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Now ready, in 2 vols., post Bvo., 21s. bound, MRS. TR 014 L-PPE'S NEW WORK, TRAVELS All TRAVELLERS. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. , L 0 S T A N D W 0 N; OR, THE LOVE TEST. By the Author of " The Maid's Husband." " This novel will be read and admired by a large class ; the lovers of animated fiction will dwell upon its pates with delight. The pro found, sincere, and almost idolatrous passion of Bartley isbeautlfully described ; and as the author possesses great command of language, her graphic pen depicts those refinements and delicate points in the human mind with great effect. Sir Frederick Cleveland, the great landowner in Devon, is a well-drawn character." —Dispatch. Henry Colbuni, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW STORY BY ALBERT SMITH. With the Magazines, on the 31st inst., price One Shilling, (to be completed in Twelve Numbers), with Two Illustrations by Leech, Part I. of • THE STRUGGLES AND ADVENTURES OF CHRISTOPHER TADPOLE, IN SEARCH OF A NAME, A RELATIVE, AND A WIFE, AT HOME AND ABROAD. By ALBERT SMITH, Esq. Author of " The Adventures of Mr. Ledbury," " The Scattergood Family," " The Marchioness of Brinvillier3," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. *** Orders received by all Booksel!ers. WITH AN ILLUSTRATION BY LEECH, AND A PORTRAIr OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (AUTHOR OF " THE IMPROVISATORE,") FROM AN ORIGINAL PICTURE. The September Number, price Half-a• Crown. of BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, will contain — BRIAN O'LINN ; OR, LUCK IS EVERYTHING. By W. H. MAXWELL, EN Author of " Stories of Waterloo," " Wild Sperts of the West," &c. Italian Scenes. A Peep at Society, by Alfred Crowquill. The Albigenses and the troubadours, by Dr. W. C. Taylor. Last Night, by G. Linnaeus Banks. Travels and Travellers in Italy, by Mrs. Austin. D. ath of the Bride. An Indian Tragedy, by Agnes Lascelles. Military Punishments of the Romans, by Everard Clive. Adventures in New Zealand in 1845. Mr. Ledhury Re-visits Paris, and is Ignominouslv Expelled from his Lodgings, by Albert Smith. With an Illustration by Leech. Shots from an Old Six-pounder, by Portfire. The First Grey- hair. The Flaneur in Paris, from the Note-book of a Traveller, by the author of " Second Love." Robin Hood and his Merry Men. Memoir of Hans C. Andersen, with a Portrait. DONCASTER—ITS SPORTS AND SATURNALIA. By the Author of "Gaming, Gaming-host es, and Gamesters." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PLIIILIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALL, AND LAIIOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the Thu 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 ; an 3 advlces of results will be forwarded by the first post after the. sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Ofli.xs, Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. THEATRE t OVAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be performed the popular Farce, entitled SISTER AND I. After which, a New Grand Operatic, Melodramatic. Romantic. Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, founded on the Opera of " Oberon," entitled THE MAGIC HORN. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Kinloch, Collier, Yarnold, Bender, Sil , er, Richards, and Keeley; Miss Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Arden, Miss Forster, Miss Laidiaw, Miss Zromley, Miss 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 Yarnold ; Mrs. Woollidge and Miss Howard. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIIL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will he performed the Comedy of PAUL PRY. Colonel {lardy, 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. 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 flair°, Lindon, Waye, Butler, Williamson, Aldridge, Mitchenson, Alderson, Ryan, Wright, Paul Bedford ; Miss Ellen Chaplin, Miss Taylor, Miss Harrison, its Simpson, Mrs. F. Matthews, &c. To he followed by an original Comic Stetch, called _ABRAHAM PARKER. Abraham Parker, Mr. Wright. I'EINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING ' Will be p rformed Shakesper,.'s Comedy (with Music) of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Granby ; Mr. Ford, Mr. J. Vining; Mr. Page, Mr. Ryder; Sir Hugh Evans, DIY. Charles Mathews; Master Slender, Mr. Compton; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestria ; Mrs. Fold, Mrs. Stirling; Anne Page, Miss Georgians Smithson. To be followed by an entirely new Serio-Comic Drains, entitled A CURIOUS CASE. "Mr. Autrey, Mr. Vining; Twiggle. ton, Mr. Charles .Mathews; Charles Stanton, Mr. Fisher; Edward, Mr. Honner ; Mrs. Aubrey, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with an entirely New Comic Drama, entitled THE BARBER BRAVO ; or, Ihe Inventor of Powder. In which Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Granby, Mr. Wynn, Miss E. Stanley, and Miss 31,:rshall will perform. STRAND THEATRE. A party of Gentlemen, admirers of Dramatic Art, and advocates of fair p'ay, feel ng disgusted and indignant at the un-English and unmanly treannent of Mr. GREGORY, at the Haymarket Theatre, have taken this—the only House in the Metropolis at present avail able—and through their acting Manager, Mr. DAV , DSON, have invited Mr. Gregory (who has consented to appear) to perform for A limited number of nights, with the assurance that he shall have wha every Actor is entitled to—a clear stale and a fair hearing. The public s th refore respectfully informed that this Theatre is in court.e of preparation for the representation of some of Shakspere's Hays, and will (every exertion be lig used to produce them in an efficient manner) be opened on MONDAY NEXT, with the Tragedy of OTHELLa Othello ...... ........ Mr. Gregory. The new histerteal Tragedy. entitled TILL MAID OF WARSAW, will be produe,d without delay. Itt)YAL I AM riIITREAT Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. Ptince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and lie Prismess Royal. Immense novelty and entire change. Fresh addition to the Comp •ny, and first Week of the highly interesting Spectacle of " The Merchant Steed." , THIS EVENING Will he performed the popular Drama, called THE MERCHANT STEED ; or, The Flight of Damon. Calanthc, Mrs. Morton Brooks; Damon, Mr. J. Harwood ; assisted by the whole of the Company. Double Stud, rare Quadrupeds, &c. Alter which, magnificent SCENES of the HIPPODROME, by the French, German, and British Professors. The whole concluding with the pleasing Drama, entitled THE_ NAMELESS. _ . 11oi:ofticeOpen from eleven till five o'clock.-=Doors open at six snd commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. Unrivalled talent for Six Nights only. The distinguished Artistes, Miss Cushman, and her sister, Miss Susan Cushman, will sustain some of their favourite characters during this Week. being their last performances previous to their departure for the United States. Engagement of Mr. Macarthy, the popular Irish Comedian, lot Six Nights. TIIIS EVENING . _ Will be performed the admired Opera of GUY MANNERING ; or, The Gipsey's Prophecy. Meg Merrilies, Miss Cushman ; Lucy Bertram, Miss Parry ; Julia Mannering, Miss Betts ; Flora, Miss Terry; Henry Bertram, Mr. C. White ; Colonel Mannering, Mr. J. T. Johnson ; Dominie Sampson, Mr. W. Smith. After which, the popular Farce of THE IRISH VALET. Larry Hoolagan, Mr. Mac irthy. To conclude with the favourite Drama of THE ROVER'S SECRET. Principal characters by Messrs. Saville, Johnson, Fre dericks, Lewis, Ilesl ip; Mrs. Lewis, Miss Terry, &c. Box Office open from eleven till four o'clock. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. • ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. A richly ornamented G')TER.: BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CON:2E RTS, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. CALYPSO'S FAIRY GnOTTO, representing in the Interior Telemachus relating his adventures to Calypso. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the moat complete and effective scale. .Preceding the Volcanic Display, Nuns. 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 Um, and bear him to his chrystal home. The Glass Conservatory is splendialy ornamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view tae matchless collection of Carnivora by gas-light. Needing of the Carnivora at half-past five ; the Pelicans, &c., at Six ; Cancert at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk. Admission. One Shilling. THE WEATHER.—Sinr OFFICE, AUGUST 28. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 59; Highest. 73 ; Noon, 73, BAROMETER, 30.02.--WIND E., fine. nrou WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Ilfernine •• 20 minutes after 5. f Evenine .. 33 minutes after 5. • 4-,:g,;t, \,. ..„,,,, ~, - 5:- •_-1. t, 7- 1,1,4 \ _ ,-. 77 71 triening 51111 C LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1846. August the twenty-eighth, 1846, will be an ever memorable day in the history of this country. It will survive in the grateful remembrance of our posterity as the epoch of the consu , nmation of the most glorious session in the records of British legislation. War like triumphs may have illustrated preceding eras : on former occasions we may have had to congratulate ourselves upon the extension of our colonial posses sions : social abuses may, at other periods, have been eradicated : the constitutional rights of every inhabi tant of the United Kingdom may in anterior times have been confirmed and even extended : we may upon foregoing prorogations of Parliament have rejisiced over the subjection of intestine difficulties, over the prosperity of internal and external dominion, over vanquished enemies, over accessions of national alli ance ; but never have the people of these islands had such cause for exultation and gratitude as upon the prorogation of the Parliament of this eventful year. The Royal Speech, delivered by the LORD CHANCELLOR of England in the name of her most gracious MAJESTY, is of a more remarkable charac ter possibly than any pronounced from the throne of these realms. To that address, which will be found in another column of The Sun, we refer our readers, and we do so with sentiments of the most unaffected glad ness, and with a conviction that that document is the synopsis of incalculable prosperity, not merely to the population of this empire, but to whole generations of the human race. The penning of those sentences, at the dictation of her Ministers, . ,Inust have aroused emotions of joy in the heart of our beloved SOVEREIGN ; they must have con veyed to her an unspeakable solace in the mo ments of tribulation ; they must have imparted an additional zest to her domestic happiness. The substance of the Royal Speech is scarcely more than a retrospect of the position of the na tional authority, the proceedings of the Imperial Par liament, and especially of the gigantic social and commercial reformations which have rendered the half-year last past so wholly unprecedented. Un doubtedly the events which have transpired during that interval within the walls of St. Stephen's, pre sented to her MAJESTY a noble opportunity for en larging upon the blessings which must accrue from their occurrence. Regal eloquence, upon such a theme, might readily have been tolerated. Nevertheless, the simple narration of the facts will possibly convey more to her faithful lieges than all the blandishments of rhetoric, or all the anima tion of oratory. The gist of the Royal Speech may be briefly ca talogued. References to the extraordinary labours of our Legislators, whether representative or here ditary, during this protracted session ; allu sions to the successful issue of our negotiations with the United States, and to the triumph of our soldiers on the banks of the Sutlej ; after this a cursory reference to the increase in the naval and military supplies, with which increase the Parliament has so cordially endeavoured to compete with the exigencies of both services; an expression of sorrow at the re-appearance of the potato murrain, coupled with an aspiration that the measures taken by the Government may tend to diminish the miseries which would otherwise follow from the deficiency in Ireland; —these, together with the customary congratulations and recommendations of a Speech from the Throne, impart to the present a peculiar and unequalled im portance. The proceedings of the past session are more in accordance with the principles of our free Constitu tion than any that have hitherto taken place within the precincts of Westminster. Those proceedings have confirmed and mellowed the boons accorded to us by the glorious Reform Bill ; they have rendered our House of Commons more truly the house of the representatives of the people than the extinction of rotten boroughs, or the limited extension of the franchise. From tle occur rences of this illustrious session the representatives of monopoly have been metamorphosed into the re presentatives of the truest and noblest patriotism. Those proceedings and the principles involved in them have rendered place-hunting no longer the vice of statesmen, they have abolished party, they have purged all tendencies to peculation and selfishness from the Legislature, they have kindled a reverence for the rights of the contemned in the bosoms of our most eminent comatiymen. The history of this session is the history of the elevation of the multitude : it is the true inauguration of the more generous of the principles upon which our Constitu tion is based—the first equable adjustment of the three primary powers, i THE SUN, LONDON; FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28, IM6. escape than that one innocent person should be con- ' victed, and juries are almost invariably told that, if they entertain any reasonable doubt, they are to give the benefit of that doubt to the prisoner. Now, it appears to us that the jury, by their statement that there was a possibility that provocation had been given, gave expression to such a doubt; and most assuredly it was a reasonable one, and such as fairly might be entertained by rational men. Both parties were sitting at the same table ; each had, unhappily, a deadly weapon, a knife, in hand; the woman was manifestly a person of violent passions ; she had been in the habit of using the most opprobrious language ; she had pre viously assaulted the prisoner, having bit his arm on one occasion and slapped his face on another; the wretched prisoner had ever behaved towards her in the most temperate manner, having only held her hands when she so bit him. Other evidence might have been afforded as to similar acts of grievous provoca tion, but, by the strict rules of law which the presid ing judge was bound to enforce, it was necessarily excluded. Is it not then, to say the least of it, pos sible, if not probable, that the pcor girl might not have acted on that as on former occasions, and again assaulted the prisoner, and with a knife in her hand, which she still retained when running up wounded into the hall, and which remained clasped in her right hand after death. The prisoner said that she had goaded him to it ; there is no living witness as to what was the extent or nature of that pro vocation, but taking the previous occurrences into consideration it could not be of a light or trivial character. The former excellent conduct of the pri soner, his unimpeached character, strengthens the supposition, and his subsequent conduct corresponds with a total absence of design—it repudiates all idea of premeditation. He was transfixed with horror and stupefied at seeing what he had done. He made no attempt at escape, but at once submitted himself' to the officer, and acknowledged that his was the hand that committed the fatal deed. He was over whelmed with despair, and sought not to defend himself. In fact, as we have already stated, it was to the humanity of others that he owed the defence put forward at the trial. All this appears to us to afford the strongest evidence of the magnitude of the provocation. We trust that the case may meet with a favourable consideration from the responsible advisers of the Crown. One of their proudest boasts may well be of the reformation they have effected in the criminal code of the country--the mitigation in its severity. Already since their recent accession to power they have ex tended mercy to many criminals under sentence of death for murder. It was our pleasing duty yester day to record another instance of that mercy, in the commutation of the sentence on ROBERT WlLLrams, convicted of the murder of THOMAS WIGGINS, at the late Wells Assizes. The case of SMITH may chal lenge 'a favourable comparison with that of any of the recently reprieved convicts, and most sincerely do we hope that the recommendation of the jury, and the appeal about to be brought forward on his behalf by his fellow-citizens, may not be made in vain. It has been our painful duty of late almost daily to furnish the melancholy details and to observe upon the disastrous consequences which, by a marked and generally spread visitation of PROVIDENCE, must fall upon millions of our fellow-countrymen across St. George's Channel. Merely to have furnished the fearful statistics of the failure in the potato crop, whilst it would have corresponded with the rigid duty of the journalist, would at the same time have been but an ignoble method of discharging it• We have, therefore, never refrained from clothing the details with such observations as seemed to us justly to emanate from a spirit of phi lanthrophy and the purest dictates of enlarged and national benevolence. 'We have been actuated to this course, first, because the misery and destitution of the Irish have for years past become terms so proverbial, that the better feelings of the inhabitants of Great Britain are apt, from the frequent repetition of the pauperism of Ireland, to relapse almost into indifference, even when appearances of a novel and awful devastation should startle our very senses ; and, secondly, because we wished, with others, to be forward in assuring the heart-stricken population of the Sister Isle that our most extended sympathies, with their legitimate fruits, should not be wanting during the terrible or deal of privation and suffering which it will be their destiny to pass through. And 7.4,ht..--.1 . ,- enough has Ireland entitled herself to our most considerate benevolence. The peaceful attitude she assumed during the past year, the calm resignation and well-sustained fortitude which she now exhibits under the auspices of her self-chosen popular leaders, in this the second year of an unpre cedented calamity, and the laudable manner in which, under such trying circumstances, she has repudiated, aye, spurned the traitorous advocates of physical force, must claim our admiration, and secure our incessant efforts to rescue her, to the utmost, from the deplorable evils of threatened famine. In deed, the recent decrease in crime gives them an additional claim upon our benevolent energies. Che quered, indeed, as the public peace has been at times in Ireland, yet we conscientiously believe that no people on the face of the earth, constituting as most the Irish do an integral portion of the civilised empire in the world, would, in a similar posi tion, have comported itself with so much of per severing and patient endurance, as the Irish have for a very lengthened period. We ad mire them, too, all the more, from their hav ing th dared in the British Parliament, through their confidential organs, that any eleemosynary relief which they have required, and may yet re quire, they regard not so much as a boon, as a posi tive right. They represent, and with too much truth, that as we have for years under taken to legislate for them, their present condition is no political fault of their own, but that the shame of it must rest with ourselves ; and it is not to be denied that this repre sentation draws conviction after it from the tardy, but improved manner in which we are now legis lating for their several national wants and desires. It is deeply to be lamented that at the close of a session, so fruitful in good works, on which we have elsewhere enlarged, our joy should be so seriously detracted from by the state of Ireland. Every day we have hoped for some redeeming intel ligence, but each hour has only served to confirm our worst apprehensions. Last night the Earl of RODEN, from whom however much we have differed in politics, still, as a resident, painstaking, and consi derate landlord in Ireland, he has acquired an honourable fame, addressed the House of Lords upon the approaching distress in that country. His Lordship described the province of Ulster, a great portion of which he had recently travelled through, to be without a field free from the potato disease, and stated that he had received ac counts from the north, confirming all that Lord MONTEAGLE had represented of the south of Ireland. An appeal was made by this noble man to the sympathies of those who might be able to assist his afflicted country. "At the same time," continued his Lordship, " if his voice could reach the ears of those individuals who possessed any property in Ireland, and it could have any effect to speak to them from that place upon so solemn a sub ject, he would implore them, under every circum stance, to go home to their country and people— (Hear, hear)—to live amongst them, and encourage them in their present difficulties—(Hear, hear)—and to show them that they themselves were willing, under these great trials, to share with them the evils they were forced to bear.—(Hear, hear.)" More appropriate and feeling advice could not be tendered, and his Lordship's own example en forces the precept with a peculiar grace. The evila of absenteeism has been a Parliamentary theme for the last three quarters of a century, but, un fortunately, has been hitherto dilated upon in vain. It would seem as if PROVIDENCE, by the present visi tation, would compel the proprietors of the soil effectually to discharge the social duties. - which they have so long and culpably neglected. Pe►rliament itself has already been quickened into a sense. of what is intrinsically required, and has passed a law by which the rich owners of the land shall, Sue cessary, be compelled to support the famishing poor . Lord CLARENDON warmly seconded Lord RODEN'S • appeal, end in A way which, we trust, will arnta l . l 9l/ .sly pro. duce from those, whose duty it is to furnish it, every posible alleviation of the raging ealamity. The College of Cardinals, composed as it is almost exclasively of the most bigotted members of the old won-out, servile faction, continues to throw every obstacle in the way of the POPE and of his Minister, Cardinal Gizzn. Not a measure of amelioration or reforn is proposed which is not immediately de nomEed by the College. The Pore and his Mi nister, however, are not daunted by the faction, and reform in the civil administration and in the muni cipal institutions, which have been long demanded by the people, are in progress of preparation. A letter from Rb?ne, dated the 18th, says that one of the Cardinals having observed to the POPE that if he did not alter his system, the people would demand a con stitutbn " and why should I not accede to their desire;' replied his IlouNEss, " if a constitution was necessary to the welfare of my subjects ?" The Frankfurt Journal publishes a letter from Lemberg, the capital of Austrian Galicia, dated August 15, which says :—" A new conspiracy has been d.scovered. The plan has been formed by the malcontents of Galicia and the Polish emigrants in France. Three French emissaries have been arrested, and brcught to this place. Many important papers were foind on them, and, among the rest, a proclama tion in the Polish language exciting the peasants to revolt against the Government for refusing them the rewards which they merited for their late conduct." The same journal states that the Austrian Govern ment disapproves highly of the intention expressed by the PorE of dismissing his regiments of Swiss guards, and it adds that Prince METTERNICH has made strong representations to the Court of Rome on the subject. The Congress of the Zollverein held its closing sitting on the 19th, at Berlin. The advocates of an increase in the Zollverein tariff have been defeated, so that, notwithstanding the demands of the German spinners, there will be no increase in the duties on English thread. The British Consul-General at Leip sic, Mr. WARD, was present during the whole of the sitting of the Congress. On the 21st, the second Chamber of the Grand Duchy of Baden decided in favour of a measure for emancipating the Jews by a majority of 36 to 18. The Emperor of Russu has dispatched M. BLOUDOLF, his late Minister of Public Instruction, on a mission to Rome. The Juris-consult RUBE, who is devoted to the Roman Catholic interest in Russia, accompanies M. BLoupor.r. 11:11 Madrid papers of the 21st have arrived. Don FRANCISCO D'AsslS is the object of attention from all parties. N. SARTORIUS waited on him to present to him the compliments of General NARVAEZ. The Prince received him affably, and assured him that, he harboured no political resentments. The Prince seems to be acting with great prudence, and with the except;on of the Tiempo, which asserts that unexpected difficulties have sprung up which are likely to put an end to the ne gotiations on the subject, all the papers seem to consider that Don FRANCISCO stands an excellent chance of being the husband of Queen ISABELLA. On the 17th several persons were arrested at Bar celona, and placed at the disposal of the Council of War. On the same day several domiciliary visits were made in the city, and seizures were made of arms and ammunition. On the same day a riot occurred at Santander, in consequence of the arrest of the torreo CIIICLANERO, who refused to appear at a bull fight. The people attempted to rescue him from the guards, who charged them with their bayonets, and two persons were wounded. The Political Chief afterwards published a proclamation, explaining the facts of the case. MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 21.—The Three per Cents. were done at 34 for cash ; the Four per Cents., at 21i; the Five per Cents., at 2i ; the Debt without Interest, at 6; ; and the Coupons, at 201. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. They are almost wholly taken up with the report of the first day's trial of lIENRY. During the pro ceedings, Mr. COBDEN was present, and according to the France, made this remark to those who accompanied him—" This is a madman, who is but too happy to have found a pedestal for his folly, and persons in their reason to listen to him." And Mr. COBDEN is right. A lunatic asylum is the proper place for HENRY. The trial which excited but little interest was expected to be brought to a conclusion on Wed nesday. Tho Phs.-.1-... of Deputies was DM/ occupied ill deciding disputed election returns. M. MATER, who had promised to resign in a year in favour of a Legi timatist candidate, has been declared duly elected. All the Opposition Members in the bureau voted in his favour. The Constitutionnel says, that after receiving the address of the Chamber of Deputies, the KING will return to the Chateau d'Eu, where he will be visited by the Queen of ENGLAND. PARIS, AUG. 26.—Five per Cents., 21f. 55c. ; Three per Cents., 83f. 70c ; Four per Cents., 108 f.; Bank Actions, 3,470 f. ; Romans, 102. ; Belgian Five per CeLts., 1840, 102 3 A ; Spanish Three per Cents., 36%; Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 100 1 / 2 . Exchange on London, one month, money, 251. 70c.; three months, money, 25f. 52 1 ,e. LATEST PnicEs.—Five per Cents., 121 f. 65c. ; Three per Cents., 83t. 65c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN . RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUGUST 27. _ _ Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette ( M ackenzie), I4—Ditto (Espelete; I—Butch Rhenish, 5', 7 i —East Indian, —Northern of France Coi stituted, 13 —Orleans and Bordeaux, 87i—Paris and Lyons Consti 5%. A Commission from her Majesty, giving the Royal Assent to certain Bills before Parliament, which was sent from town last night to Osborne House, Isle of Wight, for the royal signature, was received in town this day. ROBBERY AT INlEssrts. BANBURY AND CO.'s BANKING HousE.—On Thurday infermation was forwarded to the va rious police-stations, that on Wednesday a man, named James Richardson, a messenger employed in the banking firm of Messrs Hanbury, Taylor, and Lloyd, of Lombard-street, City, and silver ; Ao S rL O nLI / rc is es;fl LATE epdr epresent fore M.P. op a n. p p Fa r o e tß i o l e u n Gr s i ßi O nE ll Et . had absconded, taking with him upwards of 150/. in gold at e o GREE NOCK.—This Highlands,. Th vet il e f r a an . W ref and his countrymen are paying him everywhere that respect which his services in the cause of social and political ameli oration so richly merit. On Monday the burgesses of Dingwall presented him with the freedom of this burgh, and on Wednesday the freedom of the burgh of Inverness was conferred on Mr. Wallace. THE LATE DESTRUCTIVE STORM AT LEICESTER. — Up to the present time active measures have been going on for the purpose of raising the necessary fund for the repara tion of the extensive damage done to St. George's Church, Leicester. The estimated amount of damage done (as far as the architect can at present determine) is 2,300!. A meeting was recently held of the noblemen and gentlemen of the county and town, at which Earl Howe presided, and it was unanimously resolved to enter into a subscription for the restoration of the church. About one-third of the sum re quired was speedily subscribed. Amongst the contributors were his Grace the Archbishop of Canterburv, Earl Howe, the Duke of Rutland, the Earl of Stamford, the Bishops of Peterborough and Lincoln, and a long array of the leading names of the town and county. FURNITURE BROKERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.— Yesterday the sixth annual meeting of the members of this institution, which was established for the purpose of af fording relief to members of the trade who may be overtaken by distress, was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, Mr. J. F. Kelly_ in the chair. According to the re port the institution was progressing in a satisfactory manner. The receipts during the year amounted to 1,333/., which made the total sum at the disywal of the committee 1,777/. 95.; deducting a small expenditure, a balance 01 1,097/. remained. The invested stock amounts to 883/. After the election of one person to an annuity of 15'., the meeting separated. ORDINATION.—On Friday, the 24th ult., the Right Rev. the Bishop of Glasgow held an ordination in Christ Church, Glasgow, when Alex. J. D. D'Orsey, of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Master of the En g lish Depart ment in the high School of Glasgow, was admitted into holy orders. Prayers were read by the Rev. C. F. R. Smith, minister of Christ Church. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Isaac Ilitchin,M.A., Pembroke College, Cambridge. The candidate was presented by the Very Rev. the Dean of Glasgow, and the oaths were administered by Archibald Alison, Esq. Most of the Episcopal clergy of Glasgow, Greenock, Paisley, Ayr, and Hamilton, were present. We understand that the Rev. Mr. D'Orsey will shortly take charge of a congregation in the western suburbs of Glasgow. —Glasgow Courier. it`CULLERS' ATctr.---Yesterday afternoon the scullery' match, for 101. a side, between Maxwell, of the Custom- house stairs, and Doyle, of Hungerford, to row from Battersea bridge to Hammersmith Church, a distance of four miles and a half, was decided. Betting was 6t04 in favour of Doyle, and considerable sums depended on 1110 event. The start took place at five o'clock, both men getting away well together ; Doyle, however, gradually drew away from his opponent, was three boats' length ahead in a quarter of a mile, ultimately winning by 100 yards. INQUIRY AT LEWISRAM WORKHOUSE.—YeSterday Mr. Assistant-Commissioner Hall instituted some further in quiries into the conduct of Mr. Burroughs, the master of the Lewisham workhouse, the former inquiry not being consi dered complete in all points by the Poor-law Conunissioners. Mr. Steele, the medical officer of the union, with his assistant, were the principal witnesses examined, and their evidence was, that the woman Margaret Stevens had informed them ' that she had had illicit connexion with the master; these assertions were, however, positively denied by Margaret Ste. Yens. The master again entered into a defence of his con duct, and i ng ry ai m ILI a t nowio n o finallyf the s,lcolsuemd.lmistress. It is believed that the FLEET STREET.-- Yesterday the portion of Fleet. street , from Temple-bar to Fetter-lane, which having been re-paved, was passable as a carriage thoroughfare, Was again closed to remedy powagroct Oa At9laa IT9rk• I PROROGATION PARLIAMENT. HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH. Parliament was prorogued this day (by Commis sion), when the following Speech was read, by com mand of her Majesty, by the Lord Chancellor, sitting on the Woolaack, in front of the throne, in the House of Lords :- 4 ' NY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " We are commanded by her Majesty to express to you the warm acknowledgments of her Majesty for the public spirit you have evinced in the discharge of your laborious duties during an anxious and pro tracted session. " Her Majesty trusts that you will be rewarded by witnessing the beneficial results of the measures which have been sanctioned by her Majesty for the present relaxation and ultimate repeal of protective duties on corn and sugar. " ller Majesty entertains a confident hope that the more free admission of the produce of foreign coup• tries into the home market will inereaseithe comforts and better the condition of the great body of the people. " Her Majesty feels the greatest satisfaction in re flecting that her Majesty's efforts to settle, in a manner consistent with national honour, the conflicting claims of Great Britain and the United States, with respect to the territory on the North West Coast of America, have been completely successful. " Her 2l:ljesty continues to receive from all Foreign Powers the strongest assurances of their desire to cultivate friendly relations with this country. " Her Majesty commands us to congratulate you on the victorious course and happy conclusion of the war in India, and her Majesty has much gratification in announcing to you that perfect tranquillity pre vai7s throughout the whole of the British possessions in that quarter of the world. " GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, "Her Majesty has observed with satisfaction the care you have taken to prevent permanent loss to the revenue, and to maintain the public faith. "Her Majesty has commanded us to acknowledge the zeal and unanimity with which you assented to the increase in the naval and military estimates which a regard to the exigencies of the public service induced her Majesty to propose for your consideration. " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " Her Majesty has to lament that the recurrence of a failure in the potato crop, in an aggravated degree, will cause a serious deficiency in the quantity of a material article of food. " Her Majesty has given her cordial assent to measures by which this calamity may be mitigated in that part of the United Kingdom where the cultiva tion of the potato has hitherto afforded the chief supply for the subsistence of the people. " Her Majesty has seen with pleasure that a con siderable diminution of crime and outrage has taken place in those counties of Ireland which had been most disturbed. " Her Majesty is confident that on your return to your several counties, you will find a spirit of loyalty generally prevalent. The extension of works of improvement has increased the demand for labour, and the tranquillity of the country has favoured the pursuits of industry in all its branches. "Her Majesty trusts that by a combination of prudence with enterprise, and of a willing obedience to law with a desire for social progress, her people will, through the Divine blessing, enjoy the full ad- vantages of peace." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER tock the Chair at Twenty Minutes to Three o'clock. POOR-LAWS. A return was presented from the Poor-law Commis sioners. NEW WRIT FOR DERBY. A new writ for Derby in the place of J. Strutt, Esq., the present member who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds was moved for. On the motion of Mr. CHRISTIE, a return was or dered of the number of days, in each of the years 1842, 1843, 1844, and 1845, on which only one Poor• law Com missioner has attended at the office, the powers of the Commis:ion not having been delegated to him as provided by the Act 1 and 2 Vic., c. 56 ; specifying each day, the name of the Commis• stoner whn attended alone on each day ; and wherever a Commissioner has so attended alone for two or more continuously, the length of the period during which he has been aline in attendance, without. a delegation of powers. Return of the number of orders, in each of the stone years, which bear date on days when only one Comissioner has attended at the office, without a delegation of the powers of the Commission. Return of the number of letters in each of the same years, which, having been written by direction of one Commissioner when attending alone without a delegation of powers, hat e been dispatched previously to the days on which they are recorded in the " Minutes of the Directions of the Board upon Correspondence," as sanctioned by the signatures of more than one Com missioner. Statement of the names and nature of the books frcm which the foregoing returns shall be prepared. EXTRAORDINARY IN VE STIGATION.—EA ST MANNING.. FIELD, AUG. 26.—This morning Mary Peters, a young woman respectably connected, and who has for upwards of eight months held the situation of governess in the family of Mr. J. F. Ricketts, of this place, was brought before the dis trice magistrates, charged on suspicion of having concealed the birth of her child. From the evidence adduced, the body of the infant was found in a highly decomposed state near the mouth of a drain communicating with Mr. Ricketts's premises. Jane Grooves depcsed to being nursery-maid in the family of Mr. Ricketts. Witness and other per sons residing in the house had remarked a change in the figure of Miss Peters for several months past. The appearances were such as to induce the belief that she was enciente. Remembers, particularly, one night, about a month ago, bearing dreadful groans in the governess's room, upon which she (witness) knocked at the door, when Miss Peters desired her not to be alarmed, as it was only her old com plaint. Some short time afterwards, on the same night, witness heard her leave her room, and proceed down stairs, upon which she (witness) entered the room, and perceived indications which raised her suspicions ; but, observing that Misi Peters's appearance was not at all altered in the morning, witness did not know what to think. A fortnight afterwards, witness, having gone into the governess's room, and found her asleep on a sofa, prompted by curiosity, observed her person closely, and discovered that her dress was wadded so as to give her figure the dropsical contour so observable. Had kept every thing a profound secret until the body of the child was dis covered. Miss Peters had given notice some time of her in tention to leave her situation. At this stage of the pro ceedings the magistrates suggested the propriety of the ac cused being examined by a medical man, and the case was adjourned. Aug. 27.—This morning the magistrates re sumed the inquiry into the accusation of Mary Peters, whose case was adjourned in order to procure medical evidence. After hearing i.he testimony of Dr. Marsden, of Manning field, who bad been deputed to examine the accused, the ma gistrates were of opinion that the evidence adduced was not sufficiently conclusive to warrant a ccmmittal, and she was accordingly acquitted. NUMEROUS FIR F:S IN ONE. NlGHT. —Between the hours of ten P.M., on Wednesday, and one A.M. of yesterday, not fewer than six fires occurred in the metropolis :—One happened at 62, High-street, Shadwell, on the premises in the occupation of Mr. Charles Watson, grocer and tea dealer. The flames, when first observed, were burning furiously in the shop, and the inmates having effected a sate retreat, the engines were sent for and set to work; but before the firemen could got the flames subdued the con tents of the shop were nearly consumed and the building severely damaged. The loss will fall u?on the London Fire-office. Another fire occurred at No. 118, High-street, Shoreditch, the property of Mr. F. Watts, oil and Italian warehouseman. It appears that whilst a man was drawing off some varnish' in the cellar it became ignited, and falling amongst a quantity of patent fire-wood, set it on fire; a large glass carboy filled with oil was broken during the confusion, and it was at one period feared that the whole building would have been destroyed. The fire engines quickly attended. and owing to the exertions of the neighbours and inmates, the fire was happily confined to that portion of the premises in which it originated. Mr. Watts was insured in the Dissenters' Fire-office. The third fire took place at 4,0; iental-tcrrace, Grundy-street, Poplar, oc cupied by Mr. Thomas Penny. It did considerable damage to the first floor Lefore it could be extinguished. The tow th happened on the prenises of Mr. John Cooper, No. 22, Little James-street, Lisson-grove, Paddington. It was caused by the embers of a tobacco-pipe falling amongst the straw in the stabling. Four brigade engines attended, but before the fire was got out the corn-bin and some harness were burnt. Mr. Cooper was nut insured. The other two fires were in iitrton-court, Barbican, and South-street, shoreditch. . MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TU THREE. There was a good demand for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday. Sales' 7,000 bales, about 1,000 of vdi . ch were on speculation and for export. The demand was good both for export and the trade. Shares were dull again.. In our Afternoon Edition of yesterday we gave the im portant announcement that the Directors of the &ilk of England had confirmed a resolution, passed, we understand, by a large majority of the General Board, which was held yesterday week. It is not necessary to .repeat again the notice. Opinions 'are - very much diversified as to what may be the result of this change. Comparatively slight it unquestionably is, but with all the elements of an increase of trade by the active operation of the new tariff-the rnaintainance of friendly relations with all foreign powers-with a rapid increase in the circulation of notes by the Bank, and an unexampled stock of bullion-very many sound men, in their opinions, look with some jealousy to •the consequences which may possibly result from lowering of the rate of interest, the more so, as appre hensions are entertained in but allimited circle, that calls for extension of railways must place the money market in an unfavourable position. To our minds, however, experience will show a state of things precisely the reverse. So far from money being ex pended upon railways being a drag upon the circulation, it must tend to give increased vitality to the movements of the Directors of the BaLlt of England. It would be, indeed, a waste of time to attempt to argue the right of the directors to suit themselves, as a Bank of issue, to the wants of the times, its safe position being considered ; and although in contradistinction to the repeated assertions of a leading journal, that the reduction now made would tend to in jury, not to the advantage of the commercial body ; the alteration is, upon the whole, considered sound in prin ciple, and no question must tend to help on the full de velopement of the advantages expected by the passing of the Corn and Sugar Bills. There are no late Colonial arrivals announced in the City this morning. Consols .for the Account have been very firm this morning at 961 I, and fur immediate transfer at 9.5 i, a fall of one quarter per cent. on the opening, value. Ex • chequer-bills reached 20s. premium to-day, but are now •at 16s. Bank Stock commands 209. India Bonds are at 283. premium. Mexican Bonds have remained at about NI ; Spanish Three per Cents. at 37 ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents at 97 4 1 - ; and the Four per Cents at 94't. The Share Market is very firm this morning, and a good deal of business is in progress. • BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. .. • • 209 209 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 96%1A % 96% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 96% 95% 96 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne, 98%14 98% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 7-16 % 10% Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. • • 10% 1-16 10 1-16 India Bonds, 1,0001. .. 28 28 Ditto, under 1,0001. .. .. 30 30 Consols for Oct. 14 .. • . 96 1 / % 96% Exchequer Bills. 134 d, I%d. 1,000/... - .... 20 16 - - pm. 20 5001. - .... 20 -•-- pm. 20 Ditto, Small - .... 15 20 - - pin. 20 ONE CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 89 % 693 Mexican Bonds, Old, 5 per Cent .. --- Ditto, 1846, 5 per Cent .. • • .. 241/3 % 24% Portuguese Four per Cent 42% bpanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. - 25% Ditto, for the Account - 26 Ditto, Passive Bonds .. 5% 5% Ditto, Three per Cent .. • • .. 37 36% Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 97 1 4 97 1 % Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59 3 4 59% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 94% 94% PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE' AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen.. .. 15 „ „ 9% _ 93g Amber., Notting., • Boston, and Eastern Junction .. 2% •• • • 2% 2.... •• .• 2 Birmingham and Gloucester.. ..100 .. 128 .... .. •• .. 128 Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 66% . Bristol and Gloucester .. .. 30 .... 51 .......... 51 Buckinghamshire 425. .... dis. Caledonian .• „. 20 .... 16% • • 16% Ditto, Half Shares .. 2% ...• I% % ...... • 1% Cambridge and Oxford .. .. • • 1 % •• • • 3 4 %X•• • • • • Chester and Holyhead .. 27% 26% ........ 26% Cornwall .. •••' .. 5 .... 1 1 % Direct Northern .... I %)''. •• •• •• 1 % Dublin and Belfast Junction .. 10 .... 414 41% Eastern Counties 141. 165..... 2314 23 23 . Ditto New .. .. 10/. 165..... p,......, 7% p Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. I3s. 4d. - ...... - Ditto, ditto,.. .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. 34 • • % Ditto, York Extension 105..... 2% % ..... 2% East Lancashire .. • • .. 14 22i, 23% • • • 23% East Lincolnshire .. I .... 34 Edinburgh and Northern .. 10 .... 10 10 Edinburgh and Pei th .. 3 .... 3% 3% Goole, Doncast., and Sheffield, &c. 425. 74 dis % dis. Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1% Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 25 .... 29 .......... 29 Great North of England. . ..100 .... - .. •• • •.• - Ditto, New .. 15 ... 51 51 Great Western 85 .• -148 .... ••• • .. 148 Ditto, Half Shares .. 50 .... 83% ...... 83% Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 10 .• .. 23% • • 23% Hull and Selby .. 50 ....104 104. Ipswich ai.al Bury St.Edmunds .. 9 .... 8% • B% Ditto, ditto • • .. • • .. .... Lancaster and Carlisle .. 45 .... 6474 Ditto New .. 5 .. • • 10% 103. 3 Leeds an •:1 Bradford • • • • •• 20 .... 69 69 Lacester anU Bedford .. 225..... 34 die...-. Leicester, Tamworth, Scc. 425..... % di5...... % dis. Lirerp., Diahch., & Newc. Junct. - .. London and Croydon .. -13/. 15s. 9d .. 23% 1 :4 .••• • • • 23% London an North-Western . • . 100 .... 206 Ditto ditto New Shares .. .... 16 15% p .... 15% p Lohdoit and South- Western.. 411. Os. 10d.• • 74 • • • • 74% Ditto, New .. • • .. • • 17%.... 26% .... • • London and York .. 2% •• •• 2% • • .... •• • . 2% Londonderry and Coleraine .. 12% .... 5 1 / e Manchester and Leeds .. .. •• 82 • • -114% ........ 114% Ditto, Quarters - 2 .... 8 • ..... 8 Ditto, Fifths .. 3 .... 11% 11% Ditto Extension 425. •• 2% % p Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . 78 .......... 78 Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) • . 5 13% 13% Manchester and Southampton .. '2 .... Midland .. -100 ... 140 139 .• • • Ditto, New .. 24 .... 37% 37 •• .. Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100•...115113.• Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 25 .... VIA 43 .. •• • • 433! Ditto, New . .. • . • • 1 .... 11% •••.• • • • • • 11% Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 15 .. 28% %%• • • • Norfolk .. .. 'lO .... 26% Ditto, Extension • • • 2 •• • • 2 1 4 1 / 4 •••• • • • • 2% North British .. .. • • 25 •• • • 38 % 39 % •• • • 39 1 Ditto, Halt Shares .. • • • • 11 •• • • 17 16 X •• • • 167/ Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1% .... 4 3 4 , North Staffordshire .. 425....: 3% 43%p • • 334 p Oxford,Worcest.,& Wolverlirnptn. 12% .... 8% Portsmouth Direct • • .. 34 4 514. 5114 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 425. •• • • 1% dis .... • • 1 1 4 dis Richmond . • • • • • • • •• 1 0 ••• • 19 ••••• • • • • • 19 Scottish Central .. • .. 12% • .... 19% l9k, Ditto New • . • • • • • • • 2%.... 9y„ „ • Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2 3st .... 3 274 3% • • • Shropshire Union .. 425. dis % dis. South Midland .. 425. - ........ % p Soath Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33% .. • . 44 43% 44 IA Ditto, New (iss. at 32/4 No. 1. 20 ... 26 Do., New (do. 331. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 12 .... 18 .... .. 17 % Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 2% 314 •• •.. 338 South Wales .. .• .. • • 5 .... 434 g, •• •• Vale of heath .• 2 .... 134 •. Warwickshire and London •, 425..... 38 dis• .• • 34 dis Welsh Midland .. .• • • 2% .... X••••• • • • .. West Riding Union • • 425. •• 3 1 ,6 1 4 3 1 4 p.. 3 1 ,4 p York and North Midland .. .. 50 .... - ..... - Ditto. Scarborough Branch .. 25 .... 46% ....... 46% Ditto. Extension .. 20 .... 39% • • ...... 39 1 ,4 ZDo. E. and W. Riding Exten.• • 1 •• • • 13% 1 4 • ..... • • 1318 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. 14 .... 1338 IA 13 1 % Bord., Toul., & Cette Mackenzie) 2 - • • ........ Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 .... 1 1 4 1 k Dutch Rhenish .. .• • • •• 6 •• 6 •••• • - • • • • 6 X East In !tau . bs• •• •• • • •• •• • • Luxembourg .. • • • • • • 4 •• • • -••-•• • • • • • 1 arnut and Liege .. 6 • • - •• • • . Northern of France Constituted.. 5 •• .. 13% Orleans mind Bordeaux . • .. 6 •• • • 8X ••••• • • • • Paris and Lyons Constituted. 5 .... 6% „ 614 Paris and Rouen .. • • • • • . •• 20 ••• • - ••••• • • • • • 37 1 4 Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 .... 4% % „„ • , Tours and Nantes Constituted .. 5 .... - MINES. Real del.Monte, Unregistered .. • • 3;i ••• • • • ... LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, AUG. 28.—Wind N.E., light breeze, and fine clear weather. Dian, AuG. 27.—Wind E. to E.N.E.—Arrd. from the River and sailed, John Edward, Dell, Bombay ; Ruby, Stokoe, Rimouski. Sld. her Majesty's ship Athol, eastward. OFF BERRY HEAD, AUG. 25.—Cleopatra, APEchen, Gre nada Florian, New Orleans for Hamburgh. SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 27.—S1d. Alacrity, Atkin, Quebec. OFF TEIGNMOUTH, AUG. 27.--James Anders, Bowker, St. John's, New Brunswick. PLYMOUTH, AuG. 27.—Wind E.—Arrd. Industrious, Fraser, Sierra Leone. BRISTOL, AUG. 27.—S1d. Penn, Ball, Newfoundland. NRwroRT, AUG. 26.—Sld. Robert Bruce, Young, Quebec; 27th, Pons lElie, Mock, do. LErtwictc, AUG. 20.—Arrd. Forth, Rushley, Greenland, with two fish, and sld. 21st for Hull; 24th, Jane, Nicholson, Greenland, with one fish, 300 or 400 seals, 25 tuns. KILLSWICE (SHETLAND), AUG. 14. A rr d. V enus, Baxter, Davis' Straits, with 4,600 cod ; reports the Prince of Wales, Lee, with eight fish, and the Traveller, of Peterhead, wills ten fish. NEWHAVEN, AUG. 26.—The Vancouve, Howard, from St. John's, New Brunswick, was in contact this morning off Beachy Head with the Union brig, of Dunkirk, and received considerable damage; the latter lost half mast. NORTH SHIELDS, AVG. 26 —The French Chassee Marie, Alexandre, was recently fallen in with waterlogged and abandoned, by the Scotch sloop John, arrd. here. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 27.—Wind S.E. to S.W.—Arrd. Cham plain, Miller, New Orleans; Oregon, Gliddon, New Orleans; Concordia, Dorr, New Orleans; Devonshire, Thompson, New Orleans; Thomas P. Cope, Miercken, Philadelptia. Sid. John Wickliffe, Daly, Calcutta; Matilda, Kemp, Sierra Leone ; Coverdale, I3everley, Rio Janeiro • Catharine Boland, Porter, Jamaica ; Lady Mary, Scott, Berbice ; Brewster, Lin coln, Mobile; Niagara, Russell, New York ; Waterloo, Alden, New York; Laura, Snow, Bucksport ; Corsair, Daly, Hali fax; British American, Mills ' Quebec; Queen Pomare, Brewster, Quebec; Q. E. D., Starks,. Montreal. Off port, Springfield, Richebucto. CLYDE, AUG. 26.—Arrd. Clymene, Potts, Quebec; Jeannie Deans, Miller, Quebec. Sid. Palmyra, Campbell, Bombay; St. Mary, I\l:Beside, Jamaica; City of York, Quebec. WEXFORD, AUG. 26.—Arrd. Torrance. Roach, Quebec. WEsTrciRT, AUG. 25.—Arrd. Viola, Wilkinson, Quebec. NEWRY, AUG. 25.—Arrd. Dolphin, Sullivan, Quebec. SHIELDS, AUG. 27.—Sid. Hamilton, Reid, Boston, United States. HULL, AUG. 26.—Sld. Lena, Valparaiso. The Hon. and Rev. Henry Robert Pakenham has been licensed by the Bishop of Bath and Wells to the curacy of Compton, Somerset. Lora PantFure, father to the Right Hon. Fox Mule, Secretary at War, has given tile :um of I,COO/. towards the Infirmary for the Relief of the Sick Poor at Arbroath, North Britain. KING-LORDS-COMMONS. Much public interest has been excited on behalf of the unfortunate man, JOHN VINCENT SMITH, now lying under sentence of death, for the murder of his fellow-servant, SUSAN TOLLEDAY, on the 15th inst. This very day a meeting took place at the Guildhall Coffee-house, the scene of the homicide, for the pur pose of considering the propriety of abolishing the punishment of death generally. The case of SMITH was taken into consideration, and efforts will be made to obtain a commutation of his sentence to transportation for life. The meeting was pre sided over by Alderman SIDNEY, to whose benevo lence and humanity it is said the unfortunate young man was indebted for the appearance of counsel on his behalf at the trial, the prisoner himself having been so utterly prostrated, so totally bereft of hope, that he had intended pleading guilty, and making no effort to escape punishment. Although we cannot join to the full extent in the object of the meeting, as we think that there are cases in which capital punish ment is absolutely necessary, we are truly rejoiced at the exertions about to be made for SMITH. We conceive that a very great distinction exists between his case and those in which the extreme penalty of the law should be enforced. Wherever it is clearly and distinctly proved that the murderer perpetrated his offence in cold blood, that the crime was the re sult of premeditation, and that he had coolly and deliberately made up his mind to take away the life of a fellow-creature, and had carried into execution a previously planned intention, we should not come forward as the advocates for the extension of mercy, or interpose ourselves between the criminal and the punishment demanded for the blood of his mur dered victim ; but in the present instance we think that every circumstance indicates in the clearest manner that the act was not one of premeditation, but the impulse of the moment ; that the unfortunate man, goaded to the utmost extent of passion, and excited to madness by the reproaches of the girl, the provoca tion offered, the abuse so freely poured forth against him by one who was indebted to his recommendation for her employment, committed the rash act that may lead to his ignominious and untimely end ; that under the most favourable circumstances must change the character of his future life, and make him a wretched exile from his native country, his family, and friends, expiating his offence by the heaviest secondary punishment known to or sanctioned by our law. One of the points that must be alleged in an indictment for murder, the gist of the offence, without which a conviction cannot take place, is " that it was of the malice aforethought of the pri soner." The law has humanely made allowance for acts committed in the heat of passion, and without premeditation, and provided that when upon a sudden quarrel two persons fight and one of them kills the other, the offence shall be .considered manslaughter only. In like manner, if one greatly provokes another, and that other thereupon instantly kills him, it will also only be manslaughter. Many subtle refinements and nice distinctions have, however, from time to time been introduced, and malice will frequently be implied, and the offender found guilty of murder, although no malice may have been expressed or openly indicated. In such cases the French law permits the addition of guilty with extenuating circumstances, and in such cases the extreme penalty of death is never inflicted. The English law, however, does not sanction such finding ; in such cases, the only pros pect of mitigation of punishment consists in the ex tension to the prisoner of the prerogative of mercy by the Crown. But the jury have the constitutional privi:ege of ncominending him to that mercy—a re commendation to which much weight is invariably attached, and which is most frequently attended to. In the present case the jury exercised that privilege in the strongest manner; they did so in consideration of his previous good character main tained during a service of no less than seventeen years in the same situation, where he had continued respected and esteemed by his master and associates, from the time he was fifteen years of age; and, secondly, on the possibility there was of provocation having been given, when none but the deceased and the prisoner were there. The Learned Judge who tried the case did not, however, hold out the slighest hope of that mercy being extended. This, perhaps, may not be his feeling to the fullest extent. He might have thought it an act of humanity not to permit the unhappy man to indulge in a feeling of hope, which possibly might not be realised, to induce him to devote that which might be the short re mainder of his existence to an earnest repentance, a zealous preparation for the awful change that awaited him, and to awaken his mind to a deep sense of the magnitude of the crime he had committed. That Learned Judge could not speak with certainty as to the course that would be adopted by the Executive on a full and attentive consideration of the case ; and it therefore became his duty to address the prisoner in the disheartening and hope-effacing language used by him on the occasion of passing sen tence. A similar course is invariably pursued by his judicial brethren when pronouncing a doom that may possibly be carried into execution. 'We cannot, therefore, consider the address of Baron PLATT as conclusive : he only discharged the painful duty imposed upon him by his high and important office, and we hope that he may be found aiding by his influence the recommendation so earnestly offered by the jury. One of the benign principles of the English law is, that it is better that ninety-nine guilty men 51490 g MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY . The arrivals of 1606 h Wheat for our market during ,t h a e i present week have been small,, and we had a very lionte t number of samples of that article here to-day; ye t, o%ing °°f the prevailing fineweather for harvest work in th e north 5t England, the demand was in a very sluggish state, at, in instances, a decline of is per quarter. In Foreign Wile 3. to the holders of which evinced a disposition to Wye price—next to nothing was doing. No new Barley at 0:015 ket. Grinding Oats were quite as dear. In other Kn';t, next to nothing passing. Superfine Malt was in fair regn.eery at previous quotations; but other qualities commanded N. little attention. Although the arrivals of Foreign Oats large, the Oat trade was steady, at previous quotatio' Beans, Peas, and Flour without alteration. ARRIVALS. Barley. :450 qrs. Wheat. 2,760 qrs 10 0 ' Oats I , F 40,13' 690 qrs. 3 , 1,200 I English ...... Irish • ....... 3,010 Malt, 3, 80 qra. S IHITHPIELD. The supply of Beasts on offer was by no means exte b n ! o i n c i . e yet the Beef trade was in a very inactive state, An d in instances the quotations had a downright tendencY'o,en had on sale 61 Oxen from Spain, rid Southampton , 4.2 Vlis from Hamburgh, 115 Oxen and Cows, 687 Sheep and and 55 Calves from Holland, in, for the most part , gootilec' 'tbe dition. The numbers of Sheep were not large , 'wh u Mutton trade was very steady at fully Monday's cur re n ",lee3 In Lambs only a moderate business was doing, Yet r tr ifle were well supported. Prime small Calves sold a t $ l .. mote money, but the middling and inferior qualiti es o rate, hung on hand. The Pork trade was dull at late ►is- Mulch Cows moved off slowly, at from'l6/ to 18/ 0 09 0 1 chiding their small Calf ; Suckling Calves, 18s to 295 L 4 , ) , 55, quarter-old store Pigs, 16s to 19s each. Beasts, 772 24 ; 124; Sheep and Lambs, 9,180; Calves, 345; Pigs , 0 ' NEWGATE AND ZEIADENEIIIIa..,. f all We had a very steady trade here, and prices We supported. BOROUGH HOP MAREST. d :130 Several pockets of New Hops have come to ha m ; the present week from Sussex, and which have been of at 61. per cwt. From the plantations the accountsr very favourable, and the duty is backed at 180,t 1 ;50 Sussex Pockets, 4110 s to 5/ 16s ; Weald of Kent, 5 i 6t6s; Mid and East Kent, 51 12s to 818 e. Foreign ...... 2,210 26 . 090 SECONDARIES'.—(THIS DA IT ' ) , S 4 There were only two cases set down for hearing, they were not of the sliAhtest interest. PALACE COURT.—(THIS DAY') (Before Mr. BRENT.) IMPORTANT QUESTION AS TO PATENT MEDAw COLLINS V. VIDLER. The plaintiff, who is a surgeon at Camden TO µ ll m ' of pleaded his own case, sought to recover th e saw 4/. 13s. for medicines supplied to the defendant. Mr. Hawkins conducted the defence. bus k The plaintiff said that in 1843 he carried on 0 as a chemist and druggist, but has since b S la ted, member of the College of Surgeons. He had ie:t", " a specific," and, in order to enable him to s,ll,loedv taken out the usual license for the sale of pa ten ';is the tines, and defendant was supplied in due course different articles he asked fur. the The plaintiff's brother was called, and proved be ere livery of the medicine, but positively denied that Pt 00 They gave defendant any advice. He always sold toe l‘ asked for without inquiring what it was for. it on their own responsibility. • 40 0 - Other witnesses were called to prove an sac's " the part of the defendant and a promise to PI; that th Mr. HAWKINS, for the defendant, contended cn e'r license did not justify a druggist in selling his cities under colour of a patent, as there wasaoeoi given OR the bottle, and it was thtrafore clearlY sion of the Act, which was passed for the prot ec fs the lives and health of the public. It was a vo'ds ferent case from where a person sold the Oadcic'" another for profit, and had no reason to givedot tb On that ground, therefore, he had to submit lit plaintiff must be nonsuited. The JUDGE aid he felt of the same opini °ll ' A was an evasion, but would not nonsuit. t he Mr. HAWKINS then insisted that to prove be value of the medicine its ingredients ought f 0 sr'', closed. • t sr'' , The plaintiff refused, and said it was a ate n „d w ll , le ,i and had the stamp and label required by law , 3 ', 33 ed'" he was entitled to sell. He did not claim it as ,0o bill, but as for goods sold. oi Mr. IlAwitnes next urged that if it conk' ° d o t , ` l that advice was given during any period, c" t} plaintiff would have been acting as an apotbf„,t not being one would be liable to a penalty," :0 being able to maintain an action. • witness was called who distinctly proved .h et urFa was given. e The Learned JUDGE summed up, and told O f , e tto question as to whether or not there had been p - r of ?d i e of the Act, was one of law; but if, on the - roa t , - sold they believed that the plaintiff had not oluf eo ect medicine, but given advice, they would find II an d the defendant. as The jury consulted for about ten minutest gave a verdict fist. defendant. _ A BOW—STREET.—(THIS ,„, A 0) 110 Bridget Sullivan, a decent looking Ir ishwa 0 f charged with presenting a forged cheque for 15" bank of Messrs. Coutts and Co. Mr. Blenkinsop, a clerk and cashier at Messrs:oo le i and Co.'s, said that the prisoner can:lo'l4od office yesterday afternoon, and presented a 'iasevo 151. in the name of th e Dowager Marchioness ° ,`" e d to e berry, whose signature he immediately perooLjesd a forgery. He asked the prisoner what spAri t for it, tail she said " gold.' He asked her 11 tle m herself ? She said "No, it was for a g h - p il s' t ° b 1 who met -her in the street, and gave it t°;„oti e t cashed." He asked whether she knew him ifi o "pi to said " No." He then asked her to step in office, and, on her doing so, detained her while he " for a policeman. James Godwin, porter at Messrs. Coatt 6 I 0 017 L 1 11' gave evidence corroborative of that of Mr. o.o' and added that she gave him a minute descriP it'be person of the gentleman who had given be dar l: She said he was a tall, thin gentleman, wit h and dressed in blac to k. todi 4 0 ' Policeman F 91took the prisoner into o as o ce , The prisoner, being called on for her d' e p etf c ; i li that what she had said to the witnesses Wfls tree r ' true. She had met the gentleman in the ; lie 11 1 4 asked him which was the way to WhitechaPtd th at the "What are you going there for?" and she reP";, bef e lo husband lived there. He said 'he would sb°,.,pooll(lo way and she went with him till they carne bps) Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s office. He then ' l5 „ a ye ,1,0 1 go and take the cheque (which he the.° If to the office and get money for l i t,' Pe dl ' e to what she would have, she was to say " (An get she did not like to go as she did not know , '"‘,4 cb c and he said that he was well known there , " ut of t ° , wish to go himself as they thought he wa s° ,,id O' d tle He asked if she could read and write ; she s d i e eV' she then went into the office and presented ' She was remanded till this day week. Alt' ) P" MARLBRO'-STREET,(TO c , e d f ° fe i f James Sanderson, a very fashionably-dre 10 11 ' 'co 2s• 110 man, was charged ' with refusing to paY 00' 00 0 oysters and accompaniments, which had bee .s , r ,r by himelf ,Haymarket fair companion, No. 23y, aud also with assaulting % soire e 0 Wm. Cochrane, the waiter, said that b and one o'clock this morning, the defendant at llarris's 0) t ;% accompanied by a female, came to his master d, a. s is t , discussed a quantity of oysters, &c., and irobiov,,, 114 ~4 potations of beer, ale, and gin and water (I i i,.. 0 ;1! 0 they paid the party supplying them for), 1 / 1 !„F W r the act of leaving his master's shop without r ol . t o C o o edibles, amounting to 2s. ; he interfered to st (i P ti is soner; who seized him by the coll ar and 01 b low violently round, and then stru c k hi m a viole n d . the face, at the same tim e sa yi ng th a t he " o'4 paid, and if net it wa s on ly a d e b t, an d der e ,: give him into custody ; he became' at leo& co r' , violent that he w as g i ven i nto custody. o°4 Mr. Harris, the p ro p r i etor o f the oyster -1. 0. ci roborated his wait e r' s s t a t eme nt a s to the s ot ; so Fb Eliza Sims, the companion of the prisene';oo,ol partaker of the spoil, said that he paid the Pt brought the ale, &c., 2s 10d. She knee' th ug op e for the oysters, but did not know what? 0 0 asleep at the time. a• to The prisoner said he had paid the 20 0 11 0 the waiters. If Cochrane said there was no waiter but hi.oise s' pa The prisoners of the room. bs tbe soner then said he had paid it "" c a who brought the ale, &e. or ,2 e .4 The waiter who brou g ht i n the liquor s he was only paid is. id., i n se p ara te paYine-t n •d t lefts , The prisoner still insisted that he had p al „stsfj cs ef'd Mr. HARDWICK, in indignant terms, cb a " ; - s e Pe' attempt of throwing the imputation of bar:, -- 1 3 0 , the money upon a person who, t wes provew„, tb received it. He was perfectly satisfied , fr° - sacie tv '' dente, that the 2s. 10d. had not been pai d ~"?itaCoO, He sould fine him 40e., or twenty-one ( ! a) to tie ;s l ' / Tdl l merit, for the assault ; and he wished i t o f tb,'hcv geterally known to the horde of victimiser.° fliot that in any future similar cases he shouldln penalty of 5/.—The fine was instantly paid' e rl° ti p o• to .. i ,„, , c o DIED.—On the 27th instant, at v"" e tb e 11, Pall-Mall, Edward Boyd, Esq ,of Merton-hall, Y i t ,s s , oi l ,' of Wigton, North Britain, in the 76th year a iiis tr o it;', i BARTHOLOMEW FAlR.—This metropnhitiejol ol_nfroll,,)? n accordance with ancient custom, be prociao cotrd l' fi t field on Friday next, although the efforts of the c lefs' ' re : , we.e unavailing in attempting of London - to s o rtiorj former scene of revelry, yet by their clainlingnof bgi..oli'ot for standing of shows, and booths, &c., it hasp , aPi'%lLov mere phantom of bygone fair. HardlY- mon - he have been made for the ground, and this ones l' ''' or 1 1 0 is now gradually sinking into oblivion. ~. on e , fiqrli •MONSTER 1 RAlNS. —Yesterday morn Iby . - cotps longest and most heavily loaded trains, proPel,,'„st `,,,tile engine, left the Paddington terminus of the "1 fo ri d, e (t Railway, for Bristol. The train consisted ° A; , e , ~"i trucks loaded with bricks, timber, and c"°"'Titl'lre i ner 0 „t 01 tended above a quarter of a mile. The engi ne n ecte u „'Aito small luggage engine, having aix wheels c°,, i '" - t vel , ` , 111;1, , , this enormous load at an avenge speed (,); ,-,: ier " 4l miles an hour. On the same morning '- the " F r. " - •:nh er ' 10 , brought up a train of forty trucks loaded with ti " ' Iltill'el coke, and merchandise. On Wednesday even ivg 0.- 4° 4ec e ' li ( train from Exeter arrived at Paddington at tl' e f or t % fd eight o'clock, having three third-clas. carrinV9', d 11; class, three first class, and fourteen horse bo - S,i' of r D e horses in each. The carriages were likewise fe; be 30 .1 gers. This train was prop elled by two evgiu es ' 9 1 ' and Star. THE Moons.—Mr. Camptell, of Mun zi? ' 'in ) % fie ; ;;I :1 4 : 1 91 br a a u c e bit , IA current, bagged on the hill of MODZIC one . black eeek, one snipe, one du. h, ooe r f , e ,tly. e .,,ro; hares ; in all, 41 0 head of it% anything yLt recorded. The birds 1 1 .1bun cial l ii ' fl ti stronger than on the 12th, and, though vo - Y ' ....-P Meat gamy —a rumba b' co l extremely -shy, from the recent wet Yi Witness. ,