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Now ready, Price 21s. bound, VOLUME VII. of the NELSON LETTERS AND DISPATCIIES. COMPLETING THE WORK N.B. Subscribers ars requestedto give immediate orders to their llooksellers, for the completion of their sets, to prevent disap pointment. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW STORY BY ALBERT SMITH. Now ready, and may be had of all Booksellers, price One Shilling, (to be completed in Twelve Numbers), with Two Illustrations by Leech, Part I. of THE STRUGGLES AND ADVENTURES OF CHRISTOPHER TAD POLE, IN SEARCH OF A NAME, A RELATIVE, AND A WIFE, AT HOME AND ABROAD. By ALBERT SMITH, Esq. Aathor of " TIM Adventures of Mr. Ledbury," " The Scattergood Family," " The Marchioness of Brinvilliers," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. 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The greater proportion of the Sev:ip of the Wove Company having . 2 1Apn sent In, and the Final anal only Return of Ten Shillings per Illrare having been made thereon, the Holders of the remaining Shares are informed that attendance will for the future be given at the Company's Offices, 24, Finsbury-pavement, on TUESDAY and FRIDAY only in each week, anli they are requested without delay t 4 send in their Scrip for exNinination, and the Return of Ten Shillings per Share will flirthwith be made thereon. By order, AP- 142,9 t 29, 1846. FRANCIS CLOWES, Secretary. RAILTAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Palle for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, Sec., take place every TUZeDAt and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds lame dtafelf disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street, London. THEATRE 'LOYAL, LYCEUM. UYIDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MILS. 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 lIORN. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Kinl4ch, Collier, Yarnold, Bender, Silver, Richr.rd3, and Keeley; Miss Keeley, Miss Viliars, Miss Fairbrother, Mrs, Woollidge, Miss Arden, Miss Forster, Miss Laidlaw, Miss Ilrornley, :kits Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the new Farce, entitled LOAN OF A WIFE. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, and Yarn°ld ; Mrs. Woollidge and Miss Howard. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of PAUL PRY. Colonel Hardy, Mr. Lafnbert ; Paul Pry, Mr. Wright; Grasp, Mr. 0. Smith ; Somers, Mr. Worrell ; Mr. Stanley, Mr. Thomas; Starry Stanley, Mr. Boyce, Frank Hardy, Mr. Braid; Witherton, Mr. Selby; Mrs. Subtle, Mrs Laws ; Marian, Miss E. Harding ; Phcebe, Miss Ellen Chaplin. After which, a Grand Mythological Burlesque Extravaganza, de nominated THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS ; or, The Pas de Pip pins. The characters personated by Messrs. Selby, 0. Smith, Glen naire, Lindon, Way,e, Butler, Williamson, Aldridge, Mitchenson, Alderson, Ryan, Weght, Paul Bedford ; Miss Ellen Chaplin, Miss Taylor, Miss Harrison, Miss Simpson, Mts. F. Matthews, &c. To be followed by an original Comic S!etch, called ABRAHAM PARKER. Abraham Parker, Mr. Wright. - PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STTZEET. THIS EVENING Will he performed Shakspere's Comedy (with Music) of THE :MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Granby; )Tr. 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 Sefo-Comic Drama, entitled A CURIOUS CASE. Mr. Aubrey, Mr. Vining; Twiggleton, Mr. Charles Mathews; Charted Stanton, Mr. Fisher; Edward, Mr. Renner ; Mrs. Aubrey, Mrs. Stirling. To cpnclude with an entirely New Comic Drama, entitled TIIE :BARBER BRAVO ; or, '1 he Intrentdr of Powder. In which Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Granby, Mr. Wynn, Miss E. Stanley, and Miss E. IlcOner win:perform. STRAND THEATRE. TITLE EVENING. Will be performed ShakesTere's Tragedy of OTIIELLO. Othello, Mr. Greg2ry ; Ingo, Mr. Waldron ; Cassio, • Mr. Leigh Murray; Desdemonec Mrs. Percy ; Emi:ia, Miss Dorr'ngton. To be followed by PERFECTION. Kate O'Brien, Miss M. Glover. To conclude with the Farce of INTRIGUE. RamMeton, Mr. Gilbert; Tom, Mr. Attwood ; Ellen, Miss M. Glover. Places, Boxes, and Stalls may be had at the Libraries, and the Box-office, from eleven till four. ASTLET'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her :Cost Gracious Majesty tte Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Priacess Royal. " The Merchant's Steed " triumphant. Entire change of Equestrian novelties. Last Week of the highly popular Drama of " The Nameleas." 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. 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 flvo o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. DAVJDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. AnSCendant 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. TILLS EVENING - Gm be performed the Play of THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mx. E. F. Saville ; Baron Steinfort, Mr. Fredericks ; Count Winter many Mr. Pelham ; Francis, Mr. Johnson ; Solomon, Mr. Neville ; Pete r, Mr. Wood ; Tobias, Mr. Heslop ; Annette, Mrs. Maynard ; Cha!:lotte, Miss E. Terry ; Mrs. Haller, Miss Cushman ; Countess NVlrtterscn, Miss Susan Cushman. After which an entlrrly new Farce, entitled THE BARBER AND THE BRAVO ; or. The Princess with the Raven Locks. In which Inel•srs. E. F. Saville, Neville, Lewis ; Mrs. E. F. Saville, and 14.15 s E. Terry will perform. To conclude with the favourite Drama of THE ROVER'S E CRET. Principal characters by Messrs. Saville, Johnson, Fre (Lea icks„ Lewis. Heslop ; Mrs. Lewis, Miss Terry, &c. Box Office open from eleven till four o'clock. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING - Will be performed a most powerful and entirely new Drama of a :Peculiar and forcible construction, embracing scenes in every gra do of life and eventful acts of every day's occurrence, founded out the popular wbrk, "The Mysteries of London," entitled MARK- M AND GREENWOOD ; or, The Brothers' Career. Markham, 3 tr. Seaman; Greenwood, Mr. Walton; Tidkins, Mr. Searle ; Ste phens, Mr. Anker ; Count Alteroni, Mr. niggle ; Ellen, Mrs. H. VII sing ; Isabella, Mrs. L, e. .After which, the Burlesque of PAYEE ROSAMONDE. Fayre Pa )eamonde, Mr. Forman. To concljde with DOMINIQUE, THE DESERTER ; or, The Alentleman in Black. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC !TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been 'constructed, which will he brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CONCERTS, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, representing hi the Interior Telemachus relating his adventures to Calypso. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the moot complete and effective scale. Preceding the VolcaWc 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 Urn, and bear him to his chrystal home. The Glass Conservatory is splensiklly ornamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Casinivora by gas-light. Feeding of the Carnivore at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at six : Concert at half-past six; and the Eruption at dusk. On WEDNESDAY, September 2, the Boys of the Greenwich Hospital School, With their splendid Band, will pay their Annual Visit to the Gardens. On this occasion, in addition to the matchless tions of the Gardens, there will be a brilliant Display of Fire s on and in tite Water, representing a Naval Engage t be tween a British Fligate and a Pirate, the Bands playing 111nritons strike Home," and " Rule Britannia." The School will arrive at four o'clock. ADMITTNICCE, ONE SHILLING. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 31. THERMOXETER, Lowest, 57; Highest. 72 ; Noon, 71. BAROMETER, 30.24. —W1ND N.E., fine. /LIGE WATER AT LONDON-ERIDGF. THIS DAY. IfferninC •• 42 minutes after 7. I Evening .. 20 minutes after 8. rir,* \ - •4,F. t, , •i" " .3T?) SECOND EDITION. 11 blerri LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1846. The Select Committee appointed, on the motion of Mr. MORRISON, to inquire whether, without dis couraging legitimate enterprise, conditions may not be embodied in Railway Acts better fitted than those hitherto inserted in them, to promote and se cure the interests of the public, have just published their second report. It is to be regretted, that the difficulties interposed in the way of procuring data, on which to found their conclusions, the delays expe rienced in obtaining returns on subjects connected with the inquiry, have prevented the Committee from presenting their report at an earlier period. Much, however, that is valuable can even yet be obtained from the document. One of the principal recommendations there put forward has bean already partially acted on, by the appoint ment of the new Railway Board, the Bill constituting which received the royal assent on Friday,' just before the prorogation of Parliament, and although the powers theitby conferred are not, as we conceive, sufficient for the attainpent of the objects contem plated, we are assured on the highest authority that the Bill was only the framework of future legislation with respect to railways. We may, therefore, confi dently anticipate that the leisure aftbrded by the recess will be turned to good account, and that the persons selected for those important duties may, on the next meeting of Parliament, be fully•prepared with mea sures to secure the great desideratum—an efficient system of control and supervision applicable to all railways at present existing or to be constituted hereafter. The report points out one of the chief defects in the existing mode of procedure before : the Legis lature, in adjudicating on important public in terests, although coming before it in the shape of private Bills, viz., that it supplies no adequate means for obtaining a knowledge of the real merits of measures to other parties than those who support or oppose them. Too often the opposition is bought off, wad a measure is passed sub silentio, although Q may be very injurious to the public ge,nerally, or certainly not be the line best ca" culated to afford the requisite accommodation to the nation. Many may see the mischief likely to take place, but they will not willingly incur the heavy expense and annoyance to which they would be subjected, if they entered opposition against such a Bill. Committees hitherto have rather selected the best of the projects brought before them, than in quired whether there might not be some other plan far better than any of those submitted to their investi gation. This error will be remedied for the future by the strict examination to which every new project will be exposed by the new Commissioners before it is brought before Parliament. It will be a part of the duty of the board to exercise the functions of an avocat dn. diable, and to seize on and expose any blot or imperfection that may exist in the scheme. As to the lines that have already been constructed, or thosL which have received the sanction of the Legislature, the mischief is irremediable, and we can only look forward to the adoption of such means as will make the management so efficient, the working of the rail ways in every respect, both as regards the fares to he demanded, and the accommodation to be afforded to the public, so beneficial, that the inconveniences will be reduced to the lowest possible amount. It may be said that this may be productive of an , undue interference with private property, and that it would be inequitable and unjust now to impose re strictions which were not thought of when the under takings were originally proposed, or when they re ceived the sanction of Parliament. This argument, however, cannot prevail, as the right of the State to deal with the property of its subjects for the publli. benefit has ever been fully recognised and acted upon, giving the parties fair compensation ; and it would be peculiarly inapplicable in the case of railway com panies, every one of which have taken by compulsion the property of individuals on the plea of the public interest ; besides, powers have been reserved in all Bills, whether for the construction of new lines or the extension of old, which have been passed within the last two sessions, for the revision and regulation of the scales and charges whenever it it should be deemed necessary, and there are few in deed of the railway's throughout the country which have rot voluntarily submitted themselves to that control and superintendence. The report urges in the strongest manner the right to subject the railways to this control, and its urgent necessity ; it points out that the roads of a country, from the very nature of things, are public concerns, and that they must be kept free from obstructions ; that in this country, from the remotest periods, the right of the SOVEREIGN, as representing the nation, has always been allowed— hence the term "King's highway ;" and though power was from time to time given to associations locally interested to make and repair roads, and to levy tolls thereon, that was but a delegated authority, and never amounted to a permanent transfer ; the public having always possessed the right of controlling the trustees and - withdrawing from them the management 'of the highways included in their trust, a right which has been re peatedly exercised in our own times. It then urges the paramount importance of railways, and lays down the doctrine " that if it be necessary for the public welfare that a country should never divest itself in perpetuity of its right of property in ordinary highways, it is still more important that it should not part with the right to control its railways." It fully and clearly points out that a railway company must exercise a complete monopoly, that the public cannot count on being relieved by competition from the abuse of power on their part. The deduction from this is pretty obvious—that a monopoly subject to no responsibility, and under no efficient check or control, is necessarily an intolerable abuse, that can only be rendered innoxious by sub jecting it to a rigorous control and supervision. A most interesting historical sketch is given of the rise and progress of the railway system in the differ ent countries of Europe; the errors, the mistakes that were committed in its infancy, and the means adopted for their correction, are fully and clearly set forth. Belgium receives the applause of the Com missioners as being the only country in which the Government adopted a systematic plan from the commencement, to which it afterwards strictly adhered—a plan that embraced the whole kingdom, and had exclusively for its object to communicate, at the cheapest possible rate, the benefit of railways equally to every part of its population. The lines in Belgium were originally all undertaken by the Government, and begun and completed by the means of loans ; by which means the fares have been fixed at an exceedingly low rate of late years. Several lines of railways have been con ceded to private companies, for terms of years, on terms beneficial to the public. In France, some lines were at first undertaken by private companies and others by the Government itself, till at length, in 1842, a plan was formed by which those means of communication should be created, and connected with each other according to a fixed system, of which the first general rule was, that the great lines should run from Paris to the frontiers, both by land and sea ; the next to select the directest and shortest lines, and the plan of leasing the lines to private companies was recommended. This plan has ever been acted on since, and the lines are conceded for terms of years, varying from ninety-nine to twenty-five. In Austria, Prussia, and the other German States, the construction of the lines have generally been con ceded to private companies, either for terms of years, or until the capitals have been recouped by means of sinking funds, with rights of purchase, re vision of the fares, &c., &c., but in every instance the lines revert to the Government at some period. In this country alone the possession of lines in perpetuity was allowed. This neglect on the part of our successive Govern ments is lamented by the Commissioners. We can not, however, believe that the mischief is so great as it is represented to be ; the right of control is ad mitted on all sides, and that being the case we cannot regret that our Government acted on the wise prin ciple of non-interference with legitimate speculation. England is essentially a commercial nation, and the greatest possible degree of freedom should be conceded to every enterprise : it is to that we owe our greatness as a nation, and we shall not be injured, because the wealth and capital that has been created by the construction of railways has found its way into the coffers of individuals in place of the exchequer of the nation. The report goes to a con siderable length, and it is impossible to devote a greater space thereto this day. We shall, however, return to the subject on an early occasion. [We are aware that Mr. MORRISON has addressed a letter to the Times, which we publish in another column, stating that he prepared the draught of the report, which was simply laid before the Committee, but as it is published as a Parliamentary paper, we Lave treated it as what it professes to be, viz., as the report of the Committee.] So frequently have we had occasion to insist upon the necessity of measures being adopted for the pro motion of cleanliness among our labouring classes, that we rejoice the late session was not brought to a conclusion before Parliament had taken the matter into consideration, and had afforded the new system the approbati on an d p a t ronage o f Government. Im mediately before the prorogation of the two Houses, namely, on Wednesday last, the royal assent was given to the Bill for encouraging the establishment of Public Baths and Washhouses. Nothing could have formed a better preliminary to the social reforms an ticipated from, and in many instances guaranteed to the people by, the RUSSELL Administration. What the present Ministry have principally undertaken to accomplish, and what the population princi pally expect them to perform, is a reorga nization of the internal and domestic arrange ments of the empire. They are to introduce proper and wholesome ventilation into the densest quarters of our towns and cities through the inter- - T RE SUN, LONDON, MONDAN EVENING, AUGUST 31 3 1816. position of certain building enactments : they are to prevent the poisoning of our river -waters, and the exhalation of pestilential vapours by a novel alteration in the sewerage ; they are to increase the comfort of the inhabitants of cities, and to render the cities themselves more salubrious by supplying them with additional quanties of fresh water : they are to modify some of the pernicious and pestiferous incon veniences of our present system of interment ; and, by other minor and collateral proceedings, they arc to endeavour to improve the sanatory and moral con ' dition of the poorer classes of the United Kingdom. Remembering that these things form a considerable portion of the Ministerial programme, we look upon the acceptance of the Bill already particularised as a propitious circumstance in the inauguration of that Ministry. The Act for the Encouragement of Municipal and other Authorities in the Erection of Public Baths and Washhouses, i 3 nothing more than a Legislative sanction of whomsoever may be induced to undertake the construction of such edifices and the formation of such establishments. Substantially it is merely the Government patronage of an extensive scheme. Go vernment has not empowered its officers to interfere in any undue or unnecessary manner in the prosecu tion of this project. The Act enables the councils of all municipal boroughs in the three king toms, all parochial vestries in England, and all town comtnis sioners in Ireland, to form local baths and washhouses for the convenience of the popu lation in the vicinity, and to discharge all expenses thereby incurred out of the local rates. It facilitates the purchase of land for the proposed undertakings, and sanctions loans from the Public Works' Loan Commissioners—those loans being re paid by instalments of twenty years. The permis sion of the Secretary for the Home Department is requisite for the adoption of the Act ; and loans can only be obtained under the express approval of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. Nothing, we conceive, could well be more salutary than this limited patronage of the Executive ; individual, or, we should rather say, local, enterprise would have been nullified had the Government taken the entire system into its own hands ; while, under the present arrangement, a kind of stability is afforded to the local enterprises of this nature by the direct sanction afforded them by Government. Now that extraordinary facilities are afforded to our parochial and municipal authorities, we cordially hope that public baths and washhouses will be springing up in all directions—in the metropolis, in the manufacturing towns, and in the rural districts. by affording to the humbler members of the com munity opportuities for insuring their personal and domestic cleanliness, let it be remembered that the poor will be healthier in body, more prone to morality and moderation, and more elevated and purified as thinking beings. Nor will the erection of such esta blishments be any cause of pecuniary annoyance to the districts in which they may be undertaken ; on the contrary, experience has shown that such struc tures form a safe and even lucrative investment for capital. When such baths and washhouses are scattered throughout the country, our industrial classes will be better able to bring muscle and alacrity to their employment; they will less frequently be a burden upon our parishes as ailing paupers; they will be more domesticated, and on that account more civilised; they will find the companionship of the schoolmaster more agreeable than that of the publican. Republic of the Ecuador, or that the Government has removed any obstacles in the way of his recruiting Colonel MILAUS DE BROSCII and his fellow-pri soners, accused of conspiracy against the State, have been unanimously acquitted. The Conde di Thomar (COSTA CABRAL) has left Madrid for Cadiz. Senor GONZALES BRAVO was to leave Lisbon on the 20th. The Gazette announces that 1,725 inscriptions of Five per Cent. Stock, to the amount of 700,000,000 reals, proceeding from the creation of the 700,000,000 reals authorised by the law of June 16, 1840, and 586 inscriptions of Three per Cent. Stock, representing a sum of 20,000,000 reals, received in payment of national property, would be burned in thirty days frem the present date. MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 24.—The Three per Cents. were done at 34 for cash ; the Four par Cents. at 21i; the Five per Cents. at 22i; the Debt without In terest, at 6 ; and the Coupons, at 201. We have received the Paris papers of Friday and Saturday. The Journal des Dcbats publishes the sentence passed by the Court of Peers upon HENRI, viz., hard labour for life. HENRI himself seemed disappointed at the sentence. When the Registrar of the Court read the jud;ment to him, " That is not what I expected," said he, after a moment of silence, "I wished for a capital con viction, and I implored to be put to death as a fa vour and as an act of grace." The fellow ing account of his behaviour since his sentence is from the Con stitutionnel of Saturday. " When the registrar of the Court of Peers proceeded to read the sentence of the Court to the regicide Joseph Henri the latter trembled convulsively, and a sudden paleness covered his features, in which intense anxiety was depicted. After having heard his sentence, he ap peared to be much shocked. I would have preferred death to infamy,' said he; I expected something else.' The following morning M. Baroche, his advocate, called at the prison to console his client. Henri became calm. He spoke at great length, but incoherently and uncon nectedly. He expressed his intention to address a petition to the King to pray him to commute the penalty of hard labour to that of transportation. Since his con. vietion Joseph Henri has declared, in the most formal manner, that there were no projectiles in his pistols. When some doubt was expressed on this point, he added that he was ready to furnish proofs of the truth of his assertion. He then indicated the place where he con cealed a written paper, containing the exact recital of all the preparations he had made to induce a belief that his attempt was serious." The proceedings connected with the petition to the Chamber of Deputies against the return of M. DESSAIGNE for Vendome, bid fair to give rise to a ques tion of privilege, which may be regarded as a pendant to the celebrated STOCKDALE and HANSARD case, of the British House of Commons. His return was petitioned against on the score of corruption, and he has commenced a prosecution for libel against those who signed the petition. All the Opposition Members and the Opposition papers protest against such a pro ceeding, as calculated to destroy altogether the right of petition. The Ministerialists, on the contrary, de fend the conduct of M. DEssAIGNE, and declare, that if the statements of the petitioners are well founded they need be under no apprehension. On Saturday the Chamber having finished the veri fication of the powers of its Members, proceeded to elect its officers. M. SAUZET was elected President by a large majority, the numbers being— FOP M. SAUZET . M. 0. BARROT M. DuriN M. DUPONT (de I'Eure) 4 M. LAMARTINE 2 223 98 A letter from Leghorn, of the 22d, states that the earthquakes in that city have at length ceased. The number of persons killed is reported at 70, and 180 have been wounded. A great number of houses have been destroyed, and 4,000 persons have in conse quence been deprived of shelter. The results of the elections for Vice-President, Questors, and Secretaries were not known when the post left. On Friday, the Association pour la Liberte des Echanges held its first public meeting in Paris, in the Salle Montesquieu, the Duc D ' HARCOURT being in the chair. The Noble Duke, in opening the pro ceedings, said— " Our project is very simple. We demand that la bour be free in its elements of production and markets, and that there should be no privileged labour prejudicial to general labour. After the liberty of man, the liberty of thought and of the press, the most essential is the liberty of trade. We will demand it with ardour. Our noble country is sufficienty wise, sufficiently great to enjoy the fulness of its rights. We will thus accomplish the designs of Providence, which has lavished its bless ings upon us in order that we should enjoy them. If free trade be calculated to render men more nappy, it must for the same reason render them better. Men become enlight ened by the facility of their relations and their transac tions. They will soon discover that it is preferable for them to exchange the fruits of their productions and labour, than tear them from ench other and con tend for them by what was formerly called war, and which at the present period we would call barbarism. We expect to meet many obstacles on our way, for those who enjoy monopoly and privileges will not easily consent to part with them. But we will triumph over their resistance. We rely on your zeal and perse verance; we also rely on your purses; for, gentlemen, in our days little can be effected without money." The Commerce gives the following resume, an ex planatory declaration of which was then read : " They declare in this document that the Free-trade Association does not contest the right of imposing on goods passing the frontier duties destined for the com mon expenses, provided they be determined by the sole consideration of the wants of the Treasury. But as soon as the duty, losing its fiscal character, has for its object the rejection of foreign produce, to the detriment of the revenue itself, in order to raiso the price of a similar article produced at home, and thus to injure the community for the profit of one class—from that instant protection manifests itself, and that principle it is which the Association hopes completely to efface from our laws. Although the Association pursues the complete removal of the protective system, it does not follow that it requires such a reform to be accomplished in one day, or to be the result of one vote. Even to revert from evil to good, from an artificial state of things to a natural sttuation, requires prudential precautions. These details of execution belong to the State ; the mission of the Association is to propagate and to popu larise the principle. As to the means which it intends to employ, they never will be otherwise than legal and constieutional. In fine, the Association stands aloof from all party politics. It does not place itself at the service of any particular branch of trade, of any class, or of any portion of the country. It embraces the cause of general interest, which, under all its bearings, is identical with that of the public consumer." A letter from Rome of the 15th instant contains the following : " A subscription having recently been opened at Rome for the benefit of such of the amnestied prisoners as were without the means of subsistence, and for which con siderable sums had been collected, the Fope sent for M. Marini, the Governor of the city, and anxiously inquired from him as to the object of it. M. Marini replied that he attributed a dangerous political motive to the sub scribers, but that he would not venture to give his ad vice on the subject. The Pope, after some moments' reflection, desired the list to be handed to him, and in scribed the name of his own family for 100 scudi, and that of M. Marini for 10 scudi, and ordered the list to be sent to all the principal houses in Rome. It is by such traits of delicacy that his Holiness wins every heart." The POPE and Cardinal Gum have nearly com pleted their programme of contemplated reforms. It is said that the Austrian Ambassador, to whom its contents have been communicated, has in vain remon strated against its publication. It is rumoured in Rome that the following appointments will shortly take place :—•Prince BORGIIESE, Treasurer ; Prince ALTIERI, Minister of War ; and Prince PIOMBINO, Minister of Police and Governor of Rome. At Bologna the rejoicings in celebration of the amnesty had been renewed for two days. During the night of the first day the partisans of the ancient regime daubed the placards, containing the decree of amnesty with mud, and effaced the POPE'S portrait from some of them. In the morning it was with the greatest difficulty that the people were prevented taking summary vengeance cn the perpetrators of this outrage. New placards were posted, and the people paraded the streets crying, " Viva Pius 1X.,"," Viva the Italian Confederation," " Death to the tyrant." They posted a regular watch at night to defend the placards. A member of the late Military Commission, named ZAMA, was stabbed during the enzeute. At Padua some young men uttered cries of " Viva Pius IX., King of Italy," which nearly occasioned a collision with the Austrian troops. IVe extract the following from the Universal Ger man Gazette of the 24th instant:— " The King of Prussia has just been handed a letter from Ali, Raja of Riouw, an island in the China Seas, lying north of Sumatra, under the following circum stances :—M. Roettger, a Protestant Missionary, whose functions called him to Riouw in 1834, on his return to Prussia spoke with great praise and gratitude of the cordial reception given by the Raja to his colleagues and himself, and the humane treatment they had re ceived during an eight years' residence in the country. In acknowledgment for this hospitable reception the King, upon the recommendation of M. Roettger, sent some splendid presents to the Raja, consisting of chandeliers, girandoles, musical clocks, a rich vase, and gold and silver tissues, accompanied with an autograph letter from his Majesty. These presents were carried over by M. Roettger, who took his departure in 1844, and presented by him in due Ouse, with the King's letter, to the Raja. The latter, in return, has sent a letter of thanks, accompanied by a dagger in a golden scabbard, and some javelins with golden ornaments." Count CASTIGLIONE, the General Commandant of Cracow, has published a proclamation, refuting the exaggerated reports of expected disturbances which have recently been rife In Germany. These reports had their origin in the fact that certain emissaries of the disaffected had been arrested in Austrian Gallicia. The meeting was addressed by MM. LEON FAUCIIER, RIGLET, and BLANQUI. The proceedings concluded by the opening a subscription to defray the expenses of the agitation. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Saturday at 83f. 70c. ; the Five per Cents., 1211 30c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,273 f. 75c. • Rouen, 960 f. ; Great Northern, 711 f. 25c. ; Avignon, 916 f. 25c. ; Vierzon, 626 f. 25c. ; Bordeaux, 573 f. 75c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 496 f. 25c. ; Tours and Nantes, 506 f. 25c.; Paris and Lyons, 527 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 492 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 485 f. ; Spanish Actives, 33 1 4 ; ditto Three per Cents., 36%; ditto Passives, 5%. The following are the quotations for new lines : Bansum.Es, AUG. 2 5.--Marseilles and Avignon, 912 f. 50c.; Northern, 7121. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 5251. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN' RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUGUST 29. Dutch Rhenish, 6% —East Indian, 14 Greac Western Bengal, —Luxembourg, 1% —Namur and Liege, 2 3 4 Orleans and Vierson, 15 —Orleans and Bordeaux, S%—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 5% —Paris and Rouen,' 37%. LLOYD'S SHIPPJN G.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, AUG. 31.—Wind this day at noon S.S.W., light airs, and fine clear weather. DEAL, Auc. 30.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. from the River, and sailed, Prince of Wales, Hopkins, Calcutta; Queen Dowager, Cape Coast Castle ; John Craig, Walton, St. John's, New Brunswick; Jane, Knarston, Rimouski ; John Brewer, Brown, Bombay; Warren Hastings, Mason, New Orleans; London, Newbury, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick; Samuel Leighton, St. John's, New Brunswick; Neptune, Rundle, Quebec; Montezuma, Smith, Quebec; Douglas, Douglas, Quebec and Montreal. PORTSMOUTH AUG. 30.—Wind N.N.E.—Sailed 29th, Chieftain, Walker, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, AuG. 30.—Wind S.E., light. Arrd. 29, Gear.nette, Hee, Porto Rico; Commerce, Savanilla ; Wash ington, Walker, Quebec ; Tom Moore, Santa Cruz. 30th, Serampore, Baker, New Orleans ; Lady Sale, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld. 29th, Sir H. Pottinger, M'Wean, Calcutta; John Horrocks, Bond, Demerara; Swallow, Steele, St. Thomas; Harvey Galbraith, Watkins, St. Thomas; Lanca shire, Lyon, Savannah ; Franconia, Smith, Philadelphia ; Themis, Kenney, St. John's, Newßruaswick ; Violet, Holmes, Bathnrst ; Horatio, Grave, Quebec. 30th, Swatara, Brown, New Orleans; Waverley, Smith, New York; Malabar, Barker, Quebec. Off port, Jane, Hammond, St. John's, New Brunswick; Philopontos, Lillias, and Seabird, brig —. The Dundalk steamer, from Dundalk, ran on shore this morning in Dotal° Bay during a thick fag, but came off on the afternoon's tide without apparent damage. The Nuremberg Correspondent of the 24th says : " The Duke of Holstein, Danish Minister at Frank fort, has communicated to the Diet of that city the re sult of the examination made by the Commission relative to the successioa to the Duchies of Schleswick, Holstein, and Lauenbourg. The document so presented contains the legal development of the opinion put forth in the King's letter—that the lex regia applies to the whole of the duchy of Schleswick. The pretensions of the two collateral lines—that is to say, of the lines of Sonder bourg and of the younger line of Gottorst are repre sented as unfounded. As to Holstein the document states that no protest has been made by the last Duke." Madrid papers of the 23d and 24th August have arrived. It would appear from the following passage in the Heraldo, the official organ of the Court, that the marriage of the QUEEN Of SPAIN with Don FRAN- crsco D'Assis was considered as settled, and that there is every probability of a matrimonial alliance taking place between the Infante Donna Lo , atse. and Don ENRIQUE : THE QUEEN'S SPEECIL—The royal speech reached Bristol last evening in an express edition of The Sun . news desirable We have long declared that we considered it highly paper, which was courteously forwarded direct to this office desirable to effect the marriage of the Queen as soon as from the Great Western Railway station.—Bristol Mercury. possible, and no spirit of party shall ever cal ase us to We feel much:indebted to Ihe Sun newspaper for being raise any obstacle to so happy an event. We have no in possession of her Majesty's speech on Friday evening. This objection to make to the proposed arrangemi .ttit ; we is one of very many instances of public spirit and speed of have demanded for Isabella 11. a prince of Jibe a 1 ideas, publication for which Th e Sun has long been esteemed.—Bath and a Spaniard—Don Francis d'Assis is both. As to Journal. the union of the Infanta Louisa Charlotte vre see Lord and Lady John Russell will arrive in Chesham nothing against it, and we only wait for the decia ion of p, the stoo Duke u t k h e at an th d e D y lace this day, from Wimbledon, and on Friday it is . under our Sovereign to conform to it with respect." The Herald° of the 24th announces the an vat at Saragossa of a former Aide-de-Camp of Genera I Es- a visit to Sir Robert and Lady Peel has separ e a e t n ed t . he A A tn r o c n h g . u w e i h ll es p s r o o f c ß ee e d df t o o n r . Woburn Abbey, on a visit to TARTER°. He was residing there as the arra of a visitors within the last fortnight have b theDRYTON MANort.---The company assembled here on gas company. The Militar Espanol denies that General 1 TLORES H enr y Visco Excellencynt G e s o s u li Chevalier Villie r s, rn h i Sir l3 u n Francis sen E bi a s r h l op of o L f inCeitonitne,rbthueryE, Earl and diicooWulneytet, Countess the o E w a e r ,e l v T .s a c l olli bo tn t tit , the onnd LawY' Baron th ßru rt n i n g ow, his . has received any assistance or protection fr .om the E xce llency General and Mrs. A'Court, GQyernment in getting up his expedition agai past the Captain and Mr. A'Court, Dr. and Mrs. Lally, Mr. East litkei &c. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.' CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday was rather active. Sales 10,000 bales, at former rates to a slight advance. Shares were steady, but not generally higher. There is not a single arrival of the least interest in the City to. day. An Act, passed during the last session of the Ame rican Legislature, of considerable importance relative to foreign coins, has, we are assured, not received due publicity in this country. We therefore draw attention to it:— " An Act to establish the value of certain foreign coins and moneys of account, and to amend existing laws. " Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the United States in Congress assembled, That in all computations at the Custom-house, the Foreign coins and moneys herein specified, shall be estimated as fol lows, to wit :—The Specie dollar of Sweden and Nor. way at one hundred and six cents. The specie dollar of Denmark at one hundred and five cents. The Thaler of Prussia and of the northern States of Germany, at sixty-nine cents. The florin of the southern states of Germany at forty cents. The florin of the Austrian empire and of the city of Augsberg, at forty-eight and one half cents. The lila of the Lombardo Venetian kingdom, and the lira of Tuscany, at sixteen cents. The franc of France, and of Belgium, and the lira of Sardinia, at eighteen cents. six mills. The ducat of Naples, at eight y cents. The pound of the British provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, New foundland and Canada, at four dollars. " And all laws inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed." In the corn market this morning there is all but a panic. Wheat is quoted 4s per quarter lower. Barley, on the contrary, is on the rise. In Foreign Wheat sales cannot be made under a fall of 3s per quarter. The accounts from the country are almost all satisfactory as as to the quality and y ield of the harvest. The Funds have been very firm indeed this morning. The few bargains that have been made in Consols were principally fur cash, to be delivered to=morrow. The present value of Consols fur the Account is 968 I, and for Money 96k. The premium upon Exchequer bills has been at 18s. Upon India Bonds (under 1,0001.) the rate now is 30s. premium. Bank Stock is rather lower, 2081. The only bargains requiring notice to-day are those in Mexican Five per Cents , which have improved to 27. Brazil Stock is firm, at 90; Spanish Three per Cents. at 371 , ‘ 1- for the Account, and the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 598. The Railway share market is comparatively dull, as to prices, to-day. The adjustment of the account is going off well. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 2O B IA 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 6 1 /2 3 per Cent. Consols Arms 96% New 3 1 ,4 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860 lO% 7-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 lO 3-16 India Bonds 1,000/ Ditto under 1.000/ Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1 3 / 4 d. 14d. 1,000/. 5001. ....... ..... Ditto Small — 21 pm. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 9O Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto for the Account . 4l Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 26% Ditto for the Account Portuguese 4 per Cents 43% Ditto for the Account 44 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 — Ditto for the Account Ditto 3 per Cent 37 Ditto for the Account 374N Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 42 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cents Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE:IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PE& SHARE. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c 2 l /s to 2 Armagh, Coleraine, &Portrush 1% — to Aylesburyand Thame 1 5, Newcastle EzDarlingtontitinc. 25 Ditto New Newcastle and Berwick Do. North Shields... Ncwca , tle and Carlisle .. . Newport and Abergavenny. . 21 / 2 — Newry and Enniskillen ...... 4 1 / 2 ...... Newr.rk, Sheffield, and Boston 1%...... ,/ i Norfolk Do. Half Shares Ditto Tenths Ditto Extension North ifritish Ditto Half Shares.. Ditto Fifths Belfast and County Down .. 2 1 /; .. .. Bideford and Tavistock ...... 1% — to Birmingham and Gloucester..100 Do. New (iss. at 7 1 /, dis.). 17% — to - - . Birmingham &Oxford June... 2 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 2 3,( — ..... to --: Boston, Stamf , & Birming... 225. Bristol anti Exeter Do., New Bristol and Gloucester 3O Bristol and Liverpool June... 2% — to Buckinghamshire..- 42s. Caledonian - Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Extension Cambrian and Grand Junct.. 425. Cambridge and Oxford .../ 1%..... to Central Kent 2 l /2 ...... Chester and Holyhead... 27% — ...... to Churnet and Blythe Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltenham and Oxford Clydesdale Junction l5 ..... Cork, Blackrock, & Passages 22i — Cork and Killarney 2 l / 2.— to Cork and Waterford Cornwall Cornwall and Central Devon 2% Derby and Crewe 2% to Direct Lincoln, East Retford, and Sheffield Junction 2% — to Do. Carlisle-Extension I IA 4'j %... to North cf Norfolk Northern and Eastern SO Ditto Scrip (iss, at 5 dis.)... 45 Direct Manchester Ditto ( Rastrick's) s i/i••• Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 10 Dublin, Beliast, Sc Coleraine 2 1 / 2 ...... to Dublin and Ga1way............ 4 Dunchlk and Enniskillen ... 7 1 ,x ...... Eastern Counties l4l. 16s '23 .... . to 22% Do. New ' lO/. 165 Ditto Quarter Shares - 12 1 / 2 — to Ditto New . 1 North Kent & Direct Dover 2 1 /i — North Staffordshire... 42s. North Wales 3 l /1 .... North. & South. Connecting 2% — to Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham ... 2 Nottingham and Mansfield... ..... .. Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Oxfd., Witney, & Cheltnham 1%.. Pilbrow Atmospheric - Portsmouth I)Creet Preston and Wyre Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d... Do., do. N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... 3 A pto Do., York Extension ...... 10s. ...... 2Vh to East Dereham and Norwich 1 Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares Do. Extension to Harwich 14 ...... to Do. Cambridge and Ely ... 2' 1 ; 2 — to East Lancashire . . Ditto, Half Shares . Readiug, Guildford, & Reigate 425. Richmond Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick ...... 425....... 1 1 4 p ... to 1 p Scottish Central Ditto, New, . Scottish Midland Ditto, Extension Sheffield, Buxton, Leek Pot teries, and Crewe l% - ..... to Sheffield and Manchester ...100 Ditto V t Shares _. , ...., Shrewsbury and liirmiogham 2 1 / 2 ...... 2 j t i -- ... to 3 Shropshire Union . 42s. ... .. % dis to Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and S. Staftordsh. Junction 2 1 / 2 ..... ...... to Sligo and Shannon South Devon South Midland 425...... % p... to South and Midlands Junction 425....... ..... to South Staffordshire Junction 2%...... South Eastern and Dover ... 33%...... 44 Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, N 0.2 l2 Ditto,New, No. 3 15 . . Ditto New, No. 4. 2!4 3% to St. Alban's, Hatfield, and. Hertford Junction Staines and Richmond........ 1 Staffordshire and Shropshire 2 3 4 — to South Wales Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. C0a1........... 2 Taw Yale Extension Tring,Reading,& Basingstoke 5 1 4 — Vale of Neath Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Warwickshire and London... 425. Warwick and Worcester 425....... ...... to East Lincolnshire ... 1 1 / 1 5 / 8 1,4... to East and West of England... 1% — to Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares l 2 l /2 17% to Do. New Quarter Shares... 12% Edinburgh and Northern ... 10 ...... Edinburgh and Perth 3 ...... to Ely and Huntingdon Enniskillen and Sligo .. 214 Exeter,Yeovil, and Dochester 5 1 ,4 - — Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ..... Ditto, New Do. . 1 / 1 Shares (5 per ct.gua.) 12% Glouc., Aberystwith, and Cen. of Wales Goole, Doncaster,Sheffid., &c. 425. Grand Union (Mott. & Lynn) 1% 5 / 8% .. to Great Eastern and Westrrn... 2% — _.... to Great Grimsby and Sheffield 10 Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 25 Great Munster Great North of Scotland 2 l /2 — Great North of England 100 ... .. - to Ditto, New 5 — to Ditto, New .. 15 Ditto, New Great Western Ditto, Half Shares __.. _ . Ditto, Quarter Shares . ..... 10 Ditto, Fifths 2O ~, Guildfd. iareham,Portsmth. 5 Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick 2 2 1 / 2— .. to Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia Waveney Valley We7sb Midland 2 1 / 2 .... West Riding Union 42s West Cornwall West London, Old Shares ... 20 Wexford and Carlow 2 l /2 ...... to Wisbeach and St. Ives Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 10 ...... Worcester, Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester ... ......... ... 424 - Worcester,Tenbury,& Ludlow 2 Worcester,Warwick, & Rugby 425., — Har wig:and E. C. Junction 2 to -- Hull and Selby 5O _ . •-• ••• to • Ditto Qaarier Shares l2th to _ 25 Ditto; Half Shares Inverness and Elgin 2 ...... Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 9 Do. do. and Norwich Irish North Midland Isle of Axholme _i York and Carlisle York and North Midland. .. 50 Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Scarboro' Branch Ditto, Selby Killarney Junction Kendal and Windermere Lancaster and Carlisle 45 Do. New 0 ... ... ....... Larne, Belfast, & Ballymena 425. . to Leeds and Bradford Ditto: Extension Ditto East and West Riding Ex tension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian Barbadocs ...- ........ 1 Boulogne and Amiens l4 ...... 13%4... to Bordeaux and Mediterranean 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie's) Bordeaux. Toulouse, & Cette ( Espelete's ) Calais, Dunk, & W. Flanders 2 Calcutta & Diamond Harbour 7s. Callao, Lima, & Pacific Coast 1 ...... Central of Spain Ceylon .... 55. - Demerara. Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . Dutch Rhenish East Indian Eastern Belgian Junction 2 l /1 ...... Fampoux and Hazebrouk..... 4 Great Indian Peninsular Great Western Bengal ss. Great Western Canada Italian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Jersey Louvain a la Sambre Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon 2 Madras Madrid and Valentia Mauritius Namur and Liege Nn. of France Constituted ... 5 North Jamaica 1 Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 Over - Y - ssel 413 s 4d..... Paris and Lyons Constituted 5 Paris and Orleans... Paris and Rouen .. Paris & Strasbg. Constituted i Rouen and Havre 2O Sambre and Meuse 8 — to Strasburg and Bale l4 St. Laurence and Atlantic.... Tours & Nantes Constituted 5 Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Ilasselt Trinidad.. , ..... .. Leeds and Carlisle Leicek ter and Birmingham... 225. Leizester and Bedford 22s. Leeds e.t.a Dewsbury Leicester and Tamworth, &c. 425. — Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction 2% 2 14 to Liverpool and Bury West Flanders 6" JOINT STOCK. BANKS. Australasia British North American .... 50 Colonial Commercial of London 2O — to London Joint Stock .. lO London and Westminster. .. 20 National Provincial of Engld. 35 National of Ireland 22 lA Provincial of Ireland Union of Australia Union of Loudon ... 10 MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY. The past week's arrivals of Wheat of home produce were on the increase—they having exceeded 6,000 quarters ; but those of all other articles of English Grain were small. From Scotland and Ireland the receipts were very limited; while from abroad all articles, if we except Oats, came slowly to hand. Fresh up, a full average quantity of English Wheat, chiefly of the present year's growth, and in good condition, came to hand ; and the stands were well filled with samples of both Red and White, owing to which, and the continuance of fine weather for harvest work in the north, the demand was exceedingly heavy, at an abatement in the currencies obtained on Monday last of from 2s to, in some instances, 4s per quarter, and a clearance was not effected. The accounts respecting harvest work continue very satisfactory. We bad rather a large quantity of foreign Wheat on offer. All descriptions were excessively inactive, and, to effect sales, a reduction of from 23 to 3s per quarter was submitted to by the importers. In Corn under lock so little was doing that prices were nominal. The supply of Old Barley was very trifling, yet the amount of business transacted in it was sm a ll, at late rates. The few samples of New on show com manded a steady sale, though they were not to say in first rate condition, and selected parcels produced 40s to 42s per quarter. The supply of Malt was not large. Superfine White parcels moved off steadily, other kinds slowly, at late rates. Notwithstanding the large quantity of Oats on offer, the Oat trade, arising from the unfavourable accounts re specting the potato crop, was firm, at fully last Monday's quotations. The supply of Beans was small, yet the sale was heavy at previous currencies. All kinds of Peas were in good request at extreme figures. In Flour very little was doing, at unaltered value. CURRENCY PER IMP Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red, New • • .. 40s to 515 Ditto, White, Old • • 500 665 Norfolk and Lin coln, Red. • • .. 381 49s Ditto, White ••• • • • 50s 54s Irish, Red • • • • • • • • —s Ditto, White ••• • .. —5 —8 d . .• • •by — Grinding: •: 23 3 3 0 4 s s s 23 3 66 2 ass "aral—Ne Malting . 315 34s Chevalier •••• • • • • 340 35s Malt—Suffolk and Nor folk •••••• • • • • • • 515 60s Kingston and Ware 63s 643 London and Birming. Exten. 1% ..... to London 4. Blackwall...l6l. 13s. 4d Do. New .. Do. Extension Londoa and Brighton Do. Fifths London and Croydon...l3/. 15s. 9d. 23% x d to Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . ..... - London and Greenwich.— 121.155. 4d... 9% to Ditto Preference lB/ 17s 2d... London,Hounslow, &Western 2 . .... London and North Western..loo 2OB Do. Quarter Shares Do. do. New ... Do. do. Fifths Do. Eighths G. J. 12 1 / 2 — to Do. New Quarters ...G. J. -- Do. 40/. Shares L. &M. 6 .. . London and S. Western.... 41/. 6s. 10d. 724 to 71 x d Do. New consolidated 8 ths.. 40 Ditto New 1 7 1,x..... 26% to Do. New ..... 14 ...... London and Y0rk......... ...... 9% 2%4— to Ditto Half Shares London and Windsor ......... 1% ...... London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% — to Londonderry and Coleraine... 12% 'EftIAL MEASURE Malt—Chevalier • • • • • • 65s to —8 Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feed. 24s 26s Po tatoe . 27s 301 Youghal and Cork, Black .••• • • • 24s 289 Cork, White ..• • • 25s 29s Scotch, Feed. •• • • 26s 30s Beans—Tick 3os 36s Pigeons • •• 46s 48s Pease—Grey. • ..... 39s 56s Maple .••••• • • • • • 38s 56s White • • 42s 46s Boilers •.•. • .. 46s 49s Flour — Town-made .. • 445 46s Suffolk • ; ..... 37s 40s Stocktn & Norfolk 31s 37s Londonderry and Enniskillen 12 15 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham Manchester and Leeds B2 .. ... Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarters ..... to Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ... ..... ... 6 1 4 Do. Extension Manchester and Birmingham 40 Ditto Quarters (A) Ditto Quarters (B) ......... 5 _.to Ditto Quarters (C) ..... .. 1 Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 425. Manchester, Birmingham, and MouldJunction Manchester and Southampton 2 Midland 100 —l4O to Ditto Fifths Ditto, New 24 37VA... to 37 1 / 4 Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... —..-.. to Midland and Eastern Counties 25% to biidld. Great Western (Irish) 12% to MED. We had on offer about SMITI 600 foreign Beasts, twenty being from Spain, the remainder from Holland and Germany; 1,800 ditto of Sheep and Lambs, and sixteen Calves, nearly the whole of which sold at very full prices. The Spanish Oxen produced from 18/ to 181 5s each. From our own grazing districts the arrivals of Beasts were moderately ex tensive, but of middling quality. Nearly all breeds moved off freely, at very full prices, and, in some instances, the primest Scots found buyers at 4s 2d per Sibs, and at which a good clearance was effected. The droves from the north of England comprised 1,500 shorthorns ; from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, 300 Scots and Homebreds ; from the western and midland counties. 500 Herefords ' Runts, Devons, &c. • from other parts of England, 600 of various breeds; and Scotland ninety horned and polled Scots. The numbers of Sheep were again large, but not quite so extensive as on some preceding Mondays. The Mutton trade was again rather active, and last week's prices were readily obtained for all kinds—the primest old Downs pro ducing fully 4s 8d per 81bs. Prime Down Lambs were in good request at full currencies, but other breeds moved off slowly. The Veal trade was again tolerably steady, at fully previous rates. In Pigs comparatively little was doing, at our quotations. Per Bibs. to sink the offal. s. d. a. d. s. d• to s. d. Inferior Beasts • 2 10 3 0 second quality ditto 4 0 4 2 Second quality ditto. 3 2 3 6 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 2 4 4 Prim, I.:l'g° Oxen • Print; Scuts Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 0 Large Hopi • • • • • • 3 8 4 6 Prime small ditto Suckling Calves lB 0 29 0 Quarter old Pigs • • 12 0 18 0 Inferior Sheep SUPPLY AT MARKET. 110. I I Feasts. Sheep. Cali• Os. 1 210 3,571 30,7'20 158 NICI.VG.ELTE A ND LEADMWELAJ A. • The arrivals of country killed meat up to these inarliel4ll/ the past week having been very limited, and the OuPPV' e , that slaughtered in the metropolis by no means estensin, rather more business has been transacted, and, in O m , e te l n. stances, time quotations of mutton have had an dency the value of other kinds of meat being Well 6 : l o ' d ported. Several carcases of Foreign BeasVf che e p' Calves have found buyers at fully previous rates. i • At per stone, by the Carcase. s. d. to a. 0. ! 4 . 3. to S• 1 uraro _.. 3eof, inferior 26 2 8 Mutton, Inferior ••3 4 3 4 0 - middling - middling•• 310 4 4 - prime large .• 3 0 3. 2 - prime •• •• 4 ! 4 0 - prime small .• 3 4 3 6 , Pork, large ••••• • .• 3 , - ,2 4 0 Veal 3 6 4 6 1 - small .• •••• " * - Lamb. 4s 4cl to 5s 4tl. AnravALs DIJItIisTG THE PAST WEEK• Beasts Sheep Calves Yorkshire ... • ... • Lincolnshire • ....• • ....... .. Cambridgeshire E55ex.......... .. Devonshire •• • ... • ....... Wiltshire • ..... Otherparts ........... ........ 8 80 10 CM - - ia ..... 8 40 _., 15 30 ..... 80 20 40 40 10 20 20 60 20 60 50 20 3 0 18 1,0 20 50 33 100 30 ..--- -.......— .--••••• 280 Total .• ••• • •• ...... 139 4go 120 390 Previous week's arrival •••• 165 470 1 60 ...,.... .. ..-- ----- , 0 0 26 10 40 ' Difference since our last - BOROUGH AND SPXTALPXZEM S 'd These markets continue to be abundantly suPln,L t he, all kinds of Potatoes, yet a large business is doing tn@lo at prices varying from 40s to 100 s per ton. SeVeral sir in a very diseased state have come to hand. BOROUGH HOP PAANNET. u AO Several pockets of new Hops have come to ba,n isno sett Kent and Sussex during the past week, and been " w ing of, at from 61 to 61 lOs per cwt. Picking is no"' be,' °s pretty general, and the accounts from the planta tl ' satifactory. The duty is now backed at 180,0001• WOOL. The imports of Wool into London. since this day se'n n e e r have not exceeded 330 bales, chiefly from Spain a nd ," many. Privately, very little business is passing in 31 ' ,„ 1 , 01 0 of Wool, and the quotations are almost nominal• cep' sales of Colonial Wool will commence on the 9th of bred tember.—South Down Iloggets, is 2d to is 41/A ; ditto, is 3d to is 4d ; Ewes. clothing, is to is Id ; r d ; fleeces, is Id to is 2d ; Combing Skins, 10 id to 151 4 to Flannel Wool, 9V 2 d to is 1 1 /0 ; ditto, Blanket, Is OAd ; Leicester fleeces, is to Is OP per lb. 'AW. .1 44 This market is very firm L , LO and prices generally higher. New Y. C. on the spot is 42s 6d for fine qualititnto Old is 425, re-weighed. On arrival, and for separate Ind 425. By advices received this morning from St. Pet•e r i s i or prices remain firm and steady, and the quantity of w this date on the way to London is only 1,000 casks' Tallow is 41s net cash; Rough Fat 2s 4d per Sibs. IVIARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS Samuel was placed at the bar chargen.. i ite an attempt at burglary, on Sunday morning, ar,dt• Fitzroy Coffee-house, Windmill-street, Tottenham-eu— road. es' Daniel Chamberlain, 73 E, said he was on dn'Y i lts‘ terday morning, about half-past five o'clock, vrn' s ir along Windmill-street, when he saw the prisoner toe ning along the projection over the shop No. 43, fr o° be third window of the first-floor front. By the drill's/ got up to the place the prisoner had slid down the P e r i into the street, and said to him, 4 , Oh, you know p i p e The policeman recollected having seen the boy 11 1, te itetl ing at the coffee-house some time before, but he '".abo his reason for being in such a predicament. Se sa t the was still at the coffee-house, but his master "% lie keys, and he thought he was gone to bed. The P' he re man rung up Mr. Chambers, who said, on hearing v‘ould the prisoner had been found, " Oh, I thought ths a qd come to this; he was in my employ three mon;0001 was discharged last S a t ur d a y f or t n i g ht f o r being' e ci." rtll 3 in one of the rooms w h en h e s h ou ld h ave been in u n . te e The prisoner said to th e mag i s t ra t e h e had ' s en, bell before without effect, a nd h e wen t u p there tO„ -e los . the servant was up. He wished to get the things m" left. " th s ft The complainant said he believed there wer ea by articles of wearing apparel at the house, which '— never called for. , tee The prisoner was sentenced to three months 1 sonment. John Faker was charged by Mr. John Dcall,„o ea the banker, 217, Strand, with a violent and w55";.500‘" sault, by which he was placed in considerable P e danger. Mr. Paul said he was riding on horseback c i n u s $ 11 ; through Leicester-square, about a quarter to si,',.cot°,, turday evening, when he met the prisoner and panion, in a small tax cart, driving towards him' h oer; they came up to him, the prisoner stood up i n " fi b and struck the horse he was riding very v i o lently , 4 e sti made him begin to plunge. Mr. Paul rode after tuobe!, and stopped it, when the prisoner denied h a ving t e s eci; the horse, but said if he had done so it was q uit S ide d dentally. Meanwhile a mob gathered about thern' e o tro with the assailant, and recommended them to driv4ol7 complainant. They whipped the cart-horse into saAtiste, and rode off. Mr. Paul stopped them a se c° isoo e l t and had seized the horse by the reins, when the Pr s e struck him with great violence over the be en Ol e shoulders with his whip. He was then gi ve— , As' custody. said be The prisoner, in answer to the charge, r whipping his own horse at the time, and struck the. tieman's horse by accident, and certainly wit h° an d spoltt to intention ; he had at the time told him so for it, but Mr. Paul called him a liar, and reLa se rso i l give him his card. He denied having struck 2 41. )0 0 afterwards, although by seizing his horse by t,h.„ e s J, he had put him in danger, as it was a spirited an o rete Witnesses were called by the prisoner to coi l° his statement. 0 01 The Magistrate ordered him to enter into bl ot ttl recognizances to the amount of 401., to app ear be 1.1 sessions to answer any indictment that maY against him. SPORTING INTELLIGEN C°. STIRLING RACES.—TuunsDAY . 2 0 sa c° The Forth Stakes of 20 sous. each, 10 ft, with sy.e. for 2 yrs old colts Sat 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b. w on) Sir J. Boswell's f, by Caliph, out of Be Rol:a 5 Lord Eglinton's Eryx, by Sir Martin .................. Mr. W. R. Ramsay's Belted Will ..................... Won by a length. diesP, t o of The Gold Cup of 100 sovs , with 50 added to a he 15 sous. each, 10 ft, and . 5 only if declared --t , 1 save his stake. Two miles. (20 Subs.) ; ri ce/ / 5 V' Yr Lord Eglinton's Plaudit, 4 yrs, 7st Mr. Merry's John Harris, 4 yrs, 7st 71b ,••' 'Tote Mr. Ramsay's Inglewood, 6 yrs, 6st 61b• ...... . o 'Da 011 I; The following also started :—Mr. Rober' s 7ot l v rotl Tough, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b ; Mr. Merry's Pilot, 4 and Sir James Boswell's Sweetheart, 3 yrs, 6st 6 i v ts° cv by half a length. die The Members' Plate of 50/. Heats, once round arl d os 0 Mr. Merry's Badinage, 4 yrs, Bst 21b ........ 1 3 „2 dt Mr. Ramsay's Mid-Lothian, 4 yrs, Bst 21b ••• '• 0 t' A Mr. Cook's Shadow, aged, Bst 131 b ......... 2 4 uf, o t Mr. W. H. Johnstone's Snake, 3 yrs, 7st 41b "' s a dead ; i f• The first heat was won easily, the second w l ' vio n by between Shadow and Badinage, the third O s ad d head, and the fourth easily. ri 21 sc ivS ' The Hunters' Stakes of 3 sous. each, an - Lillie 0 , two miles; were won easily by Mr. Wilson's s ectilati°ll yrs, (Mr. Mcßobie) beating Toni Tough and % do; The Buchanan Stakes of 3 sows. each, s and:. ody yrs, 7st 5113; four, Bst 21b; five, Bst 101 b; winner once 31be, twice Heats, once round.(Prince) / Mr. W. R. Ramsay's Inglewood, 3 yrs Mr. Merry's Pilot, 4 yra Mr. Dawson's f by Verulani, out of Moggie, 3 yrs a a , Mr. Wauchope's Eglantine, 3 yrs ......... 851tb-s, thrice 71be ;t The first heat ( w rt a E s c w E o E as p ily T , tHh THIS o t p h e A r b o y a Ilea STIRLING RACES.—FRIDAY. it see The Bannockburn Stakes of 20 sous. each, 10 not added, for three-yrs old colts, Bst 71bs, and f efr St. Leger Course. led e ilef' Mr. Robertson's Inglewood wall ed 0 1 ,rO,l The Burgh Stakes of 5 sow. each, and 25 added..., ',oar" Mr. Robertson's Tom Tough, 6 yrs... ............ (w • ...". Mr. Johnstone's Snake, 3 yrs ............................ Mr. Ramsay's Malcolm, 3 yrs... The Falkirk Stakes of 3 sous. each, 1 ft, and 1 / Heats, once round. 0 Lord Glenlyon's Lycurgus, 4 yrs. ......... ........ 0 0 Mr. Kennedy's bf by The Doctor, 3 yrs .............. n Mr. Wilson's Lillie Adie, 5 yrs ........ •••"" 0 0 11 Mr. Nicol's Cameleopard, 4 yrs ... lded • The Ninian's Handicap of 5 soya. each, and 26 is mile. Lord Glenlyon's Lycurgus, 7st 101 b ............. " Mr. D. Wilson's Mesmeric, Est 81b .............. ';;;" tit e Midlothian, Eglantine, Claudia, and The Basbt ? l The Sawchie Stakes of 5 soy& each were NO"' beating Badinage, Mesmeria, and another. The Scurry Stakes were won by Precursor. for ;110 STOCKTON RACES.—FnIDAYThaidt of The Cleveland Stakes of 10 soy& each, and 15 nu.ol let 1 yrs old c01t.% Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b; the 111 ~.ed 5 Tees Stakes 31bs extra. Seven furlongs. ,ioe" Mr. J. Scott's Tim Whiffler ..................... t' of Mr. Dawson's br c by D'Egville .................. Mr. Hargreave's Bit Nibble ........................... -11:03 _ , 1 ;40 1 ' The Innkeepers' Plate of 20 sous., added to At)" t 5 5 sovs each, 3 ft. lleats, once roun , (5 Subs.) Mr. Dawson's Obscurity, 5 yrs, Bst 41b ...... ( Lye! 31 , ;. 5 Mr. Hargreave's Advice, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b ............ : 001 Mr. Stebbings's Billy Purvis, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b ..... '' P 0 o f Mr. Bowes's Forget-me-not, 3 yrs, 7st 61b ...la ;V ° The Tyro Stakes of 5 sovs each, and 10 a dded; r oe t colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b the winner ) e 0) 1 (4 subs. 0 ;0 Cleveland Stakes 31b extra. T.Y.C. ( 1 •'' Mr. J. Scott's Tim Wh:ffler ............. ~,.• Ay, Mr...... . ~ I'edley'a Pocket Venus r . Mr. H. Stebbings's Brodie ........................... 'Y" Match, catch weights.—Mr. Harding 's Zal' Murray's Miss Emma. 0° if ______—....... 41; W E T S H T E E -----------------. xx L A R T A E I L FATAL WAY. D RAILWAY.—DECISION ACCIDENT IsIo N OF T ON ji z . ho 0 - .. _- „ s, j i : 01 i f 1 v. ,‘ , r g Pf: t io itECTORS.—On Thursday last, being the board , ‘ ay , ' directors of the Great Western Railway CoraPalei'oCif/5.11 and Vickers, the switchmen, who bad been s u luet' Ida alleged neglect, were brought up to have their cow' e ;de tigated ; and it having been found that theyiellooos. r i l l'_ , l their duty, by which an accident, attended w , " o f fB, v,,,0 had occurred, both were reduced to the rann - , o iree' itk i y policemen, making a reduction in their pay of 4s * 'in 1 16 °,0 ' 6 , losing the good conduct gratuity of 5/. a year. . 4 0 - or to the sum allowed by the Railway Benevolent iorn a, tie; is the intention of those employed at the stationi wolrli subscription for the benefit of the widow and child ° c fr) , ceased. Switchman Beak, thouh whose neglect zi A IS wasiia De broken to pieces, has been also reduced to tile rv- t° pay of a private policeman. ' . 1 - 7‘ . t ,il THE MARQUIS OF WiTERFOED.---We -- e it i ° .- learn, from good medical authority, that the 11°— f. 014 above-named nobleman is I so far restored as to re i ‘ l_ oli ct uneasiness as to his ultimate recovery. f the /W it' The ceremony of laying the first stone 0 - - of the Liverpool 3°' , and Bury Railway was day last. s ac C.', (0 1 perforni ed 00 nt Gt nerd Lord cltafford met with a SeTIOU ~,5 i P . ; to at his seat in Herts, by his horse having lien.fae b -7 0 ', g,Syr ship broke both bones of his right leg. e 6 o f pr . town by railway, and is now under the care Citithrio,— Observer I . . _ ~. r, r ' to t ] tai l tta ~r ~1~ a sae V Y d'i thi