The Sun. — London, England, 1848-08-24 00:00:00

Now ready, in one vol., co mprising as much matter as twenty ordi nary volumes, with 1,500 Engravings of lams, &c. 38s. bound, B URKE'S PEE R.AGE and BARONETAGE, N;EW EDITION, Revised and corrected timoughout to the present time from the Personal Communications of the Nobility, &C. " The most complete publication of its class we posseas."—Atlas. "No other Peerage caa. be compared with that of the Messrs. Burke for accuracy and cot mpleteness."—Weekly Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. FOR NORTHERN TOURISTS. Now Ready, in 2 voLs., 21s. bound, A TO VOYAGE NORWAY, D:EN3IARK, AND SWEDEN. By W. A. ROSS, Esii. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. McMe. JENNY LIND. THE F.tREWELL NIGHT. The Nobility, Gentry, Sub scribers to the Opera, and the Public are respectfully informed that the FAREWELL NIGHT will take place THIS EVENING, wig. 24, when Muffle. JENNY LIND will appear as AMINA, in Bellini's Opera of LA SONNAMBITLA. Amina, Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Lisa, Mdlle. Vera ; Count Modolpho, Sig. F. Lablache ; Elvino, tilg. Gardoni. The National Anthem will be song by the whole strength of the Company. After the Opera, Selections from the admired Ballet of FIORITA, iy 110. C. itosati, MdP.e. Petit Stephan, and M. Dor. To conclude with the celebrated Ball Scene from the Ballet of ALMA, comprising the Pes des Trois, by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Petit Stephan, and M. St. Leon.. Th 0343 List is suspended, the public Press excepted. Pit Tickets may be obt sined as usual at the Box-office of the Theatre, price 10s. ad. each, where applications for Boxes, Pit Stalls, and Tickets aro to be mad( . Doors open at half-past S even, and commence at Eight o'clock. CH &A. ME Kt) L, HAYMARKET. Uncle- the 2.l:mageme ❑t of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. PATS EVENING, Will be performed THE HARVEST HOME. Atter which the Burlesque of NORMA. Noma, Mr. P. Bedford; Adelgisa, Mr. Wright; Pollio, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the ;Farce of THE MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL ,C,L) YAI. sUILKE Y TH EATIt E Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. Engagement of Mr. G. Bennett, and Mr. and Mrs. A. Wigan, for F ive Nights only. lie•appearance of Mr. T.. I'. Cooke and Grand Ballet Company. T:ais EVENING Will be performed TIIE TOWER OF NESLE. Buridan, Mr. G Bennett. _ _ . To be followed by Mr. Wigan's successful comic Drama, entitled NEXT DOOR. Jack Sky lark, Mr. A. Wigan ; Jemima Evans, Mrs. A Wigan. To conclude with THE "WANDERING TRIBE. Manager and Tr assurer, Mr. B. S. Fatrbrother. ASTLF.Y'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Fitzball's new and completely successful Spectacle. Unparalleled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENING, Will he performed, the new brilliant Spectacle, founded on Sir Walter Scott's celebrated poetical Romance, and entitled MAR WON; or, The Battle of Vlodden Field. To be followed by the it limitable EQUESTRIAN and GYMNAS TIC EXERCISES in the ,ARENA. To conclude with a Grtusd Pageant, entitled LADY GODIVA AND PEEPING TONI OF COVENTRY; or, Clearing the Toll. In compliance with the numerous applications ai the Box-office, the gorgeous Spectacle of MAZEPPA will be produced with great splendour on Monday, August 2s. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Welt. ROYAL SITIIP.EY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Attraction unprecedented. New Series of GRAND PROMENADE CONCERTS. Continuation of MISS SARA FLOWER. The DAYLIGI3.T VIEW of ROME, by Daimon. Superb a ad Unique MENAGERIE. Grand Display of FIREWORKS, by the Messrs. Southby. No Extra Charge. MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and FRIDA.Y. View of Rome —Promenade Concerts, Vocal and Instrumental, conducted by Mr. GODFREY, the splendid Band of Solo Performers Includes Messrs. Ciotti, Coll ns, sen., George and Viotti Collins, Eger ton, Griesbach, Stevenson,laardy, &c.—Several favourite Songs by Miss Sara Flower—Also to be seen, during the day, the beautiful 3etenagerie--Shaksperc's tic use—The Magic Bridge—and other no velties will be exhibited. the whole concluding with a most mag nificent and not to be rivalled display of Fireworks, by the Messrs. Southby Gates open at Tin A. 31., Feeding Time Five—Concert at Six —Fireworks at Nine. Adnsissic-n, as usual. One Shilling. THE WEATRER.—SIIN OFFICE, AUGUST 24. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 49; Highest, 65; soon, 61. BA.I4OX2TER, W.S.W.; slight showers. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 38 min. after 9 IEN-ening .. 18 min. after 10 \ 10,1, -. •..,.,„4 ,„.,.. . 4% ..,,,404... ~,,,i.,,,,u,.,,..,,,„..,:n i. 4,9* , ...if-4 ':124,7-",`Z4-7 Z.*, ' s. I;k---1 ' P-i- - . A j t— /4 ..., , .... , . , n ..i s 41. •€l' • 3/ ... ~ ql:_s DI-11U1 ' _., 2,1 '.• : 1 ,... --•• (:',' bleating Y...7litit LONDON, THURS DAY, AUGUST 24, 1848. Economy threatens •to become the igris fatuus of politicians. Regulated by justice and refined by humanity, we believe that the system of poli tical economy, established by the philosophic mind of ADM& Sza ru, is destined to operate most beneficially upor L the workings of social go vernment. Yet, for E his very reason, we are only the more anxious that a policy calculated in itself to prove so advantageous to mankind should not, by the negligence or precipitation of our legislators, be permitted to lose a portion of its still powerful pres tige. What we woU'd maintain is, that a Go vernment may husband the resources of a nation without bell ig essentially parsimonious —that statesmen !nay be generous in their expenditure of the pr tblic monies without being pro fligate guardians of tl ie Exchequer—that to be muni ficent it is not neceFls2.ry to squander, and that an exercise of prudent; frugality on the part of an administrator does mot by any means imply a mean and niggardly disbursement. The discussion of yesterday evening has forced upon us these considerations. Mr. BRIGHT is fearful lest that unfortunate wight, John Bull, should be come, as he has face tiously imagined it, " a grand mulch cow, from which every one is to have a draw!" In a la undred particulars, no doubt, we coincide with, the Honourable Represen tative for Manches to r in this laudable anxiety ; in a hundred particulars we believe John Bull to have been made the veri , sat Christendom. Every day we behold fresh, evidence that he is rendered the dupe of a multitude; of those " knavish tricks" which he himself anathe matises so lustily in tb• National Anthem. We see him fleeced in one quarter, bam boozled in another, and almost always in consequence of the noble and delightful stupidity of his benevo lence. Yet, while aye sympathize in the indignation expressed by Mr. B RIGHT as it is applied in a general sense to the corrupt ions of the State, we can by no means agree with 'him in reprobating the generosity hitherto evinced by the British Parliament to the most interesting of all the Continental refugees— the destitute children of Poland. Long, and ear nestly, and eloquently, and disinterestedly, and chi valrously, as the cause of that heroic but unfortunate race of men hag been advocated by Lord DUDLEY STUART, we are satisfied that the Noble Lord the Member for the borough of Marylebone never be fore addressed . laimself to the subject of their wrongs and misfortunes more felicitously than be did last evening, when repelling the demand of the Honourable Gentleman the Knight of the ehire of Middlesex, to the effect that no further assistance of a pecuniary character should be granted to the Polish refugees out of the public Treasury. Of the motive which actuated Mr. OSBORNE{ we make no question whatever, being satisfied that his objection .to the continued grant of 10,7001. to the exiles from Poland originated solely in a patriotic yearning for frugality in our expenditure. His judgment, we believe, to have been in this instance eclipsed by his patriotism. Granted that in the Par liamentary session of 1834, when this pecuniary aid was first yielded, that it was declared to lee merely temporary by the then Chancellor of the Exchequer —granted that Lord ALTHORP acknowledged that the wants of the expatriated Poles would only con tinue to call for the charities of England during a period of a very limited duration granted that the session of' 1848 is drawing to a close, and that still the vote is required—granted all this, and we still maintain that the assistance is demanded from Great Britai n in compliance with every honourable and humane principle. When King CMARLES II was an exile •• money was generously and' spon taneously voted for his support by the Polish Diet ; i shall England th en withdraw the the. historical compen sation of her humanity fromunhappy refugees islands who have sought sh e lt er in these ands ? Is the sustenance of a profli gate prince everything, and th a t of high • minded people nothing Bel munificent to these children of misfortune— evenurn crusts is 'th he heim poverish e d with ca ntons of Switzerland shar e th e i r banished compatriots of Kosciusao. France, sitting of her Deputies only lest year, voted as in much the as, `9,0001. towards the support of the exiled Poles fidal dominions, and shall England, out o f 11 wretched\ spirit of economy, withdraw the compara tively paltry grant of 10,7001., simply because Polish nationality, is not yet restored? 'Would this, we ask, be beconailig in us ? Could we allow such an inci dent toibe recorded in our history? Heaven forbid !—No : as Lord DUDLEY STUA RT well observed, better to diminish the expenditure of public monies in the purchase of Elgin marbles and Egyptian antiquities than to withhold the pittance of our doles from the suffering remnant of the Slavanic race; better to save this country the expenses incurred in the entertainment of foreign Ambassadors, Princes, and Sovereigns, than to refuse 10,7001. to those Polish exiles who have been driven upon our shores by a great political catas trophe. %Ve are rejoiced to see the sensible and generous compromise proposed by the Chancellor of the Exche quer and accepted by the House of Commons. Sir CHARLES WOOD declared that the Government were prepared to make a rigid investigation into the con dition of the refugees in England, for the purpose of erasing those Hames from the list which belonged to men capable of supporting themselves without the aid of the Legislature, or who were in a position such as enabled them to re turn without peril to their native country. Upon this understanding the amendment was withdrawn, and the cause, advo cated so ;nobly and consistently by Lord DUDLEY STUART, was happily not insulted by the parsimony of the Parliament. It is not France alone that has been saved from the horrors of anarchy, massacre, and plunder by the energy of General CAVAIGNAC and the bravery of the Gardes Mobiles, the National Guards, and the troops. It is every country bordering on France, it is th whole of Europe that has been preserved by the de feat of the party of which LEDRU ROLLIN, CAUSSI, DIERE and LOUIS BLANC are the chiefs. Had the victory on the 25th June rested with this party, there can be no doubt but that France would have be come the active and belligerent ally of all those in every country who profess the convenient doctrine that " all property is theft," and that that contest be tween the principles of disorder and of order would have commenced, the advent of which was pro. phecied by CANNING, the end and conse - qnences of which can be foreseen by no man The revelations now making before the Criminal Court at Antwerp, on the trial of those concerned in the insurrectionary attempt at Risquons-Tout, prove to demonstration that it was through no fault of M. LEDRU RoLusi and his coadjutors that France did not commence a war of Communist propagandism, and declare Belgium annexed to the French Republic. It appears from the evidence that the expedition for the invasion of Belgium was organized in Paris; that, to use the words of the Brussels journal, "it was quasi-official, as it was prepared and encouraged by the two principal members of the Provisional Govern ment." and it was only through the good sense and chivalrous honour of General NEGRIER, whose life has since been sacrificed in the cause of order, that Europe was saved from a general war. During the period of the organization of the expedition in Paris, SPILTNORN, DELESTREE, and the other chiefs were lodged at the Tuileries, and were in constant communication with certain members of the Government. The insurrec tionary legion was openly organized in Paris and was furnished with provisions from the Government stores. On the 7th March, thirty thousand muskets were promised to the insurgents by the Provisional Government, and were delivered to them before they crossed the frontiers ; the Provisional Government at the same time dispatched MM . REQUIN and DELAFOSSE to Belgium to open communications with the dis affected. At the same time the insurrectionary legion was permitted to form a camp at Seclin on the French territory, close to the Belgian frontier, where they were drilled and trained by pupils of the Ecole Polytechnique, and of the Ecole de St. Cyr, and while encamped at Seclin M. DELESCLUZE, the Prefect of the Department of the North, who had been recently appointed to that office by M. LEDRU RomaN, distributed every day to the legion 1,800 rations, and paid each man daily 35 centimes ; so that this insurrectionary legion was actually in the pay of the functionary of M. LEDRU ROLLIN. Previous to the invasion three waggon loads of muskets and two waggon loads of gunpowder were sent from the citadel of Lille, and distributed among the insurgents by two of the pupils of the Polytechnic School, who afterwards com manded the insurgents at Risquons-Tout, and one of whom was killed in the skirmish. A letter in the handwriting of M. DELESCLUZE, the Ledru- Rollin-appointed Prefect, proves that it was he who procured a guide for the in surgents to direct them on their route. It would appear that the report of the spies was not very favourable to the cause of the insurgents ; for before the departure of the expedition from the ' French territory M. DELESCLUZE became convinced that it would be impossible for these armed bands to conquer the country, and he therefore devised the following notable expedient as an excuse for sending in a large French force to republicanise Belgium, destroy her nationality (we wonder if he had ever read what M. DE LAMARTINE said about " oppressed nationalities "), and annexing her to France. The bands of insurgent Belgians were to have been backed by a certain number of French troops, drawn up close to the frontier line, for the alleged purpose of protecting it. On a given signal these troops were to have joined the insurgents, in conformity with secret instructions which had been given to them not to attend to the orders of their officers. As, in all probability some of the French soldiers would have been killed or wounded in the course of the action, the Belgian troops would have been accused of having commenced war:on thelße - public, and an overwhelming force would at once have been marched into the Belgian territory. Thanks to the chivalrous honour of General NEGRIER, who at that time commanded at Lille, the whole scheme proved abortive. To the peremptory demand of M. DELESCLUZE for troops, he opposed as peremptory a refusal, declaring that he would never lend himself to such shameful machinations. But it was not against Belgium alone that this plot was directed. That country, changed from an independent kingdom into a portion of the French Republic, was to have been made the advanced work of Communist propa gandism, and from the banks of the Meuse and of the Rhine armed expeditions were to have carried the banner of the Red Republic into Holland and Prussia. Thanks to the honour and firmness of General NEGRIER, to the good sense of the French people as manifested in the elections for the National Assembly, and to the energy, judgment, and courage of Ge neral CAVAIGNAC, all these evils have been averted and the peace of Europe has been for the present pre served. But the authors of these attempts should be visited with condign punishment. The complicity of M. DELESCLUZE is clearly proved; if he acted without orders his guilt is to the full as great as that of the au thors of the attempts of May and June ; if he acted ac cording to orders, he should be forced to produce them, as they would prove most important links in the chain of evidence necessary to bring home the crime to those really guilty. We trust the Assembly will in stitute a strict investigation into the matter, and will inflict an exemplary punishment on those to whom the guilt is brought home. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 18th have arrived. GONZALES BRAVO, on his arrival at Cadiz, wa s liberated on condition that he should immediately transport himself to some foreign country. Scarcely, however, has NARVAEZ discovered and broken up the Camarilla conspiracy of MIRAFLORES, GONZALES BRAVO, and BEDMAR, for his destitution ; ere a mili tary conspiracy having the same object in view was concocted. The object of this military conspiracy was to substitute O'DONNELL for -NARVAEZ as Presi dent of the Council. Both GONZALES BRAVO and O'DONNELL are sworn partisans of CHRISTINA, be tween whom and NARVAEZ it is evident the best feeling does not exist. The dismissal of SOTOMAYOR, the great friend of NARVAEZ, from his post of Fo reign Minister, and his banishment, for so it is, to France as Ambassador, and entry into the Ministry of Most, the man of all work to CHRISTINA, and the in veterate enemy of NARVAEZ, all show that a serious crisis is at hand. Either NARVAEZ must banish CHRISTINA and her family or she will oust NARVAEZ. In the meanwhile, formidable Mon temolinist bands have appeared in Catalonia and the Basque provinces. On the 9th, ESTARTUS made a descent on Olot with 300 men : he remained in possession of the town five hours, seized the public treasure, and levied a contribution on the inhabitants. FORCADELL succeeded in grossing the i , Eh s ro on the loth, and on the 10th a par t y o f surprisedloth,Ca — the town of Alb ocaser , i n Va lencia, and MADRID BoLsA A 16 paper. Five apEpee.rreC;heaainifttgser: made extensive seizures of arms and money. cash li/i ; pa a p ft e e r r ; B a e r i t s ear , lee; s h l 8 ; .—Three per Cents., 19 6-16 n ß an i s d a , ' 5 3 4 3i paper. cash. Discount Coupons,'ll.o:7 n p s o a ll)4 t p a. e e p t3 l , e , ..tri:::lßi,vearenscite4nett.p St. Ferdi nand, London, at 30 days, 45 40 Sir J. Guest had an interview with Sir George Grey, yes terday, at the Home-office, PORTUGAL. Intelligence has been received from Lisbon to the 12th instant. The QUEER in person prorogued the Cortes on the 15th instant. Several persons accused of political offences have been arrested. The following is the speech of the Queen of PORTU GAL when closing the Cortes : " Worthy Peers of the Realm and Gentlemen Deputies of the Portuguese Nation— " Upon the occasion of closing this session, the first of the present Legislature, I have personally come to assure y ou o f having fully justified the confidence placed in you by me and by the nation. "The opening of these general Cortes was to me a matter of great satisfaction, because I saw myself surrounded by the representatives of the Portuguese nation, anxious to consoli date the pacification of the country, and to heal its wounds by beneficial and salutary enactments. Now, again, in the centre of those national representatives, I congratulate my self, with you, upon the zealous endeavours shown in your august functions for realizing that noble and elevated mission. " Great indeed were the difficulties viith which the legis lative body had to contend. " The nation will acknowledge the diligence shown by its representatives in the approval of many different measures passed in favour of the public cause, and especially in the voting of the Budget and Revenue Bill, by which provision has been made for the State expenses of the present finan cial year. " Other measures of the greatest importance have been laid before you by my Government, which I hope will be taken into your consideration during the next legislative session. " Worthy Peers of the Realm and Gentlemen Deputies of the Portuguese Nation— " In the midst of the extraordinary political occurrences which have taken place in Europe during your Parliamen• tart' functions, I feel the greatest satisfaction in informing you that public tranquillity has not been, in the slightest degree, disturbed in this country, nor has my Government been under the necessity of recurring to extraordinary mea sures, or to the infringement of any of the constitutional forms—thanks to the good sense of the people, and to your efficacious co-operation. " Although your legislative functions may be suspended for some months, you still have a great duty to perform, which, I am sure, you will fulfil with zeal and efficacy. •° During the Parliamentary recess it is your mission to inspire the people with that love for the existing institutions which will be the most powerful means of saving us from the pernicious influence of exaggerated ideas, inculcating those sentiments of obedience to the laws and authorities, that love of labour, and those habits of virtue and morality, which can alone insure the true felicity of the people. " This session is closed." THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The party of M. ODILLON BARItOT has given in its adhesion, not only to the Republic, but to the Republican form of Government, and has decidedly repudiated the idea of a restoration. The following, which may be considered the manifesto of that party, and which appears in the Siecic of yesterday, will be read with feelings of satisfaction by all those who wish to give a fair trial to the great experiment now in the course of working out in France. `' There are many credulous people who, by propagating a thousand absurd reports, which are in circulation every day, for the purpose of injuring credit and destroying confidence, assist, without knowing it, the tactics of the rioters. There are also men without foresight—manufacturers, merchants, and even workmen—who, excited by their present sufferings, are ready to exclaim, My business went on very well under the monarchy, but I am doing nothing under .the Republic. Well then, 'Vive le Roi !" Down with the Republic!' Such is the logic of despair. Assuredly, this manner of reasoning is absurd, but it is not sufficient to say so, it must be proved. Yes, the ultra Radicals, the demagogues, and the litopists, have ruined trade, and by misguiding a part of the people have caused bleed to flow; but would Louis Philippe or Henry V. bring us back from London or from Kirchberg the money that we have lost? Evidently not. Would they re store us the generals and the soldiers whom the anarchists have killed ? No. The evil, therefore, which has been caused by madmen and by fools is irreparable. " But it is argued by some, the return of a monarchy would be the restoration of order, which favours labour, and causes commerce to prosper. Nothing more erroneous. If alarm still prevails, now that the insurrection has been sup. pressed, and that society is evidently tending to re-establish itself on its proper basis, what deplorable uneasiness would not be caused by any fresh attempts on the part of monarchy ? Would not that which is called by some a pledge of peace be, on the contrary, a signal of renewed struggles, fresh combats, and fresh massacres? Is it to be believed that the power would be abandoned without resist ance by the Government, by the Assembly, and by the Administration? Is it to be believed that the Red Republic,' which is now unveiled, vanquished, and happily powerless, would not recover its strength at the aspects of the satilfaits of Louis Philippe, or the retrograde party of Henry V. ? Would it not be authorised in crying from the top of its mountain ' the Government has been either unskilful or treacherous; the Assembly has shown neither intelligence nor heart; it is we alone who have understood the wishes of the people and the great revolution of February. " Is it to be believed that the nation still would not hesi tate at the cost and the perils of a counter revolution? Would it, when scarcely recovered from its late shocks, wish to encounter fresh storms? Try the Orleans family ' again Has not the country already shown an almost fabulous patience—a patience of eighteen years? We know something of this. Try the elder branch again? That would be to sacrifice the fate of France to an unknown hand ; it would be to gamble with her, it would be to throw away the glorious efforts of sixty years. The Orleans branch would return to us animated with the spirit of Louis Phi lippe, and of Guizot, and Henry V., with the ideas of the old regime. Hence would arise elements of discord; hence a fresh cause for commercial crisis; hence an augmentation of the very evil from which arise the perils which we are anxious to avoid. "We have never been among those who brought on the violent advent of the Republic; we are neither invested with its authority nor its offices ; but we do not hesitate to declare that we now regard it as our hope and our salvation ; that it alone can repair the mischief that has been done in its name. "What we desire is to have a constitution, a regular Go• vernment, and a stable Administration ; to get out of a pro visional state of things; and all those things are within our reach. Have a little patience with regard to the Republic. During the last sixty years our political experiments have cost us six milliards of francs, and the blood of two millions of men. Let us now stopl; let us no longer run after .changes which always deceive our hopes; let us for once ameliorate our institutions instead of overturning them." It is also satisfactory to know that the Emperor of RUSSIA is inclined to enter into relations with the French Republic. The semi-official Meleager says— "lt has been stated by several journals that G enera l L e fl o i s on his way to St. Petersburgh, in the quality of Minister of the Republic. We can add that a representative of the Autocrat is expected at Paris, and that the two states will be represented by Ministers Plenipotentiary, although in the last years of the reign of Louis Philippe Russia had only a Chargé d'Affaires at Paris. Already, and for some time, a good understanding between the Re public and the Czar has been opened. These relations were kept up by the consular agents, and they are now about to be changed into a regular political intercourse. Besides, we are assured that a short time before the revolution of February the Emperor Nicholas declared to Colonel, now General C--, who was sent into Russia rather on a scientific than a diplomatic mission, that it was his in tention to visit France in the course of 1848. The Czar at the same time appeared not to be very anxious for a recon ciliation with Louis Philippe, though be expressed himself in terms of sympathy for the people of France. In the state of pl mind that he manifested towards the ex-Ki ng, his determi nation to come to France may appear to b e somewhat strange. i e t x proper to int errogate him."ain himself, an d on which his Did he mean to come only as a simple tr ave ll er? This is a interlocutorpoi nt on which d he o i t r d hi n n o k t It is by no means difficult to account for the differ ence in the conduct of the Emperor NICHOLAS towards the Republic and towards Louis PHILIPPE. There are two great principles of Government at present, en face, Monarchy and Republicanism. As the re presentative of the legitimate autocratic monarchical principle, the Emperor of RUSSIA respects the French Republic as the representative of the democratic principle, because it is the representative of a prin. ciple. With regard to Louis PHILIPPE, however, the case was different. He was the representative of n o principle; as a King, he was an usurper; as a Republic, he was a " sham." The Emperor of RUSSIA, there fore, the representative of a principle, could enter tain no respect whatever for LOUIS PHILIPPE or his system. The Messager gives the following explanation of the reasons which induced the Government to have the military under arms on Tuesday:— "Several journals of yesterday evening have explained which General Cuny, recently called to the command of the the display of troops in Paris yesterday by the necessity Garde Mobile, found himself under of becoming acquainted with the battalions, by passing them in review; and as several of them had changed barracks and forts, he took the opportunity of their assembling at the points they are to oc cupy in case of an alerte. After the review the battalions returned to their respective quarters. We do not think this to be the correct version. A part of the Garde Mobile was on foot the preceding night, and strong pickets of the Na tional Guard were ordered to the mairies. It is certain that these precautions, and perhaps because they were taken, re mained without any object. We are assured that the autho rities were informed that an attack was intended to be made on the house of M. Thiers. The post at the Rue St. George was reinforced, and a chain of communication formed be tween the Place St. George and the mairie of the second somereate arrondissement. We m ay a dd that a strike of the journey men bakers, the consequence of the Caussidiere conciliation, had quarters.peints and B u t n es police tu r a b g a e n n e e t s were took place." The attack on the house of M. TUTEES was planned by the Communists, in revenge for his merciless ex posure of the theories of M. PROUDHON. Every day furnishes an additional proof of the junction which has taken place between the Legiti matists and Communists. The Bien Public says— " We are assured that M. Proudhon, in consequence of the suspension of the Representant du Peupt e , has offered his collaboration to the Univers. This proposition was gravely debated in a meeting composed of MM. Montalembert, Fat loux, &c. We do not know if the pious synod of the Univers will open the gates of the Church to the Mephistopheles of Communism." M. DE BRIGNOLLES-SALE was yesterday presented by the Minister for Foreign Affairs to General CAVAIGNAC, and remitted his letters of credence as Minister Plenipotentiary of the king of SARDINIA to the French Republic. The application presented to the Assembly, asking for an authorisation to prosecute one of its members, was from M. GUERIN, one of the witnesses before the. Insurrectionary Committee. Ile asked permis sion to prosecute M. CAUSSIDIERE for calumny, CAUSSIDIERE having, before the Committee charged him with having been a former agent of police under M. DELESSEET. The application was refused. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1848. The Debtors and Creditors Bill, which declares that " suspensions or cessations of payments which have taken place since February 24 up to the promul gation of the present Bill were not to receive the qualification of failure, nor to involve the disqualifi cations attached to quality of bankrupt, except in such cases as the Tribunal of Commerce should re fuse to sanction the concordat," was yesterday passed by the Assembly by a majority of 545 to 127. The eight Military Commissioners which are sit ting to determine the fate of the insurgents of June have decided 4,400 cases. Of these 2,100 prisoners have been set at liberty; 2,120 prisoners have been transported, and between 160 and 170 have been re ferred to court-martial. It is only the gravest cases that are referred to the courts-martial. One of the first of these was that of PAUL. SAINTARD, who was charged with having taken the command of the in surgents at the barricade of the Rue du Jardin des Plantes. He was convicted and sentenced to hard labour at the hulks for ten years, to pay a fine of 200 f. and the costs of the prosecution. General CAVAIGNAC has determined to convoke the Electoral Colleges forthwith, to proceed to fill up the vacancies in the Assembly. The elections will take place in the second week of September. The Communist editors of the suspended journals have published a protest against the act of suspension. A courier arrived in Paris yesterday from Vienna, bearing the important intelligence that Austria had accepted the mediation of France and England in the affairs of Italy. BOURSE.—PASIS, WEDNESDAY, Auo. 23. THREE O'CLOCK.—The rise which commenced yesterday made further progress to-day, and during the whole day the demand both for Rentes and Railway Shares was steady and brisk. It was very currently reported that the Government had received accounts from Vienna that the mediation of Eng land and France had been accepted. It was also said that Naples had abandoned the expedition to Sicily at the request of England and France. Both these facts, together with the cessation of the military preparations in Paris, and of the rumours of traeutes, had a very favourable effect. The belief in the peaceful termina tion of the affairs of Italy becomes every day stronger. For the Account the French Three per Cents. have risen 50c. ; Five per Cents. have risen If. ; Loan has risen lf. For money, the Three per Cents. have risen 50c. ' • Five per Cents. have risen If. ; L oan h as r i sen l f . ; Bons du Tresor not quoted ; Bank of France Shares have risen 20f.; Belgian Bank Shares and Two-and-a-Half per Cents. not quoted. Exchange on London (30 days), 25, 35; ditto (90 days), 2525. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT Tilt LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. Aug. 23. Northern of France, s%—Paris and Lyons, 414—Paris and Rouen, 161 / 2 —Sambre and Meuse, 2!21. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA. The EMPEROR returned a most ungracious answer to the deputation from the Diet, which waited on him at Schoenbrunn, to congratulate him on his return. " Gentlemen," said the EMPEROR, " you have deemed it necessary fur me to come here: I have done my duty, and here I am." With these words he turned his back upon them, and retreated from the audience chamber to his private apartments. In the sitting of the Diet of the lith several important announcements were made by the Ministers. The Minister of War was called upon to say whether the contingent of troops for Sclrleswig•fiolstein, de manded by the Minister of War of the empire, had been set on foot. The Minister replied in the negative, and excused himself by saying that the Vicar of the Empire had expressed the hope that, in consequence of the ar mistice which would now be speedily concluded, he should not require the said 8,000 troops. It was further asked why Prince LEICHTENSTEIN had entered the states of Modena; and whether the Duke of MODENA, contrary to the assurances given in the speech from the throne, was to be imposed upon the - duchie3 by the Austrian troops? The Minister of War declared that the march of the troops against Modena was a needful military step. With regard to the return of the Duke of MODENA, he added that the Duke bad arrived only a few days before at the head-quarters of the Austrian General; that he had then repaired to Mantua, where he remained fire or six days. On learning that the inhabitants of the Duchy everywhere received the Austrian troops' with joy, and earnestly desired the return of their ruler; the Duke repaired to Modena. A Deputy then inquired how far the proceedinis against the ex•military Governor of Venice, Count ZICIIY, relative to the evacuation of Venice, had been concluded? The Minister of War declared that there had been an unavoidable delay, as it was necessary to forward the deposition of Count MARTINI to 01111tlitZ before a sen tence could be passed. With regard to the proces verbal of the civil Governor of Venice, Count PALYFY, the Minister of Justice de clared ho held a special commission under the former Ministry ; but that a special commission should be ap pointed to decide whether, like the military Governor, he was amenable to a strict examination. With regard to the war in Italy, the Minister of War made some statements which were rather important. He stated that he had received by a courier explanations from General WELDEN, which placed the whole affair in a different light. The General had advanced to Massa in order to reach the left bank of the Po; he was obliged to occupy Sermide with a small detachment, when they were suddenly fired upon from all the windows, in con sequence of which he sent some hundreds of men, but these were obliged to withdraw, as they were fired upon from the houses and barricades. Two days after General WELDEN felt himself compelled to attack the place with increased force, as its possession was in dispensable to his crossing the Po. Grenades were used, and the place was soon in flames. The inhabitants had all withdrawn, and the Austrians had the satisfaction of delivering from certain death 24 persons who had been shut up by the insurgents in a church, which had been set fire to. This fact has been grossly misstated. He would like this occurrence to answer another interpella tion. General WELDEN, with his small corps of 4,000 men, had crossed the Po, to cover the movements of Count LEICHTENSTEIN in the flank and rear. They fell in with a body of 14,000 Croatians; but these the General's small knee scattered like chaff, and pur sued them to Bologna, where he received orders from Field-Marshal RADETZEY not to enter that city—to evacuate the Legations. He had, how ever, already entered into a convention with the city that the Croatians atiiaf needfulnsshoul f d or not the hAaultetriinaosßtoo logna, in order pass through, they might do so without molestation. On the evening of the 7th General WELDEN quitted, after having taken up a military position, and even erected batteries, in the event that the city should not accept these moderate demands, On the morning of the Bth several officers, in reliance on the concluded conven tions, repaired to Bologna. Three of them were assas sinated, as were also several soldiers. Upon this an armed mob rushed out of the city, and fired upon the advanced guard, by which five were killed and sixty wounded. PERGLAS, had been left in command by WELDEN, with orders to march on the Bth to the Po; to fire upon the city. Bologna was bombarded, and PERGLAS immediately after commenced his counter march to the Po. These were facts, and when soldiers were assassinated, and when troops were attacked, they were bound to defend themselves, and to punish every act of treachery. Field -Marshal WELDEN had crossed the Po and evacuated the Legations. Lord PONSONBY arrived in Vienna on the 15th. SAXONY. Letters from Dresden, of the 19th, announce the ar rival of the Sing of PRUSSIA in the city. In the same number of the Deutsche Allgemeine Lei lung, which announces his MAJESTY'S arrival in Dres den, apprehensions are expressed of the approaching re signation of the' Liberal Minister OBERLANDER, in con sequence of the intrigues of the re-actionary Camarilla, who completely govern the King of SAXONY. PRUSSIA. Their Majesties the Maw and QUEEN have returned from Pilintx to the Palace of Sans Souci. On the 19th there were 80 fresh cases: of cholera in Berlin. FRANKFORT. The Administrator. General of the Empire, the Arch duke JOHN, has nominated the following Envoys to re present the German nation in England, Russia, and France :—M. VON ANDRIAN, to London; General VON AIIERS WALD to St. Petersburgh; and M. VON RAIJNER to Paris. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. A letter from Kiel of the 18th instant, announces that the adjournment of the Schleswig-Holstein Diet for a period of four weeks was decided upon, after a very warm debate, at a second sitting on the 17th, which lasted till two in the morning. The committee is to remain in permanence, and continues its labours in the revision of the constitution, and is empowered to summon the Diet if needful. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, AUG. 22.—The First Chamber of the States-General has been convoked for the 25th of this month. We announced a few days ago that several new members were to be added to the First Chamber, and that his MAJESTY, by a royal decree, had appointed Count VAN DER DUYN, VAN MAAS DEN, Baron HERCKEREN D'ENGIIINZEN, and F. VAN DER ONDERMEULEN as members. We have just learnt that his MAJESTY has been further pleased to appoint as members of the First Chamber M. Vos DE WART., Burgomaster of the city of Zuolle, and Count DE STIRUSI. We must add, to the honour of these new members of our Legislature, that on accepting these honourable functions they have de clined the pay attached to them. This noble ex ample of patriotism will not have been given in vain. The new reductions in the expenses of the State, and a few more sacrifices of this kind, will soon bring back to their normal situation the finances of th e St ate, which have unhappily lost much during the diplomatic events which have taken place during the last six months. The Nederlwvlsche Staals Courant announces that . the Minister of Fi nance i n tends to withdraw hi s pro ject relative to the property-tax. DUTCH EAST INDIES. BATAVIA, JUNE 28.—The steam-boat the Queen of the Net'nerhinds arrivod hero on the 27th of Alan and left for Singapore with the mail, conveying 1,971 letters from Europe of April last. The Java journals, which have been received up to the 28th of June, give sad accounts of the eruption of the Volcano of Klvet, between Passar ouang and Kedirie on the 16th of May. Immense masses of fire were ejected, which in falling destroyed all the vegetation around. The rivers were raised above the level of their banks, and many people and cattle lost their lives. Whole farms were swept away, and several rice fields and coffee plantations, with more than 100,000 coffee trees, were destroyed. Several bridges, among others that at Kedirie, have been to tally destroyed. On the 13th of thay there were three severe shocks of earthquake at Kedirie. On the 20th the Klvet was still enveloped in smoke and mist, and very fine ashes still fell from the craters to a considerable distance. On the 3d of June 48 native dwellings were thrown down at Adjebarang, near Bawjoemaas by a hurricane.—Amsterdam Cou rant, Aug. 22. The Allgemeine Handelsblad of the 22d says that the troops were compelled to quit Bali, which they had nearly mastered, for want of ammunition and water. Though their retreat was effected in the utmost order, the losses amounted to 14 officers, 104 European soldiers, 25 Africans, and 113 islanders. THE HAGUE, AuG.22.—Acccording to intelligence received from Frankfort, the visit of the Regent of the Empire to Brussels and the Netherlands is ex pected to take place very shortly. DARMSTADT. Letters from Darmstadt state that on the morning of the 11th of August the body of the Countess of Goramz, who died about fourteen months since, was disinterred, by order of the magistrates, in the pre sence of Count GORLITZ and his valet JOHN STAUFF. The body has been submitted to medical examination, and various surmises are afloat as to the object of this extraordinary measure after so long a lapse of time. DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. BUCUAREST, JULY 20.—The Provisional Govern ment has invited all the inhabitants to sign an address to be presented to the Emperor of RUSSIA. POLAND. The Cologne Gazette states that an insurrection broke out on the 13th in Warsaw, in which some of the troops have taken part. Aftr ve hours' bombardment the city submitted. Details are wanting, but it appears that this insurrection is connected with the conspiracy of Staniszen ski, recently discovered at St. Petersburgb, and which got wind in consequence of a betrayal. It was intended to strike the first blow at St. I'etersburgh. According to intelligence which, however, requires confirmation, a new Polish conspiracy has been disco vered at Kalisch, which was to have been carried out on the 15th at Kalisch, Posen, and Gallicia simultaneously. From fifty to sixty persons in the Grand Duchy of Posen arc said to be implicated. According to another report, a meeting of the Poles was surprised by Cossacks, and the individuals who composed it were arrested and transported without trial. It is said that among the per- sons thus banished there are twelve belonging to the Duchy of Posen. HUNGARY. The fortified position of the Servians at Verlaiz has been stormed by the Hungarian troops. The Servians lost 3,000 men killed. ITALY. VENICE. The following proclamation was issued at Venice on the 12th by the Provisional Government:— " VENICE, AUG. 12.—Citizens! In this hour of danger we have need to take prompt and energetic measures. To the end that you may not be without a chief, I have not hesi tated, although it be only for a few hours, to take upon my self the office of Dictator. .Necessity has made this course a law to me, but your kindness will render it less painful than it would otherwise`be.' - To-morrow will meet the Assembly of your representatives, whose first care will be to constitute a new Government, and afterwards to provide for present emergencies. Have confidence in God, in us, in Italy, and also in the aid of other free nations—aid which we have de manded, and which will not fail us." The Provisional Dictator IVIANirt has alto addressed the following proclamation to the army : " Italian soldiers !—The war of independence for which you have alreafily shed your blood has assumed a disastrous phase for us. Perhaps at this moment our canals close the sole re fuge for Italian liberty 1 Venice must, therefore, guard this sacred spot at any price. Courage, citizens! In the name of that Italy for whom you have fought, and desire still to fight, I conjure you not to relax your zeal for the defence of this sacred asylum of our nationality. The moment is eolemn. The stake is the political life of an entire people, whose des tiny may depend on the fate of this last bulwark. You sol diers who have come from the river Po, front the Mincio, and from the Ticino, for the defence of the common cause, remember that in saving this city you will save the most precious rights of your native land. Your families will bless you, Europe, in admiration of your noble perseverance, will give that perseverance the reward it merits; in that day when Italy shall be able to call herself free, among so many monu ments sacred to the valour and the glory of our fathers, she will raise another, on which she will inscribe these words : 'The Italian soldiers is defending Venice saved the indepen dence of their country.' " MANIN. " Venice, Aug. 12, 1848." The Opinione of Turin publishes the following letter from Venice, dated the 13th:— " The Sardinian fleet has arrived here with the Venetian one, and has declared that, having no orders, it will stay here at the disposal of Venice. The forts are continually firing upon the Austrians. The Assembly, convoked for this day, has named the new Government, consisting of Manin, Cavedalis, and Graziani. The Piedmontese will not quit us; the Sardinian fleet returns to blockade Trieste." LOMBARDY. A party has declared itself among the Lombards for the creation of a Duchy, at the head of which the Duke of LEICRTENBERG, the son of EUGENE BEAUHARNOIS, who married the Princess MARIE of Russia, should be placed. Placentia has surrendered to the Austrian troops, who also occupy Brescia, Bergamo, and Como. ROME. The POPE has appointed the Swiss General, LATOUR, Minister of War. NAPLES. On the 12th of August the Neapolitan Ministers, with the exceptions of the Ministers of War, Marine, and Justice, tendered their resignations, on the ground that they did not receive sufficient support from the Chambers. The KING bad not decided whether he should accept them. The expedition to Sicily has been postponed, in consequence of the Ministerial crisis. The Courrier Francais says that the King of NAPLES has addressed a note to the different Cabinets of the Great Powers, to whom he has sent his protest against the election of the Duke of GENOA as King of SICILY. In this note he declares that he is willing to consent to the separation of Sicily, and to the concession of a con stitution of the most comprehensive kind, provided that the Sicilians consent to take his second son as heredi tary Viceroy. It is added, that the English Ambas sador has offered his mediation, and that he bas gone to Palermo to recommend to the Sicilians to enter into an arrangement with the Neapolitan Government. PIEDMON The New Ministry was appointed on the 16th. It is composed as follows :—The Marquis Alfieri, President of the Council of Ministers ; General Baron Perron, Minister for Foreign Affairs ; the Chevalier Pinelli, Minister of the Interior ; the Count do Revel, Minister of Finance ; the Chevalier de Santa Rosa, Minister of Pub lic Works; Count Frangini, Minister of War and Marine, MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) 3rzeuro , s. ." 3 AND MEZILDJUATII.B.3636. These markets were tolerably steady to-day, at full prices. Beef from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 46 8d; Lamb, 3s 10d to 5s I , Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per Sibs., by the carcase. MEAT MiI*ICETS. moderatelyu ot t o4s4s;an.a.di uptotor kn s : u 34 p ss .. in a sluggish state. to-day,Pli S ed "TiiA t t , yet u the 23 generalO u r marketdemand 6wasd3 bst ROMFORD, AUG. 23.—Prime Beasts and Sheep were in t 0 00 t d b 4 a ts 0 7 40 1 barely 4; s stationary t ap i m o e n rb a B, 7 b4sa p „t r o i t c o e s s si n; kßyteeheafel Veal, 3s a 1 s . good request, at full prices. In other limited business was doing. Beef,from sto 4s; Mutton, 4s to 59; Lamb, 4s to s s; Veal , 3 s 6 d to 4 s 2 d kinds 3 of stock, on l y a 2 d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per Blbs. Quarter Old Store Pigs, 15 s t o 2 2s each. LEWES, AUG. 22. B ti‘ e ria e c lew f a , mci, f rolocwlml4oils:3eatsryo, Hay, 315 s 11 t 5t9 0 033 4 : 8 :1 e 24; rdl New ; 0 eaNw M d e. Mutton t tT o dt nori ditto, 21 td43oes: 2d to ss; Lamb, 4s 6d to ss; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s; and Pork, 4s to 4s 4d per tabs. Supply but moderate, and trade dull. SMITHFIELD. —Old Meadow Hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ ; new 4 2 1 1 5 1 O s s ; to a n 3 d /i s 2 t s r ; a Old w II Clover, 6s to 4 1 / i t to 0 41 3 l ap 6 ye s ,r ; 31 N ola e d w 5.2 d i t t Ao t 0, 4m 3 10 / ; d l e o Nr s ae t tw o e r di a °l t t c st h o u e t, m r o2 B d 4l E u ls ß ll B LA , ll) a ts t s o; D th 3 . a — e in a dal o b o : : : i lr e Aqeoatdao:twion3Lus Hay, demand. to 11 103 per load. Supply s t u o p l4v p l l a y n: a o f sc d : a aAn s pd t z e L a s. d_ t y ra d w e , ditto,.2l 5s to 3/ 10s; Old Clover, 4/ to 5!; New ditto, 3110 s limited, and trade firm. COAL MARKET.---YESTEMIAT. Charlotte .. .. lss Od Lambton Primrose ... 16s Od Davison's West Hartley 15s Od Belmont l6s 6d Dean's Primrose ...... 138 Od Braddyll's Hetton l6B 6d Hasting's Hartley...... 15s Od Haswell l7s 3d Holywell Main ........ 148 6d Hetton New Tanfield l3s Od Lambton North Percy Hartley.. 14s 6d; Russell's Hetton Ord's Redheugh ...... 128 6d Stewart's South Peareth 'Penfield Mo or ......... 14s OdiCaradoc ... 16s Ott 15s 961 Townley l3s 6d Cassop.. ..... .... 15s 9d West Hartley Wall's End, &c. K elloc l6s Od Gosforth ..... . ......... 15 s 6d Adelaide Tees H edley II arton Washington 16s Odl Ships at market...ss. Od Eden Main _ CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Agu. 23, 18411, made up from:the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Eagland and Wales I per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. RTE. BEANS. PEAS. PRICE .. 151 s Od 30s 3d 21s 5d f 31s lld I 37s Od 36s 3d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. BEANS. PEAS. Ss Od 3s Oct 2s 6d 3s Od 3s Oct 3s Od A deputation, including Mr. Charles Russell (Chairman of the Great Western Railway Company), Mr. Saunders, and Mr. Hunt, had an interview with the Commissioners of Rail ways yesterday, at their office in the Board of Trade. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. THE CITY OF LONDON SEWERS BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. UNLAWFUL OATHS (IRELAND) BILL. Sir G. GREY moved the third reading of this Bill. Mr. S. CRAWFORD proceeded at great length to review the course of legislation which had been pursued towards Ireland during the past year, and complained that the Government, instead of remedial measures, had coerced the people and aggravated their distresses. The Hon. Gentleman received an intimation from the Speaker that he was travelling away from the object before the House, and brought his address to a close by inquiring if the Government intended to introduce an efficient Landlord and Tenant Bill next session. Sir GEORGE GREY said that Government had in troduced a Bill on the subject, but the Government had not been able to pass it into a law during the present session. They hoped early next session to introduce and pass an efficient measure. - Mr. S. CRAWFORD said the Evicted Tenants Bill had proved altogether ineffectual. With respect to the lamentable condition of Ireland, he might say that they could not feel surprised that rebellion had broken out when whole families were driven from their holdings to starve and die on the highways. Mr. P. SCROPE said no peace could exist in Ireland until the relations of landlord and tenant were placed on a more satisfactory footing than at present. Mr. O'CONNOR opposed the Bill, and moved that it be read a third time this day six months, which lacking a seconder fell to the ground. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE COURT OF ROME BILL. Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the House go into Co - nmittee on this Bill. Mr. C. ANSTEY opposed the motion, and blamed the Government for pressing on the Bill with indecent haste, considering the altered spirit of the times. More than appeared on the surface was involved in this ques tion—not only the pacification but the well-being of England, in which by this measure they risked a civil war. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman concluded by moving that the House should resolve itself into Com mittee on the Bill that day three months. Mr. URQUHART seconded the amendment. Sir J. TY - RELL believed that the House of Commons was sitting at the present late period of the year, in consequence of the long speeches of the lion. and Learned Member for Youghal, added to which it was popularly considered that the Noble Lord the Member tor London was not indisposed to protract the session. It was also generally considered that it was the intention of the Government to rule Ireland through the Bishop of Rome, and that, he believed, WAS the reason for the introduction of th;s Bill. CLEFT SITTING.) CRIMINAL COURT.—('PHIS DAY.) °Li). coußi. (Before Mr. Baron PLAIT and Mr. Alderman GIBBS.) CASE OF POISONING.—The grand jury have ignored the bill which was presented to them against Mary Spry and Mary Ann Dore, who are at present out on bail on a charge of having caused the death of a child by administering poi son. They will, however, be tried upon the coroner's inqui sition. Upon the application.of Mr. CLARKSON, this morning, the case which stood upon the paper for to-day was postponed. TRANSFEARDIG MARE OF GOLDSMITHS' HALL TO AN ARTICLE OF SPURIOUS METAL.—Robert Gordon, a man of colour, aged 40, and described as a jeweller, was indicted for feloniously transposing and removing the mark of a cer t a i n die used by the Goldsmiths' Company for marking and stamping silver wares, to wit, from a silver spoon to certain ware of base metal. Mr. CLAILICON, in stating the case for the prosecution, said that it was one of great importance as it involved au offence of a very serious nature, by which the public might be defrauded to a great extent. The prisoner carried on the business of a working-jeweller in Great Russell-street, Eloornsbury. A gentleman lof the name of Dr. Halley em ployed him to manufacture a Scotch purse, or sporral, which forms a portion of the Highland costume, and the contract was that the clasps should be made of standard silver. Dr. Halley called at the shop before the article was finished, and on seeing it expressed some doubt, from some pe culiarity in its appearance, as to the purity of the metal, but the prisoner assured him that it was good silver. To make certain, however, that it was composed of pure metal, he desired the prisoner to have the mark of the Goldsmiths' Company placed upon it when it was completed, and the prisoner promised that he would do so. There was a person of the name of Johnson in the em ploy of the prisoner, and the prisoner said to him that it would be easy to remove the mark of the Hall from another article and place it on the purse, to which Johnson replied that he would not do such a thing for 50/. The jury would find, however, that the Hall mark was afterwards taken from a tea-spoon, and placed upon the article. When the purse was taken home, Dr. Halley expressed himself satisfied, and paid the prisoner 41. 10s. which was the value of it made of silver. Subsequently Johnson and the prisoner had a quarrel, and the former went to Dr. Halley and informed him that the purse was made of base metal. This information led to an inquiry, which resulted in the present prosecution by the Goldsmiths' Company. A number of witnesses were called, whose evidence bore out the statement of the Learned Counsel. It was stated by the deputy warden of Goldsmiths' Hall that the mark which was transferred from the spoon had not been used since May, 1845, and that the mark for the present year would have been altogether different. For the defence, which was conducted by Mr. Parnell, it was contended that Johnson was the guilty party, and not the prisoner, in proof of which a witness, named Wood, was called, who stated that he was present when johnson offered to make the whole article and get it stamped for 183. The prisoner, he added, consented to the offer, and gave Johnson 103. on account. Several witnesses were called to speak as to the prisoner's character. Mr. BARON PLATT having briefly summed up, The jury found the prisoner guilty. He was sentenced to transportation for the period of 10 years. NEW COURT. (Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman FAruccomn.) THE RoDHERT AT MESSRE. NlOUOLliOli t o WHARF, LONDoti. BRlDGE.— William Henry Smith, 36, a respectable-looking young man, was indicted with stealing thirty-nine boxes of raisins, and other goods, of the value of 1051., the pro perty of Messrs. Nicholson, Besley, and Co., his masters. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin were for .the prosecution, and Mr. Ballantine defended the prisoner. From the statement of Mr. CEARRsoN, on the part of the prosecution, it appeared that the prisoner had been in the service of Messrs. Nicholson and Besley, as foreman of the fruit warehouse, since the month of February, 1847. In that situation he was responsible for all the goods that came into and went out of that part of Messrs. Nicholson's warehouses of that was devoted to the French department. On the l 3 i O n th the last May the prisoner came to the warehouse of the i d e h r e that was morning, and before the . arrialof t o h n e t p h a a r t tn m ers or o oing h h y h e o s u ta se te o d f Messrs. Nicholson. At nine o'clock ' hi a m nd un u t n i to one of the labourers that he wa h s e u a n rd we o l f l plea he left, and nothing more was . His absence excited suspicion, the stock taken into custody. in warehouse of the fruit department was taken , and pro perty to the amount of upwards of IC3/. was found to be miss mg. In the month of June, Messrs. Nicholson received a letter from the prisoner, expressing his fears that his absence had done no good for his character, and expressing a wish to explain the cause of the deficiency of the goods in the fruit department. On his interview with Mr. Besley, one of the partners in Messrs.. Nicholson's house, the prisoner explained the cause of the deficiency of eleven boxes of raisins by stating that he had charged the House to which they had been sent with eleven boxes less than had been sent to them, and this upon inquiry was found to be the case; but the deficiency unaccounted for by the prisoner was found to be so great that Messrs. Nicholson had him taken into custody and brought the present charge against him. Mr. Besley and several other witnesses were examined at considerable length, to prove that the prisoner had received a great quantity of baskets and boxes of raisins, and other pro perty; that lie had not accounted for it, and that it was not to be found in the warehouse appropriated to the fruit depart ment, of which he was foreman. The policeman who took the prisoner into custody found in his possession a memorandum-book, in which were copied three letters, two intended to be sent to Messrs. Nicholson, in which the prisoner denied that he had been guilty of the robbery, complained of the loose manner in which the business of Messrs. Nicholson was conducted, the facility it afforded to robbery, and stated that as he had fallen a victim to the system, it was his determination to leave the country for ever, in order to avoid the disgrace of a public prosecution. The prisoner also, in another letter, stated that if he had committed the robbery he would have done so to a far greater extent, and that he would have fired the warehouse sooner than have been discovered. Mr. BALLANTDIE addressed the jury at some length on be half of the prisoner, contending that, although the prisoner had been guilty of a breach of trust and duty, for which he was answerable before a civil tribunal, he had not been guilty of the crime of larceny with which he was charged before the Court criminally. Several witnesses gave the prisoner a good character. The RECORDER summed up at some length.] The jury found the prisoner Guilty; and The _RECORDER sentenced him to one year's imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction. DREADFUL RAILWAY FlRE.—Shortly after two o'clock this morning a dreadful fire happened at the Charlton station of the West Kent Railway. It broke out on the part near the tunnel at Charlton. Messen gers were sent to London for the engines and firemen, and those belonging to the London establishment and West of England arrived shortly before three o'clock. Water could not be procured in a sufficient quantity, and the flames made sad havoc. Plenty of assistance, however, was at hand, and the sleepers, about 1,000 iu number, were saved. By five all danger ceased, but the loss will be at least 1,0001. No cause could be aseer• taiued for the calamity. On the arrival of the steam 'ship United States at Southampton, on Friday last, it was reported incorrectly that the steam-ships America and Hermann both reached New York on the 4th inst. The tact is, that the America, which sailed from Liverpool on the 22d ultimo, arrived at New York on the 4th, at noon; and the H ermann, which loft Southampton at midnight on the 20th, arrived on the sth, at seven o'clock, A.X. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY EVENING. --On Saturday next, the 26th inst., his Royal Highness Prince Albert will enter his 29th year, and the day will be celebrated at her Majesty's marine residence, in the Isle of Wight, with more than ordinary effect. A rural and marine fete, similar to that given in celebration of the Duchess of Kent's birthday last week, but on a more extended scale, will be given ; and to guard against the discom fort of wet and windy weather, like the present, a num ber of artizans in the Lord Chamberlain's department, at Windsor Castle, have been busily engaged for some days past in repairing and refitting a number of tents and marquees recently brought from the Pavilion at Brighton ; and they were to-day sent off to Osborne by the South- Western Railway. AMENDMENTS TO INDICTMENTS.—An Act of Par liament has just come into force (11 and 12 Vict., c. 49) by which permission is given to amend indictments on the trials where there is a variance in writings produced and the recital in the indictment. It is declared that there has been a great failure of justice in the absence of suchpermiseum. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ECCLES RACES.—MONDAY. The Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added, one and a quartet (5 Subs.), was won by Mr. Green's Clara, yrs (Flintoff), beating Billy from Brigg, 4 yrs, Gr: aid Seignior, 5 yrs, and five others, easily. The Gentlemen's Purse of 25/., added to a Handicap 1f m a soya. each, one mile an d th ree quarters (6 Subs.), was W° in two heats by Mr. W. G. Hobson's Billy from Brigg, 4 y.ro , Bst 61b (Abdale), beating Little John, The, Grand Seig' uOrf lOst, and three others, easily. The Pony Race was won by Red Rose, beating three other 1 . BASINGSTOKE RACES. The Innkeepers' Stakes of 3 sow. each, and 15 added, 'Or e mile and a quarter (6 Subs.), were won in three heats by it 4 Williams's Rosaliuda, 4 yrs, Bst 10Ib, beating Moodkee, yrs, Bst 101 b, Sultan, 4 yrs, Bst 10Ib, Hippona, 3 yrs, 7st 1013 Jf and Royalty, 5 yrs, 9st 81b. The Hackwood Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 30 added, of le mile and a quarter, were won in two heats by Mr. Sadl ei t a . Faith, 3 yrs, Est 131 b, b ea ti ng F ran k , 5 yrs, 9st Il b , P rosi l ec 5 yrs, 7st 131 b, and four others. The Selling Stakes of 4 sovs. each, and 20 added, one and a half, over hurdles, were won in two heats by Da r * Haligan's Ploughman, aged, lOst 41b, beating Bella D. 031 11 9st 121 b, and Arkwright, Oat 31b. YORK AUGUST MEETING.—WEDNESDAY. The Dundas Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 30 added .; three yrs old, Est 81b; four, Bst 21b; five, Bst 91b; si: t an , aged, 9st; mares and geldin gs a ll owe d 31b . O ne m il a an a a quarter. (8 Subs.) Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress, aged ... Mr. Payne na Philosopher, 4 yrs ... ..• 2 Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gu i neas; f or t h ree yrs old, 7st 9 ,L four, Bst 12lb ; five, 9st 41b; six, Ost 71b; and aged, 91b. Two miles. Mr. Pedley's Cockermouth, 3 yrs ... -•• Mr. Woffenden' s R a i st h orpe. 4 yrs... ... ••• The Prince of Wales's Stakes of 10 soya. each, and 50 add , !ill for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 21b; wines 21b extra. T. Y.C. (34 Subs.) Mr. Payne's Farthingale ... ••• Lord Zetland's Ellen Middleton ... Nine ran. Won cleverly. The Colt Sapling Stakes of 50 sovs. each, 20 ft; for fail ° yrs old, Bst 7lb each. One mile. (10 Subs.) Mr. Bell's Velox ••• ••• ••• ••• Mr. J. Moore's Old English Gentleman ... ..• Match, 100 sows., 25 ft. Half a mile. Mr. Holmes's Mysticle, 2 yrs .. •.. ••• Mr. W. H. Dawson's Snacks, 2 yrs, 7st 111 b 2 The Ebor St. Leger Stakes f 25 sovs. e ac h ; w i t h 100 I sovs' for the second, and 50 for the third; colts, Bst 71b; fiu Utah Bst 31b; winners extra. Two miles. (61 Subs.) Lord Stanley's Canezou , Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher ••• Lord Chesterfield's Distaffina ..• •• •• •••• 3 Lord Stanley's Cane zou won i n very clever style length, Distaffina a very bad third. Run in four mir six seconds. After the race the winner was backed at 4 5 to 1 for the St. Leger, and Bto 1 offered against Flatcat The Lottery Stakes Plate of 251., added to a sweeps of sovs. each, for three-years. old and upwards, the seco ud save his stake. One mile. (8 Subs.) Mr. Bowes's Man in the M oon , 3 yrs , Est 81 b (Charlton) l Mr. Meiklam's Otterburn, 3 yrs, Est 31b Mr. Padley's Lady Mary, 3 yrs, Est llb . The following also started but were not placed Osborne's gr c by Robin Gray, out of Queeu of CartJai fg e ,: 3 yrs, 6st 81b—Mr. Scholey' s Ch ester fi e l d, aged, Bst 31b---, Mr. Peart's Ennui, 5 yrs, Bst. Betting-2 to 1 agst Lady Mary, and 3to 1 eget Mau i n the Moon. Won easily by a length. Run in 1 min. 52 off' The Knavesmire Stakes was no race. LATEST BETTING. EBOR HANDICAP. 6 to 1 agst Meaux (t) 9 to 1 agst Ellerdale EGER. I ... 2 •••, 1 ••• ••• 3 to 1 agst Dough 5 to 1 agst Remembrance ST. 1.1 5 to 2 agst Springy Jack 4to I.agst Justice to Ire land (t) 5 to 1 agst Canczou 11 to 2 agst Surplice 8 to 1 agst Flatcatcher -- CHOLERA. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. On Friday afternoon, during the delivery of his in tr resting and important lecture upon the Asiatic Chole re' tracing its connexion with the electric condition of "LI: atmosphere, Mr. isham Baggs suggested a means 0 . 7 which the mortality caused by that great scourge of i the !sou' by century mi g h t b e very materially diminis ' by which, indeed, in the instance of many hundred s terrors might be altogether evaded. The mode el plained by the lectur er i s one so peculiarly simple, yet so obviously efficacious, that at the first moment: Pi' suggestion of it almost amounts to "an suit to one's understanding "—the effect of surprise experienced by those who heard it. e s . „ Friday afternoon was on l y comparable to t depicted, by Hogarth upon the features of the 8; Pa m nish courtiers when Columbus made the egg stand sal 01 1 the table. Yet, prepostero us ly s i mp l e as the expedi of Columbus was, it had never occurred to any one he", fore the great navigator fl attene d the broad end of PP egg upon the mahogany. Mr. Baggs then props st that those whose fort unes a d m i t o f the expenditure stati escape from the ravages of the Asiatic cholera 1 4 taking up their residence in some elevated locailiti , as not one single case of the epidemic Me ever been known to have occured upon O. top of a mountain, whereas in fiat countries, in vall and especially is the neighbourhood of water, the not' talky has been enormously great. Beyond this, the learned gentleman observed that the track of the cholera can be calculated with the utmost degroe of precision, and diet consequently the most certain tuteng of avoiding the chances of death from this partiemlar disease would be to sh u n th ose towns and cities wiaiat the cholera must inevitably traverse, In teptimon:f of the accuracy of this assertion,. we need °W ?/ refer to the speech recently delivered in th House of Commons by Lord Morpeth, in which it was shown from authentic statistics that the coiarse pursued by the cholera was very nearly identical in °yell respect with that followed by it on the occasion of tile, last visitation. Amon g th e more i ngenious portions tA, the lecture in question, was that in which Mr. Bago developed one of the most beautiful theories of Jus4 ol Liebig; and it must be acknowledged that the foruner investigator carried out the views of his illustrious call' temporary by a singularly simple process of ressoni xt 6 In every man's blo o d, said he, there is a certain quantisi of iron, and Liebig believes this iron to be an agent the arterialization of the venous blood. He supponee that the dark venous blood contains the iron in the for im of protoxide, and that, in passing through the lungs '0 this protoxide bec omes peroxide by tille absorption oxygen in the p rocess of respiratio p• Supposing this to be correct, M r . B aggs maintained tb tt theuparteries,ing of a corollary of extreme interest necessarily follows. T venous blood containing protoxide of iron must fr' fl that circumstance be magnetic, and the arterial bluoill containing the peroxide must, on the contrary, be did' . magnetic. The circulation of the blood therefore in thin condition, he argues, constitutes a continuous relativ movement between conducting and magnetic matter,' and must consequently give rise to the generation al magneto-electricity, which • currents will be, doubtlen found upon investigation to fulfil most important physi",, logical fun c ti ons. The remarkable character of the lecturer now being delivered by Mr. lsham Baggs impresses us oat! the more forcibly with a sense of the usefulness of such 0 " establishment as that of the Royal Polytechnic Institte Lion; and the arguments of the lecturer, applying tb e _ they do, so i mmed i ately to the sanitary condition o f tho people 01 these realms, call in an especial manner lot the attention of the Government. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) , AUGUST 23. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON COWES REGATTA. ' PRINCE ALBERT'S CUP.—The Flirt, Enchantress, ap i Capricorn, started this morning at eleven o'clock, tb Capricorn appearing to have the lead. There was nice breeze from the westward, and the vessels ran tif nearly together; the Flirt got round the Nab half • minute before the Enchantress, and one minute and I halt before the Capri corn . In beating down, she 0110 so much that she rounded the vessel off Yarmouth stiven minutes before the others, and arrived at the starting vessel at twenty-four minutes past eleven, the otherg being considerably astern, indeed not in while we write Daniel Corke steered the Flirt, and, as usual, w° 3l the Cup. --- --- The Lord Chancellor has issued an order appoint' ing F. A. Warburton, Esq., barrister-at-law, an AssiO" taut-Registrar in Mr. Commissioner liolroyd's court, ill consequence of the prolonged and serious illness of Mr' Millar, the registrar, who bas been ill for four months past. This is the third instance in which an assistant / registrar has been appointed under the Act. THE CHARTISTS AND IRISH CONFEDERATESP . : Another large meeting o f th ese part i es was held I* s' night at the South-London Chartist Hall. The ChaiS man observed, that according to the Attorney-Genel it was sedition to rep ea t at one meeting any sedition; language that had been spoken by other speakers at 01 previous meeting. There were, he went on to SSW 70,000 men out of employ in London, but the Charle s ' would cure this, an d a ll their other grievances Taw' the measures of M essrs. Hume and Cobden wou ld prof wholly inefficacious. The proceedings at the mei:4 o g were of no general interest. On the 7th of June, at Mussoorie, the lady of Ca p ' a Renny, Bengal Engineers, of a daughter. 011 the 19th in s t., at Old -square, Birmingham, the w ife of V. W. Blake, Esq., of a son. On the 19th inst., M Tvier rs. Vickers, of Trinity-square, - cs hill, of a son. On thol9th inst., rt Wells, Somerset, the wife of to" Bernard, Esq., of a son. On the 21st inst., at Grafton-place, Jane, the wife of 11C Sanger, Esq., of Essex-court, Temple, of a daughter. , A On the 22d in s t., a t Hi g h H o lb orn, Mrs. F. W. P. Fi t " a daughter. At Ladyland-house, Ay MARRI ED. rshire, on the 18th inst., et Robert W. Wil son , t o J anet Gl asgow, youngest daug h the late W. Cochrane, Esq., of Ladyland. On the 21st inst., at Fulham, Lieutenant F. L. Cott oi R.N., to Louisa, e ld es t d aug ht er of John. Goodered, xitn" Elysium-villa, Fulham. son At St. John's Church, William Neville, Es q ., r) " co s of Mrs. James Raymond Bark er , o f L on d on , to Fran d Mary White, eldest daughter of the late C. V. Whit e, an granddaughter of T. White, Esq., b an k er , o f th e said MI'S On the 13th inst., Mr. James F rance, of the its Camden, Great College-street North, Camden-town,.alir` e d s . most deeply and sincerely regretted by hi s f am ily AnCt ttleD On the 22d of June, at blussoorie, Eleanor Joseputel. i . s . infant daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Benny, Bengal Engie` — i,,f On the 16th inst., at Glasgow, Anne, youngest daughte r the late T. Cole, Etq. On the 21st inat., at Fulham, John F. Waller , Esq., 0 - f oth office of Woods. &c., aged 30 Joe, son of John Waller, ra..o cashier of the said office. On the 21st inst., at Hampstead, accidentally droW ll , 4 ' Charles Edward, aged 11 years, th e younges t son of Wahl''' . Hughes, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn. 6.5 r, On the 2zd inst., tat Manning-street, BermozidSey, ab— • - Sarah Jessica, relict of the l ate C ec il B ec k et , 'E s q.; former of Devonshire-street, Queen-square. - _ s e London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOU.Durl ig, • No. 112, Strand, Printer, a t Th e B oa Utli e e, 1 10 .,"*.t Strand, in the Precin c t o f th e Savoy, in the callow Thursday, August. •-J he be j for for qui oto ter Rtu lob 62: itr, Lel NI er 1 NI