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NOTICE. p ART IV. OF BURKE'S HISTORY of the_ LANDED (AWRY, o , E \ 11, fti:. WORK. IS SOW READY F. I tELIVi.;itY at the Iti,oksel7ers in Town and Country ; and the Pir cha.ers of the first three Parts are re quested to complete their sets without delay, as the Parts will only be sal separately for a short period. N.B. The work may also new be had complete, bound in 2 valumet, price 2/. 105. Henry Celburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW WORK BY MRS ROMER. :. 4 .1r0w ready, and may be had of all Booksellers. in Two Vols. Bvo., with numerous Emravings. A PILGRIMAGE TO _ _ PRE TEMPTITitind TOMBS of EGYPT, NUBIA, and PALESTINE, in 1845-6. By Mrs. ROME t. Author of " The Rhone, the Darro, and the Guadalquivir," " Stunner," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. (Publisher In Ordinary to her slajesty). Now ready, in two ♦ole. with Illustrations, price 21e. bound. ECHOES fromthe BACK WOODS; Or, SKETCHES of TRANSATLANTIC LIFE. By Captain LEVINGE. " This is one of the pleasan'est books of trave's we have read for many a day - full of curious facts, vivid impressions, judi :ions remarks, and well-told stories. Captain Levince sees everything that is to be seen, and shoots at er angles for everything that is to be killed or caught (from a moose or salmon to a colonial be,iuty) In or about the Canadas ; races th ough the United States, rifle, rod, Sketch-book, or note-book in hand ; tries most kinds of transatlantic life, and seems to seize intuitively on the trait , or incidents hest fitted to throw light on manners, or convey a lively Inpression of a scene."—Exammer. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great liarlborough-street. rtAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. 11 ,I ESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LA-MOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their /Friends and the Public for their continued support and patrotsage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TITEADAT and Fame!, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle -street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectildly requested to be addressed. . _ Ali Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; an 4 adv!ces of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, ant thc proceeds 181111 e• dieely disposed of according to instructions. Ofil:cs. Flail of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. THi , ,ATRE t;OYAL, LYCEUM. ENTER THE MANAGEMENT OF MftS. KEELEY. TEIt!A EVENING Will be performed the pep tar Farce, entitled SISTER AND I. After which, a New Grand Operatic, Melodramatic, Romantic, Fairy Burle,que Extravaganza, founded on the Opera of 6 ` Oberon," entitled THE MAGE; HORN. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Kinlech, Collier, Yarnold, Bender, Silver, Richards, and Keeley; Miss Keeley, Miss Virars, Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Arden, Miss Forster, Miss Laidlaw, Miss Bromley, Miss Howard, and :tirs. Keeley. To be followed by a New Farce, entitled THE END OF JUNE. Principal characters y Mr. Diddear, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. 'Turner, Mr. Keeley, and Miss Howard. To conclude with the now Farce, entitled LOAN OF A WIFE. Principal characters by Me• . srs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, and Yarnold ; Mrs. Woollidge and Miss Huward. "rilEAl'r,E ROYAL, ADELl'ill UNDER TIIE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE, THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of PAUL PRY. Colonel Hardy, Mr. Lambert ; Paul Pry, Mr. Wright; Grasp, Mr. 0. Smith ; Somers, Mr. Worrell ; Mr. Stanley, Mr. Thomas; Harry Stanley, Mr. Boyce, Frank Hardy, Mr. Braid ; Witherton, Mr. Selby ; Mrs. Subtle, Mrs Laws ; Marian, Miss E. Hardin„; Phoebe, Miss Ellen Chaplin. After which, a Grand Mythological Burlesque Extravaganza, de nominated THE JUDG:IIr:-NT OF PA:AS ; or, fhe Pas de Pip pins. The characters personated by Messrs. Selby, 0. Smith, Glen naire, Lindon, Waye, Butler, Williamson, Aldridge, Mitchenson, Alderson, Ryan, Wright, Paul Bedford ; Miss Ellen Chaplin, Miss Taylor, Miss Harrison, ti iss Simpson, Mrs. F. Matthews, &c. To be followed by an original Comic Sitetch, called ABRAHAM PARKER. Abraham Parker; Mr. Wright. PRINCESS'. THEATRE. OXFORD-STXEET. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shaliesperc s Comedy (with Music) of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Granby ; Mr. Ford, Mr. J. Vining; Mr. Page, Mr. Ryder; Sir !high Evans, Mr. Charles Mathews; Master Slender, Mr. Compton; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris ; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Stirling; Anne Page, Miss Geor,iana Smithson. To be followed by an entirely new Ser;o-Comic Drama, entitled A CURIOUS CASE. Mr. Aif.•rey, Mr. Vining ; Twiggkton, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Stanlc.n, Mr. Fisher ; Edward, Mr. Homier ; Mrs. Aubrey, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with an entirely New Comic Drama, entitled THE BARBER BRAVO ; or, ihe Inventor of Powder. In which Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Granby, Mr. Wynn, Miss E. Stanley, and Miss M. rshall will perform. ASTLEY'4, tto , i tL AM t . HITFIFAIRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. rstronised by her Moot Gracious Majesty the Queen. Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, obi tl,r PriNcess rioyal. Immense novelty and entire change. Fresh addition to the Comp •ny, and first Week of the highly interesting Spectacle of " The .Merchant Stead." Tfift EVF:NINO Wdi performed the popular Drama, called THE MERCHANT STEED ; or, The Flight of Damon. Calanthe, Mrs. Morton Brooks; Damon. Mr. J. Ilar"rood ; assisted by the whole of the Company. Double Stud, rare Quadrupeds, &c. Ater which, magnificent SCENES of the HIPPODROME, by the French, German, and British Professors. The whole concluding with the pleasing Drama, entitled THE NAMELESS. lsos.otlice open from eleven till live o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Dwidge. Unrivalled talent for Six Nights only. The distinguished Artistes Miss jahman, and her sister, Mtss Sus Cushman, will sustain some "'their favourite characters duri::g this Week, being their last performances previous to their departure for the United States. Engagement of Mr. Macarthy, the popular Irish Comedian, for Six Nights. THIS EVENING Till be performed shakespere's Tragedy of ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Miss Cushman; Juliet, M.as Susan Cushman ; Nurse, Mrs. Daly; Mercuti., Mr. E. F. Saville; Capulet, Mr. Heslop ; Benvolio, Mr. Johnson ; Tybalt, Mr. Fredericks; Friar L Mr. Neville; Apothecary, Mr. W. Smith. After which, the Farce of TEDDY THE TITER. Teddy Mul lowney, Mr. Macarthy, supported by the principal talent of the Company. TO conclude with the Drama of THE BROKEN HEART ; or The farmer's D +tighter of the Severn Side. In which Messrs. E. F. Saville, Neville, J. T. Johnson, W. Smith, Ileslop Miss Rich ardaon, and Miss E. Terr 3 will perform. Box Office open from eleven till four o'clock. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. )10NDAY, TriIADAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC TION of HERCULANEU3I 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 CONi:ERTS, conducted by Mr. tiodf-ey. CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, representing in the Interior Telemachus "elating his adventures to Calypso. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the mosi. complete and effective scale. - Preceding the Volcanic Display, Mons. FARINELLI will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in ieight, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive Um, and bear him to his ehrystal home. The Glass Conservatory is spiendillly otnamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivore by gas-light.' ' Feeding of the Carnivore at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at six ; Concert at half-past six ; anti the Eruption at dusk. Admission. One Shilling. Under the Patronage of his Royal Highness the Duke Of Cambridge. THIS DAY, A GRAND FLORICULTURAL EXHIBITION and BAZAAR DES FLEUR 4. In aid of the Funds for assisting those Nurserymen and Florists who suffered by the late Hail-storm. Extra Bands will attend, in addition to the combined attractions cf the Gardens. Admittance, TWO SHILLINGS. Doors open at One. THE WEATHER.—Snur OFFICE, AUGUST 24. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 57; Highest. 70; Noon, 67. BAROMETER, 30.22.—W1ND N.E., cloudy. tlf , Al WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Mernix.4, •• 45 minutes alter 3. I Even .. 0 minutes after 4. „„. . - - * 1,.... „,,, • •y, tr '-'- - AseiK4,. . 4 •17.,, - r. ii 0 ..: * ' b.no.IT '...... V‘l i fii4 N. ye 'Ps hil.; t; , ' ...44,4Wiezthi;..-., w } LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1846. Sincerely do we anticipate, and cordially do we hope, that the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn, will henceforth be deterred from that recklessness of accusation for which, during the present session, be has acquired such an unenviable notoriety. Let him in future, for the sake of his Parliamentary character, bottle his acerbity ! Never, possibly, has a repre sentative evinced such boldness in the arraignment of contemporary statesmen, and never has a representa tive been reduced to such unfortunate straits by the fluency and audacity of his tongue. FOUQUIER TiNvir.LE had not a better right to the title of "Public Accwer." The redoubtable Member for Knares borough has scarcely ever made himself more eminently ridiculous. An 1 if, as the ex• Chancellor insinuated, Lord GEORGE BENTINC/CS tongue does " oue-venom all the worms of Ni e," he will find that eating his own words is a very: poisonous kind of deglutition. A more crush ing explanation never supervened upon any one of the Noble Lord's gratuitous personalities than that given on Saturday afternoon by Lord LYNDHURST. Sir ROBERT PEEL's masterly refutation of the charges in reference to the moral assassination of Mr. CANNING was scarcely comparable to that eclaircisement. The philippic delivered on Thursday evening, by Lord LYNDHURST, was not so painfully conclusive as the simple statement of facts uttered by that Noble Lord on Saturday. Our readers cannot have forgotten our exposition of the nature of Lord G. BENTINCIeS intimation with regard.to the:ex-Chancellor. Any recapitulation would, therefore, be altogether superfluous. Scarcely had our comments upon that matter gone through the press, when Lord LYNDHURST had risen in his place in the Upper House, had given a dignified explana tion of the circumstances alluded to, and had scorn fully and emphatically repelled the deductions drawn from those circumstances by the Noble Lord the representative of Lynn. Our opinion that the fact of a message being sent by the ex-Chancellor to Lord G. BENTINCK, on the 10th of July last, might still be consistent with the ministerial rectitude and political integrity of the former, has been fully cor roborated by his very candid avowal. From that avowal the following circumstances ap pear :—Lord LYNDHURST regretted the dispersion of the Conservative party; and, regretting it, he con sidered within himself whether it might not be pos sible " that former differences should be forgotten THE SUN, LONDON, TURSDA.V MORNING, AUGUST 25, 1846. now that the great measure which had caused those differences had been passed." One amonget other consequences of this refleeti , in was, that an applica_ Lion was made to Lord GEORGE BENTINCK. So &r the account given by the noble representative of Lynn is straightforward *Dough, but only so far. First of all, the application was not (as had been in situated) of a secret character; secondly,:thut applica tion had no reference whatever (as had been in -inuated) to the sugar question ; and thirdly, that ap plication was not made (as had been insinuated) for the purpose of reinstating Lord LYNDHURST in office, as keeper of her Majesty's conscience. All these malign accusations have been thoroughly disproved by the Noble and Learned Lord last mentioned. Far from endeavouring to re-organise the Conservative party sub rosa, Lord LYNDHURST had called per sonally upon Sir R. PEEL and Sir J. GRAHAM; he had then applied to Lord G. BENTINCK as the ostensible leader of a large division of the dispersed Conservatives ; he had subsequently made similar applications elsewhere to bring about a political re conciliation. " More than this," continues the Noble 1 and Learned Lord, " I mentioned it to several Noble Lords who are members of this House, and amongst others I stated it to a Noble Lord opposite, whom I have now in my eye.--(' Hear, hear,' from the Earl of CLARBNDON.)" Far from making the application to the Noble Member for Lynn with the intention of interfering in the Bill for the equalintion of the differential sugar duties, Lord LYNDHURST expressly declares that that application " was a mere message. No allusion whatever was made to the Sugar Bill, nor did it ever enter into my contemplation. It was a mere simple message, requsting to know whether he would meet me, either at his own house or at my residence." Nor is Lord LYNDHURST satis fied with this very explicit denial ; he subsequently refutes the charge still more plainly, when he observes, " It is said that I wanted to raise a factious opposition to the Sugar Bill. That I utterly deny. I took no part inithe discussion upon that . measure; I did not 1 even vote upon the question." Far from that appli cation being made with a view to re-elevate Lord LYNDHURST to the Woolsack, the Noble and Learned Lord declares that he was mainly impelled to make that application, " it being well known he was no longer a can didatefrr an official appointment," and that he there fore considered himself able " to undertake that task without incurring the suspicion that he had any per sonal object in view." Besides this, Lord LYNDHURST again rebuts the accusation that be was influenced by sordid motives, where he afterwards observes-- "Everybody well knows that I am not a candidate for office. Everybody holding office has been acquainted with the fact, that in consequence of a late severe attack of illness, office has been to me a painful and irksome task, and that I am desirous of retiring from public life, and passing the short remainder of my days in the society of my friends and family ; and nothing could have dragged me forth. even on this oc casion, but the virulent and personal attack which has been made upon me." Surely after this very cogent explication Lord GEORGE BENTINCR will be awed into si'ence, or, at least, into the suppre-sion of his personalities. We cannot dismiss this affair without remarking that such scenes are altogether derogatory to the dignity of Parliament; though in the present instance the squabbla between our Legislators gives us one very satisfactory assurance, namely, that si much ran corous hostility and bitterness of feeling survives among the protectionists as to render the re-organisa tion of the Conservative party all hut an impossi bility—for which assurance we are grateful. The Small Debts Bill has passed through the Committee of the House of Commons, its principles having been affirmed in every respect by large ma jorities wherever controverted. There has long been felt the want of some such measure, and the attention of the Legislature has been directed to the subject, with a view to supply a remedy. It is admittedly one of the most useful essentials of good government to afford a due degree of security to property, and the enforcement of civil rights in a cheap and ex peditious manner. Accordingly, we find that a measure very similar in its nature was brought before Parliament by the present Government during their former tenure of office, in the session of 1841, and that it:wns in each succeeding session presented to Parliament by the late Administration. The reform, however, though exceedingly useful, was not showy ; and. therefore, a series of accidents in each successive year prevented it from becoming the law of the land. This untoward result was generally occasioned by the unaccountable delays that are per mitted to take up and uselessly to consume the ear lier part of each session, and the spirit of procrasti nation which appears to hold undisputed dominion over both branches of the Legislature until the latter end of June or beginning of July in every year. Happily, however, the late period of the session at which the present Ministers succeeded to power has not exercised its blighting influence over the present Bill ; but, with a degree of activity that reflects great credit on all the parties concerned, they gave the measure that had been brought in by the former Ministry the closest attention and consideration, made several important alterations and amendments therein, and have nearly perfected a measure which, though we think it susceptible of improvement in many of its details, will, undoubtedly, confer much benefit on the country. On the discussion before the House went into Committee on the Bill, Lord GEORGE BENTINCE— who appears to he strongly affected by the cacoethes loquendi, and quite determined to make ample amends in this, the eighteenth year of his Parlia mentary career, for his total and unbroken silence during the first seventeen sessions--opened the ball, and expressed his opinion that a measure creating so great an amount of patronage, and effecting so great a revolution, should not have been brought forward at so late a period. His Lordship appears to have forgotten the extraordinary de gree of attention devoted to the subject during the last five years, the almost unanimous feeling of the House and the country in its favour, and the fact that many local Bills bad been stopped during the present session on the distinct assurance that a general Bill, if possible, would be passed during the present sittings. He is, however, quite alive to the fact that a number of snug places will be placed at the disposal of the Liberal Government, and he cannot help thinking how desirable so large an amount of patronage (which he conceves sufficient to purchase half the boroughs in the country) would be, in the event of the advent of the protectionist party to 'power—a vision which, however wild and chimerical it may appear to all sober-minded men, his Lordship appears to look upon as not only possible hut very likely to he realised. 117,000?. per annum would indeed create some stir amongst the wigged supporters of his Lordship, who consider it a down right sin that so many snug berths, so pleasing an opportunity for the enjoyment of the awn corn dignitate, should be divided amongst their more libe ral-minded professional brethren. His Lordship, like the occupant of the manger so celebr►ted in nursery fable, not being able to secure this desirable patronage for himself or his party, was desirous that it should not be placed in the hands of his political opponents, and that it should be conferred upon the Custodes Rotu lorum of the several counties. Now we cannot imagine anything more mischievous : we should then have young men going to the bar, not because they were possessed of the talent or industry calculated to attain success in that arduous profession, but because they had influential relatives who would have the disposal of such desirable situations. Far better is it for the country that the patronage should be placed in the hands of a high public officer, like the Lord Chancellor, acting under his responsibility as a Minister of the Crown. Such a person, in the first instance, is much better qualified to form a correct estimate of the qualifications of the respective candidates; and, secondly, from the large amount of patronage in his hands, he is much less likely to be influenced by nepotism in the selec tion, than a person who had the bestowal of only a few such offices, and who would have friends and relatives to provide for, which he would gladly do at the expense of the country. It is more desirable, therefore, that the Government should have the dis posal of the offices in the first instance; besides, we have the assurance of the Attorney-General that the judges of the different local courts who would be superseded by the new Act, would, so far as they were found qualified, be considered as having a para mount claim to the new appointments. Without intending any slight to the respectable gentlemen constitutibg the important body of attor neys and solicitors, we think that persons appointed to fill the judicial station should he selected from the ber—their education, the nature of their practice better fits them for the due performance of 'he judicial functions. As the Attorney-General well said, the attention of the former is directed to details, to the getting up of cases, while the latter applies to those cases the general principles of law, and forms his opinion on the whole case presented to him. It is also but an adherence to the distinction which has existed between the two branches of the profeesion for a very long period. Having thus stated our approval of the general principles of the measure, we must state the objection we entertain to some of its details; and, first, we think that the system of permitting the judges of the seleral courts to be in any degree interested in the fees obtainable for proceedings therein is vicious in principle and mischievous in practice. The more thoroughly independent the judge is, the less likely to be influenced by any con siderations save those of the proper and efficient dis charge of his duty for the public benefit, the better. It is impossible to suppose that the amount of those fees may not be extended, the pecuniary emolument of the judge considerably increased by the nature of his decisions. We do not desire to impute any cor rupt motive or feeling to the learned gentlemen ho may be selected for these situations; but there should be no temptation to them to act erroneously. Persons discharging such duties should, in all cases, be remunerated by a fixed and certain salary, adequate to the services they are required to render, and no part thereof should be subjected to chance or contingency. Again, we think that the person selected should at once abandon all private practice, and should reside in the district over which he is to preside; that his courts should he so frequently held, his sittings with so little intermission, that no undue delay should be interposed between the suitor and the recovery of his deniand, and which it would be inpossible to do if the greater portion of his time is to be devoted to the practice of his profession, which will necessarily require a constant attendance at Westminster. Able and learned men may be found who will gladly devote their entire time for the salary mentioned; their duties may be incessant; the dis trict entrusted to them maybe enlarged, so that fewer may he required, but the man who is one day sitting as a judge, should not on the next be acting as an advocate. A case exactly similar in circumstances. but with different names, may be laid before the barrister, so that he may be committed by an extra judicial written opinion on the very facts he is after wards required to adjudicate upon in his higher capa city. The attorneys practising in the court may seek to curry favour, and obtain the friendship of the presiding officer, by sending him their other busi ness. It is too absurd to suppose that the mind will ru=t, that the judge will become incompetent and inefficient if he does not continue his other practice. Every one will be influenced by the motive of com manding the public respect, and not subjecting him ,s,lf to disgrace by carelessness or neglect, beside there will he the court of appeal, which will keep the attention of the persons fixed to their duties, as no one would like that many of his decisions should be set aside arid overruled. We should be glad to see the Bill amended in these particulars, but as it is we gladly receive it as a great and valuable boon to the country. With that rapidity of legislation which has ever ,listinguished the month of August, the Railway Commissioners' Bill received its second reading ii, the House of Commons on Thursday, and passed through Committee on Friday. By this measure a new department is to he constituted, consisting of five members, three of whom are to he remunerated for their services, and to be members of the Govern ment, and two to be unpaid members. To this hoard so constituted all qu€stions relating to railways, the entire control and superintendence of that gigantic interest, is to be submitted. The president is to be a member (f Parliament, and to receive a salary of 2,0001. per annum for his services, and the other two paid Commissioners are to receive each 1,500/., and one to he in either House of Parlia• ment, in order that there may be at all times a re sponsible person ready to answer any questions tha' may be asked respecting the conduct or proceeding:- of the board. If the enormous amount of capital already invested, or about to be in vested, in railways is taken into consideration, their vast importance in the commercial and mercantile interests of the country, and the vast changes thereby effected in the social relations of the people—practically annihilating space, and bringing together Fersons who, under the old system, would have for ever remained separated—it is only astonish ing that a distinct department of the Government has not long since been appointed, with ample powers for the control of existing lines, and also to check and interpose an obstacle in the way of the crude and ill-considered schemes, so many of which were put forward in the latter end of last year without any intention of being proceeded with, the object merely being that the scrip should . sell. The new Government deserves the highest credit for the prompt manner in which they have grappled with the difficulty, and, notwithstanding the ~treat pressure of business, the extent and importance of the matters requiring their most serious attention and considera tion, have brought forward a measure giving eflkt to the wishes of the public at large, and in accordance with the general opinion (if the Comnrtittees of the House, and of persons who had attended to the subject in either House of Parlia ment. The Premier had most certainly quite enough to do with other matters, and, as he himself stated, he entertained much doubt as to the possibility of passing such a measure at so late a period of the session ; hut, assured by the all but unanimous feel. ing that existed in its favour, he most properly persevered, and accomplished his object. It can hardly be conceived that it would have been possible to introduce a perfect measure, to have framed a law giving all the necessary powers to the proposed Com mission in the short time afforded for the preparation of the measure ; it must not therefore be criticised with too curious an eye. It will, however, be very easy to extend the powers in the ensuing session, and by the immediate appointment of the members to secure the services of able and competent men, who will he enabled to devote their entire attention to the subject during the recess and who will he prepared with fully-considered and as el-matured propositions to lay before ; the Legislature. The very existence of such a body will also admitister a wholesome stimulant to the directors of the different compinies. They will know that there is an authority with full power to investigate any mismanagement, and, even it their present powers are not sufficient to supply a remedy, that there will, at least, be tin exposure, and adequate measures adopted for its correction within a few short months. They will know that there is another interest to be regarded as well as that of the proprietors and shareholders, and that the public convenience must be consulted and fully provided for. All this will be highly valuable, and productive of the best result. We are rejoiced to find from the statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that it is intended to place at the head of this Board, as pre sident, a person who might be considered best qua lified to fill that important office, and whose selec tion would not be influenced by any political considerations. This is in the highest de gree praiseworthy ; we almost think that the Earl of DALHOUSIE, who evinced so much talent and industry, who exhibited great knowledge on the subject, and whose services the Premier sought to obtain when about to form his Government, is thereby indicated. Such a selection w Gold he haile'i with the greatest pleasure throughout the country, and the handsome manner in which it is stated that, the selection is to be of the worthiest and most effi cient, without reference to polities, must remove the scruples that heretofore prevented nobleman from giving his wsistarxe aid devoting his time to the service of his country. Although different objections were raised to various parts of the details, Colonel SIBTHORP alone persevered in his hostility to the entire measure. The Gallant Mem ber for the first time figured as a sinecurist ; he in sisted on dividing the House on his amendment, that the Bill be committed on that (lay six months—when, as teller, he found that he had not a single Member to count, the numbers being, for the atilendin,w 0, against it 64. This decisive majorit.i, must Lye proved highly gratifying to the Gallant Colonel, as it is well known that he entrtaine, the itrongeFt obj, e tion to ar.ythint like close shaving. Letters from Alexandria, of the 10c.11, see that the officers of her :\ WESTY'S steam snip Avenger and the Consuls or England, France, and Portugal we; e entertained on the preceding day b! IBRAHIM I'ACUA, at a grand banquet at the Garden of Gabare. The cholera was snaking dreadful ravage• along the lied Sea coast. At Medina the dearhs were two 'hundred a day. At Suez there had been four cases of cholera, but none of them had terminated fatally. Accounts have been received from Constantinop!e of the 7:h instant. It was reported that MELIFMET ALI would set out on his return to Alexandria on the 15th. There had been a serious riot at Eizercum against the Pen-ian Plenipotentiary. The f,lloing is au account given in a letter from Erzeroum, of the 25th ultimo : " Softie days ago the p-pulace of this town, to the number of 3,W0 or 4,M0, attacked the hotel of Miza- Tagy-Khan, the Persian' Nlinister, under the pretext that one of shis servants had made a shameful attempt on a child of three years of age ; and that Essad Paella, the Governor, seemed in no hurry to have the offender punished. The secretary of the embassy, who attempted to fly, was stopped in the strew, and massacred in the most cruel manner. Several servants of Mirri-Tagy, who had fired from the hotel, were wounded. At last, on the recommendation of Babri Pacha, commander of the garrison, and brother to Hafiz P. , cha, the Minister judged it advisable to deliver up one of hi s servan t s , as th e only means of preventing further mischief. The man thus delivered up was seized on with fury by the populsee, and a few minutes torn to pieces. This ven geance ca l me d th e people a little, and they dispersed when the troops arrived. The Fenian Minister is at present with Babri Pacha, his preserver. As to the real cause of this riot, it is said that he affair was concocted between the proprietor of the house and the Mullahs, who could not bear to have the Persian Minister in their quarter, and imagined this mode of getting rid of him." The following, which may be considered as the Turkish official account, is from the Journal of Con staniliti pie:— " The Government has received intelligence that the tran quillity of Erzeroum had been for an instant troubled. It ap pears that some individuals in the service of the Persian Plenipotentiary committed a grave offense. The Mussuln an population rose up and demanded satisfaction, and, as the principal culprit was not given up, they gathered round tl.e house of the Persian Minister, and attacked it with stones. The Governor, Es-ad Paella, when informed of this move ment, sent a battalion of troops to disperse the rioters, but this force was repulsed. At last, to prevent greater evils, the individual who was the cause of this tumult was de livered up to those who demanded him. - Immediately after order was re-established. and the authoritits adopted mea sures to prevent further di,turbances_ ►► hen the ❑ews was received at Constantinople, the Cabinet met, and severe orders were sent to Erzeroum." The pachalics of Trebisund and Van, which are situated on the Russo-Georgian frontier, are in a state of open insurrection. Several encounters have taken place between the insurgents and the Turkish troops, in every one of which the latter have been defeated. The following is the account given in a Cons'antinople letter of the 7th, of the present state of the disturbed provinces : "A serious insurrection has just burst out in the pachalic of Trebisond. Two steamers, with troops, comm,nded by Omer Paella, have this morning quitted the port of Con stantinople for the insurgent districts. The dispatches sent I.)y the English Consul at Ba•oun, a port in the Black Sea, to the English Mini-te.were so grave that the Bloud hound, steamer, was immediately sent to the Black Sea to protect Brithth interests there. Ihe revolt burst nut in consequence of measures taken by Halil Paella to put into t•xecut on the regulations relative to recruiting and quarantines—regulations to which the inhabitants would never submit under their ancient governors. The Ottonbin troops have alrea , ly had some encounters with the rebels, aid nave been e ch time repulsed. In the neighbouring pachalic of Van also a considerable number of inhabitants have taken up arms under the commas dof Hussein Bey. Hussein is one f the chief's who, some months back, were sent prisoners to Constantinople for having engaged volunteers tor Schainyl, chief id the Cif cassians. Hussein escaped front prison and returned to his I ,Wll country The Ambassador of Russ , a has frequent'y called on the Turkish Goyerninent to have him again arrested ; but this has been impossible, as the inhabit ants the pachalic of Van took up arms fur him, and pre venteo his 1)614, meddled with." A letter from Leghorn of the 15th inst. states that on the preceding day Tuscany had been visited by a terrific earthquake, which had cracked the walls of !oany of the houses in Leghorn and destroyed several villages. At Lorenzana, as well as Oriana, is half destroyed, the ground opened, and from the fis ;tire a torrent of dark fluid issued. Fortunately no lives were lost. The shock lasted about ten seconds. A slight shock was experienced at Genoa. The fol low6g account of this visitation is from the Courier de Marseilles of the 19th. " Captain Seribanis, of the Virgile steam-packet, which Arrived here yesterday, from Naples and the coast of Italy, infitrms us that on the 14th a very violent earthquake was , elt in Tuscany. The church of St. Michael, at Pisa, has teen much shaken, and in many parts of tine country the ••arth opened in different places, and vomited forth a large quantity of hot and muddy water. At Leghorn the oscilla tion was so strong, that the bells of the churches rang of I)etuselves. The di-asters were not so serious, however, in the town as in the surrounding villages, where a great nun:- uer of houses were ttrown down. The terrified inhabitants tied to and remained in the opeti fields. His Royal Highness the Grand Duke had ~ent provisions of every kind for their :•upport. On the 10th, at four in the morning, a slight shock it earthquake was felt at Naples, but no disc; er occurred." Tie amnesty published by the POPE has produced 3 great effect throughout Italy. At Turin groups of people as,embled in the street crying out " Long live Pius IX." In Sicily disturbances had I.Token out in conse quence of the famine which prevailed in that Island. The extreme heat has destn'iyed the crops, and dried up the streams, so that the mills cannot work for want of water. No corn can be ground, and many persons have died from starvation. It is stated that Don MIGUEL has left Albano and gone to Porto d'Anzi, from whence he intends to cm. bark on board a Portuguese vessel for Portugal, to join Lis followers, now in a state of insurrection in that country. The Emperor of RUSSIA has undertdwn to at as mediator between Austria and Sardinia. The Frankfurt Journal, under date of Breslau, Aug. 12, states that RoNGE has been sentenced to four months' imprisonment, for preaching at Laehn, without a license from the authorities. It is said he has appealed against the seritence. A Vienna letter of the 13th instant, in the Cologne Gazette, `at Th e Chancellery of the Court of Austria is at the present time in serious deliberation upon a series of representations made by the States of Lower Austria To a detirat ion nieute two years ago by these States, the Chancellety replit-d t hat their opinions on the subject of the land-tax shoual be taken into consideration; but, as to other questions, and parti cu.arly those which were political and legislative, the Chan cellery could not consult the States, or listen to their recoin menciations. In the following session the St..tescomplained to the Emperor that their rights and privileges were in fringed. Called upon to explain thi, charge, the States de clared in their address of 1845 that a c-mmittee had been appointed to draw up a n'emorinl on the steject to the Em peror, which should be present , d without delay. The memorial was accordingly prepared, and submitted to the Diet of the present year, to be taken into 1i , n , 0. - ration by its members. The two great complaints of the States are—lint, the violation of the right vested in the States to be consulted on legislattve and organic measures, a right widen they declared belonged to them of old, and which had been con• firmed by mare recent edicts. Secondlv. the illegal ;mg mentatioh of the burdens on lard. The language of the me morial is perfectly respectful, but no less firm. It traces a dark picture, not only of the political situation of the states of the province, but ako of the whole mo-iarchv. It recapi tulates the services which have been rendered by the people to the imperial throne in times of war, avid seems to ask what ha , been their reward? It adds that, during ten years, not any of the propositions or representations wide by the states to the Gtverninent have met with attention. The me morial was unanimously adopted, even by the bench of bishops. The answer is looked for with great anxiety. Its effects will not be confined to the province of Lower Austria, because the opposition leaders in the states of Bohemia have procured a copy t.-f tie memorial, and, foiling it fully ap • plicWe to that country, propose to make a similar address to the ail ne." According to the Yurendnirg Correspondent, of the 17th inst., there is every probability that the Zollve rein Congress at Berlin will come to a satisfactory conclusion on the great points submitted to them for consideration, as the delegates of the different states are disposed to make particular concessions for the at tainment of general benefit. :%ladrid journuis Of the 17th have avrived. The Herald° and the Tiempo both represent the illness of Mr. BULWER as of a very serious nature. He is so much worse that he is .unuble at present to move to St. :7elpstian. Don FRANCISCO D'Assis has arrived at Madrid from Pampeluna. accoyding to the Eco dcl Comercio, is shortly expected at Madrid. It was not known whether he would resume the command of the army, or proceed to Naples as Ambassador. ..11 SALAMANCA has applied for a renewal of the silt contract, and also for lz;, indtronity for losses e xperienced in eon r.cquence of the insurrection in Galic%t. MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 17.—Tbe Ticrce 11 7 'r C"""• were done at ; the Four per (.3t=li:S.. Fire per Cents., at 21i ; the Debt wiihout Interest, at 6i; and the Coupon::, at 20. IVe hav e rece i ve d th e P al is papers of Friday I{_i Saturday. The Chamber o f P eers , by e majority of 104 to 2 , voted the f.)llowing addreiis in reply to the Speech from the Throne:— "Sire,-1 lie opening of a LegiAature is always a s ,, leihn epoch. The P eers crea t e d s ince the preceding session, and 1 the Depuft.s, rcte'ntly h, , ;4, - :ttred with thl si:lrrlges of the omiars, tth,‘ , eerdte Itn.sh, by the 4,4 ti: which ti - wy take befote the Kiht:,r, the a iat,ce ut the "Ilin.i;e and free insti tatious. The and touching welds u hich y , oir 31,jt.sty itos Tyun,Gl:c,tl on this have al,eply inoved us and kill tb.d their echo in every French heart. The Coanth rof 1 3 ,r, fully respond, ro thew, a, does ioderal the whole of Franc. , , by the reectfal homage of a faithful ctti: strut, and an inviolable devotedness to your sacred parson and your inie-osi "The afflicting trials imposed on your . Maje,ty, the cl in gers witch you regard with so tranquil an eye, tt tl from with h you are so ly preserved by Divine ProVidence, I iraw tighter, it postiba.., the ties which unite Fran..• to her King, and more and more clearly pr..ve how much the pre servation of your life is necessary for tit-. pacific develop ment of the oath:nal gra.aleur Ind prosperity. " Sire—The gratitude of the nation is due to the Prince who loved and served FraYee front his you h up. The loyal concurre;.ce of the Chambers cannot he wanting to-the Alo nari h who is so careful to maintain these great maxims of public, rght —the glorious conquests of modern civilisation which, when reduced to la,‘ s, gaa:ardre the rights of all. This unalterable patrimoey of the nation. committed to the guardianship ..f your descendants, shall be, in accord with the Chambe. s, religiously preserved, the enjo . men t of it shall be guaranteed to our children, And from age to age the blessings of posterity shall ACC , Mpany your memory." The only speech of importance in oppo.ition to it was that of the Marquis DE lioissY, who attacked the KING personally, then advocated electoral reform, and concluded by calling for the restoration of the hereditary peerage. The Chamber of Deputies was still engaged in the verification of the qualifications. Several returns have been declared null. The Chamber had not decided on the case of M. MATER, whose return was objected to on the grJund that he had promised to resign his seat within the year, but it was generally considered that his election would be declared void. The Siecle states that the Minister of War had actually prepared the draught of an ordonnance, con ferring municipal institutions on the town of Algeria, but that in consequence of the remonstrances of Mar shal I3UGEAUD he had abandoned his design. The Moniteur Algerien of the 15th says : "Our relations with the Kaid of Ouchda continue to be excellent. The Morocco chief has interfered to prevent the Angades from joining Abd-el-Kader. Men and families are returning every day to our territory, and all, without ex ception, declare that the efforts of the Emir to re-constitute his Deira have hitherto failed. The Angades have been kept back by the Kaid of Ouchda, and the Messiot.in have fled from the Emir's horsemen and takeit refuge in the subdivi sion of Tlemcen. The Beni Ahnier, to whom the Emir wrote at Fez to renal hint to his Deira, have, it is said, re plied that ' they fled not from him personally, but from the tamine which always accompanied his course.' In fact, Abd el-Kader has not hitherto succeeded in making any progress in tallying round hint the emigrants trotn Algeria." At the date of the last accounts Algeria was per fectly tranquil, and the tribes were regularly paying the taxes imposed on them in consequence of the late outbreak. The Marquis of NORMANDY, ht r MAJESTY'S Am bassador to the Court of France, and his lady, arrived at the Hotel de la Terrasse, Rue de Rivoli, Paris, on Friday afttrnoon. It was still understood, that not ithqatiding the advanced period of the season, his Lord,hip would proceed to Vichy for the benefit of the waters. _ The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Saturdax at 83f. 75e. ; the Five per Cents., 12It. 80e.; Rouen, 962 f. 50e. ; 702 f. 50e.; thew. Northern, 7081: 75e.; Avignon, 908 f. 75e.; Viet zor, 625 f.; Boitivaux, 568 f. 75e ; Boulogne, 475 t.; Troyes and Montereau, 3601: ; Fain poux, 4:0t1; Pa• is aid Strashurg, 497 t. 50...; Tours and Nantes, 507:. suc. ; Paris and Lyons, 5231 75c.; Lyons and Avignon, 464. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 48 5 .; Spanish Three per Cents., 361; Di to Domestic I)ebt, MARSEILLES, A t•a. 17.—Mar.eiltes and 8921: 50e.; Northern, 62711 50f. LYUNS, AUG. 20 —Paris and Rouen, 955 f.; Avignon and Mat,eilles,B9 , f. 25f.; Northern, 7021. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 517 t. 50e.; Orlean s , 1,2671. 50e. BUSINESs UYk. L E010.:IGII RAILWAYS AT THE LOND N STOCK E' , ,coAxoE, AucusT 22. Anglo Belgian, 2%—Boriieaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Espelele). 1 4 —Demerara, 2 1 A —(irect Bombay and Madras, )4—i iuteti Blienbili, 6 --east —Great Western Bengal, —N aim!' and Liege, 3 - Northern of Fraiize Constititteil, t2%—Paris and LyonCon,tituted, -- Paris and Strasbourg Constitu,ed, NEWs fritoNl PoitTUGAL. LISBON. AUG. 15.—Her Majesty's steamer Acheron has been ordered to start for England with dispatches at so very short a notice that 1 have only time to write a few lints by her. The experimental squadron, under the command of Vice Admiral Sit W. Parker, arrived lure this afternoon. IL con r,ist s of the Iliberria, St. Vincent, Trafalgar, Queen, Rodney, Canopus, Vanguard, Superb, a shsop of war, and three steamers. Of these the Superb and one steamer, the Cyclops, anchored outside the port, in Cascaes Bay, where they still remain, as it is supposed, fbr the purpose of communicating signals from any ships that may appear outside. It is thought that the Acheron is sent for instructions as to whether the squadron shalt sty here, in order by its presence to deter the Spanish army now on the frontier from making an irruption into Portugal. The night before last we were within a hair's breadth of a counter revolution. A conspiracy for the overthrow of the existing order 01 things and restoration of Costa Cabral to flower, was discovered, and, for a while at least, frustrated. The Ist Itegiment of Lancers, the 16th Foot, and part of the Municipal Guard were to have turned out aed proclaim( d the Cabral regime; but the plot was discovered in time, and its execution prevented owing to the prompt aid energetic measures taken by Count das Antas, the Military G vernor of Lisbon. The conspirators were to have assembled in the neighbourhood of the residence of Don Carlos de Masca rralhas, ex, Conansnder of the Municipal Guard, at Bemtica, in the sr:burls, and it is said that they purl), bed to murder the DA, of Palmella, Viscount Sada Batireira, and several other leading men of the party in power. Reports of the Miguelite molremerrs in the northern pro vinces are daily afloat, bur there is no truth in them, except as regards a few isolated guerillas here and there. The Mi gaelite chiefs are too knowing to commit themselves and their followers prematurely. "they are looking on at the Kil kenny cat wat fare between the two sections of the Liberals, which must end in the d.struction of both. The monetary crisis continues on the increase, and the dis count on bank notes has got up to 13 per cent. The rta. , ger of approaching scarcity is acknowledged by a decree published in the Diario of this day. The Occree states that as the wheat harvest has not been abundant, it becomes necessary to take measures to provide against a scarcity of bread, and the administrators of the several districts are ac cordingly ordered to report wi-t quantities of grain exist in t heir respective districts.—lfera Id. EARTHQUAKE IN TUSCANY MAusutuuEs, Attu. 19.—8 y the Sardiaian steamer Ver gabo, which entered this port yesterday Ns e received accounts of a violent earthquake on the 10th, width destroyed many vibges in Tuscany. The following is an extract of a letter, dated Leghorn, August 15 : " This city is in the greatest consternation The inha bitants are flying iu ell directions, seeking shelter in camps erected in the fields. All the shops are shut. My hand yet trembles whilst I write the dreadful effects of the earthquake of the 10th. Several villages, amongst others Oriciana and Lorenrana, are a heap of ruins. Considerable damage has bleu done in the Maremei To , eanis The church St. Michel. at Pi-a, has been seriously injured, several public edifies at Leghnin, and many private houses, will require pulling down and rehu&ing. This is all I can send you to-day ; by ne.: boat you shall receive full particulins. "I orgot to mention that our estimable Grand Duke has sent provisions and money to the unfortunate peasantry." The Captain of the Vergalo reports. that at four AM. of the 10th, the earthquake was telk. at Naples,. but didliitle' or n , injury. The Semaphore of Marseilles states that the walls of many of the houses f Leghorn had been creeked by the earth quake, and all the shops had been closed, but no life was lest. According to this journal, many Tuscan villages had been half destrw3 ed. The shock lasted fir about nine sec4.nds. A slight shock had been felt at Genoa, but no ea amity had resulted ft-ern it. PR VS LIVED M EAT.—A ship named the Marion which has arrived from Galatz, .‘!oloavia, has brought the extraor din ri;y large quantity of 28;525 cases of I , roserved meats, in adon n to several packages of tongues, and a variety of other artic.es. We are unable to state of what description of meat this importation consisted, but such an extensive arrival of an remarkable an ar icle of merchandi-e should not be permitted to pass unnoticed. Since writing the above, me find that another equally extensive importation of the I;htd has tira.: place by a ve.sel called the Chandos, which has arrived in the St. liatlqtrine's Docks from the same places, having no less than 24,822 cases of preserved meats on board. DANGERoui RUILDING4 IN DRURY LANE.—On Satur day it was deemed necessary to s'loru up two houses in Drury-lane, N , s. 1 and 6, in the oecupathat of Messrs. linsoll and Winkworth. T,e building , present a very alarming ap pearance, large fissures being ptrceptible in the front walls, and notwithstanding which persons still reside in them. A FORTCNATE :"+( R GO; VICT. Private Herbert Graham, of the Woolwich divit6tni of Royal Marines, who was convicted with another marine for robbing a man of his watch and money at the Duke on Horseback public house, Woolwich .and sentenced at the Old Bailey to eight months' imprisonment in Maidstone gaol, has just had tett him t sum of 500 L, 'Ste., and his mends have lodged money to obtain his di,charg , from the service, and have deter mined to petitioa the Secretary of State for the Home De partment, either to remit or mitigate his term of imprison ment, as he was led to commit the offence by his comrade (Ditcher), who was sentenced to twelve mouths' impri sonineid. MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday Mr. G. J. Mills, the deptry coroiter ha 'West Mithllt sex, held an inquiry at. the Castle 'tavern. Kentish-town, on tit body of Master Collttril R.untnell, aged two years, son of a gentle man of fortune residing at \o. 7, Southamptcn•terrace, in the ;move vicinity. The evidence of the witnes , es proved that about loon, on the previous day. the deceased, together with his eal.•r brother, were at play in the garden at the rear of the premises; at the further end there u as a common privy, in witich the deceased had been in the habit of tciws, &t:. Much ligainst the w ish of his Mother he entered, and having jumped uvon the seat the lid came tar, and, missing his footing. he NV a s suddenly immersed in the sod. His brother instantly gave the alarm, when the servants and others were soon in attendance, but before he w,o got out life Was quite extinct front suffication.—V er di ct drib.' ~,,,A NT ~(21, AN 2111V ± k.NC.E OF WAGES TO NUM.% RNOCI.C. 310 NEV and CONLYTE;IiCIAL NEWS , . (Prom The Sun 4if last Night.) 'rite (2 ,, D0n-rnarkrt at Liverpool on Saturday was firm, and at Billy preview, rates. The sales wen , 3,000 bales, chiefly Amerie.m, at old. ,0 5 1 /,11. per lb. Shares were generally rattier dull. It is to be regretted that the I:rivate as well as the public arcounrs from nearly all pars of Ireland speak in the most desl,( din 2; terms relative to the potato crops. The blight was, in tact. most rapidly pertettning its work of destruction. ; - 'oat the consequeiiees would I), without large and early stippiies If a sub-titure, it is impossible to tore-ee. Uhe subject of the ceristruction of railways in Canada had undergolie the serious atrention of the Douse of Assembly. The find reliort or the Camila. tee of the 1-1 0 11,, to which this imporant subject had been referred had been made. mid an •adit-ess to tier Majesty tounded upon it. The following is an extract from the oflicial papers After referring to a dispatch from the Secretary of the Colonies en the subject of railway commiti ication in the Colonies, pointing out the terms upon which it is intiniat•A the royal assent will lie given to aiiy Acts of the Weida' Legislature for chartering Railways, the address states We have no hesitation in complying with the several tiggestions contained in the dispatch alluded to, with the exception of the secono, which requires as au indispensable preliminary, that of the proposed capital one-tenth at least should have been actually invested in good available securities for the prosecution of the work. This provision, however necessary it may have wen found in Great. Britain, where frum the abundance of capital, and the numerous ap plications for railway charters, the Imperial Government may have found it advisable to impose such a restriction, we hutnbly submit is not applicable to this province; and we respecttnlly represent to your Majesty that compliance with the rules requiring a preliminary survey of the line of road, and that a copy of all plans, sections, and books of reference, together with a map of the country, with the line of the pro posed railway delineated thereon, be deposited with the Executive Government, would require an expenditure of sufficient. amount previous to application to the Legislature for a charter to demonstrate the intention of the applicants to carry the undertakiro4 into effect. " We assure your Majesty that the Legislature have char tered no railway company for the construction of a road which will not, when completed, be of the greatest benefit to the country, and therefore humbly hope the several Bills may receive your Majesty's sanction without delay, that the country may, as soot, as possible, enjoy the benefits they are calculated to confer." We cannot state the names of the railways that have been recommended to the notice of her Majesty in Council, but there is one project, which at best is doubtful of being at present carried out, via., the St. Lawrence and Atlantic, a first-rate line in itself. There were no late colonial arrivals announced in the City this morning. The public sales of produce, foreign and colonial, adver tised for the present week are very considerable, including foreign sugars, Egyptian produce, East and West India sugars, &c. Trade and commerce really appear to have taken at last a favourable turn. There are late accounts just in from Lisbon (to the 16th inst.) of an unfavourable character. Political broils and in trigues were the order of the day. Money was becoming more awl more scarce, and the financial position of the Go vernment was at zero. In the Consol Market the only bargain for the Account this morning was at 95%; for to-morrow the market is firm also at 95%. Exchequer-bills command 10s. to 13s. premium ; and India Bonds 245. In India Stock a fall has occurred from 260 to 259 1 4. The price of Bank Stock has remained at 208 to 209. Ite Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are flat at 97%. Mexican Stock is very firm this morning, at an improve ment t,, 23 both for Money and the Account. In the Four per Cent. Portuguese we may notice a rise to 41 1 / 2 , in the Spanish Consuls for the Account to 25 1 / 2 buyers, but the Dutch Four per Cents., after having opened at 94 1 4, have just been sold at 93 3 / 4 . The shares of the East India Railway Company have been in very goiiil request all the morning, at a rise to 1!. the share. The detest of the Blanchester and Southampton plan has caused a great deal of disappointment in the market. This scrip was in November last at about 3 1 / 2 per cent. It. was, before the decision of the Lords was known on Satur day, at 1 / 2 discount, and this morning it is at 1% to VA dis count. In the other Railway Shares and Scrip business is slack this morning. 1 , 1 INDS. ONE cLOSIN• O't 'LOCK , PRICES. Bniik Stock . • . . .. • • 208 209 209 !tree per Cent. Reduced Annuities 96 1 4 96 96 hree •er Cent. Consols Annuities 95% 3 4 95% yew Three-and•a-Quarter per ('ant. Antis. 981 97; 8% mg Annuities, Expire fan. 5.11 , 60 .. 10 5-16 7-16 10 7-16 Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .• 10% 10% India Stock .. . 258% 258% India Bonds. LOOM 24 24 Ditto. under 1,000/. •.. .. 19 p 19 p Consbls for Account • • • . 95% 95% ••.xchequer Bills. 1.30. 1 lid. 1,0001... .• -• •. •. 10 13 -- pm. 13 Ditto. Small .... 14 10 pm. 10 ONE (*LOSING FOREIGN 'quips. o'c i.OO K. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 .. 88 Equador Bonds —3% Grenada. 1 per Cent .. . Ditto, Deferred • 4 Mexican Bonds, Old, S per Cent .. Ditto, 1846, 5 per Cent .. 22; 23 23 Ditto, for the Account 22% 23 23 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. 37 Portuguese Four per Cent 41% 42 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent • • s • Ditto, for the Account • • .. 25% 25% Ditto, Passive Bonds _ „—5% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-mid-a-Ilan per Cent 595 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 9414 93% 93% BUSINESS PRICES OF CLOSIICO RAILWAY SH PAID. DONE AT ARES. PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen.. 15 .......... 8; Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. .. 2%...• 1% itirminghani and Gloucester, .. 100 .. .. 128 Ditto, New (issed at 7% dis.).. 1751 .......... 31% Birmingham end Oxford Junction 2 .... 65% ..... . . 534 Caledonian 15% Direct Northern 251 .... 1% Dublin and Belfast Junction .. 10 .... 5 .......... 5 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine .. 2% .... Dublin and Galway .. .. 4 .... ..... I% EaSterU Confines , . 141. 22%14 -...... 22g Ditto New .. .. 10/. Its. :% p•• •• p Ditto, York Extension 105..... 2%14 ........ 214 Eastern Union .. .. 30 .... .......... Do. Extension to Norwich .. 2% .......... 2 1 East Lancashire .. .. • • .. 14 •• • • 23 22% ••• • • . 22% East Lhicolitshire 1 1 4 .... g .......... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 .... 69% 70 •• •• .. 70 Edinburgh and Northern .. .. 10 .... 10 . ..... 10 Edinburgh and Pe, th 3 .... 3% ..... 3% Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 25 .... 28% ...... 28 1 4 Great North of England, . -100 .... Ditto. New . 1% 18%•........• 18 11 Great Western •.. 85 .. - .......... Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 10 .• 23% 23 .... • • 23 Hull and Selby .. 50 .... .. • • ...... Ditto, half ,hares .. 25 .... 50g 50% Leeds and Bradtiird .. 26 .... 68 ........ • • 64 Leeds an.l Carlisle .. 2%.... .......... Leicester and Bedford 225..... %% dls.- • • 34 dis. Leicester, Tamworth, &c. 425. .... dls.• • .... 54 dl . Liven... Mauch.. & Non. Juliet. 251 .... 2 London and Blackwell .. 16/. 13s. 4d. • •• •••• •• 8 London a d Brigi•iton 50 .• . 63M .. •• .. 63 Ditto ditto Fifths .. 30 .• .. 41 •• ••.. • • 41 London a, North-Western .••iOO ....206 20551 208.. 208 I) tto ditto New Shares • • .. .. • • 15% P• •••• • • • 15% p Ditto Fifths.. .• • • 2 • • London and South-Western •• 41/. 6s. 10(1.• • 75 ••••• • • • • • 755 Ditto, New .. •• •• 17 14 •• •• •• 27 London and York .. 2 1 . 9 •... 1 Ditto, 11 nlf Shares .. • • .. 2% •• .. 1%••••••...• Lynn and Ely 13 .... 15% •......... 15% Aamthester and Leeds .. .. • • 82 •• .......... 115 Ditto, Quarters 8% Ditto, Fifths .. 3 .... 1114 1114 Ditto Extension 425..... 2% p...... • • 2% p Manchester .u.d ttirminghain .. 40 - • • Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) I .... 9 MAiici,oder, Buxton, & Matlock 428..... p •• •• % Manchester and ,outhanipton .. 2 .... % ltid and ..100 .......... — 7 / 4 Ditto, New . 21 .... 37 37 Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 108 ....115 115 Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 ...• Ditto, New Neweast.l... and Berwick .. 15 .... 27% % ..... 27% Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. 1% .......... T'S Ditto, Extension . •. .. 2 •• •....... Norio Brush •• 25 .. • . 35%%.. •..•.. 38% Ditto, Half Shares .. .. • • 11 •• • • 16% Ye ••••• • • • 16 % Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 4 .. • • .... 4 North Staffordshire .. • • • • 428. 3%%s p...... 3% p oxford.Worcest.,& Wolverhmptn, 12%.... 8 Preston and wyre •• •• 25 .... 3451 34g Ditto, Half Shares .. 2 g .... 8 ....•• •• •• Richmond .. 10 .... 1834 19 .• .... 19 Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 254 .... 32% .• •• • • 2i Shropshire Union % ces •• % ihrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire June ion .. 251 .... 2% ...... • • 214 South staffordshire Junction .. 251 •• •• 2% 2% South Eastern mid Dovor 33 % .... 4314 ..... .• • 4314 S. aloes and Richmond 1 .... 1 •••• •• 1 'outh N ales •• • • •"• '• 5 •• •' ''•' 4 Vale of Neat!) 2_ 1 % 1% Welsh Midland 24.... 4 . 4 7 • • West Hiding Union • • ••• .. 425. 214 3 3 p York and Carlisle .. • • .. York nod North Midland 1%0 Ditto. Scarborough Branch .. 25 .... 4i 45 Do. E and W. Riding Exten... 1 ... 13 . ..... 13 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 14 .......... 1214 Demerara .... 24 . Direct Bombay and Madras .. ss. .... 3 4 .... Buten Rhenish . 6 6 •••• ••.... 6 East In .. ha. 1 Northern of France Constituted.. 5 .... 12N 13 ...... 13 Orleans and Vierzen 10 .... 1474 . 14% Orleans and Bordeaux ••• • • • .... Paris and Rouen .. 20 .... 37 ••.. • • JOINT-STOCK BANKS. London Joint-Stock • . .. 10 .... 15 ••••• • • • • • 1 5 Union of London .. 10 ••• • •••••• • • • • 11 % MINES. British Iron .. .. 10 .... 1; 34 .•• • .•• •• •••• 1 3i ik Real ael Monte. ►Unremstered •••• The French Association in favour of Free Trade has protrtSed a prize of 500 f., or a gold medal of equivalent value, for the best essay " On the effects which the adoption of free trade principles would have on the labouring classes." The same Association also proposes a prize of 3,000 E, for the best essay " On the effects to be produced on French merchant shippim by the suppression of all laws preventing French shipowners ir , m having vessels as cheap as other nations also, the effects that the augment.tion of the m erc h ant ship ping would have on the navy." The e.s a y s , i n b oth cases, are be sent in before Dec. 31, 1846, to th e secretary ' s office, at Bordeaux. THE CABS , AND THE STOPPAGES.—The cab-drivers of the metropolis are p;rliaps the only parties benefited by the obstruction of the various metropolitan thoroughfares. The blocking up has the most extraordinary effect upon the cab-fares, for which a new scale ought to be immediately framed, in order to meet the circumstances of the numerous bkckades now abouneing in London. It is absurd to saY that it is a shilling fare from St. Cle , nent's Church to Cheap= side, - when the shortest communication now open between these two places is at least five miles in longitude. The proprietors of the numerous guides to cab-fares are surely entitled to compensation from somebody or other on count of these publications being rendered utterly value less. The traveller who jumps into a Hanson, expecting to be whirled from the foot of Farringdon-street to Temple-bar for eightprnee, witt be astonished at a demand being made • upon him for 2a.Sd.,af , er dragging him through a quantity of by-streets, and landing him a the end of Chancety-14ni., with a digital direction and announcement that " b,o- over on t'othr side nt them paving stones.' The cab tares will be treble • everywhere for taki,:g you iv wbere, and piling you about through all sorts ut out- ot:the way places without ever bringing you to the end of you, journey. ) , Ve really begin to sus i .ect that the cab proprieTor. , have a hand in the blockading nuisance; that they arc 1: league with the New Riveri are hand-in-hand with the gas; or at the bottom of the sewers, where, if they are really the instigators of the nuisance, they well deserve to be.— Punch. So great has been the demand .for glass in t in evilsrqUEirlee of the recent storm there, that large 111,-;1,, titles sent to Li vel - p:,ta for export have been even taken ou: of the vc:-..sels and sent back to the metropolis, ~t:ctya being DOW tte beet market . —Ziliermal Chrimick_ >wXrnwc-w~lr>..s.~.~~:i . .......,~r!"~~_~..... ~wa+s Y-w:4.,.a-'. :.rS~a CO ID C .1t 4 - t PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY. AUG. •yal Mg t! ' ness Prirce Albert. let! Plymouth at 7, A.M , Atendca by , he 114,11. Captain Gordon ar , d Mr. Anson, to visit tie ol , t war prtso , ,s on Dar tin,. or h', n hr. ftr'd , fter properly or hi, Hoyt lighne , s the Priece of Wars. The-Queen la, ded at Mount Dig, cuinhe at 10. A. 34 ' attended by the Vi.count duct lyn, and the Hon. Miss ..nd drove in the grotto s. 1-ikt. Majesty returned to e roy.l y::ebt at 12 e Her M ej. s y. and the Price, attended by th'ir re ; srwenve honoureel the E.,rl and Oonutese Mount Fd • ecumbe with their runipv.y at lunel'"T' after which they enjoyed a drive through the r.•ntil' e scenery of hose beautttcl gruunds. Her Maj-stt and her Royal Consort retained to the yacht and embarked en board the Flirt.' tor a 'h er& crui,e on the watt rs ef the Tamer, vi.Atirg Su j r. Poet Harbour, the Mill B at 11.rbour., a nd goitg the as far as the Earl of Morley's sent at Salt , am. , • Iler Mnjes.y and Allerr dim(' e n hoard tz l9 rural yaeht. Th. re was no mliition to t!,e royal The band of the Mar:nes p!aycd on board the Pie" throughout the evening. It i> exnk cted that - het Majesty will reach 0,1)(Ine the afternoon of Monday. Lord Alfred Hervey and Captain Per he], R.N.. b 1 tn• bets for Briabu're with a &pie alien ft, in Brighton , e:f 'tstiltg f the high-constable, Mr. Thomas Attrec , '°'ll" . u Thitas Freeman, and Mr. L. wit Sight, Clerk t o t i. „: Commissioners .1 she town of Brihton, had an inte rvi e with Viscount M.'rpeth yesterday at the office of t u Woods and Forests. Major G. neral Pasley had an int e r v i ew with the Clio n. call , .r of the Exchequer yesterday at his officialrtsi drnee in Di 4wnine-street. The Milb ink Pri.on Commission had a meeting l es' tt'rday at Gaydyr-house. Whitehall. The Corn 1016:. sioners present were the Earl of Chi c h es t er , Lord SO mour, and Mr. Bickham Escett. A deturation, including Mr. J. A. llankey, Chtfairr: man of the East and West India Do c k Company Tooke, Chairtuan of the St Katherine Dock ComP,,a ll ,„li end Sir John Hall, Secretary to the St. Katherine PA', Company, had an interview with the Earl of Clase n° yesterday at the office of the Board of Trate. Mr. .James Walker had an interview yesterday tvtt the Chancellor of the Exchequer. L 4 CEUM THEATRE. o st A new grand bur:eque extravaganza, one of ' b re . agreeable combinations of s p ec t ac l e an d fun for the Pb e duction of which this theat re , since it h as been under t d ' it management of the Keeleys, has become so descry ( an d celebrated, was produc e d l as t ev e n i ng w i t h great ce , deserved success. It is from the pen of Charles 1)811 and it is entitled The Magic Horn, "Being, in fact, a version somewhat tranchi, Of Oberon. by Weber and by Planche." ale) Sir Huon (whose title is here changed to Sir 1 3 °,, -- . 0 of Bordeaux, was represented by Keeley, who, if' armour, and wearing a helmet as tall as himself: lot ge the most grot , sque and most terrible of keightl• lo ve gave a parody of the celebrated scene, " Yes, co° to fame must yield," quite in the Braham style. the imitation of the manner—ay, and occas7onally h it voice, too—of the great original, was most laug na 4e , true, and he was encored, as a matter of ° lir e 'at Then Mrs. Keeley, as Reiza, also can's Way as a giver of imitations, and her Rachel A, quite as good as her husband's Braham. M r. e a, Wigan was Sherasmtn, transformed into an IrisW iog and christened Shirrywine ; while Oberon, 11 ,. i „ e d changed his name to O'Brian, for an MO estate, ,7 tt ie a most fascinating representative in Mi ss Viiars. Miss Keeley was Puck, and sang some excptisite 1 0 the dies with great taste and effect. Frank Mathews , n ay Emir of 'I unis, was the very pink to savage t usbl.itos, and remorseless tyrants, and Mivs B ro mley. es F 6rl Ve d3t , c*d, and sung, and acted very gracefully fite l &net, w, re admirably arrange d, an d a d m i ra bly. x :n er• c i u i t a There was al as in the first act, wh ic h was given in - e at a Cerito Uke style by a lady whose name dl o llei appear in the b•lls. The groupin g of the corps a e around her at the conclusion was very b e autiful. , vet o pas, in the second act, in which this saute fatly " ° . ee ; with Miss Fairbrother, was :also most adtniroblY, g r i ;tire and, like the former, it conclud, a with a most o' e is pas d'ensembie by the corps de ballet. The Se en awe ver -uperb. l'he appearance of Reiza in the first," ad, ard the change from the forest to the city oflg g laa were both exe, Ilently managed. The view o f ' ll ,i o k• by Phill;pps is rt ally an t xquisite picture. T he o /the in of the ship in the storm at the etinclusioncepe of first act is a fine scene effect. The concluding all, the fairy hem,. of Oberon and Titania, is 0 14 ' "a blaze of triumph," and on this the cu rt ‘ l ' rt that This is by far the most perfect thing of theP wit, has been produced for some time. It combines t",,,. e att, and fun, and pleasantries of Valentine and with the gorgeous splendour of Aladdin; a nd Ows their w ere t for doubt, have a long run. The princi pia ar t ' s called for at the conclusion, and were rewiiirr is exertions by the enthusiastic applauee ° house. crowded SPORTINO INTELL I " NCE. TATTERsALL's--mo"* t so e Brocardites mustered in Ftrength. and withou ver n y exit nsive investments had the gratiticatiou of se . ell him at the top of the tree ; Sir Tatton Sykes, against:l_lllj 6to 1 was laid more than once, holding only the ev; y l position, and not very steady in that. The Travers er h backed freely at 7 to 1, and Fancy Boy to a sum at 10 to. o. the latter, like Sir Tatton, having a good many enet r e gSt ing, lao, Griniston, Poynton, and Pyrrhus the First t e - ". ant of favour; indeed, except on the horses we have P ee ry tied, and Erin-go-Bra;:h, the disposition t o invest Wi lsl " . slight. Latest prices : ST. LEGER. i sto 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo—tak e la' 11 to 2 agst Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes -6 tri 7 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Traverser—tak en , of 10 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Fancy Boy—t• and e"" 13 to 1 agst Lord E. Ruesell's Sting 15 to 1 agst Col. Anson's lago 16 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Grimston • •to 20 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Free Lance- 420 20 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Poynton 25 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Erin-go-bragh--taketift 30 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Pyr r hus the First--ta ke 30 to 1 agq Col. Synge's Mount Callan 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Skerratt's Romance—taken. CA it t' I+; - .:1; e, .1 . 1,1 Ve great pleasuro ~, b.: - ,g able to state that oe ..turt.a . , I s ~t , • town al. t reed to give, fro o fi , st et ieptetitt-r, the advanced pric, ieh had te,u S e Scctch ur Kid lenninster carpet. With the present ad di: iotial remuneration f.r weavinz, and the inerea,e in the demand likely to he created b..% the new al erations ire the Aii;eri , an tht cen‘ii , io,t of cariet w,avers wi!l in a!! Idichhoud ere long be vastly improved. We bear it stated, that the weavers of DrtEselA carpeting both in Scot lend and England are with a prospect of suet ess,sbout to me morialise their employers for an advance of Id. per yard.— KiLnar nock Herald. BUYING A I'IIEACTIER.—Tho col il:tve ;1(.0 3 fair tp r. 41. 300 t', tniV preaches, who is a slave. The price, for a good preacher, is very cheap indeed.—New York M orn i ng Post. LEAMINGTON STAKES. 4 to 1 agst Mr. Drinkshi's Mongrel—taken 5 to 1 agst Mr. Ongley's Roderick—taken. TAI4I The first portion of the stud l a tely purchated fro"" pu t George Bernin by the Hon. E. Mostyn, will. be of a o ,sist for sale on Monday the 7th of September; it will . re s all the horses in training, and some of the brood ula" yearlings, in all aboui - 30 or 35 lots. PAISLEY RACES.—FRIDAT. n adde d. The Anybody's Stakes of 5 sows. each, n 2 ft, with 2 0 , 1 Once round. N o ble) Mr. W. I-I. Johnstone's Marian Ramsay, 4 yea... V Mr. D. Wilson's Mesmeric, 4 yrs ............................. ••• .... Mr. A. Hill's The Bashaw, aged ......................... ... Mr. Hope's Queen Slab, 4 yrs.— ............. ............ 0.401 The Silver Bells, given by the Town . Council. with so 1 by the Committee. Four miles and a .li9- (Robin '' . ‘ , O ) a Mr. Merry's Pilot, 4 yrs .... S Mr. W H. Johnstone's Roper's Daughter, aged ••• ......... k Mr. W. R. Ramsay's Inglewood, 3 yrs ................. _ A _ Mr. Murland's Elenic, 5 yr 5..... .................. . ...... ........ The Hut.ters' Stakes of 10 sovs. each, hfr, and 1 Gentlemen riders. Heats, two Nicoll) 1 Mr. J. Hender,on's Speculation ... (I , l'u t • .... 2 Mr. Hill's Sir Henry ........................ ..... ••• .lb a dde d ' The Railway Stakes of 10 sews. each, h ft ' Heats, once round and a distanc e. , a 1 0 Mr. Merry's Badinage, 4 yrs (Robinson) 0 Hon. J. Kennedy's t b 3 The Doc; or, 3 yl B ..... "' Mr_ C. H. J suhustone' Pleasure Trip, 3 N rs ......... ol ROCHDALE RACES. —FRIDAY. lee"i The Heywood Purse of 201 ., added to a Sweeps- i l l ) , ;a.- 5 sovs. each, twice round, was won in two beau' , , Griffith's Lucy. 5 yrs, beating Mr. Morton's Mapel. s .,Lfico Match, 11st 101 b each, one mile and a half.—Mr. Unknown beat Mr. Norton's Dat.gerous. tif iC° The Hurdle S akes of 5 sovs. each, and 20 adcl.-• round, 3 Suns., were won in two heats by Mr. Griifith ' '' d ' 5 yrs, beating Mr. Tempest's St. Alartiu 811- Walmsley's Heir at Law, THE NAVAL RETIREMEN T 'gfof The following is a copy of the plan of retireinea of 200 captains, intended to be proposed by th 6 2 3° . o ,ese l Admiralty, and presented t o P a rliam e nt by tier P 7 Command:— ,$ 6d. 11 Ist. The rank of retired rear-admiral to be l l 4 seniority to such applicants from the 145. 11 1 756• F e as may - be willing to accept it, with the pay (" yvid°' day, and the corresponding pension to their under the usual restrictions. e n to 4) : • h al t' 2d. An addition of 7s. 6d. per d a y t o he 06d. - ,; plicant by seniority from the 12s. 6d. and 1 05 ' ye l '',b pay lists, being captains of not less than te' en " ; ol l / °- a st l s t ih t ds a eti standing, g b , ea) a .pt n,,,drholefi seniority, i fit te y di fi c y dt e ho aw y d • a f. hs a :t r sof age ; o fficers ir ° e e o u h assume the er t 3,e h . m e ua t oi i n t u l el e dd of ht have ant ts 9:o - J tive list. Their widows to be entitled to t • o r . tei lye r ' e s 1101. per year, and to the pension s, when the rank of retired rearldf in re i . rta 11 0 "widow 'attained. d b! p ot (A 3d. The vaca nc i es upon t h e 11. list to be u-pral9l' cers now accepti ng t h e 18 s. per d ay, b ut the P - iirr iis o retired list to be reduced to 100, by making 011 „ e ,int°,!, 11 of ment for every t wo vacanc i es an d no hi g her r ige.o to be given hereaft er th an 11. p er d a y, w ith e- enti t assuming the rank of retired r e ar- a d m iral wil to it by seniority. ed 50 0 0 ,d 4th. The active list of captains not to exe i e s 6d.+ . 0 3, corresponding reduction to be made in the l' s ' o pts' 12s. 6 , 1, halfpay lists, the first to c onsist of 7( ' and the latter of 100. csli tti o r. sth. Good service pensions to be retained r until they reach the rank of rear-admiral or re admiral. • not V 3 0 6th. The number on the admirals' list nently to exceA 150, and is thin to be distrle its u ri l ro ls. admiral., or 10 of each squadron; 45 viee . "„ o f 15 of each squadron; 75 rear•admirtils, or prt i P t squadron; but it is ► not intendvd that anY tious should take place before the plan of re ti o f st carried out. th e - 7th. The plan to come into operation 0v,,, i to if October of the present year, and all letters re n .1 will be treated as strlcily can , omma•••••••••.........•••••••••=0......•••••••••!... ,: o; Th,re is a report re :Tee , ing is jorY n t r ile a certain civil action, tried at tha rumour Is. that en retiriog to Con'hie r t •:.pdantg au obeys to bers were even for the plaictiff and _ , tosse" r halfpenny for ose• order decide it,t he w te o stigi e kVe tru,t, f or the credit ;A a Cardiga. ns hire . 0:1 0 4 report is untrue; but, unfortunately. the ' e t . t he L•lded trary to the Evidence and t.) the swanning ne°....,d a co vs Judge, and surprised the counsel engaBen, "`" „ed court.—Carmarthen Journal. ers ernPlt3t OLD PORT.— lie su . ana,rine ftdvel-- 31. ,,b t brous..ooo, the wreck ifthe AbergaN off WeYr,i'„ e I); eser" pr .he othei day, a mottle of port vrioe one ve ars• li has lain at the bottom of the boa terry ' roaport Telegraph. B? k vi 'err, tv tti: