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Just ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., AN ANTIQUARIAN RAMBLE in the STREETS of LONDON, with ANECDOTES of their more C E LEBRATED RESIDENTS. By J. T. SMITH, Esq. Late Keeper of the Prints in the British Museum, Author of " The Life of Nolletins," and " A Book for a Rainy Day." Edited by CHARLES MACKAY, LL.D. Author of " Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALL. ITESSRS. LAMOND, SIT ALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commeree, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectitilly requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered; ana advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to Instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER TUE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. R,EELEY. THIS EVENING The performances will commence with 'WATCH AND WARD. After which, a New' Grand Operatic, Melodramatic, Romantic, Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, founded on the Opera of " Oberon," entitled TUE MAGIC HORN. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, RlMloch, Collier, Yarnold, Bender, Silver, Richards, and Keeley; Miss Keeley, Miss Viliars, Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Arden, Miss Forster, Miss Laidlaw, Miss Bromley, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with Mr. Selby's Popular Farce of BOOTS' AT THE SWAN. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, J. W. Collier, F. Vining, Miss Ellen Daly, Mrs. A. Wigan, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be presented the popular Drama, entitled ST. MARY'S EVE ; or, A Story of the Solway. After which, a Grand Mythological Burlesque Extravaganza, de nominated THE JUDGMENT OF PAHIS ; or, The 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, Miss Simpson, 'Mrs. F. Matthews, &c. To he followed by an orig,inal Comic Sketch, called ABRAHAM PARKER. Abraham Parker, Mr. Wright. _ To conclude with the Farce of A NABOB FOR AN mum, Characters by Messrs. Worrell, Lambert, Munyard, Miss Marding, and Mrs. Frank Matthews. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. C. Mathews ; Sir Adonis Leech Mr. Granby ; Lady Clutterbuck, Miss E. Honner. After which THE WELSH GIRL. Julia, Madame Vestris. To be followed by an entirely New Comic Drama, entitled THE BARBER BRAVO ; or, 'I he Inventor of Powder. In which Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Granby, Mr. Wynn, Miss E. Stanley, and Miss E. Honner will perform. To conclude with a new Serio-Comic Drama, entitled, A CURIOUS CASE. Mr. Aubrey, Mr. Vining ; Twiggleton, Mr. Charles Mathews; Charles Stanton, Mr. Fisher; Edward, Mr. Honner ; Mrs. Aubrey, Mrs. Stirling. STRAND THEATRE. THIS EVENING. Will be performed the Farce, entitled A DEAD SHOT. To be followed by THE HONEYMOON. And to conclude with the Farce of HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. In consequence of Mr. GREGORY (universally admitted to be the greatest Tragedian since the days of Edmund Kean) ]aving other Engagements, he will only perform on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday of the present Week. On Monday next the New Historical Tragedy, entitled "The Maid of Warsaw" will be produced. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL BURKE Y THEATRE.. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge, THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakespere's Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. 'Macready ' • Laertes, Mr. Murray ; Osric, Mr. Saville , Grave digger, Mr. H. Webb ; Ghost, Mr. Cooper; Gertrude, Mrs. Ternan ; Ophella, Mrs. Charles Gill. To conclude with an interesting Drama, entitled GRACE GAYTON. Characters by Messrs. Saville, Heslop, Webb ; Mrs. Saville, Miss Terry, &c. Box Office open from eleven till four o'clock. ASTLEY'* ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Priacesa Royal. Immense hit of the New Spectacle, " The Steed of Syracuse" hailed with tumultuous acclamations, THIS EVENING Will be performed the popular Drama of THE STEED OF SY RACUSE ; or, Damon's Flight. Damon, Mr. J. Harwood; Pythias, Mr. J. Dale ; Calanthe, Mrs. M. Brooks. Assisted by the nu merous Company, double Stud, &c. After which, magnificent SCENES of the HIPPODROME, by the French, German, and British Artistes. The whole concluding with the new Necromantic Ballet, en titled THE VINE-DRESSER'S DAUGHTER. Box-office open trom eleven till five o'clock.--Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the interesting brama of THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF LITTLE JOEY. The characters personified by the principal members of the Company. After which, the Play of THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. Osbladiston ; Baron Steinfort, Mr. Higgie ; Solomon, Mr. Howard; Peter, Mr. Forman ; Mrs. Haller, Miss Vincent. Te be followed by THE HONEYMOON. Duke Aranza, Mr. Osbaldiston ; Rolando, Mr. niggle ; Jaques, Mr. Ferman ; Juliana, Miss Vincent. To conclude with the highly successful Burlesque of FAYRE ROSAMONEE ; or, The Bowers of Woodstock. Fayre Rosamonde, Mr. Forman. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The magnificent Display of FIREWORKS on and in the Water, representing a NAVAL ENGAGEMENT, which was received with thunders of applause at the Juvenile Gala, Rill be re peated on MONDAY and WEDNESDAY NEXT. EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC TION of lIERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CONCERTS, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, representing in the Interior Telemachus relating his adventures to Calypso. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the most complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display, Mons. FARINELLI will descend From a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in height, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive him, and bear him to his chrystal home. The Glass Conservatory is splendidly ornamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivora by gas-light. Feeding of the Carnivora at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at six : Concert at half-past six and the Eruption et dusk. On WEDNESDAY NEXT, September 9, the Boys of the Royal Military Asylum and Caledonian School, with their Juvenile Bands, will pay their Annual Visit, on which occasion the Pyrotechnic Display on the Water will be repeated. On WEDNESDAY, September 16, the ROYAL SOUTH LON DON FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY will hold their GRAND DAHLIA SHOW, being the Last Exhibition of the Season. An extra Band, and an extraordinary Display of Fireworks will be produced on the occasion. ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 5. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 57; Highest. 71 ; Noon, 71 BAROMETER, 30.19.—W1ND E., fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 42 minutes after 2. I Evening .. 5 minutes after 3. 1 • 4 . S.) .Sofl GVI MAC . AR' , 4tik f.' Jd 4 , , oxp.o 'tbrt 4 1111 1 4 t. • r. 21TM LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1846. The intelligence just received from India, in anti• cipation of the Overland Mail, and which affords us news from Bombay to ,the 18th of July, inclusively, is of a most calamitous character. Although we have occasion to rejoice over the tranquillity of our pos sessions in Asia, we are unhappily compelled to mourn over the calamities which hate befallen our countrymen and the unfortunate natives in those ter ritories. Sinde appears to have been again afflicted with the diseases which have hitherto devastated its provinces by a triennial visitation. Cholera has re cently carried off somewhere about 8,490 souls, including natives, sepoys, and Europeans, at Kurra chee. Fever of a malignant kind has likewise car ried death among the soldiers stationed at Sukkur. With the exception, however, of these calamitous circumstances, the position of the British forces in the East is exceedingly gratifying. The utmost tranquillity prevails throughout the Punjaub and the adjacent countries ; and, although the mortality and pecuniary disbursements justify the lamentations of the Bombay Times, it is impossible not to look with satisfaction at the events which have recently transpired in British India. However much the consequences of those occurrences may be cause for regret, however much we may sorrow over the sacrifice of life and of specie which they involved, their ulterior result cannot but affbrd us consolation. Icor do we reason upon that pernicious principle of a v ile means being justified by a beneficent end; we of course abhor that dogma as not merely contra distinguished from all legislative generosity, but as totally opposed to the dictates of every prudential sentiment. Our exultation over the deeds which have recently illustrated Asiatic history is:altogether nega tive : we are satisfied with what has there transpired, simply because the result of that bloodshed and rapine muet, in all human likelihood, prevent greater blood shed and more grievous rapine at a subsequent reriod. The victories on the Sutlej, though more sanguimeiry than the defeats in Caubul, afford infinitely greater reason for the reioicings of the lovers of humanity —not because the English standards were t riumphant—not because Oriental warriors were vanquished—but because in the former case may be i,3coghised a more solid guarantee of the future tran quillity of those regions, and of the less probability of ;farther hostilities and more extended carnage. There w:l3, undoubtedly, a smaller loss of life at Caubul, in proportion to the number of conflicts and of combatants, than in such engagements as the; battle of Ferozeshah and the victory of Sobraon but with the lesser bloodshed of Caubul there vas the greater probability of future disturbances, while with the greater bloodshed of the Sutlej there was the lesser probability of subsequent massacres. The information received from Caubul is of so ex traordinary and extravagant a kind, it is so distorted by improbOilities, and so coloured by romantic de- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1846. tails, as almost to render credence impossible. Accord ing to the accounts principally in circulation, over tures for the renewal of hostilities with the British have been made to the AMEER and the associated chieftains of Affg'aanistan, by a Vakeel or ambas sador, from no less august a personage than MAHOMED SHAH BADSHAH KAJTJR, the King of Persia. The solemn reception of this illustrious Vakeel by the head of the Kuzzilbashes ; his ceremonious introduction to the durbar ; the in terview which subsequently occurred in the Ameer's garden, between MAHOMED AK BAR KHAN and the Persian envoy, and the agreeable hobnobbing which followed thereupon, are so invested with the colour ing of fiction, that we are almost inclined to regard, the narrative as a stray leaf shaken from Mr. LANE'S translation of the " One Thousand and One Nights," than a sober dispatch received during the September of 1846. Whether the Shah of PERSIA be really adventurous or designing enough to instigate his neighbours, the Affghanistan warriors, to another outbreak, and whether the AmEErt has sufficient sagacity to resist the rather powerful temptation of his imperial brother, are circumstances which can only be developed by time. DOST MAHOMED KHAN, the wisest and most moderate among the Affghai.s, is reported to have been considerably affrighted by the daring proposition of the Persian Sovereign, and in the prudence of the .AMEER'S character we possess, possibly, the best guarantee that this wild and auda cious scheme will be rejected by his fellow-country men, and ultimately relinquished in Persia. Al though the Wuzeer almost promised 20,000 Seikhs, and MAHOMED AKRAM KHAN 30,000 Kohistanees, for the expedition, on condition that its expenses were liquidated out of the Persian exchequer, we can re main satisfied until the arrival of additional intel ligence, firstly, because of the awe which has been stricken into the hearts of the Seikhs and Afghans by the prowess of our soldiers; secondly, because the envoy is not explicitly accredited ; and, thirdly, be cause of the name which DOST MAHOMED KHAN has acquired for forethought and moderation. The directors of the South-Eastern Railway have determined to exhibit to the public the strongest proof of the necessity of some controlling power, by which the indiscreet and injurious acts of the managing bodies of the different railway companies may be restrained and checked. It would appear as if they were resolved to furnish an unanswerable argument why the regulation of the fares should be taken out of their hands, or, at least, placed under a vigilant supervision. In every instance in which reductions of fares have taken place there has been a more than proportionate increase of the traffic, and while a great benefit has been conferred upon the public at large, the com panies themselves have derived a larger profit, have won golden opinions from the people, and at the same time obtained a larger dividend on their shares. It is hardly possible to con ceive that any body of men should be so blinded to their own interests, so imbued with erroneous views, and so totally reckless of the good opinion of the community as, at this particular period —immediately after the prorogation of Parliament, by which the possibility of legislative interference is precluded for some time at least—to increase largely the rate of charges by their different trains. This the South-Eastern Company have thought proper to do; and the case is aggravated by the fact, that they rested their opposition during the last session of Parliament to a rival project chiefly on the ground that they had made great reductions in their fares, which were then probably cheaper than almost any other trunk line in the kingdom. This moderation on the part of the directors of the South-Eastern Company it is gene rally supposed was the chief cause of the rejection of the North Kent line, by which a great saving in the distance to be travelled would have been afforded to the inhabitants of the greater part of the county. Dover, itself, would have been brought much (sixteen miles) nearer to the metropolis, and thus the greater part of the passengers proceeding to the continent would have been secured by the North Kent. Perhaps there is no other of the trunk lines in England that would have so much reason to fear competition, or to dread the sanction of the Legislature being granted to an opposing railway. The circuitous route, by which the greater portion of the passengers are obliged to travel, in order to reach their several destinations—the greater distance to be traversed is in itself a grievance of sufficient magnitude, and one which could only (if at all) be compensated by the greatest attention to the public interests in all other respects, an extraordinary degree of accommodation, and, above all, a special care that parties should not be compelled to pay an increased price for the additional space over which they were taken. The most specious promises were held out by the directors, they complacently pointed out to Mr. MORRISON'S Committee that the fares of the South-Eastern Company had experienced a greater reduction than even those on the London and Birmingham line. The correctness of the con duct of third-class passengers was borne honourable testimony to by the chairman of the company, and, in fact, little was to be desired on the part of the managers, except, perhaps, a greater degree of punc tuality—a stricter adherence to the specified times of the departures and arrivals of the dif ferent trains. Many, on the faith of the implied promise held out by the company, took country places, calculating their expenses according to the old and long-continued scale of charges. On such persons, the nature of whose avocations acquire an almost daily attendance in town, an injury has been inflicted ; an additional expenditure of 155., 20. i. or perhaps 30s. per week has been rendered neces , sary—a serious matter to many who are obliged to look closely .to their outgoings, to manage their incomes with the utmost degree of prudence, economy, and foresight. It is not too much to say that the additional charge would in many instances have deterred the parties from a residence in Kent or Sussex, and would have induced them to select their country quarters in the neighbourhood of some rail way whose directors would not in their corporate capacitycommit an act of which each, as an individual, would scorn to be guilty. The manner too in which the increase has been effected has been most unwise and injudicious ; it has been higher, in proportion, on the class least able to afford it, and greater for short than long distances. Thus, for the entire distance the advance has been to express and first-class passengers 10 per cent., or from 18s. to 205., and from 15s. lo 16s. Gd. ; to second-class passengers 20 per cent., or from 10s. to 125.; and to the third class 22. - -per cent., or from Cs. to 7s. 4d., being the highest amount they could possibly charge. For shorter distances it is much greater—ex. gr., the change in the old and new fares to Tunbridge Wells are as follows, viz.:— OLD FARES. NEW FARES.. Express Bs. 63. I Express i Os. Gd. Ist Class 7s. Od. Ist Class Bs. 63. 23 Class 4s. 6d. 23 Class 6s. 63. 3d Class 2s. Bd. 3d Class 35.103. being an increase of 221 per cent. on the first class, and no less than 45 per cent. on the second and third class. This increase is the more objectionable when it is considered that the passengers are taken 11 miles additional ; the distance by road being 35 miles only, while by the railway it is 46 miles. Again, to Maidstone, where 22 additional miles must be traversed, the charge is as follows : Trains. Old Fares. New Fares. s. d. s. d. Express Ordinary first-class Ordinary second class 4 6 6 6 Ordinary third-class being an increase on the express of 371 per cent., on the ordinary first-class 28A- per cent., on the second-class 44 per cent., and on the third-class 50 per cent. We trust that the directors will not obstinately persist in the error they have committed, but that they will speedily, and with a good grace, yield to the strongly-expressed feeling of the public, and, by an immediate recur rence to the former charges, make all the amends in their power to the parties injured. By so doing they may obtain a pardon for their mistake ; but should they persevere, a just retribution will convince them that they have miscalculated the extent of the national forbearance. A.question of considerable importance, connected with the unfortunate failure of the potato crop in the south of Ireland, has recently come before the petit sessions at Permoy. It appears that a common custom, prevalent throughout the greater part of that kingdom, is for the farmer to contract with his labourers for their employment for a period of twelve months, and that a part of the remuneration given consists of a house, and a plot of ground for a crop of potatoes, possession of which is given to the labourer on entering into the agreement, and the stipulated price is liquidated by the labour of the tenant, at a certain rate per diem, who is said to be working against his rent. It is but justice to the humbler classes to state that hitherto these engagements have been most religiously observed and punctually ful filled on their parts; and that though the rents demanded and obtained have been very high, and far beyond the money value of the premises, scarcely an instance can be mentioned of default in giving the stipulated quantity of labour. Their entire re sources in the earlier part of the year are devoted to the cultivation of the plots so let to them : on these they expend their time, their labour, and the residue of their last year's crop as seed. And they look for ward to the return therefrom as affording the only means of subsistence to themselves and families from the time of the incoming of the potato crop. Their humble wants are satisfied with the food and shelter they so obtain, and they are enabled thereby to give their labour without any money payment therefor. In the present year, however, circumstances have differed materially from what they have been on ordi nary occasions. A fearful visitation of PROVIDENCE has blighted the crops, and threatened famine and desti tution throughout the country; the potato gardens, on which their little all was expended, have been totally destroyed ; the produce is unfit for human food, and not worth the labour of digging. The wretched cottiers are left without food of any description, and without the means of procuring a single meal for their starving families. They repre sented to their employers the miserable condition to which they had been reduced, the utter impossibility that they could, continue to work out the rent agreed on ; that flesh and blood required support, and that men could not labour without the means of sustaining human nature ; they could not bear the tears and lamentations of their famishing children, and see the partners of their cares and sorrows pine away before their eyes ; and they concluded with the moderate and reasonable request that the farmers would pay the wages for their labour in cash, and permit the rents of the gardens, now a mass of rottenness, 'to lie over as a civil debt, to be defrayed at any future period when a more favourable state of things might exist, and there would be the possibility of a surplus to be applied towards its liquidation. This, however, was in the majority of cases refused ; they had set their seals to the bond, they had entered into a contract, which should be fulfilled, per fas et nefas. The rustic IShylocks were resolved upon exacting their pounds of flesh. Those who would probably have to apply for allow ances to their own landlords demanded by the universal failure—who would justify the falling into arrears of rent by the imperative necessity that existed of sustaining their own families before any portion could be applied to the satisfaction of the claim, had no bowels of mercy for their poorer neighbours, and would not yield to the argument which they felt to be of peculiar force in their own cases. They had recourse to an old statute, 43 Geo 111., cap. 86, which has frequently been acted on in similar cases, and which provides "that labourers refusing to work, or neglecting their work during the time for which they should be engaged, might be com mitted to gaol for any time not exceeding six months, or to the House of Correction, to be kept to hard labour, for any period not exceeding three months." This stringent enactment was the power by which the farmers sought to enforce work from the starving men. The wives and children were to be driven to the workhouses, while the husbands, the fathers, would be hurried off to gaol to expiate, as criminals, the non-performance of an agreement which it was morally impossible that they could specifically per form. A number of summonses were obtained under the statute alluded to, and it is hardly necessary to say that the proceedings were watched by the multi tude with the most thrilling and intense interest. ' It is impossible to estimate what would have been the consequences of a conviction. It is said that hunger will break through stone walls, and we can only faintly image to ourselves the riots and disturbances that must have inevitably ensued in such a case. Extraordinary measures would, indeed, have been necessary to preserve the peace of the districts so painfully menaced. This result was, however, averted by the talent and ability of the professional gentleman (Mr. CARROLL), who conducted the defence. He boldly impeached the previous decisions, 'as having been made on erroneous grounds, and argued " that the statute only applied to cases where the hiring was for money wages, or where the employer was willing to pay the labourer in cash, without making any de duction for the rent of his house or potato garden. That the agreement was only a civil contract, on which the farmer might proceed for the recovery of the debt, when due, before the assistant-barrister, or by any of the other means afforded for the recovery of such debts." A difference of opinion took place amongst the magistrates on the bench, three being of opinion that they had the power of committing the defendants to prison, and wishing to exercise that power, while four adopted the argument of Mr. CARROLL, and took the more humane, and, as it eventually proved, the more correct, view of the enactment. It was finally determined that the cases should be postponed for the opinion of the law advisers of the Crown ; and we are happy to say that that opinion has been in accordance with that of the majority of the justices, and that it has been pro nounced not to be within the summary jurisdiction of the justices under the statute. By this decision the peace and tranquillity of the country will be preserved, and an extraordinary amount of human suffering be averted. It is cer tainly a hard case on the farmers, but the loss must eventually fall on those best able to bear it—the re presentatives of the wealth and property of the country. The Levant Mail has arrived, bringing intelligence from Constantinople, Smyrna, and Athens. The Smyrna papers of the 21st state that ME• HEMET ALI sailed on the 17th from Constantinople, in the Turkish steamer Esseri•Djedid, followed by the Egyptian steamers Nile and Boulag. The Journal de Constantinople of the 16th gives the following particulars of his visit " Mehemet Ali, it is expected, will leave to-morrow evening by the Ottoman steamer Esseri-Djedid. He will be attended as far as Cairo by Amid Bey, first Chamberlain to the Sultan. During the stay of Mehemet Ali in this capital, which has been nearly a month, he has been everywhere received with marks of the highest distinction, and his visit will, doubtless, tend to consoli date the relations between Bg3 pt and the mother country. During the stay of the Viceroy in the Turkish capital, he has given away in charity and presents the enormous sum of fifty millions of piastres. He has received mag nificent presents from the Sultan and Sultana s; amongst the number are a brilliant, weighing 27 carats, an d va l ued at more than a million of piastres, and six vases of solid gold, enriched with diamonds." The same journal says, in reference to the recent disturbances in the Turkish provinces bordering on the Black Sea " The inquiry into the disturbances at Erzeroum is being actively carried on ; the authorities in this case give proofs both of their firmness and modera tion. According to the last accounts received from the Hadjara, a second engagement had taken place, in which the rebels had been defeated. There is no doubt but that, with the reinforcements which Eumer Pacha has received from Constantinople, order will be speedily re stored. In a few days we shall doubtless learn that no thing remains of the disturbances but the punishment to be inflicted on Keur Hussein Bey, the leader of the re bellion." An Ottoman squadron, consisting of two ships of the line, three frigates, four brigs, a schooner, and two steamers, is about to sail for the Archipelago. The Athens journals of the 20th state that some fresh shocks of an earthquake had been experienced rt Messinia, which had so alarmed the inhabitants that they had encamped in the open fields. It was rumoured in Athens that some of the more turbulent spirits on the Thessalian frontier were organising an invasion of that province with the tacit consent of M. COLETTI, the Greek Minister. Some pirates had captured a small vessel off Nicaria, and had put the crew to the sword. Letters from Rome of the 22d ult. state that the Papal Government is about to contract for a loan with native and Belgian capitalists, for the pur pose of converting the Five per Cents., 1144 thus reducing the expenditure of the State to a level with the revenue. The Legates and Delegates of the provinces have been ordered to return a list of all public functionaries, stating their capacities and their salaries. It is also proposed to enter into a convention with France for the transpor tation of condemned convicts to Algiers. The Government of Saxony has acceded to the con vention concluded between Pilissia and England on the subject of international copyright. This fact is announced in the Cologne Gazette. A letter from Vienna, published in the Hambargh Correspondent of the 29th, states that Prince MET TERNICH was occupied at Kaanigsburgh with the question of Schleswig-Holstein. It will be regarded generally in a federal point of view, and the resolu tion of the Diet will have the force of a law. All the German Governments are in accord on this point. Madrid papers of the 29th August have arrived. The Gazette publishes the following decree, an nouncing the approaching marriage of the QUEEN :- " We, Isabella 11., by the grace of God, and by the constitution of the kingdom, Queen of Spain, to all whom these presents may come, make known, that having re solved to contract a marriage with our cousin, Don Francisco d'Aesis Maria, in order that the previsions of Article 47 of the Constitution may receive their accom plishment, using our Riyal prerogative, and arter having taken the advice of our Council of Ministers, we have decided on convoking, and do convoke bythis present or donnance the Cortes of the kingdom for the 14th Sep tember next. To this effect we do command that on the said 14th September in this present year the Senators and Deputies be assembled in the capital of Spain for a meeting of the Cortes. " Given at our palace this 28th day of August, 1846. " I, THE QUEEN. (Countersigned) " Minister of the Interior, " PEDRO PIDAL." MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 29.—The Three per Cents. were done at 36 358 for cash ; the Four per Cents. at 22 ; the Five per Cents. at 23 ; the Passives at 6i; and the Coupons at 201. We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. The Constitutionnel has a long article on the sub ject of the marriage of the Queen of SPAIN, in the course of which it states that Lord PALMERSTON has expressed his objection to the marriage of the Duc DE MONTPENSIER with either the QUEEN or the INFANTA. " The Ministers," says the Constitutionnel, "readily assent to that exclusion, as respects the QUEEN, since that marriage was always refused by the Court of France ; but they will assent with less resignation to the exclusion as respects the INFANTA. The following address in reply to the Speech from the Throne, was agreed to by the Chamber of Depu ties on Thursday by a large majority. " Sire,—The Chamber of Deputies has promptly re sponded to the call of your Majesty. The will of the Charter bad to be accomplished, and we were all anxious to lay before the constitutional throne our respect and our oaths. " Your Majesty announces to us that at the period of our ordinary labours you will lay before us measures connected with the domestic and foreign affairs of the State ; we will then enter into an examination of the questions which regard all the interests of the country, its prosperity, and its grandeur. But at the present mo ment we have a mission to fulfil which we love,—France has charged us to bear to you the faithful expression of the sentiments with which she is penetrated towards you and your family. "In honouring us with her suffrages, she has loudly declared that between her and you, between her and your dynasty, the alliance is indissoluble. " Sire,—You have learnt from your youth to love and serve France ; there are no trials which you have not su orted, no dangers which you have not every day inerred, to secure her repose and her happiness. Pro vidence protects you, and will prolong that reign which the will of the nation has founded fur the safety of our laws and of our liberties. Both your children and ours will reap the fruits of our common efforts, and, as the highest recompense, your name will live blessed and re spected in the memory of the country." In the course of the debate, M. DUCHATEL, the Minister of the Interior, stated, in reply to M. LARABIT, that the Government had adopted measures to prevent a recurrence of the incendiary fires ; and that several incendiaries were in the hands of justice. M. LAROCIIEJAQIIELIN thought it right to defend the Legitimatist party from the accusation that they were connected with the incendiaries, and the subject dropped. The Chamber at its rising, was prorogued to the 11th of January. Mr. COBDEN arrived at Bourdeaux on Sunday. He was received by M. DUFFOUR DUBERGIER, the Mayor, and invited to a grand banquet to be given in his honour by the Free Trade Association on the 4th September, which invitation he at once accepted. The Marquis of NORMANDY has left Paris for Vichey. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thursday at 84f. 35c. ; the Five per Cents., 1221. 10c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,277 f. 50c; Rouen, 9681. 75c.; Havre, 7121. 50c. ; Great Northern, 7201. ; Avignon, 930 f. ; ViAerzon, 633 f. 75c.; Bordeaux, 580 f. ; Boulogne, 4951. ; Basle, 220 f. ; Fampoux, 400 f. ; Dieppe, 390 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 500 E ; Tours and Nantes, 508 f. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 535 f. ; Lyons and Avignon, 4951. ; Bor deaux an& Cette, 4871. 50c.; Spanish Domestic Debt, 34% ; Ditto Passives, 5 1 %. The following are the quotations for the new lines :- LYONS., SEPT. 1.-Avignon and Marseilles, 9121. 50c.; Northern, 708 f. 75c. BUSIXE SS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPTELIBER 4. Boulogne and Amiens, 13%-Direct Bombay and Madras, % -East Indian, % -Louvain a la Sambre, PA -Namur and Liege, 2 % -Orleans and Bordeaus,B % -Paris and Rouen, 374 -Rouen and 28. THE STUN EXPRESS. — The Queen's speech was de livered by , commission on Ftiday afternoon, and copies of The Suit newspaper containing the speech, were for warded to this city the same evening, by Mr. Murdo Young, the spirited proprietor of that promptest of all prints.— Western Times. DEATH OF SIR ROBERT PRESTON, BART.—Sir Robert Preston, Bart., the oldest of that class of title in the empire, expired at Blackadder on the 30th ult., in the ninetieth year of his age. He was born in 1757, being the may son of the celebrated General George Preston (Woo at one period was commander of the Royal North British Dragoons), by the daughter of James Johnston, Esq. He married his consin, daughter to John Preston, Esq., of Gorton, and had issue, amongst other chit lren, Robert Preston, Esq., formerly a major in the army, who succeeds to the title and estates. The latter are in Lincolnshire, Somersetshire, and Perthshire, and the family of the deceased were known as the Prestons Walleyfield, in the latter county. The title, a S , 2otch one, was created in 1637, and the sixth baronet having died in 1834 without any issue on the male line, of the first baronet, the title reverted accord ing to patent of creation to the nearest male collateral relative, thie deceased, who was the representative of the first baron e,t's nearest brother. A SECOND BERNARD CAVANAGH. Lord J. Manners vi sited at the workhouse John Harden, a pauper of di:sensed mind, who is now for thirty-three days without haA ing taken a particle of solid food. The un fortunate m an is little altered in person, except about the regions of the stomach, which is sunk in and quite reduced. Ire is compelled, with great difficulty, to take a 'togging or two of broth in the twenty-four hours. — L irverick Chronicle. The Alf_nal's Friend Society, of 18, Strand, last week, by tn eans of its officer, Murray, charged William Dauber, the driver of the cab 8,280, before Mr. Cotting ham, at thi, Southwark Court, with having very cruelly beaten and kicked a horse (alleging that it v.as blind and obstinate), and with having put a nosebag, on it to prevent its snorting from fear of the blows. He was tined 20s. a ad costs. The tr:lde of our Custom-house last week amounted in its resu Its•. to well nigh double the ordinary average for some ti me back ; the remittances for the period stated having nearly reached 13,000l.—Greenock Ad vertirer. DENBY DIKE SIDE PlE.—The following are the contents at id dimensions of the Denby Dike Side Pie, prepared for the celebration of free-trade principles : Two sacks of flour, five sheep, seven fowls, seven brace of partridge s, two pheasant; half a calf, two geese, two turkeys, ht tres, rabbits, &e. This enormous pie was twelve incl.tes high, seven feet in diameter, and seven yards in circumference.—Doncaster Gazttte. THE Fb-RVEST.—The harvest of grain crops in this quarter i.:s all but ended, and with such glorious weather for a finial- as we are seldom blessed with. Hop pick ing has be en general for a week past, and the crop will be abundant and of fine quality. Everywhere in this district tb.e aftermath presents a most luxuriant appear ance. Many farmers are cutting it for a second crop of hay; we .are informed by one gentleman in the neigh bourhood. that his aftermath averages two tons to the acre, and. that his case is not at all singular. We be lieve there never was a greater abundance of keep in the country tbr.an at present.— Worcester Herald. FREI.lit •OF NATURE.—Among ft litter of pigs a few days ago, from a ssw belonging to Mr. Joseph White, B tsLow, was one presenting a most extraordinary appearant ;e. t had only one eye, and that a large one, in the middle of the forehead; it had a natural mouth; four " mottles" on one sido of its head, and one ear much larger than the other. Over the eye was a round trunk, abt)ut two inches long, and the thickness of a man's finger. It lived some time, but was killed by the sow lying on it.—Derby Mercury. PLAN OF THE PARISH OF TWICKENHAM, MIDDLE SEX, wrru Boon . . or REFERENCE —ln this plan—which is drawn on very large scale, and for the accuracy the name of Mr. Warren is alone a sufficient guarantee— every mansioi 1, house, field, and road is clearly marked, and its boundaries distinctly laid down. Each com partment thus marked off is distinguished by a number, and by lookiu g at the number in the book of reference we find the 'name of the proprietor, the description of the property, and the quantity of land it occupies. The whole is executed in the most artist-like manner, and it reflects great credit on the accuracy, dili g ence, and artist-like tote of its designer, Mr. Warren. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was firm. Sales, 8,000 bales, making 66,730 for the week. The stock was 998.000 bales at the outport on the 4th of September, 1045, against 741,500 bales now.—Shares were flat again yesterday. The private accounts received from the West Indies this morning are considered of a favourable character. It is with regret we find by the advices from the United States and Canaria that the wheat, the cotton, and potato crops are likely to be short. Upon this sub ject we are thin advised:— " From extensive inquiries we believe we may safely state that almost one-fourth of the whole wheat crop will be lost from the effect of rust ; but in consequence of the rank growth, and an extra quantity of land sown, the yield on the whole will not be less than last year. " A gentleman who has sixty acres of land in potatoes in the Miami bottom, informs the Cincinnati Chronicle that his potatoes are rotting rapidly in the ground, and in digging in several parts of the field, for the purpose of ascertaining if the rot was general, he stated that the smell arising from the ones already decayed, was almost past endurance, and that he did not expect to save one hundred bushels out of the whole field. All that he has seen have the black spot described. A dealer in Cincinnati last week purchased a lot of potatoes, at which time they were apparently in good order, and when he was rolling them out for the purpose of shipping them, the head fell out of one of the barrels, when he discovered that a large portion of them were spoiled ; and upon examining them he discovered a black spot on the surface which passed through the potato. " The accounts received yesterday from Red River are quite discouraging for the cotton planter, the im proved prospects which we noticed some time ago hav ing disappeared since the visitation of the caterpillar. We have letters before U 3 from Alexandria, under date of the 6th instant, which mention that this insect is the regular army worm, which committed such havoc in 1840, and that it has now generally made its appearance in Rapides and the adjoining parishes, threatening to inflict great injury on the crops. The same complaints begin to reach us from Bayou Sara, and some apprehen sion is felt lest the visitation should become general throughout the cotton growing region. " The first bale of new cotton, of the season, states the Republican, was received in Savannah on Wednesday, by the Central Railroad, from Macau. The staple was much cnt in ginning, and the colour is represented as dull, quality about middling fair. The consignee not being able to obtain the price asked for it, 10 cts. per lb., shipped it to New York. " Indian corn and other fall crops are suffering se verely for the want of rain. It is feared that the corn will fall far below the usual average the present year. On the other hand, the wheat is abundant, and of an excellent quality, generally averaging 631bs. or 651bs. per bushel." The weekly return from the Bank of England shows the following changes, as compared with the items of its predecessor:— An increase in the notes issued of 221,900/., or to 29,875,8901. A decrease in the Rest of 58,8401., or to 3,554.3701. An increase in the public deposits of 299,2101, or to 7,142,2121. A decrease in the other deposits of 912,1581., or to 9,161,1581. A slight decrease in the seven days' and other bills. A decrease in the other securities of 617,3761., or to 12,395,4571. A decrease in the notes in the banking department to 9,449,760/. The increase in the amount of bullion and specie of 189,4021., or to 16,366,0681. Consols for Money and Account have been firm to day, the former at 968 I, and the latter at 961 Ex chequer-bills have gone back a shade, as have also India Bonds. Bank Stock remains at yesterday's value. In the Foreign Stock Market we have to notice an improvement in Portuguese Four per Cents. to 48, and in Spanish to 39i for the Three per Cents. In the other Stocks the changes have been slight. The Railway Shares are mostly in dull request. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced 9554N 2 95 1 / 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 6 14 V s 96 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities 98 5 A 3 / 4 98. '4 98% Long Annuities toexpireJan.lB6o 10 1 4 10% Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 lO IA ; 3-16 10M Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 10 3-16 India Bonds, 1,0001 29 29 Ditto under 1,0001... . . 29 30 Consols for Account.— .... . . Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 1 1 ,4 d -17 20 15 pm. 15 Ditto 5001. Ditto Small .. 17 20 15 pm. 15 OXE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES Brazilian. Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839-- 88 3 / 4 88 3 / Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent BBl4l/ 88% Ecuador Bonds Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent. 20% 20% Ditto Deferred 3% 3% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 37 37 Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 47 48 47 47 Ditto, Account 47% 48 47 Russian Bonds .......... 110% 110% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto, Account 27% % 27 3 / 4 Ditto. 3 per Cent 3 9 14 391 A _ _ 391/ Qql/ Ditto, Account Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 43 43 Dividends on the above payable in London. PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES -`" AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Amber.. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%..... 2 1 / 1 2 14 Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush .... 1% Aylesbury and Theme.. 1% Belfast & County Down 2% Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 130 Ditto New 17% Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 2 3 / 4 Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. .- - _ _ Bristol and Exeter Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... Bristol and Liver. Junc . 2 1 / 2 ...... Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Half Shares...... 2 1 /:-. — ......•• ..... 1 3 / 4 Ditto Extension ... .. 21 /Y _ _ Cambrian & Grand Junc 42s — .... Cambridge and Oxford.. 1 N l% Central Kent Chester and Holyhead... 27% — •• ... — Churnet and Blythe Chester and Manchester 425. Chelteaham and Oxford 2 Clydesdale Junction ..... 15 Cork, Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Killarney ... 2% Cork and Waterford ... 1% Cornwall Cornwall & Cent'lDevon 2% Derby and Crewe 2% Direct Lincoln, East Rat ford, and Sheffd. Junc. 2% Direct Manchester 2,r,••••••• ••• 54 n's) ingto k's) 2% Rem trie (Ras Ditto Northern Direct Direct Norwich - Dublin and Belfast June. 10 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway..... 4 Dundalk & Enniskillen 7 1 / 2 Easterneounties 14/. 16s — Ditto New lO/. 16s. — Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1. 6/. 13s. 4d.... Ditto ditto. No. 2... 6/. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension.. 105....... EastDereh'm andNor'cli 1 Eastern Union 33 ..... • Ditto. Quarter Shares 8 3 4 Do. Exten.(llarwich) 1 7 / 6 — ......... ..... Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2 1 / i East Lancashire East Lincolnshire - East & West of England 1%„.... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..... Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 ,,E ...... ..._ Ditto, New ... 121 / 2 Edinburgh & Northern.. 10 Edinburgh and Perth... 3 Ely and Huntingdon ... 7 1 / 2 ...... - - Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 5 1 4, Glasgow, Kilmar.,&Ayr 50 ..... Ditto, New .. 15 . Do., ii, Shares (5 per cent. guar.) Glouc.,AberystWith,and Central of Wales Goole, Doncaster, &c. .. 425: Grand Union (Notting and Lynn Great Eastern &Western 2 1 / 2 ...... ••• •• GreatGrimsby and Shef field Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great Munster 2 l /2 Great North of Scotland 2 1 / 2 Great Northof Englaa4.loo .229 Ditto New 5 Ditto, New . . — Ditto, New Great Western B5 147 Ditto % Shares 5O Ditto 1 .. i Shares lO Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 5 ... .. Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction ... 2 ...... Hull and Selby SO Ditto 1 4 Shares ••• — 1)o. Half Shares 25 - Inverness and E1gin...... 2 .. . .. Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 9 Do., do, and Norwich 21 - Irish North Midland ... I% Killarney Junctions l4 Kendal and Windermere 1 1 , 4 Lancaster and Carlisle... 45 Do. New Larne, Belfast, and Bal lymena Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Carlisle Leicester & Birmingham 225. — ...... •••••••• --- Leicester and Bedford... 225. Leeds and Dewsbury ... 17 1 / Leicester and Tam w., Ike. 425. Lpool., Mnchstr, & New- Zcastle Junction Liverpool and Bury ... 14 .. ... . London and Blackwall. 161. 135.4 d. ... — Do. New Ditto Extension ~, 5 ...... .. -- London and Brighton... 50 ...... C3 l / 3 Ditto, Fifths 3O •••••• London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. Do. Guaran. 5 per cent. 9 - ••• me o• ... ••• ..... London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d !-- Do. Prcfnence ...18117s 2d — London, Hounslow, and . _ Western London and N. Westernloo 20 5 1 /2 '204 204 Do. Quarters . 2 . Do., co., New Shares.. Ditto Fifths Ditto, Eighths (G. J.) 12 1 / 2 Do., New 1 4 Shares (G. J.) — Do. 401. Shares (L.M.) 6 Lond. & S.Western 41/ 6a 10d 71 1 4 71 71 1 ,6 xd 72 x d Do. New Consol. Bths 40 — — -- Do. New Do. New - , g London atld York 2 l /2 — ... . 2lB Do. 1 /, Shares - London and Windsor . 1A ... .. - London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Londonderry& Coleraine 121...... .... 5% Londonderry and Ennis killen Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereliam l5 - “.. — Manchester and Leeds .. 82 Ditto 1/L Shares Do. Quarters 2 Do. Fifths Do. Sixteenths ... 6 1 4 Do. Extension 42s. Manchester and Birmin. 40 Do Quarters (A). Do. Quarters (B) ... 5 Do. Quarters (C) 1 Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock 42g....... p l% p Manchester, Birm., and Mould Junction .. . — — Manchest. & Southampt. 2 ...... 1 A 1.4 . Midland • Do. Fifths 2 — Do. New Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midlnd& East. Counties 2%...... % % Midland Great Western Irish Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 ..—. 42%34 42 1 72 Do. New Newcastle mid Berwick 15 Do. North Shields ... 25 Newcastle and Carlisle...100 Newport &Abergavenny 2 1 / ...... Newry and Enniskillen 4 1 ,4 Newark, Sheffield, and _ Boston ... 1%..... 3 / 4 .. ........ .. Norfolk Do. Half Shares i 7 Do. Tenths Do. Extension North British ... ..... ... 25 Do. Half Shares ll ...... ......... .. ... 16 1 4 Do. Fifths 5 Do. Carlisle Extens. 1 1 4 — North of Norfolk 2 3 /4 .... .... ..... Northern and Eastern... 50 Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 45 Do. Quarter Shares... 12% Do. New .. 1 .... N. Kent & Direct Dover 2% — ...... ....... P ..., North Staffordshire 42s. ...... 3 3 / 4 p • 35 /s North Wales Northern and Southern Connecting Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham . - 2 Nottingham & Mansfld. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.... Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 ..... Portsmouth Direct ...... 3 3 / 4 Preston and Wyre Do. 1 A Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Richmond Rugby, Leamington,iad Warwick Scottish Central Do. New 2 l/ . a... Scottish Midland lO Do. Extension Sheffield, Buxton, Leek Potteries, andCrewe... 1% Sheffield & Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Do. Lincolnshire June. 1 1 % Do. & Great Grimsby. 10 Do. do. Extension 425. .... Shrewsbury and Birm... 2 %.... . ... •• .. Shropshire Union Shrews., Wolverhamp., &S. Staffordsh. Janc. 21/2 Sligo and Shannon l% South Devon... B5 South Midland 42s. South & Midlands June. 425. .. ... — % South Staffordshire Junc,„ 2 1 / 2 South Eastern & Dover 33 1 / s 43 % 1 /s 4 3 1 /8 Do., No. 1 20 Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 Do., Ne. 4 . 2 1 ,4 — ... — St. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction ... 425. — ........ ..... Staines and Richmond... 1 Stafrordsh. & Shropshire 2 3 / 4 South Wales 5 Swans. & Loughor & Ca- . _. meron's Still. Coal. ... 2 - Taw Vale Extension ... 2 Tring, Reading, and Basingsteke Vale of Neath Wakefield, Pontefract, & Goole Warwickshire Sz London 425. Warwick and Worcester 425. Waterford and Kilkenny 8 Waterford and Limerick 22 1 / Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Düblin Wexford, W aterford, and _ _ . V alentia Waveney Valley ... 2 - -• Welsh Midland West Riding Uni0n...... 425. 2% p 2% p West Cornwall — WestLondon,Old Shares 20 Wexford and Carlow ... 2 1 , Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2 Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Worcester,Hereford,Ross, and Gloucester 42s. Worcester, Tenbury, and Ludlow .... ... . 2% — ••• Worcester,Warwick, and Rugby York and Carlisle 2% . ..... ...... • 3% York and North Midland 50 Ditto % Shares .. 25 Do. Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby 3O Do. Extension 2O Do. East and Westßid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 Barbadoes .. 1 Boulogne and A miens... 14 ...... 13% 1 / 2 .. ... Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 ' Bordeaux,Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 ..... 1% l% Do. (Espelete's) ..... 2 ... . .. Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders Calcutta and Diamond Harbour ....... ........ 75....... Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast 1 .. ... ... .. ......... Central of Spain ... . Ceylon Demerara 2% ... .. ... — Dendre Valley — Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish 6 — East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Eastern Belgian Junctn. 2% Fampoux & Hazebroak 4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. ...... Great Western Bengal... ss. ..... Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 ...... Italian and Austrian 3 Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Jersey . ... 1 Louvain ala Sambre ... 5 ... . •• Luxembourg. Lyons and Avignon 2 Madras - 1 Madras, Nellore, and Arcot Madrid and Valentin.... 2 „, .. Mauritius .. Namur and Liege Nn of France Constituted 5 North Jamaica... ...... ... 1 Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 ... Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d Paris &Lyons Constituted 5 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Constituted Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse ...... 8 .... Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic — — Tours and Nantes Con stituted ......... ...... 5 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 8 Trinidad West Flanders ...... .... 6 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American 50 Colonial 25 ••• — Commercial of London 20 London Joint Stock lO - London & Westminster. 20 National Prov. England. 35 National of Ireland 22% — ...... ...... ... Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Union of Australia Union of London lO — - Real del Moute Unregd. Mr. Cobden arrived at Bordeaux on the 30th ult., and was received by M. Duffour Dubergier, the Mayor, who had, in July last, met with a cordial reception from his present guest at Manchester. Mr. Cobden accepted an invitation to a grand banquet, to be given in his honour on Sept.;l, by the Free-Trade Association of that place. A FINE OF 3,0001.—At a special Court of Commis sioners of Sewers for the liberty of Westminster, held on Friday, Mr. W. H. Jenkins, of Paddington, builder, was sentenced to pay the large fine of 3,0001. for setting the orders of the Commissioners t 4 defiance. HER. MAJESTY'S CRUISE. ST. HELIER'S. JERSI . ,Y, SEPT. 3- This town is in the heigh!, ot er,thusiasm, as the Qui:" arrived this evening in the roads, and will land to-mor row. A general illumination ttik,'s plat to-night. Tiro are about 40 variegated arches under which her MojestY coutirr CIRCULAR ROYAL VICTORIA AND ALBERT YACHT. JERSEY. —The Queen reached this island at half-past six o'clock on Wedoe,day evening, the 2d inst. On Thursday, the 3,1 inst , her Majesty and the Princ e Consort made a progress through the loyal towa of S t.. Heliers, and one through the country some lbw miles, to the castle of St. Orgueil, very ancient, and said to hav e been originally built by Julius Cmsar. Her Majesty and the Prince, accompanied by the Lord Chamberlain, Earl Spencer, Viscount Palmerst on, and the rest of the royal suite, returned to the rq a yacht a little before three o'clock. Her Majesty did riot leave the yacht again that day. Prince Albert proceeded in the Fairy to take a little survey of some pot tion of the island. FALMOUTR.—Her Majesty left Jersey on Friday, the 4th instant, at eight o'clock, A.m., and arrived at F ar ' mouth about seven o'clock the same evening. After the Queen's arrival, an address was presente3, through Viscount Palmerston, to her M a j e sty, from ti le Mayor and Corporation of the borough of Falmouth. Her Majesty, on arriving, was saluted from the bat tery on Pendennis Castle. Her Majesty's dinner on board the royal yacht ca l. prised only the royal suite. Her Majesty left Falmouth on Saturday morning about eight o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia, attendei by the Countess Haack, Count Puckler, and the of Denbigh, (Master of the Hone to the - Queen ager), left Cashiobury Parts, Herts, th e residence 9, her Majesty the Queen Dowager, soon a ft er n ine o 'clo c t on Saturday morning, for the Watford station, a n travelled to town by the London and North-West ern railway. At the Euston-square terminus the Princess was r e ,: ceived by Baron Witzleben, of her Royal Highnese' Household, and his Excellency the Chevalier Bun s the Prussian Minister. Her Royal Highness, and the whole of the party went from the terminus to the Co seum, and, after inspecting that building, visited inspected the model prison at Pentonville, and the Bri tish Museum, and from thence proceeded to the r, e dente of the Prussian Minister, in Carlton House - I l i race. A dejeuner was served to her Royal Highness ~,a e suite ; and a select party , including his Excellency iy; ron de Beust, the Saxon Minister, the Right Hon. ' h i , Stratford and Lady Canning, and Lady Wilde, had t" honour of meeting the Princess. After luncheon, the Princess of Prussia, attencled, b !f the Countess Haack, the Chevalier Buns e n, the Ear' ; 6 Denbigh, Baron Witzleben, and Count Puckler, to the Reform Club, and was conducted through the terior. The royal party next paid a visit to the Ce ll ,: servative Club, and afterwards proceeded to the Sarr e : 5 Zoological Gardens. From the Gardens the Princ es went to the Euston•square terminus, and left town ~byo railway at six o'clock, attended by her suite, on her ' turn to Cashiobury Park. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambri a g and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz visited the Colliseum on Saturday evening. S i, The Bailiff of Guernsey had an interview with George Grey, on Saturday, at the Home-office. sl' Dispatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial office from the Governor of the West India colonies' The Chancellor of th e E xc h equer an d L a dy „,a Wood, left town on. Saturday on a visit to the Earl an Countess of Clarendon at their seat Grove-park, W * ford. At the Chapel Royal St. James's yesterday, the Of, qnis of Granby, and Lords Sandwich and ListovveL r 4 l ; : ' among the nobility present. The prayers were reit° r the Rev. G. H. Repton, the lessons by the Rev' Wesley. The sermon was preached by the Rev. , Repton. The anthem was " Call to Remembran ce ' (Nares). Mr. Cooper presided at the organ. THE REGISTRATION. WHOLESALE PROTECTIONIST OBJECTIOIIt (Froze a Correspondent.) THE ENSUING REGISTRATION.—The policy which s Protectionists are pursuing in London, in o bjecting: e most indiscriminately to the Liberal claimants for v et t is being pursued by the same party in other parts of v t country. In North Durham, about 500 objections " been served upon Liberals, that being the number ei claimants ; and in North Northumberland. where th are about 80 Liberal claims, objections are taken to net the whole of them. To defeat these proceedings, a 113 ,7„1 ing of the united Liberal and Free-trade party was "o at Newcastle-on-Tyne, on Thursday evening, when rangements were entered into wi,ich will secure the p sence of competent agents in the Registration Corr' in the counties of Northumberland and Durham. large increase has taken place in the list of voters , Newcastle during the past year, aad the majority of u new voters are free traders. [The watching Committ ee of th e League shoutd to this, and if necessity require, it should take itur a , se every diate measures to summon a meeting of the League ' consider the subject. We would a i i nernher the League who has been objected to immediate, l Y I address a letter to the " Watching Committee,': questing them to convene a meeting of the Leagu e 'L q letter to be addressed to the care of George It i n 'Ti le ste late chairman of the Anti-Corn-law League, "."- -En. Sun.] THE OUT•PENSIONERS OF CHELSEA H00'11'651; On Thursday all the out pensioners of Chelsea kins 2 on being paid their quarterly pensions, received a P. • tion of their accoutrements preparatory to their bel t ' called out for actual service. rye,o f PRESIDENT OF TH E U NITED -STATES.--"-- - lowing description of the office and qualificatio ns quired for the Preside n t s hip o f th e United States, 11 .' 1 be found of interest, as it describes the powers, f ri t leges, and profits attached to that position. l'ef quoted from K n i g ht' s a d m i ra bl e an d ex t re mely us; Political Dictionary (the second half of part which is just published) :—The executive Pow vested in a President, who is commander-in-chiel - the army and navy, collects and di s b urses the rev el ; according to law, and makes treaties with foreign tions, but in the exercise of the treaty making power , v ei , concurrence of two-thirds of the senators prese nt in e '; quired. He nominates and, with th e a d v i c e and en" 9 o of the senate, appoints anibassadors, other public mini' to and consuls, and judges of the Supreme Court, t i, other inferior officers. He has also a qualified netr o i on the laws enacted by the two Houses, which been Wt absolute, unless it is subsequently countervailed by i ti/ thirds of each House. He is provided with a r ea ; furnished house, and his salary is 25,000 dollars. l i t e e chosen by a determinate number of electors ; the v°7b in each State elect as many electors as are equal t ° members which such State sends to both Houses _ ee Congress. Every State has its own electoral co i l, and all the colleges give their votes on the same,;; and by ballot. The votes are sent sealed to the, sident of the Senate. If no person has a majoriti ta the electoral votes, the election devolves upon the ll°, of Representatives, when all the representatives of State give but one vote. The President must be th ir N five years of age, and he is re-eligible for life, but ; usage has been never to elect the same person for 0 than two terms of four years each. MORTALITY AMONGST T HE C ATTLE IN Viri „T ",, .rie '' PARK.—lndependently o f u p war d s of thirty vai''',.; cows, belonging to th e C rown and his Roya l Prince Albert, which h ave recent l y di e d , a fter' h e , t atttacked with the prevailing disease , wh ich is raga an alarming extent amongst the horned cattle, 3 71£ , number of Scotch b eas t s i n th e G rea t P a rk have,* been similarly attacked. No less than Seventeen Se" I cattle have fallen victims to the epidemic e ll Pbeei yesterday. It appears, from all accounts which bean seen, that the disease first broke out north ; manifesting itself, at an early period e re spring, in Perth and its vicinity. It may be coes i : 0 0 1 as a very curious fact, that although there are pea, from varous parts of the kingdom (from lie re e tl3 l , shire and Devonshire, for instance), all grazing 4 in the Great Park at indsor, the only descrip tie W wel beasts which have been attacked are those which prr. e I bred in Scotland. The others, as we learn t ti o sent, have entirely escaped. From this it wo n opt pear, notwithstanding the various and cunflieti c if,bied nions which have been hazarded upon the s ", that the disease is not of a contagious chars' that it is confined to certain peculiar descriPti:/ thy' cattle from certain districts of the north. P c „, as it may, it was remarked a short time silly-g e ls General Wemyss (the manager of his s 'ijek Highness Prince Albert's farms, both at j oe, sor and in the Isle of Wight) that upon a „g 0 farm in Scotland the whole of the cattle in one rn-albef sheds were affected by the disease, while in lion / range of sheds, but a very short distance remevt" st ate' the former, the cattle remained in the most health,' eabed Several eminent veterinary surgeons and cosy ! c e „. the have been to Windsor for the purpose of exarnin,wortb rD cattle in the Great Park, and treing their sk ill tac kef the attempt to restore those which had been In seta' and to prevent the spreading of the contagion• e cat' s instances they were fortunately successful. T h i n th cases of all which have died have been bur ied most secluded portions of the royal domains. 0f../: REAL AJ'FECTION FOR A HOME SECRE T a t Rambling one day in a beautiful and secluded spot,°at or a time when the nation was fearfully agiteted h_, Gee ; Government opening private letters , and Sir jann est; ham, then Home Secretary, in the enjoymen t : eve v an 0, mitigated abuse, I approached a magnificent , simple, rural nature, near where sat an aged w 0 n_ ial e; venerable and religious appearance; a daughter P e i ..ll et dest, neat attire, had her head upon her shoulder,a ue grief and devotion. I neared unseen, unheard,. Si heeded. I heard a tremulous voice, in the Ines: !, pe el tone I ever remember before, exclaim, Grahar,earei God bless you, Sir James Graham!" which w e feltly reiterated by the lily upon her shoulder+. f o. °ll , ° r w eer', by a burst of unsophisticated and overwhelnl!l!e,ragi/j A tremor came o'er me: I felt that I had untn l ". e el her. trod where I ought not to have done. I was, 'i ce' affected. A few minutes before, I had rePlace:Lorld. paper in my pocket which is read by the t ' Sir 'T aj r t e e which contained a fierce onslaught agains . d I m • Graham, comparing him to all the fiends c wo; and here, in a retired nook, was a s i m ple rusw; rha v ol r his name and invoking God's blessing also. be day to I th e Q discovered aeea that for aS freeir i onhadnedechoe.inhreadedn:lvie'' returned from a penal settlement to " h_r,l ti ng sir Jane -P o gray hairs with pleasure to the grave." 1-1 benedi7;s a thought I, heard that solemn and sincere I.° writer to would have compensated for more than t _ at poell et" asserted who lay snugly ensconced in eV cc ' —Front John Easby's Memoirs. E 11