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Offices, Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street, London. TH EATRE ROY AL, LYCEUM. ITNDF,R THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. First Week of a New Comic Drama. The New Grand Fairy Bur lesque Extravaganza, entitled " The Magic having been, on each occasion of its representation, received ihroupbout with tae most cordial marks of approbation and delight by crowded and fashionable audiences, is, in consequence, respectfully announced for repetition every Evening till farther notice. THIS EVENING The performances will commence with a New Comic Drama, TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Principal characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Meadows, and Keeley; Mrs. Woollidge, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Hicks, Miss Turner, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, a New Grand Operatic, Melodramatic, Romantic, Fairy Burle , que Extravaganza, founded on the Opera of " Oberon," entitled THE MAGIC HORN. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, KinP.ch, Collier, Yarnold, Bender, Silver, Richards, and Keeley; Miss Keeley, Miss Villars. Miss Fairbrothcr, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Arden, Miss Forster, Miss Laidlaw, Miss Bromley, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY. I'IIEATI:E ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be presented a new domestic drama, entitled EUGENIA Cr.AIRCILLE ; or, THE NEW FOUND HOME, Mr. Rug'elgh, Mr. Cullenford; Toffey, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Hugh Matlock, Mr. 0: Smith ; Mrs. Toffey, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Eugenia Clairtille, Ma dame Celeste. After which (first time at this Theatre) the comic drama of USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr. Webster ; Lady Clutterbuck, Mra, F. Matthews. To conclude with the Mythological Burlesque Extravaganza, de nominated THE JUDGMENT OF PAuIS ; or, The Pas de Pip pins. Ihe characters personated by Messrs. Selby, 0. `.:iinith, Glen naire, Linden, Waye, Butler, Williamson, Aldridgc,, Mitchenson, Alderson, Ryan, Wright, Paul Bedford ; Miss Elle,n Chaplin, Miss Taylor, Miss Harrison, Miss Simpson, Mrs. F. Matthews, &c. IItiNCESS'S THEATRE. OXEOP4D-STREET, THIS EVENING Will be performed a New ',:omic Dramr„ in Three Acts, entitled LOVE'S TELEGRAPH. Count Thea:iore, Mr. J. Vining ; Arthur de Solberg, Mr. C. Mathews; 8ar: . ,4 Pumpernickel, Mr. Compton. After which, the New Dram', entitled A CURIOUS CASE. Twiggleton, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mrs. Anbrey, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with the Cor.alc Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Celdstream, Mr. C.. Mathews. STRAND THEATRE. Under the management of Mr. Davidson. Mr. GREGORY having recovered from the effects of his late severe accident, will have the honour to re-appear in a few days. Tlll4 EVESZiNi; The Comedy of THE PROVOKED HUSBAND; the characters by Messrs. Waldron, Grafton, Rivers, Rogerson, Attwood, Carle, &c., -Mrs. Percy, Miss Glover, Miss Darrington, Miss Agnes Taylor, Mrs. Griffith% &c. After which THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER. To conclude with THE RENDEZVOUS. Private Boxes, Places, and Stalls, may be engaged at the Box office, from eleven till four, and at ail the Libraries. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakapere's Tragedy of KING LEAR. King Lear, Mr. Macready ; Earl of Kent, Mr. Cooper ; Earl of Glo'•ter, Mr. Neville ; Edgar, Mr. Saville ; Edmund, )tr. Murray ; Fool, Miss E. Terrey ; Regan, Mrs. Ternan ; Goneril, Mrs. W. Daly ; Cordelia, Mrs. Charles Gill. To conclude with Jerrold's Drama of JOHN OVERT, THE MISER OF SOUTHWARK FE ':RY. Principal characters by Messrs. Saville, IL Webb, Neville, Tyrial, Fredericks, Lewis Pelham ; Mies Terrey, 3lrs. Saville, Mrs. Maynard, &c. liox•oBice open from eleven till four o'clock. ASTLEY'it ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. Prince Albert, the Prince of Wale?, and !he Priiscess Royal. Immense hit of the New Spectacle, " The Steed of Syracuse" hailed with tumultuous acclamations, THIS EVENING Will 1 -, e rerformcd the popular Drama of TIIE S [TED OF SY• RACESE; or, Damon's Flight. Damon, Mr. J. Harwood; Pythias, Mr. J. Dale ; Ca:anthe, Mrs. N. Brooks. Assisted by the nu merau3 Company, double Stud, &c. After which, magnificent SCENES of tho HIPPODROME, by the French. German, and British Artistes. Tie whole concluding with the new Necromantic Ballet, en titled TILE VINE-DitESSELVA DAUGIITER. Itus •o;hce open tram eleven till Ilya o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. ROYAL VICTOIZIA THEATP.E, THIS EVENING Will be performed an original Drama, in Three Acts, entitled TILE WRECK OF THE HEART ; or, The Story of Agnes Prim rose. William Norwynne, Mr. C. J. Bird (the first week of his appearance) ; Old Primrose, Mr. Archer ; Ralph Muffinface, Mr. Forman ; Shirk, Mr. Searle ; Agnes Primrose, Mrs. H. "Vining ; Mrs. Biddy Muffinface, Miss L. Pearce. After which, Shakspere's Tragedy of OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. Bateman (from the American Theatres, his first appearance in England) ; rag°, Mr. Archer ; Cassio, Mr. C. J. Bird; Desdemona, Miss Fielding ; Emilia, Mrs. Vining. To conclude with the highly successful Burlesque of FAIRE ROSAMONDE ; or, The Bowers of Woodsteck. Fayre Rosainonde, Hr. Forman. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND TimitsDAY. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC• TION of HERCULAIcEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will he brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CONCERTS, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, representing 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 heigia, 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 splenclklly ornamented with festoons 01 lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivora by gas-light. Feeding of the Carnivora at half-past ; the Pelicans, &c., at Six ; Concert at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk. ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING. THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 18. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 53; Highest. 74 ; Noon, 64. BAROMETER, 92.95.—W1ND N.E., cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. morning .. 23 minutes after 12. I Evening .. 50 minutes after 12. • '.;,'4' ..r. , I 41k , ~. I,..*tr;) '' .; . :Af 7.: 1 , • s . 'l., ,'; J. • ..,. -%''''-' 4,114‘,.., ~),., , ~,,..„.•. .„.„,,..0.,,,,../1.-,,. %1% , - 4011.' ..., , • ...-., . 11 - it r. - ....,,,,•1 ., '% Artf: 1,...r. ?d o /, v , • r. SECOND EDITION. 4 11 b. tennl C LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1846. We cannot allow the termination of the annual meeting of the British Association to pass without availing ourselves of the opportunity thereby afforded of again commenting upon the advantages such a philosophical reunion is calculated to ensure. In our previous allusions to this important consideration, w e took occasion to specify some few of the many tan gible or appreciable benefits already conferred upon mankind directly, through the instrumentality, or in- s directly, through the influence of this remarkable body. Nevertheless, its utility can in no adequate manner be estimated from the discoveries made under its supervision, from the theories propounded in its discussions, from the scientific data evolved under its scrutiny, from the original and startling treatises perused in its different sections, or from the novel illustrations by which it has so frequently, and sometimes so successfully, endeavoured to elucidate and develop the truths already stored in the garner house of knowledge. Not merely is the British Asso ciation endued in its very nature with a capacity for inciting men forward upon the tracks of civilization, and for aiding the efforts of a previously isolated philosophy ; but it is thereby promoting the still loftier cause of morality, of religion, and of the universal regeneration of the human species. Not only again is it evidencing its powers for the realisa tion of these grand designs, by the circumstances which are periodically revealed to the public in the newspapers, but its ends are being yet more signally accomplished in secrecy and in silence. The good resulting from the collision of thought among philo sophers, will not merely evince itself in the language actually uttered in the course of their discussions and conversations. A good will result from such colli sions of much more solid and intrinsic worth, though for the moment it may appear less brilliant, or be altogether invisible. Many trains of reasoning by induction will be commenced during the period of such an assemblage, to be pondered upon hereafter in the privacy of the laboratory, to be tested by in numerable experiments, to be germinated under the fructifying influence of contemplation, and to be matured by assiduous inquiry. Had BACON pos sessed the advantages of an intercourse with GALILEO, the former—that high priest of modern philosophy— might not merely have discarded all his fallacious ob jections to the Heliocentric system, but might have opened new fields for investigation beyond those first traversed by the intellect of COPERNICUS, and subse quently by the mind and the eyes of the Tuscan astrono - mer. Had the vast intelligences of NEWTON and of LEIB.. NITZ been brought into continual correspondence with each other, the mysteries of the Differential Calculus might have been earlier disclosed, and one of the most lamentable strifes recorded in the history of science have been altogether avoided. Had such an associa tion been instituted, for example, at such a remote period as the establishment of the Lyncean Society —had the greatest scientific geniuses of Europe been thereby brought into annual communion, knowledge would unquestionably have extended far beyond the glorious dimensions it has even now at tained. Agriculture would have been still more bene fited by mechanics in implements, by hydraulics in drainage and irrigation, and by chemistry in the treatment of vegetation and the selection of manures. We might extend these very rational conjectures throughout the whole complication of human in dustry, throughout manufactures, throughout naval architecture, throughout the entire range of domestic economy and international enterprise. It is wise, however, to restrict our attention to the may. be's of the future instead of regarding the might have-been's of the past. Already the British Associ ation can enumerate its successes ; it can rejoice over the good it has already accomplished, and can without vainglory revert to its different achievements, and especially to the achievements of its individual members and its corresponding associates. Such a re trospect was the discourse uttered at Southampton by its President, Sir RODERICK MURCIHSON. The wandering and vagrant character of the asso ciation has been objected to, but in reality it constitutes not its least advantage. By holding their meetings in the different quarters of a country, philosophers not only extend their own knowledge of nature, but excite a wholesome rever ence for science in the minds of thousands who might otherwise have continued unconscious of its dignity. A spirit of noble emulation is, morever, inspired into the hearts of our sages by such an in tercourse, and beyond this, the multitude is inspired with a more ennobling love for the material glories of nature, and a more intense veneration for those spiritual glories which are evidenced in the functions and the organisation of matter. These are the considerations experienced by us as Englishmen, and as denizens of this island ; but looking at the question in a cosmopolitan light, our opinion of the advantages likely to result from such a periodical accumulation of intellect is only confirmed. " The great bridge has been built," said Sir Joust HERSCHEL,—" there is no longer a great gulf between Great Britain and the continent. The mind of man rises superior to the physics of matter. It has bridged over the great gulf." There is something Oriental in the simplicity of these words, and there is something peculiarly beautiful in their truthfulness. It is by such associations as these, by bringing the most eminent as well as the most obscure members of separate nations together, and by promoting amity between them through such an elevating medium as that of science, that all the in vidious distinctions of race are obliterated, and men are ultimately brought to regard each other not as rivals, but as brethren. Mr. COBDEN has already predicated the eternal peace of nations from the establishment of a freedom in commerce. That peace will be expedited by such associations as the present. Mutual respect and affection will be instilled into the representatives of the intellect of the different kingdoms of the earth by an intercourse thus sanctified by nature and philosophy. were too far advanced to enter the regular service, according to their rules, irregular employment must be found for them. Thus, after a man, by dint of extraordinary prowess, has succeeded in entering the sanctuary of distinction, he finds himself simultane ously diverted from the straight line which he would have eagerly pursued, to the mutual honour and glory of himself and his country. It is a trite and true saying, that the best way to preserve peace is to be always in the best state of preparation for war. It would seem to follow from this, that, if any difference is to be made touching the peculiar recognition of the merits of the soldier, between his service in peace and his service in war, expediency would indicate the desirableness of stimulating him by honourable re wards during the former rather than the latter period. The better your description of men, the higher your state of discipline—both of which would be best secured by attending to the legitimate impulses of the human mind—the less will the enemy be likely to come to the encounter; but come the encounter when it might, the British soldier, grateful for the considerate manner in which he had been endeared to his chivalrous calling, would then be seen in his towering strength, and, with " the memory of the heart," grappling with his foes to the perfect vindi cation of the cause for which his SOVEREIGN had summoned him to the field. We offered a few remarks on Monday last relative to the inspiriting intelligence which was brought by the Indian mail, concerning promotion from the ranks in the army. We would not then detract from the feelings of delight that Howe I from the concession of so important a principle--one so entirely in conso nance with the best dictates of our nature—by taking any exception to the limits prescribed by the docu ment of the East India Directors, of 22d April la:it, and within which the elevation of the non-commis sinned officer to the rank of ensign must be confined. In justice, however, to the gravity of the question, and to all who have enlisted themselves to become the appointed defenders of our country, we now re vert to the subject, to suggest that, although the soldier has received by the late proceedings in India (where six sergeant-majors were raised to the dignity of officers) a considerable instalment of what is justly his due, it still falls far short of what he is entitled to expect, as well from what sound policy would dictate as from a proper regard to his natural rights. It is remarkable how continued injustice is frequently perpetrated from the timorous nature of the minds of the greater portion of public men .Where even a principle is clear, and common sense and good feeling alike re commend it, yet if its adoption involve a deviation from the old beaten track of their government, men, charged with authority seem instinctively to dread the responsibility of doing even a good action, mani festly commendable though it be in whatever light it may be viewed. Thus the East India Company have sanctioned the principle that every private in their service may henceforth look to gain the epaulette s but only when he shall hare eminently distinguished himself in action with the enemy. This is a narr , , w minded regulation. In point of policy, it is miserable. In periods of peace, a mere ignis fatuus. Uni.ess the hope of promotion to the superior dign;',ies of his gallant profession be extended to the BrAdier in the subordinate ranks, when we are blessed with peace as well as when we are engaged in, the conflict of arms, his aspirations on entering 'the service necessarily become limited indeed. Bresides, the point at which the authorities of Leadenhall-street consider the brightest hopes of their soldiers should be checked, is quite at variance with the spirit in which the continental armies are administered. Through out their military manuals there shines a steady, evEn, light, which animates the raw but deserving, recruit, at every step of his career, till he reaches the pinnacle of distinction. The stinted manner in which the East India Directors have feebly attempted to follow in the ennobling wake of rival military powers, savours of tantalising cruelty. They merely brandish a dazzling light before the eyes of their patriotic de fenders, and immediately reduce it to a focus which involves in desolating obscurity every honourable emotion of the mind. Nothing shows more distinctly the unfairness and short. sighted impolicy of the con.. dition the directors have attached to promotion freem the ranks than their own document, already allud.ed to. It is there stated, that, inasmuch as the ages of the sergeant-majors, whom they had appointed quips It is to education generally throughout the army, upon a well-organised system that we must chiefly look for the reformation needed in the British service. In Prussia the officers receive extra pay who undertake to instruct and generally to educate their subordinates; and whenerer their pupils pass certain examinations in subjects which not only fit them for their profession, but also for becoming in telligent citizens of the world, they receive their coveted commissions. We are aware that our officers would not, and, indeed, for the most part are not competent to undertake a similar duty ; but, by the appointment of learned and liberally paid men to superintend the education of the soldier, and to have it followed up by the like results by which the Prussian candidate is inspired, would speedily create a moral revolution. The young gentlemen would receive a gentle hint upon quitting their military schools that they cannot with impunity suffer their minds to remain idle, if they wish to enjoy a proper influence in their regiments. How great is the amount of leisure at the command of officers when abroad in different parts of the world, and how extended are the fields which lay open to them for observation and research, by which so much of useful knowledge might be culled and disseminated for the improvement of mankind, and yet how lamentably deficient are we in any valued works of literature from military men ! What opportu nities neglected, what a discreditable lack of intellect and energy ! Such works as NArnit's " Peninsular War," which almost stands alone for the excellence of its matter and masterly style, only come to us " like angels' visits, few and far between." Yet, how many more like these might have adorned our shelves, had education been generously diffused throughout the British army. Let us but sow the seed, and we shall soon welcome the fruit. We yesterday urged in the strongest manner the propriety, the necessity, of some immediate steps being taken by the Executive for the purpose of directing the vast quantity of unemployed labour in Ireland, that at present consumes and diminishes the national wealth, which it might greatly increase if judiciously directed into profitable channels; and we urged the reclamation and cultivation of the waste lands in that country, as one of, if not the very best and most beneficial modes of its application. In that opinion we are not singular. It has long been regarded as a matter of surprise and astonishment that greater ex ertions have not been made, that a larger amount of capital has not been devoted to an object which would not merely return a most ample and remunerating dividend for the capital employed, but also be productive of the greatest public benefit and advantage. In the report of Lord DEVON'S Commission it is stated that " without going the length of supposing that employment for the people upon bringing such lands into a profitable cultivation is to furnish a cure for the evils of Ireland, we concur in the opinion so strongly expressed in former reports, that very great advantages may be expected from judicious ar rangements for that purpose." And it is afterwards suggested " that it may be worthy of serious consi deration, whether the State might not very usefully make for these purpoSes, at a moderate rate of interest, some advance, regulated by the amount which com panies or individuals might advance in aid of such operations." That, " the funds required would not be very large in any one year, and yet a great public benefit would be attained in increase of employment for labour; in the progressive extension of productive land; and in the opportunity thereby afforded for the location of industrious families who may have been, from unavoidable circumstances, compelled to quit their former holdings ;" and again they add, " We are desirous of stating our opinion, that under proper arrangements the reclamation of waste lands, whilst it gives useful and permanent employment to the labouring population, will at the same time produce a fair return for the capital em ployed upon it." In addition to this testimony which is very valuable, in consequence of the weight which must necessarily be attached to any opinion deliberately put forward by persons of such high character, so competent to arrive at a sound conclusion as the Commissioners, we have the published and recorded statements of a gentleman of great intelligence and philanthropy, Mr. POULETT SCROPE, who, in the month of April last, republished observations made by him on the same subject in the year 1834, with a postscript, bringing them down to the present year, and which we venture to say contains the soundest reasoning, the most unanswerable arguments for the adoption of such a course. But this was not all— he brought forward in his place in the Legislative Councils a measure, prepared by himself, for the pur pose of carrying his object into execution. This measure, unfortunately, failed during the last session. It could hardly be expected that a private Member, unconnected with the Go vernment, should conduct through its various stages and bring to a successful conclusion enactments of so important a character. He, how ever, obtained a discussion, and published to the na• tion a proposition which might be attended with the most beneficial results. If such steps then were deemed desirable at periods when there was every promise and hope of an abundant harvest and a sufficiency of the usual and ordinary food for the Irish people, as in other years, how greatly is that advantage enhanced, that benefit multiplied, if they should be adopted at a, season when gaunt famine and destitution of the most fearful character impend over the nation ; when employment of some kind, whether useful or other wise, must be provided in order to enable the labour ing classes to purchase a bare sufficiency of ne cessary food ; when the return for the outlay will be in the shape of an increase in the inadequate supply of food, the creation, if we may so terms it, of many thousands of acres of land, affording a home and permanent occupation to many of our hardy yeomen, who would otherwise per chance have to bid an eternal farewell to their native land, and to seek in another and distant country that shelter, that home, which is not accorded to them in their own. Every consideration demands that no time should r be lost in commencing operations, " dimidium facti qui :cepit habet." If once energetic steps are taken they will be per severed in until every reclaimable acre in our sister island is brought into cultivation. Difficulties may at this moment be interposed in the way of improving the greater portion of these lands, occasioned by the limited nature of the estate, or the weight of the 'encumbrances affecting the owner, but there are few counties in Ireland where a sufficiency of lands might not be procured for present occupation, which are not affected by such impediments, and even were that not the case, there is little doubt but that a remedy would be applied in the commencement of the next session, and that every just and reasonable protection would be afforded both to the proprietor and the reclaimer. We believe that it has been calculated that an expen diture of about 3 01, per acre on au average, including THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1846 the purchase- money, would make that valuable and pro ductive land which at present is barren, and all but valueless ; three-fourths of that amount would be ex pended on labour alone ; and if, in place of being purchased, the amount which should be paid to the proprietor were exchanged for a fee-farm rent in per petuity, the whole of the money to be advanced from the coffers of the State would be applied in the most advantageous manner for the relief of the existing distress, and the repayment would not be delayed for a term of ten years, as contemplated with respect to the present advance. If the lands so reclaimed were brought into the market for sale, in small lots, there would be numerous bidders ready to compete therefor, and to more than repay the entire advance, or to givea large interest therefor, in the shspe of rent. In such aca e the benefit would not merely be in the employment afforded, the profits derived, but there would be the additional one, the creation of a class of yeomanry or small land owners, a body of all others perhaps the most valuable for the nation, the land being their own, the benefit of every improvement thereon being secured to themselves or their children. Every in ducement will be held out to patient and persevering industry, all the capabilities of the land will be fully developed and brought forth. You will besides have a numerous and efficient class having stakes in the country, and deeply interested in the maintenance of peace and tran quillity, and the suppression of riot and disturbance ; the chief exciting cause will be re moved of those outrages which have unhappily too often affixed a stain upon Ireland. It is now pretty generally admitted that these crimes are of an agrarian character, and unconnected with politica feeling ; they have their origin in the competition for land, in the illegal societies that have arisen for the purpose of protecting the tenant against the rapacity the undue exercise of power by his landlord. When' there is a place of refuge on which the ejected cottier can find employment and a home, there will no longer be the same motive for combination, and for over awing the landlord from dealing with his property in the manner he thinks most advisable. Surely a course which promises such results is at least worthy of a trial, and the sooner such a trial takes place the better. From a letter published in the Cologne Gazette, it appears that the Grand Duke MICHAEL, of Russia, who is at present in Vienna, will remain there some time longer, as a project is on foot for a marriage between the GRAND Duxes daughter and the Arch duke STEPHEN, of Austria, the head of the Government of Bohemia. The Emperor of RUSSIA is, it is said, exceedingly anxious that this union should take place without delay. The Hamburgh Correspondent contradicts the re port which was published some days since in the Weser Gazette, and which stated the Emperor of RUSSIA had written to the King of DENMARK, re nouncing his eventual rights to the succession of the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. The Grand Duke of BADEN has sanctioned the law passed by the States for the separation of the judi ciary from the other powers of the State, the ap pointment of judges durn bene se gesserint, and the delivery of oral testimony and publicity of trial. The law comes into operation on the Ist of January next. The police still possess the power of punish ing various minor offences summarily, but the States have petitioned the Grand Duke to deprive them of this power in many cases. _ _ The High Church party in the Second Chamber of the States of Baden, sustained a severe check on the 10th instant. M. Buss, a Deputy, made a motion, the object of which was to render the Catholic Church completely independent of the State, and thus tending in the end to ensure the supremacy of the Jesuits. The motion, after being opposed with great talent and energy by M. W ELCLER, and other of his polical friends, was rejected by a great ma jority. The principles of free-trade are making some pro gress in Prussia. At a recent dinner of the Com mittee of Industry, at Berlin, the President proposed as one of the toasts, " Free-trade—trade emancipated from all restrictions." Madrid papers to the 11th have been received. The Carlists in Catalonia are up and doing. They have proclaimed CHARLES VI. in several places, and at Solsona the celebrated TRISTANY is in arms, at the head of 300 men. Such is the intelligence which appears in the Espanol, intelligence which is confirmed by the telegraphic dispatch received this morning (which we publish in another part of our paper), an nouncing the escape of Don CARLOS from France. These are the first fruits of the MONTPENSIER mar riage, which avowedly was intended to secure to the ORLEANS dynasty undisputed possession of the thrones of France and Spain. The Progressistas are quite as outrageous against the marriage as the Carlists. The Liberals of. Lugo have transmitted to Madrid a protest against it, couched in language so strong that the Clamor Publico fears to publish it. A protest from the Progressistas of Murcia, couched in less violent language, appears in its columns. The provincial papers of Cadiz, Seville, and Barcelona, have all declared against the MONTPENSIER marriage. The Eco has an article on the subject, several parts of which are left in blank, having been suppressed by the Political Chief, who had seized the number. In the portion of this article which the Spanish Go vernment has suffered to appear, the Eco states that the second note of Mr. BULWER to M. ISTURITZ amounts almost to a veto by England against the marriage, and Warns the Spanish Cabinet against persevering in a project which, it says, is likely if remised to lead to a serious misunderstanding be tween France and England, and the forfeiture by Spain of the friendship of a kind and generous ally, in exchange for an alliance with France, by the mar riage of the INFANTA with a Prince who is rejected by the whole of the Spanish nation. It is reported by the Afrancesado party that " BULWER is still without instructions from his Govern ment, and it is generally thought that England will not counteract the views of France and Spain. In the meantime, Mr. BULWER has sent in a third note to the President of the Council, containing observations of a general nature, suggested by his own personal inspiration. This note will be the last addressed to M. IsTunrrz, for Mr.BULWER concludesby declaring that it was not his intention to make any further communication on the subject to the Spanish Cabinet unless the instructions he received from his Govern ment imposed upon him that duty." The Heraldo announces that both marriages will probably be celebrated on the 10th of October. A royal ordonnance appears in the Gazette, autho rising the organization of a new army of reserve, to consist of sixteen regiments. The corps of Veterans is to be disbanded. hurt at this note, which has disturbed the triumph of the grand policy in Spain. Nevertheless, he quickly reco vered from his alarm. It was not known what present could be offered to England as an equivalent for the marriage of the Duke de Montpensier. Diego-Suarez will be quietly surrendered, together with the rights of the sovereignty of France over Madagascar. We shall engage, moreover, not to pursue Abd-el-Kader into Morocco. But can we pay too dearly for the good feel ing of England and the honour of counting an Infanta amongst the daughters-in-law of the King of the French ?" The France thus comments on the cruel neglect with which the French prisoners in the power of ABD-EL-KADER have been treated by the Govern ment " We have published the letter in which Commandant Courby de Cognord, a prisoner of Abd-el-Fader, points out the misery of his long captivity. Detained for eleven months under the tents of the Emir, piteously dragged about with his companions in wisfortune in the suite of the Deira, M. Courby de Cognord in vain demands of the Government of his country that it will deign to put an end to their cruel situation. We could have comprehended the conduct of the Minister of War in leaving our unfortunate countrymen in the power of the Emir, if their deliverance would have imposed on us sacrifices incompatible with the dignity and honour of the country. But what we can not admit is, that their release should be still delayed, when the only thing required to effect it is the simple exchange of some insignificant prisoners. Abd el-Bader only demands the release of some Arabs, and at that price he will restore to us M. Courby de Cognord and his unfortunate companions. It is in truth i eces sary to call to mind all the negligence with which af fairs have been conducted in Africa for some years — all the indolence of the military dictatorship which rules that country—in order to account for conduct so careless and so inhuman. But what does this concern the Minister of War? He confides Algeria to Marshal Bugeaud, who in return confides in no one, apd thinks he has done enough when he has puffed up his overweening vanity by some new and fruitless expedition. This state of things becomes intolerable. It is already too long since Marshal Bugeaud has treated the colony in the true style of Louis XIV., and has said to himself • L'Afrique, c'est It is in fact time that this conquest should become French ground, that the mother country should have its eyes on it, and make its beneficent influence more felt there. After the reign of the unintelligent sabre, the reign of humanity should, it appears to us, commence in Africa, and we think that our power would lose nothing by it." The French squadron, commanded by the Prince ;2B JOINVILLE, sailed from Naples for the Gulf of Spezzia on the 10th inst. The .31 oniteur publishes a royal ordinance of the 11th inst., promoting the Duke DE MONTPENSIER to the rank of Major-General. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Wednesday at 84f, 15c. ; the Five per Cents., 118 f. 85c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,288 f. 75c.; Rouen, 972 f. 50c. ; Havre, 730 f. ; Great Northern, 736 f. 25c. ; Avig non, 951 f. 25c. ; Vierzon, 6381. 75c.; Bordeaux, 577 f. 50c. ; Boulogne, 4871. 50c.; Troyes and Montereau, 3621. 50c.; Basle 236 f. 25c. ; Dieppe, 385 f. ; I'aris and Strasburg, 505 f. ; Tours and Nantes, 515 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 535 f. ; Lyons and Avignon, 495 f. ; Bordeaux an d Cette, 487 f. 50c.; Spanish Three per Cents., 39f. ; Ditto Domestic Debt, 351. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPTEMBER 17. Boulogne and Amiens, 11%—liallan and Austrian, I%—lgorthern of France Constituted, 14 1 ,E—Orleans and Vierzon, 15—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 6 ex int.—Rouen and Havre, 28%. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. ESCAPE OF DON CARLOS FROM FRANCE. We have received a telegraphic dispatch from Paris, announcing the escape of Don Carlos.—Times. MenntD , BoEse, SEPT. 11.—The Three per Cents. were done at 361 for cash ; the Four per Cents. at 221 ; the Five per Cents. at 23; the Passives at 64; and the Coupons at 213. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. DONCASTE R RACES. THURSDAY. The North of England Produce Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft ; for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; 31b and slb allowed, &c ; the winner of the Derby or Oaks, slb ; of the St. Leger, 71b extra. St. Leger Course. (5 Subs.) Mr. T. R. Price's Kismet, by Touchstone, 131 b, walked over. The Innkeepers' Plate of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, for horses of all ages, (two yrs old excepted), with 100 added ; second to save his stake. If 20 subs, the second to receive 50 sovs. Red House in. Mr. Meiklam's Philip Mr. T. Walter's Ratcliffe 2 Lord Chesterfield's Cockfighter 3 Fourteen ran. Won by a length. Municipal Stakes of 200 sovs. each, h ft, for two years old colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. Red House in. 9 Subs. Col. Anson's Bingham (F. Butler) 1 Mr. Mostyn's Crozier Lard Glasgow's Discontent, by Retriever, out of Emilia Mr. W. H. Brook's The Field Won by a neck. The Scarborough Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 26 ft, for three years old colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. The winner of the St. Leger 71b extra. One mile. 11 Subs. Mr. O'Brien's Traverser Mr. Stephenson's Sheraton ... 2 Mr. A. W. Hill's Burlesque 3 Won by a length. The Great Yorkshire Handicap of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 200 added by the Corpo ration. The owner of the second to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes, and the third to save his stake. The winner to pay 30 sovs. towards the expenses. The winner of the Leamington Stakes or Ebor Handicap to carry 91b extra, or of any handicap amounting to 200 sovs. value, with the winner's stakes from the time of declaring the weights to the time of starting, both inclusive, to carry 51b extra ; no horse to carry more than 91b extra. St. Leger Course. (109 Subs., 68 of whom declared.) Mr. Cranston's Cranebrook, 6 yrs, 6st 71b...(Abdale) 1 Mr. Robinson's Morpeth, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b Lord Chesterfield's f by Elis, out of Morella, 3 yrs, sst 31b 3 Fourteen ran. Won by a neck. The Three-Years-old Stakes of 200 sovs. each, h ft; for colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b. Second to save his stake. St. Leger Course. (12 Subs.) Colonel Anson's lago (Butler) 1 Mr. O'Brien's Grimston Mr. Mostyn's Dawdle 3 5t02 on lago. Won by three lengths. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. The arrivals of English Wheat for our market during the present week have been very moderate ; yet the show of samples of that article to •day was tolerably good. The at tendance of buyers being small, the demand was very heavy, and in some instances• the quotations were not supported. The sale for foreign Wheat was very dull; yet, as the holders were firm s we can notice no alteration in value. The supply of Barley - Ives small ; yet the demand was in a sluggish state, and the inferior parcels were is per quartern lower. Superfine season. made Malt was in good request at full prices ; otherwise, the demand was in a sluggish state. Oats, Beans, and Peas, the supplies of which were small, moved oil slowly, at late rates. Of foreign Flour we have received 11,810 barrels. ARRIVALS. Barley. 990 qrs. Wheat. 2,730 qrs. English ...... Foreign ...... Oats Flour. 1,150 qrs. 2,340 sks. 2,270 4,040 . 2,270 i Malt, 2,680 qrs. SIVIXTBFIZI.D. The Journal des Debats announces that the POPE on the morning of the Bth 'was to have signed the dispensation for the marriage of the Queen of SPAIN with her cousin, and that it might be expected to arrive at Madrid about the 17th or 18th. According to the Debats this marriage was to re unite all the members of the BOURBON family under the headship of the ICING of the FRENCH. Disunion, however, instead of union, seems to be the result produced, if the following statement in the Courrier Francais is to be relied on:— " It appears that, since the announcement of the two marriages, a certain coolness has taken place between the King of Naples and the French Government. The Ministry had made, some months ago, advances and formal promises to the Count de Trapani, and subse quently abandoned him suddenly and without explana tton. The Neapolitan Goverment has expressed to our Ambassador, M. do Montebello, the discontent that it feels at such conduct." 6,620 The supply of Beasts on sale here was seasonably exten sive as to numbers, but deficient in quality. Comparatively speaking, the beef trade was heavy, and Monday's prices were with difficulty supported. We had on offer 300 Oxen and Cows, 1,010 Sheep and Lambs, and 21 Calves from Holland. With Sheep we were scantily supplied, owing to which the Mutton trade was active, at fully previous cur rencies. In Lambs a fair amount of business was transacted, at late rates. Prime small Calves moved off readily, other kinds of Veal slowly, at unaltered quotations. Pigs were in steady request, and prices were well supported. hiilch Cows were a slow sale, at from 16'. to 19/. each, including their small calf. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. a. d. a. d. a. d. to s. inferior Beasts •••. 2 10 3 0 Second quality ditto 4 0 4 2 Second quality ditto. 3 2 3 6 Coarse.woolledditte 4 2 4 4 Prime large Oxen.. 3 8 310 SouthdownWethers 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots .. .. 4 0 4 2 Ditto out of the wool • Large coarse Calves 310 4 G Large Hogs .. 3 Prime small ditto .. 4 8 410 Small Porkers • • 4 Suckling Calves ..18 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs l6 Inferior Sheep • • . 3 6 310 Lambs •••••• • • • • 4 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. Sheep. Calves. I 1,058 l 6,660 I 383 NEWUATE AND LEADENHALL. We had a steady demand this morning, at full prices. • At per stone, by the Carcase. a. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. deaf. inferior.. ••.. 2 8 210 Mutton, inferior .• 3 6 310 middling •. 3 0 3 2 middling— 4 0 4 2 prime large .• 3 4 3 6 prime .. 4 4 4 6 P rime small .. 3 6 3 8 Pork, large •• • ..... 3 6 4 2 small 4 4 410 ........ 310 410 Lamb, 4a 8d to 5s Bd. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. 8 4 6 8 4 10 0 20 0 8 i 8 Piggy. 450 We find the following in the Siecle : " A report was lately prevalent that the English had taken possession of the Bay of Diego-Suarez. We observed on that occasion that this report, coming from P‘Tdicherry, was probably only the echo of some news which had been circ u l ate d a t Bourbon. We are now better informed on the subject. The Foreign office has signified to our Cabinet that it must evacuate Mayotte or consent to Diego Suarez becoming a British settlement. It is only a few days since the Marquis of Normanby handed to M. Guizot the note in which this demand is made with much politeness, but in a most pressing manner. Lord Palmerston de mands i a speedy answ er , E ng l an d not wishing to re main n doubt as to the intentions of France re specting Madagascar. It is useless to observe that the directing authority has been much auuoyed, and even An immense quantity of new Hops has reached us this week, principally from Kent and Sussex; hence, as the general quality is very fine, very little difficulty is expe rienced on the part of the dealers in making selections. The demand is in a very inactive state, and prices rule miserably low. Yearling and old Hops are a mere drug, and nominal in value. The duty is called 200,0001. New Sussex Pockets, 803 to 90s per cwt; Weald of Kent, 82s to 925; Mid Kent, 96s to 110 s. PECKHAM FAlR.—This ancient fair is about to be revived after a discontinuance of nearly 25 years. Large placards were yesterday extensively circulated through out the metropolitan district, announcing that the lair will be opened on Monday next, at twelve o'clock, and continue for three days. The scene of festivity will be situated on the eastern side of the Surrey Canal, near the bridge, Peckham. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. I CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 10,000 bales at full prices. Speculators took 2,000 American and 5,000 Egyptian. Shares were steady. The informati,n of the escape (a wrong term by the by) of Don Carlos, has had but little influence on the Consol market. It has depressed Spanish. Consols for Aecount are at 964. For Money the price has receded to 95g. The premium upon Exchequer-bills is at 10s. to 13s. Spanish Five per Cents. have receded to 27, the Three per Cents. to 581, Brazilian to 884, Mexican to 254, and the Portuguese Four per Cents. for the Account to 434. The Share mai ket is very steady to-day. The London and North. Westerns are in good demand. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY Al' UNE C'CLOOK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Consols Anna 95% 96 95N South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities Bank Stock for Account. 210% Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1 3 / 4 d. 1 1 ,6 d. 1,0001. 5001. .... — ... 10 13 pm. Ditto Small — ... 14 10 pm. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent B9 Ditto for the Account . BB% Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent Do. Deferred Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent — Ditto for the Account Portuguese 4 per Cents Ditto for the Account 43% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 — Ditto for the Account 27% % 1A 27 Ditto Passive Bonds 6 Ditto 3 per Cent Ditto for the Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. Paz &wiz. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% l% to 2 Armagh, Coleraine, &Portrush 1% — to Aylesbury and Thame Belfast and County Down .. 2 1 r 2 .. .. Bideford and Tavistcck ...... 1% — to Bit mingliarn and Gloucester..loo ......130 Do. New (iss. at 7. 1 / dis.) . 17 1 / 2 — Birmingham & Oxford June... 2 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.. ...... ... 2 3 ,4 — ..... to Boston, Stamf , & Birming... 225. Bristol and Exeter Do., New Bristol and Gloucester Bristol and Liverpool June... 2% — to Buckinghamshire 42s. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Extension Cmbrian and Grand Junct.. 425. Cambridge and Oxford ...... 1% 1%%... to Central Kent 2%...... Chester and Holyhead '2 7l ..... 24 1 A ...... to Churnet and Blythe Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltenham and Oxford Clydesdale Junction l5 ...... Cork, Blackrock, & Passages 225. _ __... Cork and Killarney 2%...... Cork and Waterford I I A2 — Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares _ Cornwall and Central Devon 2% ...... to Derby and Crewe 2% to Direct Lincoln, East Retford, and Sheffield Junction 2% to Direct Manchester (Rem.)... 2 3 / 4 ..... Ditto( Rastrick's) 5% ... . Direct Northern Direct Norfvich 1 Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 10 Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine 2 1 / 2 — ...... to Dublin and Galway ...... ...... 4 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 7IA — to Eastern Counties 141. 16s 22% to 22 Do. New .. Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d — Do., do N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension los. ..... 2% to East Dereham and Norwich 1 Eastern Union 35 Ditto, Quarter Shares Do. Extension to Harwich 1% — ...... to Do. Cambridge and Ely ... 2 1 / 2 — to East Lancashire East Lincolnshire ... 1 1 / 4 to East and West of England... 19 — ...... to Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — to Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares l 2 l /2 — . to Do. New Quarter Shares... 12 1 / 2 — Edinburgh and Northern ... 10 _ ... ...... to— Do. and Great Grimsby ... 10 Do. do. do. Extension... 425. - Shrewsbury and ilirmingharn 2 1 / 2 — Shropshire Union . 425...... A l 4 4 dis to --- ShrewEiy.ny, Wolvorhampton, ...... to --• and S. Stafturdsh. Junction 2% — •••••• t o -- Sligo and Shannon - South Devon ....... ........ . 35 s ...... to .-- South Midland 425....... ...... to South and Midlands Junction 425. S 'h ' tire - ,hi' J -- - 2 .... to --• ..louth Staffordshire Junction •:% — ...... - South Eastern and Dover ... 33 1 / 8 - .....• to " Ditto, New, No. 1 . 2O ...... to -"' Ditto, New, N 0.2 l2 Ditto, New, No. 3 l5 Ditto New, No. 4. 2% St. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction to Staines ........; Staines and Richmond 1 - Staffordshire and Shropshire 2% _ ...... to --' South Wales - Swans: and Loughor and Ca meron's &tn. Coal ...... ... .. 2 - Taw Vale Extension Tring, Reading,& Basingstoke 54 —..... to . Vale of Neath Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Warwickshire and London... 4 2 2 2 5 1/ ! ...... -- ............ to .:-.. Warwick and Worcester 425....... ...... to -- Waterford and Kilkenny 8 Waterford and Limerick 2 2 1 / 2:: ——... .. o ....... to -- Waterford,Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin ..„ . to Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia ...... to -- Waveney Valley -- ..... . to Welsh Midland 2% - West Riding Union 425....... 21A% pto West Cornwall West London, Old Shares ... 20 •••••• to --- Wexford and Carlow ...... to -...' Wisbeach and St. Ives ... 2 Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 10 ° ----.. Worcester, llereford, Ross, and Gloucester ... .. 42s — ...... to .-- Worcester,Tenbury,& Ludlow '2 - Worcester,Warwick,& Rugby 425. - York and Carlisle ...... to --- York and Newcastle 25 ..... 40%...... to --- Ditto, New 1 York and North Midland .. 50 ...... to o E . _ Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Scarboro' Branch - ..... .to --- Ditto, Selby 3O - Ditto. Extension - Ditto East and West Riding Extension ..... 1 ...... to -- FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 ...... ...... to •-• Barbadoes - Boulogne and Amiens l4 Bordeaux and and Mediterranean 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie's) Bordeaux. Toulouse, & Cette (Espelete's) - Calais, Dunk, & W. Flaaders 2 - Calcutta & Diamond Harbour 7s. - Callao, Lima, & Pacific Coast 1 - Central of Spain .. - Ceylon - ...... to ....- Demerara. ....- .... Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... - ............ to --: Dutch Rhenish ... ... 6 East Indian ... . Eastern Belgian Junction.... 2 1 A ...... - leampoux and Hazebrouk..... 4 . Great Indian Peninsular ss. ..... . .......... Great Western Bengal —. _t t o o ----. ss. - Great Western Canada Italian and Austrian —• 3/ 4 %. . . .. .. .. to Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Jersey Louvain a la Sambre Luxembourg - Lyons and Avignon Madras • 1 ..... to --* Madras, Nellore, and Arcot... % Madrid and Valentia o Mauritius 1 ...... to Namur and Liege to ? Nn. of France Constituted ... 5 6 ...... 14 1 1 4. .7.. 7 . to 1 ' North Jamaica 1 Orleans and Vierzon - ..... Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 ..... . 8%74 ..,. to --- Over Yssel 413 s 4d..... ...... to -*- Paris and Lyons Constituted 5 Paris and Orleans... 2O Paris and Rouen .. Paris & Strasbg. Constituted 5 Rouen and Havre 2O ..... to *** •-• Sambre and Meuse ....... to Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 St. Laurence and Atlantic.... Tours & Nantes Constituted 5 Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, "'- and Hauck Trinidad.. ...... .. West Flanders to ' JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia ...- ......to ......' British North American Colonial . . •••" Commercial of London London Joint Stock ... London and Westminster... 20 ...... to •••••• National Provincial of Engld. 35 National of Ireland 22% to Provincial of Ireland Union of Australia Union of London ... 10 MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered ..7 . ...... -•-• LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS nAf) LONDON, SEPT. 18.—Wind N.E., light breeze, DEAL, SEPT. 17.—Wind W. to W.S.W.— Ar rd. vo ." - bert' Rio Grande. Arrd. from the River and sld. Tropic , i' c luir son, Hobart Town; Herald, Turnbull, Rio Janeiro; tiana, Hammond, New York. ~ er sl4 PonTsmorrrn, SETT. 17.—Wind S.S.E.—Ar • Coubro, Moulmein. COWES, SEPT. 17.—Wind S. to S.S.W.—Arrd. Pilot' - Quebec. de SOUTHAMPTON, Sam. 17.—Wind S.E.—Sld. (st. ), Symons, West Indies, &c.; Madrid (st.), Lisbon, ac• PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 16.—S1d. Mary Graham, Ceylun• Industrie, Altilen, New York for Norway. Que bee' BRISTOL, Sr. E 17.—Wind N.—Sld. 14, Dockfour, A rrd. LIVERPOOL, SEr-r. 17.—Wind variable and lightcc rr ielsr Franconia, Gannett, New Orleans; Messenger , ,,f_diuutit Quebec. Sid. Lady Sale, Law, St. Thomas's; bre"'"'yucli Williams, Calcutta; Mischief, Lewis, Mauritius; ctai ta Douglas, Ritson, Africa; Mary Elizabeth, Thorn, _lOO, Martha; Uranus, Hoharst, Angostura; Heinrich, Hs, ditto; West Indian, Chapman, Cuba; Java, relober, Orleans; Columbia, Rollins, Philadelphia; Eur o p e ' New York; Finland, Brown, ditto. rte TROON, SEPT. 14.—S1d. Eliza, B row n, St. Job 's, Brunswick; 16th, Peru, Carey, Demerara. OFF TUSKAR, SEPT. Is.—New York, New 1 '3ID-Lambton, :CORK, SEPT. 15.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Lord. Stabb, Patagonia. Ica. l i of OFF CAPE CLEAR.—Lancasbire Witch, Jata_t j o hns° , REDCAR, SEPT. 17.—The Robert andllatili,g''e yesterdaYt Whitby, which was on the rocks off this P i l ea k,ng up• drove off with the tide and sunk. and is now u n, f ro m Wood- HULL, SEPT. 17.—The Cousin Mary Br°v:.sand sth inst., bridge to Wakefield, which sunk on Redcliff repair; part of has been weighed and taken up the river for car i g i o Ai s t a w v i e c d n i , n s a f v rr er . y l d 7. a — m T ag h e e d p st o a r t t e. reeke the night of the 15th instant, and ford, London to Antwerp, got on shore bay• P ll(.l la t°l' y 'l° - 0 151 as and mater ~ crew, arrived here with part of cargo, stor , and dismaste° the vessel has been since got off, full of water, Ihi . CalC tittS. OFF BULT HEAD, SEPT. 15.—Majestic, ..s__sa u , fit Ili er, 0°- il _Ln . ast.. G , having. OFF PENZANCE , SEPT. 15.—Eliza Fran,cesi_ k... , 0 0 0 War: t b , ba o en f Ldo L nl y )eg n d n coma, Gannett, Seas with 1,000 barrels , aid. 21st April; nuTuu , T , _ v eil St. john's, New Brunswick, under i ra u n rY Orleans for Liverpool. tot o a r ll F y dnisonirysntEAedDo.o tissiereiThl6u.L. v e rbic 6 lig CLTDE„ SEPT 14.—Arrd. GRilaiiiesnl:oTwo,bagSoco;ttkaiy- . Antigu_ ,a and Belfast ; Mina, St. Sebastian. . 16.—Wind N.W. to S.E.—Arrd. e l if t Loy n hui , : M n7 o ß n , t e r ls e h a E l spr . OFF CAPE CLEAE.—Lady Falkland, Smith, Que bec : 4 , l oP HELL, SEPT. 1 7.—Humber, Wind W.—Sld. lior''' -- St. John's, New Bru nsw ick. THE LATE FORGERY or RE-EXAMINATCIO° N U T ( T ) F S ' c B A A p N T I . i . This day o f _ This day being appointed for the last examint"Wor Captain William Richardson, late chairman of th e , he re' cester, Tenbury, and Ludlow Railway,who, it el" ir - ier whilsthouse mr . of m r C. Clarkson, o ß u u t s t s h , the aaps p usual,Courteareappeared membered, stands charged with forgery on the ball' . t w o :ti r e prosecute. va por rtothe:CPesrs'Cl°ller' At Pi ot twelve o'clock the Right Hon. the Lord ~ f oil took his seat; Mr. Alderman Wilson and Mr. A- 1 " e- Gibbs were also present. c OS Mr. William lugleback, one of the clerks t -17 be rets a w , bank, was first called and examined. lie rett e i - , P• l3 on the 25th of August Mr. Longden coming W m", / , --. Cer had at that time the care of the vouchers. I Saw, ; 11 th ° ta Richardson immediately after in a room - flo ats banking -house. Ile wanted the vouchers of sl ec " 14 , , ot be standing in the name of Ca • • Captain Richardson an", o on Witness replied that he couldthem un' e- ss not have owe. the signature of all the parties to the account. T: h o' also produced to him the printed form. CaPt.! t r ic o Ott son said that at his own bank, the London and * -- 1 : 1 0 eff Bank, they gave them up without it. Witne.l j,ol' Captain thetaßichardso, and he said " I'm Captain I t i lc uaof t son, a party to ccount." Witness replied, '‘ h er. that, but it is a rule of the house to give up no weer to without the signature of the parties;" and in (g t be soften the refusal, he told Captain Richardson t ha t ill had known a case where proof of forgery had f r i toteill consequence of the 'vouchers being given up. O ne 01 Richardson was accompanied by two gentlemen, ( , ) ( 1 n ot whom, Mr. Fry, asked if Captain Richardson con fie see them. Witness said yes, and brought then i ' t hat left them, leaving instructions with Mr. Longden 00 they should not be taken away. He subsequently s„pd Captain Richardson, who pointed to thes,ooo/. draft , _..,,,s said it was a forgery. Witness asked if the signature rber not his ? He said it was. Witness asked if the signature signatures were correct, and he said he believed U 4 were, but the draft had been altered from loi. to 5,°',,,.. Witness said he did not think the house of Coutts•Of sponsible. He then went and informed Mr. Colthars'4, this transaction. He afterwards returned to the prisonc_, presence: and put the question as to the signatures, in Mr. Colthurst, and the prisoner replied that the siF i l , l e a lures were genuine. He then stated that he had tl'i gor up three drafts at the same time, one for 201, oed'io 1001., and one for 10/. ; the latter had been chal i c e 0/1 5,000/. Mr. Colthurst said it was a frightful fret , d' use a f te rwards told Mr. Richardson that the bailing 7 r p p s b° o b n it e ci declined having anything to do with it. The said he had paid away the 101. to a person vvh° Mr. rendered the railway company some se rvice. c hequ e Fry said that the previous writing on th e a nd must have been remove.l by some c!,elnical process, the other words sub:titir ed. t sub' Examined by Mr. Clarkson—The draft was Intoner, mitted to any chemist, but Mr. Varnbqca, a S t to and in the Strand, said the writing could be ere°L a t e . his opinion was that in this instance it has bean to' Edinburgh and Perth Ely and Huntingdon .. Enniskillen and Sligo ... Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester __ l 4 — ...... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 — ...... Ditto, New Do. IA Shares (5 per ct. gua.) 12% — Glouc., Aberystwith, and Gen. of Wales Goole, Doncaster, Sheffid., &c. 425. Grand Union (Mott. & Lynn) 1% — ... .. to Great Eastern and Western... 2% ...••• to Great Grimsby and Sheffield 10 W Gt. South. & est. (Ireland) 25 Great Munster Great North of Scotland 2 th.. ... Great North of England 100 ......229 Ditto, New 5 — to Ditto, New - " Ditto, New l l/ . !...... Great Western Ditto, Halt Shares 5O Ditto, Quarter Shares, lO ...20 1 4 21 x n to 20% Ditto, Fifths Guildfd.,Farehm.,&Portsmth. 5 Elarwich and E. 0. Junction 2 .... Hull and Selby __. •••••• Ditto, Quarter Shares - 12% — to Ditto, Half Shares Inverness and Elgin 2 ...... Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 9 Do. do. and Norwich Irish North Midland Isle of Axhulme Killarney Junction Kendal and Windermere 1%...... - Lancaster and Carlisle 45 Do. New.., Larne, Belfast, & Ballymena 425. ...... .... to Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Carlisle Leicester and Birmingham... 225. Leicester and Bedford 225....... % dir. to Leeds and Dewsbury Leicester and Tamworth, &c. 425....... M dia to par Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction ... 2% to Liverpool and Bury l4 :Amnion and Birming. Eaten. 1% — to London kk Blackwall...l6l. 13s. 4d....... Do. New .. Do. Extension ......... ...... 5 London and Brighton ...... ... 50 ... 60% 1 4 anto Do. Fifths 4O London and Croydon...l3/. 15s. 9d 22 x n... to Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 London and Greenwich... 12/.158.4d... 8% to Ditto Preference ...... —lBl 17s 2d... London, Hounslow.&Western 2 . .... London:and North NV estern..loo 200%200 to 201 Do. Quarter Share.. Do. do. New ...... .... ...... Do. do. Fifths Do. Eighths G. J. 12% • to Do. New Quarters ...G. J. 5 Do. 401. Shares L. &M. 8 ...... London and S. Western.... 411. 6s. 10d. 70% to Do. New consolidated Bths.. 40 Ditto New Do. New 14 — ...•••• to London and Y0rk........ .....•• 9% 2% ..... toto _2 Ditto Half Shares London and Windsor ......... 1,6•••••• London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% 1 to Londonderry and Coleraine... 12% — to Londonderry and Enniskillen 12% ...... to Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham Manchester and Leeds B2 .. ... Ditto Half Shares ... 38 ...... 49 x d... to Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ...........6 1 4 — to Do. Extension Manchester and Birmingham 40 — to Ditto Quarters (A) Ditto Quarters (B) .........5 Ditto Quarters (C) .. 1 Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 425. Manchest.z,Birmingham, and MouldJunction — Maucheater and Southampton 2 Midland lOO .....137% to . _ Ditto Fifths Ditto, New 24 ...... 35% to Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ..... Midland and Eastern Counties 2% — to Midld. Great Western (Irish) 12% — ...... to Newcastle and Berwick Do. North Shields Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... Newport and Abergavenny. • 2% — to Newry and Enniskillen ...... 4 1 ,E — ...... to Newark. Sheffield, and Boston 1 5 A — Norfolk 1 100 133 Do. Half Shares Ditto Extension - Nortblisritish Ditto Half Shares. Ditto Fifths r Do. Carlisle Extension l l4 4 ...... to North of Norfolk Northern and Eastern SO Ditto Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)... 45 Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto New North Kent & Direct Dover 2% — to North Staffordshire 425. North Wales 3% — to i<orth. & South. Connecting 2% to Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and Mansfie1d... Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Oxfd., Witney, & Cheltnham 1% — Pilbrow Atmospheric - Portsmouth Direct VA to _ ___ _ _ Preston and Wyre ... 25" Ditto, Half Shares Reading, Guildford,& Reigate 425. — dis. to dis Richmond lO Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick Scottish Central ... 12 1 4 l9 ,;(.. ... to Ditto, New, Scottish Midland ... ......... ... 1 2 0 1 i Ditto, Extension Sheffield, Buxton, Leek Pot ttries, and Crewe l% — ..... to ____— ........... t to o Sheffield and Manchester ...100 Ditto 1 / 1 Shares 8 ...... ...... to Do. and Lincolnshire Junct 1!4...... ,--- 7 exl eh t 301 bla at aite bar'. 11 ota 3 sel Sign, boar St I 'l ll4 do,