The Sun. — London, England, 1846-09-09 00:00:00

Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The magnificent Display of FIREWORKS on and in the Water, representing a NAVAL ENGAGEMENT, which was received with thunders of applause at the Juvenile Gala, will be re peated THIS DAY. EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC TION of lIERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. A richly ornamented GOTille, 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 - elating his adventures to Calypso. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the Most complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display, Mons. FARINE T.LI will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet In haight, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive him, 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, Bcc., at six ; Concert at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk. THIS DAY, September 9, The Boys of the Royal Military Asylum and Caledonian School, with their Juvenile Bands, will pay their Annual Visit, on which occasion the Pyrotechnic Display on the Water will be repeated. On WEDNESDAY, September 16, the ROYAL SOUTH LON DON FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY will hold their GRAND DAHLIA SHOW, being thy, Last Exh bition of the Season. An extra Baud, and an extraordinary Display of Fireworks will be produced on the occasion. ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING. WALPOLE'S REIGN OF GEORGE IL Just published, for the first time inthe svo. form, in 3 vols., with Portraits, price 3tis. bound, H ORACE WALPOLE'S MEMOIRS OF THE REIGN OF GEORGE TIIE SECOND. Edited, with a Preface and Notes, By THE LATE LORD HOLLAND. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION, TO 11.R.11 PRINCE ALBERT. Now ready, in 7 vols. Bvo., Price 51. 1 Is. bound, to rang:: with the Wellington Dispatches, LORD NELSON'S LETTERS AN I) DISPATCHES. Edited by Sir HARRIS NICOLAS, G.C.M.G. " The most genuine and true portrait of a great public character Which the world has ever seen."—Times. " The Letters of Nelson will hereafter be the manual of the sailor, as the sister service has found a guide in the Dispatches of the Duke of Wellington. From the beginning to the end, by a continued series of letters, Nelson is made Ins own historian."—lllackwood's Meg. " The family that shall want this book must be ungrateful to the memory of Nelson."—Standard. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW WORK, BY THE AUTHOR OF " DR. HOOKWELL." This day is published, in 2 vols , post B vo. , THE PENSCELLWOOD PAPERS. Comprising ESSAYS on the SOULS and FUTURE LIFE of ANIMALS; CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS; the EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE; the ENDOWMENT of the PROTESTANT and RO MAN CATIIOLIC CHURCHES of IRELAND ; EDUCATION of the PEOPLE. By the Author of " Dr. Hoot:well." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LA3IOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their 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 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 Le 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. The New Grand Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled " The Magic Horn," having been, on each occasion of its representation, received ihroughout with the most cordial marks of approbation and delight by crowded and fashionable audiences, is, in consequence, respectfully announced for repetition every Evening till farther notice. 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, Kinlach, Collier, Yarnold, Bender, Silver, Richards, and Keeley - ; Miss Keeley, Miss Viliars, Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Arden, Miss Forster, Miss Laidlaw, Miss Bromley, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with Mr. Selby's Popular Farce of BOOTS AT THE SWAN. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, J. W. Collier, F. Vining, Miss Ellen Daly, Mrs. A. Wigan, Kr. THEATKE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be presented the popular Drama, entitled ST. MARY'S EVE ; or. A Story of the Solway. The pribcipal characters by Messrs. Worrell, Wright, 0. Smith, Lambert, Cull;nford, Braid, Waye ; Miss Ellen Chaplin, Madame Ci.leste, &c. After which, a Grand Mythological Burlesque Extravaganza, de nominated THE JUDGMENT OF PA.tIS ; 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, :sass Simpson, Mt s. F. Matthews, &c. To be followed by an original Comic Sketch, called ABRAHAM PARKER. Abraham Parker, Mr. Wright. To conclude with the Farce of A NABOB FOR AN HOUR. Characters by Messrs Worrell, Lambert, Munyard, Miss Harding, and Mrs. Frank Matthews. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New '2omic Drama, in Three Acts, entitled LOVE'S TELEGRAPH. Count Theodore, Mr..J. Vining ; Arthur de Solberg, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Baron Pumpernickel, Mr. Compton ; Usher, Mr. Henry; Princess Blanche, Madame Vestris ; Alice, Mrs. H. Hughes ; Marguerite, Miss Emma Stanley. To be followed by an entirely New Comic Drama, entitled TIIE BARBER BRAVO ; or, 'i he Inventor of Powder. In which Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Granby, Mr. Wynn, Miss E. Stanley, and Miss E. Honner will perform. To conclude with a new Serio-Comic Drama, entitled, A CURIOUS CASE. Mr. Aubrey, Mr. Vining; Twiggleton, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Charles Stanton, Mr. Fisher ; Edward, Mr. Homier ; Mrs. Aubrey, Mrs. Stirling., STRAND T EIEATRE. THIS EVENING. The performances will commence with THE HONEYMOON. To be followed by the admired Farce of HIGH LIFE BILOW STAIRS. In consequence of the enthusiastic reception of Mr. GREGORY in the character of " Glo'stei," in " Richard the Third," by a house overflowing in every part, he will have tit:. honour of repeating that character TO-MORROW, and on SATURDAY Next. Private Boxes, & may be engaged at the Box-office, from eleven till four, and at all the Libraries. DAYIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakespere's Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Macready; Laertes, Mr. Murray; Osric, Mr. Saville, Grave digger, Mr. H. Webb ; Ghost, Mr. Cooper ; Gertrude, Mrs. Ternan ; Ophelia, Mrs. Charles To conclude with an interesting Drama, entitled GRACE GAYTON. Characters by Messrs. Saville, Ileslup, IVebb ; Mrs. Saville, Miss Terry, &c. Box Office open from eleven till four o'clock. AsTLEY'* ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Paironiscd by her Most Gracious 3lajesty the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. Immense hit of the New Spectacle, .' The Steed of Syracuse " hailed with tumultuou.s acclamations, THIS EVENING Will he performed the popular Drama of THE STEED OF SY• RACUSE ; or, Damon's Flight. Damon, Mr. J. Harwood ; Pythias, Mr. J. Dale ; Calanthe, Mrs. Dl. 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 new Necromantic Ballet, en titled THE VINE-DRESSER'S DAUGHTER. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. THE WEATHER—SuN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 8. THERMeMETER, Lowest, 60; Highest. 79 ; Noon, 71 BAROMETER, 00.—WIND S S.W., fine. HUH! w AT LONDON-MR[I)IW TH IS DAY. Morning .. 10 minutes after 4. Evening .. 30 minutes after 4, Inman 2rAnt LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1846. Government and the resident landlords of Ireland must immediately and earnestly emulate each other in endeavouring to afford occupation to the destitute peasantry across St. George's Channel, otherwise starvation and insurrection are not merely possibili ties, but certainties. During the calamitous history of that neglected and abused country an autumnal season never comm.enced with so many appalling auguries of scarcity in provisions. If anything were requisite to excite commisseration in the minds of the local and legislative protectors of the Irish population, the spectacle of rottenness pre sented by their potato fields would be amply sufficient. The thousands of acres, upon the pro duce of which that population had alone cal culated for subsistence, present an aspect of utter desolation ; miles upon miles in the neighbourhood of the larger towns, as well as of the more secluded villages, are beheld fields in which the murrain has taken such a destructive effect, that their proprietors are unwilling to submit to the expense of digging. So desperate is the condition of the poorer classes already, that, according to the opinion of a very credible eye-witness, an outbreak is unavoid able, unless precautionary measures be taken forthwith. Indeed, it would be the acme of credulity to repose in a confident expectation that thousands will voluntarily submit to the gradual and excruci ating torments of famine while there are plump oxen within reach, palatable swine worth the killing, and stores of meal but indifferently guarded. An out break under such aggravating circumstances is one of the most natural movements to anticipate. The time-honoured principle of meum and tuum is incon trovertible by a conscientious logician, but it resolves itself into a sheer a b sur di ty w h en regarded b y a starving populace. One by one, as the encroachments of hunger are experienced by the multitude, are the re ligious sentiments, the promptings of reason, and the kindlier dictates of the heart, subverted. And hence, instead of feeling astonishment at this notion of an ultimate display of insubordination, we confess ourselves to be somewhat amazed, and to be alto gether inspired with admiration at the patience, and the meekness, and the self-imposed tranquillity with which the impoverished Irish have sustained all their preceding sorrows. Talk no longer of the lawlessness of the Irish peasantry, of their ingratitude, of their predisposition to crime and insurrection! Tell us no longer of their being little better than ignorant and intractable barbarians ! Their conduct during so many and such terrible afflictions ; the tranquillity which was preserved even in those awful moments, in 1845, when they shut themselves up in their hovels to despair of human succour and to die ; the un repining submissiveness with which, according to the language of the Parliamentary Blue Book, on the Relief of Distress in Ireland, page 225, they "actually subsis'ed on food made from the wash' of a starch yard, food but indifferently suited for pigs"—all these circumstances are an ample testimony of the capa bility of this poor pgasantry for better things. "If the next crop fails us, it will be the end of the world with us !" said a labourer to Captain PERCIVAL, on the 25th of last May. Feeling thus intensely the pri vations to which they were abandoned, these simple minded people still continued amenable to the na tional Legislature. Cherishing the domestic affec tions more sedulously, perhaps, than any other race upon the surface of the earth, the peasants could be hold the sufferings of their wives and children with out resorting to violence for their alleviation. A few sacks of meal and pollard were, without doubt, car ried off from the waggons and the storehouses, but the depredation was committed by parties of habitual depravity. A bullock or so was occasionally tre panned, but the abducter was invariably some one blessed with a notoriously bad reputation. Assassi nations, and mutilations, and murders were of no unfrequent occurrence, but those dastardly sins were attributable more to distinct associations, as the Rockites, Molly Macguirism, Ribbonism, and the like, than to any affinity to bloodshed on the part of the collective community. We can confidently un dertake to say that many eminent virtues have been evinced in an eminent manner by the Irish peasantry during their grievous and protracted privations. Patience and long-suffering, gentleness of heart in the midst of every conceivable temptation to brutal force and ruffian depravity, forbearance milder the most insolent neglect and subordination, when goaded on to insurrection by hunger and disease ! These beautiful instances of submission to the decrees of DIVINE PROVIDENCE are a testimony of that natural piety and that innate generosity of dis position, which, if suitably responded to, would in sure, not only the happiness of themselves, but the greater prosperity of the whole empire. Even when charging at Waterloo and in the Peninsula to the sound of " Garryowen," Irish bravery was never more signally demonstrated than during these months of provisional and pecuniary destitution. Assuredly the Legislature and the landlords should correspond to these virtues in the population : such national merits should not pass unrewarded, much less be followed by an abandonment to death either by inanition or contagion. . . We have already expressed our sentiments very explicitly on the Government grant of 50,000/. ; we have maintained that such a stunted bounty is al together inadequate for the relief of a quarter of even the existing destitution, and that, consequently, it would be but a paltry corrective to the vastly extended destitution which time must necessarily develop. On this particular we can now, however, rest perfectly satis fied. The Ministers, for their own sakes, for the sake of the nation, and for the sake of humanity, will have a reservation in case of any extraordinary emergency. Nothing need be dreaded from the apathy of the legislative officials. We must now turn with an anxious and scrutinising interest to the efforts of the Irish landlords for the assuaging of the miseries of their tenantry—those landlords whose lia bilities and crippled resources have been so graphi cally delineated by Lord MOUNTCASBELL. Let them be astir for the sake of their own fair fame, and of their own fair fortunes. The time has arrived in which they may wipe away the remem brance of wholesale evictions and retail illiberality. Let them avail themselves of so excellent an opportunity of rendering their names popular, of attaching to themselves a devoted and enthusiastic race, and thereby of materially im proving their neglected possessions. The Irish can be as intensely grateful for benefac tions as they have already proved themselves intensely patient under privations, or as they may prove them selves intensely outrageous under a long-con tinued abandonment by their natural and national protectors. One of their priests, on seconding a vote of sincere thanks to Sir ROBERT PEEL, at a meeting held at Mallow, on Wednesday, declared that "if he travelled over every page of the Eng lish vocabulary, he could not find terms strong enough to express his sense of gratitude to that great and good man !" Let the Irish landlords imitate the generous example shown by Sir R. PEEL in his public capacity, and they will be rewarded with similar gra titude from an industrious and peaceful tenantry ! On the 24th of August Cardinal Gszzi addressed a circular to the Governors of the Provinces of the Roman States, callim; on them to adopt measures calculated to improve the religious and temporal condition of the poorer classes. The document states, that the POPE beholds with the utmost pain the quarrels, thefts, and other misde meanors constantly recurring throughout the Pon tifical States ; that the chief cause of this state of society must be found in the idle life which the younger portion of the population are accustomed to lead, and in a want of proper instruction to prepare them for gaining an honest living by their industry. His Holiness, in con sequence, in addition to his wish to see education and habits of industry generally disseminated throughout his dominions, proposes founding without delay an establishment at Rome for the education of a certain number of boys belonging to the working classes throughout the states, so that they might be, in the first place, removed from the spot where they were likely to contract bad habits ; and in the next, might form a nucleus of well-in structed, non-commissioned officers, calculated to suffice for the army required by the State. His Ho liness calls on the governors to apply to all persons under their jurisdiction, particularly the bishops, mu nicipal magistrates, and provincial councillors, for suggestions to forward this scheme, and to indicate the best mode of raising the funds necessary for car rying it into execution. The circular, in conclusion, calls on the governors to avoid mere theoretical recommendations, and to confine themselves as much as possible to practical matters. Madrid papers of the Ist have arrived. The Heraldo gives the following bit of special pleading as an answer to the article in the Espanol, which we published in our paper of yesterday, on the subject of the MONTPENSIER marriage, which the Espanol contended would be a violation of the funda mental laws of Spain and of the treaty of Utrecht:— " The spirit of the treaty concluded at a time when the condition of Spain was very different from what it now is, was never to unite on one head the two crowns, of France and Spain, in order not to disturb the politi cal equilibrium, to which, in past ages, more importance was given than in the present day ; but could that circumstance now occur even with the consent of the two nations ? Certainly not. Could the Duke de Montpensier ever be the common bond of this re-union, impossible in our age ? Certainly not ; tor even, which God forbid, should her Majesty have no heirs, the Duke de Montpensier would not be, as husband of the Princess who succeeded to the throne, King of Spain, but simply hu.sband of the Queen ; and in order for him, in that position, to inherit the throne of France, there must be such a succession of deaths that their improba bility even prevents their entering into any human cal culation. But, suppose for a moment that this extreme improbability were to happen, it would be then only, and not before, that the Duke de Montpensier might be called on to keep the engagements by which his family were bound. This is too evident to make it neces sary to insist further on it. We mu t, however, establish that it cannot be deduced from the spirit of the treaty of Utrecht that the Queen, or the imme diate heir to the throne, cannot contract a marriage with a prince of the house of Orleans. We may say as much of the literal sense of the treaty. The application made by the Espanol of the article of the constitu tion is but a play upon words, consisting in a force:l and absurd interpretation which it is sought to give to the word exclude.' We admit that the treaty has now all its primitive strength. But is that the law of which the constitution speaks ? Between a law properly so called and a treaty ti.ere ex i s t s a very strong di f f erence . The first is a document p ure ly d omest i c , o bli gatory only forindividuals belonging to the same political associa tion, without application to any other nation; the second is the international law, which mutually binds different nations, which treats them as the simple law treats indivi duals. There is, therefore, an immense difference between the meaning of these two words ; a difference such as cannot give rise to any equivocation, for it would be as absurd to call the ' law of Utrecht'—the treaty which bears that name, as to apply the word ' treaty' to the law on the press. The law is tao explicit in its language to confound ideas so completely distinct. If, in a docu ment so important as the constitution, it had been wished to make the exclusion insisted on by the E.spanol, it would have said, Those who by the law, or by treaties are excluded,' and it would not have spoken simply of the law. It is impossible to admit that in this word can be generally understood treaties. But there is more. The treaty of Utrecht cannot now have the primitive force, and a blind obedience to its clauses cannot be de manded. After the revolutions which have succeeded each other in Europe the law of succession is changed. When, not long since, we wished, on the faith of that treaty, to make a demand from England which it did not suit her to grant, the reply was that the treaty had fallen into desuetude, and that its clauses could not be dis cussed. But we do not wish to place ourselves in such an advantageous position. We grant that the supposi tion of our adversaries is true, and that the treat is the law of which the constitution speaks, and that this treaty is now in its full force. Even in making this immense con cession we do not fear being able to maintain that the article of the constitution is not applicable to the present case. The constitution speaks of Princes against whom the law imposes the punishment of exclusion—Princes whom, by a logical consequence, cannot aspire to the marriage in ques tion, because the law cannot open indirectly the road to the throne to one who cannot arrive there by a direct and lawful one. It is only by doing viol , nce in an absurd manner to the clear and explicit meaning of the article of the constitution that he who has renounced is excluded by the law. It may be replied to us, it is true, in the last place that he who renounced the succession is excluded from it, although the sense of these two words be distinct ; but, by urging this illogical reasoning further one would be forced to maintain that all Princes who are not called to the succession of the throne are excluded from it, and that consequently our Queen and her family could only marry their cousins, Infantes of Spain. That the Duke de Montpensier or any other Prince cannot be called to the succession, because they have renounced it, for a mo tive founded on special questions which have disappeared with the age to which they belonged, as has been the case with the treaty of Utrecht, is what may be sup ported by false reasoning ; but to deduce therefrom that these Princes are excluded by an article of the con stitution would be an absurd consequence which not only does not hold good before logic and common sense, but before the simple signification given to words in the vo cabulary of the language. In torturing terms in this way they may be made to say anything." This concluding observation is completely ap plicable to the reasoning of the writer in the Ileraldo. Never was there a more flagrant attempt at torturing terms in order to get up some show of a reply to an adversary. The arguments of the Heraldo are so completely identical with those of the French papers on this point as to lead to the suspicion that they are all the coinage of the same mint. In the meantime the opposition to the MONTPENSIER mar riage is daily waxing stronger among the Spanish people, and General NARVAEZ was on Sunday dispatched post-haste from Paris to Madrid. It is said that on the QUEEN'S marriage a general amnesty will be published for all Spaniards of all political opinions, the only excep tions being Don CARLOS and his sons. El Tiempo confirms the news published yesterday of the resig nation of M. IsTuurrz, and of his appointment as Ambassador to England ; and the Esperanza repeats the statement, that there had been serious explana tions on the subject of the MONTPENSIER marriage between M. ISTURITZ and Mr. BULWER. The Spanish army is henceforth to consist of ninety-six battalions of infantry and ninety battalions of reserve. The Heraldo announces the discovery of another plot to disturb the peace of the capital, which being interpreted means that it would be exceedingly con venient to the employers of the Heraldo to make cer tain illegal arrests, and that it is their intention so to do. MADRID BOLSA, SEPT. I.—The Three per Cents, closed at 35.1 for cash ; the Five per Cents. at 22i cash; Passives, 6:1; Coupons, 20i cash. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. The Spanish marriages are commented on in all of them. The Ministry and Court of France look upon the marriage of the INFANTA with the Due DE AIONTPENSEIR as un fait accompli, but many persons believed that both Great Britain and the Northern Powers would protest against such an union. In allusion to the provisions of the treaty of Utrecht, which would probably form one of the grounds of such a protest, the Journal des Debuts, in reply to the article in the Espanol on the subject, says : " A Madrid journal, the Espanol, opposed to the marriage of the Infanta with the Duke de Montpensier, calls to our recollection that by the treaty of Utrecht, concluded in 1713, a public act is annexed, by which the family of France and the family of Orleans renounce the Crown of Spain, which might have descended to them under the Salic law. " We do not see how this document can be considered as an obstacle to the marriage of the Infanta of Spain to one of the sons of the King of the French ; it would not even have been an impediment in the way of an union of the Queen with a Prince of the house of Orleans, for the order of succession to the throne could not in any way be changed by either the one or other of these two alliances." The Commerce and the Courrier Francais both controvert the argument of the Espanol; and the Siecle, which enters fully into the subject, says— " It is well known that the object of this celebrated document was to prevent the re-union of the crowns of France and Spain. It results from it, not that a French prince cannot marry a Spanish princess, but that he cannot claim the crown of Spain in his own right. It is the same for the princes of Spain with regard to the French crown. But to arrive at the throne by the right of male succession, and to become the husband of a princess who occupies the throne in her own right, founded on the ancient law of the Goths, and renewed by the Cortes, are things essentially different. The Espanol, which brings forward the renunciation, forgets that it is a corollary to the establishment of the Salic law in Spain. If it ever suited France to establish that her crown might be filled by females, a French Queen would be perfectly at liberty to espouse a descendant of Philip V., provided that Prince was not King of any other country. The renunciation is inapplicable to the Duke de Montpensier; his wife is heir presumptive to the throne of Spain; she may be come Queen of that country; but unless by the ex press wish of the Spaniards, declared in a sovereign form, the husband of the Infanta Luisa would not even have the guardianship of his children. It would be difficult in good faith to bring forward the renun• ciation against the Duke de Montpensier in the event of his claiming the regency during the minority of his son or his daughter; for the regency, although it em braces the functions of royalty, is not royalty, the essential character of which is perpetuity." The Quotidienne, the Legitimatist organ, also denies the validity of the provisions of the treaty of Utrecht. " If," says the Quotidienne, " the treaty of Utrecht still subsists, with its consequences, the lawful King of Spain is CHARLES VI.; but if it has been done away with by the revolution of 1833, how can it be now adduced against the descendants of PHILIP of Orleans ? It must either protect the Count DE MONTEMOLIN, or open Spain to the Duke DE MONT.. PENSIER. But we know from experience that re volutions care but little about being consistent." Thus all parties in France seemed agreed to treat the treaty of Utrecht as a dead letter. 'I he Republican National seems to enjoy the pros pect of a squabble among crowned heads and Mi nisters of State, and laughs, after its own sneering fashion, at the intrigues and counter-intrigues of the diplomatists of both sides : " The double marriage," says that paper, " whiCh diplomacy has concluded in Spain, occupies at this moment the entire press of Madrid, of London, and of Paris. We admire the efforts which are ever made when the people are suffering to exaggerate the im portance of Court affairs. Well ! of what conse quence is it whether a young woman is called Infanta or Madame Montpensier ? Is the world, perchance, going to change its appearance in consequence? Is it desired to elevate petty monarchi ca l i ntr i gues to the proportions of those grand events which produce new ideas amongst society, which give a more rapid rotation to the fortune of nations, and which cause the axis on which they turn to sink? Do, we still liv e a t th at period of history when a royal alliance set Europe on tire, and disturbed during many years its security and its international relations? There is not, at this moment, a single potentate, however elevated or powerful he may imagine himself, who could cause any material alteration in the general position of kingdoms because it pleased himself to marry or to marry his children. Let us not, therefore, give this affair a degree of importance which it does not possess. The only manner in which it regards us is that it pro duces the propagation of a species with which we might dispense. It was Frederick the Great who first used, at Potsdam, a phrase which has been frequently repeated —' There is nothing more easy to replace than a prince.' The phrase still continues true, and for that reason we will not complain of those menacing mar riages." _ A circular has just been addressed by some of the Opposition Members of the Chamber of Deputies to the electoral body, calling on the Liberal elgctors to form permanent committees " to fight the battle of the registration courts," so as to enable that party to regain its lost ground. It is signed by M. 0. BARROT, DUVERGIER D'HAURANNE, G. DE BEAUMONT, and LEON DE MALLEVILLE, and its object is thus de scribed by the Constitutionnel:— " This circular is not a programme; it is an energetic invitation addressed to ail shades of the Opposition, to act everywhere with ensemble, to form permanent com mittees, to examine the lists, and to keep the public mind in a salutary state of agitation. The Government wish, to put the country t o s l ee p, t o c l ose i ts eyes on its t reat interestq, to divide among a small number of families the direction of the Government, to cor rupt public manners in order to ,xtinguish patriotism. The Opposition wishes to keep France awake, to inces slimly excite generous sentimei:ts, to combat corruption, and to introduce the representative system into the na tional habits. For this object, the committees of the Left Centre and the Left remain constituted and active alter the general elections, and it becomes all good citizens to imitate their example by organising perma nent committees, and taking, within the limits of the laws, every possible part in the political affairs of the country." The name of M. THIERS is not attached to this circular, and it is rumoured that an intrigue is in progress to bring about a coalition between M. THIERS and M. GIJIZOT. Orders have been sent to Brest to prepare three corvettes, the Allier, the Somme, and the Loire to take 1,600 troops to Otaheite. The Ministers have determined that the sentence on JOSEPH HENRY shall be carried into effect. The Chamber of Commerce of Havre have received the following announcement from the Minister of Commerce : " I have received notice from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, that the Russian Government has suspended in its ports of the Baltic and of the White Sea, as well as in tbose of the Black Sea and of the Sea of Azof, the appli cation of the ukase of the 19th June, 1845, as far as relates to French shipping arriving from the ports of France situated on the Atlantic and ou the Channel. I pray you to communicate this fact to the merchants of your town." _ _ There was nothing done in the French Funds on Sunday. The following are the quotations for the new lines : MARSEILIAS, SIPT. 2.—Marseilles and Avignon, 912 f. 50c.; Northern, 710 f.; Paris and Lyons, 525 f. LYONS, SEPT. 4.—Avignon and Marseilles, 925 f.; Nor thern, 718 f. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 530 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCIIANGE, SEPTEMBER 7. Boulogne and Amiens, 13%—Direct Bombay and Madras, % —Dutch Rhenish, s%—East Indian, %—Madrid and Valenta ' lIA —Namur and Liege, 2y„--Northern of France Constituted, 134 —Orleans and Bordeaux, 8% —Over Yssel, 234 Paris and Lyons Constituted, 6—Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, 4 %—Sambre and Meuse, 4. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS (From The Sun of Last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 9,000 bales, including 1,000 American on speculation. The market was very firm, and full prices were realised. American, 4d. to kid.; Surat, 2,000 bake, 310. to 31d.; Pernams, 6d. to 61d.; al:d Egyptian, sid. to 71d. per lb. Shares were dull again. Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s sale yesterday went off rather fiat, and prices somewhat lower. A fair business was done. Buyers did not come forward so readily. The following are a few of the sales:— Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 41 1 0 Readirg and Reigate 1 1 6 Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston Taw Vale Extension and Dock 0 11 6 Norfolk Extens. to Norwich and Brandon 2 7 0 London and York ... 2 1 0 Eastern Counties, York Extension......... 2 5 0 Sh;ewsby., Wolverh., and South Stafford 2 7 6 Churnet and Blythe Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham East Indian 0 16 0 Paris and Lyons East Lincolnshire Direct Northern 1 15 0 Northern and Southern Connecting West Riding Union Manchester and Southampton 1 4 6 Louvain ala Sambre • 1 1 0 Great Western of Bengal 0 11 0 Over Yssel Boston, Newark, and Sheffield 0 16 0 Vale of Neath 1 0 0 Cornwall and Devon Central Leicester and Bedford Yorkshire and Glasgow Union 0 11 6 Great Indian Peninsular ... Paris and Lyons 5 17 0 London and Westminster Bank, ex. div 27 12 6 South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 The information announced in The Sun of last even ing, of the resignation of M. Isturitz, has given very considerable dissatisfaction here. He has been long known as a financier, and desirous, too, of keeping good faith with the bondholders. It is not likely, even should he come here as ambassador, that he can do much good for those who have strong claims upon the Spanish Treasury for advances made to it. The writers of the private letters from Madrid appear to take very little interest in the paper warfare which is going on upon the subject of the proposed marriage between the youngest son of Louis Philippe and the Infanta. One thing is certain, that whether the marriage take place or not, the foreign b mdholders will not be a bit better off than they fue l now. But it is argued in some quarters the al liance may have the eff, ct of increasing the stability of tha Queen of Spain, and that under French guidance and advice the revenues of the country may be further developed. Radically bad, however, as are the the a hole fiscal arrangements of the Spanish Ration, it is extremely doubtful whether for years to come any such improvement can be made as may yield bent fit to its foreign creditors. The example set by Portugal of repudiating a portion of our obligations, will not be lost sight of probably by the Finance Minister of Madrid. The more the decree of the Government referred to yesterday in our City article is considered, the stronger are the feelings of disapprobation expressed re specting it. The only wonder is, that any persons should invest money in the stock, even at the present reduced value. It is too much to be feared that the in fection of repudiation, for which the Americans have made themselves so remarkable, will now not only be carried out by Portugal, but by Spain. There are no late Colonial arrivals in the City to-day. The Consol market has been heavy to day, at 96/ for the Account, and at 95/ for Money. Exchequer-bills are lower. Bank Stock has improved to 210. Portuguese Bonds are heavy at 41 to 42, Spanish Ac tires at 26i the Three per Cents at 38f, and Brazilian at 88. There is not much business doing in Shares to-day. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 2lO 210 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 98VA 1/ 2 14 96% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 6 1 /8 95% 95 7 / .8 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities....,, 98%%% 98% £ongAnnuitiestoeXpireJan.lB6o 10 7-16% 7-16 10 7-16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 lO% 1-16 10 1-16 [ndia Stock O6O t/ . . 260 1 / Consols for Account • ... ... 961% % 96% Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 1 1 / 2 d.... 17 13 pm. 10 Ditto 5001. Ditto Small ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES Brazilian Bonds Ditto, Small • • -- 90 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent... 88% 85% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 _ Ditto. Account 26% 26 1 / 8 Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 41 1 / 2 42/ Ditto, Account 4l 42 42% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 2 6 1 / 2% 26% Ditto. 3 per Cent 3B Ditto, Account ... ... ..... 38A, 1/ g 38 1 4 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2 1 / 2 per Cent., 12 Guild. 59 . 44 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 94% PRICES OF P AI D. BUSINESS DONE ---- C LOSiSra RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Amber.. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%..... 2% 2% Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush - Aylesbury and Theme.. 1% Belfast & County Down 2% Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 Ditto New 1 7% Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June—. 2 3 / 4 Boston, Stamtd, & Birm. 225. — Bristol and Exeter 75 Ditto, New . 5 Bristol and Gloucester... 30 Bristol and Liver. June . Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Half Shares Ditto Extension 21A Cambrian & Grand Janc 42s Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% l% Central Kent 2 l /.. '2 — Chester and Holyhead... 27 1 A. — •• • • Churnet and Blythe Chester and Blanchester 425. Cheltenham and Oxford 2 Clydesdale Junction..... 15 Cork, Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney Cork and Waterford Cornwall Cornwall & Cent'lDevon )erby and Crewe 2% Direct Lincoln, East Ret ford, and Sheffd. Jane. Direct Manchester ( Remington s? Ditto (Rutile 5) ........ Direct• Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and BelfastJunc lO ...... Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dubliia and Galway... 4 ...... Dundalk & Enniskillen 7 1 / Eastern Counties 141. 16s. 22% % Ditto New lO/. 165. Ditto Perpetual, spe; Cent, No. 1. 61. 13s. 4d Ditto ditto. No. 2... 6/. 13s. 4d • '''''''''''''' Do., York Extension.. 10s 21 4 EastDerehsn andNor'ch 1 Eastern Union 35 Ditto, Quarter Sha r es ei ...... -•••• ************** * Do. Exten.(Harwich) ********* Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2 1 4...... East Lancashire East Lincolnshire East & West of England 136..•••• Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...••• Ditto Half Shares ... 10 ****** 18 1 / 2 Ditto, Quarter Shares 121,4 .••••• Ditto, New Edinburgh & Northern.. 10 ... .•• ...... Edinburgh and Perth... 3 •••••• Ely and Huntingdon ... 7 1 / 2 — Enniskillen and Sligo ..• 21 / 2 •••••• Exeter,Ycovil,& Dorset 5%.••••• Glasgow, Kilmar., & Ayr 50 •••••• Ditto, New Doc.e,ni4t. guar.) Shar (5 per 12%..•.•• ..... Glouc.,Abetyst;vith, and Central of Wales l% ..h,• 9. % dis 15% 22% 18% ~.., a - „, , ~,,, A # : •.• . • 'CI. 4' 40 , cA f4.t 501 L.."..... 4 , " •a # -_-, , A . Ar t.- -.- C -. ` , .., `-_,,. " 1 4 0 .. • - , , Za OF' v:• - ;„ - •ZI- s - 11 ' O 4/11011.C* ' ~,.,. , N 4: . 4,-- .f• •. 6 hia ,, i .67,r7.. ~ bi .-;,.y, ,, ,t .m. ,,,,.., , ~,,u t , ~, ~,,,,4 , ...,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,.i . „,,.. . • ROIS % ~ , ,,e , ...., f ,,, 01, I 4 x„7,.. . THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1846. Goole, Doncaster, kc. .. 425. Grand Union (Notting arid Lynn Great Eatern 8z Western 2% 2 ...... GreatGrimsby and Shef field Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great Munster 9l/, ..... Great North of Scotland 2 1 ;3 — • Great North of England..loo 229 Ditto New 5 Ditto, New . Ditto, New Great Western B5 Ditto 1 4 Shares 5O Ditto IA Shares lO Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 5 Ilarwich and Eastern Counties Junction :•• 2 Hull and Selby 5O Ditto 1 ,4 .hares - .. . ......... Do. Half Shares 25 50% Inverness and Elgin 2 .".. Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 9 Do., do, and Norwich 2% — Irish North Midland ... 1 Killarney Junctions l l4 Kendal and Windermere 1 1 4 Lancaster and Carlisle... 45 Do. New Larne, Belfast, and Bal lymena Leeds and Bralford Leeds and Carlisle Leicester & Birmingham 225. Leicester and 13edfJrd. 9 25. Leeds and Dewsbury ... 17 1 /0 — Leicester nnd Tam w., &e. 425. Lpool., Mnchstr, & New castle Junction Liverpool and Bury London and Blackwall. 161. 135.4 d. 8 77( 4 Do. New Ditto Extension 5 ...... London and Brighton SO Ditto, Fifths ... 3O •••••• London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. Do. Guaran. 5 per cent. 9 London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d — Do. Preference ...18117s 2d London, Hounslow, and Western t.endon and N. Westernloo 204 203 Do. Quarters . 2 Do., no., New Shares.. Ditto Fifths ... ... 2 ... . Ditto, Eighths (G. J. . ) 12% — Do.. New 1% Shares (G. J.) Do. 40/. Shares (L.M. ) 6 Lond. & S. Western 41/ 6s 10d Do. New Consol. Bths 40 Do. New Do. New - London an,l York 214 2% 2. Do. % Shares London and Windsor . 1; .. Loudon, Salisbury, and Yeovil . ... 2 y g ... Londonderry& Coleraine 12%. Londonderry and Ennis killen l 2 l /2 — Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham Manchester and Leeds .. 82 Ditto % Shares Do. Quarters 2 Do. Fifths Do. Sixteenths 6 1% — Do. Extension 42s. 254 p... Manchester and Birmin ::Do. Quarters (A) CD°. Quarters (B) Do. Quarters (C) 1 Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock .. 425...... 14 p Manchester, Birm., and ih dis. 72 ~ 26% .. 16 3 4 - 13174 .. 2% p .. 773/4 10 .... • • 83 %4 1 Mould Junction ..... Manehest. & Southampt. 2 1 1 / 8 Midland lO3 .....139 140 Do. Fifths 2 Do. New Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midlnd & East. Counties 2% — Midland Great Western Irish Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 ...... .............. Do. New Newcastle and Berwick 15 . 1 1 / c 140 . 36% , . Do. North Shields ... 25 NeweastlP and Carlisle...loo Newport & Abergavenny Newry and Enniskillen 41 2 — ..... •... Newark, Sheffield, and Boston ... ......... Norfolk lOO 132 134 Do. Half Shares ..... 7 Do. Tenths Do. Extension North Brit Ali ..... 25 Do. Half Shares Do. Fifths 5 Do. Carlisle Extens. 1 1 / t 4 % North of Norfolk Northern and Eastern 5O Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 45 Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — Do. New N. Kent & Direct Dover 2% — North Staffordshire 425........ 3 1 / 2 3 4 p , North Wales Northern and Southern Connecting Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham & Mansfld. - •••• 0000000 • Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.... Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 -...• Portsmouth Direct 3% — Preston and Wyre Do. 1/ Q Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond ... 10 Rugby, Leamington,and Warwick Scottish Central Do. New 2 l /2 — Scottish Midland lO Do. Extension 2% Sheffield, Buxton, Leek Potteries, andCrewe... 1% Sheffield & Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Do. Lincolnshire June. 1 1 % — Do. & Great Grimsby. 10 Do. do. Extension 425. Shrewsbury and Birm... 2 1 ,!.... . 27 5 .... Shropskire Union Shrews., Wolverhamp., &S. Staffordsh. June. 2 1 2 — Sligo and Shannon 1 y; South Devon... B5 ...... South Midland 42s. — South & Midlands June. 425...... South Staffordshire June. 2 1 ,ci — South Eastern & Dover 33 1 ,E — . Do., No. 1 26 .Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 Do., No. 4 ~.. StAlban's,'Hatfield, and Hertford Junction ... 425. — Staines and Richmond... 1 Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2 3 4 — South Wales Swans. & Loughor & Ca- , meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 - ••• ...... •• Taw Vale Extension ... 2 Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke 54 Vale of Neath _ 2 Wakefield, Pontefract, & Goole 22% Warwickshire Ss London 425. Warwick and Worcester 428. — Waterford and Kilkenny 8 Waterford and Limerick 22% Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wichlw, and Düblin Wexford, W aterford, and Valentia Waveney Valley 2 Welsh Midland West Riding Union 42s. 2%% p West Cornwall West London,Old Shares 20 Arexford and Carlow ... 2% — ___. . . ... Wisbeach and St. Ives 2 Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Worcester,Hereford,Ross, and Gloucester 42s. ... ... Worcester, Tenbury, and Ludlow ...... ........ Worcester,Warwick, and Rugby York and Carlisle 2% % 3 / 4••• ••••--• York and North Midland 50 — Ditto lh Shares .. 25 Do. Scqrboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby 30 Do. Extension 2O - . Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 — Barbadoes 1 Boulogne and A miens... 14 Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux,Toulouse, and Cet tt (Mackenzie's).:. 2 •• Do. (Espelete's) ..... 2 ..• • 114 1 ,4 ..... ••• Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders ..... .......... 2 Calcutta and Diamond Harbour ....... ....... . 7s. Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast I ..... ••• ....... Central of Spain ... . Ceylon ss. Demerara 2y e . . . Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish ... 6 East 1ndian............ 58. Eastern Belgian Junctn. Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. ...... —• Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Western Canada... 3% ...... Italian and Austrian 3 Jamaica S.Mid.Junction 1 Jersey Louvain ala Sambre ... 5 ... . 1 Luxembourg... 4 Lyons and Avignon 2 — Madras ...... 1 Madras, Nellore, and Arcot Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... .. — , Mauritius .. ....,.... ..... 1 Namur and Liege Nn of Frauce Constituted 5 ...... 13 1 4 , North Jamaica... ... 1 - ....... ...••• I Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 . — ' , 2 1 0 ~• 13 h Orleue and Bordeaux... 6 el oe 000000 !•••••••• "*". Over Yssel 4/ 38 4d Paris &Lyons Constituted 5 :Paris and Orleans; 2O ParlB and rZouen Paris and Strasbourg Constituted Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse ...... 8 •••• Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic •••• fours and: Nantes Con stituted ... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt. 8 Trinidad West Flanders .. 6 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American 50 Colonial 25 Commercial of Loudon 20 London Joint Stock lO London & Westminster. 20 National Prov. England. 35 National of Ireland 22% Provincial of Ireland Union of Australia Union of London... MD 25 ••• •• • ....... o.••• TES. Real del Monte Unregd. NGE.-(YESTERDAY.) Gibraltar.. .. .. • Leghorn ........ •• . • • 30 50 Genoa .. •• • • ...... •• .. 26 15 Milan .. • .. — Venice........ Naples ..... • • 39% Palermo, per 0z....—. 119 COURSE OF EXCITA Nmsterdam ...... C.F. 12 8;4 Ditto, at sight ...... 12 5% Rotterdam ...... 2U. 12 9 1ntwerp.............. 25 15 liamburgh .... • .11.13. 13 13% Paris, 3 days' sight .... 25 80 Ditto, 3 months...... 26 10 M arseilles . .. 26 15 80urdeaux......... .. 26 15 Frankfort on Maine.... 122% Petersburgh, 3 C 5.... .. Berlin ...... • • Vienna, 'effee. flo .•• . .• 10 12 Trieste, ditt0.......... 10 12 Madrid ..... .. 35 Cadiz • • •.. : ........ 36 52% Oporto ... • • .... •• •• 42% Rio Janeiro Bahia .. . ..... .. .. .... Buenos Ayres .. ••.. • • New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .... .. .. .. PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold in bars ...£3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 E New Doubloons -- 0 0 0 New Dollars •• .. ... 0 4 936 Silver in bars ...... 0 4 11 Barcelona • . ......... THE RIVER PLATE• (From the London Gazette of lait Evening.) ADMIRALTY, SEPT 7, 1846. Dispatches have been received at this office from Rear-Admiral Inglefield, in the River Plate, addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, of which the follow ing are copies or extracts 11. M. Ship Vernon, off Monte Video, June 9. Sir,—lt affords me the utmost satisfaction to have it in my power to acquaint you, for the informa non of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that by the arrival of her Majesty's steam-vessel Alecto from the Parana yesterday evening, I learned that the convoy, consisting of one hun dred and ten vessels of all sia:•s, had passed the batteries erected at St. Lorenal, by General Roses, to obstruct their passage down that river, and had ar rived in safety at Obliged°, with the exception of the British barque Caledonia, and two Monte Videan ves sels, which, }laving grounded opposite the batteries, were obliged to be arnt by our people to prevent their falling into the hands of the Buenos Ayreans. Captain Hotham's anxiety to communicate this in formation to me, appears to have prevented him from sending me by this opportunity an official report of this operation, which cannot fail to reflect great credit upon all who took part in it ; as soon, however, as I receive his report, I will forward it for their Lordships' in formation. In the meantime I should mention, that the English and French steam-vessels were upWards of three and a half hours engaged with the batteries of St. Lorenz,,, and although scarcely a vessel of the convoy escaped being hit, yet most providentially not a single casualty occurred on this occasion on board any of the vessels. I am sorry, however, to add, that the satisfaction ex pressed in the foregoing part of my letter is not un mixed with great regret for the loss of life on board the Lizard on her passage up the river, of the parti culars of which their Lordships will he informed by the accompanying copy of a letter from Captain Hotham, inclosing reports from her Majesty's team-vessels Alecto, Harpy, and Lizard, of their passages from Monte Video to the Bajada of Santa Fe, the Commanders of which vessels appear to have acted, while passing the batteries, with great j udgment and gal lantry.—l have, &c. (Signed) S H. INGLEFIELD, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in Chief. H. M. ship Gorgon, San Lorenzo, May 30, 1846. Sir,—l have the honour to transmit official reports from Commander Austen, of her Majesty's steam sloop Alecto ; Lieut. Tylden, of her Majesty's sloop Lizard ; and Lieutenant Proctor, of ber Majesty's stoop Harpy, accompanied by a list of damages of their respective vessels. It is my duty to bring the good conduct of these several officers in their engagements with the bat tt ties of San Lorenzo to your notice. The Alecto was especially placed at a great disadvan tage, her progress was retarded by towing three heavily laden vessels against a current of three knots, and a head wind; she was exposed to the fire of seven or eight guns during an hour and a half, and unable from the height of the cliff to make much impression in return. The two little iron vessels, Lizard and Harpy, were enabled, fr“na their light draught of water, to run close under the cliffs, and thus escaped many of the shots in tended for them ; the state of their hulls, and the list of killed and wounded, prove that, notwithstanding the precaution of their commanders, they suffered much ; and those officers deserve credit for the able way in which their vessels were handled.—.l have, &c. (Signed) CHARLES HOTHAM, Captain. H. M. Steam Sloop Alecto, River Parana, 9th April, 1846. Sir,—ln obedience to your orders, I have the honour to report to you, for the information of the Com mander-in-Chief, that on the afternoon of Mon day, the 6th inst., whilst passing up the river in her Majesty's steam sloop under my command, with three schooners in tow, I observed the enemy assembled in force in the battery lately erected in the heights of San Lorenzo. At twenty minutes past two I commenced firing shell and rockets, with a view to disperse them. At half past two the enemy opened a fire with round and grape from a masked eighteen-pounder, placed on the edge of the cliff, which was immediately followed by the rest of the enemy's guns, seven in number, all of them apparently long eighteen-pounders. The fire of the enemy was quickly returned from her Majesty's sloop under my command with shot and shell. In consequence of the current, and strong head-wind blowing, our progress past the batteries was very slow, enabling the enemy to keep up a smart, and, at first, a well-directed fire with grape and round shot, for an hour and ten minutes, within musket range. Her Majesty's steam sloop was struck by eight round shot in her hull, besides by numerous grape, hut I' am happy to say, that, on this occasion, we had not a man hurt. The schooners in tow were likewise' fired into by the enemies, and were hulled in several places. lam unable to state %hat damages the enemy sustained from our fire. I have the honour to inform you that, in passing Tonelero, where, on the 10th February last, we were engaged in her Majesty's steam-sloop Alecto with the enemy's batteries, and had five men wounded, I ob served a large party at work, erecting embrasures along the edge of the cliff. I was enabled to make out ten altogether, three of which are finished. From having suffered by the enemy's fire at the same place on a previous occasion, and having reason to believe that guns were mounted on the three finished ernbrazures, I opened fire upon them with shells and rockets, but finding they did not return, after a few rounds I ceased firing. I inclose a list of damages received by her Majesty's sloop Alecto, from the enemy.—l have, &c. (Signed) F. W. AUSTEN, Commander. Captain Charles Hotham, H, M. steam-ship Gorgon, Senior Officer. H. M. Steam-vessel Harpy, off San Lorenzo, Parana, 11th May, 1846. Sir,—ln pursuance of orders from the Commander in -Chief, I beg leave to acquaint you, that I arrived here in her Majesty's steam-vessel Harpy, under my command, after experiencing, this morning, a galling fire from forts of San Lorenzo, both of musketry, field pieces, and other guns, within a distance of about sixty yards. The fire was kept up with great determination for more than an hour, and we were followed up by field pieces, together with a large body of concealed troops, who lined the barks, firing musketry as we passed. About - ten minutes before we passed out of gun shot, I was hit by a round shot on the fleshy part of the right arm, but am going on favourably, although inca pacitated from doing duty. I am happy to state no other casualty occurred on board. The Harpy is greatly cut up about the rigging, and has many musket balls and grape in her hull, funnel, topsides, and boats. I beg you will bring to the favourable notice of the Commander-in-chief, Mr. Bruce, mate, who took charge of the ship when I was wounded, and also Mr. Ward, second master, for his cool and steady conduct in attend ing to the steering of the Harpy; as also the other officers and men under my command, for the able as sistance they rendered in their respective duties; the pilot behaved with great credit, and has provel himself so far an excellent pilot. I am now repairing damages with all possible despatch, and shall be ready for sea very shortly.—l have, &c. (Signed) E. H. B. PROCTOR, Lieut. Commanding. Captain Charles Hotham, H.M. Frigate Gorgon, Senior Officer, Parana. H. M.'s Steam-vesssl Lizard, above Fort Lorenzo, River Parana, Five P.M., April 21. Sir,—l have the honour to state, for the information of the Commander-in-Chief, that this morning, at the distance of six miles from Lorenzo, I observed large batteries had been erected on a commanding point, and that the adjacent coast was lined with artillery and field pieces. At half-past eleven A.M. the southern batteries opened a heavy tire, and on ap proaching nearer, the other batteries and artillery commenced a quick and well-directed fire also, which was returned by the Lizard by rockets and the forecastle gun,"until the rocket stand was shot away, and the gun could no longer be elevated suffi ciently to bear on the enemy; at the same time the he'avpshot, grape, and musketry riddling the vessel from stem to stern, I ordered the officers and men to go be low, but the step, I regret to say, had not the desired effect, two officers being killed in the gun-room. The Lizard received seven shot between wind and wa ter, besides nine cannon, fourteen grape, and forty-one musket balls in the hull and bulwarks, and seven cannon and grape in the funnel and steam pipe. The boats, main mast, and rigging, fore and aft, are shot through and through by,cannon. I hoisted three ensigns before we entered the fire, and 38 16 IA ••• ..... ••• ,". 33/4P r•• 8 ... 22:% - 50% 70 1 % VA 62 1 ,4 22% ~ 11% ~ 27% 1 dis, - ••• .... ... 1 4 dis. ... 2 5 4 ... Udm .• • .... 3IA 4% •• ••• 2% p .. . 5% 34 96% •• -- ... 46% 13 •••• ..... 11A; r•• ...... 1 rejoice to state enure out with two flying, only having one at the ma'n sha - COMITDMC , d at half rn.3t cievi n 5 7 " 1 eon innt.tl with rapiilit., until five •, , iiodes t'a°l tatt. P.M., the wind and em-rent a,fn - r.st Et" guilt quant.ty of water in the hal, delayed us much in passing. I beg to say the, cffieers and crew evinced great coolness, partieular!y John Triilia, the pilot, who conned the vessel with great judgment through the whole of the action. A list of the killod ani wounded are named in the margin. • BILLED. Mr. Barnes, clerk in charge. Mr. Webb, master's assistant. Fux, A.B. Charles Williams, A.B. SLIGHTLY WOUNDED. Mr. Miller, Assistant - Surgeon, and three men. I have, Sze. H. M: TYLDEN. Lieutenant, commanding the Lizard. (Signed) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE• RADCLIFFE RACES.—lllorrnmr. Heaton Park Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 25 added. and a half. 1 Mr. Wood's Maid of Auckland Sir J. Gerard's Lady Shrewsbury Mr. Sutcliffe's Alice The Wilton Cup, value 70 soya., added to a handicap 0 r 15 sove. each, 10 ft, and 5, &c. Two miles and a qua rter ; Mr. Worthington's Horton, 7st 21 Mr. Johnstone's Rowena, 7st G s t ............ Mr. Leigh na. Miss Castling, 4 s t 101 The Bancroft Stakes of 10 sows. each, with 20 added, for t" yrs old. Three quartersof a mile. 1 Mr. R. Peel's Credential Mr. Cranston's Comma it faut Mr. L. Brook's fby Liverpool, out of Rachel ... r . A Maiden Plate of 501. was won in three heats by k d Jones's ch f by Revolution, beating Sir Henry, Alpha, 8 " c by Stansty ROCHESTER AND CHATHAM RACES.—THEsDA Y. The Maiden Plate of 40 goys ; three yrs old, 7st 41 b f °-ar d Bst 71b ; fiVe, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 41b ; mares 313 geldings allowed 31b. Heats, once round. (7 Subs.) Mr. Nunn's f by Samarcaud, out of La fills mad 1 gardie, 4 yrs (Hornsby) 5 2 Mr. Bainbridge's Sir Pete r Laurie, 3 yrs ..... ...... 1 2 , 2 3 " r Mr. Hawkes's Primrose, 3 yrs 4 4 dr Mr. Spong's Norma, 6 y r s Mr. Jenkins's Pug, 6 yrs First heat won by half a length, the second by tWo lengths, and the third easy. eri; The Rockingham Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 50,ad three yrs old, 7st 81b; four, Bst 121 b; five, 9st 51b; aged, 9st 91b. Mares and geldings allowed 31bs. l f, winner to be sold for 300 sous. . Heats one mile and a ha (9 Subs). 1 1 Mr. Dockeray's Polka, 3 yrs . . (Hornsby, jun.) 2 Mr. Booth's Tit-bit, 3 yrs Mr. Ramsbottom's Pineapple, 6 yrs 4 o r Colonel Best n 1; uster, 3 yrs thr ee The Medway Stakes of 2 sous. each, with 25 added; ni l yrs old, 7st 81b ; four, Bst 121 b ; five, 9st 51b ; t o aged, 9st 91b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b °'" round and a distance. ( 8 Subs.) Mr. Rolt's Alexa, 3 yrs Mr. Astlev's Sylph, 6 yrs. Mr. Nunn's Dalesman, 5 yrs ................................ ••• Mr. E. Haworth's York, 4 yrs ................................ ,e .... ...... 11 . The Handicap was not concluded when our account left tij course. . - Of the seventeen lots of BENTINCK two yrs STUD old put up yesterd s T, Blackcock, Growl, and Master Butler alone were sold, Blackcock for 250 guineas, Growl for 70 g s uineas, both a tt ol hammer, and Master Butler, by private contract, fur re . all with their engagements. 5,000 guineas each wa s i e r, quired for Planet and. Slander, 4,000 guineas for Cr h , 1,000 guineas for Devil-me-care, and 800 guineas for 13 L,, phage, but no one having bid so much, they were withdraW" The other lots were bought in. we re In the course of the afternoon the following bet a „m to laid :—St. Leger-300 to 100 agst Sir Tatton to 10 100 agst Brocardo, 900 to 100 agst Fancy Boy, and 5 0 " r agst lago. Derby-2,000 to 1,000 on Planet agst Mathela titian. Oaks-2,000 to 1,000 on Slander agst Miami. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, SEPT. B.—Wind S., light breeze, and fine clef weathtr. DEAL, SEPT. 7.—Wind S. to S.S.E.—Arrd. Eliza T/01.,,n, ton, New Orleans ; Persia, Boston, and sld. for Rotterclro Arrd. from the River and sld. for Halifax, Wright, C al Sco t t Lord Stanley, Spence, west coast of Africa ; Talliope, -"3 Quebec. Steam schooner, with blue flag at the main,l''°;io westward ; steam schooner, with red flag at the 211J00, white ball, No. 3, Belfast ; Albion, Ware, Quebec; 11 Hadden, St. John's, New Brunswick. .—W PORTSMOUTH, SErr. 7ind W. to S.S.W.—SId. borough, Webb, Calcutta. n tre 3/ ' OFT TORBAY, SEPT. 3.—Erromango, Robinson ge to o' for London ; Amelia, lgug_iinboy, New Bedford, ' - bo s• burgh ; John, Rose, New York ; Catrtjina, Bramban , its rs. FALMOUTH, SErr. 7.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Eclipse, tagonia,.for Hull. hee. e „- PENZANCE, SErr. 4.—Arrd. Industry, Pearson, ' 4 ,7 PORT TALBOT, SEPT. 6.—Arrd. Sun, White, Cttie be L'ool 3 l ST. MICHAEL'S MOUNT, SEPT. I.—Sld. Joseph ii-nu` Gray, St. John's. HAYLE, SEPT. 4.—Arrd. Ono, Williams, Quebec. ..ebec. SWANSEA, SEPT. 4 --LArrd. Thomas Baker, Dougiss, Q" LLANELLY, SEPT. 4.—Arrd. Planter, Wood, Quebec- T,148Y, SEPT. 6.--Arrd. Caroline, Laws, Quebec. „ . - s fi 1 IVERPOOL, SEPT. 7.—Wind S.W. to N.N.W. and, - r ii , o reo —Arrd. John Tomkinson, Hutchinson, Cuba; Proctor, New Orleans ; Cornelia, French, New York Shield, Kelly, St. Stephen's, New Brunswick. Sail, eu ';, t*; litt Earl Bathurst, Primrose, Demerara ; Nicholas Bidd!er r New York; Leuconia, Porter, New York ; Hotti n e Barsley, New York; Belmont, Grant, Sr. John's. Brunswick. Off pert, Mattakerset, Mobile ; Laurina, _ GRANGEMOUTH, SEPT. 4.—Arrd. Hartlepool, Mann, Quebec; Elizabeth and Ann, Wright, Quebec. LEITH, SEPT. 4.—Arrd. Exporter, Robinson' ''t-Q„eljeC. BIDEFORD, SEPT. 2 —Arrd. Sappheras, Br OWn, BERWICK, AUG. 31.—Arrd. Quebec,; Annandale, Pengilly, St. John's, IC nrun I Edward' s : YARMOUTH, SEPT. 4.—Arrd. the Scio, Prince Island ; Melvine, Stanson, Prince' Edward's Nan" Argus, Steward, Quebec ; all for London. r d. ber e l GUERNSEY, SErr. 3.—The Sir William Collings, acrd. d re, was in contact with a large brig off Cape La Hogue, an ceived some damage. Thomas Wood, Fsawi.rclkeY: Se sc ' SirnosafEss, Sarr. 3.—The Majestic, Stone, from waded, castle to Quebec, has put in here with rudder bead frog after being as far as lon. 31. W. The Clyde, M'All istet ' no irt put in here with bow stove, and must discharge to r 3lO T having been in contact with the bug Mantura, ult., off Cape Wrath. 5 431.6 CLYDE, SEPT. 3.—Ski. Southampton, F lint, Walla ce, Scotia; sth, Vermont, Percy, New Yor. k ginb SEPT. 4.—Sid. Lord Glenelg, Mann, Picton; ham, Hughes, Quebec ;. Swan, Robertson, St. John's. 400 DUNMORE, EAST.—Arrd. Oudiana, New Orleans; Horne, Simon, Pictou, Nova Scotia, both for Liver i t lge HULL, SEPT. 7.—The Cousin Mary, Brown, Wooelbll,o4 to Leeds or Wakefield. got on Radcliffe Sand sth instaarit 00 sunk ; crew saved. The Providence, bound to Goole, of 00 Faxfleet Sand sth instant, and sunk ; crew save d. CO ° Leadbitter, Crowell, Quebec. Sld. sth, Hope, Muller'..,jelf. of Good Hope ; Canton, Tonge, St. John's, New Bracrra• "Wie WATERFORD, SEPT. 6.—Wind S.E. to Ham Writ, Curbett, Miramici. atri a " SHIELD g S, h SEPT. 7.—Wind E. h to S.E.—Arrd. sth, - Donkm, Quebec. Ski. 7th, I%lary Graham, Ceylon. MARRIED.—Sept. 1, at Castle-town, Delv i lobli s the Hon. and Rev. Francis Howard, Captain dire Rodon, 44th Regiment, to Frances Alicia, of daughter of Mr. and Lady Eleanor Fetherstonha eg Brooklyn Castle, Westmeath. I3itbe,rte° IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY. o lyl ---- heat unaided by affinity has been unequal to 1'1;001, water into its constituents; electricity has been ti"" j3L l ' single agent by which this could be accomplished' t we hear, and we have full faith in the report, 09 ' be o Grove has succeeded in decomposing water hY„ s ite r alone ; or, popularly to express it, he has boilecijii,? into its elements, oxygen and hydrogen. This; to tbl~ the second grand physical discovery in Eng 1 ° 1 ;0 1 1 year, both of high scientific import a n ce , and both 5 v all to the fame of their respectiv e au th o rs, Faradtll Grove—Literary Gazette. Lord Henry B entinek has had unpreeed en te j a cess among the red deer, his Lordship having —r killed sixteen stags, many of them of great t•ize• free Earl Fortescue has returned to Castle-bill' 0 „ 5 ,! visiting the venerable Dowager Countess Forte s . c o e st') Wear Gifford. Viscount Ebrington left Castle in the past week, to make a tour of , r i r itSg s Mrs. Romer's new work, entitled " A ysle,, s ; to the Temples and Tombs of Egypt, Nubia, u"" t „sre," r , tine, in 1845," in 2 vols. Bvo., bound, with utiv Dbo engravings, price 285., is published this daY' Bentley, and may now be had of all booksellers•pq following new works are also now ready :-2. Ellis's New Series of Original Letters, illuare, prl'e English History, 4 vols. pit Bvo., with portraitby !2/.1 bound.-3. The Penscellwood Paper s, 9V. Author of ‘, Dr. Hookwell," 2 vols. post Bvoderitl 4. Methuen's Life in the Wilderness ; or, W av io'. in South Africa. 1 vol., with illustrations , price yr 0..,, bound.-5. Dr. Thomson's Philosophy of Mag ic 6, gies and Apparent Miracles, 2 vols. Bvo., 286 ' Coop vensnest ; or, The Red Skins. By J. Fenimore Esq. vols. of' wrof THE 3 a'oo DANGEROUS STATE OF TOWER -- j O r • ' Yesterday a deputation from the inhabitant s of 11, bp street and its vicinity, consisting of Mr. 1-11 " ve ect f ' i e Barber, Mr. Finnes, and other influential and kesP o rt!fe residents, waited upon the Lord Mayor forth e P r to I l es , of representing to his Lordship that great eg e r sl e ! and limb arose from the narrow state of Toc c oe ng,4o which had been almost wholly impassable top.e, oG in consequence of the vast increase of connuert object of the deputation was to induce the Loriorroot as one of the Commissioners of Metropo litan of of 1 ,, s) meats, so to communicate the exact conditl e wo er' ol , croweed thoroughfare to his brother Curan' is i as pent would lead to as speedy a correction of the ev l C lto4l Bible. The Lord Mayor, who received his fellowtioeto with his usual affability, stated that a deP utt 'd F l 1,1 0 been received by the CommisMoners, t'nociviooe evidence before them as to the most, o f dog means of remedying the evil comtlaine,, ne e r e , advised the deputation to convene a public lioeloi of the inhabitants, and determine whether Of be commended before the Commissioners shoulu d he p adopted in the application to Parliament ; sn,otierl he was satisfied that the Commissioners %soul(' ',yeolgl the assistance in their power to procure an WV t wit 1 3 ts cl which would add so many facilities of trade o so g.,e s jo g of the city of London. The improvements t, consisted of a new street from Trinity.stro—ciormoo, through Seething-lane, Mark-lane, and Min, . 1 3 , and coming out near SC. Margaret's Chur ch t iforC ij o g oii lane ; and it was also contemplated to mak e 0 - and fare at the Postern-road, which would be 5 'npoWt 015 modation to all the eastern parts of the toet r i o ots., de' particularly to the enormous traffic of the,_,ed and td Lordship said that if the inhabitants assenv'e 01110 torted upon a plan, means would be At . 9 ° , 3 v cot' s old' pare a Bill for introduction into Parl u i c ii p deputation intimated that the meeting and the suggestions of his Lordship meetings immediate attention, shoidweet 5 %