Oxford June... 2 - Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.. - ..... to -* Boston, Stamf , & Birming... 225. - ...... to ''"' Bristol and Exeter , Do., New 5 - ...... to Bristol and Gloucester 3O Bristol and Liverpool June.- 2% - „ . .......... to o -1- ' . i• Buckinghamshire..• 42s. .....---' 4 Caledonian .. w Ditto, Half Shares - ' Ditto, Extension - ...... to •••" , Cambrian and Grand Junct- 425. - -• Cambridge and Oxford Central Kent 2% - ...... to --"' Chester and Holyhead... 2 7 1/ - ...... to --• Churnet and 81ythe.......... 2 ' 2l/ %% to A Chester and Manchester 42s. Cheltenhani and Oxford 2 ...... - to Clydesdale Junction l5 ...... - ............ to o ----- I , f. Cork, Blackrock, & Passages 225. Cork and Killarney 2% ...... - ...... to , • Cork and Waterford l% ...... t --• A, Cornwall Cornwall and Central, Devon 2% - - -11/41 ........ 1 to ---- ::-. • Derby and Crewe Direct Lincoln, East Retford, '2% - ..... to •-•-. and Sheffield Junction 2% - ...... to Direct Manchester (Rem.)... VA - ...... to -- Ditto( Rastrick's) sy ...... - . ..... 10 _... -...-- Direct Northern .. 2A.... 1 3 %7 8 ... 1 0 - Direct Norwich 1 - to -' Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 10 - to Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine 2% - Dublin and Galway ...... ...... 4 - ..... • ...„, Dundalk and Enniskillen ... V/ 2 ..... _ ~ 2 3 Eastern Counties 141. 16s 223A. ..... I v Do. New lOl. 16s „pa/ n to ' % Al:. to .. 1" Do.Perpet.,s per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d w _ Do., do. ... N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d - ••••••• Do., York Extension los. ..... to --_, East Dereham and Norwich 1 Eastern Union -35 • • Ditto, Quarter Shares B% - ••• ; ••••• t° --- Do. Extension to Harwich 1% .. t -.---•• -....-- Do. Cambridge and Ely ... 2% •• t° East Lancashire East Lincolnshire East and West of England... 1 1 5 g ., to Yi ..... ... . ...,„ Edinburgh and Glasgow ...... ......, to Ditto, Half Shares 10 ..... -...-- •• to -- Ditto, and Q Quarter t eurr Northern Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% l7 ..... • -- .. to Edinburgh and Perth rn 3 - ..... • --- Ely and Huntingdon ... Enniskillen and Sligo , to 2% - ~ ... ...- W Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 5- 1 -A ..- 7 % - . ... ... 1102% Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 - :L. Ditto, New Do. IA Shares (5 per ct. gua.) 12% - ....... t° Glouc., Aberystwith, and Cen. .-- of Wales - to -- to '" Goole, Doncaster, Sheffid., &c. 42s - ...... ..-- Grand Union (Nott. & Lynn) 1% 3 A .** " t o o '..... Great Eastern & and Western... 2% ••••'• - .... 4f i " ‘'' ! s. ,t,' Great Grimsby and Sheffield 10 Gt. South. West. (Ireland) 25 - • t , o 31% ...... , --• Great Munster ' . . ... .... 2% --.... l'A .-- Great North of Scotland •2% .. to ; Great North of England 100 .....„ -. „..... • t 0 Ditto, --- Ditto, New - ---• o'- Ditto, New Ditto, New 1%...... 18%.....••• t ` ..-. ...., Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares ..„, .., to Ditto, Fifths 2O - ~..., .. tO 5 Guildfd.,Farehm.,&Portsmth. 5 - ~... ~. to ~ Harwich and E. C. Junction 2 .... - ... .. to Hull and Selby 5O Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% - . ~ to Ditt o , Half Shares . ... ...... -- ••• • I nver ness and Elgin 2 to ...... --- • " ....' Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 9 - . • .t° Do. do. and Norwich Irish North Midland - • --- . 136,...„, _ .. t o ..„. Isle of Axhulme Killarney Junction ... 111 ' • "*. to ''' LancasterKeialan an d Windermere Carlisle 45 j. -• • •••'..: to 5 Do. New 5 ... ...... •-•.:: !o c, 5, Larne, Belfast, & Ballymena 425. ... - T. - to Leeds and Bradford 26 - • ''. to '' Leeds and Carlisle •••• Leicester and Birmingham... 225. - •••• 'to '' Leicester and Bedford 22s. . 5 Leeds and Dewsbury - Leicester and Tamworth, &c. 42s %di l• Liverpool, Manchester, and to ..-• ...„ Newcastle Junction . o Liverpool and Bury l4 - • .. .•••• ••••• to London and Birming. Eaten. 1% - ... Ito ......"'. London 4 Blackwall...l6/. 13s. 4d B l4 x. -so Do. New . Do. Extension London and Brighton ... 50 Do. Fifths ...- ...... d to London and Croydon...l3/. 15s. 9d 23%, 2c• to" ° _, Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . - ••• ". to London and Greenwich.- 12/.155. 4d W i l i... ••'' to -_, ' Ditto Preference lBll7s 2d... - .. ••• to ;4„ London,Hounslow,&Westem 2 ..... - -, ''. to ' London and North Western..loo 205 20t ;••• to .•••• Do. Quarter Shares .. 2 - •"• to Do. do. New - • Do. do. Fifths Do. Eighths G. J. 12% - ••••"•• to _,-- - A Do. New Quarters ...G. J. -- - a. ... tO .- Do. 401. Shares.....L. &M. 6 - •• ''''i to 7`' ‘, 21, IP London and S. Western.... 411.63.10 d 72%:. = to •••• . Do. New consolidatedBths.. 40 - -... "" to Ditto New -•..-• 17.54.. ~. -- .... ' to Do. New .. .. 14 - ••••1 to •••• London and York...-. ...... 2% .. , 2%.... to •-•• VA.-. •••• ,to Ditto Half Shares - - London and Windsor ... 1%...... - ••••• ~ to London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% 1 •••••; .to Londonderry and Coleraine... 12% - ....... . 10 ...... Londonderry and Enniskillen 12% - •••••• to ''.. Lynn and Ely - Lynn and Dereham Manchester and Leeds ls ' l" 13M..... .t o --- Ditto Half Shares to Ditto Quarters , 2 ...... - ..... ~. Ditto Fifths 3 - "" " Ito -- ' Ditto Sixteenths ... ..... ... 6% - ...... - ..... , Do. Extension ............... 425. 2% p... ti / ..- Manchester and Birmingham 40 - ....... its ' ....„„ Ditto Quarters (A) ...,_ Ditto Quarters (B) - ...... .tP ...., Ditto Quarters (C) 1 .., Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 425, . '-est.r,Birmingharn,and to --- Ifeet'. o -ction - MouldJ a.- s „ - -euthampton 2 7 14 ; 1 : ? 9 ,3 .....; . Manchester and' ... lOO .. -140 ...... Li , ..... Midland . 2 - ..... /,‘ -•-• te Ditto Fifths - ...... .....• • Ditto, New 2,, ** _ ...... ti', ....., Midland, Birm., and Derby 100 .• ••• ...... t p _ Midland and Eastern Counties 2%....' ....... ...... 10 ...........- Midld. Great Western(lrish) 12% ...... ~, ..... to ...... Newc,astle &Darlington.fune. 25 ..... 4 0 1 10••• to .-- 1 ...... 1 4 to Ditto New ...... 15 ..... • to Newel:Ale and Berwick Do. North Shields ---• ••• .. 23 ........ to -- .... ..... Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... .... v o Newportartd Abergavenny. I I r 1 I ') ;•-• ~' ;,